NHK interview -- di blog orang!

Aku lagi iseng malem ini, lupa nanya Bu Lily ataupun Ayumi-san soal siarannya di NHK (karena biasa take it for granted kalau Pak Harry selalu memberitahu dan merekam siaran ke keping CD dan dikasih aku kalau di RSI Mediacorp). Terus abis dari Jepang, kan aku ke HK n Bali dalam waktu yang sangat berdekatan... Jadi ya, I completely forgot to ask about it.

So surprised to find this person -- I assume he/she lives in Japan, n definitely is able to understand Bahasa Indonesia... -- and with Google's help, I found this post about my NHK interview.

Don't ask me artinya apa itu huruf Jepangnya, karena aku bisa dibilang "buta huruf kotak2" -- well, cuma bisa mengenali sedikit sekali karakter sih... So I have dropped an e-mail pakai Bahasa Indonesia (hahahha, PD amat kumat, kan pasti NHK Siaran Indonesia yang harus reply me?). Dari pengalaman, lebih enak nulis dan ngomong Bahasa Indonesia ke orang Jepang yang bisa Bahasa Indonesia hehehe. Aku tanya apakah mungkin die-mail ke aku tuh podcast siaran, karena di website NHK Bahasa Indonesia sistemnya arsip cuma seminggu doang...

BTW, resensi Pak Harry juga diblog sama orang lho...

Kayaknya orang-orang di atas memang sukanya bikin arsip artikel / acara yang menarik perhatian mereka. Terima kasih, Arigato gozaimasu!

Ini blog dari Jepang

2008年 04月 20日

インドネシアの作家・Yunisa Gunawanのインタビュー＠ラジオ日本

インドネシアの作家・Yunisa Gunawanのインタビュー＠ラジオ・日本
ラジオ・日本のインドネシア語のページに出ていました。
ジョグジャカルタ出身でシンガポール在住の作家・Yunisa Gunawanさんです。
聞き手は、リリ・ユリアンティ(Lily Yulianti)さん。
来週の日曜日の夕方まで聞けます。

Sabtu 19 April
Wawancara dengan penulis novel remaja, Yunisa Gunawan
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/indonesian/top/index.html



"Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama"

Yunisa Gunawanさんの小説："Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama"
Yunisa Gunawanさんのブログに今回のインタビューについて詳しく出ています。

Akhirnya sampe ke tangan Z!!!

Bayangkan, dari pertengahan Nov 07 sampai akhir Mei 08... Setelah ngomel2 ke Suhu JC berkali-kali... Cross check ke Zeverina berkali-kali... Novelku akhirnya sampai juga ke tangan Z dengan selamat, di Jogja pula!

Ini foto dari Suhu JC sebagai bukti (Z cuma mau nampang tangan doang hehehe)
Foto2 interview RSI kemaren nyusul kapan2, belum upload dari kamera *lazy mode on*

Novelku bersama barang2 lainnya (antara lain dari Juwita) yang sempat "dikorupsi" Suhu JC beberapa bulan hahahhah

A Legacy...

Today I had interviews with RSI Bahasa Indonesia for WAJAH n INSPIRASI. I am making a bold statement that in 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years, people will still read my novels because of the language style I use n the story inside. Yes, I am writing literature just like Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana in the past (or Jane Austen? hahhaa)

(Even now, women in their 40-50s read n love my novel, the same way as 12-year-old or 17-year-old youngsters...) As far as I am concerned, this is pretty encouraging because I am doing the right thing I want to do.

Komentar atas foto Jepang

Lagi iseng, mending tulis di sini cuplikan komentar2 yang dikirim pribadi lewat e-mail kepada saya hehehe

from Joseph Chen to Yunisa
date May 9, 2008 1:20 PM
subject LUAR BIASA!!!

Magnificent.....LUAR BIASA......kagum aku.....

