TILE CORNELLY (brokat timbul dan lembut)

Koleksi baru di bulan Desember ini SANGKARA BROKAT kedatangan tile cornelly super. Teksturnya lembut, timbul dengan jenis bahan yang lembut, tidak panas dan tidak gatal di kulit. Jika memakai bahan ini dan dijadikan kebaya, dijamin jadi pusat perhatian deh hehehe... Betapa tidak, kainnya cantik dan bisa dimodifikasi menjadi kebaya modif yang kelihatan mahal.

Seperti apa sih warna dan motifnya? Yuk kita lihat. Ini hanya beberapa aja ya koleksi warna yang kali ini kita tampilkan. Untuk koleksi lebih lengkapnya, bisa langsung ke alamat FB Page di bawah ini ya....

tile cornelly abu-abu /silver

tile cornelly HIJAU

tile cornellY RED

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Natural Cave and Stone Garden (Padalarang, Bandung)

Here, I would like to give you an interesting place, natural and amazing known as Goa Pawon (Pawon Cave) and Stone Garden located in Padalarang.

To visit this place, you can go to Padalarang, around 30KM from the center of Bandung or around 80KM from the center of Karawang. From exit toll Padalarang, you must go to the direction of Rajamandala or Sukabumi in a hilly road that is also passed by trucks, buses and other big vehicles. 

If you already reached a hilly road where there are some limestone mining around you, it means you're near to the site of Goa Pawon. Actually the sign of this place is not really remarkable since it is quite small, it's only written "GOA PAWON". The road to Goa Pawon is only enough for 1 vehicle, if there are 2 vehicles and both are in a contrary direction, one must stop first. This is actually an unfortunate thing for GOA PAWON as it has a lack in infrastructure in terms of the road (narrow), toilet (quite far) and parking lot (small). 

To enter the site, you must only pay IDR 5K each person. The cave itself is very near from the parking lot. You must only go up within a few minutes and you can see an amazing cave. Before, there will be a lot of apes. Inside the cave, there are still a lot of bats so that no wonder the cave is a bit smelly. Tips for you, you can bring along a mask with you if you can't stand with the smell. But, not to worry, you can breathe a fresh air because the cave is a type of an-open cave.

Not only bats, there is a fossil also of a human, maybe a human from the era of Sundanese Kingdom where meditation in a cave  is a common thing in that era.

bats flying in a tunnel of light in the cave

From the Pawon Cave, you can also go the Stone Garden. Stone Garden means a hill with a stone spread everywhere, makes an interesting place to be visited, for a leisure or just for taking pictures. To go to this place you can hike a hill from Goa Pawon, around 20 minutes. But it can be very tiring hike because the hill is quite slippery and steep. On the other way, you can go around 5KM and park your vehicle near to the Garden Stone so that you only need to climb a bit.

Stone Garden in Padalarang

To enter this stone garden, you must pay IDR 5K each person. Besides the stone, there is also some huts around the garden that everyone can sit and enjoy the scenery. 

I recommend you to visit this place and you will feel another world sensation (in case that you live an urban life too long). Just pity that some irresponsible people left their path by making graffiti on the stones and cave. What stupid people they are...

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Brokat Semiprancis (Warna -Warna Manis)

Ini dia brokat semiprancis yang bisa digunakan sebagai seragam untuk acara menjelang akhir tahun nanti. Warna-warnanya manis-manis, ada warna candy pink, orange, magenta / fanta tua dan kuning terang. 

Kainnya dijamin lembut dan halus, seperti kain Perancis asli loh...

Brokat Semiprancis ini cukup untuk 1 kebaya panjang semata kaki, atau 1 long dress. Teksturnya lembut dan agak timbul, kainnya nyaman dipakai karena bahannya yang dingin sehingga cocok digunakan untuk acara yang lama, di dalam ruangan maupun di luar ruangan.

Untuk lihat koleksi brokat - brokat lain, yuk klik Sangkara Brokat, ada banyak bahan kebaya lain seperti tile cornelly, chemical/ prada oki, katun bali prada, brokat meteran dll.

Brokat Semiprancis Motif Terbaru untuk Kebaya Modern

Halo, para pecinta brokat!

Kali ini, Sangkara Brokat kedatangan koleksi baru loh... Semiprancis jenis matte, semiprancis yang lembut, ringan seperti brokat Perancis (frenchlace asli). Brokat France asli itu harganya bisa ratusan -jutaan per meternya. Nah, daripada terlalu mahal untuk dijadikan kebaya/dress yang ga sering-sering dipakai, ga ada salahnya beli yang kualitas semi-nya. 

