Here is the whole album of SEA Conference Opening. Personally I love most of the photos, need to shoot in very high ISO and It will be really help if I have D3X at that night to shoot higher ISO to get effect that I really want, but nevertheless I love the images that comes out from my D90.
Enjoy the high quality album:
I have a great chances to join HOPE worldwide program to Pedongkelan at jakarta, and It is only limited for 30 people or more, and without a second though I took it and it become very memorable experience for me.
Pedongkelan is a slum area in part of Jakarta, where most of people who are really unfortunate and have very bare income to survive will stay there. Most of the kids there are rarely tasting education in the school, and Thanks to the HOPE volunteer in Jakarta working with local mothers to set up mini school for kids to learn things that are teach in school and also learn other area to develop their own set skills.
During our visit at there, We are visiting a baby who has brain tumor and he just 14 months!!!!! (Picture above) It is because of donation to HOPE Worldwide that Rizky (the baby name) is still alive until this day and one time treatment, it can cost one year wage or perhaps more for the parents of Rizky.
Before we go home, After we hear lots of story in Pedongkelan, Katy (Full time HOPE worker in Malaysia) initiative herself to gather all the volunteer to raise fund on the spot from volunteer and we manage to collect quite donations to support local community.
There are many more programs from HOPE Worldwide Indonesia for their respectively country to bring hope for unfortunate community and changes their life. I myself really loves to be involve and devoted to HOPE program.
Mandiri Bank Museum, where it known as “Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij” during Batavia period, is one of important historical place in Jakarta where it preserve Netherlands structure and culture in the area. This building is the first bank in Indonesia founded by Netherlands government used to be a trading company and then it moves their business into banking industry.
My first day in Jakarta, is going to this building where I having International Fellowship Dinner, watching performance and also riding bicycle go around the area. Such an unique experience for me and It is my first time after many times visit Jakarta.
You can get the high quality image below, feel free to copy and save to your hard disk, but ask me if you want to use it for commercial or to publish it to anywhere.
I have chance to drink Luwak coffee, The most expensive coffee in the world!!!!!! It cost me US$8 for a cup of coffee, which almost cost triple from normal coffee and double from Starbucks (Anyway Starbucks coffee is overprice according to me).
I spot this place, thanks to Joyce as she looks around and then see the place where they sell Luwak coffee. They package really nice tom show how expensive it is, and they serve in beautiful glass with precise amount of hot water and also precise temperature. The aroma is really unique, and the taste is really different from any coffee that I had before. I can say it is worth of money to try, but I could not afford to drink everyday, sniiff…
You know that the interesting fact, this coffee is totally same bean with my father usually drink, except this luwak coffee bean has been eaten by luwak (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and then it comes out with their pulp. YES!!! I am drinking pulp from animal!!!!!
