Lesson from Bali

Bali is one of my favorite island. Except for the traffic and the pork, I almost love everything. In Bali, you'll find that Bali's people really love their tradition. Hindu's tradition is very strong there. Everyday, people pray and put the 'sesajen' everywhere, at their house, office, street, temple, etc. Their beliefs has been ingrained with their life, their soul.

It happen also for its art and culture. In Bali, we can easily find art and culture center. Everyday, they held a traditional dance show. I know that not all Balinese people can dance, but sometimes I feel like they all can. It's different here, in Java. Yes, of course Java also have art and culture center. But, it's not easily found nowadays. And, there just a few people who cares about it. Hmm, I feel a little bit ashamed because I'm lacking knowledge of my own culture.

Beside that, Balinese people are very nice and friendly. They realized that the attractiveness of Bali is on its tourism side. That's why they create a good atmosphere for the tourist. And, it works for me. :)

Bali is famous for its beaches, but it also have mountains.

On my last night in Bali, I saw a young man with the traditional uniform. I ask him whether they are praying everyday, because I saw people going to the temple with that kind of uniform everyday. And I got an unexpectable answer from that young man. "No, everytime". A simple answer that makes me contemplate.

Going to Bali for me is not only a great vacation, but also a great lesson. Learning to love our culture, nature and learning to make myself better than before.

My First Solo Trip (part 3)

The last post was about my 1st day in Bandung and I'll sill continue the story. Staying at my brother's boarding house didn't mean that he could take me everywhere I want to go. Because he was so busy, at night I went to one big mall in Bandung, Paris Van Java (PVJ), alone. He said it's okay to walk there, because it's not too far from his place. Then, I walked, walked, walked and walked. Yeah, of course it's not too far to walked there alone at night. -_-'

Actually, my purpose of going there is only to buy this 'wannabuysincealongtime' pretzel. Hehe. It's because, in Indonesia, so far I only found it here, in PVJ.

PRETZEL.. Yeaah.. Finally we meet again..

Luckily, when I arrived, there's a music performance from Kahitna. Then I spend a little time to watch their performance. They are good. I love when the musician do their live performance. I determine a good and bad musician by watching their live performance. And this group is a good one.

Kahitna live in action

Next day, I make an appointment with my friend, Sinta. She is my junior at college, but we're quite close and often hang out together. She is pregnant, on her 2nd going to 3rd trimester. It was really nice meeting a friend who has not been encoutered for a quite long time.

After lunch, with Sinta

Yeah, the meeting was quite short because I should take an afternoon train and continue my trip to Bojonggede, at 02.30 PM.

My first solo trip was quite fun. But, I think I prefer to go with at least one person to accompany me. Yeah, I think duet or trio trip will be better.

For you who want to try a solo trip there are some things that you should prepare.
First, you should decide which place you want to visit and make a little research by collecting informations about that place. 'Mbah' google makes it so much easier to do. Reading a blog which talk about the place also very helpful.
Second, make a simple itinerary. It will help to manage your time efficiently. And you won't get confuse, because you've plan your trip.
Third, don't bring too many stuff with you. Only brings the things you need. Money and a pocket camera is a must.

Maybe, it was the basic things. The most important thing is you should enjoy your trip and don't forget to pray everywhere you go.

Happy holiday, have a nice trip.

My First Solo Trip (part 2)

So, yesterday I've told you a part of my first solo trip. Let's move to the next destination.

After spending about 8 hours in Solo, I continued my trip. I took the night train, Lodaya Malam, from Solo Balapan Station to Bandung. It will take about 8 hours to go there. Because it was a night train, I can't see anything outside the train's windows. It's better to sleep. Just sleep.

And, I woke up at 4 am and preparing to do Subuh prayer. It was good that the train has a lot of water, so I can take wudhu. It was still too early to enjoy the scenery, because it still dark outside.

I arrived at Bandung around 6 am. My 1st younger brother, who is now live in Bandung to finish his study, pick me up on the station. I was planning to stay a night in Bandung, then I'll go to Bogor on the next day. Bandung is cold in the morning. After arriving at my brother's place, it takes me quite long time before deciding to take a bath (it was cold.. really..! the water make me shiver). And then I realized why Surabaya people always said that Bandung and Bogor are cold. Yeah, maybe it's been too long for me to live in Surabaya. :)

This day, I was preparing to visit some places, which is ITB, Museum Pos Indonesia, Museum Geologi, Gedung Sate, and going around the city. Yeah, living in Bogor since being an elementary student didn't make me know Bandung very well, alhough it only take a few hours to get there. So, on this opportunity, I ask my brother to take me around.

