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May 7, 2013

Street Food Indonesia : Inner Beauty dan Chemistry yang Akan Membawa Mereka Kembali







Apa yang Dicari dari Makanan?

Saya ingin mengajak kamu dan kita semua untuk berpikir sejenak dan sedikit berkhayal tentang makanan. Ketika membeli suatu makanan atau hidangan, sebenarnya apa sih yang kita cari? (jawab dengan jujur, ya). Makanan tersebut yang nantinya akan masuk ke dalam perut kita bukan? Misal : lagi pengen makan bakso, jadi kita tentunya akan mencari penjual bakso untuk memuaskan permintaan si perut. Kemudian ada tambahan lagi, baksonya mau bakso Malang, yang biasa mangkal di samping parkiran kampus, misalnya. Pernahkah kamu dihantui keinginan semacam ini? Apa malah sering? Kebanyakan orang yang saya temui pasti memiliki jenis makanan favorit, dan ternyata dari makanan favorit mereka masih ada embel-embelnya, kadang-kadang. Misal : suka makan bubur ayam, terutama Bubur Ayam Barito. Kenapa harus begini ya? Kalau saya pribadi dan saya juga yakin, bahwa embel-embel itu bisa muncul, karena sudah ada ‘hati’ dan ‘chemistry’ pada makanan dengan brand tersebut. Bicara soal hati yang diberikan kepada makanan, pasti semua setuju bahwa RASA adalah nomor satu. Nah, kadang-kadang besarnya ‘chemistry’ ini bahkan membuat beberapa dari kita yang lagi kepengen banget sama suatu makanan, tapi jauh alias lokasinya tak terjangkau, jadi nge-tweet tentang itu. “Duh, lagi pengen banget makan Sate ...”. Ayo, ngaku! (karena saya juga begitu).


Sayangnya, meskipun RASA adalah komponen utama dalam makanan dan hidangan, Nona satu ini mulai terancam oleh Nona lain yang mungkin lebih gaul, namanya Nona SUASANA. (SUASANA ya, bukan Susana).  Sekarang banyak restoran baru bermunculan yang berusaha menjual dan ‘menendang’ dengan mengedepankan faktor selain RASA, misalnya : interior tempat makan, WiFi gratis, dll. Dan ajaibnya, tendangan di sudut ini laku, lho! Orang yang mau makan bisa ‘kepincut’ sama hal lain selain makanannya! 

Photo taken from : list.co.uk


Padahal, tujuan orang mencari tempat makan seharusnya memang untuk makan bukan? Hmm, trend gaul masa kini membuat pikiran banyak orang berkata lain. Ada yang bilang, saya mau makan di tempat A karena tempatnya bagus, jadi kalau foto-foto diupload ke Facebook pasti teman-teman saya akan bertanya-tanya, terus memberikan komentar disertai ‘LIKE’. Ada juga yang bilang, saya mau makan di tempat B karena WiFi nya kencang, terus sofanya nyaman, jadi bisa sambil mengerjakan tugas kuliah/kantor. Wow, motifnya sangat urban ya? Apa kamu juga pernah begitu? Iya juga nggak apa-apa, kok. Saya waktu dulu kuliah juga pernah begitu, maklum, anak kuliahan yang sedang butuh banyak browsing untuk tugas.

Menengok ke Belakang : Kesederhanaan dan Esensi Aktivitas Kuliner

Nah, sekarang saya akan mengajak kamu untuk berpikir lebih simpel dan kembali ke nilai ‘Authentic Indonesia’ di masa lampau, beberapa tahun sebelum tempat makan berdesain cantik berbau westernisasi dengan bonus layar raksasa dan internet gratis muncul. Pernahkah kamu ngefans sama suatu makanan yang menurutmu tempatnya sederhana banget tapi RASAnya ngangenin banget? Kalau saya pribadi sih pernah, dan nggak usah menengok ke tahun-tahun lalu, sampai sekarang pun ketika sudah banyak restoran berdesain super cantik, saya masih ngefans kok sama beberapa makanan yang suasana tempat makannya sederhana, tapi rasanya cetar membahana. Makanan tersebut adalah kuliner asli Indonesia, yang disajikan dengan nilai dan suasana sangat Indonesia. Dan saya bangga kalau saya ngefans sama makanan tersebut. 



