>> "THE BEST HOT DOG IN NYC" | DECEMBER 2003 - WEEK 2
[previous: "snowy empire state"]
>> picture taken on: november 27, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: munchies after thanksgiving dinner
>> place: gray's papaya on 8th street & 6th ave.
if you've been to new york city, you know that gray's papaya serves the best hot dog in town. new york hot dogs are served in a bun with just ketchup and mustard, whichever you prefer. some would like to put onions or sauerkraut on top.
is it really the best? well, you gotta try it. all i know it's madly cheap ($2.59 for two hot-dogs and a drink called "the recession special") and it's supposedly cleaner than those they sell on the streets. just watch out for those parking regulations when you stop by to get a bite of these dogs.. cuz the last time i went there, we got $115 parking ticket for not reading the parking sign that there was a midnight rules (no parking after midnight). it become one of the most expensive "hot dogs" i've ever tasted. :)
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>> "SNOWY EMPIRE STATE" | DECEMBER 2003 - WEEK 1
[previous: "the fight stripes"]
>> picture taken on: december 5, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: snow storm in december
>> place: empire state building, fifth ave between 33rd & 34th street
just like the title, it's the snowy empire state building during the first snow storm this winter. actually, we have big snow storms this year.. one from last summer in the beginning of the year. it's gonna be a looooonnnngg winter.. !!
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>> "THE FIGHT STRIPES" | NOVEMBER 2003 - WEEK 4
[previous: "the elevated rice fields"]
>> picture taken on: october 31, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: halloween night
>> place: corner of broadway and houston
the dead "white stripes" known as the fight stripes. got this picture on halloween night. great gig. click here for the pictures of the real band.
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>> "THE ELEVATED RICE FIELDS" | NOVEMBER 2003 - WEEK 3
[previous: "can we park here now??"]
>> picture taken on: august 2002
>> photographer: my friend, ap
>> event: vacation in bali
>> place: bali
i just miss bali so much. i wish i can go there again for new year's but i can't. so i went through my vacation pictures from last year.. and this is one of my favorite pictures from bali. gosh, how rich and beautiful our country is.. hmm..
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>> "CAN WE PARK HERE NOW??" | NOVEMBER 2003 - WEEK 2
[previous: "booo!!"]
>> picture taken on: july 2003
>> photographer: n/a
>> event: summer in manhattan
>> place: chinatown, nyc
another series of confusing parking rules in new york city. to park.. or not to park..!!
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>> "BOOO!!" | NOVEMBER 2003 - WEEK 1
[update: click here for halloween pictures]
[previous: "wb t-shirt"]
>> picture taken on: october 31, 2003
>> photographer: self
>> event: halloween night
>> place: own room
BOO!! happy halloween, peeps!! i didn't know what i was gonna wear so i put on a make-up that kinda a mix of dolled-up frida-gypsian girl. not quite a success but at least i tried to wear a costume this year. hihih...
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>> "WB T-SHIRT" | OCTOBER 2003 - WEEK 4
[previous: "china in new york"]
>> picture taken on: unknown
>> photographer: unknown
>> event: unknown
>> place: unknown
i got this picture from a friend through an email ... and it is just hillarious!!! the picture says it all..
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>> "CHINA IN NEW YORK" | OCTOBER 2003 - WEEK 3
[previous: "highrise clouds"]
>> picture taken on: july 2003
>> photographer: unknown
>> event: drove around nyc
>> place: bowery st.
new york city has been known as a melting pot, where people from all places stayed in one place and mixed their original cultures to their so-called 'new home'. if you drive around in downtown manhattan, you'll see the picture. where chinatown is door-to-door with little italy, in between the financial district and the hippest place in town, soHo.
if you look closely at the picture above, all signs are in chinese characters, even the people in it are asians. not even a caucasian or the so-called bule is in it. makes you wonder if this was taken in new york city or in one of the asian cities. if i didn't tell you that this was indeed taken in one part of downtown new york city, you couldn't tell, could you?
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>> "HIGHRISE CLOUDS" | OCTOBER 2003 - WEEK 2
[previous: "ini ibu budi...! :D"]
>> picture taken on: september 27, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: dinner in manhattan
>> place: 47th (or maybe 48th) street and 3rd ave.
it was foggy that night. officially, summer was already over but the temperature has dropped quite a lot. not normal for a night at the end of september. as i was looking up while driving around looking for parking somewhere around midtown manhattan, i saw the clouds were moving fast among the highrise buildings. i've always been fascinated with the skies lately, especially after the hurricane isabel warnings. the clouds would move so fast along with the strong winds it brings. in a way it's kinda scary to see them move that fast, it feels as if you can totally see that the earth indeed rotates. but look at it.. isn't that just breath taking?
ps: camera flash was not used to take this picture..
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>> "INI IBU BUDI...! :D" | OCTOBER 2003 - WEEK 1
[previous: "is that a moon?"]
