Yuhuuuu....

Apa kabar ya ini blog yang sudah lama sekali terlantar..

Baru ngecek postingan terakhir di blog ini, Yasalam! Terakhir upload post disini ternyata bulan November tahun 2016 aja dong!!! Dan sekarang udah tahun 2019!! Ajegileee... 3 tahun sudah ku telantarkan blog ini. Padahal ini blog pertama ku di dunia maya, my first baby di dunia maya lah ceritanya.. uhuyy! And that's why mau sampai kapan juga gue gak akan apus ini blog hehe..

Namun, karena beberapa tahun lalu gue memutuskan untuk merombak dan me-revamped blog ini jadi sesuatu yang baru dan lebih fokus ke review tempat wisata, tempat makan, hotel, dan lain sebagainya maka beberapa post yang dulu dulu yang sekiranya kurang relevan udah gue "hide". Overall layout dari blog ini juga udah berubah dari yang dulu. Tinggal konsistensi ngeblog nya aja nih yang belum. Semoga mulai dari sekarang gue makin konsisten nulis di sini hehe

Anyway, sebenernya ada banyak cerita yang terlewat dalam 3 tahun nggak update di blog ini. Yang bikin gue nggak aktif ngeblog lagi awalnya itu karena 2 tahun lalu my dear father passed away (hiks😭). I cannot write about it for a very long time because it would just make me sad to remember it again. Baru sekarang akhirnya gue bisa nulis tentang itu. But I won't go into much details now because I'm still sad walaupun udah 2 tahun ditinggal papa tersayang. He passed away in a sudden, fell on the stair. It was so sudden I was actually in shock and then fell close to depression right after he passed away. That’s why I wasn’t very active on social media and even neglected this blog. 

I'm very lucky to have a husband that really understands what I was going through at that time. He took me under his wing and comforted me for months and did things that he knew would make me happy again. He gave extra attention to me and being really understanding and so kind he finally lifted me off the depression edge. I am very lucky to have him as my husband. Thank you hubby if you're reading this. You never know how much you have helped me to stand back up from the pain. I love you (*mewek terharu sendiri*)...

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Aaanyway, sudah dulu yang sedih-sedihnya ah, sekarang saatnya life update :

Hmm...apa aja yang terjadi selama 3 tahun belakangan selain kejadian diatas? Banyakkk!

Selain we lost our dad, we also lost our beloved cat Bleki (just 3 months before dad passed away, huaaa...😭) and also our uncle who passed away just 2 months after my dad left us 😭. There were so many passing aways during 2017 but I guess that were parts of life that we can't avoid no matter how much we wanted to.

Selain berita berita sedih tentunya juga ada berita berita happy, because that’s life, full of ups and downs. Alhamdulillah selama 3 tahun ini masih tetep bisa jalan jalan (banyak review hotel dan tempat yang tertunda nih), dan gue juga sempat hamil 2 tahun lalu (setelah TTC bertahun tahun) walaupun pada akhirnya mengalami keguguran di usia kandungan 7 minggu, hiks.. Sedihnya luar biasa waktu ituu.. But we managed to get through it together, and still hoping for another miracle, Amien (yang baca doain yak 😀).

Cerita lainnya apa ya? Hubby K pindah kerja, Alhamdulillah dapet kantor baru yang masih daerah sini juga, jadi nggak perlu waktu lama abis di jalan untuk sampai ke rumah. Bahkan dia ampe beli motor karena saking deketnya.

Apartemen juga Alhamdulillah udah diurus sertifikatnya, dan salah satu cita cita ku tercapai, yaitu traktir ortu liburan (walaupun cuma ke yang deket2 aja sih hehe). Trus update apalagi yaa? Oiya, dalam 3 tahun terakhir ini after we lost our beloved cat Bleki (the oldest cat we had, 9 years!!) then we have some new cats, and then we lost some cats too (some passed away (bye Kiddo, hiks!), some we believed were being kidnapped 😡 karena tiba tiba ilang gak pulang setelah main diluar. Padahal kucing kucing kita yang lain juga sama pada main diluar juga, tapi yang ilang kenapa cuma yang kucing bule / blasteran cobaa? Kan pasti diculik itu mah, keszell!

(kiri : Chibby | kanan : Bapaknya Chibby)

Jadi si Chibby ini sebenernya kita adopsi dari anaknya kucing tetangga sekompleks. Itu yang kanan foto bapaknya si Chibby, kucing punya tetangga. Mirip banget yak ama Chibby (yang kiri), bedanya bapaknya lebih macho aja. Kalo si chibby mah klemer klemer 😜.

