Home Collection and Beyond

Home collection and beyond...

Tidak terasa tantangan ngeblog  tiap hari #BPN30dayChallenge2018 sudah masuk ke hari 11 ya! 

So proud (and surprised) I still continue submitting my post till now.

Even when I am away from home and now is enjoying my time in the beautiful continent of Africa, I am trying consistently working on my posts. Wish me luck!

So this time, the question is about things or gooda I collect at home.
How I love this question!
Being a hoarder (in a positive way) I certainly have tons of items that I specifically collect as hobbies.
Sebenarnya aku bingung harus mulai dari mana kalau bicara mengenai barang-barang yang saya kumpulkan di rumah. Soalnya banyak banget LOL.
Dan karena pertanyaan ini, jadi ketahuan deh kalau aku memang hoarder berat, alias tukang ngumpulin barang-barang, termasuk yang ngga jelas :).

For sure I love buying purple stuff and all those cute items, be it for me, my kids, or my home. So since most of my stuff are purple, let’s check out what I have been collecting so far.

Souvenirs from countries

I have to admit that I just can't help buying all those cute souvenirs from the cities and countries I have visited. I usually buy t-shirt, shot glass, mug, magnet, post cards, plates, accessories, dolls or toys, and anything unique from that particular place. 

You can imagine how many stuff my family has from our traveling and I haven't really got a chance to display them properly. You know, like in a special commode or closet. I just put them on my side tables and take turn on displaying different items from different countries.

Dinnerwares

I just can’t help it! 
I love cute dinnerware and I do collect them.

It feels good to put all those yummy food on beautiful plates and serve them to your loved ones.

So I have been collecting series of dinnerwares complete with its accessories.

Serving plates, salad plates, bowls, spoons and forks, cheese plates, salt and pepper shakers, and napkin rings are some of the examples of stuff I have for dinnerwares.
It's a bit problematic now as again I need a special place to store them and I haven't got one, not in our new house now.

Books

Obviously, I have tons of them as I really like reading. My family loves reading too so I have tons of books which we bring here and there.
My passion is traveling so I have so many traveling and coffee table books about particular country, city, or culture. We also enjoy sci-fi stories, mystery, cartoon and funny stories. My hubby has a lot of books about photography and I also collect some book on Do-It-Yourself projects. 

Not to mention the magazines. I guess I better stop now :) 

Lipsticks

Lipstick, lipstick, lipstick.
I don't intend to collect them but apparently I have to0 many it has conquered my bedroom and armoire.
Again, I won't say more about it as I think I can make one dedicated post for my lipstick collection.

Now, tell me what you have collected at home!
Do you manage to keep them well?
Will you keep them or you will do something about it?

Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World and Oh My Heartsie Girls

Wishing you all a wonderful week, wherever you may be.
November is coming to the end and are you ready for December?
I still can believe that we are now at the brink of 2018 and how incredible this year has been.
Well, I will save it for my last post in 2018 and meanwhile, I am enjoying what life offers me.

Transiting in Istanbul...overlooking the Marmara sea at Topkapi Palace..

I wil be traveling soon to Burkina Faso, through Istanbul (one of my favorite transits), for meetings and will update you more from there, whenever possible.

Well, I'm writing it while transiting in Istanbul, as a matter of fact :).

I'm super excited, as this is my trip back to Africa after a long time.

Cheers..

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5 Awesome Books for your Teens

Who loves reading books here?
I do!
And I try to make sure that my family loves them too.

I do have a big collection of books and I have to admit that I do bring them wherever we are moving. So you can imagine those boxes of books I have from places we’ve lived before. When we were in NYC, books were so easy to find and some of the are super cheap, as we can definitely but the second-hand or preloved ones. No wonder we brought back 10 big boxes of books to add to our collection.

And now, allow me to share 5 awesome books for your teens.

Being a mom of 2 teenagers (one is teenager-to-be actually), I’m trying to make sure that they have good quality reading materials at home. Let’s find out what’s on our list.

Harry Potter series

J.K Rowling’s fantastic works are definitely on top of the list!

Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley are three teenagers with out-of-this-world lifetime experience that makes you want to enroll to Hogward School of magic right away. We’re not the only ones being spellbound by their adventures as millions of people are joining the band.

I spent my university years reading the complete series of this book and I keep them all. From the Philosopher’s Stone to Deathly Hollow, I passionately read the stories page by page, trying to relive those scenes in my head, until the movies were out.

