Orangutan named Pongi

Who is he? and why named Pongi? Well, if you grew up in US, I will simply start the conversation with “do you know who Smokey is?”. I believe that most of you will reply: “oh sure ….. Smokey says ..... only you can prevent the wildfires”. Yes, that is the well-known Smokey’s quote, everybody knows!!

Now back to who is Pongi? He is like the "Smokey-the bear" of Indonesia, but he is not as lucky as Smokey, as not every Indonesian knows who he is, and why he exists. Here is Pongi pic.

Ministry of Forestry - Forest fire-fighter

The giant floating lotus

Couple weeks ago I was in Jakarta for second round of meeting held in Borobudur hotel. The hotel named after the biggest Buddhist temple in the world: “Borobudur”.

The real temple is located in Magelang Central Java, 40 kilometers northwest of Yogyakarta, a famous tourist destination city in Java. In my childhood, I often visit Borobudur temple, as I was born and grew up in Yogyakarta. But the massive, incredibly Borobudur, almost never came across my mind until a year ago, when I went to the same hotel for the first round of the meeting.

The giant floating lotus

Frozen

Well, I’m now back, from nowhere, only loosing sense of imagination. I feel awkward to start this blog again after a while. Yes I did stop this blog, maybe eight months ago, to prioritize my work. Now slowly, let me start this blog again after the work’s done. Let’s start the imagination from this point, where the thing does begin.

Campanile at SDSU Brookings South Dakota