Article Archive for April 2009
Can rice really be crazy? Or make one crazy?
Well, rice is just rice. We eat it everyday. There is almost nothing special about it. For us, it’s the side dishes that make it special, and …
BREBES – As much as 5.680 bottles of liquor from various brands and types were seized by Brebes police. The liquor was seized from food stalls which are known to sell drinks. Most of …
Rebung is the Indonesian name for bamboo shoot like the one in the above photo.
Being a member of the grass family, bamboo grows nearly everywhere. About 1,000 species of bamboo have now been identified. …
This is how a motorbike is hauled onto a truck and transported from the shop to the buyer here.
Indonesia, by the way, is one of the largest motorbike producers and markets in Asia. According …
No, this is not a cemetary and these marked stones are not the tombstones. As you may have noticed, the inscription on the foreground stone reads “The Islamic Republic of Iran” and underneath it the …
This is the Bandung Lautan Api (Bandung the Sea of Fire) Monument or BLA at Tegalega.
The BLA monument was erected to commemorate a historical event that took place in the city on the evening of …
There are more than 100 species of roses, and pink roses of this kind (not too pale and not too dark) are said to be the symbol of perfect happiness, secret love, grace and sweetness, …
These are the cows (dairy cattle) that are fed by the grass that the man in my yesterday’s photo brought.
Indonesia is still yet to be self-sufficient in its fresh milk production. According to the cattlesite, …
I don’t know if there is such a phrase as “grass collector”. But this is what this man does. He havests and collects elephant grass that is especially grown for cattle from a nearby …
With the booming of wireless or cellular telecommunication, this kind of tower called BTS (Base Transciever Station) becomes an everyday sight almost everywhere here now. For the sake of area coverage, they have sprung and …
