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Yayasan Berkat Kasih Imanuel

Boy — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:38:09 +0000

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 )

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As quoted from the website (translated via Google Translate, originally in Indonesian language):

YEAR 80s, Kampung Sawah in Cakung-Cilincing, North Jakarta, had been a place of exile the corpse without an identity. Corpses dumped in there are generally victims of "Peter" (the mysterious shooter) which was rampant at that time. Dead baby abortion and other crime victims are also often thrown in there.

Residents of Kampung Sawah consisting of various ethnic groups are not surprised again every time there was a body dumped in the area that many of the swamp. No wonder the village was called "haunted village." The nickname was more fitting if connected with the habits of many people who like drinking, gambling, gangsters, criminals. All blended into one. Most residents livelihood as scavengers. Towards the evening, the village atmosphere even more frightening because the electricity has not been signed.

Because there is no activity, girls are usually just sat there, brushed his mother’s hair, looking for lice. While other teenagers and little kids just playing and hanging around all day.

One day, a middle-aged woman came to the center of the township. Women who turned out to a priest and named VS Backer approached some teenagers and ask why not go to school.Answer their uniform: no money. No wonder so many school-age children were illiterate.Women born in Purbalingga, Central Java, January 16, 1957 was very concerned, and his heart was moved to do something to help them. As he prayed to God, he wants to build a school for the children. Backer had hesitated to start a "project" because of the social fund is limited.However, the word of God, clearly audible in his ears so that the plan was working alone and God alone will solve all.

In 1993, Backer faith begins with the promise of establishing a church called the GBI Kampung Sawah. Unexpectedly, a number of donors is not known Backer, both from within and outside the country, leaving the money to help his ministry. "Lord Jesus move the hearts of those who helped this ministry," he said sumringah. Of the aid, Backer with regular church benevolence spread by sharing food and rice packets each flood.

Some home residents who purchased unfit for human habitation. Thanks Love Below Emmanuel Foundation, set up polyclinics Backer in 1996. He alone became medics. Backer had completed the nursing education and teacher education in Bandung in central Java.Furthermore, the school building he built in stages from kindergartens and elementary schools.While the new junior high building was built one class. Now, the number of students from kindergarten to junior high school reached 300 students. Many residents have pleaded with the addition of a third-grade space. "I’m sorry to see them there is no money to go on to another school," he said.

Based on prayer and fasting

Hundreds of feet into the entrance of Kampung Sawah feels different locations. Thousands of paving blocks into stepping stones residents since Yayasan Kasih Thanks to Emmanuel spread the love in there. Through Yayasan Kasih Thanks to Emmanuel, a resident of Kampung Sawah can now enjoy free health services and schools. Residents were invited to send the elderly relatives and orphans to dititip in an orphanage, nursing home and hostel. Everything is free of charge. Other social programs that can be enjoyed by residents are sewing as a training facility for working capital. This program is vital to remember Kampung Sawah not far from industrial areas Bonded Nusantara (KBN), which has thousands of workers.

Of all social action, which is dedicated Backer has made many significant changes from the original village and haunted slums into beautiful and peaceful. Residents support whatever is done Backer, not to mention smelly activities gospel. Already many people took the decision to accept Jesus because you see the devotion Backer. In fact, citizens of other faiths is ready to become a shield if a church there to be disturbed. One thing that troubled the hearts Backer is when I see a non-Christian citizens of displaying the image of Jesus Christ in his house.

Backer action should be a reference for other churches are vying with each other to establish a branch churches in the area of the city and business center without going down to the slum.

By Herbert Aritonang

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I was invited by my friend as her Church arranged this visit. They provided books, stationeries, and foods to the children and old people who were supervised by the foundation. They held games and some performance too. I was arrived very late, about an hour before it ended. Too bad I missed some gigs there. Nevertheless, when I came, I could see the joy of the children. There were several senior citizens there, apparently the Church also invited them to attend the event.

If you want to visit this foundation, this is the address:

Yayasan Berkat Kasih Immanuel

Kampung Sawah Blok B no.16 RT 006/RW 010

Kelurahan Semper Timur, Cilincing

Tanjung Priuk, Jakarta Utara

How to get there?

Take the toll road, exit at Tanjung Priok. From the second traffic light, go left and straight until you find JICT office. Ask people nearby ( I was lost, so it was one of my reasons for coming late).

Another pictures:

These kids were narcist…they were very comfortable in front of camera and one of kids kissed my back-LCD…apparently there was his sweetheart in the picture I took hehehe….(guess who :p)

Angel taught them how to use one of the most sophisticated gadgets in the planet: iPhone.

Grandma, 72 yrs old. Apparently she had problem with her back

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A Trip to Thousand Islands (Perjalanan ke Pulau Seribu)

Boy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:17:22 +0000

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 #21 if I recall correctly) and it cost you IDR 35k per person.

