[EN] Cirebon is a town to the east of Jakarta in West Java. According to Google Map, from Jakarta, it is 241 km by road and it would take 3 hours 37 minutes to travel by car. I think it would take more than that. By train it took us around 4 hours.
[ID] Cirebon adalah suatu kota di sebelah timur dari Jakarta di Jawa Barat. Menurut Google Map, dari Jakarta, jaraknya adalah 241 km dan akan memakan waktu 3 jam 37 menit dengan mobil. Sepertinya lebih lama dari itu. Dengan kereta, perjalanan memakan waktu sekitar 4 jam.
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[EN] My colleagues were waiting in the VIP room. We had an exclusive use of the room. I took a walk in the small station. This locomotive was just entering Cirebon Station.
[ID] Teman-temanku pada menunggu di ruangan VIP. Kami mendapatkan ruangan tersebut secara eksklusif. Saya jalan-jalan di stasiun yang kecil itu. Lokomotif ini memasuki areal Stasiun Cirebon.
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[EN] We stayed at Grage Hotel. It is pronounced gra-ghe, but I sometimes like to pronounce it as greyj, which sounds similar like when you say garage.
[ID] Kami menginap di Hotel Grage, dibaca gra-ge, tetapi terkadang saya ingin menyebutnya greyj, hampir seperti kalau kita menyebutkan ‘garage’ dalam bahasa Inggris.
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[EN] After doing the activities all morning and after having lunch, we were all so exhausted. Our friend, Dicky Widyaksana, took a nap right next to the low tables where we had our lunch. Dicky is a big man, someone that you don’t want to mess with. He still doesn’t know that I took this photo. I hope he doesn’t mind when he finds out. 
… You’re cool, Dicky!
The other day, I tried to talk Dicky into joining a rugby union team. Teams like Banteng or Jago Doeloe need a big tough man like him, someone who would be difficult to tackle. When the rugby union season starts again, I will take him to a game and see if he would want to join.
[ID] Setelah melakukan banyak aktifitas dipagi hari dan setelah makan siang, kami semua capek sekali. Teman kami, Dicky Widyaksana, tidur langsung disebelah meja makan. Dicky orangnya besar, salah kalau kita sampai berkelahi dengannya. Dia masih belum tahu bahwa saya ambil foto ini. Saya harap dia tidak keberatan diwaktu dia lihat foto ini. … You’re cool, Dicky!
Waktu itu, saya sempat berbicara dengan Dicky untuk supaya dia ikut tim rugby. Tim seperti Banteng atau Jago Doeloe memerlukan orang yang besar dan tough seperti dia, orang yang susah di-tackle. Nanti diwaktu season rugby union mulai lagi, saya akan mengajaknya menonton satu permainan dan mudah-mudahan dia tertarik untuk main juga.
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