Down Is The New Up

" Eskalator adalah sebuah oksimoron (oxymoron): kombinasi dua unsur yang berlawanan. Eskalator membuat kita berpindah sementara kita tetap diam di tempat - jadi, perpindahan dalam diam. Gerakan eskalator telah memenuhi kebutuhan untuk berpindah ... Pada saat yang sama terpenuhilah kebutuhan untuk tidak berpindah demi mengadakan kontak fisik. Jadi, di mana lagi orang dapat sedikit bermesraan secara terang-terangan kalau bukan di eskalator. " - Tubuh di Mal (Chua Beng-Huat) - Kalam 15

At Fish and Bird Market - Part 1

Saturday, June 14th 2008, me and some fellows from fotografer.net had a photo hunting at Splendid, a pond fish and bird market in Malang, East Java.

Stuffs at Malang Old Festival

Wooden truck

Dodge

Old radio. No FM tuner.

These are called blangkon : Javanese traditional cap with batik motif

Wooden statue of wayang and Javanese bride

Old movies posters and advertisement

Old Chevrolet

Steel statue of man in Javanese outfit

Pedicab

Indonesian Portrait - part 5

Some portrait of people in Malang Old Festival ( Festival Malang Kembali )

Malang Old Festival / Festival Malang Kembali

Malang Old Festival (Festival Malang Kembali) is one of the event to celebrate anniversary of Malang City.
The event took place along Ijen Boulevard. For the last three years 2006 - 2008, Malang Old Festival was conducted on May.

The theme of this festival is old or traditional culture and stuffs.


Visitors of this festival are expected to wear traditional outfit like kebaya for ladies or sarong for men

But not all visitors willing to wear that kind of outfit. Some just wears jeans and t-shirt.

Maybe hudred thousands of people visit during the 3 days festival.

Traditional candy

Exhibition of Indonesian traditional martial arts or pencak silat

Even buffalo was considered as old stuffs. Maybe because it is rarely found at the city.

Old car from 50s or older

Local TV reporter resting awhile

A high school girl learn to create batik


......... to be continued ...........

Urban Wildlife

Animal on the street or public places

Rahasia

simpan saja di dalam hatimu
tak perlu semua diungkapkan
segala apapun yang akan kau rasakan sendiri
hanya kau yang rasakan

lembar kejadian yang telah terjadi
yang tak semua dapat kau ceritakan
ada batas yang masih menyimpan rahasia
kenyataan tak bisa diungkapkan

perjalanan dirimu untukmu
jadikanlah rahasia simpanlah di hati
tak semua orang bisa mengerti
simpanlah ceritamu

simpanlah sukamu
simpanlah dukamu
simpanlah rahasiamu
jangan katakan semua yang tak mungkin untuk dikatakan

(by Plastik, band keren yang udah bubar)








Sometimes I need some time on my own
Sometimes I need some time all alone
Everybody needs some time on their own
Don't you know you need some time all alone

(Guns N Roses, November Rain, 1991)