Mudik... The Exodus

The busies weeks of the year have started as millions of people are leaving urban areas across the nation for their hometowns to celebrate Idul Fitri (Moslem Holy Day), known as Mudik.
Mudik derived from "udik" which means upstream, mountains, village. The people who homecoming to their village is called "meng-udik", then shortened as mudik. The reason why millions of people who works far away from their hometown, want to back to their hometown at Idul Fitri are to cure the homesickness,  to enjoy Idul fitri with their families, to enjoy the long holiday :)
The annual tradition of mudik is means to strengthen family relationship, to meet the member of families who live far away from the hometown. The annual traffic congestion become an annual template news :D
But, people never mind the traffic congestion,the limited public transportation, at least they enjoy the journey.. The know that one of the happiest thing is together with families in their hometown :)

Mudik with car and the gifts for the families in hometown :)

Using a truck with temporary tent as mudik transportation.. Its very long-long journey,
but for kids..its really fun journey ^^

Mudik using a pick-up with temporary tent is really not comfort but there is not another choices... 

The Autumn Leaves

The leaves fall down cover the road :)

Feels like the autumn :P

Frangpiani Fragnat in the Morniiiing

 

Everyday, I walk to my office.. Usually, I just just look at vehicles and people passing by in rush.

Today, I see different prespective, I tilt my head and look up beautiful sky :) 

Also I can smell scent of frangipani flowers.. Feel like I'm in Bali, if I don't see the skyscrapers :D

This Weekend

Yeayy! last weekend my friend (@Kalderapagi) bough an i-phone :D I happy because I love an i-phone (maybe someday I can bought as my friend did :). One of the reason I love it because  instagram application (although last weekend, the instragram can be used at android mobile phone :D)

So, yesterday We (@Kalderapagi and @dislokasi_sri) went to museums near from our office, it should be embarrassed never went there. 

The first destination was The National Museum of Indonesia. This was my first experience, took photographs with i-phone.

An Interesting woodcraft from Bali 

Photos with stupas and statues

 After spending almost 3 hours in the national museum of Indonesia. I can see that this museum attracts foreign tourist but not many domestic tourist like us spent their holiday in museum. I like an old-Wing museum than new-Wing, in the old-Wing we can see stupas and statue, interesting ethical tools such us traditional fabric or clothes, traditional utensil,  traditional musical instrument, traditional miniature houses, jewelry  from gold and diamond, ceramic. The new-Wing is have a concept on the frameworks of cultural element, however most of the exhibits have been seen in the old-Wing. And, I felt that new-Wing kind a soulless concrete. In spite of making a new-building, I thing its more urgent to attract people went to museum. It would be interesting, if there is a video about ethical group in Indonesia (how they live in the past and how they life right now) which is replaced every week with other ethical group. Or it would be nice, if there not only display a traditional music instrument but also we can heard the sound of that instrument. 

And maybe for the stupas and statues, It would be easier to memorize when it is categorized by kingdom. Beside to inform us about history of kingdoms in Indonesia.

Ok, the next destination was Museum of Memorial Stone Park. This museum really near from the National Museum of Indonesia. We can walking or ride a motorcycles (ojek in Indonesia). My friend really want to here, because she watched dramatic-mystical video clip with this place as a background. But she disappointed when we arrived at the park. She looking for a huge statues, but in this park the statues not as big as she imagined. But, still we have so many nice picture here :)

Entrance Museum Taman Prasasti

 

"Nobody knows the troubles, I see nobody knows my sorrow”

 

I like in this museum, because it remind me that someday I will dead. They who died very long time ago, their name became a history. But, unfortunately, in some stone the was graffiti (not an art graffiti but graffiti which harm the beauty and historotical value of the stones).

In the end of the journey, we closed our weekend in Old-Town. Oooh, in weekend so many people here and also so many interesting seller in the street. We just hanging around the Old Town, because museum in Old Town has closed when we arrived.

Fishing a bottle

Fatahillah Museum

An Old building in the Old Town

Statiun Jakarta Kota

I hope that museum in Indonesia more attractive so more people like to go to museum. And I will more frequently visit museum ^____^

Tea Walking as a Breakfast

For the breakfast, this morning we (me and three of my colleague) walking to tea plantation near from our villas. In the way, I saw a horse cages. So stinky here, I couldn't imagine that people live near the cage, in upper story.

And here is a view :)

Ups.. I found something... don't know the name of this insect

 

View from my balcony room

Start from today until Friday, I attend a training in Bogor :)
The weather here is cool, the air is fresh, pretty quite, sometimes misty..
 I can see the mountain in front of villas, near from the villa there is tea plantation.
 I love the view from my balcony, I like the building. Its look like architecture from Dutch colonial  (did I mentioned before, that I like architecture heritage from Dutch colonial).

This picture is taken by my mobile phone camera.
I hope that I can capture other beautiful moment such as misty mountain or sunset/sunrise :D

Cimahi Waterfall

Cimahi waterfall (Curug Cimahi) is located between Lembang and Cimahi, about one and half hours by motorbike from Bandung.
My brother said that this waterfall is the cleanest than the another waterfalls in Bandung and it's surrounding. Whereas I have been live in Bandung for more than 20 years this the fist time I went to this waterfall.

