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Oh hello everyone, it is been while since my last post. I really am sorry I did not post anything during March, because there is something I had to do. It is actually not over yet, but yeah since there are some spare time this Sunday, so let us make it. I really I hope can share it to you guys what was going on, but not now, this chance I will update you with my another skincare review. I have been curious about how would this product work on me, so I decided to brought it in the end of February. It has been a month usage so here are below what I can say about this product so far:

Packaging
The packaging of the product is so classy if I can say. I love the color they choose and also the size, I already had it for travelling and of course it did not need too much space but a bit more protection. Since the material is from glass, you have to be careful if you bring it along your trip. I recommend you to keep it in a pouch with sponge around. The pipette also so easy to use, since the texture is so watery we have to be more careful to use the pipette or your beloved product will spilled out. You won't meet any spilled product around the neck of the glass just like another serum with bigger pipette. Since mine is Brightly Ever After Serum, so it is in soft pink. If you need acne treatment you should have the soft purple one.

Ingredients
It contains of Glutathione, Niacinamide, Vitamin C and more. As you guys know how great Glutathione and Niacinamide for dull skin. It will maintain our dull skin get brighter and hydrated at the same time. It also help our texture skin smoother and soft. The thing is how it also help to hydrate my dry skin all day and all night without feeling greasy at all. You still can combine it with your moisturizer and sunscreen since it is so light even though the texture so watery. I am also fine with the smell, I did not think it contains any fragrance at all. You can check the details here.

Product Usage
As written on the bottle, it says that we only need to apply it two or three drops and massage into skin and make sure you give it time some minutes until the product absorb completely into your skin before using another skincare product. It also recommend you to use is day and night. I usually use three drops for all of my face, I use my palm to apply it onto my skin, because it is a bit hard to drop it directly onto my skin face. The product usually overflows everywhere since it is so watery.

Purchase
Just like another Scarlett Whitening Product, you can visit their official Instagram account. You will find the link of their official store on another platform. I got mine on Sociolla.com, I got it together with their lotion with a cheaper price, because on Sociolla you will get so many discount and even free shipping.

As I said above, I have been use it for a month. I really like how it can moisturized my skin and do not make it greasy at all for daily use even I use a thick sunscreen product. At night it also do not feel sticky at all. So light and absorb quickly since it is watery. I really am fine with the effect, it is not comedogenic just like my Wardah White Secret Intense Brightening Essence. But, It is still just it is. I do not find my skin get brighter, or maybe I have to use it more, maybe two or three months usage would give a better result. I really am fine with this product, although at first I really was anxious it will make me got pimple or make my skin oily. So, I recommend you guys try this product as well, and I hope my review can help you decide.

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What a hard time we had in 2020, however do not lose hope and do not forget to be grateful for what you still have until now. So many lost out there, and maybe you are one of them. Be strong, however we do not know still what would be ahead in the next pages of life. I admit it, how hard it was for me to get through all of my day last year. I did feel so great to achieve something I really want the most and also lost the thing I get so hardly. I struggle a lot to get it before, mentally and physically.

Last year would be the greatest year for me to learn a lot. I tried my best to keep steadfast and accept all in once. Somehow we need to move forward as the time flies. So, as the tips I found on internet, I decided to look whether there is something I be able to do without going somewhere and of course, keep my mood good and pep up my day. Exactly writing on this blog is one of them, but I need something else which I can improve daily feeling as well, because it is so stressful instead if I have to post everyday here.

In the end, I found a fun way but also need a great passion and focus to do that, that is Bullet Journal. Journaling is actually the way we note everything we need, it is of course so personal. For someone maybe need that to note new receipt and the other one would need it as a diary and many more.

I found it on google, it says that Bullet Journal is an analog system created by Ryder Caroll. It can organized and track anything you would like to write in an coherent way. So, it is obviously a personal organization to schedule things, note reminders, track something and many more task as we need.

As you know now what is that, then you must be able to apply it for what it should be. It really does not matter what kind of book you use to practice it, but for me I like to design it a bit to make it more personal and fun as well. But for me, I like it simple so then I can recall the memories easily.

If you wondering whether this Bullet Journal help my day or not, I (after applying this method for about three months) certainly could say, yes! I really do improve a lot, to do my daily productive schedule and also maintain my bad habit as well. I also easily search something important I note and also get use it as a stress relief. The way I think about the template or design I want will also increase my focus and creativity, which you cannot get in other daily activities. You might also use your superb gadget to start journalling, but for me it would be more meaningful if you write it down on paper. Beside the satisfaction feeling you also can see the improvements you made even for a paltry thing, like your handwriting is getting better or your creativity is getting great. More than that you also can have your own unique way to recall memories and track your other improvements in life as I mention before.

