September is over and I just can't wait for OCTOBER already!! Okay, before I get too excited for the next month, let's see what I've been loving this September :D

MUSIC

I'm quite a fan of Red Velvet and I was so curious about their newest song. When the music video was released, I just really needed to watch it. After the first time watching it, I kept playing it again, and again, and again! This music video is really GOOD!! The new song is also really awesome and catchy! Gosh, I fell in love instantly.




It is a religious song which title translated to: God is My Shepherd. I was looking for a way closer to my Creator and I remembered this one song that I really love back to my church choir days. I find this song very calming.




I found this song on a Spotify playlist by Walt Disney Records, called 'Tiana - Make It Happen'. I love most songs on this playlist! This playlist fills with a lot of encouragement which makes me feel much more positive.

Check out the playlist here

But the one song that caught my attention the most is this song. I've known Jordan Fisher and his beautiful singing voice, but I never know he has an EP already. I just love this song the most from his EP.

APP

Starbucks Indonesia just released an app that will make accessing your Starbucks cards much more easier. Really love how convenient it is to check my card balance and stars now. I can even purchase a drink by showing my card via this app. Nice!




I've always loved trivia quiz, and one of my friends introduced me to this app! It has a lot of quizzes inside, you can find quizzes for a lot of topics imaginable. You can play one on one quiz with stranger or you can invite your friends to play with you. It's always fun to get competitive over trivia quizzes ;)

FOOD & BEVERAGES

I am so thankful that I found this bread, because I love it so much! If you love orange chocolates just like me, then you'll love this! Check out the more complete story of my discovery of this awesome bread here




I really love this sambal, I ate it everyday with almost anything I had for lunch! I also so fond of 'Udang Crispy'. I think it's the food that you must try when you're visiting Surabaya.




I'd been hating sushi my whole life, until one day I was okay with it, and now I enjoy eating it. I even crave for it sometimes. How weird that people can change so much. This month I've been really enjoying eating sushi. I had one by Suteki Go, and the other one by Hachi Hachi. You can read more about my visit to Hachi Hachi here.




I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw these cute water bottles! I really wanted to buy them all, especially because I love Disney Princesses so much! I ended up buying the Mulan one. Although I would prefer to have Belle or Anna (if only they were available). I guess I love Mulan since she's a warrior and she's Asian, just like me :D




Well, I never though I would find any other protein bar that's cheaper than FitBar, but apparently I did find something. There was a buy-2-get-1 promo on this protein bar, and it only cost IDR 2.850 each! So, I gladly took three just to try at first. Then, it turns out I love it! So, I bought more! There are two flavors: vanilla and chocolate, and I think both of them taste so good :D

BEAUTY

These are my two favorite beauty things this month!


The first one is the blue beauty blender. I love the color blue and I never had a beauty blender before! When I finally had it and used it, it feels so joyful. It really does help me blending my foundation and concealer well which makes me so happy :)

Sorry for the stains. As you can see, I used it already :p

I always have problems with my dark circle and my teary eye. My tears just wipe out my foundation easily, thus the dark circles are popping up again. It's always convenient to bring a concealer around to fix my dark circles anytime they appear. This product has been recommended by a lot of beauty blogger and now I know why. It has great coverage and it blends well with my skin tone. I'm so happy to have this product around.

ONLINE SHOP

I never thought I would love buying clothes online, but this shop is just really great. I found out about this shop from one of my closest friends. I was looking for a choker but then I decided to try ordering two other clothes since they were on sale and it was really cheap anyway. I ordered via the website and didn't really choose the delivery options. Amazingly my package arrived just one day after I paid everything and they directly delivered it. I didn't expect it to be that fast and I was so satisfied with the quality. Plus the size matches me perfectly. Would love to order some other clothes the next time I'm about to pamper myself again :)

Go check out their website and Instagram for the catalog, and believe me the price is really friendly with your wallet.





So, that's all for September and I really can't wait for October!!
Why do I keep saying that? Because it's my second most favorite month of the year! There will be a lot of festivity going on I believe. Stay tune on my blog to read all the stories ;)

See you in October!
CN.

So, here I am with another story to be told :)

This was my very first visit to Session Junkies at Klampis. My boyfriend had bragged a lot about this place, and a random coincidence let us visited this place together along with some other friends.

I wasn't feeling quite well that day. I was very emotional, my head hurts, I even started to shiver a little, and got feverish. Really not the best time to have these kind of meals I'm about to show you.

