Hi, good day all,

Before I moved to Melbourne, Mumun is one of my concern all the time. Because we still have not enough money to bring her with me. And I also I don't have a willing to let her alone at Indonesia, without me with the new parents.

my cutie pie Mumun

As a domestic breed, Mumun is not a special breed in some of Indonesian people who they tell them self a cat lover. And if someone have domestic cat, they will treat the cat as a wild cat. And for them, me treating Mumun to be an indoor cat is something weird, knowing that she "just" a domestic breed.

In Indonesia, if you want an indoor cat, most of them choose an expensive breed, like siam breed, persian breed, and any breed with really really expensive price. I still not find anyone who have domestic breed but treated it like someone who have an expensive breed in Indonesia.

do you know she like to sit at my tummy and cover with blankie?

I had a housemate before, and she had a domestic breed cat. But she treated her cat just like most of Indonesian people with their domestic breed cat. She lets her walk in and out the house, having a contact with wild cats, she even gave her cat human meal as her food. Actually giving fish or any protein to cat will be alright, but to teach them understand which one is my food and which one is her food, you can't share your food with them. She also not provide her cat a litter box, so she always littering around the house, yuck! DIRTY!! So I bought her the litter box to make her understand. Since then, she always provide a litter box for her cat, but another problem occur, this girl don't always clean her cat's litter. Even the best thing to get the cat away from the virus is always clean the litter once everyday, she don't care about it. Me,as her housemate was so angry, I don't want to get sick just because she didn't put any responsibility to her cat.

There is always a good thing for us to learn how to have a pet, before we really adopt one. Like me, since I was a kid, all of the people around me always scared me about how cat can give you toxoplasmosis virus. But since I read lots of articles, finally I know how to prevent the virus, and how to keep our cat free from that virus. The best thing that we can do is always provide clean and healthy food and water for our cat. 

toxoplasma cycle source:https://www.researchgate.net/figure/234087025_fig2_FIG-2-Toxoplasma-gondii-life-cycle-Domesticated-and-wild-cats-are-the-definitive-hosts

Second, providing cat litter box. This is also really important. Since my house have a lots of wild cat, which are so dirty and full of viruses, so keeping Mumun inside is the best way to prevent the virus came to her. This litter box is also the things that keep Mumun inside. She doesn't have to go outside just for poop or pee. And after she doing her business at the litter box, is important to clean the litter box everyday.

Once every two weeks Mumun having her bath with the cat shampoo, and warm water. I want to keep separate between thing that I can use as a human and thing that she can use as a cat, not to mix it. So that's why she had her own shampoo. I said like this,because I still heard some of people around me using the human shampoo for their cat. And the warm water is to keep her calm and not running here and there. Her towel is also different like mine, and drying her fur not with hairdryer. If you don't have a fur drying machine, you just let the fur dry by it self. It will be okay if your cat is indoor cat.

Everytime Mumun went out from home, I always put harness at her. To keep her out of reach. And if we walked a little bit further, I prefer hug her, or put her at pet carrier.

Since I put these conditions for her new parents candidates, no one able to follow what I want. I even don't understand why they can't follow the simple conditions like that. Because of that, I really confuse to leave Mumun at Indonesia. One of my friend agreed to taking care of her, but not her parents. Luckily another friend of mine also want to taking care of her. But since her house is not like mine, most of the time it is open, and lots of people comes and go, she wants me to made something for Mumun to keep her save as an indoor cat.

At the end, I found an article about CATIO. Catio is a cat cage outside the house that connected to the house. To them who have a garden this catio thing is perfect for your baby furry. Your cat can enjoy the outside without worrying they will suddenly gone. Fo me, this catio is perfect for Mumun that still able being outside, without worrying she will meet a wild cat.

Actually, you can make this catio everywhere, as long as it save for your baby furry. The most important thing, you will also not forget to fill it with your cat needed like its litter, food, and toys.

