Wonka: art

Casa Indonesia 2017 is an annual exhibition event of Casa Indonesia magazine. It was the first time that I attended this event, and it was so cool. I got invited by Mbak Miranti (editor in chif of Casa Indonesia magazine)to the opening party and I was really looking forward to it. The exhibition which was held at The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place was kinda like art mixed with furnitures and decors. Why I said art? Because they displayed installations and amazing works of art alongside the furnitures. Well, I think furniture and home decor are the part of art so I can see the red line here.

I took some photos while I was there.

This represented batik in mostly blue color.

This piano successfully captured my attention. This was super edgy and made everyone who played it looked even cooler.

Even though I couldn't ride it, I loved this wooden bicycle.

I don't know what this is called but it's super cool. I reflected Gereja Biak Papua.

What is interior design without good decorations and lightings?

These guitars actually had thin figures. Love!

Another objects that I loved so much that night were these incredibly cute porcelain plates with animal paintings.

Overall, it was a truly creative event with lots of inspirations in it.

images by Firisa

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December 4 - The last day

We decided to try the best gelato in town. Il Tempo Del Gelato. It reminded me of Gusto in Bali somehow. Ohh... endless options.

I fell for praline and coconut chocolate chip flavor. It was hard to leave the thai tea flavor.

For late lunch, we ate at Pondok Cabe. I ordered a packet of grilled fish, sayur asem, rice, sambal and tempe mendoan. So goood.

Were we in airport already...?!

Sadly we had to go back to Jakarta and the office the next day.

The glimpse of wayang at the airport.

BYE YOGYAKARTA!

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On December 2-4, 2016, the Special Project team (the team which I work with) had the chance to go for a short getaway to Yogyakarta. So now I want to share most of my journey from Jakarta to Yogyakarta. I was excited because this was the first time I took a train to other province in Indonesia, I really wanted to experience it.

December 2 - The first day

We gathered first at the office and decided to take the train (we rode on Bima executive train) from Jatinegara station due to the chaos near Gambir station (the demonstration).

To fulfill my hunger, I decided to go to Seven Eleven and instantly attracted to their onigiri. It was good but the filling was not too generous.

Finally, all aboard at 4.30 pm and we sat at the front. My friends on the pic above took the right side, I was on the left. It was so comfy.

The view from my window.

We arrived at about 1.30 am, then we went straight to Punthuk Setumbu to see the sunrise.

Again, to fulfill my extremely hungry stomach, at a little kiosk near Punthuk Setumbu I first ordered Energen ginger flavour which was so comforting in the middle of cold winter at dawn, and Indomie was obligatory.

Then we went up the hill (in a form of stairs made of stone) to get to the upper part. The efforts paid off, the view was magnificent and calming, and this was the sunrise (I tried to capture it as good as I could).

Next up, Gereja Ayam. It obviously looked sort of like a chicken or a bird maybe. It was quite interesting. I have to tell you that the most challenging part of getting to this place was the path that we had to go through. We literally went through the jungle and had to watch our steps. Thank God it didn't rain that time. When we reached the top floor of the church, the wind was so good we eventually slept in our chairs that time...

Finally, late lunch. We stopped at gudeg (traditional Yogya food) place to have gudeg of course. My meal comprised of rice, krecek, shredded chicken, gudeg, sambal and an egg. Delicious... miss it.

For the drink, I ordered teh tarik to warm my body a little bit.

Next destination was Ullen Sentalu Museum, a museum that preserves Javanese cultures and kingdom's histories.

They displayed such fascinating masks. Each color of the mask has its own meaning. The red ones mean evil, the white ones mean kind heart and the black ones mean eternity.

We were told that this jamu (Indonesian traditional drink) was kind of an anti-aging concoction and made from a secret recipe. Believe it or not.

The mueseum prepared a spot for photo. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the artifacts inside the several parts of the museum.

One of the objects that captured our eyes. We named each statue with yeah our names...

We checked in Vila Padi Pakem. It was sooo comfyyy.

Our favorite spot for sure!

My bedroom which I shared with my friend.

The first time I arrived in Yogya, I was craving for this so bad! It's a simple noodle with veggies, shredded chicken and delicious soup.

Then we went to Alun-alun Kota to spend our midnight. We easily attracted to this thing. We picked the one with Hello Kitty due to somebody's request... Don't get deceived, it's a bicycle.

This is hype.

Unique drink, kopi jos. It's a black coffee with charcoal in it.

See you on the next chapter, A Trip to Yogyakarta part 2!

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Weeks ago, we planned a one-day trip to Bandung, just to get away from a hectic daily life and have some refreshments. Personally i was aiming for the exciting culinary adventure there.

Farmhouse

The first time we arrived in Bandung, we headed to Farmhouse. It's been so famous lately especially on Instagram. Overall the place is nice, clean and pretty.

The first passage

We had to pass through them first, the guys inspired by the Texas Chainsaw. They're not scary, just annoying ;p

I didn't really get the concept here, is it for happy family getaway or a town of terror?

I found this cute store which sold very cute handicrafts.

Pretty pretty flowers in pooots

Cute magneeets!

They have home decorations as well.

There are cages of many kinds of animals too.

Feed and play with them.

This is one of my favorite shots. The cat looks so on point!

Beehive

The first stop of our culinary trips started here.

They have giant koi fish.

This was my order for our late lunch at 2 pm. It's Monster Burger. It's so delicious and fulfilling, with tasty french fries, patty, melted cheese and giant stack of onion fritters. It's absolutely satisfying.