 | keep walking... | Nov 12, 2004 |
|  | Indonesian 1st Hot Air Balloon Adventure
26 - 28th March 2010
Sentul City, West Java |
Any idea what is chino? Chino is a kind of twill fabric, usually made primarily from cotton. Mostly people consider it as khaki. But it's actually two different cloth. Just google 'em up and you'll get the idea   images from here Banana Republic and Fashionesedaily is having a Chino Look contest, ' Live in Chino'. Time for you to show your chino look and get a chance to get 1.000.000 IDR Banana Republic voucher  . You can also participate by voting me! LOL .... and vote for other looks too (but only after voting me...LOL).  I will still post my photos here. But the daily blog will moved to: gone fishing | | ok! I decided to keep posting my photos to my multiply :D
This is taken during Cap Go Meh Bogor Street Festival 2010 in Suryakencana, Bogor.
Cap Go Meh is an annual event. It's 15 days after Chinese New Year. |
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I have another friend's wedding next week and have no idea what to wear. So I open my mom's cupboard and look for batik cloth. Since it's a day time wedding, I don't want to be so formal. So I tried this look. What do you think?
 When in Bali, you just have to eat this!
Crispy fried duck served with rice, vegetables, and traditional sambal.
Bebek Bengil Restaurant
(Dirty Duck Dinner)
Phone 62-361- 975 489
Padang Tegal - Ubud Batik has never been this popular among the youngster before. Back than people always think batik wearing batik is only for formal occasion. Once I wore my mom’s batik cloth to my friend’s wedding and I got compliment of that. 
Have batik cloth but can’t figure out a way to wear it?
Here’s my way on wearing it:1. Wrap the cloth around your waist (if you want it shorter, you can fold the linen first)2. Meet the two ends of the linen at the front side (it can be in the right, left, or center; whichever you like)3. Use a holder to help you tie both ends. Mine is a metal butterfly, so cute . You can easily find this holder in batik store. Usually made of metal or coconut shell.4. Adjust the bottom, so it would drape nicely.5. If you can, tie the both end to the back or else tuck the end in. 6. Voila! Put on your top, make up, bag, shoes, and you’re ready to go!
modern batik cloth: danar hadi || top: the executive || shoes: zara || clutch: mom's || batik cloth holder: from batik bazaar in JCC
 source: flickr
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I still owe you (you who? like anyone read my blog) my Singapore trip story.I went to Singapore with my friends for 3 days (11th-13th December 2009) by AirAsia. We already bought the tickets since July. I was quite disappointed with the ticket price I got, because somebody got lower price. And they just bought it a few weeks before the trip…zzz… AirAsia is so unpredictable. You just have to try your luck. All my friends believed all stuffs like the plane tix, hotels, and itinerary to me. So I was the only one busy browsing all these things. I didn’t mind at all. I love making itinerary.So we took the earliest flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and arrived at Changi Airport around 10 AM. We took MRT to Bugis. Checked in and grabbed lunch at Raffles Hospital food court.I stayed at ABC Backpackers Hostel. I felt sooo happy I found it. Cheap, clean, and cheap. Did I mention cheap? The hostel is only 5 mins walk from Bugis MRT Station. There were other cheaper one in Little India, but I prefer Bugis to Little India. And ABC is the cheapest amongst all in Bugis. So we rent to 6 bed room dorm for 18 SGD/night/person. First I wanted the 8 bed room for 15 SGD/nights, but they suggest us this 6 bed room so we can have the whole room for ourselves. Well that’s a good idea, so I took it.We stayed for 3D/2N. Our total expense for the hostel was 36 SGD and 10 SGD for deposit. Not bad huh?  Since it’s a dorm, the toilet & bathroom is not attached in the room. There are soaps and shampoos from former backpackers who don’t want to bring their stuff to their next journey. We got lockers inside the room, blanket, and towel. Breakfast is provided until 10.30. We ate breakfast in the back alley of the hostel. Breakfast time is the time you met other backpackers. I met backpackers from Argentina, Germany, India, and couples from Indonesia too. 