So, try to start your own now. Do not create any reasons in your head that never been exist yet, so just start it!

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Well, I know it is too late to review this series. But, I have tried to watch it a long a go, nonetheless I still could not get the way to like it. Until I tried to watch it lately, hmm yeah since there is no such a busy days still. I know there are so many new and so great series released this year (especially korean series of course), but this one still cannot go from my mind.

I know it is not a movie but a korean series or nowdays we call it kdrama, however this one is one of the best series I ever watch. So, I want to share to you guys here.

This series actually is a must watched one, if I can say. I do, I definitely feel so sorry and feel so bad for ignoring this series before. I actually was watching the first episode in the beginning of two thousand and nineteen and turned to stop it there, no more episodes, yet now I am still replaying the funniest moments everyday.

So, without further ado here are below my though about this series.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5182866/
Casts

This one is actually what made me think twice and more to watch the whole episodes. I do not really like them all, well although there is Sung Dong Il, who always successful in playing so many roles. But later, after finishing this series, I cannot move on somehow. The worst part of watching Kdrama series is you will seek another series which the character you like in. Yeah, I got this disease as well, guys. So fun(ny).

Since this series focus on family and romance genre which shows such a daily basic issues one another, there are so many casts participated. I will start from the rich family, Kim family, it consists of four family members, they are Kim Sung Kyun played as his exact name, Ra Mi Ran as her exact name as well, Ahn Jae Hong as Kim Jung Bong, and the younger son named Kim Jung Hwan, well played by Ryu Jun Yeol. They are all such a financial freedom family, as the wife well managed financially, this family is the one who has such a prosperous life compared to others. This family also showed such a harmonious family although it consists of various characters in a house. The head of the family is such a kind and humorous one, he always like to play and act such an attention seeker. While his wife Mi Ran, such a ignorance and always get annoyed despite of her husband acting every time. However they both love each other so much. The older brother Kim Jung Bong is such a unique person, he has his own world and was struggling to pass the college entrance exam, somehow he knows everything about daily basic that other members do not pay attention at. The last one is the smartest yet cool Jung Hwan, he represent a cool boy with warm heart. He loves his family so much although he never say it in words. He also often give a treat to his friends.

Since Jung Hwan family is rich they share the basement of their house to other family, Sung family. This family is so noisy. Sung Dong Il as the head of the family using his own name in this series, Lee Il Hwa as the housewife with her own name as well, Ryu Hye Young as Sung Bo Ra, the oldest daughter, Lee Hye Ri as Sung Duk Seon, and Choi Sung Won as Sung No Eul, the youngest and the only son of this family. However they are really not alike Kim family. Since their father had a debt so this family cannot get a proper house and always fight over their menu to eat everyday. The Oldest daughter is the smartest one who has such a big ego, perhaps since she is the one her family is the most proud of. She is so stubborn and bossy. While Duk Seon is the younger daughter who always got bad marks at school. Somehow she had such a big heart for always give in for her other siblings, and the youngest one, No Eul is just a kind hearted boy, he never arguing anything and seems to always avoid the conflict.

The rest are Sun Woo family which consists of Sun Woo played by Go Kyung Pyo, his mother and younger sister, Choi family that live in peace, they are Choi Taek played by Park Bo Gum and his calm father, and Ryu family, the only family which shows such a modern family, where the parents so busy at work living with their two sons, one of them is Ryu Dong Ryong played by Lee Dong Hwi, who always feels lonely and often eat and stay at his friend's house.

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Setting

The setting of this series is mostly in their neighborhood, Ssangmun Dong and at their each houses. It also shows the old school building, cinema, and even studying area for public. It shows how their neighborhood are get along well, the ahjuma usually gather in front of Kim's house to have a chit chat while cleaning the vegetables or sorting fishes for dinner. They often talk about their own problem at home.

Some of the episode also shows the dialogue in a bus, there is also funny moments between Jung Hwan and Duk Seon while riding bus to school. In some episode also show how old cafe and restaurant ambience are so vintage yet so comfortable and romantic.

This series definitely is going to take you back in 1988.

Synopsis

Since this series have so many casts with very various characters, there will also be so many drama and conflict in between. I really like how the writer wants to give a strong message in each episode. So, it started in their neighborhood, they all five live together in the same block since they are child. The conflict in between is starting when they are in high school. Which means it must be the hardest time for everyone, trying to focus on their study but also controlling their first love attack. It was Duk Seon who get the Sun Woo's kindness wrong. She failed her first love and start to give up believing love. While the other side Jung Hwan cannot stop thinking about her, he even pay more attention and care so much with Duk Seon suddenly. However they always spend time together all five, so he is still enjoying to be Duk Seon's secret admirer.

