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2013-12-17T11:14:00.002+00:00

FOR A BETTER WORLD

2013-12-02T18:36:00.005+00:00

Why some people are keeping money while others no? Some people are just born in rich family and no need to struggle too much to get money while others struggle every days and never have enough.

Our children are going to born in this world where the rules are like that... You are rich or you are poor with its possibilities what it does mean.

If you born as a poor child with limited resources you have 2 basic choices, you are going to accept that you are poor and you appreciate what you already have and you do not struggle to become someone else. Or we struggle all life long to become richer, to have access to wider resources and to guarantee a better (economically, eventually spiritually) future for our children and next generations. So we can work hard all life long and buy house so not only for us but for our children and eventually to have enough money to support our children (if we as parents did not have opportunity to study) to study at good private school and universities to guarantee "better life".

How can be that we still did not learn enough to support those who needs it as a solidarity with those who simply did not born in luxury.

We live in 21st century and they are people who work too much on one side and on the order side too many of others who are not working because there is not work remain for him/her or simply they do not fit into this system or are not able to follow working hours.

The are several way how to live outside of this system which for me does not sound good. I simply do not get why PEOPLE with so much work does not share this work with people who has will to work but has no work / unemployment? so except 8 hrs a day / 5 days a week (or more) there would be system that max. of work hours will be 6 hrs, but usually only 4-5 hours a day / even 3-4 days a week is ENOUGH because if you look on UNEMPLOYMENT rate in Europe, somewhere is even 20-25 % (such as Spain or Italy - some regions), so it means TO SHARE WORK OF THOSE who has it with those WHO DOES NOT HAVE IT !! but do not let ones who does not have it to be flustrated and without work just because we want to keep work for ourselves - "our work" - "mine" ???

- yes it is true, I am not thinking NATIONALLY....I am thinking WORDLY as a WORLD-CITIZEN !! I am not looking on certain country rights, certain country problems, because problem in one country is problem of all of us !! Destroying of jungle in Indonesia or in Brasil is not ONLY PROBLEM IN THESE COUNTRIES but as WELL for countries who lives around these countries, such dusts in Malaysia and Singapore in July 2013 because of open-fire burning of jungle in Indonesia which was out of control. Malaysia and Singapore get involved in political speech with indonesian government but there is necessary more offer, not only from side of involved countries, such as also from not directly involved countries. Because natural or historical treasure in one nation is not TRULY property of this nation but of every other nation, it is a WORLD PROPERTY. We were said when we were born: You are czech, you are polish, german, indonesian. This is your country, this is your nationaly, this is your belief.., this is your religion... but I do not believe in any of this. Yes, there are different nations, ethnics and they have different cultural and religion habits but what i want to say ABOVE ALL we are WORLD CITIZEN, we are HUMAN CREATURE of this planet EARTH !! Private property is an evil sickness, I do believe, they are for example beaches you can not reach because you can not go through someone private land.. So who were first there and settle down, make fences and put SIGN "THIS IS MINE", not one can enter RULES THAT PLACE. Actually how possible???? ON the beginning there was this planet first, not us. First THIS PLANET was made, oceans and seas, animals and last element was a MAN - WOMAN according to Bible. Yes, to man was given a rule to rule over everything but NOT RULE TO DESTROY IT !! Oh, man................

WHY? Please people wake up!! I do not speak about communist paradise, because it was violent collectivizing or private property. This is something what should come voluntary, with people knowingly what they are doing and why they are doing that... CONCENTRATED process of consciousness of certain amount of people.... !!

Lets get ready and link ourselves............ !! :)

On the border of good and evil

2013-10-21T19:49:00.001+01:00

Do not know why actually this statement: "on the border of good and evil".. but came somehow intuitively to my mind.. // In my life and I believe to many people around me there are constant decision of choosing good and evil in our lives. And we somehow feel what is good for us, but at the same time we can be strongly attract by an evil things. Evil in this meaning is something what somehow can be dangerous for our life, so we do not know any more how to manage our life. It can be all kind of distraction which leads us away from us... or so much passion for someone even we knew from beginning that that kind of relationship does not lead anywhere, but at same time we can not stay away from that awesome passion, then we are stuck in it and we are no more free, so that things was evil for us that time.......... so be careful and conscious whatever you do so you do not need to regret time of any decision which did not lead nowhere.. :) so keep living learning by mistakes but do not do too much exams. And if you get lost always try not to forget way back..

