Jika anda berencana pergi ke Jogja, yang satu ini bisa dimasukkan ke daftar tempat untuk dikunjungi di Jogja. Bangunan bertembok tinggi yang terkesan vintage ini terletak di kawasan kompleks Tamansari. Ini memang bangunan tua yang sudah tidak sempurna, tapi memiliki banyak background yang bagus untuk OOTD, hey, tenang ajaaa para OOTD lovers! Tidak hanya anda yang bisa melihat sekeliling menyaksikan kejayaan masa lalu Jogjakarta, anda juga bisa mendapatkan sejumlah foto yang bagus, keren kan?

Tempat kali ini dimana saya berfoto adalah daerah dekat Pasar Ngasem yang lama. Sebenarnya saya tidak benar-benar tahu bangunan apa ini, tapi dindingnya sangat tinggi, dan sepertinya ada langit-langit yang melengkung jaman dulu, tapi sekarang atapnya sudah tidak ada lagi, jadi anda bisa melihat langsung ke langit dari dalam gedung. Anyways, pencahayaannya sempurna karena cahaya masuk ke dinding dan membentuk bayangan yang indah. Dinding yang dicat terang memantulkan cahaya terhadap kita dengan baik.

Oh, kawasan Tamansari semuanya direnovasi dan dicat ulang. Bangunan ini dibangun pada 1800, dan tentu saja, menjadi agak rusak dan berlumut saat tidak digunakan. Tapi, sekarang masih cukup memberikan vibes abad ke-18 kepada para pengunjung, dan bahkan kepada penduduk lokal seperti saya, karena saya juga tidak pernah benar-benar ada waktu mengunjungi situs tradisional, tapi saya selalu takjub dengan sejarah yang dimiliki kampung halaman saya ini. Saya juga sangat puas dengan hasil yang saya di foto kali ini, agak mistis tapi elegan, agak touristy juga jadi keliatan liburan, haha!

Jadi, apakah kalian siap untuk melaukan perjalanan yang tradisional sekaligus stylish di Jogja? jangan ketinggalan pesona Tamansari yah! Kalian juga bisa browsing lebih lanjut tentang apa lagi yang bisa dilihat di sana karena masih banyak lagi. Semoga perjalanan kalian nanti menyenangkan! Terima kasih sudah baca!

Anyone looking for where to go this weekend in Jogja? I recommend you to visit Hayati Coffee. To make it easier for you to find, it is accross to Kolese De Britto High School, so simply just locate your maps/GPS there.

It's finally reaching the end of my post. I hope these informations helpful, thankyou for reading and see you on the next review post!

Love,

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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.

After Jakarta, my next stop is, Bandung. A very short but qualified trip. Been longing for this one for four and a half years. Last NY's holiday was a perfect moment for finally bein' able to arrange a Bandung trip.

I really wanted to tell you all about this one of the best moments of my holiday, but long story short, I ended up having my first day of 2015 in this breathtakingly beautiful place called 'Lawangwangi Creative Space & Art Gallery' SubhanAllah, feel so blessed.

Lawangwangi Creative Space & Art Gallery has been SO POPULAR. I know this is so yesterday cus many people have came here long before, but I think it's still a must visit when you are coming to Bandung. This place is located in Jl. Dago Giri No.99, Bandung, or locals refer to it as 'Dago atas', cus it is actually located up hill of Bandung city, and almost near to Lembang.

Diary ke-2 Jakarta ini sebenernya kejadiannya adalah sebelum kejadian pada diary pertama. Dalam agenda liburan saya di Jakarta, sebelum bertemu mba Puput, sebenernya saya lebih dulu bertemu dengan mba Annisa Marwati, seorang arsitek berdomisili Jakarta Barat yang sudah saya kenal lama sejak sebelum kuliah, sampai sekarang. Nama panggilan akrabnya adalah mba Nichan.

Seperti yang saya ceritakan di entri sebelumnya, akhir tahun kemarin saya dan keluarga pergi ke Jakarta dalam rangka menghadiri acara pernikahan salah satu anggota trah sekaligus menghabiskan liburan akhir tahun. Sebenernya, waktu bertolak kesana, kuliah belum benar-benar libur, masih ada seminggu lagi sebelum hari tenang menjelang UAS. Tapi, justru orang tua malah menyarankan untuk mengambil libur lebih awal karena pentingnya acara keluarga yang harus dihadiri (modus terselubung). Akhirnya saya pun mengambil 'jatah'. Beruntung masih punya 'jatah' membolos pada mata kuliah satu minggu tersebut. Untuk yang ini, jangan ditiru ya! nggak baik! hahaha.

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.