Bahan semiprancis ini lembut dan dingin, nyaman dikenakan dalam waktu yang lama, misalnya ketika kita mengikuti upacara adat (pesta pernikahan, dll). Daripada beli jauh-jauh ke Pasar Baru, Tanah Abang, Mayestik atau yang lainnya, beli online melalui Sangkara Brokat juga bisa loh.. Warna di foto tidak berbeda jauh dari warna kain aslinya dan lagi, semua kualitas Grade A, kualitas toko kain besar / butik. Jika sudah dijahitkan dengan design yang TOP, ga akan beda jauh dengan brokat Perancis asli koq... Seperti apa sih koleksinya? Ini dia....

Mau lihat warna lainnya? Di sini warna yang kami tampilkan belum lengkap. Biar penasaran, ga ada salahnya langsung ke FB Page kita, kalian bisa lihat koleksi kita.

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Interesting Places in Karawang & Purwakarta

Karawang is a potential big city with a large plant area of multinational companies / industries. Besides becoming industrial city in Indonesia, it also has some interesting places to be visited.

1. WALAHAR DAM

The dam of Walahar was built in Dutch era so that the architecture is with a touch of Dutch architecture. The Walahar dam is located in East Karawang, or in the area of Klari. From exit tol East Karawang (KM 54), you must go right about 3 KM.

In Walahar Dam, you may not only see the beautiful dam but you may be able to taste delicious original food from Karawang, 'pepes'. Pepes is the Indonesian way to cook using Banana leaf to wrap the food before it gets roasted / steamed. There are many food that can be cooked to be 'pepes' : fish, tofu, chicken, prawn, etc. Pepes Walahar H. Dirja is very famous not only for local people but also for people who live outside Karawang. The spices are really delicious and the price is really reachable. 

To get into the restaurant you must across the Walahar bridge that is only enough for 1 car width. While you crossing this bridge, you can also hear the water flowing into the dam.

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2. CIGENTIS WATERFALL

Curug Cigentis or Cigentis Waterfall is located in Karawang, about 35 KM from the center of Karawang. The road to reach this place is not really good, really rocky and slippery. Moreover, you must hike around 20-30 minutes to the waterfall spot from the parking area. It is better to ride a motorcycle than to drive a car to visit this place. 

The entry ticket is cheap, only IDR5K but the place is a bit dirty because of the irresponsible visitors that dump rubbish everywhere. There are 2 waterfalls in Curug Cigentis. One with the heavy flowing water and another one is a bit slow. You may also be able to soak up your feet in the river in which the water is still clean and clear.

If you're hungry, there will be a lot of food sellers along the river (inside the tourist object) that sell meatballs, chicken rice, etc. This also one of the factors that make this waterfall a bit dirty.

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3. JATILUHUR DAM

Jatiluhur Dam is located in Purwakarta, exit tol KM 76. It is the biggest dam in West Java that impounds Citarum River. Citarum River is quite a big river that sometimes causing flood in the area of Karawang and Bekasi, especially when the water debit increased during high-rainy seasons.

The entry ticket during weekend is IDR 15K/person, with IDR20K for one car. Inside, you must still pay IDR 2K to the parking man. 

Here, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery around the dam. There are also many wild birds that come fly near the dam to drink.

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4. SAN DIEGO HILLS 

San Diego Hills is located in West Karawang, exit toll KM 47. It is actually a cemetery that can also be visited to get some refreshment. The cemetery here is managed with a luxury and beauty. You may not realize that it is a cemetery because of the concept. 

In this cemetery, there is a cafe and swimming pool that is open for public. This place is also regularly used as a place for shooting (i.e movies, product advertisement,etc)

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5. SATE MARANGGI - CIBUNGUR

Sate or Satay is a typical Indonesian traditional food using chicken, rabbits, beef or goat meat that is roasted on the burnt charcoal. Satay Maranggi is satay from a lamb (young goat). This food is one of the most favorite food here because Maranggi has less cholesterol and much tender than the mutton or adult goat meat.

During weekend, more than thousand people come to eat in this place. Yes, thousand people. Believe or not, even to pay in cashier, we must queue in a very long queue. Here, not only sate maranggi that is served but also other food such as sayur asem, karedok (West Javanese salad with peanut sauce), sop daging, etc. The rice is also still wrapped by banana leaf, makes it fresh, warm and smells good.