After having lunch we went to Bugis Junction and Bugis Village. I took pictures of the famous colorful houses with the spiral stairs in Bugis. It was lovely. After that I & my bf went to Chinatown, to buy some aero modeling RC spare parts for my dad, while the others went to Orchard. Like many other Chinatown, every kind of herbs with this weird smell is sold there. I ate Mango Sago for 2.8 SGD, it’s a dessert and great for the sunny weather.
Next destination is Orchard. We were quite tired already. So we only walk from ION – Takashimaya then ended up at Food Republic. We continue walking until Somerset then took MRT back to Bugis.What’s a holiday without a tired foot, right?Arrive at the hostel, we took some rest for a while and then I have to pick up my cousin in Changi again. She took the last flight because the still got exams. I was late picking her up because I hadn’t set my watch to Singapore time. But thank God her flight was delayed, so we arrived on time to pick her up. It was around 11 PM and we hadn’t had dinner.
 
I was craving for Sup Tulang Merah. Had read and watched people’s review on this delicacy and was eager to try it. I was told to eat the one at Beach Rd., near Bugis. So from Changi we took MRT to Lavender (because from the map it seems closer if we walk from Lavender than Bugis). Its actually still quite far, I felt sorry for my bf and my cousins,,…. But I like walking, so no problem for me. Esp. the reason you walk this far is for sup tulang. :D
So we arrive at Beach Rd., the food court is across the Golden Mile Complex. It was 12 AM, only a couple of stall is still open. Of course the Sup Tulang is open! They are open until 2 AM. My other friends join to have dinner here. When the tulang came, no one eat it. They were all staring at this red bloody thing at the table. One’s asked,”Are you sure wanna eat that?” Me, “Sure! This is what I came to Singapore for!” LOL. 
Having clueless about the taste, I was pretty confident it tastes good. And after I ate it, it was not good, it’s great! We have some good talk and good laughs over the dinner, and walked back to the hostel. The streets were already empty; one street is full of cars parked. I think it’s a night club. We arrive at the hostel around 2 AM. Everyone got into their bed, talking until everyone fell asleep.I bet no one woke up if my friend didn’t turn on the lights. We took breakfast, toast bread with sarikaya jam, earl grey tea, and good chat. Met a couple of Argentineans backpackers, they just went to Bali, spend a couple of days in Singapore, then off to Thailand. After breakfast we clean our own dishes then took a bath.Our plan for day 2 is around Raffles, Merlion, Esplanade, and City Hall. I took photos again. Then have lunch in Lau Pa Sat. Lau Pa Sat was Singapore's first wet market and turned into a food court. The building is very beautiful with great details. I was looking for kebab, but didn’t found it there. So I ordered fish ball soup 3.5 SGD. After lunching we headed to Orchard again.
The girls went shopping and the boys went…I don’t know. I just know the girls went shopping. I went to The Heeren, eat es potong at the street, Far East Plaza (my fave mall), ION, and then back to the hostel. We had very limited time. Haven’t comb Far East Plaza  But we have to get ready for Zouk Out.
Zouk Out is an annual outdoor dance music festival located in Siloso Beach, Sentosa. I wasn’t much of a party people. I didn’t even know who the line ups were. Lol…But my friend already bought tickets (59 SGD) for me, so I’m going. Yes I’ve heard of Armin van Buuren, the number one DJ of today I guess. I don’t know his songs. But I enjoy his performance. Miss Kittin and The Hacker (MKTH) was great too! Love their music & their stage performance!
