(Monday Reflection) : My Finding – Indonesian Sign Language

Everywhere we can learn Even in an unexpected or unthinkable way Jakarta Car Free Day is part of my week-end agenda, even though I just join the event once a month and in the same place, between Jl. Thamrin- HI roundabout (Bundaran HI)- Sudirman. I am always curious about the happenings there, unlike Car Free…

(Weekly Photo Challenge) : Perubahan/Change

Long time no see you here! After a while again I hibernated myself in my cave, here I return to the weekly photo challenge. The theme is great and what I remember first is my younger aged photo. I saved some of my old pictures in facebook and others in my computer. I didn’t know…

(Weekly Photo Challenge) : Monochroma Angklung

Monochromatic…mono color or something dramatic? I took some photos during open day at my school just now, and it’s over an hour ago after having lunch together. Well, I took some photos of Angklung, a traditional Sundanese bamboo instrument and from different side. I don’t know whether it is monochromatic..but at least I tried to…

(Tuesday Reflection) : Indonesian Names and with-some-Controversies

Name is something given to identify someone, and differentiate him or her from the others. Name is also parents’ pray and hope symbol for their child. In many countries, most people have given name (or Christian name), middle name or surname. But sometimes only given names and surnames. Do you have surnames? If I ask…

(Birthday Reflection) : Writing in Other Languages…Fun and Hard

I started my writing ‘career’ in 2004. Before, I couldn’t even write every single word. I just merely wrote some short poem, and it took hours for expressing it into typing or handwriting versions. It took hard efforts and times for me to create even one short paragraph as basically I was not into writing…

(Goody Foody Indonesia) : The Foodgasm -Soto Manggala of Central Kalimantan

This is one part of my favourite Kalimantan’s traditional food ( I prefer to call it Kalimantan to Borneo). It is called as Soto Manggala. Soto has already been part of Indonesian’s gastronomy and resembles to what Westerners call soup. Soto can be found from Sumatera till Papua Island with different variations in accordance to local tastes….

(Weekly Photo Challenge) : Get Connected…With Language

This week’s challenge for the first time confused me, as I had already given out most of the related themes in the previous challenges. So, for this challenge I give something different and in many parts not phisically connected. Language is the connecting tools for everyone. Without language, we cannot communicate our thoughts, ideas, feelings,…

(Food Writing Competition) : TEROKA CITARASA NUSANTARA, JELAJAH CITARASA KALIMANTAN

Kalimantan sebagai salah satu pulau terbesar Indonesia yang mencakup 73% wilayah Pulau Borneo, selain dianugerahi kekayaan alam, bahan tambang dan budaya yang beragam, juga memiliki khazanah keragaman kuliner yang tidak dapat dipandang enteng. Masakan khas Pulau Kalimantan disamping berkembang dari suku-suku asli Kalimantan, juga dipengaruhi dari luar. Pengaruh Melayu dan Tionghoa kuat mempengaruhi masakan-masakan pesisir…