Usually when I go overseas trips, it's either for a dance festival or holiday purposes. However, the most recent trip made this year was not for any of that, but I went there for studying purposes. Six of us were send to Institut Seni Indonesia(ISI) also known as Indonesia Arts Institute. We were there to study more about ethnomusicology.This trip is really interesting because I was actually not interested in music in the first place, however somehow I was the one chosen for that study trip. It was a blessing in disguise I supposed because that trip taught me that there are more to music itself. Over there, we learned to play the gamelan. We also got to know that there are many division in gamelan itself. This is beacause Indonesia is such a huge country and there are gamelan from different parts of the country. It might differ in the notes, the material used to make their instrument and also the way its performed. This trip was different from the other overseas trips because we all had a village homestay. Stripped down to the basic. We showered with water from the well. The electricity wasn't that good. I had no internet access. We were literally living the way people over there lived. Being a Singaporean, everything was way too different however we did get used to it because even without all the advantages, we still had a lot of fun there. I also got the chance to teach the student there Malay dance. This was fun too. In Singapore, we usually have classes indoors, on cemented floors. Over there, we were out in the open, we danced beside a paddy field and not on a cemented ground. That was really something to rememeber. In all, the trip taught me alot and it made me experience life in the village. Something that I won't be able to experience in Singapore. Thank you ISI Jogjakarta. :)
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