Avalokistevara Statue @ Pematangsiantar, North Sumatera - The Tallest Buddhism Statue in Indonesia (www.muri.org)

Wide : 8,4 m

Height : 22,8 m

Weight : 1,500 ton

Kok Tong Kopitiam (2nd Floor, The Red Building) @ Jl. Sutomo (It's scheduled to be launched on 8th August 2008 )

Kok Tong Coffee, The Legendary Coffee from Pematangsiantar

Kok Tong Coffee is made by Robusta and Arabica coffee bean, it is really a “ coffee legend ” from the region. The business was pioneered by Lim Tee Kee, the first generation since June 29th 1925 – who was just 17 years old. The man from the Mainland China tried his destiny in Indonesia, exactly in the town of Pematangsiantar.

At that time he opened a coffee shop which was managed by his family – from the making of the coffee powder to the ready to drink one. At first the coffee shop was located at Cipto Street No. 109/115 with the name “ Heng Seng “ Coffee Shop. It made good progress. The coffee shop then did much renovation and changed its name to “ Massa / Kok Tong “ Coffee Shop since managed by the second generation Lim Kok Tong in 1978.

In 1985 they opened a new coffee shop on Cipto Street No. 133/135. It was open from 06.00 – 2.00 and visited by many customers especially the coffee drinkers from various layers of the society.

Paimin Halim, SH / Akiong and Djamin Halim / A Min, the third generation of the family then took over the management of the coffee shop. They built a factory at Jalan Medan Km. 7 Pematangsiantar. Kok Tong Coffee is made of selected coffee bean from Kabupaten Simalungun and Tobasa North Sumatera.

Kok Tong Coffee is one of many favorite souvenirs for people outside Pematangsiantar. It is incomplete if you come to my town without tasting Kok Tong Coffee.






Translated by Santoli Pantjalogam from various sources

Anggun's Song : A Prayer

A Prayer

Artist: Anggun

Album: Chrysalis


Thank you for blessing the road I walk on
That I'm walking on
I'm sorry for every mistake I fall on
Can't help but fall

You've changed this heart in me
And I know, I can always count on you
To give me the signs

In the wind on my face
Each time I try to run
From the sight of your grace
From the wrongs I have done

You shine down your light
Each time I need a guide
I say to hearts in despair
There's an answer to a prayer

Give me true love in my life, a peaceful mind
Save me from harm
Pull me back if I ever try to walk away
Don't let me stray

You've changed this heart in me
And I know I can always count on you
To give me the signs

In the wind on my face
Each time I try to run
From the sight of your grace
From the wrongs I have done

You shine down your light
Each time I need a guide
I say to hearts in despair
There's an answer to a prayer
Say to all hearts in despair, there's an answer to a prayer

You've changed this heart in me
And I know I can always count on you
To hear my prayers

You shine down your light
And I know there's an answer to a prayer

You shine down your light
Each time I need a guide
I say to hearts in despair
There's an answer to a prayer

Anggun's Snow on The Sahara

Snow On The Sahara

Artist: Anggun
Album: Snow On The Sahara


Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone

Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

To stand with you in a ring of fire
I'll forget the days gone by
I'll protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight

Lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up, and be your way out
And if we burn away, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara


Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold

Lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up, and be your way out
And if we burn away, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

For snow to fall on the sahara (x3)

*Pic is taken from anggunmedia.blogspot.com

Let's dance : Anggun's Etre Une Femme (Being a Woman)

Juste Etre Une Femme (Ft Diam's)

Artist: Anggun

Album: Luminescene

Être une femme, une femme..

Laisse mes talons aiguilles
Faire de moi une fille
Sans me regarder
Comme un objet
C'est le vent qui joue
Dévoile mes genoux
Il n'est jamais questions d'attirer sur moi l'attention

Sous le noir de mes longs cheveux
Derrière la couleur de mes yeux
Il y a juste quelqu'un qui veut
Être une femme, une femme
Et sous le dessin de ma bouche
Derrière cette peau que tu touches
Il y a juste quelqu'un qui peut
Être une femme, une femme

Être une femme, une femme..

Laisse mes envies de soie
En dehors de toi
Mes jambes se croiser
Mon corps bouger
Mes sourires glamour
Mon parfum de jour
N'ont pas l'intention d'attirer sur moi la passion

Sous le noir de mes longs cheveux
Ah, quelqu'un qui veut..
Être une femme, une femme
Sous cette peau que tu touches..
Quelqu'un qui peut être une femme..
Quelqu'un qui peut être une femme..
Qui veut être une femme!

Derrière le charme juste une femme
Sans aucune arme juste une femme
Garde pour toi
Tous ces regards qui en disent longs
Quand ils glissent sur moi..

Me, Christian Schuster from Germany and friends of Hawila English School, Pematangsiantar were on a ferry towards Tuk Tuk Island ...