Pesona Kampoeng Rawa, Ambarawa, Jawa Tengah

Siapa yang tidak tahu Ambarawa ?? hayo ngacung  :D
Ambarawa merupakan salah satu Kabupaten yang ada di Semarang, Jawa Tengah
Kota Ambarawa sangatlah menarik karena terletak diantara beberapa Gunung-gunung besar yang ada di Jawa Tengah, yaitu Gn. Merbabu, Gn. Ungaran, Gn. Gajah Mungkur dan banyak rentetan bukit yang mengelilingi kota Ambarawa ini. keren kan ?
Lokasi Ambarawa cukup strategis terletak sekitar 30 km dari kota Semarang, 60 km dari Yogyakarta, 25 km dari kota Salatiga. Jadi bagi yang kuliah di Semarang, yang bosan dengan cuaca Semarang yang panas bisa mengunjungi daerah Ambarawa karena udara di sini tergolong sejuk dan mata kita juga bisa dimanjakan dengan melihat gunung-gunung yang ada di sini. oiya tidak hanya gunung-gunung nya saja, mata kita juga bisa dimanjakan dengan melihat rawa yang begitu luas, Rawa Pening namanya. posting tentang Rawa Pening menyusul ya readers :D
Karena letaknya yang sangat bagus itulah, Ambarawa mempunyai banyak sekali objek wisata yang mesti dikunjungi, salah satunya yang mesti dikunjungi adalah Kampoeng Rawa.

Kampoeng Rawa merupakan sebuah kawasan agrowisata. Di Kampoeng Rawa ini banyak sekali fasilitas-fasilitas yang bisa kita dapat. Diantaranya Rumah Makan Apung dan Wisata Keluarga. Wisata Keluarga nya apa aja ? banyak ! ada outbond nya, pemancingan, keliling rawa pening naik perahu, permainan anak-anak, dll

Rumah Makan Apung

Di rumah makan apung ini sangat istimewa !
lokasi nya diantara hamparan sawah dan bisa langsung ngeliat ke pegunungan loh. untuk menuju ke Rumah Makan Apung kita harus menaiki rakit terlebih dahulu. unik bukan ? ada penjaga yang selalu standby disana. jadi gaperlu takut harus jalanin rakitnya sendirian. hehe
Menu makanan dan minuman yang ada di sini juga sangat bervariasi, jadi bawalah pasukan yang banyak agar bisa memesan menu yang beragam dan mencicipi menu yang beragam juga :D

Tidak hanya untuk keluarga kecil, di sini juga tersedia sebuah ruang pertemuan bergaya rumah joglo, yang pastinya mengapung juga di air. Jadi apabila keluarga besar ingin mengadakan acara atau ingin mengadakan reunian atau gathering disini sangat cocok !

Di area ini seperti yang saya bicarakan diawal, kita bisa menaiki gethek/perahu untuk berkeliling sekitar rawa pening dan kita wajib mengambil eceng gondok demi pelestarian lingkungan Rawa Pening. biayanya ? murah ! Rp. 80.000 untuk satu paket. satu paket itu satu perahu. Perahu itu juga sudah disediakan pelampung jadi sangat aman.

Banyak Permainan yang bisa ditemui antara lain ATV, Jet Sky, Becak Wisata, Becak Air, Perahu Karet, Istana Balon, bebek air, trampolin, Speed Boat. Harga nya cukup bervariasi dan terjangkau

Di area Kampung Rawa ini juga terdapat Panggung Hiburan ditengah-tengah area parkir.   Tidak jauh dari panggung hiburan, terdapat mushoa yang sangat bersih. Bangunan yang ada di sini rata-rata memakai kayu jadi lebih adem dan berkonsep di Jawa banget.

Siapa yang tertarik kesini ? tempat yang wajib dikunjungi bersama keluarga, pacar, dan teman-teman loh.

Beautiful Sunset

Dapet hadiah sunset ini nih dari ambarawa :D

See ya di destinasi selanjutnya~

Marriage Isn't For You

Hellow Happy Weekend Readers :D
Today, I wanna share something. This post originally appeared on ForwardWalking.com a website dedicated to helping people move forward in life
Happy Reading :)

Having been married only a year and a half, I’ve recently come to the conclusion that marriage isn’t for me.

Now before you start making assumptions, keep reading.

I met my wife in high school when we were 15 years old. We were friends for ten years until…until we decided no longer wanted to be just friends. :) I strongly recommend that best friends fall in love. Good times will be had by all.

Nevertheless, falling in love with my best friend did not prevent me from having certain fears and anxieties about getting married. The nearer Kim and I approached the decision to marry, the more I was filled with a paralyzing fear. Was I ready? Was I making the right choice? Was Kim the right person to marry? Would she make me happy?

Then, one fateful night, I shared these thoughts and concerns with my dad.

Perhaps each of us have moments in our lives when it feels like time slows down or the air becomes still and everything around us seems to draw in, marking that moment as one we will never forget.

My dad giving his response to my concerns was such a moment for me. With a knowing smile he said, “Seth, you’re being totally selfish. So I’m going to make this really simple: marriage isn’t for you. You don’t marry to make yourself happy, you marry to make someone else happy. More than that, your marriage isn’t for yourself, you’re marrying for a family. Not just for the in-laws and all of that nonsense, but for your future children. Who do you want to help you raisethem? Who do you want to influence them? Marriage isn’t for you. It’s not about you. Marriage is about the person you married.”

It was in that very moment that I knew that Kim was the right person to marry. I realized that I wanted to make her happy; to see her smile every day, to make her laugh every day. I wanted to be a part of her family, and my family wanted her to be a part of ours. And thinking back on all the times I had seen her play with my nieces, I knew that she was the one with whom I wanted to build our own family.

My father’s advice was both shocking and revelatory. It went against the grain of today’s “Walmart philosophy”, which is if it doesn’t make you happy, you can take it back and get a new one.

No, a true marriage (and true love) is never about you. It’s about the person you love—their wants, their needs, their hopes, and their dreams. Selfishness demands, “What’s in it for me?”, while Love asks, “What can I give?”

Some time ago, my wife showed me what it means to love selflessly. For many months, my heart had been hardening with a mixture of fear and resentment. Then, after the pressure had built up to where neither of us could stand it, emotions erupted. I was callous. I was selfish.

But instead of matching my selfishness, Kim did something beyond wonderful—she showed an outpouring of love. Laying aside all of the pain and aguish I had caused her, she lovingly took me in her arms and soothed my soul.

To all who are reading this article—married, almost married, single, or even the sworn bachelor or bachelorette—I want you to know that marriage isn’t for you. No true relationship of love is for you. Love is about the person you love.I realized that I had forgotten my dad’s advice. While Kim’s side of the marriage had been to love me, my side of the marriage had become all about me. This awful realization brought me to tears, and I promised my wife that I would try to be better.

And, paradoxically, the more you truly love that person, the more love you receive. And not just from your significant other, but from their friends and their family and thousands of others you never would have met had your love remained self-centered.

Truly, love and marriage isn’t for you. It’s for others

See ya~