Here are some example of catios I've found at google:

this is an example of simple and easy catio. source: https://catioblog.wordpress.com/

this is extend catio, for cat owner who have creativity to build their catio. sorce: http://icreatived.com/2016/02/catio-spaces-keep-your-cat-safe-and-happy.html/

But since my friend house is not made for connecting catio, so I made the catio separated from the house. It loos like a cage actually, but I like to call it catio.

The tools that needed is so simple. I just only had to find plywood, plastic roofs, and also the carpenter tools. Since it will be difficult, my boyfriend suggest me for looking a carpenter to make it. So I found one, and asked him to build one according the sketch that my boyfriend made.

It just took two days to finished it. Once it finished, he also put the big catio at my friend's house. The catio it self have 1,5 meters length and 2 meters high. In hope that Mumun have lots of space to move around.

this is catio we design for Mumun

two floors for her save place

there's a stair inside too, to get to the second floor

the upper level for her to walk around

Mumun checking her brand new temporary house

big enough for her to moving around

she in totally new environment. Hope she is alright.

Inside the catio, I put her favourite banana pillow, and her blanky. This banana pillow and the blanky are her favorite things when she's with me. With those things around here, I hope she will be alright waiting there until I can bring her with me to Melbourne.

If you still don;t know why I can't bring Mumun with me, you can c come at THIS page to know the reason.

Good day everybody!!!!

Another pending post. LOL. Well, since I already move to Melbourne, and still not able to work, soI have lots of time to write at my blog.

This is the story of our visit to the old town called Walhalla. Placed 180km from Melbourne. This town was the gold mine. Basically, the earlier Victorian people, even also came from England, were a gol mining, so we could find lots of old gold mining town around Victoria. Like Walhalla.

road at Walhalla

Places at the mountain at Gippsland, Walhalla famous of its history and nature tourism. This town was the richest place in Victoria, because more than 4.000 people lived in this town. Nowadays, only 20 people live in this town.

the gold town, Walhalla

First time we came, we can see the mix between the green hills around and old houses. All the buildings at this place is not change,they are same like before. Some of the buildings are now became a museums. Like their old post office. This post office now become their heritage museum. We can see the old tools that the postman of Walhalla used.From their telephone, until their uniforms.

Walhalla Old Post Office

What makes this post office's history unique was all the worker in this place was women. We went further to the back, and we could see rooms that they used before, like their bedrooms, and kitchen. One of the bedroom even show us their old dresses, shoes, and cosmetics. At the other rooms, we saw an old piano, and a tea table, the last room is the bedroom of her daughter, complete with the crib and dolls. If we came to the kitchen, I could see some of their old cooking utensil and also the walk in closet to keeping all the ingredients for cooking.

Old Phone at Walhalla Post Office

Cupboard at Walhalla Post Office

Old Chimney

Old Clock

Tea Room

Old Grand Piano

Old Cosmetics

Old Stove

Old spice closet

We can also enjoy coffee or tea at the old cafe there, or maybe looking at another house that became a museum, like what we do. We went to the souvenir shop, which apparently it also a museum. In this museum they showed us the everyday life of the Walhalla people, including the dress that they always wear everyday. At the back, they show us the old washing machine, and the place to store food, etc.

Old washing machine

You can choose to involve at gold mining tour. The mining it self really close to the town. my boyfriend don't want us to involve at that tour because the ticket is so expensive. LOL.

Old Hotel

Since we didn't follow any tour, we are free to do whatever in this town. So we walked around and climb the hill. I was not disappoint, because the view from the hill was better.

Great View from here

If you are brave enough, you can also visit their cemetery.To get into this cemetery, we had to went out of the town, and stopped at the park placed just before entering the town. Near the park, there was a small road to the hill. We can't bring our car into that road, so the only way is by walked.

It was long and tiring way, until we came to the cemetery. Even I hoped it will be the old gothic cemetery, at the reality, it was usual cemetery. Even it looks like usual cemetery, but we can find some of the graveyard are older than us. My boyfriend even said, sometimes some of the graveyard is empty, because the person who name is stated there died somewhere else, and they can't buried them here.

