Am Hepppiiii!!

Siang tadi, waktunya fitting kebaya lamaran. Ha-dua-ce nungguin mbak2nya bawain si kebaya lamaranku. Pas mbaknya dateng, ijk nyaris meweeek! Mewek tanda bahaaaagia (draaaamaaa..!!). Tapi serius, ter-speechless liat si kebaya, payet yang sedang aja begini apalagi yg full yah.. hihii..

Not gonna spoil you with pictures. Just wanna share how HAPPY I am. Sampe sekarang hepinya masi berasa daaah. Hepiii pokonya hepiii!! Buruan deh hari saptuuu, biar tu kebaya bisa dikekepin dulu semaleman sebelom dipake besoknya. Hahahha..

D-5 to the Engagement

Sebentar lagih.. aku akuuu akuuuuh dilamaaaar!!!

Hahhahaa, beginilah yah, kalo stres udah melanda.

D-5. Kebaya belom jadi dan blom dipanggil fitting. Kain bawahan kebaya pun belom dibeli dengan alesan: potongan kain kebayanya jatoh di mobil si pacar yg mana domisilinya di Jakarta, dan karna itu gue jd bingung milih kainnya, takut gak cocok sama kebayanya *bloon memang*.

Rumah masih banget banget berantakan. Tau dong yah, abis di cat, malah bikin rumah tambah acakadut. Lupa naro ini itu, dan semakin gak pengen beberes *emang dasarnya gue males aja siiih*

Tapi selain dari itu sih, rebes! Akhirnya mesen cupcakes dari SafaCake lagi buat si pacar. Sementara yang buat gue, pesen dari Jakarta, dari Auntie Na Cupcakes. Dua2nya cupcakes biasa pake buttercream, nothing more. Alesannya simple, gak suka fondant, dan ngidam banget DC cupcakes, bikinan mereka kan simple banget tuh, heuheu..

Urusan rambut, wont be too far from what I posted before. Hair piecenya, tadi akirnya berhasil mutusin mau model yg mana *phew*, kira2 begini, cuma nanti warna and detailnya agak beti *beda2 tipis*:

Courtesy of Allura by Nasya Marissa

Engagement Hairdo

Oh. How I much adore Google. Thanks to it. So now I have my options for hairdo at my soon engagement party.

Actually, I'm that kinda person, who usually says, "terserah Mbak/Mas aja deh bagusnya gimana" to my hair stylish. But I think, it is good to being a bit creative than before on this event. I'm gonna wear kebaya with high neck, therefore I think updo hairstyles will match the kebaya well. Here are some vintage glam hairdo pictures I found interesting..

Courtesy of Ruffled

Courtesy of Perfect Wedding Guide

Courtesy of NY City Weddings

Courtesy of Ruffled

Which one do you think the cutest one? :)

Ah, ya, gonna add a matching-kebaya-color corsage from Allura Accessories to sweeten the hairdo.

In My Shoes

I found another affordable shoes store!! Yes, it is Payless Shoesource. Just skip reading if you've found out about this before ;)

Intended to find nude pump shoes, I went to PVJ after work with my officemate. Was looking for Nine West (coz I heard that it's on sale, which apparently not at Sogo), I found Payless as I wandered around looking for ATM machine. I was like, "oh, this is the shoes store my friend told me about".

The store isn't too big. But you can find women, men, boys, girls, kids shoes and any other cute accessories. I spend quite time there, just to try every shoes I like and then (finally) chose black mid wedges for daily use. Naaah, I didn't buy it impulsively, seriously, I've been searching for black shoes lately ;D

I love the idea of this store. I don't really know about the stuff' quality, but I think, it is worth the price. The ones got my attention priced from 149K IDR to below 500K IDR, and those shoes fit my feet well. Like I said, I've been searching for flat shoes lately, and it's so effing hard to find a pair of shoes below two hundred thousands IDR with good quality.

