Oh my gosh! I can't believe October is over already. How can it be this fast?
That's okay though, because December is coming up real soon! That means it's totally okay to be all Christmassy now! Whoop whoop!

Okay, October has been a month of roller coaster with lots of ups and downs, but it was a really fun month! Let me show you the things that I've been loving this October. I'm gonna need to warn you that it will be a looottt of things. So, let's just start!

MUSIC

For music, I've been enjoying a lot of songs on repeat this month!

Michael Buble is releasing his new album which makes me feel like Christmas is coming already! I've been loving I Believe in You and Nobody But Me from his newest album. If you love his Christmas album, then you're also gonna love this one :)



Little Mix is also releasing a fun new single that I've been loving so much, Shout Out to My Ex! And their voices are as amazing as always!


I also can't stop listening to some hit songs like these ones:



A few of new K-Pop songs also stuck in my head:




On October 30, I found out about this song by James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go, and I've been putting it on loop! The lyrics are just so beautiful :)


I found out this song from this beautiful video of Jonathan and Anna Sacconejolys. So, thank you to the video maker for introducing this song to me, and also to Anna who share the video on her Facebook page! :D


My ears are very spoiled this month! :)

TV SHOW

Other than enjoying Once Upon A Time Season 7 and We Got Married, there is this one Japanese dorama that I just found this month and it's sooo GOOD! It's called Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto (A Girl & Three Sweethearts). It's a story of Misaki, a patissier who is asked to work at SeaSons, a family restaurant owned by this three brothers. If you love reading romance manga, then I totally suggest you to watch this dorama! I'm still at episode 7 out of 10, but so far I'm enjoying it very much!

YOUTUBE

There are some Youtube channels that I love to watch this month!

There is LaurDIY whose videos are really creative and fun! I also really love seeing her and her boyfriend, Alex from Wassabi Productions. Her travel videos are also really nice!

Joan Kim is also another youtuber that I really love to watch. Her channel is mainly about beauty and her days living in South Korea. If you love beauty stuff and Korea, then you should definitely check her out!


I also love watching Sunnydahye's Japan vlogs! Gosh, I hope I can visit Japan soon! But while I'm waiting for the right time, watching her vlogs is more than enough, for now.. :)

BEAUTY

There is this one bit that I forgot to include in my September Favorites, it's Shikada Facial Cleansing Wipes from Mitu. I love using it, since it's not that wet, yet it cleans the makeup really well. Perfect for those lazy days when I don't feel like walking to the toilet and wash my face.

APP

There is this one gaming app that I've been loving to play this month! It's LINE RUSH! I just started playing it at the end of the month and I loved it so much. It's kind of similar with Minion Rush, yet it still has a few differences.


Do you know that since Halloween is near, you can find ghost pokemon at Pokemon Go on almost every corner of the street? I caught like a lot of Ghastly and Haunter this month. Really wish I could catch that Hypno, but it ran away.. and yes, I'm still playing Pokemon Go once in a while. My collector soul won't rest until I catch 'em all.

Other than those gaming apps, I've been using Grab for transportation. I'm so thankful that they have IDR 25k promo for weekend. It helps my wallet a lot. The price is already fixed, so you don't really need to worry to much if you're stuck in a traffic jam. However, if you want to transport into plenty of different places, then it will be quite hard, because you need to order a new one at every stop you make.

BOOKS

I finally able to purchase this book by a Korean illustrator, Love is... by Puuung. I got a 100k voucher from my Gramedia member card, that's how I finally able to purchase this book! There is also a bonus notebook that I will totally use, since I just love notebooks so much :D


In October there is also this book sale event called Big Bad Wolf Book Sale which got me so excited! I bought some interesting book and I will write a separate post for this event. Just stay tuned! ;)

FOOD & BEVERAGES

If you're talking about my favorite food, there will be quite a lot. I will insert some photos of my favorite ones this month, but the detailed stories will be included in my October Food Travel posts that will coming to you pretty soon too! :D

So for now, please enjoy these beauties:


Also, my favorite place to visit this month is Butter and Bean. I just love the vibe of this place so much! Read the complete story here.