Old Cemetery

Talking about old and scary, this town also have their mystery tour. They have this tour at night, and in a group. Do you think you are able to follow this tour?

Good day all,

This time my boyfriend and I visited Bairnsdale and stayed there for three nights. Bairnsdale is his parents town, and we stayed at their place

It tooks more less 2 hours from Cranbourne to Bairnsdale. Before we arrived at Bairnsdale, we stopped at Den of Nargun, around Gippsland. According to story, Den Of Nargun is one of the Australian indigenous people came, this people called Gunakurnai.

The legend started from the first Gunaikurnai people that came from southwest the mountain brought canoe at his head, his name was Borun the pelican. One day he went to Tarra Warackel (now called Port Alber) he heard stomping sound several times, and tried looking for it. When he tried to enter the deeper side of the river with his canoe, he found a girl called Tuk. Both of them like each other and married, their children was the beginning of this Gunaikurnai people.

The place where Borun met Tuk is the Den of Nargun. It placed at di Woolshed Creek, Mitchell River National Park. This place is part of the Aboriginal sacred place, they said if you throw a boomerang or the spear, somehow it will return to us. 

waterfall that can cover the den

In this place, they also held ceremony for a grown up woman. And this place also have a mistery stroy, they said you can find half stone human here, and they will kidnapped the kids.

To get into this place, you have to walked down from the national park. It more like hiking track. So deep down and a little bit steep. 

Path walk to Den ofNargun, prepare your stick

The beauty place will erase all your tired. Unfortunately we can't get inside the cave because the high tide of the river. This place is also good for you who want to try a new Australian nature holiday. 

Den of Nargun is one place at Eagle Point, Bairnsdale. Beside giving us Denof Nargun, Bairnsdale also have some attractions like Raymond Island, the island of Koalas. cruising around the lake, or just enjoying the day at the lake.My boyfriend said, if we are one of the richest people at Victoria,we probably able to have the house near the lake. Because only the rich people can buy all the houses near the lake.

My boyfriend house is a farm house. They have really huge farm. In the farms they have three horses, and one pony. They used to had lambs,but since his parents also work outside the farm, they sold it, because no one taking care of the lambs. For them now it's easier to have horses.

Family Farm

My boyfriend parents have a cabin house near their house, and at that cabin we stayed. This minimalist cabin actually like a small house. It have living room, one big bedroom where they keep their vinyls collections, toilet, bathroom with the washing machine also, and a huge kitchen. Because the bedroom is full of the vinyls and other collections, so we put the bed at the kitchen. The kitchen is really complete,and we still able to cook there. My boyfriend said, this cabin was his brother place to stay, before he decided to moved to the city.

Our Cabin

Our minimalist room

If you living with your parents, the best thing is they will provide you anything, like us. We had our big meal three times a day. Also very delicious dessert every night. Being fat is not in our dictionary this time.

Beside, his parents also took us cruising around the lake. Big big lake. His father said if you keep sailing further, you will reach Sidney. You can also enjoy very clean nature, and if you lucky, you can catch a wild kangaroo around.

Our cruising ship, "Thunderbird" makes me remember one of my childhood cartoon

Finished cruising, we went to the city central. Here we came to the very famous catholic church, called St. Marry Church. Its famous with its painting at the wall. The artist who painted all the paint at the wall and the roof of this church is Francesco Floreani, an Italian artist. The painting itself told about a catholic saints, trinity, also pictures of heaven and hell. This day, this church is at its renovation time, because its age is more than 100 years, and need some renovations. In its 100 years, this church has been restored several time. At 1978 for example, the restoration was moved the granite altar.

St.Mary Catholic Church... so artistic & colorfull

St. Mary's Church Altar

RAYMOND ISLAND

Another main attraction is Raymond Island. A small island at Mc Millan Bay.This island is really famous for its wild Koala. If we are lucky enough, we can see Koala walking and swinging around the tress around this island. Don't be surprise that in this island also have several houses to live in.

