A Day at the IKEA

It was such a SUPER FUN time in IKEA! 

Ever heard this saying "the times you enjoy wasting, is not time times spent wasted"? Then this one is definitely it! In fact, I was quite overwhelmed since it's my very first visit. Too many inspirations, too many cute little things. Gladly, I went there with my g00fy friends so I think they won't mind me "wow"-ing at every corners :P

I went to IKEA Alam Sutera on Friday afternoon with four of my friends, exactly one day before my birthday, since we don't have any classes aftermath and it's as our refreshment before having to struggle the midterm test that is coming real soon by next week. We had a really good laugh and talk about a lot of things that inspire us—and nah, we don't talk about college stuffs nor assignment nor the jobs we would like to apply later after we graduated, instead we talk about how we would arrange our house, the color palette of the wall, what kind of patterns we would pick for the floor, and etc. Just simply four girls, daydreaming about their dream house. And take a note that we didn't go there to have our photographs taken at the "aesthetic spots", we simply enjoyed each other company. What else could I ask for more in a friendship rather than being really open at each other and deeply honest about everything? 

As I was there, I can't help but also think some Tom & Summer scenes in 500 Days of Summer as I saw quite a lot of couple hanging around through the every sections happily; exactly like Tom & Summer.

Other than the fact that they got some really cool and sustainable stuffs like the boxes above that are actually made of cardboard, I would like to praise the interior designer as well because it's the wall and the lightning that actually do the works! <3 

the comfiest corner that I found in Living Room section

I think I want to buy 'em all straight and move it my kitchen  

veryyy very cute night lamp!

After a tiring and long walk (but super fun!) for more than an hour through sections (started from the Living Room section, straight to the Dining Room, Kitchen, and Bedroom), we decided to take a break and had our late lunch at the IKEA's infamous resto; which I can tell that time, was quite crowded.

finally got a chance to taste the Sweddish Meatballs <3

My review for the food: 10/10! THE FOOD IS CRAZILY DELICIOUS. I had the Sweddish Meatballs, an Egg Tart, and a sip of Cola that afternoon. What makes me happier is that the reasonable price! You can buy exactly like mine for below 100k, my tummy is beyond happy! :D

About the Sweddish Meatballs, I did really think that the meatballs and the sauce somehow felt like the homemade ones, alongside the mashed potato and the vegetables, and the best thing about this dish is the strawberry souce since I didn't see it coming at all! The combination between the sour strawberry souce combined with the salty meatballs' sauce is literally no joke. Would definitely buy it again on my next visit! And oh, the little Sweden flag on top is cute too ♥

the egg tart tastes nice too!

lastly, we bought ourselves the plain ice cream which tastes delightfully fresh!

simply me hanging on a bridge to nowhere. captured by the talented and weird friend of mine

And by the way, I didn't come home empty-handed! See that iconic IKEA's yellow shopping bag? It's not a gimmick nor a property for the sake of my photos, but I actually purchased some stuffs. It's so HARD not to buy anything once you went there, I assure you. 

As you can see, I bought the mini container box, a bottle brush, an English-like kitchen duster, and a Vanilla-scented candle—and to surprise you, all of those things above are UNDER 50k! I should've bought more but my friends reminded me that IKEA is so sustain that they don't provide plastic bags, so it's preferably to bring my own shopping bag or purchase theirs. Well that's a good thing and I'm giving my standing ovation for IKEA, indeed such a great place to go wandering around finding inspiration, a great place to have lunch as well, and a great place for environment. 

After spending about 4/5 hours full, we decided to go home and it's also almost got me choked to know that the parking fee is totally free! So in love with this place and I'd love to recommend everyone to just go visit this place for a handful of inspirations :-D

Pesta Musik Lokal ♪

Gini kali ya rasanya ketika satu-per-satu apa yang ada di bucket list tercapai? Pertama kali suka band-band indie itu 4 tahun yang lalu, berarti sekitar tahun 2014. Mulai dari Float, The Adams, Payung Teduh, Banda Neira, Sore, Danilla, Stars and Rabbit, ya pokoknya semua yang ada di playlist Mixtape Vol. 2: Indie Lokal ini deeeh! *promosi*

