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BABY PHOTOGRAPHY: MPASI

BABY PHOTOGRAPHY: MPASI

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PANCUNG

"PANCUNG" its a word that tell about a traditional transportation in 'Riau Islands' Indonesia, ussually use by people in islands near Batam, they use pancung to go to the market or something place near their islands. It is very popular by people in because as we know more than 70% of the territory is sea. It is a photo PANCUNG, enjoy it.

DRAGON

The dragon (from Ancient Greek δράκων - drakōn, "a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon") is a mythical creature typically depicted as a gigantic and powerful serpent or other reptile with magical or spiritual qualities.

In Hebrew religious texts, the first mention of a dragon-like creature is in the Biblical works of Job (26:13), and Isaiah (27:1) where it is called Nachash Bare'ach, or a "Pole Serpent". This is identified in the Midrash Rabba to Genesis 1:21 as Leviathan from the word Taninim
and God created the great sea-monsters.
In Jewish astronomy this is also identified with the North Pole, the star Thuban which, around 4,500 years ago, was the star in the Draco constellation's "tail". However this can also have been either the celestial pole or the ecliptic pole. The ancient observers noted that Draco was at the top of the celestial pole, giving the appearance that stars were "hanging" from it, and in Hebrew it is referred to as Teli, from talah - to hang. Hebrew writers in Arabic locations identified the Teli as Al Jaz'har, which is a Persian word for a "knot" or a "node" because of the intersection of the inclination of the orbit of a planet from the elliptic that forms two such nodes. In modern astronomy these are called the ascending node and the descending node, but in the medieval astronomy they were referred to as "dragon's head" and "dragon's tail".

Like most mythological creatures, dragons are perceived in different ways by different cultures. Dragons are sometimes said to breathe and spit fire or poison. They are commonly portrayed as serpentine or reptilian, hatching from eggs and possessing typically feathered or scaly bodies. They are sometimes portrayed as having large yellow or red eyes, a feature that is the origin for the word for dragon in many cultures. They are sometimes portrayed with a row of dorsal spines, keeled scales, or leathery bat-like wings. Winged dragons are usually portrayed only in European dragons while Asian versions of the dragon, sometimes called the Long (Chinese pinyin) resemble large snakes. Dragons can have a variable number of legs: none, two, four, or more when it comes to early European literature. Modern depictions of dragons tend to be larger than their original representations, which were often smaller than humans. Although dragons occur in many legends around the world, different cultures have varying stories about monsters that have been grouped together under the dragon label.

BIRD

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), vertebrate animals that lay eggs. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 2.7 m (9 ft) Ostrich.

Birds live and breed in most terrestrial habitats and on all seven continents, reaching their southern extreme in the Snow Petrel's breeding colonies up to 440 kilometres (270 mi) inland in Antarctica. The highest bird diversity occurs in tropical regions. It was earlier thought that this high diversity was the result of higher speciation rates in the tropics, however recent studies found higher speciation rates in the high latitudes that were offset by greater extinction rates than in the tropics. Several families of birds have adapted to life both on the world's oceans and in them, with some seabird species coming ashore only to breed and some penguins recorded diving up to 300 metres (980 ft).

Many bird species have established breeding populations in areas to which they have been introduced by humans. Some of these introductions have been deliberate; the Ring-necked Pheasant, for example, has been introduced around the world as a game bird. Others have been accidental, such as the establishment of wild Monk Parakeets in several North American cities after their escape from captivity. Some species, including Cattle Egret, Yellow-headed Caracara and Galah, have spread naturally far beyond their original ranges as agricultural practices created suitable new habitat.

BABY

In basic English usage, an infant is defined as a human child at the youngest stage of life, specifically before they can walk and generally before the age of one. The term "infant" derives from the Latin word in-fans, meaning "unable to speak." There is no exact definition for infancy. "Infant" is also a legal term with the meaning of minor; that is, any child under the age of legal adulthood.
A human infant less than a month old is a newborn infant or a neonate. The term "newborn" includes premature infants, postmature infants and full term newborns.

