Well, I just want to ask you, what
do you think about Tlogowaru district? I believe you will say that Tlogowaru is
the place which has been becoming planning of international centre education in
Malang or perhaps you will say that Tlogowaru is an isolated area that really
make you cannot live well there. However, actually Tlogowaru has kept many
interesting places that are difficult to be enjoyed by the visitors. One of the
examples is “The Lost Market”, I have given this name to the market in
Tlogowaru that really different with other markets that I ever know. This
market is actually have same large area, many stores, then the location is
quite good because near with the main road of Tlogowaru. However, this market
give different feelings for me while in the first time I visited there for
doing my community service that be held in Elementary school behind this quite
building. As a result, this market actually really helps me to take the shorter
way to go to the elementary school. Furthermore, I begin to attract with the
background of this lost market that can make this market such as the dead body
that actually still have a little chance to breathe and survive in the
environments. Then, I begin to do the adventure to find many facts and stories
about this place. Finally, I get the points which make me feel surprise.
my picture in front of Tlogowaru Market Board
Do you
want to know what is the story behind that? Or even when you never come there,
you can try to visit there that actually not very far from my beloved dormitory
perhaps you only need to take a walk for about 15 minutes to the East of my
dormitory along Tlogowaru Main Street. Then, you can find that place in the
left side of the Tlogowaru Street. Well, I really want to give my gratitude for
Mr. Widin and his wife who told me many things about this ‘invisible place’.
Alright, he said that if previously this market is only a large field but then
it changes to be a market after it is owed by the rich person, because this
rich person stayed in the heart of Malang City, he cannot supervised well, as a
result the market that actually in the process of constructions had faced the
problem of marketing the stores that already be built.
My picture with Mr.Widin and his wife
Then, after 8 years to
be useless market because of lack of buyers, the local government tried to
promote it by legalized the market on Saturday, May 14th 2011.
However, this condition did not give any good progress for the market besides
there were internal problems from the owner, also the problems of the people
who wanted to buy the stand felt disappointed because of not maximal service
from the owner to attract the other buyers. Many sellers then stopped their
activity in this market because of the lack of visitors. Then it made this
condition to be worse until right now when you visit there, you will absolutely
find only 7 stores that are still surviving because the location is in front of
the market. Moreover, it is really sad to know, if the rest of it just can be
the useless places that sometimes make me scary while taking a walk along there
with the old and dirty building. Well, that’s all about my story, you will find
more interesting side of this lost market if you can spend your time much
longer there. I hope this market will gradually improve the management as a
result it will not be wasted away again for the society. Well, just enjoy!
My picture in front of the stands
The picture of the quite stands
