The first day of another 365-day journey around the sun

Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.  ~Charles Schulz

Thanks for the birthday cake my lovely ema

Thanks for all my colleges for celebrating my birthday

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

November 16, 2011

Titus Bonai and me

Start from the righ side with yellow shirt is Titus John Londouw Bonai, was known as Titus , the original player from the land of Papua.
On the left side is Aris Khumaini, with more handsome face , he also one of the talented player from several lands (you can tell from Sumatra, Java, Bali or anywhere but for sure he is from Indonesia).

Together Aris and Tibo were played as a strikers U-23 national team in Sea Games 2011. They were known after their briliant action during Sea Games even in the final Indonesia loose from Malaysia.

Aris and Tibo

I AM HOME

This just a note for remind me that two months ago (6 may 2011) i was here in indonesia.
and that is the end of my journey in United Emirates Arab. I am HOME now.

Many thanks i have to say especially to my bos “Agus Wahyudin” which brought me there and teach how to be an engineer, thanks for believing me even though the first time you met me i just only an ordinary boy that graduated from college and didn’t have any experience at all.
And also my Indonesian friends “Agus Wibowo, Imat Hikmat, Jimmy G Nasution, Muhammad Teguh P, Yunivar R, Mauldi Y Hyamara” Thanks for always treated me as your family, from you all i learn how to survive and learn how to be a man. (repeat : man)

Allright !!! this is it welcome home, welcome Indonesia, the foods, the weathers, the people, its good to be home. love Indonesia.

@dubai internasional airport with shihab

Through Every Dark Night, There’s a Bright Day After That

The clock strikes twelve on March 27th, January and February just left so fast and will followed by March in 4 days. Oh God, didn’t expect I’ve been here for almost 1.5 years. Life is getting hard, but I never forget to always gratefull for all the things You (Allah) have given to me.

In this midnight with my Ebooks with me I have to keep awake to finish this chapter.

Night……, It’s started getting cold, quiet night, silence……., the moon is hiding behind the building, the street begin to empty, people are asleep. Try to keep awake with music, but this get me distracted I can’t concentrate, running around and stretching ? it won’t help, i don’t drink coffe, i don’t have any soda. God help me to stay awake. keep my eyes open don’t let me fall asleep.

For the good living, for the people I care and I love. “through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that”. No matter how hard it gets.

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12:02 PM, 27 March 2011

Sharjah, UAE

AT THE TOP BURJ KHALIFA

The high point of any Khalifa experience is the view from At The Top, Burj Khalifa’s observation deck. Located on level 124 of the world’s tallest tower, this observatory is destined to be the highlight of any visit to the Middle East. World Records At over 828 metres …(2,716.5 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa holds the following records: • Tallest building in the world • Tallest free-standing structure in the world • Highest number of stories in the world • Highest occupied floor in the world • Highest outdoor observation deck in the world • Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world • Tallest service elevator in the world.

 

view at night from burj khalifa

looking down from balcony

 

I am Burj Khalifa

the making of burj khalifa

view at the top

- 13 November 2010 -

1 Month Vacation

Too many stories and the best quality time i had until i can’t share it with u one by one. However the most precious thing is when i’m being around with my family, it gives me more spirit, power, energy what i have lose since i far away from them. here are some photos i have taken during my trip from Bali-Semarang-Lampung-Bogor-Bandung-Surabaya and back to Bali again. Happy Eid Mubarak all. Let’s get back to work again….huhu

at merak

ship

welcome to lampung

emak, babeh, niece, little brother

lampung's family

bandung

3 Sept 2010 – 2 Oct 2010

Abu Dhabi – The Capital City of UAE

Its been over a month, i never update my blog again, i do wanted to share my story but part of my job makes me little bit lazy to write even to open my blog. First of all, i would like to say happy ramadhan, happy fasting time, minal aidzin wal faidzin for all the moslems people in the world. may this month be peaceful month for all, amien.

