Petrichor

People like dancing in the rain, enjoying the water pours from the unlimited sky. They said.

I like staying under my blanket, looking behind my windows while raining heavily outside.

Rain, sometimes so terrifying sometimes so enchanting, for me romantic.

Most of all, 

The aroma of the wet soil after raining creates one of the best tranquility on me.

Photoshoot spot:

Lava Bantal (Pillow Lava), Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

One Day YOLO Getaway

On Sunday September 7^th still on Picnic Week Series, I and my internship partners had a quality time together finally after 1 year. We went to South Jogja to try the real picnic experience with mountain air and fresh flowing water. Shortly after a quite long road trip, missed direction, and how “passionate” our driver (which was my friend) drove the car, we finally arrived in our first destination.

Let me explain my total outlook on that day, since I knew that would be full of movement on that day so I chose to wear a simple outfit and didn’t forget wear my running shoes. Best travelling pal ever! Electric blue as pop up color never failed me and white top was needed to neutralize the color and they looked good together. I got my miniskirt from Pink Emma (Indonesia’s fashion local brand) as a present because I won their quiz (It was a total luck). I combined it with denim tight and batwing top with some gold studs on the shoulders. That tartan shirt was actually My Fathers that I found in the closet, ups! Of course I completed the look with favorite camera printed pouch. Voila!

Imogiri Pine Forest

This spot is the hippiest venue among Instagramers to take misty and #vsco friendly pictures. Without missing any seconds uselessly, we enjoyed the view by taking so much pictures and selfies instead of having a real picnic experience. A real picnic experience here means, spread out the carpet, having a delicious dishes and warm chit chat. No! but who cares, we talked a lot (and eat snacks a lot) all the way here so It was a total time to take outfit photo, especially for me. Haha. Unfortunately, since that day was Sunday, there were a lot of crowd almost in every spots. They were dating, having picnic with family or friends, or even pre wedding photo shooting.

On my bubble wishes, I imagined I got a sweet surprise because the result of my outfit photo shot was out of my expectation. It beyond perfection, especially the background and a heaven-look-alike-light emerged between the trunk and leaves. How it seemed like in Nami Island, South Korea, the shooting venue of popular Korean Drama. Unfortunately (again), the result was yes totally out of my prediction. The camera we used was really good on creating a blur-background-look as I wished. The problems were on the photographer (the owner was pro but the person who took my pic was lil bit perhaps not having the expertise) and the model (which is me).

Some of my photos with a good pose and expression mostly blurred and some of clear photos displayed a weird pose and fail expression of me. My make up was also messing up after a long journey and had no time to touch it up. It disappointed me so much knowing the fact that I am pretty good on finding the perfect angle, directing good pose, and adjusting lighting to others but fail on my own project. Probably I have talent on fashion photography instead of photo modeling. So excuse me for lack of good photos taken here, I am so sad :”(

Lepo Waterfall

We cancelled our visit here because the river was out of water although in fact we had already arrived in the village where that waterfall’s located. No wonder because actually we came in a wrong time, on that time was dry season so I thought we should revisit one day. That natural waterfall is worth to be visited.

Mangunan Fruit Garden

I hadn't get chance to take personal photos because I couldn't resist the hot temperature. This venue is one of the most popular tourism objects to take a good photo among Jogja Instagramers. Not literally a fruit garden because there were a lot of fruit trees with no fruits. The favorite place to spend a picnic time here was actually on top of the hill where we could sit back and relax while our eyes were feasted by the panorama. That was my third visit I guess, but I never had enough. We could feel the dry breeze since the weather was so hot in the midday and the most fascinating thing was we could see the Selopamioro Hanged Bridge (I posted it earlier) from this point. The river down there, the green mountain range, and the blue sky were combined into a perfect God’s painting. Superb!

The pic above is how it looks right now

This pic is old photo from my preceding visit

Ngobaran Beach

I almost gave up with the trip since it didn’t run as smooth as I planned. We lost directions for several times until we (finally) visited unplanned destination. (since I didn’t want to blame anyone, so say it as a misfortune) We decided to still go to the beach although the distance was far and the road wasn’t really friendly. We also had to pass some dangerous and deadly road who any people want to avoid. I hate that. How hardcore the road and how inpatient the driver (of other vehicles) almost brought us into tragedy. In a narrow road on our way to the beach, firstly we passed several busses until one bus nearly hit our car, it was about 10 cm away from the bumper. My heart was about to jump out from its place, since the car was mine. After we could conquer the obstacle, we met another bus that fell into a cliff, horrible. The most adrenaline pumping road trip ever! (that I don’t wanna retry).

