OMG entah udah berapa purnama daku ga pernah nulis lagi. 4 tahun man!
Masih ada beberapa tulisan di Draft yang belum selesai, lanjutan cerita trip Turki yg super seru, trip Bangka, trip Eropa sendirian dan trip Bangkok yg super dadakan, tapi kayaknya bingung mau nyelesainnya gimana karena udah kelamaan dan udah lupa detilnya haha, jadi marilah kita mulai lembaran baru aja yaa.
2 postingan berikut mungkin masih flashback dikit, apa tuh, iya cerita bahwa gw akhirnya menikah, dan gw akhirnya berhijab haha.
Siap - siap baper yaa.
Sebentar, iklan dulu.
Ini Cilok.
Kenapa begitu penting buat diiklanin, karena lagi di kampung suami dan kepengen banget lontong oncom siram sambal kacang, tapi ya kali bisa nemu oncom, belok deh lampiaskan rindu pada cilok.
Yippiee akhirnya kita diajakin juga ikutan workshopnya anak National Account Management ke Jogja... yayaya kan kami ber-5 (aku, hueny, dudi, kenny, danu) adalah sales engineer gitu, yg fokusnya bikin dan jualan solusi.. tapi karena banyak inline sama temen2 di NAM jadi dilebur aja targetnya bersama sama..
Acaranya 3 hari 2 malem, part paling seru di hari pertama, soalnya kita meeting di kereta wisata Jakarta-Jogja.. bayangin aja 8 jam bareng2 di 1 gerbong bersama 2 VP dan GM.. mau santa tapi serius, mau serius tp palae mumet jeh goyang2 gitu hahaha
Standby di Gambir jam 6 pagi dunk, sempet lari2 karena EOnya telat info bahwa kereta dah ready. dan inilah perjalanan kami ber -30
dimulai dengan nyanyi hymne Telkom & mars Telkomsel
abis meeting puyeng boleh lah ya gelo dikit
tiba di Jogja
makan di angkringan Lik Man
seruuu nyemilin segala lauk dan kopi joss
foto bareng @ studio sinten
Happy Family M2M Sales
gaya jadul ekspresi pun kudu jadul
Malemnya kita meeting group sampe malem bahas target, jadi percuma aja ya nginep di Hotel Tentrem yg heitz itu, kalo nginget target mah pegimane mau tentrem coba ..
Pagi-pagi lanjut meeting rame2 finalisasi target, signing komiten, udah kelar jumatan dan makan, kami lanjut ke daerah Bantul utk main sawah2an ... seru poll.. semoga targetnya tercapai yaaa... aamiiin
Gegara eke pake rok dari kain yg dililit-lilit pas acara kantor di Bandung, ada beberapa temen yg nanya cara lilitnya, jadi sekalian dibuatin video ajah.. begini lho nyah caranyaahh
Bedanya sih emang tipis, resultnya sama, udah lama ga update blog, blog inih apalagi blog kuenya pita-cakery..
Kemana aja siihhh? ehh ya kali ada yg kepo pingin tau gw kemana aja sampe belum sempat lagi menulis.. ya meski ga kepo, tapi please lah bikin senang by kepoin gw wkwkkw
Yang jelas gue masih hutang banyak tulisan.. ie..
1. Lanjutan cerita Perjalanan Turkey 2013 part 3 ama part 4, ya eyalah secara 14 hari gitu, banyak cerita serunya, cuman kadang gw emang cupu, tiap mau nulis liat-2 foto lagi, dan akhirnya jadi kelamaan liat foto, trus pasti pake acara colek neng Dina ngebahas ketololan kita berdua pas disana, entahlah, buat kita kenangan tolol emang lebih seru diingat daripada kenangan manis, wkwkkw
2. Abis Turkey tuh di tahun yg sama, gw ada jalan-2 ke Lombok, 3 Gili, bersama Ibu2 rempong, temen-temen kuliah eke, umm ada juga yg kudu diceritain sih, soalna kita disana sewa vila n gue yg suka ngaku anak laut niyy ternyata mabok laut disaat kapalnya diem ahahhaha, perlu yaa ditulis yaaa
3. Summer 2014, gw ma Dina ke Eropa, haaa, iyaa back pack lagii.. 19 hari, 7 negara, 21 kota hihihi.. entah deh masih inget ga yaaa nanti pas mau nulis.. entar gw post dulu deh yaa videonya, udah post lama sih di youtube.. seruu pastinya, kita jalan sendiri, tanpa join tour group, kebayang yah serunya.. naik turun kereta, thawaf di Florence Italia, get freezing di Brugge, berlarian diantara kerusuhan di Barcelona, yang akhirnya berakhir eke sakit di 2 hari terakhir di Paris, uuhh untung udah terakhir..
4. Dan yg perlu ditulis juga adalah, hadiah ultah gw ke 39 dari Allah SWT, kerjaan baruu :) .. gw udah 7 tahun khan ciin di Sinarmas, boleh lah yaa pindah.. sempet sedih, banyak kenangan indah sih di Sinarmas, sampe gw bikin video jugaa buat farewell gue.. yah tapi kan kudu move on, inshaa Allah ini my last resort yaaaa, aaaamiin.. oiya, kali ini gw break rules yg gue bikin sendiri, khan selama ini gw ngotot ga mau pindah ke competitor, idealis gitu ceritanya, tapi kali ini gw melipir, karena dulu sempet punya cita-cita, pingin kerja di Pertamina or di Telkomsel, jadi ini bukan berkhianat, tapi emang doa gue yg alhamdulillah dikabulkan, Allah is the best manager for my life, Allah knows when is the right time for me, for everything. Bahagia, iyah, bukan merupakan pencapaian, tapi karena jadi sadar, Allah ga pernah tidur lhow, doa gue didenger, yippiee, berarti doa lainnya juga akan dikabulkan duunk, in the right time pastinya.
5. Trus yg mau ditulis lagi, jalan-jalan sendirian ke Cirebon, kenapa penting ditulis? karena gw belum pernah ke Cirebon sendirian, trus ini dadakan, dipaksa jalan sendiri, gara-gara kampretos Dina mendadak disuruh masuk ama bosnya di hari Sabtu, eaaa..
