tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50736876478892304702023-11-15T22:43:29.465-08:00MANIFEATURECloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.comBlogger518125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-70358183300041703412023-09-11T08:43:00.000-07:002023-09-11T08:43:52.746-07:00FAN MAIL FRIDAYS: Do I really need acids in my skin care routine?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br>Happy Friday, Beshies! My blog's biggest annual party is coming up and we're currently preparing for it. Unveiling the details soon, but for now, let's discuss Ana's question:<br><br><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b><i>Hi Ms. Martha,</i></b><b><i><br></i></b><b><i>I've been seeing people using acids in skin care and I just want to know if it's really necessary or just optional?</i></b><b><i><br></i></b><b><i>Ana</i></b></blockquote><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVZfk_PVFlJwg5osueCILV_7-XOEUdNy13G_ExotOxZhufK78c3XAmRcd1sY2dDjFU7cu2d8DWp3rEQx96mX8ST14-En8518trxZKwlZ-fxLxlu_7STGDxDGd1ITOKt2xIoQ57M_xkT5k/s1600/Do+you+really+need+acid+in+skin+care.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Do you really need acid in skin care morena filipina beauty blog" border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1052" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVZfk_PVFlJwg5osueCILV_7-XOEUdNy13G_ExotOxZhufK78c3XAmRcd1sY2dDjFU7cu2d8DWp3rEQx96mX8ST14-En8518trxZKwlZ-fxLxlu_7STGDxDGd1ITOKt2xIoQ57M_xkT5k/s640/Do+you+really+need+acid+in+skin+care.png" title="" width="612"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hi Anna!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Acids are having a moment for the last two years; as someone who's been using acids for half a year now, I could say that it is really effective and it made a huge difference to my acne- ridden skin; my skin has never felt and looked better, and in turn, I feel much better about myself. I credit my skin's current great condition and decreased acne occurrence to acid usage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But do I think everyone should use acids?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My answer is: it depends.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div><a href="https://thebeautyjunkee.blogspot.com/2020/02/fan-mail-fridays-do-i-really-need-acids.html#more">Read more ยป</a>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-26170141032426118162023-08-28T02:07:00.002-07:002023-08-28T02:07:14.392-07:00Random : Spooky Art Swap by Aviva <div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRifxHfUYoZtYRjA9EHTnx8ajztYThJfuGNq9Dp22pqYjDDVsX73gcXPKhgeLdf13SmtChOw1gEdYYLBn2sij9pmbRwAbBZjPoM6gwHmvMEM4f96oArwTFDWLpGvaupTUU1pDlr3eXFQ/s1600/Swap.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRifxHfUYoZtYRjA9EHTnx8ajztYThJfuGNq9Dp22pqYjDDVsX73gcXPKhgeLdf13SmtChOw1gEdYYLBn2sij9pmbRwAbBZjPoM6gwHmvMEM4f96oArwTFDWLpGvaupTUU1pDlr3eXFQ/s640/Swap.png" width="608" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Alexia's Twitter</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So for my Spooky Swap created by none-other-than the famous tumblr : <b><a href="http://thatartzygirl.tumblr.com/">Aviva Artzy</a> </b>last October, I sent my parcel to another awesome illustrator called <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/flowerveil/?hl=en">Alexia Bee</a>. </b>Aviva contacted me and asked whether I was interested to join the arts swap <span style="font-size: x-small;">*there was a lot of super-faaaamous illustrators and artists, and I loooove arts swap,</span> so I said yes, yes, yes. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I just noticed that Alexia posted the stuffs she received from me <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: x-small;">โค</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Her original post :</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><div style="text-align: center;">i got a beautiful spookyswap package from azreenchan @ instagram (& etsy)!!! ๐๐ i'm elated ๐ฑ <a href="https://t.co/oqpJLhOrl3">pic.twitter.com/oqpJLhOrl3</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">โ alexia ๐น (@flowerveil) <a href="https://twitter.com/flowerveil/status/803639910121046016">November 29, 2016</a></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Awesooooome !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note : But I haven't received my parcel :F (yet)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is sooo sad, I want to put a padlock to my post box from now on !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-12297036146493250182023-08-28T02:07:00.001-07:002023-08-28T02:07:05.604-07:00Events : Doodle Your Day with Azreenchan<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well it was not really an event, it was just a day with me and a bunch of kids.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In October, I was emailed by someone from one of UPM's faculty : Faculty of Design & Architecture for a "whole day - school kids program" to teach doodling. I'm always up for new things, even though I never really had any experience teaching kids - so I just said yes. I was nervous, but the experience matters, or how else will I learn to do it? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The week of the event day, I prepared the simplest doodle module that I could think of to teach younger audience. I managed to prepare an eight-page basic doodle materials, and printed it out at Serdang. It was just the easiest thing - *<span style="font-size: x-small;">at least that was what I thought lah.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The doodle class started around 930 am after all the kids arrived and registered for the class. There were around 30 students ranging from the youngest : 6 years old to the oldest : 13 years old. They received a sketch book and morning meals from the organizer, while I brought all the printed material, colourful markers and magic colour.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMP4HU5osGK5xAOkWocNz0y33AJpJf54EI-Az_IVT54LAQmZ2pDZ2PF0BqGDybEv_J3VycK5MEbbbeGWI76Ug9S-VFSwBA84vQC8AoxTuRPyyJyMHtde-xebn5wDl4zS3bI1EUG0eu4k/s1600/IMG_0616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMP4HU5osGK5xAOkWocNz0y33AJpJf54EI-Az_IVT54LAQmZ2pDZ2PF0BqGDybEv_J3VycK5MEbbbeGWI76Ug9S-VFSwBA84vQC8AoxTuRPyyJyMHtde-xebn5wDl4zS3bI1EUG0eu4k/s640/IMG_0616.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The basic : Dots & Lines</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxp1RWRqgd0JoweWwscjaVZETi7jNA1BkzkQ1WZ0axcjhTO8f64JEM1jAANDUX__xBcvF2HD0uOoHjFT4mhnYwkB2AfmSz1dqgOX3qBYdw1w5zpkG2YP53yU0bGsdKTf7lWOt_wFjC38/s1600/IMG_0617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxp1RWRqgd0JoweWwscjaVZETi7jNA1BkzkQ1WZ0axcjhTO8f64JEM1jAANDUX__xBcvF2HD0uOoHjFT4mhnYwkB2AfmSz1dqgOX3qBYdw1w5zpkG2YP53yU0bGsdKTf7lWOt_wFjC38/s640/IMG_0617.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the little things</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I gave out some name label stickers for all the kids to put on their clothes, so it's easy for me to learn their names if I need to. I passed the doodle module around and gave basic introduction before letting them doodle it out according to the module.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBBuSa_vzbdbabDIW1NjcWHYAo2bcQL7R1-ZpNDKCb3w44Kqq-JqyjPYRvWqU1V8czXjfHRdXJa7Uy_rY0E1MvG-ru6IdW-anvRZ9bA2nocd9NFJlvnhy6kEZ6On_g-ZrutWSSMBI7TI/s1600/IMG_0600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBBuSa_vzbdbabDIW1NjcWHYAo2bcQL7R1-ZpNDKCb3w44Kqq-JqyjPYRvWqU1V8czXjfHRdXJa7Uy_rY0E1MvG-ru6IdW-anvRZ9bA2nocd9NFJlvnhy6kEZ6On_g-ZrutWSSMBI7TI/s640/IMG_0600.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The name labels on clothes & doodle book</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXktCaBC-rDSMYCYNmx3mo2G00o17Y-RLeT2lfjnEYGLWjmQQZAlHeESCw54jRDjtHRtB-RJMxPAtry3KPny60By3TIL8I6IRehPa0I2_hnXgkxfg4cBHcolTf35iwCOv9SuJ3nC6PXE/s1600/01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXktCaBC-rDSMYCYNmx3mo2G00o17Y-RLeT2lfjnEYGLWjmQQZAlHeESCw54jRDjtHRtB-RJMxPAtry3KPny60By3TIL8I6IRehPa0I2_hnXgkxfg4cBHcolTf35iwCOv9SuJ3nC6PXE/s640/01.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Determined one : she wanted to finish all the patterns, she kept coming for this page.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In the class, we tried learning the basic doodling from my module, doodle your face and your friend's face, doodle a pattern that can be used as a frame, doodle pattern types on a label sticker so they can stick it in their doodle book, and doodle on an empty file holder that they can bring back. All doodle and colouring for the whole 5-6 hours.<br /><br /><b>Here I found an interesting findings from the class :</b><br /><ul><li>The age gap was big, meaning their learning process was quite different : 6-8 years old can be grouped together, and 9-13 can be in a different group. Younger kids take more time and attention than bigger kids, they like to show me their updates and needed approval for next steps. Bigger kids do as they like, mostly faster and without any orders. There are pro and cons of both approach : if all the kids sit together, they won't mix around with one another and the older kids won't be having a chance of helping the younger kids - this is what I thought, so I let them sit where ever they wanted. But, next time I will try the other option of letting the younger kids sit together so it will be easy for me to teach some of them with more attention, and let the bigger ones explore more things to do in their own group with less supervision. </li><li>Each kid was unique and different. Some don't want me to see, some need all the attention, some got distracted every few minutes, some don't want to cooperate, some are so easy.</li><li>30 kids in a class is too big especially if there are younger students. Preferable around 15-20 students per class so I can sit with them at their desk to show each process step by step, instead of teaching at the white board. </li><li>Looooong hours with 2 mini recess is still too long. I need to shorten the class's duration next time. Kids are so easy to get distracted and bored.</li><li>You've heard about "not letting kids eat sugary stuffs, to avoid them getting hyper & super active" ? Well, it was reaaaaaaal. After morning break, they turned into a bunch of hyper-active uncontrollable kids, from such a nice silent little angels in the early morning. I had to shout and wave around to get their attention. </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx43BLXbsHlcvb8t7X5NgcdmvEDI0x9D8uH5YnjJA4qfUXc70jE3G9pVOu4RuimLUNcWROVpz5w3sQ63bKq_-be7SZhMYQopIcDA4SWP68aOLSXiELCul0EZUBcI9N0D5RKhboD6Yrzk4/s1600/02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx43BLXbsHlcvb8t7X5NgcdmvEDI0x9D8uH5YnjJA4qfUXc70jE3G9pVOu4RuimLUNcWROVpz5w3sQ63bKq_-be7SZhMYQopIcDA4SWP68aOLSXiELCul0EZUBcI9N0D5RKhboD6Yrzk4/s640/02.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easy-peasy, right?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt9RBtcUNFDE568bbBEjbzx-DjSHdh82PSp6hE0z5cye_LxMR4RzfxxeX2qMszq64kpApTOgI41wzrybpeOH0u-2lNtt8IWjkGy-6da8C2LvN7gOew7mUdgDRFf5lT-hQnOISlOLrtHk/s1600/03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt9RBtcUNFDE568bbBEjbzx-DjSHdh82PSp6hE0z5cye_LxMR4RzfxxeX2qMszq64kpApTOgI41wzrybpeOH0u-2lNtt8IWjkGy-6da8C2LvN7gOew7mUdgDRFf5lT-hQnOISlOLrtHk/s640/03.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doodle anything you want on your file holder</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavhq1fdzqwsQYH5VYe2FUjQfEgYsDzV66csHbzWsNkPl2n5tVooQBS3o-9RoamQ5M1e0yGJsd5fg4xQ145EtX4xuOU1wbwPLKmWd0VqQI0NPFWIHSMzVsifloEBBSQJFI5LkDmHdb14o/s1600/04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavhq1fdzqwsQYH5VYe2FUjQfEgYsDzV66csHbzWsNkPl2n5tVooQBS3o-9RoamQ5M1e0yGJsd5fg4xQ145EtX4xuOU1wbwPLKmWd0VqQI0NPFWIHSMzVsifloEBBSQJFI5LkDmHdb14o/s640/04.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR4-YELm7jwDfN6T0SAoxruQmZv1xiDK94l_xS90G4dkPsGKH6dADEDy8HjVwlq_v81NaUtJU_cV9CxVc0ZfwsV36bPWnN5nsrEG2lv4q_N04xvadoTJ6GSdhJTbeCbapetR1H10vj3s/s1600/06.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhR4-YELm7jwDfN6T0SAoxruQmZv1xiDK94l_xS90G4dkPsGKH6dADEDy8HjVwlq_v81NaUtJU_cV9CxVc0ZfwsV36bPWnN5nsrEG2lv4q_N04xvadoTJ6GSdhJTbeCbapetR1H10vj3s/s640/06.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The oldest boy : One of the easiest, and he is already a doodler *bonus point !</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The class looked something like the image below. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">They were separated into 3 long desks, so hard to give full attention to all the groups as they sit so far apart. Now I understand how teachers in class feel about teaching younger audience in a big class :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKeZjuPy1Mm5TnmtqpzVIHMZUHe8pHicdB2D152zLZcA1oK7EQJI3gthMjQrSINV-KFpQYvgjHgecnhyIogNrdG47yHRyOYsbwyqUHxKhuZagyjS1f85aY2OGOcBfw-YmVdPS-wte3CQ/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKeZjuPy1Mm5TnmtqpzVIHMZUHe8pHicdB2D152zLZcA1oK7EQJI3gthMjQrSINV-KFpQYvgjHgecnhyIogNrdG47yHRyOYsbwyqUHxKhuZagyjS1f85aY2OGOcBfw-YmVdPS-wte3CQ/s640/5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's so hard to not have any favorites because some of the kids are super darlings and cute <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">โฅ</span>, while some are divas and a bit of a drama-queens/kings, I'm not sure how to tolerate seeing I don't have kids of my own yet - I shouldn't complain. But every time I got a 'tough' moment, I stared at AF with my arched eye-brows. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmxQiPsQbKWsM6VMAfqnwTKyPLQU1XZ3GguqwOXCvtq_fFqKIPrK1xH-dBoQfpA40uiiIqAXhnVfEXrNN-Q13SIGTp-s4fschndNR7XZn0TsOutU7ndyHfUpVP_THoPSbpIxv8Yopcl4/s1600/IMG_0601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBmxQiPsQbKWsM6VMAfqnwTKyPLQU1XZ3GguqwOXCvtq_fFqKIPrK1xH-dBoQfpA40uiiIqAXhnVfEXrNN-Q13SIGTp-s4fschndNR7XZn0TsOutU7ndyHfUpVP_THoPSbpIxv8Yopcl4/s640/IMG_0601.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute ones !<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">*<br /><br />Event's poster :</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0_HXG9eYO22_IG-tvJHdOGRCpULDoPKccARozvjygzzioqyoIEVkiuQ6LCmzwcY6dHcXsU5s7o8L4EfOdFOZHgI2gWC9oxoBVtTsyYLEIMaiAVSheEP_CU6g4-qXNB4CCgyhxmK71mU/s1600/DoodleDay02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0_HXG9eYO22_IG-tvJHdOGRCpULDoPKccARozvjygzzioqyoIEVkiuQ6LCmzwcY6dHcXsU5s7o8L4EfOdFOZHgI2gWC9oxoBVtTsyYLEIMaiAVSheEP_CU6g4-qXNB4CCgyhxmK71mU/s640/DoodleDay02.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyhow, this was a very useful and great experience. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">For any possible doodle/illustration class next time, do contact me : azreen_31@hotmail.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Later after the class, Af booked for a movie : Moana at IOI city mall, but we both dozed off all through the movie - especially me! The song keep repeating afterwards, but I can hardly remember the story clearly. I guess I was really exhausted spending the whole days with a bunch of energetic kids =.=</div><div><br /></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-13052662935662581662023-08-28T02:07:00.000-07:002023-08-28T02:07:01.923-07:00Events : Art/Craft Booth's Price List 2016<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Note : Future team member, please read the note down below.</span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">If you are planning on joining events or opening a booth in the near future, and you are an independent small artists/illustrators with no budget and doing this just for fun. You need to know the price range, so here I compiled the price range for this year's event that I asked around :</span></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Ilovebazaar , BTS Handmade Market : RM 80 per day โ</li><li>Market 18, Jaya One : RM 400 for 2 days โ</li><li>Malaysia Hobby Expo : RM 250 for 2 days โ <span style="font-size: x-small;">* I got for free, because I sponsored huge doodle</span></li><li>Public Garden Consumer Trade Show : $200 for 2 days โ</li><li>STGCC Singapore : $700 for 2 days โ</li><li>Junk-ed Makers Market : RM 60 - 70 per day โ</li><li>Etsy Made Local : RM 80 per day โ</li><li>Indonesia Comic Con : RM 1,200 for 2 days โ</li><li>Rantai Art Festival : RM 300 for 2 days โ <span style="font-size: x-small;">- shared booth with my sister</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">The symbol : โ are the events that I decided to join, and the symbols โ are for events that I asked/emailed and were too shocked when I heard about the fees, and cancelled it. Ha. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Personally for me, my budget is maximum RM 100 per day. Usually if the day is good, I receive around RM 250 per day, and the day is not so good, I'd probably only get less than RM 50. <i>Rugi beso</i>. The highest sales I ever received was around RM 600, and the lowest was RM 8. I sell mostly stickers that <b>range from RM 1 - RM 14</b>, so it isn't much lah. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>But why do I joined events tho?</b> If I know the sales are sometimes bad, the crowds are sometimes close to none, the booths are super expensive or the people are just too snobbish ? Why oh why I keep on putting myself in that position that makes me regret the whole idea of being in this society? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Love and passion. Of course, I can always opt for Etsy sells and focus on international market alone. But no, I believe in sharing what I love to do. Especially with people here in Malaysia, I still want to feel the connection instead on just ignoring the whole crowd and <i>merajuk bawa diri</i> and go find places where I feel belonged. I want to inspire, I want to open your eyes and let you see the future chance of doing something you like as a career. But then, <i>kelakar lah kan</i> if I say that my small independent business blooms and successful - no. I mean that by doing this, by having this small hobby turned into a working skill, you can go to so many places.<br /><br />Huge chances, new clients, higher salary, better income :F<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>Other option :</b><br /><ul><li>You can share the art/craft booth with your like-minded friend</li></ul><ul><li>Send an email with portofolio/online shop to me : <b>azreen_31@hotmail.com</b> , I'm searching for future team members for international events collaboration. So under one team, we can go to places to join arts/crafts events. But I need to find people from : illustration or unique crafty product makers lah. And people who want to go faaaaaaar and love to backpack and okay with our introvertness, because we can get super awkward - you have no idea. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Mihmihmih.