Wonosari, Yogyakarta Trip

23 September 2012
Today me, my wife, my parents, my aunt and my cousin take a trip to Wonosari, a regency in special region Yogyakarta. Since my cousin took a flight from Jakarta to Yogyakarta, we left Semarang early at 4 o'clock in the morning. We arrived on time at 7 to pick up my cousin, and having breakfast at mbak Diah, after breakfast we're heading straight to kukup beach, Wonosari regency.
Kukup beach is a beautiful beach, with seaweed on the seabed, rocks protected the seaweed, and people can safely explore the soft seaweed. There are some people selling colourful fishes from the reef around there. There's also fried seaweed snack.

Next we're having lunch at Baron beach, the beach is located at a gulf, although the tide is quite high, it didn't prevent some people (mostly boys) to play around, and swim, splashing water. There are some food depots selling seafood dishes, some allowed us to buy fish on nearby fish market, and let them take care of the cooking. After we fill our tummy, we're heading to Ngobaran beach.

Ngobaran beach is approximately one hour trip west of Baron beach, the road is quite rocky in the middle, however when we arrive it's all paid in full with the view, the most beautiful beach we see among the three we visit today. There is a Hindu temple located in this beach, with some statue, taken from javanese wayang characters, such as Arjuna, Semar, Maha Guru, etc, each of this statue present a virtue of javanese culture, such as wisdom, bravery, love, etc. It's quite interesting because before, I've only encountered Balinese influenced Hindu temple in Indonesia before. The temple, and the philosophy behind it made me realised that like other religions in Indonesia, local culture always give certain 'touch', perhaps even simplify local people to grasps its concept.

These beaches are beautiful at daytime, but beware, since I noticed there's little and almost no street illumination, I'm sure it's get nasty in the dark, we left before dark. We already book a night in Wisma Joglo, on Jl. Mayang, near Jl. Sumarwi, Wonosari.

The hotel is clean and quiet. The owner, Pak Bowo is very friendly, and informative, he knows the regency quite well and well connected with other hotel owners, local tour, places to eat, and other tourist's necessities (where to book a car, a motorcycle, etc).

Followed Pak Bowo's advice, we ate at Ayam Goreng Pak Parman, near outskirt of the city. Pak Parman serve mostly fried chicken (ayam goreng) which is noticed as ayam kampung, meaning free farm style chicken (not confined in a cage). It's quite delicious and tasty

Later we went to the alun-alun (in javanese culture this means the city centre, although the meaning is already differ in modern days). Here we saw some decorated bikes, with some colourful LED lamps all over the vehicle. We decide to give it one go, which cost us Rp. 10.000,00 for one bike. three stop lights later, we're back on where we start in the alun-alun.

We decide to call it off for today and heading back to Wisma Joglo. Tomorrow we will continue our trip

(500) Days of Summer

Recently I watched (500) Days of Summer, a romantic comedy as the narrator says: "About a boy, meet a girl, but not a love story". Okay, I think he lied about the "not a love story part" after watching it, it's obviously about a boy (Tom Hansen) who fall in love with a girl, who he think his destiny, his soul mate. The girl (Summer Finn) doesn't believe in such things, however she seems to return the boy's feeling.

The relationship doesn't work as the boy's expectation, they broke up badly, and meet again in the train. After some dancing and talking, the boy think that he could renew the romance, instead he's invited to a party. Unfortunately for the boy, in this party he saw that Summer is already wearing an engagement ring, he ran home feeling miserable, after days of self pitying and remorse, he quit his job as a greeting card writer and pursue his dream career as an architect. In the end of the movie, he met another girl, who regularly go to his favorite spot in the city but he never notice, she said her name is Autumn.
After I saw this movie, I can connect with the boy feeling, however I also think that this kind of things doesn't always involve personal relationship. Sometimes we're overly attached to a person, a place, a job, a things, etc that we feel that it's the most important person/place/job/things in the world, we love it dearly, we can't live without it. When the day comes we must part with it, our world end.... We're blinded by the so called "love" and forget to notice that as the movie said in a conversation between Tom and his 12 year old sister Rachel, "there's plenty other fish in the sea (although most of them are guppies...)". We overlook other doors that open in front of us because that one closed door.
I think that it's time for us to embrace the moment, and leave the past behind, see the future, seek new adventure.
All in all it's a good movie, watch it if you haven't

