me and antique shop : that amazing one in Bandung

 Feransis took me to this antique shop that turn itself into

a game center on this main road of Bandung a couple of

weeks ago. Apart of this weird but understandable mix,

I am oh so impressed with their amazing amazing collections

of everything from paintings, ceramics, magazines, vinyls,

enamels and god knows what else. But with that price that

they put, no wonder is such a quiet antique shop too.

Saya menemukan toko antik yang sekaligus merupakan

tempat bermain video game di salah satu jalan utama di

Bandung beberapa minggu lalu. Terlepas dari sebuah

konsep yang aneh, tapi tempat ini ternyata isinya luar biasa.

Semua yang dijual mulai dari kamera, keramik, enamel,

piringan hitam hingga majalah-majalah tuanya dan kartu

posnya sangat cantik-cantik. Namun dengan harga yang

tidak bisa ditawar serta tidak murah, tidak heran toko ini

tampak sepi.

me and craft: making pom pom in a bookshop

These are from my last trip to Bandung where I spent

three days for a bazaar, an exhibition and a collage workshop!

It took place at Omuniuum where they have a great table by

the window where I spent almost every morning sitting, talking,

making things and reading.

Ini salah satu yang saya lakukan waktu terakhir kali ke Bandung

dan menghabiskan waktu disana selama tiga hari untuk ikut 
bazaar, pameran dan juga workshop kolase dadakan. 
Tempatnya di Omuniuum  dan ini adalah meja dimana
setiap pagi saya membaca, ngobrol, bikin bikin ataupun 
duduk saja melihat pemandangan. Saya suka 

sekali meja ini. Dan saya suka Omuniuum tentu saja.

Sunny Sunday (in Malacca)

The last batch of pictures taken from our last trip to Malacca
where we spent our Sunday morning in a hurry because we 
have to go back to Singapore on the afternoon. I certainly
love to go back and visit every single museum and historical
buildings there.


Foto-foto terakhir yang kami ambil waktu kami berjalan
jalan ke Melaka di Malaysia bulan April kemarin. Di hari
Minggu itu kami berpacu dengan waktu karena sorenya
mesti kembali ke Singapura. Tentu saja kami ingin kembali
ke sini secepatnya!

me and singapore : Haji Lane and Its Surroundings

I wish I could stay longer in Singapore or even live there
for awhile just to take pictures of every single building,
house, shop, cafe, nooks and crannies that I see every day
during my trip there.

And during my stay there we had raining and cloudy sky
almost everyday and I hate it:)

me and guest blogger : This Sunday Child

Out of the boisterous blue-clad motor bikers, comes the man in the bamboo bike. Like many of his townsfolk, Mr. B is a fervent fan of the local football team Arema, who proudly called themselves The Aremania. That day, a big birthday celebration of the Singo Edan (Crazy Lion) is to be held so that from every corners of Malang and its neighbouring villages and smalltowns, the soccer supporters come parading before they finally reached Gajayana Stadium.

Even from the painted bodies and plush lion toting house-sized flag carriers, Mr. B managed caught quite an attention. “I do get invited to parades and parties and the likes, thanks to my bike. They say it’s unique.” In fact it is. Excepting the gears, chains, pedals, and bolts, everything is made of bamboo and wood. Unconsciously green, Mr. B’s bamboo bike is 90% biodegradable.

“It didn’t really take that long to make, the hardest part is to collect the raw materials really.” For the bike, Mr. B use a special kind of bamboo called the Ori Bamboo or in its native tongue Pring Ori that only springs up in certain areas. Ori Bamboo is light, strong and flexible yet took longer time to mature. “I already had few offers for the bike, and quite a lot of money too, but you have to wait for the bamboo first. Let it grow you know,”

”I want to make something for the kids to play with, so at first it was really haphazard with no measurements or whatsoever but just did it anyway,” said he, “this is the third and I think I’m getting a lot better but the bike still needs improvements, it is not as easy as riding the normal ones. It’s wobbly and harder to control, and you have to use your own feet for brakes,” said Mr. B with a gummy smile that reveals two front teeth missing. “That’s why I didn’t wear blue, I’d feel bad if I lagged behind. We will rejoin the parade in a bit, but we’re going to sit here for a while. My son could use a little rest.”

I wish I could talk some more with him but if I don’t have a plane to catch, not to mention that the parade could cause a lot of traffics. Bearing that in mind I asked too many question at too little time before I realized I forgot to ask his name. All I can remember is that he has a big B carved in one side of the bike. I’m guessing that’s probably his initial. But then I could be wrong. So I tried too Google him out, instead of finding his name, I found other bamboo bikes. His idea in using bamboo for bike-making may not be the first or the most original. But in my opinion, with children in mind, his bike definitely looks the most fun. And for this while I decided to call him Mr. B for Bapak (meaning father), Brilliant, Bicycle, and of course Bamboo.

* This Sunday Child is a succulent woman who loves to draw, sew, listen to metal music and co-owner of a craft shop. Shop at www.LaCurioshar.etsy.com and blog at www.thissundaychild3.blogspot.com