My Lord.. I couldn't believe that it has been a year since the last time I posted any entry here. You gotta be kidding me, kay!! hahahahahaha..
It's not because I was not on the move. On the contrary, I was on the road most of the time. Airports and Hotels quickly became my second houses. Yet, I found no time to enter anythings. So, maybe now it is the right moment to get the gear on and let's begin with my first post in 2014.
When it comes to 2014, my theme would be: FATE, TIMING & MIRACLE
So much have happened in the span of 4 months and my next post will tell you all why ^_^
All is ruin from old centuries ago. Only I left to wonder why all is left in ruin. This place is so majestic and serene. Pretty calming, I must say. But looking at how bad the shape of Buddha statues here, which was caused by the war between Burma and Thai centuries before, I start to wonder whether passion of war and conflict is as old as the human being itself.
Then I look at the girl next to me, who would fly across to Bangkok just to be with me and for whom I flew to Beijing 2 years ago. I looked back at the ruin and place my gratitude back to the hand of nature who has given me love and friendship that i believe will pass the test of time.
No more anger and sadness. Just gratitude. Like the students who prayed all their heart in front of Buddha statue and send their gratitude for the good mark they will have ahead.
This morning, I woke up with this song being played through iTunes radio. I scrambled for words but nothing come out but the old memory of mandarin songs I used to hear back then. When all I hear was Mandarin Songs belong to JJ Lin, Lee Hom or Jacky Cheung. All the good old sounds.
And this song clearly has that good old sounds. Very gentle, melancholic but sweet. It brings sweetness to my memory, the very same memory when I still learn Mandarin in early stage because I like it so much. My bad, though, I didn't manage to master it. But above all, the good days were just gold. Just like this melancholic song by Wei Chen called only love to half..
The lyrics is below:
魏晨 - 只爱到一半
现在我们已经不再联系 | xiàn zài wǒ men yǐ jīng bù zài lián xì
过去的一切已经变成回忆 | guò qù de yī qiè yǐ jīng biàn chéng huí yì
无意间听到你最爱的CD, | wú yì jiān jiàn xiàn tīng dào nǐ zuì ài de CD
勾起了曾经的点点滴滴 | gòu gōu qǐ le liǎo liào céng jīng de diǎn diǎn dī dī
时钟会一路走下去不会停 | shí zhōng huì yī lù zǒu xià qù bù huì tíng
昨天像一部还未放完的电影 | zuó tiān xiàng yī bù hái wèi fàng wán de dí diàn yǐng
感动的对白永远是I Love U | gǎn dòng de dí duì bái yǒng yuǎn shì I Love U
我想我可以 不露痕迹默默爱着你 | wǒ xiǎng wǒ kě yǐ bù lù hén jī mò mò ài zhe nǐ
我们的爱 只爱到一半 | wǒ men de ài zhī ài dào yī bàn
约好的幸福不能靠岸 | yuē hǎo de xìng fú bù néng kào àn
慢慢的习惯 享受着孤单 | màn màn de xí guàn xiǎng shòu zhe gū dān
偶尔也会被寂寞拆穿 | ǒu ěr yě huì bèi jì mò chāi chuān
我们的爱 只爱到一半| wǒ men de ài zhī ài dào yī bàn
手牵手的旅程忘了走完 | shǒu qiān shǒu de lǚ chéng wàng le zǒu wán
曾经的浪漫 已被风吹散 | céng jīng de làng màn yǐ bèi fēng chuī sǎn
埋在心底的遗憾 | mái zài xīn dǐ de yí hàn
时间会替我们保管 | shí jiān huì tì wǒ men bǎo guǎn
Na La La La…
I Love U Forever…
时钟会一路走下去不会停 | shí zhōng huì yī lù zǒu xià qù bù huì tíng
昨天像一部还未放完的电影 | zuó tiān xiàng yī bù hái wèi fàng wán de diàn yǐng
感动的对白永远是I Love U | gǎn dòng de duì bái yǒng yuǎn shì I Love U
我想我可以 不露痕迹默默爱着你 | wǒ xiǎng wǒ kě yǐ bù lù hén jī mò mò ài zhe nǐ
Bravo! Finally some smart guys in the government came to their sense and realize that Indonesia's very own busway could be equipped with E-Ticket. Governor Joko Widodo officially launched the system over the weekend and the system has been operational since 22 January. The new system is applicable in corridor 1 only at the time being and hopefully other corridor will follow soon. The ad goes like below:
This is a smart move to the conventional paper ticket where we have to queue to pay IDR 3.500 everytime we wish to board the bus. It is labor intensive yes, but it shows that the card system used before by Jakcard is not working at all. Such a waste! Since it must be expensive to buy the ticket gate.