Nah, selama ini nggak pernah ketemu event yang tempat, line up, dan waktunya pas (karena tbh, gw nggak suka nonton konser yg di outdoor) tapi secara tiba2 aja gitu nggak sengaja ngeliat event yang tempatnya di Kuningan City, tanggalnya oke, DAN gila dong ada The Adams, Float, Stars and Rabbit, Efek Rumah Kaca, dan Barasuara!?!? Nggak kebayang kalo bakal beneran nonton mereka secara live, karena selama ini bertahun2 ngabisin waktu buat dengerin di music player aja udah cukup rasanya HUHU dan gw tipe orang yang kalo udah suka sama sesuatu, pasti suka BANGET & in this case, ketika gw dikenalin sama lagu2 indie, entah kenapa langsung jatuh cinta aja gituuu. Good music heals, sih.

FYI, ada Elephant Kind, Endah n Rhesa, dan Kahitna juga, tapi nggak ketonton saking hectic dan chaos-nya suasana disana HAHA tapi gapapa!!

✨ IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL NIGHTS IN MY LIFE, INDEED ✨

• Merinding banget pas Stars and Rabbit ngebawain Catch Me, Man Upon The Hill dan Worth It (yang biasanya super sering gw dengerin di earphone), crowd-nya gilaaak! Termasuk gw sih HAHA jamming sampe suara mau abis kayanyah, soalnya Mbak Elda magisnya kerasa banget sih pas lagi on stage seolah2 mentransfer energinya ke kita2 yang nonton, kan jadi ikutan gila crowd-nya! <3

• Sejujur-jujurnya banget, gw nggak pernah terlalu suka sama musik yang kenceng TAPI Barasuara kayaknya bakal jadi satu2nya pengecualian. Pas mereka bawain Sendu Melagu dan Bahas Bahasa, biasa dong ya pada nyanyi2 crowd-nya, eh ternyata pas lagi bawain Hagia baru kerasa merindingnya! Si GeSit alias Gerald Situmorang manuver gitarnya SUPER FINE walaupun cuma liat dari kejauhan hahaha!

• Kemudian dari ballroom yang sesek dan penuh sama asap rokok, akhirnya gw berpindah ke stage di bawah, tempat The Adams manggung. Ternyata crowd-nya jauuuh lebih gila! Segala ada yang moshing pas lagu Glorious Time hahaha, untungya berhasil nyanyi bareng pas mereka bawain Hanya Kau, seketika langsung pada mellow kayaknya ya? HAHA, eh tapi pas ditutup sama Konservatif, rusuh lagi. Heuuuh, seru parah sih tapi! Oh iya, pas The Adams manggung, Kahitna juga lagi manggung di stage satunya yang ada di ballroom, cuma entah kenapa gw tergerak buat nonton The Adams aja karena emang susah banget nyari event mereka yang line up-nya juga bagus2 kayak sekarang. Dan nggak nyesel sama sekali karena udah milih buat nonton mereka! #sorrynotsorry

• Setelah capek jingkrak2, kemudian datanglah Float. Dibuka dengan Tiap Senja, langsung di medley sama Sementara. Seketika ngerasa merinding parah, crowd-nya sibuk saling nyanyi dan ada beberapa yang ngerekam, gw disitu juga ngerekam beberapa detik sih, tapi nggak konsen karena semagis itu dengerin lagu yang emang efeknya besar buat gw selama ini, tapi kali ini secara live. Selamanya, gw rasa Sementara akan jadi national anthem ketika gw ngerasa lagi down. Nah, setelah itu, mereka mainin Pulang sebagai lagu terakhir dan vibes-nya jadi bikin kangen pulang kampung banget~

•  Mas Cholil pulang ke Indonesia!!! Gara2 dia, semua orang rela deh desek-desekkan di ballroom (karena literally rame banget). Gw rasa, orang yang nggak dengerin Efek Rumah Kaca itu nggak bisa dibilang sebagai penikmat musik deh. Bukan, gw bukan mengeneralisasi, tapi asliii banget ketika Cinta Melulu, Putih, Di Udara, Sebelah Mata, dan Desember dimainin, gw nggak berenti merinding dan mau nangis aja gitu rasanya! Liriknya powerful, realistis, dibawakan dengan tulus. Gimana nggak kena banget pesan2 yang mau disampein sama mereka? :'D

• Nggak afdol ya rasanya kalo acara musik nggak diakhiri sama Naif hahaha!

