Jogja Jogja!

Tanggal 19 kemarin saya ke Jogja. Ini adalah kali pertama saya menginjakkan kaki di Ngajogjokarta Hadiningrat setelah sekian tahun tinggal di tanah Jawa. Padahal katanya kan Jogja itu jantungnya Jawa. Sebenarnya saya sudah lama berencana untuk mengunjungi kota ini. Undangan teman-temanpun sudah berkali-kali menghampiri. Sampai saya kemudian mulai membenci kota ini karena alasan yang sangat-sangat aneh yang disebabkan oleh Abang saya. Saya sampai harus dibujuk oleh Abang saya untuk pergi ke Jogja karena kalau tidak saya sudah keberatan sekali untuk test TOEFL ITP di Jogja. Dia sampai memberi saya alasan panjang lebar agar saya berangkat. Pakai menjanjikan hadiah segala. Aduh, kayak anak kecil saja ya saya.

Ketika saya di Jogja, saya tetap dipandu oleh abang saya melalui WhatsApp. Jadi, lumayanlah saya tidak terlalu sedih. Saya sampai jalan-jalan ke borubudur dan prambanan segala. Dan tetap dipandu oleh abang saya. Nampaknya dia khawatir saya tidak menikmati Jogja karena dia tahu benar kalau saya sangat membenci Jogja. Lumayan, saya merasa ada yang menemani. 

Awalnya, saya berniat mencari hostel murah buat menginap. Tapi teman saya, Nadi dan Mas nya meminta saya untuk menginap di rumah mereka. Senang menjadi tamu di rumah mereka. Saya tidak kesepian dan nelangsa. Ada teman sharing. They treat me so well. baik banget mereka. Mas bayu nganterin ke mana-mana. 

Payung Siapa?

Saya sempatkan sehari untuk jalan-jalan dulu menikmati Jogjakarta. Saya nggak mau jadi orang Indonesia yang durhaka. Makanya, saya mengunjungi Borubudur. Di jalan ketemu sama backpacker asal Taiwan, Si Wang. Sepakat jalan bareng karena destinasi kami sama, Borubudur dan Prambanan.

Wow, Amazing!

Karena antrian di Local Visitor Gate, setelah beli tiket saya diajak si Wang masuk lewat International Visitor Gate aja. Kasihan banget ya orang Indonesia, pintu masuknya biasa banget plus antriannya puanjaang. Beda dengan International Visitor Gate yang ada lounge nyaman dengan fasilitas free drink dan bonus pelayanan ramah dari gadis-gadis Djogja yang memasngkan kain batik di pinggang saya. Akhirnya, saya mengajak Wang buat nyantai dulu di taman belakang Lounge yang teduh sambil menikmati kopi.

Under my Umbrella ella ella ella e e e....

Saya mulai bisa menikmati tour saya. Borubudur memang magnificent and breath taking. Bayangkan, orang zaman dahulu banget sudah mampu membuat bangunan dengan arsitektur keren seperti ini dengan modal batu-batu doang. Pasti arsiteknya jenius deh. Ketika muter-muter di atas candi, hujan turun dengan lebatnya. Karena tidak berniat tour, saya lupa membawa payung merah marun cantik andalan saya. Si Wang sampai menawarkan untuk merobek mantelnya menjadi dua agar bisa berbagi dengan saya. Saya tolak dan memilih berteduh sambil jepret orang-orang both with my DLSR and Blackberry. Share foto lewat BBM sama teman di Jakarta dan cela-celaan mengenai selera foto saya.

Kleting Kuning

Selama Borubudur Tour, saya dipandu oleh abang saya lewat WhatsApp. Ngomel-ngomelin pula gara-gara saya nggak bawa payung. 

Prambanan Temple under the rain

Setelah puas berkeliling di Borubudur, sesuai dengan jadwal yang saya sepakati dengan Wang, saya mengunjungi Prambanan. Sebenarnya waktu kami masih cukup untuk mengunjungi Prambanan. Akan tetapi bus Trans Jogja yang akan membawa saya ke Prambanan selalu penuh. Hasilnya, saya sampai di Prambanan ketika loket karcis hampir tutup. Hujan yang cukup lebat embuat saya tidak leluasa mengambil foto. Akhirnya misinya menjadi 'yang penting sudah mengunjugi Prambanan'. Dalam perjalanan pulang saya kembali nelangsa dan marah ketika transit di halte Airport. Airpot ini memantik kembali kebencian saya akan Jogja. 

Suasana Djogja

Setelah TOEFL test, saya sempatin jalan ke Malioboro. Lagunya Aggun 'Malioboro' langsung berputar di otak saya. Sore yang mendung di Malioboro yang padat saya merasa nelangsa di tengah keramaian. Okay, I just don't get why people love Malioboro. Okay, perhaps I've set my expectation too high about malioboro. Atau karena memang pengaruh kebencian saya akan Jogja. Ketika saya cerita kalau saya sedang nelangsa ke banag saya, dia minta maaf karena telah membuat saya benci Jogja. Tapi rasanya saya harus mulai mengakui, jogja menyenangkan. Saya harus belajar untuk menghapus kebencian saya. 

Bali Holiday # Room, Balcony, Yard and Stuffs

Some of my favorite objects to shoot with my camera are room and stuffs, building and yard. I think I have an interest in architectural photography. Need to learn more about it. I just so happy when I capture them. Here are some pics I took;

I was in Ubud and got mad with the all expensive Hotel. I rode away to the Village and Found this very  comfort guest house with a cozy luxury room for very very cheap price. It has two big windows with an open view to the rice fields with the mountain as a background.