Newborns can feel all different sensations, but respond most enthusiastically to soft stroking, cuddling and caressing. Gentle rocking back and forth often calms a crying infant, as do massages and warm baths. Newborns may comfort themselves by sucking their thumb, or a pacifier. The need to suckle is instinctive (see suction in biology) and allows newborns to feed.
Newborn infants have unremarkable vision, being able to focus on objects only about 18 inches (45 cm) directly in front of their face. While this may not be much, it is all that is needed for the infant to look at the mother’s eyes or areola when breastfeeding. Generally, a newborn cries when wanting to feed. When a newborn is not sleeping, or feeding, or crying, he or she may spend a lot of time staring at random objects. Usually anything that is shiny, has sharp contrasting colors, or has complex patterns will catch an infant's eye. However, the newborn has a preference for looking at other human faces above all else.

While still inside the mother, the infant could hear many internal noises, such as the mother's heartbeat, as well as many external noises including human voices, music and most other sounds. Therefore, although a newborn's ears may have some catarrh and fluid, he or she can hear sound from before birth. Newborns usually respond to a female voice over a male voice. This may explain why people will unknowingly raise the pitch of their voice when talking to newborns. The sound of other human voices, especially the mother's, can have a calming or soothing effect on the newborn. Conversely, loud or sudden noises will startle and scare a newborn.
Newborns can respond to different tastes, including sweet, sour, bitter, and salty substances, with a preference toward sweets.
A newborn has a developed sense of smell at birth, and within the first week of life can already distinguish the differences between the mother's own breast milk and the breast milk of another female.

This is one of my baby photography ..... enjoy it.

BALI

Bali is an Indonesian island located at 8°25′23″S, 115°14′55″ECoordinates: 8°25′23″S, 115°14′55″E, the western most of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island. The island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking and music.

Unlike most of Muslim-majority Indonesia, about 93.18% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, formed as a combination of existing local beliefs and Hindu influences from mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. Minority religions include Islam (4.79%), Christianity (1.38%), and Buddhism (0.64%). These figures do not include immigrants from other parts of Indonesia.
Bali consists of about three million people, nearly all of whom practice the Balinese Hindu religion, a heterogeneous amalgam in which gods and demigods are worshipped together with Buddhist heroes, with the spirits of ancestors and with indigenous deities associated with agriculture and with places considered sacred. Religion as it is practiced in Bali is a composite belief system that embraces not only theology, philosophy, and mythology, but ancestor worship, animism and magic. It is supposed to pervade every aspect of traditional life.
Bali Hinduism, which has roots in Indian Hinduism and in Buddhism, adopted the animistic traditions of the indigenes, which inhabited the island around the first millennium BCE. This influence strengthened the belief that the gods and goddesses are present in all things. Every element of nature, therefore, possesses its own power, which reflects the power of the gods. A rock, tree, dagger, or woven cloth is a potential home for spirits whose energy can be directed for good or evil. Balinese Hinduism is deeply interwoven with art and ritual, and is less closely preoccupied with scripture, law, and belief than Islam in Indonesia. Ritualizing states of self-control are a notable feature of religious expression among the people, who for this reason have become famous for their graceful and decorous behavior.