If you want to go to Raymond Island, just jump at the ferry which will took us cross the river to the Raymond Island. Don't worry, the ferry always there all the time.It tooks only 10-15 minutes to cross the river and it's free.

At 1953 some Koalas sent from Phillip Island to this island to save them from extinction. Since then, Koala populations grown in this place, and not long after, their life became the attraction at this island.

Huge, Huge Koala

We can walk at this island trough Koala Trail.This track makes us easier to walk around the Island to find the Koala without worrying will get lost. The track only 1.2 kilometers long. And as long as we walked this track, we can see some koala at the top of the trees, sleeping.

It is hard to find the awaken Koala, lots of them are sleeping, and they are sleeping far at the top of the tree. Be careful of the mosquitoes and fire ants around. Luckily, when we almost finished tracking, we found one adult Koala hanging around at the tree. LUCKY.

TRESTLE BRIDGES

Some of history places also can be found in this area. Like the trestle bridges. Some of the trestle bridges is renew, some are not. We visited two of the oldest bridge.

First bridge called Stony Creek Trestle Bridge, or most people know it as Nowa Nowa Bridge,because it places at Nowa Nowa. Build at 1916 using red ironbark and grey box woods. This bridge is 20 meters tall and 247 meters long, and the biggest trestle bridge at this state.

Nowa Nowa Trestle Bridge

We can't try to cross this bridge, because this bridge foundation is really fragile. They even put the barrier so we can't try cross this bridge.

Nope, you can't walk across this bridge

The second trestle bridge is Nojee Trestle Bridge at Baw Baw. This bridge builded at 1919, and has been restored several time, most of it because of the fire. At the end of 1939 this bridge was completely burn down, and they rebuilt it again.

Nojee Trestle Bridge, you able to walk across this bridge

You can cross this bridge, because this bridge is already equip with good safety. With 102 meters longand 21meters high, some of cyclists sometimes cross this bridge too.

Since that time was DST and also springtime, we had longer time to enjoy the sun, and having really breezing spring wind. So, my boyfriend took me to one of the eagle point, just to admire the view.

Eagle Point Scenery at 7pm

Right through the sea

So this was I did at Bairnsdale. have you heard about Bairnsdale before? And what you know about it? Tell me what you know about it, and anything I have to know around Australia.

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See ya and have a good day...:)  

Hi all,

How are you?
I am busy, especially in this April 2017. I was really busy. Because my working contract will be end soon, and I already said that I will not renew it, because I will move to Melbourne at the end of April. Taking care of my Visa, because it was lodged at the first week of this April, and 15 days waiting (not to mention Saturday and Sunday plus the national holiday, which was a lots at this April). Taking care of Mumun's Catio, finally it finished only in two days before I leave the town.

My office mate gave me a farewell party too. It's like a traditions when someone out from company, they made this kind of party. Beside all the happy things here, I actually not really enjoy living here. But it was my achievement, because I can stand in this place for 6 years. At the end, I came at the party.

Farewell speech? I don't know what to say, my happiness in this place was just a small thing from a huge burden I have. To be honest, in the last department of this company, my life was better. At the department before they always compare me with the other woman (in this department they just have two woman). My different character made them didn't really like me as the way I am. In this last department, I got a freedom to be myself, even thought sometimes your voice is drowned because they think I shouldn't have an opinion.

I didn't put any grudged to all the people there. But when someone suddenly tried to made me remember what happened with someone that I ignored, it just made me think, why they want me to remember something that I don't want to remember. Yes, I don't want to remember someone that treated me badly, someone that never trust your ability as a human. This person actually someone that never want to put woman in the better place. He always said about how lucky he is have a son that studied at Germany (while I know there is lots of Indonesian at German, and study at German is not something new. I always heard it since in my college era). And proudly tell a story how his male nephew married with Germany woman. Then when I said I also planning to get my Master degree. But he said, you are a woman, you don't need to get a higher education. Alright sir! To me, you are finish. I don't want to respect someone that don't want to respect people choice. No, I'm not hate him, just ignore him, as same as he ignore the woman ability to get what a woman want.