MY BIRTHDAY

What makes October so special to me is because I'm celebrating birthdays! A lot of birthdays (really, like a lot, a lot!), including mine. I'm so thankful to have the people around me who spoiled me with these delicious cakes and surprises and of course presents! My prayers are with you all :)




Those are my beautiful memories in October. I'm kind of sad it's over, but that's okay since there are a lot of beautiful and fun things happening. I can't wait to share more detailed stories about my adventures in October with you! Please wait patiently for my exciting upcoming posts! ^^

Make sure to follow me on Instagram to find more mouth-watering posts and exciting stories! I'll be glad to meet you there too ;)

See you soon! :D
CN.

I have told you that October is my second favorite month after December, haven't I? Well, there are a lot of reasons why I love October so much, and one of them is because it's the month where I celebrate my boyfriend's birthday! :D


I was planning the small birthday celebration for just the two of us, and somehow there is this one particular place that I wanted to visit so bad. Butter and Bean. I've been dying to visit this place because I saw the photos of it online, and I fell in love love with the decor, the color, and the vibe of this place. It's located inside the Marvell City mall, quite in the middle of Surabaya. When you enter the mall, you just need to take the escalator on your left for one time and you can see it already.

The first thing we did was of course checking out the menus. There were some food that I wanted to try, but then we decided to order these:


There were:
- Hot Green Tea Latte (IDR 25k)
- English Breakfast Tea - 1x refill (IDR 20k)
- Chicken Cordon Bleu (IDR 45k)
- Spaghetti ala Arabiata (35k)
*The prices above are before tax.

The Green Tea Latte was great. However, the portion of the food quite surprised me. It was much smaller than I thought (or maybe it looked smaller because of the huge plate? I don't know). But, yeah, I still felt hungry afterwards. The pasta was delicious, but it was too creamy for me. I wish they had less sauce on it. The food I love most was the Chicken Cordon Bleu. It had nice texture and tasted great!

When my boyfriend asked for the refill on his English Breakfast Tea, somehow the waiter only filled it half full. But, since we're about to ask for bill anyway, we didn't really ask whether it's always like that or not. So, the food and beverage weren't really as I expected.

However, as I mentioned before. I saw photos of the place online, and yes, the place is gorgeous! It's such a good place to take Instagram photos because it has a lot of light from the huge windows across the cafe/restaurant. I always love places with big windows, so seeing the windows here made me so happy! Thank you for my boyfriend who helped me taking some beautiful pictures of mine :)


My boyfriend and I were the first customer that was coming at that time. So, for around half an hour we had the place for ourselves! How exciting! I gave myself a tour and took a lot of pictures around. Here they are:


After enjoying our food, it's time to celebrate the birthday! First of all, the cake needed to make an appearance of course!


The cake was from one of  my favorite bakery, Tous Les Jours. It was a cute and small chocolate cake with heart-shaped chocolates on it. It was kind of messy though, as you can see the cocoa powder was all over the place. Thankfully, my boyfriend said it's still tasted good! :)

I also have presents of course! Yes, presents, in plural. I guess I got a little bit too excited while doing a gift-hunting for him. Maybe, I was also inspired by Zoella and her love of giving presents. Oh well.

I wrapped them all that morning, since I just got the last present the day before our little celebration here. I was so proud of my wrapping though, I just love the blue ribbons so much. There are also some notes inside each presents for him. I was just being such a romantic :p


And of course, we won't forget to take some pictures and selfies together since the lighting is just so flattering! You definitely need to take a lot pictures in this place! :D

For those of you who are interested to visit this place after reading my stories, I will provide you with the photos of the menu book that I took (I know you've been curious about it :p)! Here you go:


So, that's all for my Food Travel story at Butter and Bean! It was a memory that will make me smile every time I remember it.

More of my October Food Travel stories will be posted through November too! I just had a lot to share, but not enough time to write them all within this month. So, get ready for exciting stories from me!

See you soon! ^^
CN.