[A version in English translated with DeepL and not edited is below the Italian text] Sono di nuovo a Jakarta. Quest’anno è la seconda volta che vengo qui. Ieri sera sono andato a casa di una collega con la quale ho lavorato per salutare lei e la sua famiglia. Vive nella parte sud di Jakarta, a Pejaten. Ho preso un taxi per andare da loro. Come al solito, il taxi è rimasto bloccato nella zona […]
Like every summer, the Heinävesi Music Festival brought classical music to this small town in Eastern Finland
It is summer. I am on holiday and spending time at our cottage in Eastern Finland. I am fixing things. Collecting branches. Pick up logs and doing piles to dry the firewood before the autumn. I listen to podcasts while working, and yesterday I stumbled upon a very moving interview on BBC’s The Documentary. It is a conversation between the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Australian songwriter, Nick Cave. Their conversation spoke to […]
We stayed at a nice guesthouse in Ubud, in Bali. It was a traditional Balinese house and to get to our room we had to walk a narrow alley and pass through two small yards shared by few families. One of them was an elderly couple who lived in a small red brick house. When we came back from our day tours in the afternoon, he was normally sitting under a small porch on a confortable bamboo armchair. […]
Pagodas and monasteries in Hong Kong. They are like islands in this city. I took these pictures in Nan Lian Garden and the Chi Lin Nunnery on Fung Tak Road and at the Chuk Lam Sim monastery (Bamboo Forest monastery) near Tsuen Wan MTR station.
While studying at the art university I used to be creative and draw and paint all the time. Now working on the computer all day I miss those creative, offline experiences. So I recently grabbed all my art supplies and started painting a bit. It’s so much fun and a very relaxing and calming task, I love it!
I have always liked to go to visit churches, pagodas, mosques when travelling. I like sitting there and observe the people who come to pay to a God, a profet, a teacher. Those are peaceful places where I think it is possible to some extent to connect and feel the presence of the belief and faith people have. Last October I was in Larantuka, on the island of Flores (Indonesia), to conduct a study on […]
Branches b&w, a set on Flickr. Was in Cremona (Italy) over new year. Was back in winter after a long time. Since I have been living in Southeast Asia for the last 10 years I felt I was not used to the shapes and lines that barren trees draw on a winter sky. Was nice to be back during winter again.
On our way back from Italy to the Philippines we did a stop over of 24 hours in Assen (Holland). We visited our friends Connie and Ignas. It has been five years since we say good bye in Phnom Penh and now we met at their place. Cambodia is still a strong link with many people we know and who lived there when we lived there. It was a short visit (too short) but it […]