6. Lalu gw ada jalan-jalan ke Bangka, surga kuliner ituuuhhh... perlu doonkk ditulisss..
7. Udah setahun ga ngecap pasport, Juni 2015, gw ma Dina melipir lagi, kali ini ke Bangkok, dan kali ini unplanned trip, jadi baru diomongin hari Jumat, trus diem ga dibahas lagi sampe Minggu, Minggu malem baru beli tiket, dan Senin siang berangkat... sinting..
Aahh pokoke hidup ini kudu dinikmati yaa sodara-sodara, menabung penting, investasi penting, cari ilmu penting, ilmu apapun yg penting ga dilarang agama n ga bikin otaklu sendiri meledug yaakk.. nah jalan-jalan tuh menurut gw a part of investasi, iyaahh, pan gw sales, cemana coba kalo ketemu bos-2 dia ngomongin jalan ksono kemari lalu gw ga bisa nyautin ahahhaha alesan ajeehh.. tapi really jalan-jalan itu bikin diri elu "kaya" dan bikin elu jadi "kuat".... asaaall, jalan-jalannya ala gue gini yaaa, flashpacking hihihi.. ya sud, semoga dalam waktu dekat bisa menulis banyak dan melunasi hutang-hutang diatas.. sebelum gw melakukan kegilaan berikutnyaa ahahhaa..
"I don't have headache if I don't have a boyfriend, but I do have big big headache if I don't have money"
or in bahasa, "gue ga pusing kalo ga punya pacar, tapi gue pusing kalo ga punya duit"
at some points I agree with it, yeah its easy to enjoy life no matter what your status is if you have money, moreover if you live in a big city like Jakarta, where daytime is never end.
Even some people are too afraid for getting married coz they are afraid of double costs effect. ehmm sapa tuh yaaa ;p
Is marriage life will really causing you a double costs?
Is single life means lower costs?
If anybody ask my opinion, this is mine,
I am not going to use any complicated Economic theory, although I got an A score for Economy in the University, well it was the past, I might have better brain at that time, not now :D
I am not going to use the religion perspective too, again, although I got an A for Catholic when I was in Academy and an A score for Islam in University, sorry masbro, maybe I was born half angel ;p ...
In any Religion we do believe that God will give more wealth to those who get married, right..
Well, my opinion here is more likely based on my simple calculation, which everyone can do.. hahaha
Let say I have Rp1000 in my pocket, how will I spend it,
- 200 for saving
- 200 for meals
- 200 for daily purpose (i.e. transportation + charity)
- 200 for entertainment = hobby
- 200 for home & etc
With that 200, I could get 100 plates of good food, each gonna give me 600 calorie, something over than what a body needs, it might cause an obesity for me, then I must convert a part of the entertainment budget into gym, diet or slimming program. Sometime the instant slimming program are so expensive, and you need to reduce your saving part too.
If we have life partner, do you think we will double that 200 on meals? instead we have option to do the other way around,
Share that 100 plates you can buy in a month with your partner, means you decrease your calorie consumption, means you don't need diet or slimming program, while gym or sport budget may still exist to maintain your health.. which means preventing high cost of seeing doctor..
The transportation cost might be shared as well, and if you want to reduce your entertainment cost, you just need to let your partner do stupid thing, and laugh on it, don't worry next time is your turn :D... and the massage sessions for sure, eliminate your Spa budget..
My point is, do not make money as a sizing to determine your happiness, single or married, we shouldn't have headache coz money is something you can manage. Live your own life, be proud with yourself not with what you wear, let people respect you as who you are, you are not a brand ambassador (remember, the brand ambassador get paid, while you must pay). Single or married, if you could manage your costs, then you will be happy, if you expect to spend more then be ready to work harder :)
Seorang Petani yang tak menanami ladangnya, bisa jadi tetap memetik hasil, jikalau ada kebetulan dari bibit yg terbawa burung atau angin tumbuh subur dari cukupnya cahaya mentari dan air hujan yg tercurah dari langit.
Tapi tentu akan lebih banyak hasil ladangnya jika ia menaburi sebanyak mungkin benih di ladangnya. Meskipun bisa jadi gagal panen karena hama dan sebab lainnya.
Sama halnya dengan DOA, jika kita banyak berdoa pasti ada saatnya Tuhan mengabulkan, meskipun kadang kala tanpa kita minta pun Tuhan memberikan apa yg kita butuhkan, dan kadang kala doa kita bertahun2 belum juga dikabulkan oleh Tuhan. Percayalah Tuhan Maha Mendengar dan Melihat, dan Mengetahui apa yg tidak kita ketahui.
Kalian tahu kan seberapa inginnya aku kembali langsing seperti waktu muda dulu?
Kalian juga tahu kan betapa parnonya aku dengan yg penyakit yg disebut pembunuh manusia modern itu, jantung, kanker, dll dsb itu?
Sehingga aku kekeuhhh cobain segala diet, olahraga, ina inu biar bisa sehat dan langsing..
Lalu apa yg terjadi ketika sepiring Nasi Goreng Kambing disodorkan padaku?
Suara-suara itu pun muncul di benakku..
Saat belum mulai menyendok..
#1 kalorinya berapa inii
#2 kolesterol! asam urat
#3 gorengan! ga sehat!
#4 kudu ikut kelas sepeda nih, kudu treadmill 1 jam nih
Ketika sudah mulai menyendok
#1 keasinan, kemanisan, ga ada rasanya
#2 kemahalan aahh, dagingnya dikit
#3 kayaknya dagingnya ga fresh nih
#4 enakan bikinan guaa
Tanpa sadar aku melakukan sesuatu yg kontradiktif dengan doaku sendiri.. supaya Allah menjadikan aku hamba yg senantiasa bersyukur atas pemberianNya..
Lupa,
bahwa tak semua hamba Allah bisa makan hari itu.. ada yg terlalu papa hingga tak mampu membeli makan, ada yg saraf lidahnya rusak hingga tak mampu mencecap rasa, ada yg terlalu lemah hingga tak mampu mengunyah, entah apa enaknya nasi goreng kambing kelas wahid jika disajikan via selang?
Lupa,
bahwa untuk mengolah sepiring nasi goreng kambing yg rasanya tidak sesuai lidah kita, sama effortnya dengan sepiring nasi goreng yg rasanya cocok dengan kita. mas/mbak koki pasti tidak bermaksud membuatnya tidak enak, atau keasinan/kemanisan tadi. mas/mbak koki juga tidak bermaksud membunuh kita dengan meramunya super enak atau tidak enak, super lengkap dengan banyak daging dan jeroan, atau dengan daging yg irit. kan aku juga suka masak, apa pernah aku bermaksud membunuh customerku saat membuat cake yg magteg, enggaaaaaaaaa.. no waaayyyyyy..