Broken Gate

Yesterday our Gate is broken, succumbed to corrosion. I had to hire a spot-welder to fix it. It's quite hard to find in the dusk, luckily we have Mr. Syafei here, almost going home, but he agree to fix our Gate.
The process is quite simple, using  simple tools, such as a lump of carbide, water, mix with oxygen, able to melt the metal to strengthen our Gate's hinge. In about an hour, our gate is good, and can be closed again.

Good to know

Beberapa tahun yang silam,seorang pemuda terpelajar dari semarang
sedang berpergian naik pesawat ke Jakarta. Disampingnya duduk seorang
ibu yang sudah berumur. Si Pemuda menyapa, dan tak lama mereka
terlarut dalam obrolan ringan.
" Ibu, ada acara apa pergi ke Jakarta ?" tanya si Pemuda.
" Oh... Saya mau ke Jakarta terus "connecting flight" ke Singapore
nengokin anak saya yang ke dua" jawab ibu itu.
" Wouw..... hebat sekali putra ibu" pemuda itu menyahut dan terdiam
sejenak.
" Kalau saya tidak salah ,anak yang di Singapore tadi , putra yang
kedua ya bu?? Bagaimana dengan kakak-adik adik nya??
" Oh ya tentu " si Ibu bercerita :"Anak saya yang ketiga seorang
dokter di Malang, yang keempat Kerja di Perkebunan di Lampung, yang
kelima menjadi arsitek di Jakarta, yang keenam menjadi kepala cabang
bank di Purwokerto, yang ke tujuh menjadi Dosen di Semarang."

" Pemuda tadi diam, hebat ibu ini, bisa mendidik anak anaknya dengan
sangat baik, dari anak kedua sampai ke tujuh.
" terus bagaimana dengan anak pertama ibu ??"
Sambil menghela napas panjang, ibu itu menjawab,
" anak saya yang pertama menjadi petani di Godean Jogja nak". Dia
menggarap sawahnya sendiri yang tidak terlalu lebar nak"

Pemuda itu segera menyahut, "Maaf ya Bu..... kalau ibu agak kecewa ya
dengan anak pertama ibu, adik-adiknya berpendidikan tinggi dan sukses
di pekerjaannya, sedang dia menjadi petani "??

Do you want to know the answer??????...

Dengan tersenyum ibu itu menjawab,
" Ooo ...tidak tidak begitu nak....
Justru saya sangat bangga dengan anak pertama saya, karena dialah
yang membiayai sekolah semua adik-adiknya dari hasil dia bertani"

Hikmah :
Everybody in the world is an important person.
Open your eyes. ...your heart....your mind....your point of view
because we cant make summary before read "the book "completely.
The wise person says...

The more important thing is not WHO YOU ARE
But WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING

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Tujuh Pantangan yang Harus Dihindari di hari Imlek

Selain harapan, ada sejumlah pantangan bagi umat yang merayakan Imlek. Pantangan-pantangan itu masih diyakini hingga kini dan harus dihindari saat Tahun Baru Imlek tiba. Berikut tujuh pantangan saat Imlek.
 
1. Menangis pada saat Tahun Baru diyakini berdampak negatif karena dapat menimbulkan kesialan dan membuat korbannya menangis terus-menerus sampai satu tahun ke depan. Akan tetapi, pantangan ini tidak berlaku bagi anak kecil yang menangis pada hari Imlek.
 