Sate Maranggi Cibungur located in Jalan Raya Cibungur. It is 2 KM from the exit toll Cikampek. For the price, rice is charged IDR 6K/pcs, sate maranggi IDR 4K/pcs, meat soup IDR 25K/ bowl, karedok IDR 14K/portion (latest in 2015). For the place, people eat surrounded by teak plantation (owned by Perhutani) that makes people feel relax and comfortable because the air is fresh.

the open kitchen for Sate Maranggi - Cibungur

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Tourist Objects in Batu (and Malang probably)

Batu and Malang are located in the southern area of East Java. Both of those cities are suitable for tourism since they offer many beautiful places to visit. Since they are located in a high land, the temperature is a bit cold, significantly different from the big cities in Indonesia (such as Jakarta, Surabaya, etc). It'd be colder if you visit them in June-July, that you might bring a jacket if you want to go outside. Basically, since the area is higher, Batu is colder than Malang.

There is an airport called Abdul Rachman Saleh in Malang. It is a commercial airport now, and people often go to Surabaya first before heading to Malang because the air ticket will be much cheaper than go directly to Malang. For example, from Bali / Jakarta you choose the flight to Surabaya first / transfer via Surabaya, not directly go to Malang.

Especially in Malang, you still can see the typically old buildings from the Dutch colonialism such as churches, houses along Ijen street, schools and many other landmarks. Some guest houses along Kawi Street also have the touch of Dutch architecture.

Batu, is less crowded than Malang. Batu is a hilly land with a river that is suitable for rafting. In Batu, you can also see the apple and flowers plantation. Apple from Batu is normally green but still, it is sweet. Apples and other tropical fruits are processed to become chips in Batu, such as jack fruit, banana, salak, pineapples, etc. 

Batu has a lot of tourist objects, from artificial until natural ones. Natural ones, you can see waterfall, hot spring water, hills, etc. For artificial ones, Batu offers a lot of play land, and it is quite complete and large, not only amusement park but also zoo.

1. BATU SECRET ZOO (JATIM PARK II)

Batu Secret Zoo, is around 1,5-2 hours driving from the central of Malang. Admission ticket will be various (Monday-Thursday: IDR 75K; Friday-Sunday/Holiday : IDR 125K). In Batu secret zoo, visitors will enjoy the zoo based on its category in a different spot: for example mammals, birds, fish ,etc. There are a lot of animals you can see here, not only tropical animals such as monkeys, birds, etc but also animals from other countries such as Kangaroo, Hippo, etc. At the end of the journey you can visit Museum of Animals (Museum Satwa). Here you can see statues of primordial animals, endangered animals and animals that can't be found in tropical area just like in a museum way.

In Batu Secret Zoo, you can take pictures with certain animal, but you have to pay IDR 5,000 for each animal. For me it is quite interesting to visit Batu Secret Zoo but unfortunately the wild animals that you take picture with, for example, baby tiger, looked quite sad. I don't really know but seemed that the baby tiger was given something that always made him sleepy and less active.

Museum Satwa, BATU SECRET ZOO

2. ECO GREEN PARK


Eco Green Park is a bit about science park. Here you can know further about animals because they put information related to certain animals such as insects, etc.
Admission ticket is IDR 40K, Monday-Thursday and IDR65K, Friday-Sunday/Holiday. But, you can also buy combo ticket for only IDR 150K to be able to discover Batu Secret Zoo and Eco Green Park.

Personally, I prefer Eco Green Park to Batu Secret Zoo because there are more to see in Eco Green Park rather than Batu Secret Zoo. Not only be able to take pictures with certain animals for free, we are also able to enter Rumah Hantu (Haunted House), Rumah Terbalil (Upside -Down House), and ride a Hunting Car. They are all free, no additional fee required.

Eco Green Park

3. TREE HOUSE and PARAGLIDING

In Batu, we can also enjoy the beautiful scenery from the hills through a tree house. It is located in the same location with paragliding spot, where many young people start their flying experience. The road to reach the tree house is a bit small and a typical of mountainous road. There are not many directions to show this spot so that sometimes we must count on locals instead of merely using GPS.

The entry ticket is very cheap, IDR 5K per person. Since it is very cheap, many people like to go there to take pictures that sometimes we have to wait in a queue to enter the tree house.

Tree House, Batu (2015)

There are a lot of many other tourist objects in Malang that I can not write down all of them here. For beaches, several names are good: Goa Cina, Tiga Warna, Balekambang, Sendang Biru, etc. You can also do rafting in Batu river besides visiting many waterfalls such as Coban Rondo, Coban Sewu, etc. Near Malang, you can also visit the famous Bromo mountain that is suitable to see sunrise.

