to see the atmosphere before chinese new year
it is said that petak sembilan is one of the chinese centers in Jakarta
it is!

before the new year, all streets, stalls as if had been painted red
not with the paint, of course
but with accessories to welcome the big day

red and crowded
fun and interesting ^_^

for luck


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January 2010 was certainly a busy and exciting month ever
3 trips
3 times  enjoyment
3 millions fun

bali
singapore
thailand
and I didn't fall out
amazing ^_^

gotta share the travel notes later
but before that, here are some pictures that I enjoy much
the sky from the window of my plane

always love sitting by it
always love taking pictures of it

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to all people of Padang, West Sumatera
may Allah SWT remove all your sadness, burden, and lost

'So verily, with the hardship, there is relief (QS. Al Insyirah)'

please be strong, our prays are with you....

Ah, probably only those words that I can whisper...
It was, and still is, a dismay when watching and reading about the major earthquake that hit West ( Read more... )

We were all tired yet excited...
A common feeling when traveling
Never want to stop, just move on, keep on exploring

It took almost an hour to reach Bukiitinggi from Harau Valley. We realized how tight our schedule was as in the following day we needed to catch up our boat to Sikuai Island. So many things to see, so little time we had....

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As I said earlier, Harau Valley is a God's gift to the people of West Sumatera. Along the way we were provided by only green and green scenes. Beautiful. We could not say how thankful we were to have this journey. There was always a temptation to pull the car over, just to breath the air and of course take pictures :D

Rest a while
the background is ( Read more... )

First day of working after the Eid holiday. So, how's everybody going? :D
Feeling fresh, if you ask me ^_^

Didn't go anywhere during the holiday and preferred to finish my travel notes to West Sumatera by doing some photo editing.
Better late than never :p

Ok, in the previous travel note, we went to Minangkabau Village. After taking pictures here and ( Read more... )

Invited by Bogor Photography Community, I joined a strobist photo session last week. Strobist is a technique in taking photos by using off camera flash. Well, sort of :p

The location was still in Bogor, in an antique mercedez benz garage and we were so lucky that we had 5 friends who were pleased to be our models.

Honestly speaking, I'm a bit slow in ( Read more... )

What so-called mood is so unpredictable, especially when it comes to photo editing
Well, I'm not in the mood to edit and upload some other photos from my trip to West Sumatera
Instead, I was in the mood to do this and that to photos I'd taken two months ago :D
Such a weird....:p

So, two months ago, after attending Photoshop class and having lunch in a ( Read more... )

As posted in http://www.library.ohiou.edu, Minangkabau village is not real one but it is sample of the atmosphere and the condition of one village in Minagkabau. It is recording the significant events, traditional practices and way of life within the Minangkabau culture. All the documents and artifact are housed in a traditional Minangkabau House ( Read more... )

Our first night in Padang was spent by visiting some relatives of ours
Parlan, who is apparently a youth activist, has many friends and network there so that we were accompanied by two university students. Really nice to meet them and really funny to see how surprise they were when finding out that we were not students as they thought hahaha....
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