i am chare

bali lovelies

2011-08-19T17:32:00.006+02:00

seeing my friends' blogs (that they update regularly) always reminds me that i should update mine. so here's another attempt at it.

i just came back from a trip to bali. bali has always been my favourite places to go to, but this time it was even more special and memorable because i was there with 3 lovelies that i truly adore. so here's one snapshot of one of the many, many happy moments there.... <3
me and two of the lovelies (the one more lovely took the picture)
@nammos beach club, karma kandara, ungasan, bali
photo taken by sz

watch this space for more pictures, or you can also go to my flickr

some stuff i made on a sunday ;)

2011-02-15T18:40:00.005+01:00

i make jewelry on sundays. i post some pictures of the pieces that i made on my jewelry website made on a sunday. please stop by when you get a chance, your comments and inputs are greatly appreciated as i am trying to find out which types of jewelry i can do better and which styles are more appealing to people.

i want to share with you here the pictures of some earrings i designed and created recently. they are commissioned by a friend of mine to be made for the girls in her wedding party.

a walk in the park #2

2011-01-25T18:48:00.008+01:00

i guess i have said this one too many times, that one of the things i miss the most about living in europe is the chance to take afternoon walks in the park...

...seeing the park benches and the afternoon shadow on the ground...

...blowing dandelions...

...lying on the grass, watching people passing by...

...waiting for the sun to set behind the skyline...

can't wait till my next walk in the park. will you take a walk with me?:)

*pictures are from kralingse plas, kralingen, rotterdam, the netherlands. click here for more of my pictures of rotterdam.

made on a sunday says "hello, world!"

2010-01-10T17:22:00.003+01:00

made on a sunday blog is officially launched. before i can make (or pay someone to make) a proper website for my line of accessories, i will use this space to show you my pieces, all designed and made on a sunday. please stop by (or follow!) so you can see my newest pieces if you are interested. enjoy and have a lovely sunday!

notting hill

2009-10-15T16:44:00.005+02:00

enjoy!

พระบรมมหาราชวัง, Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang

2009-08-22T17:27:00.005+02:00

my friend laura and i went for our annual trip and this time we chose to go to thailand. below are some pictures of the details of the grand palace in bangkok and you can find more pictures here

a wedding in bali

2009-06-17T14:16:00.002+02:00

went to bali to take pictures for a wedding. it was the perfect place and weather for bas & helsa. congratulations you two! may you live happily ever after :)

more pictures and the album

a walk in the park

2009-04-21T17:29:00.004+02:00

i treasure simple things in life such as having a picnic with friends, reading a book or just having a walk in a park.

i wish there were more public parks in jakarta....

photo by chare, hyde park, london, uk, 2008

destination: london, united kingdom

2009-02-02T12:43:00.001+01:00

i really need to catch up on my blogging, just like i need to catch up with everything else that i have been putting off because of work.

well, i am starting with a few shots from my winter vacation to london. needless to say, i instantly fell in love with the city

destination: the gilis, nusa tenggara barat, indonesia

2008-09-30T14:41:00.007+02:00

my friend laura came to visit from sydney and we went on a 4-day trip to the gilis, a group of islands on the northwest coast of lombok (the island east of bali).

we flew from jakarta to mataram (or sometimes listed as ampenan) which took about one and a half hours. we then took a taxi from mataram to bangsal to catch our boat to the gilis. i must say that being at the bangsal harbor is a little uncomfortable as there were people agressively offering us boat tickets as soon as we entered the premises. not to mention luggage porters that will snatch your bags and overcharge you for bringing it on to the boat. but anyway, if you are ever in bangsal, make sure you 1. buy your ticket the counter and 2. hang on to your own bag, and if your luggage is too heavy, you need to agree on the fee first, before you give your luggage to the porter to carry. no need to worry, the people in the harbor are harmless, they are just desperate for some work (and money). you can also catch a private boat from another harbor, but that will cost up to $35. considering our budget, laura and i settled with going by the public boat and we only had to pay less than US$ 1 per person. we got to gili trawangan, safe and in one piece =).