Gonna go back later for picking up some pump! *Oh, payday, come early please?*

Btw, I found this pic at Google, is it my eyes, or is it the store at Jakarta much bigger than the one at PVJ? *not fair. Hiks.

*Payless Central Park. Courtesy of Google*

Itchy Eye

Well, calon penganten pun ternyata bisa kena bintitan. Hahhaha.. Go laugh about it.. Sebel guee.. Gara2 ini, wiken kemaren sangat amat tidak produktif alias mejeng di rumah doang. Padahal agendanya mah udh full banget kesana kemari ngurus ini-itu as usual. Gagal semua rencana.

Karna masih bengkak aja tu kelopak mata kiri gue udah dua hari, akirnya kemaren ke dokter mata. Dicekbebicek, bintitannya ada tiga ajah gituuu.. Fantaaassss ampe bengkak dan merah gitu dan bawaannya pengen gagaro wae (red: garuk2 mulu), gateeel abis!

Berkat kunjungan kemaren, gua pun jadi tau kalo mata kiri sama mata kanan ternyata minusnya lumayan sodara2.. Pantesan skrg kalo baca dari jauh suka agak2 blur dan ujung2nya pusing.. Udah harus pake kacamata minus. Hadoooh, maleeees deh... Tapi untungnya dokternya santayyy, "diobatin dulu aja bengkaknya, baru kita cek lagi minusnya yang bener berapa." Hohohoo, bageus. Tapi teuteuuup untuk sekarang ini kudu make kacamata, yang abal2 aja sih, buat ngecover si mata bintitan dari debu kalo keluar rumah. Sebenernya pake sunnies juga bisa, tapi kan gua kemana2 pake angkot, ntar nambah dosa orang gara2 ngatain gue.. Heuheu.. Jadi, barusan aja beli. Setelah dipake, eh, kok lucu juga. Bahahahah.. Ditambah lagi, si adik iri pengen pake kacamata juga *yeah, I know, ngaco emang tu anak*

Does it fit on me? *biar kata bintitan, narsis mah jalan terooos*

Si kelopak mata kiri udah mendingan walopun masih agak petet ;D

Pelajaran penting in this case:

Kalo mata Anda kedutan, jangan ngarep bakal dapet rejeki. Justru siap-siap, itu pertanda mau bintitan. Sekian.

Sundul, Gan!

Hari minggu kemaren pacar ke Bandung ampe Senin, walopun niat utamanya nemenin gue yg lg ulang taun (suiiit suiiiit, hahaaaa!), tapi tentunya gue karyakan sebaik2nya dong! Jadilah kita yalan2 di kota kembang kempis ini.

Dateng2 langsung ditodong nganterin kondangan di Dago. Trus buru2 melesat ke Pasteur, karna si neng Ana udah janjian sama Teh Lela yang mekapin pas lamaran ntar. Maksud ijk mo ketemu sih sebenernya pgn bayar DP duluw, tapi Teh Lelanya gak mau. Jadi agak sia2 gimanaaa gitu ketemuannya. Heuheu. Tapi seengganya jadi tau bentuknya Teh Lela kaya apa. ;D

Abis itu mo bikin beskap resepsi dan nyewa beskap akad di Belva. Kang Ivannya lagi gak ada, to cut the story, ada untungnya juga, karna ternyata beskap udh diurusin sama Tante Aam, dukun mantenkuh. Baru aja tadi siang diambil lagi contoh kain sama payetnya. Meh, malu deh gue, kagak jadi bikin disitu..

