Yudisium

It finally came around, I am officially a Sarjana Teknik. Thank you, ARS 2012 for the unforgettable four years!  Special thanks to konco-koncoku Athirah Riani, Diptya Nidikara, Dewanti Ratnasarira, Faridah Zakiyah, Andhyni Umra, Kirana Zerlinda and Nadia Diannisa for sticking by me 'till the very end. 

Kontra

 K  O  N  T  R  A

A   P h o t o   E d i t o r i a l 

We are an anomaly; we try to see the dissonance between what is familiar to our eyes and what is not. As we embrace them bit-by-bit, we capture moments, pictures, experiences, and thoughts that are not as what they seem to be. We see things beyond the norm; we recede away from the tide of certainty as we try to dive into a rhythm amid the surrounding clamors. We counter against all those because the beauty of it does not lie on the things within the comfort of our sight, or our feelings, but they lie as we see past against all those things. That maybe something beautiful in a world full of contraries, opposites, and imperfections are we able to see that mundaneness is far from what we try to attain in life.

Home Away From Home

This is possibly why I haven't been coming home to Jakarta more often as last semester. I've just moved into a new place a couple of months ago and finally finished decorating the room a few days ago. I am totally obsessed with the colour palate of my room: white, turquoise, a hint of wood, a touch of red and leafy greens in my terrace.

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A Face To Call Home

At home, Bintaro, 2011

Olympus  Pen EES-2 | Lucky BW SHD 100

'Little by little, inch by inch

We built a yard with a garden in the middle of it

It ain't much but it's a start

You got me swaying right along to the song in your heart

And a face to call home

A face to call home

You got a face to call home.'

A song by John Mayer that I listen to whenever I'm homesick. 

Silence

Bandung & Jakarta, 2012.

Nikon FM2 | Kodak Colorplus 200, Lucky BW 100.

Within corners of every space, there lays silence. Day and night.

Insecurity

Bandung, 2012

Nikon FM2 | Kodak Colorplus 200

But when I have found the perfect spot,
I feel secure. 

Orientation

Bandung, 2012

Nikon FM2 | Kodak Colorplus 200

This post may be extremely outdated, but oh well. I'm now residing in Bandung, studying Architecture at Universitas Katolik Parahyangan (UNPAR). Above are photos during my orientation. We had to make a house and a pin within a day. So I spend 9 hours to make it and slept at 3 AM. Crazy but it was an interesting experience. Sadly I didn't take a photo of the end product of the house...

Letters to Home

Brighton, Melbourne, 2012

Nikon FM2 | Kodak Colorplus 200

Mailboxes that I saw while walking around Brighton; a suburb in Melbourne. Such a peaceful neighborhood. Will post how the neighborhood looks like soon. 

Btw, I miss home.