Lhokseumawe Talk..

The first time you hear the word “Lhokseumawe”, maybe you’ll wonder where, or even what it is. Lhokseumawe is a small size of a city, located in the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. It may be an unpopular city compared to Jakarta, Bandung, or even to Pontianak and Pekanbaru, and to some other cities in Indonesia. But once you come to this city, you’ll find it’s hard to forget, for it is quiet beautiful and also a very good place to settle in or even just to have a visit. It also doesn’t have the too-high pollution rate. You can calm your mind and get away from your stressful problems for a while by staying at this city.

There are some places you can visit while you’re at Lhokseumawe. The ‘Ujông Blang’ beach gives you the pleasant feelings every time you go to there. The ‘Rancung’ beach will also enjoy you with its beautiful scenery. Usually in these beaches, there are some small kiosks that sell fresh drinks and some kinds of light meals. A very good meal worth to try when you are in these beaches is “Rujak Aceh”. It’s just an ordinary rujak (a kind of fruit salad), but you’ll enjoy it very much.

Next, there is a ‘so-called-restaurant’ area not too far from the city’s central mosque. This area is divided into two—outdoor restaurants that are opened from afternoon to the night and indoor restaurants that are opened all day long, from the morning to the night. The outdoor restaurants usually sell meals that can satisfy your hungry stomach. Try the ‘Mie Aceh’ (Acehnese noodles), some fried rice, martabak telur (bread in omelet), or even just some chocolate-covered toast in a reasonable price and you’ll find your stomach is very full that you have to sit down for a while before you go back to walk.

The indoor restaurants that are common in Lhokseumawe are those like an ordinary, little café. Maybe old time peoples like to call it “warung kopi” (coffee shop). These coffee shops are very many that you can find it easily. It is due to the fact that the Acehnese men tend to drink coffee every morning. That’s the major cause that coffee shops are very popular in Lhokseumawe and rarely get desolated from costumers. But don’t get the wrong idea! These coffee shops do not only sell coffee, but also sell light to weight meals to company your coffee time.

At the center of the city, there is a big building called ‘Islamic Center’. It is very beautiful, with big domes and also big pillars. It is even a little bigger than the city’s central mosque. Then, there’s a new-built shopping area or mall called “Harun Square”. There was also a shopping area before in Lhokseumawe called ‘Cunda Plaza’, but it was burnt down during the time of Daerah Operasi Militer (DOM - Military Operation Area). This makes the ‘Harun Square’ was waited by many people in Lhokseumawe even when it was still only a construction. Now that this shopping area has been built, it becomes a good place to even just take a walk.

Well, that's just a glimpse about Lhokseumawe, a tiny city with huge wonder to see. Why don't you visit it, so that you can know its true beauty by yourself?

Thanks for posting, you need to be focus on your target reader, and your writing is influenced by spoken language. Will discuss this matter in class.