Didik Nini Thowok is a famous and highly celebrated dancer from Indonesia. He specializes on traditional cross-gender dance, with a comedic style. Talked about cross gender dancer, overcoming discriminations and signs of love :)
CNN HERO of 2011, the compassionate,caring and gentle Ibu Robin. I would love to visit her clinic Bumi Sehat. Talked about "Peace begin with a birth.."
Musdah Mulia is the chairperson of the Indonesian Conference for Religion and Peace. She is a strong advocate of human rights, gender equality, tolerance, democracy and peace, from an Islamic perspective. And the Inspiration for gender Equality". She talked about "Is religion still necessary?"
Zaini Alif is one of few (if not the only) Indonesian scholar of traditional games and toys. He is also a social entrepreneur in the same field with his "Komunitas Hong" where children can learn and teach others about traditional games and toys.
Happy New year 2012!! Again....I went to Bali with cousins and friends. Bali never fails me :) Check some of the pics here, maybe next time if you're in Bali, you want to try these places. Thank God I got to stay at my friend's house...so it's free right? :p So I got to spend my savings for this trip to go to the beach and do some culinary tours :p
This is fried crispy duck with rice and veggies from Bebek Tepi Sawah, Ubud. You should eat it with "sambal matah". Nyummyyyy :)
This is Bridges, Jl Raya Ubud, (near Museum Antonio Blanco) Ubud 036 197 0095. It's a very soothing place....and a cozy place to have drinks, especially after the rain :) It has nice view...
We passed this beautiful orchid farm and rice fields :) Ubud never fails me...with it's own green fields and old villages...
This is Karma Kandara's beach. It has clean sand and a quite environment. I went there only to play on the beach and enjoy the view hehehe. Couldn't afford it to stay there haha! But the view from up and down...it's beautiful...blue clear oceans, clean white sands...green hills...
This is from Bali Nikmat. Cooked by a professional Hong Kong chef, Bali Nikmat Restaurant offers a fine selection of Chinese cuisines and life seafood with affordable price. Jl. Raya Kuta no. 40 Kuta-Badung, 0361 75517.
Love this place and it's full with fuschia color (my fave) hehehe...and I love burritos & quesadillas too! Jln. Petitenget, Gang Prana, Seminyak. It's Mojos Flying Burritos.
Cafe Moka's chocolatine never fails me for breakfast :)
For heavy lunch, maybe you want to check "Naughty Nuri's Warung and Grill". Good pork spareribs and martinis. It's a small (not too small no too big) warung on Jl. Raya Sanggingan, Around Town, Ubud, 0361977547. They served chicken too. But you should try the pork spareribs...nyummy :)
This is Kou Cuisine. A cute place for homemade jams and seasalt. It's on JL. Monkey Forest, Ubud. Phone number: 0361972319
This is Semara. It's on Jalan Pantai Selatan Gau, Banjar Wijaya Kusuma, Ungasan 80362 Bali, Indonesia. 03618482111. Again, I went there only to play on the beach and enjoy the view hehehe. Couldn't afford it to stay there either haha! The view from up and down...it's beautiful...another clear blue oceans, clean white sands...green hills. As you can see...it was a very beautiful villa....the view...oh my God it was really breathtaking :)
These two are from Mama San by Will Meyrick. They served Asian food. The fresh juice: carrot, strawberry, cillantro and ginger....it's very strong yet healthy...the indian food was good too :) It's on Jl. Raya Kerobokan No. 135 Br. Taman, Bali. 0361 730436
And this simple "nasi warung Pak Malen" never fails me :)
Lot's of food ya? hahaha...it's okay...I was on holiday anyway. Now that I'm back in Jakarta, I have to get back to my healthy food again...life is about balance baby....balance :)
For more pictures from my new year's holiday click here...
...and for more nice places in Bali click here :)
I love homemade food, I love jams and I love cute packagings :) Kou Cuisine has been one of my favorite place in Ubud. If you go up the Monkey Forest Road, after the soccer field, there's a cute small white shop on the right side. At the entrance of the store, they got this long table with jams to taste...
They sold several kinds of homade jams and homade sea salt. For jams they have mango, mill & caramel, apple cinammon (my fave), passionfruit & tangerine...and more.
So next time you're in Ubud, check Kou Cuisine. It's on JL. Monkey Forest, Ubud. Phone number: 0361972319
Got this article from this site, from my good friend Ara. Love it! Let me just copy paste it :)
This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color. How great is this? Given the opportunity my son could probably cover the entire piano alone in about fifteen minutes. The installation, entitled The Obliteration Room, is part of Kusama’s Look Now, See Forever exhibition that runs through March 12.
Happy New Year 2012....happy birthday world! I hope all of us can share more love, peace and happiness together. I'll send all of you hugs....cheers :)
