Fairy Tale of True Love

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I want to love you in a simple way 
like the word missed-spoken by 
wood to the fire that turned it into ashes.
 
(Quote of poem "Aku Ingin" or I Want, by Sapardi Djoko Damono)
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Once upon a time there was a bottle floating in a lonely and a long time at sea. He had no goals, no friends, in the vast sea of ​​infinity.
On one day, the bottle met with a beautiful fish, small fish was willing to make friends with the bottle, while the bottle was also willing to protect fish and her life.
Fish entered the bottle with her thoughts, swayed in the sea, bottle and fish were beginning of the story. Fish thought it was friendship, and the bottle thought it was love.

Bandung - Jakarta : Gimme an advice

It was 6.30 pm and a bit rainy in Cihampelas. I was exhausted after exploring Bandung with friends. Going to Pasar Baru (Otista) seeing many kind of merchandises where I bought some items for samples purpose. After having 'lotek' at Jl. Kalipah Apo, heading to Paris van Java, an exotic open air-concept mall in Sukajadi where we experienced wonderful alfresco dining....having drinks while seeing 'cool' people hanging around...Then heading to Lembang when it started raining heavily. Just stopped by to have 'sate kelinci' or grilled chopped meat of rabbit in sticks ...then returned to Bandung and had coffee in Cihampelas Walk .... till dark evening......and...after said good bye to my friends....I had to go back to Jakarta. They still accompanied me to find chartered-car for me...till finally ... here I am////TOTALLY EXHAUSTED...

It was 7.10 pm and we all were informed to get on the car, I got seat# 2 and next to me was a cute girl whom had stollen my interest since she bought the ticket on the counter....wearing a white t-shirt and a jeans miniskirt over her knee. She looked awesome.

My House : Sell or Lease ?

I have a house at suburb of Jakarta. Beautiful small one in a housing estate at hilly area of Jonggol.
The area has natural beauty of scenery...with hills and greeneries all around.
No wonder that the housing developer claims it as 'The city of nature' ... this has been my favourite weekend escapes since 2003 ... a countryside holiday. There are several small lakes created as result of sand mining works ... The mining company will leave a gaping groud/area with abt 30 meters depth after exploration of hundreds or thousands ton of sand to be sold as building material for ever-developing area around Jakarta. When rain comes, the area turns to be lake .... there are quite many lakes can be found now around Jonggol.

But my most favourite one is not lake, but river.....with it's clear cool running water and meander way, curves here and there .. there is a lot of fun I can have with family around the river.

Moving to Bali : a postponed plan

I've set my plan months ago that I am gonna start a new working life in Bali. Despite of my real intention to fully concentrate on my work in Bali, in fact, I am deeply grateful that I can spend time to admire the beauty and atmosphere of this island of Goddess. Beautiful beaches everywhere.
It's definitely a holiday mood invades one's mind when putting first step in this island, flowery fragrant surrounding from airport, into a cab and arriving at front yard of hotel...plus specific welcoming Balinese music and endless smiles from girls at front desk...whow ... what a holiday.

Well...this probably experience of 'five-star-insiders' and alike but don't worry for those who are backpackers...Bali can be affordable for anyone, I believe ...as long as one can manage and adjust the budget to the right holiday style...that's nothing a problem...