Find The Good in Goodbye

It might be the boldest decision that I ever made.

Decision that I hope will be the best for us.

I might be unable to said it.

But I feel relieved when finally told it to you.

I am really sorry if this decision make you sad or mad. But I can not stop thinking about this.

This decision also for your good. To aim all your dreams and goals.

Thank you very much for everything that you did in this relationship.

I will never forget the way you wait me in the middle of the night working over time. The way you are soo damn patient with me, with all my ego and selfishness. And everything you did and taught me.

I wont cry anymore.

Let us move on together. And let we start everything with our own feet.

Whatever will be. Will be.

Once again thank you S for the last beautiful 46 months togetherness.

So sorry if it has to end. I do really sorry.

Not A Well Play Plan

Have you ever feel like the world is rushing you?

To do this to do that

Following up this and that and shit.

And you feel like a man just get out from a cave. You know nothing and your brain is still in the middle of nowhere.

Hell yeah.

This Friday.. Last 2 hours before 5:30pm (coz I came late today). Still in mourn, shock, stress, sad, sad, sad feeling I decided to head to office. Try to move on that my team failed in National Championship. Didn't make any semifinal. Feel wasted because am soo ready for this tournament and also believe that my team are the best team ever.

Buuut reality suck! 

We lost and played terribly. All the worst feeling in the world came. I was angry, mad, sad. I want to scream. It can't be like this. Can't be like this.

We will played today on semi. We already have the coolest jersey for the games until final day. We already practicing  about this shit for a year. We are better than them. We have best person in team.

Well slap me man... Losing is always suck. Am still in denial. Let's party then. 

Whoop whoop

Cheer up El. Lets move on and face another probs

isport dot com

Well.. due to my preps for Field Hockey National Championship (Kejurnas), I was searching about defending theory for field hockey.

Since I've been almost 10 years as defender I still have difficulty when in my defending I was outnumbered and my team mates are still on forward position and late to come down.

So this link was enlighten me to what to do and not to do when in defend by theoretically.

And there is one sentence that I love in this article. 

"As a defender, it is more important to play smart than to play hard"

1. How to play defense in field hockey.

http://fieldhockey.isport.com/fieldhockey-guides/how-to-play-defense-in-field-hockey

2. How to Defend When  Outnumbered in Field Hockey

http://fieldhockey.isport.com/fieldhockey-guides/how-to-defend-when-outnumbered-in-field-hockey

Also in isport.com there are many sport tips and trick. From soccer, rugby, lacrose, hockey, running until yoga. Also it provide you from beginner until advance skill level. Gotta stick around with this website whole day and luckily my boss is out of office for a week. Wohoooo :P

People often give credit to the attackers when the team wins and blame the defense when the team loses. But anyone who knows the sport will tell you that a good offense stems from a strong defense.

Read more at: http://fieldhockey.isport.com/fieldhockey-guides/how-to-play-defense-in-field-hockey

Ps: the tournament about less than a week. Wish us LUCK!

End of Year

If back to couple of years ago writing "End of Year" means ... Audit period will be started ASAP!

Means stock taking to warehouse (which is my favorite audit procedure), preparing working paper, asking the latest trial balance, never ending over time and else. (Maannn... how I missed my time as an auditor!)

So... December is coming. Means new year or 2015 are few more days. Myself actually not so excited about end of year. Especially this year. Yep. Too many things that I didnt accomplish. But actually a loot of thing happened in my life in this 2014. Buuuutt I dont know.. just lack of a satisfaction for me. 

Nothing much different compare to last year. Still have no hope about what I want.

 I dont know.

Maybe I just feel a little bit tired lately with hockey practice and stuffs. Wake up at 4am and practice again at night in the whole week. And also I feel like everyone was close to me is stepping away from me. 

Yeah. Am over thinking again. And again.

I need a break. Or an escape.

Did someone say beach? or mountain also sounds awesome....

xxx

Me miss my normal life. Woke up late and still have time to night run or long run in weekend.

And oh.. I missed the trail run with my friends in Mt. Pancar, Sentul. Pffftttttt.

