Actually I don't really have very favourite blogs that I love to read everyday. Because I love to read any kind of blogs by anyone. Travel blog, beauty blog, culinary blog, anything.
Because I think every individual have their own style when they write. So that unique style is the one that I always enjoy to read. Either it's the way they write, or their pictures, or anything in their blog.
But, mostly, I love to read blog about recipe. My two favorite blogs for recipe are Dear Crissy and Just A Pinch. I even subscribe them, because I love to see any recipes there to make an idea for meal/ Beside, they serve lots of international dishes too.
For beauty, I love to watch Jefferee Star's youtube channel. Don't judge me, LOL. I love how she sooooo honest about everything. Makes me happy if she review a drugstore makeup, but makes me sad when he review a very expensive makeup (can't afford it LOL).
But, I love to read any kind of beauty blog too. There is no special or favourite blog for beauty, because I think all the beauty blogger are awesome.
I think it is so important. It is so important for me to get more education for my self as a woman and as a person.
I came from the country that it is so difficult to make people around me understand, that education have no gender. So many times I become a black sheep of the family just because I don't want to marry in my 20, I keep telling my family that I want to study higher.
Some of women in my family have the same level education as me, but different level of University, and trust me, I even don't care about how high level is my University, but they are. And they think become a woman who get better education will be an old virgin.
It took so many times and emotions to tell them that better education will makes us a better person. No matter the gender is. But for them, the higher a woman take her education, the more they become so far from being a wife.
Yes, for them, being a woman mean being a great wife (in old term). Taking care husband, and the kids. Staying at home, greet the husband when he came from work.
So, there is not a surprise if you read or hear there are still so many marries with under age woman.
Even thought there are some women already think that they are the one who choose their destiny, including marry and education in Indonesia.
I guess my country still have to fight harder to makes people realise that education is really important. For any gender.
Because a well educated woman means a better family too.
If I had this question five years ago, my answer will be "move to other company" or "back to study at Uni" or "living outside Indonesia".
Now, one of that wish already fulfill.
If this this question asks again to me now, I believe I still be at Australia, perhaps, taking my master degree at Uni, and already have life rhythm at Australia.
Perhaps, perhaps having holiday to some countries that I want to be visit.
Day fourteen and the theme is a little bit difficult. Because I think I don't have much healthy habit.
- Think Positive
Positive thinking is the healthy habit, right? Especially when I am now in the transition. A very different environment, the change of life rhythm, it can depressed me. So by trying thinking positive, I think it also can makes the healthier me.
The result is not just making me less depressed, but I think I become more positive to other people too.
The result is not just making me less depressed, but I think I become more positive to other people too.
- Keep my skin moist
This also part of healthy habit right? LOL. Especially not only life, but also my skin is change after move to Melbourne. So I tried so hard to keep the skin moist. Lots of moisturizer is a must. And more skin care than make up now. Drink lots and lots of water too.
- Keep the House As Tidy as I can
I have a little allergic to dust too. Even thought in Melbourne the dust is less than in Indonesia, but still I tried to keep the house have a little dust and sand, and everything dusty. Hate it. LOL.
Day 13, and for the theme is what inside my fridge.
Our home have one big fridge. And nowadays it is not really much inside it. Because we spent lots of money for my visa, so we are really really tight at budget now. But, there are some things that always inside the fridge.
Say cheese, eggs, and butter. Those things are the must have things in the fridge. Because my boyfriend likes cheese so much, and the he sometimes bring toast for his lunch at work.
Tips, we bought a supermarket brand for cheese and also butter. It is cheaper tho.
Our home have one big fridge. And nowadays it is not really much inside it. Because we spent lots of money for my visa, so we are really really tight at budget now. But, there are some things that always inside the fridge.
Say cheese, eggs, and butter. Those things are the must have things in the fridge. Because my boyfriend likes cheese so much, and the he sometimes bring toast for his lunch at work.
Tips, we bought a supermarket brand for cheese and also butter. It is cheaper tho.
Sometimes there is small container of sambal, just because sometimes we found the habanero chili is at sale, and I love spicy food. So I made Indonesian sambal from the bird eye chili and habanero.
Have you read about me in this blog? If you have you must know that we have two different milks at our fridge too. The lactose free one is for me, because I have lactose intolerance. And it really help me tho. I don't drink milk actually, the milk is for tea or coffee, or making something that need milk in it.
Slowly but sure, we also try to have a healthy life. That is why we now always have a bottle of juice at our fridge too.
Buying vegetables is a little bit risky. Sometimes if we bought fresh, we keep it for a long time at our fridge, forget about it, and ended up at bin. So the best thing to do is bought the ready to use one. Like the picture below.
Buying vegetables is a little bit risky. Sometimes if we bought fresh, we keep it for a long time at our fridge, forget about it, and ended up at bin. So the best thing to do is bought the ready to use one. Like the picture below.