Pertanyaanku:
- Camera kamu apa sih? Teknik moto kamu cukup canggih.... kamera saku udah 3 tahun
- Berapa ribu jepretan tuh? Berapa gede memory card? <1000 kok for 9-day trip. Kebanyakan moto sakura dan foto paling banyak dihasilkan di Yokohama

Comment: kacamata'ne itu lho gede'ne ndak nguati...hihihi.....lagi trend sih ya.....dasar tukang novel n tukang cerita, ya gini ini, trip gitu isa jadi novel juga.... Suhu sentimen ahh, kacamataku branded lhoo itu baru beli last year di NYC.

thanks for sharing... fun to see the pics :) You sure seem to like the sakura! (Maggie Hoppe, my colleague who has been in Japan for few weeks!)

Waduh sudah upload photo-photo lagi ya… rajin banget…Hebat lho.. (Ms Johanna Wulansari, NUS)

Submission Received

Setelah pakai acara bingung karena ditelepon Carol kok cuma kirim tiga dan bukan enam - padahal panitia satunya sudah bilang OK gpp (karena gak ada stok, udah diembat sama Mama buat dokter gigi n utang kirim ke bibi saya di HK), sembari menunggu cetakan ke-2 dengan sampul biru dan bukan pink (duh kapan jadinya yaaa, rada lelet sih cara operasional orang2 di Indonesia kalau dibanding saya yang sudah terbiasa serba cepat di Sg)... Akhirnya submission berhasil...

The Book Council
to Yunisa
date May 9, 2008 4:48 PM
subject The Singapore Literature Prize 2008

Hi Yunisa,

This is to acknowledge receipt of 3 copies of your book titled "Sakura Bersemi de Yokohama". You would need to send another 3 copies once you have them.

We will get in touch with you if your work has been shortlisted. Thank you for your interest and participation in The Singapore Literature Prize 2008.


Regards,
www.bookcouncil.sg

The NBDCS is a non-profit organisation that promotes reading, writing and publishing through a variety of interesting and innovative programmes.

Sent!

OK yesterday 3.30pm I have posted my submission to Singapore Literary Prize 3 copies of Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama. Hope for the best :)

Anyway, I can't wait to see my 3 books by end of this month / early June titled Schoolaholic Princess Books 1-3 (Miracle Boys, Romansa Singapura, Simfoni Cinta). Cross finger I can get people from Yogyakarta to bring all my copies to Singapore... (Mbak Illydea n Pak Harry will interview me again about these novels...)

Yokohama Chinatown (Day 8)

This is probably the largest Chinatown in the world. It is so BIG and has little signs of direction. Unlike Singapore's Chinatown which is surrounded by big roads, this Yokohama's Chinatown is like villages (kampong in Malay, kampung Cina dalam Bahasa Indonesia). And Melbourne's is literally the smallest Chinatown I've ever been with only 1 stretch of road.

I was lost literally in Yokohama's Chinatown! It felt not being in Japan, but in an ancient China but... people talk in Japanese here and there hahaha. Dengan status nyaris buta huruf kotak-kotak, saya tidak bisa membedakan gerbang A dan gerbang B (kayaknya ada 7 gerbang di Chinatown Yokohama hahaha). So I was finding my way out of it, heading for Motomachi.

The food in Chinatown Yokohama is really BIG in size / portion, n since I was alone, I didn't have any apetite. Well, my parents gonna love this food thingy. Japan high quality ingredients plus Chinese food standard seasoning...

Yokohama Port Hill 3: Museum (Day 8)

Ada museum di Port Hill, tapi saya gak masuk karena menghitung waktu yang berkejar-kejaran dengan jadwal saya di Jepang... Next time I will really hunt all the good stuff in Yokohama!

Museum yang ada kafenya, ada motor parkir juga wakkaka
Memfoto pake timer, waduh celana saya gulungannya jadi gak rapi abis naik gunung heehhe
Dari sisi lain, hiks, deretan itu banyak rumah Eropa tapi saya gak sempat menelusurinya...

*next time, probably!*

Back side with sakura... busyet, cantik yahh

Yunisa berhanami tanpa tikar hahaha, rontokan sakuranya cantik

• http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/favorite/01.html
• http://metropolis.co.jp/vg/yokohama.html

Check out that for the links for the route that I walk by (and miss a lot due to time constraints. Certainly a day is not enough).

