I love to try anything new, including new food and of course new snacks or drinks. This week's favorite is this new snack I've been trying on which is called "Cake O" from Khong Guan. I'm not sure if there are other variants of this Cake O but I got the Black variant which is a chocolate biscuit with chocolate cream filling.

You can get this in the supermarket as I got mine in Carrefour. Khong Guan always make yummy biscuits and this one surely doesn't disappoints. As a chocolate lover this biscuit got a praise from me because they are delicious and yummy for my tummy ;p

I forgot how many biscuits are there inside the packet because I munched on them immediately without stopping (;p) so I forgot to count how many were there in the packet. But inside this packet the biscuit were wrapped individually as you'll see in the photo below:

It says "K" in the middle of the biscuit so hubby K was very excited with them ;) Anyway, the chocolate biscuit is good and the chocolate cream filling is also very nice. Overall this is a very nice snack and I would definitely buy loads of these again ;)

I don't recall the exact price but this was pretty cheap and affordable. I'm not sure about the availability but I got this in the bigger Carrefour supermarket.

I usually would only feature my favorite snacks or drinks here but this time I want to give a mini review on this Indocafe White instant coffee too. As you know, I am an avid coffee drinker (but not for black coffee, only the milky/creamed coffee ones). I also love to try new instant coffee that I haven't tried before, and this Indocafe White is one of them.

I won't go into much details here but all I know is that I don't like it. It's a white coffee with no sugar added (so you'll have to add sugar if you like it sweet). It may be great for others, but for me it is quite weak for my taste, and the texture is also quite light and not "thick" enough for a white coffee. So I won't be repurchasing this in the future (although some of you might like it) ^o^

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!

Home Decor Inspirations : House Beautiful Style 101 Book

I have always loved home decoration or interior books since I was a little kid. My dad is an architect who pursued a career in interior designer, so there were a lot of interior design books as well as home decor magazines in his office at home. I used to climb the tall book rack in my dad's office room to picked up some magazines and bring them to my bed. 

When I was a kid, those magazines are my bedtime stories ;p I love to flip over the pages on my bed before I go to sleep. I let my imagination fly away until I finally fell asleep. Unlike other little girls who dreamed about their perfect wedding day since they were a kid, I dreamed of my perfect house since I was a kid. 

Yes, I was a weird kid ^o^

Nowadays I don't get to see a lot of interior magazines anymore because everything is digital now. I can easily browse the internet for decorating inspirations on my laptop or through my ipad before I go to sleep. But when I saw this little bundle of decor inspiration book by House Beautiful, I couldn't help myself. 

I wanted to buy it and have it on my hands. When I first found this book, it was the first weeks after we heard the news that our unit is almost ready. So I was looking for inspirations to decorate our tiny unit. I decided to grabbed this book because: 

(a). It was on discount and the final price was very tempting,

(b). It was from the popular home decor magazine House Beautiful which I remember was one of my favorite magazine from my dad's book rack,

(c). I think the book would also look pretty for a coffee table book ;)

I got this book from my favorite online book store which is The Book Depository. If you didn't know about them yet, then you're surely missing out. They have a very wide selections of books (and a few stationaries too), and they ship worldwide! (say what?!) Yes. Books >> Free Shipping >> Worldwide. 

'Nuff said.

I love love love the book because it was packed full with colorful pages and inspirations for home decoration. The book also defined several styles of home decorating, complete with a personal quiz at the beginning of the book, to let you know which of the decorative style you fall into. Very useful especially if you're a newbie or if you just recently into interior designing and didn't really know which style you are into ;p

According to the book, I am between "Glam" and "Accessorator", while hubby K was "Traditional with A Twist". A totally opposite decorating style, right? So you can imagine how we clashed in most of our decorating discussion, LOL. But in the end, I was able to convinced him that I know what I'm doing because it's all been in my head since I was a little kid ;p

This is a nice book and if you love home decor or if you're looking for inspirations on how to decorate your house, then this might be a book to read. The book is actually pretty small (about the size of ipad mini) but it has hard cover and it has medium-thick pages which were full with colorful inspiring photos of gorgeous decors of real rooms. You can also took the quiz to know your home decorating style (which is an interesting fact to know).

Do you know similar books like this that would be worthy to buy? 

