Feb 9-11 2007

It was my first trip to Palembang. Attending my cousin's marriage. Unfortunately we only had 2 nights time there. Well, may be if I just go by myself I would stay longer. I just have the chance to upload my pictures that we took there... Here they are:


On the plane... I hope we wouldn't fall down. There have been so many plane accidents recently..






The night beside the Musi river and the Ampera bridge.











The Ampera Bridge

...was about to home...

The Musi and The Ampera from the sky

I got it...

The rain comes everyday this week. every afternoon almost. Actually I've promised that we could go to Plaza Dago (PlaGo). But because of the rain, I went late waiting the rain stop. my friends had gone already. than at 8.00 pm I left riding my Vespa there. We were planning to hang out, cause we've not met our friend Ughie that have gone to Malaysia for work for about 6 months at previous. After from the PlaGo we went to a cafe near St, Boromeus hospital to have some eat. One of my friend, that come with us suggest us to eat at that place. so that guy, whom I didn't know the name, went with his motorcycle.

So there were 2 motorcycles go to the place. The others went by public vehicle (angkot, lah...) The only one who knew the place was just the person who suggested it. I didn't noticed and followed him carefully, so we run in a line. When it was the time to turn right, I got a little confuse was he really to go right or not, cause I haven't known the place. So we run in a line. From the left side of the road I go to the right side. I was running slowly, but suddenly a motorcyle from behind us run in fast speed. It was a drizzly night, so the road was slipping. The motorcycle rider didn't have enough distance to brake when he saw me in front of him. So finally, the motorcycle hit my Vespa... Ouch... I felt a big crash at my back even though I was ok. Both, I mean three of them: the motorcycle, the rider, and the passenger, that was his wife I supposed.

I turn my motorcycle around to the left side. When I did it, I couldn't change my gear. It was stuck.. The rider and passenger of motorcycle who hit me stood up and bring his motorcycle to the side of the road, near me. we just had a little talk that I told him that we should be careful at the slipping road, it was a rainy day. My friends were coming to me to see after the got out of the angkot.

Well, actually I wanted to ask some recompense because when I looked at my engine, the bowl of the gear had been crack--a big crack and the upper side was bent. But when I realized that the passenger was a woman I thought I couldn't do it. I just hope that the man would be aware for next time. When I dismantled the upper side of the gear that I hope the bend that made the gear stuck, both the man and the passenger have left me with my friends.. I actually didn't hope that (damn..)

When I finished dismantled, I can carry my motorcycle by propelling it to the cafe. Fortunately it wasn't a long distance from the main road of Dago. I took a while resting my heart that was beating hardly. While we eating Ughie gave me some souvenirs that he brought from Malaysia. It was nice, a transparent glass with Twin Towers in it, and a pendant for key (it's called gantungan kunci in Indonesia. I don't know the English). Well, it cheered me up for a bit. After we finished eating, I tried to turn my motorcycle on. It took a little strive to turned it on, Alhamdulillah... Thanks God, It was running.

So finally I could go home. I took Ferry to Simpang Dago where he would took angkot from there, and then I went home.. fiuhhh... The night was a beating my heart... I came home in a fully carefully... After I arrived at home, the battery of my cellphone was running out. When I tried to charge it, the charger couldn't work. It broke down (Damn...) another problem when I was about to sleep... ;(

Then I thought... Did all of these things because I've killed the rat at the noon???

Crash again...

Another airplane accident happened again on 7th March 2007. the Garuda Indonesia Airplane got a crash in Adi Sucipto airport In Jogjakarta. It was happened when the plane was just about to landing. Then, without any known things what made this happened.

at least 21 people was dead for this accident, out of 140 passengers on the plane. so many disaster and accident have been a so frequent thing in Indonesia.

the day before an earthquake also occured. I'm really sorry for these disaster.. ;(

Disco Lazy Time

the song I think a little represent my lazyness for posting my blog.. I don't know. my mood is not good for recent time. so I haven't post anything.

but now, I'm back. I know I have to do something seriously, on anything I do.

disasters come again to Indonesia recently, I'm gonna list them. the year of 2007 was opened by AdamAir accident.
- AdamAir airplane aciddent, the passengers still haven't been founded till now
- KM Senopati accident
- floods in Jakarta
- KM Levina accident
- AdamAir crash again at Ir. H. Djuanda airport in Surabaya
- cyclone in Jakarta, perhaps can visit all Indonesia too
- Earthquake in Sumatra Barat. 5.8 in Richter scale
- Landslide in Manggarai, Nusa Tenggara

maybe I haven't mentioned completely. but that was have been too many for two months. we have to contemplate...