Magic Number 5

It was a normal day in my office. I had my lunch and chit chat with my office mates.
I was joking around, asking silly questions. Well since I was super lazy to work at the moment. :p

Friend of mine suddenly was telling her interview questions about when the interviewee asked her about where will she in the next 5 years.

She said she wanted to be a manager, owned house, and else.

And then she asked me?
"So Ello what do you want in next 5 years?" she said.
And I said... "No Mam.. I have no idea"
She laughed. "You are really live to fullest person. You enjoy your present life".

I don't know whether should be flattered or sad. Because I have no plan in my future. I do have plan for a year ahead. But for 5 years in the future ?
I have no idea what to do!

Gosh! Kinda afraid with my future, Even my yearly planned not always on track.

Sooo 5 years from now huh?
Umm..
I will be 31 years old. Geezzz 31? Really?
So on 31 I want to...
At least I already get married and have my 1st child.
Live in my own home with my simple happy family.
For my career.. Umm I dont know what I want recently.

See.. how suck I am with this... No idea..

Run Ello Run

Post sebelumnya soal Marathon Bucket List yang pengen gw ikutin in the future. Kalau ada rejeki. Kalau ada yang mau seponsorin. Amin. Heheheh

Dan kali ini mau cerita tentang kenapa gw lagi doyan banget lelarian. To be noted gw bukan atlit pelari atau pelari kencang. Ikutan event lari karena ngicer kaosnya sama medali.

Sehingga paling bete kalau di tanya "lo kemaren juara berapa???" 

Meh question. Dan gw pasti selalu jawab "juara satu dooong" 

Biar gada pertanyaan berikutnya yang super Meh.

So.. Kapan pertama kali gw mulai suka lari?

Kalau diinget-inget kapan gw bener-bener suka lari itu waktu gw dibilang buat ngecilin badan sama si pelatih gw. Karena waktu gw main hockey dia ngeliat gw engap banget kali yee.

Dan gw sendiri juga kesel karena semenjak kuliah berat badan gw jadi 66-68kg. Dengan ukuran celana 32. 

Perut sama dada balapan :|

Totally unattractive. 

Akhirnya gw baru sadar bahwa kosan gw dulu deket sama Sabuga atau Sorga IT . Dulu sih targetnya keliling 10 puteran itu tiap sore. Dan lari pagi kalau wiken. Lari di bandung itu seger banget dan panasnya gak seterik di Jakarta. 

Dan pas lagi senior gw di Hockey ngenalin sama Hasher. Komunitas pelari-pelari trail (dulu gw ga tau itu apa lari trail). Rute larinya pun cukup sades!

Di sekitaran perunah yang di Lembang dengan rute nanjak penuh cinta. Cape sih.. Tapi nothing beat the fresh air.

Jadi yah dulu waktu kuliah kerjaan gw kalo gak main hockey yah lari di sabuga. Belom paham sama pace2an atau running techniques yang bener. Yang penting 10 puteran atau setengah jam.

So I think running is my distraction from field hockey.

Ketika pindah ke Jakarta olahraga gw yah cuman main hockey doang setiap Sabtu. Sampe suatu ketika udah mulai jenuuuuh banget sama main hockey .. Gw ketemu sama temen gw yang di Bandung, Felix. Dia baru selesai half marathon di Bali. Awalnya gw ga tau half marathon itu berapa panjang. Pas dia cerita kalau itu 21KM gw baru nganga! WTH?? Lo ngapain aja lari sepanjang itu?

Tapi dia selalu bilang "rame kok lo.. Cobain deh"

Dan gw pun penasaran sekaligus tertantang. 

Even lari pertama gw itu Jakarta RACE tahun 2010. Waktu itu ikutan karena temen dari ISCI ngajakin. Dan si bule-bule ini sih udah pada kuat larinya jadi hayuk aja. Lari nya sih ngikutin rute 5K tapi belom sampe puteran gw udah motong duluan karena pengen cepet-cepet sampe. Abis nyampe kepala gw pusing karena kurang oksigen. Blah.

