Kanggaroo Boxing

The video of Kanggaroo. They were fighting each other. I captured the video from behind the kitchen, dorm kitchen at University village, University of Canberra - 6 February 2007. Along time ago ... however, please enjoy yourself. regards, Babab (You can also see this kanggaro boxing in Youtube:

The video of kanggoroo. They were fighting each other.

regards
Babab

New performance of my blog

It seems my blog has other performance. Actually I don't want to add another story to my blog. The last edition was to show or to announce about the birth of my first son, Ghia. I wanted to stop until that part of the whole story. I didn't want to change his beautiful picture with another pictures. However I realized that live is still going on and the 'dynamics' is the key word how my blog has to be continued with another story. So, I changed my mind, I promise myself to renew my blog more often. You will be the witnesses how it goes. Perhaps the changing that will happen only the main stream of the blog. I think most of them is talking about Ghia. Please don't get bored to read about him.

see you and thank you to become my place of sharing.

best regards,

Babab

Brief Canberra

Assalamualaikum wr wb

Dear all,

Several pictures just nearby.

Photo 1
Parliament house and War Memorial from the distance


Photo 2
Wow .. canberra ...!!!


Photo 3
Under the bridge, from UC to the Ginnindera Lake


Photo 4
Ginnindera Lake



Photo 5
Ginnindera Lake, near the Lighthouse Cafe


Regards,
Bababna Ghia

My picture on 7 march 2007

Dear all,

just try to send my picture taken at 7 march 2007 in Councourse (alun2nya kampus), after having lunch.

cheers,

Bababna Ghia

Indang Dance and Poco-poco at Univ of Canberra

Canberra, 4 April 2007


Dear all,

Assalamualaikum wr. wb.,

Weleh .. seumur-umur belon pernah nari .. sekali nari kok di
umur-umur segini .. tapi .. fun juga sih .. dimana ayo narinya ...
jauh lho .. di University of Canberra, 21 Maret 2007. For you,

here is the story (walau terlambat, ga apa-apa yo):

21 March 2007 is the Harmony Day, the United Nations Day to
celebrate/commemorate the end of racisme in the world.
For that moment, as the member of UC clubs, University of
Canberra Indonesian Student Society (UCISS) took a part
actively. We performed two dances and one song. Indang Dance

(form West Sumatera), Poco-poco dance (from Sulawesi Island)
and Yamko Rambe Yamko (Song from Papua Province).
Amazingly, nobody is a real dancer, and we have only a courage to
do it (Nike said: 'just do it'). We had been practising just for
around 2,5 weeks, three days per week. Ismail (student - master
program from Aceh) taught Indang dance and myself taught Poco
Poco dance (I only learnt poco-poco in the office, in Makassar).
Surprisingly, our performance was very successful. We received
many compliments. Many people said that our performance was
the highlight of the Harmony Day 2007, and Leonie (Director of
UC Harmony) added that our best achievement was we could
ask the UC Vice Chancellor (Rektornya) to up and dancing
together with the dancers and all audiences. This event was also

attended by the Representative of UN in Australia and Indonesian
Education and Culture Atache. We could not draw how happy we

were. We did it! Yes!!!
We've got two certificate of appreciation, one from UC and one from Embassy of RI.
Now we are very optimistic, we are ready to participate on other
similar events (wah .. nantang nih ye ...). Do you believe that we have received the invitation again from the university to perform in May and September ... We have discussed and we are agree to perform another dance from all over Indonesia (gaya euy, siapa yang nglatih ya .. he .. he ....), and the next dance should be Saman dance, from Aceh. Ups ... I forgot to tell you that the theme of the Harmony Day 2007 is 'bringing the world together' and .. our performance was parralled with the theme and our philosophy: unity in diversity (Bhinneka Tunggal Ika) ...
See you guys,
wassalam,
Bababna Ghia

Trash and Treasurer Rotary Club di Canberra (Sunday Market)

