Mainstreaming Gender and Energy: Is it that Simple?

  When I first started to learn about gender mainstreaming, I thought that as long as women are involved in it, then it’s cleared. However, along with time I learned, that gender mainstreaming is far beyond than just making sure women are present. But ensuring that women could access the services offered, participating in the…

One night in Bandung

This post is a short story of my staying in Bandung. At first, I was thinking to have a photo-blog kind-of-post, but I think, it would be better for me to put some stories to the pictures, so I decided to make it as a short article of  my stay. Bandung is another home for…

TEDx Jakarta: A New Experience of Ordinary Living

I have never heard about TED actually (to be honest), but i surely believe that there’s no such thing as coincidence. I still remember some time ago when i was reading my twitter-timeline, and suddenly bumped into an id called @TEDxJakarta . Visited their website attracted me to register to the event. What i didn’t…

Energy Poverty: Do We Need a Magic?

Economy has always becoming something that we blame on, in regards to poverty, or something related with the term of ‘poor’. Interestingly, i have learned that the term ‘poor’ is not always about money; the term poor can also related to your knowledge, creativity, networks (friends and relations), and other things, be that intangible or…

Bira: A Silent Beauty of An Island

As Thousand Island has around 397 small islands, on of my dreams is to visit all islands, someday. The fact is there are some islands to which boats services are not exist. Therefore, you need to hire your own boat, or sail with your own yacht. Realizing that i’m more into a low-budget-traveler, i chose…

Biawak Island, Indramayu, West Java – This is Where We Stand

Having a chance to visit Indonesia is truly an adventure that I won’t missed it; though so many times i have to cancel the trip  due to work. This time, i had a chance to visit Pulau Biawak (Biawak Island) that is located within Indramayu area in West Java. Biawak is actually Indonesian term for…

(Indonesia’s) Nuclear Power Plant: Learning from Japan’s

The 8,9-magnitude earthquake that happened in Japan couple of days ago has given lots of reactions, especially to its nuclear power plants. Until today, one of the nuclear power plants exploded, given hundreds of thousands of people to be evacuated, due to the nuclear radiation. Japan is in fact one of the three largest economy…

Sawarna: One Silent Beauty

I have long heard about Sawarna, about it’s hidden beauty that not so many people know about it. Sawarna was named as one village in Indonesia, that has quite a lot attraction within the area. You have beaches, with its cool waves to surf on, paddy-fields (can you imagine paddy-fields on the shore? you’ll find…

Tidung Island: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow?

This post is not really talking about the beauty of Tidung Island of Thousand Island, Jakarta; this posting is more about what i’m sorry for Tidung Island especially after my first visit in 2009. I have heard that Tidung Island has becoming a ‘booming’ since it was aired by one television station in Indonesia, and…

Breathing the Air of Muara Angke: A Note

Muara Angke is a place from which travelers depart to reach Thousand Island (Kepulauan Seribu) of Jakarta. It is actually a location which fish market is integrated with ports where fishermen are docking their boats. Muara Angke also famous with its ‘street restaurants’, in which people could get fresh seafood, ordered directly from the fish-market,…

Geothermal: One of Indonesia’s Treasures

Having several information on what is ‘poor’ exactly, makes me realized that Indonesia, is not that ‘poor’; in fact, Indonesia is rich. But i also have to admit, though Indonesia is rich, we develop much slower than we should. I’m not really sure what was the reason (though i have some presumptions), but i learned…

Indonesia in Its 65 Years

This posting is actually one of my ‘dreams’ to be made this year. Yes, i would like to write about Indonesia in August, the whole thing i knew, i admire, i’m sorry for and many other miscellaneous things i have in mind about Indonesia. I know that it probably won’t be fair to some, but…