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July 21, 2009

The Wednesday Letters

Filed under: Book Review — Tags: , — d4du @ 4:06 pm

07072009088I have read The Wednesday Letters, a New York Bestseller Novel, written by Jason F Wright.   The novel idea is very simple in the story telling and yet have the power that is capable of touching the heart.

The story begins when Jack and Laurel who experienced death together in the same day. Love so deep that they unite in welcoming the death that came suddenly on the evening of the day Wednesday that, to meet one’s fate before Jack was still writing the letter in last Wednesday.

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July 7, 2009

Gift from Monas(Monumen Nasional), Landmark of Jakarta

Filed under: Fun Stuff,Travel & Tourism — Tags: , , , — d4du @ 3:37 pm

On Saturday 4 July 2009, my family with my two neighbors in one cluster go to Monas.  A long time ago, I went to Monas. I usually visit the deer in the garden and relax with a massage reflection garden, but that day i want to ride to Peak of Monumen Nasional. However, only my son Matthew go to the top, I get to the bottom of the cup Monas. Monumen Nasional(Monas) provides an interesting museum, where display the history of the struggle of the Indonesian people to achieve independence in the form of a diorama, that showing a mock-mini, the establishment of Boedi Utomo, National Awakening, until the Sumpah Pemuda, and Proclamation Independence of Indonesia. A museum is very good to educate the nation history.

Here are some photos in the Monas with pocket camera and mobile phone camera:

monasfromthebottomGreatness of Monas, view from East side with background of buildings on Medan Merdeka Street

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July 3, 2009

Go to Komodo National Park, get a Funtastic Eco Tourism!!!

Filed under: Fun Stuff,Travel & Tourism — Tags: , , — d4du @ 4:12 pm

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Spectacular view of Komodo island

A mercy for the country of Indonesia, have an exotic group of islands that located on the western island of Flores. The islands have rich  of natural flora and fauna and having invaluable price. Group of islands is known as the the Komodo National Park, consisting of 3 large islands, namely Komodo island, Rinca island and Padar island, and several other smaller islands such as Gili Montang, Gili Dasami and many other islands around. make the Komodo National Park (then named KNP) known habitat is to have Komodo,  ancient reptiles species, the largest monitor lizard, and the only one in the world. Therefore KNP to be the main destination of unique eco tourism and exotic tourism which is owned by Indonesia.

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June 1, 2009

BlackBerry Storm For Dummies

Filed under: Blackberry — Tags: , — d4du @ 4:32 pm

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Description :

BlackBerry Storm For Dummies consists of five parts, and each part consists of different chapters related to that part’s theme.
Part I: Meeting and Greeting
Part II: Getting Organized with Your Storm
Part III: Getting Multimedia and Online with Your Storm
Part IV: Working with Desktop Manager
Part V: The Part of Tens

Author : Robert Kao & Dante Sarigumba

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May 25, 2009

Ayam Goreng, Empal Cabe Ijo, Tempe Goreng and Sop Buntut, a Javanese Cuisine

ayamsopbuntutWe can find many typical Javanese cuisine,  if we are travelling to Java Island, one of the largest island in Indonesia.  Yes, Indonesia has many culinary with hot and spicy taste.  The popular cuisine in Java is Ayam Goreng(Fried Chicken).  Other is Sop Buntut and Empal Goreng.  And one of the most  popular traditional cuisine is Tempe Goreng.

Ayam Goreng(fried chicken) is  a bundling of fried chicken with lalapan(vegetables) such as cassava leaves, leafy vegetables and cucumber, usually added sambal, sambal is  chili, such as ; sambal-bajag(bajag-fried spicies), sambal terasi(sauce made with shrimp paste) or sambal ijo(green chilli).

Sop Buntut is made by oxtail, stews potatoes, stews carrot, and soup with spices.

Tempe is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form. Tempe is often prepared by cutting it into pieces, soaking in brine or salty sauce, and then frying.

Empal Goreng is made by beef, it is prepared by butting it into pieces. Spiced and fried chunks of beef.

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Empal Goreng Cabe Ijo(Fried Beef with green chilli)

One day,  I visit to Lombok Ijo(Green Chilli)Restaurant on Gajah Mada Street, near Citra Land Mall, Simpang Lima, Semarang.   Semarang is a capital of Central Java, Indonesia.  I order Ayam Goreng, Ayam Bakar, Sop Buntut, Tempe Goreng and Empal Cabe Ijo

The price is very cheap only Rp 10.000 for Rice and Ayam Goreng, Sop Buntut Rp. 15.000, and Tempe Goreng Rp 2.500, Empal Sambal Ijo Rp. 8.500.  Please, visit Java Island and enjoy Javanese cuisine!!!


May 15, 2009

iPhone The Missing Manual 2nd Edition

Filed under: Apple — Tags: , — d4du @ 4:02 pm

iPhoneMissingManual

Description :

The purpose of this book, then, is to serve as the manual that should have accompanied the iPhones—both the original and the iPhone 3G. The iPhone is a platform. It’s a computer, so Apple routinely updates and improves it by sending it new software
bits. That’s fortunate, because there’s certainly room for improvement; there’s a long list of common cellphone features that the iPhone is still missing (Copy and Paste, MMS picture messaging, voice dialing, video recording, a To Do list, and so on).
But it will happen. To picture where the iPhone will be five years from now, just look at how much better, sleeker, and more powerful today’s iPod is than the original 2001 black-and-white brick.

The book contains chapter : iPhone as Phone, iPhone as IPod, iPhone Online, iPhone Apps, and iPhone Beyond.

Author : David Pogue

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April 24, 2009

Jam Gadang, an icon of West Sumatera

Filed under: Travel & Tourism — Tags: , , — d4du @ 3:52 pm

West Sumatera with Padang as the capitol, have wealth of heritage, both place, culinary, history, culture and religion.  We can visit many tourism place in West Sumatera Region,  One of them is Jam Gadang, landmark of Bukit Tinggi, a small town that located at-0.30556; 100.36917 near the volcanoes Mount Singgalang (inactive) and Mount Marapi (still active). At 930 m above sea level, the city has a cool climate with temperatures between 16.1°-24.9°C.  This is some photos that i taken when visit to West Sumatera one year ago.

jamgadangJam Gadang Bukit Tinggi

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