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yeah!! we've signed and faxed our 'shake-hand agreement' with KDa as PechaKucha Night organizer in Bandung. currently building up list of presenters for our first volume; to give you brief image of who will be our presenter, here are some sneak preview: Product designer and architect cum senior member of Bikers Brotherhood in Bandung; Architects as lecturer; architect who runs a magazine; socialists architects; Bandung Public Furniture community; Batik Fraktal; Bandung Rapper; Indi Movie Maker; Graphic designers; and many more... it's gonna be a fun night... rolling presentation of 20slides x 20 seconds... A 400 seconds of fame!!

ini hari keempat gua flu, tapi kali ini semakin parah dari sebelumnya. Hari Kamis yang lalu sudah ke dokter, tapi secara dari dulu gak dibiasain minum antibiotik, belagak lah gw gak nebus obat dokter itu... akhirnya hari ini gw nyerah. Padahal malam sebelumnya udah set janji ketemua ama temen-temen untuk yam cha bareng setelah gereja pagi di Laurentius...semua rencana bubar jalan dong. 5:00 AM, saya bangun dengan kepala super pening dan hidung super mumpet...sms ke teman-teman: sorry acaranya batal, flu nya tambah parah, sorry.. itu setelah sekian kali salah ketik.... 8:00 AM kebangun lagi, setengah sadar nelponin Oky, one of my few best friends. Nelpon karena gw tau gw butuh bantuan...since I beliee I am not able to drive "Ky, terima SMS gw gak tadi?" "terima, kenapa tuh..makin parah ya?" sambil ketawa di ujung sana "iya, sial...mana udah mau berangkat lagi...lagi di mana loe?" "kantor" (ehem..it's Sunday Morning..tapi itu deh Oky) "men...

ít's almost two weeks now. after started working on a project in Jeddah together with EDAW, our office has been 24 hrs active. if people work 9 hrs, thus I have 9 hrs rest(let say 3 hrs breakfast, lunch, dinner; 2 hrs shower and get ready; and 4 hrs sleep), 13 for working...most of it I spend in front of computer... lucky enough I have a great team. they work even longer hour than me. today supposedly the final wrap up session of this 1200 ha city center development on old airport district in Jeddah. believe me, it's been hard yet exciting times... mood swings and stressful moments. I wonder how they will find our results.

Taman Ganesha, just right in front of ITB (Bandung Institute of Technology) there was where I had my 2nd breakfast...I love the scene...

the asphalt has turned into white after migration of birds flock...

My First breakfast (believe me, I got 2 breakfasts...woohoo) Bubur Ketan Hitam (Black Glutinous Rice with Coconut Milk and brown sugar) on Jalan Ganesha...the old man told me that birds have been migrating to that area, and it's been so long that started to make him worry. He asked me about the bird flu possibility, unfortunately I don't know anything about that...

sunday morning on Jalan Taman Sari

early bird gets everything!

even most people who live in vicinities-I believe-never be aware of its existance. at northern tip of Jakarta, this area supposedly a wetland protected by Law. as I stepped in I can hear birds chirping...and I felt sucked into different cosmos. It's not Jakarta. really. thanks to Oky to let me getting involved in this pro bono project. If you happen to have time, just pass by, try to step in and enjoy by yourself. It is Suaka Margasatwa Muara Angke, you have to get into Pantai Indah Kapuk Real Estate first, then you'll find the place.

I always have BLACK COFFEE without sugar, but why this. Once I went to island with my uncle and his friends. one of his friend runs a traditional pecinan (hoa kiao) coffee shop, and he prepared a coffemix a la pecinan. they offered me but I politely refused, since I have always had my coffee straight black. They insisted and I tried. ...and that was so good. a perfect blend of best coffee from Makassar and Condensed Milk, boiled perfectly! Hard to find it everywhere, I found a quite similar taste at Hainam Coffee shop on Jalan Serui, Makassar *why Hainam? explanation to come* and now, at least Nescafé offers something taste similar to that Pecinan coffee... not too sweet like previous Nescafé 3 in 1 and Indocafe coffeemix , or anykind of coffee latte, or koffie verkeerd where proportion of milk just too much. Unfortunately Nescafé missed something. I ran thru the composition (ingredients) and it doesn't mention anything on type of coffee bean it's made of. maybe that's not ...

it's just a day for me. wake up in a very good mood. finishing things, without rushing... having just good breakfast... cream-bathing while reading articles, finally i managed to finish, comment and quote parts of the articles. having just perfect home made lunch... no TV!! went to a district I haven't passed by for months after Paspati Bridge was erected. meeting some friends.. go home, checking emails finishing another assignment without rushing... now, after i don't know how long, I managed to have virtual pet, reading my friendster, and write down on my blog. HELLO EVERYONE...and VIVA KOREA!!!

what am I doing here? ...writing my blog after a while it's been hard 3 weeks for me, haven't dealt with urban design for almost 1,5 years give me difficulties to adjust with this office. yes, eventually I am in Urbane, an urban-architecture consultant, which was having several projects with several international consultants before. strange enough, i am not that busy, but still my working hours is extended to after hour. why? free internet incentive? yah maybe... the office has this automatic working record. so i have to be really efficient with time, but believe me, since i am a slow starter and dealing with the scale i haven't worked on for long...i think i've been working too long for a project. hehe... well, take it or leave it. i'm having 3 months probation, so if both sides don't fit in, end of the contract...lalala... today I started with a competition. at least I've found out the development strategy to propose, tomorrow shall come up with programmin...

Rasanya enak baca buku yang tidak berat tapi juga tidak kacangan. Dee sudah bikin buku banyak, yang anehnya tidak satupun sebelumnya yang udah saya baca-secara benar- karena setiap kali memulai satu dua halaman, bosen dan akhirnya ditinggalkan. tapi buku yang ini beda. dan jadi beda, setelah beberapa minggu ini saya hanya berkutat sama buku atau artikel urbanism macam tulisan Lang tentang Megapolitan di Amerika, atau Splintering Urbanism yang baru saja dibawakan Andre langsung dari Belanda. jadilah Filosofi Kopi jadi enak dibaca dan bikin terkikik-kikik.. tidak seperti baca buku-buku Dee yang sebelumnya tentang Supernova, kali ini saya habiskan satu malam, itu juga karena tidak mau rugi karena yakin besok lusa tidak akan ada waktu lagi untuk baca-baca buku. Victor ngajak singgah di Excelso, langsung setelah dari Gramedia BSM. hmm pas, dia juga lagi punya bacaan, jadi saya baca saja buku baru ini. langsung ke ceritanya yang paling akhir, Rico de Coro, fabel kecoa yang jatuh cinta terha...

my n-o-t-e-s after awhile

Ibu Ayu and Ibu Itha (two superwomen)

the Transportation & Highway expert (Mr. Kojima & Nagai)

Rabiah-Niar-me

The Brain of Study Team