Finally!! Yess, finally I could manage have a vacation with my Groot out of Jakarta! We usually spend weekend time by hanging out such as going to cinema, karaoke, dinner out, swimming, or visiting some exhibition held around Jakarta. Yesterday (noted, Feb 21st – 22nd) we had a beach vacation at Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta! As its name, there are many islands in Kepulauan Seribu. We decided to stay in Harapan Island, meanwhile we did island hopping around the small island near to Harapan.

We were very blessed on those days since weather was fortunately so lovely; bright blue sky with some cottons clouds, not too windy then wave was friendly. We felt so because Jakarta not only had a heavy rain the day before but some area still got flood also, we almost cancelled the plan because of that. Oh ya, another luckiness we got is the passenger of the ship we took was not crowded.

The first photo when safely departured in Harapan Island!

As usual the activities during island trip is island hoping and go snorkeling! But I prefer doing relax swimming to snorkeling. Talking about snorkeling, In Harapan (and other island in Kepulauan Seribu) we can not meet colorful fishes and reef easily just like in Kariumnajawa. However, the water is as crystal as in Karimunjawa. The blue and turquoise are similiar. So, tt is perfect lah to take some photos then upload to your online social media.

The unique thing I love most in Harapan is we can see there are many small islands surrounding Harapan. Some of those are private island of the Richie Jakartans that we cant visit without permit. Others are private resort which is expensive enough (for me) compared with beach villas in Bali. Nah, on the yesterday trip we were lucky enough because our guide toke us secretly to one of that resort. pssstt.. do not tell anyone!

When going travel I like to get #antimainstream. I love to explore hidden places and do activities differently. In Harapan my friends and I toke a walk to Kelapa Island which is located next to Harapan. There are some mangrove plants beside road to Kelapa Island which is nice enough as background to take photos.

I have already visited some island in Kepulaun Seribu and yesterday was my second visit to the island. For me Pulau Harapan offers much better activities and scenery than Pulau Payung, Pari, and Tidung. The downside is just the distance that is farther than those three island.

Well, that's all my story. I have no idea to tell more about yesterday trip to Harapan. There are three words describe it; lucky, fun, and beautiful. Here is below sunset photo I happened to catch after island hopping.

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Oh ya, here is the Pulau Harapan seen from above. Just like maldive, rite?

If you need short fun getaway, decide to visit Pulau Harapan! It is worth it!.

Warm Regards,
Ian

It has been a week I am not connected to others by social media, then it is also means I have very limited access to internet at home. My smartphone was damaged due to water and then I order the one to replace by online shop. Unfortunately there is trouble in delivering the gadget since Jakarta got flood these days so I have not receive that gadget yet UP TILL NOW!

I always understand and try to always keep on positive vibes facing all the shits come to me. This moments (losing gadget and bad service by online shop) are truly make my day very bad. I feel me resulting negativity aura during this waiting period. I spend much energy in angriness, bad tempered and so on.

Well, I must say (again) everything happen for a very good reasons. I try to figure them all. These are lil bit I learn.

It practice my empathy more. Someday I shall be very easy to empathy if there will be somebody get condition like me. I understand how it feels.

There no reason to be selfish one. I often pray to God, wishing for heavy rain to cool down the temperature of my bedroom. I do not consider the effects of my wish. It could be there are many guys out there having bad condition due to rain I asked for. Right here I am really sorry for that.

Having emotionally mood is not wise. I order that one because of lack of research about others shop which is still ordering the gadget I desire. I did research only in several stores, both online and offline so because of that lack information I got, then I assume that there is only one trusted online shop offering the gadget.

I believe there would be much more than that.

Warm regards,
Ian

Good afternoon all you guys, hope everything goes well. I sincerely pray that for us, you and me. I wish you are in a good condition.

There is something bother my mind today. The story begins this morning when I found my hand phone was inactive due to water. It’s gonna be bit long if I tell you the story how come the water was getting so close with the hand phone. In short, I say my hand phone got damaged and it dead, and seems it left me forever.

