"LIVE IN' experience

This post is gonna be so interesting since it tells about my experience living in the small village named Sadang, located around East Java. The journey from my school (Jakarta) to Sadang took approximately 12 hours by bus. It was soooooo tiring. Should be faster when we use airplane but because the region is so small and far from the nearest airport, and also maybe the school's policy.... we used bus.

It is a part of the school's curriculum for us to experience this so called "Live In". We are being separated in groups of 2 people and each being left in a local resident's house there for 4 days. We need to help them, act as a part of their family and also experience the feel of living in poor, and in a very simple and traditional house. It was a very fun experience actually.... And I did get along with my household which is an old woman and she is very nice.

So first of all this is the house we stayed in. Located deep inside a small road and up in the hill.

When we go outside from the house, we will find a small and quite steep road.

This is the inside of the house... My house is considered as good.. Not so poor family...

 Me and my bestie as my roomate.

The old woman who owns the house... She lived with her husband and her niece. The house is very empty when her husband and her niece went to forest and work..

I took quite a lot photos there! Here are some of it...

Oh yeah, the house I stayed in have a small shed where there's a cute little cow, sheeps, and chickens!

I also did some helping in cooking, and go to the forest to take woods...

And then we also visited our friends in other houses in that village! 

We had a fun and interesting experience there and it was memorable.

candid photo....

 Till next time.

::::: Clara Lee :::::

Cafe Hunting with Bestie

This is a very very late post of my outing with bestie (#throwback). It was another holiday for us and we decided to go out just trying nice cafes located in Central Jakarta, in Senayan City. 

This is the photo of us inside the car when on the way~

 Meet my most absurd and retarded bestie ever

HAHAHA

 We heard about this place named Portico and it looks nice. When we arrived there, just as expected. It is nice. I love the interior so much, however the meal was so-so, not worth the price I think... 

But we got a lot of nice photos there!!! 

And then the journey goes on to the next Italian restaurant~

We mostly eat western and Italian food every time we go together...

Another narcissistic selca!!!!

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 This is what I actually wear that day... My friend said that my outfit was too bright and too much..

But oh well, I just wear what I think is nice.

Pardon my weird fashion sense...

 a good meal will never be completed without a DESSERT~

So, we decided to go to Haagen-Daaz (an ice cream shop) to get an ice cream!

This is actually the first time for me to order something from their menu book.

I usually buy the cone ice cream instead~

After eating ice cream we become thirsty... so we decided to go to Chatime to get a bubble tea!!

This photo below was taken in Chatime... and you can see the mall behind me~

Anddd, we end the day with another donut from J.CO Donuts!!!!

We really ate a lot that day....... But my friend doesn't need to worry since she is always skinny no matter how much she ate.... sooooo envy her

That day was such a fun day, we talked a lot, gossiped too, and most importantly..

WE ATE A LOT 

specially the foods are really nice.... 

So until next time~

::::: Clara Lee :::::

Indonesian Childhood Cracker

This post is going to be so nostalgic. There's this crackers named Nissin Crispy Crackers, it doesn't have any flavours in it only a bit salty and smells like cheesy buttery like. It tastes really good back then... But I think they modify the flavourings nowadays because it doesn't taste the same anymore. This was a childhood crackers. It is vintage. I think it existed even before I exist. So now you must be really curious of what it looks like.

TAADAA!!  This is the jumbo version of it... packaged in a nice and secure aluminium box.
It's almost the size of my head.

a selca bonus just for you ;)

So this is what the cracker looks like. It is very simple compared to modern crackers and cookies nowadays. The design is also very plain. But it is a special cracker to me because it helds so much memories. :) (I'm sure most of 90's Indonesian kid eat this too in their childhood). 

I remember how I used to spend weekend morning, eating this crackers as breakfast dipped in a hot sweet tea in the dining table with my family. It was a really wonderful time..

 There's also this another childhood cookie named Khong Guan Biscuits and Marie Regal... That's also a common childhood biscuits for the 90's kids :D Here's what they look like

So that's all I need to talk about in this post today..
TILL NEXT TIME~

::::: Clara Lee :::::

BALI DAY 2: part 2~ Painting Museum and Kecak Dance

HELLOOU~ as it is seen from the title, this post is about my trip to Bali. That day we decided to have lunch in this famous restaurant called "Bebek Bengil" which means dirty duck in English. They have a history of why the restaurant name is like that.. If I'm not mistaken is because at first, when this place was still a small restaurant, there's a very big rice field there. And every evening, many ducks come to swim and play, and after they get dirty with the mud, they will walk in the floor and it's dirty with their footprints everywhere. So that's where the idea of the name comes from.... (it's if I'm not mistaken) haha.

Me and my pretty and always young mom at Bebek Bengil~

 These are food we ordered... It is a Balinese cuisine. :D My family loves it... And this picture is the photo of my chauffeur in Bali... He is a very polite, patient, and nice guy... :D We had lunch with him and treated him to appreciate his hard work driving us everywhere from day to night..

And then, the next stop is the painting museum. 

This is the inside of the museum.. The building is already very old and vintage-y. But they still maintain it and look very neat....

a bonus of my photo~

 Due to the rules in the museum, we cannot take photos so I don't have the photos of the paintings that were being shown there... You can go by yourself if curious.. (come visit Bali, I guarantee you will love it :D ) It's mostly about history... (I guess?) hahaha because I do not really understand all the paintings ._.

BOO~! It's a Barong.

 Anddd, at the night time we watched a Kecak show. It is really popular~ I think it's a must watch show for you to get to know more about Bali culture... 

And here are some snapshots I took from the show...

There's a story and meaning behind this show, check it out if you are curious~

And after the Kecak show, there's a Kuda Lumping. The person who performs this attraction is believed to be possessed that's why he has a supernatural power... And you see the flame below? there's a lot of burnt woods and charcoal there and it is blazing HOT. And see how the person steps on it and do the dance? ;)

So interesting right!!! 

So, the day ended with this awesome show! After that we went back and get rest for tomorrow's trip~