We also have lots and lots of bottles of anything. Starts from minced garlic (because my skin have allergic with garlic and its friend), pickles (any kind of pickles we want to have at that time), strawberry jam, mustard, sauces, and some Asian spices that can't be find fresh here.x
Freezer
We depend our vegetables supply with the frozen veggie, LOL. That is why we always have two packs at least at our freezer. Beside it long lasting it also cheaper.
We also have bread at our freezer. My boyfriend said that the toast will be last longer if we keep it at freezer.
And the other that always at freezer are ice cream and lots of meat. LOL.
I have to admit that we are more likely to have frozen food than not. The reason it because the frozen food will last longer.
Day 12, and still on fire!!
So, the theme for day 12 is my favorite childhood book.
I started really early in the terms of reading. I able to read when I was three years old, and still love to read until now.
My mother like to bought a kids magazine. In my time, kids magazine full of fantasy creatures. A pink elephant, a cat that walk with two feet, an elf, an angel, a rabbit family. In a terms of international reading, I like to read an adventure themes like Asterix and Obelix.
I still love to read those kind of magazines until my 6 years. When In my 7 years, it is difficult to get into the kids section at the library. In fact I really like the kids section at the public library at my place. Beside it is so close at home, the kids section is really feel light, and cozy. I even love to read at one corner, and sit at their carpet with stacks of comics and magazines until I fall asleep.
For a girl who hasn't been 13 years old, I love to go to library for my own, and luckily my parents never forbid me to go to the library. Maybe because it was a public library, and near home, and all I did was reading (and napping).
My parents didn't bought me lots of reading books after I entered my primary school. Perhaps because the school books already expensive, and I still love going to library at that time. So, all the fairy tales that I knew is not come from my parents, but from the public library near my home.
But, if you ask me what is my favorite childhood books, I will say Sailor Moon.
For a girl who hasn't been 13 years old, I love to go to library for my own, and luckily my parents never forbid me to go to the library. Maybe because it was a public library, and near home, and all I did was reading (and napping).
My parents didn't bought me lots of reading books after I entered my primary school. Perhaps because the school books already expensive, and I still love going to library at that time. So, all the fairy tales that I knew is not come from my parents, but from the public library near my home.
But, if you ask me what is my favorite childhood books, I will say Sailor Moon.
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The funny thing is I never found this manga at the kids section nor teenager section at the library, or even from my parents. I knew this manga from my neighbor. All I can remember is her parents love to bought her and her brother manga. She have lots of manga stacks at her bedroom. So everytime I played at her home, I love to sit at the one corner of her bedroom and read her manga. LOL.
Why my parents didn't want to buy me manga? Because she didn't like me reading comic.
But I am so obsessed with this pretty guardians. Everytime my brother, his friends and I do a play time, I always pretended to be Sailor Venus (while in fact I am obsessed with Sailor Mars). Why? Because I love Sailor Venus Chain weapon.
I still like this manga/ anime until now. Really classic right. Do you obsessed with them too?
Why my parents didn't want to buy me manga? Because she didn't like me reading comic.
But I am so obsessed with this pretty guardians. Everytime my brother, his friends and I do a play time, I always pretended to be Sailor Venus (while in fact I am obsessed with Sailor Mars). Why? Because I love Sailor Venus Chain weapon.
I still like this manga/ anime until now. Really classic right. Do you obsessed with them too?
- indomie noodle
I'm so lucky that it easy to find Indomie noodle at Melbourne, and also my boyfriend also love eating Indomie, now his daughter also like it.
- Chicken
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Fried it in any form, Indonesian way, American way, Mexican way. Grill it, fried it, oven it. This is also my favorite one.
- Gorengan a.k.a Indonesian fried foods
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This is actually not really healthy food back in Indonesia, but it is my guilty pleasure, and was my savior. When I still at Uni, and have not much money, and my parents always late for monthly pocket, this food is my everyday food. At that time AU$1 you could have 5 until 10 pieces of whatever. LOL.
- Bakmi Jowo a.k.a Javanese Fried Noodle/ Ramen
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You could find this street seller vendor almost in every corner at Jogjakarta Indonesia. They not just only sells noodle, but also fried rice, and cap tjay, or boiled/ vegetables. Of course my favorite one is noodle. Either it's fried or boiled. I think the thing that makes it delicious beside the spices is the way they cook it. They use the traditional braziers for the stove replacement.
- Penyetan
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One of Indonesian traditional (and easy) food. Penyetan is basically any fried chicken, fried fish, fried tempeh, fried tofu put at any kind of sambals you choose. Then serve it with warm rice and fresh vegetables.
