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13 Photos from Basketball 3×3 in ASIAN GAMES 2018

We recently had an international sport event…kinda like Olympic but only the size of Asia. For Asian, it’s like a warm up session to prepare for Olympic. But there are so many games that aren’t in Olympic, such as Sepak Takraw, Climbing, Basketball 3×3, Bridge (card game), Pencak Silat, Wushu, etc. Apart from the regular Olympic games, Asian Games also include games that originated from Asia. The original host for ASIAN GAMES 2018 was supposed to be Vietnam, but they couldn’t afford it and it passed on to Indonesian.

The opening ceremony was awesome!! As a Indonesian I am so proud of it. This is one of the highlight of the opening ceremony, The Ratoh Jaroe dance from Aceh. This is one of many our traditional dance. Do watch it, you won’t waste 5 minutes of your life to see this 😉

Since the last time we held this international event was in 1962 (56 years ago), so we found time to come and join the party. This rare event was a MUST see event for me. The event took place from August 18 to September 2, 2018.

Here are the capture images of that moment which I would like to share in Image-in-ing and Thursday Thirteen.

1. Basketball 3×3

Most of the tickets were sold out, so we went there to see whatever sport which still had tickets. We wanted to see either Badminton or Basketball but both were sold out, so we bought tickets for Basketball 3×3.

The game was from quarter final till final. We left home at 10.00 Am, the game started at 2.00 pm and ended at 10 pm.


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Activity, Baby Anka, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

Anka’s First Camping Trip

Hello my fellow bloggers, it’s been a long hiatus 🙂

Becoming a mother is really time consuming, I am not complaining because I enjoy every second I have with him…but that means I have to sacrifice my blogging time. However, I will not delete this blog or my turtle blog because there will be a time when I can start actively blogging again 🙂

Anyway…if you had been my friends for years, then I know you know how I like hiking and how I met my husband on a hiking trip. Therefore, it’s only natural that we will introduce our hobby to our son, Anka. We waited until he can sit properly. He could sit before 8 months old but we had to wait for the holiday to come.

The place that we chose for his first camping trip (28-29 June) was in the foot of Mount Salak. Camping trip first then we will slowly introduce him with mountain hiking.

The camping ground was behind that hill on the right side. The place is called Loji, The Eagle Sanctuary in Bogor. It took a 2.5 hour ride using motorcycle.

As part of Thursday Thirteen, here are Anka’s (sometimes with Ibu and Ayah) happy time in the wood 🙂

1. Looking happy after a long ride. It was quite tiring but He looked sooo happy.

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Activity, Indonesia Banget, Things I Need to Say, Travelling/Hiking

HoneyMount Part 1: Mount Slamet, 3428 Mdpl Via Bambangan

Today is our first wedding anniversary \(^_^)/

I think today is the perfect day to share about my honeymount (apart from the fact that, it’s holiday and Anka has become less fussy as he turns two months now…so I have a bit of time for myself).

As I have mentioned it here, I went hiking to 3 mountains in one week for my honeymoon trip. First destination was Mount Slamet in Purbalingga, Central Java. We left home in January 3, 2016 before 6 pm in hoping we would catch the bus at 7 pm and reach Purwekerto bus terminal early morning. We went to Lebak Bulus (bus terminal) but didn’t find appropriate bus…appropriate for our tight budget. So we went to Kampung Rambutan (bus terminal on the other side of Jakarta). We finally left Jakarta at 9 pm…fortunately the journey was smooth and we arrived in Purwekerto around 7 am in January 4, 2016.

From Purwekerto we straight away took another bus to Purbalingga and stop at Serayu junction. From there we rode a car which charged us insanely as we went there after the holiday was over and we were the only hikers going up at that time.We had no choice so we agreed on that ridiculous price. We reached Bambangan village ( the last village on the foot of Mount Slamet) Continue reading “HoneyMount Part 1: Mount Slamet, 3428 Mdpl Via Bambangan”

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Activity, Things I Need to Say

My Dream Wedding

Again…this is a very late post(it took place in December 2015). At first, I wasn’t so sure whether to share about my wedding or not…but then since my blog is also part of my life, I think sharing a bit about my special day is okay.

First of all…my wedding isn’t like most Indonesian wedding reception. Far before I even had a dream of marrying someone, I already didn’t like Indonesian wedding. Typical Indonesian wedding is not a personal wedding, it’s always parents’ wedding. Every time I came to my friend’s wedding, I always see MORE parents’ friends than the couple’s friends…why? because wedding is the time for parents to invite their friends even though the couple don’t even know them.

Most Indonesian wedding reception will spent tens to hundreds of million rupiah. Extravagant party with the couple wearing traditional wedding dress sitting on a chair and stand up whenever a guest come to shake hand. Continue reading “My Dream Wedding”

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Activity, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

Mount Munara (1119mdpl) – More Like Hill than Mountain

While I still have the time on my hand (I am pretty sure that once my son is born, I’ll be a lot busier) I want to share all my hiking post…and if possible all my movie reviews…however, hiking post is my current priority.

This hiking took place about a year ago, September 27, 2015. It was a date hiking and it wasn’t really a mountain, more like a hill. Only 1119 meters above sea level and it only took 1.5 hours of walking if we were hiking seriously…BUT since it’s a date hiking, it took about 3 hours for us. We stopped in some warung to chat and spend more time together.

