11Jun
A Glimpse of Life in Kota Tua
Kota Tua, Jakarta, is an open field located next to Jakarta Kota Station. It is in the middle of the old city of Batavia and it borders 3 old Museums. As an open field, it has been able to attract crowds of many kinds of people with various profession, background, [...]
05Jun
Museum Bank Mandiri
Museum Bank Mandiri berlokasi di daerah kota, tepat diseberang stasiun kereta Kota. Museum Bank Mandiri adalah museum yang menyajikan sejarah perbankan di Indonesia sejak dari jaman penjajahan Belanda hingga akhir tahun 90-an. Gedung Museum Bank Mandiri itu sendiri merupakan bekas kantor Bank pada jaman Belanda, seperti Nenderlandsche Handle, Escompto Bank, [...]
19May
Gunung Pancar
Gunung Pancar dapat dicapai dengan perjalanan selama 1.5-2 jam dari Jakarta (berangkat pukul 6 pagi). Untuk kesana, ambil tol Jagorawi (ke arah Bogor), keluar dari pintu tol Sentul City, belok kiri dan dari sana kira-kira setengah jam lagi. Berhubung petunjuk jalan kesana tidak terlalu jelas, ada baiknya bertanya atau meminta [...]
09May
Fascinating Ancol
As a major tourist destination in Jakarta, Ancol has been able to fascinate its regular patrons. It doesn’t live up to the standard of worldwide known entertainment centers, such as Disneyland, Sentosa Island, or Ocean Park, but for most of Jakartans, Ancol is simply affordable, fun, and lively. Dufan – [...]
30Apr
Kuningan Villagers in the Morning
The stillness of the early morning scene enables me to take in and enjoy many things which pass me by during the bustle of the day. First, there are the scents, which seem even more generous with their offerings than they are in the evening. – Rosemary Verey The morning [...]
26Apr
The Beauty of Mount Ciremai from Below – in Monochrome
Mount Ciremai is the highest mountain in West Java, Indonesia. It is an active volcano with strato type. It is the largest part of Mount Ciremai National Park or Gunung Ciremai National Park. Some endemic or endangered flora and fauna are being protected in this national park, such as Pinus [...]
24Apr
Taman Safari Cisarua
Apparently visiting Safari Park is becoming my yearly ritual (see here for my previous post – I lost my posted pictures there). I love to go to Safari Park for its good weather, animals, and green views. So what’s new? I also went to Night Safari, a program which started [...]
16Mar
My Guide to Life
Anita dragged me to this “guide-to-life” thing – not to spread the wisdom, but because it was fun (anyway, who’s gonna believe my wisdom?). So she tempted me to write a letter to myself, like what I am going to advice to my then 16 (or 17) years old self. [...]
11Mar
Attending Java Jazz 2011 – March 5, 2011
Java Jazz is an annual Jazz festival held in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is often dubbed as the largest Jazz Festival in the world, although I can’t verify this. Java Jazz has been able to attract more than 120,000 visitors for three days and making it as one of Jakarta’s main [...]
27Feb
Cibubur Photoshoot
About two weeks ago I took a photoshoot session with Yudieth’s girlfriends. Initially I was asked to conduct a photosession with some of her friends but later I found out that there would be about 10 models just a day before. I had no idea how to do the photosession [...]