Saya nggak malu, lho, buat nongkrong di situ lama, ke gap temen kantor, bos, ataupun gebetan. Foto-foto di situ, kemudian fotonya di upload di Facebook juga saya bangga. 

Kalau bagi saya, masalah LIDAH itu tidak bisa digantikan dengan warna-warni dan dekorasi WAH. Di Indonesia, sangat banyak makanan ‘pinggir jalan’ alias street food yang rasanya enak, bahkan melegenda sampai luar daerah. Beberapa dari street food ini memiliki nilai historis yang menarik (tidak sedikit yang sudah berdiri selama puluhan tahun dan mengandalkan resep turun temurun) dan value RASA yang ditawarkannya susah untuk ditandingi oleh restoran mewah dengan fasilitas dan dekorasi tercantik sekalipun. Ibaratnya, rasa enak yang ditawarkan oleh street food dengan suasana dan tempat ‘ala kadarnya’ ini adalah INNER BEAUTY. Pasti banyak yang naksir, dan naksirnya akan bertahan lama, plus ngangenin juga, plus susah cari penggantinya. Mereka memberikan kualitas dalam berdaya saing tinggi dibalut dengan suasana unik yang sulit untuk dilupakan (dari atap, meja, kursi, tiupan angin, dan hiburan penyanyi jalanan). Berbeda dengan restoran berkelas atas yang rasa masakannya sebenarnya biasa-biasa saja tapi suasananya cantik. Dia cantik memang, tapi luarnya saja. Mungkin lima tahun kemudian, kita yang tadinya rajin nongkrong di situ dan bergaul sambil buka laptop bareng teman-teman akan lupa dengan ‘kecantikan’ restoran tadi. Ya, karena hanya cantik di luar saja. Dan restoran yang lebih cantik luarnya, pasti akan terus bermunculan. Ibaratnya, tidak ada chemistry yang nempel di hati. Eits, tapi jangan salah, sekarang banyak lho street food di Indonesia yang canggih, misal ada WiFi nya dan bikin anak-anak kuliahan betah nongkrong di situ. Street food gaul itu bisa ditemukan beberapa di Yogyakarta, misalnya : Angkringan Kobar di daerah Kridosono. Mantap kan?

Coba diingat-ingat, sekarang ketika kita memamerkan pengalaman makan ke orang lain, apa sih yang kita pamerkan? Nama restorannya yang terkenal? Rasanya yang enak? Atau suasananya (plus harganya) yang kalau dideskripsikan kira-kira bikin pendengar jadi mupeng? Sebenarnya, ketika orang bercerita ke orang lain akan pengalaman makan, yang dia share berdasarkan tingkat kepuasan. Ada yang kepuasannya kalau mendapatkan makanan yang benar-benar enak di kategorinya, ada yang puas kalau bisa makan di tempat dengan kategori mewah sehingga (mungkin) akan mengangkat derajat mereka yang bercerita, ada juga yang puas kalau habis makan di tempat makan baru buka yang ternyata menarik dan ia ingin berbagi ‘rahasia’ tersebut ke orang lainnya.




Street Food, Kuliner Kebanggaan Indonesia yang Melegenda

Meskipun beberapa dari kita (terutama yang bergaya hidup urban) terkadang merasa malu, enggan, atau bahkan tidak berselera makan di warung pinggir jalan alias street food, tempat makan ini justru adalah salah satu ciri khas Indonesia yang bisa dibanggakan, lho. Banyak turis dari mancanegara yang menuliskan pengalaman menariknya menyantap makanan di warung pinggir jalan Indonesia. Kalau pernah baca, coba perhatikan, pasti yang diceritakan pertama adalah jenis makanannya, kemudian RASA nya, kemudian baru tentang suasananya, lokasi, penjual, harga, dll. Indonesia itu kaya akan jenis kulinernya yang beragam dan unik, dari soto, martabak, gado-gado, ayam penyet, sampai sekoteng. Kalau kita perhatikan, dari jenis-jenis kuliner asli Indonesia tersebut, yang tersohor dan jadi legenda banyak yang 'penampilannya' sederhana, lho, cuma modal mangkal di pinggir jalan, tapi namanya tidak berhenti sampai di ujung jalan.