Cerita selanjutnya gak berurutan nih ya. Pokonya urusan wedding band, rebes gan! Untung gue inget, ada temen yg dari jaman SD dulu, udh doyan nyanyi dan dia sempet masuk Elfa's juga. Smsan, usut punya usut, ternyata dia emg punya band sendiri dan emg sering juga nyanyi di nikahan. Sayah langsung hepi. Nah kemaren itu gue dan si pacar ke rumahnya, buat ngobrolin konsep bandnya, sekalian nengok bayinya temen gue itu, baru sebulan, lucuuuk abis. Berhubung gak ngerti konsep band yg bagus buat ntar, gue serahkan pada ahlinya aja. Jadi gue tinggal bikin songlistnya aja. Yang mana sampe sekarang masih dalam tahap finishing *emang rumah?!*

Ketemu Tante Tjatjih yang ntar ngehias seserahan juga udah. Maksudnya mau bentar nanya2 soal seserahan, malah jadi ngalor ngidul ngobrolnya. Maklumlah yah, ibu-ibu *this refers to me, also*

Oh, well. Tapi ngobrol panjang ada hikmahnya kok. Jadi tergerak buar ngedatengin Angel Invitation di Jl. Wastukencana. Dan dummy undangan pun harusnya udah jadi Kamis mingdep. Speaking of undangan, gue mao pengsan deh liat dummy2 undangan disitu, amazed that people could spend too effing much on invitation cards *suara hati cepewe dengan bajet ketat*.

Last but not least. I've already made options for pre-wedding venues. Options loh mohon digarisbawahi. Kemaren itu baru sempet liat2 Congo, Cocorico, Hotel Geulis, dan Hummingbird. Eh, sama ngintip Hotel The Amarossa dikit. Mau liat2 gak bisa, lagi ada acara soalnya. Masih pengen liat Badung sama D' Batoe. Ngabarin Kang Ipung soal ini, jawabnya cuma, "semua juga bagus da, yang penting mah dipikirin wardrobenya yah, soalnya sekarang mah prewed teh lebih ke fashion photography sih". Jedeeeenngg! *ngintip isi lemari* Mateeek! Adakah yang mo jadi stylish gue ntar? ;D

Oh. Well. Still. Twenty Something.

There he goes my utterly UN-romantic boyfriend. Asking me to pick my own bday gift. Hahaa, dont mind for sure :)

Here are worthy captured things from my bday. Which you can easily see, most of 'em are food ;D Btw, my nemo certainly is not a romantic person, but he's willingly took a leave on my birthday, and eventho there's a little drama before we had lunch that day, but he calmed the the bridezilla down *as always*. Heheheeh..

Birthday Cupcakes from SafaCake :) I love its cheese cupcakes. I love its sweet buttercream. Thanks Mbak Dini.

Birthday girl was so starving that she could eat a man. She ordered this at Cocorico. Some kind of appetizer made from dory fish. Wont ever order this food no more. The only good thing about it was only its tartar sauce.

A chicken fillet filled with spinach and cheese by Cocorico. I forget its name. But it tasted lovely. My nemo ordered it. Success.

Sop Buntut Bakar ordered by birthday girl at Cocorico. Not succeeded. Birthday girl hates celery, and she found it in the soup. I think I can easily find many restaurant serving Sop Buntut Bakar better than this.

Vanilla Creme Brulee by Cocorico. The nicest dish which birthday girl had ordered. Yum-O!

Apple Cinnamon Crepes at Hummingbird Eatery. A-Must-Try!!!

The too salty Escargot at Hummingbird Eatery. Taste good actually, only it's too salty.

Test drive pre-wedding venue. *numpang narsis*

Location:

Cocorico

Jalan Bukit Pakar Timur No. 19

(next to Sierra)

Hummingbird Eatery

Jalan Progo No. 14

Bandung

SafaCake

Mbak Dini, 0818217232

A Little Bit More of These..

Akirnya weekend kemaren berhasil menyingkirkan kelabilan, bahan seragam teman2 tercintahku berhasil diboyong ke rumah dengan selamat.. Sekalian beli bahan kebaya akad buat si adik gendut. Itu pun pake acara mikir dulu sih, hari pertama kesitu cuma berhasil beli buat adik gue, besoknya baru memantapkan hati mau beli bahan apa dan warna apa buat si teman2. Untung yah bok, rumah sodara gue deket mayestik, tinggal ngegelinding juga sampek.

