Driving through France

It was such a change from driving in Indonesia not just because it is on the same side, but for many other things. As my car is British registered it drives on the… Continue reading →

A few things

I thought I share a few things with you. Some things that made me sad and a few things that made me glad. Sad things: 1. War and disasters: honestly don’t you think… Continue reading →

Sunday Conversations – On Art education

Yesterday ( Sunday) I went to visit the Tate Modern with a friend, I haven’t been to this favourite gallery of mine since I saw the Yayoi Kusama in 2012. Oh my that… Continue reading →

Sunday Conversation – Soundtrack of 90s

There are conversations that I have with people that I want to note. Spring 2014 My living room With a friend. The drink: Indonesian Loose leaf tea, no sugar, no milk Gimmick: Diver… Continue reading →

White Tea | Teh putih

Happy Sunday! Let’s drink white tea. White tea apparently have more antioxidant then black or even green tea with less cafeine in it. The one I tried this time is white tea from… Continue reading →

Tea for an Indonesian

I love tea in general, as an Indonesian I grew up drinking tea. Tea in Indonesian is Teh (Téhh). At home I would have drank black tea no sugar, hot water with just… Continue reading →

Tintin – Flight 714 – Indonesia, a tiny review

Another book that I have re-read, saying that I have no recollection of what I thought about it. Flight 714 is where Tintin was heading to Australia, but after landing at Kemayoran Airport… Continue reading →

Found Online – Kawah Ijen – Indonesia

All my writing lately has been more about my travels than Indonesia. I have around three updates waiting to be written but all something other than Indonesia. So I feel slightly bad about… Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s day!

Remember the faithful Maleo birds.

New Illustration for banner

Always thought that my banner header is really bad and looked really rough. I wanted to change it to a coloured one, but I can’t be bothered fiddling around with the Illustrator file… Continue reading →

Was that really 2013? Gone?

Honestly, what happened? is it really over? whoa … that was fast. Do you feel the same with me? that the year has just flown by, I don’t feel like I have done… Continue reading →

Tulisan bags types and illustrations review

There are some annoying things about having Indonesian mum, or maybe just my mum. For example she seems to constantly forget that I have been living independently away from her for more than… Continue reading →

Tropen Museum – Amsterdam

A lot of books I have been reading about Indonesia tells me that their main source of information/books comes from The Tropen Museum, Amsterdam. I finally got to visit it the other day.… Continue reading →

Nice place to hang-out – 1/15 coffee

Jakarta is full of malls, people usually either hang-out within these or some roadside eating establishments. 1/15 is an independently owned coffee shop, cool and well designed. Their menu offers a choice of… Continue reading →

Taking the Train to Jakarta Kota

As promised from my last visit to the Jakarta Old Town, I would visit the Fine Art and Ceramic Museum on my next trip. My brother and I took the train from Bogor… Continue reading →

Thunder Panda – Cool Indonesian Illustrator

Robots! who doesn’t love them? I do, I especially love illustrations of robot. Remember my post about what I bought in Seoul, a little Robot necklace. Well in Indonesia I also discovered and… Continue reading →

Balikpapan – Kalimantan (Borneo)

Visiting my friend who lives in the town was the reason of my travel. So that is what I did. This part of Indonesia is a centre of coal mining industry, according to… Continue reading →

Indonesian Paper Toys – Faisal Azad – Creative Indonesian

A year ago I found the work of Faizal Azad on Salazad. He is into illustrating, designing and creating his own paper toys. The cool thing about his work is he creates paper… Continue reading →

Tulus – Music on Monday

One of the brilliant things growing up in Indonesia is music. As a teenager in the mid 90s, we didn’t have very many hanging out places. Going to retaurants (cafes didn’t quite exist… Continue reading →

Lala Bohang – Cool Indonesian Illustrator

Indonesia haven’t really ran out of good illustrator, just me being really lazy. I have known about this Illustrator, Lala Bohang, for a while, but her latest update on her blog made me… Continue reading →