Assalamualaikum wr. wb.,
Hai .. see you again,
for all readers, here I would like to tell you about one Rotary Club activity in Canberra City. The activity is namely Trash and Treasurer whose place is in Jamison park square, Macquerrie, Canberra. It is held every sunday, since 6.00 am - 12.00 pm. So, the situation is as follows (based on experience - 18 Feb 2007):
- Everyone who wants to enter the area should donate (I prefer to
say that rather than pay) money $ 0.20 (20 cents). Look at the
second picture, there is one rotarian who guards the donation
box (red container). People who enter the area should pass on
this way. I asked the rotarian on duty at that moment, she said
that the donation money is used for other club social activity. I
forget to ask but I am sure the seller there also pay some money
to the club so they can have space inside the area.
- Rotary Club Van is provided for rotarian's and club's stuffs.
They can use it also as a shelter on the break time. (see the
third picture). The van parks inside the area.
- Inside the area. there are a lot of items can be found such as
new and second hand items (clothes, shoes, electronics, house-
houlds, DVDs, paintings, books, magazines, computers, laptops,
arts, souvenirs, bicycles, helmets, etc), flowers, vegetables,
fruits, and other stuffs that might attract you to buy. It is very
interesting. New situation for me, and it is indeed making people
to visit the market. Based on many informations, many of the
items in the area are being sold in not expensive price. Do you
believe if I tell you that in sunday market I have bought the
second hand radio-cassetes-CD only for $ 10? In good condition
of course. (see the fourth picture, please). Sometimes, we can
find that the price is not fixed price, you can even bargain the
price. You can find here also the seller who sell a kind of garage
sale system with.
- After 12.00 am, the sunday market finish and back to its
function as a car parking area. In my mind, this is a good
example and perhaps there is any rotary club in Indonesia
could immitate this sunday market event. Many advantages,
for Rotary Club, for the sellers, and for the buyers. So, why not start thinking of it?
Bye the way, Why I wrote rotary activity, because as a rotarian I want to share to other rotarian who read this article and hope will inspire them to have more rotarian activities.
That's all for now guys,
cheers and wassalam,
Bababna Ghia

7 Bulanan Ghia (2)

Dear all,
wah, sorry, ada yang ketinggalan kemarin dari acara 7 bulanan
Ghia itu, yaitu beberapa foto2, lumayan lah menambah
semarak cerita Ghia di Blog ini. Yang ketinggalan,
1. Tanggal acara 7 bulanan itu: 24 Maret 2007, hari Sabtu,
malam minggu.

2. Foto 1: mas Windu, mbak Anika + mas Firry (yang

munggungin siapa ya .. lupa namanya) saking asyiknya
makan sambil lesehan .. so very comfortable.

3. Foto 2: dari kiri ke kanan ya .... saya sendiri, mas Ismail,
mbak Fitri (pimpinan rombongan masak2 nih), bu Dewi,
bu Nani and mas Indra.

4. Foto 3: nah ini foto rombongan sirkus .. eh .. salah ...
tamu yang datang di acaranya Ghia itu .. tapi ada beberapa
yang udah pulang, ga semua ikut foto bareng.



5. Foto 4: idem, tapi lihat posisi mas Eko di depan, katanya posisi
putri duyung tuh .. he he he .. betul apa kaya' ikan duyung?
tapi kaya'nya lebih mirip ... apa ya ... ? (silahkan imajinasikan
saja sendiri deh ;-)




6. Foto 5: dari kiri ke kanan yaitu .. Viengxay (laos), saya sendiri,
Arnold (belanda), Ahmad (Maladewa).


Ok, sepertinya begitu dulu, nanti disambung lagi. ya....

wassalam,


Bababna Ghia

7 bulanan Ghia

Assalamualaikum wr. wb.
Jumpa lagi setelah lama ga jumpa ya ... Alhamdulillah baik2 baik aja di sini. Ini sekedar foto2 waktu acara 7 bulanannya Ghia ... Ghia .. siapa ya dia? itu tuh .. yang masih ada didalam perutnya Bunda Mia ... psst, terpaksa dibocorin deh .. bukan apa2, untuk memudahkan aja diantara saya dan nyonya untuk mengkomunikasikan kalau mau menyebut si kecil itu, our baby, yang masih ada di dalam kandungan. Kalau ga dipake istilah penyambung, alias nickname, gimana nyebutnya dong, .. apa si anu .. apa si ... dia .. atau 'it' atau apalah .. so, just to make it easy ... jadi sekarang udah tau ya .. kenapa nama blog ini 'Bababna Ghia' artinya, Bapaknya Ghia, karena yang create blog ini .. Bapaknya Ghia, yang masih ada dalam kandungan itu.

