Eropa part 1

Lagi bingung nih mau nulis apaan di blog, soalnya lagi ga ada happening akhir-akhir ini. Setelah sibuk cari-cari blog tentang trip ke eropa, jadi ke inspirasi deh untuk nulis di blog tentang eropa trip aku. Soalnya aku selalu kepengen baca blog tentang trip seseorang, ada yg perlu di prepare, beli tiket dimana, inep dimana, berapa budgetnya. Supaya one day mau pergi, kita ada gambaran aja. Mana tau ada yg bisa belajar dari pengalaman yang ada.

Mari Kita Mulai yuk! agak panjang gapapa ya?

Kapan? 
Karena aku perginya sama temen aku yang lagi kuliah di Edinburgh, aku bener2 ikutin jadwal liburan dia aja. Dan setelah di confirm 18 may - 31 may, ya langsung decide negara aja. Simple hehe..

Tour atau Backpack?
Out of the question sih buat aku, pastinya langsung backpack. Aku ga suka abisin waktu di bus, dan ke tourism spot cuman untuk foto-foto, abis itu langsung naik bus. Apalagi disuruh bangun pagi, ogah! dan lagi, menurut filosofi aku sama temen aku, cara untuk enjoy a country adalah menjadi penduduk tempat itu sendiri, alias males2an ngopi2 di coffee shop hehe *bekperker gadungan*

Kemana?
Pas decide kemana, kita sempat explore sampe yg ga lazim hehe. Prinsip awalnya sih, secara kita cuman berdua masih single & bekpek, maunya ke tempat aneh2 yg sulit digapai pake travel (alias mahal bener klo pake travel), seperti: skandinavia, iceland, croatia, gitu2. Cuman yah, apa daya, karna kita belom pernah ke negara2 "pasaran" seperti Perancis, Swiss dan Italy. Kita putuskan untuk pergi ke negara2 "standar" dulu, nanti kalau ada rejeki dan waktu, baru deh ke tempat yg kurang lazim seperti Ireland, Scotland, Lapland *mimpi* hehehe

Tadinya mau ke UK, cuman setelah coba2 isi2 aplikasi visa, jadi ciut, kayanya berat minta visa UK dan lagi biaya membludak kalo apply visa UK dan schengen. *bekpek kere nih*

jadi final destination nya adalah : Perancis (Paris, Avignon) - Swiss (Geneva, Luzern) - Italy (Venice, Cortona dan Rome) dalam 13 hari :) plus 2 hari di pesawat.

Naik apa?
Setelah ceki2, memang yg termurah adalah: Qatar Airways, Etihad, Emirates dan Malaysia Airlines. Cuman pas lagi iseng di GI, lagi ada promo Qatar Airways. Pas ditanya, open jaw JKT -Paris - Rome -Jakarta, cuman USD 850. Emirates bisa 300 USD diatas, apalagi Malaysia Airlines. Akhirnya diputuskan beli deh. Take a risk padahal visa belum diurus. hehe

Btw, beli tiketnya online juga sih akhirnya. Dan selalu usahakan open jaw, biar ga habisin waktu utk travel ke kota awal yah.

Visa?
Lazimnya, visa diapply ke kedutaan dimana kita akan spend waktu paling lama. misalnya, kita masuk lewat Perancis, tapi durasi travelnya paling lama di Itali, maka visa harus di apply dari kedutaan Itali. Btw, katanya kedutaan Itali dan Belanda terkenal lebih mudah untuk memberikan visa loh. Di case aku, aku akan spend 4 hari masing2 di perancis dan itali, cuman aku akhirnya memilih utk apply dari kedutaan perancis yg terkenal kedua tersulit setelah kedutaan jerman, karna aku masuk eropa dari Paris. Pede aja hehe..

Aku ga akan jelasin prosedurnya yah, karena simple kok. Untuk keperluan pengurusan visa, kedutaan Perancis di Indonesia ceritanya diwakilkan oleh agent TLS contact di UOB Plaza. Ada websitenya, tinggal diikutin aja kok. Aku bayar kira2 IDR 1juta untuk biaya visa dan aplikasi. Excluding biaya travel insurance IDR 350 ribu dari ACA, dan biaya tetek bengek utk buat surat bank untuk konfirmasi rekening koran.

Repotnya cuman kita harus book hotel setiap malam selama kita travel, dalam keadaan sibuk dan mefet (mefet karena males2an urusinnya hehe). Untuk pilihan akomodasi, bakal dijelaskan setelah aku pulang yah. biar jelas apakah pilihan aku sekarang itu bagus atau engga :) tapi yang jelas, aku ga selalu hotel, kadang hostel, kadang dorm *kere*

prosesnya cuman 15 menit di TLS untuk submit dokumen, ga ada interview, orang2nya ramah plus ada customer survey makanya orang2nya ramah2 kali ya? Ga seperti kedutaan lainnya, seperti Jepang dan Swedia. Dulu aku sudah pernah ke Eropa, tapi lewat Swedia untuk keperluan biz trip, rasanya orang yg interview aku sombong sekali, even orang Indonesia.

Anyway, documents aku serahkan ke TLS tgl 28 Maret trus tanggal 3 April aku udah ditelpon kedutaan Perancis sama orang Perancis. Pertanyaannya simple apakah aku bener kesana sendiri dari Indonesia karena menurut dia ga normal cewe Indonesia single jalan2 ke eropa sendiri (kata siapaaaa).. Setelah dijelasin kalau aku kesana sendiri tapi akan pergi bareng dengan temen aku, dia baru bilang, okeh akan diissued visanya. Plus embel2 nanya nationality temen aku. Anyway, overall nice experience, plus sincerely dia bilang "have a great trip" :D 2 hari kemudian, paspor bisa di pick up deh. Jadi sekitar 8 calendar days deh untuk pengurusannya. Simple.

