Yayasan Berkat Kasih Imanuel

About two weeks ago I went to Yayasan Berkat Kasih Imanuel, a social foundation in Cilincing area. I can write few sentences about this foundation, but I found the best description about this foundation from Reformata tabloid ( http://www.reformata.com/0303-yayasan-berkat-kasih-imanuel–sulap-kawasan-kumuh-menjadi-surgaloka.html ) ...

A Trip to Thousand Islands (Perjalanan ke Pulau Seribu)

About 3 weeks ago I went to Pramuka Island, which is the capital city (island) of Thousand Islands Regency. More about Thousand Islands can be read here. Getting there is not difficult. You can go from Muara Angke port, taking Ferry. It will take about 2.5hr trip to Pramuka, and the fare was about IDR 35k per person. The other option is to take Government-managed fast boat from Marina Ancol (pier...

Crumb Rubber Factory

Last week I visited a crumb rubber factory outside Jakarta. Crumb rubber is mostly used as raw material for tires. Its byproducts can be used of other rubber uses, i.e. shoes, apparel, band aid, etc. Crumb rubber processing does not involve sophisticated manufacturing process; essentially, it’s just cleaning raw rubber from smallholders/plantations, drying the rubber sheets, and send it to...

Kota Tua Jakarta

Last saturday I went to Kota Tua, Jakarta with Yudieth and my colleagues for a photo hunting. This is my first experience doing photo hunting with other people, but it was very fun. Kota Tua is supposed to be tourist destination in Jakarta, but plainly speaking it’s not well maintained. Nevertheless, it is generally safe place, quite crowded with local tourist, and – although not well...

Protected: Commercial Hang-out to Bandung

Last week, Commercial Team went to Bandung just for hang-outs. Photos herein are for private use only. In this occassion, I was trying to use the Canon 24mm F1.4L Mark II exclusively mounted on my Canon 7D for the whole days. It was a difficult lens to use, but I believe I was able to get some cool pictures.