Actually…I haven’t much story to tell you about, but the best moment i had when we were visiting to one of the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates. July 3rd 2010, that was my first time went to Abu Dhabi,  since i’ve been here 11 months ago, the distance from Sharjah to Abu Dhabi the capital city of UAE (about more than 2 hours by car) makes me little bit lazy to go there, instead some friends said that Abu Dhabi also isn’t very interesting to visited.

road to abu dhabi

There is no many place we could visited in Abu Dhabi, especially when the weather is not friendly, that time its almost reach 45-50 degree celcius during day time. Qornish is a loved one but it’s very hot and seems not a good way to have fun in open place. So we were deciding to go to Sari Rasa, one of the best indonesian restaurant in Abu Dhabi.

sari rasa, abu dhabi

Sari Rasa is one of the best indonesian foods in UAE, beside Sari Nusa (Dubai) and Kafe Betawi (Dubai). as i have posted on my blog about Kafe Betawi, Sari Rasa is the good ones more delicious i think than Kafe Betawi. I served some indonesian foods like sambal ati kentang, kikil, tahu isi and es teler.

menu

After finished our lunch we went to Al Zayed Mosque, according wikipedia Sheikh Zayed Mosque was named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who was buried at the Mosque site after his death on 03 November 2004. The Sheikh Zayed Mosque is the third largest in the world according to the General Secretariat Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture in Turkey. The two mosques in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia are larger. you may search on google if you want to know more about the history of Al Zayed Mosque .

syeikh zayed mosque

looking down the mosque

Best Regards  -Aris-

Kafe Betawi – Dubai

Kafe Betawi, a small restaurant located in Karama Center Dubai, if you are indonesian people and miss home, i recommend Kafe Betawi as one of Indonesia restaurants in UAE, this place is awesome, of course many indonesian people there, a full menu and all the favorites and some crazy stuff you would not think you could get here in UAE like mpek mpek, sop rawon, gado-gado, sop buntut, ayam bakar, nasi padang, semur jengkol haha, teh botol sosro !!

After taking long long journey to find where Kafe Betawi located – finnaly we went dinner at Kafe Betawi, Without exception, i order my favorite food what they use to called it Pempek, Mpek Mpek, Empek-Empek or whatever it is, it’s one of delicacy foods from Palembang.

The fried mpek-mpek which is made from fish and sago, chicken egg, with dark rich sauce called cuka, mixed with noodle and small cubic cucumber,,,oh God the taste its still like mpek mpek, it’s still the same since 9 months ago !! haha

Served with Kerupuk Rengginang, peyek and Es Teler with combination fruit coctail, avocado, cendol and other fruits mixed with coconut milk, sweetended condensed milk, can you imagine that ? you have no idea what the taste its like, haha.

Thats all, just wait for my next culinary, thank u again for wasting ur time visiting my blog

mpek mpek - 25 AED

es teler

rengginang

Inter History – Treble Winner 2010

Treble Winner : Copa Italia, Lega Calcio Itali, Champion League !!

COPPA ITALIA TITLE

copa italia

Inter 1-0 Roma (HT: 1-0)

Scorers: Milito 40.

Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba (25 Samuel 39), 23 Materazzi, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 8 Thiago Motta; 10 Sneijder (45 Balotelli 5); 22 Milito, 9 Eto’o. 

Subs not used: 1 Toldo, 5 Stankovic, 11 Muntari, 17 Mariga, 27 Pandev. 

Coach: José Mourinho.

SCUDETTO TITLE

scudetto

Siena 0-1 Inter (HT: 0-0)

Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 23 Materazzi, 25 Samuel, 4 Zanetti; 8 Thiago Motta (27 Pandev 54), 19 Cambiasso; 45 Balotelli (5 Stankovic 58), 10 Sneijder (26 Chivu 73), 9 Eto’o; 22 Milito.
Subs not used: 1 Toldo, 6 Lucio, 11 Muntari, 17 Mariga.

Coach: José Mourinho.

CHAMPION LEAGUE TITLE

champion league

Bayern Munich 0-2 Inter (HT: 0-1)

Scorer: Milito 35, 70.

Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu (5 Stankovic 68); 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso; 27 Pandev (11 Muntari 79), 10 Sneijder, 9 Eto’o; 22 Milito (23 Materazzi 90+2).
Subs not used: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 17 Mariga, 45 Balotelli.

Coach: José Mourinho.

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Disangka Maling !!

Ya karna gw ga tega ngebiarin blog ini terlantar, gw coba cari2 ide postingan. Ok kalo gitu kita kembali ke masa muda saya sejenak…hehe . kejadiannya sih udah lama, tp seumur hidup gw ga akan lupa kisah ini, kisah ini adalah kisah klasik dan kisah ini adalah masalah hidup dan mati gw hehe lebay, kalo inget cerita ini pasti gw ketawa ngakak, geblek banget dah pokoknya.