ITB

This is my first time visited ITB ever since. Haha. ITB has a unique design, it quite modern. I call it modern because it was really different from my college which building state as cultural heritage. Yeah, mine was an old building. What makes ITB looks cool was it has an underground building. Haha. I was really impressed with the underground part. :D

Lunch

It's the lunch time. After pray at Masjid Salman ITB (I always want to visit this Masjid, I'm just curious), me and my brother eat lunch at a little cafe, called Black Romantic. This cafe is unique. It was black and romantic. Haha. No, each menu have a unique name. The price also quite affordable. You can get iga bakar (grill ribs) for about 19.000 rupiah, it quite cheap for a ribs menu which usually cost 25.000 rupiah or more.




After lunch we were going to Gedung Sate. We almost rent a bike on Dago street to get there and suddenly, the rain was fall. Great. It's okay to ride a bike under the rain, but I realized that I didn't bring many clothes, so we decided not to. After the rain stopped we walk from Dago to Gedung Sate. Hmm. I've been to Bandung few times, and one thing that I hate about this city is the traffic. When we walk, the traffic was so crowded, luckily we walk and not taking a public transportation at that time.


Unfortunatelly, the Gedung Sate and Museum Pos Indonesia were closed. But, we still can take a picture in front of the building. :D

Gedung Sate n Museum Pos

Then, we walk to Museum Geology. It also near the Gedung Sate. Here you can learn more about planet, earth, prehistory things, etc. It was quite interesting, but it must be better if there is a guide who can explain about the museum. The most interesting part of this museum are the big fossil (hmm.. I think those are replica) of dinosaur and elephant also the things on a second floor. The 2nd floor is not fully finished, but, compare with the first floor, the things upstairs are more sophisticated in technology.

(to be continued..)

My First Solo Trip (part 1)

Heiho.. I'm home..

Actually, I've been here for about 17 days. This trip is quite special for me, because I was visiting some places before really being home, alone. Yeah, this is my first official solo trip.

It has been a long time since my last trip using a train. So, I decided to go home by train. But, It's not a straight route as the usual. I decided to make some transits, in Solo and Bandung. And in the morning, on December 1st, the trip begin.

at Gubeng Station Surabaya, before departing

I went to Gubeng Station Surabaya to take a morning train, Sancaka Pagi, to Solo. Why Solo? There are several reasons. First, I don't know Solo. I've been there before, but it when I was very very young, so, I totally forget about that. Second, there's someone who keeps talking about how comfortable Solo is. And, he wants to live there on the future. Three, this city is quite famous nowadays because of its former mayor who is now being Jakarta mayor. And, the last, I want to ride a double-decker bus. Yeah, those are some reason why I want to visit Solo.

ariving at Solo Balapan Station

 So, I was arrived at Solo on 11 am. At first I a doubt whether Solo is really a city or not. Because, when I going outside the station, I just found a small street in front of me. And, when I was going to double-decker bus terminal, I don't find any big street with big building. It just confusing at that time, and I wonder why Solo is called a city. Hehe. Then, The time has come to ride this red double-decker bus. \(^o^)/

We can find the double-decker bus (Bus Werkudara) at kantor Dinas Perhubungan Solo, it is near the Manahan Stadion. I've been booked for the seat 1 day before departing. You can read more information about Bus Werkudara here. It'll take about 2 hours if you choose to join the full route. But, I get off the bus near the Keraton, and start my own trip. I didn't visit many places in Solo, it because I just have about 8 hours there, and I didn't do enough research about this city. So, that's it.

I think, Solo is quite good city. But, I think Surabaya is still better than that. I love Surabaya. Bogor? I love it, too. :)

(to be continued..)

The Boys Vocal Contest

I'm participating in The Boys Vocal Contest. It's a world wide contest exactly. Actually, there are three kinds of contest: Dance Cover, Remix Contest and Vocal Contest. I can't dance and I can't remix songs, so I join the Vocal Contest. From the first time I heard about this I feel like I wanna join. Just for fun. Haha.

If you don't know what's The Boys is, I'll tell you. The Boys is one of Girls' Generation song, it also the name of their latest album. I love these girls. They're sing and dance very well. Sometimes it feels like I wanna learn to dance when I watch their video, but I'm too stiff to do that. LOL.
So this is my Vocal Cover of The Boys. I made an acoustic version of it.

What do you think?

A Final Destination

I don't know whether that was a good decision or not? But, Finally, I watched Final Destination 5..with.. no one. Yups. Alone.

I watch all the series so far, so when it played in the cinema I feel like I want to watch it. The problem is, I don't think any of my friend wants to watch it also. Okay, I know that the stories of all the sequels are similar. The differences between them are the beginning of the death chain and the way they die. Without knowing something (the trailer) about this final sequel I finally decided to watch it this afternoon.

