Bali without Beach is Nothing!

Yeah, why should we go to Bali if we don't see the beach? The HR team is having fun at the rather ordinary beach at Alila Manggis.

Scene of a Meeting

The scene of HR Meeting at Alila Manggis, Bali. Nice place, hopefully bring a good result.

HR Arrives at Bali

HR Team arrives at Bali for off-site meeting plus team building. Fun is guaranteed.

Praying Before Ramadhan

We have our praying service tonight before the holy month Ramadhan at my in-laws' house. This is to send our prayer to our parents who have left before us.

Fly out with Typhoon Looming

With Typhoon no 8 looming, my flight finally got clearance to take off after 30 minutes delay. A nervy first 10 minutes I would say, as my plane climbed in dense clouds. But if we would have taken off an hour later, my flight would have been cancelled, as when I arrived in Jakarta, I found out that Typhoon no 9 has just hit HK, which left everyone there stranded. Thank God.

HK Airport Express

Riding the Airport Express train to airport is much, much, much more convenient than taking a cab. It only costs HKD100, much lower than a cab fare of HKD350. It is also faster, take only 25 mins to airport from downtown. A taxi will need at least 40 mins. Oh and another plus: you can check in yourself and your baggage at the station. No traffic, no hassles. Perfect. When will Jakarta have this kind of transportation?

Ride the Star Ferry

Took the historic ferry ride from Harbour City to Hong Kong island. A short 10 minutes ride with scenic view of Hong Kong landscape. Not bad.

EA Sports Exhibition

Visited The Peak for second successive week, as we have team dinner here. Got a chance to visit Electronic Arts game exhibition. Cool stuffs.

Lunch with the Team

Have a quick lunch break with Human Resources Shared Services Integration Team at CKC building. No, I'm not the only male here. The one who took this picture is Abee, a guy colleague from India.

Cruising Down The Tunnel

Back to Hong Kong again! I'm heading to Hong Kong island from airport, cruising down one of many tunnels which connect the islands here.

Balap Karung: Unbeatable!

Rafif, in the middle lane, started off his part for a 'Balap Karung' relay race together with me. He's done his part quite well, only got behind few steps from the leader. At the end of the lane I then relayed the race and scorched to the finish line for another 1st place! I'm quite unbeatable for this kind of race, wanna try? ;-)

Lomba Makan Kerupuk

Aside from flag raising ceremony, we also participated in various Indonesian traditional games. Like this cracker biting competition, which I and Rafif claimed the first prize in our group!

Flag Raising Ceremony at Tara Salvia

It's great to know Aya and Rafif's School still uphold the nation old values, such as flag raising ceremony this morning. We, the parents also joined the ceremony, after probably 17 years of absence?

Indonesia Merdeka!

Aya and Rafif come to their school this morning to celebrate Indonesia Independence Day. They dressed in red and white. Ahem, mind that Liverpool jersey Rafif put on. That's the reddest shirt he has ;-)

Gift Exchange for the Kids

After completion of the games, the kids have their own ritual: gift-exchange. Not big in value, but priceless in their heart.

AKRUD Games 2008

The annual AKRUD Games was held today. This is my mother's big family ritual every year to celebrate Indonesian Independence day. We have mini olympic games featuring some popular sports and Indonesian traditional games. My family fared quite well this year, claiming third position. Not bad, as last year we collected zero medal;-)

The Peak Tram

When you're in Hong Kong and want to visit The Peak, I would recommend you to take the tram. It's a unique experience with scenic view along the way.

View from The Peak

A landscape view of Hong Kong island, as seen from The Peak, one of the most popular tourist destination there.

Drink with Friends in Lan Kwai Fong

Had a chance to meet Tanya, my office colleague who is currently on secondment in HK. We have a drink with some of her friends here at Lan Kwai Fong, Central HK.

Tsim Sha Tsui

Picture of Hong Kong at night: busy streets full of neon lights. Like this one in Tsim Sha Tsui at Kowloon.

Hong Kong Escalator Rule

HK escalator rule is: when you're not on the rush, better stay at right 'lane'. Otherwise those look-so-busy-people will charge you out of their 'way' :-)

Beautiful Sunset at High Altitude

I witnessed beautiful sunset from the window of my flight to Hong Kong today. The golden ray of sun meets the cloudy blue sky. Looks so impressive. This pic doesn't do a justice. Took several pictures of it as well on my Nikon.

Heavily Polluted Jakarta

A view from 27th floor JSX Building shows how heavilly polluted Jakarta is.

Kemayoran Golf Course

I joined my office's golf competition today at Kemayoran hole course. At the first few holes you can see the symbol of Indonesia's property crash in the late 90s. Number of abandoned apartments are seen in hole course surroundings.

Historic Copa Kresnadi

Yes it is historic for Bona, as this is the first Copa for him as the official member of Kresnadi family. Oh I dont need to say that I lost again. Mas Oyi and his Milan claimed his 5th title! Tied me on the top of leaderboard! Gotta win next time! ;-)

Premiere of Chita-Bona Wedding Video

Yesterday we had gala premiere of Chita and Bona wedding video at Alea (my house), after it had been edited by Mas Oyi. It was great and hilarious. We all had fun watching it.

Sounds of Relaxing Flute

A musician from Ecuador plays his flute in Pondok Indah Mall 1 today. Playing number of classic love songs, the sound of his flute is so smooth and bring relaxing mood on the ears. He sells his CDs as well, which are quite good.

Return to the 'Dark' Side

My long term affair with Palm OS has came to an end recently. I sold my Treo and bought myself a Samsung smartphone i 780. Now I follow Uncle Bill's dark side ;-)