This made me want to finished the party quickly. I really want to said: F**K THIS PLACE, I'M F***ING OUT OF THIS MOTHER F***** PLACE.

Disappoint, because nothing special, they gave me a typo cake????? Where was their thank you for me??? 

Anyway,

I thank for all the party, the under expectation party, typo cake, and also under expectation menu too. What an effort.

I know some of you happy that I finally walked out from this company.

Oh yes, talking about wedding invitation and ticket to Melbourne? Really? Please maintain a good relations and communication to me first. I will consider it.

Sharing job at Melbourne? LOL. Did you will take someone that "only" able to gave you "waiters" job?

I'm being sensitive? Well, just think about all the effort to makes you feel good and worried less, but yeah... I'll see you when I see you.

Good day all,

How are you all After a long time not making a new post, here it is, a new one...

End of this March was my birthday. I thought it will be like before, I will just received birthday's saying from my Social Network, Facebook, Path, Whatsapp Group. It is indeed like that. The entire day All I did was replied all the birthday greetings. Just greetings no present, no party, nothing.

Beside, I also have to focused on my plan moving to land down under, so all of the greetings I feel enough.

A week after my birthday, my high school friends asked me to came to a small reunion, this is because I did a live at my facebook with one of my high school friend, and they want to meet us too. This was the reunion with them, they said because I will move far away from them. The first time I came to Kalimantan, we made a reunion, now when I will move from Kalimantan they also held a reunion.

So, after we agreed with all the time an place, the day was come. Of course we also had dramas, suddenly some people leave the chat group, some people can't go at the day which already stated, and making the new schedule (WTF). At the end, we agreed with majority decision. It makes me sick if someone didn't came and gave an idea at all, but when we agreed about something suddenly she came and changed what we already agree. Oh well, too bad. We've found the agreement, if you able to come, just come, if you are not, bad luck.

At the day we agreed, I was the second person that came at the venue. That was amazing, because my house was more far away from the other, plus I had to stop because there's timber at the middle of the street, because of the strong wind the night before. At the end, then next an hour, the third person came. Then the others...

Surprisingly, it was not just reunion, they also made a surprise party for me. OMG! This is really surprise, of course I am happy. Why? This was the first surprise party for me, and also the first party for me. Even thought it was a simple party, but I was so happy and also awkward, because this was my first party.

I finally got birthday cake, and blew candle. LOL. I really enjoyed it, even it celebrated with a few friends only. I was thankful for all the greeted and prayed from them. Suddenly it became the farewell party. Even it was farewell also, but it doesn't mean we had to be sad, just be happy.

my birthday cake, only for me... woohoo!!!

And the surprise it didn't stop there. They also gave me present. One present from all. LOL. Awesome. They gave me lip palette from NYX. Wow, they knew that I really love and have a lipstick collections. Thank you so much for the present, I really appreciate it.

my present... NYX Lip Cream Palette... Laaaffff...

Back to office after the field break ended, I thought it will be like any normal day at field. But suddenly I got a surprise from one of my office friend. And, she gave me lip cream!!! Even this was a local product, but I once told my self I really want to have that, apparently, I had it trough her. This was really awesome.

another loving present... pixy lip cream... i also laaafff it

At the end, my birthday this time was really awesome. In my life I never had a reunion, birthday surprise, and farewell party in one, and a lovely presents. Feels like the first time, but I guess it was the first time I received a birthday presents.

Thank you so much too for all who had their time to write at the SNS, or personal chat. People who made a beautiful words, or them who just only copy and paste, people with "when will get the food", and them who gave me presents. Thank you so much. You are amazing people.

TERIMA KASIIIIIHHHHHHHH