[Instagram Highlights] November 2015

Hi guys!! Tomorrow is the last day of November, so I'm here now to share my instagram highlights of the month. Most are foods because I find pleasure by taking photos of foods and eat them as soon as I got a good picture of them lol. Please enjoy! 

1. Took a photo with Dandy at Mujigae! Dandy is my new friend since I started my 12th grade (it's the first time that we got in a same class). He's unpredictable, funny, childish, yet a good friend. 
2. Dolsot Bibimbap I ordered when I went to Mujigae a few weeks ago. So far, bibimbap is my favorite korean food. Going to try Mujigae's cheese bibimbap once I got there again :D
3. Drew Sheep Diana, a character card from LINE Let's Get Rich game. It was a pleasure to draw her since she's very cute! 
4. Also drew Coco, my favorite character from LINE Let's Get Rich game. She's so calm and elegant. I like her blue hair so much :)
5. Went to Marugame Udon again. Well, you can say that Marugame Udon is my family's favorite restaurant. My dad loves udon so much!
6. Lady Pink Roll by Sushi Box. Believe me; you can't buy happiness, but you can buy sushi and it's kind of same thing!! I love sushi so much (much much much more than udon lol) that it becomes one of my favorite food, EVER. 
7. My class was in charge of flag ceremony at school on November 2. I took part as the reader of Indonesian constitution. The person on left is Olivia and on the right is Ribka, my classmates.
8. My one and only, beloved annoying boyfriend ever. I was just want to take a photo of him, but he actually don't wanna so I command him to make a pose and it was what he did xD
9. Had pasta at Pizza Hut with my teacher and friend. It was too creamy, so I thought it would be better if I had chosen pizza. 

Before we enter the air of December 2015, I wanna announce that I'm going to take the Blogmas 2015 challenge! I just acknowledged about this challenge a few hours ago from some blogs that are posting their Blogmas 2015. So, for those who hasn't know, Blogmas challenge is a task for bloggers who are taking the challenge to make a post everyday starting from 1st to 25th. 

I'm not pretty sure if I can accomplish this task perfectly or not, since my school life is getting busier and my second week of December will be my exam week. Wish me luck, okay? I also want to take this chance to say thank you for my loyal readers who visit my blog even though I'm pretty inactive. Thank you so much! So I want to make my apologize by taking Blogmas challenge which indirectly force me to be active during December :) 

That's all for now, see you on December guys! xx 

[Instagram Highlights] July 2015

Hello guys! Today I'm gonna tell you about my instagram highlights during July 2015. Enjoy! :)

1. Edited my selfie using Glitchr application. I love this glitchy edits, it makes my photo looks a lot cooler. Glitchr provides 10 kinds of glitchy edits, and the best part is: it takes only 1,3 MB in your storage space! Recommended! 
2. My boyfriend loves to hike mountains with his friends. Last month, he went to Mt. Papandayan in Garut, West Java. His friend took photos of him on that mountain, which his photos turned out so good that I can't resist to upload them!
3. Me and my boyfriend went to Dunia Fantasi, a famous theme park in Indonesia, to celebrate our third anniversary! I made a post about it. You may read it here :)
4. Ebi Crispy Roll. I love sushi. I had this one with my elementary school friend at a Japanese restaurant in Tangcity Mall. 
5. Ekabi Ice Cream! They said, Ekabi has the biggest fish ice cream in Indonesia. Lately, this ice cream became a trend in instagram and I finally managed to buy one with my friend. It costs IDR 30,000. #fyi
6. My #bloggerillustration for Diana Rikasari as I posted in my #88lovelife book review. I love how my photo turned out pretty good :D 
7. #88LOVELIFE book! Read my review about this book here. 
8. Made a #bloggerillustration for my favorite fashion blogger: Veren Lee! Posted it in bigger size here. 
9. Marugame Udon has the best udon in Indonesia. Niku Udon is my current favorite! :D 

[Illustration] Veren Lee

Veren Lee is my favorite fashion blogger, ever. I found her blog years ago when I was blogwalking, and still adoring her since then. 

You may check her blog out for cute fashionable looks! 

[Book] #88LOVELIFE by Diana Rikasari

Title: #88 LOVE LIFE

Author: Diana Rikasari

Illustrator: Dinda Puspitasari

Publisher: KPG

Pages: 128

As most people in fashion industry have already known, this book is written by the unique fashion blogger: Diana Rikasari. This book is fulfilled with 88 thoughts of love and life by Diana Rikasari and illustrated by Dinda Puspitasari. Dinda Puspitasari is one of famous illustrator in Indonesia (her artworks are adorable, you really need to check her blog out!). This book is sold throughout Indonesia, and some other nearby countries. I bought this book at Gramedia Summarecon Mal Serpong for IDR 88,000 a few days ago. 

