Foster The People!

Yesterday, I finally went to Foster The People's concert in Jakarta... I didn't eat anything the whole day except for a bowl of oatmeal and yogurt.. Yeah, that sounds pretty disgusting, but I'm trying to eat healthy and I just thought of a quick way of consuming two healthy things at once.. It's not that bad..

After striding between Jakarta's awful traffic, I managed to go to FX and ate a decent meal with Ivan before going inside Tennis Indoor Senayan, where the concert was held. I was acting like a bipolar hungry bitch.. It was horrifying (well, at least for Ivan ;p)

Next thing I knew, Hanny and CJ was queuing to get inside, so we went straight to where she was (hell yeah for not queuing from way wayyy behind). I met surprisingly a lot of people inside.. Picture time..

Before it started, met up with my lovely senior, Renata. The two girls on the right side are lidia's cousins. Devy and Deby..

Hanny and Me being silly in the middle of the concert

 How epic me posing with Mike's face when he looks like he wanna dump a poo

Foster The People behind thereeee

CJ lurking at his own girl

This was before the arena was filled with people

CJ and Hanny

Trio Picture Time

EPIC EPIC EPICCCCCC

I was just being silly

Lidia took this pic when she was sitting down cause we have no clue what song they were singing

Ivan kept taking pics of me from this side of the view.. My nose looked so pointy I LOVE IT!

Don't judge me. I tend to dance crazy nonstop at concerts..

You know, when most girls would feel the world to own a new bag, a new pair of shoes or a new dress, well, going to concerts is my new bag, new pair of shoes and new dress. I LOVE the feeling of watching bands or singers performing live. I can see how inspired they are and they inspire me somehow in return.

The whole night, I was laughing, jumping, dancing, singing, screaming. For that one and a half hour I feel so sparked up as if a life-sized energizer just boosted up my energy. Going to concerts is my Balenciaga, dancing to the live music is my Bottega, enjoying it with the people I love is my Hermes..

Maybe some people wouldn't understand the thrill I felt. But it's okay. This is my muse. It makes me happy  and grateful just to be there. It's okay when others don't get it, that's what makes it special..

All I know is, I am 20 years old and in the right time of my life to be having fun doing these kinds of things, acting like a complete fool in it, appreciating simple things in life, and just simply be grateful for being so ALIVE..

A chorus from the song "waste" that inspired me the most that night. It's about getting your ass up and achieving the things that you really are passionate about or just staying where you are with no change..
"And every day that you want to waste, that you want to waste, you can
And every day that you want to wake up, that you want to wake, you can
And every day that you want to change, that you want to change, yeah
I'll help you see it through 'cause I just really want to be with you"

RANDOMLY Bumped intooooo

After one day of one whole song filled with push ups at the gym, I woke up with sore arms and a sore chest. So today, I skipped gym and asked Ivan to give me a company instead. What's more guilty than skipping the gym? It is skipping gym and go have heavy dinner instead.. *PWNED*

So anyway, I was planning to try Nobuzen at PIK. But after parking the car, somehow Ivan dragged me to Iga Bakar. I never tried the ribs in that restaurant before.. Lemme just show the pics.. 

New Menus with discounted price. I told Ivan to order one.. LOL.. *a true asian*

Waiting patiently for the food.. 

Surprised at the size of the double ribs I ordered. This one is Iga Bakar Pedas.. They said this one is the favorite dish.. But boo, the sambal isn't that spicy and somehow, I keep catching this smell of sambal being refrigerated for days while eating the ribs. It was just an Okay Dish.. It's basically cow ribs, grilled with sweet soy sauce..

The whole meal

This dish is definitely the highlight of the meal. It's a new menu called Iga sambal dabu dabu.. YUMMIEH.. As we know it, Sambal Dabu Dabu is from Manado.. Who knew it would taste so YUMMIEH on top of ribs!?

The sambal dabu dabu is made out of shallots, lots of little cuts of chillis, cherry tomatoes, basil with a splash of lime. It's savory, spicy, sour, all combined in perfect harmony. This is definitely the winning traditional dish with a twist!!

