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Finalmente
April 25th, 2008 — Pictures, TV Shows
The Carnival Week Starts
March 2nd, 2008 — Current Events, Friends, Pictures, Thessaloniki GR
Meet Shrek and, ehm, his girlfriend.
The carnival week has just started here in Greece. People wear masks or costumes and celebrate. On Thursday afternoon, they have what is called Tsiknopempti (Τσικνοπέμπτης, literally Burnt Thursday, it is Greek equivalent of Fat Tuesday) where people had massive barbecue to prepare for the carnival. Unfortunately, I don’t have any picture for the barbecue. The word Carnival itself has Latin origin which means saying good bye to meat (carni = meat, vale = good bye; remember carnivore?).
The origin of Greek carnival tradition can also be traced back to Ancient Greek tradition. They said that it was for honouring the God of Wine, Dionysus. That’s why the Greek Orthodox church, the majority, seemed not too happy with the celebration. Nonetheless, old and young people were celebrating on Thursday night. The carnival is also related to Easter and one of my professors said that for forty days before Easter the Greek (at least the religious ones) fast by not eating meat or drinking alcohol. Continue reading →
Greece is on National General Strike
February 14th, 2008 — Current Events, Environment, Pictures, Thessaloniki GR
Today, (Wednesday, 13/02/2008), Greece is on general strike. The strike will last for the whole day, crippling the whole nation, as buses, trains, and airplanes were shut down. Schools are closed and hospitals are only dealing with emergency cases. Almost all public services, even news agencies join the strike. From the news, I know that the workers are demanding a better pension in their retirement system.
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Mutilation in Thessaloniki
January 13th, 2008 — Islam, Pictures, Thessaloniki GR, food
Beware: this post is not for the faint-hearted since it contains graphic contents. Continue at your own risk. Continue reading →
Happy New Year 2008, from London
January 1st, 2008 — Erasmus Mundus, Fireworks, Life, London UK, New Year, Pictures, Reading UK, Travel, Walk
Update: Some of pictures are now available, if you want more, please comment 
- Bus ticket to Reading Station from Whiteknights bus stop: £1.50
- 5 days return ticket Reading-London-Reading (with Young Person Railcard): £13.80
- 2 1-day travelcards (off peak, with Young Person Railcard): £9.60
- 1 night for 4 bed en-suite room (2 bunk beds) at Piccadilly Backpacker Hostel: £28
- London souvenirs (I shouldn’t tell this, but…): £5.98 in total
- Admission ticket for London Walks: Jack The Ripper Haunts (student price): £5
- Bus ticket to Sports Park, The University of Reading from Reading Station: £1.50
Saying Goodbyes and See-You-Agains #2: Cisitu Indah IV/20
September 27th, 2007 — Friends, Life, Pictures
I have a home in Bandung, at Jl Cisitu Indah IV/20. For a little more than six years I live there, but now, it’s time to say:
Goodbye, and see you all again
iPod Clickwheel 20GB, Meet iPod Classic 160GB
September 25th, 2007 — Gadget, Pictures
Yesterday I received my iPod Classic 160GB. And just now, I opened the box and since I keep my old clickwheel’s box I take some pictures of them together. Aaah, a new member have joined the family 
A Late Lunch (or Early Dinner) with Friends
September 17th, 2007 — Friends, Life, Pictures
On September 9, 2007, I and several of my friends were able to get together for a late lunch at The Chicken Rice Shop at the Plaza Semanggi. The participants were Kiky, Sandy, me (raizamn), Tetty, Deasy, and Febi, not forgetting Bandoro (left early due to “unspecified-but-important” reason), and Bayu (Sandy’s cousin). It was fun, we just talked and laughed and, well of course, ate, while catching up each other’s news. I am not sure, but I think the last time I met Deasy and Febi was over a year now. The three girls seemed beaming happily. Kiky seemed fine. Bandoro too, he was showing off his “work-related-facility” (updated: the man himself has requested that this specific information is to be deleted). In the mean time, other thoughts and news from other friends can still be read through if01 aggregator.
Test Post using Flock
September 16th, 2007 — Pictures
This post was made with Flock: The Social Web Browser (and subsequently edited using Wordpress editor since I am not getting things as I want to). This post was made on my white MacBook.
This picture was taken circa 2005 in Ambon. A burnt mosque in a nearby shore showed how Ambon and Ambonese saw through tremendous struggle that time.
Lunar Eclipse from Bandung, Indonesia
August 28th, 2007 — Current Events, Environment, Nature, Pictures, Science
Today people in Indonesia was able to watch lunar eclipse. It is a quite rare (but not that rare) moment, last time lunar eclipse was also visible from Indonesia on March 4th, 2007, at around 04.00 AM (all time in GMT+07.00). I somehow expected the eclipse not to be spectacular or anything. But yet again, people talked about it and news concerning it was broadcasted through the day. As the time of the eclipse was not too late at night or too early in the morning like last time, I managed to get a glimpse of it and shot several pictures. Continue reading →