Sunset On the Lake

Holiday is running now, and I’ve been busy to clean out my house. Painting and cleaning seem like never ending. Thinking about holiday, where is the place that I really want to go on holiday? I don’t have much reference about that. In this small town, to have an holiday on shopping mall is a bad idea, because here there no shopping mall. So to have recreation in nature is the only choice that I have. The lake, Singkarak Lake is one of my favorite places to go on holiday. But I would just sit by the lake enjoying the scenery.

So before holiday season was come, I went to the lake. It was almost dusk time; I could see the sun almost set behind the hills across the lake. I took this picture from moving car, so it is a little bit blur. But I like the color of that sunset, golden orange and bright, and it gave beautiful shadows in the water.

Along the banks of this lake, There some home stay that can be leased. But, in my opinion, the number of home stay or even a hotel around the lake isn’t too many . Restaurant and souvenirs are dominant along this lake’s bank. In my opinion, the scenery here is very beautiful and the atmosphere is also very suitable for relax. Probably a lot of tourists who want to enjoy the relaxation experience. And also around this lake, also ideal to established a spa, the environment and situation are good for Spa.

So we stopped to see the lake closer and take few picture, I found this flower tree was blooming so I took its picture.

Not long after I sat in the bank of the lake, the sun begun to hide behind the hills, and I decide to continue my journey back home.

Planting Time !!

I woke up this morning because of the sun’s rays that came through my windows. It brighten up my eyes so I couldn’t t close my eyes to sleep anymore. That morning was very nice morning and the weather was comfortable. I saw the sun and took my camera to take picture of it. But When I came out with the camera some cloud covered the sun and I lost the moment how bright it was.

Let have a sunbathing!!

The weather was very fine that day, My sister asked me to take her to her friend's house. It was almost in the middle of the day and the sun's light and heat was very good. After taking my sister to her friend's house, I deliberately took the other road, because I know the scene on that road is definitely very refreshing.

I just love how green this area, and seeing this make me wonder will it still be like this 5 or 10 more years in the future. In my neighborhood it was this green when I was a child, but it has been changing years by years. Now after 20 years my neighborhood full of residence, and I rarely see green.

The sun's heat was really good to enjoy that day, But for me, I don't like to be under the sun too long it make me darker ( I am already dark, heheh), But This cow seem like to enjoy showered by sun's light

it sat bautifully on the dry hay, sunbathing like that seem fun. there are some fields around here that have been harvested, some have not yet. When the rice fields were still green, it must provide beautiful scenery and refreshing.
Not only cow use this moment to sunbathing, those ducks seem really had  fun

it seems that this field has been irrigated, it may soon be cultivated for the next planting season, but before, the ducks took advantage of the bright day for swimming. But when I come it looks like they're done swimming and getting ready to go. Andi I  love the background,coconut trees's forest and the hills in the back of that trees.
I hope it will be like this forever, I am afraid the cow lost its place for relax and the ducks don't know where to swim.

Sunset in harvested paddy field

This is an epic scene on the afternoon. I used to thing the the beutiful scenery of sunset only in a beach, but in paddy field sunset give another term of beautifulness.
I just love this scenery

Reflection Of morning Sunrise

I'm really tired lately, cleaning the house tooks a lot of energy and time. I had just lost my mother a month ago, we decided to repaint the house and tidy up the house as my mother's wishes when she was still alive. I, my sister and my father, the three of us, doing everything except the paint we hire someone to do it. I hope My mother happy there seeing our house clean and tidy. But, I still feel sad if remember my mother, I sometimes still want mom here, but it was the will of god, I can only pray that she is happy there.

After the house clean and tidy, I gave my self a rest. Wake up in the morning of the next day, I looked at the clock on my  phone's screen was 11 AM.  I said to myself, I slept for a long time, am I tired it? When I came out, the sun was shining so bright. I rushed to take a camera, this is a good moment I think, so I took pictures

What to drink and wear in this Hot Weather?