>> picture taken on: summer 2003
>> photographer: dian's hubby
>> event: kopdaran ama dian pras
>> place: union square park
dari kemaren sebenernya gue rada bingung mau naro foto apa di pikofdawik minggu ini. abis kayaknya gak ada foto² yang menarik. i was kinda hesitated to put up this picture, because both dian and i don't want to brag too much about our first meeting.. but hey, isn't it a nice summery picture??
and just to show how small this blogworld than it seems to be.. setelah ketemuan ama dian *or sometimes i call, bu budi.. hihih..* kita akhirnya hangout di union square. on our way back to the subway station, i bumped into mr. dxpx who is apparently dian's high school friend and they never knew about it although both have been in contacts in this blogworld *haven't you guys?* .. what a small world, right?
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>> "IT'S NOT A CRIME, BABY! | SEPTEMBER 2003 - WEEK 4
[previous: "is that a moon?"]
>> picture taken on: sep. 20, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: one full weekend means lack of sleep
>> place: some store in soHo
if you live in the states.. i'm sure you've seen this t-shirt somewhere.. if you haven't, well.. there you go! brought to you by porn star label. hueahah.. what a hillarious t-shirt! i saw it in one of the store this weekend and i just have to take it. i know it's old.. but i'm sure it would keep you lettin' out a smile when you see it.. especially the writings underneath the big words.. right?? right??
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>> "IS THAT A MOON? | SEPTEMBER 2003 - WEEK 3
[previous: "what would they sell??"]
>> picture taken on: first week of june, this year
>> photographer: my bro
>> event: mom & dad's last day in new york
>> place: brooklyn, near the river cafe
in response to ita's recent posting about an 'alien' subject on the picture she took, i also have a similar thing happened recently. on the last day of my parents' visit to new york city this past summer, we took them to brooklyn to get a nice picture with manhattan background. it was foggy that day and kinda chilly. the clouds were covering the sky. nonetheless, we still took some pictures. this picture came out and we thought it was just such a perfect picture with a moon in between the skylines. then we looked up.. there was no MOON! so we thought maybe the moon was covered by the clouds.. but how come it came out so clear?? it could be just a drop in our camera lens, and it could be for other reasons. but it still unexplainable what that thing really is. to compare how another picture with the same background came out, click here. it was taken only a few seconds before.Labels: 2003
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>> "WHAT WOULD THEY SELL??" | SEPTEMBER 2003 - WEEK 2
[previous: "the good old days"]
>> picture taken on: sometime in june....
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: traffic in manhattan
>> place: manhattan, west side around midtown area
so finally, my cable modem at home is all working!! but i can't find any good pictures for pikofdawik. hmm.. but hey.. look at the picture above. if you look closely, it says "EXPRESS DIE, INC." with the word "express" already taken out.. but still i wonder, what kind of company is this? and what the hell would they sell with that kind of company's name.. weird.. only in new york, kids.. only in new yorkLabels: 2003
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>> "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" | SEPTEMBER 2003 - WEEK 1
[previous: "merah putih"]
>> picture taken on: a long long time ago....
>> photographer: my dad... i think
>> event: couldn't remember.. just a family outing..
>> place: somewhere in bogor
okay.. okay.. don't laugh!! that is a lil' old me.. with my mom and my younger brother, taken a long time ago. it's an overdue pikofdawik.. i just gotta put another picture now that it's already september. but the problem is all my files are in my computer at home.. and i just moved out of the old apartment over the weekend, and i don't have any internet at home yet. so, this will just have to make-do right now.. since i have this pic in my files somewhere in my server.. itung² nostalgia deh.. ehhee.. it's such an old picture, but it's a nice one and i do want to preserve this, scanned it and saved digitally.. you can just tell how old it is by the discolouring edges..
