PGS street

last last last dayz.. (i think on 17 april, coz that time "The Forbidden Kingdom" play for premiere).. i went to PGS street, theres a new food yard street.. huhuhuhuhu.. the envi like on msia/sg.. but its more cleaner and much trouble, because this area/street is not closed for them every hour.. this is a sreet in gladag, solo. which is on noon, they will open the street like usual.. and on 5pm, the management will close the street, and all the hoppers will put in order for them.. the foods here is collected by Solo Mayor, and he choose to put all the famous, traditional foods from Solo.. so, this place quite nice and unique.. you no need to walking/driving ALL solo foods.. be here, and enjoy ;)

and, the other thing about this place is.. you see the train track there? hehehehe, thats THE ONLY ONE train track who cross the CITY in Indonesia.. this track is crossing the main road of Solo (Slamet Riyadi Street) and also the downtown of Solo.. hahahaha.. quite prude of it ^^

Do & Don’t when be traveler

DO
Bring a small bottle of water, some light medicine, tissue (wet/dry), sun lotion (if you walkers), maps/compass (if you go to woods), dry clothe (depend on your destination) on your bag pack.

You may buy a small bag for bathing items; soap, shampoo, facial soap/cleaner, tooth paste, brush teeth, brush hair, etc (other ‘must’ items you need).

If you using prepaid, make sure you reload to full, or if you using postpaid, better check your provider, are they have an international roaming for you.

Bring all your small change/coins for your country destination and bring some money for every country nearby your destination.

Bring a note & pen for you write down local police centre, or maybe local cuisine addresses, phone number & maps.

Prepare your camera/handy cam on full bat, and left lots of memory. Or maybe you can have extra memory card or battery. And MUST bring the charger for electronic thingy. and prepared anything needed from the weathers (cold, snow, deep sea, etc) for your electronics..

Snap photos as much as you can, don’t forget to snap you with some cool background; local famous building, peoples, people who wear traditional clothes, etc.

Be extreme while you can, things that can make you embarrass, cause you are not staying there forever. Be brave and strong. If there’s bungee jump, then JUMP!! If there’s a track racing, ask people around rather you can go inside and make a lap.

Buy enough local trade mark for your friends & family at home. Can be homemade/traditional foods or snacks.


DON’T
Please don’t leave the house without telling your family or people at home. And always get in touch with them while you traveled (especially when you traveled alone).

Don’t leave your hotel room without keys, or maybe you can put “do not disturb” sign. Or if you stay at motel/cheaper hotel (like i do ;p), you can put a secret sign, a paper or other small things and put in between on door below, the effect, when someone enter your room, the paper will not stick on the door anymore. (too much detective comic book, but hey that’s works!).

If not really in urgent, don’t bring umbrella on your luggage. If you really cant help with sun and rain, you can bring a hat. But if you really need umbrella, you can buy at your visiting town.

For shoppaholics, please DO NOT buy TOO MUCH clothes, shoes, bags, books (books is very heavy). Those will effect your luggage weight on plane. And please~ don’t be stupid to wear some clothes at once when you aboard (yea, that’s happened, not just on film).

Borneo, singkawang city

this is a very late review from my last journey from borneo..
love this chau pan thiau.. ^^
its from singkawang, west borneo..

Mr. Gesang (the creator of "Bengawan Solo")

Have u heard bout this man? Mr. Gesang, he is the creator of the world famous "Bengawan Solo" song.. quite a lot old Japanese people admire him. maybe its because he was sooooo famous around 1940, so that time Japan still in Indonesia. hahahaha, and I don’t have a clue where I get the idea from, I just visit him in his house today.. No occasion, just free to be me ;)

At first in the morning I was looking in Palur, but when the time am arrive, people said he was moved to down town, which is in Singosaren. So few hours later after we finish take lunch and go to durian farm (hahahahaha, still have time to visit my fav king fruit) we going back to down town and looking for his house. I just visit around half hour, just small talks and ask for photograph and autograph ;p hehehehe..

