Enjoy Jakarta

 

Today is Jakarta's 484th  anniversary celebration. In my porch I have seen a beautiful fireworks. But, I fell that Jakarta not as pretty as fireworks.

Formerly known as Batavia, Jakarta is currently the largest city in the country with an area of 661 square kilometers. A census in 2010 confirmed a whopping population of 9,580,000, which is more than twice the population of Singapore. This has made it the city with the ninth highest population density in the world with 14,464 living and breathing people per square kilometer.

Because of that, Jakarta so crowded.. densely populated residential with poor sanitation, traffic jam everywhere, beggar and children street, lack of green areas, and others metropolis city's problems. 

As time goes by, I hope Jakarta could overcome the problems faced so people in this city can enjoy Jakarta :)

From me who cannot enjoy Jakarta

Snapshots in Old Town

In Sunday, I went to Old Town Jakarta. Old town Jakarta famed as Old Batavia. Actually I went there to celebrated 4th birthday of Goodreads Indonesia. In this event, I become newbie photographer. I have upload my photos in  Goodreads flickr. But, after that event finished, we (Me and Lia) hunting some photos around the old town Jakarta.

This is  my snapshot in old town (not confident to upload it in flickr :D)

Between new and old building

Relax at the window

Batavia Hotel

Wooden Puppet Museum

Fatahillah Museum

Earth Hour

 

Tonight is earth hour, and Indonesia has been participated this event to light off the lamp around Indonesia Hotel circle as a center of capital city of Indonesia.

But this event make a traffic jam in the road around Indonesia Hotel circle. I think the energy out because this event are bigger than energy save because light off the lamp. Just one hour, to light off the lamp, but traffic jam more than one hour

Its not mean that I disagree with this event, but maybe the crucial think in my country not only about the electricity but also the system of transportation.  And electricity access in my country still low compared the developed country. Maybe car free day in my country more effective to contribute save earth program.

Patengan Lake

Situ Patengan (Patengan lake) is located at the Rancabali village-Ciwidey, about 40 kilometers to the south from Bandung-Indonesia. So, if you visiting Bandung, don't forget to go to Ciwidey. Ciwiday has a lot of  tourism area besides Patengan Lake,there also has Kawah Putih (white creater), hot springs, strawberry farm,.....  I love going to mountain, because I was born and breed in Bandung which is surrounded by mountain =). Patengang lake has beautiful scenery, surrounded by tea plantation, and has fresh air...


There a story behind the name of Patengan lake (a myth actually), Patengan derived from Sundaness languange (one of tribal languange in Indonesia) Pateangan-teangan (seeking each others). Love story betwee prince Prabu and incarnation of goddess princess who grown up with nature. Ki santang (Prince) and Dewi Rengganis (goddess) parted for so long (I don't know why, so don't ask me why they separated each other). Because they have deep feeling of love, so they meet each other in place called love stone. Rengganis Goddess asked Ki Santang make a lake and boat to sail. Until now the boat becoming an island which heart shaped. The Island named Pulau Asmara (Romance Island). Based on this myth the couple who stop by love stone or encircle romance island will get eternal love like love of  Ki Santang and Rengganis.

on the way to the lake

Mountain of tea Plantation

View of Patengan lake from our car

Welcome to Patengan Lake

Fruits and souvenir shop

Sapodilla fruit in different colour *i like it*

View of Patengan Lake

Boat

Crossing the lake by swan boat Rp.30.000/hour

View from swan boat in the middle of lake

View from my swan boat: another boat *like wallpaper...i llike this pic*

"Pulau Asmara" - Romance Island *I didn't encircle this island, just pass it :D*

Stone of Love...

Boats which arrived at love stone

View while I standing near love stone

A couple write their name in love stone *vandalism?*

Please sit properly sign
*I wonder why people create this sign, because many visitor didn't sat properly? I can't imagine how visitors has been sat?!*

As mist ticker its time to go home...