Please kindly lemme know so I can check on it too :)

See you on my next post!

Apt Project: Update!

Jadiiii... ceritanya saya ngutang banyak nih untuk nerusin serial Apt Project saya yang sudah lama tidak di-update. Eh trus ada dua pembaca blog saya ini (hai Laura, hai Evelyn) yang nanyain: "Gimana mbak kabar kelanjutan Apt Project nya; Kok ga pernah di update lagi? Penasaran nih jadinya kaya gimana" - gitu katanya. Yo wes, ini sekarang saya mau membayar hutang update saya yah ;)

Sebenernya sih, seperti yang udah saya ceritain, unit saya itu sekarang udah jadi dan udah fully finished. Yah, paling cuma tinggal mindahin the last bit of furnitures which is our big spring bed dan mungkin sepasang meja kayu lungsuran dari ortu ;) Selebihnya tinggal ngangkut baju-baju (yang segunung), aksesoris seperti tas-sepatu-perhiasan (yang segudang), dan perlengkapan makeup (yang bertumpuk-tumpuk). Heddeehhh.... PR banget deh nih bakalan huhuhu..

Jadi ya itu tadi, sekarang project nya udah bisa dibilang 90% done. Dan rencananya saya nggak akan langsung kasih liat hasilnya disini sih. Jadi saya bakal posting soal update-nya satu per satu, maksudnya biar keliatan step-by-step nya gitu. Kali aja ada yang butuh informasi kan jadi lebih jelas kalau saya posting nya satu-satu dulu dari awal, ya kan? ya nggak? iya dong pastinya (*maksa*).

Oke, jadi sekarang kita pura-puranya balik ke awal yah, balik ke jaman pas saya baru mulai renov unit nya. Jadi dulu, yang pertama saya lakuin itu adalah nge-cat dinding sama pasang wallpaper. Yang ngerjain si bang mandor dan para minions-nya yah bukan kita ;p Dan yang di cat itu adalah dinding kamar mandi dan second bedroom, juga sebagian dinding living room. Sementara yang dipasang wallpaper itu adalah dinding living room dan kamar tidur utama. Untuk pilihan wallpaper dan cat nya udah pernah kita kasih lihat di Apt Project post yang INI (baca dulu ya sebelum scroll).

Dan ini hasilnya when it goes live on the wall! Psstt, untuk sementara ini fotonya sengaja sedikit di blur biar misterius hahaha Soalnya kan saya belum mau posting hasil akhirnya hehe Di foto di bawah ini juga masih berantakan banget di sekitarnya, tolong abaikan, karena itu fotonya pas kita mulai pindahan ngangkut barang. Dan disini saya cuma mau kasih lihat hasil wallpaper-nya aja jadi yang diperhatiin dindingnya aja ya, jangan yang di sekelilingnya hihihi

After:

Another corner of the living room:

After:

Hasilnya sesuai banget sama bayangan saya hehe Jadi sebagai si jago ngayal saya udah punya visual duluan untuk semua ruangan yang mau di decor. Saya milih wallpaper nya juga berdasarkan visual di kepala. Ini wallpaper-nya pake dua jenis, satu jenis polos (seperti foto terakhir di atas pada dinding sebelah kiri), dan satu lagi wallpaper motif. Dua-duanya dengan color palette yang sama alias silver mengarah ke gunmetal hehe (*biar matching dong*) ^o^

Selain nge-cat dinding dan pasang wallpaper, di saat yang sama juga kita minta bang mandor untuk selesaiin bikin plafon. Kenapa musti bikin plafon segala? Karena aslinya unit saya itu di langit-langitnya ada pipa dimana-mana. Kenapa nggak dilapis lagi sih sama developernya? Kalo saya pikir sih ya mungkin itu dia kenapa harganya nggak semahal apartemen lain. Kalau pake dilapis plafon ya harganya jadi ikut naik dong? Kalau lantainya dari  keramik ya harganya pasti nggak mungkin murah dong? et cetera et cetera... hehe

Kaya gini nih awalnya:

Nggak mungkin nggak dipasang / dilapis plafon lagi kan? Kecuali kalo emang suka gaya industrial yah. Kalo saya sih suka gaya industrial (kalo untuk cafe dan tempat hangout) hehe Jadi kalo untuk rumah pribadi saya kurang suka ;p

Anyway, setelah diskusi sama mandor kita, akhirnya diputuskan lah bikin plafon yang model begini nih (lihat foto di bawah), trus di sekeliling nya kita pasang lampu tanam empat biji di masing-masing sudut, dan tepat di tengahnya kita pasang lampu medium size (yang kata saya kaya terang bulan hihihi).