Event lari yang selanjutnya gw ngajakin temen-temen kantor gw. Di acara Adidas KOTR 2011. Pertama kalinya pake nomer dada tapi no timing chip. Dan setelah itu level penasaran semakin tinggi. What if kalo gw coba 10K. After 10K kenapa gak coba half marathon? And hey lets make history.. Try your first Full Marathon! And sooo it is.

Lari pun sekarang jadi sebuah pelarian tersendiri buat gw. Lari buat nungguin macet. Lari buat kongkow. Lari supaya bisa makan banyak. Lari kalau kerjaan ngeselin. Lari kalau lagi galau. Atau lari dari pertanyaan nyokap "kapan kawin?" 

Hahahah.

I dont know. Salah satu yang gw nikmatin waktu lari adalah: none yell at you to what to do.

Kalau lagi main hockey there is always a moment ketika lagi main jelek. Atau lo kalah dalam suatu game. And it's always always suck! Dan selalu sebel ketika ada pertanyaan dalam otak gw... Kenapa tadi gak kayak gini sih? Kan seharusnya bisa.

Well I hate losing.

Sebenernya pas lari juga bisa sih. Kayak di tahun ini aja gw sempet muntah2 pas lari di Pocari Run. Dan belom sembuh dari sakit tapi maksa buat ikutan Urbanathlon. Resultnya ga sesuai yang diharapin pastinya. Tapi selalu ada waktu buat memperbaiki diri. And everybody is the winner after all. :D

Satu lagi yang bikin gw suka lari. Selalu gampang buat ngeracunin orang ikutan lari. Apalagi sekarang-sekarang ini. Semua orang pengen jadi bagian dari suatu komunitas lari. Biar eksis. Biar anaknya lari banget :p. 

Satu lagi... Lari itu gampang. Tinggal angkat kaki doang. Dan ga perlu ribet kalau ke luar kota. If you have time to running just grab your running shoes. Thats why kalau ke luar kota suka bawa-bawa sepatu lari.

Tulisan ini terinspirasi dari hasil lelarian semalem dan amaze temen-temen gw yang auditor sekarang udah aware sama hidup sehatnya. And friend of my said to me it's because of me who inspired them. 

Ga tau beneran atau enggak. Yah cukup seneng aja sih dibilang kayak gitu ;D

Marathon Bucket List

Running was a hype sport lately. Especially in here Jakarta or in Indonesia it self. Now almost every week there are more than one running event. Start from fun run 5K, 10K, Halfie, Marathon, Trail Run, even Ultra Trail Marathon!!

Indonesia has a lot of potential for a marathon event. From the hectic Jakarta until beachy Bali.

So last night after hockey practice Tiff and I were talking about what is next marathon or running event we will join.
Here are our list:
1. Bromo Marathon
2. Mount Rinjani Ultra ( I disagree with this.. since Rinjani is tooo beautiful to run for..)
3. Borobudur 10K
4. Great Wall China Marathon
5. Angkor Wat Marathon
6. Berlin Marathon

The priority is event in Indonesia first after that in overseas. Beside marathon at overseas will be pricey. So need saving money first. Or maybe there is someone who want to sponsor us :p

Clueless

When everything that you already planned somehow not working as you want.

Even the back up plan also not do their job.

This situation soooo darn annoying. Uber annoying 

Even giving up is so killing for you. 

Feel like in auto pilot mode. Following the flow.

But only death fish who follow the flow.

What Should I do?

Should

I 

Do 

???

*screaming in silence

Octofest !

Octofest!

Hello November.. Sometimes Am kinda excited yet freak out when November come. Because it means December is near and means new plans and hope are coming. Freak out because Am getting older and afraid all my plans are beyond my goals.

Speaking of goals… actually I have no clear idea of life goal recently. Hehehe. Especially in career. Huft.

Wanna go back as an external auditor but afraid I’ll get worst client and manager again.

So based on my 2014 resolutions I can say that half of it already fulfilled. Except learn diving and visit Mt. Rinjani. Planned to join Mt. Rinjani Trail Run but after thinking over… seriously El? You run at Rinjani? Why wont you hike and enjoy the view? Yeah so I will hike that mountain next year (finger crossed).