Lupa,
bahwa dibalik sepiring nasi goreng kambing itu, ada proses dan jerih payah banyak orang di balik layar yg harus kita hargai. yahh, persis seperti thread di media sosial beberapa hari lalu tentang kebiasaan orang Jerman menghabiskan makanan sebagai penghargaan kita untuk setiap tetes keringat dibalik penyajian sepiring makanan. nasi dari padi yg harus ditanam pak tani, di beri pupuk, disiram, dijaga dari hama, digiling, disosoh, diangkut ke kota, ditanak, lalu digoreng. emping dari pohon melinjo yg juga ditanam, dipanen, harus dibuka dari cangkangnya, digepuk, dijemur, dikemas, diangkut ke kota, digoreng. acar dari timun tomat cabe yang harus ditanam, dipanen, diangkut ke kota (kadang busuk di jalan jika jalanan pantura lagi ngadat), dipotong-2, diasamkan dengan cuka. piring tempat menyajikannya pun tidak sekonyong2 diterima dari langit, kecuali nanti banyak kiriman piring terbang dari alien yah, saat ini piring itu harus dibuat dan dicuci dengan resiko pecah.
Astagfirullahaladzim, mohon ampunanMu Ya Allah, betapa alpanya hambaMu ini dari kesyukuran atas nikmat yang Kau beri, betapa penuhnya kepala hamba dengan pikiran buruk, hingga alpa melihat keluasan KuasaMu..
bukan salah makanan itu aku tidak lagi langsing tetapi langsung, seharusnya pun aku bersyukur soal "langsung" karena kini ramai sekali teman-temanku menulis tentang pilkada "tak langsung", uppsss beda yah itu wkwkkwkw.. bukan salah makanan itu jika aku jadi ga sehat, bukan salah kokinya juga kalau terasa ga enak..
Ketika kita sudah meminta, maka lakukan bagian kita, Allah sudah memberi rejeki, maka bersyukur dan berprasangka baiklah atas nikmat yg diterima..
He didn't win the race..
He didn't conquer anyone..
He just keep fighting and giving his best..
While mostly people giving up even before taking the race..
Sometime we just need a brave heart and an aim to reach our dream..
We had such a pleasant stay at Ibis Styles Benoa..
Yup, the decoration was pretty , the breakfast option were great, the room is spacious - clean and new, the pool is very nice, also the lights at pool when night comes were exotic..
Location is good, easy to find, accross to Holiday Inn Benoa. There is Circle K store, bigger one, at their right side, and some cheap local food around ..
And we really appreciate for small sticker showing Qibla direction, something simple but highly appreciated.. thanks Ibis Styles Benoa
Marah adalah pilihan cara terakhir untuk menyampaikan maksud..
Yeahh, you can pick any words or expression to get what you wish or to make people understand what you expect them to understand ..
Semaleman ga bisa tidur krn dapet kamar yg hadap jalan raya, mana ada anjing melolong terus di sebrang jalan, padahal lg flu butuh istirahat banget, akhirnya angkat telpon ke reception, instead of bentak2 eke pilih gaya memelas aja.. yg angkat mas2..
me: paakk heleepp, plizzz, tolong cariin saya kamar lain donk besok.. yg agak jauh dari jalan..
mas2: waduh bu kita lagi penuh
me: plizzzz paak, heleepp, masa sih bapak tega saya pulang dr sini jadi zombie krn 3 malem ga bisa tidur.. yah yaah
mas: *ketawa ngikik* aah ibu masa zombie, baik bu saya usahakan carikan, besok pagi saya titipkan ke teman saya
En pagi2 pas datang ke reception, mbak2 yg menyambut saya langsung senyum lebar sambil info kamar baru, smoga ibu bisa tidur nyenyak yaa jangan jadi zombie .. *ngikik lagi dia*
Marah bisa membuat urusan makin runyam disebelin orang, mending pake gaya melas plus sedikit gila, jadi besok ketemu lg masih bisa senyum2 en tawarin brosur hihihi
Last week, Facebook celebrates their 10th birthday, they entertained all members with a short time video about their activity in Facebook, since someone joined and their favorable posting.
And, I get infected, suddenly I want to make my own video about my domestic trips, indeed its a good idea for healing my desire to go travel again .. here is the video, enjoy :)
To leave our comfort zone is something really hard to do, it needs a bravery and a life hunger soul .. But sometime we need to take this path to enable us see things wider and clearer, thus appreciate life in a more generous way as a 'free' human being.
Back to 2007, I'd never imagine that i will resign from my position at G4S Indonesia, it was not the top but it was comfort enough. I had all the things i need, i.e. busy, power, great team, handsome and crazy genius boss, lovely working environment, good products, management support, good relationship with the clients, fancy looks, all the facilities, company car with dedicated driver with unlimited fuel budget, so if i wasnt discipline person i could use it to go wherever i want to go, round the city till drop hahaha. Actually i never apply another job during my employment at G4S Indonesia, there were some competitors offers but i was too idealistic at that time, i keep the work ethic, didnt want to take any offer from competitor and partner. Until the time i got phone call from a head hunter, offering a position in banking industry, she got my name from one of my client. I couldnt take it either, still about the ethic. Then she asked if she could offer me another industry, i replied, yes i'd like to challenge myself at telco or oil industry. The agent informed if i might be going lower grade, i said no problem.
I didnt think thoroughly about all the consequences that i will face, my focus was about the job itself. I went for the IQ test and job interview for this Sinarmas Telecom company. Didnt expect too much, only try my luck since i dont have telco background. No news for two months about the job. Then G4S sent me to HongKong to join Sales training held by regional office for 10 days. Feel so happy to be a part of that Global company. Incidentally, a week after i came back to J town, the Sinarmas called me for further process, i got the job.
The job was more likely the same, about sales and partner relation. However i loose all the fancy thing i had at G4S. Suddenly i had to drive my own car, deal with the traffic, deal with parking lot (i only knew lobby before), then when i give up with traffic i must use public transport, train, couldnt wear high heel as often as before, no more exclusive meeting, no more my crazy team, no more office assistant, have to do photocopy by myself, no more escort at airport when you travel out of town, no more fancy lunch paid by the company, no more wine treat from boss, no busy since the product wasnt ready yet, and i should start from zero again, dealing with unknown market. Why unknown,coz i never imagine before to sell new brand of cell phone in the public places and payment service at shopping mall like ITC.