Seperti yang sudah diketahui orang-orang yang berada dalam industri fashion, buku ini ditulis oleh sang fashion blogger unik: Diana Rikasari. Buku ini berisi 88 pemikiran mengenai cinta dan kehidupan oleh Diana Rikasari dan ilustrasinya dibuat oleh Dinda Puspitasari. Dinda Puspitasari adalah salah satu illustrator terkenal Indonesia (karya-karyanya lucu banget, kamu harus lihat di blog-nya!). Buku ini telah terjual di seluruh Indonesia dan beberapa negara lainnya. Aku beli buku ini di Gramedia Summarecon Mal Serpong seharga Rp. 88.000,- beberapa hari yang lalu.

This book is so cute and inspiring. This book is very photogenic! In instagram, many people uploaded their shots of this book using #88lovelife hashtag. I love taking pictures of this book, too. Never get me bored all the time. It's because the book is beautifully designed with motivational quotes and colorful illustration. I really can't decide which one's my favorite. Each of them are really good! Also, there are some black pages containing a short story about Diana Rikasari's first encounter with her husband, S. I want to spoil the story, but I think you rather buy yours to know the story! :b

Buku ini sangat imut dan menginspirasi. Buku ini photogenic banget! Di instagram, banyak orang mengunggah hasil potretan buku mereka menggunakan hashtag #88lovelife. Aku juga suka memotret buku ini. Gak ngebosenin sama sekali. Soalnya buku itu sendiri didesain secantik mungkin dengan kutipan-kutipan memotivasi dan berbagai macam ilustrasi berwarna. Aku sama sekali gak bisa menentukan kesukaanku yang mana, bagus semua sih! Selain itu, ada beberapa halaman hitam yang isinya cerita singkat tentang pertemuan pertama Diana Rikasari dengan suaminya yang sekarang, S. Aku pengen bocorin ceritanya sih, tapi kayaknya mendingan kamu beli sendiri buat tau ceritanya! :b

The cons of this book are: 1) the paper used is too thin. If you look closely, you might see the trace of the next page. This is pretty disappointing because I expected more than this, and yes, 2) I think the price IDR 88,000 is quite expensive for this book. In my opinion, at least this book worth more than IDR 50,000 but lower than IDR 88,000. And 3) this book isn't available in soft-cover (in Indonesia, there's no soft-cover version, idk if there's any in other country). Well, if there's a soft-cover version, I still prefer the hard-cover one. But I think there are some people who will choose the soft-cover version, whether it's based on their taste or whatever.

Kekurangan dari buku ini adalah: 1) kertas yang dipakai terlalu tipis. Kalau dilihat baik-baik, jiplakan halaman sebaliknya bisa kelihatan. Ini agak mengecewakan soalnya aku mengharapkan lebih dari ini, dan ya, 2) aku pikir harga Rp. 88.000 itu agak mahal untuk buku ini. Menurutku, seenggaknya buku ini berharga lebih dari Rp. 50.000, tapi lebih murah dari Rp. 88.000. Dan 3) buku ini gak ada versi soft-cover-nya di Indonesia. Yah, kalau emang ada versi soft-cover, aku sih tetep milih yang hard-cover. Tapi aku pikir pasti ada aja orang yang lebih milih soft-cover, entah karena selera atau apalah. 

By the way, the picture above is my illustration of Diana Rikasari! I drew it based on her pictures in this post in her blog. Tools I used are: mechanical pencil, drawing pens (0.2 and 0.3), and Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils (and used Faber-Castell no. 330 for coloring the skin). Actually, I really want to do it digital (all because I checked Dinda Puspitasari's blog and drooled over her adorable digital illustrations) but I'm too lazy to draw using mouse and I have no pen tablet so... yeah xD

Ngomong-ngomong, gambar di atas adalah ilustrasi Diana Rikasari buatanku! Aku menggambarnya berdasarkan fotonya di post ini di blog-nya. Alat yang kugunakan adalah: pensil mekanik, drawing pen (0.2 dan 0.3), dan pensil warna Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor (dan Faber-Castell no. 330 untuk warna kulit). Sebenarnya, aku pengen banget menggambarnya secara digital (soalnya aku habis lihat blog-nya Diana Puspitasari dan kagum abis sama ilustrasi digitalnya yang lucu-lucu) tapi aku terlalu malas buat menggambar pake mouse dan aku gak punya pen tablet, jadi... yaaah xD

Overall, #88 Love Life is a good book :)

Rate: 3.5/5 

"Good deeds will always give you greater return."

All photos in this post are taken and edited by me.