Teletubbies House

This is the new settlement from the Domes For The World Foundation in east Yogyakarta, built to relocate a village destroyed in May 2006 earthquakes. The old village name was Ngelepen, thus the new one was named New Ngelepen. *creative, huh?*

We (me, my siblings, my Aunt & Uncle; my parents were tired) visited this village last year. The village is quite far from my home (in west Yogyakarta). We had to stop and asked for direction so many time, but many people were unfamiliar with the village's name. Finally we asked this old farmer guy, "Excuse us, Sir. Do you know the way to Ngelepen, the new dome-shaped settlement?"

"Huh? Dome? What's that?" He seemed confused and he didn't understand what dome (or kubah in Bahasa Indonesia) means.

Then my sis from inside the car said, "Asked him where the Teletubbies house is!"

Amazingly, the old farmer told us right away in detail. It wasn't very far from where we were. So we learned that the popular name of the village is Teletubbies House.

I wanted to post the pictures but then I forgot in which computer and which folder did I keep the files. Well, it was in sub-sub-sub-folder.. *no wonder I couldn't find them*

And no, we didn't see Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa & Po.

Mom & Kids

This is the collage I made for Mother's Day, when I was still in Primary School. Mom placed it on the wall outside her room. It's been years and I thought I had to photograph it before the time completely ruins it.



Yep, that's 9-months-old me and my mom. My parents apparently hadn't teach me how to smile back then..

Sekaten Night Market

Sekaten is an event held annually in Yogyakarta to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad. However, in the present it is not so much a religious festival for it has becoming a typical night market. The Gamelan Sekaten still goes on show for a week, from 6-12 Maulud (the third month of Javanese calendar).

For this year, I had made 2 visits to the Sekaten. First with my brother, watching dolphin show. Yeah, it was quite embarrassing for us. Most of the adults watching the shows were parents escorting their babies.

The next visit, I went with my 2006-community-service friends. It was like a reunion, just like the old days, although only 4 people showed up. We tried the 'Haunted Kingdom'. It was disappointing. The 'ghosts' were not scary at all. We had fun though. I wish we could go there again next year.

Snoopy's Summit

From left to right: delegate from USA, Peru, Holland, Finland, Yugoslavia, Indonesia, New Zealand.

I found this dust-covered Snoopy toys this morning while cleaning the book rack. It's been years since the last time I touched them. They're 1999 McDonald's toys--Snoopy World Tour 2. I collected them when I was a secondary school student in Singapore. Nine years ago, and I still remember the queue to get these Snoopys (although the queue was not as long as the Hello Kitty craze). Being away from home & family, my homesickness was somehow cured by the Javanese Snoopy.
Too bad I only managed to get 7 out of 28. See this blog for the full collection.