dilettante's first debut!

welcome to dilettante!

it means amateur in italian. i always wanted to try this! yatta! i'm quite happy for the first tryout! :) ottokhe?

ps: thxs sis for being my first ever model! :D

kakashi sensei

it's been years since my bro's friend gave this to him. but he didn't touch it at all. out of patience, i painted it. he got quite upset when i showed the picture to him :P

photograph of the month: may 2011

oopsy... it's late again! :(

fiore

my mom's gardener sold her two beautiful flowers. one named batavia, and another is ... (she forgot what her flower's name is). gotta ask the gardener. delighted to take their pictures.

.-.. --- ...- . .. - ! (love it!)

i bought this book as my own birthday present last couple of months. Not only i bought the book, but also register as a member of a bookstore. i never thought that i'd love times! times definitely heals my yearning for border.

it's a children's book, but there's no restriction it is for kids only. it's surely light for kids to read, yet it's wide and capturing at the same time. normally i strict myself to read thinner books, i'd avoid books which are thicker than my bible. but for this title i'll go for the second and the third books!

highly recommended for everybody who loves adventure, intrigues, riddles, and fun!

a visit of pakcik and makciks from malaysia

finally the day came! we'd been communicating few weeks. thanks to the technology, everything can be simple and cheap :p although i didn't give what i promised (which is picking them up at the airport, i'm terribly sorry), i'm super duper happy to see them again.

day 1: to straight to parapat
after a lunch at uda sayang, which amazed them a lot with the many side-dish food served on the table, we began a long journey straight to parapat. i admit i'm not a good passenger. i got wasted easily, and thank goodness i didn't throw up.

taking a ferry to the island...

when we reached parapat, it's dark. so we decided to have dinner at the restaurant and enjoyed a star-full night sky. truly gorgeous!

day 2: seriously crazy day
we purposely woke up early to catch these pictures! and fortunately we did!

amazing root huh?

while busily taking pictures, we met these guys who were taking pre-wed pictures. though i didn't see the results, i believe the pictures must be amazing!

their pre-wed picturemy pre-wed picture

a high jump for a beautiful day with a beautiful view

carolina hotel - a recommended stay in parapat

thanks to the man (who came from Spore) for taking us a picture. we seldom have full team picture :)

we found this crazy board which sent us to the deep endless bottom of the lake. edmond, jo, and weiway tried it. i wish i had more gut to try it. i had this crazy imagination that my leg would get trapped by the seaweed. haiks... now, yes i regret it.

it's a long way back to medan...

then we dropped a while to brastagi and we found what jo wanted! tamarillo = terong belanda (= dutch's eggplant, literally translated).

day 3: binjai's rafting

watch out people! here we come!

fill up your bellly before rafting, very crucial coz you gonna spend lotsa energy there...pre-jumpperson 1: edmondperson 2: joperson 3: weiwayperson 4: yentyperson 5: suryantipersons 6: bang gembul and megapersons 7: weiway and metaking a break before the damthe famous damafter the dam, excitedly relieved :)

day 3 was filled with water, water, and water... and saying goodbye! happy to serve you guys here ;) hopefully you did have a great trip here :)

photograph of the month: april 2011

ps: yes, i know it's a month late. it's been a hectic month.