I had a lot of fun & memories during the recent trip to Manila, Philippines. Beside having fun & enjoying, I met 2 pretty young girls and we made friend with each other. They are the daughters of the owner of the boat & horses to the Tagaytay Taal Volcano in the Philippines. They are very good in socializing with the guests/tourists. They talked to me about their school and even taught me how to pose like a man in Philippines if taking photos, while how a girl in Philippines pose when photo taking. It was a nice met up with this 2 little girl, kinda miss them very much. They are Leika & Ella.. sweet & beautiful little girl. I love Ella as she’s a really intelligent sweet girl and she will be great in the days to come!!
Thanks to Danial & Kristel for the arrangement. Kristel and dad, Bro. Angel picked me up at the hotel on Sunday morning. Really appreciate that, else I really do not know how to go to the church. The roads in Manila are complicated and mixed up, only the Philippinas knows the road, not the foreigners
We had a great time Praising God & Worshipping the Lord of Lord. Songs that were sang are like Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord, Prophecy and etc.. The presence of the Lord were there, and I can feel it. It was really strong presence of God there that time.
As usual, we have the dancers from the dance ministry. They danced really nice and really spontaneous in every movement they made. Oh yes, you saw that LampStand on the board? That’s a real nice name which they name after the place..
There, I met Roanna’s husband, Bodge, a very nice and funny man..
Oh yes, I met up with Bro. Diwa and Sis. April Eve. Both of them are the Pastors in FOCIM. Thanks to their warm welcome and hospitality that really makes me feel at home
We proceed to have local food just opposite the church. Daniel told me it’s 5 hours drive!!! and I said, make sure I can catch my flight back to Malaysia, by then I finished that words, Daniel said “We are here”!! Dammm… anyhow, they taught me how to eat the chicken with Ketchup + Soy Sauce.. It wasn’t really bad.. quite nice.. Learnt that in Manila!!! Thanks guys for the lunch treat and hospitality.. really makes me feel at home. Hope to catch up with you guys again soon in days to come. Thanks to Daniel, Kristel & family once again.
I’m currently working at Kangar. For those of you that follow me on Twitter or Facebook, will get updates of what I’m doing and where am I currently. I’m happy to be able to meet up with my dad’s friend in Kangar, which is my eldest uncle’s best friend in Kangar. We had dinner at one of the wedding dinner tonight, there I met many Goh’s Association’s members, all of them are funny and kind, cos they took care of us. I met a superman uncle there too. He can sings very well, dance very well and a very good entertainer tonight. 1 pic to share with you guys. More to come… cheers & good night!
When I was in Jogjakarta for my business trip, what impressed me the most was the simple lifestyle of everyone there. Comparing ourselves from the major city and them, they don’t pursue after wealthy and richest, but a simple life where they enjoy the most. I can see they really enjoy their daily life while we always rush from a place to another destination just to earn a living. Isn’t better if we just live a simple life, yet meaningful instead of everyday rush hours?
I manage to get a shot of the people lifestyle where they were playing carrom by the road side. Question is, will you/we play carrom by the roadside and tourist will actually looking at you when you’re playing? I even witnessed with my own eyes that they were sleeping by the roadside or corridor; is not one of them, but many of them… Will you do that?
This is what they call the “Undag” in Indonesia if I’m correct. In Malaysia, we call this “Kereta Kuda”. Well, I think they name it quite nice and advanced comparing Kereta Kuda in Malaysia
Of course, one of the main transportation is the trishaw or in Bahasa we call it “beca”. I had this trishaw on every nights with my colleagues, and we will be brought to many streets and places. It was during the fasting month that time, thus we can’t see any interesting stuff, and they closed their shops/doors very early. If you have the chance to be there, make sure you take it. I’m sure you’ll love it. I paid for a ride at RM10 only and I was up there for nearly 45min
Photos first, then videos at the end of the posts.. Enjoy!!
Before I start compiling the photos and starts writing about the trip I had to Jogjakarta few weeks back, I would like to show you the night life of Jogjakarta that I’ve recorded down with my mobile, Nokia N70 Music Edition. I think it gives me good results.
Hope you enjoy the photos and videos from Nokia N70
Taking a trishaw ride is a must in Indonesia. This is called the taxi or cab in Indonesia. It’s quite relaxing when you take a ride at night where you can enjoy the scenery and the night life of Jogjakarta along the street.
While we were riding with the trishaw, I start doing camwhores. I snap this photo on the trishaw, but standing up instead of sitting down. It’s quite dangerous though, as the trishaw was shaking shaking while the rider was riding it.
It’s quite fun. They charge around 15,000 – 20,000 per person, convert to MYR is around RM5-RM8 per person, and per ride. It’s not too bad.
Myself and Brasco, my colleague we took the trishaw for 2 nights because we thought it’s quite fun and enjoy!
Then, we saw a group of street group performers performing some classical music and rock and roll at the street. They can play well with the guitars and the big violin, I think it’s called the cello.
That’s the night life of Jogjakarta for the young people and even the older ones. They will gather around and sing songs, dancing and enjoy together. I think you can’t find it in Malaysia. The relationship they had with each other, and the tourists are so close.
They even dance with the tourist, while one of the tourist try to play the percussion with rock n roll song. Cool… check out the video down there.
Ok guys… enjoy the videos I have recorded with Nokia N70. There are two parts.