Since the winter break is coming, they are all often staying together in Choi Taek's place. This most quiet friend is always be their youngest brother. Despite he quits school to be professional Baduk Player. That is why in some moments he always envy to his friends, who can be in a school trip and busy with exam. However he is a genius and awkward one. He cannot do daily tasks properly, that is why the other always keep and treat him as a child. Perhaps because he is the one who is struggling his life only with his father, since his mother passed away when he is so young.

If I can say there are so many important things happen in Taek's place. In his comfy room where all the kids gathered there are also so many secrets revealed. Jung Hwan found that Taek who seriously have his words saying love Duk Seon, because she is so cheerful and care about him so much, in the other side Taek also found that in silent Jung Hwan, who he considered as his hyung, has the same feeling as him to Duk Seon and also Sun Woo exposed has been dating with someone that the kids never imagine. However at Jung Hwan place there is the only place where Duk Seon and Jung Hwan know each other feeling.

That complicated feeling keep on going until they are all grown up. They seem become successful people and also each family are getting better and the intern problems are solved one by one. The last episodes not only reveal the ending for every heart trip but also shows each characters deeper. If I can say, why Jung Hwan always do not have a perfect time to show his love, is because he is unconsciously developed as an older character deep inside. He always wants to protect people around him and makes sure everyone is happy and fine. In other side, Sung Bo Ra who I see as the bossy and stubborn one actually so lovely and really do care with her family. There are still more values you can get if you watch the whole episode, make sure you watch it without skipping it and you will fall deeper for each character.

Rating

9/10. I will definitely play it all over again. This series could help you understand unseen problem around more. It also could slap you right away if you think you are the one who has the biggest problem in this world. You really need to check out the whole episode to find out how a simple misunderstanding could bring us to bigger problem and even develop us to be someone else. I really I wish there will be more series like this. Oh yeah, so sorry there is no ear catching soundtrack, but if you would like to check you can find it easily online. After all I do not care whether Taek or Jung Hwan would get their first love, Duk Seon, but I like Jung Hwan more cause he is so stylish. Lol. Pardon me. Lastly, If you need more details about this series you could click here.

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Membaca.

Habit membaca memang perlu kita seriusin. Maksudnya bukan harus membaca hal-hal yang melulu serius, tapi penting untuk memilih bacaan yang memberi kita value setelah selesai membacanya. Entah itu tips atau informasi yang bermanfaat lainnya. Sekarang membaca tidak harus membawa buku kemana-mana, so sudah tidak ada lagi alasan untuk tidak membaca dalam sehari. Tapi aku tetap menganggap habit membacaku aku lakukan saat aku benar-benar fokus pada bacaanku dan bacaan itu memiliki value seperti yang aku sebutkan tadi. Even short article atau caption di suatu posting yang menarik dan meaningful juga dapat menambah frekuensi habit membaca kalian. Pastikan kalian selalu membaca teks yang dapat memberi kalian energi positif yang membuat kalian lebih semangat melakukan aktivitas. Oh iya karena sekarang kita tidak dapat melakukan travelling, aku mencoba membaca ulang salah satu buku yang sudah selesai kubaca dulu. Buku ini berisi pengalaman penulis mengunjungi berbagai tempat di Amerika dan Eropa. So, seperti apa kisah perjalanannya, berikut dibawah detailnya:

Judul

Judul buku ini adalah Amerika & Eropa. Singkat jelas padat. Sesuai isinya yang akan menjelaskan bagaimana penulis melakukan perjalanannya ke beberapa negara di Eropa dan beberapa tempat menarik di Amerika.

Cover

Sampul buku ini tipis, bukan hard cover, terdapat gambar Plaza Avendano dan Gereja San Sebastian di Segovia, Spanyol. Sampulnya saja sudah membuat kita seperti menikmati sore hari di negara lain dengan nuansa musin gugur. So pleasant. Di sampul denpan juga tertulis Kompas Traveller. Iya, karena sebenarnya buku ini adalah kumpulan naskah dari harian Kompas.

