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  • Pasar Ngasem: Agrotechnologist from Switzerland

    <—-Previous Story My imagination of past stretch around Pulo Kenanga has ended. My thinking wass wild enough to imagine the beauty of lake stretch which juts out to the north. The lake in the past looked deep when you look at its bottom which had become a stretch of residential architecture down there. I didn’t…

  • Kisah Heroik dibalik RTH Putri Kaca Mayang

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Bundaran di tenggara Masjid Agung An-Nur itu berhiaskan tugu bambu runcing berwarna kuning berlatar Universitas Riau tepat sejejar dibelakangnya. Aku terus mengarahkan Canon EOS M10 ku ke arah tugu hingga pengemudi ojek online datang memanggilku. Sepertinya aku akan menghabiskan sore itu bersama warga lokal untuk menimati suasana kota di sebuah Ruang Terbuka Hijau…

  • Boating in Pulo Kenanga

    <—-Previous Story A secret architectural show at Sumur Gumuling was over…. “Come on, ladies and gentlemen, we are leaving for the island!“, our tour guide clearly uttered nonsense words. Where was there island on dry land like this? “Where is the sea?“, I still denied full of wonder. Walking out through stairs at the end…

  • Bertolak ke Masjid Agung An-Nur dari Pecinan

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Kusempatkan memejamkan mata sejenak begitu menyelesaikan proses check-in di Hotel Sri Indrayani. Semalam yang tak nyenyak di bangku tengah Bus INTRA, bersambung dengan empat jam berjalan kaki demi mengeksplorasi daerah Senapelan telah membuat otot betisku kelelahan dan mataku terasa berat. Smartphone yang masih mengisi ulang daya itu pun berteriak membangunkanku, tepat satu jam…

  • Sumur Gumuling, Secret Mosque of Yogyakarta Sultanate

    <—-Previous Story Our tour guide waited for a moment for Year End Party participants to enjoy king’s bathing pool, empress and their sons and daughters in the past. For a few minutes I imagined some possibilities of what the story would look like in this place on more than two centuries ago, definitely classics looked…

  • Throwing a flower in Taman Sari

    <—-Previous Story My eyes were widened when a noise of people group could be heard when they crossed a corridor in front of my room …. Ah, I felt asleep again after Subh prayer a few hours ago. With quick reflexes I jumped into bathroom and washed myself as fast as lightning. After getting dressed,…

  • Para Panglima Perang di Masjid Raya Nur Alam

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Satu perandaian yang tak pernah terwujud adalah memasuki Rumah Singgah Tuan Kadi. Ingin rasanya duduk menghampar di dalamnya dan menikmati untaian sejarah dalam bilik-bilik mungilnya. Secara bersamaan, keringat yang terus meleleh di pelipis mata, pelan tapi pasti meluruhkan setiap perandaian di kepalaku. Pintu-pintu rumah itu tertutup rapat seakan berkata kepadaku “Sudahlah pergi saja,…

  • Routine Event: Kanaya Bus Jakarta-Yogyakarta

    Shubuh prayer which wasn’t focus, because itwas in a hurry to catch up the departure of chartered fleet, i.e Kanaya Tourism Bus. I had to arrive at my office where located in West Jakarta at half past six in the morning. Then, I rode on a motorbike through the morning streets of capital city which…

  • Hukum Syariah di Balik Rumah Singgah Tuan Kadi

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku mulai meninggalkan Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) Tunjuk Ajar Integritas dengan berjalan kaki. Menyusuri Jalan Wakaf, aku perlahan mendekati seorang polisi lalu lintas yang sedang mengatur sebuah perempatan. Tak canggung, aku memanggilnya ketika dia masih membunyikan peluit mengikuti kedipan lampu hijau yang otomatis menggerakkan puluhan kendaraan untuk melintas perempatan itu. Tak yakin menjawab…

  • Citilink QG 125 from Solo (SOC) to Jakarta (HLP): Back into Capital City’s Routines

    <—-Previous Story It was already past one o’clock when I finished in paying for lunch menu, however, I was blown away by the taste of Nasi Gudeg Komplit and Durian Juice at Javenir restaurant where I stopped by. Lunch session finally ended my adventure in Solo Two and a half hours before the flight…. Leaving…