Indonesia Banget #21 : National Education Day

Although May 2nd will forever be L’Arc~en~Ciel Day for me…but in truth May 2nd is National Education Day here in Indonesia May 2nd was chosen as National Education Day because it was the day Ki Hajar Dewantara was born, the man who worked so hard to build a good education system in Indonesia. Ki Hadjar [...]

The Raid : Redemption – One Perfect Movie For IB and WCS

Click on the images to read more about it. This is my first time reviewing a movie that can fits to two events at the same time. Indonesia Banget is my monthly post which I shared every 17 of the month. It is a monthly post where I shared about Indonesia. You can read more [...]

Sunday Post: Culture – A Competition in Padang

Those who never been to my turtle’s blog might not know that I enjoy taking photo, of course in that blog most photos are of my baby turtles. My ‘weapon’ is only a simple pocket digital camera…I still don’t have that SLR camera….I want to have it one day but right now it is not [...]

Indonesia banget #19: Malin Kundang

This March, I am joining Magical March (my introduction post is here). Because of that, I think it is appropriate to share folklore from Indonesia. I had shared one story last year, it was called Sangkuriang. Just like Sangkuriang as the story behind Mount Tangkuban Perahu (and most of Indonesian folklore), Malin Kundang is a [...]

Indonesia Banget 18: Floor Sitter

Here we are in another edition of Indonesia Banget, where I shared about life in Indonesia. I have noticed, from movies, that European had sat on chair since loooong time ago…but most Asian remained sitting on the floor even until this very moment. I am here not to talk about Asia, I will focus it [...]

Indonesia Banget 17: Graveyards in West Sumatra

Last month, December 2011, I missed my Indonesia Banget post. I had it in mind what to write but a very unfortunate incident happened, my mom passed away. I guess from now on, 17 of each month is no longer special for sharing about my country. This date has more meaning for me. I was [...]

Indonesia Banget #16: No Rice Not Complete

This month’s Indonesia banget is not going to be along post This post is my 1000th post How wonderful that my 100th post is about my country. As we far as I know, westerners love eating bread. Their stomach can be full just by eating bread…but that is not the case in my country. Indonesia [...]

The Beauty of Green Canyon (Cukang Taneuh)

Before  I start, I  should warn you that this post contains a lot of photos Early this month, Anggi (we work at the same office/school) asked me whether I want to join her and her friends’ trip to Green Canyon….yup, you read it correctly GREEN CANYON not Grand Canyon I was planning to share this [...]

Indonesian Banget 15 – Kuntilanak, Indonesia’s Most Famous Ghost

It’s October, time for Westerner to celebrate Halloween. We, Indonesian, do not celebrate Halloween. But since October is famous for Halloween, I decided to share Indonesian ghosts every October of each year. Westerner has Halloween as the day the spirits show up and Japanese has Bon day, for Indonesian, especially Javanese, we have Malam Jumat [...]

Indonesia Banget 14 – Similar Food in 2 Countries

For this month Indonesia Banget, I am going to do something a bit different. This is not something I plan to do all the time. I just think this month is perfect to do a post that connect two countries (which used to be in war but now tied in friendship) together. Indonesia and Japan [...]