Like in the play of Spider Solitaire, at the end can remain two sets of red or two sets of black or one set of red and one set of black and it is up to you, only up to you (symbolically), which one will go away first and which one last :)

The Indigo Children

2013-02-23T16:18:00.004+00:00

The Indigo Children

* They come into the world with a feeling of royalty (and often act like it).
* They have a feeling of "deserving to be here," and are surprised when others don't share that.
* Self-worth is not a big issue; they often tell the parents "who they are."
* They have difficulty with absolute authority (authority without explanation or choice).
* They simply will not do certain things; for example, waiting in line is difficult for them.
* They get frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented and don't require creative thought.
* They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like "system busters" (nonconforming to any system).
* They seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind. If there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward, feeling like no other human understands them. School is often extremely difficult for them socially.
* They will not respond to "guilt" discipline ("Wait till your father gets home and finds out what you did").
* They are not shy in letting it be known what they need.

Travel DROPS

2013-02-16T17:54:00.001+00:00

- Getting wet in jungle when we experienced tropical rain :P

- Hiding against rangers in tropical forest J

- Listening Bob dylan and Bob marley played on CD in our guesthouse J

- Not answering: “ where r u from?“ to one man in neighbourhood /foreigner/ who did not know introduced himself.. :P /silent answer: I am looking for where I am from :D/

- Speaking and eating nasi goreng with my new friend from Germany called Mu, who I met at bus on the way to Bukit Lawang J

If you do not want somebody put out some question, never ask for this question as well !! J

- Meeting your :old friends: after 2,5 years and realised that they are not changes :D {Malang city >]

Day in Medan :)

2013-02-11T10:20:00.002+00:00

Medan / Monday 11.2.2012 - what to do in Medan :)

Medan Fair: great shopping with electronics {oldies and super cheap MP3 - around 150.000 IDR with                 4 GB memory card :]

     - books in english, bookshop Times, other bookshop Times in Palembang, Bandung, Manado, Bali etc. :)
        found a book: "Out of my mind"

Kok Tong Coffee since 1925 in Medan {around 5 oclock] - Cappucino dingin /20.000 Rp./no need to wait whether your coofee gets too cold, because it is already cold with ice inside...:)

- blog called "daily journal of a female worker in Jakarta" - reference for Kok Tong Coffee :)

http://dailyjournalaprilia.blogspot.com/2012/04/kok-tong-coffee-in-medan.html

Tip top restaurant in Medan {7 oclock]: one of the oldest restaurant in Indonesia (Kesawan Area)

read this:
http://www.tiptop-medan.com/aboutusen.php

Concept of Westerner

2012-12-26T21:02:00.003+00:00

Who is westerner in the eyes of people from South\East Asia. I guess this really depends on level of education, as the higher level of society who travel all over the world already see the differences between people with white skin… But majority of locals, especially in Indonesia, they just put us to the same box, they have never heard or thought we are different. Actually Europeans divide themselves in so many categories, depends on location of the country, as west, east, south and north…
Who is really Westerner in the Europe? France, Germany, Netherlands, GB, Belgium and so on? What about a new category East Westerner? Where you can put all other states east from Germany? It can be easily said so for people from Asia, yes, we are westerners but the east one, sometimes we earn double or triple less than our neighbours on the real “west” and so on and so on… there are many stereotypes about Europe and inside Europe, because especially nowadays, situation is very relative, because if you lucky to have a job even not so well paid as in other countries in Europe, maybe you are just luckier than somebody with no job, living in one of that real west country.. but also in Europe there is many social benefits, something not so well know in SEA {south east asia], like people can get support from government for theirs studies and when they are unemployed, if they belong to right category to have right to get it… And there is difference in every state of Europe, even not so big difference sometimes, and they are certain difference in every state of European Union as well. Europe is not same as a European Union…:]

So that is the brief introduction to European situation and concept by Westerner, because not every tourist or visitors of SEA would agree with concept of Westerner for himself. Because with concept of Westerner, there is many stereotypes in it, like Westerner like this and that… For example in Thailand Westerners like to go to Phuket and Pattaya so then local people get confused if there happened to be visitors with different aim or purpose of visit..