- Soto
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Kind of soup, but have lots of variants at Indonesia. Indonesian like to eat it for breakfast, and easy to find in everywhere, like Indonesian street vendor, or even at the Indonesian restaurant. Best time to eat it at the cold weather. Trust me.
My favourite kind of Sotos are Soto Ayam Banjar (Chicken Soup from Banjar), Soto Ayam Jawa (Chicken Soup from Java), Soto Bathok (Chicken Soup in Coconut Shell), Soto Jakarta (Meat Soup from Jakarta), and also the chicken soup that my mother made.
My favourite kind of Sotos are Soto Ayam Banjar (Chicken Soup from Banjar), Soto Ayam Jawa (Chicken Soup from Java), Soto Bathok (Chicken Soup in Coconut Shell), Soto Jakarta (Meat Soup from Jakarta), and also the chicken soup that my mother made.
- Macas Chicken Burger
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Mc Chicken, Chicken n Cheese, Classic Chicken, Chicken Club House, Spicy buffalo Chicken, Double Chicken burger. This kind of Mc Donald's burger.
Are you hungry after reading this? Same then, LOL.
Day ten of 30 days blogging challenge, the theme this time is my best trip.
Actually I still want to go to Ireland, but unfortunately, even I hold Permanent Resident at Australia, I still need to have the schengen visa. But, if I am changing my nationality to be Australian, I don't need any visa to go there.
But, if you asked me my best trip, I would say Great Ocean Road. Best for everything. Read the story HERE, if you don't know I made the post about it.
Day nine of 30 days blogging challenge. For day nine post, the theme is "what's in my bag" so, here we go.
This is my bag, and I owned it for long time. I bought it back when I still at Indonesia, and bought it online. Back when I still in Indonesia and earn money, I always have a budget to buy online. Not much budget, but every month I always bought something, online.
Because I worked at the remote area which is not much things sell there, so online is the only way to shopped something good.
Since I didn't put so much budget every month for online shopping, my bag price's also not that expensive. But surprisingly, it already with me for a long time. And I love this bag, because it just fit my petite body and have its cute teddy bear keychain.
Actually, I'm not a person that really like to bring bag everywhere. Since I have a petite body, bringing "normal size" bag is a pain for me. But, since I have to bring lots of things with me everywhere, I could say, lucky I have this bag.
Because I worked at the remote area which is not much things sell there, so online is the only way to shopped something good.
Since I didn't put so much budget every month for online shopping, my bag price's also not that expensive. But surprisingly, it already with me for a long time. And I love this bag, because it just fit my petite body and have its cute teddy bear keychain.
Actually, I'm not a person that really like to bring bag everywhere. Since I have a petite body, bringing "normal size" bag is a pain for me. But, since I have to bring lots of things with me everywhere, I could say, lucky I have this bag.
It's about more less four years I have this bag, and surprisingly (again), not much "treasure" inside this bag. LOL.
I just only brought some very important things inside it. I try to squeeze the things that I bought inside my bag.
I just only brought some very important things inside it. I try to squeeze the things that I bought inside my bag.
- Passport
This picture is my passport cover (with passport inside it of course). I always bring it everywhere as my ID. Back in Indonesia, I have national ID that fit in my wallet, and I should bring it everywhere with me. But since I move to Australia, and still with temporary visa (no card) I feel I should bring my passport wherever I go.
I put a cover in it, just because I don't want my passport get dirty or anything. It once almost gone, so yeah, I don't want it happen again.
I put a cover in it, just because I don't want my passport get dirty or anything. It once almost gone, so yeah, I don't want it happen again.
- Wallet & purse
I have coin purse and wallet inside my bag.
My coin purse is gift from my manager when he came back from Japan. Well, actually, I asked him to bring me something from there. I like this purse, because it thick, and have a pastel pink colour. Before I move to Australia, I didn't took it off from its box. I just put it at my working cubicle.
But since I move here, and I couldn't bring my piggy bank with me, so I moved all the coins inside my piggy bank to this purse. And again, since I move to Australia I am not need Indonesian money, I exchange it with Australian coins.
This is my wallet. Not much money inside it. And I also use it for the first time when I am already move to Australia. At first it had its own chain, but it gone, I assume it dropped at the car when I move to Australia.
Like any other things I have, this wallet have no expensive brand. I bought it because I think this wallet is pretty. And of course the color is pink pastel. The reason why I didn't use it back at Indonesia, is the same like the purse, I don't want it to get dirty. Luckily, since I used it now, it is not dirty (yet).
Inside the wallet, mostly important paper and cards. Like my tax number, letter from the bank, my eftpos, medicare, flybuys, some Indonesian's cards like Indonesian tax number card, and my driving license, and I still keep my Indonesian banking card (even have zero credit in it).
And since this card have no place for coin, that is why I use the purse for the coin. Since not much thing to do with the coin, so the purse is seldom come out from the bag.