Yokohama Port Hill 2: Sea View (Day 8)

Ini namanya Port Hill, Bukit Pelabuhan... bisa melihat laut, letaknya berseberangan dengan Yamashita Park (tapi jangan harap jalan datar ya, mesti olah raga mendaki bukit)...
Anyway for sea view, I prefer Yamashita Park. Port Hill bagus buat melukis (sakura), zoom pemandangan laut (kalau Yamashita Park kan gak perlu zoom) dan ada museumnya juga di Port Hill ini...

Hijaunya pohon dan birunya laut dari kejauhan
Zoom laut, keliatan Intercontinental Hotel tuh
Jembatan Yokohama dan lautnya

Yokohama Port Hill 1- Sakura Garden (Day 8)

Port Hill itu gede banget, yang menarik pertama kali itu taman yang banyak sakuranya... Banyak orang melukis sakura (cat minyak or cat air). Tapi menurut saya, lukisan mereka jelek hehehe, bagus aslinya dan bagus difoto / divideo!!

Speechless kan? Saya yang cerewet aja jadi bengong di Yokohama ngeliat sakura hehehe
Manusia begitu kecil, ciptaan Tuhan begitu agung...
Romantis buat syuting jalan2 (Produser, setuju gak sama saya?)

Ini jalan masuk / keluar Port Hill tanpa mendaki tangga (tapi naik, naik ke puncak bukit)
Sakura yang sudah berdaun banyak, lautan mengintip di balik rimbunnya pohon sakura
Yunisa posing with pink sakura tree using timer in her camera hehe
See the fallen petals n the still blossoming sakura... It's priceless (kayak iklan MasterCard aja)
Hello there! See the contrast between sakura n the other greens

Yokohama: Scenery Spots for Future Shooting (Day 8)

Produser, pemandangan yang saya foto berikut juga bagus nih buat adegan jalan2 para tokoh di novel :P

Becak di Yokohama
Jalanan model Eropa hehe, ini deket museum. Terlalu banyak museum di Yokohama
Museum Arsip (Archive) -- mirip rumah Eropa kuno
Sakura Playground, cantiknyaaa
Air mancur ini kayak di Bugis Seiyu Singapore?? heheh, tapi sakura di belakangnya itu lho *_*

Cherry blossoms in Yokohama (Day 8)

Area surrounding or heading to Foreign Cemetery and Yamate Catholic Church (Enoki Tei Cafe included) has the most beautiful cherry blossom (I think because they are uphill, the highest point in Yokohama? So the weather is pretty cool)... Sejuk hawanya, abis capek mendaki tetep perlu pake mantel biar gak kerasa dingin...

Narsis di tepi jalan bersakura. Ini naik, naik ke puncak bukit mencari kuburan... (daerah Port Hill). Hmm harusnya nulis: Author of Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama berpose dengan sakura di tepi jalan di Yokohama heehhe
Kalau aku yang nyetir, pasti gak konsen padahal jalanan menikung gitu... Abis sakuranya cantik sekali di pinggir jalan!!!
Rambut kempis abis keramas pagi-pagi... terpana melihat sakura dan gak ngeliat kamera hahaha
Sakura di dekat Gereja Katolik Yamate, depannya kompleks kuburan (bersakura juga). Alamak, ini mungkin kuburan dan Gereja paling stylish di Asia??? (gara2 sakuranya bersemi hahaha)
Garden Bluff penuh sakura, pingin ngafe di sana tapi waktunya gak cukup... HIKS HIKS, next time, Yokohama I am coming again!!!

Yokohama: Motomachi (Day 8)

This is the shopping alley in Yokohama, Motomachi, in between Chinatown area n Cemetery area. Plenty varieties, but it's difficult to get my size (despite I look slim, I am still big in Japanese petite standard. I am oh-so-very Western size with broad shoulder and my height). But you can find cute (Mickey, Minnie stuff) in one of the shops there... And there is a linkway to the Foreign Cemetery (I found it on the way back from the Cemetery).

