>> "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!" | DECEMBER 2004 - WEEK 4
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>> picture taken on: december 5, 2004
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: first picture hunting in jakarta
>> place: cathedral church
for those who celebrate christmas, sLesTa.com would like to wish you a merry christmas. and to all, a happy holidays and happy new year of 2005. may the new year brings peace, happiness and luck.
as per the picture above, it is a picture of our own cathedral church, taken on my first photo hunting in jakarta early december. i edited it a bit with photoshop to create a christmas card.
2004 has been one of my memorable year so far. a lot has happened, more significantly is my decision to go back home for good. one hope i would be praising for the new year, though not necessarily very active in searching for it just yet, is to land myself a nice job.
have a good new year, ya'll!
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>> "TUGU TANI" | DECEMBER 2004 - WEEK 3
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>> picture taken on: december 5, 2004
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: first picture hunting in jakarta
>> place: ya di depan tugu nya laahh...
as the titled said.. it is tugu tani (picture taken in color, converted to black & white to emphasize the sillhouette of the statute). although i'm not quite sure what this monument is actuallly named, we referred to it as tugu tani.. but then again maybe it is named as it's always being referred to. (eh bener kan ini tugu tani? kalo salah.. please correct me!)
nothing ordinary from the way it looks, really. but i wonder what kind of stories it carries. i'm sure those of you who live in jakarta has passed it several times.. and maybe never really noticed what the monument portrays and how it came about to be placed in the middle of the intersection. who are the woman and the man it portrays? does she have a name? we can only guess that the woman is a farmer giving the harvest to the man, whom i figured a soldier. maybe a gift of thanks for protecting the village.. but maybe, to bribe for protection? well, i'm just shooting out assumptions here. i'm not sure how the story behind the statute, and i'm dying to know what the real history is behind it.
sadly, i tried to find out more about it, but i can't seem to find anything on the net. maybe i'm looking at the wrong places. maybe anyone can help?
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>> "MONAS" | DECEMBER 2004 - WEEK 1 & 2
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>> picture taken on: december 5, 2004
>> photographer: sLesTa
>> event: first picture hunting in jakarta
>> place: lapangan parkir mesjid istiqlal
ah yess... this picture marks my official announcement that i am back in my homeland. i may not in the "city that never sleeps" anymore.. but sLesTa is still in the city. :)
after over a month back in my homeland, jakarta, i was finally able to walk around the "kota" and had my first hunting activity since i'm here. my target was the city's old station house (stasiun jakarta kota), museum of jakarta, then off to istiqlal mosque and the cathedral church. it was sunday morning and i was accompanied with my best friend who i trusted to show me the way how to get to these places. it was hot. but the weather was really nice.. i can actually see the blue sky for once.
took quite many pictures.. i'm glad i can capture some nice ones, though i am still producing the pictures. this one.. though not as nice as it should be.. i thought would be a good opening. you see that monument and you know.. it was taken in jakarta. and that's where i am now. others may follow.. so stay tune. i haven't really updated anything .. i know. it's just that.. going online is a luxury here, but it's gonna change soon. so, please pardon the delay, but i'll come back full force.. :)
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