VISIT INDONESIA: Instagramable Jakarta

HI!  

So, this is might my last post for a while, but I hope I can post up much more posts. After all, thank you for reading my nonsense blog! I will work hard to make this blog better and better than before. :)

Okay! Let's get into the post. This post is quite interesting for you who like photography. Last week, I went to one of the unveiled museum in Jakarta. Well, it is not a historical museum type, it is more like contemporary, modern museum. My partner was inspired to come here from a music video of an Indonesian vocal group, GAC. Well, you might see the music video here. Btw, their voices are amazing! Check them out!

Alright! The place itself named Art:1 New Museum, located at Jl. Rajawali Selatan Raya No. 3, Jakarta Pusat, Special Capital Region of Jakarta 10720. It is near JIEXPO, Kemayoran. It is not only a museum, but also a gallery. Last time, I only got to visit the gallery. The gallery it self was fantastic! It displayed many talented Indonesian young artists. I belief they are still young (since they don't write any bio-data of the artists). Here, you can also buy the artwork. They are amazing, but I could not afford it though. LOL. Here is some of the artworks:

Most attractive and the detail was impressing!

My favorite artwork

The main reason we came here were we want to have a good instagram picture. LOL. Instagram nowadays became a competitive social media. People strive to post a really great pictures slash photography skills. Since, we watch the review of the music video that praise a lot the shooting location, we would like to come there. So, here are our few instagram picts:

 

Well, that's all what I wanted to tell and show you. Hope you enjoyed it! It is free to look around the gallery, so you may explore your photography skills as long as you like! It is still a hidden space, so not many people came here. I really love it here! I would like to see the museum soon!! 

So, untill my next holiday, I'll see you guys soon! 
Goodbye for now. :)

XOXO,

VISIT INDONESIA: Bogor Short Culinary Trip

Hi there!  

 

This is the continuation of my last post (Bogor Short Adventure Trip). You may read it here. There are few places we visited and I'll give you out the information about the places below. Enjoy!

 

After the adventure we had at the waterfall, we were hungry. So, we changed our cloths and dry ourselves then we hunt for food! We make the decision to have Bogor culinary trip. Bogor is also known for the food paradise. (yay!)

 

This is Ngo Hiang. But the picture was not mine. Credit to Google images.

The first stop we visited is Ngoh Hiang Khas Bogor Asli Gang Aut. What kind of food is that? Well, it is basically a Chinese food. Ngoh hiang is a pork sausage that covered by silky tofu, potatoes served with some sauce. Ngo hiang itself means 5 sauces. The sauce is very special. It's kinda brownish-yellowish pumpkin color. It is hard to explain this food, but this food is one of the must-try food when you come to Bogor. Especially if you like pork. But, don't worry they also have the chicken one, and they serve many variants of food rather than this ngo hiang. I don't really like pork, well, actually I don't really eat pork. But, this food taste okay, but I won't finished one portion by myself. Because I don't really liked it. But, my friends did like it very much. So, just give it a try if you come to Bogor.

The sign of the resto. Credit to Google images

Then after that, we went to Kedai Kita, the most famous pizza place in Bogor. It is also the must try restaurant! We went here to try their pizza (plus I'm not full yet after trying that ngo hiang. lol). The specialty of Kedai Kita is the wood-fired pizza and hot-plate noodles. I've been here before and I tried the pizza. It taste really good! At that time, I saw the hot-plate noodles looks delicious! I said to my friend that we should try the hot-plate noodles next time. And, so we did this time. We ordered Beef Peperoni Pizza and Black pepper hot-plate noodles. All of it taste reallllyyyy awesome! Even though the black pepper noodles were very peppery, but taste good! Oh! For your info, do not come to this place at lunch and dinner time. You might not get a table and you have to be in the waiting list. And for your reference, Kedai Kita have 3 branches, 2 in Bogor and 1 in Sentul. I'll put the information down below. :D

 

The most fragrant food in the house, Black pepper hot-plate noodles

Beef Peperoni Pizza. (Sorry for the bad lightning)

The Front Face of Momo Milk Barn

We were having a big feast at Kedai Kita, but we cannot resist to try the famous milk cafe (?), Momomilk. There were few places in Tangerang that sell this kind of beverage. But, what makes Momomilk special is they have a cute glass with nutella, kitkat logo on it. The beverages taste so-so, but the place were so nice! It feels like in a barn. The place is quite big and it is a good place to take a photo. LOL. It is one of the most important factor if you want your F&B business run well, photogenic place. HAHA. We tried few milks such as, Ovomaltie milk, Banana Milk, Banana Blended Milkshake, and Oreo Milkshake. The price is almost the same with the one in Tangerang, but I guess Momomilk serve more. 

