A Trip to Paddy Field

Bali is not only famous of its beaches. If you go northbound to the area like Ubud, you will find lush green scenery of paddy field along the way. It is also famous of it’s “terasering” or stacked paddy field, make use the elevated contour of its area. My mother in law, an avid photographer,…

Pandawa Beach, Another Addition to Ever Growing List of Beach in Bali

Bali is famous for its beaches. In 70s basically we only know 3 beaches in Bali: Sanur for sunrise, Kuta for sunset, and Nusa Dua for the “haves”. With ever growing popularity of Bali as tourists destination, the demand for tourist attraction made local authorities and entrepreneurs looked for new places. Then we heard new…

Visiting Rumah Topeng & Wayang Ubud

During our holiday in Bali this week, my father in law asked our family to visit a museum called “Rumah Topeng dan Wayang” (House of masks and puppets). It is owned by his friend who asked him to pay a visit whenever he goes to Bali. The museum is located near Ubud. It’s quite remote…

Padi Valley Golf Course Review

It is a tradition in my current company to have a golf round before our management off site. It goes even further: one of the main decision factor in determining the meeting venue is whether the place has nice golf course! *grin* Our meeting this time is held in Makassar, South Sulawesi. And of course…

Vintage Culinary: SGPC Bu Wiryo

I’m attending my professor’s daughter wedding this weekend in Jogja. Back to the lovely city where I pursued my bachelor degree. It’s also a place where i and Elok shares lots of memories. One of them of course is food! After took Soto Sholeh for lunch yesterday, and Sate Samirono for dinner, this morning we…