Inner Beauty Makanan, Pemacu Chemistry

Saya akan bercerita sedikit tentang bagaimana inner beauty dari street food tertentu di Indonesia membuat saya rindu dan setia, barangkali beberapa dari kamu juga pernah merasakannya. Saya berasal dari Yogyakarta, tapi sudah lima tahun terakhir ini saya tinggal di Jakarta. Kalau boleh dibilang, Jakarta adalah kota di mana makanan dari hampir semua daerah di Indonesia dapat ditemukan. Ya, karena banyak pedagang dari luar Jakarta yang mengadu nasib ke Jakarta, dan mereka mengandalkan warisan sekaligus komoditas daerahnya masing-masing. Entah mengapa, terkadang saya teringat akan warung bakmi Jawa di dekat rumah saya di Yogyakarta. Meskipun beralaskan trotoar dan beratapkan tenda, warung ini sangat ramai, dan pengunjung bisa datang dari tempat yang cukup jauh. Mengapa? Karena inner beauty alias RASA yang ditawarkan warung ini sangat membekas, baik di lidah, maupun di hati.Tentunya hati saya juga telah berhasil terkena serangan. Kalau sudah membekas di dalam, ya masa nggak kangen?

Mempelajari Masyarakat melalui Street Food


Untuk memahami suatu kota atau Negara, pemahaman akan bagaimana gaya hidup mayoritas penduduknya, dan apa saja topik yang mereka bicarakan itu perlu. Indonesia itu Negara berkembang di Asia, banyak penduduknya yang bergaya hidup sederhana, meskipun jumlah mall kian bertambah. Berbicara tentang kesederhanaan, ketika menikmati sajian di warung pinggir jalan, coba rasakan suasananya. Bagaimana para pengunjung dapat duduk santai, bercakap-cakap, dan makan tanpa mempedulikan table manner serta kendaraan lalu lalang saking menikmati kelezatan hidangan yang memuaskan rasa lapar mereka. Terkadang ada pula pengunjung setia yang sudah akrab dengan pemilik warung dan mereka banyak bercerita satu sama lain. 


Perhatikan bagaimana pengunjung rela mengantre cukup lama sambil berdiri tanpa atap yang melindungi kepala mereka, bagaimana ekspresi wajah pengunjung yang baru datang yang kecewa ketika apa yang mereka pesan ternyata sudah habis. Mereka rela karena mereka sudah terikat chemistry yang berawal dari inner beauty, yaitu RASA yang membekas di lidah dan juga hati mereka. Ada pula yang rela karena penasaran, dan ada pula yang memang berniat untuk mencari dan menikmati kecantikan suatu kota yang sesungguhnya dari kaca mata rakyat. Banyak legenda kuliner yang berbentuk street food, atau bermula dari streed food. Misalnya : kalau di Jakarta dan sekitarnya ada Roti Bakar Eddy Blok M, Es Pocong di Depok, Bubur Ayam Barito, Nasi Uduk Kebon Kacang, dll. 

