After writing global stuffs that made my friends commented on it as "Whatever", I would like to put about local things here, about my hometown, Bekasi. If you were coming from far away country with limited geographical education to the ironic point that you even couldnt find Indonesia in world's map or you simply didnt have plenty time to notice every single city on wide Indonesia's map, I would like to inform you lil bit about my hometown.
It is located in West Java province or officially written so. But actually it is closer to Capital City of Indonesia, Jakarta rather than Bandung, capital city of West Java. It actually makes confused some of new Bekasi-ers when it comes to question whether they belong to Jakarta or West java province. Moreover, the native people of Bekasi are not Sundanese, the original tribe of West Java, but Betawi, the native people of Jakarta.
Besides the proximity and emotional link, unlike other cities in West Java that is dominated by Sundanese as trademarks, Bekasi are more like melting pot where almost every tribe in Indonesia gather.
As if it wasnt enough to raise identity crisis, globalism came to Bekasi with its cool ideas of improvement. Then came along industrialization with its negative and positive effects. The positive are the fact that Bekasi has plentier numbers of blue collar vacancies than other cities in Indonesia and easier access to communication, etc. But the negative ones are pretty much the same with carnal excess of industrialization in other countries. You simply can describe it as horrid model of third world country duplicate of London in the dawn of industrial revolution but with lil better condition of internet.
Authority of Bekasi declared it as clean, educated, safe as well honest city. I think if they werent fooled by themselves, they must be talking in irony mode. First, clean. I dont have much to say besides Bantar Gebang. There you barely can touch the ground since it is covered with two metre junks. Second, educated. Yeah right, then why there are many childrean left behind with limited access to education. Third, safe. Put your motorcycle unlocked in public area and count with stopwatch how long it will be safe there. Fourth, honest. Please come here and test how honest we are.
As conclusion, Bekasi is confused city.
But once you lived here, you know that there is no other city in the world that can sharpen you understanding about life. Living in confused city doesnt mean that you will be ended in it too. Instead, it gives you the truth about life as the way it is. I am not saying it as local who has necessity to brag her own homewtown but but it is the truth that I experienced daily.
It is located in West Java province or officially written so. But actually it is closer to Capital City of Indonesia, Jakarta rather than Bandung, capital city of West Java. It actually makes confused some of new Bekasi-ers when it comes to question whether they belong to Jakarta or West java province. Moreover, the native people of Bekasi are not Sundanese, the original tribe of West Java, but Betawi, the native people of Jakarta.
Besides the proximity and emotional link, unlike other cities in West Java that is dominated by Sundanese as trademarks, Bekasi are more like melting pot where almost every tribe in Indonesia gather.
As if it wasnt enough to raise identity crisis, globalism came to Bekasi with its cool ideas of improvement. Then came along industrialization with its negative and positive effects. The positive are the fact that Bekasi has plentier numbers of blue collar vacancies than other cities in Indonesia and easier access to communication, etc. But the negative ones are pretty much the same with carnal excess of industrialization in other countries. You simply can describe it as horrid model of third world country duplicate of London in the dawn of industrial revolution but with lil better condition of internet.
Authority of Bekasi declared it as clean, educated, safe as well honest city. I think if they werent fooled by themselves, they must be talking in irony mode. First, clean. I dont have much to say besides Bantar Gebang. There you barely can touch the ground since it is covered with two metre junks. Second, educated. Yeah right, then why there are many childrean left behind with limited access to education. Third, safe. Put your motorcycle unlocked in public area and count with stopwatch how long it will be safe there. Fourth, honest. Please come here and test how honest we are.
As conclusion, Bekasi is confused city.
But once you lived here, you know that there is no other city in the world that can sharpen you understanding about life. Living in confused city doesnt mean that you will be ended in it too. Instead, it gives you the truth about life as the way it is. I am not saying it as local who has necessity to brag her own homewtown but but it is the truth that I experienced daily.
2 comments:
Can you sharpen your understanding about life here while you are confused anyhow????
what a??????
I want to live in another 'confused city' than this by the way hehehehhehehe
i can deasy, it is such oxymoron anyway.
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