The same in Indonesia, in majority of case, people just see money in foreigner, in westerner and they are not really interest where do we come from and if we really have money. So people in Indonesia they have offered me several times trips to the islands, again, and they do not really can or want understand that not every visitor from Europe is not interest in touristic visits of island by boat, for incredible prize, just 1 or 2 millions IRP. People love their stereotypes and once they have some ideas about people coming from abroad, they do not like to change this idea, they want to keep their stereotypes. For example if first of all to some place in Sumatra came many visitors from Germany and they buy many local products and do not bargain so if after that come visitors form Czech for example and behave differently, want to get low local prize and do not buy so much as previous visitors, local can get confused and still compare this visit with previous visit or do not want to give local prize, because once already sell for higher prize…

The similar situation I experienced in Chiang Mai on north of Thailand, where drivers of local city buses are spoiled by “rich” tourists, I say rich, because they are ok to pay double prize than local and then if somebody with same white face want to pay local prize so they do not like to give this prize.. So when I go in Chiang Mai from train station to the city centre, I had to pay 50 Bhat but on return, one nice Thai girl speak to driver and burgain for me local prize 20 Bhat to train station, but when driver see that this prize is for somebody like me, in his eyes visitor with money, he wanted back more, but once bargain, can not cancelled, so I luckily get local prize… But It makes me think about, because I consider this situation “local spoiled by tourists who are able to pay more… “ and then for future generation of visitors it can be like disaster because all prizes will be higher…

In Delhi, In India, same situation, in Backpackers home on Main Bazaar, near train station, prizes for hostel go up, because owner of the guesthouse know that he will find “westerners” who are able to pay it, who do not mind to pay more, who are “lazy” to bargain the real prize.. So again this lazyness of bargain, to search a real prize will turn against us. So while for some westerners is too pay little more is nothing in their wallet, they are other westerners for whom is too pay little bit more every times while they are travelling a new unwelcome expenses which maybe leads to shorten their trips.. So.. and then, inside European minds, European from non\real west with not so high income do not feel same as the real Westerners if they ever exist, they know they are different but not any more in the eyes of local people, for Indonesian people usually all Westerners are same Buleeee.. :]

Czech Republic and spirit of communism

2012-12-26T20:56:00.001+00:00

I born at year “89”, so I am one of the revolution child, because in 1989 there was a Velvet revolution and after that revolution people try to understand democracy… Before revolution people could not travel abroad, could not say their opinion as they wanted, especially could not disagree with the current political system unless they wish to get to prison or lost opportunity for a good job or opportunity to study at university if he\she disagree publicly with system or somebody from your family, everybody had to vote every year the same party, because actually there was no other choice to vote.

People at that time, lets say, after 2 world war, Russian communist came to Czechoslovakia and won their first party at 1948 and they stayed and rules within communist spirit up to 1989. Long time, he? Actually there was a break in this period, at year 1968, people call it “Prague spring”, as Prague got new fresh spirit, people demonstrated in the streets against the system, politic, wanted change, boundary were opened, so many people migrated outside of country, lucky them who did it before Russian invasion in 1969 came, because they just appear with tanks to show up their power over our country and close the border again !!! so people who wanted to travel, could go just inside the USSR, mostly to Jugoslavia and had to wait for special travel permission. In rarely case people got a permission to go to west but they could not take so much things with them and usually only 1 or 2 people from family could go to west, so there was a guarantee, they will return. Also they could exchange czech money for foreigner currency, but just limited amount to avoid people would ever think to move, to escape abroad... But of course where is a will, there is a way. So many people manage to got abroad in that year 1968 when boundry opened but also in different situation when they somehow illegally cross the border.. Filmmakers still make many movies about it, as it is still very rooted in people mind, that communist system, system of fear, when people who are in high position in communist system have power over lifes of others.. There is one czech film which shows about this theme Kawasaki rose and great film from east german communist environment: The lives of others....

