Assalamualaikum warrahmatullah wabarakatuhu!

Ada yang pengen terbang gratis pakai Garuda Indonesia? You'd better watch this post out! hahaha.

Hi there! kali ini saya mau share ke kalian tentang event yang beberapa hari lalu saya hadiri. Berawal dari e-mail yang masuk ke inbox saya berisi undangan Media & Community Gathering dari Garuda Indonesia, like, seriously, hahaha. Saya juga sempet heboh sewaktu baca e-mailnya. I mean, it's The Airlines of Indonesia loh, hahaha ampun noraknya. E-mail tersebut kurang lebih isinya tentang undangan acara pengenalan website media sosial baru Garuda Indonesia yaitu www.garudasocialmiles.com yang juga bagian dari Garuda Miles.

Awalnya sempat ragu sih acara apaan ini jangan-jangan hoax karena saya mah apa atuh kan *nyadar* jadi saya langsung googling deh nama sang pengirim email dan pembicara di acara tersebut nanti. Salah satu pembicara utamanya adalah Daniel Tumiwa yaitu VP Digital Business Garuda Indonesia. Dari hasil perselancaran, saya pun jadi tau kalau beliau ini dulunya adalah Manager dari PT Multiply Indonesia (pasti tau kan?) sekarang beliau sudah bergabung dengan Garuda Indonesia sekaligus menjabat sebagai CEO OLX Indonesia. Okelah, akhirnya saya pun yakin untuk datang ke gathering yang memilih venue di Roaster & Bear, Jl. Mangkubumi tersebut.

Daniel Tumiwa memberi sambutan kepada peserta gathering

Have you heard about the term boutique hotel? I bet you have heard it all around and about. Boutique hotels now seem to be gaining popularity in Indonesia, especially in a cultural-tourism city such as my hometown, Yogyakarta, where domestic and foreign tourists always coming, one after another. I have witnessed that hotels are developing rapidly in Yogyakarta in the past few years. Even more, there are many new tall building stand (or about to stand) all around the city. I am one of those who think that this is worrisome yet beneficial, haha. 

Anyway, talking about boutique hotels, they usually have quite few rooms, about 10-100 rooms which offer special facilities or unique settings with full service accommodations. Boutique hotels are often individual and focused to serve customer in comfortable, intimate, and welcoming setting, they are likely not gonna be found among the homogeneity of large hotels. 

The unexpected thing is, last month, I get to experience this brand new unique atmosphere of tourism business. Located in Gerilya street, Mergangsan, Prawirotaman II, Yogyakarta, the Greenhost Boutique Hotel stood up to be so eye-catching at first sight. One word to describe it, artsy. With an initial mission of having some scrumptious munch at the hotel's restaurant, I was lured by the oh-mazing architecture of the building starting from entrance up to the top. I can't help myself to not capture every little thing I saw. I satisfied my curiosity over my starve by exploring all over the place first, where I saw many cool things amused my eyes that literally made my day!


The Greenhost Boutique Hotel has about 96 rooms all over the four storeys building, and a yet-unfinished hydroponic garden that (currently) grows lettuces at rooftop. This hotel has a very unique way of decorating their exterior. They get most materials from residues such as dry leaves to make an artificial hanging pine tree, cement-sprayed wall (they purposely don't paint them), PVC pipes for corridor fence with lettuces growing on it, and many more. I may say the genre is Eco-Boutique Hotel.

I get the chance to do hundred selfies that time, lol. I mean, this place is sooo unique, never before seen, it is a hotel, a fresh city farm, and an art gallery at once. The highlight of this visit was the pose in the middle of lettuces, I was so happy, I don't need to leave, I always dream of having a farm in my house so I can supply groceries on my own. The mini farm is definitely an inspiration, and a dream come true!


I was wandering around sight-seeing and capturing things, when two personnel of the hotel came by asking which institution I am coming from, well, I told them I am a blogger, lol. After some chit-chat they invited me to see the rooms, and requested me to take more pictures. They have total 96 rooms, but not all are available, yet only few of them are operating. But only get to experience some of them are so exciting, being a blogger has given me lotsa new opportunities!