</span></li></ul></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Team :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90izMh5k9q126cyVjW4Ur7-I80nPNUga-QZtjBVvq4Yp0L_56xGvomYNLbD9zTyeVGvSa8INU7ndlKiQl9jLRPpCU8hrZmE55rUBiKQYeh27es2KdECwQBF1xfbFXzvQYTU9doAOHMWI/s1600/team2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90izMh5k9q126cyVjW4Ur7-I80nPNUga-QZtjBVvq4Yp0L_56xGvomYNLbD9zTyeVGvSa8INU7ndlKiQl9jLRPpCU8hrZmE55rUBiKQYeh27es2KdECwQBF1xfbFXzvQYTU9doAOHMWI/s640/team2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-52674239094517971242023-08-28T02:06:00.010-07:002023-08-28T02:06:57.537-07:00Run : My First Half-Marathon & All the Firsts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy year for my aim to keep healthy throughout the year :</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">I ran over 343km, almost reaching my upgraded goal of reaching 365km this year.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">I did my first international run in Bromo, Indonesia</li><li style="text-align: justify;">I did my first trail run in Bromo as well</li><li style="text-align: justify;">I ran my first 21km - half marathon </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Trying to keep running every week is still hard. But I'm trying to at least run during the weekend. I think by far, this is year that I had so many injuries : muscle strain along the shoulder and the neck for 2 weeks, left knee injury that lasted for 2 months because of the wrong squatting technique and on-going right ankle injury that happened 2 weeks ago. Compared to all the previous years I spent on outdoor activities, this years I am not so lucky with my condition. But I survived ! :D<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTp6XWV-bU9jdFBSI5xSuzhi7BgWbs1BhZGujh10DfsKNAJ0gBCWsqa_AT96dJkd2yN5-m9ophN9WWYtJ_G3kcgEZ_f1_Yy6kH5YUBQloSfX5IW52KpeDk8jPWyuo60yZR9h0Q1tyUgT4/s1600/im2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTp6XWV-bU9jdFBSI5xSuzhi7BgWbs1BhZGujh10DfsKNAJ0gBCWsqa_AT96dJkd2yN5-m9ophN9WWYtJ_G3kcgEZ_f1_Yy6kH5YUBQloSfX5IW52KpeDk8jPWyuo60yZR9h0Q1tyUgT4/s640/im2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>How I decided on running a half-marathon when I already told myself that I won't do it?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I became so used to running 10km in my weekly training that I feel like I want to try 21km. The thing about running 10km in the weekend, after awhile, my body got used to the same pace and boring paths that I try to explore in so many different ways. I usually spend around 1 hour 20 minutes in each weekly training while Af went on doing his parkour training. So it gets a bit lonely sometimes. In each session : 5 times around the pond, 5 times up the training hill, 5 times down the training hill, 5 x 2 times zig-zag alongside of the stairs, and finishing around the pond. It became a boring repetition.<br /><br />So I decided to try something new. I wanted to feel the exhaustion and the thrill and disappointment and sweats and muscle pain that I used to feel. I registered for the half-marathon at Putrajaya Night Marathon, and asked my brother to join as well.<br /><br /><b>The training :</b><br />I started one and a half month before the event. I managed to run around 100km in the past 3 months before my 21 KM half marathon. It was just a normal training mostly on weekends because I get so busy in the weekdays there's no time to go for a run. That's all, nothing special. Just weekly run. 2 weeks before the run I stopped my running because I had several injuries and muscles pain that won't go away : alongside the neck and shoulder, and my right ankle. I wanted to give my body a full rest and faster recovery <i>lah konon. </i><br /><i><br /></i>I tried Salon Pas patches, I tried putting cold packs, I tried daily simple stretches, nothing seemed to work. Like all my injuries, I had to let time heals and rest.<br /><br /><b>Preparation :</b><br />I bought 2 sachets of fruity energy gel - one for me and one for my brother <span style="font-size: x-small;">*for RM 7</span>. For whatever it was, the energy gel should give you some some energy for your run. It actually works just like eating a banana - but I thought that the organizer will then pass us some bananas, might as well keep something for plan B when my energy drains out.<br /><br /><b>Here is the map :</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1hHsTJIoTUNRdnJEiQyQ_CwUXqvSVTGjj8W1CXtIYkkBu6vZ0-M7KugaieSA_-o8RjAygb9DCyeC1TNW1ehs6sFje4Ll013veJf83__ibcxs9kyNeM6qhbj6Np7cg09hi4oeM3UlZ6g/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-10+at+2.56.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1hHsTJIoTUNRdnJEiQyQ_CwUXqvSVTGjj8W1CXtIYkkBu6vZ0-M7KugaieSA_-o8RjAygb9DCyeC1TNW1ehs6sFje4Ll013veJf83__ibcxs9kyNeM6qhbj6Np7cg09hi4oeM3UlZ6g/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-10+at+2.56.27+PM.png" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b>Weather :</b><br />It started with a light rain, everything got soaky before we even started running.<br />So the wet feeling in our shoe all through the running was real =.=<br />But the night weather was great, I wanted to try my first long endurance run at night compared to in the hot daylight because I hated the sun and I don't want any sun-burn :D<br /><br />Here is an image before we started running, all soaky and wet because of the rain + a photobomber behind us *hello! :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFI8kow0D2iMbp8GmuZSqGFRjogJ6Wj8o1kSBkZRXvDiqTJlPUdPI49nGoA2Z6marn7X_xUtp2m61J6ukCecz7qxnPWr01WxV_ZsAmKkn83auOrU28gc96z_Wq62Cs1W-12zeHWmKRBY/s1600/im.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFI8kow0D2iMbp8GmuZSqGFRjogJ6Wj8o1kSBkZRXvDiqTJlPUdPI49nGoA2Z6marn7X_xUtp2m61J6ukCecz7qxnPWr01WxV_ZsAmKkn83auOrU28gc96z_Wq62Cs1W-12zeHWmKRBY/s640/im.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>The run :</b><br />I divided my run into 3 parts :<br /><br />Hour 1 : I survived on water and 100 plus, I sipped water at every stations because I don't know how I'm going to pull thing off and how long I might take. My rough estimation was around 3 hours+ for my first 21km. The first hour was okay, I did this many times.<br /><br />Hour 2 : KM 14<br />I ate the energy gel every 15 minutes, after 2 hours of running. 1 sipped at a time, so it lasted for an hour. The second hour was also okay, because my pace is slow constant pace I don't think I had anything much in mind. I managed to keep on my jogging pace all through 2 hours+ of running. I parted with my brother in KM 13 when he started having muscle cramps every few minutes.<br /><br />Hour 3 : KM 19<br />I kept the banana from the organizer until my third hour, and later I ate it every 15 minutes. The banana lasted for 1 more hour. After the third hour, I had nothing else but water stations. The pain started after KM 16, that's when my body seemed to shout and scream to stop. All joints on my legs were in pain and I started asking why did I registered for this in the first place ? I forgot what happened in KM 17 - 21, because all I remembered was I keep telling my body to keep on my jogging pace. Ish ish, why laa kan.<br /><br />Then I reached the finishing line after 3 hours : 31 minutes, it was a bit surreal. I was groggy, I saw my brother whom reached the line 11 minutes before me : I wonder when did he passed me? But everything afterwards was all moody and pukey and I-just-want-to-sit-and-not-talk state. All pictures taken afterwards was not voluntarily taken and I can't even smile.</div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Result :</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Number : 573/770</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Official Time : 3 hours 31 minutes </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Just 11 minutes away from my brother</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Things I learned from my first 21 km :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li>Training and practices are important. </li><li>Carbo-load should start 5 days before the run</li><li>After some time, music isn't something I want to listen to. Just-complete-silence and the sound of footsteps.</li><li>Yes, it was painful after it reached certain distance. But it isn't too bad afterwards.</li><li>Man, I still love running.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>After math :</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">On that Sunday after the night of running 21km - I opened a booth at <b><a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/11/events-etsy-made-local-battery-acid-club.html">Etsy Made Local</a></b> for the whole day. Right after Sunday, I went to work like usual. On Monday at work I walked funny, all muscles in my body were in pain. But it took around 3 days to recover. By that next weekend, I went on my weekly training back again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Am I going to do this again? </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Are you kidding? For all the sweats and pain and ridiculous state of mind ? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Or course I'm going to do this again :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-83029387677852738932023-08-28T02:06:00.009-07:002023-08-28T02:06:54.840-07:00Mini Escapism : Rimba & Rusa<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A little splurge on fancy food and place. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We went to <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rimbarusa/">Rimba & Rusa</a></b> after we wrapped things up at Etsy Made Local, because the sales was good I wanted to treat AF with a nice dinner. He helped me so much these past 2 weekends.<br /><br />I knew about the place because of Wondermilk & Hello Dear. As a designer, I am a big fan of their designing team : be it from the marketing point of view, or interior design or branding itself. Every single things from them are inspiring and worth Pinned ! You can stalk them <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rimbarusa/?hl=en">IG</a></b> or even <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rimbarusa/">facebook</a> account, worth every likes. They are really good in designing :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/20/d5/6e/20d56e71b42afd98862fb667a57e8b5c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/20/d5/6e/20d56e71b42afd98862fb667a57e8b5c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7f/51/35/7f513504822eb1e5e42393cd85cd949e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7f/51/35/7f513504822eb1e5e42393cd85cd949e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Location :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The place is located just 11 minutes from Battery Acid Club, it was really close by, if not because of the traffic. We used Waze to go there, here is the map :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d15935.083446523606!2d101.59376871398993!3d3.1550220385279344!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xade1effc2bc30430!2sRimba+%26+Rusa!5e0!3m2!1sen!2s!4v1479608787355" style="border: 0;" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From their IG :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-N-cvfFCKqkrUK4SYyFrobvsUVE0t8dODQ15R_MPf0hZ1pfFQMRI0O4iOMbxFfPvwKvlq8YngPPGLV8fXj_jqYsuWnva5De-vudy9VJjRAqDl-mmBbOeDvJ6fgxCItqcKGOEMW8EfM4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+10.50.24+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-N-cvfFCKqkrUK4SYyFrobvsUVE0t8dODQ15R_MPf0hZ1pfFQMRI0O4iOMbxFfPvwKvlq8YngPPGLV8fXj_jqYsuWnva5De-vudy9VJjRAqDl-mmBbOeDvJ6fgxCItqcKGOEMW8EfM4/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+10.50.24+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The food :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I ordered Ciao Carbonara (RM27) & Af ordered Pulled Beef Mac & Cheese (RM22), we shared a pressed juice of Pink Power (RM14) and mineral water (RM2.50), it totalled around RM 70 after GST. Expensive? Of course it was, I would be lying if I say it was all affordable - because I cook fresh foods everyday, I can say this totalled up to 10 days of home-made cooking for two. But I wanted to spend it on the place, because of my appreciation towards the obvious hard-work they did on the restaurant and because we worked hard these past 2 weeks :D </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f0/ab/33/f0ab339d230ff4bf631c21a9ccaa1bd5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f0/ab/33/f0ab339d230ff4bf631c21a9ccaa1bd5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4f/77/4f/4f774f2a7f0f07c10f61c717a7cae914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4f/77/4f/4f774f2a7f0f07c10f61c717a7cae914.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ce/2c/e2/ce2ce2090a42e0f88a70589919ea4ebe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ce/2c/e2/ce2ce2090a42e0f88a70589919ea4ebe.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The interior</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4a/7f/f7/4a7ff7320bf00377b59ebab29166a946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4a/7f/f7/4a7ff7320bf00377b59ebab29166a946.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQH7HOVEaCX5EAzPFe6mCIzrSJl_sTAj-d6aUydYNr9aVKsmwf6vUKzO13mUkG7FcGp5VxMBdop0Br0WVikBbUhYi4YT6wFbIfDChoxKAToNXIEuYipsABU9uZd8c7jJxMrTdAeVLb4k/s1600/IMG_4633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQH7HOVEaCX5EAzPFe6mCIzrSJl_sTAj-d6aUydYNr9aVKsmwf6vUKzO13mUkG7FcGp5VxMBdop0Br0WVikBbUhYi4YT6wFbIfDChoxKAToNXIEuYipsABU9uZd8c7jJxMrTdAeVLb4k/s640/IMG_4633.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7ewBzwWeHk-vLhHZX0w5lA_14D3IW3qAp-YTu8wAH2IuxrhsSiY1Q60CoVI9xOXyxHdLQdw4TffEF26D2yRg3YQWzJGsnn4_7NpnvXrhy_xOecg7pjT14RVli0lG3lR12JxVUtcb25U/s1600/IMG_4636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7ewBzwWeHk-vLhHZX0w5lA_14D3IW3qAp-YTu8wAH2IuxrhsSiY1Q60CoVI9xOXyxHdLQdw4TffEF26D2yRg3YQWzJGsnn4_7NpnvXrhy_xOecg7pjT14RVli0lG3lR12JxVUtcb25U/s640/IMG_4636.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Things I took home :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Along all the inspiring photos of the place and the designs, I took the paper coaster before the drips of water fell on it and also the golden sticker of Rimba & Rusa on the bottled water we ordered. All added in my journal.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtMqw7jgCUmaTWDG2UOSqi84NbbVQO7Q79u2zBwbDyW3lj-78_F5aOdfd0M4yZq_BP9zg0tEyj5MsZ5Yux3GtK-mIwiRb-SQoDsJijC2G5bEazakElnATVqZ6Ld_4qeemCQ9BHbN1faE/s1600/P1200125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtMqw7jgCUmaTWDG2UOSqi84NbbVQO7Q79u2zBwbDyW3lj-78_F5aOdfd0M4yZq_BP9zg0tEyj5MsZ5Yux3GtK-mIwiRb-SQoDsJijC2G5bEazakElnATVqZ6Ld_4qeemCQ9BHbN1faE/s640/P1200125.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-77242233692734796792023-08-28T02:06:00.008-07:002023-08-28T02:06:51.601-07:00Events : Etsy Made Local & Battery Acid Club<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Etsy Made Local</b> : </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This event was also a random tryouts for me. I applied and I got a place to open a booth on the Sunday from the 2 days event. I was really excited because I really like Etsy, and I was hoping that the Etsy community will be supportive and like-minded.<br /><br />I was right! The crowd was the best, this is one of my favorite event so far. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I sold so many sticker packs and postcards, some greeting cards and bags. People didnโt stop coming, even though by 3pm the weather changed from a hot sweaty afternoon to a heavy thunderstorm. But the thing was, even though it rained heavily people still keep on coming and buying things :D<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzTe12dDQYaQPN428XNOE6lkk83_u89gfKS9GHR_9ivrJlym8UOxD_fhyphenhyphenI_8GJ_8DiMJcgM101dWRM28SExZK-FAaPYnASOk8nT7FjO3o6YN_LTB1l-1eZlhbXr7MZRyaIKmP7nCFGuA/s1600/01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzTe12dDQYaQPN428XNOE6lkk83_u89gfKS9GHR_9ivrJlym8UOxD_fhyphenhyphenI_8GJ_8DiMJcgM101dWRM28SExZK-FAaPYnASOk8nT7FjO3o6YN_LTB1l-1eZlhbXr7MZRyaIKmP7nCFGuA/s640/01.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>The organizer & location :</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I also like the big orange banner and the Etsy's free stickers and the posters and the little cafe : Battery Acid Club that uses a lot of my own Pinterest-inspired stuffs that I pinned! Especially the part with small-sized tiles for the kitchen top and their beautiful white and black toilet. A very well-designed place. So inspiring <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BGYzj0XzgzR/?taken-by=batteryacidclub">*taken from the IG</a> :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBP_H1B6TYWGhRYh7Ppm7uOn6m1M02qPfxcH_UygR6KGwNK1Yoll_EJ-zka_323uP1mkScRfZypV6ORi8YT-3PwrAwWL9VB8oMhkJHOqT-_yJKmUq9CQo_9cJFPGsunc94cpu-_v7yHE/s1600/Battery.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBP_H1B6TYWGhRYh7Ppm7uOn6m1M02qPfxcH_UygR6KGwNK1Yoll_EJ-zka_323uP1mkScRfZypV6ORi8YT-3PwrAwWL9VB8oMhkJHOqT-_yJKmUq9CQo_9cJFPGsunc94cpu-_v7yHE/s640/Battery.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The map</b> :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d15935.280063646673!2d101.6199303!3d3.1421705!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x589fd0ae9b0b7e1d!2sBattery+Acid+Club!5e0!3m2!1sen!2s!4v1479609794457" style="border: 0;" width="600"></iframe><br /></div><br />I took 3 of Etsy stickers from the organizer, because I really want to stick them in my journal - even though they said one person can only take one, ha ! I also received my Etsy namecard and a sticker saying "Ask me About my Etsy Shop". Isn't this amazing? All customized items for all vendors - never had this much fun and appreciation at any events.<br /><br />Love the detailing. Love the chatty friendly organizers.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRuX6Fe6EIglBnQBM2T3le8lICtmtcdEyGqw6wOYtL8ddtpST0CyLFR4xAO-tkjlyvx0F5IvhVu9mv5nppCt7O1DgLtm-bMcYlzisWJFcO0ZK8Se5HO-hq2lpkdrMLPTsR9XQmtN_CQg/s1600/17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRuX6Fe6EIglBnQBM2T3le8lICtmtcdEyGqw6wOYtL8ddtpST0CyLFR4xAO-tkjlyvx0F5IvhVu9mv5nppCt7O1DgLtm-bMcYlzisWJFcO0ZK8Se5HO-hq2lpkdrMLPTsR9XQmtN_CQg/s640/17.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgsYMKhzNoX7K4w0yW0nUcMsYBlVv4gC21GW0B4bi7KTRSWvmcZKugcuHrIj46Qm-7jAcTazKFm97BS2IPBJWjUudxM_qLwsDLSknsHUHwilaNpMUECPG0avAs4XT6t-UuTUx4u3yKRM/s1600/16.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgsYMKhzNoX7K4w0yW0nUcMsYBlVv4gC21GW0B4bi7KTRSWvmcZKugcuHrIj46Qm-7jAcTazKFm97BS2IPBJWjUudxM_qLwsDLSknsHUHwilaNpMUECPG0avAs4XT6t-UuTUx4u3yKRM/s640/16.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Things I put in my journal :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmcSTXoOloj2W_Ko2bmlaeGflRtdY2CtTdet_s-8oTC2Za2gfElzhsYHkfKyqXr0GcsGY2Eq8zLzealXDCNZF7SROEmBA-PIj1zYJA9m-KOfac89emaa84-eTcvgDkxn7_-BBHiGZWyo/s1600/P1200119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmcSTXoOloj2W_Ko2bmlaeGflRtdY2CtTdet_s-8oTC2Za2gfElzhsYHkfKyqXr0GcsGY2Eq8zLzealXDCNZF7SROEmBA-PIj1zYJA9m-KOfac89emaa84-eTcvgDkxn7_-BBHiGZWyo/s640/P1200119.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QDG79YPd7TwSXaolutfDEtlK6o9NbHRlwHFS3IcyLEmCVeempDYMnD40rhznqFcpj4KVJfm6QCaFH6SSmobXvz4bp5Ar2KMeDa53qv3l8HEZ3laaVecylORxLkk0r5-m-3uI_PNlyW0/s1600/P1200126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QDG79YPd7TwSXaolutfDEtlK6o9NbHRlwHFS3IcyLEmCVeempDYMnD40rhznqFcpj4KVJfm6QCaFH6SSmobXvz4bp5Ar2KMeDa53qv3l8HEZ3laaVecylORxLkk0r5-m-3uI_PNlyW0/s640/P1200126.