Jadi ceritanya, waktu itu habis telpon2an tuh sama bundanya Ghia, cerita punya cerita, ternyata sudah mau masuk ke bulan ke 7, amazing banget deh, ga terasa ya, Ghia didalam kandungan udah tujuh bulan (belum mau keluar kan ya Ghia, tunggu waktunya toh ... lho .. makassarnya keluar deh). Nah terus, at the same time, mau ada pengajian rutin di UC, koordinatornya mas Firry, langsung aja deh nanya, bisa ga sekalian mau minta di doain tuh sama temen2 sesama perantauan or colleague or whatever, yang aku kenal di kampus. Ok, lalu di settinglah acaranya ... pengajian dulu, ceramah oleh Dai 'kondang' mas Aun, terus habis shalat magrib baca doa, dipimpin oleh Dai ('kondang' juga) mas Slamet di Muslim Prayer room building 2 UC. Setelah selesai, baru ke Resource Center di depan University Village, ada ruangan yang biasa dipake pertemuan, dulu juga dipake pertemuan UC Student Society disitu. maksudnya kan, yang ga ikut pengajian (non muslim) bisa juga hadir dan turut mendoakan Ghia dan ibunya gitu loh. Yang masak ... siapa ya .. itu lho, para jago masak dariUCISS: mbak Fitri, bu Nani dan bu Dewi. Hebat deh .. sambil study, punya keahlian lain, yaitu memasak. Mereka bersedia untuk bantu masak, yo wis, jalanlah acaranya. Menunya: Nasi putih, ayam bumbu bali, semur ayam kentang, bihun goreng,

snack, buah2 dan es cendol, wah .. serasa di Indonesia deh.

Yang dateng, alhamdulillah cukup meriah. Dari UCISS (UCISS itu kepanjangannya: University of Canberra Student Society): mas Windu (ketuanya), Anika (sekretaris), Firry, Tono, Lina, Luky, Fitri, Nani, Dewi, Ismail, Slamet, Aun, Yafet, mas Joni, Eko, Fauzan, Indra, dan Shandy. (non Indonesianya): Viengxay (laos), Ahmad (maladewa), Muhammad (mesir), Arnold (belanda), Jennifer (aussie), Raad (bangladesh), Abi (india), Nabil (bahrain), siapa lagi ya .. kaya'nya udah semua deh ...

Acaranya, pembukaan (biasa ... ane yang ngomong, tau ga, disampingnya aku buka laptop dengan foto bunda sebagai wallpaper, artinya aku disitu ga bicara sendiri, tapi ada bunda yang berdiri disamping kiri, walaupun dalam laptop), terus baca doa oleh mr. Slamet. terus makan malem deh. abis itu, pada mau poco2 .. ayo poco2 .. abis itu, eh, masih pada kangen nari, ya udah .. nari indang lagi .. seperti foto2 terlampir ini.

Alhamdulillah, banyak yang hadir, banyak yang ngebantu, mulai dari belanja (thanks ya mas Fauzan - yang udah nganterin), masak (thanks mbak Fitri & co), yang udah bookingin tempat (thanks mbak Anika cs) de el el deh yang bersedia hadir dan terutama mendoakan bunda dan Ghia agar kelak selamat dalam proses lahirnya dan semoga Ghia menjadi anak yang berguna bagi Agama, nusa dan bangsa, terutama dapat berbakti pada kedua orang tuanya (tuh .. Ghia, dengerin ya ... ), amin ya robbal alamin.

wassalam,
Babab

Some Pictures

Please enjoy some of images that I took in several times