After a long walking around in Ubud, I and my Abang took our lazy time in this  Restaurant. The ambiance is just perfect! 

Kajane Kafe in MOnkey Forest Street, Ubud. I love both exterior and interior. 

Really want to have this wooden bowl. However, I confused where to put since  I don't have my own house yet:(

I don't mind to spend my time a whole day in this cafe. Spin cafe. Situated on  the high  cliff  with  a direct view to the clear blue water of Indian sea below make whatever meal or drink you have doubled it's taste. My favorite is Manggo Smoothie. It's the best mango drink I ever had.  

Wine at Oops Restaurant. Will get back there in the next  Holiday. Wanna dance salsa with Dewi!

Coffee Maker. Found it in one stall of Hello Asia at South East Asian Summit and Exhibition in Nusa Dua 

It was heay raining Last night. This morning, I got out the room with my camera wandering  in the Hotel yard. Found these flowers scattering near the statue. La Waloon Hotel-Kuta Bali

Bali Fashion Candid Photos

I was waiting Christian's departure when the idea hit my mind. Instead of wandering in the beach in a hot day, I went to Discovery Mall. I hoped that there will be crowd of people. Usually, dressed up people are back and forth in the sea front 'piazza' behind the mall. I wanted to do candid photo shoot. I knew, Korean and other oriental girls always appears in eye catching dress shopping in this mall when the afternoon come.

Unfortunately, there were only few foreigner visitor in the mall that afternoon. I only got few photograph. Here they are:

A corner in a Piazza with Pink Kamboja tree

I adore her mix n match. 

Like her Pose. natural

Celebrity Looks

Love that little girl's outfit. 

White and Soft gown

Blue Jeans bermuda is always tempting for me!

Good Shoes take you to good places. have it happened to you girl?

Oriental Lady

I got this shoot in swimming pool side in old Fourteen Roses Hotel in Jalan Legian. I was swimming when this adorable smiling boy passed by . 

The Pic of Bali LBH, Day 2; Padang-Padang Beach, Yeye's Warung

The breakfast was very good. I thought I had triple.
We found the motorbike rent near the hotel. I chose the red Vario for our ride exploring the coastal.  We rent the motorbike for 5 days.
So, it's now the time to explore. As we've planned before, today is the time for visiting the Padang-Padang Beach. It's a calm and quit beach where Michael Learn to Rock made their clip for the "Someday" song.

I always happy to ride motorbike in Bali, especially riding along the coastal street along the hill.

I would like to Spenad my rest of my life here!! definitely!

After Catching!

The beach is situated far away down. It's like under the bridge!

Michael Learn To Rock made their video clip for the "Someday" Song in this Beach. 

 I celebrated being in the nice beach and clear water by swimming back and froth, laying on the sands, reading and photo shooting. I swam until I got sore. 

The best thing for the tiring body in the extremely hot condition like this is a big glass of Orange Milkshake.

So, here we were, riding the motor bike climbing the hill heading to the Blue Point of Suluban Beach. The riding took me to the top of hill where I found a small restaurant with very nice outdoor space. We decided to stop and have lunch there.

The ambiance was very tranquiling. There were no other visitor except us.
Yeye's warung is recommended by "The Lonely Planet" for the good place for traveler.

 I picked mango milkshake, Tuna Salad with balinese sauce plus carrot cake and ice cream as dessert. 

Tuna steak with balinese sauce. Actually, the steak should be pair with steamed rice but I chose chips intead

The Pic of My Bali-Late-Birthday-Holiday; Day 1

Hello people!

It’s been I didn’t post my travelling pic on my blog. Or I even never did it?

I did several times I think.

I always love Bali for the Holiday destination. Along the August to November, I visited Bali four times.

The Last visit was on November in a two-week-holiday with my Abang, Christian. The holiday was the Late-Birthday-Present for me. I was much occupied with the camera at the time since I’m very excited with my new camera and tried so hard to get good picture. Here are my captures;

The first three days we had staying in Amaris Hotel in Legian. It's a new Hotel managed by Santika Hotel. Both exterior and interior are very simple, even they didn't provide fridge for the standard room. The hotel is just like other hotel in Indonesia. I found no Balinese touch like the Hotels in Bali. Most of the customers are Indonesian. And as usual, Indonesian are always communal. They come in big group and cause crowded:)

One thing I like from this Hotel is the Breakfast. Yup, they provide super-combo-jumbo four types breakfast in buffet that you can take by yourself. You may take double, triple or try all the variety of breakfast available! So, Indonesian deh!

Since we were still jet lag (not me actually, it was my Abang), we decided not to go somewhere except spending the time sunbathing, reading, and playing with the wave in Legian Beach. When the sun was in its hottest heat, we let our stuff under the umbrellas and went to Circle K for some ice cream and Fanta Fruit puch (my favourite fanta ever).

One of my fave place in Bali. Having fresh soft drink while reading under the 'kamboja' tree.

I took this from the Circle K near the Pulmoon Hotel in Kuta

When the sum went down to the horizon, we left the beach for Shopping some t-shirt and daily need in Kuta Square.

Todays activity was ended with Dinner @ our favourite restaurant. Kinda small and very affordable restaurant which provide very delicious snapper fish and big big crab! I got myself Big snapper fish with sweet sour sauce completed with chips and salads.

Christian had a snapper too but with the difference sauce; butter and onion sauce.

fFor tomorrow, we've planned to go to the new beach we never visit before. I'll post the pic.