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>The vendors :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I bought some stuffs from other illustrator called "<a href="https://www.instagram.com/sukkaproject/"><b>Sukka Project</b></a>". I really like her own unique stroke so I bought a hand-made small pouch bag - I kinda want the postcard as well, but it was hand-made and was quite pricy for me :( All the items were silk-screened onto fabric and paper, some of the items were paper-marched into a unique characters. They told me that they are joining Rantai 2016 as well, and I asked them to produce more art prints. Ha :D<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4X5nthB9XVRcrnmJ7Dv-EdKWqjNuc6BuVlakjNVCvhn1ucPUJP6lBApmUZKBbm9IfGRUxkewbzzOFDLaRRGXX72Y7ol4uDnQoa79hRLqkvaOK7DK0DMqGn7NEC5siCh6LZ75l8Q8-Uc/s1600/10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4X5nthB9XVRcrnmJ7Dv-EdKWqjNuc6BuVlakjNVCvhn1ucPUJP6lBApmUZKBbm9IfGRUxkewbzzOFDLaRRGXX72Y7ol4uDnQoa79hRLqkvaOK7DK0DMqGn7NEC5siCh6LZ75l8Q8-Uc/s640/10.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedakfdhobU8SKcTpUQ3NkNcUr_Rmpw95URFtB8bE4OnGRfgSGsPbdJYRJapWhNxhLcg632lQ4W_wIn8EUboWc6p79TqVzZYw6aye_6GgW-myZwHldLs3oGrZqh8fVAP8W3JAtpL0gAPU/s1600/11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedakfdhobU8SKcTpUQ3NkNcUr_Rmpw95URFtB8bE4OnGRfgSGsPbdJYRJapWhNxhLcg632lQ4W_wIn8EUboWc6p79TqVzZYw6aye_6GgW-myZwHldLs3oGrZqh8fVAP8W3JAtpL0gAPU/s640/11.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><br />I also met <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DiAwangan?">Diawangan</a></b> for the first time. She is one of my client - I designed her company's logo. I personally quite like the cute logo of the cloud and smiley face. Kak Zila brought her son and husband along. I greeted her and stopped by at her booth, but I didn't buy any items from her : she sells handmade nursery items :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyypoPfHJ5Ew_1331pIRAkYY8YUxSiLG0vckNufGphFThbHvk_nvQYCTNaPlKpU8vrmaNjeq-wffNKe9DVmCNub6j1MBnlSl6koV7zzbX25mHdvL2QgrNkXMiliChoTi4Rs-BiRgfqn_Y/s1600/09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyypoPfHJ5Ew_1331pIRAkYY8YUxSiLG0vckNufGphFThbHvk_nvQYCTNaPlKpU8vrmaNjeq-wffNKe9DVmCNub6j1MBnlSl6koV7zzbX25mHdvL2QgrNkXMiliChoTi4Rs-BiRgfqn_Y/s640/09.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Near to my booth was <a href="http://elliholi.weebly.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Eleanor,</a>'s workshop<b>,</b> a designer and a calligraphy artist. There were a bunch of people learning calligraphy all through the day, I wanted to greet and talk to her but she seemed a bit busy teaching. This is her takes <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/elliholi/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1019001151558653">on the event day</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjQq90HP9pWSr0SRfW2opzEEOr-b6A3F0ubqTutCTYogx0LFXw0B7i67v8kAjgYATiKELmiRhJuee5eDIT7TyKfK45SkKKKkBaf8Nj292ddTra31ySZDzReE4Jm05DzZXfaBIfq1S6gQ/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjQq90HP9pWSr0SRfW2opzEEOr-b6A3F0ubqTutCTYogx0LFXw0B7i67v8kAjgYATiKELmiRhJuee5eDIT7TyKfK45SkKKKkBaf8Nj292ddTra31ySZDzReE4Jm05DzZXfaBIfq1S6gQ/s640/04.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeFHtvUSAcb6mslELsWFjQyitTYVYHj1uZ4CZXjLAmuyuRpdFlhz-wP66NedvM69VETTkFSD3Bby1LXx7GYzHF6IJHmx60OukOjMgXX5M6JzphTEG9T6SsBSBMAzrqQi5HyTrt82J0CU/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeFHtvUSAcb6mslELsWFjQyitTYVYHj1uZ4CZXjLAmuyuRpdFlhz-wP66NedvM69VETTkFSD3Bby1LXx7GYzHF6IJHmx60OukOjMgXX5M6JzphTEG9T6SsBSBMAzrqQi5HyTrt82J0CU/s640/05.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_CEJ4CERq0bTX0heM5rssnwUY2SXCCQJdGWqLSLQmvFj7WGFQvqLuI-j2zobJ9JZiW-vO-f9J9w1gdZtYBnDYBQj0lgM2cQyHV91Hypx_W7lYCR2nvtMs9JJvWn_MQ8Ykq7amBTfO9U/s1600/06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_CEJ4CERq0bTX0heM5rssnwUY2SXCCQJdGWqLSLQmvFj7WGFQvqLuI-j2zobJ9JZiW-vO-f9J9w1gdZtYBnDYBQj0lgM2cQyHV91Hypx_W7lYCR2nvtMs9JJvWn_MQ8Ykq7amBTfO9U/s640/06.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Other vendors :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqjAwsYV_cX_fktZViGZ_CbF7_kwW1eWJ9I0f-odj6PConTWaDY3dwZPS1IicAOWDg-pWS94wdck-goacWiX2OlqxC5_4pBKF2Kjg2Un2CCLFx8hyIXa1VjLduh9lM2LnHr7-tEn1RrE/s1600/02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUnyvNv8ShzU8Mai7wV97jD-hpj-29DfAq0GMOjRQr1SAi2DhkLBYFqR0KB16MmAEliX3OfvltTnPq-lHiSTm-VI0sd0LS4sT1epWTFpd7PEukaadHvKQI97lkqCcuMBrXrGsNPGHHvo/s640/15.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I think I should try to make friendly greets to everyone after this, ask around, get to know people, perhaps interview some of the vendors to write about them. For that, I need a lot of caffeine in the morning and a mental set that the day will be extra exhausting but worth it. I should also prepare for a set of questions. Hm.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Outcome :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>Sales : RM 623</b><br />- Booth rent : RM 80<br />- Lunches & Dinner : RM 100 (Dinner at Rimba&Rusa, coffee at Battery Acid Club, KFC for fast lunch)<br />- Gas & Tolls : RM 40+</blockquote>The best sales so far in the past almost 30 booths at various events.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-52367319721466035642023-08-28T02:06:00.007-07:002023-08-28T02:06:43.458-07:00Events : Junk-ed Maker's Market, Wisma Central<div style="text-align: justify;">The last 2 weekend were spent at different events : 1. Junked Makersโ Market in Wisma Central, Jalan Ampang near KLCC and another one 2. Etsy Made Local, at Battery Acid Club in PJ. Both were a one-day event.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumWqhf5QaJCJcT4pMFnd_3KfaKvjyjspegrU8qqmkdG26vZmTSzVZIIIf9N0MGHbPmbtVV2wpg2lf2Uw231Sj2WxrH_bXDizxpJ6kcqpuySHNAYPrlUVZdOX7Tz4-nV64pCVBDaDAdHE/s1600/junked.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumWqhf5QaJCJcT4pMFnd_3KfaKvjyjspegrU8qqmkdG26vZmTSzVZIIIf9N0MGHbPmbtVV2wpg2lf2Uw231Sj2WxrH_bXDizxpJ6kcqpuySHNAYPrlUVZdOX7Tz4-nV64pCVBDaDAdHE/s640/junked.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHQ_wojAJFI-Jfcijy7DsJRujqCmiVwTf5PazXlSavLChyphenhyphenfe7Bigul8qwciTHnE1pO93morTQMqwPPcpmoiBqBa5dMYMH0DlIEwq5O_SpIiJz2OGZ5hPsbyI19yV5OtrInnsoYD0VBzc/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHQ_wojAJFI-Jfcijy7DsJRujqCmiVwTf5PazXlSavLChyphenhyphenfe7Bigul8qwciTHnE1pO93morTQMqwPPcpmoiBqBa5dMYMH0DlIEwq5O_SpIiJz2OGZ5hPsbyI19yV5OtrInnsoYD0VBzc/s640/01.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The day started early in the morning on Saturday - we both drove to KL almost late because the event was supposed to start at 10am and we went out quite late to buy the tiles to make the kitchen top at my apartment. So we used GPS and took MEX highway to avoid the unwanted traffic, I did a double check on the flat-rate parking fees at Avenue K : RM 5 for the whole day which seemed the most affordable and nearest one considering we were staying for the whole day. The items were all packed in 3 big bags that were easy to bring for a short walk across the road.<br /><br />Little lights all over the event :<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeId9zpBt-XQTmYxA2bYbv2Ss3ih71GnwkH0jkN-C6fPXbJ_KWa_iCV7saThSLWv0s98hDpo6OQiedQdwA9x9dIe-_mBhe6q6jYnHuEahRpZL-SQZhN2eFaOAQuEFo9A-b-8MOpBDfbM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.44.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggeId9zpBt-XQTmYxA2bYbv2Ss3ih71GnwkH0jkN-C6fPXbJ_KWa_iCV7saThSLWv0s98hDpo6OQiedQdwA9x9dIe-_mBhe6q6jYnHuEahRpZL-SQZhN2eFaOAQuEFo9A-b-8MOpBDfbM/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.44.55+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />*<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Junked Makersโ Market :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The event was located at Level 2, Wisma Central - the place that we sometimes go to print stuffs in the city. When I arrived at the place, the organizer greeted me. She recognized me immediately - she then ushered me to my booth. A nice booth located by the end of the corridor, next to the bigger space where people give talks and created art installation. There were little LED lights along the corridor : on the floor and on the ceiling, the place was a bit dark and not so good for business as people can't see clearly all the items on the desk - I wish I brought a desk lamp, but it was cozy and comfortable, <i>macam tempat lepak2. </i>Especially when they played a nice playlist of : the XX, Mew, Artic Monkey, etc all through the event. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note : This was also why I didn't take any photos for the event, the lighting was quite bad :F </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here I took snapshots from Af's videos :</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLe16ulM91YrJODbTyXQocyj2VxdagFrEV904v3-TbxJioJjXaxty7U4zwKkz9HCztGprg38KHwFm86wygCegYbu_5EZw4IDOMrl78_QtdGLMLFk7ql3HdY-z4zMXmBYlqR4Y_mCeZ5k/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.42.47+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLe16ulM91YrJODbTyXQocyj2VxdagFrEV904v3-TbxJioJjXaxty7U4zwKkz9HCztGprg38KHwFm86wygCegYbu_5EZw4IDOMrl78_QtdGLMLFk7ql3HdY-z4zMXmBYlqR4Y_mCeZ5k/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.42.47+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPbtBrfQeel5feLeJJgRaDvTaoSMzFWl8nP4xro_UtqVYWScIo3govPexjeyvlyxeikMoVBOV5mSO7XjkTgM7hYWnj1bl0pJg1IloJ7Y1h1PJVaAbi5Hbr_kI6cKAgRD-S_FZoQ8Fa1w/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.44.00+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPbtBrfQeel5feLeJJgRaDvTaoSMzFWl8nP4xro_UtqVYWScIo3govPexjeyvlyxeikMoVBOV5mSO7XjkTgM7hYWnj1bl0pJg1IloJ7Y1h1PJVaAbi5Hbr_kI6cKAgRD-S_FZoQ8Fa1w/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.44.00+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy_YtYHwS713LfXXp-5NQ6swW_7mO8J1bNzy-4RPaXNzVygcU2Xcsks-gXEaxhozSA2zkmAQ6tuZ4QQW8lYd1O_QDMta5jtwnYZu48FFziqdeBeiqvrvANvI0oH9vsT_DesiJCNNBl7o/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.44.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy_YtYHwS713LfXXp-5NQ6swW_7mO8J1bNzy-4RPaXNzVygcU2Xcsks-gXEaxhozSA2zkmAQ6tuZ4QQW8lYd1O_QDMta5jtwnYZu48FFziqdeBeiqvrvANvI0oH9vsT_DesiJCNNBl7o/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.44.30+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfjolEjqnLaiW7sJyujyfadAZhyXzwZLAAYUCXiwEPamN3f1-TIuioya_f8vUiAMBOxxt4t2Q7tgHQA0aoa1Sw5tWDWgKc4naR6K-IH-uGmWAu9eXf8EL2Wy77PxG8t9-t71JZPCtfOA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.49.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfjolEjqnLaiW7sJyujyfadAZhyXzwZLAAYUCXiwEPamN3f1-TIuioya_f8vUiAMBOxxt4t2Q7tgHQA0aoa1Sw5tWDWgKc4naR6K-IH-uGmWAu9eXf8EL2Wy77PxG8t9-t71JZPCtfOA/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.49.58+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>The vendors :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The event was a really small event with not more than 15 vendors, in conjunction with a cafeโs launching and several talks of the day about 3D printing and laser cutting. I met one of the artist that I really like the intenet : <b><a href="https://www.creativeunited.my/u/deealyahya">Syarifah Nadhirah</a>.</b> She does a really nice soft-coloured watercolour painting that Iโve come to like from her society6 account. So I bought two of her printed postcards : one of it was a picture of lime and lemon collection, and another one was a drawing of artichokes. I already put inside my journal. Oh, I also asked for her signature. I make that a habit - every time I buy postcard or art prints from artists or designers, I make sure I ask for their signature. As a token of a short awkward meetups. I will try better next time !<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PWSTGv9NLYYuLuZAA9prW-G6EtlqnmchWG15I6NvEWRHzN63zcf3EleRcptx7x9E90ltZW8iMm_RjcbUrFaMJi-JOydj7FpIglR5QvQeV_vKZASkZhsWutuMVtv6wl_vpXZ45pYxpiY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.42.23+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PWSTGv9NLYYuLuZAA9prW-G6EtlqnmchWG15I6NvEWRHzN63zcf3EleRcptx7x9E90ltZW8iMm_RjcbUrFaMJi-JOydj7FpIglR5QvQeV_vKZASkZhsWutuMVtv6wl_vpXZ45pYxpiY/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-11-20+at+1.42.23+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>The organizers :</b><br />They also have a really nice friendly organizers. I felt a bit old, seeing this kids managing stuffs and all. But I also felt their strong vibes that I used to feel when I started my early years at events and booths. So it was a nice reminder :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>The video highlight :</b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like always, video highlight was made by AF, </div><div style="text-align: justify;">please contact him for any projects regarding videos :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/192282210" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/192282210">JunkED Makers' Market 2016</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/ahmadfarikarim">Farikarim</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Outcome :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>Sales : RM 200</b><br />- Booth rent : RM 60<br />- Parking : RM 5<br />- Foods of the day : RM 70<br />- Car : RM 30</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My sales was not so great, just enough to pay the rent, eat lunches and dinner at IKEA and some extra more. The event was not too hectic and busy, people were friendly and supportive, just not so many crowds as I wish it would. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Here is the poster I made for the event :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vN5CdD4TxNMAWXwH4UHLWNv_e_5hl23bFv0tFo2FyfZqNf8841MGzlst7vLNHjQTrAu6pR9JBzAvk_X-wYd5DximmfTW6byyc2uufszxM8LCFBxS_p9t4SgIZTzSeU19YkNs48IY3CU/s1600/booth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vN5CdD4TxNMAWXwH4UHLWNv_e_5hl23bFv0tFo2FyfZqNf8841MGzlst7vLNHjQTrAu6pR9JBzAvk_X-wYd5DximmfTW6byyc2uufszxM8LCFBxS_p9t4SgIZTzSeU19YkNs48IY3CU/s640/booth.jpg" width="640" /></a>*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a map of Prototype Gallery :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d15935.023070976655!2d101.7145237!3d3.1589579!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x93288e3352f1e6c8!2sPrototype+Gallery!5e0!3m2!1sen!2s!4v1479622033630" style="border: 0;" width="600"></iframe></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-55795447510497272212023-08-28T02:06:00.006-07:002023-08-28T02:06:36.878-07:00Little House : Kitchen Makeover 02<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;">The pipe problem :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pipe was broken because the wooden cabinet was broken and the sink was sinking, so everything fell apart from the kitchen sink top to the pipe in the nearest toilet :( Ma called her friend to get it fixed. It took several frustrating days because the plumber got family problems but finally he got it fixed, and he installed an ugly looking plastic pipe in the toilet with sloppy concrete plastered to the wall and also fixed the broken pipe in the kitchen wall, installed a new pipe and plastered another sloppy stuffs on it. Very ugly, but it is now fixed.<br /><br /><b>Cost : RM 300 </b>for plumbing, and new pipes<br /><br />This it how it looked a couple of weeks ago <span style="font-size: x-small;">*sad and miserable condition, this is how wooden cabinet will look like after 10 years - repuuut</span> :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hqu43on0YJNxbYO3m0dERtDJx6uHX3-MIwHxS7qL4dAznjYQcRQRGj0L00qP9o1H__KIYlNupVBb-4JXdqteQG2hhQqC4QCyOO_wcm0pi01FHV3oPppG9HQJP6GtvLhMA05kfuIOysg/s1600/kitchen02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hqu43on0YJNxbYO3m0dERtDJx6uHX3-MIwHxS7qL4dAznjYQcRQRGj0L00qP9o1H__KIYlNupVBb-4JXdqteQG2hhQqC4QCyOO_wcm0pi01FHV3oPppG9HQJP6GtvLhMA05kfuIOysg/s640/kitchen02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>*<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The quotation for kitchen top + cabinet :</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And so after 3 quotations from various people :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>one guy from ma (too expensive and too slow) - RM 6.8k for front and back kitchen top + concrete counter with cabinets.</li><li>one guy from Aja (still far too expensive) - RM 3.8k for front and back kitchen counter, RM 3.2k for just the front kitchen cabinet with concrete kitchen top.</li><li>one other guy from me - the one that I found from Mudah, mine is the most affordable one. I told him I am really on a budget - RM 1.7k for the concrete kitchen top without tiles. And additional RM 900 for the cabinet, if I want. I wanted to find my own tiles to reduce the cost, because they said additional RM 200 for the tiles. The job was down in less than 2 weeks.</li><li>This is before all the old cabinets were removed :</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5RvIv7_zG9r_7TQC8NLeGWjNUom5loDt9WtxzX6ST4BpLT3HZTtgpSbDngj0_Toe2M_z4kF7ZN_XutZ3NfvqzA-_e1Y1LMMt_rOBRMI_hhlfry-Y181YoAHFGQs4dGTsB6mq-e0F_Qo/s1600/kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5RvIv7_zG9r_7TQC8NLeGWjNUom5loDt9WtxzX6ST4BpLT3HZTtgpSbDngj0_Toe2M_z4kF7ZN_XutZ3NfvqzA-_e1Y1LMMt_rOBRMI_hhlfry-Y181YoAHFGQs4dGTsB6mq-e0F_Qo/s640/kitchen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><b>Cost : RM 1700</b> for sink plumbing, concrete kitchen top and installing tiles, plus garbage disposal renting for 1 day.</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Gas Cooktop for the Kitchen Counter :</b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Over 2 months before, we searched at several places for a small 2-place gas cooktop for the new I-shaped kitchen counter in the main kitchen. I was inspired by Tokyo's home with small kitchen space.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The gas cooktop is really small compared to what we had before, we found it at SenQ from Electrolux brand and bought it really early because I need to buy part-by-part for the whole kitchen renovation. People on budget had to work on what they have, kan? </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Cost for the built-in gas cooktop from Electrolux : RM 932 </b>with addition 3 years in-house warranty.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>The tiles for the Kitchen Counter :</b></div><ul><li>Saturday : Tiles searching day. Eyed for one of the shop in front of Pasar Borong. </li></ul>The original plan was to use small tiles for the kitchen counter but they said that small tiles are too fragile for everyday use, they suggested to use the thicker and bigger ones for it. So I decided to follow their suggestion and maybe use the small tiles for the walls instead. We went to 3 shops in Seri Kembangan area, and 3 more closed ones because it was a public holiday. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I bought 10 big tiles : each tiles costed RM 8.50 on promotion, the real price was RM 19.90 each. They had a huge beige-whitish grade A tiles with some texture on it, I didn't want the white shiny polished ones like they suggested so the texture was fine. The tiles were used for the kitchen top and the extended on the floor part for the future cabinet. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cost for tiles : RM 85</b> (RM 8.50 x 10)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div><b>The timeline for Kitchen Counter Process :</b></div><ul><li>Monday : Af and I took a day off. They came, dissembled the old kitchen cabinets and prepared the things needed.</li><li>Tuesday : They came again, ma had to stay at home. They measured the place, prepared the framework and filled in the concrete. This took the whole day</li><li>Wednesday - Friday : No one at home, so they left the concrete dried properly</li><li>Saturday - Af & I were at an event opening a booth. We went to the tiles shop to buy 6 more tiles that morning. Both my younger brother and sister had to stay at home, to wait for them to clean up the concrete top, install the tiles, the kitchen place and the sink with the whole plumbing.</li><li>Sunday - My siblings cleaned the kitchen.</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next : Cabinet for the kitchen top in dry kitchen, and floor tiles in the wet kitchen :F</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Moneeeeh.</div><br />Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-48923740041575690672023-08-28T02:06:00.005-07:002023-08-28T02:06:31.626-07:00Little House : Kitchen Makeover 01<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>I'll be frank, I'm not full-heartedly committed with this project.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>The reasons :</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">Because I am still renting other place with AF and having to be in charge of 2 places at once isn't financially smart.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">It's still my house, Ma mentioned it several times. I had to be financially in-charge of the full renovation because it's the "owner's" responsibility, aside from my whole family is living there instead of me.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">The kitchen cabinet collapsed too soon, too sudden, the sink was broken, the whole kitchen was flooded. They had the problem for 2 months - like that. And everyone was not really full-heartedly committed as well.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">I had to do something, fast, money-efficient, and solve this stupid problem that stalled for far too long.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">I hated my siblings for turning their eyes blind for this. For letting this problem consumed 2 months of their lives like nothing happened and passed it to Ma, and living there like a renting house.</li></ol><div><div style="text-align: justify;">So I finally decided to kick them out, I'll be in charge and move back again this December instead. I asked my brother and sister to find their own renting place because I don't want them there. It was the hardest thing to do, but I had too, they are far too old for me or ma to take care of them. I'm fully aware about sharing this matter in my blog <span style="font-size: x-small;">*it is against my rules nowadays</span>, especially the ranting part, but I don't want to cry myself to sleep just because of these things that I told them so many times but they kept silent, just ignored my messages and let me think and think and think and rant to AF for over a year now. No, make it almost 2 years since we got married. They have no idea how stressed out I got over this. So kicking them out with a heart-stone decision is my final option and I'm sticking up to it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ma is disappointed with me, she felt like I'm kicking her out too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I told her that I just want my siblings to find their own place and be responsible for their lives instead. Plus to stop using so many excuses to grow up and be independent like I did. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, that's the part of how this problem started and how it came to kitchen renovation project solely decided and planned on me alone, with a help from Af of course.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">*<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The pre-plan :</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So the previous 10 years kitchen plan was the L-shaped kitchen cabinet with 4-place gas cooktop installed, 2-parts sink and the whole electrical items on it. I hated the mess, because the kitchen is small and my family of 6 is all big and all the hoarded stuffs were taking too much space. It is too crammed with collected and unused stuffs.<br /><br />I wanted the future kitchen to be used comfortably because I'm going to use the space everyday. So I planned on making the main kitchen a dry kitchen with a bigger dining place and the store behind that used to be my brother's room to be turned into a wet kitchen and where I'll store all cooking items and probably a washing machine. They didn't really agree on not having all the cabinets to keep things, but I wanted what I visioned and I try to not care about what people said. Plus it's my money and my apartment, I want to like the things that I spend on =.=<br /><br />I prepared a mood-board. I want a white kitchen, a good space with airy ventilation, natural lights and where I can eat+lepak2 with my my whole family. I have a huge collection of pinned items in <b><u><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/azreenchan/tiny-apartment/">my Pinterest here</a></u></b> - because I've been planning for far too long, so I can even imagine it vividly.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4XHISGV5nBjNDG-MDocpqM81bqyGW49jORDcwStKC5t1Vd2i-kpU0FcsD8Pw4-lkPATqeWV-h32tRuNC37p1pAsgnNCY1PSkcEYxsWQHodR7BSqI5JB1dKrbfApUhYuxpZyF2NQjppo/s1600/MOODBOARD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4XHISGV5nBjNDG-MDocpqM81bqyGW49jORDcwStKC5t1Vd2i-kpU0FcsD8Pw4-lkPATqeWV-h32tRuNC37p1pAsgnNCY1PSkcEYxsWQHodR7BSqI5JB1dKrbfApUhYuxpZyF2NQjppo/s640/MOODBOARD.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A small apartment is something I wanted so much other than travelling, but none of the things that happened since I bought it helped much. I moved-out twice since I bought it, so I supposed you can guess how much I wanted my own space instead of sharing it with my whole siblings. Now I don't believe their promises, it's over 5 years and they are still there saying that they will find a place. Nope, that won't do. 3 weeks to go.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note : I bought one, I can't let myself buy another property in this economy. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have too many debts to settle and too many places to go. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">So this is my little place, I own it, and I want to love it.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-37435374523520258682023-08-28T02:06:00.004-07:002023-08-28T02:06:26.357-07:00Work Related : Vectober <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other than updated Behance posts and its portfolio, I also post daily on <a href="https://dribbble.com/azreenchan"><b>my Dribbble account</b></a>. Most things are vectorized items that I did when I worked with Freepik throughout this year - there are hundreds of little items, but I did an alternate version for the ones that I posted on my Dribbble account daily. It's a cute-eyed mini version.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It started with the #inktober that everyone in IG mentioned about, but I no longer have time to draw on paper, so I changed it to #vectober - apparently my current main medium is all in digital :F So I kept on posting it daily, sometimes 2-3 per day because I always missed posting stuffs over the weekend. 2 weeks later, it became like a dedication - a thing that I need to do at least for just a few minutes daily. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm so proud of the outcome.<br />I posted around 25 shots in Dribbble for the month of October :<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1f/e9/de/1fe9de84788e267653170fb0173d7e4b.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1f/e9/de/1fe9de84788e267653170fb0173d7e4b.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-30469868545880308432023-08-28T02:06:00.003-07:002023-08-28T02:06:20.948-07:00Work Related : Remaining 2024 with events & activities<div style="text-align: justify;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Reasoning always pushes me into sudden splurging on things; because when I have money - I want to travel, and when I can't travel I want to buy things - just because. Hm. But then, I'm trying to fill my schedule with events and activities that I can do, in hope of making my inner-self understand that sometimes I need to be the adult and be reasonable. Oh well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This November I'll be joining an event :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">26th event - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/201424920268564/" style="font-weight: bold;">JUNKed Makers Market</a><b> </b>at <b>Prototype Gallery, Wisma Central</b>, Jln Ampang. Near KLCC, in front of now demolished : the Red Bungalow. It's the place where people in the city go to print stuffs. It was the place I went for random lunch when I worked part time between Matic KL and Menara Atlan, or the place we sometimes send things to be urgently printed <span style="font-size: x-small;">*even though they were all expensive, my God. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Not quite sure the crowd, but rental is super affordable to sell my little stickers for the day.</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogPIxXX2kk_2QFJuWdrCfC3t_XwatONmAHonW6ERNualr56xRZmCbE7qYNcGfp819acARGnhDy07yBmQnomQT3dU18DrFlRcT-4yPSbumIYaFww4pij_0sSjwzGrObUfREk_8-EDq_Tw/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogPIxXX2kk_2QFJuWdrCfC3t_XwatONmAHonW6ERNualr56xRZmCbE7qYNcGfp819acARGnhDy07yBmQnomQT3dU18DrFlRcT-4yPSbumIYaFww4pij_0sSjwzGrObUfREk_8-EDq_Tw/s640/01.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Here a map :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d1991.8785273629996!2d101.71344575792831!3d3.158622499425038!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x31cc37d11d63be8f%3A0xe416720aeb035835!2sWisma+Central%2C+147%2C+Jalan+Ampang%2C+Kuala+Lumpur%2C+50450+Kuala+Lumpur%2C+Wilayah+Persekutuan+Kuala+Lumpur%2C+Malaysia!5e0!3m2!1sen!2s!4v1477797175496" style="border: 0;" width="600"></iframe><br /><br />*</div></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">27th event : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/171380716600476/" style="font-weight: bold;">Etsy Made Local</a> at Battery Acid Club, Petaling Jaya. It is a 2-days event, but my booth is scheduled for that Sunday (13/11) : more calming day. I've been wanting to join the Etsy Malaysia group - so I'll have more exposure, more chances to go to places because sometimes it is way easier to plan in a group than going to big events alone. But I'm too introverted to believe that I may need other people in my life. But trying matters. I hope I won't be the thorn among the roses and feel out of place. </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkGYB2BaqBAIBT3lpXTYykikvwxUDzQ74lx4BibPQ66wAKjmctdtbV7ElLsfcTLxG4rRAUVSzOcj2ydBt1w9Vf_EfhJr3s1KwUnkfNKu2hxf9F0hTXHLiBjeqgLhdkb7EetpKQK-OJSE/s1600/1805_MadeLocalSA2016_SELLER_DIGI_ASSETS_EN_InstagramPostTemplate_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkGYB2BaqBAIBT3lpXTYykikvwxUDzQ74lx4BibPQ66wAKjmctdtbV7ElLsfcTLxG4rRAUVSzOcj2ydBt1w9Vf_EfhJr3s1KwUnkfNKu2hxf9F0hTXHLiBjeqgLhdkb7EetpKQK-OJSE/s1600/1805_MadeLocalSA2016_SELLER_DIGI_ASSETS_EN_InstagramPostTemplate_2.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the map :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3983.8200159204007!2d101.61774161439754!3d3.1421704977120424!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x31cc493279b825e9%3A0x589fd0ae9b0b7e1d!2sBattery+Acid+Club!5e0!3m2!1sen!2s!4v1477797594648" style="border: 0;" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I'll be fighting with a lot of little demons to open a booth and be among the society, just so I can share stuffs that I made with people whom might probably like it . Hope I can see you guys soon? Or you can always opt for more indirect and expensive way : which is <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/azreenChan?">via my Etsy</a></b>, of course :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>Also <b>Putrajaya Night Marathon</b> : where I will be trying my first 21km running + walking + zombie-like-dragging-my-feet.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">While in this December I'll be joining this :</div></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">School Holiday : Doodle day class at UPM *still not confirmed*</li></ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">28th event : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1743284509254354/?" style="font-weight: bold;">Rantai Art Festival 2016</a><b> </b>at IM4U Sentral, Puchong. Two of my previous events with Rantai were a total failure <span style="font-size: x-small;">*I didn't even write a post about it because it was so bad*</span>, I think I'm giving this one another shot to see whether they can reborn again or not. Compared to all other events that I'm joining in this 2 months, Rantai is the most expensive. Way expensive, I don't see how the event will help independent market with high rental if there's no crowd at all. But then again, we'll see :)</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkAIcb292XkYx8EFziLFnwrIOdeS4NTwlkUI_aZGhGFsQij76YUILJgHKCCyZnJaPtXFIcrVltZ3hXgJVQuZWnwA4Ii7AnEvQy72rzMKLc8zAqXUmWzJq5eYStoquijy9SrsYmXaYkfo/s1600/14882203_1788340011390840_1914986784496686426_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkAIcb292XkYx8EFziLFnwrIOdeS4NTwlkUI_aZGhGFsQij76YUILJgHKCCyZnJaPtXFIcrVltZ3hXgJVQuZWnwA4Ii7AnEvQy72rzMKLc8zAqXUmWzJq5eYStoquijy9SrsYmXaYkfo/s640/14882203_1788340011390840_1914986784496686426_o.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the map :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3984.273284236593!2d101.60916631373567!3d3.021089354771533!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x31cdb3596b01f5d3%3A0x4835b0b0f06b940a!2siM4U+Sentral!5e0!3m2!1sen!2smy!4v1477800468199" style="border: 0;" width="600"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-84568623224748408702023-08-28T02:06:00.001-07:002023-08-28T02:06:03.601-07:00Tutorial : Simple Digital Illustration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'm going to share some of my techniques in digital illustration based on my own <b>noob experience</b>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There are several types of illustration that I do :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><ol><li>Digital illustration using hand-drawn stroke - on Photoshop</li><li>Digital illustration using vector - on Illustrator</li><li>Digital Illustration or Painting - on Photoshop</li></ol><div><div style="text-align: justify;">My favorite style is by using Photoshop because it will be more flexible to draw on my Wacom tablet almost naturally. The bad side for this technique : It will be a solid illustration, any changes mean you need to wipe it clean and draw it back. The size for the illustration will also be fixed, so you can't really enlarge it from the original size you started. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Compared to vector : the illustration will be super flexible, you can edit all the points or enlarge it as big as you want but, the styling will be a bit too clean for my liking.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">To start, you need to know what you want to draw ie : the rough idea. A sketch on paper is good <span style="font-size: x-small;">*you can scan it or snap a picture of it and open it on Photoshop</span>, a rough moodboard from images taken from the net is also good - in this case, you can make a layout of what you want to draw and put all the items on the artboard and experiment with the size and location. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>The size :</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For any digital illustration that will only be used online : blog, ig, fb, etc - </div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Artboard : 1000 x 1000 pixel<br />Resolution : 150<br />Colour mode : RGB </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For any printing artwork : poster, brochures, etc -</div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Artboard : Based on the printing size, it is advisable to use the size of your printing size as a reference. So you will make sure that the size of your illustration will be big enough to be printed later.<br />Resolution : 300<span style="font-size: x-small;"> *the highest</span><br />Colour mode : CMYK <span style="font-size: x-small;">*test print is your friend. iMac's screen usually show brighter and more colourful screen but your printed items might not.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I can't find my pencilled-sketch for this illustration. But yes, I did doodled this on a paper and snap a photo of it using my phone. Then I open a new psd file and paste it on one of the layer. I drew on the upper layer afterwards. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here are the items on the illustration, on different layers because I like to rearrange it over and over again until I got something that I like :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjJ1YVv2HNhbDi3DXdR0hnsdu5O7qemmJ_mQQDA7E5Ri340d95m8p40F7BjY1pXxGtAbJz30NBkb2QLwCcCI8LYKtxqv9AIrwgevD7feBbp24jdwA9H3Gdi8-x6PC4jk-uAOSQnP9kGA/s1600/02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjJ1YVv2HNhbDi3DXdR0hnsdu5O7qemmJ_mQQDA7E5Ri340d95m8p40F7BjY1pXxGtAbJz30NBkb2QLwCcCI8LYKtxqv9AIrwgevD7feBbp24jdwA9H3Gdi8-x6PC4jk-uAOSQnP9kGA/s640/02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is an illustration all arranged and ready to be coloured :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl7goBP-0iZPPZQZzNN3ZmaDDD-xIHIu-ylztW0esFkeuwLcJULF4CymKoa7POA_YEnoAlXAUFt7v8rJHryNQztXI8iZFXbmZdz9IqBq5-ISDOJjX1aDt642Tq-oEp7vmBQBFScrNQOk/s1600/03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl7goBP-0iZPPZQZzNN3ZmaDDD-xIHIu-ylztW0esFkeuwLcJULF4CymKoa7POA_YEnoAlXAUFt7v8rJHryNQztXI8iZFXbmZdz9IqBq5-ISDOJjX1aDt642Tq-oEp7vmBQBFScrNQOk/s640/03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is the coloured version :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1J-IC8UWCcBGobPVi_xOKxIOnbBfnG5aLiLzdwiVhv3xK6W0YvyVBB7CUgJOY3iUkHY_1EVFinT46fJVp-9qvatFGDcD2YicFfcFVTaUAk2m2Dgoux1kI5MJ3xn4xuQurBChM6WdjyE/s1600/end.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1J-IC8UWCcBGobPVi_xOKxIOnbBfnG5aLiLzdwiVhv3xK6W0YvyVBB7CUgJOY3iUkHY_1EVFinT46fJVp-9qvatFGDcD2YicFfcFVTaUAk2m2Dgoux1kI5MJ3xn4xuQurBChM6WdjyE/s640/end.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">See? Illustrations that aren't vectorized always looked a bit personalized. It's my personal favorite style, I really like clean hand-drawn digital illustration like comic. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most of my formal works use vectorized illustration because they are easier to amend - <span style="font-size: x-small;">*clients are hard to please</span> :F but most of my informal fun projects are in digital hand-drawn illustration. Down below is an example of the vectorized illustration from the same theme above <span style="font-size: x-small;">*in lazy version, nothing that makes it look like my work, kan?</span> : </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUL7YqlZ6aSDmV1Z8GYVcpID6tIPT_ZPC6OHgBT3RE2sIMQh2bS3pjzQjOCV4aELThtVJCScmxsNuko01-2DXZkhOgfPaYmI6MiX7fdoHLKJkjUKVLN0c40JZH87nQon6y1WFJxMCiMtk/s1600/tuto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUL7YqlZ6aSDmV1Z8GYVcpID6tIPT_ZPC6OHgBT3RE2sIMQh2bS3pjzQjOCV4aELThtVJCScmxsNuko01-2DXZkhOgfPaYmI6MiX7fdoHLKJkjUKVLN0c40JZH87nQon6y1WFJxMCiMtk/s640/tuto.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So it depends on you, you can always try few other methods and see which style you like the most. As a visual designer, it is surely useful to know several different methods because you need to illustrate based on your client's need. Designers need to <b>know how to manipulate visual items</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But for an illustrator, you need to have your own 'touch' that make your digital illustration came from you only. It's a live-long journey, the more you practice and experiment, the more style you'll come across and you will find something that you like the best that represents you.<br /><br /></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-76799356340634267842023-08-28T02:06:00.000-07:002023-08-28T02:06:00.082-07:00Work Related : Some Tips for New Illustrators<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6H2OzX4DsX9563fH0CkKChc31EnIY7gP2Ct9iGml_fqYlbYdzhmRPNbcXdHfSHDFZKQzAFCXrlYAGT0mlOVMizIFmq24QfayuCpjoxI-U3lfuU7PJfI24m0tr3AONT3wq1GZdL_fKDF8/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-08-23+at+7.12.05+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6H2OzX4DsX9563fH0CkKChc31EnIY7gP2Ct9iGml_fqYlbYdzhmRPNbcXdHfSHDFZKQzAFCXrlYAGT0mlOVMizIFmq24QfayuCpjoxI-U3lfuU7PJfI24m0tr3AONT3wq1GZdL_fKDF8/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-08-23+at+7.12.05+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />As a local illustrator, I hate to accept that most local clients/publishers are putting such a low-fees/budget/price on illustration works. And because I wanted to help the industry, I usually agree on the pricing even though I know that I'm also jeopardizing the small illustrator's industry as well. I wish they know that I actually put much higher service fees to other <span style="text-align: justify;">international clients - as my time and effort worth. And the reason I agree to work with the local industry is just because I wanted to help and be a part of the growing industry itself. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;">But sometimes it is just not worth my time and effort.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes I am just so frustrated T^T</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Here are some notes for budding illustrators :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Don't let them give the price of your work - it will demotivate you.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li>Ask them their budget on each illustration or spend the time for the illustration with the same amount of budget they have stated before agreeing to the project.</li><li>Or, give your service charge in advance : per illustration/per project/per day/per hour so they will know upfront.</li><li>Please don't let them give the price for your work, you are no longer a student waiting for the teacher to grade you. You are adding values to their project, appreciate your time and effort. You decide your price or they decide their budget.</li></ul><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Before agreeing to a project - make everything clear.</b></div><div><ul><li>What they want? Which style - vector? hand-drawn? </li><li>Rough price for each illustration - simple items, complicated item, full poster, icon</li><li>Make sure both sides agree on it</li><li>Send them an invoice </li><li>Start working</li></ul></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Set timeline - try to follow the timeline </b></div><div><ul><li>If you need more time, tell them</li><li>If you can't submit in time, tell them</li><li>If you can't no longer listen to their never-ending amendments, tell them</li><li>If you think you are not up for it, tell them</li><li>This is a field that need your most contribution and creative ideas, if you are not fully up for it - I can't imagine how your artwork will turn up. So don't be afraid to reject a project, or a client.</li></ul><b></b><br /><div><b><b><br /></b></b></div><b>Your client is not always right - even how professional you are trying to be.</b></div><div><ul><li>I know they are paying you, but if your instinct is saying that they are evil - don't work with them. Ha.</li><li>People who are paying you to work with you is not your boss. Imagine them as a working partner. You want to feel full-filled and proud after you finish a project, because those works are your babies - and you are passing your babies to your clients and they will grow up together. So your clients are not your bosses - make sure you work with the right people.</li><li>I met super-manipulative evil clients before. So I'm picky nowadays.</li></ul></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Know the price, know your price.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li>Basic way if you don't know how to name your service price. Your basic monthly salary, divide by your working days, you'll get your daily salary. So there you'll get the basic salary for your 8-hour working time - don't let it go lower than that.</li><li>Research, experiment on several projects with various clients, you'll get the rough idea on how the local pricing goes here. </li><li><i>It really not worth it - trust me,</i> I'm doing this just for passion and charity - to help the industry and to learn. Don't be an illustrator working for local clients - work your way up, and soon you'll work with clients worth your time and effort. </li><li>My cheapest fees I got was RM 12 per illustration, my highest fees I got for a full illustration was RM 12,000. So, yes, work yourself up and choose your clients.</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note : </b>Most local clients will have a REALLY low budget, don't expect an easy life out of it. They will negotiate to get a lower and lower price than you should get paid. And you will feel devalued and under-appreciated. If they are really on a tight budget, you can suggest them to download images from Freepik or subsribe to Shutterstock, by doing that they can't demotivated your burning passion and waste your time.<br /><br />Or if it is not for money, just do it for your passion and you know that it will make you feel fulfilled afterwards. You know they are using you anyway, make sure you'll have a fun time while doing the project and you will feel proud and want to post it in your Behance and Dribbble later - if not then it is actually not worth your time :D</div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-48245639480697948972023-08-28T02:05:00.003-07:002023-08-28T02:05:16.439-07:00Work Related : Old Navy Poster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><u><a href="https://azreenchan.myportfolio.com/poster-indonesia-old-navy">Have you seen it ?</a></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I subscribed to Adobe CC for a year, so I got to use Adobe Portfolio. Tried it and kinda like the whole clean curated look of my online portfolio. All images are not auto-compressed like in Behance <span style="font-size: x-small;">*even though they are in the same engine - images posted in my portfolios are images uploaded in my Behance,</span> but they are all clean and crisp :F Compared to images I posted in Blogger, Pinterest, Dribbble and Behance - at least these uploaded images aren't auto-compressed by the engine. I'm super grateful. So you can see all my shared works there, none tiny-bit-blurry caused by auto-compression. <span style="font-size: x-small;">*you have no idea how this issue disturbed me for a long while back</span> :F</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Note : All works now belong to Old Navy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My last client before I started working full-time again was Old Navy. <a href="http://www.oldnavy.com/">The Old Navy.</a> I worked on this project for 2 months, since right after Eid until August 2016. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This was considered as my <b>first 'big' international client eveeeeer</b> and I was super excited and nervous and everything in between. I took so much time to finish up the project even though I was working as a freelancer for full-time. I want to indirectly thank my art director for the project, Mr Jonathan for helping me and being super patient with the whole slowpoke process T^T</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I even took 2-3 weeks for for the research, moodboard and first rough sketches. I don't know how other illustrators work, but I know I did take a long time than the intended timeframe they gave me. But I loved it, I love the whole process T^T It was like I finally been paid for my time and effort to make something that I really-really like in my own style and colours T^T </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here are some of other cities' poster made by other illustrators from all over the world. The Malaysia poster was done by <b><a href="https://www.behance.net/BIGMOUTH">Big Mouth</a></b> - I'm his super faaaaaan, I contacted him to ask for the formal forms that I need to filled in :D </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AVwvfhygUtyPhlq1_bHG6TX6anvz7rV-k608fyOKEq-bR4z4-QC6AiTQXS07iIbZLlHZNISGIkJalty32mv7IP_t2AzKEc2fJf4-19nkOWwPITW86N1pQNVwaCT4HzG8Qn-FOa3OMVY/s1600/posters.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AVwvfhygUtyPhlq1_bHG6TX6anvz7rV-k608fyOKEq-bR4z4-QC6AiTQXS07iIbZLlHZNISGIkJalty32mv7IP_t2AzKEc2fJf4-19nkOWwPITW86N1pQNVwaCT4HzG8Qn-FOa3OMVY/s640/posters.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My poster was definitely wayyy different than all other posters because I chose to do in hard-line stroke for all the vectors when almost all other illustrators didn't use any strokes at all. But I took the chance. Mine looked different, but definitely my strokes - for anyone who've come to recognize it <i>lah,</i> I looked at it and it looked like my work. And I'm proud of it <span style="font-size: x-small;">*at least while I'm writing this, I feel proud of it, who know 2 years from now I want to delete the work because it looked super ugly by that time kan.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>Here are my first draft sketches :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkcaWX5UTjA2tLaiSuRAvp2fhn27Geyi2fDIrTBgEct7smAuDiOJ0s2ilWRuQwd0ObzxhNlVmBFOexE0DaSHrK2Scbalz5eGKID9K3kUzXiXCmUL60iDh9Y5TEYf10jf5Mfeg1fZv8Zk/s1600/Sketches01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkcaWX5UTjA2tLaiSuRAvp2fhn27Geyi2fDIrTBgEct7smAuDiOJ0s2ilWRuQwd0ObzxhNlVmBFOexE0DaSHrK2Scbalz5eGKID9K3kUzXiXCmUL60iDh9Y5TEYf10jf5Mfeg1fZv8Zk/s640/Sketches01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpG9-HY6COGbmZzQBwAfoHa3Y-bgunEGEWjN06CCqa6r7zDda2NOs8RUXjKJJGT69pwV7OJMNWkpdWCL1RjSoYK-rZDos099do9_7TMp07Y9_TxhTUkKyy3Py9FPU7FmOQXUX2F9E0Yc/s1600/Sketches02%252603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpG9-HY6COGbmZzQBwAfoHa3Y-bgunEGEWjN06CCqa6r7zDda2NOs8RUXjKJJGT69pwV7OJMNWkpdWCL1RjSoYK-rZDos099do9_7TMp07Y9_TxhTUkKyy3Py9FPU7FmOQXUX2F9E0Yc/s640/Sketches02%252603.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUKdKebanxV7YryPAhnoDZ7ORXO5xfKYZzI9oCmrNe3ojaZh6U113uxuyDUnTyFa3LxPtMU7uTPbtrd7BmyZX-hrL-6yjMIDABtI5Bnns81TxpPe1vldUWfOeLTWCwY0wjjrnFPbKl4I/s1600/Sketches04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUKdKebanxV7YryPAhnoDZ7ORXO5xfKYZzI9oCmrNe3ojaZh6U113uxuyDUnTyFa3LxPtMU7uTPbtrd7BmyZX-hrL-6yjMIDABtI5Bnns81TxpPe1vldUWfOeLTWCwY0wjjrnFPbKl4I/s640/Sketches04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />My strongest feeling is the 4th sketch, and thank God he agreed with me too. So I came out with the version 2 of the 4th sketch. The detailing, the planning on what to draw, the size of the paper that need to resemble the poster size - so using a squared paper in my Muji planner was very-very useful. I came out with this :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHnPmXkerChtn10T5O__wn0Du7j1cFMZ00InsTmEB7_XacSGcVOAkiW2QGXck1Vgd2uGuSMyuDcjJMo1XX36PIDDqnDhZev3vWR4sL1WLrT1do4wyZBdugTJMR2GjXztyrpTX66U8wCU/s1600/Sketches04v02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHnPmXkerChtn10T5O__wn0Du7j1cFMZ00InsTmEB7_XacSGcVOAkiW2QGXck1Vgd2uGuSMyuDcjJMo1XX36PIDDqnDhZev3vWR4sL1WLrT1do4wyZBdugTJMR2GjXztyrpTX66U8wCU/s640/Sketches04v02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To digitize it took few more weeks, and to finalize it took more and more weeks :F I had some problems with the colour mixture and the text wording of "Indonesia" and "Old Navy". They gave me a branding guide, so I had to follow their colour guide. See how many revised files I have in my hard-drive :D </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7EWoPEmA4x4Ujaf9WvirwH_CtRIyh-HuiBmm9kMEnbx9GbwIf11sx-DwMA668uqfeRVxRRoopF-QwOPTMS1dKtZMsIek_sBq2OPKmHSeT2LBngSf0qdQ1etj-8yyQW8-1ingNv9m0pY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-10-23+at+11.26.20+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7EWoPEmA4x4Ujaf9WvirwH_CtRIyh-HuiBmm9kMEnbx9GbwIf11sx-DwMA668uqfeRVxRRoopF-QwOPTMS1dKtZMsIek_sBq2OPKmHSeT2LBngSf0qdQ1etj-8yyQW8-1ingNv9m0pY/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-10-23+at+11.26.20+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We finally decided on huge blocky word for "Indonesia" and main colour : red to represent their national colour. The wording was customized a bit to make it looked like it came from the same person. Ditto the word "Old Navy" in a bubble surrounded by one of their national flower :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hCHYb4DXjLqKN0worRY_VG2F_pYWXF25vJYkqQ6L0njk4DR_guTX7sA92_e-OPyNYZJ7dmvM01yWoCQSYVWh8-enWNy_-NlgrQFcfF66T3O5IpqosMIgjjgH9riMcD4iP1drGwgOtxo/s1600/Word.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hCHYb4DXjLqKN0worRY_VG2F_pYWXF25vJYkqQ6L0njk4DR_guTX7sA92_e-OPyNYZJ7dmvM01yWoCQSYVWh8-enWNy_-NlgrQFcfF66T3O5IpqosMIgjjgH9riMcD4iP1drGwgOtxo/s640/Word.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCs-aNNjWoxyq5jgEI1w6w_VaMnK0QK04FJ6rgXlfhxCK_ul_H6-1HQX3kba04eo0ihNI15J7b0aGZWtiXnZCviN43y6l-2dr9shGRMO0jcm_Rds6VhrfEAeEI9Ucv4VLZezftFX3w2Q/s1600/03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCs-aNNjWoxyq5jgEI1w6w_VaMnK0QK04FJ6rgXlfhxCK_ul_H6-1HQX3kba04eo0ihNI15J7b0aGZWtiXnZCviN43y6l-2dr9shGRMO0jcm_Rds6VhrfEAeEI9Ucv4VLZezftFX3w2Q/s640/03.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So that's the story of my first 2016 international client :D </div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can view <b><a href="https://azreenchan.myportfolio.com/poster-indonesia-old-navy">the finalized version HERE</a></b>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rejected version :</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKRPfmtQnfGei0-DpFUzPCpxzzb22q6yMbmJOMdTpeotDMEhwTeCCk6krVwE56E4Fyd1OFLL5XswXQSkFO1ipNjhlXvh_ZYX56im9OCcA2PaudbG5AE_tek2-4H4TA00bkgOsEV-LgAbQ/s1600/01+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKRPfmtQnfGei0-DpFUzPCpxzzb22q6yMbmJOMdTpeotDMEhwTeCCk6krVwE56E4Fyd1OFLL5XswXQSkFO1ipNjhlXvh_ZYX56im9OCcA2PaudbG5AE_tek2-4H4TA00bkgOsEV-LgAbQ/s640/01+2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_L-HHAcNdUlNKW31kjmUHjE0GrIgZDPF1hLF_rBcLXXX8IyJ9uo9lLpEjFkZ5YFSRN0RLtURjEAidP_HBL72pez9HSvEERqKohZvo7yjAr1W5S8rrhj56uDFhD9-_kU5t9lMVUDsU-A/s1600/02+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_L-HHAcNdUlNKW31kjmUHjE0GrIgZDPF1hLF_rBcLXXX8IyJ9uo9lLpEjFkZ5YFSRN0RLtURjEAidP_HBL72pez9HSvEERqKohZvo7yjAr1W5S8rrhj56uDFhD9-_kU5t9lMVUDsU-A/s640/02+2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs0URsXmeHUSwxU3jcdu6frNMMWd_SOJN0Av6J3ICz3ZUoFC9ZyQ5AI5tp2_glsybtvIzim15vF5kXVbyuSZ0Jkt_M3GNkMPbGrGaF3KEliWuRkjkq4yxPyj5qA_XF_AHuUe75tLqofY/s1600/03+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfs0URsXmeHUSwxU3jcdu6frNMMWd_SOJN0Av6J3ICz3ZUoFC9ZyQ5AI5tp2_glsybtvIzim15vF5kXVbyuSZ0Jkt_M3GNkMPbGrGaF3KEliWuRkjkq4yxPyj5qA_XF_AHuUe75tLqofY/s640/03+2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_6L9u476uov57fNEUoTtfiExJwmOPbPpq6RDjf8wwTqU_hwixV35ZzynGmUBav9190I5pt-FaECqGnlS3EYsPGpF190PUzLskf8RqJbj7TGRnIBDcmdDrE6JCfpyqS5hHmnPU_9g4CU/s1600/04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_6L9u476uov57fNEUoTtfiExJwmOPbPpq6RDjf8wwTqU_hwixV35ZzynGmUBav9190I5pt-FaECqGnlS3EYsPGpF190PUzLskf8RqJbj7TGRnIBDcmdDrE6JCfpyqS5hHmnPU_9g4CU/s640/04.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHL-6gtMCcpFw9gLVsirvHOsqoNduqT8BJ03WTK_TBtHr8prc_Zy6bXmjhYaG_2tbxKSesCeN2RPZdw8Gi9c_h9cdafdqckQMOgaCNvEktCLsgNWrTM65VVCKzhWcFvUfuT0EYfe_4Hs/s1600/05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHL-6gtMCcpFw9gLVsirvHOsqoNduqT8BJ03WTK_TBtHr8prc_Zy6bXmjhYaG_2tbxKSesCeN2RPZdw8Gi9c_h9cdafdqckQMOgaCNvEktCLsgNWrTM65VVCKzhWcFvUfuT0EYfe_4Hs/s640/05.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />*<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note : Best kaaaaan. Do you want to be an illustrator now? :D</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-52910696087856400152023-08-28T02:05:00.002-07:002023-08-28T02:05:10.999-07:00Work Related : Japanese Foods & Drinks Sticker Packs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here are some of my stickers from my previous trip to Tokiyo that I printed out for my Public Garden, Singapore event a few weeks ago. I've been keeping these for almost a year now :F I used these stickers in my personal travelogue for the trip. Sooo nice that I can draw and make my own stickers for my own <i>syok-sendiri </i>travel journal kan :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d9/c8/5e/d9c85e63b22d32168f1447ac20f628d0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d9/c8/5e/d9c85e63b22d32168f1447ac20f628d0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">These are my favorite items while we were in Tokiyo - like our first day early morning breakfast when we first learned how to use the vending machine at the airport (I remember the blue morning, cold breezy rain and both of us sitting at the deck waiting for morning light) , or our random juices like Coconut water that doesn't taste like coconut at all - more like a sweetened water that we bought at our first park when we were lost in the city while searching for the nearest Daiso we saw in the map, or our daily breakfast drinks throughout the trip, or lots and lots of Onigiris. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxgCzfM-DjwxXI-Gt1P5vIBRgU9I8CnzA3RIh5ZOYJ0cF2twKsjJ9V5cIrbyO111og2vgeJ4cs32SMGKg6dNxPfomzLvWT5M-e9h19J-kgxQEL7LgCgtou_a1UrQ8OfcNiin5sMknYXw/s1600/IMG_0410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxgCzfM-DjwxXI-Gt1P5vIBRgU9I8CnzA3RIh5ZOYJ0cF2twKsjJ9V5cIrbyO111og2vgeJ4cs32SMGKg6dNxPfomzLvWT5M-e9h19J-kgxQEL7LgCgtou_a1UrQ8OfcNiin5sMknYXw/s640/IMG_0410.