(foto Chibby waktu awal awal diadopsi. Umurnya 4 bulanan waktu itu, masih imuut. Eh sekarang dia udah raib digondol maling huhuhuuu... Semoga nasibmu lebih baik ya Chibby di tangan yang baru, Amien).

(kalo ini si Jackie, sekarang dia kucing paling katro di rumah. Tadinya peringkat katro dipegang si chibby tapi semenjak chibby diculik maka peringkat katro jatuh ke tangan Jackie).

(Chibby & Jackie pas lagi Lebaran-an 😝)

(kalo ini si Jollie alias Jojol, satu satunya kucing betina di rumah sekarang. Tadinya ini juga bukan kucing kita tapi dia terus terusan muncul di teras rumah. Selain minta makan ternyata ada benjolan juga di keteknya. Karena kasian akhirnya kita bawa ke dokter walaupun dia bukan kucing peliharaan kita. Ternyata harus dioperasi. Abis dioperasi langsung resmi diangkat anak deh di rumah hehe. Bahkan dia sempet nginep seminggu loh di apartemen pas masa pemulihan abis operasi, karena kalo di rumah nyokap takut digangguin kucing lainnya).

(ini si Kimbil. Kerjaannya tiduuurrr muluuuu sepanjang hariiiii ...)

(kalo ini si Badut. Lucu banget kaaannn. Anaknya Chibby sama Jollie nih. Eh ikut kena diculik orang juga, sebel!!
Padahal lagi lucu lucunya dia tuuuh masih keciill. Sebel banget sama yang nyolong kucing buat dijual lagii,
gue sumpahin sial terus loh sampe tobat sendiri, Amien!)

Truuuss berita lainnya... I have a new little online shop again now, selling preloved and curated thrifted items! Kesibukan gue sekarang antara lain kelola toko online jualan preloved and vintage items. Beberapa dari koleksi sendiri, sisanya gue curate dan hunting sendiri ke berbagai tempat untuk kemudian gue jual lagi. Lumayan banget buat uang jajan bok! hehe

Gue jualannya di IG, Prelo, dan Carousel. Bahkan gue sempet jadi Monthly Ambassador Carousell untuk periode Desember-Januari kemarin. Alhamdulillah..

Buat yang mau ceki ceki bisa download aplikasi / web Carousell, dan search toko gue : Fash.ionisme 😀

Yaudin segitu dulu aja deh yee life update nya, nanti kapan kapan kalo ada yang inget lagi gue tulis lagi disindang. For now bakalan posting random reviews dulu yak, alias bakal sporadic posting, jadi bakal review tempat - tempat dan atau hotel atau restoran / cafe yang pernah disambangi, namun in random order gitu maksudnyaa.. hehe

Oya kalau untuk review cafe gue kebanyakan ripiu nya di IG sik, cuss main ke IG @yurikristia kalo mau liat liat ripiu cafe cafe khususnya cafe di Jakarta, karena kebetulan lagi seneng banget nyobain cafe cafe hehe..

Check out my IG for cafe reviews!

Alright, I'll see you in my next post ya!



Cheers,

Welcoming IKEA Indonesia

Hari ini Rabu 15 October katanya lagi soft launching IKEA Indonesia di Alam Sutra. Bikin penasaran abiss...

• Udah dari seminggu lalu kerjaannya begadang melototin website IKEA dari laptop (#SambilNgayal).
• Trus besokannya dari pagi sampe sore browsing catalog Ikea yang baru donlot di ipad (#SambilNgayal). 
• Pas wiken ke rumah ortu di Ciputat langsung sibuk bolak-balik catalog Ikea yang dikirim ke rumah ortu (#SambilNgayal). 

Padahal itu semua gambarnya sama aja tapi kok kaya ga puas-puas yah ngayalnya ;p

Namanya juga #NgayalBabu kan, sampe pengennya ini rumah di photoshop aja biar bisa redekorasi dari ulang pake semua barang-barang Ikea hahaha Soalnya dari kecil ogut udah kesengsem sama IKEA. Kebetulan ayah saya arsitek dan di lemari kerjanya dulu banyak banget setumpuk catalog Ikea, dan dari saya masih piyik ya kerjaannya ngeliatin itu catalog Ikea yang setumpuk sambil ngayal di tempat tidur. Jadi pas udah gede gini masih kebawa-bawa tuh hayalan Ikea dari jaman kecil.

Pas kemarin ke Singapore akhirnya pertama kali menjejakkan kaki ke Ikea tuh semi terharu loh sebenernya hihihi Saking ngefans nya sama Ikea dari saya masih piyik sampai akhirnya bisa masuk ke toko Ikea pertama kali tuh gimanaaa gitu.. (*drama*). Maklum, sebelumnya kalau ke Singapore saya selalu terkena jebakan turis jadi nggak pernah pergi ke Ikea. Perginya ke area turis melulu. Jadi baru kemarin inilah akhirnya saya bisa liat dan bilang dalam hati: "Oh toko Ikea tuh kaya gini toh..." 