Let’s go to Thousand Islands!

It takes about 1 hr to Pramuka if you take the fast boat, and the fare was IDR 35k per person. Although the counter opens at 9am, but you have to be there at 6am. Why? because of very very limited seats, faster, long queue (you can’t book it) and safer boat. Same thing happens when you’re going back to Jakarta from Pramuka.

Ancol Marina is also a good spot for taking morning photography.

Ancol Sunrise (about 8am)

Daylight

Welcome to Pramuka Island

Welcome signage in the pier…nothing in it!

People at Pramuka are mostly friendly to visitors. There are no cars nor big roads; just small roads, bicycles, and motorcycles. Indeed, you can walk around Pramuka for about 1 hr, either on foot or by bicycle. It’s a small and ruhe island.

People in Thousand Islands are mostly Bugis, known for famous seamanship. They are originated in Sulawesi and typically have dark skin and round-shaped skulls.

Some Cute Kids

Happy Tourists

Lodging is considerably cheap if you go with 3-6 people. We booked a small guesthouse with Air Conditioner and 6 mattresses on the floor and the cost was about IDR 400k per night. The water felt like sea water (sticky and salty) but there were bottled drinking water. Note that electricity was usually turned on from 4pm to 9am.

We rented a boat for a full day island hopping; about IDR 300-350k for 12 hrs, about IDR 75k for a guide, and IDR 35k for a pair of swimming fins.

Alternatively, you can rent smaller boat to visit nearest island.

These were our guides

From Pramuka, you can go to several islands for snorkeling or sight-seeing. I can’t swim, honestly, so I went around island/shores to take pictures and the others went snorkeling. The shores were relatively clean with white sands and clear waters. Landscape photographers must love these islands.

Dead Tree in Shore

Another Dead Tree in Shore

Light Beacon

Resting Stop

Living Starfish

Lost in sea

Afternoon/Night

Another attraction you can see when you’re near Pramuka is the Keramba. It’s a floating restaurant and surrounded by fish farms. I went there in the afternoon and the lighting was not very good, so I only managed few good shoots there.

Keramba in the Afternoon

Sunset (almost set) from Keramba

Practically there is no night entertainment in Pramuka. It was quiet night. Occasionally some tourists have their own parties, but after 10pm, it’s very very quite. Nevertheless you can find 1-2 warung open until midnight. Initially I planned for star/night shooting, but it was cloudy in the night with occasional rain.

Sunset from Pramuka Pier. It was cloudy.

Stormy Dusk

In The Morning

Thanks to relatively low pollution, the air was fresh in the morning despite the salty feeling. I can see misty fog in piers, sea, and in the distance islands. We planned to catch 10am fast boat, but the tickets have been sold out since 8am! We took the ferry which goes to Muara Angke. The ferry was damn slow, hot (capacity 100), and the wooden structure feels creepy (considering I can’t swim!)

Morning Ritual (about 7am)

Morning in the pier

Foggy pier

Morning Habit

Finding food for Breakfast

Morning Sport (You can rent bicycles for about IDR 30k per day)

Go to work

It was really a good and refreshing trip. Surely I will come again to Thousand Islands, but next time to other islands (I heard there are more interesting islands)

See you and I hope you enjoyed your stay here

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Crumb Rubber Factory

Boy — Sun, 16 May 2010 04:36:14 +0000

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 its customers. No sophisticated machineries, no chemicals, and virtually no waste.

In crumb rubber processing, raw material quality is crucial. Malaysia raw rubber quality are generally above Indonesian raw rubber but manufacturing process is more expensive there. In addition to that, the manufacturing process in Indonesia is more efficient hence the output from Indonesia usually can compete with Malaysia’s in terms of quality and price (excluding shipping charges).

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Kota Tua Jakarta

Boy — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:50:36 +0000

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 maintained – the athmosphere was just like an old city. It’s a great place for human interest shooting.

I did some color adjustments in the post processing, no cropping. Some images were taken by Yudieth. Gears: Canon EOS 7D, Canon 500D, Canon EF 24mm F1.4L, Canon EF 24-105mm F4L.

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Boy — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:47:14 +0000

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Losari Coffee Plantation

Boy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:30:12 +0000

These are the pictures from Losari Coffee Plantation which I visited around….1-2 month ago.

Well, because this was supposed to be posted a month ago, I don’t have many things to write now. In overall, this plantation is a decent getaway place. The foods were expensive but the whole experience was worth the money. Their villas were very good but a bit spooky (in my opinion).

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Ancol: A View from the Top

Boy — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:45:45 +0000

Ancol is an integrated entertainment park which located in North Jakarta. It has waterpark, themepark, hotels, beaches, seaworld, and many good restaurants. I tried the Gondola (odd name for a Hanging Train) and managed to take the pictures of Ancol from the Top.