Each room has its own design, that is why this place is totally a boutique hotel. There are interior designers working exclusively on a room or several rooms with a theme but different designs. Aside from exteriors, the interiors also came from wasted materials or residues upgraded into useful things such as CFC tube, split in half for lamp caps, a used wood-packing with many spike holes for room ceiling, even a rusty metal plate for closets, here's some sneak peak of what is happening.


A little selfie won't hurt anybody, all right. How do you think? Don't you guys love it? This place is recommended for any people of all ages. Meanwhile, back at the restaurant, I managed to accomplish my initial mission, let's munch munch! The restaurant itself was not less pleasing, it was another standing ovation *clap clap*.

So, for you who are living in Jogja, and apparently won't be needing to rent a place to stay, you can still experience this awesomeness (or I know you want to take lotsa photos, lol). The restaurant is open for public, for nongkrong, nangkring, whatever. The menu is Indonesian-tongue-friendly, price is so-so, I mean totally affordable and down to earth, haha. Let me show you how things are going in the last pics below, and by that, I mean this is the end of the post. Thanks for reading, kindly leave your thoughts, and see you in the next review! Wassalam.

Salaam, hi again!

It's okay to have more than a post a day, isn't it? Sure. This morning is the only time I can take some for blogging anyway. I'm currently having my final semester exam. I mean, the very last semester exam, for next semester there will be no classes anymore, happy yet unhappy. Those who had been here must understands. Begitulah, rasanya...

I'm excited to write about my short weekend trip to padang ilalang in Maguwaharjo last year (last month), why? karena jujur datang ke tempat ini bikin saya berhasil dapet me-time yang qualified banget, happy, relaks, dan puas. You can see the details from the expression below.

Kelebihannya, padang ilalang ini tempatnya terjangkau. Meaning, gak jauh dari pusat kota Jogja, yaitu di tepat di area depan sebelah timur Stadion Maguwoharjo. Kalau tinggal di bagian ujung Jogja yang berlawanan, tinggal lewat jalur ringroad aja lalu keluar di daerah ringroad utara Maguwo, and put Stadion Maguwoharjo on your Maps/GPS directions.

As you can see, THIS PLACE IS SOOO DREAMY!!! Awal tau tempat ini karena lihat update hashtag #explorejogja di Instagram oleh salah satu warga Jogja. Sekarang ini sudah banyak dan beragam update feed Instagram yang sangat menarik berkaitan dengan eksplorasi alam dan kekayaan Indonesia. Sebagai warga Jogja, seneng ketika tau kalau ternyata, Jogja punya banyak tempat menarik yang bisa dikunjungi untuk sekedar refreshing melepas penat, sampai untuk keperluan wedding photoshoot, dan group camping. Of course there's no one camping out in the middle of these flowing weeds, lol.

Now, please welcome...Tubby 'Po' (muslimah). Ini last time when in Candi Abang, guys. Abang darimana? (In Javanese, Abang = Merah = Red) okay, now for further explanation...please...

This time, I'm letting you guys know about this one lovely place I recently found deep (not-so-down) in an invisible corner of Jogja, the 'And Or Book Store'. Sebuah toko buku unik yang berisi buku-buku unik, dengan konsep yang unik juga.

First of all, sure you guys wanna know where this place exists! haha. And Or Book Store itu lokasinya di daerah Gejayan, Yogyakarta. Tepatnya, kalau dari mirota gejayan, lurus dikit sampai ke selokan mataram, belok kiri, sampe pertigaan, lakukan U-turn (balik arah tapi jangan sampai bablas ke jalan gejayan lagi), lalu lihat bagian kiri jalan, perhatikan sampai bertemu toko Cheaper Cheaper, lalu lihat sebelahnya, ada Roti Papi, nah, di Roti Papi itulah tempatnya, silahkan masuk dan naiklah ke lantai 2, and ta..tarara....!

I don't think I need to explain much abt this place, as you have seen from the pics, bet you guys are lovin' it! Bookstore ini kebanyakan isinya buku-buku dari luar negeri (bukan swasta juga sih maksudnya) so, mostly buku-buku di sini gak dijual di toko-toko buku lokal, yang gak apal juga judul/authornya klo disebutin satu-satu, haha. So, talkin' bout the books, since I'm not their employee, I don't know much abt their collections, so you guys may go directly to their blog here.