Ada juga satu kuil dengan sakura yang cantik, tersembunyi di satu gang di balik toko-toko.

Sale @ Motomachi is every February (kata brosur, orang2 seluruh Jepang bakal menyerbu Motomachi)

Mengikuti jejak Sakura, saya menelusup di gang
Ini dia hasil menyusup di gang: kuil bersakura
Cantiknyaaaa
Ini gang tembus kuburan - Motomachi

Selected Japan Photos

Last night, finally, Dorothy, my new friend from Japan tour sent me my pictures in her camera (wakakaka, saya nagih utang siangnya, masa udah sebulan belon dikirim padahal saya sudah kirim begitu upload ke laptop).
Anyway, small size, so just nice to upload them here :)
Thanks, Dort!

Kuil Kiyomizu dibangun tanpa paku (biasa nih semua kuil di Jepang, Thailand, Korea sama!)

Di depan kedai teh (tea house)

Bersama dua gadis Jepang berkimono di Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto

(sayang sandal mereka gak difoto, tinggi banget bo', kayak "teklek" super high heel hehe)

Abis naik Shinkansen dari Toyohashi

Reply from Singapore Literature Prize

Dear Yunisa,

Thanks for your note.

May I know when the reprinting will be completed? It won't be a problem if you send us copies before 30 May 2008.

In any case, send us the 3 copies you have and then you can send me more when it's reprinted.

Regards,

National Book Development Council of Singapore 50 Geylang East Avenue 1 Singapore 389777

----- Original Message -----
From: Yunisa
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:06 PM
Subject: Singapore Literature Prize (SLP) 2008 queries

Dear Sir / Madam,

I would like to submit my novel titled Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama published in Bandung, 2006, and this novel has earned interviews in RSI Malay and NHK, Japan recently. Unfortunately I do not have enough copies with me now (my novel is going to be reprinted and what I have with me is only 3 copies of the first edition). Actually I have donated 5 copies to National Library and 2 copies to NUS Library (see below). I was wondering whether you would be kind enough to allow me submit 3 copies instead of 6?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Awaiting your reply,
Yunisa

Yokohama, a Harbor City (Day 8)

In Yamashita Park, you can see Hikawa Maru (kapal beneran yang diparkir di sana). Marine Tower (Menara Marina) tutup, ternyata dua-duanya sedang dilelang... I thought it was due to renovation *too positive thinking* Ayumi-san told me that people usually enjoy hanami under sakura trees in Yamashita park... When I was there, people were jogging n I was blinded by the beauty of the sea. Namanya bener2 "jogging with view", nice weather, nice scenery... Seingat saya, sakura-nya udah gak keliatan di Yamashita (atau mungkin saya kurang teliti menelusuri jogging track nya ya?)

Kapal Hikawa Maru yang dulu pernah menjadi RS Palang Merah, kapal pesiar, dll...

Menara Marina (Marine Tower) yang sedang tutup, dari arah Yamashita Park

Laut biru / Ocean Blue (biar kayak judul lagu hehhee)

The corner of Yamashita Park walking from Queen King Jack area

Patung pertama: gadis bersepatu (merah?)

Berpose dengan patung penjaga air (Dewa Air? gak ngerti deh)

Yokohama Queen, King, Jack (Day 8)

Dari Red Brick, saya berjalan menuju Queen, King, Jack. Tiga bangunan itu adalah yang tertinggi di Yokohama berpuluh-puluh (atau seabad yang lalu)... Setiap pelaut yang datang dan melihat tiga bangunan itu, pasti tahu kalau dirinya sudah sampai Yokohama *_* All of them are actually government buildings (or custom checking???) Just click the link to find out more info.

The three buildings are located in each junction... (persimpangan jalan)

"Ratu" mengintip di balik ranting-ranting sakura yang belum bersemi This is the Queen, the highest among the three
King
Tetangga mereka, NHK Yokohama
The shortest (and the newest) among the three, Jack