Mbah Kung Hardoyo Ulang Tahun

Today is Grandfather Hardoyo's birthday. Remembering his last birthday in 2006, here's the photos of his 90th birthday in Bojongkoneng, Bandung. It was celebrated with friends from church, families from out of town, and the most important is, I was there! I flew from Singapore in the morning to Jakarta, then Mbak Ine & Oom Agoek picked me up at the airport and we drove to Bandung. We made it just in time to sing him birthday song and watch him opened the presents. He was surprised to see me and called my name out loud in the middle of the celebration. Love him!

Bandung, Jan 28, 2006


Bu Ariadne & Mbah Kung - best friends.



Friends from GKJ (Javanese Christian Church) presented a piece for Mbah Kung's birthday. He would sing along while listening. Sometimes he would criticize them, too. He did that just because he knew them so well from leading and conducting the church choir all his life.

Ulang Tahun Mbah Kung Hardoyo -2

Flight 93 Memorial

Union City, CA.
A memorial in Union City for the passengers & crew of the United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed on September 11 planned attack on the US capital, Washinton DC. The flight was scheduled to fly to San Francisco. A National Memorial will be built in Pennsylvania National Park.

The old Union City

Jan 7, 08.
The old downtown of Union City, California.

The old Union City -2

The best Spanish cuisine they claim. Truth is, it's long gone..


An old car and Mexico Tipico at the backgrond, a home cooking Mexican food.. delicioso!

Twinkle Twinkle Amaryllis

Twinkle Twinkle Holiday Star Amaryllis.

The Lost Cows 2 - Boxers vs Cows

December 15, 2007.
Since their first few 'visits' in October 2007, these five lost cows, one of them got horns, have been regulars in the property and become nuisance. Here's one of the occasions.

Smoked Speckled Trouts

Beautiful spices for smoking mix: Cinnamon, anise star, dried chile, fennel seed, jasmine rice, jasmine tea leaves, brown sugar, lemongrass, ginger, shredded coconut.


Caught them, cleaned them, fillet them, smoked them, and eat them. Delicious!