Sometimes you can find people who still live in communisme in their minds, they do not get how people can travel everywhere, how people can decide themselves for theirs lifes and still some governmental offices in my hometown keep the spirit of communisme, I am somebody and you are nothing, even you go there for such banal affair like to make a new passport or new IC or you lost it, they show you in very arrogant way, they have right over your life... How you can make democracy if there is so much rubbish in people mind and if people of one state are not ready to behave independently? Answer is in a time... czech people need more time to get breathe, i guess. And learn from past, live in present and be ready be better in future.. :]

I think many parents support their children to get outside of the country and travel, as they could not travel themselves when they were young, so they support youngsters in it and can fulfil theirs dreams over youngsters, by my experiences „)

338 Oida Gallery

2012-12-25T12:36:00.002+00:00

338 Oida Gallery

Feel so fulfil by creative art and all kind of shapes of chair and armchair which were exposed. At gallery there is many types of chairs and armchairs and funny is, as I wrote on my blog about I am coming from another planet, that chair I liked the most is named: E. T. and the description really suits me well, as that chair suits me well: “Each one of us wants a space of our own. E. T. chair is developed for user who wants to hide away from a chaotic world…etc.” by Eggarat Wongcharit.


E. T. Chair by Eggarat Wongcharit

At the gallery works a very nice girl, her nickname is Phol and she really seems to enjoy her work, so does not need to work any more, because her work is a fun, a creative mission, lets say… Once you know how to enjoy your work, then balance it with your family, friends, free time {3F], start your balanced life. I think it is a Chinese proverbs, surely I heard it by Chinese Malay nice people..:]

Gallery is recently opened….and I have a very good impression of that gallery, has a good spirit, the art work is very fresh, breathe by an inspiration in every corner and its motivation is support other in community of artists and designers.

Location

On the map this gallery seems to be very easily found. Just go 100-200 metres on the right side from metro station: Lampini. So I went.. But :] somehow missed the orange sign with gallery name, so it happended I got to Goethe institute rather than to gallery, but there I found very and kind people who helped me to find it this gallery by moto :] Thank you, Goethe institute and to nice Thai lady and girl who took me by moto to my destination.. Btw: In Goethe institute there is a decent german restaurant and the smell out of there is a true powerful central Europe cuisine, cabbage and meat by german style.. maybe go there next time :]

More informations about galleries in Bangkok

www.tcdc.or.th

When Europe has lost its colors?

2012-12-25T12:15:00.003+00:00

When Europe has lost its colors?

Europe in my mind, especially Czech Republic has its dominant color GREY. Yes. Not everytimes, there is also a sun, there is a blue sky, sometimes in summer you can see many colors but I do not consider it as enough. So now I am about to return to Europe, to the heart of Europe, to Czech afraid of this color that is very useful among other color, but if so much grey, then it can be so close to black color, and no more sun in peoples mind. Who is going to be interest there, Where I am from, from Where I am coming, Why I am there? As happening daily here in South East Asia. Yes. I am afraid to miss this Asia spirit, the palette of colors, the silence of Buddhist temple, Chinese pavilions… smiles without a particular reasons just for you…:]

My mission

So my mission among the others is to bring sun from SEA to everybody I meet on my way across the country in Europe…:] bright and colorful mind, cheerful in spirit and outside to appear in the clothes of many colors or in the color you feel well for that particular day.. Do not forgot, there is so many colors in the world and once we concentrate just on one or two colors then we miss other colors and we miss the wholeness of the Universe then ':]

Christmas in Bangkok

2012-12-25T11:12:00.001+00:00

Bangkok, day 4.