Cah Mix. You can mix all the veggies.. We ordered veggies for the sake of being healthy *sigh at cholesterol* 

The Hungry Master still trying to eat the bones due to insufficient amount of food

I can make X man sign with the bones!!

It's longer than my face

Not satisfied yet, we walked down the street trying to find a place for dessert.. We were just walking randomly, when out of the blue, *SPOTTED* Hanny, Bowo and Tifanny was sitting in bobabits..


She was quite taken aback seeing us randomly walking towards her. With no shame, Ivan and I joined them and stayed there.. 

It turned out, the drink that Ivan ordered yesterday was Caramel Apple Milk Tea.. and I confidently said that it was a cheesecake milk tea.. Not sure how I got mixed up with the whole thing.. 

Hanny and Tiffany, enjoying their drinks

Epic picture with bubble ornaments..

I ordered Strawberry Milk Tea but the hot one instead of a cold one..

At last, I get to try the bubble/big boba.. Ivan wanna order the small boba, but we're still too late! It's finished! 

Chicken Popcorn which Hanny kept ordering. It tastes like chicken nuggets

Group picture 1, not sure what Bowo was doing..

At last, a decent photo with straight faces..

Mr. I WANNA EAT ALL and Mrs. I CAN'T EAT THESE ALL (my eyes is very level:chinese)

As the night went by, the place is getting more cramped up. Since today was a weekday, I didn't expect that the place will be this packed.. Bobabits is actually a comfortable place to hang. But if you're sitting outside, it's better to put on some anti-mosquitoes spray on your legs. They actually provide it for you. You just gotta ask the waiter for it..

I rate Iga Bakar's food for 9/10 for the Iga sambal dabu dabu. It was EPIC! It's really my type of food.. For a traditional dish, this one is quite the catch..

I rate bobabit's drinks for 7/10. Some of the drinks are just to sweet for me. But I like the fact that they have unique drinks, such as creme brulee milk tea, cocoa hazelnut milk tea, coconut milk tea, just to name a few. It's very intriguing, makes you wanna try all types of drinks there..

The next thing I know, TENG was there as well. She was quite shocked when I semi-screamed her name. She was just getting off from work and we chatted for a bit. It's not long that she began to be 'mischievous'. When I returned to my table, she crawled and sprayed lots of anti-mosquitoes spray on to my feet. I was like 'what the hell is this thing spraying cold stuffs on my feet?'..

 and she did it TWICE.. -_____-"

Beatrice Quarters and its Papillote

So yesterday, I was checking out this bubble tea cafe called bobabits in PIK. After not long sitting there, the master of hunger, Mr. Ivan asked me whether I wanna go to the restaurant next to this place to eat. After walking along the street filled with restaurants, I randomly went inside this restaurant called Beatrice Quarters. I never really noticed the place before. When I first stepped inside the open area, I was fascinated by the big door in front of me. It reminds me of a being in Alice's Wonderland. But this 'Wonderland' belongs to Beatrice.. 

Once inside, I couldn't help squeaking cause the place is JUST TOO CUTE! and this is coming out from a girl who's not the preppy or the pink lover type. 

The menu is definitely VERY FRENCH.. Yessss, I didn't expect that it's gonna be a french cooking restaurant. Typically the restaurants there would only serve u with Italian, Western or Asian cooking.

and Yes, I'm a big fan of Laura Calder due to excessive hours of watching French Food at Home from AFC. 

I just googled her, and was pretty disgusted and confused by what I found.. 

Why is the first thing that google wants me to know is Laura Calder's breast? That's just... er... okay, moving on!

So back to Beatrice Quarters.. I ordered the Dory Papillote because I remember Laura Calder happened to make one in the show. Papillote is basically a cooking technique where the food is put inside a closed folded pouch and baked inside the oven. They will have runny sauce which also happens to bake the food inside...

In French, Papillote means parchment..

Pictures of foods belowwww.. *be ready to drool* and err..  also, pictures of me and Ivan..

