View of some boats, resting on the clear blue water with white sands of Sanur beach. Taken from Bali Hai Meeting Room, at the 10th floor of Inna Grand Bali Beach Hotel. A refreshing picture, unless you didn’t notice shadow of my fingers (with the pearl knobbed ring) near the raw of 4 boats on the water reflection meanwhile taking picture used ipad2.
Posted to meet the DPphotochallenge: Oops!
A belated post to join DP Photo Challenge: Monochromatic.
Cute little lizard that spent his lazy afternoon on a flat rock under warm sunshine. Taken using iPad2, a couple years ago!
Blue sea. As well the sea. The floating boat makes the Depth of Field becomes clearer. Even, they call the boat MY DREAM which makes it deep in meaning. Like: dream will always a dream if you didn’t do anything about it.
Taken months ago in Candi Dasa beach, Karangasem regency.
Posted to meet the challenge of DP Photo Challenge: Depth
Twinkle and its reflection on the sea water. Photos taken with iPad2 in Benoa Harbour, in the South of Bali. It is located in the east of the International Ngurah Rai airport runway. Take about 45 minutes from Denpasar city to reach this Bali main port.
Imagine you were having a private dinner on a ship, meanwhile you were enjoying your lobster and sipping wine, it was sailing across the sea under the beautiful night sky.
It is an official dinner as you notice some cards on the table. Other than the lamps’ light on the deck, I think the Balinese flower decoration, has made the night becomes twinklier.
Post to meet the DP Photo Weekly Challenge: Twinkle
One of wonderful beaches in Bali. It is an angular shore of Candi Dasa beach, Karangasem regency. When I took the picture, I was interested with the look of the bale bengong (the small house-like) in the edge. As people can sit there and enjoy the beautiful view with gentle sea breeze.
Shot with ipad2, around 2 in the afternoon, against the sun. Posted to meet DP Photo Challenge: Angular
A picture taken by my second daughter, Ami, about a year ago when she was at the third grade of the elementary school. Using iPad 2. It was about 10 in the morning. The sun had created wonderful shine to the whole picture.
Delima (Indonesian and Balinese language) or Pomegranate is already kind of rare fruit in Bali. Luckily we have one in our garden. Its flesh is not pink or red. It is white. Yes. It is made even more rare and unique.
We usually use this kind of pomegranate for offering ingredients as its white colour represents purity and divinity.
My first daughter, Andra with her best friend, Hugo. A 2 years Siberian husky. This selfie was taken months ago using iPad 2. Nothing was edited before I uploaded. Minimalist photo of a beautiful friendship.
Note: Andra took the photo, not Hugo.
Fresh and bright red Suli flowers from my garden.
A post to respond my nice blogger friends who has been very kind to pass me this legendary Liebster Award. Emily, Wax and Paco. This Suli flower represents my apology for this very belated respond. :). Meanwhile, for the other Awards. I promise, I will make it for you ASAP.
I have to provide 11 facts about me, here you are:
1. No matter what time I go to sleep, I always get up at 04.30. Even on weekend!
2. I know that instant noodle is not healthy, but I love it.
4. I love eating snack.
5. I am not really fond of doing exercise.
6. As the result of poin 5 and 6: I put on weight easily.
7. I love cooking, a reason that I don’t have to do the other house’s works.
8. I don’t like numbers. Those figures intimidate me easily.
9. Sometimes I buy different cooking tools with same functions. Yes. Wasting money and crowd my little kitchen only.
10. I feel annoyed when I see words or structures of Indonesian language that are not written well by an Indonesian. Where’s your respect?
11. Reading Japanese comics, Kobo Chan and Kariage Kun is my activity to avoid an emotional state of ‘being stressed’.
These are the question from Emily:
Who is your favourite literary character? James Herriot. I have all books written by this great vet.
Who is your weird crush? Superman. I was in love with this guy back to the 80-s. Super-man. What more can describe that phrase?
In which period in history would you have most liked to have lived? 80-s. I was a little girl at that time. My responsibilities were just: eat much, sleep well and enough playing.
What could you not live without? The weather…and sun.