the gilis (gili means island) consist of 3 little islands, gili trawangan, gili meno, and gili air. gili trawangan is the biggest of the 3 and that's where we stayed. there are no motor vehicles in this island, so you either walk, cycle or take the horse carriage (or rickshaws?). how's that? clean air, soft sand, blue sky and crystal clear water. days in the sun do not get much better than this =)

my full set of pictures is here

2008-07-26T18:54:00.004+02:00

i have created a new site for a selection of my photographs. please come by and visit chare takes pictures =)

adele's chasing pavements

2008-02-27T11:54:00.004+01:00

i love, love, love this song right now...

the beginning of the year of the rat

2008-02-12T10:13:00.001+01:00

photo: "hear my prayer" - by chare

my brother and i went to petak sembilan in old jakarta ("kota") to take pictures at the temple.

chinese (lunar) new year
petak sembilan, jakarta kota, indonesia

more pictures here

bali

2008-01-10T18:40:00.000+01:00

bali dec 2007-jan 2008.

see more pictures here

lawang sewu, semarang, central java

2008-01-08T19:00:00.002+01:00

photo: my sister in front of lawang sewu building, by chare

The name Lawang sewu means Thousand Doors, but among the local Javanese the name conotates an eerie haunted house with a tragic history. This Dutch colonial building was built in 1863 by C. Citroen. It was the branch office for the Dutch Indonesian train company but when the Japanese invaded in 1942, they used it as a gruesome interrogation headquarter where they jailed and killed a lot of Indonesians. Long standing reports of multiple ghost sightings in this building has turned it into a local destination for young students & tourists who would make their visit on weekend nights to experience this legendary haunted house.
source: www.tripadvisor.com

see more pictures here

snowkiting

2007-12-10T18:33:00.000+01:00

i have to do this someday!

in my bag... today

2007-10-04T17:57:00.000+02:00

playing along with lola to display the things in our bags. so... these are the things i carried around today in one of my two bags (the other one being my laptop bag):

cellphone, hand lotion, ipod, wallet, coin pouch, make-up bag, TIME magazine - style &design edition(something i can read in a cab), notebook (to jot down things i don't want to forget), access card (to get into my hotel room), panadol (for midday migrane), business card case, antibacterial moist tissues, more access cards (to get into the building and the office).

ok... i think i carry too many things around....

musicovery

2007-08-14T08:51:00.000+02:00

david introduced me to musicovery it's the coolest webradio i've seen so far as you can slide the cursor over to pick the genre, the mood and the time period. visually enchanting, too! give it a try, see if you like it as much as i do.

meulaboh, aceh, indonesia

2007-05-01T10:45:00.002+02:00

picture: "after it's all gone" by chare

more pictures
i went on assignment to meulaboh.

Meulaboh (or Moulabouh) is the capital of West Aceh Regency, Indonesia and located about 245 km southeast of Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province.
Meulaboh is among the hardest hit areas by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Being just 150 km from the epicenter of the earthquake, Meulaboh was hit by tsunami, leaving the estimated deaths of 40,000 people out of 120,000.

source: wikipedia

tureloto beach, nias island, indonesia

2007-04-30T12:45:00.000+02:00

another trip i went on for an assignment (i'm the one in pink). more pictures

after we finished our fieldwork in lahewa, we made the time to check out the local beach called tureloto. the locals said that it was nice and they were right.
because of the tsunamis in 2004 and 2005, the coastline of nias shifted and left some of the land (including trails of coral reefs) exposed out of the ocean. in the picture, we were standing on top of the reefs that used to be completely submerged.

here's a bit about nias island

Nias is the largest of the islands off Sumatra that are part of North Sumatra province. This area consists of 131 islands and Nias Island is the biggest. The population in this area is about 639,675 people (including Ono Niha - the native inhabitant of the Island, Malay, Batak, and Chinese).

Nias is an internationally famous surfing destination. The best known surfing area is Sorake Bay, close to the town of Teluk Dalam, on the southern tip. Enclosed by the beaches of Lagundri and Sorake, the bay has both left and right-hand breaks. As they wait for waves, surfers can often see sea turtles swimming below. There are also two consistent, world-class waves in the nearby Hinako Islands, Asu and Bawa. Many lesser-known, high-quality surf spots with low crowds await adventurous travelers.