Before we arrived at the gate and buy tickets (one person cost Rp.10.000 or about $1) , we can saw the waterfall from the road :D

 

After entered the gate, we can saw the waterfall  :) 

Curug Cimahi

To reach this waterfall, we had to descend so many stairs...

 in the way, we can saw the beauty of waterfall :D

Hidden treasure of waterfall

The waterfall

 The air is so fresh  here :)

There so many people near the waterfall, mostly for took pictures and also to play with water :)

I really want to swim in the fresh water :D  but unfortunately, I forgot to brang an extra clothes. 

So many people near the waterfall

Me and the waterfall

My handsome brother with waterfall

I you come to Bandung, I highly recommend you to visit Cimahi waterfall (Curug Cimahi), but make sure that you have a fit stamina :D 

Most of photos is credited by my brother: Suhud Witarsa

Golden sky from Bandung

You saw hand-cloud, don't you?

A spirit from Bandung

Sunset is happen everyday, but I always amazed with the moment...

Because sunset bring different color of sky and also different cloud painting :)

This a golden sky view in Bandung, my beautiful hometown.

The Spider and Web

 

I guess that you need time to catching the yarn into a web.

I guess that you really patience waiting the right time so prey get stuck in your web

I guess that you work so hard to prepared everything, then at the right time the result will worth it..

Lovely sunrise

Every Monday, In early morning (about 4am) so many people who ready to go from Bandung to Jakarta.. so do I (Thanks so much to my Dad and my Mom). Unfortunately or fortunately I came late (I already reserved for 4am, but I came 4 less 10minutes, I must come at 4 less 15minutes.. so because 5 minutes late I must wait half an hour ) so I can observe people who came to travel shuttle. 

It's so hectic, there is a lady who came late like me (reserve for 4am, but she not came at 4am less 15 minutes), so she didn't got the seat. But, costumer service don't explain situation very well... he didn't mentioned that she came late. The CS just said that she is included in the waiting list although she has reserved the seat. The she  be able to join in waiting list (like me) in the next schedule but he cannot guarantee that she will get the seat. She seems not satisfied with the explanation the CS.  Then she walk out to talked with her father (I thought).  After that, h er father talked with the CS, Because the father can't received the explanation from the CS, he got angry.. and talk with harsh thing to the CS.

I don't blame anybody in this situation, I can understand the CS and also the lady circumstance. I cannot judge people from first sight, but I thing that lady is immature, because when she face the trouble she called her father to solved situation. The the father angry because he  cannot do anything to change situation for his daughter. I feel that if our parents see their son/daughter in trouble they always want to help you. But If you a mature person, you will asked them to be calm, to believe that you can solve the problem.. 

Then I also see another parents who wait their daughter to get seat.. Standing..Waiting.. for more than half an hour.. Thats a love..

 This morning, I learn that how old you are, your dad (or mom) always by your side..Always love you more than you love them :)

This lovely morning.....

With lovely sunrise...

While watch the sunrise, I remembering my mom and dad also my brothers.. 

Love them so much *can't hold my tears* T___T

Did you also watch this lovely sunrise?

Good Night Jakarta!

View of Bank Indonesia

View of Monument National

I though that the city never really sleep...
Always busy and crowded :D

Unite in Differences

 

Its beautiful to be united in differences..

Like different color of flower united to be one a beautiful creature..

And its beautiful to be different one..

Because people can recognized you than the others who looked same with another.

>>Picture taken from Taman Bunga Nusantara (Nusantara Flower Garden)

Picking Strawberries

I have spent my weekend with my friends in coworker's villa at Cipanas Puncak, Bogor. We choose Bogor because it not far away from Jakarta, so we went together in Friday from our office :)
In, the first night we just take a rest,be prepare for tomorrow journey. In early morning, we just walk around the villa :D Then not really far away from the villa, We went to farming for picking strawberries . Although in my hometown-Bandung there is so many areas where we can picking strawberries, I feel so exited because I have did it with my friends. We so happy nevertheless we just found a few of strawberry here because we can took  photographs together tasted strawberry fresh juice *slurpp*.

You know, after I visited the farm, I more appreciated the food which I eat. Because all kinds of food need a long process to be eaten :)
And how hard effort of farmers along that process...
Hmm.. although strawberry has sour, but it sweet indeed if we process it became a cup of juice... So fresh!!!

--To be continued to Taman Bunga Nusantara--

Pack Your Spirit

#packyourspirit is a program which is purposed to pack thousands of books for distribute it to Indonesia remote area. As you know that Indonesia is thousand islands, so there were many area which is isolated. The condition of society mostly poor as well as education facility. As CSR program of PT. Indika Energy to send a young teacher (a fresh graduated, have an achievement., highly motivated) to isolated area so they not only share a knowledge but also motivate the students dare to dream and to make their dream come true. Base on young teacher experiences, the children really need books. 

Many people donated books, but some of the books not appropriate for children. So, in  #packyourspirit , we try to sort out the books then packing it to the box, so it easier to distributed.

And, I become a part of Fakfak region.. So happy ^____^, So I sorted the books then the books will send to Fakfak student. Fakfak is part of  Papua, Indonesia.

Fakfak..

The most exited part beside sitting amidst buch a book was wrote a postcard for Fakfak students. The reason why we must send them a card to show them that a lot of people encourage them to do the best in their life (especially in their study), we also introduced our self and our occupation :)

Books which already distributed to isolated area in Indonesia