Because I don't have much time in Ciwidey, I just visited Patengan Lake... Maybe you curious  why Patengan Lake? Because my best friend never visit this lake...  Yes, because I come from Bandung, I become a  guide...
Actually White Crater (Kawah Putih) has amazing scenery.. maybe next time I will post the view :)

Lifelong Journey

How can you instill passion in other when there is no passion within you?
How can you love others when you don't love yourself?
How can you inspire and lead others when yourself don't know where you're going?
How can you inspire change in others when your own spirit is shackled by mediocrity?
You cannot give what you have not got.

......I'm in a lifelong journey to discover this universe called me.

Taken form odditude books

Goes to Tidung ^__^

It's has been great weekend for me :)
I went to Tidung island in Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Island). Kepulauan Seribu near from Jakarta. We can reach the Island with boat..I think the boat was overload with people,and the measure of maximal load of boat just based on instinct. This is one aspect should be concerned by government if wanna  make tourism in Thousand Island greater.
Ans the other thing is the public facilities in Tidung island. The bridge which connected big Tidung and little Tidung broken, so we must very careful when we try to walking in the bridge.

But, I really grateful can watched great scenery... Thanks God who created beautiful world...

 Scenery in Water Island (Pulau Air)

  Scenery a bridge which connected one island with another island

 Scenery in the coast when the dawn

 Waiting for sun rise, but we don't lucky enough.. maybe next time we can see sun rise

 See urchin, see the beach-boy just holding it..

 A lonely boat without the fisherman

 Blue sky and blue sea

 Bridge...

Pray For Indonesia

Guys, please give a pray for Indonesia,,, because Indonesia is being overwhelmed with catastrophic;

from flash floods in Wasior, earthquake and sea water that roll in Mentawai, erupted of Mount Merapi.

list of this calamity pile up in a month. Wasior in 4th October, Mentawai in 25th October and Merapi in 26th October.

Flash floods hit Wasior, West Papua, killing more than 144 people and injuring over 1,  In Mentawai 108  kiled and more than 500 people missing,  because of Mount Merapi erupts at least six people had been badly burned by hot air bursting out of the volcano.

Ice Cream Oen

If you go to Malang Indonesia, don't forget to visit Oen. Oen restaurant is historical restaurant, we can see from the classical  interior design of this restaurant. You can see the picture above that this restaurant has been established since 1930. So, many foreigners come to this restaurant.

The main menu of this restaurant are ice cream...

Do you believe that I eat all ice cream below? (^__*)

Newspaper

I didn't read English newspaper  in few last month. I was try to found a newspaper around my office and my lodging house. But, unfortunately I didn't found it. Read newspaper is one of my activities to enrich my vocabulary and also to make me familiar with structure.
But today I get a newspaper in my work table. English newspaper off course. Yipppieee...^_^
Actually I didn't say anything to my co-worker before that I wanted read English newspaper, so I asked him why he gave me this. He said that when he saw this newspaper he was remember that I has been trying to learn English. And he know that its difficult to get English newspaper here.
Oooh, it's really glad to know that somebody is support what you do, and try to help you...
This is a little thing, just a newspaper [not need much money]. But for me, it's a really  means a lot...
It's make me realize that there is a lot of people who wish me reach my own goal and help me [if they can]...

I hope I can do something as he did to other people :)

Special thanks to Mr.Agustan...
you really kind Sir :)
And thanks to all of you who always give support to me:)
wish you reach your own goal.

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Tape Uli

Today, I get tape uli ice my co-worker friend. Tape uli is one of traditional food from Betawi [Jakarta, Indonesia]. This is my first time I drink tape uli, i ate tape and uli so many times before, but as a drink (?)
Tape is fermented ricem usually ketan hitam (type of rice which has black colour)  used to make tape in Indonesia  , and uli is rice [ketan in Indonesia] mixing with grated coconut.
The taste of this drink is sweet and slightly sour.

I learn that to deserve this drink is not easy, so many process to make tape and uli. Honestly I don't know how to make it, but my grandmother always make tape or ketan to celebrate Idul Fitri. And form her,  I learn  to be patience in every step of process.

Special thanks to: Mba Indri