Well actually, I only dance during MKTH and Armin. Other than that I was sleeping next to the stage (literally)..ROTFL. We got there at 9 PM, had dinner (finally kebab!), MKTH was at 11 PM, after that I sit next to the stage, sleeping on and off, and got in front of the stage again at 5 AM. Armin played into the sunrise. Cool! Although Zouk Out wasn’t my main plan, I had fun there. We went home at 7 AM, catching the first MRT to the city.Back at the hostel, we didn’t waste our time sleeping. Hey we already slept at the beach! Remember? I took a shower then had breakfast. We met other guest from Indonesia and they were at Zouk Out too. 23000 people went to Zouk Out, I guess most of them were Indonesians. After breakfast we have to pack our bags. Check out time is 11 AM, but our flight was still at 10 PM. Luckily we can leave our bags in the hostel and pick it up later on.
We went to Bugis Village again, my friends wanted to buy gifts, then Mustafa in Little India for chocolates!. After Mustafa we took a late lunch at Vivo City in Harbour Front, and then relax at the open space in Vivo.
Time passes so fast, we had to go back to the hostel, pick up our bags, and go straight to the airport. Our holiday was ending soon.  At the airport we took a quick bite then off to the boarding room. Minutes later we were entering the plane and (not-so-)ready to fly back home.My plane tix costs aprox. 1.1 mill rupiah, eating per meal cost about 5 SGD, MRT for 3 days around 10 SGD.It’s always sad when your holiday ends, but it’s never sad to plan for another one.See you on my next backpacking trip! | | my first lomo attempt - Diana F+
it's true! You cannot think otherwise you'll just get these black light all over you photos...lol..
2 rolls..and this is what i got :D |
 | ABCDESG | Dec 16, '09 11:25 AM
for everyone |
| | Not-so-backpacking to Singapore
December 11-13th, 2009 |
Is it just me, or do you think Edward Cullen and Dude Herlino look-a-like?
Or they just happen to wear too much powder in their face? What does 2009 mean to me?2009 started rough for me, as I open my own Pandora Box. Thought I can never get thru it but as months changes, I can cope with that (lebaaayy)…. So thankful I have my friends with me! I really love them!!Shits happen, but life goes on! God is great! God always give what we need, instead of want we want. Well let’s just talk about the good stuffs here…:D What I  about 2009:- January - March, still in blue but my friends are the best! Can’t live without them!
- April, I get to see Jamiroquai life in concert. Yes it’s true!
- May, I have worked for a year -> it means I can get annual leave. Woohoo!
- June, I went to Bangkok. It’s my first backpacking experience with Etha. Just the 2 of us…:D
- July, my bf got a job in Bali. I’m happy for him, but sad in the same. It means LDR.
- August, I went to Bali to visit my bf. Haven’t been there in years. And yeah I still love it there!
- September - October, I started to cope will all problems. I believe God has a plan for me. Thankful of all things that happened in my life. Believe that everything happens for a reason.
- November, I won AirAsia’s blog contest and got a ticket to attend YES2009 (Youth Engagement Summit 2009) in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
- December:
- My uncle gave me a camera! Early Christmas present I guess? He gave me a MINOX DCC Leica M3.
- My best friend got married. Sooo happy for her!
- There is no such thing as too much holiday right? Well this December I will go to Singapore with my cousin, friends, and bf.
