Medan, City with a myriad of reminiscences

Medan is the capital city of North Sumatera,Indonesia. It is the biggest and the most sophisticated one in the Island of Sumatera. Medan is an interesting multi-ethnic city, the native citizens of Medan are the ethnic of Malay and Batak. Then the rest are the Javanese, Chinese, and India who came as the outsider and stayed there. Medan was first a village founded by Guru Patimpus at around 1590, people named it The Village of Medan Putri or The Village of Medan-Deli. Medan officialy became the capital city of North Sumatera province at around 1915.

Now, Medan has become a metropolitan city. The Centre Business District of this city is located at Balai Kota Street. There are many attractive old building with the touch of the Dutch that surround the CBD, like the Post Office, the London-Indonesia company, the Tjong A Fie mansion, the Titi Gantung (a place where people could bought second-hand book and mags), and the famous Tirta Tower (the icon of Medan). Other fascinating sites are Kampung Keling with the Hindunese temple and Brigjend Katamso Street with its Maimoon Palace.

The weather in Medan is quite hot. You may sweat all day the time although you don't do any activities. Medan also facing the crisis of electricity supply, but the local-National Electricity Company with the aid of the mayor of Medan 'Abdillah' has been taking some worthwhile maintainance effort to solve this crisis. Under the governing of the local governor, Medan is on the right way to develop. It is dawned on me that Medan is moving forward to become the greatest city in Indonesia. With its potential human and natural resources, Medan may possibly fulfill that dream.

There is a unique thing about Medan, if you notices, you can perceive that there are a lot of beca, toyoko(bemo), and sudako(angkot) operating through the city-streets. Those means of transportation are ubiquitous in almost all of the road in Medan. Thoseare the things that make Medan lively and busy all day long.

Medan is a beautiful picturesque city, especially at night, with its colourful light. It’s also a great place for a shopping-spree to wander around and then until late night you can still see people strolling around seeking for supper and entertainment, especially at the Kesawan Square and the Selat Panjang Street. Plazas, malls, and shopping centres are a lot here in Medan, . Food are easy to find too and guarantee a taste of delicacy, one of the outstanding food that preferable as a gift by the tourists is Bika Ambon. That's all the brief explanation about the uniqeness of Medan from my point of view.



That’s all about Medan, my beloved hometown.

Thanks for posting. Your writing does not have clear 'target reader' . I understand that you want to write about the uniqueness of Medan. You need to focus on your topic more. Will discuss this is class.