Actually that was my revisit to Ngobaran beach. Unfortunately, we arrived to the beach nearly dusk, so we couldn’t enjoy playing with water between the big reef. Then, we took a good selfies in front of the statues and temple, a glimpse of Uluwatu beach in Bali. Ngobaran’s was a cliff type beach, how similar with Bali’s beaches and yeah I always love the Ngobaran nuance. We spent the sunset time in Nguyahan Beach, Ngobaran’s neighbor. The beach’s slope was slighter so we could dip our barefoot feet into the sea water and catch small fishes.

Sorry, I've lost my make up

Hill of Stars

We took a little time enjoy the hill of stars on our way back to Jogja. The sparkling of city’s lights looked so shiny and bright up here, mesmerizing stars-on-the-sky look alike. For me who love stargazing and skywatching, this one felt so romantic, especially when you went with your lovers J Since I didn’t have one so, It just…….oke stop here.

Satay Klathak by Mr. Bari in Jejeran Market

Yeah we had an unplanned dinner in Bantul Region at the end of the day. Some of us wanted to taste Satay Klathak by Mr. Pong. What is satay klathak? Let me explain you briefly. It is a grilled meat, actually a baby/young goat meat being grilled without any spices except salt. Yes only salt. The cube slices of the meat are pinned using bicycle grating. This satay becomes a culinary icon of Yogyakarta because of its uniqueness and originality. The delicate meat melt tenderly in your mouth with a simple taste but so original. All we knew that Mr Pong restaurant had the best Satay Klathak in town so went there. And…..yeah everyone else seemed have the same idea with us because the visitors were so crowded. We cancelled our plan and move to the pioneer of Satay Klathak in town, Mr. Bari stall in Jejeran Market. My friends said that the satay here had better tast, not as popular as Mr. Pong’s though. Many celebrities had visited this not-look-like-a-food-stall since it’s only located in a traditional market open veranda.

Great time with good friends, what do you expect more?

Photographer :

Husnul Yaqin

Dhemi Phinandari

Indira Paramaningtyas

Gregorius Panduadi

Photoshoot Spots :

Imogiri Pine Forest, Bantul

Ngobaran Beach, Gunungkidul

Nguyahan Beach, Gunungkidul

Credit to my dearest friends : Dira, Dhemi, Arin, Husnul, Alfin, Gre, Yoso. Big thanks guys, you guys are roooocks! Let's explore somewhere new, let's  begin another journey :")

The Yellow Suspension Bridge

Spontaneous and lil bit impulsive were the trigger of my travelling life. On again a lazy afternoon my Dad asked me to go to the spot that I questioned him before. I only asked him the route so that I would not miss direction when I visit there. Two days later, My Dad insisted to drive me there instead. How spontaneous Dad he is! Hehehe, we were so in bound and unified while it’s all about discovering new tourism spots.

Then I informed my partner on spontaneity stuffs, Sari, who was so free on that time (and maybe for the next 2 months-she waited her graduation). She gladly joined after googling our destination to go and got a serious impress from google image. Where were we going to? We were heading to Selopamioro Village, a quiet remote area on Bantul Region, Southern Jogja. Why that village was so special? Because they had the one and only Suspension Bridge in the district…..or maybe in the whole Jogja Province. Since this venue got the hit and Instagram friendly (as my Instagram friends often take a perfect shots there).

It was somewhat a problem to reach the place but truly worth to be visited, and yes It was proven. When our car entered the Village the panorama was so breathtaking. Villagers’ home, corn plantation, hills, greenery and river blend into an indescribable nature landscape. 

When we arrived the main destination, the view was another magic combination. When the mirror water reflected the sky and the yellow suspension bridge swings a little by the wind, it emerged a little piece. When the sound of river flow blended in with the sound of bridge wood base while it’s been through, it create a little heaven.

That old bridge didn’t only take part as two villages’ connector, It was part of their life, their stories, their histories. On that afternoon I paid attention to the villagers passing by, some children took bicycle with fish net catcher on their hand, the young lady with a gloomy face, an old man with a wide smile on his face while riding his bike, or a middle aged man that pulled his cart all the way from edge to edge for several times. Only by standing on that bridge, I could guess their stories. 

