(Friday Reflection) : The Last Juma in Ramazan

It’s been a while I haven’t written or done any blogging activities here. I am not really busy, as for right now I am on school holiday. One full month for leaving and I decided to return home (mudik) from 22 June to 15 July (what a holiday!). This was the last Juma in Ramazan,…

(Hometown Story) : End year visit to 2 temples

As I mentioned before, I would tell my hometown story not chronologically, but randomly based on my swinging mood everytime I can and not busy enough. By the way, for this edition I’d like to tell about my last day of 2015’s journey with my cousin’s son. I had an appointment for spending my 31 December’s…

(Hometown Story) :Welcome to 2016 and this is my story- Badhut Temple

Welcome to 2016 It’s been almost two weeks I haven’t been here. I am terribly sorry for not updating this blog, as a matter fact my laptop was turned off suddenly when I was doing my work, and then when I asked the computer store about such matter, I finally knew that the problem was…

(Weekly Photo Challenge) : My Hometown, My Happy Place

Malang is located in Eastern part of Java, Indonesia. It’s around 800 km from Jakarta, 300 km from Jogjakarta, 90 km from Surabaya and 400 km from Denpasar, Bali. It’s in the heart of East Java Province and surrounded by mountains. It’s my hometown where I was born and raised up. I passed my happiest…

(Weekly Photo Challenge) : Origami Pesawat Kecil – Golden Mini Aeroplane Origami

Last week, my cousin and her family visited my house in Malang. We had never met for almost one year, and in the hot afternoon we had so many chats and surely some updates from family we never met for years. I was shocked when I knew some of my distant family members had passed…

(Weekly Photo Challenge) : Afloat/Mengapung – The Floating Lotuses/Teratai Mengapung

Floating lotuses are suitable for this week’s challenge. I took the beauty when I was at my hometown, Malang. It’s already become Malang’s icon along with the Malang Kucecwara monument which has already established since 1946, bombed by Dutch during 1947 agression and then reopened in 1951. It’s Malang icon along with the crazy lion…

A Photo a Week Challenge : Saturation / Saturasi/Kadar Jenuh

The exact translation for saturation in my language is little bit ambiguous. Saturation is translated into ‘kejenuhan’ and the meaning can be ‘boredom’ as well. When I saw this challenge, I tried to modify my photos when I visited my hometown last December. It located in Malang round square (Alun-Alun Bunder), near city hall and…

Weekly Photo Challenge : Shadowed/Berbayang

Shadow is part of us Shadow follows everywhere Light exposure is the cause Even shadow becomes additional point of photography I took some photos from my collection which relate to this week challenge. I hope you like it. After Juma praying, Malang, 2013 Incidental moment, photographers were photographed, 2012, Semarang Daddy’s shadowy moment, Jakarta Old…

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge : My Favorite Things, Verse One – Lotus/Teratai

I don’t know why these photos become my choice for this challenge. I have already missed a lot as holiday and here I’d like to share photos of my journey especially in my hometown. Have a nice looking and these are the lotus for you. Teratai putih/White lotus A pond of lotus…everywhere. Malang, East Java,…

(First 2015 Weekly Photo Challenge) : Old (but Renewed) and New / Lama (yang diperbarui) dan Baru

Happy New Year for all my friends, either here or there! May Allah bless us in this year and beyond. This is my first posting in 2015 after my absence as I was on my vacation. I spent my almost 2 weeks-holiday in Malang, East Java, the second largest city in East Java and the…

(Malang Pictorial of A Day ) : MALANG GRAND MOSQUE / MASJID JAMI MALANG

Located in Malang downtown, built in1875 and it has got 20 internal pillars which represent Allah’s characteristics and 4 large pillars represent The Prophet Muhammad’s characters. It was enlarged between 15 March 1903 and 13 September 1903 and renovated many times until its present form. But the original architecture is still well preserved in its…

(Malang Pictorial Of Day) : ENG AN KIONG CHINESE TEMPLE/ KLENTENG ENG AN KIONG

Little information : In Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese Temple is called ‘Klenteng’, different to Malaysian which calls it ‘Tokong’ or ‘Tokong Cina’. Word ‘Klenteng’ or ‘Kelenteng’ derives from onomatopoeia of the bell and it sounds ‘teng’, ‘teng’, ‘teng’. And Indonesians then call it Kelenteng. For the sixth day of my holiday in my hometown (Malang, East…