Nias was part of the famous Hippie trail of the 1960s, particularly traveled by surfers, which lead to Bali. Some claim that the waves at the southern beach of Sorake are better than the ones in Maui. It has been the site of several international surfing competitions in the past, particularly before the 1998 Indonesian Reformation Movement.

On December 26, 2004 the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake struck a few kilometers north of the island, creating tsunamis as high as 10 meters. 122 people were killed and hundreds more rendered homeless.

On March 28, 2005, the island was again hit by the 2005 Sumatran earthquake, initially presumed to be an aftershock following the 2004 quake, but now regarded as the second-most powerful earthquake in the world since 1965 and twelfth-most powerful ever recorded. At least 800 people are reported dead, with the possibility of more than 2,000 casualties. Hundreds of buildings have toppled, and many thousands have been made homeless. In 2007, almost two years after the earthquake, there are still tens of thousands of internally displaced persons living in camps throughout Nias.
source: wikipedia

den haag is illuminated

2006-09-24T05:28:00.003+02:00

i spent saturday night in den haag to see todaysart 2006

india.arie @ paradiso, amsterdam

2006-08-24T17:56:00.000+02:00

i greatly admire india arie's previous works, acoustic soul and voyage to india. i think her lyrics are so honest and genuine. in my opinion, her latest album testimony: vol. 1 love and relationship is her best work yet. i have been listening to it for almost a couple of months and i haven't gotten tired of it! i thought it would be nice to see her perform live (and acoustic!) sometime.

and... she came to amsterdam!

she began with a few numbers from her newest album and she was amazed that the audience could sing along to the songs that had just been released a couple of months ago. many times she just stopped singing and jumped joyfully, saying "i can't believe it...y'all know my songs already!"

she is a great storyteller through her music and it made her live performance so intimate. it is so nice to see an artist who really does not need to rely on anything else than her talent to sing and write music. wearing a dress that her mother made and minimal make up, she was still able to have a spectacular production!

a little, useless note: the day before the concert i was lucky enough to get a ticket to india.arie's sold out concert. when people were willing to bid (on marktplaats) 100 euros for a ticket, i got it for 22! yay! ;)

shelby chan

2006-08-04T04:33:00.003+02:00

i was just going through some old pictures on my album when i found this one of me while snorkling in benoa, bali, taken by shelby chan...

shelby is a new york based photographer whom i met in jakarta at the wedding of my friend, yuli. check out his professional work as well as pictures he took on our trip to bali (2001)

paulinho moska

2006-08-02T01:48:00.000+02:00

it's another sleepless night while i'm trying to fall asleep listening to some music. my iTunes is playing my collection of brazilian numbers and i just listen to a voice that i really adore. it belongs to paulinho moska.

i really don't know much about his works, other than the fact that i enjoy listening to his voice on a few songs from the soundtrack of women on top (sabor da paixao). to me it's one of my top 5 favorite movie soundtracks (note: soundtracks, not movies). i haven't gotten tired of the entire album even after 6 years! tune to falsa baiana, nos bracos de isabel, sonho meu and cinzas, and tell me if you think his voice is incredibly soothing and sexy. i don't understand what the songs actually say (they may as well be sad and depressing), but for all i know his voice on these numbers just makes me think of a relaxed, happy, and carefree day. perhaps portuguese also adds to its allure...;) considering how much i love brazilian music and how extremely i romanticize brazil, i wonder why i have not attempted to learn portuguese!

so tonight... or actually... this morning.. i google paulinho moska. i try to find out more about his other works, but then i run into his collection of photos he had taken. i must say that that they are quite original. an artist with a beautiful voice and an edge for photography.

have a moska day!

brazil-france, world cup fan fest, stuttgart

2006-07-01T16:09:00.000+02:00

road trip : rotterdam-stuttgart

2006-06-30T16:23:00.000+02:00

starring:
PS as cashmere/german efficiency

CZ as steffie, EdV as anja klum

PS, CP as suzuki yakamoto

germany-costa rica, paulaner brauhaus, singapore

2006-06-09T16:35:00.000+02:00

guess who had too much fun...again?