I wanted to go hiking so badly but since we weren’t yet married at that time, it was impossible for us to go hike a real mountain (the one that requires staying a night in a tent). We were saving up for the wedding and we didn’t want to spend a night together we weren’t yet halal…hence we went to this hill.

We went very early, around 6 am and arrived in Parung around 7 am. We ate breakfast in one of many warung there (I will show you what warung is soon!).

The view of Mount Munara
The view of Mount Munara

The entry ticket was really cheap. We began with walking on a bamboo bridge and pass through alley of bamboos. Continue reading “Mount Munara (1119mdpl) – More Like Hill than Mountain”

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Activity, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

13 Pictures From Mount Guntur

Sharing more pictures from my hike to Mount Guntur at Garut, West java. The journey> Mount Guntur – day 1; day 2. Almost sunrise at Mount Guntur The sun rose above Mount Ciremai. Holding the sun on my hand 😉 SEE the contour of my country 😉 The tents on summit 1 Even the cloud looked lovely that day I love Indonesia for she is … Continue reading 13 Pictures From Mount Guntur

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Activity, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

Mount Guntur – Day 2

I was planning to write about my Honeymount (hiking 3 mountain for my honeymoon) but then I realize I haven’t finish sharing about Mount Guntur. I have written Day 1 (here) back in October 2015. The hiking itself took place between June 13 -14, 2015. I am going to finish what I have started before continuing to the latest hike. On the previous post, I … Continue reading Mount Guntur – Day 2

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Activity, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

Mount Guntur – Day 1

This is a VERY delayed post about my hiking to Mount Guntur. I went hiking in June 13 -14, 2015 and couldn’t find time to write about it as soon as possible. Yes!! It’s already October, which means the hiking happened 4 months ago. I can only manage 1 post per month (for now). Work and other private things had been keeping me away from blogging 😦

I sure hope I will be able to find more time so that I can at least publish 1 post here and 1 post on my turtle’s blog per week. wish me luck 😉

The summit hidden behind the cloud
The summit hidden behind the cloud

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Activity, All About School, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

13 Pictures From Legok Kondang, Ciwidey – Day 3

Last week, I shared 13 pictures of my school’s Action Trip at Legok Kondang, Ciwidey, Bandung. I promised that I will share another 13 this week and here are those 13 pictures along with a bit of information on each picture.

We woke up early in the morning because we had to start our little hike early. While the kids were getting ready, the owner of the lodge called out to one of my students who loved photography. He told her that there was a spot where you can see the golden sunrise. We all went there immediately.

I have to say that these pictures are something that I can say as Sunrise Without an Effort. I had plenty of beautiful sunrise pictures but those pictures were taken after a long hike and often after a long midnight walk as all those pictures were taken on the top of certain mountains. Here in Legok Kondang, all I did was walking for 2 minutes from my tent and voila…the stunning sunrise view was there.

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Almost sunrise. I really like the lines created by the sunlight

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Activity, All About School, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

13 Pictures From Legok Kondang, Ciwidey – Day 1 & 2

Every year, the school I work for always held a school activity called action. The place could be different every year, however since I worked there the place was the same. We used a special camping ground called Legok Kondang Lodge in Ciwidey, Bandung. This year’s action was held from 26 – 28 May.

Last year, I didn’t do any special post here, only on my Turtle’s blog in a post called Ninja Turtle Ajashi. This year I got a lot good pictures because it has one activity I love the most, Hiking…plus the place is much better than last year.

This year, the kids had to set up their own tent. I had no documentary of them setting the tents because I was busy helping them as I am used to setting up a tent. It was a fun activity, especially for the kids who never set a tent.

As good Muslim, no matter where we are we still have to do our 5 prays. Especially when we are in the outdoor seeing the beautiful nature that Allah had created, what can be better than thanking Allah for the creation then by praying to Allah. Continue reading “13 Pictures From Legok Kondang, Ciwidey – Day 1 & 2”

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Activity, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

Mount Gede – Day 2 : To The Top and Home

I have just come home from my latest mountain hiking 😉 …yup I have been busy because Fasting month is about to come so I have to hike before I begin my holy month. At first, I wanted to share my back to back Ghibli review but then I realize I still have hiking posts to share, so the review can wait.

The first part can be read here> Mount Gede – Day 1. I ended that post saying that we had to leave at 3 am to go to the top of Mount Gede.

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Activity, Indonesia Banget, Travelling/Hiking

Mount Gede – Day 1

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After 18 years…I finally returned to the first mountain I ever Climbed, Mount Gede.

Last week I had a 4 day holiday, from May 14 to 17. The first plan was to go to Mount Sumbing at Central Java. Unfortunately, my friend’s daughter was ill and she wanted her dad to be with her. I found it out a couple of days before the day. I couldn’t imagine how boring life would be to have 4 day holiday without going somewhere and without internet ( my dorm’s internet was not working at that time). To prevent that, I went crazy with google using my mobile’s internet…finding which ever trip that goes to ANY mountain during those dates. Fortunately I found one and they accepted sudden registration. Continue reading “Mount Gede – Day 1”

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