Now my kids develop the same habit or reading and bring Potter’s books here and there.

I have the complete collections in English, Bahasa Indonesia and the pictorial series now, although it is only up to the 3rd book, the Prisoner of Azkaban.

The kids enjoy the magical world filled with wizards, creatures and unthinkable imaginations! They also learn many good (and bad) attitudes as well as family values and determination from these books. Have fun exploring the other side and have a magical journey!

Percy Jackson series

Rick Riordan’s wild imagination about the life of demigods ,- that is the children of Gods and humans,- in Half-Blood (now you know why they name it like that) Camp is really fascinating. They do live like us humans and among us as well, but they get this bonus of attracting and engaging monsters (luckily we can not see them thanks to the ‘mist’) who are trying to destroy the world or simply being revengeful. So say hi to centaurs, satyr, nymphs, wind spirits, ghouls, cyclops and of course, the gods and goddesses! Not only that we learn about the names, the characters, the history and myths, as well as those interesting lives of Greek Gods and their complicated affairs (believe me, they ARE complicated), but we also learn about courage, friendship, leadership, perseverance, loyalty and good hearts.

We started reading this as the first book, the Lightning Thief, was listed in Bo’s reading list on the 6th Grade. They even had a special tour to the Met museum, especially the ancient Greek section, to find some artifacts and figures mentioned in the book. It was really fun! I guess starting from there we got hooked by Jackson and friends’ adventures. We now collect and all the complete series, with the final battle of the Last Olympian takes place in New York City!

Riordan has written so many interesting series including the continuation of Percy Jackson’s adventures with the Roman Gods, then another adventure with the Egyptian Gods. Really interesting!

Laura Ingalls series

How I grew up with Laura, Mary, Carry, Grace, Pa, Ma and Jack!

To those born around the same years as I do, Little House on the Prairie or Laura Ingalls Wilder series must ring a bell. Beautifully telling us the stories and adventures of the pioneering family in the early years of the US independence, Laura and her family shared some wonderful family values that they held dear despite the tough and harsh journey they have to go through as they moved around from the Big Woods to DeSmet, where they finally resided.

I wept with them when the whole family was sick and Mary ended up blind or when Charlotte, Laura’s doll was found wasted on the mud by some spoiled girl.

I shared the joy when Laura became a teacher at the very young age and when they diacovered a lovely swimming spot aby the Plum Creek.

And I was curious when they started making snow sugar or smoked beef from Pa’s game.

I also enjoyed reading the Farmer Boy, Laura’s dearest husband childhood story.

My kids showed similar fascination as I introduced that adventurous life of Laura and her family.  I hope they managed to read the complete stories.

The Land of Stories series

Now this is another series you should not miss!

What a twisted plots of all those legendary and classic fairy tales we know since we were kids!
Chris Colfer is a darling genius!

Remember him from Glee TV series? 

Never thought he is a super talented writer as well.

Again we embarked on the journey of this series from Bo’s reading list in the 5th grade. Fascinated by the first book, the Wishing spell, we now have the complete series as well, up to the 6th book. And reading these series is super fun, as it completely changes our perspectives about all those traditional characters in the fairy tales. I don’t wanna spill the beans but apparently villains are not always that bad! So go get the book and prove it yourself ;).

Diary of the Wimpy Kids

I guess this book is famous enough, at least at the US, as I have seen many of the school students reading it at quite a young age. The adventures of Greg Heffley and his brothers, Rodrick and Manny, as well as his best friend, Rowley, are Hilarious. This book is more like an elementary student diary and I like the fact that Jeff Kinney, the author, put so many interesting sketches and hand writing notes in the book. 

Bo et Obi enjoy all those mischievous adventures, but at the end of the day there will be good messages highlighted from all those events. I do enjoy reading it as well so we can diacuss further about the stories and what the kids learn from the stories afterwards. It was certainly a fun experience.

There are so many incredible books out there that you kids may or will definitely enjoy.
Those books will be great gifts as well!
Now...Tell us about your favorite book or books!

What makes you love them?

Mari Bicara tentang 5 Blogger Favoritku

5 favorite bloggers of mine..

First, I have to admit that it is super difficult just to find 5 favorite bloggers of mine!

Why only 5?

10 will be much more helpful LOL

But unfortunately, the question for #BPN30dayChallenge2018 clearly say that I can only choose 5 of my favorite bloggers and talk about them.

