Herve Menge, my funny friend from French

Herve Menge, the French guy. He is an outspoken person, funny and sometime gets little bit silly. He's very open minded person, maybe it's all because of his journey... :) He's been traveling around the world. He loves exploring other cultures. And he made a document about that, just great!!! There's a moment which i barely couldn't speak, the time when i took to the temples, Prambanan and Borobudur. He explained to me about Buddhism and Hinduism, and he almost knew about the relief on the temple's wall. I was so amazed that time... :) He told me about Hindu and Buddhist mythology. What's the different between Hindu in India from other countries, and much more. I listened to him carefully, coz it's new for me... ;) He has many experiences about anything. He speaks French (for sure), English, Japanese. But, he definitely speaks bad words in many languages... :) he also asked me about Indonesian bad words...hahaha, and i taught him some words, and he likes it.

There's a funny moment when we were in Borobudur. We went to Borobudur at 9.00 AM in the morning, and we arrived at 10.30 AM. We went around the temple for 2 hours. Then we had a rest under the tree. And then the funny moment happened, there're several monks on the temple that time. One of them walked through our sit, the monk carried a big bag, a good camera, a good handycam, and wear "NIKE" shoe. Then, Herve said : "i think that he's a fake monk!", "How you can say that?" : i replied. "Look, he's a rich guy! if you are a monk you shouldn't be like that!" : he explained to me. But, suddenly the monk turned his head and looked upon us and said : "you should take a look at yourself before you say that". I was so shock and couldn't say anything that time. And then Herve said : "why should i? i'm not a monk and i'm not a Buddhist". Then the monk just walked away....after that we saw each other then we laughed.... :) It was so funny and scary too.

Then we went back to Jogja. The next day we went to the lava tour and kuning river. But, unfortunately he didn't like Lava tour... :) because we couldn't see mont. Merapi, it was so cloudy. So, we decided to go to kuning river. The river is located under the cliff. We went down and discover the river. The water is so fresh and cold. We played and had some rest for awhile. We wanted to swim at first, but the weather was too cold...so we just played with the water... :) made some photos, like you can see it on the photo above. We went there with Sonny and San-san.Herve also taught me some French words, but it's quite hard to say... :) French language isn't phonetic language, so it's quite difficult.

It was unforgettable memories...funny, challenging, inspiring... ;) I really hope that someday we will meet again.

Friends

Friends, for me they are very important people besides my family....yup! Family comes first. Since i stay far away from my hometown, so friends also my second family... :) I spend many times with them. Most of us have the same interest, such as watching movie, hang out in the cafe and traveling.

But, there's something unique in our friendship. We have a different background, very different... :p Myself, i work as an engineer, Sonny, he runs his family business, Nenny, we call her Ding-ding, she is a teacher, our sinyo, San-san, he's a college student. He's the youngest among us, Jefry a.k.a Japrax the businessman and photographer, Bakoh the basketball player, Henri and many more...sorry for who's unwritten... ;) If we're together, many crazy things will happen and some times it's too much, but we all like it...strange... :( But like i've told you before, we all love traveling. Just like on that photo. That photo was taken when my friends and i went to several temples, actually Jogjakarta has many temples, either big one or small one. Some of them were made by Hindu's kingdom and some were made by Buddhist's . Sonny, Dind-ding, Aditya a.k.a Kucing and Cik Wenny and i went to discover those places... :) That time we went to Sari temple, Sambisari temple, Prambanan temple and Boko palace, we also tried "Dawet Ayu", one of Javanese food, according to my friend, this one is one of the best "Dawet" in Kalasan district. Besides temples, there are many beautiful places around Jogja and we have to see them all. . Coz i think that we should explore our own place before we explore other places or countries, am i right! :) That's why we decided to explore Jogjakarta first.

I also like this moment. That picture was taken in Pandawa Waterboom, Solo Baru. We went there when that place was newly opened. So, we're one of the luckies visitor, not only because the place less crowded but also we only paid half price... :) We tried many different slides, from the usual slide to the challenging one, and it's all great, we got sunburn all over the body. We went there from 10 AM till 04.30 PM...and it's worthed, tired but satisfied.

We just try to enjoy lifes..."Life is not a job"...don't you think so...! That's why i try to make my life "LIFE".... :)

My first experience... :)

I love travelling and meeting new people around the globe, especially foreigners... :) May be it's all because they have a different cultures and i only know it from TV. That's why, i want to proof it by myself... :) For me, they have a unique and unpredictable characters (according to the movie i've seen).
They're looked selfish, arrogant and independent. But, i'm an open minded people, i don't judge people, i'm just curious about them... :) That's why i want to proof it and at the same time want to learn about them, their cultures and customs.

Sven Dominic Huber, the Swiss guy. He was my first experience... :) I knew him from a friend who stayed in Jakarta. He stayed in Jogjakarta for 6 days, i took him around Jogjakarta, to the most possible places to see. I was so nervous that time... :), exited and scared, all mixed up. But everything became just fine after we had conversation. He's a nice, polite and funny guy. And he had many travel experiences. He had been travelling to several countries, Prague, Poland, Egypt, India, Thailand and more. We had a long discussion about everything and he also shared his travel experiences with me. I asked him about everything. Questions which has been running inside my head all a long. He was so surprised too, he said :"wow" :) He answered all my questions nicely. He also gave me an advise about what i should and i shouldn't do or talk to foreigners. It was like enlightenment for me that time... :) He introduced me to a website which i might meet with foreigners from around the globe. "Great" it was my first answer. He just laughed to see my reaction. Not only me who asked him about everything, but he did the same. Mostly he asked me about Javanese cultures and religion. "Why there're many superstitious in Jogjakarta?" that was on of his question. He was surprised hearing my explanations. Most Javanese people believes on it. That's why you will see many ceremonies in Java.

Since my first met with Sven, i'm obsessed with foreigners... :) in a good way of course. And i hope someday i will marry foreigner girl... :)) Sven and i becoming friends since. We exchanged our email address, our messager account and even facebook... :) Actually he's the one who introduced me with facebook...thanks dude!!!
He also invited me to his place, in Switzerland. "I would love to be your sponsor, Andry" he said. I was so glad that time. And i'm dying to do that... :)

Over all experinces were great.....really great!!!