Increasing World Oil Price & Gold : Effect of Rising Tensions in the Middle East Region

As had been reported by Kompas.com, Russian aircraft was shot down by Turkey that indicated a rising tensions in the Middle East Region last Tuesday (24 November 2015). Turkey claimed that Russian aircraft was flying in the area of Turkey and had made 10 times violation before, while on the other hand, Russia believed that the aircraft was still flying in the territory of Syrian. 

Russian aircraft shot down by Turkey, Nov 24 2015 (BBC INDONESIA)

This increasing geopolitical issue had made the price of crude oil increases as well. Many believe that this tensions in the oil-rich region will in turn affect the oil supply. Not only the price of crude oil, the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East region has made US Dollar depreciated, that in turn made many investors switch their investment to gold. Thus, the price of gold increased 0.66% (USD 1,073.80 / ounce). When political situation is not conducive, investors tend to choose gold which is considered as a safe-haven asset, a 'currency' that can't be manipulated by any interest rate policies and can be use as a hedge to face inflation.  

Brokat Semiprancis Halus

Sangkara Brokat kedatangan koleksi terbaru kain semiprancis. Semiprancis merupakan jenis kain brokat yang halus, seperti brokat prancis. Kalau brokat Prancis asli biasanya dijual meteran dan harganya sudah jutaan per meternya untuk jenis yang bagus. Sebaliknya, kain semiprancis diproduksi dan dijual dalam bentuk panel. Artinya adalah sudah dalam bentuk potongan mesin. Ukurannya bervariasi. Untuk pasar lokal, biasanya yang diproduksi adalah 250x130, 250x140 sedangkan untuk pasar export biasanya diproduksi dengan ukuran lebih besar yaitu 300x130, 300x150. 

Selain ukurannya yang lebih besar, semiprancis untuk pasar export mempunyai tektur kain yang terasa sedikit lebih kasar dan bertulang dibanding dengan semiprancis panel yang ditujukan untuk pasar lokal. Padahal, walaupun sedikit lebih kasar, kain yang diproduksi tetap kain berkualitas dan tidak pasaran. 

Untuk tingkat finishing, semiprancis ada yang jenisnya kilap dan dove. Jenis kain kilap, artinya kain tersebut sudah bercahaya tanpa glitter ya... sedangkan dove adalah jenis kain yang tidak kilap dan finishing pewarnaannya cenderung matte. 

Lalu, kenapa sih banyak orang lebih memilih jenis brokat Semirprancis daripada brokat biasa yang dijual meteran? Harga brokat meteran (brokat biasa) berkisar antara 20-80rb/meter, tergantung pada kualitas kain. Brokat meteran biasa adalah jenis brokat yang teksturnya cenderung kasar, tipis, panas dan tidak nyaman saat digunakan. Untuk pinggiran (atas-bawah) biasanya tidak ada, atau hanya ada bentuk renda biasa. Sebaliknya kain brokat semiprancis teksturnya lebih lembut, berat dan mempunyai motif tumpal (atas-bawah) yang sangat cantik. Semiprancis ada yang tidak timbul, sedikit timbul dan ada yang memiliki cord. Cord yang dimaksud adalah benang sangat timbul yang membentuk setiap motif pada kain semiprancis tersebut.

Dove/Matte, SEMIPRANCIS DUSTY PINK

Dove/Matte, SEMIPRANCIS HIJAU PUPUS/LIME

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Biking to Office and Get Paid? Italia!

According to Kompas.com, in a city in Italia, Massarosa, citizen will get hundreds of Euro per year as a cash incentive if they ride a bike to go to the office. 25 cent will be paid for every kilometer using a smartphone application to measure the distance.

For the trial, 50 employees will participate this scheme for 12 months. This scheme is applied to reduce the traffic in Italia.

Massarosa - Google map

If this could happen in Jakarta, Indonesia with high pressure traffic (imagine million of people go to Jakarta from neighbor cities for working), then many people will save much time. Currently, Jakarta's traffic is so terrible. People use private cars to go to work instead of using public transportation although there is a 3-in-1 policy for some critical area. Unfortunately, the traffic remains unsolved. Just if people realize how much gasoline they can save, how much CO2 they create,how much meaningful time they can grab ...unless they put high importance on self-dignity and ignore the environment.

Traffic in Jakarta, taken from manajemenproyekindonesia.com

Mekong Giant Cat Fish Appeared in Cambodia

Released by Yahoo news, fishers in Cambodia saw and catch a 7-feet long a giant cat fish that is endangered. This, confirms that the critically endangered water fish species can still be found and still making its  annual migration from Tonle Sap lake to Mekong River.