Setelah perjuangan berdiri dari jam 3 sore dan bertahan di tengah2 kepulan asap rokok dan anggur merah, akhirnya gw memutuskan untuk pulang setelah Naif selesai dan nggak jadi ikutan Diskopantera huhu, berhubung ayah juga udah jemput dan nungguin di depan Kuningan City dari jam 11. Dan ketika gw keluar dari ballroom, disuguhkan pemandangan kota Jakarta yang ajaib kayak gini. What a time to be alive! 

I've always loved citylights

Museum Date with Lé Cousin

WoOHoOO! Finally I get to visit the latest local museum; Museum MACAN a.k.a Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara which is located in Kedoya, West Jakarta with my cousin as he's desperately wanted to go while spending his holiday in Jakarta (because he spent most of his childhood days in Jogja, and he even gets to continue his study in UGM and rarely visits Jakarta. That's why!)

when we purchase the ticket, the receptionist will give us these bundles as our manual guide <3

FYI, the museum itself CLOSES every Monday and I highly recommend you guys to visit the museum on weekdays instead of weekend because I can't barely stand a crowded place (but if you don't mind the crowd, visit as you please then). Also, the benefits in making a visit on weekdays is that you don't have to book your ticket online and you can just buy it on the spot (the regular ticket price is 50k, but if you are a student, kindly brings along your student card so you may get the special price). If any of you are wondering, the museum opens at 10 in the morning, so it would be better to come earlier and have a sip at the Starbucks right on the lobby rather than having to queue while purchasing the ticket nor being in the midst of traffic jam while on the way to this museum. Further information can be accessed through Museum MACAN's official website and Instagram!

So, enough with stuffing you guys with the super helpful information, now I am going to recall today's visit which is SUPER FUN, even for me! Trust me, I've been to a lot of museums and exploring pretty much paintings and installations, but it seems that the Earth will never run out of art, eh? 

Bringing the theme "Art Turns, World Turns", Museum MACAN is definitely one of your to-go list! ❤

First of all, this Museum MACAN claims to have collections that focuses on modern and contemporary art from Indonesia, Europe, America, and Asia. It includes over 800 artworks, with approximately 50 percent of it comprised of prominent artworks from Indonesia, and the rest are originating from across Europe, North America, China, and other parts of Asia (drawn from the collection of the museum's founder and on long-term loan to the museum), the collection has been developed over more than 25 years and is actively going. And no, I don't make things up as these things were clearly written on the manual guide given.

Beside the exquisite paintings under the name of both local and international artists (such as Raden Saleh, Dullah, Takashi Pom, etc), the exhibition itself offers beautiful interior that makes our stay becomes incredibly comfortable, alongside the warm lightning that is clear enough for us to see the artworks, but surely not making our eyes sore or sort of.

Here are the beautiful hallways I've been telling you about:

spot me with my goofy smileee!

the painting on the left side of the hallway are the part of "Pergulatan Seputar Bentuk dan Isi" collections, as a representation of how throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Indonesian artists built their own artistic identities through difficult times

Done talking as if I'm an interior designer that understands the depth and the philosophy of hallways and bricks and lightning blah, I will now tell you how MAGNIFICENT the artworks are; both the paintings and the art installations. I may not be able to describe it briefly to you guys, but just so you know, this museum has its own color and is different from the National Gallery in so many ways (in case you are wondering). To put it simple, this museum is like a mixtape with different genres. It will never bore you even a single second! In this exhibition, we will be able to find Indonesian and international modern and contemporary art from the 19th century to present day.

Here are the closer look to some of the artworks:

#ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmm

abstract and geometrical NEVER goes out of style

there are also a lot of artworks related to the Indonesian history that explores how social, economic, and cultural events have influenced art, like the one above; "Aku"

just me awkwardly posing on one of the corner of the museum

Andy Warhol by Wang Guangyi

the artworks behind me are the collections of "Bumi, Kampung Halaman, Manusia" section, originally curated from the middle 19th to 20th century when Indonesia was under the colonial occupation

Penghapusan #1 by FX Harsono, one of the museum highlights

After exploring the paintings, my cousin and I went into the art installations corner; the Floating Garden by Entang Wiharso and Infinity Mirrored Room "Brilliance of The Souls" by Yayoi Kusama and spending quite a lot of time there, enjoying the installation and trying to interpret them ourselves hahaha! Anyway, these artworks show how artists reflect on their life and times, and how they make art as a way to allow people to see the world around them in different and revealing ways.

