Travel to Thailand

Sooo.. Tomorrow (June, 14) I'm going to be on a plane to Bangkok, Thailand. This is my first time travelling abroad. And my first time travelling alone (without parents, without arranged tour with friends), arranging everything by myself, from booking the flight, to making itinerary. Well, not literally alone, I'll be with a partner, Cheni, a friend when I was working on Reynolds Partnership. We will stay there for five days (until June, 18).

Objects we are going to visit don't differ much from others' itinerary. We're going to visit Grand Palace, Wat Arun, Chatuchak Weekend Market, and other (I'll let you know after). We were planning to take a look on the beach there, but since it's our first time travelling abroad, we thought that it is better to stay focused on one destination first. Plus, the public transportation from Bangkok to the nearest nice beach there (which is Pattaya) doesn't match with our time schedule. So we just decided to take a deeper look to Bangkok.
Wish us a great trip. See you later with my pics on Bangkok! :D

New CItra Light Touch White

First thing first, I am not aiming this blog to be a beauty blog, or a fashion one, or anything. I just write what I'd love to write. So here I come, posting about the "beauty" part of myself.

I recently bought a deal on Groupon Indonesia (here is the link of the deal). The deal was products of Citra. Citra is one of those old-school hand & body lotion brand here in Indonesia. What I get by buying this deal are two products of Citra's newest variant: Light Touch White Gel with Japanese Wakame (that has not been released to public per June, 7th), I got the small package of hand & body gel lotion and serum. The packaging of the serum is quite big. And I purchased these two products for only 20.000 IDR, plus free shipping fee. Cheap, really (yeah that's why I decided to buy the deal anyway :P).

What I highlighted earlier is the phrase "gel". Yep, GEL. This lotion and serum consitency is not creamy like ordinary lotion and serum is. It is gel, for real.

When I first opened the package, I reaaaalyyy love the smell of the products (even when I just opened the package, not the lid of the lotion, I already smelt the scent). The scent is veryyy fresh, leaving you the after-bath impression. In my head, the scent is similar to the freshness of leaves (yep leaves!). I don't know why I tend to think such scent is similar to how leaves smell. Oya, if you ever use Carex Hand Gel in Aloe Vera, I think this smells similar to that Carex :)

I only try the lotion one (the serum one is sealed and I kinda not wanting to open it until I need it). The consistency of the lotion is gel, realyyy gel like the above pic that I took (sorry for the over-exposured image). The color is very pale green-ish. When it touched my skin, it felt so cool, refreshing, and hydrating. Like what's written on the promo card, it is quickly absorbed, and hydrates skin well. Well, I should say that this is quite true. Another thing is that it claims to make people's skin looks brighter. I don't know whether it is true because I don't really pay attention tho that detail.

Score: 7,5/10
Repurchase: Yes

TPA Bappenas Part 1

Salah satu syarat pendaftaran S2 UGM adalah melampirkan skor PAPs UGM atau TPA Bappenas. Untuk ikut tes PAPs UGM ini, biayanya adalah (kalau nggak salah) Rp. 175.000. Tapi karena tes PAPs UGM nggak terjangkau oleh saya dari segi jarak dan waktu (tesnya di hari kerja dan pastinya saya butuh lebih dari satu hari kerja untuk ke Jogja *tesnya di Jogja btw*), akhirnya saya mengikuti TPA Bappenas di Jakarta, walaupun dari segi biaya lebih mahal (Rp. 325.000), tapi kalau memperhitungkan waktu dan energi, rasanya pilihan ini lebih baik. Jadilah saya mendaftarkan diri untuk TPA pada tanggal 25 Mei.

Oh ya, langkah-langkah pedaftarannya kayak gini:

1. Buka website UPP TPA dan lihat jadwal yang memungkinkan untuk diikuti. Kalau belum ada bisa kontak via telepon untuk menanyakan. Anyway, teleponnya sering banget sibuk, tapi saya pernah menghubungi via e-mail, dan cukup responsif. Jadi kalau nggak bisa via telepon, via e-mail upptpa@yahoo.com pun bisa.
2. Unduh formulir pendaftaran di sini. Isi formulir tersebut.
3. Bayar biaya tes sebesar IDR 325.000 ke rekening BNI yang tercantum di formulir.
4. E-mail atau fax formulir pendaftaran, bukti transfer, dan identitas diri ke email yang sudah dicantumkan.
5. Setelah itu akan ada konfirmasi dari UUO UPP TPA.

Tes dilaksanakan di Bappenas, Jalan Taman Suropati 2, Jakarta. Ada dua sesi, sesi pagi (jam 08.00) dan siang (jam 13.00). Sebelum hari-H saya mencari alternatif kendaraan umum yang lewat di depan Bappenas dengan bertanya pada rekan yang kira-kira ngerti. Akhirnya pada hari-H, saya naik KRL sampai Stasiun Cikini, lalu naik Kopaja 20, jurusan Pasar Senen-Lebak Bulus. Turun di lampu merah persimpangan Rasuna Said-Imam Bonjol, lalu jalan kaki sekitar 500 meter kalau kata Mbah Google.

[SPAM] Hari itu hari Minggu, jalan kaki dari lampu merah ke Bappenas terasa sangat menyenangkan karena masih pagi, cerah tapi adem, dan suasana menyenangkan (saya ikut tes yang jam 8 pagi), banyak orang bersepeda dan olahraga pagi. Langkah saya terasa ringan sekali, dan rasanya jadi siap untuk menghadapi tes.
Sampai di Bappenas, para peserta diarahkan ke ruang serbaguna. Waktu saya tes, ada dua ruang serbaguna yang dipakai. Diawali dengan registrasi peserta dengan menyerahkan dokumen-dokumen yang diperlukan yang belum disubmit pada waktu pendaftaran (anyway, dokumen yang diperlukan antara lain: fotocopy KTP, bukti transfer pembayaran TPA, fotocopy ijazah, foto 3x4 sebanyak 2 lembar), lalu dibagikan snack (yeay!) dan masuk ke dalam ruangan.
Ruangannya besar. Meja bagus, mumpuni, dan luas (bukan meja seperti meja bimbel yang gabung sama kursi). Tapi menurut saya lightingnya kurang oke, bikin mata agak cepet capek.

To be continued to part 2

Hello

Hello, this is my first post on this new blog. I've ever made a blog with another Google account but I forgot the account details. So here I am making a new blog.
I have another blog on Tumblr. But I think I need to make a Blogspot one because Tumblr seems like a half-social media and some features just don't fit my need of blogging.
Oh in brief, in this blog you will find my interests: music, cooking, drawing, photography.

Enjoy!