 

Dan sebentar lagi bakalan ada Ikea di Indonesia, saya nggak sabar pengen ajak ayah saya kesitu. Untungnya saya tinggal di selatan Jakarta jadi kalau mau ke Ikea Alam Sutra gampang tinggal naik tol :)

Anyway, sebelum beneran kesana mending lihat-lihat katalog nya dulu deh buat cek harga dan barang yang mau dilihat/dibeli, karena toko IKEA itu pasti super besar, bisa nyasar di dalem kalo nggak tau arah hehe (*lebay). Tapi beneran kok, daripada capek muter-muter mending dari awal udah tau mau lihat bagian apa (misal: living room, kids decor, etc) jadi pas kesana nanti langsung ke spot yang telah ditentukan biar menghemat waktu dan tenaga.

Katalog nya bisa di donlot di gadget lewat aplikasi Ikea, ataupun donlot lewat website nya. Kalau males donlot catalog ya tinggal browsing-browsing aja di website nya :) Untuk harga, berhubung kemarenan ini saya kebetulan baru ke Ikea Singapore jadi saya bisa bilang kalau harga beda-beda tipis lah sama Ikea Sing. Kalau untuk barang printilan yang kecil-kecil sih nggak begitu beda jauh ya. Tapi kalau barang besar semacam lemari dll gitu ya lumayan lah bedanya. Lebih sakit hati lagi kalau bandingin sama Ikea Malaysia, suwer deh lebih murce di Ikea Malaysia daripada di sini atau bahkan di Sing kayanya hehehe

Anyway, berhubung saya nggak dapet undangan soft launching nya, jadi mari kita menghayal dulu ajaaa yiuukk... (^o^) 

(Naksir banget sama daybed yang ini huhuhu..)

 

( All photos are sourced from the Ikea website )

Selamat berhayal..!

Inspiration: Pool House

Is it too early to dream about summer and the pools yet?

Well anyway, here's some pretty looking pool houses to keep us stay in shade during bikini season ;p

(photos are linked to their original source in Pinterest)

 Which one is your favorite?

 See you on my next post!
 

Pretty Things in My Shopping Bag

Incase you didn't know, I am such a packaging-freak.
I love anything with unique/pretty/cute/wonderful design/look/packaging.

Sometimes I buy things just because they look pretty ^o^

Cookie Tin & Pretty looking peach Meringue

Shabby-chic sunglasses case from Daiso!

My newest "Vogue" iphone case from ebay ;p

 A set of super cute mini tapes from the stationary store Paperclips

Pretty much random stuffs!

^_______^

Adios Chicas, See you on my next post!

Instagramholic

 I am on instagram and has been loving it since the first day I was introduced to it :)

Add me there if you want: yurikristia

Maybe I'll post some of my instagram pics with you today, here are some of them:

How was your weekend? I was glad I'm finally getting better with this never-ending flu virus. I'm not perfect fit yet but I'm heading there :)
Thank you so much for all of you who wishes me well, you are such great readers! :D

My Top 5 Glee Songs (Season 2)

Are you a Glee fan too? I do! And my husband too! We both are like crazy about Glee, our iPod is full with Glee songs, our mobile phones are filled with Glee songs too haha
Well, if you read my blog long enough maybe you remember that I did a post on my Top 5 Glee songs from Season 1, and now I want to do a new list, it's my Top 5 Glee songs from Season 2 :)

And here they are below (listed by most favorite). So the number one on my list is:

Landslide (Dixie Chicks - originally by Stevie Nicks)

Holly Holliday with Santana Lopez & Brittany Pierce aka Gwyneth Paltrow with Naya Rivera & Heather Morris

This is the number one on my top 5 Glee Season 2 list! I loved this song since I heard it on American Idol but I wasn't paying too much attention then, but this version is D.O.P.E >>> Dope!!

Loved how Gwyneth sang it. And people have been talking about the actual meaning of the song since it first came out like years and years ago (yes, this is a vintage song), because the lyrics are a bit confusing. Well I guess everybody can make their own interpretation then ^o^

Umbrella / Singing In The Rain (Rihanna feat Jay Z / Gene Kelly)

Sung by: Holly Holliday & Will Schuester aka Gwyneth Paltrow & Matthew Morrison)

OMG this is probably the best mash-up in Glee Season 2. I'm never really into Rihanna's "Umbrella" until now ^__^ 

And to mash it up with Gene Kelly's classic song "Singing in the rain" is actually really perfect in theme and harmony. Dear Glee musical director and team... great job, bravo!