Yes, I’m broke of all these holidays. But I can say 2009 is the best year of my life..so far. I’ve work, I’ve traveled with my own money, and I’ve experienced this so-called-life thing. Well not all, I’m very sure of that. But it gave me a lot of life lesson. God have been with me all this time, sorry I sometimes still skip my 5 daily prayers. Promise next year I'll do betterC’est la vie…c’est la vie… I love my life! Just got back from Malaysia last Wednesday. I attended the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 (YES2009). How did I get there in the first place? Lucky I guess… 
 
As simple as answering Air Asia question on if you could change one thing in your lifetime, what would it be, and who will it be for? Yourself, your community, or your country? And how will you contribute to it?I answered: 1thing I'd like to change is to make people to stop litter. So the environment will be a healthier & comfortable place to live in.Submit it on Thursday, then on Friday I got to know that I was one of the 30 lucky winners! Yeay! Thanks Air Asia! Though they don’t provide transportation & accommodation, I still want to go there. So I booked the cheapest flight (It’s Air Asia for sure :D) and stayed at my friend’s house there.So I arrived Sunday (15/11) in LCCT at 11.30 am and not long after that my friend, Natasha and her friend, Hanum, pick me up. Natasha is my childhood friend back when I was living in Sydney. We went to Natasha’s family house in Taman Kencana. There I met Auntie Jo and Uncle Wan. We didn’t stay long there. We then drove to Sungei Wang and Bukit Bintang to have lunch and window shopping. I didn’t bought anything there..quite a surprise :D. I fell in love in a Vincci shoes but they didn’t have the number. Too bad Around 5 we went back to Taman Kencana, have some snacks and drove back to Natasha’s house at Seri Kembangan.The YES2009 took place in Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC) in Putrajaya. Luckily it’s near Tasha’s house. Hanum drove me to PICC on Monday (16/11) morning; I went to Air Asia booth for registration and waited for the gate to be open. It was supposed to start at 9.00 am, but in fact starts at 10.30 am. Here’s my resume of the speakers in the 2 day summit: * Lorraine Hahn – former CNN and CNBC presenterShe was the MC for the 2 day summit. She’s a very clever lady indeed. In the opening speech she said, “Its youth who build the future, not future build the youth.    * Biz Stone – co-founder of TwitterSo he’s cute. LOL. Who doesn’t know twitter? Anyway my id is @shizuoka. Follow me .. I love the way he made his speech. He made the audience listen to him.
Many people think Twitter is an overnight success, but actually it’s a 10 years worth of work. His team actually planning on creating something bigger than Twitter. Then the idea of Twitter came out when there’s some flood in his house, he’s busy cleaning the mess and suddenly his friend texted him saying, ‘Sipping wine in the lake. So relaxed.’ And he’s like WTF? I’m busy here and you’re like relaxing on the lake?  So Twitter was born.One tweet can change a lot of people. Open exchange information (not just Twitter) can send positives global impact. Tiny information can be such a useful info. Why Twitter only can write 140 characters? Because a text messages is 160 characters and they leave 20 characters for names.‘Twitter is about the triumph of humanity, not the triumph of technology’
Being the youth and eager to success we mustn’t be afraid of failing. Biz said happy mistake are the best kind and creativity is a renewable resource. * Dr. Mamphela Ramphelle – former managing director of The World BankShe is surely one of a genius woman. She’s from South Africa, in her youth time there is no many choice for black people. Even in their own country. Both of her parents is a teacher, but she wanted to be a doctor, but don’t know where to go. No one go to college at that time. But with effort and hard work she made it.She talks about ethical engagement, political conflicts, gender stereotypes, inequality. Talks about Nelson Mandela engaged people to fight apartheid, how Mahatma Gandhi paid the change by his own life, Martin Luther King; the assassin’s bullet that kills him never kills his dream, Obama believe youth can change what’s happening.Her advice for the youth is use all the opportunity that you got.
* Narain Karthikeyan – F1 driver from IndiaSupposed is Amitabh Bachchan sitting in this summit. But for some reason he cancelled it..too bad. I wanted to meet him. But c’est la vie. Narain is cute though…LOLWhen Hahn asked Narain why F1? He simply answers when you’re young, brave, stupid just catch your dream. Stupidity helps He learns to drive by driving tractors in the rice field. It’s not an instant success. He encourages youth to never give up, when there’s a will there’s a way. If you start something finish it. Plan your strategies. 
* Bob Geldof – founder of Live Aid and Live8Lookin’ good Sir! I'm in love with him. I always have something with rebel and mature (not to say old ) looking man. He comes out on stage wearing a sleek grey suit. Didn’t expect that from him..LOLAnw he starts his speech by talking about his childhood. His father sells towel from house to house, his mother died when he was 6, his first sister didn’t wanted to take care of the family so she married and get out of the house, and his other sister was the type of women who don’t stop studying. So no one actually took care of little Geldof. There was only radio. He listens to the radio every single day, and gets to know rock music. Why is rock music so universal? Rock band is an accurate example of the real life. From rock bands he knows about Africa, that was when he was 13 years old. He didn’t get to college, he didn’t want to and he cannot go, because of his marks. So he travels the world, gets some money, and got back to Ireland and formed a band, The Boomtown Rats. It became a hit!‘Nobody is less than another. Everybody is equal if they got the equal opportunity.’