Yeah, leaving a comfort zone is sounded like entering a hell in the beginning. Its really a life academy, you are new born again. I get shocked many times, so surprised with some new experiences. The worst was when i tried to introduce the phone to merchant in ITC Cempaka Mas, a small shoes stall, before saying further, after hello and mentioning company name, the stall owner yelled at me asking me to go. I was so shocked and i need to drink three bottles of cold teh botol to get myself back. I have been sales person for so many years, and never get this kind of response.
A year after, i realize i am someone different, beside the knowledge of telco product and technology, this new chapter of life give me a lot of lesson, i have become a more 'humanize' person, more social, more patient, down to earth, learn real anger management, less panic, think thank, flexible, wiser and more creative. I am still a lively and spontaneous person as before but this time is more calm and more religious. I've read lots of stories, many people gain success when they leave their comfort zone, trying something new, quit from their job, struggling and start own business, and it becomes a big business. However, success is not always about money, whatever an 'additional' in you, make you better, make you stronger, anything suffix 'er' could be a success too, yeaa including weight gain hahaha. Henceforth, if you think you need to try something new, dont wait until you are in a narrow place and it is more difficult to jump, this world offers so many things for you to know, keep learning, born again and you will stay young, though physically you are not, hahaha.
I am still an employee of Sinarmas Group now, and proud to be a part of it, but my dream to have my own business is keep flying, and it should be related with my hobby. Still dreaming of running a tour organizer again (i miss my EO, JelajahNusa) and having a lil cafe which serving my homemade cake and snacks. Recently, i just start joining Oriflame business, since it requires less investment, i use and love the products and lots of my friends make money from Oriflame. Who dares. Their products range are more vary now, and the quality keep improving, the fragrance are more 'trendy' and the business system are far better and fair. The downline who perform well can compete their upline, no more traumatic of the oldest member is the richer, like other MLM. Wanna join? Check me here http://www.dbc-network.com/?id=puspitabisniscantik
At 07.00 in the morning, a minibus pick us up, 7 people inside, seems like 4 of them is a family. We stopped by at
intersection to Kusadasi waiting for the bigger bus, we wait there for almost
an hour, the man from the family was so angry, grumbling all the time, the tour
is not professional for him. That day, I get my period, loose my mood of
everything, just patiently sit and wait, while Dina is busy with her novel. The
bus from Kusadasi arrive, I pull Dina to jump and run to get a pair of seat,
the Taiwanese family focus on complaining ask for discount coz they don’t like
waited too long. Their mission failed, no discount they get, and now they have
to sit far one to another. 3 hours trip to Pamukkale, our tour guide Mehmet is
so excited to tell the brief story of Pamukkale, Aydin and Denizli area, the
city we go through. Aydin is one of the most fertile lands in Turkey, they
produce many orange and various kind of fruits. No wonder, along the way we see
so many orange trees and green areas. We met some tractors parked in front of
some coffee shops, we assume the farmers must be inside, enjoying morning
coffee after some hard works at the farms, nice. When we stop by for toilet, I
ask Mehmet, do the farmers secure their lands, to ensure their oranges save
from being stolen, he laughs, no it’s save, nobody want to steal oranges, and
there are too much oranges to be stolen. Hmm dalam hati miris, di Negara gue
nihh, ada aja rampok dateng bawa truk, tau-tau hasil bumi yg minggu depan siap
panen hilang seketika.
Before we get to Pamukkale entrance, we stop by at buffet
restaurant for lunch, the funny thing in Turkey is wherever you go with tour
group, they will entertain you with great meals for free, but you have to pay
for the drink. Surely the drinks charged two or three times higher than in
minimarket. But don’t worry, they will not force you to buy. The toilet
at the rest area are mostly charged 1TL, but in the restaurant most likely
free. While we seated wait to be served, I saw Mehmet carry a ‘tasbih’, an
Islam rosary in pink and blue color. I come to him, offering a barter of rosary
with the one I have. I tell him it’s from Makkah and made from dates seed. He
agreed, yippie, now I have a Turkish rosary :)
The Pamukkale site has beautiful
scenery, the white terraces of glacier carbonite minerals look so contrast with its
green surrounding and its blue sky. People can enjoy the hot spring in two big
pools inside the Hierapolis ruins complex, and try the natural water full of minerals
from the old well, or play with warm water in the terrace. Too bad I can’t
fully enjoy it, feel so weak on my period, so I only sit, enjoying the scenery
and waiting Dina takes some photos around. I could only laugh every time I hear
Mehmet explain about hot spring, his accent is so funny. Back to Selcuk, I sleep
over and just wake up when we reach Aydin city. The big bus drop us at Selcuk bus
otogar, and we just realize there is public bus from Selcuk to Pamukkale, so,
if you don’t want to join a tour group, and save 110TL, you can use the public transport.
Instead of back to hotel, we preferred
to walk round the Selcuk village, I love this place so much, small village,
quiet, clean and nice people. We went to the train station, to watch a train
just arrived from Izmir, takes photo of the ruins on its mini parks, the open
air restaurants, and we decided to have an early dinner at Ejder Restaurant.
The son owner’s greets us nicely and tempted us with his mom handmade foods
offer which is recommended by many people in lonely planet. Okay, seems like we
need to eat, and we love the atmosphere and we never guess it’s gonna be the
sweetest moment we have in Selcuk. Here is my review about the Ejder resto in Tripadvisor.com.
“Yummy food served by heart” Reviewed
June 17, 2013
Place and its atmosphere is very
important, and Ejder is located at the park nearby Selcuk train station, it is
very relaxing to have a seat at the open air seating area of the restaurant,
looking at birds flying back to their cage at top of the pillars when daytime
is almost over.
The food quality is excellent, the Mama cooked everything by heart, I tried
iskender kebab and my friend tried adana kebab, and both are so delicious, we
finish everything and left our plate empty. When we want to pay, they offer us
a cup of Turkish tea at free, wow. The funny thing, even we have finished the
tea and spend some time just sitting there, I could still imagine the taste of
the meat she cooked. Something served by heart will stay longer, it's true. We
traveled around Turkey for 14 days and never found something as good as the one
at Ejder.
