Roads Untraveled

Weep not for roads untraveled Weep not for path left alone And if you need a friend There’s a seat here alongside me

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I'm back

I’m back

I’s been years since I am writing my last blog, and now I come back. I try, I really try to write again.

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Asian Food Channel and Indovision Presents Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Getaway

It was typical Tuesday afternoon. After all day meeting, all I want to do as soon as I arrived at home was have a nice cool shower and cuddle in my blanket. So when I was about to fall asleep, my phone rang for the first time, I kind of ignore it. When I check, it was unknown number. Usually I don’t pick up unknown number, but I was in my zone, relax, so I pick it up.

“Hello, my name is Jimmy…

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Batu City - Not So New Secret Destination in East Java

Day one to reveal Batu secret start after we finished our breakfast. Today we will discover the secret of Batu city, so we go to Jatim Park 2. This new icon become popular destination in East Java, well now it is become popular in Indonesia as well. The word of mouth and social media and some blogs really make this place become hits. Jatim Park also become one of the 2014 Travelers Choice by…

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Buckle Up and Enjoy MotoGP Race at Sepang International Circuit (Part 2)

Next, the important part, how to get the MotoGP pass, is it hard to get? No, it is not, it is very easy actually. After Dorna announce the schedule of the upcoming race, you could purchase the MotoGP ticket here:

      http://www.motogp.com/the official website of MotoGP™, the currency they used is Euro. The e-tickets are sent a few weeks before the event. You should receive your tickets to print…

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Buckle Up and Enjoy MotoGP Race at Sepang International Circuit (Part 1)

As fellow MotoGP fans, watch the race live in circuit is one of our dream. Well, you can make your dream come true. If you have enough money, you can come to your travel agent and book the trip, there are so many travel agents and online agents that will help you. The budget could be arrange as well. But if you want some adventure, some of my tips might be help.

Every year, Dorna (the MotoGP…

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Racing Along with Valentino Rossi in Sepang International Circuit

My first interaction with MotoGP was way back when Mic Doohan still 500 cc World Champion. I stopped by the time Mic Doohan got an accident and can’t ride any longer. Well, not completely stop actually, I still watch and follow the action, especially when I saw this one attractive rider named Valentino Rossi from Italy. The way he ride, slide and take over this opponent was fearless, his…

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#TBIShare - Video Workshop with @Lostpacker

The second best thing that I love to do in my “me time” is watching movie. Either I go to the cinema, watching from the TV or online streaming in Youtube. I have a great respect to everyone who involve in the industry, especially now that I work in music and entertainment industry.

Watching behind the scene for me is as exciting as watch the movie itself. I have an experience to actually watch…

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Prigi Beach – The Hidden Beach in East Java

If you ask me, why I love to travel? Well, it is heritage, it runs in my blood. My parent has been live in several cities while they were young and before they got married. We keep traveling around since I can remember, we might not go abroad or somewhere far, but we travel often. Sometimes we go to visit our relatives, sometimes we just have some fun.

One of our memorable trip was our last trip…

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Bangkok Riverside Adventure – Get Down To the Market and Up To the Temple

It was Saturday. Second day in Bangkok. The sun shine bright and the sky was clear, and nice start for our adventure. Destination, Bangkok riverside.

But before go to the Bangkok riverside, we stop by to the famous and the world’s largest weekend markets. Chatuchak Weekend Market. As its name, Chatuchak Market only open on Saturday and Sunday. The market cover 27 acres and divided into 27…

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Bangkok Adventure – Wandering Around the City and the Malls

Bangkok as a capital city of Thailand is not much different with Jakarta, the Indonesia capital where I live. The city full of high modern building and old building bend into one. On the street, the traffic is quite the same.

After two hour ride from Pattaya, some step of walk and quick check in, we back on the road, our destination is Siam Discovery Mall. Since its lunch time, we enjoy some Thai…

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Let's Get Lost in Pattaya

What do have in mind when you heart about Pattaya?

What do have in mind when you heart about Pattaya?

Do you think about wild night live?

Cabaret show?

Lady Boy?

Plastic Surgery?

Thai massage?

Beach?

Or great cuisine?

Well, for me, of course beach and great cuisine plus Thai massage. That will be on top of my list. Even though I know that Pattaya beach is not as beautiful as other beaches in Indonesia that I ever visit, but it still beach and I…

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My Dream Adventure To Twin Ring Motegi Japan

As Valentino Rossi loyal fans, watching him race live in circuit was kind of ritual for me, well even though not every years, I come to the circuit to watch him race, but so far I’ve been see him race 3 times, all happen in Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. So I set my next bucket list is to watch him race in Twin Ring Motegi Circuit, Japan.

I’ve been collect all the information about my…

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Weave Your Dream at Sukarara Village, Lombok Island

Weave Your Dream at Sukarara Village, Lombok Island

Beside for the beautiful sandy beach, the magnificent mountain and tasty culinary journey, there are two others thing that drown people to come to Lombok. The first one is Lombok black and pink pearls, and the second is their traditional weaving or Kain Tenun.

When you come to Lombok and want to learn some new experience, come and stop by at Sukarara Village. This village is the central of…

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Blend with Nature at Villa Ombak, Gili Trawangan

Since Gili Islands was always on my bucket list, I check the airline ticket and search a nice place to stay regularly. From what I heard and read, this hotel was become one on top of my list. So, when I read the itinerary for my trip to Gili Islands and it said that we are going to stay at Hotel Villa Ombak, I feel like I won a jackpot. I jump with joy like a child. It was a perfect dream come…

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Don't Chase the Sunrise and Sunset at Gili Islands

My mother said that I was born early in the morning when the sun rise in the east. Don’t know if there any correlation or not but I always love to see the sun rise, mostly when the dark sky turn to light. Even though I am not kind of morning person…J But when it comes to my trip, I always consider where to find the sun rise or sun set. It will always in my priority itinerary.

That why when I find…

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Bucket List - I am MAGnificent

There is no dream that too small nor too big, and it will always be dream unless you wake up and do something to make it true. I don’t remember where I got those quote, well, I must read it somewhere, and it keep hanging in my head. Like an old song, it sometimes come up again when I got stuck or nearly hopeless.

Among my never ending bucket list of things, experiences and places, I want to go…

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TravelNBlog

I have been travel around since I ever remember and I start to write my journey in my journal, manually in my diary. When I finally have my own computer, I start to write a lot of stuff there, but I keep it to myself. I start to write a blog is when I got to introduce to Multiply. Way back then I write almost about everything in one blog and for sure without any structure what so ever, J

I start…

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