What is your porn star name? Secsee Mee
What is your best feature? My lips. At least that is comes first on my mind.
What would you have for your last supper? Rice with Lawar (Balinese mixed vegetable with minced meat).
Who was your first love? My mother. I do still love my mother until now.
Which song is your getting ready to go out song? Indonesia Raya (the Indonesian anthem)
What is your favourite smell? Smell of soil and grass that were washed by rain. It is called ngit in the Balinese language.
What would your Archvillain name be? Windy woman. Sometimes, the wind can be helping, on the other time, it can be very destructive.
These are questions from Wax:
What made you smile today? Knowing the fact today is weekend.
Backstreet Boys or NSYNC? Backstreet Boys.
What’s the soundtrack of your life? You’re Beautiful of James Blunt. Because my name: Indah is a translation of beautiful. :).
What movie made you cry? As Good As It Gets
What’s your favorite fruit? Mango. Why? It is juicy, has brilliant colour, delicious, and free since I have two mango trees at my gardens.
Who’s your childhood or teenage celebrity crush? Superman.
What do you value most? Honesty.
What do you want others to learn from your blog? The Bali culture from a local perspective. That’s me.
Where do you want to travel next (or first)? England. I have already learning its language for ages, but haven’t got the chance to visit this kingdom.
What is the most challenging goal in your bucket list? Writing a novel.
Before you die, who do you want to kiss? My daughters.
These are questions from Paco:
1. How many languages do you speak? 3, the Balinese, Indonesian and English.
2. What language would you like to learn and why? French. I had learnt French for 2 years, decades ago.
3. Say a word that remind you “happiness”. Smile
4. What scared you when you were a child. Rangda. An evil spirit symbol in Bali.
5. Are you happy? I am.
6. Why do you blog? I love writing, being published for free and making friends from around the world.
7. What’s your relation with music? I love listening music. Can lift up my down mood.
8. Apart from your wonderful blogging, what other abilities have you got? Cooking delicious fried rice from scratch.
9. If you were King/ Queen of the world, what would you do first? Select my private celebrity chief.
10. Who or what has taught you the most in life? Experiences and mistakes of live, both mine and others.
Those 11 nominees blogger friends are:
3. Serenasheraj
7. BlogEmala
10. Let There be Peace on Earth
My questions for you:
1. Dog or Cat? Why?
2. Why do you blogging?
3. What is your most wonderful time for the past decade?
4. What is your principle quotes of live?
5. Where did you work for the first time?
6. Do you love your job/ what you are doing today?
7. Where is your most frequently visited vacation place?
8. Which one do you choose: sour or hot?
9. What is your favourite breakfast?
10. Not sleeping well or not eating well? Your reason.
11. What is your favourite snack back to your childhood?
I think everything is connected. About three years ago, I was assigned to the Tourism Department of Bali province. I made friend with someone who was clearly a collector of Jepun (frangipani) flower. She gave me some stems that I brought home and planted it around my garden. That maroon Jepun where the butterfly rested was one of the other 5 kinds. 
I was assigned there for 5 months only and called back to my previous office. But the stems grows well. Adopted easily to the soil of my garden. After a year, it began to produce buds that transform easily into exotic flowers. These two pictures were taken at different time. The second one was shot six months after the first when it was in its best performance. Healthy green leaves and luscious maroon petals. But, I am sure, the one left flower in the first picture is not less interesting. It has a wonderful butterfly on it. Landing calmly and proudly on the Jepun petals as if it did want to be shot and admired by me who was taking the picture using iPad. Since I got these pictures in my files, I had reasons to meet the Weekly Writing Challenge: Butterfly Effect. I would probably not posting if I was not assigned to the Tourism Department about three years ago. A connection of my office assignment with blogging. It is started with me receiving the assignment decree, moved to the new office, made friend there, got Jepun stems, planted them, it began producing flowers, the flowers had attracted wonderful butterfly, I shot it. Although I moved back to the previous office. But the story still went on that three years later, the Daily Post challenged me with a topic of Butterfly Effect! What is more coincidental than that? A lot more. This a universal world. I know. I just like dramatizing thing.
Anyway. As I said. For me, everything is connected.
A Simple Note 