What so fun on October? Ohh.. it’s a loot! Yeah a lot of fun!

On the first weekend on October me and my friends try to do trail run at Mt. Gede. And that was my first time hike a mountain! And it’s so addictive. Deffo will do it again. Even my leg felt so damn tired at the first but my experience to run at this mountain was AWESOME!. Fresh air, green green green view, passing the hot spring water, and crazy track.

And on the following weekend I went to Sangiang Island. Located near Anyer and took 1 hour 30 minutes by boat from small harbor near Sanghyang Resort. This small island was planned to build a bridge to connected Sumatra and Java Island. But recent news that our president cancelled the plan which I thought a brilliant idea. Because it will save the ecosystem inside and surrounding the Sangiang Island.

With a small boat we explore the Sangiang. Went to the bat cave and catch sunset there. Also  you can do snorkel and free dive at this island. Guess what… the corals are soo soo soooo healthy!

The table coral is big. Colorful coral and many fishes in here. Compare to coral at Gili, Lombok, it almost look alike.  

Also in October my Uni best friend is getting married with her 10 years relationship boyfriend. Is that long? LOL. Actually I forget. They were dated since high school. Kudos to Rahma. Finally girl !! Finally! The wait is over!!! :D

At last weekend of October there is the 2^nd Jakarta Marathon! I didn’t register any category. Because I thought the weather will be SUPER HOT and SUPER HUMID! (Thank you to the El Nino). But my running buddy told me that he had extra BIB for Half Marathon and he gave it to me! Wohooo.

Didn’t make any PB because I hate do long run in Jakarta. (pfftt worst excuse :p )

And afterward enjoying recovery with Tiff and Putri cook. Noomm.

What a fun October huh? <3 <3

I Nailed It, My First Marathon

At the middle of September I hitted one of my resolution for this year. Finished a marathon.
So I joined the Bali Marathon again this year but choose the Full Marathon.

I finished at 5:14 minutes.
It was an awesome feeling. Finally I did it and I can make it.

FINISHED!!

Remember that moment!

Something awesome on Bali Marathon. S joined the race:)
He finished the 10K. Such a pride he joined this race and one thing more awesome. There is someone wait me on the finish line :>

Nothing to complaint about the race, everything is perfect.

Will I join Bali Marathon next year?
Hmm we'll see ;)

Long Weekend Gateaway: Sail Komodo Part 2

My previous post was about our stop at Moyo Island.

So after spending time at Moyo Waterfall (I dont know the waterfall name is...) we going to Satonda Island.
Satonda island famous by the lake was formed because the eruption of Tambora mountain. Until now the Tambora mountain is an active volcano mountain. And back to hundred years ago.. the massive explosion of  Tambora caused the beautiful lake in Satonda island. Since these islands are very close each other.

Along the way to Satonda the view are totally sick! Tambora mountain and the savanna and the blue of sea. It just like the beautiful painting. The ship stop can not lean to the deck since there are many corals near the beach. They give us option, whether swimming to Satonda or using small boat that provided by the ship. We choose to swim and see beautiful corals around the Satonda.

After tired swimming we go to Satonda Lake. The lake view is ahmaaziing. And what's so special about Satonda Lake? Beside it was form Tambora eruption but also the lake is taste salty. Yep Salt Lake,

At the next day we go to Gili Laba or Gili Laba. During the sail.. all the time you will have eyegasm. The view, the savannah, the smell of ocean and your mind totally relax. Around 8am we went to hike to the top of Gili Laba. From the top of Gili Laba you can see the Komodo Island. And uniquely the island also shape like komodo. 

Dont hold your breath during the hike. Enjoy it and pleasure your eyes with the beauty of Flores.

no need filter

We spend couple hours on top of Gili Laba and took many pictures. And do the moment of silent to embrace what God already did to this nature. So perfectly.