Atas nama bajet ketat, akirnya beli bahan dress ajah instead of kebaya, yang penting niatnya yah manteman, jangan diliat dari harganyah pelisss *kedip2manja*. Soal bahan seragam ini sempet nanya sama Jeng Sari, doi kan ngerti tuh soal material fabrics. Tapi terus baru inget kalo sepupu gue pernah dikasih bahan seragam dress, yaude gue bawa dress sepupu gue, trus bilang ke mbak2nya mau cari bahan kaya gitu, nama bahannya Angel katanya. Tadinya gue gak mau ada warna pink di nikahan gue, tapi apa daya, terlalu bingung milih warna lain yang matching sama kebaya gue, besties jaman h**c warna salem, besties jaman kuliah warna yg lebih tuanya.

Meanwhile, ini bahan kebaya pas akad buat adik gue, yang mana gue aja ngences liat ni warna sama patternnya... Jadi, kalo gak kuat iman, ada kemungkinan gue balik lagi ke mayestik buat beli ni bahan, bahahhahah.. Kalo buat mamita sama calon ibunda, warna abu-abu, bahannya yang biasa dan murce, as requested by mamita.

Weekend Already?

Cuti and then disuruh jaga rumah bersama si adik. Pagi ini kegiatan produktif banget loh.. Mandiin Chester, nyuci baju, beberes, sampe perut krucuk2 kelaperan. Lupa bok blom sarapan. Sebenernya tinggal jalan beberapa langkah ke belakang rumah ato ke sebrang rumah, udah bisa dapet nasi kuning ato bubur ayam, tapi gue sama si adik lagi niat masak (blaaaah..)

Jadilah sarapan sama sop baso ikan dan nasi goreng baso spesial. Kenapa spesial, simply karna pake telornya dua. Nyahahahah..

Sop baso ikan ini kayanya anak sd juga bisa deh bikinnya. Tinggal beli baso ikan (goreng atau yg biasa sama enaknya) sama sayuran. Bumbunya cuma bawang putih, bawang bombay, garam, sama merica. Tambahin cengek (baca: cabe rawit) sama bawang goreng. Done :)

Kalo nasgor mah smua juga bisa bikinlah yah.. ;D

Reds Dipo

Masih di Jalan Dipati Ukur. Namanya Reds Dipo, dulu tempatnya bener2 kaki lima dan gak permanen, adanya di pertigaan depan Sambara, sekarang udah punya tempat permanen di sampingnya Flashy di Jalan Dipati Ukur.

The menu.

Makanannya macem2, mulai dari seafood, ayam sampe chinese food juga ada. Tapi saya sih mesennya selalu ikan. Kata gue sih yang gak biasa adalah sambelnya. Pedesnya ngajakin berantem. Ada dua macem sambel dan dua-duanya pedesnya ampun2an. Sebelas duabelas sama Sambel Korek Bebek H.Slamet. Oh iya, satu lagi, khasnya disini tuh ikannya digoreng udah gitu dibakar, heu2, hasilnya emang jadi lebih maknyus.

Biasanya kalo kesini mesennya yang menu paket, ntah itu ikan ato cumi. Jadi nya lebih hemat, 20ribuan udah sama nasi dan es teh manis.

Gurame goreng kering belong to my workmate, Kerapu Goreng-Bakar belongs to me. Sambelnya yang ke captured cuma satu :D

Eh teh manis haratisan ;D

Udang Mayonaise. Mayonaisenya homemade, udangnya so-so tapi tetep enak, potato wedgesnya enakan gue bikin sendiri ;p

Reds Dipo

Jalan Dipati Ukur (Flashy)

Bandung

Midnite Craving

Jagung bakar plus teh tarik panas. Bet you all have tasted it before. Sepanjang jalan Dago banyak banget yang jual.

