legend has it, that there was once a beautiful damsel by the name of roro jongrang, and she caught the eyes of one bandung bondowoso. bandung bondowoso was not a sight to see, no he is not. and there is no chance in hell that roro jongrang would take his proposal and became his bride.
the thing is, bandung bondowoso is a very powerful man, with very short temper. hence, roro jongrang has to find another way to say no than saying the obvious.
so she is thinking of an impossible task, a task she knew no men could ever achieved. she asked him to build her one thousand temples in a night. now, now, bandung bondowoso was not an ordinary man...no he's not. and one thousand temples he will built... with the help of genies (or was it elves) he did all he could to have roro jongrang as his wife.
roro jongrang, in the state of panic, knew that bandung bondowoso would fulfill her "impossible" task. but she did not want to become bandung bondowoso wife (well... from what i know, bandung bondowoso is a bad-ass, and i like a bad ass :p... anywaaaaaaaayyy). and roro jongrang is a very smart woman. she is thinking of a way to stop bandung bondowoso. as the temple became 999, she woke up her ladies in waiting and command them to start grinding (okay don't get any ideas) rice... and she also burned some hay, so the roosters thought it's morning already.
in triumph, roro jongrang came up to bandung bondowoso and claimed that he had not fulfilled the task. angry because of her tricks, bandung bondowoso cursed her and made her the last temple, to complete the one thousand temple.
there boys and girls, is the tale of the one thousand temple (give or take).
what does it have to do with my entry? well, i'm steppin on this island again for the first time since he broke my heart. it's his land. now, it doesn't mean anything, for the feeling has gone, and vanish into thin air. anyway, i'm here for the national seminars, which was held in the new guest house complex of the office. the thing is, this complex was not even half done a month before (okay, maybe i am a LITTLE exaggerating) but now, it's almost complete (well, from the look of it :p).
so... i think...i think... bandung bondowoso is not a legend, he's actually exists... and building the complex right now, along with his gnomes, genies, and all those wonderful creatures....
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