-- mini park at Selcuk --
Day 5 : Sirince - Aydin - Fethiye - Oludeniz
After light breakfast, we go to Sirince, by Dolmus from bus otogar. Sirince is small village in Turkey well known with its wine pruduct. Its a muslim village isn't it, yes, they only produce but not consume. It takes only 15 minutes from Selcuk to Sirince, 3TL one way. Besides the wide grape farms, we could see the wine production and taste it in some of the small cafe in Sirince. I enjoy look around its main street with some of souvenir stall, the pin magnets are cute. It is only 4 dolmus served Selcuk-Sirince, and only 1 stand by at the otogar, they depart every 15 minutes, so make sure you are right in time or waited for the next departure. Back to Selcuk, we walk to the ruins of Artemis temple, it is 5-7 mins walks from the bus otogar, and it is really ruins, too bad, can't imagine how beautiful it was. And i just realize i left my brandnew mango sunglass at the dolmus, hiks, okay let it be, just enjoy the ruins and the hot sun. Lucky me, when we walk back to hotel and pass through the bus otogar, the Sirince dolmus driver look at us, and he called me, yeaaaa he keeps my sunglass save, wow, what a wonderful and honest Turkey people.
Back to the hotel at 11.30, we found Tom girlfriend, the korean girl, mad at us, she yelled that we have to check out before 10, cause the cleaning lady only work until 10.30. Its not our first time stay in a hotel or hostel, never heard a check out time at 10, and Tom didnt inform us also. Well, you may guess, I yelled back to her, its your problem with the maid, not us, just write clearly on the reception desk. We leave the hotel in a hurry and so mad. Never will recommend the Artemis hotel.
The next destination is Oludeniz, its in the south east coast of Turkiye. From Selcuk we take dolmus to Aydin city, 7 TL. And Aydin to Fethiye we take a big bus, 32TL. Remember that Aydin and Fethiye is not a big city, really have to go directly to the counter to ask for the near departure time or we have to wait 2 - 3 hours, after get the ticket then you can go to toilet or buy foods. We don't have much time to buy proper foods for lunch, coz our bus will depart in 10 mins, so we just buy some Simits for emergency meal. It takes 2 hours from Aydin to Oludeniz, the view a long the way are green mountainous and clear blue sky. Arrived on Fethiye, we have lunch at the bus otogar, another durum kebab and Turkish tea, yummy. Then we walk to the main boulevard and wait in front of a supermarket for taking dolmus to Oludeniz. Dolmus Fethiye - Oludeniz costs 5TL, its less than 20 mins and we reach our hotel, Oludeniz Hotel. Its located not too far from the welcome gate of Oludeniz, surrounded by rocky mountain, but also close to the beach. The man behind reception desk cant speak good English but he is such a warm guy. We get a room with swimming pool view, nice, and the wifi is very good. Time to 'update status' hahaha.
That evening, I keep persuing Dina to take a paragliding ride, well its my reason to visit Oludeniz, paragliding, I really want to try, but not in Indonesia, and I already ask my paragliding freak friend about it safety. Too bad Dina didn't want. So, I persue her to take a 12 island boating tour, and she agreed. We called one tour provider and a guy come to drop us the ticket, inform us about the detail. Then we spent our evening at the hotel balcony, enjoy the stars with some just-wash underwear hang in our surrounding, hahaha.
Day 6 : Oludeniz12IslandsTour - BlueLagoon
We start the day with a very healthy and full variety breakfast, ready to enjoy the boating session today. I am still on my period, but I feel dont mind to jump into the water if it is good enough. At 9 am, a big jeep pick us up, no upcover, okayy hello sun, keep smile. We pick up a family from England, they already got tanned skin, and the little girl asked why i wear a balinese sarong to cover my head, you dont like hot sun? Yeah, we have a lot in our country, she laugh. The jeep takes us to Fethiye pier wherein our boat has waited for us. Its two deck boat, all the european guest prefer to sit in upper deck, enjoy the hot sun, while we both and a pakistan family prefer to stay away hahaha. There are lots of small islands in south east coastal of Turkiye, close enough one to another, can imagine how beautiful the sight is if we take a paragliding ride. Sigh.
When we stop by at the first island, some of the guest at upper desk jump out to the water, swim, the water looks so calm and clear. I asked the boat crew if i can rent a snorkel gear or goggle, too bad they dont provide it. But no regret, I asked one of the guy about the underwater life down there, lots of grey fish, only grey, no coral at all. Well this time I feel so lucky for being Indonesian, we have lots of beautiful coral and colorful fishes. Even in Phuket, I dont find coral and colorful fishes. So Indonesian, we must be proud and take care our underwater world real carefully, and if you never go snorkeling or diving in Indonesia, it is really a big loss.
Lunch meal at boat is surely fish and salad, but we can choose chicken grilled if we dont like fish. Again, they charged for the drink. Overall the tour costs 35TL is worth enough, the service is good and also the view, if you like swimming in open ocean, its a must, but only swimming.
Back to the pier, now they use minibus to serve us, with aircon, thanks God. Feel a bit sleepy, but we need to move our foot after seating half day, then after drop our belonging to the hotel, we go walking to the blue lagoon, its only 10 mins walk anyway. The blue lagoon beach is beautiful, we must go back tomorrow morning.
Day 7 : Heading to Antalya
Wake up in the morning, feel excited to explore the blue lagoon again, we go walking after breakfast, buy a delicate Turkish ice cream again, watching some paragliding fly smoothly and landed on the beach, love it, I wish its me. Walking back to hotel, we stop by at money changer, well wherever you see money changer with a good rate, dont waste it. Clean up, packing, then check out. Take a dolmus to Fethiye. Buy a bus ticket to Antalya. While waiting for the bus depart, I have little discussion with the bus crew about how to get to Konya and Goreme from Antalya. One of the crew offer a good price at 100 TL for a baloon ride at Capadoccia, including a pick up at bus otogar and drop to our hotel whenever we arrive, sounds good, I asked for Dina and Mira approval, and we pay half for the down payment.
It takes 4 hours from Fethiye to Antalya, we take Bati Antalya bus, 25TL, coz it goes through the shorter route, which the other take a long ride through coastal line. We can enjoy more beautiful view through the long ride, but we prefer have more time to explore the city.
