Life, Travel, GRACE

From Kawah Ijen, we headed back to Probolinggo to catch a night bus to Yogjakarta. We arrived in Yogja before sun rise. So we had to wait for an hour more before the next itinerary. Nevertheless, we started our next itinerary despite had not had our morning shower. Hehe.... The first stop was in Borobudur. The temple itself can rival Angkor Wat complex. However, the latter has more bas reliefs and temples. Borobudur temple has nine storeys of platform which represents the Buddhist cosmology. And climbing up to the top platform is not that difficult. You can stop at each platform before proceed to the next level.

Which one is more important: a detailed road map or the ability to drive a car? Often time we don't really think, creatively and critically, for all issues. If this would happen, there won't be any argument or conflict. Some of the reasons why thinking is so poor: - no thinking classification (in education and library). - we left it to the philosophers. - ignorance. - perception ignored, because we thought logic is all. - the availability of computer and internet. - complacency.

Time flies. Now I'm a year old. I will be naughty; disturbing all the things I see. Haha...

After a sumptuous lunch in Ulu Yam, we headed to Waltex Biotec, an orchid farm. Amazingly, there were a lot of orchids there, like a sea of flowers. This place marked the last destination of our Labor Day retreat.

If you take the road from Batu Cave to Ulu Yam, you will pass by Selangor State Park. A not-so-gorgeous place but good for weekend escapade. This is Sungai Tua. You can then head to Ulu Yam Lama for the famous Loh Mee. This is my first HDR photography. Needless to say, more practice is required. Done a few mistakes during shooting.

王府井 At one section it looks like Petaling Street with all the street food. On the other section, it's Jalan Bukit Bintang look-alike with high class shops. The whole street has even been declared off limits for vehicles. Noteworthy store to visit there: a whole building block of bookstore. Actually there are 2 bookstores on that street. That's enough to put our bookstore in shame. It also has a whole block of toy store (dubbed as toy city). Enough for you to spend a whole day there.