Photo taken from : makanankakilima.blogspot.com


Bahkan, percaya atau tidak, ada juga lho, tempat makan yang tadinya berbentuk warung makan pinggir jalan yang kemudian berkembang menjadi rumah makan, tapi anehnya tempat makan ini justru lebih ramai dulu ketika berbentuk street food. Alasannya bisa beragam : faktor lokasi, pelanggan setia lama tidak tahu kalau warung tersebut sudah pindah, atau… kecantikan yang serasa berubah? Mungkin bukan karena rasanya, melainkan karena ketika kesederhanaan sudah berganti, nilai kecantikan kok kayaknya tidak pas? Ibarat gadis cantik dari desa yang polos tanpa riasan dan aksesoris, ketika gadis cantik ini memakai rias wajah dengan merek terkemuka dan mahal, meskipun dia bertambah cantik, kok sepertinya ada sesuatu yang hilang? Untuk penggemar setia yang sudah terkena panah chemistry, tentunya hal itu tidak berpengaruh dong? Kan sudah melekat di hati :) Nah, sekarang ada nggak tuh kenangan lama yang membekas yang memanggil perutmu buat mampir? Semoga ketika kamu berniat untuk setia, dia juga tetap setia dengan inner beauty nya. Pertahankan inner beauty mu, street food Indonesia, tetap original, sederhana, dan jaga kualitas serta kebersihan sajianmu supaya tetep 'ngangenin'.

Feb 28, 2013

Jakarta's Best Local Cuisine by Burufly

We love to eat good food. What about Indonesian food? Well, born and raised in Indonesia as Indonesian, of course I do love it. The thing is, I was born and raised in Yogyakarta. Since I took my bachelor degree in Universitas Indonesia, Depok, thus I have lived in Jakarta for 5 years. However, there are still many places in Jakarta that I haven't discovered yet, so does the place to get good food. If I have expat friends ask me about a good place to eat, I surely want to take them to try Indonesian food. Another problem is that I am sometimes clueless about the best place to get them.

I just stumbled upon a website, named Burufly (www.burufly.com). It is a social travel website, that helps travelers to go find inspirations and places to go in Indonesia. There I found an article 'Jakarta's Best Local Cuisine' that's very inspiring and helpful.

Below is the article excerpted from Burufly :





Though in recent polls by CNNgo.com rendang was voted as the numero uno in the World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods, the wider array of Indonesian food is still very much “off the radar” and among the least known of major Asian cuisines.  You might more familiar with Vietnam’s pho bo or sushi from Japan, but when the waiter in Jakarta offers you gado-gado or soto betawi, you might raise your eyebrows and ask further explanation about those dishes.
What Indonesian dish do you most want to try? Or do you already have a favorite? We enlist 9 restaurants in Jakarta where we guarantee you to have a good time savoring the taste, presentation, and ambiance. Some might be considered as pricey while others promise a unique yet simple gastronomical experience that might end up being the highlight of your journey in Jakarta.
Lara Djonggrang
This premise combines heritage and taste splendidly. Real antiques adorned the old Java décor, while the food is artfully presented inside a giant seashell or traditional pottery. Open for lunch and dinner, Lara Djonggrang (a legendary beauty who believed to be the one responsible for the creation of Prambanan temple in Central Java only in one night) might be the only place in Indonesia where you can have food that was inspired by Majapahit court culinary bonanza.
Bunga Rampai
Indonesian food served with international manners, everybody loves how Bunga Rampai (or flower bouquet) presents simple food but using the highest quality ingredients. Set in a Dutch colonial home and lavishly decorated with beautiful furnishings and flowers, this is the best place in Jakarta to dine in style. We recommend you to try the yummy Putik Sari Dua Rasa (fried strips of chicken and dory fish).
Hidangan Baru
We mentioned rendang earlier, so of course we have to put a Padang restaurant in our list! You will find many Padang (the capital of West Sumatra) restaurants in Jakarta but we pick this humble premise for your enjoyment... Located in the heart of old Chinatown, they serve authentic dishes that are praised by many, from rendang, spicy chicken, to fish curry. As you sit in, the table will quickly be set with numerous small platters filled with highly-flavored and often spicy food. You eat what you like and get charged only with what you consumed.
 Beautika
This is not a beauty parlor per se, but a place where you can appreciate Manadonese culinary expertise. This style of food is greatly influenced by seafood,.. In here you can taste mackerel or tuna fish, roasted or sautéed. The food here can be very spicy so be careful to what you order. If you have more adventurous appetite, we dare you to enjoy paniki, the tasty grilled little bats!
Gado gado Boplo
Vegetarians will love this place as they are famous for their salad. Gado-gado is a mixture of several kinds of steamed vegetables and peanut sauce. You can add some spices for more flavors though.  This eatery might lead you to other finding such as tempe (soybean cake) and krupuk (crackers). Gado Gado Boplo is great for delivery, so if you are in your hotel room and tired of the boring room service, dial them up.
Sate Khas Senayan
With many branches around the city, you can spot this restaurant easily. This place is famous for its sate or satay, grilled meat or chicken served with peanut sauce. Sate Khas Senayan also serves other famous dishes from Indonesia such as nasi goreng (fried rice), ayam goreng (fried chicken) and traditional soup that are worth a try. You should also try Tahu Telr, a delicious and sweet savory dish. For the dessert ask for mango juice, probably one of the best mango juices in town!
Koko Bogana
This eatery can be pretty difficult to find as it is located off beaten track somewhere in Kebayoran Baru, but definitely a must try. The passionate owner dedicated himself to find delights from broad parts of Java such as nasi toek toek, nasi rembang and soto gombyang. He uses only best produce and moreover, the price is amazingly low for such quality. Don’t forget to check out the counter for sweet treats.
Sambara
Sundanese (an ethnic from West Java) are known to be slender and beautiful people. Much of this is associated to the fact that their style of food is very healthy.  Sambara is a homely establishment that makes you feel like you are eating in the rice fields as you do in Bandung. Try pepes (steamed fish, meat, or tofu in banana leaf) or karedok (raw vegetables mixed with peanut sauce) and you will understand why Sundanese diet can be considered as unique and healthy.
Akiaw
Jakarta is a multi cultural city and is strongly influenced by its residents with chinese heritage. The mixture of Indonesian and Chinese cuisine offers a certain flair, so we  choose this meat establishment to bookmark your trip. This street food is famous for its meatball, served with rice noodles and thick broth, and seasoned with fried garlic, cilantro leaves and chili sauce if you want more flavor (and sweat). They are open in the afternoon and close just before midnight.   



