her name is Aryca.

“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are” - Ernst Haas.

I’m not really an art person. I can not  judge a sculpt, or I cant really understand a painting. But I do love taking pictures. I have a new friend, her name is Aryca. She’s quite girly, but she has a gut to get underwater, Pink is her favorite color and she has 4 eyes. Sometimes she’s flashing if she thinks its to dark around her.

Aryca and I took a journey together around Bandung and Lombok. Maybe we’re becoming best friend soon.

The Journey.

back from “the journey”!

So, after I resigned from my job a month ago.. I was planning to have a journey. A “finding my self” journey. Well, it’s turns out to be “finding ourselves” journey because 3 of my friends came along.

The journey started in October 23rd, Bali was our destination! We flew from Bandung and took 1,5 hours on the plane. First thing, we had to find a motel. We already discussed that the price of the motel should be less than 100k/room. After 1 hour, we found a nice motel in Jalan Poppies II which cost 45k/person! The motel called “Sari Indah”. A very lovely place, we made friends with another motel guest such as Kelly and Bertrand from France, Cecillia and Diah from Bandung, not to mention the owner, a very nice guy, Dewa!

We had a very good time in Legian! Sun bathing on Kuta Beach, eating local food, shopping, strolling, and of course Clubbing. Haha! I’m not really a “club person” but when it comes to Bali, people said you have to try it! So I tried! 3 biggest clubs in Bali which are DoubleSix, Mbargo, and Cloud27! Every club showed different crowd, haha. Double Six is Okay, but Mbargo? way too much for me! and the best is Cloud27 beach party. I was very excited, the people was cool, the DJ, and the venue is amazing! Ok, enough with all clubbing things.

In the 5th day, we went to Gili Trawangan! Gili Trawangan is a small island with a stunning beach near Nusa Tenggara Barat. It tooks 12 hours to get there from Kuta! (I know!) haha, so, the shuttle bus picked us up at 6AM and then we drove to padang bay harbor. We took Ferry Boat to Lombok, and the last we had to take a public boat from Lombok to Gili Trawangan. A very long journey in one day! Anyway, we made some friends from this trip. Patrick and Uncle Klauss from Germany,  Pattina from Switzerland, and Maarten from Deutch! Together we explored the island! haha. we were snorkeling with a turtle (how cool is that!), enjoying a very beautifull sunset, and eating some local food (I love plecing kangkung)!

We only spent 2 nights in Gili, and then we moved back to Bali. This time we wanted to find some peace of mind in Ubud! Ubud is very different from Kuta, Legian. Lots of art gallery and traditional dances. Not to mention the weather is good, not as hot as in Kuta. In Ubud, we went to Ubud market, Monkey Forest, and Tegalalang! FYI, Julia Roberts is in Ubud that time, making movie called “Eat, Love and Pray”, but too bad, I couldnt meet her. haha..  and there’s a little tragedy in Ubud. On my second day in Ubud, my eyes swallen! very very bad. and I have to go to the hospital! luckily, doctor said it’s just infection and I’ll fine. Fiuh, theres always yin and yang. haha.

I know it’s too damn long story, but I keep it short here, haha. This is my longest holiday ever! 2 weeks! I got a lot of new experience, meet interesting people from around the world, and knows how to deal with local people, how to bargain, how to find a nice and cheap motel, and off course the local food! Now, I have to work and save some money for my next journey! yiha.

Goodluck Cindy!

Cerita ini sebenarnya sudah cukup “basi” untuk ditulis di blog,  tapi sebuah cerita dilihat bukan dari basi atau tidaknya melainkan dari esensinya benar? (*mulai berfilosofi)

Setelah menghilang hampir 2 bulan, here I am, back as always.

Tanggal 12 September lalu, sahabat gw dari kecil yang bernama Cindy memutuskan untuk pergi ke Beijing, China. Rencananya, dia akan melanjutkan study di sana selama kurang lebih 1 tahun. Ga mudah tentunya ditinggalkan seorang sahabat. Cindy biasanya selalu ada untuk ngobrol, lari pagi, ke supermarket, makan malem, berwisata dan masih banyak lagi kegilaan yang kadang dia sendiri bertanya “kok bisa main sama kalian?”

Tapi dibalik semua kesedihan itu, Gw pribadi mendukung lo 100% Cindy Halim. Go out there, and see the world differently!

your bestfriend.

ps: I made that special polaroid tshirt for special friend!

new billboard

this is my new BCA’s billboard! x)

you dont know me!

that’s not me saying, hehe. It’s them

g.l.o.w

Melly Goeslaw was literaly Glowing! Yesterday, me, my sister and heny joined the crowd at Glow. Well, the concert was good not great tho, but we definitely sang along with the crowd. The best part , when Potret sang “bagaikan langit and bunda”, reminds me with school time!

next destination : kampung naga.

Gw baru menemukan sebuah perkampungan adat, namanya Kampung Naga. Letaknya di antara Garut dan Tasikmalaya. Awalnya gw iseng searching objek wisata di tasikmalaya, secara waktu itu gw lagi ke tasik buat nyekar di makan leluhur. Trus, setelah gw baca, ternyata menarik sekali kampung ini. Bangunan rumah, mesjid, aula, semua memiliki bentuk yang  sama, dan hanya terdapat 100 rumah disitu. Mereka bisa dibilang secara tidak langsung menolak kemajuan teknologi, itu semua berdasarkan adat mereka. Belum bisa cerita terlalu banyak karena gw blom ngerasain langsung tinggal sama penduduk disana.

Cant wait for next holiday!

Rian D’Masiv

Eitss.. tunggu dulu, gw bukannya ngefans sama Rian D’masiv, tapi secara tidak sengaja, gw mendapat “pesan” dari Rian D’Masiv.

“Pesan” ini tertulis di sebuah uang 1.000 rupiah yang gw dapet dari kembalian makan nasi uduk Mas Miskun. Kira-kira begini bunyi pesannya : “Yang menemukan uang ini harap dikembalikan kepada no. 6281910545, harap hubungi juga no.ini adalah no Rian Dma’siv”

haha, hal unik nan bodoh yang bisa bikin senyum dan ga bisa setiap hari kita temuin!

PS : Gimana mo percaya ini Rian beneran, wong nulis D’masiv nya aja salah…

dreamer’s billboard.

hip..hip.. horray. haha.

I just saw my billboard, my first friggin billboard.. KPR BCA billboard!forget about the concept, the visual, and the advertisment things, (I swear the main idea isnt like this, a litte bit dissapointed about how this campaign turns out, never expect too much from client, hehe), but HEY! I got my own billboard! x)

happy.

‘yuk explore magazine cover!

Yeah, akhirnya bisa juga punya cover majalah sendiri. Secara garis besar, YukExplore ini merupakan sebuah campaign untuk memperkenalkan internet explorer 8. Kebetulan kantor gw yang megang brand microsoft ini. Covernya buat di majalah Djakarta dan Area, di dalemnya juga ada versi PrintAd-nya. 

I’m happy.