Summer Time in IL PATIO

Summer time had start in Kiev even though the weather is not quite friendly since most of the time is raining and temperature is not quite warm yet but I am really looking forward for this summer. First at this coming June 20 me and my friend is planning to watch Jamiroquai live in Kiev, yeap that famous Jamiroquai will perform in Kiev, for this month Kiev is shake by the performance of 50 cent, Black Eyed Peas and also PVD (Paul Van Dyke in case you did not familiar with his nickname) well so far the clubbers life is quite good in Kiev since the organizer is quite active to bring the full edge entertainment by hiring the troops of best DJ in the world. Well it is quite obvious in here that everyone is trying hard to enjoy their life and in the other hand the sponsor which is normally comes from the FMCG, liquour and beverages and the cigarettes companny is hoping that their product will get higher sales, reaching the niche target market and also the awareness of their brand.

People said it is best to come to Kiev during the summer since you can view the city center was covered by blooming flowers, green trees, and the patio is using by the resto's and coffee shop and the great thing is everything can blend perfectly with the unique and artistic building that surrounding the city of Kiev. The other buzz in the country lately is the world cup fever since the Ukrainian team for the first time had join the world cup final in Germany, but almost all Ukrainian is pretty upset since the team had lost heavily to Spain, well I hope Shevchenko and his team mate can strike better when they had to face Tunisia and Saudi Arabia so they could become the second in the group to advance into the elimination round. If not they had to return to Kiev in this coming 22nd of June and facing the upset supporters.

Last week I visit one of my favourite resto in Kiev which is IL PATIO, they offer italian food in reasonable price with kinda huge portion and I really love the pasta. In the end they also serve the line of good and great wine to satisfy the customer, well if you visit that restaurant the aroma will push your belly to tell your brain to order the menu quickly, the atmosphere is also nice since in the wall they hang lots of classic picture of some cities in Italy and the music of their choice for me is quite cozy. Normally the place is not packed with people since they did not entertain any reservation. Beside IL PATIO we still could find good restaurant which is cozy too, that’s why l love Kiev at most since the blending of the classic style of europe and the modern art deco had been supervised strictly to maintain the atmosphere of the perfection. So now I'm looking forward to enjoy the summer with new adventure and experience and hopefully with lots of new friend. We’ll got to go now my bed is waiting. I left you with some pictures of pasta and steak from IL PATIO.

 

Sendratari Damarwulan

Well...its been a long time I didn't update my blog. Well this afternoon at last I could seat back and relax for a moment to write something. Let's start with the latest program I've been to which is the Indonesian Cultural Night which held in Kiev its organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Kiev. The main program of the presentation is the drama dance (sendratari) called DAMARWULAN, I am not going to describe the detail of the story since everybody can glance a few moment to search in google. Well at that sendratari I take a part as an antagonist character...well bad guys character lately was one of the fastest way to be famous right...even though I didn't quite like the character I should accept it. It is an obvious burden for myself since I had to practice traditional dancing yeap that’s true a traditional dancing while my schedule is so packed. Luckily my boss is taking his vacation for one month so in the middle of the preparation I could practice 3 hours daily since I have two parts which is concise of a solo dance and a fight dance which is quite hard since I am a novice dancer and it was pretty exhausted. Our trainer is Mr. Soehardi and his wife Mrs. Sumili they specially come to Kiev from The Hague to train us, well Mr. Soehardi is quite patience to train me, I dunno if I was in his position it will gives me a nervous breakdown and headache since he had to train the novice dancer.

That was the worst part now is the good parts which is I can get bakso (meatball) and fresh chili from Nederland which is very delicious, thanx to Mrs. Soemili since she didn't forget to put my name on the list of the bakso recipient. The other good thins was I could meet a lot of Ukrainian people and I can practice my worst Russian language. At least I have someone to practice with. During the cultural night everything goes smoothly as planned even though there are some problems during the preparation and even during the day which cause by some stupid person or lets called them a bastard people but at least the show must go on right. That’s the latest story in my daily life in Kiev. Below is the picture during my performance