Warehouse World Tour - The magnificent bunch

[Broark]

Jealous of you small footed guys because you can buy RDTs!

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Great updates !!!!!

[redragon]

Fitpic as promised...

Really nice loose fit.

On 2nd thought, I might need belt, it nearly barely hanging on my hip.

Inseam definitely wearable with double cuff, still making up my mind between that or 1 mega-cuff.

 

Closeup up.

Really beautiful fabric, reminded me of Eternal 872 and SC 40400, subtle slub.

 

Thats it for now.

Cheers!

Edited May 9, 2016 by redragon

[redragon]

Rescued the thread from 2nd page just in time for a much needed update....fiew..... 

 

I like to roam around the city center street photographing.

For this short trip, start from a major landmark of the city: huge fountain roundabout with 2 welcoming statues in the middle, light does not look good but I need some fresh air anyway...

 

Walking down, saw a man on a mission hauling bird cage, interesting sight...

Huge construction on the middle section of the road (left side of the pics) for a much need/hopefully not delayed underground train project.

 

Somewhat tying this walk to the thread with picture of nearby Japanese embassy, Koinobori flying high against impending gloom...

 

Like to tempt fate with no umbrella,

what better motivation to fade a jeans then to run like a demon to neaby shelter 

 

Still time for obligatory tour jeans + NB shot.

 

Continuing down the path, this is Sarinah, Indonesia's first shopping center, built when mullet & flarey jeans is the rage of the day.

 

Up the bridge, she is looking really hype for the new LTE network!

 

Rain happens....sheltering in front of 2 American "Icons" 

 

Next block is the infamous Starbucks, the one that got caught up in the major bombing incident months back..

+ fearless guy with food stall trying to beat the traffic.

[redragon]

"Mobile drink cycler" (thats what I call them anyway) they sell instant coffee drink, herbal drink, cup noodle (complete with hot water dispenser at the back), pretty impressive entrepreneurial spirit.

 

Ending the brief walk at nearby local cafe + fat bird latte art.

 

Bonus:

Fountain at night.

 

Mad traffic + train construction on the other side.

 

Thats it for now...

Cheers!

[Bobbo]

Nice stuff mate. Great to have a glimpse of Indonesia for two months.

[redragon]

Going indoor for this edition of weekend updates,

 

Shopping mall is a very popular place to hangout here in Jakarta.

Grand Indonesia is one with the craziest interior around.

Following is brief tour through this building to the cinema theatre.

 

Full Japanese style lamp complete with tree and moss things

 

They manage to cram in some full size amusement park into the building.

 

Romanesque decoration with trees

 

Yes...that is life size fortune cat.

Restaurant here likes to play around with decoration concept to attract diners more, does not always reflect on the quality of the food though.

 

Rockefeller wannabe something....complete with music sync fountain which goes off every hour

[redragon]

More randomness, I like the railing style of this one.

 

Magnum (the ice cream) Cafe...maximum decadence...

 

Felt like 2 different world...the Chinese style gate really felt out of place when it is next to:

 

50s style ads blown big, feels like its trying to touch on the romance of American dream era...

The escalator lead up to the cinema theatre:

 

Big & grand.... My jaw did drop when I first saw this.

Saw the X-men: Apocalypse (micro review: its ok not as good as Civil War)

 

Bonus:

Really like the cut! 

Not sure if I can let it go to the next contestant....

 

Thank you for sticking around on this really brief tour.

Sorry I did not update as much as I would have like. (weekday is pretty boring work routine for me  )

Cheers!

[Bobbo]

That's one big ass shopping centre. 

You have at least one week to go though right?

[redragon]

You do get a sense that some of them try to outdo each other with bigger decors/gimmick, its somewhat ridiculous.

1 week might be just right. 

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Wow big place indeed !!!!!

[oomslokop]

might sound strange coming from another jakarta dweller, but id love to see where u work and what you do!

[redragon]

Challenge accepted. 

 

Glimpse of my workplace. I work at a shop selling printer's ink, toner, ribbon cartridges & etc. 

Small shop but it does supply with with something to somehow keep up with this clothing obsession. 

 

Outside absolute concrete jungle.

The shop is located among shops specializes in electronics & speakers so nearly everyday there is crazy loud bassy music going through the airwaves of people testing the speakers. Seriously annoying...

 

Bento box from home for lunch. Trying to be healthy-hipster-wannabe.

 

City is in the middle of really humid & hot weather. Pretty sure I will need to wash the pair again before sending it off to the next contestant. 

 

That's all for now.

Next update might be more interesting.

 

Cheers!

[redragon]

Had a chance for a short trip to Bali, Island of yoga/vegan/healthy hipster for a friends wedding.

The event starts not too long after my arrival on the island at Saturday afteroon.

 

Unfortunately did not take any photos of the wedding reception, don't think its a good idea to wear denim on such formal occasion (though I did see some youngster wear jeans which irk me quite alot)

 

The next day though I did document my trip to one of the best villages in the island, Ubud.

 

Very fortunate to attend The Ubud Food Festival which is held for 3 days over the weekend, so I manage to catch it on the last day.

It is held by the same women (Janet De Neefe if I am not wrong) behind the famed Ubud's Writer Festival.

 

The festival ground called "taman kuliner" which translate to culinary garden.

partially covered by foliages, not a huge space but packed with food stales. 

 

On the other side, overlooking beautiful greenery. Really good breather to come here from the sometimes dreadful concrete jungle that is Jakarta.

 

"Pasar Culiner" which translated to culinary market.

Somewhat insane amount of food sampling inside.

More on this later...

 

Never too far from this korner. 

 

What I love about this festival is that they holds talk/interview events in public for free throughout 3 days on topics that has some connection to food.