Lucky me my yahoo save my all contact number. Then one by one I look for some my friend’s number, I wrote them on my book in case I need to call them later. After I felt I got what I need, then realize me it is apparently my close (my best) friend is only a few. The sum is around 10, no more. They are whom I often contact, both call and text. They are whom I like to my quality time with. I don’t know it really normal like that or me that just anti-social. However I feel blessed, happy having those friends.

Warm Regards,
Ian

Hello you there!
You probably are feeling cold at present. Jakarta has been so cold lately that make me willing to be fall apart from my blanket. I like when rain drops in morning, it feels so peaceful in the meantime realizing that I have to still go to office is very challenging anyway, you know the office is located bit far enough from my home.

The rain drop continuously a whole week. It is kinda revenge from last week weather that is no rain at all, and tend to be hotter and hotter. What I like most from last week is that the sky was beautifully clear and when going sun set, wooow I got very wonderful sun set view from my home. Arriving home from office, I like sitting having a cup of tea/coffee waiting for sunset. The sunset view was different each day. Sometimes it was dominated with orange, sometimes it was red with blue in the background, sometimes it was just a classic view; just dark grey and orange. I love them all.

Here are some sunset picture I got during no rain drop last week.

I love sunrise also but i aint't kind of morning person, so having chance to see sun set wonderfully is such a pleasure momment for me.

Warm regards,
Ian

I imagined it would be so fantastic if I could watch Michael Buble concert live in Indonesia by the end of this January. I have planned saving money to buy the ticket and ask permit to get home early from my boss because the venue bit far from my place. I have planned to post my picture on Instagram in front of kinda red carpet there and I would give ‘check’ remark on the caption because you know it is one of my bucket list of my life. I have already printed out some Buble’s lyrics I don’t know well in order to get sing along with him. I have already played his album over and over again every day. I could imagine how happy my face (and surely my heart too) at the time. I have planned to write down the whole story of my journey watching Mr. Buble. It was almost perfect.

That was on my imagination, the reality is.
I know the ticket has been already sold since December but I was not in hurry to make a purchase. Until I know the price-I can afford-is sold out. I try to search on internet, on other online forum, but null! There are only ticket which is too hard for me to buy. Okay. I then check MB website, I got the opportunity to watch him in Singapore or Malaysia. The most possible is Singapore for it will held in Saturday. But again, I chose to hold the purchase activity on because I was still optimistic I could get the ticket in Indonesia as in my opinion I can save some rupiah if I could get the ticket in Indonesia.

What have I did during this waiting time? For sometimes I dream I could go to Singapore for the concert.
Time flies. Day by the day. I haven’t gotten any result yet. The time is getting closer to the date. Until one day I heard from radio about a quiz held by the cosmetic brand would give a ticket for winner. Unfortunately the quiz is dedicated for female.

What’s up then?
Slowly but sure I learn to adapt if I had no opportunity for this.

But hey, I do believe everything happens for a reason.
I believe God have His own way to make my all dream come true
Ian

Being positive because believe that everything happens for very good reasons (for us).

Now let us being grateful from very small thing, simple one, for example; the number of follower you have in online social media.
I got the insight when randomly I scroll the comments of some popular account on Instagram whom happened to be a public figure as well. It is sad when reading some of them because some were very cynical, and not a proper comment, and sometimes I consider it is useless.

I am grateful for my number of follower on Instagram is just a hundred. For what? I do not gain any unnecessary comment below my post. I don’t have to spare some time (and energy) to that (bad) comment. At least, that’s it.

#simplelife#feelgood

Well, hello you all. I hope you guys get very very wonderful feeling in this festive season. Have you got idea to spend the New Years’ Eve tonite? If you haven’t gotten it specifically, let me recommend you watching a lovely movie, a lovely movie that you can sing all night long afterwards. Oke, ladies and gent here it is. I recommend you watching ‘Begin Again’.

I happened to find this movie by borrowing from my housemate randomly. I don’t have any expectation when movie starting to run since I watched while having my dinner. Slowly but very sure the scene starting stole my heart. My mind said, OMG this is such a good movie. In the end, I finished watching it in a happy mood.

