Minggu, 03 November 2013

A very thin line between creative and critical of the Jogjanese

A cute and entertaining mural/ paint in just next to Gramedia (Jalan Jendral Sudirman)
This blog will always talk about the creativeness of Jogjanese, they way i call Jogja people, as they are not always Javanese. My adoration to the Javanese is as much as i love The Jogjanese. They can be very aware of their culture heritage, very well-knowledge about their local culture, and surprisingly at the same time are dressed in a very modern way (modern case).

City of Jogja is like an open canvas, moreover, it can be turn into a live canvas  as you may see live performance as well in each corner of the road. You may see murals, but i prefer to call them paints, as they look much more artistic that i am sure they are not made by scratcher but a true artist, with thoughts.
This paint on the electricity/ telephone box, is a signature of the passion of urban youth of JOgja. I have been living in Jogja for more than 15 years, and i picked up that people in this city really has good sense of humor.

Riding in the city from home to work, can be so tiring and boring. However, i always manage to have a camera in my pocket (a pocket-camera), that always been useful to capture "the unusual" entertainment of Jogja's street. That day i had a great position in my bike to take picture of this cute box. The next day, students were dancing for coins  in front of me, just on the zebra cross area. These guys make  seriously entertaining moves, too bad i couldt take any picture as the traffic light were just to fast asking me to go ahead.

I promise you more murals and paints, also dancers, and road musicians of Jogja in this blog. Hope the red light will give me enough time to capture some more of them. Thanks for reading!

Chinta

Minggu, 20 Oktober 2013

Yogya.Jogja


There is something about Jogja, or Yogya, or Yogyakarta, or YK. It offers you so many things, as it gives you flexibility to call its name, in whatever way you like. . Yes, i call this city Jogja, because this is the way, i can put a little way of Javanese accent, a language i have been struggling to deal with. I am in love with this city, it keeps calling me to come back. I have been living in Jogja. After 15 years, i am still in love with this city. It is magnetic, passionate, warm and cheerful. I miss so many things in my life, maybe, i leaved so many things behind, maybe again, but to risk my life living next to one of the most active volcano, they said, i might be crazy (like thousand other people), but living just a moment next to this magnificent view each morning, i know it worths it. This blog, is about JOgja, anything i can share you about. If, you feel like missing Jogja so much,  hope i maybe useful, even just a little bit.

Chinta