A Day Well Spent

Sooooo finally I'm writing something again in here! Yay!

I'm so happy because the final exam is finally over and I really want to do a lot of things that I have postponed before hahaha. So, nowadays, I'm just being kind of addicted to 'kopi susu' (please, I don't like coffee before, but...everything....changes...) and I really want to explore some good cafes in Bandung. On April, I had a chance to visit one of those cafes. The name of the cafe is Yumaju Coffee and it's located on Maulana Yusuf street. I really love the interior design of the cafe. Although the place is a bit small, it still feels comfortable.

a latte that I bought!

I really love this place and I think this gonna be my favorite kind of a place for escaping lol. I'd love to come back again! Hahahaha. Oh and for the price itself, it's not that pricey I think? And I'm sorry I can't give any details about the dishes because I just bought a latte that day haha.

So, what are you guys into lately?

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Another Cafe Trip

Finally I can write something again in here and I want to share about a cafe in Bandung! So, several weeks ago, my friend came to Bandung and we decided to try some cafes in here (in fact, we only tried one cafe lol). We decided to visit Sejiwa Coffee, because I was that curious about that cafe. Just like what I saw in instagram, the cafe has a good place and it feels nice. Sejiwa Coffee located in Progo street.

Those croissants somehow attract me

Accidentally saw this Sapardi's poet

So, I really want to go back to this cafe because I don't know, I just feel nice being in that place haha. For the food, I think it's a bit pricey for me? but it's okay because who won't spend their money on delicious food right? I can't tell the details about the food since me and my friend only ordered pancakes lol (it was 10 o'clock and we only wanted not-that-heavy-breakfast), but I can sure you the sweet ice tea was that good (I meant it's different from the ordinary sweet ice tea???).

After going from Sejiwa Coffee, another friend joined us and she wanted to go to Mom's Bakery. The first step I came in, I totally excited to see this place because omg it's just like those old bakery shops. And plus those bakeries looked delicious tho. Mom's Bakery located exactly in front of Sejiwa Coffee.

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World Stamp Exhibition

So, hi everyone! On August 5th 2017, I went to World Stamp Exhibition that held in Bandung, specifically in Trans Studio Mall. I went there because one of my junior asked me to come to a Postcrossing Meet Up in there. I was soooo happy to go to the exhibition and the meet up event, because it was amazing! You can see a lot of stamps and postal things from other countries and also make some new friends from the meet up event hahaha. I also surprised because there were a lot of people came to the event and they were so enthusiast to see and buy some postal things. I can't believe that there're still a lot of people who care about those postal things in this modern era, hehe.

As you can see, this was the queue for the daily stamps booth. Many people came to get the daily stamps. I didn't get the daily stamps because the queue was that long :(

And yeah, this was in front of the booth. You can see that it was that crowded hahaha. After passing the booth, I went to the meet up location. There were a lot of people in there and they were exchanging their cards to be signed by each other. There were also a lot of foreigners came to the meet up event.

 Meet Up Event's post mark!

Me and my juniors from the high school

After that, I went to the exhibition area. There were a lot of stamps booth from other countries and you could buy some stamps or postal things in this area. I was amazed at the first because finally I can get some stamps from the rare countries lol and those stamps are soooo pretty. I was kind of confused, which stamps that I should buy lol. Oh, the sellers were originally from their countries too, so you could interact with them to improve your language skill, haha!

Stamps from North Korea, one of those rare countries! (for me haha)

I was really happy to see a lot of pretty postal things and meet another postcrosser from other countries! Glad that actually, there are still a lot of people who love postal things too (yes, I saw a lot of people buy stamps and other postal things!). Oh, I got a lot of stuffs from the meet up event and also I bought some stamps from the booth. I was that happy that day!

Those are the things that I got from the meet up event and some stamps that I bought. I was happy because I could get those things for free! Hahaha (for some stuffs, of course). Hope that later I can join this kind of event again and don't forget to save some money first hahaha!

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Another Short Getaway

Sooo, finally holiday in here, but sadly I still have to stay in Bandung due to some works(?) that I have to do during this holiday huhu. Last weekend, I attended a makrab that was hosted by KGMC and I was super excited because the villa's so pretty hahaha. Well, the event was good tho and I enjoyed it, but I also felt a little sad because there weren't many people from my year who could attend the makrab :(

The happy thing that happened in there was I could go hiking! Finally yeaaaah! There's a small mountain--or you can say it a hill, near to the villa. The name of the hill is Bukit Batu or Gunung Batu. Me and my friends went there and we were stunned because of the beautiful scenery that we saw in there. Oh ya, it is located in Dago Atas area, near to Lembang and it takes about 15 - 20 minutes from our villa to go to the hill.

As you can see, we had to go to that hill (in the center one). We had to go to the highest peak of that hill. The first time I saw that hill, I couldn't imagine how can we go up there, since it was looked so high and we couldn't see the path to go up there. I felt amazing when I saw the hill because wow finally I went hiking to that kind of high place lol.