We were using deal from Dealoka app for this visit. So, we only paid for around 140k for the platter, pizza, and four drinks that we ordered. When I was asked about the drink that I want, I directly looking at the warm drinks section, and decided to have a cup of hot chocolate. Let me show you what we had:







The hot chocolate was really helpful, because I did feel a little cold at that time. The pizza and platter were really enjoyable for me. I still couldn't help my love of savory things, even when I was quite sick. I didn't eat that much though, it was just enough to keep my stomach happy.

I wasn't really aware of the name for the food that we ordered, since I didn't check out the Dealoka app, and I was in the toilet when they ordered the food. So, I just snapped the menu to share to you, guys:




I also love the place there, since it wasn't that crowded on the second floor. The first floor was more crowded, so you can get a more peaceful surroundings upstairs.

The table where we decided to have a little 'photo session'.

These lamps are just so cute to me. Totally would love to enjoy a book here ^^

and.. here's our messy table :D

I wasn't fully aware of everything that night, but I do remember that I love the food and drink, I love the place, and of course I love the small gathering that's happening that night. I just have one simple complain: I couldn't lock the female toilet door. I was contemplating to go to the male one instead, but I decided to hold the door with my hand and leg while doing my business. Thankfully, as I said before, it wasn't that crowded upstairs, so no one really use the toilet that often. Despite that issue, I will totally want to pay this cafe another visit :)

Hope you enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed the night that I had.
See you on my next post! :D
CN.

Three places in one day! Whatta day ;)

It was Saturday afternoon, and I was waiting for my boyfriend to come while I already saved us a seat close to the electricty outlet (one of the most important thing to look for at a cafe, especially when you're having a low battery!). Guess, where I was waiting:

Starbucks

Iced Shaken Hibiscus Tea with Pomegranate Pearls (47k) & Iced Vanilla Tea Jelly Milk (free)

There was a buy-1-get-another-one-for-free promo at Starbucks, since they're promoting their newest tea range called, Teavana. We decided to try the pomegranate one and get this free vanilla tea. I honestly prefer the vanilla one, because it's sweeter, yet the sensation of the small pearls on the hibiscus tea was quite a unique and great sensation. The two of them were just nice, but I still prefer my coffee for my dose of caffeine :D

I guess I'm still that coffee person.

Next up, we wandered around the mall and looking for a place to have lunch, or brunch frankly. Since I just newly introduced to the awesomeness of sushi, I just can't help to have a bite. Then, we decided to visit this place:

Hachi Hachi

Crunchy Roll (42k)

Chicken Katsu Parmesan (43k)

Our whole menu for lunch! We only drank one Cold Ocha (14k) together, we just had a drink anyway :p

I really enjoyed my Crunchy Roll, since it still has fried food within. I don't think I'm ready to dive into anything raw, anytime soon. The pasta is just as amazing as always. It's one of my favorite dish here, so if you love pasta as much as I do, I think you're going to love the Chicken Katsu Parmesan.

One small incident happen though. I remembered correctly that I paid them with enough money, but they claimed that my money wasn't enough. Being bewildered at that moment, I gave the waiter another 50k bill, then hurriedly opened my wallet and counted my money again. And yes! I did give them enough already! So, I went to the cashier to complain, and they gave me back my 50k smoothly.

Always have your full attention when you're paying for something! So, you will know for sure whether you've already given enough money or not.

After that small incident, I was trying to brightening my mood again. Then, our friends were asking to visit this new place nearby. So, we just went there:

Zucker Waffle

This is a new waffle house in town, which already has a branch in Jakarta and currently spreading its wings to Surabaya :D

Here are a few wonuts that were available at the time we arrived at the location:



These are the menus:




When you walked into the store this is what you will see:




I ordered Mint Oreo wonut since I love mint and oreos but never tried to combine. It was quite a fascinating taste to me.

Mint Oreo Wonut (10k) & Iced Tea (6k)

I also love this chili cheese fries! Ate it all up happily :)

Tex Mex Chili Cheese Fries (22k)

This waffle burger has a nice tender meat that I love.

Australian Sirloin Steak Waffle Burger (40k)

These are a few things that our friends ordered:






These wonuts were available when we already ordered everything. So, I just took some pictures of them:



And this is how the store looked like at the front:


I guess this store is a combination of two brands, one that sells waffle, and the other one sells food like Kue Cubit and Indomie.

After all, I think they need more improvement on the interior and vibe at the first floor, because I think it was rather plain. The wall near my seat was plain white. I was hoping for more identity of the brand to be visible. The second floor is pretty good though. I hope to see more improvements in the future for these two brands :)


That's it for my adventurous day with food. I hope you enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed my food.
See you on my next #FoodTravel stories :)
CN.