Intuisi

Menurut Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, intuisi bermakna daya atau kemampuan mengetahui atau memahami sesuatu tanpa dipikirkam atau dipelajari; bisikan hati; gerak hati.  Konon katanya wanita punya intuisi yang lebih tajam daripada pria. Hmm.. entah benar itu intuisi atau sekadar terlalu baper, alias bawa perasaan. Dalam artian, apa-apa dirasa dan dijadikan alasan untuk melakukan praduga. Masih…

Weekly Photo Challenge : Flying Birds

The birds were trying to find some food, and I was waiting patiently to watch them fly together. Finally... They really fly together over the river..  Watch them fly made me feel very satisfied and I spontaneously cheer like a child as a little kid.. 😁 Satisfaction

Mencari Jejakmu : Kisah Gereja Katolik Kamboja

Seorang imam yang tengah menjalani tahun sabatikal di Paris mendadak dipanggil pulang ke negerinya. Ia berkata kepada kawannya, "Aku pulang untuk mati." Ia adalah Pastor Joseph Chmar Salas yang ditahbiskan menjadi uskup koajutor atas Vikariat Apostolik Phnom Penh pada 14 April 1975, tiga hari sebelum Khmer Rouge menguasai dan mengosongkan Phnom Penh. Uskup sebelumnya, Mgr…

Weekly Photo Challenge : A Dinosaur…

There is an Unusual carving in Ta Prohm Temple, Siem Reap. Can you spot a dinosaur? 😅 How come a creature from 150 milion years ago carved in the late of 12th century? Some archaeologist says that it is not a carving of dinousaur, but a rhinoceros surrounded by decorative floral.  Well.. for me.. It's still…

Weekly Photo Challenge : Unusual Food

PS : Lignum Draco, thanks for writing about Cambodia for this week's challenge. When I visit Cambodia, I always find this Unusual foods : fried cricket, spider, small frog, scorpion, and the most surprising is fried snake.. wow.. Please don't ask me about the taste.. I am not brave enough to try them... LOL...

Weekly Photo Challenge : The Collage of Hail Mary

When I visited the Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, I was escorted around the church, and I saw this amazing wall. Why I call it "amazing wall"? Because I found the "Hail Mary" prayer from various languages, not only from the major local languages in Indonesia, but also from foreign languages in…

Weekly Photo Challenge : Two Countries on A Single Bridge

This is the first Thai-Lao friendship Bridge over The Mekong River, connecting Nong Khai Province in Thailand and Vientiane Prefecture in Lao.  Its length is 1170 metres and it has two road lanes, two foot paths, and a single railway (with daily train schedule from Thanaleng to Nong Khai, vice versa). At some point in the middle…

Weekly Photo Challenge : Between The Ruins

This is one of my unforgettable trip in Cambodia : Beng Mealea. I reached this temple around 5 pm, when the sun was going to go home.  I was accompanied by Srey, a little girl who lives across the west gate of the temple. Thank you so much Srey, because the darkness started to cover…

Weekly Photo Challenge : The Old and The New

Last month, when I visited Angkot Wat, I was wondered because there's a new modern Bridge located at the south of the old stone bridge.  I got an information that this new bridge is a temporary bridge made from polyethylene air bags. This new bridge will be used during the second phase reparation of Spean Harl, the…

Weekly Photo Challenge : Spean Thma

Spean Thma is a classic Khmer word means "Stone Bridge". Yes.. it's really made of stone.  Sarun, the tuk-tuk driver suddenly stopped his tuk-tuk just a few metres after we visited Thomanon Temple. Then he said "bridge", at first I didn't understand what he was talking about. He had to said it three times before…