Aug 22, 2012

How Do I Know that It's You vs How Do I Know You



As a person working in communication field, I've been (and always) impressed and mesmerized by the advancement of communication device. Here I live in Indonesia, a developing country where we often lag behind developed world (especially in terms of technology). What I feel may not happen to everyone, probably only few of us. Okay, let's say it's my personal experience.

When I was a little kid, I haven't stayed yet in the capital of Indonesia. At that time I lived in a city that's in the intersection of modern and traditional world. To have a fixed telephone line at every home might be an impossible request. The national telephone company had always say that it's hard to reach your area, blah blah blah. Thus, when I needed to make a call to my friend (for homework thingy etc), I went to a phone booth rental. And when I heard my friend's voice, I was impressed,
"Oh, this is how her voice at phone. Is that really her?" And I was happy that I could talk and express something that's in my mind without spending many miles away to a face to face meeting.
 Besides telephone, I also ever been impressed with letter, a traditional mail. At that time I had a classmate went to US and I sent a letter to her (traditional one with stamps), and she got my letter (even though it took two weeks to receive). This might sound silly, but I was really happy doing that.
Although there's a correspondence address (for mail) and designated number (for phone call), sometimes I was wondering "How do I know that it's you?" It's a question showing how mesmerized I was, anyway.

Then mobile phone came for us to have. My Mom had that before me, but then all of our family members used it. Well, on mobile phone (even the very old one), there's a phone book feature. And it's a usual thing right now for us to see a name appeared on our mobile phone screen (when there's an ingoing call). But at that time, my Dad (who's less technology savvy than me) saw a name appeared on my Mom's mobile phone screen, then he's asking us "How does this mobile phone know that this number belongs to Ida?" We just laughed when we heard that.