After I had watched it I googled ‘Begin Again’ and found that it was 2013 movie. It seems not play in mainstream Indonesian cinema because I don’t remember that tittle in 2013 calendar of movie. In IMDB the movie scored 7, 5 of 10. A good score for drama I think. Even though I am so late for ‘Begin Again’ I am very happy to find and manage to enjoy the movie very much.

I understand speaking about the goodness of movie is a personal thing and tend to be subjective depend on the feeling, experience and other personal thing of viewer. I personally said the movie is good when fulfilling these criteria; cool acting of the cast, unpredictable plot, simple yet not cheesy story, beautiful cinematography, and have a good soundtrack as bonus! Nah, ‘Begin Again’ have it all.

I love the Sountrack
I simply fall in love with all of the soundtrack which is happened to be main part of the whole movie. As I borrow my friend’s term, they are kinda #eargasm. How could you not love the soundtrack when you feel you see your life story every time seeing the lirics and listen to that song?? Hmmmfh I feel bit emotionally here.

Well what I want to say is that the soundtrack provides you the song for any emotional condition, for example when you are very happy because of you just fall in love with someone (A Higher Place), You feel nothing without your love (No One Else Like You), You fell so broken heart (A Step You Can’t Take Break), You are getting up after broken time (Like A Fool), motivate you yourself (Coming Up Roses) and many more. All above is just my interpretation of the records.

There is one song that it is too difficult for me to interpret clearly, it is ‘Lost Star’, but I like the melody tho. Not all the music in the album of Begin Again's sountrack is my preference, in my opinion, one called “Intimidated By You’ is out of theme among the playlist. However overall the music on the album are very very beautiful.

These are some scenes i found on internet. I love the way they play music instruments.

It sounds so hyperbolic when I say this movie make my end 2014 become wonderful. But it is what I feel now. At least I have play list to accompany me tonite on old and new eve.

I am closing this post by adding a quote found on internet also i consider very related to the movie and its story

warm regards and happy new year!
Ian

Nowadays world is flat and not enough wide apparently. People are connected easily and unconsciously by technology. People are getting the same too. It is easy now to categorize people based on her interest. That interest is getting the same too. Here I am talking about the mainstream things interest peopled at present. They are travel, food, art, etc. Observing some people around me and those whom I follow on Instagram and blog, I am about to predict what is going to be hit next year. Woaw am I trying to be kinda magazine editor? Lol, at least here, on my blog.

Here they are..
Traveling
People like to go travelling (to the beach). It is just because they are following the influencer who are happened to show off their vacation activities by posting the beautiful scenery, fun poses, and some pics related to the vacation; passport, plane, hotel, brunch, and so on. Thus, we-the follower-tend to have those fun things too. It is kind of happiness and proud when managing posting photos on social media and getting likes and comments. Is that you, rite? So, the trend going vacation is still on track just like 2014. Additional prediction is that beach is still becoming more favorite spot than mountain (for mainstream-ers).

Go-Pro
I see this photography device is getting more and more popular. The unique and cool picture of the Gopro makes many people wish to have it. Yess, i do too. I personally admire how GoPro’s technology can result picture which is not only beautiful but also very detail and has very unique angle. Those who like traveling and being active on social media (especially Instagram) surely make this device become their wish lists.

Cooking
Do you realize there are now more TV shows about cooking than last year? Interestingly some national television have the show which hosted by male. I think it is indeed a strategy to respond the escalation of viewers of that kinda show. Meanwhile there are also many blogs review about foods and blog focus on simple yet beautiful and (looks) yummy recipe. Based on the condition, the curiosity to make a pretty dish similar with on TV people try to cook. And of course the food will be on Instagram to gain likes and comments. The captions around like these "hmm,,salmon steak made by me” “looks messy but yummy”.

