Pictures of March

I didn't know exactly when my interest of photography grew. But I remember reading a report about the World Press Photo competition on a newspaper few years ago. The winner of that year was a picture of an Iraqi father, he was captivated by the US soldiers, his head was covered and next to him was his son holding him tight with his face expressing fear. That picture opened my eyes about photography, and how one picture can tell millions of words, feelings and meanings. 

I haven't had much chance to explore the world of photography. But I'd like to take a risk of exploring it with my little pocket digital camera. I know that this type of camera have limitations but I think it will be fun to just capture the things that are interesting by whatever means we have. The thoughts of exploring the photography world has moved me to post at least a picture that I like to become the picture of the month. The pictures I post is not necessecarily the pictures I take. It maybe from my friends, famous photographers, or other people.

I dedicated this month's picture to a friend who I think is a talented photographer. Joanna loves nature and people, which graces most of her picture collections. These pictures were taken when we're in Pacitan. I love the color of the dawn and sunset, the fun, and the spontaneousness. 

Thanks Jo, it's indeed good memories!

Pacitan

Pacitan has been quite a place to getaway for many people at the work. They’ve always talked about it and shared how beautiful this little coastal town is. These frequent stories had become some sort of irony because although I love the beach and the fact that I’ve visited to many beaches in Indonesia, I’ve never been to Pacitan.

Well, after some long thoughts and planning, me and my 10 other friends finally made the way there. The road to Pacitan was not as bad as I thought, in fact it was a short-four-hours-trip. My eyes were feasted with the beautiful view of the southern part of Java landscape with its hills, valleys, woods and rivers.

Pacitan have several different beaches. During our three days visit, we stayed at the main and the longest beach called Teleng Ria. The beach and the waves at Teleng Ria remind me a lot about Bali, sort of. We also visited the other beach which is 30 minutes away from the main one. It was called Srau or the shell beach as what people called. We were surprised and in awe when we got there to see the stunning view in front of our eyes. The white sand, coral, beautiful cliff, blue ocean, it was another feast for the eyes. 

I've put some pictures on this part but I must agree with my friend that sometimes a picture can't describe the beauty of God's creation such as this.

Rain

Rain has been a good friend for Salatiga and the people who live in this town for the past few weeks. Somehow, rain has changes the landscape of this little town. The grass stays green with the constant watering from the sky and the trees are always afresh after the frequent shower of the rain. Salatiga looks and feels even more beautiful than it used to be. People may call this kind of weather gloomy, sad, and depressing. But I call it refreshing and calming. It is always fun to see the drops of water from the sky falls down and then splashes when it hits the earth. It’s like watching the dance performances.

Bridge Marine

The past two weeks have been quite busy with going adventures. Last weekend, me and some friends went up again to Bandungan to the Bridge Marine and Flying Fox (again). The flying fox was good, but the Bridge was freaked me out. It was more like a lot of work, energy, focus, especially for altophobic like. Looking down while you
walked on the network was unimaginable. It overall it was okay though I may not try it again unless people pay for big bunch of money.

Wedding Anniversary

For many couples, celebrating their wedding anniversary is a private, intimate, between-the-two-of-them affair. Not exactly with my couple friends, Navita and Udin. To celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary, they invited us to join them for a dinner party. It was lovely, small but still intimate celebration of their love. Since it’s a special moment, we decided to do something different. Unlike the casual dinner that we usually have had, we dressed up for this occasion. We chose this new little restaurant called MySteak, though it’s not fancy but they served one of the best steaks (Yohanes’ taste) in Salatiga. This restaurant is also a good enough place to go for some people who worked really hard to dress up for this special occasion. The food was good, the conversation was hilarious. The dinner was ended with a banana split, a toast and a wishes for their happily ever after marriage. It was a one fine dinner party celebrating the love of my dear friends.

Salatiga View

One of the best thing to live in Salatiga is that the beautiful view of the mountains surrounding 
the town. Wherever you go, you will always be entertained with the lush green mountains and hills,
the trees and the rice fields. It's trully a reminder how great our Creator is.

 

Another Valentine's Day :)

Another Valentine’s Day

Today is the Valentine’s Day but I didn’t realize it until my friend greeted me with Valentine’s wishing. Earlier this week, I sent Valentine’s Day e-cards to most of my friends and since then I received some e-cards back and some poems as well. But somehow, it slipped through my mind that actually today is the day.

I don’t see that as a bad thing, instead it’s a good thing to not make much fuzz about this day. Being single on Valentine’s Day can be very much a misery. Well, I used to. I now realize that the thing about Valentine’s Day is not just about the love of a couple but LOVE itself in a universal way.

So, this year I’d like to celebrate the day of love of a friendship.