Battersea Power Station

 
What I can see here is the great piece of architecture.  The size of the (previously) power station is huge.  It almost dwarfed everyone surrounds it.  In recent years, government tries to dismantle this piece and turn into a large superblock development.  Many architects were invited to re-design and incorporate the element of the old building.

It is definitely a masterpiece of architecture; not only because of the size, but also all the element of industrial character.  I visited Battersea with my fellow classmates from the AA (back then I was still a student).  We were amazed by the proportion of the ground, the building, and the human activities.  

Orphanage Visit

On Oct 2nd, I went to the orphanage for disable kids at Pamulang, called Bhakti Luhur. The event was conjunction with my birthday and I was thinking to do something different and meaningful. Turns up, it was really worthy to go there. It really gave a happy feeling for a very long time. The kids are all angels.

We sang together and played games together. Amazingly, the kids are very brave and proactive towards most of the activities. Some even showed off with their move on “Poco-Poco” dance. After all the activities, we invited them to sing a happy birthday and blew the candle together. At the end, we ate together with the kids. It was super fun.

Of course the FUN won’t be complete without all my friends’ support. I just felt so blessed to have such a kind hearted and lovely friends. I will never be able to thank them enough. So…, Mareen, Sasa, Helena, Earlene, Sigit, Vince, Mamat, Meiliana, Zena, Merlin, Mely, Melyta, Novi, Yansen, Mulyadi, Fanny, Yahya, Amelia thank you.. thank you… thank you. I really appreciate and grateful of all the helps and time that you guys spared. And of course not to forget my parents, for all their support, esp. my mom. Without her, this event will never occur.

Re-blogging again !!!

It’s been a while since the last time I blogged (which happened in 2008). Wow, that was almost 4 years ago. Back then I was still live in the UK, exploring independent life and far from home. There are lots of things happened since then. I left UK in February 2009 to explore Shanghai of China. There are plenty of opportunities in China compare to Europe within that time. The economic crisis hit the Europe quite badly. Lucky enough, the government of China decides to spend the budget on infrastructure and building new cities. As you might noticed already, I am working in the build environment industry. Therefore, this Chinese government policy is very beneficial for me.

After I spent 2.5 years in China, I decided to return to my hometown, Jakarta. That happened on 3th July 2011. I’m now working in the developer company, one of the largest in Indonesia. Of course this brings lots of excitement, especially with the high profile project.

Ok, enough for the short introduction. The main reason I’m re-blogging is because I heard this news about the Japanese tourism board will give out 10,000 free tickets to Japan for free. The idea is to spread the word about how safe and wonderful Japan is. I think that is a very smart way to do things. Just for information, Japan has been hit by tsunami and nuclear plant incident, which caused radiation panic. Since then, Japanese tourism has been suffered quite badly. And it is time to return Japanese tourism industry as a safe place to visit.

Radiation? Yes.. but radiation happens everywhere.