Christmas in Bangkok. Get up in the morning in my friend house, my friend already left for her university in the early morning. So I stayed alone, eating my breakfast, my first thought were little desperate. I am alone here in Bangkok, while my friends and family in Czech just celebrating Christmas there, everybody just enjoying Christmas athmosphere with their families and so on… But then calm my thoughts and start to thinking how to spend my last 1,5 days in Bangkok before my travels to country where I was born..

Mentally I am celebrating Christmas rituals but in different way, f. e. one of the Christmas rituals which I remember from my family is to take apple and cut it to make two halves and see if there is star inside or not, star brings you happiness in next year, if I remember well.. so here at Bangkok, I bought an apple {the big one: probably from Korea or Japan], but could not use knife as my friend had no idea where her knife disappear, so I just eat half of apple and other half I share with my Thai friend Sy to make up some Christmas rituals in new way.. This is ritual for my Christmas Eve, on 24 of December, just after I returned from Chiang Mai by train at night and we could not find any church open in the neighbourhood of Hualampong area…

The next morning, 25 of December

I went out of my friend place and found very good looking mangostine, so bought 1 kilo, to celebrate Christmas, as one of the habit in my family is to buy many, many mandarins from Spain, as they are so tasty and cheap before Christmas coming…


Mangostine

so I substitute mandarins by sweet mangostine, then took my morning Americano with milk and in the same building visit one of the galleries of Bangkok {DOB Hualamphong Gallery], had there very pleasant visit, it is at the second floor, turn right next to pharmacy in front of Hualampong station and gallery take the same door with that stylish café with yellow and red shadow light:]. There I got a map of others art galleries and centres of art in Bangkok, so my day in Bangkok, on 25 of December, got its direction…

But first of seeing all these art galleries, such us 338 Oida Gallery, I relax my mind and body at Lumpini park, sitting in Chinese pavilion with view on the Lake..

Lunch\Food

Soon eating my healthy lunch, some salad and sushi, as good some at local supermarket with night discount {if you go at night to supermarket, many products, especially salads and sushi, you can get with discount]. Because I really need more and more healthy food and vegetable and sometimes it is not easy to find suitable food in South East Asia, as they do not give you many vegetables in restaurant or use so much of oil for frying…

Living other people's life

2012-12-23T17:43:00.000+00:00

Living other people's life more than your own life... Where I need to go? What I need to learn? What I need to experience? Can I experience it with other people or have I go alone for my journey? What is my real purpose of my travelling?

Listening other's people stories rather than making your own stories. Do you really need to share your stories with everybody? Do you really need to know travel plan of every travel buddy who you are going to meet? Are you going to keep your original idea/purpose of your journey or can you change your mind quickly because of talk or advise of some other traveler?

Travelling is an process to discover who you are… :] or who you want to be in future.. :] so that's an great opportunity, don't miss it.. my dear co-traveller ']

Thailand trip

2012-12-22T14:18:00.001+00:00

Bangkok

My travel to Bangkok began very funny from its beginning. I forgot my laptop charger at my friends place from couchsurfing, so feel really lost for a moment… How can I get a new laptop charger and where? Would will I have enough money for a new one.. How I can survive without my laptop etc. :]

Then my flight to Bangkok from Medan with Air Asia got late, so I hope my friends can somehow deliver it, but no way :{ At Medan aeroport there was not so many food to buy for lunch and as our plane was delayed, our stomache more and more hungry and body more and more tired..

At plane I met one boy from Bangkok and one Indonesian girl from Medan which went for 3 day trip to Bangkok, her first time, so we decided took a bus no. 29 from aeroport Don Mueang {DMK] together to reach Bangkok centre. Travel by this bus was like a disaster for our empty stomache, my friend Juvita had not eaten neither that day and we got more exhausted because of traffic jam in Bangkok and our bus was fully crowded, no space for luggage and no a\c…. imagine :] My plan was to go directly to my friend's place near central train station Hualampong but it seems to be too far in the traffic and really tough with one bag with 15 kg and second bag with 6 kg and some more small bags around.. So I told Juvita I would like to go by taxi to my friends place but it would be quite expensive for one person and also my friend not come home yet and I would have to wait for here 2 more hours… Juvita offered me that I can go first to her hotel to stay with her in her room, we can share taxi and I can go to my friends place next day… I said: Ok, good idea, better travel together than alone {Indonesian style :D].

