Azzahra Raissa Lanasier

My Journey and Experiences in Padang, West Sumatra Padang is a city located in West Sumatra, one of the many islands in Indonesia. My friends and I went there for a field trip in October of 2019. We didn't only go to Padang, we went to Bukittinggi as well. We went to a lot of places including museums, restaurants, historical landmarks, but the highlight of this trip truly was our experience of staying 2 nights at the traditional Rumah Gadang . A Rumah Gadang is a traditional home for Minangkabau people. You'd think that those kinds of houses don't exist anymore... right? Well actually, people still live in these kinds of houses. These houses have dramatically curved roof structure with multi-tiered gables. Shuttered windows are built into walls incised with profuse painted floral carvings. These communal houses are rectangular in plan, with multiple gables and ridges as roofs, which form buffalo horn-like ends. Often, these houses would have 3 tiers, with each ti...

Dialogue in English Compliments and Congratulations Dizky, upon recognizing Radit: Hey, what's up dude! Radit: Nothing much! You? Dizky: I opened a coffee shop recently. Do you want to try my coffee? Radit: Sure! I'd love to. Dizky: Okay! Let's go! *At Dizky's Coffee Shop* Dizky: How is it? Radit: It's good but a little too sweet for my taste. Dizky: This is a regular! I think you have diabetes! Radit: That's absurd! I don't have diabetes! Dizky: Let's go to the hospital just for a check up. Radit: Fine, but you're paying! Dizky: Alright! *at the hospital waiting area* Radit: What's taking the doctor so long... Dizky: Yeah, I wonder what the hold-up is. *As Radit is about to get a shot* Radit: Wait, doctor! If I'm not mistaken, you went to high school with me. You're Sarah, right? Sarah: Oh my God, Ape is that you? Long time no see! Radit: You went to medical school? Congratulations! Sa...