As expected, of course there will be many death scene, which is very sadistic and sometimes doesn't make sense. Don't ever watch this movie if you are afraid of blood, because bloods are everywhere here. And beware, maybe after watching this movie you maybe paranoid. I don't recommend you to watch this before doing LASIK operation, acupuncture or having a long trip through a suspension bridge. Haha. Just kidding. It's all up to you. :)

Although I don't believe about the story was, I mean the death chain and how it works. This film is kind of reminds me about death. It can be happen anytime, anywhere. Only Allah who Knows it. We as a human can only do our best in life. Prepare everything before the death come to us. Because everyone are going to die one day.

"Sesungguhnya Allah, hanya pada sisi-Nya sajalah Pengetahuan tentang hari kiamat; dan Dia-lah yang Menurunkan hujan, dan Mengetahui apa yang ada dalam rahim. Dan tiada seorang pun yang dapat mengetahui (dengan pasti) apa yang akan diusahakannya besok. Dan tiada seorang pun yang dapat mengetahui di bumi mana ia akan mati. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Mengenal" (QS. Al-Lukman 31:34) 

it's me again

lama nggak posting di sini.. gara2 keasikan sama multiply.. so kalo mau liat lanjutannya #30daysongchallenge-nya bisa diliat di sini..

gini ini kalo punya beberapa blog.. kadang keasikan di sana, kadang keasikan di sini.. tapi gitu mau dibuang sayang.. mau di merger juga masih mikir.. karena beda blog = beda audience.. hmm.. but I think I should merger all of my blog one day..

so, hari ini hari libur, ya sebenernya siy tiap hari berasa hari libur kecuali hari selasa. dari kemarin di rumah aja. lagi belajar jahit niy, karena I have a business plan. :D

what is that? I'll tell you when it's ready.

Have a wonderful holiday. ^^

Ecoutez Live in Concert

Lama banget ga liat live music.. terakhir liat Mocca tapi udah lumayan lama.. dan kemaren dapet kesempatan nonton lagi salah satu band yang saya tunggu2..

Yeaaah.. Akhirnya kesampean juga nonton Ecoutez live.. Senangnyaa..

Saya suka banget sama lagu-lagunya Ecoutez yang jazzy gitu.. Dan bisa saya katakan kalau their live performance was great.. nggak nyesel deh..

Nah berhubung kemaren bisa berdiri di first row.. jadi lumayan bisa dapet foto2 mereka.. here they are.. share 3 foto aja ya.. :D

Ecoutez full team

ayi the guitarist

delia the beautiful vocalist

#30 days song challenge (Day 6: a song that reminds you of somewhere)

Hai-hai.. alhamdulillah masih setia update #30daysongchallenge sampe hari ke 6. tapi perjalanan masih panjang. :D

So, today's theme is a song that reminds you of somewhere. And the song is:

I'm With You - Avril Lavigne

Bingung apa hubungannya? Lagu ini dulu sering aku dengerin di kamar kalo lagi mellow sendirian. Buat saya yang lagi merantau gini, sering kebayang-bayang sama yang namanya rumah. Dan tiap denger lagu ini langsung inget sama rumah, especially sama kamar tidur saya tercinta, where I can keep all my privacy, and do anything.

"I'm standin' on the bridge, I'm waitin' in the dark, I thought that you'd be here by now.."

#30 days song challenge (Day 5: a song that reminds you of someone)

Banyak sekali lagu yang mengingatkan saya pada pribadi-pribadi diluar sana. Sahabat, keluarga, bahkan pemerintah dan rakyat-rakyatnya. hehe. Bahkan beberapa lagu yang saya ciptakan sendiri *songwriterandsingerwannabe juga terinspirasi dari orang-orang yang saya sayangi.

Tapi ada satu lagu yang begitu berkesan selama ini dan mengingatkan saya pada orang yang paling saya cintai di dunia ini, yaitu ibu dan ayah saya plus adik2 saya. Lagu ini adalah:

MASA KECILKU - ELFA's SINGERS

"Ingin kukembali ke masa yang lalu, Bahagianya dulu waktu kecilku. Kudengar cerita mama papa bilang, aku lincah lucu waktu kecilku. Waktu kecilku, aku suka bernyanyi.."

#30 days song challenge (Day 4: Song That Makes You Sad)

waduh.. hari ini disuruh milih lagu sedih.. :(

saya orang plegmatis melankolis yang terkadang suka berlarut-larut kalau merasakan sesuatu. dan honestly, saya suka sama lagu2 mellow, tapi, bukan karena saya pingin menghayati kesedihannya, tapi karena saya ingin menikmati alunan musiknya. hmm. but, I think I'll choose:

SATU JAM SAJA - AUDY

"Jangan berakhir, karena esok takkan lagi. Satu jam saja, hingga ku rasa bahagia mengakhiri segalanya..."

