KARIMUN JAWA TRIP

This 2013 Eid holiday I got the chance to visit Karimun Jawa Islands, Central Java, with husband, sister, and sister in law. It is not a secret anymore that this islands have many beautiful beaches and scenery. You can get there by express boat for approximately 4 hours from Semarang. There are a lot of options too by regular or express boat from Jepara. To reduce your expenses, you can rent a guesthouse, or if you have enough budget you can also take a resort for overnight. To see what activities and and spots you can do, here are some of the pictures ;)

 Snorkeling time

 Underwater scenery

 Mangrove Forest

Nirwana Lodge (Beach & Resort)

EID MUBARAK!

Wishing you a very blessed Eid al Fitr. 

May happiness and peace be upon all of us.

 

CFC Asia Tour: Here to Play, Here to Stay

Hello lads, especially for all the true blues. My favourite team of all, Chelsea FC were coming last July 25th.They were scheduled to play at Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno. Undoubtedly Chelsea won 8-1 against BNI Indonesia All-Stars. This is an embarrassing final score for me as an Indonesian, compared to their previous Asia tour against Thailand and Malaysia. At first, Indonesian squad played really well along with Kurnia Mega defense. Unfortunately, on minutes 21 Hamka Hamzah made a foul and giving Eden Hazard a penalty chance to score. Ramires added the score through his kick on minutes 29. Demba Ba continued scoring on minutes 31, and John Terry the captain closed the 1st half on injury time with his head shot. Chelsea won over Indonesia All-Stars 4-0.

I previously saw Frank Lampard and Petr Cech on training session but turned out Mourinho didn't play them on the field. This second half was getting really predictable. Indonesian squad were screwed by the blues. Bertrand Traore scored on minutes 50, followed by Romelu Lukaku one minute after. My heart pounded when Ramires scored on minutes 56. I was like, OMG this national team is going to get beaten really hard on this game. Lukaku made his 2nd goal on minutes 65. The blues won over Indonesia All-Stars 7-0. The national squad had lost their awareness until Tomas Kalas made a goal for the blues and it made the score became 8-0. Eventually, posture matters. Lukaku made his hat-trick goal and 2 minutes later Tomas Kalas was back to defeat the blue team and so the final result is 8-1. I must say that Romelu Lukaku is the Man of The Match. I am sure he is gonna be Chelsea's bright future. I just can't wait to start this 13/14 season soon.

Here are some of the pictures I took during the game:
 

Duo start a menit kemudian tuan rumah mampu mencetak gol, atau lebih tepatnya Tomas Kalas melakukannya untuk mereka, setelah bola hasil umpan silang Greg Nwakolo mengenai kakinya dan masuk ke dalam gawang
Read more at http://indo.chelseafc.com/news/latest/1437#QU7VdmifFygyrJl0.99

Dua menit kemudian tuan rumah mampu mencetak gol, atau lebih tepatnya Tomas Kalas melakukannya untuk mereka, setelah bola hasil umpan silang Greg Nwakolo mengenai kakinya dan masuk ke dalam gawang.
Read more at http://indo.chelseafc.com/news/latest/1437#QU7VdmifFygyrJl0.99

Dua menit kemudian tuan rumah mampu mencetak gol, atau lebih tepatnya Tomas Kalas melakukannya untuk mereka, setelah bola hasil umpan silang Greg Nwakolo mengenai kakinya dan masuk ke dalam gawang.
Read more at http://indo.chelseafc.com/news/latest/1437#QU7VdmifFygyrJl0.99

Dua menit kemudian tuan rumah mampu mencetak gol, atau lebih tepatnya Tomas Kalas melakukannya untuk mereka, setelah bola hasil umpan silang Greg Nwakolo mengenai kakinya dan masuk ke dalam gawang.
Read more at http://indo.chelseafc.com/news/latest/1437#QU7VdmifFygyrJl0.99

Dua menit kemudian tuan rumah mampu mencetak gol, atau lebih tepatnya Tomas Kalas melakukannya untuk mereka, setelah bola hasil umpan silang Greg Nwakolo mengenai kakinya dan masuk ke dalam gawang.
Read more at http://indo.chelseafc.com/news/latest/1437#QU7VdmifFygyrJl0.99

Ketawai Island

This is my 2nd time to visit Bangka Island. Bangka Belitung Province is well-known for its beautiful shores and islands. Few days ago I had this chance to cross to Ketawai Island, Bangka. It takes 15 minutes to cross here from the nearest Pangkal Pinang port. Enjoy the atmosphere here:

Welcome to Ketawai Island!

Who can resist this temptation?

 It's always summer here

See you in another travel time!

