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

Starry Night: saucepan hang on the sky

It’s been a while I absent from this blog. Officially I was busy with works, but honestly I was losing sense of writing for almost two months. The feeling blown away, unexpectedly gone and came back just at one night about four nights ago. It was encouraged by a touching moment when I was stunned in the middle of open meadow watching a marvelous starry night.

Prince of Pirate

Yes, he is “Black” Sam Bellamy, the real great pirate of the Caribbean during the Golden age of Piracy. The “Robin Hood's Man" of the sea whose Jolly Roger used for traditional Jolly Roger of piracy: the one with skull and crossbones.

Black Sam Bellamy's Jolly Roger

The beauty of “the pink”, no matter what

It’s been a while I don’t write anything here. I am fully occupied by my own regular activities and business; almost forget anything on how to express and to write it down. But, yesterday was a peak day for cherry blossom 2013 in DC and I did take benefit of the moment. Here it is.

If nothing goes right

Something doesn't go right!

I knew it, but what the hell is that?!

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope of failures all you've known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go