The bottle :3

Well, time flies so fast and it is our time to go back. We went back to Jakarta at around 6PM, and it was quite a traffic, but thankfully we can manage back to Tangerang not too late. That's all about my short trip to Sentul and Bogor. It is my only trip when I'm on my holiday. So saaadddddd.. :( I need more holiday though! Planning on a solo trip soon! Please pray for me to make it happen. HAHA. I'll post another short trip soon! Please wait for it!! Till then, see you soon! :D

with my fluffy friend, Velly.

The girls! Bonus picture at Momo Milk Barn.

INFORMATION BAR:

1. Ngo Hiang Khas Bogor Asli Gang Aut

Address: JL. Surya Kencana, No. 309 A, Babakan Pasar, Bogor

Phone:+62 251 328749

 

2. Kedai Kita

Main Branch

Address: Jl. Pangrango no. 21 RT 003/04, Bogor

Phone: +62 0251 324160 

Bogor Branch

Address:

Sentul Branch

Address: Inside Bellanova Mall

 

3. Momomilk Barn

Address: Jln. Kantor Pos no. 6 Bogor 

Phone: 0251-8387303  

 

XOXO,

VISIT INDONESIA: Bogor Short Adventure Getaway

Hi there!

My Adventure Team Mates!

So, today I'm going to tell you my little adventure in Bogor last week. On Saturday, my friends and I went to Sentul, which is an area near Bogor, West Java. It took us 4 hours drive from Jakarta to Sentul. Well, actually it is not that long, but we stopped at the rest area quite long. Sentul is famous with elite neighborhood, Jungle Land (a kind of theme park), and Pasar Ahpoong. But, this time, I did not go to any of those places. We went to Curug Barong, a hidden waterfall in Sentul. One of my friend, really wanted to see waterfall. Actually, we were planning to go to Bandung to see another waterfall, but since a few shortcoming, we cancelled the trip to Bandung, and going to Sentul/Bogor instead.

Curug means waterfall in Sundanese language. So, Curug Barong means Barong Waterfall. Barong in Indonesia, is a kind of popular mythology character especially in Java and Bali. But, I don't have any idea of why the waterfall named after it. Any ways, finding the waterfall is a thrill adventure to all of us. Oh, I forgot to mention that I went with 4 friends of mine. They are my high school friends. The trip went smoothly until we arrived at the front gate of Jungle Land. Then, we faced an extreme narrow path! We have to pass a narrow gangway in some unidentified place on the GPS. We have to hike those path for about 45 minutes I guess. We also saw a lot of bikers on our way to the waterfall. While on our way, we saw an woman 'bule' fell down from her bike. We asked her if she needs a help, but she is perfectly fine and continued to bike to the top. Cool woman! 

To break-up those long writing...

At around 10 AM, we have arrived at the parking lot of the waterfall. The sun was perfectly striking through our skin! It was damn hot! FYI, Bogor area is known for the city of rain, so it should not be that hot. Thanks to global warming, it was freakin' hot! Plus, I wore a wrong ootd at that time. :( From the parking lot to the entrance of the waterfall took us for 10-15 steps. HAHA! Then we have to walk up and down the hill to get to the waterfall. Going to the waterfall was quite okay, but coming back to our car was extremely tiring. Plus we wore sandals when we went back to our car. Nevertheless, it was very fun! :D

This place is a secret tourist destination. But, there are some local tourists that have come to this waterfall. Curug Barong cannot be apart from Leuwi Hejo. Leuwi means pool to take a bath (tempat pemandian in Indonesian) and Hejo means green or hijau in formal Indonesian. The water from the waterfall run through to the river and it is used by the local. The waterfall itself does not look like other waterfall. Since, the waterfall is quite short. But, it is unique, since it looks like a water park pool. But I do like it here. The water was cold and it perfectly match with the sunny weather at that time. Especially if you come with your friends! The waterfall looks like this:

 

Yes, it is the waterfall.