Sugar Ray at Java Rockin' Land 2013

Actually I wasn't really excited to come to Java Rockin' Land (JRL) 2013 this year. The Line-Ups aren't too interesting. I finally sold my day-1 ticket cause I was too lazy to go outside hehehe. But for Sugar Ray, well it is not that bad to see them live, since they are one of the 90's band icons :p

I met Adit and Koko at the venue. Sugar Ray came up on time, at 22.15. They started the show with Speed Home California. I was so happy when they continued with Someday and Answer The Phone, my favourite songs of them. What made us, 90s generation thrilled was when they played Every Morning. That is soooo 90s hahahaa.. Falls Apart and When It's Over were played as well, and the goosebumps were still in the air.

Photo: Courtesy of Mahdesi

 

Mark McGrath, the vocalist, joked a lot. Even when the band wanted to give us encore, he said "I wanna give you all the encore part. I'll leave and go back to stage. Let's just fake the encore" He surely has a good sense of humor. The show ends with three songs. Well, it wasn't a bad show though. I was enough satisfied. I scale this performance 6.5 out of 10.

Come On and HIT ME!!

Hi there, It's been a long time for me not to post something here. I've been missing writing and sharing something that automatically pops up from my very own head. Today I would like to give you this video from SUEDE called HIT ME. It is the 2nd single from their new album, Bloodsports. I'm loving this track waaayyy too much I can't tell. It represents what I really feel these days, without mentioning what I have been through. The lyrics are fucking genius, they're like reading my mind precisely. Just, daaaamn! The Video as well is really artsy, mind-blowing yet beautiful at the same time. It could probably be my song of the year :p enjooyyy!!!

SENSATIONAL SABANG

Been many times to Aceh but this one is totally the best visit. Crossing to Sabang, Weh Island!!

At Ulee Lhue Port, ready to hop!

Visit Aceh 2011

 

Arrive at Tugu Titik Nol Kilometer

Pavement at Titik Nol Kilometer, Sabang

 View at Titik Nol

 Enjoy the nature breeze

Welcome to Iboih Beach!

Iboih Beach has no waves so it's suitable for canoeing

 Let's go snorkeling!

 

 Feel the shore calling

BLURIOUS

What would you say when hearing the band, Blur? Well I couldn't say anything more when finding that they're gonna have a gig in Jakarta. Actually I was a bit disappointed when I knew they will be performing with other 3 bands. It's not that I don't like the bands, But it made the ticket price go higher. Thankfully Simpati offered discounted price for their users so I took this opportunity and went to buy the regular ticket.

So I went to the gig with my college friend, Teo. He is also a britpop geek as I am :D. We hit the venue at 8 pm, and took pictures on the venue. The venue was set to have 90's britpop ambiance, with so many british ornaments within the area. I could hear the sound of The Temper Trap buzzing, but my friend and I weren't really interested in the music. Then we entered the festival area on 8.30 pm while The Temper Trap had already stopped performing. The show was actually on-time. Blur popped out at 9 pm and the crowd was yelling and screaming so loudly. Finally, the band we've been waiting for almost 20 years had come.

The band surprised us with Boys and Girls. The song is really catchy. My favourite one to be sung hehe. After a few songs, I suddenly realised the sound was a bit awful. I couldn't believe for a band like Blur, the promoter should have provided more appropriate sound system instead of taking profit too much from the audience. But whatever, I already told myself I gotta enjoy this gig. That mind-blowing moment is when they brought Coffee & TV, continued with Tender, Country House and Parklife. ohhh my goodness. That 90's sensation! I knew that they would stop performing when they already played This Is A Low. I knew that there will be an epic encore after this.

Photos above are courtesy of Mahdesi

The encore started with Under The West Way. They also brought the super hits For Tomorrow and The Universal. The most epic part was when they ended the show with Song 2. Just imagined what happened to the crowd :D. Blur played really well. No wonder, they are one of the most influential britpop bands in the world. Too band the sound system didn't perform well. I can say that this gig is scaled 8 out of 10.

WILD WILD WEST (KALIMANTAN)

Was visiting husband's work-place in Pontianak, and then wandering Singkawang city. So much fun, though the water's not quite clean over Kalimantan. Had a nice trip with sister and Putri as well, especially when we tasted every Singkawang food's specialty (hams were everywhere we tried so hard to avoid it).

  

Tugu Khatulistiwa, Pontianak

 

 

Vihara Tri Dharma Bumi Raya

 

 Rindu Alam Peak, Singkawang

 Palm Beach, Pantai Pasir Panjang, Singkawang  

 Tami, Sister, Putri

 Epic Fail