Fun things
Jamu is one of Indonesian traditional herbal drinks made from natural materials, such as parts of plants such as roots, leaves and bark, and fruit. They are usually bitter but a few drops of honey will helps. They also comes in many types of purposes from feminine hygiene to male’s ‘performance enhancements’ to the usual physical soreness, gas to headaches. Jamu street seller are typically women and they dressed in kebaya – an Indonesian traditional blouse-dress combination. They will carry the wooden basket on their backs with small plastic bucket to wash the cups. Here’s what the basket typically looks like These ladies will usually walk and sell their jamu from house to house, something I haven’t seen around where .....
Photoblog
It all started from one tweet from PD-JKT (Photo District Jakarta) two weeks ago or so about a Worldwide Photo Walk. Not just your typical photo walk but it’s The Scott Kelby! The photo walk is scheduled for Saturday, July 24, 2010 and knowing DH’s schedule, I had ‘booked’ him well in advance so he can watch Lil’ A. He’s great tho’ and kept Lil’ A entertained at home while the driver took me to Kota Area where the group meet-up. Scheduled for 3:00PM, I got there just 2 minutes shy of exactly 3 o’clock! There were plenty of people – none that I know of. Mind you, this was my first ever photo walk and I didn’t know a .....