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All ready and packed for next events in November (I signed up for <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/doodles.by.azreenchan/events/">Junk-ed Makers' Market and Etsy Made Local</a></b>). Also selling these sticker packs in my Etsy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXM5EtdWZ-7hmrwvjDHkPs_4HsCTGLiRfpRF26ZDyDwlj043Z2zAYqt0TosccYTHB6qCZwyDZgfWUjn24Fd_T1o7BKYsnW1n46-6oKlnbaQhKJI_9SMBoOovJl8tVB5_tncnp95EVTdPM/s1600/IMG_0413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXM5EtdWZ-7hmrwvjDHkPs_4HsCTGLiRfpRF26ZDyDwlj043Z2zAYqt0TosccYTHB6qCZwyDZgfWUjn24Fd_T1o7BKYsnW1n46-6oKlnbaQhKJI_9SMBoOovJl8tVB5_tncnp95EVTdPM/s640/IMG_0413.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-84935853025317322182023-08-28T02:05:00.001-07:002023-08-28T02:05:06.593-07:00Books : Scandal, Boring Fictions and More Books<div style="text-align: justify;">I think I took around 3 weeks with iFlix to finish up all 4 seasons of <b>'Scandal' by Shonda Rhimes. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I never thought I would enjoy politic/mystery/thriller series these days :F Look how grown-up I am now, I no longer have any patient to watch superpower/fantasy/sci-fiction series or even movies. I've been living in my own world for almost 30 years, now I'm just starting to catch up on the world's issue :F <i>Just because I feel intrigued to know</i>.<br /><br />I did try to watch <b>Once</b> and <b>The Magician</b> over the weekend, both attempts failed. I sat there watching the series, did somethings else at the same time, and forgetting that I was watching the series. When did I became too hard to be impressed by fictions? <br /><br />Note : Also watched <b>Miss Peregrine's & the Peculiar Children</b> last weekend with my family when we were celebrating Ma's birthday and I didn't like it :F I'm so sad.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I listened to <b>Nicholas Sparks' audio book - The Wedding</b> last week, it took 3 working days. The book is a sequel to the famous 'The Notebook" - featuring non-other-than Ryan Gosling as Noah and Rachel McAdams as Allie, that once brought me to tears. But the sequel was boring :F It was about an old couple that was about to celebrate their 30 years of marriage, they were Noah & Allie's daughter. They were having relationship difficulties, lost it's 'sparks' after so many years of being together. Compared to all the drama and emotional rollercoaster that Jodi Picoult can write in her books, Nicholas Sparks lost all his 'sparks' to me a long time ago :F<br />I no longer feel his writing worth my time. This too, saddens me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3qro44i6CKoA0tNLAsdC5AtDuNIo61PCvHm1kygvLJnGup8LscaFheRtI-2qICh9L57mVMCl4GYwx58JHnpcPXAwlDOYQW3lBlQGJmHE0udqZ3nt7whWM_42s2UmQWJ9Zf68x0Pq0Dc/s1600/Blog05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3qro44i6CKoA0tNLAsdC5AtDuNIo61PCvHm1kygvLJnGup8LscaFheRtI-2qICh9L57mVMCl4GYwx58JHnpcPXAwlDOYQW3lBlQGJmHE0udqZ3nt7whWM_42s2UmQWJ9Zf68x0Pq0Dc/s640/Blog05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Also another 2 additions in my weekly audio books are Roald Dahl's books :<b> "Danny, the champion of the world"</b> and "<b>Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" -</b> all in one working day, because the stories weren't that long. I loooove Roald's books, currently listening to "<b>Matilda"</b> - with the story-telling version from Kate Winslet. I personally suggest all parents to read-along Roald Dahl's books with your children. I'm reading the ones that I never read before and re-reading the old ones.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While on physical books, I managed to finish reading "<b>The Life of a Stupid Man"</b> by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Personally loved the first short story he wrote in the beginning of the book. I didn't know him as a writer, I just bought the Penguin book that costed RM 6 and the book was small and light enough to always be in my bag for emergency reading time.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/08/featuresreviews.guardianreview13"><b>Read this</b></a> and I found out that he killed himself at 35, before publishing the book with 51 tiny stories, some were as short as in one-paragraph and a bit confusing. He was having a depression :( Here are some of his quotes :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">He wanted to live life so intensely that he could die at any moment without regrets.</blockquote></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Do I still love this woman? he asked himself. He was in the habit of observing himself so closely that the answer came as a surprise to him: I do.</blockquote>Currently reading "<b>Chronicle of a Death Foretold</b>" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez & still on "<b>The Graveyard Boy"</b> by Neil Gaiman because I left it in the car.<br />Note : I'm catching up to finish my 29 books-goal for this year :F</div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-90480959719190056142023-08-28T02:05:00.000-07:002023-08-28T02:05:01.770-07:00Run : The Fitness Story in a Year, July - Oct 2016<br />The first half of 2016 <b><a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/05/run-fitness-story-in-year-update-may.html">can be read here</a></b>.<br />This is the second half of the fitness story for this year :<br /><br /><b>July :</b><br /><ul><li>Total run : <b>5.5 km</b></li><li>Goal update : <b>194/250</b>km</li><li>Super lazy + busy month.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>August :</b><br /><ul><li>Total run : <b>50 km</b></li><li>Goal update : <b>200/250km</b></li><li>We trained for the up-hill track because our 10km trail run in Bromo was getting near. We went to Bukit Jalil park, Bukit Komanwel Park, and Putrajaya for our training during the weekend. Sometimes we went to the gym when we can't go out running. </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>September :</b><br /><ul><li>Current total run : <b>37.5 km</b>, </li><li>Total walk : <b>3</b> km</li><li>Goal update :<b> 250/250km</b> - completed !</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiun2LUsoq8ksXQrNrebz033QMrYMcU_x-OvllUCw4gdz_rqledjJNDb23laK0nBQyQbGp1L_zD97WsRvKdddA3qj9wcZaP1PxSyk0JoYJB4x5CTF_DMeZO5lWHkO3Vf1zbrIIk-BYnQjc/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-09-17+at+3.37.09+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiun2LUsoq8ksXQrNrebz033QMrYMcU_x-OvllUCw4gdz_rqledjJNDb23laK0nBQyQbGp1L_zD97WsRvKdddA3qj9wcZaP1PxSyk0JoYJB4x5CTF_DMeZO5lWHkO3Vf1zbrIIk-BYnQjc/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-09-17+at+3.37.09+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><ul><li>New running goal :<b> 365km </b>by 31st December 2016</li><li><b>Bromo Marathon 2016</b> - Af and I entered the Bromo 10km Run, <b><a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/bromo-trip-6-surabaya-bromo-day-3-run.html">read here for the full story.</a></b></li><li style="text-align: justify;">I just bought a new running shoe from Power : Play On at Bata after I got back from Indonesia. The old one has been over-worn, it's time for a new running shoes. I've been using Power since I first started running in 2013. The second shoe lasted almost around 600km of running + jogging, for the past 2-3 years without any injuries. Even though it was cheaper than most famous running shoes, for me, these shoes are the best running shoes that I've used. Personally I feel that what matters is a workable shoes for my running sessions. For less than RM 70, I can run for 2 more years. I believe that anyone can run, using how much they afford to spend, be it Power shoes, be it second-hand running shoes from <i>pasar malam, </i>be it hand-down shoes from your siblings. Those famous brands they printed outside of the shoes doesn't represent anything in your runs, so don't ever feel bad or ashamed of what's there on your body because none of the materialistic items represent who you are. Remember, that the early marathoners in those old days never wear any running shoes or fancy equipments. So you can just use what's enough for you :) </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAEBHzTqMwubdEJLUx8oLiSnH-CwJ_7nrriJyQI0OYGDESXYcqyF2iHmTKe1WK-LzV_4-dq5ImIIAEo0eKlH4ZfwB6sZCshPYGp89oOSRLA8INwm_udUB_gHHheYN_YWqvratbpGuurw/s1600/IMG_0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAEBHzTqMwubdEJLUx8oLiSnH-CwJ_7nrriJyQI0OYGDESXYcqyF2iHmTKe1WK-LzV_4-dq5ImIIAEo0eKlH4ZfwB6sZCshPYGp89oOSRLA8INwm_udUB_gHHheYN_YWqvratbpGuurw/s640/IMG_0102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Since I can no longer use my iPhone for running tracking because my iPhone is getting older and not-so battery efficient. I bought a pedometer to track my running distance and Casio watch to track the time. I'm pretty sure I won't be buying any smartwatch anytime soon in my life, except if one day they will make a kiddy-size watch for my super-small wrist. So I opted for a small size digital watch like the ones I wore in high-school. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Bought the pedometer before I went to Indonesia, it worked like magic, stopped when it needed to, activated again when I continue running/walking. Pedometer is an old-technology, so anyone can get it, it's quite cheap. It tracks the distance, the steps, and the calories burned. I've always wanted to buy it since I first started running. Only less then RM 20. We are now best-friends : </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCaffakRLpQeD8WZfG3CEQj3fMDcfjrD8TZRGgvS2MANiPAT9pZq71C6I_KXYW0fg6gs5JiCYAqFnOjZGBJL01-Vz9n6S0u6o0yAC1HwHrgubMvT431YZp2a1EviPHBCUJl2csc6aoD4/s1600/IMG_0118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCaffakRLpQeD8WZfG3CEQj3fMDcfjrD8TZRGgvS2MANiPAT9pZq71C6I_KXYW0fg6gs5JiCYAqFnOjZGBJL01-Vz9n6S0u6o0yAC1HwHrgubMvT431YZp2a1EviPHBCUJl2csc6aoD4/s640/IMG_0118.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">I also signed up for <b>my first half-marathon</b> this November - seeing that I run 10km by myself in most of my weekly training, I think I can try to upgrade my running length. Training starts already, I have 2 months to go. I have to train for more than 10km runs from now on. Managed to ask my brother to join the event as well, for moral support. I might need it. </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">*<br /><br /><div style="text-align: start;"><b>October :</b></div><ul style="text-align: start;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Current total run : <b>55</b> km, </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Total walk : <b>10.5 </b>km </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Goal update : <b>317 / 365 </b>km</li><li style="text-align: justify;">I already started my training - a bit late, because I was having vertigo and rested for a week. I'm trying to go running at least 3 times per week. But then, I went running only 9 times this month, mostly on weekends because I'm too lazy to go after work on normal week day :D</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>November :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><b>Putrajaya Night Marathon</b> - I signed up for my first 21 km - half marathon</li></ul></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-86007280608049349732023-08-28T02:04:00.004-07:002023-08-28T02:04:57.459-07:00Little Things 224 : New Machine<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've been using my MacbookPro-15inch since 2010, my final year in Uniten. The first 3 years was the honeymoon years - no problems, all perfect and nice. Like any digital devices after the fourth year of usage, it started having problems, I sent it to the Apple's service centre in KL to get it fixed. Again after a year forward, it started shutting down again for no reason on random times whenever it feels like it. I didn't do anything, I just kept patient and just use it. Even for the hundreds of force-restarts and saving files over and over again, just to complete an illustration. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's the 6th year, I freelanced half of the year using Af's iMac because I can no longer have a decent working time using my MBP without the auto-shutdowns. I know the problem was big, so I didn't want to spend my money on sending it to the service centre for a diagnostic until <i>I really got extra money.</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrqdOGkU89XVp5SBI1A-UcCECEvgu707SavKZ4tJL_5r58lUfZmXlmf8t-OBEG7F88dtouHxgwn_TV3jgIOPynqI3wGymcp-05aaqpO5lh7L_LhwHvoKXxi0ETsGJKG3CX92DQJceRbM/s1600/Blog04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrqdOGkU89XVp5SBI1A-UcCECEvgu707SavKZ4tJL_5r58lUfZmXlmf8t-OBEG7F88dtouHxgwn_TV3jgIOPynqI3wGymcp-05aaqpO5lh7L_LhwHvoKXxi0ETsGJKG3CX92DQJceRbM/s640/Blog04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Long story about my old MacbookPro : </b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I got a 'big' international client for my freelance and I finally got the extra money. I sent my MBP to <a href="http://imalaysian.my/">iMalaysian</a> to get it checked. 3 days later, they asked me to come : they said the problem is the battery - to replace it with a new genuine battery will cost Rm 550 including the service + diagnostic fee. I mentioned my concern to them saying that it can't be just a battery problem, knowing that the laptop always shuts-down on random usage even while it is connected to the power supply or not. I know it must be bigger than just a battery. But they reassured me saying that they are sure it is just a battery problem. So I paid and waited for several more days for them to install a new battery.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I brought it back home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the first hour, I just surfed the net and again it happened. It automatically blacked out and I just had to force shut-down the laptop. I complained to them right-away - saying that it was still happening and I knew it was not a 'battery-problem'. They asked me to send it in back, I did. And I never heard back, for 2 weeks with 2 complains to their case system and finally to their Facebook, just to get their attention on the matter. They replied right-after saying on the 2nd diagnostic, they realized that the problem was a Logic Board issue (GPU) - to repair it, will cost another RM 1,800 with a 90 days warranty. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was outraged ! </div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. I told them it was not a 'battery-issue' like they reassured me, so to change the battery was irrelevant because I knew it wasn't the problem. But they insisted, they were wrong, and I already spent RM 550 but it didn't solve the problem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. They should update me in 3 days, but after 10 days, they didn't say anything. I asked twice on the case, and I even had to personally asked them through Facebook. Just to make them reply me. It took them 14 days to reply to the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So I told them that I don't want to spend RM 550 and RM 1,800 for a problem that they can't be sure they can solve. And I want my money back, and return the new unused battery =.= After a few more silent days, someone called me in, saying that after a long discussion with their supervisor, they decided to return my money back. They will inform me when my laptop is ready and they will send the money back to my account in 2 weeks. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 weeks passed, no one called me, no one replied to my case, I just had to inform them that I'm going to take it and just please be ready. I came in, and the same guy that took in my laptop asked for the old battery - that I didn't bring along. So I had to come back again later. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Note :</i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This case happened since July 17. I finally took my MBP back yesterday, and he changed the battery to the old previous one that still works. He asked whether the management returned my money back - which they still haven't, even though this happened since in July. Malas nak layan all the drama, so I took my laptop and said thank you.<br /><br /><b>Update :</b><br />I finally received my full money back (3 weeks later after the date they promised) - that's because I filed another complain and asked them to contact the management to see the update of the case. This one took 5 weeks. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>On the new device</b> :</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After learning about my laptop, I decided to buy a new machine. I guess it's time to upgrade, seeing that I'm now permanently working and I do take freelance once in a while. For the past 6 months we've been taking turn to use Af's iMac and I'm grateful for it because he's been so understanding T^T It was really hard, sometimes we both got freelance works to do, so he will use it until late at night and I will use it really early in the morning, both before we went out to work. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I guess I already knew I wanted another MacBookPro, but it costs extra money than the one I bought 6 years back. The one I used was a MacBookPro 2014 - 15 inch, almost around RM7k. These days 15inch retina display costs around RM 8-10k. Which is super expensive ! I can't spend that much money seeing that I need to do kitchen renovation for my apartment and might need to use more money in near future. T^T</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">So after borrowing RM 5k from my mom - with a promise to pay RM 1k every month, I bought a <a href="http://www.apple.com/my/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MF839ZP/A&step=config#">Macbook Pro</a>, retina display, 13-inch with basic specs. <b>It costed RM 5,499</b>. </blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now I'm using a new machine, much smaller and lighter than the one I've been using for the past 6 years. With a decent machine, complete with licensed softwares that I bought from Adobe CC and my own wacom tablet, I can now go anywhere in the world to work on my freelance stuffs - as I planned early in 2016. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I don't know what happened, along the way I accepted a permanent job offer at Cyberjaya and resigned from my permanent freelance works + I didn't accept any clientele works. So for the time-being; I'm resting a bit, updating my blog, watching a lot of series in iFlix, going out running, reading up books, gaining my energy again. The exhaustion paid off, this is my honeymoon phase once again. I should enjoy the ride and relax for awhile. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-63921648764184643812023-08-28T02:04:00.003-07:002023-08-28T02:04:53.197-07:00Audio Book : Year of Yes ! & The Stranger<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r_HA35B8vqC9Nbim8HZ22zFss_wpwahlzkunRbwq9Jq9S0WojChDYQziZoz-QjQjDG9vyXq8N7ivXoFjpa05Hw57ZL8kaPkKkrXE5Tqct7SVB9qF1YILo8Pd-Zd87UxydrAhYuEyMZk/s1600/Blog3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r_HA35B8vqC9Nbim8HZ22zFss_wpwahlzkunRbwq9Jq9S0WojChDYQziZoz-QjQjDG9vyXq8N7ivXoFjpa05Hw57ZL8kaPkKkrXE5Tqct7SVB9qF1YILo8Pd-Zd87UxydrAhYuEyMZk/s640/Blog3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've been searching high and lo for Shonda Rhimes book : <b>Year of Yes - How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be your Own Person</b>, since last year. It was published Nov last year and I still haven't seen it around in local bookstores. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Grey's new season 13 has just started last week, and I've been watching A LOT of Scandal lately - so at the office, I tried to find <b><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/shonda_rhimes_my_year_of_saying_yes_to_everything?language=en">Shonda's Ted talk</a></b> and her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuHQ6TH60_I"><b>commencement speech</b></a> at Youtube, until I came across her audio book. I didn't waited to just hit play and I listened to the whole book reading. Took 2 days of office hours to finish the 7 hours audio reading. But, yes, it was the best thing I listened to lately. Her inspiring stories, her motivational speeches, her problems, difficulties and how she coped with that. Everything about her as an introverted shy writer/successful TV producer is inspiring. I love how she relates her stories with the growth of her own Tv series over the years. I looooooove. I'm recommending her books to the world.</div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;">There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be. Being traditional is not traditional anymore. Itโs funny that we still think of it that way. Normalize your lives, people. You donโt want a baby? Donโt have one. I donโt want to get married? I wonโt. You want to live alone? Enjoy it. You want to love someone? Love someone. Donโt apologize. Donโt explain. Donโt ever feel less than. When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it. No fairy tales. Be your own narrator. And go for a happy ending. One foot in front of the other. You will make it. - Shonda Rhimes</blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Af said that not everyone can listen to audio stuffs and still focus on their work - like doing 2 things at once kind of thing. But I thought listening got nothing to do with other things that we are doing during that time? I forgot that he's a man, and men rarely can do several things simultaneously. For that, too bad.<br /><b><br /></b><b>Extra note :</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've been watching a lot of free iFlix lately. My current obsession is another Shonda Rhimes' series; <b>Scandal</b> starring the amazingly beautiful Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, working in a crisis management firm along with her awesome sidekicks. I've never watched any of Scandal series until early this month and I already managed to almost end the forth season. Imagine my dedication!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMdNExtssYNEYWmKP50a3Zgd0UWXlLQvBwaubQ3ywifF808mJ8uWnPKZajua7rxdC_EwiV9uDa4RxQTHJ7RgItIb-C1QLeBepB5T-q58QZfWoS0Lltf_qVflRrgr2WdoR8DOMpiuCd4U/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMdNExtssYNEYWmKP50a3Zgd0UWXlLQvBwaubQ3ywifF808mJ8uWnPKZajua7rxdC_EwiV9uDa4RxQTHJ7RgItIb-C1QLeBepB5T-q58QZfWoS0Lltf_qVflRrgr2WdoR8DOMpiuCd4U/s640/image.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've been a big fan of <b>Shonda Rhimes</b>; the tv producer/writer for the past 10 years - when Grey's Anatomy was aired in those several early seasons in Malaysia. So my brother and I loyally followed all the updates and discussed on certain things that happened in the series for awhile now. We both are her dedicated loyal fans - and even watched the series front-to-back several times already, even though there are 12 seasons in counting, and know most of Grey's song, and read Grey's quotes randomly :D Like I said, we are both loyal fans of Grey's Anatomy.</div><br />So Scandal shouldn't be all too alien for me, I like the pace, the suspense, the character development, the tangled storylines, the nice perfect quotes, the new self-created words, the glimpse of all familiar faces from Grey's Anatomy + Private Practice - crossover <span style="font-size: x-small;">*like Grey's parents, Jake, Stephanie, etc</span>, the good-looking main characters, Olivia and of course, Fitz. Fitz, the president of US, the 'older' man I can't help to love. Ha.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After I finished the book, I listened to Albert Camus's novella - <b>The Stranger,</b> 1942. The original version was written in French, called L<i>'estranger</i>, a philosophical fiction. It's a first-person narrative so along the story, I was listening to the character's monologue before and after the incident that changed the course of his life. I loooooooooved it. Never really tried any of his other books even though I have one of his book : <b>The Rebel</b> for quite some time now. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world. - Albert Camus</blockquote></div></div><br />The book was so good, it was not enough.<br />Can't wait for his other audio books next week :D<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-64716414436337478972023-08-28T02:04:00.002-07:002023-08-28T02:04:23.745-07:00Bromo Trip 7 : All Link Posts + Video<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LWLE1UBrIgo67CfIp6vtOF1oSudqF4jSqt3FSsa52_Tc1tk0RsWpmsKR69VfyOyI0tFg-LAk5FVVfG9QAxl0pkpHzbj5RnDqJLsl5CPnj0_mLkfjT9vdZsXQhryvk3cNT11dRYaGfm0/s1600/IMG_3784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4LWLE1UBrIgo67CfIp6vtOF1oSudqF4jSqt3FSsa52_Tc1tk0RsWpmsKR69VfyOyI0tFg-LAk5FVVfG9QAxl0pkpHzbj5RnDqJLsl5CPnj0_mLkfjT9vdZsXQhryvk3cNT11dRYaGfm0/s640/IMG_3784.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Here are all the links from our Bromo Trip :<br /><br />1.0 - <a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/escapism-run-bromo-marathon-2016.html"><b>Pre-Planning 01</b></a><br />1.1 - <a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/escapism-run-bromo-marathon-2016_4.html"><b>Pre-Planning 02</b></a><br />2.0 - <b><a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/bromo-trip-2-detailed-cost-for-5-days-4.html">Detailed Costs for 5 days 4 nights</a></b><br />3.0 - <a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/bromo-trip-3-airbnb-hostel-in-surabaya.html"><b>Airbnb Hostel in Surabaya : Kamariska Hostel</b></a><br />4.0 - <a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/bromo-trip-4-our-bromo-sunrise-mount.html"><b>Our Bromo Sunrise</b></a> : Mount Penanjakan<br />5.0 - <a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/bromo-trip-5-savannah-whispering-sands.html"><b>Savannah + Whispering Sands + Bromo Creater</b></a><br />6.0 - <a href="http://doodle-from-me.blogspot.my/2016/09/bromo-trip-6-surabaya-bromo-day-3-run.html"><b>Bromo Marathon 2016 : Our 10km Run</b></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had a really short travel and it wasn't even considered as an exploration because it was so hard to get from one point to another in Surabaya and Bromo - so mostly on car, jeep and van. We hardly go anywhere on foot - so I consider this just as a DIY tour travel and run event. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Here is a video compilation Af made from the trip :</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please ignore my hormonal imbalance pimply-red face. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Af refused to delete my part in the video =.=</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/182399781" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/182399781">ESCAPISM #11 - Mt. Bromo 2016</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/ahmadfarikarim">Farikarim</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note :<br />Our next trip is in next February + March again to Japan, this time we are heading to Osaka + Kyoto. Half of the trip with my family and another half of the trip will be backpacking trip with Af. We will extend longer ! Flight tickets were bought early in last August during the AirAsia promo. Woohoo !</div><br />Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-62771097158596750512023-08-28T02:04:00.001-07:002023-08-28T02:04:19.898-07:00Bromo Trip 6 : Surabaya - Bromo Day 3, The Run<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>Check-in and Goody bag pick-up</b> (on Saturday after our tour) :<br /><br />We asked Pak Inem to drop us to Tosari Village because we wanted to check-in and pick up our goody-bag but Pak Inem insisted on waiting. He said that we already paid for the day and it was too far to go back to Baledono Village on foot.<br /><br />So we went to the Tosari Field where everyone was around, people was setting up stages and booths, it was scheduled for Tengger Art Festival later in the afternoon but we had to cancel to go because Pak Inem wanted to send us back to the hotel and we haven't rested since 12am the previous night. We reached the registration booth, gave our printed copy and they gave us the goody bags consisted of Bromo Marathon t-shirts, a bottle of mineral water, several promo coupons and free lunch coupon for Sunday, everything in a white Bromo Marathon tote-bag. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Running Day</b> :<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our running day started as early as 4am in the morning. The night before, we discussed with the innkeeper about our shuttle bus pick-up point. So it was confirmed that the bus will arrive roughly around 5am in front of Intan Homestay not quite far from our hotel. We waited for 4 more other runners and walked together to the pickup point. It was a 5-mins walk.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tosari Village, where the running event was located is around 5-6km from Baledono Village - where we stayed. So soon after, we arrived to the location. It was still a bit early, the road was to be closed around 6am and our run was scheduled to start at 730am. So we waited awkwardly, pointing to random people - giving them names based on what they most resembled with :D<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3U7ZXQJcKYSh6mqGeQLq62_4Z5E1ld1E74jsyk4t7nF_mAggu42uDvWbNl0el8R9G9P1IMVWDqQh13Rd0KhC-uHaaZ-lPmLStScDA86gaoKctlG-R3C-zovWrakDF5KlwUvkIoal3x0/s1600/02b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3U7ZXQJcKYSh6mqGeQLq62_4Z5E1ld1E74jsyk4t7nF_mAggu42uDvWbNl0el8R9G9P1IMVWDqQh13Rd0KhC-uHaaZ-lPmLStScDA86gaoKctlG-R3C-zovWrakDF5KlwUvkIoal3x0/s640/02b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Food/breakfast </b>:<br /><br />We both ate my brother's healthy energy bar consisted of kurma, nuts, oats and honey. It was the most decent stuff to be consumed before a run starts - because it was not too heavy for the stomach and it felt enough. But during half of the run, I did feel super hungry. I took a note on bringing extra energy bar for after run. Anyone interested in buying energy bar, can definitely inform me.<br /><br /><b>The run</b> :<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cZ7eD7AJUXpXD1o1GOQym8hZlFxzor4SPrwdzpX8yFjjmvib9_AGFvCrmUPK-9kXP5zg4CBb3rhAmpIVFYUncw3uJPtOGbg5WT-VQWks8AR2W1lPDV9hhdynvl-EJI7qv0nfQCoIm8s/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-08-24+at+1.53.59+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cZ7eD7AJUXpXD1o1GOQym8hZlFxzor4SPrwdzpX8yFjjmvib9_AGFvCrmUPK-9kXP5zg4CBb3rhAmpIVFYUncw3uJPtOGbg5WT-VQWks8AR2W1lPDV9hhdynvl-EJI7qv0nfQCoIm8s/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-08-24+at+1.53.59+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here is the rough map of our run that I did not bother to study before the run. Our 10-km run consisted of <b>50% of road trail and 50% of dirt trail</b>. That means the first 5-km run was quite easy because we were all running down-hill on road trail. The weather was cold, the sun started shining, the view was magnificent - everything about the first 5-km is great. That's like a honeymoon phase.<br /><br />And right after we arrived at KM5 and reached the checkpoint, things started to get tough. It was almost impossible to run because we were on a stony dirt trail that we needed to hike and it never stopped. There was almost no flat-land all throughout the final 5KM. If people wanted to stop, they need to stepped aside of the road, to in front of people's house road.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZQGKmOSRMDwsDSxmLqWTzJviacahhHiuiMsldx4NkA2zAz2nDQduFthH8dO41vyzj1zxSu6Q7APLF0IuGGWb4d_KpV1Y3BFcpBgtNHNQnawnCGxKjXRWNMuyvsFunYyzlgMJiF7654w/s1600/02c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZQGKmOSRMDwsDSxmLqWTzJviacahhHiuiMsldx4NkA2zAz2nDQduFthH8dO41vyzj1zxSu6Q7APLF0IuGGWb4d_KpV1Y3BFcpBgtNHNQnawnCGxKjXRWNMuyvsFunYyzlgMJiF7654w/s640/02c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoQXVGvWbSu9XvdOFtTKAu33gknjSqt-gDl9WABQ0soMiq0ZCGoYjlmRsPxABwsHT51Vh4lsHgFFSE0pK-uUTtfLzVnyArFSHhYUX6HmooNX1inDVmbiJfXpPr_74NkQGRdlC29dg4BI/s1600/02g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoQXVGvWbSu9XvdOFtTKAu33gknjSqt-gDl9WABQ0soMiq0ZCGoYjlmRsPxABwsHT51Vh4lsHgFFSE0pK-uUTtfLzVnyArFSHhYUX6HmooNX1inDVmbiJfXpPr_74NkQGRdlC29dg4BI/s640/02g.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This was my longest time taken to finish 10km run. I've done dozen of 10km+ run, so I never thought this would be any different from all my runs and training. But it was, because I never trained for any trail-run + uphill run before. It was also a bit annoying because I run so many runs and I trained so many times for the past 5 years and I get this result =.=<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Mistakes :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li>I didn't expect 10km trail run would be tough, but it was. <b>So, padan muka.</b></li><li>I didn't understand what elevation graph meant, so I never bothered before. Now I understand what it means to run on a mountain trail. Ha.</li><li>I didn't wear any sun-block. The weather was cold all throughout the event so it didn't felt like I was exposed to the sun much. But I did, my skin is peeling since after the run.</li><li>Should have bring another energy bar for post-run because feeling famished while running is a weird feeling.</li><li>Never underestimate a run that you never run in.</li><li>Lack of uphill training. </li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8a5Gp7At39KHnDbCv1vtLPHH6VnkMBxLZsV6r4c94U6J0zlcfQqcNKITkskOxojLdT0neGZwq_K8N_2NjRumCu4LgfemVBzVgpU8ETZ25WHZVhVsqSAHHEYcuIs-7rjVhFxQlW9gAGtA/s1600/02f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8a5Gp7At39KHnDbCv1vtLPHH6VnkMBxLZsV6r4c94U6J0zlcfQqcNKITkskOxojLdT0neGZwq_K8N_2NjRumCu4LgfemVBzVgpU8ETZ25WHZVhVsqSAHHEYcuIs-7rjVhFxQlW9gAGtA/s640/02f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><b>Summary :</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The run was fun, challenging and exhausting. I forgot what it felt to feel like this. It is interesting to be running in a such a nice weather with great mountain view. I didn't regret trying out the 10K course at all, imagine if I did register for a half-marathon, on a hilly mountain. =.= </div><div><br /></div><div>For anyone who runs and wants challenge. I suggest <b><a href="https://bromomarathon.com/">Bromo Marathon 2017</a>, </b>it was worth my time and money spent! But don't forget to train for uphill and downhill run, because there were almost no flat tracks in Bromo :D</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Am I going to enter the run again? </b></div><div>Probably not soon. If I do run at Bromo again, I make sure I train properly and ready to enter a half-marathon on a Bromo trail run.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Post-run :</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We slept in for a few hours after the run. The muscle pain were a normal pain along the legs, knee and ankle. No injuries noted.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6vRSF406Vp_sr4v_mzHgPB25Cc3Je6EU6y2EGBMYYRJDMxBdrIWYJfgcXQzbXEOomHxDtf5BXbfHBvl8H5BNgrjBV1HS_K1rpFmEzW08D9w_lMg1l9WZbx7a6hJ6XunamVp6SZBJR3c/s1600/02e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6vRSF406Vp_sr4v_mzHgPB25Cc3Je6EU6y2EGBMYYRJDMxBdrIWYJfgcXQzbXEOomHxDtf5BXbfHBvl8H5BNgrjBV1HS_K1rpFmEzW08D9w_lMg1l9WZbx7a6hJ6XunamVp6SZBJR3c/s640/02e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-80684249126559212052023-08-28T02:04:00.000-07:002023-08-28T02:04:03.100-07:00Bromo Trip 5 : Savannah + Whispering Sands + Bromo Creater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">From Mount Penanjakan, Pak Inem brought us to 3 more tour locations in the Bromo National Parks. All places located quite far from one another, so this tour took us several more hours to complete. Most roads were full of dirts and volcanic sands. We were still riding in Pak Inem's old jeep, not talking much. The road was rough, it was like a never-ending bumpy rides. Nothing about the tour was comfortable and relaxing. Other than hopping around, snapping pictures, we can hardly think slow and enjoy the preserve nature in their national park. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>On our way to Savannah Bromo</b> :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rG2WBWA9OWlF8s9ybSHoKIQx7c_R_RYd2xypB7yyp0JCNtfCywH0u1s6lBdcj9QspGqjCEZQhIhHZxJqjYiPUWUx11DyQG3D_BBR4qnE7ipPjsZ76o3gUoGnLX8Ha8Y3F3n_4U_4iHQ/s1600/P1200076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rG2WBWA9OWlF8s9ybSHoKIQx7c_R_RYd2xypB7yyp0JCNtfCywH0u1s6lBdcj9QspGqjCEZQhIhHZxJqjYiPUWUx11DyQG3D_BBR4qnE7ipPjsZ76o3gUoGnLX8Ha8Y3F3n_4U_4iHQ/s640/P1200076.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n6dnYgGEJJ0OLTwrxmIuOSY2MVUu0SdC9SGrOBvBdVhMHba18S08_nujEOtp_3h0gB_iD7Wa0n87wzkJTlbJoVOTD5owrxFdlwZgKegoVBhRiXpuw_PgwHdq8ljjwy6Cm_JZwRdE398/s1600/P1200077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n6dnYgGEJJ0OLTwrxmIuOSY2MVUu0SdC9SGrOBvBdVhMHba18S08_nujEOtp_3h0gB_iD7Wa0n87wzkJTlbJoVOTD5owrxFdlwZgKegoVBhRiXpuw_PgwHdq8ljjwy6Cm_JZwRdE398/s640/P1200077.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-zScWEcnE961yeboCmWXNGg7PXlaF8JZ7JU0g_WzCVc8samjNZAR7wmEDLey2VYCRHxddrRsBcL4ODD7j_gJTR6JRzZEIUB4pQF-EMInDIMp6S-8x3A443BbR2ZP1ZXq_rDED0va4vQ/s1600/P1200081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-zScWEcnE961yeboCmWXNGg7PXlaF8JZ7JU0g_WzCVc8samjNZAR7wmEDLey2VYCRHxddrRsBcL4ODD7j_gJTR6JRzZEIUB4pQF-EMInDIMp6S-8x3A443BbR2ZP1ZXq_rDED0va4vQ/s640/P1200081.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI7BuNsIfCtJr2RPh6_R0n9F6f3I22I5tifMEPoX0zRJeCGoBlzbpfP0Doa3coNx-fqVTJUC4UcDmLybGlT7Xruf5ix_tfV1c5MrGuwyHrK4Xhutpj1AO8BvZUqbBjo3awNvrDWZlb7Y/s1600/P1200084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI7BuNsIfCtJr2RPh6_R0n9F6f3I22I5tifMEPoX0zRJeCGoBlzbpfP0Doa3coNx-fqVTJUC4UcDmLybGlT7Xruf5ix_tfV1c5MrGuwyHrK4Xhutpj1AO8BvZUqbBjo3awNvrDWZlb7Y/s640/P1200084.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9VgnfsU0jIpC-znGcneRY_lFlAI7BJRmmLcDN3e7gt_EB7qYJuWANIxuklqI_D2TUtxw3WxZ0razDzNC8VIFfqNxDONS-VmNjN1BglTkZQBWO1Ovlj0R47NPO5erbP_meG096nIYjeo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-09-11+at+4.36.53+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9VgnfsU0jIpC-znGcneRY_lFlAI7BJRmmLcDN3e7gt_EB7qYJuWANIxuklqI_D2TUtxw3WxZ0razDzNC8VIFfqNxDONS-VmNjN1BglTkZQBWO1Ovlj0R47NPO5erbP_meG096nIYjeo/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-09-11+at+4.36.53+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Savannah Bromo </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Savannah Bromo is a nice hilly place that look like we were in Switzerland. The area was surrounded by hills, some people even call it Telletubbies Hills because of the resemblance. 