Instagram
It is a picture based social media. We know that. Instagram is way less popular than any others like path and twitter two years ago. People who is active on path and twitter but has no IG account start creating one. Meanwhile those who has one but don’t use it so far are about to activate it by posting and follow the popular account.
I notice some corporation start using Instagram also as a medium to inform their activities or info besides both twitter and facebook fan page. Instagram is chosen due to the main based with is beautiful picture. So, you have one, don’t you?

Facebook and Blog
Say welcome back to facebook. I am pretty sure most of you has at least one facebook account. Then you have already left it so far because you find more interesting soc-med; path (rite?) Nah, now you are getting bored with path and also bit disappointed due to the privacy policy, you then happened to check out your facebook and fall in love again to that account. Nevertheless, here you become the wise user of facebook by deleting some account you consider as a spam maker.

It happen also with blog. As I remember blog became very popular in 2004, 2005. The trend courage me to create one though. But slowly blog disappeared and was left by his users who moved to ‘twitter’ which considered as blog in mini version. I noticed well how some blog users disfigured blog then adore twitter very much at the time. (Aah… the sentence seems become emotionally) Well, I just say that blog is kinda ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ next year. It is caused influencers use blog as medium to be exist and we as follower tend to be like them. Isn’t, it?
Talking about blog itself, there will be trendy ‘vlog’ (video blog) also even it is not so much popular as original blog in 2015. Vlog will be hitter in 2016 I guess.

Traditional Fabric
Youth is more creative nowadays yet they usually are easily influenced by their sweethearts. During this year those sweethearts often seen wear traditional fabric in any occasion. The fabric is not only batik but also any kind of Indonesian heritage’s fabric, form Sumatera, Nusa Tenggara. Interestingly they keep their goodlokingness in traditional fabric and even look more gorgeous!

There will be more hits in 2015 definitely. Above is a ‘humble’ prediction by the way. Do not take it too serious, yess… But I hope can make sequel of this in order to complete the article. It can be ‘What should we say good bye in 2014’. Hehehe.

Warm regards,
Ian

Who knows you will be one very famous next year. If it happens hopefully it is because of the positive vibe of yours.

"The creative adult is child who is survived"
Ursula K Leon.

When did for the last time you played with dolls? For people in late 20, hmm yess that’s me by the way. It has been for so long time from the last time used dolls as a partner to play. Wait! I can read your mind. Let me highlight this topic, dolls here is something kiddos really love, kinda doraemon, pooh, barbie or something. You name it ya.. so it is not in your naughty mind.

Well back to the question above. Do you remember when the last time you play that dolls? I myself do not remember but for sure I admit it I have ever had one (rabbit) when I was child.

Oh oke that Is enough for the intro. This post will let you know that last Sunday Groot went to Ancol’s beach. The interesting part is we brought somebody adorable to get along with. Ladies and gent let me introduce you. Mr. Ted!

Bit really weird actually to go, have a chat, laugh, and even dinner with whom is not alive. I have ever laughed at my friend of his craziness interacting with Mr. Ted. But, I don’t know why, to be honest, I enjoyed the moment we had with Mr. Ted very much yesterday. I can’t describe the experience very well here, let the pics tells…

My best friend and I felt Mr. Ted was really alive yesterday. We really talked to him and treated him carefully for we didn’t want something bad threatened his safety.

I understand Mr. Ted is not expressive one. His gesture and mimic is too innocent but I am sure he enjoyed the moment we had. That was a first experience for him going outdoor because his daddy seems so overprotected so far that Mr. Ted was just stay at home night and day.

Ted was so curios during the fun day. He wanted to find out everything he met even it could not safe sometimes. He flirted some girls, tried selfie, used vending machine and jumped!!

He was upset when we had to back home as he had not managed to do this and that. However, he forgot his disappoinment when we let him choose favorites dishes in diner. Look at him when had to decide what’s going to eat..

Oke, that’s it, that’s all my story going vacation with Mr. Ted. That was totally fun anyway. And I eventually I have to say that my bestfried (The daddy) evidently ain’t crazy when he usually has a deep conversation with Mr. Ted. Because from that moment I belive Ted is alive!

Mr. Ted with overprotected Daddy

Warm regards,
Ian