Sinopsis

Karena buku ini merupakan bundle dari harian Kompas, tentu saja penulisannya khas jurnalis. Oh iya, karena buku ini merupakan kisah perjalanan penulis, jadi pasti akan sangat membosankan jika penyampaian yang dilakukan kurang deskriptif, namun penulis menjelaskan tiap detail dengan cukup bagus dan terdapat beberapa ilustrasi foto yang diambil penulis mengenai objek yang sedang ia kunjungi. Sayangnya gambar yang disajikan kurang HD (high definition). Namun, tetap saja hal itu menjadikan minat membaca bertambah, meskipun sekarang kita dapat dengan mudahnya menemukan berbagai gambar di internet, namun tetap saja membuatku dapat lebih mudah merasakan nuansa yang digambarkan penulis. Di buku ini kita akan menikmati ulasan penulis yang mengunjungi berbagai kota di Amerika, mulai dari Vancouver, Inner Harbour, mencicipi Rivadavia sponge cake di Rio dan beberapa tempat lainnya seperti museum dan tempat wisata. Sedangkan di Eropa penulis mengunjungi lebih banyak tempat. Mungkin karena Eropa lebih kaya budaya. Jadi, banyak hal yang dapat diulas disana.

Jika di Amerika penulis membawa kita ke nuansa metropolitan namun tetap menunjukkan sejuk dan rindangnya beberapa kota disana, di Eropa penulis membawa kita ke kota-kota tua di Eropa yang masih mempertahankan bangunan lama mereka. Aku sangat menyukai bagian ini. Mulai dari mengunjungi Brugge dengan dinding iconic-nya, kemudian melihat-lihat kerajinan keramik di Segovia, mampir ke Casa Mila, mengunjungi beberapa museum dan masih banyak lagi.

Penulis

Tentu saja penulisnya adalah salah satu jurnalis senior harian Kompas, beliau adalah Myrna Ratna. Seperti yang tertulis di sampul belakang buku, beliau tidak hanya menyampaikan ulasan perjalanannya namun juga menyajikan cara pandang yang berbeda dan berbagi suasana dalam setiap perjalanannya.

Pembelian

Aku membeli buku ini di Gramedia. Buku ini dicetak tahun 2013 lalu, namun saat ini masih ada beberapa e-commerce yang menjualnya. Jika, kalian ingin membaca bagaimana Myrna Ratna berbagi kisah perjalanannya, kalian bisa segera membelinya.

Rasanya seperti membaca caption panjang dari sebuat posting foto di platform media sosial, namun tentu saja dengan latar pendidikan penulis, tulisan yang disajikan tidak hanya tentang keindahan dan suasana dari tempat yang dikunjungi namun juga terdapat sangat banyak informasi seperti nama-nama pelukis, arsitek bangunan kuno dan berbagai sejarah lainnya.

Oh iya, setelah membaca buku ini rasanya seperti mendapat banyak energi positif, karena kita masih harus stay at home jadi buku ini benar-benar membantu kita kembali fresh dan rasanya seperti pulang jalan-jalan bersama teman.

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Hello everyone, finally I found something great about this product. That is why I want to tell you about how this product works on me now (even though actually I have bought it almost a year a go). For your note, I have such a thick and long hair, and it is so fine even though I did not put additional vitamin for it. But, indeed it was back then when I did not wear hijab. I also had bangs and short bob hair when I was on my junior high school. But since I decided to wear hijab, I tried to make my hair longer again in order to make it simple tied inside. So, since then on I decided to grow my bangs as long as my hair. But, turned out, it was getting dry and frizzy, only the old bangs I had grown. The rest actually as smooth as I ever had before I wear hijab. But, since I wear hijab I do not pay more attention to it and still did not add any vitamin or such a thing.

Since I have to dry my hair sooner, I use the hairdryer every time after washing my hair. Exactly, it makes my hair problem worse. The heat however is not good for hair, so my hair star to get drier and fall. So, this chance I would like to show how how this product help my problem. whether it could help or not.

Packaging
I really love the design of the packaging. It looks so fresh and so sweet in pink, because mine is in french rose scent. The bottle is made from glass. It makes it more luxurious. It really is made from thick glass so it is so heavy and so risky to bring while travelling. But I did make a mistake, it knocked hardly to the wall but it was all fine, maybe because the glass is so thick. But, still you have to avoid it from any crash if you do not want it to get leaking. The lid is so save and economic, since it is completed with pump lid and also with lock and unlock rotation.

