Barito - The Lying Bridge In The Sky

My first impression when I saw this bridge is WOW... like lying in the sky.. even the hot weather cannot stop me from taking picture...





This was my 2nd time visiting my aunt in Banjarmasin. Banjarmasin is change a lot from 18th years ago, shophouses everywhere, malls also but the floating market still there..

I missed the floating market because of the 'Lebaran', they closed a bit earlier than usual, but I got a chance to go to 'Kembang' island. The 'Kembang' island is the habitat of Bekantan (Nasalis larvatus) or known as Dutch Monkey, is a monkey with big nose..



Our Boat to Kembang Island

If God

If God brings you to it
He will bring you through it
Happy moments, praise God
Difficult moments, seek God
Quiet moments, worship God
Painful moments, trust God
Every moment, thank God

The God Alphabets

Although things are not perfect
Because of trial or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
Even when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
Joy would cease to be
Keep thanking Him for all things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of "Camp Complaining"
No weapon that is known

On earth can yield the power

Praise can do alone

Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship
To "thank" is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
Xalting God most high
Yes, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Zion waits in glory.....where none are ever sad!

Ujung Kulon National Parks 28 - 30 May 2010

26 July 2009

26 July 2009 is a big moment for me. It is the first day I came to Jakarta for good, for starting my new life. I leaved Batam, the city that I've been working for about 14 years. Yes, 14 years, since I finished my colleague in Jogja.

Jakarta then become my third city I 've ever lived. First is Jogjakarta, I was born in Jogja, grew up in Jogja, studied n Jogja since Kindergarten until University. Second is Batam, first time I moved to Batam is 30 January 1996. I got a job in Batam, I like Batam, until now I still remember my good and sad moments in Batam. Third is Jakarta, exactly one year ago, I moved to Jakarta.

Some of my friends said why I leaved Batam, they said I had a very good position in Batam, a very good company, so why I resigned. It is the feeling that I should moved on, try something new. I didn't get what I expected from them, I feel stuck there, no more improvement in my career. The worst is I didn't have any passion to go to work, so I resigned, because I didn't want that may be one day when I really really bored I would do something stupid that I will regret it later. I didn't want to leave any bad record on my career.

Now, it's my time to review of my whole one year, whether I feel better or worst..

Ujung Genteng 19 - 20 Jun 2010

Our trip start from Jakarta on Saturday morning around 7am, then reached Surade around 3pm because we lost our way. Our first destination is 'Cikaso' Waterfall.

It's aboout 15 minutes from Surade village, we will reach the Cikaso river. We use small boat for 15 persons for about 5 minutes to go to the waterfall, the river looks dirty may be because of the muddy area then when it's near the waterfall the river become light green. Very amazing waterfalls with 3 waterfalls in a row. You can swim around the waterfall.

Our next destination is Ujung Genteng. We stayed at 'Pondok Adi'. One homestay concist of 2 rooms, 1 living room, 1 bathroom. In the nite, we tried to watch turtle in Pangumbahan Beach, but unfortunately no big turtle on the beach only the baby turtles.

We watched sunrise at Ujung Genteng Fish Market then we were back to our homestay for breakfast and continue swimming on the beach near there.

Our last destination around Ujung Genteng area is 'Sungging' cave. The cave is very dark, no direct sunlight, in some place you must squad.

New Hair

I plan to have my hair cut since 6 weeks ago but always something happen like traffic jams, work overtime, lazy.

So I will have new hair style for my trip to Ujung Kulon..

My New Backpack

finally, gue beli backpack yg gede buat travelling. Sebenarnya pengennya yg ukuran 35L Deuter act lite aja tapi pas lihat barangnya kok kelihatan kecil. Trus naksir futura pro 42L warna merah tapi ragu2 ma tali punggungnya yg nggak bisa diadjust. Akhirnya pilihan jatuh ke deuter futura vario 50L warna biru cobalt/granite sebenarnya pengen yg lebih kecil tapi no stock. Harga after discount 700ribu.



Plus beli backpack kecil Karrimor warna abu kunyit harga 130ribu.

What a Bad Day

semprul.. Gara gara matiin telpon, yg ternyata beneran nggak berguna, mobil gue ditabrak dari belakang.. Yah sebenarnya salah gue juga berhenti mendadak.. Abis gimana tangan gue kejepit setir gara2 matiin hp n kalo nggak gue rem malahan mobil gue bakalan nabrak warung pinggir jalan..

"Fit ada apa telpon saya"
" ada surat untuk pak Bambang tapi hp pak Bambang nggak bisa dihubungi"
"ya udah, nanti saya info pak Bambang. Lain kali kalo telpon sudah saya matikan jangan telpon2 tunggu saja saya telpon balik. Ini mobil saya sampe ditabrak."
" maaf bu maaf bu"

Ya udah mo gimana lagi, yg minta maaf juga adanya di Batam mo dimarah2in lagi juga ngabisin pulsa aja..