Then the internet era came, and I used it a lot for chatting (with mIRC and Yahoo Messenger). Chatting to whom? Stranger, from different country, city, etc. At that time I was still in the 5th grade. (you may say that I was strange enough, though). Sometimes the person could say that his name was Shane, living in US (for instance). And some of my classmates even played around by saying that they were boys (but they were girls, in fact). In this platform, same question : "How do I know that it's you?"

Until right now, in the social media era, where Facebook is the king, and over than 80% of internet users in Indonesia are social media users; sometimes around 1/5 of our friends on Facebook are people that we don't know. And by any occassion, there may be some friend requests from people that we don't know, never met before, or maybe we simply forgot. Social media really makes communication becomes way easier than before. It's enabling us to reach people that's (logically) we won't be able to reach. Say it could be celebrity, public figure, industry experts, potential employer, or even the girl next door. Everything becomes visible and possible, until we get confused and ask ourselves "How do I know you?" (whether for case 1:  that finally we get to know and meet the person we want to reach and case 2 : when we get an unidentified friend request).

All in all, the advancement of communication technology shapes our mind generally and shapes our perception towards others. Different era = different way = different question rises in the air. The similar one is the sceptical nature of people, we always try to recall and analyze everything we see.
Have you ever been in the situation of "How do I know that it's you?" or "How do I know you?"


Jul 30, 2012

Nike Shoe Boxxxx for Shoes and Nike Lovers (bonus : hints to play the game)

I got a new toy....
Personally, it's seldom for me to play games/apps on Facebook.
But, as I heard that Nike created an app named Nike Shoe Boxxxx, I gave it a try.
This idea is amazing. Personally, I don't have great engagement towards Nike as a brand, but I love fashion and I love shoes :)

So,  Nike Shoe Boxxxx is an app created by Beacon communication (Leo Burnett Tokyo).
The purpose of this app is to bring back the 40 years of this 'iconic' shoes through FB app. Nike shoe boxxxx is as simply as we collect shoes from the whole Nike shoes collection  (since the first until the last collection)  and store them in our Nike shoes collection, get rankings by collecting the most numbers of shoes, and interact with other players.



This app so far has gained over 7k users around the world, with the players mostly come from Japan.
At the first time, this app is a bit confusing. However, there's 'How to Play' tab, and it comes with two languages (English and Japanese).


After we click 'Start', we will be taken into shoe box stacks, then we are to choose the box one by one.
For each round, the number of box that we can get is depends on our level (e.g. 3 boxes per round for level 1, 4 boxes per round for level 2, etc.). Anyway, different box colours and types define the type of the shoes. The brown box (the box that shows up most often) is for the latest Nike collection, the orange box defines the old (or maybe first collection of Nike shoes), etc. (Anyway, I never got a chance for the blue and silver box and it made me so curious).

Hints :
1) When you like 'Nike Sportswear Japan' you get 3 bonus shoes and you can choose any shoes from Nike Shoes List. If you get this chance, make sure that you choose the rare collections.
2) When you invite your friends to try this app, both of you will get one pair of Nike rare shoes as a bonus.
3) When you share your shoes by posting it into your FB, you get one extra chance to get Shoe box.
4) You can play the game again with the same round/chance (according to your level) to pick the shoe box tomorrow (reset at 3AM Japan time)
5) The blinking shiny shoe box is always made for Tailwind Night Track (No.1 in All Shoe collection)




The most fun part of this is when you choose Nike shoe box, and the curiosity you have about what shoe inside the box! You may like it, or you may get a little disappointed.



If you don't like the shoe, no worries, you can trade your shoes with thousand players in the world (or your own friend to make the trade easier).


Hints :
1) When you trade shoe, you and your friend will get one bonus shoe from Nike (added to your collection, but you can't which shoe).
2) A tricky way is to trade with the person you know so it's easier for you or your friend to ask about what each of you want, to be traded with what, and faster confirmation! More tricky way is to trade the same type of shoe (just like what I did in the picture above). Even though the shoe is the same, both of you will get bonus shoe.