 So many details. This is just one part of the wall, it doesn't look much. But it's really cute when u're there

 Mr.Piggy

 We didn't even finish our drinks from bobabits and went to this place because Ivan was too hungry. The left one was ordered by him. It was a mango cheesecake blend. Turned out not so bad. Mine is rose tea with grass leaves. Disappointed cause all the bubbles were finished..

 The table is filled with 3D decorations like these.. It's like you're using a frame as your table

 Mushroom Soup

 Ivan's Poultry. Basically it was a roasted chicken, with mushrooms, rice, and some greens. The sauce is epic! It's mayo with touches of pesto (If I wasn't mistaken). It does taste really good!

This is my Dory Papillote. It was soooo fragant that I tore it quite barbarically. I was very satisfied cos this is what I picture of a healthy meal! Insides veggies are potatoes, carrots, leaves, lotssss of mushrooms (ME LOVE), and leaks.. The fish is pan-fried first before put inside the papillote. YUMMIEHHHH

Ivan always smiles when he's eating a delicious meal and I tell you, he's smiling the whole time we're there..

The prices are very reasonable. They also serve thick toasted breads with ice creams and other toppings. Their drinks are fruity and colorful, but we didn't get the chance to order one cause of our bobabits drinks..

Definitely gonna go back here. The cute place, the delicious meals, the fantasy atmosphere, they complete each other in a good way. I rate the restaurant 8,5 out of 10..

We sat on the second booth.. It's all purple and velvet-y.. Really reminds me of another version of Alice's Wonderland!

Visit their FB page.. They have pictures of the restaurant and you can really see how cute the place is..

Seconds after 2012 and before that

Ivan took this shot of me with no make up and messy hair as if I've just been mobbed. And of course, with Riyan and the guitar.. 

Epic real memes by Teng

Nothing like the view from a 25th floor when the cars down there were not moving one bit

Durian Ice with cendol plus the creamiest durian juice I've ever had.. 

Yeah, we're all just 20 years old and all of us are in a brink or has fallen to the brink of what's so called..

CHOLESTEROL!

Cholesterol, Y U EXIST?! *isn't this the perfect memes or what?*

Look at Ivan's biceps.. My nagging works!

Yes yes yes, 2011 had been AMAZING!!! It just passed with a blink of an eye and before you know it, it's DOOMSYEAR.. Okay I gotta stop saying that it's a doomsyear, I don't even believe in it. Hell, I refuse the prediction that 2012 is the DOOMSYEAR. I haven't done a thing that could make me feel like I was meant for something. Hell, I haven't even lived! So I refuse, I refuse, I refuse you MAYANS! If the Mayans can know so much about everything, where the hell are they now anyway? What kinda of jerk predicted all kinds of right things, including the so called doomsday, then just disappeared without leaving any traces behind.. MAJOR JERKS

Enough with that. So, the earliest event that I'm looking forward to in the early 2012 is FOSTER THE PEOPLE concert, which is next week on the 11th of Jan 2012. So excited for it.

Okay, since I got nothing to write, I'm just gonna blabber this

First movie I watched in 2012

Basically, I watched this movie due to all the chinese cultures inside it. And also, where else can u watch Hugh Jackman sings a mandarin song(really badly)?

First new restaurant I tried in 2012

It's a place that has been opened since a year ago I guess. But I never had the chance to visit it. It's called NUZZY'S

Three words for this Canneloni, OH MY GAWWWDDDDDDD! It's cheesy, creamy and the hint of pesto above it is just like a cherry on top. The fillings are chicken and mushrooms. It's so yummy that I keep staring at the dish while Ivan was happily eating it. While I order just only the Salad.. Well, not that it's not good, the salad is really good, but I just regret of being a healthy hypocrite when what I really want was just that Canneloni!

See, even the salad looks so YUMMY

Quesadillas with Guacamole that Ivan ordered. Not really a fan of it since it's dry. But he seemed to enjoy eating all of it.

Thumbs up for cute tea cups..

The price is very much affordable! The place is cozy and comfy. I rate it 8.5/10. Definitely going back for other menus..

Last but not least, I wish all of us will be blessed with bundles of happiness in 2012. Let's just hope the Mayans predicted wrongly. and I still don't know how to stop seeing 9gag.