After that we proceed to Pink Beach. Called Pink Beach because the sand has pink colour. The sand appears pink because it is a mixture of white sand and red sand, formed from pieces of Foraminifera. (wikipedia)

The underwater at Pink Beach has beauty corals, anemone and fishes. Too bad at this beach the visibility wasnt good.

When we finished snorkelling here we went to Komodo island on the evening. We were so excited when going to this island. Komodo National Park. The New Seven Wonder candidate from Indonesia. The Godzilla. Yes you name it and just cant wait.
Actually there are several option inside the Komodo National Park, long trek, medium trek and short trek. Many of us want to choose the long trek. But the official from Komodo National Park since it is already noon we can't do the long trek. The only option is short trek. Hffft. well okay.

Along the way we walking on short track we didnt met any Komodo. But we can see the deer, goat, cow and chicken. We thought we wont see any Komodo because until the trek is over we still met ANY!
But near the end of the walk we found one Komodo who walks under the house. A big komodo walking slowly. His tongue was smelling us. In this island the komodo are not aggressive. Because they get used to fed by the staff of National Park. 

At the night as the last night we spend together we gather around and getting know to each other on the boat. 

As tomorrow we will visit another island which habituate with komodo also but more wilder. Rinca Island. In this island the komodo are more easy to see but more dangerous. Since the island is more smaller than komodo island. Even when started to trekking we met a komodo and no longer afer that we found more komodos!! laying around under the house. Errr spooky.

I ask to the guardian they said one of them was bite last month. -_-

We went trekking higher on top of Rinca island and the view....... errrrr. Am out of breath!!!! totally breathtaking :3

on top of Rinca Island

I have going out again... and will update this post soon :D

Chao

Long Weekend Gateaway: Sail Komodo Part 1

Even though already summer season weather in Jakarta lately is pretty anoyying. Sometime rain sometime pretty humid. The climate change from wet season to summer also really annoy me. I got cough and flu also eye irritation (even worse conjunctivity!) geez.

But the flu season didnt break my excitement to have my supreb getaway! Last May we have long weekend holiday. So my friends and I since this March already planned to go to KOMODO Island!! 

This place was one of my bucket list in my life.

We decided to have sailing from Lombok to Komodo/Labuan Bajo. Since there are many places to visit if you go to Komodo by sailing. To go this island from Lombok we took Kencana Adventure since they have reasonable price for us. 

But before we go we stayed at Gili Trawangan a night. Arrived at Lombok in the morning and reached Gili Trawangan on the afternoon. At first we decided for Gili hopping but seems we too tired and too late to start Gili hopping. So then after cleaning our selves at hotel we rent bike and try to cathced sunset. Buuutt apparently we go to the wrong side to catched sunset! 

LOL

Chillax at Gili T

Yeah we should ride the bike not pushed the bike. But heey have you ever try to bike on the sand? 

 At Gili T we stayed at Mozaik Hotel. An affordable hotel just 10 minutes walk from Gili Tawangan harbour.

It was my first time to stayed at Gili Trawangan. So exploring this island it self was totally a fun plus I enjoyed it with my friends. Also it was my first experience traveling with my friends, more than 3 days. Gosh! Totally a madness!

Riding a bike with empty stomach totally a mistake. We got lost, found many end roads and many sands to bike on. 

We stopped at Egoiste to enjoy Gili Gelato and ate ice cream at the side of the beach. Ah what a pleasure.

At night we went dinner at Food Night Market at Gili. The food totally yummy and delicious and also cheapo!!. After having dinner we having a walk just want to see the Gili's life at night. But too bad at 10 pm we already too tired and we had to wake up in the morning tomorrow to leave Gili T and start our sailing trip.

In the morning after packing at cleaning out our selves we got our breakfast which is will be our same menu for this holiday... yup banana pancake (I tho I will try to make it by my self for my daily breakfast). 

We left the hotel and heading to Bangsal harbour. At Bangsal someone from the Kencana already wait us with the bus. And it seems not only us who meet up at Bangsal. Yup some tourists already inside the bus and looks like our pack are the latest persons. Whoops.

