photos collecting club-part3

my rides..

use banana boat to see whether tanjung lesung beach is full of garbage or no

use bicycle to explore “the old city-batavia”

use canoe to take a pose

use gocart just for indoor race

use old train which the engines needs hardwood to be able to run

use horse for sidomukti hill riding

use rubber boat to take and “collect” rubbish in muara angke mangrove forest

and….

the top -no. 1 -(future) ride is… jreng…jreng…jreng…

those cute little tigers-only when they get older-bigger-and-tender

and i’ll become the mogli girl:)

to the attentive ‘coro mlumah’

i’l not text u. ma2 requested not to bother u

u have to concentrate fully on ur study and bring back a good result

so that when the day comes, i can visit u wherever u will be assigned to

i’ll live my bland life in 3,5 months, day after day

so i hope u remember our deal which i already have my spit on it.

n i’ll do my part

pls do come over to my house at idul fitri

u’ll find haidar’s pronouncing ur name over n over again

n u’ll see me n my family all healthy and happy, insya Alloh

UWRF tale

it’s not like a tale we heard on our childhood. n it wasn’t all romantic. but it is indeed a wonderful experience.

ok. here we go.

UWRF is an annual event held in ubud-bali. it usualy takes 4 days (a 4-day pass ticket is IDR 400K). it begins with gala opening ceremony. n this ceremony always held in ubud palace which located in central ubud. so, if u don’t wanna miss this ceremony, u must stay in ubud for 5 days. after the ceremony, there’s special events. in UWRF 2009, there were 2 events after the opening ceremony. one event held in Pura Dalem (in ubud main road). n it’s free. the other held in Arma Resort. n to go to this event u must pay IDR 50K . n since i was late for the opening ceremony n arma resort is far away from my homestay, i decided to go to the event in Pura Dalem instead of Arma Resort. here are some memories of the FREE event.

tribute to rendra

this event was ended-up at 10. n though it’s my first time and first night in ubud, i wasn’t scared to walk down from pura dalem to rumah roda (homestay that i picked out to be my temporary home during the festival). i was alone. it’s dark. the shops and cafes along the ubud main road were closed. but it’s okay. people walked home to their compound.

in the morning, i rose early n walked to the center of the homestay. pak darta (the owner of the house) was reading a book. it’s written with old-javanese words. it’s 5 am (local time). n then he noticed that i stood near him. so he began a conversation with me. he talked about his family and history of rumah roda. he also gave me brief lectures of balinese religon, filosofi n history. this’s hopeful. it gave me some understandings so when i went to the panel session that talked about balinese filosofi, i can follow the discussion. i was lucky i guess.

the following days were also fascinating. it’s full of discussion panels with interesting topics. it started at 9 am and ended-up at 5 pm. it held all at once in 3 venues. there’re neka museum, indus restaurant and left bank lounge. indus is near left bank lounge. whereas neka museum takes 5 minutes walk from indus. and it’s only 15 minutes rest from one discussion panel to the next session. so if u intend to come to the next session which held in another venue then u may walk or rent a vehicle (bike rental costs IDR 15K per day and motor bike rental costs IDR 35K, but remember, u may try to use ur bargaining skill). here are some events that i attended. n it’s proven by the authograph of the speakers that i collected.

in conversation with wole soyinka and SGA

in conversation with bejan matur and fatima bhutto

i got the alison lester's authograph

two of many strong speakers in the festival

after the last session of the day, u may take a rest for about one hour coz the special events start at 6. the venues are scattered around ubud. it’s usually located in cafes, hotels or art show spot in ubud. n most of the venues take 10 minutes motor bike drive from my homestay. but it’s worth it!the venues had a beautiful landscape that gave plus-plus-plus to the show. here are several FREE special events that i attended.

playreading cok sawitri on DAY 1 at padang tegal

song and story from east flores on DAY 2 at rumah roda

playreading marco calvani on DAY 3 at yoga barn

1st spot of kajeng street party on DAY 3 at kajeng street

2nd spot of kajeng street party on DAY 3 at kajeng street

3rd spot of kajeng street party on DAY 3 at kajeng street

but there were special events (Non-Free) that held in the morning. n the ‘jalan-jalan with brian thacker’ is one of them (i had to pay IDR 250K for this event). i managed to join this event n here are some photos of the event.

dee took this. thanks dee.

brian shared his travelling tales through bali n south east asia

the 'jalan-jalan' ended-up with bfast in a beautiful compound

despite the discussion session sched that was tight, i’ve always made time for sneaking out from the festival to get to some tour spot in ubud. i visited ubud monkey forest, ubud palace n pasar seni ubud to get the friends’-order-list-checked!

ubud sacred monkey forest

me in front of ubud palace

inside ubud art market

n as i said in the previous post, there’s always a surprise on ur step, though u have calculated before u moved. the accident that i had in front of ubud art market cross road was a decent surprise, if i may say. it taught me things. n the following photo is where the accident took place.

the accident leaves scar on my foot. n i wonder, why HE made many scars on my body? was HE happy when HE made the scars?or was HE angry with me?or is it essential-important quest?i dunno. n let’s leave the quest un-answered n let’s jump to some photos i took between the discussion panels n the special events.

a lady was drawing during the panel session n in the end of the discussion she asked the speaker to sign her drawing

the other lady was doing sketch. they (the sketcher n the drawer) were friends.

