Jogjakarta : Around the City

Yeay... its time for Jogjakarta again!!

Now i would tell about Jogjakarta in a domestic-tourist-point of view,so if you read the previous post, i didn't tell many stories about the tourism object, food and others, but in this post i try to complete the previous one with some story and information. and hope it will help to all of you who want to visit Jogjakarta :) 

WHY?

I attend my best friends wedding at Jogjakarta, the wedding it self held on Sheraton Mustika Hotel, near Adisucipto Airport (Jogjakarta Airport), it is 5-star hotels in jogjakarta, with a very beautiful atmosphere and a big ballroom. 

Sheraton Mustika Hotel 

WHERE To stay?

i stayed at Ibis Style Hotel, in Jalan Dagen, this hotel near with Malioboro street (is about 800 m only).

this hotel has some facilities such as : Spa and Massage, Swimming Pools,live music in Saturday nights, pool side bar, restaurant, cafe and basement parking. the room rate for this hotel aren't really expensive,for one night room, it will cost about IDR 600k-800k depend on the promotion or the season (peak season will be more expensive). 

Next to the hotel,we could find some pedcab driver which ready to assist us to enjoy Jogjakarta street with cheap price and interesting journey. but if you want to go by a walk, it is really nice too.

Pool side @Ibis Style
Taken from accorshotels.com

Room @Ibis Style
Taken from accorshotel.com

WHERE To visit?
Malioboro Street 

in this street we could find many of shops which sell batik, it could be batik cloths, batik fabrics,  souvenirs and many things was made from batik. mostly of shops here sells its batik with fixed price. you can directly saw the price in the price tag, and paid for it to the cashier. :)
on the head of the street, we also find Pasar Beringharjo, which is traditional market here, and sells traditional foods, and also any kind Batik with a low price. don't forget to bargain the price while we go for shopping here, if you're lucky, you can get 50% discount from the seller :)

Taman Sari Area
I went there by rent a pedicab (with the driver, for sure) why, just because we can go around the street and enjoyed the side by side of the street. in this street we could find Rumah Batik, the shop of batik which sell batik, with higher quality than in Malioboro (based on the pedicab driver testimony). i found awesome Batik Clothes and Batik Scarf, and guess what, the prices are reasonable and we got 20% discount for all stuff we bought here when we visited. :)

not really far from Rumah Batik, i found the house which sell Batik painting (this place also recommend  by pedicab driver). inside the house we could see many  batik paintings with some models, objects and color, mostly of the objects, can be a traditional puppet (wayang kulit) or life creature (bird, trees, etc) 

my man bought one of the paintings, the object was Rama-Sinta but in the different angle not like an usual painting (nor like the picture below :p), the philosophy behind the painting was faithfully. kinda nice and serious isn't it? 

Rama-Sinta Puppet
taken from http://wayangprabu.files.wordpress.com

Keraton Jogjakarta 

Keraton was become the Jogjakarta King House (Sri Sultan Hamengkubowono X), but nowadays i  thought sri sultan live in his own house *hehehe* and the keraton it self, used for any special events in Jogja, and when it wasn't occupied, it can be the tourism object in Jogja.
there are some bangsal (room) in keraton, one and another room have different function, and nowadays its used for display the historical stuff from Jogjakarta royal heritage, and it could be a museum too. i a weekend, we could see the traditional dance performance in Keraton. i didn't know exactly what's the dance name. but the dance was very beautiful (maybe it is serimpi dance??)

Dance Performance in Keraton

the interesting part is, if you are the vintage stuff fans, you'll be very happy to be here, because what, so many vintage stuff are here, such as : iron chair, iron table, chandelier, cupboard, and many more in very vintage and old fashioned way.

@Keraton Jogja 

WHERE To eat? 
since it is only 2 days trip, i didn't go to many restaurant in Jogjakarta. so the recap for my eating place are :
1. Bakmi Jawa and Nasi Goreng, Jalan Dagen
the taste of Bakmi jawa and Nasi goreng (we ordered fried bakmi jawa, and Nasi goreng Babat) was surprisingly delightful and delicious. it is only small stalls, but the foods was hilarious for us.

