Indonesian Night: Bali Extravaganza

Two days back, there was an Indonesian Night event at Grand Hyatt, New Delhi which brought down the theme of Bali Extravaganza. I joined in this event as one of the dancer. I and three other women, two are the local staffs' wifes and the other one is an Indonesian student, like me, were going to performance one of Indonesian traditional dancing "The Umbrella Dance" (Tari Payung in local term). Besides this dance, the other dance was a Bali dance "Oleg" performed by two dancers.

Not only performing dances, there was also a fashion show session featuring an Indonesian designer Karmanita who is know by her Batik collection. There were also three models from Indonesia ,Karina Swandi, Shanti, and Moudy, and seven models from Indian model agency, who i didn;t know theri names, sorry. It was because, being worried about my performance, i didn't have time to ask and they were very busy, too. Still, i had time to just take a picture with some of them. Heee.....

Beside that two sessions, the important thing for me was the foods. It was Indonesian foods cooked by two Indonesia chefs from Grand Hyatt Hotel Jakarta. It was really nice, there were "rendang, urap, gado-gado, and jendol or es dawet". It was so cool. I thought i ate all of them, haa...

The ceremony began at 20.00 pm by an opening speech delivered by the MC. He gave an introduction about Indonesia country, its mulricultural life and society, its region and geography, etc. Then, the second speech was delivered by the Cheif of Indonesian Embassy at New Delhi, at that time was given by Mr. Rizali (i didn't know his complete name, sorry again).

Every agenda passed well, then came my turn. My heartbeat was running faster than usual. But, i had to smile in front of the audience. One minute, two and three, and then five minutes passed, i came back to the back stage. Taking a deep roan, let the air throught my mouth, then i smiled, a very big smiled. It was a success night for me. I think the audience like the dance by giving a very big hand after our peformance. Thanks to Allah.

After all the main agenda finish, then came the time that i had waited for a long time. Enjoying the dinner. Indonesia foods. Huray.......While chating with other guests and some of my friends that came that nihgt, i enjoyed my food. It was nice. Just like returning home. I felt like at my own home. Then i realised that i really missed my home and my family. Oh....

It was already 22.00 pm. One by one, the invited guest leaved the ceremony place which was took place in the out side area of the hotel,the swimming-pool. I and all the participants also went home. I felt very tired and reached home at 23.00 pm, then went to sleep after cleanning my body. Good Night.