Where's your favorite place? Mine would be the one in front of Bank DBS next to Holiday Inn. Bapak sama Ibunya gak pelit bumbu dan gak pelit keju ;D

Anyway, I like it better jagung bakar serut, gak capek makannya. Hihii..

What about you?

Sop Kaki BCA

Gara-gara baca postingannya Jeng Nita soal wiskulnya di Bandung. Sebagai warga Bandung aselik, sayah merasa terketuk untuk bikin postingan soal jajanan Bandung. Therefore, I will start to write about jajanan Bandung *terutama* yang kaki lima.

Start with this one. Sop Kaki BCA. Bang Memed Kumis.

Pertama kali coba ini, diajakin pacar kala itu, jamannya masi jadi angkatan paling bungsu di kampus. Pesennya yang aman2 aja, daging sapi. Reaksi pertama coba: Ye empyuuuuunnn! Serasa tenggelam dalam kuah santannya! *kangen Born to Cook nggak sih?!!* Kebayang dong, udara dingin Bandung plus kuah santan panas lengkap dengan minyak saminnya. Ohmaygat enak pisan. Denger2 sih kuahnya itu ditambahin susu, mangkanya the best rasanya, beda deh sama sop kaki-sop kaki lainnya.

Biasanya mesen daging sapi dan slalu nambah kuah sama minyak saminnya, gak lupa rikues bawang goreng yang buanyaaak ;D

Sampe sekarang nih, saking doyannya sama sop kaki punya Bang Memed, temen2 kuliah yg udah menetap di Jakarta pun, kalo ke Bandung ngajakin ketemuannya di: Sop Kaki BCA, baru deh lanjut ke tempat yang bisa nongkrong. Tempat ini pasti masuk di priority list temen2 yang lagi maen ke Bandung. :)

Gak pernah gak nikmat makan ini, so I give it 10 out of 10. Berani deh gue bilang, this is the best Sop Kaki di Bandung. Pernah coba di tempat lain, kuciwa ik.

Sop Kaki BCA

Jl. Dipati Ukur seberang Bank BCA Dago

Off on Sunday

Churreria

Back to my culinary journey. I bought Disdus voucher some time ago, and just got the chance to use it last weekend. Have you tasted churros before? I once fell for this dessert. Always tried to find and eat it as I visited Jakarta (sure, there's no such thing as churros in Bandung). Been a long time before I recently found a churro restaurant at Grand Indonesia, named Churreria. Thanks to Disdus, I got a special offer about 60 or 70% :)

Churros, it is! Cinnamon and icing sugar churros with dark chocolate and caramel dip.

These desserts are complimentary, for free! Yay! *if you got Disdus voucher*

Above: Something Chocolate

Below: Passion Fruit Creme Brulee

I still got two vouchers left and I havent tasted the other complimentary dessert which is Apple Cinnamon Crumble, so I definitely revisit this place.

About its churros? I like it better the ones I usually ate back then, the ones with strong cinnamon and sugar taste, but it was okay. That was the first time for my Nemo ate churros, and he fell for it ;D

For chocolate lovers, Something Chocolate is surely gonna be your favorite. Its real chocolate and something at the bottom really amazed me. Yum-O!

I havent tasted creme brulee before, so technically I cannot give you a fair review. But yes, I fell for its creme brulee. A bit sour, a bit sweet, it melts in your mouth. Love it.

Churreria

Upper Ground West Mall

Grand Indonesia

and the progress is goin on..

Antara santai banget sama agak dodol sih ini.. Less than a month before lamaran. Tapi masih santeeei luar biasa. Dan si jerawat2 gak tau diri ini tiba2 kompakan muncul. Belom lagi kondisi kulit yang menghitam belum kembali normal. (_ _") Okay, I dont expect it to be fair white, but at least back to my normal color of skin, puhliiiiss..