2. The Ibis Styles Resto.
yes for sure, we ate our breakfast here. the breakfast was very nice, complete and delicious also. we serve ourselves with buffet. many choices of dishes, snacks and drink.

3. Oyot Godong Resto, 3nd floor of Mirota Batik, Malioboro
the restaurant have very edgy concept, it combined with stage for cabaret performance and also the dinning place,some materials are made from wood. the menu on this resto was very funny and creative, such as :  Es Perawan Tancep, Es Susu Coklat Mulus, and So on. but the taste of food was average.

Susu Perawan Tancep
@Oyot Godhong 

4. Jejamuran, Km 10 Magelang Street.
i was obsessed with this restaurant, because Jamur (mushroom) is one of my favorite vegetable (or food?) in this restaurant, we could find anything on menu books were made from mushroom. this restaurant was use Jamur Shitake, Portobelo, Jamur tiram, Jamur Merang, Jamur kancing and soon..  the popular menu in this restaurant are Satay Jamur, Baked Jamur, Tongseng Jamur, and Crispy Jamur. the taste was very delicious and the price was reasonable. i love this resto so much...

Jejamuran
all of those dishes only 150K

HOW can we get there?
if your home town are far away from Jogja, travelling by plane was most recommended, the flight ticket is not really expensive, depends on the season for sure. and when you arrived in Jogja. you ca go by taxi to your hotel, and for the daily transport you can rent a car, with IDR. 300K/ days. or if you just want to go around the Jogjakarta city, taxi and pedicab was a great choice

Enjoying Jogjakarta by pedicab

I thought this post is complete enough, but if you realized, i didn't visit the famous temple in Jogjakarta, such as Prambanan and Borobudur in my 2012 trip, yes because I've ever visited them in 2009 and 2011 so, i didn't put the temples in this post :D

Enjoy the Post
Mucho Love 

Jogjakarta : One Day Gate away :)

Hello world...

For today post, i would like to share about my journey at Jogjakarta in 2012. 

so it will be some journey will be written in this post :) 

why Jogjakarta? everyone knows that this city have many tourism object that remind us how rich Indonesia in culture, art and heritage.

Jogjakarta is popular as cultural, culinary and also student city. beside the culture, we also could find many traditional foods here, with some local ingredients and have very delightful taste, we also find some colleges here, either public or private college. Many people outside Jogjakarta have studied here and Now, Jogjakarta become more crowded than before. :) 

so without many words, i will start it :) 

what did i do in Jogja?

my first trip to Jogja was i have been invited by a company to have recruitment process. :p 

i only visited jogja for 1 day, and after the process finished, i went home to Balikpapan, but its very interesting, because i could find one of my favorite food in Jogja, which are Bakmi Jawa and Gudeg. 

what did i eat in Jogja?

Bakmi Jawa, Fried or Boiled
Taken from trulyjogja.com

at jogja, i ate Bakmi Jawa, what is Bakmi jawa? is egg noodles, sauted with some spices such as garlic, shallots, and soy sauce, stir with minced chicken, chicken stocks, duck egg  and add some vegetables such as cabbage, pokcoy or bean sprout (if like), i really like this kind of dish, it very delicious and i never find bakmi jawa as good as this bakmi jawa in other city :D , i ate Bakmi Jawa in Pak Pele Stalls. its located in Alun-Alun Utara Jogja, and its very crowded if you came here above 7pm. 

Pak Pele's Stall 

Gudeg Yu Djum
Taken from panduan wisata, kolom detik kita 

the other dishes that i ate was Gudeg Jogja, Gudeg is one of traditional food from jogja, the taste is majorly sweet, Gudeg made from Jackfruit, it cooked with palm sugar and coconut milk for almost 2 days until it color changed. you can eat gudeg with fried chicken, brown-salted egg,  krecek (a spicy dish made from cow skin and bean) and rice. i eat gudeg yu djum, because so many stalls sell her gudeg, and the other gudeg brand was gudeg mbarek Hj Amad, near UGM. 

on those day i eat only two kind of dishes, and the price was cheap. Jogja become famous because of it cheap food. but the taste & quality are really good :) 

Gudeg Mbarek Hj Amad
Taken from panduan wisata

as mention before, i didn't visited any tourism object on those day because of the tight schedule. so for the tourism object in jogjakarta, i will tell you later :)

Thank you.. 