Oya, lampunya merk Phillips, beli di Ace Hardware pas harganya lagi diskon 70% alias murah bingit, jadi cuma 20ribuan lebih dikit kalo nggak salah (Lucky!). Kalo yang bulatan kecil di sampingnya itu water sprinkler yang udah dapet dari unitnya, untuk jaga-jaga jikalau kebakaran (amit-amit jangan sampe, ketok meja, knock on wood). Tapi jadi lucu ya penampakannya, kaya bumi sama orbit-nya. Jadi lampu yang di tengah itu ibarat bumi, trus si sprinkler kecil itu jadi bulan-nya hahaha *maklum* *ImajinasiTinggi*

Untuk kamar tidur utama alias main bedroom, dan juga second bedroom sama-sama pakai plafon kaya gini juga modelnya. Lampunya juga sama (alias hasil ngeborong pas lagi sale itu hihihi).

Nah, sekian dulu yah update nya. Nanti kapan-kapan saya sambung lagi dengan update phase 2 ;)

Kalo mau baca semua post saya tentang Apt Project ini dari yang awal-awal dulu sampe dengan sekarang, bisa klik DISINI lalu scroll ke bawah untuk post-post yang terdahulu. Semoga bisa memberi inspirasi khususnya bagi yang seneng home decor atau yang lagi mau bangun / hias rumah ;)

See you on my next Apt Project post!

Adios chicas!

Cats Update!

It's time for the cats update!

My big boy Blackey is getting old but surely he's not getting wiser, LOL. He is even funnier now. I never owned a cat like him before, he is hilarious, I love him :D

My other cat Kiddo is also getting older now. He already ventured out and experienced mating, LOL. And he always bring his girlfriend home and showed her the food bowl. Oh man...

Lastly, I laugh out loud when my instagram timeline showed these hilarious lion mane wig for cats! LOL LOL LOL - I want one please....

 Hahahahaha

 Adios chicas!

Snacks of The Week !

I love trying out new things, from trying out new restaurants, new places, new beauty products, and also trying out different snacks / beverages that are available on the supermarket racks. If you see my monthly grocery store bags you would find various snacks inside it ;p

So I decided to make a new blog series which is the "Snacks of The Week" - which would feature my current favorite snacks, or snacks that I currently eat and loved. 

To kick-start the series, here I'm featuring some snacks that I bought a while ago. These feature two favorite snacks and one vintage candy ;p

I love marshmallows and when I found these two super cute marshmallows on Total Fruit Market I immediately put them in my cart. They were already certified as "Halal" food too ;)

I got the Fluffy Jelly Marshmallows which is a sweetly pastel colored twirled marshmallows which tastes as sweet as the appearance. Love this! The other one I got is the Teddy Marshmallows which has a shape of a super cute teddy bears! How can you resist it? ;p

I already ate almost all of the teddy marshmallows before I took this photo, so that's why I only feature the close-up photo of the Fluffy Jelly ones ;p I also like to put the teddy marshmallows which has chocolate-y taste into my hot chocolate drink.

Last but not least, I would like to feature this vintage hard candy which I found in a store that sells vintage snacks. It's the cigarette hard candy from the old times! If you're a 90s kid who lives in Indonesia, you will remember these cigarette candies (and also cigarette chocolates) back in the heydays. I don't really fancy the cigarette candies (I always prefer chocolates than candies ;p) but I still bought this for nostalgic purpose only ^o^

This is actually just a regular mint hard candy (which translated to "permen keras"), in a shape of Indonesian local cigarette brand. I originally didn't want to consume this candy because I just want it to be part of a decorative items, but then I thought it's bad to not consume it because then you are wasting away food, so I finally caved in and gave this to hubby K to be consumed.

What are your current favorite snacks? Do let me know..

Adios Chicas!