Monday, June 30, 2008
Bandung Food Festival
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Planning how to spend holidays?
End of semester! Some students of ITB are gathering to plan how their holidays will look like.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Preparing Ganesha
ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung) students are preparing Ganesha, God of knowledge, adopted as an ITB's logo, for this week student's festival.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Favorite Buns
Rotiboy, my favorite buns, opens its outlet at Istana Plaza - Bandung. Founded by Hiro Tan in Malaysia, and then spreads all over South East Asian countries, Rotiboy becomes a trendsetter of mouth-watering bread in Bandung.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Red Palm Fruit
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Jazz Festival
Enjoying jazz is one of my favorite. When Patricia and I visited Cihampelas Walk yesterday, we were lucky to have jazz performed by Bandung youngsters.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Green Tea
West Java is very famous with its tea plantation. About 20 km to the north of Bandung, a large plantation of tea is located. Walking here, between green tea trees, is very refreshing.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Balancing his boat
Last week, I visited Nunukan village at Cililin, about 20 km to the south-west of Bandung. My students of Chemical Engineering Department - Institut Teknologi Bandung did a social service building a clean water production unit for Nunukan society, Pure Water for Society Project. Polluted water from this Saguling lake is pumped through 200 meter pipe, and then purified by water purification unit using membrane technology. Pak Ulin brought me to the middle of the Saguling lake using his boat, where the water pump is installed. This is a complete story about this project.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Fried Ice Cream
This couple are wondering, .... Chinese food or Es Krim Goreng (fried ice cream)? Yes, fried ice cream! It is literally true! They put ice cream in the hot oil, although this ice cream is filled inside the bread before they fry it.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Duck'n Duck King Group
Suddenly, Patricia and I just choosed duck as our dinner. I don't know how it just came to our mind. Duck! Hmm...
We then came to Parijs van Java, our favorite place for this kind of matter, spending time. We knew that there're some places that we could choose there, at Parijs van Java. We sit at Duck King Group Chinese restaurant, not only because it's the only restaurant that serves duck in this place, but also it has an excellent environment for having dinner.
All dishes we ordered that night, mixed barbeque, eggplant with salty fish, and shrimps with garlic sauce, were surprisingly deliciouussss....!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Moon Orchidia
This moon orchidia (Bahasa Indonesia: Anggrek Bulan) gave me a beautiful feeling when I saw it at Cimahi. This typical orchid is a common flower you can find in Cihideung Orchid's Center, about 5 km from Bandung.
Monday, June 16, 2008
The Famous Jalan Cihampelas
Ten years ago, whenever you talk about Bandung, you have to mention Jalan Cihampelas, the Bandung's center of jeans. This street used to be very busy during weekend, filled by the people from Jakarta that wanted to spend their weekend here. This situation promoted this area to be one of Bandung's most important business center. Since 7 years ago, factory outlets took over the role of Jalan Cihampelas as the Bandung's center of fashion.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Warm Me Up
Bamboo lanterns installed in the front of Parijs van Java public stage always warms me up, whenever I see them.
Friday, June 13, 2008
New Beginning
Today, elected Governor and Vice Governor of West Java were inaugurated. The inauguration was held in Gedung Merdeka. Not surprisingly, Gedung Sate looked very quiet this day.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Line for Barbeque
As a place where you can find any kind of restaurants, Bandung is also known as a food lovers' meeting point. At Parijs van Java barbeque stand like this, you can easily find a long line.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Small Fountain at Ciwalk
A beautiful corner where some restaurants are located at Cihampelas Walk. You can find Indonesian, Thailand, Chinese and Japanese restaurants in this location.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Libelulas
Pepper Lunch at Parijs van Java
Pepper Lunch just opened its outlet at Parijs van Java - Bandung. The place is nicely designed with rich color. But don't expect to see a traditional Japanese ornaments in this restaurant. But the ribs eye steak that I ordered was a knock out! Greasely delicious! The raw steak was delivered on the 250 deg F hot plate. The steam can be eaten raw or well done depending on your preference. You can put the sauce of your choice; honey or garlic. Was I satisfied? I was. Arigato gozaimashita!
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Lovely White Couples
Touch my heart,
hold my soul,
in special world,
bond us together.
A couple of whites, taken at Parijs va Java.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Spirit of Euro Cup
Bandung's People are crazy about soccer! Euro Cup which will be started tonight (Bandung's time) is a moment they are waiting for since months ago. Soccer time!
Red Esther
Known as flower city, Bandung doesn't hide her reputation. This red margarita (in Indonesia is called esther) shows her proudness and calls everybody's attention to visit the flower market at Cihideung, to the north of Bandung.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Taman Bunga Nusantara (1)
Taman Bunga Nusantara (Nusantara Flower Garden) is a beautiful garden located at Kawungluwuk village, Cipanas, about 60 km from Bandung. This colourful flower garden covers 25 hectares and is beautifully presented with a rich collection of flowers from around the world.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Bandoengsche Melk Centrale (BMC)
This Bandoengsche Melk Centrale restaurant located at Jalan Pasteur is a branch of a the first BMC located at Jalan Aceh. Originally, BMC was a fresh milk manufacture founded for the first time in 1920's. The specialty of this restaurant is milk based beverages. But sure, you can find all kind of Indonesian foods, such as mie baso, baso tahu, gado-gado, soup buntut goreng, or sate.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Played with my luck, he is too old!
Last night Patricia and I saw the movie that we’ve been waiting for so long time, Indiana Jones: Kingdom of Crystal Skull. Blitz Megaplex – Bandung was full of people. It was weekend, of course. And, Harrison Ford is one of our favorites. But, that time, I played with my luck! I was a bit disappointed to see how this last sequel of Indiana Jones was plotted. UFO and aliens in Indiana Jones? C’mon!
Monday, June 02, 2008
Bill Gates' Competitor
This Bandung's black market is one of widely known as a place to find a cheap thing. The most common things sold in this market are DVDs, VCDs, and computer programs ;-).
Sunday, June 01, 2008
The row of wheels
Dealing with traffic in Bandung is tricky. For me, motorcycle is one of easiest solutions to be able to move in a crowded street. No wonder, during this weekend, Ciwalk was full of cyclists presenting the row of wheels.