#30 days song challenge (Day 3: Song That Makes You Happy)

Hari ke 3 #30daysongchallenge temanya adalah lagu yang bikin kamu senang.. humm..

MONKEY SONG - Endah n Rhesa

Endah N Rhesa - Monkey Song

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Kalo denger lagu ini bawaannya pingin senyum-senyum sendiri *tidak,sayatidakgila ^^

Lagu ini sesuai dengan judulnya nyeritain tentang tingkah laku seekor monyet yang mencari makanan kesukaannya alias pisang.. liriknya sederhana tapi tetep bermakna, musiknya lincah dan lucu. ^^

tentang #30 days song challenge

Buat yang belum tau apa ini saya mau coba jelasin sedikit. Jadi di tantangan #30 days song challenge ini, tiap harinya kita harus memilih sebuah lagu yang sesuai dengan tema yang berlaku untuk masing-masing hari. Wanna join? This is the list:

day 01 - your favorite song
day 02 - your least favorite song
day 03 - a song that makes you happy
day 04 - a song that makes you sad
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhere
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to
day 09 - a song that you can dance to
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 - a song from your favorite band
day 12 - a song from a band you hate
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - a song that describes you
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 - a song from your favorite album
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you're angry
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you're happy
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you're sad
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 - a song from your childhood
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

#30 days song challenge (Day 2: Least Favourite Song)

#30 days song challenge kali ini temanya lagu yang nggak banget menurut saya. Dan tanpa keraguan saya akan memilih:

OLGA SYAHPUTRA - HANTU (HANCUR HATIKU)

Perlu alasan? hmm. ya semua udah pada tau kan kalo dari awal sampe akhir liriknya cuma terdiri dari dua kata yang di ulang-ulang. Nggak bermakna banget lagunya. -_-"

Ada siy lagu serupa punyanya Melly Goeslaw yang judulnya I Just Wanna Say I love You. Kalo lagunya mbak melly ini paling nggak punya tujuan lah ya kalo dia itu mau bilang I love you. hehe.

See you tomorrow.. ^^

teka-teki..

do you know what picture are these?
1.
a. telur dadar
b. pan cake
c. bukan keduanya

2
a. pan cake
b. kue serabi
c. bukan keduanya

jawabannya adalah.. crepes..
tapi crepes gagal.. hix..

ceritanya itu saya lagi ketagihan crepes. nah. berhubung nggak mau boros, jadinya saya nanya resep crepes deh ke mbah google. harapannya ya biar bisa bikin crepes sendiri lah kalo lagi kepingin. sebenernya hasilnya enak dan masih layak buat dimakan. but, it definitely not a crepes. tampilannya malah kaya telor dadar n kue serabi. tapi untungnya laris manis n abis dimakan sama sodara2. :D

kejadiannya berawal dari proses mixing telur, gula, susu n mentega cair. dengan lugunya, mentega cair yang masih panas saya campur ke adonan telur, gula dan susu. alhasil telurnya sebagian menggumpal alias mateng. -_-"

setelah mengatasi masalah pertama, meises yang seharusnya saya pakai sebagai topping ternyata bersemut. batal sudah bikin crepes meises cokelat. untung msh ada selai cokelat dan keju cheddar. i'm save. :D

Setelah masukin adonan dan bikin dia setipis mungkin. perintahnya sih ditunggu hingga kecoklatan, tapi yang terjadi adalah coklatnya nggak rata. dan malah tampak kaya telur dadar. baiklah. itu yang terjadi.

haduh. kalah deh sama anak2 di junior masterchef. ya iya lah.

ah. whatever. selamat makan. :D

#30 days song challenge (Day 1: Favourite Song)

Beberapa hari yang lalu baca postingannya mas @arikoter di sini dan saya tertarik buat join #30 days song challenge-nya karena keliatannya seru. Terus dia ngasih aku listnya. ^^

So, let's begin..! *baca basmallah

(Day 1: Favourite Song)

Sebelumnya nggak pernah siy milih secara langsung apa lagu favorit saya. Jadi agak bingung juga mau pilih yang mana.Coz, I have some favourite singers who are singing some beautiful songs. Tapi namanya juga song challenge jadi harus milih kan?

Jeng.. jeng.. jeng..

BREAKAWAY-Kelly Clarkson



Why I pick this song? coz I love the song *ya iya lah.
I love all things about this song, I mean the music, the singer, the lyric and the song writer. So far, selalu sukses bikin semangat. I know I should believe in myself and I know I can do better than what I've done before, especially to reach my goal.

this the most favourite part
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes 'til I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway