Suwandi

Category: City

  • Happy Countries

    There’s a song, i once heard (long time ago),

    When skies are gray and you say you are blue,
    I’ll send the sun smiling through,
    I want to be happy,
    but I won’t be happy till I make you happy, too

    No, not saying I am not happy. In fact, i am. I am very very happy with my life.But, how happy do you want to be? How happy are you? Do you think you live in a happy country?

    A recent “research” from BusinessWeek, “World’s Happiest Countries” might give you some helps. Turns out, Denmark is the happiest country. I dont know how Indonesia rated, but certainly not in the Top 12. Hehe.

    The surprise is Bhutan and Brunei, both in Top 12. Singapore, US, UK are not within Top 12. Apart from where you live, i guess happiness is all about you.

    Cheer up, be happy, and live it!

  • Clarke Quay

    Really fun last night. I went out with a friend and his girl-friend. My friend is an Indonesian, who has lived in Singapore for 8 years, while his girl friend is a Nepalese, who has spent 4 years there.

    So, I met them in Modesto’s, a nice italian restaurant. I had a bottle of Stella Artois (love this beer with no specific reason, just nice). And they ordered Tiramisu, which is very very very good. 9/10 in my tongue.

    At 10, we took a bus to Clarke Quay, for a slice of fun fun fun. Waited few minutes in Marrakesh before offered a seat. He recommended Mojito. I dont understand cocktail, luckily these two were graduated from F&B related major (hotel and tourism), so they explained what is mojito, how to make it, etc. Fun! Oh ya, it’s a mix of rum, mint, lime, and sugar. I must say, it’s very very nice! 9/10 again.

    The girl ordered Long Island (i dont like it). My friend ordered Shisha also, peach-flavored. It’s the first time i try shisha. Nice! But, i must say it didn’t make me a shisha fans.

    But, now i love Mojito! 🙂
    Got home at 2, with a crazy taxi charge and surcharge.

  • Nikon

    Quite fun trying my pal’s camera (Nikon). Like the clicking sound of it.
    Zooming, focusing, adjusting, stay still, focused, click!

    Look at how i performed above-mentioned task!
    Not bad huh? Haha.
    Maybe, can later become a photo-journalist, hmmm… but must start with photo-blogging instead (which i dont really have the passion to start right now).

    Anyway, just feel really refreshed, after pulang-kampung for couple of days. Pekanbaru. A fast growing town. Really fast.
    About 8 years ago, when my friends ask me to ‘jalan-jalan’, it really meant we’re on ‘jalan’, roamed around the streets. But now, when they say ‘jalan-jalan’, it could means malls (and we have to ask: ‘jalan-jalan’ which mall?). Nah..that fast!

    The only thing I regretted in my home-town is a new statue around Simpang Komersial Arengka. Imagine you eat something very very very bad, and you regret you have put that damn thing in your mouth, and you later call it “mouth-killer”. And the statue i mentioned above is an “eye-killer”. I regret i’ve ever seen such an ugly thing with my eyes. :))

    Overall, pay a visit to Pekanbaru, and feel the heartbeat of growing Sumatra…. And maybe, you can experience one of my shoot with my pal’s Nikon!