This is where they hold the talk.

 

The talk I attend is on portrait & food photography, subject of somewhat high interest to me.

The interviewer was Rio Helmi, an amazing Indonesian photojournalist I highly respect.

Had a chance to take his workshop some years back, the guy does not hold back any punches when critiquing your work.

The interviewee was Petrina Tinslay, also famous photographer in the field of food photography from Australia.

More information can be found here: http://ubudfoodfestival.com/program/think-talk-taste-nigella-co-food-and-portraiture/

 

I find the talk to be quite fascinating, shifting topics from her past experience, influencer to the changing state of food photography to general photography industry.

 

Enjoying ice cappucino (very possible blesphamy for coffee hipster) & the talk.

[redragon]

After the talk I went back to the Culinary Market mentioned earlier.

Although looks pretty packed, the atmosphere was somewhat chill.

 

Crazy delicious Satay bar, with glimpse of the denim. 

 

Followed that up with some "Nasi Campur" (literal translation to "mixed rice"), essentially its rice with whatever side you want.

In this case I choose veg, lamb & squids.

 

Ending everything (my tummy intake not that huge unfortunately) with seriously hipster-ish ice cream flavor of Organic Vanilla Beans with Bamboo Charcoal (I don't even know you can eat charcoal) + "Jamu Wedang Jahe" which traditionally is an Indonesian herbal drink made of ginger transformed to Sorbet here.

Pretty hard to go wrong with Taste of Ginger and vanilla + crunchy charcoal, refreshing stuff!

Edited May 30, 2016 by redragon

[redragon]

 

With tummy filled, I venture to the village center.

Its a very touristic part of the village.

 

Up that main street is the famous Ibu Oka Suckling Pig.

Lifted from obscurity single-handedly by Anthony Bourdain to world stage.

 

Opted to walk on another direction, across the road is the main Ubud market.

 

Traditional wet/dry market by early morning, tourist merchandizes dominates by the late morning till late noon.

 

I did mentioned its very touristic place, not sure how I feel about remaking a village like this though...

Edited May 30, 2016 by redragon

[redragon]

Quite common to see offerings to the gods on store front like this. 

Not a good idea to anger the gods by stepping on it.

Indonesia is predominantly Muslim but Bali is special in that it is predominantly Hindu. 

 

More view of the same Ubud market (its huge!) as I make my way down....

 

To one of my favorite lounging cafe, needless to say it is filled with hipster vibe inside.

 

Comfy, Rocking chair, great recycling idea.

 

They serve drinks on this paddle, complete with water and biscuits on the side.

Coffee is pretty good, I can stay for hours in there, really laidback atmosphere...

[redragon]

After wasting lounging for sometime, took a cool nice stroll around...

Its a pretty safe area to just walk around on your own, alot of tourists & backpackers.

 

 

Slowly making my way to a small, quaint Japanese restaurant cooked by a single Japanese lady which is pretty rare.

One last food photog to end the day. 

 

Had a morning flight back to reality the next day (today) so this is the only documentation I did.

Thank you for following... 

If you are interested in the food festival, more information can be found: http://ubudfoodfestival.com

 

Hope I am coherent enough up there, my writing can be confusing  

Cheers!

Edited May 31, 2016 by redragon

[Bobbo]

Very nice getaway mate!

[Broark]

Awesome update, I spent a lot of time in Bali when I lived in Singapore as it made for a great weekend getaway.

Brings back some fond memories and makes me miss living in Asia!

[Foxy2]

Great updates!

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Awesome pics redragon

I had a great time in Bali in 1990

[Xstan]

Looks nice and warm Bali.

Do they have custom jeans shops in Bali ?

[oomslokop]

that dq warung is so emblematic of ubud's faux-hippie bullshit. thanks for the photos though red, reminded me never to go to ubud ever again. hehehe.

[Maynard Friedman]

Great food shots redragon - Warehouse World Tour - the Magnificent BRUNCH!

[louisbosco]

oh bali, the second home of every other west australian...

[redragon]

Thank you all, its a nice short breather from the grind of the city. 

 

@Xtan

No jeans shop but there are custom surfboard & motorcycle shops around.

 

@Oom

If you put an effort to travel out of the village center, you can still find life untouched by the modern commerce.

Its getting harder every year with villa spring up in place of the rice paddy, but still possible for now.

 

On similar note, this might be the beginning of it all...

Located on the same strip of road as the dq.

Sadly, I heard its the village elders who give the green light for this to exist, money talk really loud in the 90s I guess... 

 

On happy note,

Current state of the jeans with natural light. 

Mobile phone camera doing its best, pretty sure its darker color in reality.

 

Will very likely wash this again before sending it off, fabric in somewhat gross sticky state.

Cheers!

Edited May 31, 2016 by redragon

[chicote]

Wow, two months in indonesia really seems to have knackered those jeans... what a beautiful shade of blue coming through on the thighs! the fabric looks a lot like the sugar cane slack denim, great texture.

[Lendo]

Nice fit on the jeans!

[redragon]

@Chicote

Don't want to get the next contestant hope up, It might just be my phone's camera rendering it lighter then real life.

 

Pretty anti-climatic end to my leg of the tour with nothing really much happening this week...

(did have another meetup with Oom...but me, in my infinite wisdom and awe of talking to him, forgot to take pictures commemorating this)

 

Closing the loop with Jeans in the bucket for another wash, which it badly needed.

Don't want to risk sending biological toxic package to the other side of the world.

Did send a message to Lorenzo Lamas aka Spitfiredealer asking his address.

Just a matter of time till the jeans dried.

Will get it out asap.

 

Been a blast guys & gals!

Cheers!

Edited June 5, 2016 by redragon