An Eco-Friendly City

My first day in San Francisco was the 69th Independence Day of Indonesia, a country that I call home. So my family and I decided to wear red and white--the colours of our flag--to commemorate the day even though we were not home.

To be honest, SF is not very photogenic when taken from the city central point of view (but then again maybe it's my photography skill). However, it is pretty damn amazing from the top (Twin Peaks) which post will be next on the queue. What surprised me was the fact that it is an eco-friendly city. We had to pay 10 cents for a paper bag or a plastic bag, even in a department store. So if you want to buy a cardigan, it's either you pay 10 cents for the carrier bag or you can chuck it inside yours. I thought it was ridiculous at first. I heard about paying for a plastic bag in supermarkets or eco-friendly independent shops, but a department store? Where luxury is what you pay, a luxurious service should be what you get, and that includes a paper bag. But, when I think about it again it is an effective way for the whole city unitedly do the same 'campaign' to reduce the unnecessary use of paper/plastic bags because $0.10 every time you buy something can pile up to $300 before you know it.

I thought it would be a short post, but turns out I'm in the mood to share my own way of contributing to the world's go-green activity. So I have a container for paper bags and another one for plastic bags at home and I see them getting stuffier and stuffier, and I rarely use them except reusing the plastic bag from the supermarkets for dust bin. But the paper bags just stay there. That's why when I shop, I try to put the new bought stuff into my own bag to reduce the use of the carrier bag, even when the shopkeeper insisted on giving me a bag. Or, if your own handbag is not big enough and you plan on having a shopping spree, you can maximise only one or two plastic bag and not carrying 10 bags which will end up in your rubbish bin anyway (which I don't recommend if they are still reusable). So yeah, let's reduce, reuse, and recycle together!

Dress - Cotton On

Cardigan - H&M

Bag - Cupcake

Shoes - Antipodium x ASOS

Headband & socks - From Korea

'Til next post!

New Girl

I've never missed the first day of school in a new school year, until this year. Because I dislike being the only new one in the class, missing the assignments (especially this! I have to hurry to get the tasks done and afraid if I couldn't keep track of the homework etc), the groupings, and stuff. And because I have never been the new girl, considering I grew up in the same school since I was kindergarten to high school. I was always the "old one" and I knew everyone in my year. But I guess there's always a first time for everything (well, this one is the second time and it still sucks) and I just hope that this new school year will be good to me (please, please pretty pretty please).

Shirt - GAP

Sweater - Cotton On

Leggings - Unbranded

Coat - Zara

Boots - H&M

Bag - Agnes B

Bow tie - Handmade

You know, I wanted to describe what did I do that day when I took these pictures but I'm still *:s* (whatever that is) about this new girl thing. But, just to make you guys not questioning where did that cute store located, it was in Surry Hills, Sydney. That store did not only sell clothing, but also tidbits (meaning small homewares) and fashion books! How lovely :) And I'm so sorry I forgot the shop's name x.x (bad news, even for me)...

Let me mourn for a few more days about this disturbing thing (yep, still disturbing)...

Ciao.

All of the Lights

 

cotton on dress as top, cardigan from taiwan, tailored skirt, gucci handbag, picnic flats, unbranded necklace 

 

the detail of the scalloped skirt... not too detail :s 

 

kiddies books my sister collected. seriously, these are the ones that could pop up or slide. i don't know why a 21-year-old girl would like to read this. maybe for... refreshing? well, i used these as my 'tripod' since i don't have a tripod so i stacked them on a table and put my camera on top of it and take my outfit pictures. sooo pathetic -_-"

 

the button details. so cute, eh?

Now I need to start packing. I've chose all the outfits I want to bring and need to put them in my luggage. Oh, the art of packing. I have a love-hate relationship on that. Mostly hate, though. Packing, especially for winter outfits, is a pain in the arse. Seriously. Your suitcase will weigh 25kg even before you shop anything! How would you like that, huh? I don't. But at least at winter I don't get grumpy like I did in the summer :s Oh, I couldn't bear the heat. I was like, in a no-talking-zone that I made myself. Sun is good, but a too-hot-sun is not. But what sun is not too-hot? RIGHT? That's why I like to travel during spring, which I haven't try doing -.-

Traveling in spring is the best. The outfits are great (dresses, floppy hats, not too cold for thin blouses and not too hot for tights *happy smiley face), the weather is puurrrfect, the sakuras are blooming (if you go to Japan :P), the tulips are also... blooming (Netherlands, nuff said), the... the... the sun doesn't set too quickly--unlike winterrr >:( You got it, aight.

Buuut, I can't complain now that I've bought the tickets and everything and I've chose to go there (Oz) in winter. Better be enjoying it :D In winter I can drink hot cocoa without sweating and I can wear boots and layering and okay, enough.

Oh, right. Packing. Not blogging ;P

Ciao.

A Long Summer Break

I'm enjoying my holiday now :D

 

dorothy perkins tank top, cotton on dress, ebase outerwear, unbranded belt, evita peroni necklace, longchamp bag, accessorize bracelet 

 

 I don't know why but my choice in dressing up quite depend on the season. I automatically pick brighter colors for spring and summer and darker colored clothes for autumn and winter. Although in my country there's no such thing like four seasons, but you know what I mean. I love seeing bright and pastel colored clothes hanging on my clothes hanger.

 I hope this holiday gets better and better *squeals*

 Right now I'm watching DVDs. It's been a long long time since I went for a movie marathon. All the hard work for two years pretty much kept me away from entertainment and stuff. Or less entertainment, that is. So now it's like a pay-back time >:]

 But I won't be slacking just because I can. I'm still gonna get some useful activities for this holiday. After all, life isn't just about the fun. It's about learning and get your hands dirty or sweating your backs or whatever idioms I'm trying to create here. So, have a balance in life :)

Ciao. 

Monica+Ricky+Kevin's Birthday Party

okay.it is sooo late to post this just now.but anyway,want to show the pictures :)

topshop tank top, cotton on dress, cardigan from taiwan, necklace from singapore, belt from guangzhou, accessorize bracelets, chanel handbag, charles&keith high heels

i'm really digging navy trend.i love.i just love the colors,the simple stripes,the styles.i'm just in LOVE with navy.even though i can't stand the navy things sold in zara.there are just too many.i counted and there are 23 black/white stripy tops.whoaza.not including the red/white and blue/white.

back to the topic.hmm.the party was about a month ago, 20th of february to be exact, in wf.

elza,me,jj

jj, monica, kartika, me

i don't know why but i like this picture eventhou it's dark. maybe my expression?

the crowd.

well, it was not too crowd-ish. the other friends were outside.

(top-from left to right): jj, me, ricky, listia, feli, sasa, elza, aveline

(bottom-from left to right): hugo, albert, kevin, vincent, rainer

feli, monica, me

okaay.ciao. (==a) riiight?