Oh! There is a monk up there!

Blissful day

Unlike most people say about Indonesian water, this waterfall is almost perfect! It has the clear water, quite clean, since there are some people that are still smoking in this beautiful scene and throw away their cigarettes in the bushes! I DO NOT GET THE IDEA OF SMOKING IN THIS KIND OF PLACE. What a freak! :S 

By the way, if you are interested to come here, I'll let you know how to down below. If not, just skip this part, and see my other adventure, which is culinary adventure in Bogor here.

How to visit Curug Barong:

1. If you come from Jakarta, just use GPS and search for Jungle Land. It is just a regular way if you go to Bogor. Jungle Land is located in Sentul, just before the exit to Bogor. 
2. If you have already found the front gate of Jungle Land, do not go inside the Jungle Land. When you see the gate, turn left, and you will see a small path.
3. Then follow the path all the way up until you see the banner of Curug Barong and Leuwi Hejo. Ask the locals if you are not sure. Oh by the way, you might have to across a terrible bridge. It feels like you are riding a roller-coaster. LOL. But, your car will be just fine. ;)

There you go! Have fun there! Don't forget to share your experience if you come here. :D 
Oh! By the way, not only this waterfall that is located here, but there are some other waterfall that you might like to visit. Also, another famous location is Gunung Pancar. It is a pine tree forest, and it was good also. I've never been there, but my other friends does. So, if you prefer forest than waterfall, you might check that out. 

Note for anyone who will visit this area, first there will be no signal. Second, wear light (in term of weight) outfit or use a swimming suit if you want to swim there. Third, bring a water-resistant bag or you put your belongings into a plastic bag then put it on your bag. Fourth, don't forget to bring sunblock, towel, underwear and cloth, and camera! :D

Well, that's all!! Have fun there!
See you soon on my next post! 
Bubyeee

Bonus picture! THANKS FOR READING!

XOXO,

UPDATE: Quarter half of 2015

Hello!

It's been a long time since I didn't post anything on this blog, because I was quite busy at the moment. So, this post is going to update what I'm up to till this month. I will be off again until next July, because I have to focus on my organization activities as well my academic activities. And it is almost the time that I have to prepare on my internship on July. It will be much fuss, but I'll update to you soon!

So, in January I came back to school (or university). I was busy preparing for my charity event with the ambassadors of my university. It was so hectic! The preparations, the problems, the "bull head fighting", and so on. I was so depressed at that time. I don't eat properly, I don't do so much fun activities, I was online for instagram and path only. I was anti-social at that moment, I don't go out with my friends, and much more things I cannot do, because of this event. 

Then, on February the 7th, all of my hard work were paid off! The event has successfully executed! Yeay! Thanks God for the strength He gave me and also my supportive boyfriend as well as my committee! Me love you all! Well, if you want to know more about the event, just comment on the comment box below! It was quite a story. hahaha. 

It was such a relieve that the event has finished, but there is another event that I have to execute on March. It was my last program in my duty as the student board member. And after that all of my activities focused to the academic activities. My friends and I have a project to make a tour package. It was exhausting and we are afraid that no one would like to join our tour. To see more detail on the tour project, you might click here, it is my other blog related to my university life. I made it as part of my English class project, but I would like to continue post on it. :D

And, finally it's April! I have my exam on the second week of April and then I got 2 week break. And now, I was on my break. It was so sad that it will be end in a few days. I need more holidaaayyyy! Though, I did not go on any vacations or do something really interesting, but I really need more holidays!! :( Anyways, I'll be posting some interesting places in Jakarta and Bogor soon! :D

That's all for my quick update about my life in early 2015. Hope you enjoyed it and I'll talk to you soon on my next post! 

XOXO,