Scientists claimed that the population of Mekong fish have been dropped until 90% from the last 10 years. Even, this size of fish can't be found in USA for the last 100 years.Therefore, the migration of the adult fish is very critical since they will secure the number of population. Nowadays, the activities in Mekong River have a great impact to the population, that has been shrinking year by year.

A giant Mekong cat fish found in mid of Nov, 2015

How to Ripen Avocado:

This is the tips taken from Facebook of Hana Budiono (Indonesian) that shared the way to make raw avocados to become perfectly ripe avocado.

As we know that if we harvest or buy avocado and it is still raw, we still need to wait some days until it gets ripe. However, it is sometimes difficult because avocados easily get rotten and not perfect to be eaten.

This, is the way to get it ripe, just as perfect as you want:

1. Slightly cut the lowest part of avocado where it is connected to its stem.

2. Put a tissue and cover up by a Scotch tape to make it air-tight.

3. Put the avocados in a dark place, not exposed in a direct light, especially sun light.

4. Wait 2-3 days and feel its softness, if it's already soft enough then your avocado is ready to eat.

5. Cut it into 2 parts then you can see a perfectly ripe avocados, ready to be served.

Kim Kardashian: SHOWED OFF HER 2nd BABY PREGNANCY

Kim Kardashian finally showed off her bump of her 2nd pregnancy in her bestfriend's baby shower. The picture was taken from the instagram of her friend @tracyhnguyen on Saturday 14, 2015.
Just like the first pregnancy, Kim also claimed that she doesn't really enjoy her current pregnancy as she feels that she looks miserable with her body.

in her friend's baby shower party (source: US Magazine)

Kim is known as an actress and entrepreneur. She is famous from her reality show that involves her sisters and mom: Keeping up with Kardashian.

Maternity Style of KIM (US Magazine)

The picture above shows several fashion designs that Kim wore during her pregnancy. No matter how her body is, she keeps her style high. This was her 2nd pregnancy after giving birth to a lovely baby girl named North-West, her lovely daughter from her husband Kanye West.

Paris Attacks: Respond around the World

Paris Attacks and other countries attacks were such a wound for the world, betraying humanity that is often used by political background. Religion, has no more power to make people more civilized and live in peace. Ironically, religion has been used as a method to divisive people and the ultimate aim is to conquer something BIG: power and wealth.

These are the pictures from AFP /yahoonews related to the respond from all -over the word, as a sympathy for the victims of Paris Attacks. 

Islamabad

Swiss

Yangoon

It is such a regretful action that threaten the peace of the world. More terrible, ISIS, who claimed responsible for this, stated that this is only the first storm.

It might be predicted, the main threat for human, is human. Global warming, poverty, national disasters, health&sanitation, education and now war. There are more complex problems in this world that need to be solved, why would war or terrorism give more burden to people?

Imagine all the people, living life in peace (John Lennon)

Paris Attacks: Saved by Cell Phone

Paris tragedy (Saturday Nov 14, 2015) with more than 120 people killed during the several attacks left an interesting story. Reported by people.com, a man claim that his cell phone has saved his life from a piece of shrapnel when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb outside a stadium of Stade de France. Sylvestre, the guy, was shocked when the explosion was right in front of him while he just ended a call on his Samsung phone.

Another interesting story as reported by republika.co.id also comes from Michael O' Connor who pretended to be dead for around 1 hour. Not only him, several people also pretended to be dead to avoid a brutal attack from the terrorist that finally ended after polices came.Those who are still alive become witnesses of a bloody murder with 118 innocent people dead in Bataclan Theatre. 

On Saturday, the government of French has officially announced that at least 129 people were killed during the tragedy (352 injured, 99 critically injured). Moreover, 8 people that were claimed as the terrorists have been killed related to the attacks.

On the other place, ISIS, the Islamic State, has claimed that they are responsible for the series of the attacks.

CORNELLY / TILE CORD (November Collection)

Tile cord / cornelly / tile cornelly adalah jenis kain brokat yang sangat cantik. Tile cornelly diidentikan dengan kain brokat dengan jenis timbul, dan terdapat cordnelly yaitu semacam benang sangat timbul disekeliling motif kain. Kain ini mempunyai dasar tile (tile merupakan kain jaring, mirip seperti kasa tetapi teksturnya lembut dan terkesan transparan.

Cornelly ini sangat digemari penjahit, karena sangat cocok untuk di'hancurkan' atau diambil bunganya saja dan dimodifikasi dengan beberapa motif dan warna lainnya untuk dijadikan kebaya modifikasi modern. Kain ini sangat cantik dan tak salah jika difavoritkan saat ini, selain karena teksturnya yang timbul dan lembut.