Sebenernya ini salah satu pertanyaan sulit menurutku. 
Karena ada begitu banyak blogger keren yang ada di dunia perbloggeran, baik di Indonesia maupun at global level. 
Dan aku tuh punya banyak blogger favorit di berbagai kategori, misalnya untuk urusan resep dan makanan, untuk traveling, untuk fotografi, untuk per-SEO-an dan sebagainya, termasuk untuk yang lucu-lucuan aja. 

Selain itu, kategori blogger favorit juga macam-macam. Ada yang aku suka karena tulisannya, desain blognya, foto-fotonya, warna blognya, meme dan GIF yang dipakai, infografisnya, or yang lain. Ada juga yang aku suka karena suka kasih hadiah dan giveaways. Tuuuh kan, kebayang banyaknya blogger favorit aku.

Sekarang tantangannya adalah menetapkan siapa yang paling favorit. 
Hmmm, bisa ngga ya? Mari kita coba.

So without further a do, let's start with the list.

Oh ya, ini tidak ada urutan terfavorit or yang paling tidak favorit ya karena ke-lima-limanya semua favorit aku.

Theresa Mahoney - theresasmixednuts.com

Theresa is one of my 'first' blogger friend when I moved to NYC.

And just like the name of her blog suggested, her blog is a beautiful melange of super delicious recipes, reviews of various products, gift tips, home decorations, great tips and tricks at home, and more. She always has those wonderful food photos that make me wanna eat them right away. She's a gorgeous mom of two who loves traveling around as well and lately, her feed on her Instagram about her trip to Iceland is awesome!

Walaupun tidak tinggal di New York City, tapi saya belajar banyak tentang aneka budaya dan kebiasaan lokal orang Amerika dari Theresa. Mulai dari makanan, jadwal sekolah, harı libur favorit, musim tercantik, sampai adat membuang sampah. Bener-bener terbantu deeh!

Makanya jangan heran kalau aku tidak pernah absen mampir ke blognya. 
And you know what, Theresa juga ngga pernah absen mampir ke blog aku lho!

Marischka Prudence -  marischkaprudence.blogspot.com

Kalian pasti bisa tebak kenapa aku suka ngintip blognya Pru.
Yuuup indeed, karena banyak banget cerita perjalanan seru yang ditulisnya plus banyak destinasi diving yang suka buat aku mupeng berat. 

Terus terang yang paling menarik buatku ya wisata bawah laut di Indonesia yang cantik ini. Ada banyak destinasi wisata menyelam di indonesia yang belum terjamah dan indahnya bukan main. Pru sangat beruntung sudah sempat mengunjungi tempat-tempat cantik itu.

Selain itu, blog Pru juga banyak berikan tips - tips perjalanan yang asyik dan pastinya bermanfaat banget buat kita yang doyan traveling.
Yang pasti sekarang aku lagi suka dengan rambutnya yang ungu!
I wish I coul do the same LOL.

Shinta Ries - shintaries.com

Nah ini blognya cikgu, alias one of the master of Blogger Perempuan hehehe.

Aku suka main ke blognya Mba Shinta  karena isinya gado-gado. Buat kami yang memilih jalan ‘gado-gado’ alias life style blog, ini salah satu contoh baiknya :).
Aku suka dengan tampilan blognya yang super clean.
Mengusung tema the perks of being a modern mom, Mba Shinta interestingly mixes her daily life and experience as an ultra modern, super busy mom, in various stories.
Walaupun ngga selalu komentar, aku suka baca cerita-cerita seru di sini, terutama seri perjalanan ke India yang buat aku semangat pengen ke sana juga.

And now she has expanded her passion and dreams to create Blogger Perempuan, so that we, Indonesian female bloggers, can soar high together. That is UBER cool!

Chase Jarvis - www.chasejarvis.com/photos/

Pertama tahu fotografer keren ini dari Instagram.
Jadi ceritanya suamiku dan aku suka kepoin IG account yang memang seru-seru, terutama fotografer kelas dunia yang memang hasil fotonya itu bikin kita dumbfounded sangking kerennya. 

Nah salah satunya doi ini... yang sudah traveling around the world dan banyak memotret orang-orang terkenal. Well, kalau aku dan Udi memang senangnya foto-foto yang  humanis dan Chase itu selalu dapet ‘soul’ dari subyek foto yang dia abadikan. Coba intip blognya dan klik foto. Pasti suka deh. 