Sooo this was the path that we had went through to go to the peak. It was amazing, seriously. The slope of the path was quite high so sometimes it was hard to walk in the path. We can start to see beautiful sceneries from here. We can even see our villa from here hahaha.

Finally we've reached the peak of the hill! Those 2 photos represented the beautiful scenery that we saw from both side of the hill. We were tired but it was all paid off after we saw this beautiful scenery. I still can't believe I could be in the peak with my friends hahaha, we were so happy. I hope I can go to these kind of places again because I do love mountains or hills so much!

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Bandung, Malam Hari.

So the today's title is in Indonesian because I can't think any words that suitable for this post in English--I mean, when you translate it in English, is just...not....the...same feeling? lol. By the way, it's final exam week in here and yes holiday is coming reaaally soooon, yey! Before that, I want to post what I did several weeks ago. Me and my friends were really bored because of the college's life so we decided to go somewhere. Actually, we wanted more participants for this small event but it turned out only 4 people (at first) who could go--and later there were 2 more people came, yeay. It was hard to decided a destination hahaha, so we decided to go to Upnormal first. Later, we continued our refreshing event to Asia Afrika. It was my first time to go to Asia Afrika in the evening, and I was really happy to go there because I could take some photos of old buildings in there in the evening hehe.

That popular quote

Introducing my Cirebonese friends (lol Cirebonese--we came from the same hometown, tho): Iqbal, Faiz, Kemal, and Dewinta.

Gedung Merdeka! I always want to take a photo of this building and finally I made it yey!

Trying 'Light Trace' menu from the camera and it turned out like this hahaha

It was nice to refresh our mind after struggling with those college's tasks, projects, quiz, etc etc. I really want to explore Bandung more with my friends because I think Bandung has a lot of good and beautiful places. I also want to make a culinary travel in Bandung but I don't know when :( maybe after the exams finish? Hahaha. Hope everyone can do well in their exams!

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Sudden Escape

So on last Sunday, I went to the campus to attend one of the community's event, but for some reasons, the event was canceled. Me and my friends decided to go somewhere. There were a lot of choices actually, like some of them wanted to watch a movie, some wanted to go somewhere, and the rest wanted to play fifa, lol. In the end, I decided to join with those who wanted to go somewhere and the destination was Taman Hutan Raya (Tahura) at first, but after we made a discussion again, we decided to go to Tebing Keraton. It is located near to Taman Hutan Raya Ir. Djuanda. I've always wanted to go to Tebing Keraton since a year ago because the scenery is soooo beautiful. I really love to go to plateau area to see trees and feel the fresh air. It's really nice. 

Introducing 3 of my college's friends, Nadira, Farel, and Ajeng. Yes, I went there with those 3 people. We went there by 2 motorcycles and it was really amazing! I've never been to a plateau area by a motorcycle. At first, it was raining in Bandung, so we were a bit worried that the trip would be canceled too, but fortunately (thanks God, really), the rain stopped so we can continue our journey. It took about 1 hour to go there from my place. 

Because it was on Sunday, so there were a lot of people who go there. But, I think the place is a bit narrow for being a recreation area. This place is really suitable for releasing your stress and admiring the scenery. As you can see from my photos, the scenery is soooo beautiful. You can also sit on those rocks, but no, I don't want to, lol. Well, actually there are a lot of good places that located in plateau area in Bandung, such as The Lodge Maribaya, Tangkuban Perahu, Rancaupas, Stone Garden, etc, but I've never been to those places before. I've been to Tangkuban Perahu but I forgot because it happened when I was in kindergarten (or maybe elementary school? I don't remember it huhu). I really want to go to the rest of the places and admiring the scenery~ Hope I can go to Tebing Keraton (and the other places) again with my friends!

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The Next 3 Years Ally

It's been a year I continue my study in a university in Bandung and yes, finally, I have a major now haha. I'm majoring in Metallurgical Engineering now (after having those-hard-times-for-choosing-a-department, finally). I don't regret my choice and I'm very happy to be the part of Metallurgical Engineering. I also have some new friends. Well, actually we've known each other for a year--from the tpb era--but not that close, and because of the orientation era, we could know each other better. I'm so excited too because my friends are totally hilarious. They are kind and funny hahaha. Hopefully, we can go well in this department and make some contributions to the community (re: himpunan).

Introducing my next 3 years ally,

75/75

Pastika Sahwahita

Girl's Day Out

Finally have a chance to go to some good cafes in Bandung yeaay! Yesterday, me and my 2 other friends went to Progo to search some good cafes, and we chose Please, Please, Please as our first destination. The place was sooo pretty and good! (Aesthetic much lol). It's really a good place for taking some photos hahaha.

Everyone's favorite spot 

The waffles is sooo delicious!

see, the place is so pretty right?

After that, we went to search another good place for eating and we chose Don Woori. Don Woori is a Korean restaurant which is located in Lombok Street. The place is sooo pretty and cute tho, I love that place.

This food is so delicious! Seriously! That mozarella cheese tho lol

I really love those 2 places. One is dominated in pink, meanwhile the other is dominated in baby blue, lol somehow it's so contrast. Hope I can go to those places again and try their other food!

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