Sekarang udah mulei sering ditanya, "udah sampe mana persiapannya?" Me: blank. Tiba2 bingung sendiri, udah sampe mana ya? Yang belum apa aja ya? Trus liat tanggalan, yaolooooh, apa2an udah tanggal segini lagi, udah Juni lagi. Ngok. *sesek napas*

Tapi anehnya, walopun sesek napas, deug2an berlebihan gitu, tetep aja mau ngurus ini, males, ngurus itu, males juga. Trus gimana dong? Ya gitu, stres sendiri.

Yak, demi kedamaian bersama, mari kita list progress heuseuus untuk lamaran:

1. Venue : di rumah tercintah, which is being renovated a bit
2. Kebaya : harusnya udah, tapi all of a sudden naksir satu bahan kebaya, akirnya bikin lagi, dan jadinya mefet2 hari H lamaran. Yuk yak yuk. Tips: Kelabilan wont do good at this point, seriously.
3. Catering : done, alhamdulillah wa syukurillah, yang bikin masih keluarga juga..
4. Makeup : Teh Lela kakaknya (apa adeknya ya?) Teh Yuyun. Udah booking, but havent met her before. Tapi itu rekomennya Kang Ipung Klasik, dan udah liat juga hasilnya kaya gimana. Tinggal berdoa smoga mekapnya okeh..
5. Photographer : Klasik Photography. Belum ngabarin Kang Ipungnya lagi.
6. MC : dari keluarga
7. Seserahan : Changed plan, seserahannya nanti ajah sebelum akad nikah, but it almost 80% done
8. Peningset : Tadinya gak pake yang beginian, tapi setelah rapat keluarga, katanya sebaiknya pake, biar ada tanda pengikatnya, begonoh, iyahin ajalah.
9. Angsul2 : Gak ada seserahan, tapi tuker2an makanan and buah2an tetep jalan. Gara2 ampir smua cepewe pada mesen kapkeiks buat acara lamaran, ik juga gamo kalah dong ah. Sedang in progress browsing2

Yuhuu, dear friends and readers yang udah lamaran, ada lagikah yang gue lupakan?

*baidewei, hari minggu kemaren ponakan ulangtaun, sepupu gue bikin hajatan kecil2an di BSD, dan cateringnya Akasya. Yang dipesen sepupu: Ribs, Nasi Kapau, Steam Boat, Thai Ice. Sukses bikin gue lupa diri. Empat porsi ribs dilahap dalam waktu yang sesingkat2nya. Duh, hardly to explain, enaaaaaaaaakk banget banget deh.. harusnya gue foto aja, tapi lupa. :D

Jadi, ribsnya sendiri udah enak banget, ditambah kentang yang dipotong tipis2 ditumpuk selang-seling sama keju and cream. Nyam nyam. Pokonya yang di Jakarta, Akasya Catering (especially their Ribs) is highly recommended. Tapi ya itu. Ada harga ada barang. You know what I meant. :D

Pasta Basta!

So when the Jakartans fill in Bandung with crowd on long weekend, then my turn to wander around the city. My cousin took me to this one place. She said one of her colleagues' wife (who's an Italian) recommended her to taste this restaurant's spaghetti. According to that Italian woman, it's spaghetti was the best you can find in town.

As we came in, the waitress (who's a niece of the owner) asked whether it was our first time going there. Then she said "this is a one-dish-menu restaurant, so we only serve one dish, and that will be spaghetti bolognaise." So we ordered it. About the interior, it was such a nice place to hang out at. Small place but it's cute. Too bad that there's no other option but spaghetti bolognaise.

from the outside

inside the restaurant

here it goes the pasta.. It is indeed great. Different from what I've tasted before. Tho, it is only a bolognaise, which pretty sure you can make it at home, but it's worth to try for. They said it is the family recipe since long time ago that makes it different and tastes really great.

Pasta Basta
Just before Hero Kemang, on the right.