Mucho Love 

Steal the Style : My Best Friend Weds

Hell-o world!

Kali ini postingan saya agak sedikit narsis *ya sblm-sblmnya juga sih...

karena akan membahas hal-hal mengenai diri saya sendiri, khususnya style saya ketika menghadiri kondangan.. yes, kondangan.. atau yang biasa disebut acara pernikahan, bisa pernikahan sodara, teman, dsb. eh tapi kayaknya ini nikahan teman mulu deh yaa..

dan...  berhubung tahun 2011-2012 ini banyak sekali undangan datang meluncur, dan semua undangan itu merupakan sahabat-sahabat saya yang punya gawe, maka sayapun dengan ikhlas harus selalu datang ke acara mereka. okeh, tanpa banyak cerita, saya akan ceritakan satu-satu undangan yang saya hadiri selama tahun 2011-2012 ini, yang antara lain : 

1.  The Wedding of Mbak Dhany dan Mas Widhi (January, 2011) 

Mbak Dhany dan Mas Widhi adalah lovable couple yg di awal tahun 2011 sudah memberikan undangan pernikahannya pada saya. kali ini saya harus hadir di Kota Magelang, dan pada waktu itu adalah saat dimana Gunung merapi baru saja meletus, jadi saya sempat mengalami kemacetan ketika melewati jalanan Jogja-Magelang, yang cukup membuat senewen. tp syukurlah, saya dan teman saya waktu itu dapat hadir di lokasi acara tepat waktu dan tentunya menyenangkan sekali. menyenangkan karena apa, ya karena : makanannya enak-enak, lokasinya keren banget,karena semi outdoor di lapangan golf, dan juga bisa sekalian jalan-jalan jogja magelang dong yah... 

Gaya saya plus bonus foto pengantennya waktu itu :

Comment : ini jelas banget,saya sebenarnya gak niat dandan, hahaha.. sumpah saya sendiri ngerasa nggak bangga dengan dandanan ini, heheh.. tapi ya gimana lagi.. ini dandanan paling ala kadarnya lah. udah ga bawa apa-apa, alat dandan sekedarnya.. ckckckck

2. The Wedding of Peppy dan Bagus Seto (September or October gitu, 2011) 

Both of them are my friends, kita dari tempat kuliah yang sama, dan tempat nikahan mereka juga kebetulan ada di Surabaya, jadinyaa.. yah sekalian pulang kampuang lah yah. hehehe... disini  saya juga senang karena selain ketemu dengan sahabat-sahabat juga bisa pulang ke surabaya itu menyenangkan memang.

Gaya saya plus bonus foto pengantennya waktu itu : 

Comment : Rambut saya masih keriting, hehehe.. jadi ya standar lah, di curly2 aja tuh rambut, dan dibiarkan aja terurai. 

3. The Wedding of Mas Afin dan Istri (akhir 2011 atau awal 2012 gitu sepertinya *lupa)

Mas Afin adalah senior saya sewaktu ke kampus, karena kebetulan nikahannya di Balikpapan, dan siang hari otomatis cuaca dan udaranya emang agak-agak panas waktu itu. dan eniwei ini adalah nikahan pertama yang saya hadiri di Balikpapan loh... hehehe

Gaya saya plus bonus  foto pengantennya  waktu itu :

Comment : Rambut saya (tetep) masih keriting, hehehe.. jadi ya standar lah, di curly2 aja tuh rambut, dan dibiarkan aja terurai. dan untuk bajunya, nggak terlalu heboh lah ya, dress standar untuk siang hari lah. 