I've been killed by this hot weather lately, and it make me want to do nothing. In this hot day like this, it will be nice to sit under the tree and soft wind blow touch my face while watching great scene of a large lake

With a full glass of coconut ice, i call that heaven

well, but to hangout in a lake what suitable clothes to wear?? Oke i have reference to look good on the lake, maybe to hangout with friend or picnic

Enjoy The warm Weather

Bright color i think suitable for warm weather. Lets enjoy hangout with friends or or picnic with family on the side of the lake or...

Earrings by Juicy Couture

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Park Jung Min Photoshoped

Park Jung Min, Who is that? If you like K-pop you know who he is, he is a Korean Idol, a singer in a group called SS501, but now he goes solo. Why i made this post? recently I found few of Jungmin Pictures on internet, some of them are in his recent photobook and Jacket photo for his album. I just like the way those picture shown, his poses, his make up and everything. or maybe he just has photogenic face, so every pictures that came up become the candy of my eyes hehehe.. And the most important for me is the fact that i can use those Jung min Pictures to learn Photoshop.
Here the Picture that I've edited in photoshop

Lets make Pumpkins Bread

Now here is a recipe that can be used during the Thanksgiving season as well as the Christmas season although when it comes to food and of course I know how to prepare all the recipes that I share with everyone everyday can be a holiday for me depending on what my taste is for a particular day.

Every persons taste is different and that is what makes the world go around, but there isn't much that I don't like when it comes to the sweet things.

Remember your ingredients should be at room temperature.

1-2/3 cups all purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

2 large eggs slightly beaten

1 ½ cups sugar 1 ½ cups canned solid pack pumpkin

½ cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup each walnuts and raisins

Let make Fish Curry

Few days ago, My mother really wanted to eat Fish curry, she told me to make it for her. In our town there is a restaurant that well known about their fish curry. So This kind a fish curry that my mother want me to make. 

First, we need to prepare the ingredients, so early that morning, i went to traditional market to buy everything that related to fish curry. Here The list :

1. fish/ river fish
2. coconut milk

These ingredients for mashed

1. galangal
2. ginger
3. lemongrass
4. turmeric
5. lime leaf
6. red onion
7. garlic
8. chili
9. lime
10. salt

after we got all the ingredients, first of all we need to clean the fish, and marinated it with water from lime and salt. Put the coconut Milk into the pot, then add the ingredients that have been mashed. stir until boiling, or until you see the bubbles. Then add the marinated fish. wait until the bubbles appear. Then The curry rady to eat.. Eat with hot white rice.. So yummy

Lesson From Drama " Bad Guy" ; Greedy is Bad

I Currently follow the Korean drama "nappeun Namja (Bad Guy). Its too late actually, instead the drama was already aired last year in Korea, But in Indonesia, it still running 

Well, i did not know what episode that i watched that time, The scene is about, Jae-in ( Han Ga In) quit her job, because she can't stand about her boss behavior anymore, who is happen the mother of Tae Sung (Kim Jae Wook), A man Who loves Jae-In. Her Boss assumed that Jae-In approached to her son, because of money and power that her family had. Then she quit. At the beggining, Jae-In Who has been dumped by her boyfriend because of her life which is not in wealthy. From that moment Jae-in want to have a rich boyfriend, just to know how the feeling of rich people. So Yes she did approached to Tae-sung because of his Wheathy. 

So Happy Today

I made cupcakes and sell it. I think I've mentioned it here before. After five days the selling of my cupcakes was  very disappointing. Sometimes all the cupcakes that i made none of them were sold. I was very sad. I think there must be something wrong with the taste of cupcakes. But everyone that i asked to taste it, they said it good, the taste is good. chocolate cupcakes are probably not too enthused by many people around my neighborhood.
So I decide to spread the cupcakes to another place outside my neighborhood,  I choose a small shop near to the center of this city. I put 10 cupcakes for beginning. 
This morning I went to that small shop, I got mixed feeling, afraid and hope.  I'm so afraid because if none of them were sold, i don't know what to do next, what things i should do for living and making money, because i can't be an employer. So i put my big expectation on this. Well, when i arrived to the shop, the old man who is the shop keeper, say that 9 of them were sold, and it made me feel so very happy. He gave the money and i say thanks to him many time. 
I drove my motorbike, back home, and i almost cry because of compassion. I know this maybe too much or over reacted, but I am so happy today... 