But when we reach hotel Nasa, they told us that they cancelated Juvita reservation because she had reserved her room one day before our arrival but they did not tell her anything and did not inform her about it.. also they offer her just double prize expensive room, because it is always cheaper to book this hotel on booking.com than at reception desk in this hotel… But fortunately, there is always a solution, at reception desk there was a Russian girl which seems to have similar problem, hotel refused her credit card, so she had to pay this double prize, so Juvita asked me to speak to her, like European to European :X and I asked if she would like to share a room and a prize and she agreed, so it has happended that first night in Bangkok it was 3 of us, and nobody of us expect our meeting, but destiny happended :D that we meet together at that hotel… :] Then we went together discover city by boat, by taxi, by foot, sharing our life stories. Then we found some nice dress for me and make some great photos in new dresses X

Third day of our meeting, I was first who had plan to go out of Bangkok. It was hard to leave each other, but anyway, we will remember it long.. So I headed by train to Chiang Mai, Kathrina from Russia - teacher of spontaneous dancer headed to Phuket and our sweet little friend from Indonesia had to come back next day to Medan...

Chiang Mai. Day 1

What a beautiful land. Silence of buddhistic temple and its garden. Riding bicycle inside the historical square of Chiang Mai. Buddhistic temple: home of Buddha, home of silence and Spirit.

I stay in silence at one place and nobody come and ask me anything, feel free of answering any kind of question. Before I did not appreciate it so much as now, to respect people privacy and people silence..

Chiang Mai. Day 2

Riding my bicycle through historical centre of Chiang Mai, which is square surrounded by water channel. Feeling tired after all travelling, wanted to return to my quest house to take a rest, but so funny what happended, just met my friend from Japan riding his bicycle in opposite direction *** Actually first time we met few weeks ago in Lake Maninjau and speak about our travel plans and our plans were so same, just my friend arrived everywhere 3 days before me.... and so on... but here we are. Just met today on that road, spending whole afternoon together.. seems like an new visitor came to my planet to visit me up there :D ***

Indonesian national sport is not a badminton;)

2012-12-05T12:34:00.002+00:00

Indonesian national sport is not a badminton, as you may hear from media, but in my opinion and maybe in the opinion of many other traveller, is an activity named hunting Bule. Who is this Bule?

I found 2 interesting links about this topic. On wikipedia, there is an explanation of the word term and on second link, there is more opinion from foreigner themselves {from Bule:D] and it is put to the contextual situation.

There is a fine explanation of bule word meaning on wikipedia. "Bule is usually used for foreigners with white "albino" skin, so there can be Bule Arab, Bule Afrika, but commonly used is just the word bule. Nowadays also the word Mister is used, consider to be more polite by foreigner. Conversation start like this:
Look! A bule." Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bule

Don't Call Me bule! There is also a forum about how foreigner people feel about this word.