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So we only walked halfway to the top, took some pictures and walked back to the jeep.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Horse ride will cost around 80,000 IDR to and fro. If you want to hike, you can. Be ready with a face mask and water. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRys53YH4kuTwEZw63YVZCISVTv0LZF9kEtM78t2b2RuFZF089KP54poXvYeSk2zDHbtePg0hb0IY7d5tK2gKUqLwRJkV2JworR0BO2BrgqtSHHZCIEA4jzoMf4PWjd0WfrXbZWTkzSsQ/s1600/P1200102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRys53YH4kuTwEZw63YVZCISVTv0LZF9kEtM78t2b2RuFZF089KP54poXvYeSk2zDHbtePg0hb0IY7d5tK2gKUqLwRJkV2JworR0BO2BrgqtSHHZCIEA4jzoMf4PWjd0WfrXbZWTkzSsQ/s640/P1200102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzb-PeSICGGqkDJTu7qrnFLkXeM1WIezPvjXoYpTZRgZEbhDS8J5F2h3Qh_tC5gfZFxuLT27xboXwybpkCqPM-o-ITnCV5Tkg8PADZLPVJ0yqF1gz_yH5pH8JEa8-tfC1hFqfHpwFHPw/s1600/01d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzb-PeSICGGqkDJTu7qrnFLkXeM1WIezPvjXoYpTZRgZEbhDS8J5F2h3Qh_tC5gfZFxuLT27xboXwybpkCqPM-o-ITnCV5Tkg8PADZLPVJ0yqF1gz_yH5pH8JEa8-tfC1hFqfHpwFHPw/s640/01d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Note :</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There are many tour offered in Bromo; on IG/FB, online, offline, in villages around. If you have time to make researches and explore options, please do so. For the 2 of us, 750,000 IDR for a 8hours midnight tour + rent jeep + 4 locations + Goody Bag pickups in Tosari. Not including the Bromo National Park Access Ticket that costed around 220,000 IDR.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So plan well ! If you want to go for a tour, find friends and go in a group, for me personally, it was a little expensive for a short visits to what's offered by the nature. Everything was commercialized, you can barely see the meaning of the tour. It was nice visitation, yes, but not a successful exploration. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-55764305570426095482023-08-28T02:03:00.002-07:002023-08-28T02:03:25.494-07:00Bromo Trip 4 : Our Bromo Sunrise, Mount Penanjakan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It was a long way up. We started the ride from our hotel at 3am in the morning, we didn't noticed how long it took to arrive at the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park entrance where our tour guide paid for our entrance fee to the ranger. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We were heading to Mount Penanjakan to hunt for our first morning sunrise. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Our tour guide *<i>Pak Inem,</i> finally stopped his jeep at a point where no jeep's allowed to go further. In that dark morning, there were so many people arriving, like us, there were also locals selling stuffs, and offer a motorcycle ride to the top *<i>gojek</i>. We walked further more in the dark before someone came to us and offer to sell gloves, scarves and snowcap. I was beginning to turn so cold I-<i>kenot -tahan</i>, and uncomfortable, so Af bought a cheap gloves and a snowcap for him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There were many surau and public toilets on our way up, so we stopped several times before finally reaching there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The view-point was actually really-really crowded. People from all over the world were there, waiting in pitch black. Locals selling mat to sit on, offering jackets to rent from, selling hot drinks, anything that can make money. It was really cold, around 5 - 10 degree celsius and I was only wearing 2 shirts and a sweater<span style="font-size: x-small;"> *and I hate really cold weathers, did I mentioned? </span>So I was uncomfortable and irritated by the extreme cold and packed crowded place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A bit disappointed, but I had to play tourist in this trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsTtq19_muR5yV7QdmhNsmiGXPRqgnnVOthpHyw9cY6IrO8OhltR8yLlzb9bsta21UnNTuHrD5ieTj8BPj_6p5pGwUsPb6fqxYs7lb8atwBFE2Jtjdy-DumQ9mzdOPihfeW0B-_soSvY/s1600/IMG_3723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsTtq19_muR5yV7QdmhNsmiGXPRqgnnVOthpHyw9cY6IrO8OhltR8yLlzb9bsta21UnNTuHrD5ieTj8BPj_6p5pGwUsPb6fqxYs7lb8atwBFE2Jtjdy-DumQ9mzdOPihfeW0B-_soSvY/s640/IMG_3723.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first morning ray started around 5am, on the left part of the viewpoint. Everyone stood up and waited for the sun patiently. People started to take photos of the dimmed orange light in dark sky that slowly turned to purple, and pink, and blue, and all the colours that the sun could muster in that 2 hours. See how these beautiful colours changed taken from my old Lumix :</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDIMgzbC9_ZFFsw0Zuf5F3O0QuQJQ9xNaxUtSy29UI3KUbUMviX26WmOLuRQ97h8LEasa2qOo0PGgZXOl4ZKdl_xB9EtYiZDBr62VfWwJbzJhyphenhyphenVybWLK8JDMU5WwUmCX3TD_tDBhyVA4/s1600/P1200034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDIMgzbC9_ZFFsw0Zuf5F3O0QuQJQ9xNaxUtSy29UI3KUbUMviX26WmOLuRQ97h8LEasa2qOo0PGgZXOl4ZKdl_xB9EtYiZDBr62VfWwJbzJhyphenhyphenVybWLK8JDMU5WwUmCX3TD_tDBhyVA4/s640/P1200034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7h_hDI_jWzyOWZRce0hyphenhyphenJRKoFnSn9ceFxokz0YUT6j0L9sthJzt9ZmnpS5-s0_eQrWBqC90_CMDMrA1Amyd8ZKZtv14KACyJ-ND0iAjFzKRcDNoUclTdGmOK-fXXIM_JRAecIJCnAb8/s1600/P1200039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7h_hDI_jWzyOWZRce0hyphenhyphenJRKoFnSn9ceFxokz0YUT6j0L9sthJzt9ZmnpS5-s0_eQrWBqC90_CMDMrA1Amyd8ZKZtv14KACyJ-ND0iAjFzKRcDNoUclTdGmOK-fXXIM_JRAecIJCnAb8/s640/P1200039.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, it was the majestic sun gleaming proudly in the morning rays. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">But there were too many people, crammed together like we were watching a concert played by the nature. Did I enjoy my silent moment of the new day ? Of course, not. I can barely hear myself. I had to slowly slide in, to take nice photos. Af is taller than most locals, so he got no problem with that. While I was always short, as short as most Asian =.=</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQv3d4AYphg3KJyq5rMWuZSsOIU-QJMiRxVWV1La87-IIo7RaGzsvaBqjb2hIJXDeBHCrkT0hPxAqwRAG-rIqpVW_9bjUhpcCDqjcrGUu6a-6YUgV69GNa1BL9q3uV-b7Sq47Bt_wI4M/s1600/P1200046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQv3d4AYphg3KJyq5rMWuZSsOIU-QJMiRxVWV1La87-IIo7RaGzsvaBqjb2hIJXDeBHCrkT0hPxAqwRAG-rIqpVW_9bjUhpcCDqjcrGUu6a-6YUgV69GNa1BL9q3uV-b7Sq47Bt_wI4M/s640/P1200046.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAlrb2Zq1BL7yN1h-hMXnWtRnsB6Ny86m7ZTQudN9VoAPqF2cS1iVJKio_xocnSb5-IjhucOjMBstL5yBcfzmDYJ5SbKMZofNdbiP85-lcqXXnH-Rn_45gxjSdIT4lo8YvbQgGrsW2c4/s1600/P1200048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAlrb2Zq1BL7yN1h-hMXnWtRnsB6Ny86m7ZTQudN9VoAPqF2cS1iVJKio_xocnSb5-IjhucOjMBstL5yBcfzmDYJ5SbKMZofNdbiP85-lcqXXnH-Rn_45gxjSdIT4lo8YvbQgGrsW2c4/s640/P1200048.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDLayQ5jbNc4OX51mMf8mKQWlIYasOOoR4loyJ9by5gpwIJ2lKij6StB2zifCrGGuBiPmId4zRVpxmwmEtfPq1dp1uz_w6kqHc6D5ePFMnzOchd0GQm11l9TBvj_9z0h_hBIX00vu_DY/s1600/IMG_3784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDLayQ5jbNc4OX51mMf8mKQWlIYasOOoR4loyJ9by5gpwIJ2lKij6StB2zifCrGGuBiPmId4zRVpxmwmEtfPq1dp1uz_w6kqHc6D5ePFMnzOchd0GQm11l9TBvj_9z0h_hBIX00vu_DY/s640/IMG_3784.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgwNHh9a03NGUoIQ3Z5ObZxcAW9NMN2fRrWXtQAPK5reOdSMLa1wZM10dy4Hmm1ZYYbHalm65jpwsaLpUhAGTuemd38_zjERx8cakAvbE8eBKv_7WslSi2IAT-hae_TRQRNY0zop5fgw/s1600/IMG_3798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgwNHh9a03NGUoIQ3Z5ObZxcAW9NMN2fRrWXtQAPK5reOdSMLa1wZM10dy4Hmm1ZYYbHalm65jpwsaLpUhAGTuemd38_zjERx8cakAvbE8eBKv_7WslSi2IAT-hae_TRQRNY0zop5fgw/s640/IMG_3798.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">By the time the sun shone fully, people started to disappear like everything interesting that people has been waiting for the past 2 hours lost it sparks. Just for the nice pictures to keep in their memories, shared in social medias, printed and for stories to tell later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo29ZCl2V5vXvUS5M4bA-lvK6FM6zkQ0KxKMvnVNusWrvjWjuLcNuPQ_whebpyTWWCgQwjy4I_fhAkUgOFgHT7_YVXIuJLMQ9vQYAJV8ImXkzLoJadk1mPU2R2cb1r1bO0k7vXuHhuEgU/s1600/P1200050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo29ZCl2V5vXvUS5M4bA-lvK6FM6zkQ0KxKMvnVNusWrvjWjuLcNuPQ_whebpyTWWCgQwjy4I_fhAkUgOFgHT7_YVXIuJLMQ9vQYAJV8ImXkzLoJadk1mPU2R2cb1r1bO0k7vXuHhuEgU/s640/P1200050.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We waited for some time more, taking photos from the outer side of the view point where we can see the highest Mount Semeru and all other littles mountains below it. There are active volcanic reactions all around, so we sometimes see white puffs coming up from the mountain. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIE2J7tvg-KTGXhLrVAfZ9xGedAROuArVPpPYhuv9dNjYx5TfyfOwswPEwO20iZx4xUFQVo28Y7yy7z5PQB2vxOW8XxE-76BfCOgs3D5QWGWnplbEVDtgT6wuhkueCdg8sph9PPkW_Ak/s1600/IMG_3860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIE2J7tvg-KTGXhLrVAfZ9xGedAROuArVPpPYhuv9dNjYx5TfyfOwswPEwO20iZx4xUFQVo28Y7yy7z5PQB2vxOW8XxE-76BfCOgs3D5QWGWnplbEVDtgT6wuhkueCdg8sph9PPkW_Ak/s640/IMG_3860.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pZAdIaj7xvqbzSDM3lv8FHOp9kswNNmznrhCfysD-WE_mg7ZgQoT8rxX2PC3hi5btvrqfs1mq5CM3NeYiF4YUqunXmLRvYV3soI1xIDTNWCwLkJI0zlgm9HseIK79WAFK6wHN1x34pg/s1600/P1200058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pZAdIaj7xvqbzSDM3lv8FHOp9kswNNmznrhCfysD-WE_mg7ZgQoT8rxX2PC3hi5btvrqfs1mq5CM3NeYiF4YUqunXmLRvYV3soI1xIDTNWCwLkJI0zlgm9HseIK79WAFK6wHN1x34pg/s640/P1200058.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8A_YmWKhKt9tjbjhYgSun98_gzGsCUpOJMGtoNOeOZnoL0_zlUS8VqDUATdZ5Yo8pJT1uZA_UWle3GQ3L4fWoxXUzL0l-fhEaUwdsAknwuMfDGK6C8X9u2Ua-kdPz0vVKwf5A81hv4c/s1600/P1200065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8A_YmWKhKt9tjbjhYgSun98_gzGsCUpOJMGtoNOeOZnoL0_zlUS8VqDUATdZ5Yo8pJT1uZA_UWle3GQ3L4fWoxXUzL0l-fhEaUwdsAknwuMfDGK6C8X9u2Ua-kdPz0vVKwf5A81hv4c/s640/P1200065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our way down, people were having breakfast and little shopping spree buying souvenirs. There were some locals selling <i>pisang goreng </i>and corns alongside of the steps while we were walking down, so that was our breakfast as well. I bought 2 Bromo patches that I wanted to sew on our backpacks, because we reached our first national park + mountain top ! :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVA_1ZF_Y-W-0bkYsqeO0_3OnY9fkjGYG06HaloQQIqAY9nfgPUEEtGTdN80SJVIW9-v_wOZMgu2xF61jFEspYcCweIxUBGRFmsAIEl1NPACXGW8gCrMXMBw8phtJqiANU5kr_KyLuhw/s1600/IMG_3845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVA_1ZF_Y-W-0bkYsqeO0_3OnY9fkjGYG06HaloQQIqAY9nfgPUEEtGTdN80SJVIW9-v_wOZMgu2xF61jFEspYcCweIxUBGRFmsAIEl1NPACXGW8gCrMXMBw8phtJqiANU5kr_KyLuhw/s640/IMG_3845.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eg2F84MfBrR18PwYdeQvS-4DEos_kkVnANEuPjs47Stysabjao_ThRdTPWtjfctlRjYMSKd15rayt4xGMw2QjTNNoYUVzJM5LHYimEiq8gFMaJLLPEQBWtm5Mas5PmLhbG8HaoHJWsk/s1600/IMG_3854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eg2F84MfBrR18PwYdeQvS-4DEos_kkVnANEuPjs47Stysabjao_ThRdTPWtjfctlRjYMSKd15rayt4xGMw2QjTNNoYUVzJM5LHYimEiq8gFMaJLLPEQBWtm5Mas5PmLhbG8HaoHJWsk/s640/IMG_3854.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Soon everything turned yellowish and light blue, too bright for everything. We walked down this time, avoiding chatty gojeks and their relentless offers. It was still cold, but not as cold as the past 2 hours that we spent standing up in silent, waiting for the sun.</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1l5YLnTIrUTlXG3pkRN8N7IDf2GXLzsd_AQiqdzlF_qkD-Z_JqmSp7rppfHGXlyOiiy0YGworKDfnoCSvrTZ94zpdmRTQeYFmYiT5paqe-NXkwBlMFCtuflywSGgRRkFAQ5Q7mWTtXA/s1600/P1200066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1l5YLnTIrUTlXG3pkRN8N7IDf2GXLzsd_AQiqdzlF_qkD-Z_JqmSp7rppfHGXlyOiiy0YGworKDfnoCSvrTZ94zpdmRTQeYFmYiT5paqe-NXkwBlMFCtuflywSGgRRkFAQ5Q7mWTtXA/s640/P1200066.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiyNk4_Ev5lhO8RXP90674jTnUrkd7ysE1XGWVk1IjY23XWz2SJ6_CS9uz6yDxvlChv1HcuwvagILAzGg1BGV-3p3Mnq-Ng-82hKDbhJVFI_Mx6thaYyRm13KQf_4kbdoFnlp4XvHBt0/s1600/P1200067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiyNk4_Ev5lhO8RXP90674jTnUrkd7ysE1XGWVk1IjY23XWz2SJ6_CS9uz6yDxvlChv1HcuwvagILAzGg1BGV-3p3Mnq-Ng-82hKDbhJVFI_Mx6thaYyRm13KQf_4kbdoFnlp4XvHBt0/s640/P1200067.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhdVg4BG2Y1HJz2nzJxA6dJaRb5Sbjy1xC_W1YG-OWBVXY8etvW8uxyc3GOPYnjrxW_zuym2toXZqrDDnxCPLCAgwDe-HoX5cRGsFE8TmwF0JxoW5LkZJqxXG-McacqD5FNsSHUxLzKQ/s1600/P1200073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhdVg4BG2Y1HJz2nzJxA6dJaRb5Sbjy1xC_W1YG-OWBVXY8etvW8uxyc3GOPYnjrxW_zuym2toXZqrDDnxCPLCAgwDe-HoX5cRGsFE8TmwF0JxoW5LkZJqxXG-McacqD5FNsSHUxLzKQ/s640/P1200073.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We finally met Pak Inem back, he was waiting patiently at the side of the road, squatting next to a small bonfire :D Little heat brought smiles. Our trip continues to the next stops.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJ9-NhNr4CZhf9Me6QNC5pvw_h-PWsEVqN1i7e82TzDqGU6vwpkYsuYpj1iuIPMlMYbZRUP844f92uOajXsNF11WcO5xtvUG07yUvy1fkEScAkN4zEFxbk4jI31mrsEBsz22qwL9IcEg/s1600/P1200075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJ9-NhNr4CZhf9Me6QNC5pvw_h-PWsEVqN1i7e82TzDqGU6vwpkYsuYpj1iuIPMlMYbZRUP844f92uOajXsNF11WcO5xtvUG07yUvy1fkEScAkN4zEFxbk4jI31mrsEBsz22qwL9IcEg/s640/P1200075.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073687647889230470.post-23481122690778631512023-08-28T02:03:00.001-07:002023-08-28T02:03:16.910-07:00Bromo Trip 3 : Airbnb Hostel in Surabaya - Kamariska Hostel<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Again like all my previous trip, I make a shared wishlist with Af on nice and affordable places to stay during our Surabaya Trip using Airbnb. I found this nice looking hostel with a really affordable price for our short stay in Surabaya for our first and last day. Our stay in Bromo was not so nice compared to in Surabaya, so I just want to write about this place in particular.<br /><br />It is located not far from the Juanda Airport so it is easy for us to go to when we first arrive and before we headed to Bromo the next day, and also on the last day when we arrived back from Bromo and our flight is scheduled for the early morning on the next day. We didn't have to rush things.<br /><br /><b>Note :</b><br />You probably should search for a place nearer to the main city of Surabaya if you like to go to malls and bus stations because the hostel is located around 30-40 minutes taxi/Uber ride to the city. <span style="text-align: start;">Definitely recommend the place if you are choosing for a short stay not far from the airport. I personally like Kamariska Hostel's hospitality and atmosphere, it was also super affordable </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;">โฅ</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: start;"></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="airbnb-embed-frame" data-city-link-index="0" data-eb="1468898656_mfRAfNrrE5DpOJ8l" data-embed-source-type="p3" data-eu="WSAMVblTTr0vxM3jNExuGF1rcLl2noDWe0qj68BSX0pb0tZr3MLFyK6KDiQa bSj3+GuLhfRRAV90SABFGNCr2MRgSOlrBnbCJ4LEHMsK4kWkCeGytjNzJO3M Z9dKo8oVjzZjNFgDt9M1uOdvoTzZR/olGxWJJJRblTLbBoKQDZJNWvyLu7Eo Flw93wldnscGasygJsUCsBEDAI8RdDP3mGMFAQceMkm6zLb66zqSFPL74gNS nLHFy+brBN+lPNMkkWyH3CP2zWul/tgXcxLwe1GzzvXfOI6Lq+CeKDRfWctI +l5G8OANhlZrkyi3N1xoMAPTMQp4AxlUhYZAsS/xbA== " data-listing-id="12484101" data-photo-url="https://a2.muscache.com/im/pictures/7ccbd3bd-2ea4-45c1-beff-76b693b3fa33.jpg?aki_policy=x_large" data-trigger-source-type="p3" data-view="listing_frame" style="margin: auto; max-width: 600px; transition: 0.2s;"><img alt="" src="https://a2.muscache.com/im/pictures/7ccbd3bd-2ea4-45c1-beff-76b693b3fa33.jpg?aki_policy=x_large" style="max-width: 100%;" /><br /><div><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12484101" rel="nofollow"></a><br /><h4><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12484101" rel="nofollow">Kamariska Hostel</a></h4><br /><div>Surabaya, East java, Indonesia</div><blockquote>Kamariska Hostel consep is London Style, near from international airport juanda surabaya so confortable for a budget travellers for transit. Our facilities are lounge, pantry or public kitchen, din...</blockquote></div><script async="" src="https://www.airbnb.com/embeddable/airbnb_jssdk"></script></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pro : </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li>Near the airport, suitable for people waiting for their next scheduled flight</li><li>Quite affordable, roughly around RM55 for 2 people per night</li><li>New, clean and well-designed London theme hostel</li><li>The upper-level lounge is a nice place to relax and socialize</li><li>Food stalls in front of the hostel</li><li>Indomarket <span style="font-size: x-small;">*mini market*</span> just 3-mins from the Hostel</li><li>Hot water, towel, tv, wifi, aircond </li><li>Nice and helpful innkeeper</li></ul><div><b>Cons :</b></div><div><ul><li>Far from the main city</li><li>Not much things to do around the area</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some images I snapped using my iPhone :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMJCLYB3BMqcyUMVBI9ndxipP728fJqLsYWAsbLWn2uG2b3peoozGUQnqZ5Lh0ZKVSpJSzp4YPcItjB9_BtsohGBT8fL2VuYoQoWMwmIHo7y0yLCB74-QOhYUrfkPua3BRUyeoOMxKs0/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMJCLYB3BMqcyUMVBI9ndxipP728fJqLsYWAsbLWn2uG2b3peoozGUQnqZ5Lh0ZKVSpJSzp4YPcItjB9_BtsohGBT8fL2VuYoQoWMwmIHo7y0yLCB74-QOhYUrfkPua3BRUyeoOMxKs0/s640/01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpKPkD6lEzsKikitAWCgvo3l0mhzqTddircCLxBvQfYHV4PX7IjgPktfPVSZDo0wkjw73gHam31BdCT0EvSewP7HGScNj9XMkPh8gXnKTqx2xDofAs_EWx3l1NftlkzNzCENVQJIcfrU/s1600/01b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpKPkD6lEzsKikitAWCgvo3l0mhzqTddircCLxBvQfYHV4PX7IjgPktfPVSZDo0wkjw73gHam31BdCT0EvSewP7HGScNj9XMkPh8gXnKTqx2xDofAs_EWx3l1NftlkzNzCENVQJIcfrU/s640/01b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcqmNjXsZ0Yz03RTvmP_i3QgknYjFsyGqW7FinysJgLE43hFvdHFm_6ZadfcqvJH1xqAYX3CBbTKpG3gjCQQHyoMgtXQJRm_56U1tLOEu6rX3DBufPl19m-B5hUU86YAxGZEkIFqwaKA/s1600/01c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcqmNjXsZ0Yz03RTvmP_i3QgknYjFsyGqW7FinysJgLE43hFvdHFm_6ZadfcqvJH1xqAYX3CBbTKpG3gjCQQHyoMgtXQJRm_56U1tLOEu6rX3DBufPl19m-B5hUU86YAxGZEkIFqwaKA/s640/01c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEx1-jcoGuz8Z8yvkD2kRLqaayoLGR9T0bgFtmhT2krFeQKwdg55-3f_YE4PY_xp9728IHmtzJOwQvopyFII1tA8q1FSrmgvh0qG_k-BXz7orVDrGVhIiihSrG-zAsed5Rn8c07vdyKk/s1600/01d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEx1-jcoGuz8Z8yvkD2kRLqaayoLGR9T0bgFtmhT2krFeQKwdg55-3f_YE4PY_xp9728IHmtzJOwQvopyFII1tA8q1FSrmgvh0qG_k-BXz7orVDrGVhIiihSrG-zAsed5Rn8c07vdyKk/s640/01d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside of the hostel</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Cloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940433776729871891noreply@blogger.com0