Tepatnya 5 oktober 2007 pas jaman2nya gw jadi mahasiswa Esteteh Telpun, bulan Ramadhan. Ceritanya ada temen gw yang lagi ultah namanya Titah Silhan (tah) dan sekitar jam 12 malem gw keluar kosan sama Broto Endianto (bro) buat ngasih surprise ucapan selamat ultah !!! sebelumnya sih kita udah jaga2 bawa kunci kosan soalnya gw yakin kebiasaan kosan jam segitu udah dikunci (maklumlah jam malem bagi para cowok2 )

Sampe di kosannya tah SURPISE..met ultah ya tah, tambah tuir aja lo..wah pokoknya rame ada sekitar 9 orang (gw, Bro, Joe, Indra, Kreshna, Ipit, Ayu, Ina, n tentunya yg ber ulang tahun) dengan kue dan lilin seadanya…waktu itu bulan puasa, kebetulan tah ngajakin buat sahur bareng, asik bsa makan gratis, secara yang gratis2 itu pasti ga pernah nolak dan yang namanya menolak rejeki itu dosa…hehe

Nah sekitar jam 2 pagi waktu setempat gw sama bro pulang dulu buat ngambil helm + STNK. Sesampainya dikosan.
Gw : gawat nih bro, ga bsa dibuka kayaknya dikunci dari dalem juga nih (mak!!)
Bro : mampus kita ga bisa masuk, STNK gw didalem mon.
Setelah gw pikir2 gmana caranya bsa ambil helm + stnk didalem, akhirnya otak mcgyver gw kluar :halah:
Gw : gw pernah naik genteng si bro tapi itu dulu pas siang2 (hehe maklum dulunya gw pernah juara harapan 3 lomba panjat pinang se Bali Lombok di SMA gw).
Bro : y udah mon lu naik aja.
Gw : ah males. mampus gw tar diteriakin maling.
Bro : nggak lah. sepi ini cepetan gih naek.

Ya udahlah daripada ga jadi makan gratis, akhirnya gw memutuskan untuk naik genteng, sebelum naek gw dah pastiin kalo ga ada orang, maklum jam 2 pagi pasti dah pada tewas buat persiapan sahur. setapak demi setapak sampai tangan gw sudah menyentuh si genteng…tiba2 ada yg neriakin dari sebelah kosan (tempatnya gelap sih, maklum kosan mewah -mepet sawah- jd emang ga keliatan kalo ada orang disana) ….kaget gw.

Karna ga ngeliat orangnya gw langsung turun tuh….”beh langsung diteriakin maling gw!!!!” MALING !!!!keluar dah tuh bahasa sumpah serapah si bapak dengan aksen sundanya. “AYA MALINGGG ANJRITTT SIAAA” !!

Seketika muka gw langsung pucat basi kayak nasi basi dag dig dug…saat itu jg gw langsung flashback ke kejadian masa lalu, jadi inget nasib  maling yang ketangkep pas di depan kosan gw juga dan ditelanjangin sama warga sini.

Bro…bro cepetan gedor pintunya mampus gw mau dikeroyok (padahal tu pintu kan dikunci, hehe) woi buka woiiii”.
Bro : mampus kta mon, WOI BUKA WOIIIII !!!!!

Gila orang2 dah pada ngumpul tuh rame banget pada bawa golok, pentungan, celurit (yang golok sama pentungan itu beneran tapi yang celurit emang agak lebay, maksudnya biar kliatan seru…hehe), termasuk Satpam STT jg. Trus si Bro : wampunnnnn maap pak kta kos disini wampunnnnn PASRAH lah pokoknya…ternyata si bapak yang neriakin maling itu kenal sama gw, ooo si ujang, ngapain naek genteng (dengan aksen sundanya) mungkin si bapak ini ga ngliat muka gw jg pas naek genteng tadi, sama2 gelap soalnya…trus kita jelasin smuanya sama si bapak dan warga skitar, trus si ibu kos dan anak2 kos yg laen dengan santainya ngebuka pintu “ada apa ris” gubrakk…huahahaa…barusan hampir mampus saya bu.

Walhasil gw jadi bahan tertawaan pas sahur bareng temen2 yg laen. yah gpp lah yang penting sahur gratis -_-!

Sekian dulu, nantikan kisah masa lalu saya selanjutnya…Ambillah pesan moral dari cerita ini..hehe !!!!