A portrait that I took on 9 July 2011, on the 90th birthday of Oma Bin, the beloved grandma of my two old friends, Jocelin & Mareen. Looking at her, I think she is really a 90 years young. I wish her good health and many happy years ahead..
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A wedding is beautiful only when there’s so much love from people around you. Family and friends who came over to Daniel and Karen’s wedding must have felt how fun and lovely it was. This was the day they’ve been dreaming of and it came at a perfect time. During the break on that day, I went to the beach and swam alone, then I was sitting by the pool and thinking, ‘I guess I’m pretty lucky’, then I finished my gin & tonic before I went back to the room and prepared for the night. To watch Daniel & Karen Vera’s trailer, click here.
One of my favorite frames, which I found about an hour ago while I was sorting out my old hard drive. This portrait was made sometimes ago for Cendana and Ireny, a great couple who now become a good friend of mine. It reminds me how I love making pictures, to get that perfect frame. Priceless stuff!
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Before we started the photo shoot, I just learned that none of Mr. & Mrs. Tumewa’s children live with them in Jakarta. So this was rather a special family occasion for them as the children only stayed in Jakarta for two weeks. It’s interesting for me to watch the different personalities among them, but what I like the most is the Tumewa’s are like best friends to each other. I quote this from Anthony Brandt ‘ Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.’ I always think a family is the best thing we all could have in this world. Nothing else is more important.
After all these years, perhaps there are few or many of you who haven’t met Lia in person. She’s been working in a bank for the last three years, so that’s the reason when people meet me at work, they rarely meet Lia. After 7 years of relationship, we will finally tie the knot this weekend, and I have to say that I’ve been looking forward to this day for sometime. By this time next week, we will already become a married couple and get away for our honeymoon. So we hope God bless our future family and be with us till death do us part.
No one knew how the future is like. My short story with Stephen and Yuli perhaps can be an example of it. I met Yuli during my exchange period to Brisbane in 2003. We hang out once in a while and got on pretty well. I always remembered Yuli as an honest and straight forward person, but she’s also caring and full of fun. A few years later, I accidentally met Yuli again in Jakarta with this dude, Stephen. I didn’t even knew they had a relationship as she didn’t really say much at the time. It was only a brief introduction and few minutes chats until we said goodbye. It never crossed my mind I would have Stephen as one of my close friends since we pretty much enjoy different things in life. Starting from different foods, different lifestyles, different fashion etc. But we’re both crazy about football. That’s one thing in common I can think of right now. However as time went by, Stephen and Yuli became such a unique couple for me. I feel they’re similar almost in every way. When we talk, there’s no boys matter only or girls matter only. Our conversation were frank and honest. I guess the ups and downs that we shared for the last few years helped us to grow better as a person. Now, they’ve been happily married for almost 3 years and were blessed with a baby, named Sophia. Although we often chat on Blackberry, I sort of missed our ‘coffee table’ conversation and that little city they live in : )