To trade, there are several options :
trade with your friends; trade by choosing the shoe you want, or trade with any desired players. If you choose to trade with the players you don't know or haven't friended with you yet on Facebook, it will be harder. Thus, you need to do a little research on their collection and shoe selves, and make a guess of the shoe that they haven't got one but they wish to. Like what I did (on the picture above), I made a trade with players I don't know whom, and as a result they haven't confirmed my request! It's hard just like what I said.

I also got trade requests from several players whom I don't know, I confirmed some of them (if the shoe they offer is nice and as long as they don't ask my favorite shoes).



The picture above is my shoe selves and my Nike shoes collection. You can customize your shelves according to your taste. You can customize the color of the shelves, and organize which shoes you want to display. Personally, I try to organize the same type of shoes at the same row (but with different color). This will make a nice color gradation, haha. Although this is not my real collection of shoes, I feel like I am happy every time I got new shoe and bigger number of collection.

Hint :
When you got your level upgraded, there will be new colors added to modify your shelves and you can display more shoes there (for certain level).

By the time I am writing this post, I already have 39 shoes. The shoes we have determine our level. With 39 shoes, I am in level 3, and to get into level 4, I need to collect 50 shoes. And I am currently in rank 1335th. Because this little game makes me happy, I play this everyday (to get more shoes and surprise).



The picture above is the rank (per the date I am writing this post). You can see here that most of the players are Japanese. And the 1st rank already got 350 shoes and being in Level 7! You might think that there are only few numbers of players who got many shoes, but it's NOT! I found that there is player who already got 127 shoes and he's in ranking 511, Level 5. It means that there are over than 500 players who collected over than 100 shoes. This is a big engagement, seeing that to collect more than 100 shoes, you need to spend more less three weeks (by playing the game everyday).

Hint :
Saying that in your current level you can get three shoe boxes per day, if for one day you skip it over by not playing the game, the next day you won't get the cumulative numbers (you will just get three rounds instead).


The picture above is the Shoe List of Nike. (sort by year). And there are 350 shoes in the list.

Jul 23, 2012

2012 Fasting : Digitalized Expression

In 2012, the rate of social media growth in Indonesia is faster than last year. More users, more heavy expression and conversation. In terms of Twitter account, on February 2012, Indonesia is in 5th position of Top Countries behind US, Brazil, Japan, and UK (source : Semiocast). And recently it goes to the 4th rank I believe (source : ComScore). And Indonesia is a country having many netizens tweet so often, making it #3 rank of the chattiest Twitter nation after US and Brazil.

Start from July 21, fasting or Ramadhan officially begin. Another fact is Indonesia is a county with the biggest number of Muslim population, and it seems that during fasting they don't stop tweeting :)

On July 21, Indonesia contributed on the Twitter's Worldwide Trends and that's fasting expression related :


The image above is the Worldwide Trends on Twitter around 6:50 PM. On #1, there is "mEdh bUka pUaSa eAaa cEmenH-cEmenQuH" (very hard to re-write). That phrase means "Happy breakfasting my friends".
Don't know who initiated that phrase and conversation, but anyway, the style of writing in Capital and normal letters abnormally like that is "Ababil" people's style (teenager's style that is trying to create cute and different things but end up as weird), and many adults educated people hate that "Ababil" style.
But did those teenagers create this trend on Twitter? If yes, awesome. Not sure and didn't pay attention about the exact time when that phrase started to crawl on the Worldwide Trends chart, though, but 6:50 PM is the time when Muslim in Indonesia are done with their breakfasting.


Around 15 minutes after that, that trend went into #6 and #1 was something created by Indonesian as well. #PeopleIWantToBukaPuasaWith means "People I want to breakfasting with".

Nah, maybe because it was the first day of Ramadhan or fasting month, then that was a big hype happening on this nation with million users? Anyway, July 21 is Saturday, and Indonesian generally tweets more on weekend. Those two "Indonesian" phrases on the Twitter's Worldwide Trends might represent greeting or expression on the 1st day of Ramadhan. Let's say that "Digitalized Expression" is potentially gaining wider audience. Yeah, the world sees you!