On the boat during Sigofi Ngolo (Sea Cleaning) ceremony at Jailolo Bay, West Halmahera, Indonesia. This is one of many cultural activities in Jailolo Bay Festival 2012. I’ve been covering that event for three days, 17-19 May 2012.

11:39 am  •  19 May 2012

Look at these exotic sisters (?). We met them on a very short trip at Payo Village, Jailolo, West Halmahera. The girl on the left, who’s holding doll, stroke a ‘pose’ and and ‘asked’ for our attention. While the one on the right, was a bit shy. But oh my, her hair is so cute!

11:16 am  •  19 May 2012

My favourite characters on the blog: ickle and Lardee.

12:49 am  •  8 May 2012  •  1 note

The Sounds of Science. #RIPMCA #RIPAdamYauch #BeastieBoys

6:44 am  •  5 May 2012

Saturday memory lane

6:20 am  •  5 May 2012

Morris, my semi pet-stray cat, was playing cute this morning *ngulet*

5:48 am  •  1 May 2012

London Stories by Luca Laurenti

This an opening illustration for “London” special-issue Open Skies magazine.

1:10 am  •  27 April 2012  •  1 note

My boyfriend inspired by a witty tumblr blog where the artist plays along with other people noses and create a ninja turtle from it. I’m happy to get the free-spirited Michelangelo (not Michaelangelo, as people used to mispelled his name) as my nose! :D

Cited from Wikipedia:

Michelangelo (Mike or Mikey) — Easy-going and free-spirited, Michelangelo wears an orange mask and wields a pair of nunchaku. Michelangelo provides much of the comic relief, most of the time. He is the youngest of the four Turtles. While he loves to relax and eat pizza, this Turtle also has an adventurous and creative side. He’s something of the “surfer” boy, speaking usually in a Southern California accent. He is named after the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer, Michelangelo Buonarroti. His name was originally misspelled “Michaelangelo” by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.

10:25 am  •  23 April 2012

Harijadi Sumodidjojo (1919-1997) is an Indonesian realist artist. In this picture, he (on the right) was in the middle of the process of making relief at the Kemayoran airport in Jakarta. As you can see, he was wearing a very fashionable biker-style outfit. Some might say he was a biker himself. Harijadi believed that being an artist doesn’t mean you have to look sloppy.

Thank you Farah Wardani from Indonesian Visual Art Archive for sharing stories and pictures about Harijadi via Twitter. I really enjoyed it. :)

Cited from Wikipedia:

Harijadi Sumodidjojo (25 Juli 1919 - 3 Juni 1997) adalah seorang seniman realis yang berkarya di masa Revolusi Indonesia melalui karya seninya yang menjunjung paham kerakyatan. ^[1] Hasil karyanya mampu menggambarkan wujud fisik dan pikiran rakyat yang dapat dengan nyata dinikmati oleh masyarakat.^[2] Beberapa karya seni yang dihasilkannya adalah lukisan Awan Berarak Jalan Bersimpang dan Biografi II di Malioboro, Anak Tetangga Kita, relief batu berjudul Pesta Pura di Bali, dan mural yang dilukis di dinding Museum Sejarah Jakarta.^[1] Mural seluas 200 m² yang belum terselesaikan itu menggambarkan kehidupan di kota Batavia dari tahun 1880 hingga 1920.

Image courtesy of Indonesian Visual Art Archive.

1:15 pm  •  21 April 2012

Harijadi Sumodidjojo (1919-1997) is an Indonesian realist artist. This is one of his masterpieces, “Biografi II di Malioboro”. A very cool-yet-surreal piece of art!

Thank you Farah Wardani from Indonesian Visual Art Archive for sharing stories and pictures about Harijadi via Twitter. I really enjoyed it. :)

Cited from Wikipedia:

Harijadi Sumodidjojo (25 Juli 1919 - 3 Juni 1997) adalah seorang seniman realis yang berkarya di masa Revolusi Indonesia melalui karya seninya yang menjunjung paham kerakyatan. ^[1] Hasil karyanya mampu menggambarkan wujud fisik dan pikiran rakyat yang dapat dengan nyata dinikmati oleh masyarakat.^[2] Beberapa karya seni yang dihasilkannya adalah lukisan Awan Berarak Jalan Bersimpang dan Biografi II di Malioboro, Anak Tetangga Kita, relief batu berjudul Pesta Pura di Bali, dan mural yang dilukis di dinding Museum Sejarah Jakarta.^[1] Mural seluas 200 m² yang belum terselesaikan itu menggambarkan kehidupan di kota Batavia dari tahun 1880 hingga 1920.

Image courtesy of Indonesian Visual Art Archive.

1:13 pm  •  21 April 2012