Suwandi

Author: Suwandi

  • Follow Your Dream

    I read about Yip Harburg, he’s the lyricist of the very very famous Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Hmm, i kinda like this one:

    Look, look, look to the rainbow
    Follow it over the hill and stream
    Look, look, look to the rainbow
    Follow the fellow who follows a dream.

    Of course, to me, lyric of Somewhere Over The Rainbow is extremely powerful. Love it:

    Somewhere over the rainbow,
    Way up high
    There’s a land that I heard of
    Once in a lullaby.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Skies are blue
    And the dreams that you dare to dream
    Really do come true.

    I guess y’all agree with me, dont you?

  • To Do(s)

    My buddy wrote on her blog ‘My Life To Do List’. She did has a long list of to-dos, like stay in Japan, stay in India, write a song, etc. Damn, so many not-easy stuffs 🙂

    I did list down my to-do in a website called 43things.com, back in 2007. It will send a reminder for each to-do. Haha, i havent completed any. It’s not that easy. One of my favorite to do is watch Roma vs Lazio Live 😀 damn, am not any closer.

    The easy one, (and the 43things.com keep reminding me) is fly with business class. I will try that this year.

    To read my list: http://www.43things.com/person/weeargh.

    Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
    But I know where I want to go

    (Taken from ‘The First Day of My Life’)

  • Naim

    I happened to catch The Ellen DeGeneres, earlier this morning, when i woke up. She introduced Yael Naim (she’s popular as her song was picked as the soundtrack of MacAir ad). Never heard of her, her music, or the ad; until today.

    AMAZING! Love the voice, love the music, the melody. Gosh, hear it now! If you dont like the “…la la la la…” part, well there must be something wrong with your mood today! 🙂

    Also, pay special attention to the piano. I am lucky enough to watch her perform in The Ellen DeGeneres. Go Naim! (Note: I haven’t downloaded any mp3 of Yael Naim. Still in the ‘reduce piracy’ campaign month).

    I embed the video here.

    I’m a new soul
    I came to this strange world
    Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.
    But since I came here,
    Felt the joy and the fear
    Finding myself making every possible mistake
    la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…


  • Food in Makassar

    My tongue is something unique. Hard to explain, but yet most of the times easy to satisfy. I like most indonesian food. Yeah, most. i love local dish from my hometown Pekanbaru (yeah, nothing actually “original”, most food in Pekanbaru were not originated in Pekanbaru).

    Name them: lontong sayur (love it!), mie pangsit (love it!), soto (like it!), soto padang (love it!), nasi padang (love it!), pempek (like it!), pisang goreng (love it!), bakwan (love it!). A long list.

    Javanese? yeam, love rawon, ketoprak, gado-gado, etc. But, i just can not stand Makassar’s food. Haha. Don’t exactly know why.

    2 years ago, i tried their nasi goreng (hate it!), pisang ijo (dont like it!).

    This trip, i tried a food stall across the hotel, i asked for their specialty: a “Mi Goreng A’la Pxxxxx”. Pxxxx is the name of the food place.

    The noodle is kinda funny, the chicken is not good, the mushroom is not tasty, the shrimp is okay, but there are lots of other body-parts I detest. Score: 2/10. Yeaks!

    Enough of experiment! Tired of food testing. The second night, I decided to eat something internationally tested.

    Big Mac 😀

    Haha. Yeah, Bic Mac, and Bread Talk’s Fire Floss.

    Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
    But I know where I want to go

    (Taken from ‘The First Day of My Life’)

  • Toraja Coffee

    On my previous trip to Makasar, my friend took me to a coffee stall called “Warung Kopi Phoenam”, he said ‘this is the best coffee in town!’. We drank the coffee around 10pm that night.

    And, on this trip, i found that Phoenam also opened a coffee shop in a mall side-by-side to the hotel where I stay for 2 nights. So, altho i had some kind of cold/fever yesterday, I pushed myself to try (again) their special Kopi Susu and Roti Goreng Telur Kaya. Slurp. The coffee is good!

    Toraja Coffee.

    Back in my room again. The flights were both okay, no significant delay. I ordered again a cup of toraja coffee in the waiting room of Hasanuddin Airport. Yeaks, tasted like Nescafe (the waiters convinced me that it is not Nescafe, i insisted to see the packaging 😀 they said ‘beneran koq, itu kopi bubuk toraja, tadi baru diisi, dia udah digiling halus, makanya seperti kopi instan’…).

    Doh!

    Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
    But I know where I want to go

    (Taken from ‘The First Day of My Life’)