The Floating Garden is a dedicated area for children within the museum as we can not only see the artworks, but also to have some fun (drawing using the coloring pencils provided, and even bringing them home!). This installation incorporates artworks, murals, and education activities that explore the ideas of "floating garden" of which the concept of land and nature based on the artist's unique perspective and vision.

indeed very pretty and colorful

as I told you earlier, in this installation, we can also do our own 'art' by doing the shading of the mold using colored pencils and bringing them home. so refreshing!

Last but not least, before going back home, my cousin and I went into the famous Infinity Mirrored Room "Brilliance of The Souls" that resembles the ones in Singapore Art and Science Museum. Despite its uniqueness (as the color of the lamps constantly changes and the room that really DOES seem like an infinity room), the story behind the making of this installation is what really gets me. It is being said that the artist had suffered from "rijinsho", a depersonalization disorder, where her vision was filled with veils and hallucinations which are represented in her works through fields and veils of dots.

the best thing about this Infinity Mirrored Room is; that in this room, the difference between form and space, inner self and exterior world, appears to meld into one <3

Bukber at Kinara Cuisines of India

Ramadhan tahun ini dibuka dengan buka puasa bareng ber12! Alhamdulillah masih bisa ketemu lagi sama ramadhan tahun ini, semoga tahun depan tetep bisa buka puasa bareng mereka hihi.

Here's to our lowkey friendship! Ada yang udah di Kelas Unggulan, Kelas Internasional, reguler, jadwalnya beda-beda semua, tapi akhirnya kita ngumpul lagi ber12 di acara bukber ala-ala di Kinara Cuisines of India, Kemang. Sejujurnya nggak pernah suka makanan India, tapi aseliiii kemarin kolak dan nasi kari ayamnya enak banget (ps: lupa bgt nama menunya apa karena susah nyebutnya HAHA)! Walaupun agak sedikit pricey untuk semangkuk nasi + kari, tapi bumbu rempah-rempahnya kerasa banget :"""D

Ngomong-ngomong, susah banget untuk stick through thick & thin apalagi ber12 kayak gini, tapi I believe those who left are never really meant to be in the first place, because true friends stay. ♥

the basic stair group pose

setelah beribu2 take, dapet juga yang bagus HAHA 

the berdiri pose is, unfortunately, our all time fav pose ever

red-eyed gurls thanks to the flash

us being us (read: weird)

my two best gurl

Lawangwangi Cafe & Artspace

Ey peeps!

Baru banget pulang dari Bandung nih, abis short getaway 3 hari bareng temen-temen hehe (kita sampe bela-belain cabut classmeeting!). Oh iya, "kita" disini itu Rika, Alsya, Agnes, Adinda, dan Bunga.
Hari pertama kita cuma tiduran aja di hotel, berhubung juga malemnya hujan jadi kita nggak bisa kemana-mana huhu. The day after, we went shopping! Hahaha sampe fo-fo pada tutup akhirnya baru kita pulang.
Dan di hari ketiga, kita memutuskan untuk wisata kuliner, dan setelah browsing-browsing tempat yang bagus di Bandung, which is super banyak, akhirnya pilihan kita jatuh ke Lawangwangi di daerah Lembang, agak jauh memang dari hotel kita yang emang lokasinya di tengah-tengah kota.
Walaupun agak jauh dan memakan waktu cukup lama, tapi itu semua terbayar dengan view yang keren abis, memanjakan sejauh mata memandang.

Here's the view:

Indah banget kan? Dan di foto terakhir itu sering banget dijadiin tempat photoshoot sama orang-orang, waktu kemarin kita kesana kebetulan ada photoshoot untuk prawed, jadi kita nggak sempet foto-foto disana huhu, kita cuma foto-foto di dalam restoran nya aja.

Untuk soal food and beverages, nggak usah ditanya lagi! Bukan hanya terkenal karena keindahan view nya, Lawangwangi juga menawarkan makanan yang enak dengan harga yang relatif terjangkau.

Chicken Cordon Bleu (Rp. 60.000)

Frappucino something hahaha (lupa namanya :P)

Caramel Machiato (Rp. 45.000)