In my opinion or feeling to point somebody Bule every day, and yes it happends every day, just make division between them and us, it points out on this difference. Secondly, many foreigner and I am one of them do not feel comfortable with this "nickname", of course it depends on who says that and in which situation, and of course how often per day you may hear it.. That`s why I wrote in the introduction about new national sport named hunting Bule. This sport depends a lot on the location, as in Indonesia there is many differencies and on some islands, in some provinces there are more skillful hunters than in other location :D Especially Minangkabau culture where I used to live 3 months with its centre in Padang, this hunting game is strongly developed ;) Surely it depends with strong Minangkabau culture connected with Islamic tradition from Middle-East, coming to West Sumatra by sea through Palembang. This culture is extremely closed to any influence from outside and stubbornly conservative in its tradition coming from islam tradition, which enter to West Sumatra province from the port in Palembang. Minangkabau people in history sell the products of their land to other nations by the sea, that`s how the islam from Middle-East found its way to root itself among Minangkabau people who absorb islam into their already settled minangkabau tradition. That`s way there are 2 strong social organization, first is islam from middle-east and secondly it is the minangkabau tradition. So Minangkabau seems to be like a greenhouse which itself can manage how much of sunlight it will allow to enter to this greenhouse, how much of air it will allow... That`s just an example of how i feel about this culture openness to foreigners. Sometimes foreigners can feel to be some kind of entertainment for local with that their screaming: Look! A bule, following by looking what is Bule person is doing, what is Bule want, if Bule goes to right or left.... Sometimes even happend that children or even teenage girls hunting bule to take photo with them or to practise few english words they know and i can say ok, it is understable, even it is not so pleasant if happend every, every day. But there is another situation which i can hardly understand, why its are adult people who hunt bule to speak to them and to hunt bule to take photo with them or screaming to Bule? Then I would ask, even adult people can not control their curiosity, that`s what it is happening? The best funny example are police men, which seems to not really care about safety sitution but their most work is to scream at Bule: Hello Bule, how are you? Where are you going?? :D

And of course, majority of tourists would get rid of this situation and unwanted social interactions with local people. Who would feel comfortable with somebody screaming on him/her just because of different colour of the skin? Different country of origin? Is this humanity, to be a man to man, to be a human to human beings? This all depends on individual skills to adapt oneself to different culture, to take it easy, to take it as a joke, as a fun, be happy that somebody makes this effort to scream all over, to watch you so intensively for so long... to accept it how is it, accept is as a part of culture, do not take anything personally, do not offense oneself. So then there are foreigner "bule" which leave after few day or few weeks, happy to be back home in their culture they know, then they are foreigner which taste the culture, i like it or not, which sauce is the best and then they are people who stays several years. You can call them winner somehow - people who have already live in Indonesia several years, because they have already get over this very difficult process of getting visa, find a propriate job for them in Indonesia, usually their private business or working for foreigner company and so many of culture obstacles.... But in Indonesia, i think one can never been a "culture winner". Because as a foreigner with different color of skin etc., you can not be never fully accepted and integrated into the indonesian society .Because even the foreigner live on one place already many years {as I know from one foreigner story], let`s say 7 years for example, his neighbours and vendors nearby of his house still after this 7 years of living with them scream at him Bule.....!!!!! ******

The life of one rice cooker

2012-11-01T08:08:00.001+00:00

:(an comparative study of 2 rice cookers, first rice cooker is currenty living in Asia, second one in Europe:)

European rice cooker feel so useless, because nobody wants him. European rice cooker is very expensive compare to Asian one and has to wait long in the shelves of shops to get somebody house, finally when rice cooker gets to somebody house, nobody really cares about him, just time to time there is time to cook rice, but people does not take many rice, as they prefere more bread :XD

While Asian rice cooker has no privacy, always some people around him, always there is some family members around. The best moment for Asian rice cooker is his dinner time because all family take its rice from him and rice cooker very happy. Ohhhh, my sweet family, do you want to have more rice? But one day Asian rice cooker had dream and in this dream saw european rice cooker in France and european rice cooker almost always on holiday, did not have to work so much, worked just very rarely and was always in good company of fresh fresh bread and sweet italian espresso. Then Asian rice cooker was not so happy at dinner time any more, because he wanted to travel more, to see the world ,to be on a holiday. He tries to speak to his family, but nobody understand him, because Asian rice cooker can not go on holiday, he has to work, his work, his pleasure, but Asian rice cooker can not be happy like this, because of his dream about European rice cooker, so he set up to discover world and to meet his european rice cooker friend, as he believe to his dream, as he believe this european rice cooker exist and maybe they can go together on holiday, maybe they can work together, so there will be less of work for both of them.... :XD :XD but first he has to escape from his family, to discover his own way....

