merayakan hari kemerdekaan di Perbatasan

Lumrah kita melihat berbagai acara "tujuhbelasan" di berbagai daerah seperti lomba panjat pinang, makan kerupuk, lomba bakiak, balap karung, dan lain-lain. Beberapa daerah lain menonjolkan kesenian daerahnya yang dirangkum dalam bentuk festival atau karnaval. Well tidak tahun ini di Nunukan. Tahun ini kami merayakannya dengan pengibaran bendera 3000 meter di desa Sekaduyantaka Kanduangan, Nunukan. Acara yang lalu dirangkaikan dengan upacara bendera hari kemerdekaan RI kian berkesan dengan dihadiri langsung Wakil Bupati Nunukan Hj. Asmah Gani meski perjalanan ke pedalaman sekaduyan taka tidak mudah.


commonly in Indonesia the celebtration of freedom anniversary in many areas is fulfill with many activities such as: palm log climbing, bakiak race, rice-sack race, and etc. Some others area show their art performing such as dancing and music put together in a festival or carnival. Well that's ancient!! Not for us in Nunukan this year, some communities choose to celebrate it by displaying a 3000-meters-long-flag on borderline between Indonesia and Malaysia at Sekaduyantaka Village, Nunukan. This celebration was more meaningful since it was attended by vice-major of Nunukan city, Hj Asmah Gani even though it was uneasy to reach the remote area of Sekaduyantaka village.

imam mesjid setempat

salah seorang veteran yang dijuluki "banteng tua"

anggota marching band yang sedang gladi bersih

traktor penarik hasil kelapa sawit

danramil Nunukan, bersama salah seorang anggotanya

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view dari bak toyota hilux

Sketcher bersama anggota Senkom Nunukan

sketcher bersama danramil Nunukan Bpk. Martono

on the speeding boat

Bulan lalu beberapa kali perjalanan ke Tarakan dalam rangka tugas dan mengantar istri dalam perjalanan ke Surabaya. Di atas speedboat yang relative banyak guncangan cukup baik untuk melatih kecepatan dalam mensketsa hingga selesai.

4 days in Tarakan, east borneo, Indonesia

 my job, once again takes me to a trip to Tarakan, this time i go with a group of leadership training to be their health supervisor. The event was take place in Hotel Monaco and several places in Tarakan. From Nunukan we went by a speedboat about 2,5 hrs to Tarakan, then we stay there for 4 days.

some characters on the speedboat

 Sketching on a speeding boat is a challenge since the vibration and the minimum level of comfort. But the advantage is the objects are relatively steady so we can explore more from what we see. It definitely helps to sketch better.

some characters on the speedboat

the Motorist

 In the hotel many interesting objects to be explored.  Activities in the dining room and the interiors,  challenge sketchers ability to stretch lines as staight as possible. The practice in drawing a line really handy in this situation.

mr. Iwan and Mr. Hasan Basri having their lunch

one spot of the hotel's dining room

in the dining room

listening to live music

my Room (213)

 Before we go for academical observation we are welcomed by mayor that represented by his vice-mayor, followed a speech by officer from Nunukan that leads us to field observation in Tarakan.

listening to the welcome speech

a truck park while we doing the field observation.

last day activity before we went home at Bais Hills Tarakan

  

the electone player is playing for us

moleskine more

at the best chicken noodles in Nunukan Island

one fine friday at the mosque

moleskine yesterday (3)

saturday morning, before i go to work. The scenery now is at Jamaker traditional market, one of the oldest market in Nunukan Island.
Sketching in the crowd is a big challenge since many people will watch you do this activity and at the same time maintaining the feeling to keep the sketching activity running well. This practice makes the results getting better by time.

moleskine yesterday (2)

Footbal Game

Outbound activity of government officer

 

a few characters in outbound activity