dj gregory @ the dragonfly, jakarta

2006-06-05T16:58:00.000+02:00

filda invited us to a party at the dragonfly to conclude this year's french cultural month in jakarta. dj gregory spun the perfect music for the evening and we had a blast dancing the night through. he's coming back to indonesia for a gig at the junction in bali, check it out!!! wish i could be there....

puncak pass

2006-06-03T15:45:00.000+02:00

queen's day, amsterdam

2006-05-01T17:47:00.000+02:00

manila

2006-01-22T03:10:00.000+01:00

jamiroquai concert @ ahoy, rotterdam

2005-10-07T19:54:00.000+02:00

....never ceases to amaze me....

i moved.... again!

2005-10-01T15:20:00.000+02:00

amsterdam gay pride parade

2005-08-06T20:00:00.001+02:00

more pictures

live 8, palais de versailles, paris

2005-07-08T03:05:00.000+02:00

i had been looking forward to go to paris. first of all, because the last time i visited was when i was 11 [yep.... that was a looooooooooong while ago], second of all, i get to visit my friends brava, as well as lusti and her husband edwin. it just so happened that i could get a pretty cheap thalys ticket on the weekend that the live 8 concert was held. a summer weekend just can't be better than that.

pat metheny group concert, utrecht

2005-06-08T12:22:00.000+02:00

i went with biscuit to pat metheny group concert. this concert is part of north sea jazz 2005. needless to say... it was simply amazing!

antonio sanchez is an incredible drummer

pictures from this concert are coming soon

...i miss indonesia...

2005-06-03T16:20:00.001+02:00

1. first and for most, my family
2. the spas... nothing recharges you (for the next week) more than a sunday afternoon in a spa for all body massage and javanese traditional scrub)
3. dvds for Rp.5000 or less
4. shopping at mangga 2 and the likes (dozens of ITCs)
5. tokio joe sushi (when i have money)
6. sushi tei(when i am broke, but still craving for sushi)
7. haagen dazs green tea ice cream (yeah, this is not really indonesian, but this flavor is only for the asian market, i think)
8. adventurer store in rawamangun for travel gears
9. ubud, bali
10. shopping for accessories in bali
11. parasailing in (guess what???) bali
12. infotainment in the afternoon (gak mutu banget, tapi lucu)
13. dunia lain on tv (hahahahahaha, gw penakut tapi suka penasaran)
14. transvestites on taman lawang and dharmawangsa
15. a dj on I-radio who says “kalo gw sih, flow with the go aja….” (aduuuuuuh, salah maaaaas, go with the flow kali….)
16. being in my bed while it rains in the afternoon. Sedaaaaaaaaaap
17. (relatively) cheap taxi ride, very convenient when under the “influence”
18. biro jasa (kalo di luar negeri ngurus surat-surat musti sendiri, males…)
19. punya pembokat (self explanatory…)
20. tempat fotocopy (pagi anter, sore ambil, sudah dijilid pula!)
21. roti bakar gembul deket kampus parahyangan (roti bakar eddy gak ada apa-apanya dibanding ini)
22. sayur asem buatan nyokap
23. sore-sore makan pisang goreng sambil minum teh panas di teras belakang rumah pas lagi ujan
24. pisang molen di kampus trisakti
25. kue cubit
26. frestea, teh botol juga deeeeeeeee
27. duren!
28. ikan bakar babe lili

to non-indonesian speakers, my apology for writing partly in indonesian, some meaning may be lost in translation if i write it in english.

when i look at my list again…it’s almost all about food, heheheheh. first of all, i LOVE to eat and Indonesia IS a food paradise. well, that’s all i can think of right now, bored in my office on a friday afternoon. if you have more ideas please click on comment and add to the list.

people are people

2005-05-07T02:16:00.000+02:00

I am the one who believes in all that you say
I am the one who never wants to define herself
I am the one who’s paralel, upfront, behind
I am the one paddling like crazy through the night

Refine, old time, colourblind
Big sign, do time, doesn’t rhyme
A lot, too much, standing tall
And I’m crying in the valley:
“I shall never, ever fall!”