Paper Bead White, red and Black Stone Bracelet

Here I come again with Paper bead Work, So i found so many Invitation in ware room in the back of my house, some of them still in good condition, so i decided to make something from those paper. So i cut it, rolled it and coated it, and here its come:

Some of the Pictures are blur, My hand were shaking the time i took this. I hope My Craft getting better..

The first day selling chocolate Cupcake

Today is my first day selling the Cupcake, I made it 12 piece, and its price IDR.1.000 per piece, I left the cupcakes  on the internet shop near my home, here they are

Paper Bead with Japanese Leters on it

I keep trying to make paper bead, i really have fun making it. So i continue my work. I try to make some beads with Japanese letter on it. I make it with regular white paper, after coating it, its look like bamboo bead ( or maybe just my opinion) , here They are:

My first Cupcake

Yesterday I had some left over bread, so i decided to make chocolate cupcakes. I didn't use Oven because i don't have one, I used a steamer. My first attempt was totally failure, because i put too much water, so it became a Flooded Cupcake. My second attempt is the same, big failure, but it was not because the water, I was in hurry, so i took the cake off from the steamer before the time it should be. and the result was disappointed.
So I came with another attempt, and i made it, here is the result 

  I'm still beginner, Hope will make a better one next time...

My designs

I really want to have Digital Print T-shirt shop on my own. Few weeks ago, I attended an entrepreneur Trainne for new productive business. They gave us knowledge how to plan, make an open a new business. So Digital print t-shirt was in my mind that time. But I need money to buy all the equipments. By the way, So i Think i should find the money first. But, I had tried to make design on my own, So when the time My shop is ready, I already have designs stock hehehe. 
Oke Here they are

My First Paper Bead

Two days ago, I found in Youtube how to make Bead from Paper, I have a lot of catalogs of cosmetic product, and I think i'm going to throw it all. Then i also found www.paperbead.org. They post so many nice jewelries that are made from paper bead. I think this is very good, from waste we can be fashionable heheheh....
Here my paper beads, I have still little amount of them

 

today Pictures

Today is so hot, The sky is very clear and also cloud is painted on the sky. And this Betel palm tree look so tough to face the sun's ray which shine very hard today.

Since my camera out of battery, i rarely took pictures lately. Even my camera is not a good camera,  but i like to take pictures with it. So earlier today, i bought new pair of batteries, so i can use that camera again. Then come the problem what object should i shoot?, because i have no plan to go out today.  Well,  I saw in front  yard of my mother's house there few flowers that blooming. I took some Picture of them.

The Scenery Of Lake Singkarak

This picture was taken on November of last year, This is " Singkarak Lake", it is located in Kabupaten Solok ( Kabupaten Solok Distric) and Kabupaten Tanah datar ( Tanah datar district) in Province of West Sumatera. This is the largest Lake in West Sumatera.

When i took this picture, the sky and the weather are clean and good. so it give me some relax feeling that time. Some people also took rest in the border of this lake, They sat under the trees. For me sit under the tree and see the lake 's view for long time, never bored me.

Maybe this little girl also felt the same way with me, hehe. Sat under the tree and saw the calm and clear scenery of the lake, while the soft wind blew our face. So relaxing

When we sit facing the lake, in our back side is a road and hills, The hills are still have a lot of green trees, I really love this scenery. I hope this scenery will still be there for 20 , 30 more years, of maybe forever
I Only have these three pictures of this lake which is taken by me. But I believe if we search in Google maybe there are many pictures of this lake, Singkarak Lake.

Rainy Saturday Night

It is raining on this Saturday Night, and only two people who come to this internet cafe, me and a school's age boy who play in the box at the corner. They play Korean music, TVXQ's song " Paradise" nice music that really blend with the environment here. Such a sweet " Honeymoon Song" for this lonely Saturday Night of mine. haha..

Grey Sky

Dear Diario....

Today is still the same, i feel nothing better... Dark cloud had shown from the early morning, i barely saw the sun. the wind blew no direction, randomly, sometimes slow sometimes hard. And in the afternoon the rain started to fall. And yes life feel so hard for me... I try to smile... Hope life will be better tomorrow