kajeng street is like walk of fame in hollywood. but it's not about fame. it's about memories in ubud-bali.

manfred n verena had a pleasant memories in ubud, i guess.

me too

i was in joger. again, to make my friends'-order-list-checked!

when u go from casa luna to indus u'l find this spot. art zoo.

campuhan bridge. near blanco museum.

one was doing art-work in the 'padang ilalang'. can u see it?

well, to much photos to upload but the time is limited. but i hope u can get the message. that it’s thought provoking. n i’l just jump to the end of the festival. there was a closing night party at blanco musuem. but before i got there we (me and mb sandra) went to the rumah roda resto, which in 2nd floor. we came to megibung to get some food. megibung is a balinese traditional bufee. so here are some experiences of me and mb sandra. enjoy!

me and mb sandra

add more foods. till drop!

closing night party at blanco museum

it was an awesome ceremony

P.S.

some usefull information about the travelling budget:

1. transportation from ngurah rai to ubud

taxi or hotel pick-up service: IDR 200K (one way)

2. hostel rate in rumah roda

for one person: IDR 90K per night

for two person (one room): IDR 150K per night

3. ticket to ubud monkey forest: IDR 15K per person

va dove ti porta il coure

hm…badan masih pegel-pegel karena ngos-ngos an moving dari satu venue ke venue lainnya, dari satu topik ke topik lainnya (yang ini mungkin otaknya yang pegel, hehe). belum lagi selama stay 5 hari di ubud, baju kotor hanya masuk koper. cucian menggunung. jadinya perlu beberapa kali nyicil ngrapel nyuci seketika kembali ke kosan. disambung lagi, akhir pekan selanjutnya keluarga di tangerang semangat sekali menjemput. kami traveling dimulai dari bekasi, bogor sampai ke cibubur. semuanya disinggahi dalam sehari. plus, beberapa hari yang lalu jakarta digoyang gempa. menara standard chartered pun otomatis ikut bergoyang. BERUNTUNGNYA, saya dan teman-teman masih di dalam gedung (padahal saat itu jam 16.45 alias sudah lewat jam kerja). lift dimatikan. turun tangga 18 lantai SORE-SORE bersama-sama. fiuh…

tapi lepas dari semua itu, ubud writers and readers festival bener-bener thought provoking! dan membagi pengalaman selama di sana merupakan kewajiban bagi saya. jadi siapkan mata anda untuk menerima taburan huruf dan beberapa gambar berikut.

ok. dimulai dari ide gila perjalanan solo ke uwrf yang begitu saja melintas di otak saya. sebenernya ide gila ini diprovokasi oleh keinginan saya untuk ke event tahunan Frankfurt Book Fair yang tahun ini diadakan pada bulan Oktober. namun apa daya, budget dan kesiapan tidak mencukupi untuk traveling sendirian ke frankfurt. perlu dicatat juga, saya belum pernah meninggalkan tanah air sebelumnya. jadi menyeberang ke benua lain untuk book fair ini, bukan pilihan yang realistis bagi saya. so, i just went to google search n type ‘playreading bali”.n wa-la-h…i found UWRF’s site. the more i explored the site, the more i became fascinated. n the ‘crazy’ idea to go to the event just popped out in my mind. it’s like there’s one who whispered into my ears. u must go. it’s okay if there’s no one who can accompany. besides, u were always all alone. people are always all alone. people born and die, alone. n may be HE wants u to get something. to learn something.

then i started research on how one travels to this event. how much money i need to go to the festival?what’s the cheapest and fastest transportation to get to the island?the cost?what’s ground transportation u may take to ubud from the airport?how’s the accommodation?again, the cost per night? (i’m a budget traveler anyway), the room service?how much the 4-day pass festival ticket?what’s in UWRF(the main programs)?what’s in this year?what’s the special events?how far the venues of the festival from the homestay?how do people get there?and again, the cost?how’s balinese food?is there any restaurant in ubud that serves halal food?what’s the tour spots in ubud?do i have to pay to enter the spots?how do i do the worship there?is there any mesjid in ubud?should i bring kiblat compass?n how’s the rabiest issue?what’s the recent issues in bali?etc…etc…

and it was in detail. so that i had no worry to travel alone (a bit actually, since i never been in ubud before). i even made a small notebook. it contained the time, date, venue and topic i’ve picked out from the main programs so when i get there i don’t have to think n choose anymore which panel session i wanna come. it also equipped with ubud map in the back. so i thought everything is well-prepared.

one of the time, date, venue, writer and topic i intended to attend. n alhamdulillah i was able to come so the page was filled with the authographs of the writers.

BUT apparently something was missed from my observation. i found out later, when i already in ubud, that Balinese, especially in ubud, used to cook with coconut oil instead of peanut oil. people say coconut oil is more tasty and more expensive. but since i never ever consumed food that cooked with coconut oil, it was a BIG surprise for me. when u cook food with coconut oil instead of peanut oil, the smell and taste of the food become different. but i was so cool about it (dee lho yang bilang, bukan saya sendiri, hehe). i thought, i was well-equiped with medications (antimo anak rasa jeruk-diminum sebelum berangkat ke airport, obat maag (polysilane dan strocain), obat flu, obat sakit kepala, counterpain, balsem, new-diatab, dan beberapa obat lainnya). so i talked to my-self, just enjoy the show, caterpillar. it’s life anyway. there would always a surprise on ur step, though u have calculated and observed everything before u moved.