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Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:18:42 -0000 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:41:52 -0000 http://images.acutefunaddict.multiply.com/logo http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com 100 100 thanks to the babies our mitu baby liquid bathe soap tvc shoot went smoothly. paasch didn't complain at all so did not jeremy holmes, and most of all, rajesh menon enjoyed his book 'the god delusion' while i was so busy....taking pictures and joked with the rest of the team. thanks to bang harris sulong, rachel and yudi datau and the rest of the gank. well done guys.....my first and last tvc production with advantage ; http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/80/babies_day_out Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:41:52 -0000 http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/79/the_glorious_tallship_of_sunda_kelapa_port Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:38:16 -0000 http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/78/blurry_blurry_la_bossa_fataka_de_rameau Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:50:47 -0000 last saturday night the ex parking lot was cluttered with hip-hop, r n b fans from all over the city. with the opening act of local electronic band 'goodnight electric' successfully led the crowds to dance for the whole 1,5 hours. then followed by the spectacular performances from the main act 'x-makeena', originally from the city of rennes, x-makeena was noticed in 2002 after a concert with percubaba. the band's music ranges from hip-hop, dub to drum n' bass. composed of 5 people, this band displays unfettered imagination in all their concerts. http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/77/x-makeena_at_ex_ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:40:04 -0000 its happened to me that i’m currently working at a company situated at a ‘let say’ prestigious location in southern Jakarta. to get to my office i take bus and sometime taxi cab, and if i take bus i have to get down at the main road and walk down for another 15 minutes. but for the last two weeks i’ve observed people passes by from and in to an empty lot (so i thought) covered with metal fences. and its actually a short cut to my office. so then ever since i just walk over that area to get 5 minutes faster. but what i found was just beyond a short cut, i eventually found a ‘life’ there. a very humble, simple life. sheltered by used ply woods and boxes. this social injustice scenery is part of everyday life in this megapolitan city of jakarta. i’ve learned of how shocking and disturbing it is from the point of view of some of my friend whose coming from the ‘so called’ first world country. but for most jakarta’ers this kindda place sometime just invisible, hidden behind the tall fanc... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/76/a_reality_check_in_sudirman Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:16:26 -0000 performed at the taman menteng on last saturday, june 7, 2008, mime bizot a teacher, director and an artist, gained a long applauses from the audience. he was not just performing the rehearsed play. but he was also doing some improvisations requested by the audience. http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/74/le_mime_bizot Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:52:01 -0000 less alternative for lunch and dinner...warung sebelah kantor ludes di makan http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/73/daylight_inferno Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:41:42 -0000 i was departed from the gambir central station at 1pm by executive train, the cirebon express. the ticket was quiet cheap, it cost me 65k rups, around us$7. well, the train wasn't too nice. the toilette was dirty and we can smell it from our seat. for the first half hour the view was not nice at all. it was a slum areas along side the rail line. the area along side the rail line in jakarta is like an outlaw territory. but for another two and a half hours later there was a splendid green paddy fields. but luckily on my way back to jakarta, i rode on a nicer train. no smell, no problem with the reclining seat and even faster, it was the argojati executive train. http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/72/cirebon_express Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:04:20 -0000 sunan gunungjati was a javanese wali who founded the city of cirebon and the banten sultanate. born as syarif hidayatullah in ad 1448, he was the son of nyai rara santang, who was the daughter of prabu siliwangi (the ruler of sunda kingdom). his father was syarif abdullah maulana huda, a leader in egypt of hashimite descedent from palestine. sunan gunungjati worked at demak and banten, and was the founder of banten sultanate. many stories say that he was originally from pasai in aceh, others say that he was from pajajaran (the capital of sunda kingdom) in west java. he married the sister of sultan trenggono of demak, and led military expeditions for demak against banten, a port of sunda kingdom (which was still hindu at that time). as "fatahillah" he defeated the portuguese when they tried to take sunda kelapa (now jakarta) in 1527. for all some bad experiences in cirebon, the worst was yet to come until i visited this shrine. arrived on the first of 3 gates in order to enter the... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/71/sunan_gunungjati_shrine Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:29:46 -0000 my first impression of the palace was a deep sad feeling. most of the area were not seriously well taken care due to the lack of financial supports. compared to the other palaces in java, this palace built in 1529 eventually were more original with not much western influences on its architect. the use of red bricks reminded me of the balinese temples. explaining that this palace was built during the transition era from hinduism to islam. so sad such treasure were not given enough attention by the government. if only they were paying enough attention, this place could give the local government a revenues from the tourism industry in http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/70/red_bricks_palace_the_abandoned_treasure_of_cirebon Tue, 3 Jun 2008 04:33:07 -0000 we arrived at the cirebon station at 4, the station was nice and clean. having no ideas where to go from the station we decided to ask the railway officer about the affordable and the closest hotel to the station. walked out the station toward the main road then we saw a small hotel called the aurora. having checked the room then we decided to take the standard, double bed, air conditioned room at the second floor for 140k rups (15 us$) for a night only. the hotel was actually pretty neat and clean, except for the toilette flush that did not work properly and the disappearance of the air condition's remote control, yet! the disaster continued after we had a long walk wandering around the city. we got back to the hotel at 10pm with our eyes couldn't hardly open. i washed my face and feet then rushing up to the bed. but i couldn't really close my eyes due to the hot weather until we realized that the air condition was not working and the remote was also no where to find. i called t... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/68/in_the_border_of_west_and_central_java_cirebon Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:23:41 -0000 situated at the political border of central java province and west java province, this second largest city in west java province after bandung is also adopting the cultures from both side. the cirebon people barely speaks three languages the javanese as the central javanese and sundanese as the western javanese. the third language is the indonesian language, as the national language. as an old harbor city the people of this city are mixed of many ethnics group; javanese, sundanese, malay, chinese and arabic. but however most cirebonese are still considering them self as 'wong jawa', means the javanese. my trip to cirebon was a favor to my dutch friend, marcel. his late father and grand father was born, brought up and worked in that once a netherland indie main port city. but however he has no clue about the city at all, so he asked me to take some images of it. and i was pleased to have another reason to visit the city. eventually i had been planing to visit city since i read the t... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/67/oud_cirebon Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:24:25 -0000 this contemporary dance group consist of 6 frenchmen was performed at the graha bakti budaya - taman ismail marzuki. the dance was mix of hip hop - free style with the touch of traditional middle eastern - african on some movements, musics and costumes. an outstanding performances that gained a long standing ovation. the show was part of the printemps francais 2008, an annual program to celebrate the indonesian & french long relation. http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/66/aduna_terre_daventure_cie_etha_dam Wed, 28 May 2008 05:11:52 -0000 &nbsp;<br>Pagi ini aku ngantor dari tempat kost-ku di daerah asem baris Tebet. Gak seperti biasanya jalanan agak lengang, gak banyak mobil yg memadati jalanan MT Haryono seperti biasanya. Ternyata betul. Pagi tadi untuk menemaniku membuka mata aku menghidupkan tv untuk nonton acara berita pagi. Waduh begidik bulu tengkukku menonton kegagahan para pahlawan kami, pahlawan pembela rakyat kecil dari Universitas swasta di daerah Cawang sedang menutup jalan raya sedari sore kemarin. Aduh hebat ya! Beberapa dari mereka bahkan dengan lantang dan mahir melemparkan botol-botol berisi bensin bersumbu ke arah jalanan, dan tak ayal apipun menyambar permukaan aspal layaknya adegan eksyen di film superhero ‘The Heel Boy’. Untung mereka sudah sering berlatih melawan mahasiswa lain di daerah Cawang dan Salemba, jadi masalah lempar Molotop dan blokade jalan memang sudah makanan sehari-hari, mati pun no big deel, apalagi membela rakyat kecil. Duh mulianya! <br><br>Ini lah petaka kalo presiden, wakil ama kabinetnya g... