Gua Maria Lawangsih Kulonprogo

For those who are Catholics, it is usual to come to such special places for praying in places like Basilica, chapel, and cave in Jerusalem or Vatican..

Here in Indonesia we usually have special places to pray or meditate like Mary Cave (Gua Maria).. There are so many Gua Maria in Indonesia, such as Gua Maria Sendang Ratu Kenya (Wonogiri), Gua Maria Sriningsih (Klaten), Gua Maria Lourdes Sendang Sono (Kalibawang, Kulon Progo), and Gua Maria Sendang Jatiningsih (Moyudan, Sleman)..

And now I want to report my visit to a new Gua Maria.. It is named Gua Maria Lawangsih... It is in Dusun Patihombo, Ds. Purwosari, Kec. Girimulyo, Kab. Kulon Progo...

Here are some pictures I got from there...

I went there with my Bf.. Ahahaha..

You know what, because this place is somewhere up a mountain, we needed to be extra careful.. And don't be surprised if you try to go there, you will surely have a bumpy ride.. The hill is so steep..

But we were absolutely satisfied by the beautiful view up there.. The cave is really great.. When you are beneath it, you will feel the water drops down from its stalactite.. You can take this water as holy water.. Usually people take it home..

When we came, this Gua Maria was not full of people, so we could pray well in silence.. The atmosphere there really supported visitor in doing meditation..

Beside the statue of Mary, we could see a small opening to another cave.. This small cave lied deep to the right side..

We could see the statue of Jesus inside it.. Some mattresses were provided with wooden chairs for visitors to do meditation..

This meditation room smelled good like a blend of clove and sandalwood.. I was amazed by its natural structure.. It was really cozy there..

Don't worry of the weather.. I guarantee, here the air is fresh and rather cold..

The view outside the cave was not less wonderful.. However, I will share the pictures later...

Thank you for reading...

New Year Eve Back to Bike

My Bf planned to cycle around Malioboro, Jogja, in New Year Eve.. And that was awesome..

We started to bike at 11.45 p.m. from Pojok Beteng Wetan and stopped in Zero Kilometer Zone, Malioboro..

I didn't think Malioboro Zero Kilometer Zone would be very crowded.. Even it was hard for us to bike..

When the clock stroke 12, people started to lit fireworks.. Sadly we could not watch the whole fireworks clearly because we were way too far from the spot.. See the photo below, the sparks of the fireworks look so far away.. (though actually it was less than half a kilometer)

Finally we had a spot to rest.. (The fireworks had stopped, though)
We met some people who belong to a certain club, like Fixie bike club, Low rider club, and Tall bike (pit dhuwur) club..
There are some fixie bike beside me in this picture below..

It was fun to meet people in that time of night.. We met some high school boys who rode Fixie bikes.. One told us that they were actually from SMA 8 Karawaci, Tangerang.. They came by plane and had their bikes shipped by train.. What a surprise..!!

Christmas Report

The happiness in Christmas eve was the reason I went back to Jogja, again, for this holiday..

As usual we went to church, St. Petrus & Paulus Klepu.. The church was special that time because it was decorated beautifully with a real large cave decoration in the front.. (Psst, my BF was one of the decoration division..)

This is my sister's picture in front of the cave and hut decoration..

And here, I'm really sure I look horrible down here... Here...

White and Black and Red

Hey y'all..

It seems that holiday is everyday.. :D

Finally I can come back here again with stuff..

Here I spent a three-weeks Christmas holiday in Jogja (again), but sure it was much much much better than other holiday.. Since it was about three weeks, I finally had time to take pictures... :D

First, in Wednesday, December 22, 2010, I had an opportunity to use an SLR camera and learned a bit of it.. *sigh

Hmmm.. Do I look disgusting here? You probably say yes... Ahahaha...

Here are others pictures I had during the "training".. These photos were done by my BF... :DDDD

The white T-shirt is my sister's stuff (again)... Ahahaha... And the cap belongs to my BF... Ahahaha... Steal.. Steal.. Steal... Well, at least I wore my own jeans and undies... (Whatt!!)

I love this red jacket.. I got it in DM (again)  :(  for half a price.... Really love the white flowers detail around the inside of the hoodie.. Nice steal !!!

Please do not look at my nose... I hate to see the fact that acnes ruled my nose at that moment.