Untuk mengetahui kualitasnya, lihatlah tekstur benang di motifnya, apakah rapat dan kecil-kecil serta rapi, ataukah renggang-renggang dan terkesan tidak rapi. Selain itu kualitas tile yang bagus adalah yang lembut, tidak gatal jika digunakan. Tile yang digunakan pada tile cornelly ini ada yang polos dan ada juga yang berbayang (nama pasar: tile shadow). 

Motif tile cornelly dari dekat

Tile cornelly juga banyak jenisnya, ada yang kilap, mempunyai kawat emas (cenderung sedikit kasar dan kaku jika kualitasnya tidak bagus), ada yang mempunyai bulu mata (eyelashes) untuk memberuikan efek glossy. Biasanya bulu mata ini jika dipegang agak kasar. Secara pribadi, saya lebih suka tile cornelly yang tanpa bulu mata karena nyaman dikenakan.

Kali ini, ada banyak tile cornelly yang masuk dengan berbagai macam warna-warna menarik..

Untuk koleksi lebih lengkap, bisa cek di FB Page Sangkara Brokat  dan kalian akan mendapatkan bahan brokat berkualitas dengan harga yang lebih murah dibandingkan harga toko.

Perlu kalian ketahui bahwa, brokat tidak hanya identik dengan kebaya dan pakaian jadul. Brokat adalah kain yang everlasting, di mana dengan sentuhan kreatifitas, brokat dapat dijadikan gaun modern yang anggun dan mewah ataupun dapat terlihat casual,

Tile PINK 220rb uk 2,3 x1,3 meter

Sebenarnya, masih banyak warna - warna lain dan motif-motif lain yang ada di koleksi kita. Tapi lebih enak kalau langsung cek di FB Page kita ya, biar penasaran hehehe.

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Tourist Objects in Jogjakarta

There are a lot of tourist objects in Jogjakarta. It is one of the city in Indonesia where we can see the combination between culture, heritage and tradition that appear in current life. In Jogjakarta we can see temples (majority is Hindu temple), beaches, mountain and even its kingdom legacy. In fact, until recent, Jogjakarta is still lead by a King (or known as Sultan) even though the Sultan more likely acts as a governor.

Jogjakarta is rich of its tradition that obviously appears in its local culture: Batik, Javanese dances, crafting, etc. If you have plenty time and you decide to visit Jogjakarta you may spare time to visit some places such as Kasongan (you can see the making of pottery, hand made), Kota Gede (silver jewelry, etc, handmade), Manding (leather production for  bags, shoes, jacket), Malioboro (batik process, the making of Bakpia - traditional cake).

Talking about other cool places to visit, you can check below:

1. Prambanan Temple

Prambanan is a Hindu temple, that is located in Prambanan, an area between Jogjakarta and Klaten. In this site, there is also a Buddhist temple, called Candi Sewu (literally means Thousand Temple), at the back of Prambanan Temple.

The apparent difference between Hindu and Buddhist temple is the shape of the top of the temple itself. Hindu temple is more likely to have a sharper shape for the top of its temple, while Buddhist one is more round. Another difference is related to the statue. Hindu temples have different statues of God for each of its temple, while Buddhist temples only have the statue of Buddha, as its role model.

To enter Prambanan, you must pay the entry ticket of IDR 30,000/person (for local tourists) and USD 18 (for foreigners). To enjoy the temples, you may bring along umbrella, hat or scarf with you because the temperature is quite hot there. Not to worry, there will be local people offering umbrellas for rental and you can bring them by yourself.

Prambanan Temple

2. Ratu Boko

Ratu Boko is an archaeological site of (used to be a Palace of King Boko) located near to Prambanan Temple. After visiting Prambanan, you can visit Ratu Boko, just around 15 minutes driving to the hills. It is such a perfect place to see a sunset with a beautiful view.

Here in Ratu Boko you can see the legacy of a Palace in an old time, complete with its baths for princess and a canal-like system (or maybe a tunnel) that remains unsolved until today because the restoration is still incomplete.

a gate in Ratu Boko

Here, you may see a few deer also in a garden before you go to the Ratu Boko Palace. The weather is a bit windy in the afternoon and not too hot, suitable for you to enjoy the scenery. For entry ticket, it will cost you around IDR 25,000 / person (2015)


3. Taman Sari

Taman Sari is also a legacy of Kesultanan Jogjakarta (Kingdom of Jogjakarta), and used to be a place for princess to take a bath. The buildings are not too old comparing to the temples, but still, we can see the classic atmosphere in Taman Sari. Taman Sari is located near Keraton Jogjakarta (Palace). It is actually located within current people's houses and a traditional market. This place is always be visited by foreigners because it has a lot of mystery, marked by a former canal system, tunnel, etc.