Next?
Nah, belom tau deh mau share apa dulu, karena sampe sekarang, 21 hari sebelum hari H, aku belom bikin itinerary untuk spot2 mana yg akan dikunjungi di tiap kota. Cakep! males dan sibuk hehe.

Nyambung nanti ya di part 2... Daaa

Pay Day!

Hooray!


I am now rich again =D

After a long while, finally the salary and bonus payout is in my account yesterday. *yippy yippy*

I immediately listing my expenses to ensure the allocation is being split wisely, and bum! after a 'wise' split, it's becoming my usual poor account (*_*)

A big chunk of it goes to my trip next month, so it gotta be a great trip!

With little money in my pocket, I can't stand the temptation to splurge a bit, but it's only a bit, it's okay right? right? right? I just purchase a complete set of cleansing foam and scrub for another innisfree product, plus a BB cream from Faceshop from Siren's recommendation.

I'll come back for the product review in a while, as it is a pre-order purchase, hence it'll take 3 weeks to get it delivered.

I have been fascinated to skin care for 3+ years after I returned from Japan. Funny thing is while I was living in Tokyo, a heaven for skin care enthusiast, I don't care about skin care routine. I only work from 8 morning until 2 in the morning everyday (*_*).

So, thinking to share my review on skincare and make up products in this blog. Well, this is a blog to share about my daily life, so I can share whatever I want. Bear with me! :D 

Upcoming Trip : Yay!

Hoho.. 20ish days to come before the long-awaited 15 days of holiday. Been able to go for a back pack trip to a far far away places prior getting married has always been a dream of mine. Well, not so great dream probably for some people who have more bravery to indulge, to splurge or even to borrow money for the trip.


For me, it's a long long long consideration whether or not to spend those money that actually can be better-spent on buying a house, car, investment, and anything rather that go-enjoy-and-broke.


But come to think about it, I never really splurge with many luxury bags, shoes, skincare, clothes (bf, don't tell me that it's a denial please. I only buy cheap cheap things hoho). This is the last trip alone (the last trip planned this year hehe).


Anyway, to stop you wonder, my next trip is Europe. Yay! 13 days of trip (after 2 days spent in flight) for france, swiss and italy. air-ticket paid, hotel booked, train paid, visa issued. Yay! But why I am lazy even to make itinerary on where to visit, where's the famous tourism spot? -__-


I am going to meet my old friend who is studying in Scotland in Paris. I know that she is a good tour guide haha.. Her korean guidebook has everything so I'll just quietly follow haha. Even if she doesn't have the magic book, I will be happy just to stroll around and have a sip of coffee every few hours haha.. Lazy traveller I am.


Until 18th May, I just want to rest my small brain and think of happy things. and now, I want a spicy beautika, a menado restaurant. aaaa... missing you, yummy foods

My Fave product of the week: Innisfree Jeju Clay Mask

I actually stumbled upon this product when I am browsing disdus.com.  My skin was so bad (well, actually still not that good until now) that I immediately locked my eyes on the perfect complexion of Yoona. I know I can't have a complexion like her, but I am screaming to get my old complexion back.

After years of slavery at work -_-, my skin got to pay for all these drama, endless breakout and looking dull!

It cost me IDR 155k for a 100mL jar, not bad although after I purchased it I found someone who sell it 25K cheaper, but it's ok. This precious little jar was delivered to me 2 weeks after that almost made me leap from my chair. Online shopping is dangerous when you purchase and pay your credit card, but give an extraordinarily happy moment when you finally hold it in your hands haha :) genius is the one starting the online shopping.

I tried for 1 week now. It should be used as a mask for 1-2 a week, and we can use generously apply in breakout and leave it overnight. Well in a week, I used it as a mask for 3 times and 5 nights for breakout -_-

Of course, it doesn't heal overnight, but I can the redness fading, the new breakout dry faster. Not bad for 155K mask :)

Like:

- Brighten my skin tone

- Very easy to apply, smooth and hassle free

- Doesn't have odd scent

- As mentioned, it does fade the break out redness

- Leave supple feeling after you wash it

Dislike:

- Doesn't remove breakout as instant as I'd wish for. But coming with such price, I can't ask for more

- It doesn't work for my blackheads

Here's the look of the product:

Now, I will try 2 more things from innisfree: The Jeju Cleansing Foam and Trouble Skin BB Cream. Wish me luck!

Btw, regarding my not-so-pleasant argument with my boyfriend, well I admit that it was me who being selfish. Bear with me, bf :)

My First Post

This is another attempt on blogging :) first one is friendster's which already gone, 2nd blog is blogspot where I can't even remember the blog name nor gmail account used. then this is the 3rd attempt after 4 years. let's pray that this one will last :)


Funny that I actually made this blog at almost midnight coz I can't sleep. Not a good beginning to blog, I am not in a good mood after being frustrated at my poor boyfriend. Can't say that it was an argument nor quarrel, as it was only me who threw all the blames. In fact, it's actually feels more terrible than being blamed as the guilt is unbearable. but at one hand, I can't keep it forever. I need to throw it out, I wanna see if something and he has change, not another promise that things will change and will get better someday.


I wonder if we can change someone's personality? or, can I change mine? or, just leave it as it is, and find our own way in a separate life.