People are people and I feel so strong
People are people and I’m going on

I am the one who stirs it up everytime
I am the one who never knows how close she is
I am the one who’d rather be dead than confess
I am the one trying to be good, wanting to be bad and so on

Excess, temptress, big mess
Phoney, lonely, it’s a test
Be still my heart, don’t you fail
And I’m crying on the stagefloor:
“I will always prevail!”

I’m going on…

~dsound

incognito-dsound@paradiso, a'dam

2005-05-01T23:55:00.000+02:00

Posted by: caridadita

simone of dsound, photo by: caridadita
saturday 9:13 am (cellphone ringing)

"huh...? heee...llooo ?" picking up the phone at this hour after queen's night party till 5 am is quite a challenge.
"you're coming to a concert with me"
"huh???" still incoherent
"concert, tomorrow, 8:30, amsterdam"
"which concert?"
"incognito"
"how much?" i am suddenly awake
"i took care of the ticket. so, what's the word?"
"i'm there"
"leidseplein 7:30"

incognito@paradiso, a'dam, photo by: caridadita
Posted by: caridadita.

koninginnedag, amsterdam

2005-04-30T18:31:00.000+02:00

2 orange kids, photo by caridadita
Posted by: caridadita.

proud being dutch, photo by caridadita
Posted by: caridadita.

tulips, anyone?

2005-04-24T23:13:00.000+02:00

Posted by: caridadita

keukenhof, photo by: biscuit
biscuit and i decided to check out the tulips, after all, we are in holland and it was a good day to soak up the sun. thought we'd be bored looking at flowers for hours. absolutely not the case.

pasqua

2005-03-27T19:24:00.000+02:00

i (the indonesian) together with my favorite german, italian, irish and lithuanian went to easter mass in the hague (read: the egg). it was an english mass which lasted a bit longer than usual because there were people being baptized, given their first communion, you name it. almost all sacraments were there, as the irish said... all we need now is a wedding in this mass...

then we went to a chinese lunch at Kee Lun Palace in Den Haag's chinatown...

how's that for an eclectic easter?

walking on air...

2005-03-14T23:23:00.000+01:00

got an internship! phew......

i have been anxious since friday, the day the company said they would get back to me with their decision. and finally today, while dreading going to my spanish class for lack of things to talk about (in spanish), i opened my email...and there it was, i got it!

dead tired today... but even while walking in the cold i could joyfully hum a song all the way home from campus...

take five

2005-03-07T23:18:00.000+01:00

dave brubeck's take five to cure my monday blues from my favorite lithuanian...

paris?

2005-03-04T02:05:00.000+01:00

yes, i know, along with millions of other people, i too jumped on the bandwagon and read dan brown's the da vinci code. i am not a big fan of mystery, but i must admit that reading this book makes me want to see (or revisit) all the art works mentioned in it. just curious, i want to pay a closer attention this time. so...today i woke up with the thought... weekend in paris?

...white...

2005-03-03T01:56:00.000+01:00

rotterdam is so beautiful today. it is covered in white. i think it is the most beautiful rotterdam has ever been since the day i arrived 6 months ago.

museum freak

2005-02-27T02:24:00.000+01:00

surprise, surprise, rotterdam finally came out of its slumber today! it's museum night...when the museums and galleries in the city are open until 2am. if only rotterdam could stay this way all the time...

museum freak, NAI r'dam, photo by: caridadita
Posted by: caridadita.

http://www.rotterdamsemuseumnacht.nl/

adam

2005-02-26T05:22:00.000+01:00

Posted by: caridadita

adam, photo by: caridadita

shahre ziba

2005-01-29T08:59:00.001+01:00

shahre ziba
Posted by: caridadita.

thousands of cinema afficionados...
twelve hours...
seven movies...
one annoying guy...
one day...
one theater...
one sore bottom...
one big tub of popcorn...
one incredible work...

...beautiful city...

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/nl/events/article/339826.html

methodology... (think israeli accent!)

2005-01-28T08:48:00.000+01:00

ladies, we kicked some serious ass!!! was a pleasure working with you, my favourite german, my favourite dutch and my favourite italian!