Ingredients
It is claimed that it consists of Shine Silicone to keep hair shinning and the the French Rose Oil helps hair to be smooth and not wrinkled easily and also deep moisturized. I actually do not know too much about the difference between serum and vitamin for hair. But this product said it is both of them. In the end it really helps to calm my hair from the UV and the heat of the hairdryer.
Product Usage
So, this one is very tricky. Since the packaging said that I could use it before washing and before drying. So, I did as how it is written on the back of the packaging. But sadly, my hair was getting limp and quickly get greasy. Even though I did wash my everyday, (so this is the beginning how my hair was getting fall every time I comb it). I know wash my hair everyday would make it get worse, but I cannot stand the greasy feeling. I tried another way to use it, I use it only before drying it and a little bit when it is half dry. It was better, but still feel a bit limp if I did not wash it every evening. So I stop using it for some months. I tried to use another shampoo this year and tried to use this hail oil once more because I love the scent so much (if this time did not work as well I will definitely left it a half like that). Surprisingly I found it works much better to use only before drying my hair (when it is half dried by the towel) with two pumps on the palm of my hands.
Purchase
I purchased it last year on Sociolla. It was on big sale, so why not. It is only about IDR 80.000 that time. But do not worry, you can yours right now, because there is on sale as well right now. This product actually is not only available in French Rose, you can also pick Gold, Lavender, Jasmine, Flora Rose one. If you want to go to offline store, this product can easily spot in the nearest drugstore.

So, basically I really love the fragrance so much, it is so fresh and calming at the same time. Although in the beginning I did not really found this product could maintain my frizzy hair but now it really successfully works better in calming and nourished my hair. I finally do not see my old long bangs so frizzy now days. This couple of months I tried to routinely use if before drying and I also do not need to wash my hair everyday because I do not feel my hair limp or greasy anymore, so It means I can also maintain my hair fall as well. But beside I think I use the right shampoo as well this time.

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Hello everyone. Finally coming back right in the beginning of December. Indeed out there abroad is welcoming winter. Here in tropical country Indonesia especially, we are welcoming rainy season. Which means my laundry schedule should be maintained. But, I like rainy season better than kemarau (so hot and dry season), although we cannot walk freely without rain coat and umbrella. Anyway finally I decided to cook something sweet in this sweater weather (because I usually only wanna cook something spicy and then eat it while watching k-drama, just like you all huh?) last weekend. I tried to find something simple to cook, I mean yes, no baking and not so many ingredients. Fortunately I found a very simple receipt to make a steamed Oreo cake at home. So, here are below some ingredients and steps you should prepare if you wanna make one for this weekend.

Ingredients

2 or 3 packs of Oreo biscuits

250 ml fresh milk

Butter

Additional topping

You need two packs of Oreo biscuits for a baking sheet, but if you need more you can add more biscuits and the milk as well. You can use fresh milk that you could find easily, but if you want to experience another taste, you might use french vanilla, full cream etc. If you want to put topping on top, you could prepare butter cream or something greater (since I am an amateur I only use what's available in my house, it is whipped cream, sorry). I also prepare a little crushed Oreo biscuits in a small bowl for addition topping.

Steps

First of all you have to prepare the tools that you need to cook, they are a big bowl, big plate, blender, baking sheet (or something you would use to steam the batter), and the steamer of course.

After all ingredients and tools are prepared, start to crush the Oreo biscuits (without split the inside cream). Make sure you crush it until smooth. You can use blender for a better result. After the biscuits turn into powder, you could prepare your steamer.

While waiting your steamer ready, you can now put in the fresh milk together with the crushed Oreo into big bowl and stir it until it mixed perfectly.

After the batter is ready, you can pour it into the baking sheet which already smeared with butter (shake the baking sheet to make sure your batter is solid and there won't be hollow inside) and put it into steamer when your steamer ready. Steam it for about 40 minuter only.

While waiting your batter steamed, you could crush one more pack of Oreo biscuit for the addition topping. But for the topping make sure you take out the cream, so you only use the biscuits. You have to crush it until it seems like powder as well. Since I use whipped cream, I also need to prepare it using mixer and cold water.

After 40 minutes, take out your cake from the steamer and let it be in a room temperature. Move your cake from the baking sheet into big plate carefully, if you smeared the butter enough you will move it easily. When it is not hot anymore you could put on the topping. I use the whipped cream as the coat of the top of the cake and pour the crushed Oreo biscuits I prepare before. If you have a fresh fruits such as strawberry or cherry and mint leaves it would be great.

You now can enjoy your own steamed Oreo at home. The texture is so solid and it is not puffy at all since I do not use any flour. Because there is no added sugar so you will get it sweet enough from the cream of the Oreo that you crushed together as written above. But, if you like it sweeter you may put additional sugar. You can enjoy it on a rainy day with a cup of tea or coffee. Since there is no difficult ingredients to find and no need oven to bake, you can re create this receipt anytime you want. Enjoy everyone!

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