After leave Bangsal we go to Kencana Adventure office at Senggigi (beside Senggigi art market) at there we got some briefing about what we will do during the sail and what we will got. Where we will stop and everything that will happened during sailing.

Supposed to be 12pm we leave the office. But there is some trouble with the tour participants. Based on their record it supposed to be 65 members but apparently 75 people shown up. There are misrecord or whatever. So we leave Senggigi at 1pmi-sh. Errgghh.

From Senggigi we go to Labuan Lombok, where the boat is park. From Senggigi to Labuan Lombok took 2 hours. They said we will got lunch at the bus. Well it looks like we will got lunch when near Labuan Lombok. Pffft.

So far it was the 'pffft' moment on the tour. Afterward everything are going well and fun!

So here is some of the pic when we stopped at Moyo Island on the next day. And after that we going to Satonda Island.

Us at Moyo Island

 When the boat reached the Moyo island the tour leader will offered us to swim over to the island or by boat. At first I choose by boat because if you want to swim you should jump from the boat (Oh My GOD!!)
But then I saw my friends almost of them were going to jump and there come the guts inside of me. I jump!! but with life jacket. Hehheeh.

tracking to waterfall

wohoo

Moyo Island was famous by "Lady Di and Mick Jagger was here"

I will upload soon the waterfall pic. For me the waterfall was great. The shape was like almost other waterfall but what makes it different..hemm I thougt maybe because there is a rock like store the water from waterfall that shape like a small pool. And this fresh water will be our only fresh water until next two days.

................to be continue 

Expect Nothing and You Will be Surprised of Something

In early March as usual there will be hockey tourney at Singapore. Held by SCC (Singapore Cricket Club) and played with 6's a side. Actually it was a fun game in two days. But somehow all participants are really good player who come from all over countries. Malaysia, Bangladesh, Australia, UK, Hongkong and Netherland (of course my team represent Indonesia).

As usual we never expected to be win but inside of  my heart I pray that at least we can win or can go to final. Because mostly the hockey player of this tournament are really good but I confident with my team are as good as they are too :D.

Game started at Saturday at 9am. Our first match was against The Pink Ladies from Oz, we had draw 1-1. And at second and third game we lost 0-3 against SCC from Singapore and 0-3 against Bruce Rock from Oz. At fourth game the winning is started. We won 1-0 against HKCC from Hongkong.

*cough* I was SCORING!! yaaaayy.. lol

At the evening we knew that we will play in plate competition. And again we really not expected that we gonna win. FOR REAL!!

What I love about this tournament definitely the PARTY!!! this year theme was about retro night.. After dinner there will be a Band and DJ playing some oldies and new songs. Night is still young but we already excited to dance and I love to dance.... dance freely hahaha. I  really felt so happy when dancing like I already forget with all the problems in life. Dance like nobody is watching... Right??

the band

Party started at 8pm and will not stop until 1am. On mid night my feet felt soooo in pain. Too much dancing and my shirt already wet. And we caaannn staahhppp. If there is no game on Sunday I believe we will continue partying :p. 

wohoooo

 On Sunday we played for knockout. Our first winning on Sunday was a surprise we won 1-0 against Theresian Ladies from Singapore, because it means we play for semifinal!!. On semifinal we met Southern Stormtroopers from Oz. (How many Aussie teams actually in this tournament??) And yap we won 2-0 !!

Wohoooooo. We go to FINAL Lads !!!

my ISCI Ladies team

I was sooo nervous. I dont wanna lose... I wanna win, I said in my heart. Suprise me team. 

And yep.. we had dribble off. Or in soccer we called penalty shoot.

Thanks god we won 3-1 in dribble off. So we won for Plate Championship!!!

 

we go to FINAL!!!

our first winning in 2014

Thank you ISCI for making the weekend sooo fantastic and extremely fun! So PROUD of you.

Unforgettable LOMBOK

Behind me is the famous Gili (Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air)

Super excited when I packed my bag because I will went to another famous island with famous beach and famous view B-). LOMBOK wohooo..

