Travel to Manila

February, 10^th 2018

After the third week passed and the end of this week we had a holiday again to Manila. Let’s free and relaxed guys hehehe :).  It was the chance to stay away from our frustrated during a week. But, it was the last holiday here :). So sad :).

 

This day, I wake up at 03.00 a.m. because we had to go to Manila at 04.00 p.m. so we couldn’t get traffic jam.  We spent 3-4 hours to get there. As usual, we went to Manila by one and only TAU bus. On the bus during the way I just spent many times to sleep until we arrived in Manila. When we arrived there, the first place that we visited was The Mind Museum. The requirement to enter the museum is bring our ID Card. But, unfortunately I didn’t bring my TAU ID card. So, What should I do? Then, my mentor said that you can use the picture of your ID Card. I searched in my cellphone and hooorayyy I got it. So I could enter the museum. The mind museum is like the science museum. We could learn many things about science here like Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math. When we entered the museum the first thing that we found was the Robot that could speak. It is so smart Robot J. Then we could find many things about science. There was a place here that looks like we could see all of the universe. We could see another planets, sun, moon, stars and etc. We could also learn about life, technology, atom, and earth. It was like mini laboratory. We could also find the fossil of Dinosaurs. The Mind Museum's mission is to provide an extraordinary educational experience that inspires the public to understand nature. In front of The Mind Museum we could see the biggest Dinosaurs that looked like alive with the frighten voice. Wow! Amazing !

TAU Squads

 

Our Mentor

The first place in the museum that we visited was Universe Gallery: The Beginning and Majesty of the Cosmos .The Universe Gallery showcases humankind’s wondrous fascination with outer space. It features exhibits that show how all of life, as we know it, found its atomic beginnings in the stars. It enfolds visitors in the fundamental elements at play in the cosmos. Get closer to the wonders of the universe in the mini planetarium, the Space Shell. Currently showing: "LIFE: A Cosmic Story" and "Origins of Life."  There was the Astronaut’s statue here. Then, we could find planets, sun, and all of the things of the universe. It was look like the real universe. Then, we visited Art Gallery and I focused on the biggest Dinosaur here. Wow! Great!. Next place was Technology Gallery: The Showcase Of Human Ingenuity. The Technology Gallery is the largest of all the galleries. It is the only exhibition space on the second level, overlooking the other four galleries. This gallery presents technology not as a mere tool, gadget or industrial advancement but as means to flesh out human values and to help us become better humans. The gallery is divided into five major themes with each theme occupying a Node. The themes of the Nodes are: How We Live, Who We Are, How We Know, How Things Work, and Here to There. The fourth place was Life Gallery: The Exuberant Varieties of Life. The Life Gallery showcases the exuberance of a living planet in all its forms. It features the various habitats and the astonishing number and variety of organisms that thrive on our planet. We could find the biggest Dolphin here . We could also learn about DNA and other living things. The fifth place was Atom Gallery: The Strange World of the Very Small. The Atom Gallery is the gallery with the most number of interactive exhibits. It contains the very elemental forces that are so familiar that we take them for granted like gravity and electromagnetism. It also presents the counter-intuitive quantum world that resembles nothing in everyday experience, yet serves as the basis for much of the technology of today. In this place I tried to check the electromagnetism of my hair and surprise my hair was stand up hahaha :). It was the nice experience here.

Mathematics

Technology

In front of the Museum

Chemistry

Electromagnetic

The last place in the mind museum was park in the mind museum. In this park we could find slide and seesaw here. So we tried this slide and seesaw. We were so fun. It looked like we back to our childhood hehehe. We also found the biggest drum here. So, we tried to play it. After that, we were so hungry. Then, we decided to have lunch here. Did you know the place? Jollibee again hehehe. I’m gonna miss Jollibee when I’m in Indonesia. :)

In the park

Lunch

After lunch, we continued our journey to National Museum of Antrophology. When we arrived there we go around the park before we went to the museum. We took some pictures below the Filipinos flag then we continue to the museum.  The National Museum of Anthropology (Filipino: Pambansang Museo ng Antropolohiya), formerly known as the Museum of the Filipino People (Filipino: Museo ng Lahing Pilipino), is a component museum of the National Museum of the Philippines that houses the anthropology and archaeology divisions. It is located in the Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, Manila adjacent to the National Museum of Fine Arts building. The building formerly housed the Department of Finance. The Museum is so big. It has five floors. We couldn’t make noisy here . On the Ground floor we could find  the Office of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, the Office of teh Archaeology Division, the office of the Ethnology Division. On the second floor, we could find The San Diego : 500 Years of Maritime Trade and Garing : the Philippines at the Crossroads of Ivory Trade. On the third floor. we could find  Manlilikha ng Bayan Hall (National Living Treasure),"Lumad: Mindanao", Faith, Tradition and Place: Bangsamoro Art from the National Ethnographic Collection and "Kaban ng Lahi" (Archaeological Treasures). On the fourth floor, we could find Reception Hall (Changing Gallery), Rice, Biodiversity and Climate Change, "Hibla ng Lahing Filipino:" The Artistry of Philippine Textiles, "Baybayin:" Traditional Scripts of the Philippines, Entwined Spheres: Mats and Baskets as Containers, Costumes and Conveyors, Office of the Museum Services Division. On the fifth floor, we could find Ethnological and Zoological Repositories. So, we visited the ground until the fifth floor and took some pictures.

In the park

Filipinos flag

The Museum

After visited the museum, we went to Mall of Asia. It is the biggest mall in Asia. We just bought souvenirs there in Kultura (the place to sell the souvenirs). It is really biggest mall so we couldn’t have many times to visited all of the place here. After we bought souvenirs we decided to dinner here. We dinner at KFC not Jollibee again hehehehe. After dinner, we back to the Hostel and on the way to the Hostel we got traffic. So, we arrived at the Hostel around 12.15 a.m. Then, we directly to sleep because we were so tired. This is my story today :)

Mall of Asia

 

Dinner