I Woof You My Pink Fella

Summer Is Here (Photos)

The sun was burning that day, some kiddos decided to chill............. at the culvert.

♥ (Music Video)

Happy Sunday, fellas. 

Going for Bakar Batu (Video)

I planned to go home to Jayapura on Friday (21/10), but things went longer than predicted, therefore I stayed for couple more days. 

Lucky me, because I had the chance to see Bakar Batu or Stone Burnt Party. The Bakar Batu was held on Friday, to commemorate the closing of Klasis Meeting. 

The day before, I met a group of villagers in Wandenggobak. They were carrying noken containing vegetables, hipere (sweet potatoes), leaves, and gourds. They said they have walked tens of kilos to reach Mulia and attend the event.

Ugurage Boy & Kiron (Video)

Two boys I met after my visit to Wandenggobak.
On my way, I also met a group of villagers who were heading to the city.

The Sermon and Gospel (Audio)

My recent trip to Mulia fell on the same week when GIDI (Gereja Injili Di Indonesia/The Evangelical Church of Indonesia) of Yamo district held an annual Klasis Meeting.

The 4 days meeting was attended by hundreds (or maybe thousands) of church representatives from different villages. 

GIDI gives sermon in traditional Lani language. The gospel hymns are also in Lani, considering most of the congregations are Dani and Lani tribe. 

Priest Preaching by petitedevotchka
People singing by petitedevotchka

Little Missy and The Piglet (Photos)

CDs

When was the last time you bought CD of your favorite musician?

Mine was long time ago. Hmm well, probably not that long, coz’ I remember I bought Dried Cassava’s Mind Thieves CD before I leave for Jayapura, which was 4 months ago.

I still buy CDs though, but only for local musicians.  I appreciate their works, and I know how merciless the industry will do to them if nobody’s  purchasing the CDs. I believe buying the original CDs will somehow help them to survive.

Miss Lemon part 2

After sucking up the bitter reality about Miss Lemon, I spent the rest of the day browsing on mp3 players.

Sadly, there weren't many choices that suited me. The current iPod Nano was soon ditched, because I don't like the shape. Seriously, the little-compact-touch screen thing didn't fascinate me. The iPod classic was way too expensive with such basic functions. While the Samsung YP something something has fulfilled all needs, but somehow my ego wanted an Apple.

Miss Lemon

I lost one of my fellow gadgets yesterday; Miss Lemon.

She was a second generation iPod Nano, and a graduation present from my parents.

I still remember the day I bought her. It was Saturday, I drove to JPC Kemang with my peep Eyi. Few weeks before, Apple just launched this thing and it was a hot item.

I recall that at first I wanted a green one. But the shop didn't have it that time. They only got grey and pink. I opted pink, and named her Miss Lemon.

The Weekend

I went to play tennis yesterday. It was Saturday morning, and I was awake at 5AM -thanks to my rooster fella-, and at 6, my neighbors invited me for a little exercise.

It  was years after the last time I grasped the tennis racket.

I never good at it, and apparently I have no talent. I played like a blind foolish kid who kept hitting the ball to unpredictable directions that made my partner panting. Thankfully, he was a patient bapak-bapak (well you can see most of my kosan folks are bapak-bapak) who stayed calm every time I screwed up. “Just stay focus and try to hit the ball”, he said.

The Beauty (Photos)

This and That (Photos)

The sky that afternoon. 

Dried up red streaks of spat-out pinang (areca nuts).

News of The Day

I remember we went to Bali on 2008. We shared room, ate a lot of good food, visited places, and had a great laugh together.

New Rooster In The House (Photos)

Now who needs alarm if you have this fella tied up near your room?