Arrived in Antalya bus otogar, we are about to get info about bus to Konya, when a lady come to us, asking where we wanna go, we mentioned our hotel in old town. Guess what next, yeahh she offers a guide coz she will go to the same area. Wow, what a very kind lady. She introduce herself as Marie, she is French, but she likes Antalya so much so she often come for a long time vacation at Antalya. We take a metro (subway), 4TL, to get into the old town, and Marie accompanied us walk to our hotel, the Argos Hotel. While she rent a small house 5mins walk from our hotel. She offered a walk exploring the old town after we check in and have some rest, we agree to meet her in an hour. She is really have a beautiful heart like her name, mother Marie. How lucky we were to meet her, coz the streets in the old town looks similar to us and many people get lost inside. While check in, we saw a flyer at the reception about tour to Perge Aspendos and Kursunlu waterfall, costs 175TL, looks so invited, and we decided to join the tour tomorrow. The hotel is nice and clean, old building but they maintain it very well. they have swimming pool, but again no time to enjoy it.
Marie really comes in an hour, she take us to see the historical Korkut mosque ruins and Hadrian gate, the Antalya park overlooking the beach, the pier, then end up with dinner at a small restaurant serving kebab and friends. We meet some demonstrants at the main boulevard. Marie told us the demo is about a park in Istanbul. But the demo doesnt look scary to us, we have more scary demo in Jakarta haha. Thank you Marie, you are really such an angel. Hope we will meet you again someday.
More pictures from Turkiye Trip can be seen atmy flickr
It was sometime in Jan 2013, my best friend Fitri and her
husband mas Arief provoked me by showing beautiful pictures of their visit to
Istanbul two years ago. They told me about Topkapi palace and its collections, i.e.
the tube containing beards of Rasulullah Muhammad SAW and also Caliph Ali’s
sword, and I can wait no more to see them. Luckily Dina is willing to accompany
me (with a deal that I should join her to visit NZ next time hahha). In February we execute the ticket arrangement
for May trip (we heard that the best season is May-July). We bought Etihad’s
Jakarta-Istanbul-Jakarta for 14 days trip, though we are not sure about the detail
plan, whether it will be Turki only or Turki and its neighbor, Greece.
Until two weeks before D date, our itinerary is not fixed
yet, we are still trying to get visa to visit Greece. It is so difficult to get
visa from Greece embassy in Jakarta, although we already had a guarantee letter
from our relatives there, had sufficient amount in our bank account, covered by
travel insurance, they still asked for some documents that is hard to provide.
We decided to forget about Greece and focus on Turki, one week before D date,
we finalize our itinerary and booked the hotels.
Dina is always a good partner in crimes, she has no
objection to the crazy itinerary and hotel arrangement I made, although I still
have no idea how to get to from one place to others. I am a bit picky on hotel
arrangement though, crave to get the clean - comfy - good location in a low
price, thanks to TripAdvisor.com, got plenty useful info from them. Bismillah,
qui sera sera whatever will be will be. Here we go, 14 days exploring Turkiye,
Dina call it “glamping”, not a fancy trip, neither a backpack trip as well.
Time to Fly
Yippie the day is come, 24th May! We meet at
Soetta Airport Jakarta right on time to check in. Each of us brings one
cabin-size luggage and one day-backpack, plus camera bag and small bag for our
snacks. We minimize our carriage, to ease us on travel around the country by
public transport.
My note: - It
is nice to have a special request for meal on flight, caused they will
prioritize to serve us. Low calorie meal is usually very healthy, mostly
steamed food and fresh fruits. - If
you have connecting flight, it is better to check in for your next flight once
you arrive at the transit airport, no matter how long your transit time will
be. A month before departure date, we
received email notification telling that our connecting flight from Abu Dhabi
to Istanbul will be rescheduled from 0200 am to 0900 am. Luckily we prefer to go
directly to the transit board when we arrived at Abu Dhabi around 2300 pm,
shockingly we were informed that we will fly as per previous schedule at 0200
am. Save by the bell :)
Day 1 – Welcome to Istanbul
Landed safely at Attaturk airport as scheduled, 15 minutes
queue at Visa On Arrival counter (Indonesian kena tarif USD25 saja), another 15
minutes queue at Immigration, get our passport stamped, 5 minutes for baggage, then
we go to foreign exchange inside the airport since we do not have any Turkish
Lyra in our hand. There are four cash exchange outlet nearby the baggage claim
area. The exchange rates are similar, as well the commission fee. Finally we are ready to get to the town. We decided to take metro (subway) as the
economist and easy transportation, just follow the direction board and go downstairs
to the subway line, get the token at Jetonmatic machine by inserting coins or
notes, one token for a trip costs 3 Lyra.
The first destination is Best Town Palace Hotel at Sirkeci
area, we need to drop our luggage before exploring the city. From the Airport’s
Metro, we transit at Zeytinburnu station, take the tram to Kabatas and stop at
Sirkeci station. We could see the
Istanbul University and Sultan Ahmed main tourist destination, Hagia Sophia and
its surrounding on our way. Sirkeci area
is very close with the famous Galata Bridge, only two stops from Sultan Ahmed,
therefore it’s a bit crowded with people walked in and vehicle passing by. It is
so easy to find souvenir stalls and restaurants, local or franchise i.e. Burger
King. We stop by at one of the local resto selling kebab, the price is about TL 5-6 for durum kebab (served with tortilla)
and TL 10-12 for porsiyon kebab (served with fried potatoes or rice). We also try Turkish coffee, it served on
small cup like espresso, nice.
Upon check in and have enough rest at the hotel, we go out and
catch tram to Kabatas wherein the Dolmahbace Palace is located. Unfortunately the
residence of last sultan of Ottoman Empire is closed for public at 05.00 pm, so
we could only go round the perimeter and take picture of clock tower in its
yard. Back to tram station, we meet
street stall sells Baklava and Simit (Turkish simple bread), good to try. I
like Simit, it tasted like Bagel, only 1-2 TL per piece and it’s big enough. The
baklava is a bit different to the one I tried in Saudi, Turkish baklava is sweeter,
seems like they spread lots of honey on it.
Sun goes dusk, we go back to Sirkeci, enjoy the panoramic
Galata Bridge and have a light dinner, we walk round the Gulhane area and find
out some souvenir shops that offer good price without bargain, seems it’s a
good alternative if we have no time to visit the Grand Bazaar. It was 11.00 pm
and the city was still so lively, but we need to take a rest.
