TRUE CONFESSIONS

The trip is nearly end. I am sure i will miss this place very much because it has been a great journey for the past three days. Even though we did not have enough sleep and rest but still it is a great journey for me to discover new place and meeting strangers along the way. I capture this photo just before we leave the Samosir Island. Amazing right? I am glad that i decided to joined this pilgrimage trip. On this last day we were drive back to Medan City. However, just before reach the city, we went to Pertapaan Putri Karmel, Medan. However, just before we leave the island, i manage to took photo with the resort staff. He using their uniform and it is quite unique because, no matter how plain it is, the side of the cloth still have batik pattern. The batik is actually brought in from Java and they sale quite cheap in Medan. I forgot to ask his name but he is local. The Batak Toba people.  Not to forget capturing myself with a friend that i just met during this trip...

On the 3rd day we leave Sinabung Hills to another part of Medan. We will be on an island on the island, and that for sure the famous Samosir Island inside the Toba Lake. Yai!!! I am super excited because at last i can see it with my own eyes. With the elevation 1000++ meter above sea leave, aren't its amazing and interesting to be there?..    Sinabung Hills Resort compound early in the morning.  The sculpture that "attract" my friend very much at Sinabung Hills Resort :-) Sapiso-Piso Waterfall, the water flow into Toba Lake. View of Toba Lake from the SaPiso-Piso Waterfall. Stop by at Simarjarunjung to taste the famous ginger tea. Now we are on the boat heading to Kg. Tomok on Samosir Island. These kids (Batak Toba) making money by singing and entertain us. Samosir Island, that is where we are heading. Kg Tomok is first stop. Later we stay at Toledo Inn, Tuk Tuk Village also on Samosir Island. We visit the me...

Early in the morning of 2nd day we left to Berastagi. I did not know that this place is so far away from Medan town. We stop at two places before we reach Sinabung Hills, Berastagi. The family members of the couple dress in a beautiful kebaya That morning, there is a wedding reception held in the hall of Garuda Plaza Hotel and i was fascinated by the blink-blink 'kebaya' they were wearing. I did not manage to capture the couples photo but i took a photo with one of the family members. She is a Batak lady and she is beautiful. Bakso, my Lunch! Our first pit stop was a mall in Medan town. I will never forget this day because my friend and i was having a misunderstanding about time. Before we left the bus we were so sure that all of us need to get back to the bus at 1.30pm. After having our lunch we were separated from our group and walking around the mall until it's 1.15pm. Suddenly our tourist guide, Pak Adi found us and told us that we are almost 45 minutes left...

I received an email about this contest so read through the T & C then i should try this. I edit one of my photo during my latest community project, playing with water gravity in front of the toilet that we build. Hope this photo shows that I FOUND MINE means that i already found my job. Here is the photo: If you wanna find more info about this contest, here is the link and don't forget to vote for me too. Rose Ragai Entry . Thanks a million!!!.. --- Hoping to WIN, Little Rose

I am excited! For sure i am excited because this is my first time travel to Indonesia. Deep inside my heart i pray to God that i will experienced something interesting and the most important one is FINDING HIM while i am on this trip. Actually this is not an ordinary trip but a pilgrimage trip with almost 70 other participants from different parts of Sabah; Kudat, Kota Marudu, Sipitang, Keningau, Tambunan and Penampang. It was planned a year ago and praise be to God that we made it on 7th until 11th September. This trip was organized by D' Seven Travel and Tours and we were assisted by two spiritual director, Fr. Boni and Fr. Bona from Keningau Diocese. Aerial photo of Medan town. The airport.  We use two different flights from KK to KL and then from KL to Medan. As we arrived at Medan Airport, hmmm... it not that big though. I think it is just as big as Terminal 2 KKIA. There was a funny thing happen at the immigration when the officer look at my face a few times t...

I am so HAPPY today when i received my new gadget. Nothing to brag about it but just to share a little bit my happiness here. :-) Thinking of buying a new laptop since a few months ago when my old Dell Vostro laptop having problems a few times and that laptop i bought in 2006. Almost seven years and it was my first laptop. I am so loyal with that lappy since then because it never once dissapoint me. Thus never enter 'workshop' for repair or maintenance. Go anywhere i go even to Japan and also deep forest of Borneo. But i admit that my buddy Dell is old enough now and he need to rest sometimes because i am a person that can stay in fornt of my lappy hours and hours in a day. So he may get some rest when i get this new buddy to do simple work and online. The decision of buying new lappy is stronger when i was away for 9 days in the camp last week, i can not do my work because my dear Dell did not have battery and we don't have power supply at our camp. Sigh! I need new la...

Entri malam ni, entri dalam Bahasa Melayu aku yang ntah campuran rojak apa ntah dah sekarang ni. So, don't ask me why sebab tetiba ja aku rasa nak pakai Bahasa Melayu la pulak untuk entri merapu aku malam ni. Hmmm.. pikir jap, nak pakai Bahasa Melayu Sarawak ka, Bahasa Melayu Sabah ka, Bahasa Melayu Semenanjung? Hmmphh... Tiapa, sya kasi rojak semua. Biar jadi 1Malaysia. Huahahahaha.. Konpem nangis student aku kat SMKBI kalau dorang terjenguk entri ex-cikgu BM dorang ni lepas ni. Apa nak buat, cikgu dah bukan cikgu Bahasa lagi dah. Lama dah jadi cikgu pencen. (*_^) After balik dari office hampir-hampir jam 6 petang, aku terus pergi gereja. Takut esok tak sempat nak pergi sebab ada temujanji dengan kawan dari US. Jadi, aku buat keputusan nak pegi jugak Sunset Mass petang tadi. Ingat tek mok agak supermarket mok beli sikit makanan key makan malam tok sekali nangga tutup plak Su Chong Supermarket ya. Lupak indah aku sidak tutup ari 6 sebab sidak ramey pekerja SDA rasanya. Sida...

The toilet structure is up.  Back to the main toilet block, we have other tasks waiting. However, the structure team already successfully set up the toilet structure on the ground. So another task to be done is: Set up the toilet bowl and connect it to the PCV pipe to the septic tank Roofing   Walling C oncrete ground   Door Painted the wood preservative Set up the tap by connect it to the existing water gravity Cover back the septic tank and keep the surrounding clear from all of our mess On the 3 rd August afternoon around 3pm, the toilet completed. Yess!!! At last we made it. If not of our team work and cooperation during the process, we will not be able to make this project a success. Paint the wood structure with wood preservative. The group of villagers helping us with roofing.  One of the villager, help us with the door.  The toilet.  The opening. The most satisfied achievement for me is when I can eng...

Project Period: 26th July - 4th August 2012 View of one side of the houses in the village.  Kg. Maliau Layung, Pitas not a well-known place but attract us to do something to change their way of living for a better. The sanitation system in this village is very poor. I visit this village twice and including this project will be the third time. During my first visit, I did not know that this village did not have any toilet because it is just an hour visit and that is my first time. During my second visit, I stayed overnight and this is where I start to look for a toilet. Hmmm… no toilet around and I have to sneak into the bush behind the house to pee but it is a rubber plantation near the house. No place to hide a little bit. I am in trouble. Observing this scenario, my superior came up with a plan to start a sanitation project in three selected villages around this area. We are lucky because we have a very committed partner, the Raleigh International Borneo. With Raleigh I...