Life on the Boat Starts Early

Life on the boat starts early when the sun rises. Thanks to a cup of strong Bajawa coffee, which enough to wake me up and admire the beauty these islands offer. With my trusted Fuji XE2 gears and couple of prime lenses, there are no moments (nor selfies) uncaptured… 

Vespa and Drone Morning Ride

Suddenly this morning I had the urge to ride my vespa, and looking for wide place to practice my drone flying skills. Then I remember Richard, my friend, who just repainted his Vespa, and I believe he was falling in love again with his scooter. So I texted him to see if he thought if…

Droning Around Complex

Is that a word? Droning? Haha.  Anyway, I and Rafif continue to learn how to fly Pelican, our drone. Taking off from our roof top, it was much more delicate take off and landing procedures than in swimming pool area, given relatively narrow area (that yellow pad is the drone landing pad). But thankfully, we…

Our First Flight

Under heavy tutelage from my brother, Oyi, I and Rafif was finally able to fly our drone for the very first time. Feeling cagey and awkward on the controller, and felt bit of scared for crashing our drone at the first flight, Alhamdulillah it was a non-eventful flight.  Taking off from our complex’s swimming pool…

New Toy! A Drone!

After sometime curb my desire to own a drone, finally my gadget geek beat my (financial) sanity. I bought myself a drone, the brilliant DJI Mavic which I considered for quite sometime. Especially after saw it in person,  when my brother Oyi, who has established himself as professional drone photographer, showed me his very own Mavic…