4. The Wedding of My Beloved Dewi Pratiwi dan Mas Ruli (February, 2012) 

Inilah Wedding yang saya tunggu-tunggu, saya sampe rela dong, pokoknya harus datang, datang dan datang.... Dewi adalah sahabat saya tercuintah, kalau nggak datang, pastinya saya dianggep durjana *eh jadi meski gak bisa datang ke akad nikahnya, saya pastikan saya akan datang ke resepsinya. disini emak saya juga jadi panitia dadakan, karena beliau yg deal dengan cateringnya si Dewi, nikahannya di Gresik, dekornya bagus meski gedungnya biasa, disulap jadi luar biasa... menyenangkan lah pokoknya... 

Gaya saya plus foto pengantennya waktu itu : 

Comment : Rambut saya uda lurus bok, hehehe..saya meluruskan tuh rambut keriting, dan cuman saya tata sedemikian rupa diurai-urai saja, eniwei waktu itu adalah waktu dimana penampakan kulit wajah paling terbaik, dan saya ga pake make up sama sekali dong, cuman bedak tabur biasa, believe or not ya bgitulah keadaanya kawand.... 

5. The Wedding of my cute friend Worosita dan Habib (April, 2012) 

ini juga sahabat saya, bahkan keduannya... mereka akhirnya menikah juga sodara-sodara, ya meski memang mereka sudah ditakdirkan untuk menikah kok pastinya. hehehe. nikahannya di Gresik, di gedung yang sama dengan Mbak Dewi Pratiwi, dan jelasss.. saya juga senang bisa hadir disini, karena apa, ya karena ketemu dengan temen-temen saya itu loh..

Gaya saya plus foto pengantennya  waktu itu : 

Comment : Rambut Saya Masih Lurus dong, hehehe, cukup diurai saja, karena acara siang makeup cukup tipis-tipis, nude and natural lah pokoknya. hehehe

6. The Wedding of Lisaura dan Mas Herfran (May, 2012)

lisaura adalah adek kelas saya dan temen kantor waktu itu, saya juga datang ke Surabaya karena ini bertepatan dengan long weekend di Bulan May. Jadi, sekalian lah saya pulang kampuang, saya juga datang ke acara ini.  

Gaya saya plus bonus foto pengantennya  waktu itu : 

Comment : Karena harusnya saya pake seragam, saya pun berkebaya ria, agak sedikit nakal karena kain kebaya yg dikasi sama lisa warnanya sama dengan kebaya saya. karena gak sempat jahit, makanya sayapun make kebaya saya lama saja, hahahah...  

7. The wedding of Fajar Rama dan Vena (November, 2012) 

Fajar juga temen sekantor, dan tiba-tiba saya pun ngeyel untuk bisa hadir ke nikahan fajar kali ini, bukan apa-apa sih, hanya karena ini di jogja lagi bok... menyenangkan sekali lah bisa hadir di nikahan fajar. bisa jalan-jalan, dan ini royal wedding sodara-sodara. gedungnya penuh, undangannya banyak dan rame banget bro.. hahahah... 

Gaya saya plus bonus foto pengantennya  waktu itu : 

Comment : Okeh, ini gaya saya paling extrem, hahaha.. saya berani pake makeup lengkap, bold eyes but still nude lips. dan ternyata emang bagus sih make up ini buat saya... soalnya banyak yg muji sodara-sodara. hehehe... *siap-siap di toyor

sampai detik ini, nikahan-nikahan yg saya hadiri ya sudah saya sebutkan diatas, ada juga sih tapi 2 nikahan di Balikpapan yang saya hadiri tapi tidak saya review, karena apa.. simply is just... karena ga ada fotonya cyin... karena mungkin saya datang di nikahan temen yang bukan temen deket, jd ya murni jd undangan sajo.... hihihihi.

baiklah.. cukup sekian reviewnya.. ada 2 foto yang ga pake foto pas acara nikahan, tapi foto prewed. *namanya juga usaha..abis sy ga dikirim fotonya sih *ngambeg

terimakasih atas perhatiannya

 Mucho Love