Bogor, the city of green or the city of green?

During the old times, Bogor was famous because of the greenish color when Bogor was viewed from the heights. The greenish color came mostly from the trees and grass which lived and grown up on the center and the corners of the city. The trees and grass created the beautiful and fresh green color and made the romantic and cool aura of the city. One good example was the Botanical Garden, the most attractive place in Bogor until now. It has lots of trees and grass which are grown on its ground and refresh the eyes of the people who look at them.

Nowadays, Bogor is still a green city either. But, it’s a pity that Bogor now has it greenish color from the public transportation cars operating in the streets of Bogor. These cars are coincidently painted green and also create the greenish color everywhere and instead of creating a cool aura, this green color creates otherwise. The most greenish color would be clearly viewed if there is a traffic jam. I’m really sure if people view Bogor from the heights now, they would be easily disappointed.

I’m proud by the fact that Bogor is known as a green city, but I also feel ashamed when I knew that the green color is unnatural. These two facts make a harmonized irony for me, as one of the students at ITB who comes from Bogor, my hometown.