VISIT INDONESIA YEAR 2008

Pemerintah Indonesia baru-baru ini mencanangkan tahun kunjungan ke Indonesia (Visit Indonesia Year 2008), sebagaimana kita ketahui bahwa negara Indonesia mempunyai beribu pulau yang berjajar mulai ujung Sumatera hingga ujung Papua. Sebagai negara kepulauan, dengan garis pantai yang boleh dikatakan terpanjang di dunia, Indonesia seharusnya merupakan daerah tujuan wisata. Jika kita melihat Bali, betapa sangat terkenalnya di seluruh dunia, dengan pantai yang mempunyai panorama SUNSET maupun SUNRISE nya... Bali merupakan tujuan wisata yang sangat digemari baik oleh pelancong dalam negeri maupun manca negara. Industri pariwisata seperti itulah yang seharusnya dapat di tumbuh kembangkan oleh pemerintah, dengan mengedepankan potensi alam dan masyarakatnya tidaklah berlebihan bila kita mempunyai harapan untuk dapat meningkatkan sektor pariwisata sebagai andalan Indonesia disamping sektor lainnya, terlampir beberapa panorama alam di sebagian kecil pulau Indonesia. VISIT INDONESIA.

MOMENT

Setiap manusia dalam perjalanan hidupnya pasti mempunyai moment/peristiwa penting yang mungkin sangat berkesan, moment tersebut tersebut dapat berwujud kesedihan, kebahagiaan maupun moment penting lainnya.

Setiap moment tersebut akan lebih berkesan apabila dapat diabadikan baik melalui tulisan, gambar maupun simbol2 yang lain. Salah satu bentuk pengejawantahan dari moment tersebut dapat berupa gambar, baik itu gambar hidup maupun gambar mati. Gambar mati dalam hal ini adalah berupa photography. Dunia photography saat ini sudah sangat majunya dan kadang diluar pemikiran kita karena bentuk, warna bahkan media yang digunakan sudah sangat berkembang seiring meningkatknya penggunaan digital camera. Moment yang pernah saya buat adalah prewedding yang mana menurut saya sangat menarik semenarik wedding nya itu sendiri, dalam pembuatan moment prewedding diperlukan sebuah konsep sehingga hasilnya akan sesuai dengan yang diharapkan. selamat menikmati.

JAKARTA FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Jakarta, adalah sebuah nama kota yang didirikan lebih dari 450 tahun yang lalu, untuk umur kota yang lebih dari 3 abad tentunya memiliki kekhasan tersendiri baik dari sisi arsitekturnya, aksennya maupun kekuatannya. Banyak bangunan tua dikota Jakarta peninggalan dari jaman Belanda memiliki kekhasan tersebut, ada yang ter-urus banyak pula yang ter-bengkelai alias tidak diurus. Jika kita dapat lebih memahami apa artinya sebuah peninggalan bagi goresan sejarah, tentunya menyadari pula bahwa peninggalan sejarah itu harus dilestarikan.

Ditengah hingar bingarnya pembangunan di negeri ini, Jakarta utamanya, ternyata disisi lain juga menyimpan suatufenomena yang tidak kalah menarik, bangunan modern bersanding dengan bangunan yang seadanya, tapi itulah kenyataan dan ini juga merupakan sejarah......

Dari sisi yang lain saya coba untuk menampilkan hal tersebut yang saya ambil dari daerah PLUIT, JAKARTA UTARA..............

TAHUN BARU

Setiap tanggal 31 Desember, adalah merupakan hari yang ditunggu oleh manusia di berbagai belahan dunia... Tanggal tersebut merupakan suatu "titik balik" dan 'awal' suatu "kehidupan" baru bagi semua umat manusia tidak terkecuali.

Sedemikian pentingkah hari ataupun tanggal tersebut????? mungkin hanya kita masing-masing yang tau.... Pada tanggal tersebut banyak kalangan melakukan berbagai kegiatan yang spesial, karena tahun yang ditinggalkan akan merupakan sejarah dan tahun yang akan dilewati diharapkan akan memberikan berkat dan hikmah bagi semua orang, ada yang berpesta, ada yang kebaktian, ada yang menggelar diskon besar2 maupun ada-ada yang lain......namun terlepas dari itu semua, yang paling hakiki menurut saya, ucapan syukur kepada Tuhan yang telah memberikan segala sesuatunya bagi kita.... apapun yang kita terima patutlah kita bersyukur kepada NYA.... dan perbanyaklah berbuat baik.... SELAMAT TAHUN BARU....... GOD BLESS U