Mount Merapi eruption

Mount Merapi erupted two days ago at around 10 am (Nov 1, 2010), which causes people to panic. This is the third eruption, bigger than the first and the second one. I could see the eruption from the front of my house.

I took this picture when I'll pick up my son from preschool.

New Colletion: Wax Flower

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Have you heard about Wax Flower before?

I read about this plant in Idea Garden magazine a year ago. I did interest in this plant, but I didn't know where to get this plant. Last week, when I and my family visited a nursery inside of parking area of Carrefour, I saw wax flowers in pots. They were Hoya carnosa, or Grandma's old fashioned wax flower.

Wax Flower (Hoya carnosa)

The owner of the nursery informed me that a pot of wax flower was IDR 25, 000,- (US$ 2,5). Then I asked my wife to bargain it. And thanks to my wife, I could bring home two pots of wax flower for only IDR 25,000,- (US$ 2,5).

August 17: Independence Day

This post is not about gardening, but independence day of Indonesia.

Indonesia's Independence Day logo

Indonesia flag, from kaskus.us

Our Founding Fathers, Soekarno and M. Hatta, proclaimed the independence of Indonesia 63 years ago. That's happened after 350 years had occupied by Dutch and 3,5 years by Japan. But, eventhough we have declared our independence in 1945, Dutch still had wanted to rule Indonesia. We really got our freedom on December 27, 1949 after the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference.

Soekarno, from suryaningsih.wordpress.com

Mohammad Hatta, from ms.wikipedia.org

Today, we celebrate our independence day. Our National Flag, Red and White Flag, decorates every houses and buildings in the country. Many activities are held by the people of Indonesia, like games and sport activities.

Sack Race, from homeschoolingberkemas.blogspot.com

Eat Kerupuk Game, from www.kabarindonesia.com

Climb the Pinang, from mksshorelines.multiply.com