Been booked my flight using Garuda since this April.. -helll yeah- for flight at November, thats why I got cheap price for return flight (1.3 million IDR using Garuda). I stayed only 3 days and two nights at Lombok. But only effective 2 days only for exploring. 

Early in the morning I headed to airport and yeaah it was quite heavy waking up early in the morning because you have to pack up your bag on the mid night. I was busy on that week. And usually I come to airport 40-30 minutes before flight because god bless city check in, saving my time :D

From Jakarta to Lombok took approx 2 hours and I arrived Lombok arround 9am (Lombok time). Praya airport located on the middle of Lombok while the beach and the tourist destination mostly on the side of Lombok. For budget travel like me to reach Senggigi you can use Damri (a shuttle bus) which connect us from airport to Senggigi. The bus ticket fare is IDR 30,000 for each person.

Lucky our hotel is on the side of Sengigi road and I asked to the driver to stopin front of the hotel. Ah.. during in Lombok I stayed in Sunset House Lombok with price IDR 350,000/night. The hotel might budget price but the facility was fascinating for price like this. I totally recommended to stay at this hotel if you visiting Lombok.

What am I doing during my holiday on Lombok for 2 nights and 3 days? With effective day to spend for holiday... :

Day 1.

Checked in at hotel and yup the hotel provided bike to rent. 

Do I know any roads in Lombok? Of course not!

Ladies and gentlemen please say thank you for the best invention ever.... GPS in phone.

Not too much road sign on Lombok but you dont have to worry to follow the GPS guidance. If you still in doubt you can ask the local people to show the road. 

Getting lost? Hey we are in holiday... so let get LOST :)

Well after renting bike and having lunch, I go to Kuta beach. Not only Bali has Kuta but Lombok also has it.

If in Bali Kuta beach is crowded like an airport but in Lombok, Kuta beach is totally quite. You'll feel like visiting a private beach.

If you like to surfing this beach is the right place. They have a perfect wave for you to surf. And also the location from airport to Kuta is really near. Only 30 minutes approx.

from senggigi to Kuta beach is about 1:30 hour by bike

Kuta Beach at Lombok!! must visit this beach and enjoy the pepper sand :)

Also dont forget to feel the sensation of pepper sand... :)

During the way to Kuta I notice there is Sasak Village named Desa Sade. Sasak people is a tribe that famous on Lombok. They live in a house which still in traditonal shape and the floor is cover by cow feces. And yeah they sleep on it.

Inside this village you can see how they live. The man usually go to field rice as a farmer and the woman weaving to make some fabric. We might know it as Ikat.

After walking inside of this village my next destination is trying to eat a famous food from Lombok. Which is Ayam Taliwang. I googled for a while that a famous restourant is named "Ayam Taliwan 2 Em" it located on Mataram. I looove spicy food and this ayam taliwang is suuupper spicy. 

Stomach fully loaded it's time for back to the hotel. Since I planned to wake up early morning for visiting the famous Gili Islands at the next day.

Day 2

Wake up on 6 am and then having breakfast, I continue my journey to Bangal Harbour. Ain't a complete holiday if you go to Lombok but not visiting this famous island.

The fare for acrossing Bangsal Harbour to Gili Trawangan harbour is only IDR 10,000. And only took 30 minutes from Bangsal to Gili Trawangan.

The activity that we can do here like snorkeling to three Gilis..

Snorkelin was superb. Fishes are colourful.. I even met sea turtle

The snorkle it self took 3 hours and spending all day on ocean... why not?

I really wish I can stay at Gili but since that's not possible to do, promise to myself to comeback again to this island :)

Back to Bangsal and heading to hotel, I stop at Bukit Malimbu. At this point you can see the three Gili from above. You can see Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air.

Sunset View at Bukit Malimbu

Thats the end of the holiday. And I promise to comeback again.

Please dont try: Only spen 2 DAYS on Lombok.... seriously a NO!!

Cheers

Ello

PS:

This post suppose to be finish before 2014 but the laziness on me is very strong right now. Hehehehe

And Hey!! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !!

Let's having more travelling and more having fun this year!! and I should buy my own underwater camera! Duhh

xxx