btw, i have to apologize for a temporary "hiatus".. well it's not really a hiatus.. but i won't be able to mess around with the site until my cable modem is back on in my new apartment. until then.. there'll be no changes.. but i'll make sure to answer the tagboards.. i do check them everyday.. *nyuri² dikit di waktu kerja.. hehe.. *Labels: 2003
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>> "MERAH PUTIH" | AUGUST 2003 - WEEK 3
[previous: "only in mexico"]
>> picture taken on: august 17, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: indonesian's independence day celebration
>> place: KJRI, NYC
in the spirit our indonesian's 58th independence day, there was a celebration at the indonesian consulate in new york city. too bad we came in too late although we did meet a lot of faces we haven't met for awhile, including mr.dxpx. i took this picture using my new digital camera in front of the consulate and it came out considerably okay. i thought this picture was a perfect one in the spirit of our independence day as mr. dxpx (in red) standing next to mar (in white). Labels: 2003
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>> "ONLY IN MEXICO" | AUGUST 2003 - WEEK 2
[previous: "knocked out by rocky"]
>> picture taken on: n/a
>> photographer: n/a
>> event: n/a
>> place: well, i assume it should be somewhere in mexico
this is such a hillarious picture, don't you think. i got this picture sent by my friend through email and i thought it was just so funny.  Labels: 2003
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>> "KNOCKED OUT BY ROCKY" | AUGUST 2003 - WEEK 1
[previous: "soho tits"]
>> picture taken on: july 13, 2003
>> photographer: lucas
>> event: six flags - atlantic city weekend outing
>> place: atlantic city's boardwalk
rocky's back... and he's taking out two boys at the same time. hihihi.. this picture is so hillarious cuz of the expression from both den and jeff, the ambiguosly duo. apparently, they saw a statue of rocky balboa on the boardwalk in atlantic city and they just can't help it but take a picture with it. and so... here it is.. Labels: 2003
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>> "SOHO TITS" | JULY 2003 - WEEK 4
[previous: "six flags photo booth"]
>> picture taken on: july 3rd, 2003
>> photographer: my bro
>> event: hangin' out around soHo
>> place: soHo on prince street
if you've been to new york city and had a chance to walk around in soHo, you'll see this statue stands in one of the store on prince street. it's been there for as long as i can remember. what's so unique about it? hmm.. look closely.. !!! it's a statue of a woman with small head, eight pair of tits and a big ass. i don't even remember what this statue calls and how it came about.. but it looks degrading to women, doesn't it? but hey.. it's one of the famous visit in soHo cuz everyone who passes by *especially tourists* will stop and take their time to look at this statue. wouldn't you?Labels: 2003
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>> "SIX FLAGS PHOTO BOOTH" | JULY 2003 - WEEK 3
[previous: "free speech"]
>> picture taken on: july 12, 2003
>> photographer: photo booth
>> event: weekend outta town
>> place: six flags
foto rame² photo booth di six flags. kalo disini hasil foto di booth gitu jadinya panjang. ini ceritanya pengen maksa foto serame mungkin, tapi kok end upnya malah muka gue ama may dan yang laen cuman keliatan gigi nya doang.. hihihi..
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>> "FREE SPEECH" | JULY 2003 - WEEK 2
[previous: "new leaf"]
>> picture taken on: june 25, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: on the way to norah jones concert
>> place: times square, 42nd street
just another corner of new york city's picture. this is in the crowded corner of 42nd street, among the many billboards and signs. and that one stands out cuz with all the crazy signs.. it is indeed, a free-speech country.
note on the last pikofdawik:
congrats ren!, you are the first to respond with an address so the postcard is on your way. mudah² nyampe dengan selamat dan gak diembat ama pak pos nya.. hihihi..
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>> "NEW LEAF" | JULY 2003 - WEEK 1
[previous: "becak"]
>> picture taken on: n/a
>> photographer: richard mcclaren
>> event: peta campaign for vegetarian
>> place: n/a
this is one of the famous picture that peta uses to campaign the awareness of being a vegetarian. i got it from the postcard stands that i took when i got out of my routine workout at the gym. yes, i said.. it is a POSTCARD and i'm giving it away for free. so if you really want this postcard, just email me your address. the first address i receive will receive this postcard in your mailbox. so hurry up.. people.. before i take this picture down.. :)Labels: 2003
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>>"BECAK" | JUNE 2003 - WEEK 4
[previous: "to park or not to park"]
>> picture taken on: late may (couldn't remember when exactly)
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: driving around manhattan
>> place: times square
ternyata becak gak hanya ada di indonesia ajaa.. nih buktinyaa.. becak pun nyampe di new york city. walopun tarif nya jauh lebih mahal.. bayangin aja.. $20 cuman buat muter² times square yang cuman seupil itu.. widiihhh..
ps: that's my dad who was equally amazed to find 'becak' in the middle of times square.. heheh.. the truth is, you can see almost in many tourist places in new york, even in soHo.Labels: 2003
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>>"RED OR WHITE?"
[previous: "woohoo.. my bro is a bachelor"]
>> picture taken on: may 18, 2003
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: family trip to niagara falls
>> place: niagara falls state park, new york
on our family trip to see the niagara falls, i couldn't help to notice that there were bunch of tulips everywhere inside the state park. the colors range from white to dark purple, colors that amazes me. i couldn't get enough of those tulips that i ended up taking so many pictures of them. this was one of the pictures i love best.Labels: 2003
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>>"WOOHOO.. MY BRO IS A BACHELOR"
next pikofdawik: "red or white?"
>> picture taken on: may 9, 2003
>> photographer: my mom
>> event: my brother's graduation
>> place: continental airlines arena, new jersey
finally, my brother graduated with bachelor's of science in information systems and international business. he graduated with cum laude, hence, the yellow tassels than the regular black ones. Labels: 2003
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