Teenage Dream (Katy Perry)

Sung by The Warblers

I love The Warblers, they're good. No, make that Great! I love Blaine when he sings ^o^

I don't know if the sound on this video is good enough for you, I tried to find better ones on youtube but there are scarce, can you believe that?! Come on people, didn't I tell you The Warblers are good? Post more HD videos of them please.

Unpretty / I Feel Pretty (TLC / West Side Story)

Sung by: Quinn Fabray &Rachel Berry aka Dianna Agron & Lea Michele

This is also another brilliant mash-up song from Glee Season 2 (Bravo again to you dear Mr.Musical Director & team..). 

Gosh, I love this song when it was sung by TLC a loooong time ago and when I hear it again on Glee, with some added chorus from the West Side Story ("I feel pretty, and witty, and bright..") - I thought it was genius! Love the theme, love the lyrics combines, love the new arrangement, and love how the most competing gals in Glee sang it together!

The Only Exception (Paramore)

Sung by Rachel Berry aka Lea Michelle

This is on my top 5 list because Rachel is singing this so beautifully and because this is a wonderful song. Simply put.

There you go.. My Top 5 Glee Songs from Season 2. Oh and I actually have one more favorite song that should go into the Top 5 but it wasn't fully sang in the episode, just a short tunes of it, so I didn't put it in the Top 5 list, but nonetheless it is one of my favorite scene so I think I should upload it here too (just so you'll know ;p):

Telephone (Lady Gaga)

Sung by: Rachel Berry & Sunshine Corazon aka Lea Michelle & Charice (!)

I'm sorry I couldn't found any videos with this scene that don't have "Twentieth Century Fox" on it, I like this scene so much, i think it's both amazing & hilarious ^o^ And it featured one of my fave young singer Charice which I have mentioned before in this blog three years ago!

So, How bout you? What are your top five Glee songs? ^o^

My Top Five Glee Songs

Are you a Glee fan? Well i am :D I'm just gonna do a quick post before I went to bed (it is 12.48 AM now, a little bit over midnight). I saw a very interesting post in JaebumFanGirl blog, the title is "My Top Five Glee Songs". It's quite interesting to know what is everybody's top 5 glee songs from season 1. So here's my version :

1). Take A Bow (Lea Michelle)

This song is one of the reason why I fell in love with Glee. This is from one of their early episodes and I was so mesmerized with Lea's version of this song I decided to follow the Gleekdom ^o^


2). I dreamed a Dream (Lea Michelle & Idina Menzel)

This is my number one song from Glee! I have always loved this song from Les Miserables, it's one of my "shower song" hahaha but Lea & Idina's shortened version is more "pop" and sweet, I love it! I love it! I love it!


3). True Colors (Jenna Ushkowitz)

This is also one of my favorite classic song and Jenna sing it beautifully, I always get a little bit touchy with the lyrics, it has a very deep meaning and I think we should at least sing it once a week just to remind ourselves..


4). Defying Gravity (Lea Michelle & Chris Colfer)

I am in love with Kurt (Chris Colfer's character), I think he could steal the star of the show title ^o^ I like his unique and slightly weird voice. And when I read the real story about Chris Colfer's personal history on this song and then I hear his voice singing this song, it's just awesome. And not to mention that I already love this song from Wicked.


5). Poker Face (Lea Michelle & Idina Menzel)

Oh I love this version of Lady Gaga's hit! This is probably the best music arrangement from all of the Glee songs from season 1 :) I never really been a fan of Gaga's crazy songs but this version.. I like! ^__^ I want to change my ringing tone with this! ;)

So that's it! My top five Glee songs. Thank you so much for JaebumFanGirl for the inspiration. How bout you? What are your top five Glee songs? ^o^

Cows..

I have mentioned before about how I love seeing cows, I actually love the black and white of cow prints hence that's why I kinda collected cow-related things ;p I don't know why I'm so into animal prints; cow prints, zebra prints, leopard prints, giraffe prints, they all seems to always makes me feel excited, it's like whenever I saw one of those prints I always drawn into it automatically.

Now I don't want to show you my "black n white cow prints collection" because I don't have that many to show off ;) so I think I'll just share what I found on etsy instead..

1st row: DownTown Paper Press, StickMan Jewelry, JennieBGoode
2nd row: CountrySquirrelsRUS (look at the rear look, so funny!! haha)
3rd row: JooSweetie, Blondes Backyard, Mommies Ink

Say mooooo......
Feel like I wanna get my hubby right over here right now to see above cows and buy it for meee, all of theemm, as in right noooww....
I just can't handle the cuteness (le sigh).