He also set an anti-Apartheid move in Ireland. He recognized there’s only 8 mile difference from the richest (Europe) and the poorest (Africa). We must get something to do with this and he did it through music.The common language of the world is not English, it’s Pop Music. Politic and economic is the structure of poverty. He said, ‘It’s not my generation who feels the impact, it’s yours.’ One’s country can’t solve the problem alone. We as an ASEAN country should get together and solve this problem. As Gandhi once said, ‘If you want to change, be the change!’ * Garry Kasparov – Russian living legend of chessMy favorite speaker in the summit! Didn’t expect he would give such a great speech. I thought chess player? He must be a serious type. What will he talk about? But amazingly his speech was great!He talks about strategic thinking. As the youth of today we need a constant change, and always create something new (innovate). Strategic planning is important --> plan and analyze. Knowledge and experience is not enough.There’s changes from the past until now. Wright bros -> Boeing, Wang lab -> Toshiba, Altavista -> Google, Rio MP3 -> Ipod. To survive we must evolve. Changes are taking risk. 0% risk is impossible. What is happening today is a catastrophe of debt, status quo. The changes have slown dramatically. Most of the innovations are made before 1970. Vertical innovation means growth, while horizontal innovation means dead.Vertical -> Creation, New, Experimental, Risky, Growth, Jobs Horizontal -> Incremental, Existing, Imitation, Safe, Debt, RevenueVertical innovation is what drives the world.
Mark Twain said, ‘The average man is proud to be “consistent”, unchanging, immovable, and fossilize, where it should be his humiliation’.Mr. Kasparov also talks about tactics and strategies. They are two different things. Tactics is an adjustment and reaction of something, no goals. Meanwhile in strategies there is a goal. It is knowing what to do when there is nothing. Without intuition we’re only spectators. The man who knows ‘Why’, will always be one’s boss. We have to ask why all the time. Everybody can be great. You just need to prepare something before they needed it. Things moves too quickly nowadays. Our goal now is to innovate.‘Recognize your strength and improve your weakness.’
 
* Donald Trump – do I really need to explain this man?He didn’t attend the summit physically, but we’re interacting live with him via satellite. I love technology! Mr. Trump talks about success. The meaning of success never change, was it 100 years ago or the next 100 years. It’s a simple word with complex meaning. The tip is never quit.A quitter will never be successful Also don’t trust everybody. Pick the best people to trust. If somebody screw you, screw them back. His tips to be success are:- Stay focus at all time
- Believe in yourself
- Able to handle pressure
- Master your subject
Not everybody got good instinct. If you don’t have that instinct, it’s alright. Just work for somebody and you’ll be great. Talking about second chances, if they're good and smart it's OK. But if they cheated on you, most likely they will do the same thing again.People don’t change that much Work ethic is very important for entrepreneurs. To be leader we must do our job properly. People will respect you if you do something properly. * Randi Zuckerberg – Director of market development at FacebookRandi is a very humble person. She’s such a great person and always smiles to us. The talk of Facebook is basically about the Facebook itself. Who doesn’t have Facebook? The Chinese maybe. But her team never stops trying to bring Facebook to China.
In social networking action it very crucial. She has led the company’s US election and international politics strategy, as well as pioneered several large media partnerships. Many social movements from the youth start in Facebook. Social networking impact is so big. About Twitter, she said it’s not a competition. She even got a Twitter account.As long as it’s spreading positive news and making the world more positive, it’s a terrific action.