The ticket to get here is very cheap, around IDR 3,000. Actually there are several gates that you can enter to the site besides the main gate that you must pay for entry ticket. You can enter through the bird market, or even from the aisle in society's housing.

Taman Sari, taken from my instagram

4. Gua Pindul

Gua Pindul is located in Gunung Kidul, in the southern Jogjakarta. It is a coastal and mountainous area with many beautiful places to see: beaches, caves, waterfalls, etc.
To go here, you will spend around 2 hours driving from the center of Jogjakarta in an up and down and slipper road.

Besides Goa Pindul, is a cave of stalactite and stalagmite with a river under it. The journey will be on a tire and will take around 25 minutes inside the cave. The scenery was really wonderful inside and we could hear different sound of stalactite that our guide hit on. To enjoy this, you must pay around IDR 35,000 each person. You can also hire a group photographer who will take pictures along with you during in a cave.

Goa Pindul (2015)

Not to forget, you must prepare another suit for changing if you want to take this adventure because you will definitely get wet during the trip.

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TOURIST OBJECTS IN BANDUNG

I live in Karawang, a developing city in West Java which is quite near to Bandung. Karawang to Bandung can be reached 1.5 - 2 hours by car, not a very long trip here. However, if you want to travel to Bandung, you need to pay more attention to the peak hour and peak season. In weekend, traffic jam can be much worse. The traffic jam is not only caused by many visitors come from outside Bandung but also a very long queue time of the traffic light (may take 5-10 minutes I guess).

Therefore, if you want to enjoy Bandung more, you need to travel in early morning and not in a weekend period.

Last time, I went to Bandung, Lembang and Ciwidey (in a different time) during Ramadhan. Ramadhan is the month of fasting for Moslems. As many Moslem people were fasting during that month, many of them chose to stay at home instead of spending time in public places. Therefore, it can be an option to enjoy your time: no traffic jam, no queue for entry tickets, no crowd in the tourist objects. 

Here, are several places I offer you to visit, and most of them are not artificial.

1. KAWAH PUTIH (White Crater)

Kawah Putih is located in a high land of Ciwidey area, 50 KM in a south Bandung. This crater is still in the area of volcanic Patuha Mountain, therefore we can easily smell sulfur comes out from its lake. As the colour of the water and the sand is white, this object is very attractive for photography. However, you may not get too close to the crater because it is very dangerous.

To get to the site, it may be somehow difficult to use public transportation as there are not so many "angkot" or public cars to get there. Kawah Putih opens everyday from 7AM to 5PM, with an entry ticket of averagely IDR 18,000 (weekend and weekdays in 2015). The expensive one is for those who drive cars and want to park their cars near to the site. You must pay IDR 150,000 just only to park in the uphills (it is considered for environmental maintenance fee). To deal with it, you may join with other tourists in one car, or get "Ontang-Anting", a public car provided to get to the uphills, with much cheaper price.

White Crater / Kawah Putih

Note that it is best not to go to Kawah Putih in a rainy season (Dec-April) since the road can be very slippery and not comfortable for sightseeing. It is also important to notice that if you arrive here in early morning (7AM), the weather will be very cold. Don't worry, there are many street vendors that sell various warming things such as coat, hat, gloves, even mask.

2. KEBUN TEH CIWIDEY (Ciwidey Tea Garden)

Near Kawah Putih, there will be another interesting spot to go, Ranca Bali Tea Garden. You just need to drive uphills around 15 minutes to the direction of Situ Patenggang and you will see a beautiful scenery of tea garden that will surround you. Amazing. Everything seems planted in a very well-organized way and everything is green!

If you want to take a picture, you can stop by, park your vehicle and CHEESE! It's free!

RancaBali Tea Garden in Ciwidey

In Ciwidey, actually you will not only find tea plantation but also strawberry plantation. There are a lot of places offering you opportunity to grab strawberries from its tree in a quite cheap price.

3. SITU PATENGGANG

Just right behind the Ranca Bali Tea Garden is Situ Patenggang. Situ in Sundanese means Lake. Initially, Situ Patenggang was a national park managed by Perhutani (Indonesian Government Forestry) and now is turned into tourist object, with many surrounding facilities such as cafetaria, hotels, etc. The lake itself is not very large. In the middle of it there is a small island and people can get across there by a boat. I think there is no something special in that island.