In my opinion, the new system is much welcomed. It saves my time and paper. Talking about being "green". What unique about the news system is the card used for e-ticketing. It is not a single card like Singapore's EZLink or Malaysia's RapidKL. Jokowi used the current and increasingly popular EMoney by 5 state and private banks as the card. It is a smart move again since the system has more players and it might be hold accountable since capitalist interest might play. The five emoney used are:
BNI Prepaid BCA Flazz
Bank Mandiri e-money BRI Brizzi
So, what passenger need to do now is to have one of the five and you can enter the platform by touching your card to the machine which is painted in red
Looks easy and it is easy. Touch the card until the light blink GREEN. Push the bar afterward and you can go in easy. Sadly, not many seems to realize the system yet and still queue for paper ticket. So, if you have it already, start using it! It is very convenient. Moreover, many staff are now still on duty to socialize the system so if you are confuse, feel free to ask them.
Venezia is simply breathtaking.. Serene beauty. I was there during its less busy day as it was raining. But still Venezia has all to offer. Her architecture, her churches, her ports, the running rivers inside the city, her gondola, and her mystical majesty.
Walking through the city is fun and magical. The narrow street gave you a goose bump of living in a wonderland. Sadly, all of the city is lit with shop's store and no building escape the architecture of having a shop at the ground floor and maybe apartment on the upper floor.
Good thing that water is still running between all buildings which save the good capitalistic and touristic mode of Venezia. Something that made all your pictures seems to come from a professional photo studio. Yes, Venezia is that beautiful
(me @ Piazza San Marco)
If I have one day to come back to Italy, I will wish to have 3 days in Venezia. That's my wish upon the shooting star
Tonight, I am pretty occupied with the pictures I took from my recent trip. Much to my surprise, the one that caught my attention are those ones I took last year in Samarinda, Banjarmasin and Bunaken. Gosh.. I never realized just breathtaking beauty Indonesia is actually. Okay, lets have a look..
(Sunrise in Banjarmasin)
(Pulau Galang, Riau Islands)
(sunset in Samarinda)
and my all time fave picture is below:
(Sunset in Pontianak )
Should the transportation between Islands is good and well-maintained with good marketing tourism, we could be well the main tourist destination in the world. This country truly has so many thing to offer.. too many, if I may say
I know I should just continue my european travel posts instead of having something else written in the blog. But I couldn't help myself from doing this post. Hahahahaha... talk about self freedom in writing!
This post is written based on my experience coming to Malaysia's Waterfall Hill Temple in Kuala Lumpur. The temple is famous as the center of Thaipusan festival. People from all over Malaysia, if not the world, make their walk to the temple once in every year. They bring with them jar of water and other offerings. The temple is located near botanical garden (one stop before botanical garden with bus no 10 from Komtar).
There are 3 buildings in this temple area and the main one is located at the top of the hill, few hundred meters above the ground. So imagine how difficult it must be to go up to the main temple with a big jar above the head. Because, even without carrying a jar, I was lost of breath good couple of times.
What stole my attention is actually the proverbs placed in the stairway all the way to the main temple. Someone was smart enough to realize that support, encouragement and appreciation are all what people need to climb to the top.
and the encouragement goes in the pictures below
They are nice right.. and I am so glad that I chose to go. To wherever my journey takes me ^^
