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Belitung New Year Trip

Belitung New Year Trip

Those of you that has been watching my updates on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Flickr must have known that I went to Belitung for the New Year’s holiday with the whole family. I think this is the first time after a long while we go together in a vacation. I’ve been recommending Belitung as one...
Weekend Getaway: MesaStila Spa

Weekend Getaway: MesaStila Spa

I’ve been working very hard in the past 11 months and I think I needed to reward myself with a spa getaway. I’ve been a spa and massage addict, and once every time I want, I  spend my time enjoying spa grander than usual. Spa, for me, is more than massage. Spa is the whole...
Korea Winter Trip

Korea Winter Trip

My assistant @navikaanggun  is crazy about Korea. Setiap kali ada kesempatan, dia akan menceritakan semua hal yang berbau Korea terutama drama Korea. Maka saat Korean Tourism Organization mengundang saya untuk Winter Trip di Korea selama seminggu, ada 2 orang yang terperangah: saya dan Vika. For me, it was unexpected offer, and for Vika, sudah jelas,...

Perjalanan Umroh ku (Catatan Pinggir)

Dua hari terakhir saya di Mekkah, sebelum pulang ke Indonesia, tamu bulanan saya datang tak diundang. Jadilah saya mendekam di kamar sambil membaca buku Naked Traveler 3 yang saya bawa dari Indonesia. Buku Trinity ini, menurut saya yang terbaik dari ketiga buku. I love it very much. Ceritanya makin komplit dan makin vulgar a la...

My Umrah Journey

Living in Indonesia, country with largest Muslim population in the world, I’ve been a Muslim all my life. I automatically become a Muslim because my parents are Muslim. I didn’t walk thru process of ‘searching’. I accept Islam they way it is. And I didn’t questioned it. The 5 times praying ritual started become a soul-less routine....

Bukittinggi Memories

Taken from our last trip to Bukittinggi, Padang, West Sumatra. Invited by a travel magazine on  2010. Never manage to write the travelogue. Related Posts Peter Pezaris & Multiply It's an honor for me to meet Peter Pezaris, the founder and CEO of Multiply.com, also David Hersh,... Laskar Pelangi The Movie Kepala saya masih berat...

Learning from Ireland

With the rate of unemployment rising every year in Indonesia, that eventually will create more social & economical issues, now we have to focus on starting our own company and absorbing more human resources. The famous Indonesian Donald Trump, Ciputra, said right now Indonesia only has 400,000 entrepreneurs out of 250 million population. That’s less...

My Worry Free Beijing Trip

Saya tidak pernah terpikir untuk mengunjungi China. Sebagai salah satu negara dengan kekuatan ekonomi terbesar dan tempat yang sarat dengan peninggalan kebudayaan bernilai historis yang tinggi, China sangat membuat penasaran untuk dikunjungi. Namun ada beberapa sebab yang membuat saya ragu-ragu: faktor bahasa, kesulitan mendapatkan makanan halal, dan cerita-cerita horor tentang toilet-nya. Maka ketika Indo Citra...

Behind The Scene: Komodo Trip

Setelah menulis kisah Komodo National Park dalam bahasa Inggris yang lebih serius, maka sekarang saya ingin cerita yang ringan dari perjalanan kemarin ^-^ Jadi perjalanan ke Pulau Komodo kemarin adalah salah satu upaya BudPar untuk menggalakkan campaign vote Komodo National Park as the New 7 Wonder of Nature pada website New7Wonders.com campaign ini juga ada...

Exploring Komodo National Park

It’s 3 in the morning right now and I’m smiling. With the tan on my skin, I’m proudly announce that I just back from Komodo National Park I wrote about Komodo National Park once, in a complete article for entering Bubu Awards 2009. And I won! I never been to Komodo National Park before. I...

Bancakan dan Membuat Startup dalam 8 Jam

Dapat kesempatan yang sangat menyenangkan untuk hadir di acara Bancakan tgl 26 November 2010 kemarin. Bancakan adalah event startup di Yogyakarta. Kali ini diadakan di Universitas Atmajaya Yogyakarta. Karena Geek on a Train (GOAT) sebelumnya sangat membekas di hati @SaGad  maka kami bertiga (saya, @SaGad dan @tista ) akhirnya berangkat naik kereta menuju Jogja. @SaGad...

Eat, Shop, Read & Startup @ Singapore

It’s been a year since the last time I was in Singapore. That’s why when Betty invited me to try Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel’s menu from their new certified Halal kitchen, I immediately book my schedule. I contacted my friend @Alvin_Yap  , asking if there’s any Singapore startup event in November so I can join...