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the culture guardian. he walked around, he smiled to everyone, he danced freely. he gave his best pose when he looked at me. splash! he spread his fan, ‘is my pose good enough for you?’ i laughed and showed my right thumb to him, indicating that his pose was perfect. he answered me with a big grin and invited me to dance together with him and the other people in the hall of todaiji temple, nara, japan, to celebrate the beginning of autumn, to celebrate the cultural heritage of his nation. 

the real colours of yours. show the real colours of your personality. take off your mask. no need to be someone else. being authentic ain’t difficult at all as long as you can be honest to yourself without worrying what others might think about you. take your authenticity out and let others see the true colours of yours. the beauty of being you.

event: ngrupuk parade, which takes place on the eve of nyepi (the silent day). location: ubud, bali, indonesia.

the city and its icon

paris and eiffel are like two sides of a coin: cannot be separated. the tower is the most famous icon of paris, named after the engineer gustave eiffel. enjoying the city from the third level of this tower could be fun and thrilling at the same time. the wind was blowing so blusterously i could feel the tower sway. and when i looked down there, i wanted nothing but taking a picture. my hands were shaky and my eyes were teary because of the wind. i held my camera and ignored the sore on my eyes that was getting worse. here is what i got on that day: the shadow of the eiffel tower lays down on the city of paris.