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/journal/item/5/sby_how_could_you_be_so_STUPEEED Tue, 27 May 2008 04:50:25 -0000 numpang narsis satu aja ya...swear gak http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/65/. Mon, 26 May 2008 14:21:11 -0000 experimenting with arabian lantern http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/64/1001_arabian_nights_ Mon, 26 May 2008 08:50:51 -0000 a little amusement at grand http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/63/he_goes_around_without_marry Mon, 26 May 2008 04:57:50 -0000 this manifesto at national gallery - gambir is surely one of the biggest and also the finest art exhibition in this year, exhibiting the nation best artists from the 60's to the latest one with 350 artists in total. painting, installation, sculpture, multimedia, craft and photography works will be on display until the june 14th 2008. http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/62/manifesto_2008 Thu, 22 May 2008 10:01:35 -0000 situated just 50 minutes away from the hustle buzzer jakarta at the city of bogor or it was called buitenzorg (meaning beyond worry) during the colonial time. these botanical gardens are situated in the city center of bogor and adjoin the istana bogor (presidential palace). the gardens cover more than 80 hectares and are said to be the inspiration of sir stamford raffles who was governor of java from 1811-1816. initially i planned to go to these beautiful botanical gardens really early in the morning to catch the foggy gardens, but i couldn’t open my eyes since i watched too much dvd and went to bed too late at the night before. so i packed my camera and headed to the train station at 07.50. fortunately the nearest train station just 70 meters away from my place, and successfully caught up the 08.00 comfy air conditioned train. it took 50 minutes to reach the bogor station by train, and walked the pedestrian for another 15 minutes until i got to the botanical gardens gate. and ... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/59/bogor_botanical_garden_the_splendid_hideaway Tue, 13 May 2008 08:16:49 -0000 the cemetery also known as kebon jahe kober (the ginger garden cemetery) the name 'ginger garden' might refers to the name of the area where the cemetery situated. this cemetery was also one of the first cemetery applying the concept of modern cemetery park/garden with arboretum concept in the world. however i've been visiting this place for three times, the first time i made my visit here was back in 2003, not much i could recall except for some mixed romatic gloomy feeling about the tombs. the second one was for sure couldn't be deleted from my memory slot, since i had to spend 7 days in hospital bed, and the whole week after, for total bed rest at home for dengue fever, which i'm very much sure i got the bites from the mosquitoes at that place. the 'funny' thing was, actually i went to the place with a friend of mind, and we both suffered from the same fever. the last time i went to the place, things were pretty much messed-up, i got bites, again, thanks god nothing happened up t... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/58/tombs_that_tells_stories_part_II Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:05:09 -0000 the museum situated near the national monument, monas, formerly was a noble western and dutch high official cemetery built by the netherland indie government in 1759 and was known as the kebon jahe cemetery (ginger garden for direct translation). there are many noted dutch people buried there including two military men maj. gen. a.v. michiel and maj. gen. j.h. r. kohler, who respectively led wars in bali and aceh, as well as the founder of stovia school of medicine (now the university of indonesia ) h. v. roll. and the jakarta arc bishop 1874 - 1893: a.c claessens. other important people buried there are olivie mariamne raffles -- wife of british governor general thomas stamford raffles (also the ruller of colonial era singapore). bearing a skull and crossbones, one headstone at the museum that draws comment is that of pieter erberveld, who died in 1722. erberveld, who had a wealthy german father and a burmese mother, was sentenced to death for plotting to murder several dutc... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/photos/album/57/tombs_that_tells_stories.... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:29:25 -0000 so many things i've reached within this year, so many things happened for the very first time. i thank you 2007, for your very first of january to your very last of december....every minutes, hours, days,weeks and months... http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/journal/item/4/thank_you_2007 Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:46:54 -0000 it's been a while, since the last time i saw a beautiful sunset on jakarta's sky. but that monday luckily i cought them after one sunny day in a supposed rainny season. taken from the roof top of my place, i really enjoyed the romantic gradient colors of the sky, too bad it last too fast...just like other beautiful things in life : http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/journal/item/2/i_know_the_time_will_come... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:37:52 -0000 When you say that you will never feel it...<br> When you're doing everything for it...<br> When you think what you were doing is silly...<br> <br> you are talking about love<br> <br> Bali, Christmas Eve 2007<br> http://acutefunaddict.multiply.com/journal/item/1/love Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:02:22 -0000