Huda Kattan / Huda Beauty

Aku agak ragu nih apakah akun Huda yang ada di Instagram bisa dikategorikan mini blog? I guess bisa yaa.. dan aku udah lama bangeet ngefans sama beauty influencer cantik kelahiran AS dan berdarah Iraq ini memulai karirnya sebagai Make-up artist dan blogger plus vlogger dan sekarang sukses dengan bisnis produk-produk kecantikannya. 

Dan sejak pertama coba matte lipstick hasil racikan Huda, aku langsung jatuh cinta.
Her love to bold colors and adventurous shades makes me even love her more!
Yang asyiknya, Huda juga tidak lupa pada kulitnya. 
Lihat deh akun Instagramnya yang banyak dipenuhi apresiasinyabterhadap para fans dan juga MUA berbakat lainnya.
Pokoknya aku cinta berat deh!

Aku sebenarnya masih punya daftar yang panjaaang untuk para blogger keren yang sering aku datangi, baik sebagai silent reader, maupun aktif. Blogger-blogger Indonesia juga banyaaak banget yang keren dan aku senang karena sekarang bisa Belajar lebih banyak lagi dari mereka.

Satu hal yang pasti, semua blogger-blogger keren ini bikin kita tambah semangaaat yaaa  ngeblog yang serius. Karena mereka buktikan bahwa passion dan mimpi besar bisa membawa kita ke tempat-tempat luar biasa dan karir yang gemilang.

Kalau kamu, siapa saja blogger favoritnya?

What's in my bag?

What's in my bag? pic: pixabay

What's in my bag?

Interested to know what are the must-bring items in my bag?

Can you guess what are those?

Here's another interesting question we have for #BNP30dayChallenge 2018

Lima benda yang ada di tasmu.

Apa sajakah itu?

To begin with, I always use big, big bags.

Small bags, unfortunately, do not fit me.

Not only because I have a towering figure (another way of saying obese :)) , but also because I always have a lot of things inside of my bags.

I just don't know why I have so many things inside but those are the things I need on daily basis. And 5 is such a small number in this case.

So, let's see what we have in my bag

SMART PHONE

This is a must! 

Pokoknya ngga bisa deh yang namanya hape ketinggalan.

Well, I don’t want to sound like a gadget freak but every thing is in my amart phone now. Contacts, works, drafts, photos and even my electronic wallet. So you can imagine how important it is LOL. I might forget my wallet or my money I still can tolerate it. But leaving my smart phone? A big No No. Oh, and one more thing, I always bring my phone with its charger and cable. I big package we have here. 

WATER BOTTLE

Stay hydrated is the best option for me who is traveling around on daily basis and mostly in the middle of the day. And Indonesia is hot, hot. Commuting in the middle of the day, even with online transportation and cars, still make me easily thirsty. So, water bottle has to be inside the bag. All the time.

I usually bring my alkaline water feom home and keep some at the office. Nowadays, we have many choices of bottled alkaline water so I’m good.

COSMETIC POUCH

Here is THE most entertaining part of my bag.

Why? Because my cosmetic pouch is like the world of its own.

Pasti tau kaaan Lena-a. Karena memang isinya banyak aja hehehe.

Aku suka masukkan at least 4-6 lipstick at the same time, walaupun ngga semuanya full size karena Aku juga punya banyak yang travel size dan imut gitu. Terus ada bedak, mini perfume, eye liner, eye shadow (mini), highlighter, sisir mini, hand lotion, dan cotton buds plus tapas. Tuuuh..komplit kan hehehe.

Yang ngga ada make-up remover aja, karena akan selalu sabar untuk bebersihan di rumah biar afdoe.

WALLET

Well, wallet is important as I put all my carda in there. I don’t always bring cash but I have all my cards, including my ID, driving license, insurance card, credit cards and more. 

Jadi bukan uang di dompet yang penting, tapi semua kartu identitas yang perlu dibawa setiap saat.

HAND FAN

This is one of the latest addition to my bag.

While in NYC, I never bring hand fan in my bag.

Sejak pindah ke Indonesia, aku sering banget kepanasan hehehe. Yah wajar lah, arena suhunya memang hangat-hangat kuku begitu.

Jadi daripada mati gaya karena kepanasan, kapas di tangan sering beraksi.

Untungnya aku punya beberapa koleksi kipas yang lucu-lucu, jadi seneeeng bawanya.

That's the must-have items in my bag.

What about you?

Benda wajib apa yang harus ada di tasmu? Share yaaa.

See you on the next post..