Start Writing, Writing Start

It has been a very long time I never opened my worpress dashboard to write something even for approving some comments, till today. I decided to start writing my blog although to write this start page seems very difficult. But I found out later that when I start writing everything just flowing from my mind, just like a fresh water flowing into my throat, it feels relieve.

China earthquake: 60,000 still missing

By Richard Spencer in Dujiangyan
Last Updated: 6:58AM BST 14/05/2008

Around 60,000 people are missing near the epicentre of the Chinese earthquake, prompting fears that the death toll could rise dramatically.

The official number of dead is currently put at around 13,000 but the state news agency reported that several times that figure are unaccounted for across Wenchuan, northwest of the Sichuan provincial capital, Chengdu.

Sumatran tiger population in Kerinci Seblat national park down to 136

03/28/08 07:27

Muko Muko, Bengkulu (ANTARA News) – The population of the Sumatran Tiger (Phantera Tigris Sumaterae) in the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) has continued to decline, a foreign nature conservation worker said.

The tiger population in the park now was only 136, down from 150 spotted in 2007, coordinator for Sumatra of Flora Fauna International (FFI), Debby Martin, said in a report on the results of her research here Thursday.

Body part by body part, Sumatran Tigers are being sold into extinction

February 13, 2008
Laws to protect the Sumatran tiger are failing to prevent body parts of the critically endangered animal from being sold openly in Indonesia, according to a report released today.

Body parts including canine teeth, claws, skin pieces, whiskers and bones were found on sale in one in 10 of the 326 retail outlets in 28 cities and towns across Sumatra that were surveyed during 2006 by the wildlife trade monitoring body, Traffic.

Elephant Artist, Paints Self Portrait

Just watch the video..

Etika Fotografi

Sebagai penikmat foto dan pehobi fotografi yang sedang belajar, saya ingin share beberapa pengalaman saya dalam bidang ini terutama yang berkaitan dengan kode etik fotografi, mudah-mudahan berguna.

Tidak gampang menurut saya menjadi fotografer apalagi kalau kita sudah menenteng kamera besar model SLR baik yang digital maupun yang manual. Pernah suatu ketika saya didatangi seorang ibu ketika saya sedang memfoto kerumunan anak-anak yang sedang bermain di acara umum, dia bilang tolong jangan foto anak-anak saya, nampaknya ibu itu khawatir bila foto-foto tersebut akan di publish.

Photography Code of Ethics

I found interesting topics about code of ethics for photography. An article I pulled up from this link gives us guidelines of photography code of ethics especially for photographing people. While an article from this source gives us insights of photographing wildlife. And for those interested in photojournalism a guideline from this link may help you. Here is those articles:

Beberapa Sikap Suami yang Disukai Istri

Bila Anda ingin menjadi seorang suami yang disukai oleh istri, Anda perlu mengetahui sikap apa saja yang umumnya disukai oleh sang istri. Dengan pengetahuan ini, Anda bisa mengembangkan potensi yang masih tersembunyi dan memperbaiki sikap yang kurang disukainya. Ketika sikap Anda semakin memikat hati sang istri, maka cintanya pada Anda akan semakin besar.

Ayat-Ayat Cinta The Movie

Untuk pecinta film Ayat-ayat Cinta mohon maaf bila anda tidak bisa mendapatkan tayangan gratis lagi di You Tube. Sumber yang saya peroleh beberapa waktu lalu telah menghapus video-videonya di You Tube. Jadi sudah saatnya kita beli DVD/CD nya yach….

Ada yang bisa memberi informasi dimana kita bisa pesan secara online?

Performing A Lively Bhangra Dance

Bhangra is a form of music and dance that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. For more information about this kind of music and dance please click here.

Last year, in April 2007, in the East West Fest event, I joined a group of dancer to perform a Bhangra dance. The dance is accompanied by song titled Haaye Meri Billo of Harbhajan Mann’s album. The song as well as the dance depict a romantic story of a guy falling in love with a lovely girl and struggling for getting her attention.