my durian (soooo da super big huh? hehehe)
i snap this pix last January (or Feb)



only one seed @@ waaaaaaaaa~


house of Mr. Gesang now (Singosaren)


some pixz of Mr. Gesang and his awards from all over the world~









and this is the autograph CD ^^


GESANG
Brief Biography

He was born on first of October 1917 as the youngest from 5 brothers and sisters named Sutardi, and then changed to be Gesang. His mother died when he was 5 and he only got education until 5th grade of elementary on Ongko Loro Public School. He began his music career as the vocalist in MARKO (Marsudi Agawe Rukun Kesenian dan Olah Raga) in 1935. Not just singing, this Bung Karno admirer also writes a lot of songs; among others are “Dunia Berdamai” with patriotic, “Jembatan Merah” and “Saputangan” which has a memory dedicated to a beautiful singer-dance lady.

He got married on August 1941, but divorced 22 years later with no child. In 1940 when he was dreaming in river bank, there came a masterpiece “Bengawan Solo” which then became very famous throughout the world and make Indonesia and especially Solo be proud of. Therefore he was presented a house in Palur by the Central Java’s Government who’s Soepardjo Roestam as the governor at the time. But on 2002 he moved to down town; Singosaren, to the manor he has.

In February 1980 he was invited to officially declared Gesang Fund Association in Japan which was formed by people whose are admire and fond of his song. And he was invited to Japan forth times, not stop right there, he was invited to many countries around Asia and Europe few times. Though he’s not young anymore (91 years old), but few years back, still there is a lot of invitation to perform and even to record his voice, his name and songs are worldwide famous, but he still the same old simple Gesang, who choose to live in peaceful house in Singosaren, and spend his time with his nephew and grandchild.

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making a dry flower

oh ya, wondering bout dry flower, i make this thing..
based from my friend sms..

1. prepare a book, papper, flower.

2. fix the flower, make it neat

3-6. flip the papper n put the flower in between




7. wait for 2weeks or a month for the best result ^^ and DONT open it before that ;)


oh ya, bout the book i used, i recommend you to read..!!
"tuesday with Morrie" by.Mitch Albom
he's one of the millionaire number.96 from Forbes celebrity 100 who made bank, top from Emma Watson (Hermione Jane Granger~Harry Potter) and Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet~HEROES)

btw.. this stuff sooooo cool!! haahahaha.. just found it when m googlein.. and its only $12.. i wish i had one ~~

Solo, be the center of Indonesia news (again)

yesterday, Indonesia x-President pazzaway..
Bapak Jendral Besar TNI Purnawirawan Haji Mohammad Soeharto, was born at Yogyakarta, 8 Juny 1921 from his father, Bp. Panjang Notorejo. and Bp. Soeharto pass away on 27 January 2oo8 at o1.1o pm WIB (Waktu Indonesia Barat) local time (GMT +8). (further info, check every news around indonesia ;p)
and, Solo is the last place Suharto will stop by.. he will buried here in Solo at Astana Giribangun, a holy place for Java people, because his wife, Fatimah Hartinah Suhartini (IbuTin) is a son from the king of Mangkunegaran Kingdom. so, every single of her family will buried there ~someday..
and, yea, Solo now very busy.. since yesterday, the main street of Solo, Jalan Slamet Riyadi, in every hours you can hear police pass by following some cars.. maybe all of them is a important people..
and today, all TV channel shot in Astana Giri Bangun, and some places which their own satellite at top of their TV car..

airport adi sumarmo, solo


nah, they have their own satellite ;)

i book thiz restaurant for two

o-solo-mio
galleria & restorante
jalan slamet riyadi 253, solo
fax; 0271.664785
phone; 0271.727264

yea, begining of 2oo8, i book this rest for 2 xD hahaha.. love this place.. itz quite n italianezz.. hehehe.. somemore, all the waiters so nice ;) hehehe..

solo-mio place






(kidz corner)






afternoon




toilet


pizza n etc








- salad
- lasagna
- pizza
- olive oil, with rosemary n bayleaf or with chili
- tiramisu

cook