Little Holiday

I cannot really be considered an outgoing person but when I have the time to refresh myself from certain routines, I will be delighted to do so. 

It was not a holiday for me but I tried to make it feel like a holiday; after all, it's been rare to really have fun recently. Few weeks ago, in a sunny afternoon, I went to D'Mata Yogyakarta with a special person; we had actually planned to visit that place a long time ago but for some reasons, it had to be put off. People said that it was a museum and we could see a lot of unique objects there. It took about 15 minutes from my workplace to get there and we had to pay IDR 25.000/person for the entrance ticket.

Inside were various kinds of pictures such as places in the world and popular or fictional characters.  I was wrong to think that on working days it would not be crowded with people. They were, in fact, everywhere, trying the best to photograph themselves in every way possible to create the wanted results. The pictures were all on the wall and it could look like a 3D background only when you took photos of yourself on them with the right angle. It's too bad if one wants to visit that place without any cameras. 

Therefore, like it or not, I had to take photos so that my (our) IDR, 25.000 wasn't spent in vain. My "friend" said that he was not fond of taking his own photos so I forced him to pose on a lot of pictures and luckily I could do it. I myself didn't manage to take many photos because of the limited time but I was quite satisfied with some photos and the "Egyptian stairs" was my favorite. Perhaps you need more time if you want to take photos on all of the backgrounds. Don't expect that it would look so real, though. 

                               

                                         

It was around 2.30 p.m. when we finished exploring all parts of the museum. Seeing that I still had time before my teaching schedule, we decided to visit D'Arca, the museum located in the same building. We paid additional IDR 35.000/person to go inside. There we could see prominent figures, both local (e.g. SBY, W.R Supratman, and Cut Nyak Dien) and international (e.g. Hitler and Queen Elizabeth) . What made it different from the previous museum was that they were in the 3D forms. Unfortunately, the number of the objects were quite small compared to those of D'Mata as it took only half an hour to finish. 

Overall, I think that it was not disappointing. I personally would recommend D'Mata because of its variety of pictures and its uniqueness--you won't have such photos in other places in Yogyakarta. If you like concrete objects better, D'Arca might be the right place for you. Anyway, it's not about the places. I was glad that I could be happy for a while and forget things that worry me.