Daily Pictures: Can't Get Enough of Train

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This picture was taken few days ago while I was heading to Jakarta by train.

I always love capture the train no matter what. Sometimes the picture tells thousands story that can never be repeated again. So that , I always bring my pocket camera inside my bag to capture beautiful things I find in my journey.

This train has been so  deserved well for every commuters who work in other area besided Bogor like Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. They call it Commuter Line. Nowadays, the trains are a lot better with some good improvement, inside the train and also the area in the station. Although sometimes the trouble attacks, but still, train has been my favorite public transportation.

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Daily Pictures: Harmony in Unity

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Yesterday when I captured a beautiful view when I was in the train station. It was a combination of blue mountain, colorful train, and the greenery.

It was a beautiful day in the morning when I was on my way to Jakarta yesterday. Blue sky without clouds made the Mt. Salak look so clear in blue. And there's a train parking, a colorful one. At first, I just want to take the Mt. Salak picture in a good angle. But I didn't think I can get a beautiful combination.

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Daily Pictures: A Line Between

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There's a line between two different things; good and bad, earth and sky, people's way and vehicles'.

This is our photo of the day.

"Please stand behind the yellow line for your own safety."

Sometimes the line keep us in safest world, but sometimes the line is a barrier for us to grow up and improve in the eye of the storm. But analyze your world first so you won't across the line and get into trouble.

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Daily Pictures: Week of Heritage Buildings

Greetings!

We are back again with photo of the day!

This week we choose some of the heritage building to share with you that exists in our surround town. Heritage building can tell you thousands stories about everything, the age, history, and also the owner. Mostly our heritage building made in the colonial era, when Dutch colonize Indonesia around 1600s to 1940's. 

But unfortunately, so many old buildings that in really bad condition so the earlier government decided to destroy most of them. Well, we guess the best way to preserve the heritage is restoring the building, fix the broken and recondition the look.

But, here are some of the heritage buildings that we can capture lately to summarize three days earlier when we can't blog the photo. Enjoy!

Photo #1

Bogor Presidential Palace

This picture I took from the back of the palace which can be seen from Bogor Botanical Garden near the small lake to separate the palace from the garden. I guess when England took control of the Indonesian government, Raffles connect the palace and the garden to surround the palace with garden.

Photo #2

Museum Bank Indonesia

This picture I took when I was have my museum tour few weeks ago. The building has a symmetrical shape with two big courtyards. It's so beautiful at night when the lights are on and make this building so dramatic.

Photo #3

Building in Kota Tua, Jakarta

At the last visit to Kota Tua, Jakarta, I pay attention to one of the interesting part of the place. This is part of the old house that was destroyed years ago and wrecked naturally. The inside of the building is gone. Only left the outer wall to keep whatever inside. Although it looks creepy, but this is the most beautiful part of the place to take pictures in.

We guess that's all for today's Daily Pictures. We'll see you again soon with another pictures of heritage building for this week!

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Daily Photos: Old Solid Wood

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This is our photo of the day and the story behind it. Enjoy!

I went to Bogor Botanical Garden earlier this noon to work out my body so I won't be way too fat. And then I saw this interesting tree branches cut from nearest tree where I stood up. Well, yes, it's only the branches. Can you imagine how old the tree is? The diameter of the branches is bigger than my head. Maybe ten times bigger or more.

The heavy-old-branches must be cut from the tree to minimize the tragedy when the heavy rains with strong winds attack. But be better to stay away from the old tree that has a big branches like this. Do not stay underneath it.

That's all our story about the photo of the day. We'll see you all again soon!

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Cool Places: Starbucks Coffee, Farmers Market, Bogor

Hey, everyone! Welcome to our FUN Thursday!
Here we are in another post about Cool Places we've met. This time is for a small Starbucks Coffee shop in Farmers' Market area, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Starbucks is a very well-known coffee shop and cafe as a place to hangout, meet some friends, meeting with colleagues, or just doing personal work or group. One of the Starbucks stores is really near to our office and it's a small store but we adore this lovely place. 

Mostly, Starbucks store is designed in natural-industrial style. They have warm ambiance from wooden panel, exposed bricks, and soft lighting. But they also have a masculine style to represents the industrial style in darker colors, heavy furniture, and big windows.

And they have a room in glass roof and glass wall. Really looks cool when rainy days.

Look at the table's detail.

So, this Starbucks Coffee shop is really got our attention to its design. What do you think?
See you in another list of Cool Places only on House of Smichi. Of course it will be more cooler and funner. OK, we don't think that a word. But surely it will be FUN Thursday on House of Smichi! ❤

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Color Therapy: VIOLET

Violet or sometimes it is called purple, is the color between blue and red in rainbow color spectrum. 

And this color is the winner of Pantone's Color of the Year 2014 as I ever wrote about it few times ago. Yes, you can say it purple, violet, or radiant orchid. If you are a feminist, yes this color really beautiful. But if you're not, the color looks mysterious for you.

The Roman Catholic bishops often use this color as the Roman Empire did in ancient times.

Show your feminine side by using this color into your personal room. Dining room, bedroom, or even the living room.

And you can put the color on the exterior too. 

You can mix the violet color with these ideas to make the violet more neutral.

Let's celebrate the color of 2014!
p.s.: all pictures are taken from Pinterest.

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Color Therapy: BLUE

Who loves Cookie Monster? That blue puppet that really loves to eat cookies. Yes! We are now talking about Blue color! Who loves Blue, keep reading our blog!

Our world is blue, 2/3 of our earth is blue, water. Besides green, BLUE is the dominant color around us.
This is a fun fact about blue.

Sometimes, blue color seems impossible in nature. But there are many things in blue. Water, flowers,fruit, butterfly, even natural stone, Sapphire are blue. The blue color in nature is really calming. The color of the ocean, big bright sky in summer, they are in blue. Blue flowers and butterfly are awesome too. When the most dominant natural color is brown earth and green leaves, blue introduce the cool points of the color, blue ice.

Blue color in fashion is really pictured the elegance of the one who wears the color. Even Baby Blue is related to the dearest Princess of United Kingdom, Duchess of Cambridge. Blue color brings the memories of old time era come back. And blue also related to the color of the deepest heart of the ocean, the Titanic pendant.

There are names of blues,Turquoise,Navy Blue, Baby Blue, Cobalt, based on their gradient range of blue color. All the names of Blues are really calming, rich, and sometimes mysterious. Blue is a nature mystery.

Perhaps you have many jeans hanging in your closet. Blue Jeans also has many wide range color of blue nowadays.

The blue color that you put on interior design, really reminds us about the coastal style interior. The breeze and the smell of the sea, and of course, the touch of the blue views to the ocean. Adorable and dreamy. And the dominance of blue will make your room more in royal palace.

You can add the color blue to your exterior too. Paint your fence or your facade wall blue. Make a difference.

If you are decided to make something blue, here are the suggestions from us to combine blue with any other colors.

Put the blue on your studying room wall and enjoy the moment you'll spend with the books! While you enjoy the song too. :)

"Listen to the Goodyear's roll

Hummin' through the radio

Let it lighten up your load

Ain't got no place to go.

Watching those fence poles fly,

As the miles roll by,

Nothin' but blue skies,

Hangin' over you and I."

Uncle Kracker - Blue Skies

We'll see you in another post of Color Therapy! Maybe next post is your favorite color we'll be written.
P.S. : all the pictures I took from Pinterest with the tag of blue.

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