There’s one story about a burglar in the US who log in to Facebook in the victims house and forget to log out. Bummer! The house owner just looked into his profile and the burglar easily got caught. Or about a young girl who is trapped in a collapse house and people can find her just because she updated her Facebook status from her mobile. * David Magliano – Director of Marketing for London 2012 OlympicsMany might not know him, but he is the one who brought London to become the Olympic host in 2012. He talks on how he engages young people to get ‘London 2012’. London submits the entry last minute. The final 5 city is Paris, Moscow, New York, London, and Rio. Paris and London was the last two.We get to see all of the city’s 30 second video. Lucky us! All four cities brought its cityscape while London’s video is about the youth in the entire world who wants to take part on the Olympics. It has nothing to do with London. * Long Yangtu (China’s former Vice Minister of Trade) and Yashwant Sinha (Former Finance Minister of India)This session is a round table discussion which was moderated by Lorraine Hahn. Talking about China and India economics. How China became that big in economics.  
* Tony Fernandes – founder of Air AsiaThis is Malaysia’s own. The Malaysians are very proud of him. Standing ovation for him as he entered the stage. Two people got tickets to London just by running to the stage wearing anything red. Envy you!!!! I really enjoy his speech. He is such a humble and down to earth person.How Tony get into this business? Actually he was in the music business for so long, and he starting to have thoughts about quitting his job. He was working in NY and and couple of countries in Europe. Flying to Europe countries back and forth get him to know there are so many budget airlines in Europe. And he thought he can bring this business back home. It wasn’t easy. But he is not afraid to fail.Don't be afraid to fail. The failure is not to try.
Why Air Asia fly to Bandung? There is no airline fly there. But Air Asia dares to fly there. Aceh? After the tsunami he thinks we have to do something there. So Air Asia opens new route to Aceh. Bali? After bombing many people are afraid to go there, but Air Asia still opens their route to promote Bali even more.Do you know there is Miss Thailand flying for Air Asia Thailand? Yes. Tony met this girl and she said she wanted to be a pilot. She took the test and now flying for Air Asia Thailand. There are a total of 35 female pilots in Air Asia.Tony said, ‘You can’t be a great leader, if you don’t go to the ground.’ Tony likes to be in his employees shoes for every each other time.Don’t look for protection
In the end of his speech he said: ‘One day I’ll buy Singapore Airlines!’ We’ll be waiting Tony! :D * Nando Parrado – Andes plane crash survivorIt’s the last speaker for the summit. And he did a great closing. He shares his very touching story about his plane crash in the Andes Mountain, that took his mother, sister, and friend’s life.He showed us slides of pictures about the plane crash. 72 days in the mountain with no food, no drink, no clothes. How did he survive? It was 37 years ago, when he was just 19. He came home from being rescued, his father is only family left. His father said to him; go on do anything that you want with your life. You have had experienced the worst.When something goes wrong with you life, the universe just doesn’t care
Not everybody have access to success, but go forward. The mistake is saying later. You never know when is too late.In the end he showed a clip about his family and it really droves me into tears. He is now living happily with his wife and two kids. Continuing his father business and giving speech to all over the world about his experience.Well, that’s what I get from YES2009. I learn new things. All the speakers were great on sharing their story. Now is time for us, youth, to give something to make the world a better place. Oh, and btw YES2010 is plan to be held in Indonesia. Hope I can go there again.xxsasti | | it's actually last August. My short visit to Bali. It's always sea, sun, and sand there...:D Just love it! |
| | Don't these city lights
light these streets to life
Don't these crazy nights
bring us together
Bunderan HI, Jakarta, Indonesia
8th November 2009 |
some random chat with my bfme: babe nama aldebaran bagus ga?him: aldebaran...???him: utk ap?him: lebaran aj skalian?me: yeeeeme: nanya me: aku suka namanyame: buat ntr kl punya anakhim: hehehehheme: tp itu kalo bintangnya taurusme: sedangkan aku gasuka bintang taurusme: hehehhe
him: aneh aldebaran
him: kaya lebaran...
him: hehehehehe
me: itu kan bintang
him: aku seh suka nama2 kaya alysha gt
me: ah itu mah kaya sinetron
me: pasaran
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