Day 2 – Istanbul - Yalova - Bursa
For the second day, we already booked a hotel at Bursa city,
so no matter what we have to find a way to get in there. It is recommended by
the hotel manager to go to Bursa by fast ferry, but the schedule is either too
early or too late. We prefer to take ferry to Yalova city at 11.30 am so we can
have enough time to enjoy our breakfast.
It is a good decision though, having breakfast at the 5th floor
of Best Town Palace hotel is a must have experience, breathtaking views of
Galata Bridge, Marmara Sea, Galata Tower, Gulhane Park area is over the top,
too precious to be passed. The food is also nice, plenty choices of salad, meat
and cheese, among the best from other hotel we visited in Turki.
Leave the hotel at 09.00 am, it takes only 10 minutes and TL12
to IDO ferry terminal at Yenikapi by taxi. The boat costs TL 19 and the cruise to
Yalova city will take 40 minutes, much faster compare to intercity bus. While
cruising, we could sit inside the passenger room as our seat number or at the
windy balcony outside and enjoy the scenic view of Aegean Sea. Traveler with big luggage could store it on
the rack provided at the deck, just make sure it is locked properly. Few
minutes before arrival to Yalova, we stood over the balcony enjoying fresh air
and the city's mountainous view. Back to the passenger room, i was a bit panic
to find my seat is empty, my snack bag is gone. Apparently, one of the crew
keep it safe at the crew's room, thought it was left by the owner. Nice isn’t
it. And we leave the ferry smilingly, knowing that we are in a land of good
people.
Feel hungry we get to the food stall selling kebab nearby the jetty. This time
we try Doner Porsiyon, meats and pilav (rice), and mineral water. When the
restaurant manager looked at us put a sachet of chili sauce to our meals, he
asked if we have another sachet for him. It is a Sambal Terasi (shrimp paste),
and it smell something weird for him. He tried and we laughed looking at his
expression.
There are Dolmus (minivan) terminal closed to the jetty but if we want to go to
Bursa we have to change twice, so we decide to take intercity bus, costs
12TL for 2 hours ride. The bus is nice and clean, TV in each seats with some
movies options, unfortunately it’s in Turkish and no subtitle. I notice the bus
agent took note on the passenger gender for seating arrangement, alone female
passenger must be seated with another female, or they will let her alone, never
mixed female and male, unless they are couple or buy together. It’s so
thoughtful, following Islam rules to separate female and male unless they are
“muhrim”.
Arrived in Bursa, we have lunch at bus terminal and take taxi to the hotel.
Some people say we could take a public bus, but we are too tired to wait. It
takes 20 minutes from bus station to hotel, taxi costs 36 TL. The Aloft hotel
is located at Nilufer district, not too far from Uludag mountain, it’s perfect
for those who want to go skiing on winter or come to Bursa for business trip
since it is close to the business area. I love their interior design very much,
fancy young elegant, and it costs so cheap. Unfortunately, our main destination
is on the old town, and we have to take tram to get there, and we have to walk
a long way from Aloft hotel to nearest tram station. We almost get lost on
direction, until we meet a friendly guy, Osman, who is so kind to lead us the
way to the metro (tram) station. Metro from Nilufer (Acemler station) to old
city (Sehrekustu station) cost 2.5 TL and takes about 10 minutes.
Ulu Camii or Ulu Mosque is our main destination, takes about
10-15 mins walks from the station, the direction is clear, no worry to get
lost. The Ulu Camii, built before 1400, is so enchanting, especially the marble
fountain and the mimbar inside, also the calligraphy, beautiful. We feel like we
want to stay there for a long time, coz it’s so peaceful. All of sudden we hear
the Adzan Magrib, it should be a call for us to join the praying, unfortunately
I only wear short pants and I don’t bring my praying dress, no other choice, we
have to go out and leave the Camii. Sad. There are some more historical
buildings at the old town, but considering it is difficult for us to take nice
pictures in night modes, then we decide to go back to the hotel and enjoy the
room. We stop over to buy Turkish ice cream and tape the funny tricks they play
while serving it. The ice cream is delicious, sticky but so delicate. Well,
don’t believe me, wherever whenever, I am a good friend of ice cream, hahaha.
Day 3 – Bursa – Izmir – Selcuk – Ephesus
We left the cozy room of Aloft hotel at 0730, take taxi
(sorry dude, we are in a rush, excuse hahha) to the bus terminal, buy ticket
for first bus to Izmir, buy Durum Kebab, Baklava and Simit for our brunch. Bus from
Bursa to Izmir costs 30TL, takes 3.5 hours ride. They serve us with water,
coffee/tea and snack on board. The driver and assistant is dress up and cute,
though the road is long, we never get bored hahhaa.
Arrive in Izmir, we plan to take a Dolmus for city sight
seeing, before that we have to find a locker to put our luggage. Too bad,
mostly people in the bus terminal can’t speak English, we are lost in
translation this time, almost an hour we go round up and down with our carriage
to find locker, and no luck. Get dizzy and starved, we buy some breads and
decided to take bus to our next destination, Selcuk. Bye Izmir.
My note: It’s a must to take note on some local wordings
when you do backpacking to a country wherein English is not their main
language. I do memorize some, but it’s not enough though. Later at Konya we
just realize that Locker in Turkish is “Emanet”, and Dina told me, she
remembers there was an emanet sign at Izmir bus station. *sigh*
It takes 1 hour from Izmir to Selcuk by Dolmus, and costs
9TL. On the way to Selcuk, I keep calling Tom the CP of Artemis Hotel, wherein
we will stay for two nights to ask for direction, in hostelworld they promise a
free pick up. Tom says his friend Muslim will pick us up at the otogar (bus
terminal). Ok great. Arrived in Selcuk, Muslim easily recognize us and show us
the way to the hotel, on foot, hahaha no wonder its free. The Artemis hotel is
only 10 minutes walks from otogar however it kind of tough part if we have to
walk when we are tired and starved and have to carry our own luggage. Ga ada
ojek nih Din?
Tom is a very friendly person with excellent selling skills,
he shows us a map to explore Selcuk and arrange a day tour for us to Pamukkale on
the next day. The Artemis hotel is merely a hostel ++ for us, it is clean and
tidy, but the toilet is old fashioned. It’s not a big problem though, as long
as it works as properly.