Click each image to view. Gears: Canon EOS 500D, Canon Lens 24-105.

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Trip to Central Java: A Culinary Experience

Boy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:53:53 +0000

Anything good from my trip to Yogyakarta, Solo, and Magelang (Losari)? The culinary experience. Enjoy the pics below (click to enlarge).

Recommended Places:

CoffeeBreak – Kaliurang, Yogyakarta (a really comfortable place. must visit)
Ministry Coffee – Prawirotaman, Yogyakarta (so so place, but their foods & drinks were terrific!)
Sate Bu Diah – Solo (watch your cholesterol ;p)
Serabi Notosuman – Solo (available in Jakarta, but hey, I was in Solo! ;p)
Losari Restaurant – Magelang (freakin’ expensive, but the foods were good and the whole experience was great!)
Paris Coffee – Parangtritis Street, Yogyakarta (so so coffee, but their chocolate drinks were damn good)

Next writing: A Trip to Losari Coffee Plantation

Gears: Canon EOS 500D, Canon Lens 24-105/F4, Canon Lens 50mm/F1.8, and Manfrotto Tripod.

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The Prambanan Temple

Boy — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:58:01 +0000

Prambanan is the ninth century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, dedicated to Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Sustainer (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva). The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, currently is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the towering 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples.

The temple compound was expanded by successive Mataram kings such as Daksa and Tulodong with the addition hundreds of perwara temples around the chief temple. Prambanan served as the royal temple of the Hindu Kingdom of Mataram, with most of the state’s religious ceremonies and sacrifices being conducted there. At the height of the Mataram kingdom, scholars estimate that hundreds of Brahmins with their disciples lived within the outer wall of the temple compound. The urban center and the court of Mataram were located nearby, somewhere in the Prambanan valley.

A temple was first built at the site around 850 CE by either Rakai Pikatan or Balitung Maha Sambu the Sanjaya king of the Mataram Kingdom. According to Shivagrha inscription that wrote chandrasengkala ”Wwalung gunung sang wiku” (778 Saka/856 M), the temple was built to honor lord Shiva and the original name of the temple is Shiva-grha (the house of Shiva).[2] Indeed, some archaeologists propose that the idol of Shiva in the garbhagriha (central chamber) of the main temple is modelled after King Balitung, serving as a depiction of his deified self after death.[3].The temple compound was expanded by successive Mataram kings such as Daksa and Tulodong with the addition hundreds of perwara temples around the chief temple. Prambanan served as the royal temple of the Hindu Kingdom of Mataram, with most of the state’s religious ceremonies and sacrifices being conducted there. At the height of the Mataram kingdom, scholars estimate that hundreds of Brahmins with their disciples lived within the outer wall of the temple compound. The urban center and the court of Mataram were located nearby, somewhere in the Prambanan valley.

After the reconstruction of the main temples in 1990s, Prambanan once again reclaim its status as an important religious center for Hindu rituals and ceremonies in Java. The religious significance revival of Prambanan was due to Balinese and Javanese Hindu communities in Yogyakarta and Central Java that annually perform their sacred ceremonies in Prambanan, such as Galungan, Tawur Kesanga, and Nyepi.[4][5]

The temple was damaged during the May 2006 Java earthquake. Early photos suggest that although the complex was structurally intact, the damage was significant. Large pieces of debris, including carvings, were scattered over the ground. The temple has been closed to visitors until the damage can be fully assessed. The head of Yogyakarta Archaeological Conservation Agency stated that it would take months to identify the precise extent of the damage.[6] However, some weeks later in 2006 the site had been re-opened for visitors. As of 2009, the interior of most of the temples remains off-limits for safety reasons.

(from various sources).

Around two weeks ago I visited Prambanan Temple for second times (the first was around 13 years ago). The site was very beautiful with green scenery around the temple compund. The architectures, sophisticated carvings, and mystical surrounding were able to depict the grandeur of ancient Javanese. It was around 12am, so it was very challenging to the pictures of Prambanan. Nevertheless, I was able to took several pictures of Prambanan Temple.

Gears: Canon EOS 500D, Canon Lens 24-105, Hoya CPL Filter.

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Paddy Fields in Cirebon

Boy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:53:10 +0000

On our way back to Jakarta, using Argo Lawu Executive Train, I managed to take snapshots of paddy fields along the rail. Most of these pictures were taken in Cirebon area and it was harvesting season, so I expected a lot of orange-yellow paddy fields.

The challenge was taking pictures from inside the running Train ( I guessed it was 60-80kph). I had to set the exposure manually: 1/1000-1500 shutter speed, F4-5.6 aperture, and ISO 800 to guarantee exposure and to freeze motion. In addition to that, Image Stabilization is a must.

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