Entry ticket is around IDR 18,000 in weekdays and IDR 20,000 in weekend. To enjoy the scenery, you may take a short down walk near the lake, you can sit on the natural rocks or even sit under the trees.

Situ Patenggang

4. TANGKUBAN PERAHU

Tangkuban Perahu is located 20KM to the north of Bandung, it is one of tourist objects combined with the local myth of how it is formed, the same with Situ Patenggang. It is also difficult to get in the spot using public transportation. You can go with "angkot" until the gate of Tangkuban Perahu to buy ticket, but still you need another vehicle to go uphills that is quite far. Here, there is no public transportation provided just like in Kawah Putih. Therefore, it is much better to drive your own if you want to go to Tangkuban Perahu.

For the ticket, it is almost the same with the previous ones, around IDR 15,000/person. You need to be careful because the wind is very strong and sometimes it is foggy and cold. Around, if you are hungry you can find meatballs, traditional roasted corn, tape uli (traditional food made from sticky rice).

Tangkuban Perahu, 2014

There are still other interesting and beautiful natural places in Bandung that are worth to visit like Maribaya, Lembang, etc. One thing for sure, Bandung is not only a city for shopping and doing culinary but also for enjoying its natural beauty.

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Kebaya / Dress untuk Orang Gemuk

Tak bisa dipungkiri, berbadan gemuk merupakan tantangan tersendiri untuk memakai dress ataupun kebaya. Sebagai perempuan, menjadi gemuk kadangkala merupakan suatu pilihan, apalagi kalau kaum ini sudah melahirkan dan menyusui, banyak kan yang menjadi gemuk.. hihihi.. sudah takdir kali ya... hmm... tapi ada juga loh yang badannya tetap kecil. Bikin iri aja yah...

Ga perlu risau untuk kalian yang merasa gemuk, karena kalian juga tetap akan tampil cantik, mempesona dan elegant. Kuncinya, perhatikan baju yang akan kalian kenakan. Ada beberapa tips nih untuk kalian yang ingin tampil seakan-akan kalian terlihat lebih kurus, atau setidaknya tetap menarik untuk dilihat:

1. Pilihlah dress / kebaya dengan warna-warna lebih gelap

Warna hitam, biru dongker, coklat dan sebagainya merupakan alternatif bagi kalian untuk menggunakan dress / kebaya. Warna-warna gelap mampu memberikan efek yang wow untuk pemakainya. Selain terlihat lebih langsing, warna gelap akan memberikan efek mencerahkan kulit karena secara otomatis warnanya lebih gelap daripada kulit kita, sehingga kulit kita terlihat lebih cerah daripada jika kita menggunakan warna-warna yang cetar.

2. Hindari aksen di area pinggang /perut

Perut dan pinggang merupakan area yang sangat sensitif untuk orang gemuk. Area ini sering mendapatkan perhatian lebih jika tak pintar-pintar memilih busana. Untuk itu, hindari aksen / aplikasi berlebihan pada area perut dan pinggang. Tidak perlu memakai obi yang penampangnya besar (cukup pita dengan penampang kecil), tidak perlu memberikan aksen rumple pada area pinggang, dan sebagainya.

3. Jangan tutupi area leher dengan kerah tinggi

Dengan menutupi area leher, secara tidak langsung orang yang melihat kita akan merasa kita bertambah bulat. Oleh karenanya, hendaknya gunakan V neck, U neck atau bentuk apapun yang justru memperlihatkan area leher kita agar kita terlihat tidak terlalu bulat.

4. Hindari bahan yang stretch 

Bahan yang melar seperti kebaya sofia, rang-rang ori akan lebih memperlihatkan lekuk tubuh daripada bahan yang tidak melar. Untuk itu, perlu hati-hati karena bagian-bagian yang memiliki lipatan lemak akan mudah terlihat seperti pada perut dan atas pinggang. Sebaiknya, pakailah kain yang jatuh tetapi tidak melar.

5. Waspada bagian lengan dan area lainnya

Untuk tetap tampil cantik dan elegant, hendaknya orang bertubuh gemuk menghindari untuk mengekspos area lengan. Lebih baik, gunakan kebaya atau dress dengan lengan agak

panjang atau setidasknya menutupi sampai 10 cm di atas siku.

Selain area lengan, hendaknya kebaya tersebut cukup panjang, paling tidak 10 cm di bawah bokong.

contoh kebaya by Vera Kebaya untuk orang gemuk

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