Our plan for the afternoon is visiting the legendary
Ephesus. Tom said there is a dolmus to the northern entrance, but he recommend
us to take taxi from otogar to upper gate or southern entrance, so we could
walk downhill, then finish at northern entrance and we can take dolmus or go on
foot for 30mins back to the hotel. We
follow his guidance, pay 15TL for the taxi and 25TL for the entrance fee and
enjoying the wonderful Ephesus. Coincidentally we meet a tour group from Bank
Mandiri Jakarta, we say Hi and they offer their assistant to take picture on
us, cool. Dina meet some new “friends”, two photographers from China, one of
them greets her with fart in front of her, the other is more rude, shouting to
people to stay away from the front of Celcus Library, coz he wants to take
picture, helloooow.
More info about Ephesus, visit Wikipedia please hahaha.
From the northern gate, we take a dolmus for 5TL back to
Otogar. I was a bit pale coz of my PMS ache then we decide to have some good food
before we go back to hotel and prepare for Pamukalle trip tomorrow.
Sesuai plan 2 tahun lalu waktu kita ke Jogja, our next trip will be North Sumatra. As always, the fix schedule is confirm after Mira, miss expat, arrives from her current base, Germany. Secara waktu jalan-jalannya cuma sebentar jadi kita focus on lake Toba and Medan. A bit curious to see the new airport Kuala Namu, since many people said it is the most modern airport in Indonesia.
And here we go :) .. leaving Kuala Namu (similar to Terminal 3 - GGK laah, but they have train to the city) at 10.30 am, our first destination is Taman Simalem Resort, at Merek Hills nearby Tongging village, an hour from Brastagi. Its about 4 hours from the airport and we only stop by for lunch at RM Garuda at Sibolangit city. Make sure you have some drink water and snack before you leave Medan, coz its a long ride with many curves, tanjakan turunan kelokan gitu lah.
But its worthy. See the beautiful scenery we have from the balcony of our lodge.
We booked family lodge costs Rp.1.8million per night for a room with 4 beds, its inclusive dinner-breakfast and tour program (i.e. jungle trekking, farmers tour, coffee roasting, labirin etc). The room is clean and spacious, there are 2 mini tv inside, however the toilet and shower is outside the room (4 toilets & 4 showers in each floor).
-- the family room, mind the messy bed cover please :p --
-- shower & toilet --
-- the homy sitting room--
We check in at 15.30, upon had the fresh orange juice as welcome drink, the guest relation, Ms. Pinta, offers if we want to have tour around the orange farms and walk to the small waterfall nearby the tree house. Sure, we can't say no :)
We also visited the honeymoon suite, eucalyptus, its nice with the open air jacuzzi close to the river.
Buffet Dinner was also nice, they have an expat chef with a good knowledge of Indonesian food. I enjoy the green pineapple drink and the clear soup, it was perfect for a cold night.
Back to the lodge, we spend sometime for chats and laughs, testing new breathable nail enamel, and sleep at 01.00 am.
Wake up again around 4.30, huaa we almost late for the sunrise hunting, fortunately our neighbour inform, yesterday they fail to see sunrise, too cloudy, seems like it will be the same for today, hmm blessing in disguise, we don't feel guilty for wake up late hahaha. But still we go to the view point, and just take a picture of its surrounding.
Miss Pinta, as discussed before, take us to the twin waterfall, to get there we need to walk 1.5 hours through the jungle.. the track is slippery but clear enough, so i guess no one will get lost here.. we meet some monkeys and couple of orang utan, playing happily above the trees, some birds flying and singing, so lively and lovely..
finally we get there... its not too big, surely nothing compare to the Sipiso Piso waterfall, but it looks good with some layers.
Back to the lodge, we clean up and be ready for breakfast, they offer Indonesian style (nasi goreng) and American style (toast and omelete), as usual i choose toast and two boiled egg. At 10.00 we leave the Taman Simalem Resort, heading to Samosir Island.
It takes 3 hours from Taman Simalem to Samosir Island via Tongging, we stop a while at Tongging for taking pictures, the view from Penatapan Tower is so breathtaking, beautiful, too bad, the tower is not managed well.
Reach the Samosir island, we try to find some meals, it almost 2pm, starved to the max. It's difficult to find halal food in Samosir island, Thank God there is one moslem restaurant, small but fine lah, better than nothing. Feel enough, we go to Tomok port, to catch Ferry to Parapat. Along the way we see many traditional house, where the pets lives below the house.
Aaahhh we missed the 4pm Ferry, have to wait for the next which is 7pm, hiks have to forget my plan to stop by at Roti Ganda, Pematang Siantar. Mau kemana lagi juga bingung, akhirnya nunggu aja di mobil. Sampe Parapat langsung makan malam di deket kantor pos, enak dan puas dan murah hahaha. Reach Medan at 1pm, we stay at Hermes Palace Hotel.
Day 3, yippiee our culinary day. Start with breakfast, we planned to skip BF at hotel, but we think we need a cup of coffee or tea and some fruits for starter, then we stop by at their rooftop restaurant, no regret, their coffee is very nice.
Our first target today is Bihun Bebek Asie at Jl. Kumango, I went there once, it was so delicious and have read some reference in internet mentioning that it is halal, so, a must to visit again. We take Bentor (becak motor) in front of the hotel, cost Rp.15.000 one way. deal. Mira and Lani enjoyed it very much.
Takes only 7 minutes, and we arrived at Bihun Bebek Asie, all table is occupied, except the one close to the stove, huaaa panasss. Waited for 15 minutes. Good decision to order 2 only instead of 4 portion, it is a big portion. Two years ago it cost Rp.35.000, now Rp.50.000 per portion, but its worthed. The bihun aka rice noodle is so delicate, thick duck meat, and the fried garlic make it so yummy.
Overeating, we decided to go walking back to the hotel, through Jl. Kesawan, we stop by at the historical building Cong Afie Mansion, it reminds me to Blue Mansion at Penang island Malaysia, they are similar, also belongs to the powerful and richest Chinese taipan in the past, but i think this one is slightly bigger.
Our hotel is located in a very strategic area (at least for our culinary purpose), within 15mins walk from the Bihun Bebek, we reach the hotel. And just realize there are some food stall in its surrounding, including the Wajir Seafood, one of our target for this evening.
It is just a starter, we will have some more destination to go, Bika Ati, Bolu Meranti, Manisan Jambu, Soto Sinar Pagi, Duren Ucok, Jala-jala (pancake durian), Sate Kerang, Mie Titi Bobrok, Roti Tissu, Seafood Wajir... to be continued.. hahhaha
Reviewed
June 17, 2013 