This story is dedicated to all Indonesian youngers which need to discover their own path in life, while it can be sometimes difficult for their families to understand.... i hope this story encourage you to continue... :D :D

Floods in Padang

2012-10-18T11:38:00.000+01:00

Just began rain before few hours and raining, raining whole afternoon, anggkots stuck in Sari Anggrek, there is no way how to get back to Gerbang, UNAND and my kos... Also i fell down to channel with my new laptop, but fortunately i am not hurted and my notebook is working, so i can blog now on it, while we wait at some restaurant when the rain stops. When the rain stops????? maybe at time stop rains me and my friend Putri will be friend with everybody in this restaurant... hahaha.... just not so ready to smile, as feel so cold, as all my clothes got wet from falling into channel... :D :D just imagine... :D :D

No more water, got flu and cute goat*

2012-10-04T17:15:00.000+01:00

Today in the morning i felt quite bad, because i got some flu and headache and just not feeling all right.. And also no water is running already second day so we are currently without any water for shower, washing-up and toilet, we only have *thanks God* water for drinking...

So i stayed at my room whole morning and noon, resting and waiting to feel better. At afternoon i persuaded myself to go at university to sort out my castellano lessons at Language centre at university... and what a nice surprise was awaiting me in front our house :] First i did not know whether it is a sheep or a small dog, but finally realized it is a small, cute and friendly goat.... Definitely my new friend here. Then this goat make friendship with our cat {picture 3] and then this goat with her/his elder companion continued to search better grass in neighbourhood...

*or another plastic bags?* As there is unfortunately rubbish everywhere all around and all animals come and you can see how they are searching food, usually eat this food with plastic bag itself... :{ Even "paradise" like Indonesia has its not so presentable sides.


Picture 2


Picture 3

Our courtyard. The goats just leaving for some other plants. The true is all animals stopped by our courtyard and eat our rubbish, especially the are in love with plastic bags :{ :{

Picture 4 - The neighbourhood

My new room * Padang * Sumatera

2012-10-01T17:57:00.000+01:00

Long time no blogging.... no taping words, ideas... now i write about present then continue with past travel in Malaysia and maybe finish with ideas about future.. and about Indonesia and Sumatra, of course :D

Freshly installed mosquito net to my room :-]

Before it was also good {but now one level better, haha :P]. You can see my room {without mosquito net] how looked like before on these photos :]

Left side: room with ambal {indonesian carpet used in every household in living rooms]
Middle photo: kitchen.. now much more food and things to cook..
Right side: Rest room, Shower room, universal cleaning room...

.... and here is a picture stories how i love a rice cooker... haha... such a useful invention. With rice cooker, everyday there is "nasi putih" - soft white rice and sometimes we put some chilli indide haha, or tofu or we cook egg omelette in it as you can see on right side.. so that`s why i love my rice cooker, because without rice cooker i would eat just "boring" potatoes, tofu and tomatoes without no rice and without no chilli... no true Padang people would eat it! :D

Moments of Brasil

2012-05-31T12:19:00.001+01:00

These photos are taken on Faith Pilgrimage Route to Aparecida (in portuguese Caminho da fe) in Brasil, especially from our 2-3 days foot trip from Săo Sebastiăo da Grama to Águas da Prata, it should be about 34 km according official map but I would guess it was more.. :) Here is the link with a map of Caminho da fe - map

It was quite hard track in strong Brasilian sun, we were surrounded by coffee plantation, by green hills, by cows and horses, and we have not met almost anybody.. it seems to be a real Brasilian countryside :) On the right side, there is a photo of an abandoned house, you can find many other houses as this, but not all of them lost its owners forever, so it is not easy to find out which one is ready just for you to move in :D

These butterflies did a very pleasant company to us around Águas da Prata, where we climbed up and down hidden waterfall in jungle, but it was really worst to climb there...:)

Barcelona days by pictures

2012-05-16T00:51:00.000+01:00


Tapas bar / Barcelona

Taizé

2012-04-28T09:30:00.001+01:00

Few days before I went to Taizé, the heaven opened their door and windows...:))

So I was thinking, thinking about "say a little prayer" :D with Aretha Franklin...

It is very hard to write something about Taize, because I am in love in Taize :D I mean I do not need to be there every day of a year, but I am really happy for this place that it is open for everybody

The week of silence - photos