Medan - The City of Black Out
I just got back from Medan for a Cheng Beng (Ching Ming) ceremony. The annual ceremony when Chinese prays for their ancestors. These days, lots of Chinese have happened to forget this cultural ceremony. Many of them have think that it should only done by certain religion, which is Buddhist. It is totally wrong! Why? Because it is a culture. Everybody in this world have their own culture based on which races they are. That’s why, all Chinese should still remember and do it, despite of any religions they’re in. It is the same like why all Chinese should celebrate Chinese New Year every year. It is funny when you want to celebrate CNY but forget the rest of the cultural ceremonies.
I’m not here to talk about this actually. I just want to share what is happening to this city called Medan. It is the 3rd biggest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta and Surabaya, which means it is the biggest city in Sumatra. But things are really hard for me when I went there, especially the black out. Can you imagine a power off from 9am to 6pm and 9pm to 3 am in the morning? Wow! that is great really, leaving me totally out of the works. and it happened almost everyday for a couple of years already.
Medan is a metropolitan city? Never dream about it guys… Even this very basic thing remains unsolved for many years.
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