2. Lunasilah seluruh utang sebelum Imlek dan hindari meminjamkan uang pada hari itu. Jika tidak, ada kemungkinan orang tersebut akan terus dipinjami uang oleh orang lain sepanjang tahun.
 
3. Setiap orang yang merayakan Imlek sebaiknya tidak mengeluarkan kata-kata kasar, kotor atau yang bermakna buruk dan sial. Kata "empat" juga ada baiknya dihindari karena mengandung negatif, yaitu kematian. Satu tabu lagi yang perlu dijauhi adalah menceritakan kisah kematian dan cerita hantu.
 
4. Hindari mencuci rambut saat Imlek tiba karena bermakna mengusir semua keberuntungan sampai satu tahun ke depan. Daripada mencuci rambut, lebih baik mengenakan pakaian berwarna merah yang berarti kebahagiaan, keceriaan, dan memberi keyakinan akan adanya masa depan yang cerah.
 
5. Mengucapkan selamat Tahun Baru di kamar tidur diyakini dapat menghilangkan keberuntungan untuk satu tahun ke depan. Sebab itu, orang-orang yang berada dalam kondisi sehat atau sakit sebaiknya tetap berpakaian rapi dan duduk di ruang keluarga saat Imlek datang.
 
6. Pisau atau gunting disebut-sebut dapat menjauhkan keberuntungan. Akan tetapi, hal tersebut bisa dihindari dengan menghindari penggunaan dua alat tajam itu pada saat Imlek.
 
7. Hindari menyapu dan membersihkan debu ketika tahun baru tiba. Dua kegiatan itu bisa mengakibatkan tersapunya keberuntungan. Selain itu, sembunyikan semua perangkat rumah tangga, seperti sapu, sikat, dan penyedot debu yang biasa digunakan membersihkan debu.
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Fairy Tales

Snow White lived alone with seven men. Jasmine was in a forbidden relationship with Aladdin. Little Red Riding Hood didn't listen to her mother and went out. Pinocchio was a liar. Robin Hood was a thief. Tarzan walked without clothes on. Sleeping Beauty was kissed by a stranger and married him. Cinderella lied and sneaked out at night to attend a party.
These are the stories our parents raised us with & then they complain our generation is messed up?

 I read this passage on a national newspaper, and makes me wonder, are these stories really to blame? xixixi

Renungan Akhir Tahun

Renungan di Akhir Tahun:
Jangan menunggu bahagia,
baru tersenyum.
Tapi tersenyumlah,
maka kamu kian bahagia

Jangan menunggu kaya,
baru mau beramal.
Tapi beramal lah,
maka kamu semakin kaya

Jangan menunggu termotivasi,  baru bergerak.
Tapi bergeraklah,
maka kamu akan termotivasi

Jangan menunggu dipedulikan orang baru anda  peduli,
Tapi pedulilah dengan orang lain! maka anda pasti  akan dipedulikan...

Jangan menunggu orang memahami kamu,
baru kita memahami dia.
Tapi pahamilah orang itu,
maka orang itu paham dengan kamu

Jangan menunggu terinspirasi,  baru menulis.
Tapi menulislah,
maka inspirasi akan hadir dalam tulisanmu

Jangan menunggu proyek,
baru bekerja.
Tapi berkerjalah,
maka proyek akan menunggumu

Jangan menunggu dicintai,
baru mencintai.
Tapi belajarlah mencintai,
maka anda  akan dicintai

Jangan menunggu banyak uang,  baru hidup tenang.
Tapi hiduplah dengan tenang, maka bukan hanya sekadar uang yang datang,
tapi damai sejahtera.

Jangan menunggu contoh,
baru bergerak mengikuti.
Tapi bergeraklah,
maka kamu akan menjadi contoh yang diikuti

Jangan menunggu sukses,
baru bersyukur.
Tapi bersyukurlah,
maka bertambah kesuksesanmu

Jangan menunggu bisa,
baru melakukan.
Tapi lakukanlah!
Kamu pasti bisa!

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