the terminal

This was the day I got stranded at the airport, Melbourne Tullamarine international airport that is.
for frickin five hours, hows that for starting up my journey, pretty bad huh?
I think it was me who got unlucky, just because this doesn't happen that often.
I was a zombie airport for sure, i couldnt sleep the night before - this is just a habit of my body who wouldnt go to sleep, too nervous to travel.
so tried every position to sleep at the airport,no luck.

 no, didnt fly with royal brunei, this was just a shot when i was bored. but maybe i should take this airline sometime, i heard they're pretty awesome and cheap.

 a shot of the waiting room, still waiting.
then the suffer continues.
i was suppose to transit in Denpasar, Bali. with my time table of connecting flight i should have got the time to spend time at seminyak or some other beach somewhere in Bali.
but nope, no luck. i was late for my second flight. and they better wait for me, its not my fault that im late.
it was frustating, havent been back for a while made me felt about the service in my country dissapointing.
i might sound arrogant or something but when you're used to convenience it'll be a struggle facing what happened to me that day :p
after a while then you'll get used to it again. i still love indonesia, don't worry.
and it was sooo humid, i could barely breath.
enough complains i should move on to the next nicer post hahaha

summer 2011/2012

i might missed out telling you that i'll be away so quite some time
sorry for ditching with no post for a few months
first, it was assignments and exam then i was away.
so, i'm back now, hopefully everything will be normal soon
i haven't got my comfortable phase yet, but i'm getting there.
let me tell you bit by bit about the journey (i know that i haven't even finished my family roadtrip, but we'll figure that out, squeeze in here and there, ok?) - so it might not be in order.

i went back home to bandung/jakarta after 20 months, it feels weird, frustrating but so happy meeting my friends and family. I did not have much time to meet everyone, 3weeks wasn't long enough, apparently, plus I was sick for a few days (food poisoning)

so the route was
Melbourne - Denpasar - Jakarta - Bandung - Yogyakarta - Jakarta - Bogor - Jakarta
Jakarta - KL - Guangzhou - Hefei - Suzhou - Hangzhou - Shanghai - KL
KL - Delhi - Gurgaon - Agra - Delhi - Bangalore - Mumbai - Goa - Mumbai - KL
KL - Jakarta - Bandung - Jakarta - Denpasar - Melbourne.

13 flights [8 international, 5 domestic] + 2 bullet train ride + a zillion bus and car rides

then there was St. Jerome Laneway Festival plus had a roadtrip yesterday to Mornington Peninsula.
yup, my body is screaming to stop. i guess i had enough as well, enough for this summer.
i feel blessed.

now i don't know where to start, seriously.

the other side

But you put me on this vacation
It's really not the time
It's winter halfway across the world
Somewhere its bright daylight

station

while waiting for the last time to depart

ballarat, at night.

at last, we met.

at wildlife park, ballarat
meet mr and mrs kangaroos and koalas!
they said hello for you :p

we will become silhouettes

ballarat in no colour

no vacancy

it's the queen's birthday holiday
although it's not even her birthday, i have no idea.
anyway, we went on a small unplanned road trip
which isn't a good idea, but it was way better than nothing
first plan was great ocean road, but we didn't get a car to rent
so plan b was ballarat by v-line train
one and a half later we arrived and looked for an accomodation straight away
and this is why we should plan everything before, no vacancy all over town!
so then we just spend our time around :) still we had a marvelous time, didn't we guys?
ps: can you see how many changes of the weather in one day? crazy, i know!

the grand palace

one of the perdurable culture,
whom still standing there in the nation.
with a solid empire
and holding still to their former history.
it's about respecting & believing,
no matter what.

look above jogjakarta

the sun was definetly with us
it was heat-stroke-hot kind of daylight
thanks to my blue umbrella :)

colors of jogja

found lots of colors
in every corner of the city
so much fun :)

palace carts

hello from jogjakarta!
i'm back in town though
but i guess a few days ahead
i'll be posting pictures i shot
during my short trip :)
it was all fun, that town never let me down

shall we start?
i welcome you to the palace cart museum, enjoy!