And the scenery surrounded were unbelievably beautiful....

The river below the bridge was Oya river-separated Bantul and Gunungkidul Region. The water was very clear, so we decided to take a walk under the bridge and felt the fresh water, barefoot. Nothing better! The view under the bridge beyond our expectation. Superb! The kids were gladly swimming, and some couples were gladly dating (well this one is quite weird, but it's normal in Indonesia)

I didn't want to miss the opportunity to take some outfit photos with this God painting's background. 

I was extremely excited and nervous too, the bridge itself swung lil bit every time being stepped. My knees were shaking. Haha

Outfit Details :

Black long sleeve by The Limited

Maroon Pencil Skirt Mom's old collection

Black wedges shoes by Connexion

Square hijab unbranded

Camera printed pouch bought in FKY 26

Make up :

Wardah Beauty

Photographer :

Sari Kusuma Wardhani

Photoshoot spot :

Around Imogiri Hanged Bridge, Bantul Region, Yogyakarta

Colorful Yogyakarta Art Festival 26

Been awhile since I posted my last writing on blog and now I’m ready to blog again like several stories in a row. Let’s rock ooon!

First week on my delightful September began with a productive activity, drumrolls please………. Yeah! Picnic! After a very tiring out of town duty that’s related with my future career life, I took about two days to bed rest and calmed my body down at home. I thought that should be another spare time to calm my soul down. There were some choices to relax the mind such as meditation/yoga (I desperately want to try this one), karaoke, shopping, or travelling. I decided to go travelling, well as my passion went through. On my kind of travelling there should be two essential things: photo and culinary hunting.  

My picnic week series started when I visited Jogja’s annual event, Festival Kesenian Yogyakarta 26 (FKY 26) or Yogyakarta Art Festival 26. This event had been held since 26 years ago, yes older than my age. The theme of FKY this year is “Dodolan” (Javanese word) or in English means selling things. Well literally this event did not only show an artsy performance but also provided a bazaar that sold handicraft, traditional food, Batik (traditional cloth) and other things. This event wasn’t actually located in one place because there were some different locations in Jogja used as the art performing place such as art gallery, indoor theater, open air venue and many more. This event is totally supported by The Tourism and Cultural Government Organization, run by the professional event organizer and collaborated with hundreds creative people and artists.

On a lazy Tuesday afternoon, I went to the event venue that’s located in Ngasem Market Plaza with two my high school’s classmates Sari and Devita. When I was about entering the main gate, I saw someone really familiar from far distance. And you know who?? It was Miss. Fitri Aulia and her husband. I ran to her in a hurry to catch up with her in person.  I never expected that I could meet someone that I used to see on my Instgram Timeline. And the lucky things, not many people recognized her in the middle of crowd. For you who have no idea who she is, please kindly check her on Instagram @fitriaulia_. I’ll explain about her briefly, she is a young-talented fashion designer for her brand @_kivitz_ a Moslem women’s wear. Miss. Fitri is also a “selebgram” hijab (I’ve wrote about this on my first post) that becomes Indonesia’s “hijaber “ inspiration with her true modesty look. Her hijab is wide and fully covered her chest as It must be (syar’i style), but she can present it in a smooth and beautiful way.

Although It was my first time meeting her, she was very humble and friendly. In a bitter fact, she was so much taller and slimmer than me :”( She put a natural make up and wore a quite normal attire instead of showing a too much outfit look (like another hijaber selebgram mostly do). I was like 5 minutes had chit and chat with her before we entered the venue.

The main gate and the walls surrounding were so eye catching and colorful. The material mostly used bamboo. Like any other visitor generally did, we couldn’t miss this spot to take some pictures J Walked inside venue, there were a lot of stands that sold crafty things and yummy dishes. I bought a very unique pouch with a DSLR camera printed on it and surprisingly the price was affordable. I’ll upload the picture in my next post.

I thought that we came in a wrong schedule because the performance agenda on that evening were bunches of rock and metal band. Oh God that was soooo not me. I did wish to watch a music orchestra, modern or traditional dance, painter, video mapping, pantomime, theater or band but a slow one. After I felt enough sick on my ears while listening the rock indie band in front of the stage, we decided to go back home. FKY experience this year will surely remain forever in my mind ;)     

Look how amazed the little girl on the corner look at me :)

Photoshoot Spot :

Yogyakarta Art Festival 26 (Ngasem Market Plaza)