Uniquely Jakarta

Like most of capital cities in the world, Jakarta is a metropolitan city. If you can stand its pollution, and if you can afford to indulge in its charms, Jakarta is one of Indonesia's most exciting metropolises. It may not be the most beautiful, but it still has got its own attrative points. Walk the busy streets of Jakarta and you will find both vehicles and stalls, houses and shops, buildings and parks, museums and shopping centres stand close to each other almost everywhere.

For example: The National Monument, standing in Merdeka Sq, is an enormous marble column, topped with a gold-covered flame. It's meant to symbolise Indonesia's proud independence. Not far from there, there's a queit new and hip modern shopping centre, EX, which has a very attractive box-like shape buildings in different colours. This scheme is not unusual in Jakarta.

Back then before I went to study in Bandung, I used to have a Jakarta trip with my friends once we had a spare time or after exams. We both loved to go to places where we could see the old and new buildings Jakarta. But it's not all about the buildings. By walking through those places, we could meet up with different people in different ages and jobs. It's just the feeling that we caught often made us realized about many things in life, how we should be grateful in everyday living even with all the hard things that might come in our ways.

It's just one thing about Jakarta that I love the most. As my hometown, Jakarta sure has its plus and minus. But as long as we can see the good things, I hope we can survive to get through the bad. Have a good day, everyone!

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.