:(

Teluk Kiluan - 8 & 9 Mei 2010

Setelah nunggu di deket jembatan seberang RS Harapan Kita hampir setengah jam lebih dan bis Primajasa yang lewat full terus, akhirnya gue naik aja ke bis Armada kira2 jam 19.30. (Santo sms elu telat, gue udah di bis :( ) Bener2 pilihan yang salah, yack... nyebelin banget.. baru jalan bentar udah ngetem di pintu tol Kebon Jeruk luama banget, mpe dilewati bis tujuan Merak buanyak banget... abis itu jalannya lemot banget, bentar-bentar brenti nurunin or naikin penumpang, di dalamnya jalan tol.. Akhirnya jam 21.55 sampe juga di Pelabuhan Merak.. wait dan wait sampe temen2 semua nyampe ke Merak, totally 21 orang dari Jakarta, kita nyebrang selat Sunda pake KM Nusa Jaya jam 00.30 dan jam 2.30 udah sampe di Pelabuhan Bakauheni dan travel yang akan membawa kita ke rumah Heri di Bandar Lampung sudah menunggu. Sekitar jam 5 pagi kita sudah sampe di rumah Heri di Teluk Betung, Bandar Lampung and thanks to Heri for his courtesy preparing our breakfast... Bakso then Nasi Lemak.... Really heavy breakfast for me, secara biasanya cuma ngopi doang kalo pagi.

Perjalanan kita dimulai pukul 8 pagi, 2 Suzuki APV & 1 Elf membawa kita menelusuri jalanan menuju Teluk Kiluan, melewati Pantai Padang Cermin dan Teluk Ratai dimana Pangkalan Angkatan Laut dan Pusat Latihan Infanteri ada di sebelah kiri & kanan kita. Kita melewati jalanan yang kelihatannya tidak terlalu jauh tetapi penuh kerikil & debu dan sempit banget jalanannya sehingga membutuhkan 1.5 jam untuk sampai ke dusun Kiluan Negeri..

by the way, penduduk asli menyebut Pekon atawa Dusun dan di sepanjang jalan kita jumpai penduduk yang sedang menjemur cocoa alias biji coklat di pinggir jalan... sebelum menyeberang ke sisi lain dari Teluk Kiluan, kita jalan-jalan dan foto-foto di Pantai Pasir Putih.. di perjalanan menuju Pantai Pasir Putih kita melewai jembatan yang dibuat dari sebatang pohon kelapa digulingin dan juga pohon-pohon coklat di tepi jalan menuju pantai..Pantai yang indah dengan deburan ombak yang cukup keras..


Setelah puas main-main di pantai, kita menyeberang ke sisi lain dari Teluk Kiluan menuju penginapan kita menggunakan 'Ketingting' alias 'Jukung' yaitu smal boat isi 4 - 7 orang termasuk supir boatnya.

Teluk Kiluan terletak di dekat Selat Sunda & Samudera Hindia, which has great marine life surrounding the bay and the dolphins dancing in the sea.. Di Kiluan kita bisa snorkeling di seputaran Pulau Kelapa. Rencana awal kita akan tinggal di Pulau Kelapa, tapi apa daya Pulaunya lagi dibooking ma anaknya petinggi Lampung..




Paginya Lumba-lumba menanti kita di Samudera Hindia... Kita naik lagi Ketingting,tapi kali ini max. cuma 3 orang + 1 supir dan semua diharapkan pake life jacket, takut kalo tiba2 ada ombak gede dan boat-nya kebalik..

ough, baru jalan 15 menitan, tiba2 hujan lebat, hiks hiks hiks, udah kebayang nggak bisa ngeluarin kamera.. but thanks God sekitar 30 menit kemudian hujan tinggal rintik rintik aja, jadi nekat aja kita keluarin kamera buat motretin lumba-lumba yang lucu dan keren. Lumba-lumbanya buanyak banget seliweran di seputaran Jukung kita, sayangnya nggak bisa ngambil spot foto yang keren, coz kamera pada ngembun nggak bisa ngintip enak gitu..



Overall, kita menghabiskan 10 jam di jalan untuk mencapai Kiluan, 2 jam dari Jakarta - Merak, 2 jam penyebrangan Merak - Bakauheni, 2 jam Bakauheni - Bandar Lampung & 3 jam Bandar Lampung - Kiluan, 40 menit Kiluan ke laut lepas. Tapi it's really worth it, lumba-lumba cantik, snorkelingnya juga apik.. Apalagi ditambah temen2nya asyik..

BUKU BUKU & BUKU

Kesukaan gue membaca ditularkan dari mama tersayang, dari sejak belum bisa baca mama sudah kasih daku berlangganan majalah 'Bobo' walaupun saat itu cuma bisa lihat-lihat gambarnya doang and then mama yang ngebacain bukunya.. Hobby baca buku ini berlanjut sampe sekarang, kalau dulu cuma sanggup beli buku bacaan or novel sebulan sekali, seiring dengan penghasilan yang membaik hobby baca buku udah bertambah jadi hobby beli buku juga..

Thank's God I m working in Jakarta now, sudah berapa kali kesempatan ngeborong buku pas Gramedia ngadain 30% diskon, malahan beberapa bulan terakhir ini 35% kalo pake kartu kredit tertentu (pas kebetulan punya juga :)

Daftar novel yang gue punya bisa dilihat disini :

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1598302