- Mirror & compact powder
Right picture is mirror from Korea, and yes, it also gift from my manager when he back from Korea ( I think, I couldn't remember it). It is two sides mirror. So far this mirror is so useful, not only for me, but also for my boyfriend too.
You know, as a woman I sometimes need to see that my makeup still on point or not. That is why this mirror is always helpful.
As for my boyfriend, this mirror help him to see something far inside the car engine. Or anything that he need to see from the convex side.
And the compact powder, actually I bring it everywhere for touch up. A little tap in my face to keep the face oil free. But since I seldom have oily face at Melbourne, this powder also seldom come out from the bag.
- Eyeshadow & eyeshadow wand
Actually, I brought it because one day long time ago I need to do my eyeshadow at the car on our way to one event. But after that, I never use it anymore, but forget to pull it out from the bag.
- Lipsticks
These are the things that I always, always, use it. Yes lipsticks. Why lots of lipsticks at my bag? LOL. I even don't know either. Of course all of them have its own theme, like if I want my lip have the similar pout like Kyle Jenner, I use the lip liner and the lip cream (the lipcream is the birthday gift from my friend, and it's Indonesian brand, and it's suppppper beautiful). Or you want to do a Korean look style, or just want to make it simple. All have its own function.
But still why lots of it. Well, sometimes I need to touch up, or change it. Yes, it happened to me all the time.
The color actually is the same, PINK. But you know not all pink colour lipsticks are have the same pink, right.
- Menstrual pad
Since my menstrual period is not always on schedule, so I always worried that one day when I come out, it also out. So this pad is always at my bag. For safety matter of course.
- Mobile Phone
LOL. Of course this thing always inside my bag.
- Note book & pen
I still like to write something at the note book rather than type it at my phone, that is why I still bring the note book inside my bag. And trust me, you will need pen.
There you go. The things inside my bag. And yes, they are all always there. Except for the mobile phone, because sometimes I pull it out for getting away from the awkward conversation, or get rid the boredom, or just doing some instagram stories, LOL.
Oh yes I still use my mobile phone too for taking picture for my blog.
Oh yes I still use my mobile phone too for taking picture for my blog.
Day eight of 30 days blogging challenge, and I still keeping it up until today.
And in the day eight, I will write about my five current goals. Actually I have been write my yearly goal in my facebook, and also at my bullet journal. But, these are my current goals.
- Want to return my body shape like the one before I move to Melbourne
So, after I moved to Melbourne, my life rhythm become messed. No scheduled for everything, and especially eating. I have no rules for what I eat. So, after a year I spoiled my self with eat as much as I like, and caused me gain so much weight, I want to return to my weight before Melbourne.
- Want to come back to the career world
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I have been worked for 10 years, more less. Then since I moved to Melbourne, I automatically can't immediately work here. So it's been more than a year I am unemployed . At first it feels like vacation, after a load of works and two weeks works a week off but still at the same field, I really enjoyed a couple months being unemployed. But then it become really not as relax as before. Especially I became useless and powerless.
Of course boredom also one of the reason that I become more and more depressed. Blogging become one of my alternative to get out from the depression. But, how long that you have to type? 8 hours? Not that long, right. So, yes, blogging could help me, for a couple hours.
Now I just waiting for my partner visa to be accept, and it also means I could work or study here. But study without PR means I don't get government funding, while study in Australia is expensive.
I also applied several jobs, but neither of them accept me.
Of course boredom also one of the reason that I become more and more depressed. Blogging become one of my alternative to get out from the depression. But, how long that you have to type? 8 hours? Not that long, right. So, yes, blogging could help me, for a couple hours.
Now I just waiting for my partner visa to be accept, and it also means I could work or study here. But study without PR means I don't get government funding, while study in Australia is expensive.
I also applied several jobs, but neither of them accept me.
- More travelling please
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Visa application that cost us lots of money, and also the broken car is disaster for all the travelling junkie. Means I couldn't go everywhere far.
Ideally we planned to going somewhere every weekend. Because it is easy to find some places to enjoying the nature here.
But, plan is plan, lots of failed than realization.
Ideally we planned to going somewhere every weekend. Because it is easy to find some places to enjoying the nature here.
But, plan is plan, lots of failed than realization.
- Be more positive
Seems it is easy, but practically, it is difficult. It is so difficult to push your self not to say something bad, or judging someone, or being jealous, or always winging.
Especially I realize that my life now 180° different, and all the depressing things that I have to face. It is not really easy to be positive all the time. But I think it will be worth it
Especially I realize that my life now 180° different, and all the depressing things that I have to face. It is not really easy to be positive all the time. But I think it will be worth it
- Driving
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It's just about time. Because I seldom drive here, I want to drive too. Especially my driving license is makes me able to drive here.
