Wonderful Indonesia : Exploring Lombok

Ive been dying to find a time for writing my latest travel  experience visiting Lombok Island, because this destination is amazing!! .  A neighboring island to Bali, it shares similar cultural heritage with a spin-off.  Home to more than 3 million people, the island inhabitants are 85% of “Sasak” people, whose origins might had migrated from Java Island over thousands year ago. Though culturally and linguistically Lombok is quite close to Bali, the majority of its population is a moslem and the landscape are dotted with mosque and minarets, making it infamously called “Island of 1000 mosques”.

Once arrived at the airport, we were welcomed with mountainous view and breezing winds. Then, we went for a lunch at one of the famous local restaurant, which served amazing grilled squid and plecing kangkung – stir-fried vegetables with fish-based and peanuts sauce. The finishing touch itself was also superb. A fresh-sliced of mixed fruits, including star-fruit, papaya, and pineapple.

  Grilled squid and plecing kangkung – a traditional food of Lombok

www.rumahdagang.com – pretty cool web to connect biz-owners

These days, thanks to the internet,  shopping while surfing and expanding connections as well as adding new acquaintances can be done in one go.  More interestingly, it can connect people with the same interest.

Recognizing the market potential of Indonesia, there had been some growing websites that provide its user with the possibility to buy and sell stuffs through internet. Amongst those, is http://www.rumahdagang.com/

Abu Dhabi – Through the camera

Up for a high?

If you are visiting Balikpapan, and would like to test your bravery to deal with height, come across Bangkirai!  1 Hour by car from Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Bangkirai offers visitors with its tropical rain forest track which will eventually led us to the “Canopy bridge”, connecting 3 old wooden trees at 30 m above the ground. The view of the surrounding is very calming and the wind breeze are just awesome. Though fear may come while u are crossing this bridge, the excellent nature beauty of the rain tropical forest as well as the warming sun rays just make it a very nice experience.

Like the flowing river

I had recently finished reading “Like the Flowing River”, a collection of life’s reflection and thought from Paulo Coelho. Perhaps, some of us knew Paulo is the author behind some of the best sellers novels such as “The Alchemist”, “Brida”, and other numerous titles.

This work presents the story of Ghengis Khan and the Falcon that teaches about the danger of anger, as well as the beauty of a friendship. He also told a story about Manuel, an ordinary man who had spent his whole life busy working..  Which taught us that a work can be a blessing if it help us to think about the meaning of life, but in the other hand, it can also become a curse when its solely use is to keep us busy to truly understand the purpose of life.

Kingdom Animalia

I was stumbling over some of the pics that i have took last year and i came across one particular album : Kingdom animalia.  I took this pictures in a pet-market located in Jakarta. It was not a fancy pet shop, but rather a big domestic market where you can find a many types of birds, hamster, rabbits and often… snakes. However, there are also other picture that were taken from the crocodile farms in Balikpapan.  I was really enjoy watching those pics and i want to share it with you all, my friends

Please enjoy it :

A pair of love bird, which fall under genus “agapornis” . Lovebird is amongst the smallest parrot species.Not only social, but this species also famous for its affectionate character.

 

Hop on! Live on the wire.

As a field engineer in oil and gas industry, we often need to hop on and off from one rig to another to log.  From offshore sea to the remote area in the middle of rain forest to the swamp.  Living no longer become a daily habit, but rather..  a continuous adventure as we are facing surprises by surprises on finding the next assignment, new challenges as well as the rush and pressure on ensuring all the job preparation as well as the job operation itself delivered with a perfection.  Albeit all difficulties, shortages of backup equipment or even number of people/talent needed to perform the job.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

So, i will made a confession here.. Despite my age that must have been categorized as an adult, i wouldn’t deny that i still enjoy reading comics (Detective Conan, Kindaichi, Kung Fu Boy, and Legend of the Dragon would be on my top-list-to-read). And now.. i had found another morning glory for me.. in the name of Greg Heffley. The major character for “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney.

Diary of a wimpy kid brought us to the thoughts and actions of 6th grader, Greg,which all written in a journal (Journal, not a diary. Coz diary is only for girls. ) Greg is a middle-schooler who happened to be a bit egoist, lazy (ok.. maybe very lazy), and wimpy.  He has a sidekick, named Rowley, and together, they had brought us to the dramatic lives of a middle-school, try to survive from the bullies, maths, and climb to the popularity. He is a bit of a loser, but a very likable character. Portrayed in an illustrated novel, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a hilarious book that was really hard to be put down.  Though i must admit, he wasnt a good role model :p

To give u some example, here it goes :

 

Anyway.. this book is funny and i hope u will enjoy it too as much as i did

Movie review : The Tourist

The Tourist told a story of Elise (Angelina Jolie) who sits next to an American tourist, Frank (a mathematician teacher, played by Johnny Depp), on a train going to Venice.  She has chosen him as a decoy, making believe that he is her lover who is wanted for police. So, this had caused both Elise and Frank not only to try to evade the police, but also the mobster who wanted him dead as he had stolen his money.

Movies of the Year – 2010

So, year 2010 is moving closely to the end. To wrap it up nicely, i would like to share the list of the best movies of the year according to my version and amateur judgment.

I choose these movies because they are left great impression upon me, or the story was mind-blowing and not so easy to predict, and most importantly the actors and actress had delivered such a great acting performance that worthy enough to be noted and crafted on some space on my brain. So.. here goes the list