Moving to Surabaya last April, i'm starting to joining a couchsurfing community and since then i realize that this city are surrounded by many beautiful places. for example, you can reach Bali for only 30 minutes by flight and also you can visiting malang for only 2 hours by train. It's holiday seasons here in Indonesia and i decided to have my first mountain trip to Bromo and spend some day in Malang with my friends. 

Starting the trip from Surabaya by morning train, we arrived in Malang Train Station and straight to Mador (Malang Dorm) which is quite famous for backpackers, the dorm it's self cost for 300k per persons for twin bed and bromo trip at night. since we only going for 2 persons, it's really convenient to have the trip arranged by the hostels which including the Jip Trip. The trip it self starting around 2 am at the morning from Malang to Tengger. arriving in Tengger Semeru around 4 am, the trip start by watching sunrise in Penanjakan, and it's really magnficent to watch.

 

some people said that Bromo don't counted as a mountain trip since you don't really climb, but for me it's my first mountain, so, let me count it as first (another mountain trip soon perhaps). Around 6 am in the morning, the guide takes us down, and i asks to stop on our way down and find some beautiful spot to watch the bromo its self from far.

We back around 11 am after spend around 15 minutes at the creater because so many people there and its really hot for sure. on our way to Malang, we stopped at the Coban Pelangi (pelangi waterfall) which really beautiful and the water are really fresh. 

Fifty Shades of Blue

Blue is always become my another option when it turns to outfits because the colors are really classic and really match my style, especially the navy blue. as i already works and graduated for 1,5 years now, i decided to make my own business photoshoot which i can use for my CV and Linkedin Profile. well yeah, before they read your resume, the company will look straight on your profile photo on Linkedin or on your resume itself. for this photoshoot, i'm wearing blazer and pants from zara, and white shirt from Topman and shoes from Pedro.

Talking about business photoshoot and photo on your CV. some people might think that it's unnecessary to put the photo on your resume and some will do the same that i've done. basically it's depends on where you works and which job you take. but for me, as i works in fashion retail, i need a good photo besides my good performances. i need to show that i take the job really serious, and i represent the brand. yeah it's back on your recruiter team. 

You can always wearing blazer in many occasion, a party, a job interview, or maybe prom. so for the people who don't wear blazer that much, like me. investing in one or two blazer which have a dark color will always important. you can choose between black, navy blue or grey. for me, i love black but i need another color which is i can use with my blue jeans, so i choose navy blue. yeah you can paired the blazer with jeans for your special occasion such as cocktails or date night.

Hey people, how was your spring so far? mine is going well since everyday is summer here in Indonesia, plus raining almost every morning. i decided to wear my old floral shirt which i bought from a local brands a couple months ago, but since i'm not really confident wearing printed shirt, i decided to wear my bomber jacket from zara, it ended up really comfortable for raining seasons (or spring if you have).

Talking about floral shirt, most of men will say no. But for Indonesian, wearing floral already become a culture, i mean, the fact that some of batik have a floral pattern, even big one. yeah, wearing floral is never wrong and it can be cool. you can use the dark color, or small pattern or wearing outer to make it more stylish. you can use it for formal or casual occasion.

Just realize that most of my outfits were consist of dark color, yeah i love dark color and i'm obsessed with black. you can also check my old post here which explaining why i really love black. one tips that i got from a friends which also love to wearing black is mix the outfits with some accessories, but i know i'm not kind of accessories persons. i don't really love necklace, or rings or event watches. i only have some pairs of glasses and 3 watches. the only way i can mix my black outfits is put on my favorite outer, and some glasses.

as you see on the photo, i'm wearing my black shirt from HnM, Jeans from uniqlo, my charles and keith glasses, Karl Lagerfeld watch, and shoes from Pedro. as simple as that, wearing black color for men will always become last decision, mens sometimes become "clueless" about color macthing. Investing in dark color, especially black shirt will give you a lot of advantage. also black is sliming and gave a fit effect on your body. you can always wearing black in many formal occasion, or event for works. 

If you're a color persons, or you love bright outfits you still need black jeans, yeah i'm sure most of people have more than one black jeans. as i said, if you love the accessories, you only need some black T-shirt and one silver necklaces, to make your outfits standing.

 

Trip biasanya diadain di weekend dan bisa dipesen H-1. peserta trip biasanya diminta kumpul setengah 8 pagi dan kapal akan berangkat jam 8 pagi. untuk tujuan pertama pulau Nain yang letaknya paling jauh dari kota sekitar 1 jam. nain ini merupakan pasir timbul yang harusnya kalo jam-jam 9an gitu biasanya muncul dan akan tenggelam lagi sekitar jam 12 keatas, jadi nain merupakan destinasi pertama. nah di Nain ini biasanya peserta trip cuma photo doang dan lanjut ke siladen untuk makan siang. di Siladen peserta turun di pulau untuk makan siang dan dikasih waktu sekitar1,5 jam untuk makan dan photo, ya personally gw suka banget sama siladen karena sepi dan karangnya bagus banget, tapi kalau cuma 1,5 jam ngga akan cukup buat muterin pulau atau snorkling. jadi buat kalian yang mau ke siladen gw saranin sewa boat sendiri dari manado, atau datang pake kapal penduduk lalu menginap. penginapan di siladen cukup terjangkau, sekitar 250 ribu untuk 1 orangnya, udah dapet 3 kali makan.

Selanjutnya setelah selesai makan, trip berlanjut ke Bunaken, di Bunaken kegiatannya snorkling, sewa alat sendiri sekitar 150 ribu, photo dalem air sampe keselek, dan selesai. trip biasanya selesai sekitar pukul 5 sore dan kapal kembali ke manado. estimasi tiba kembali di Manado sekitar jam 6 atau 7 malam. sebenernya cukup menyenangkan ikut one day trip, tapi kalau lo punya budget lebih saran gw sewa kapal sendiri dikarenakan akan lebih bebas dan yang pasti bisa lebih lama di tempat-tempat yang lo ingin explore. well, ada plus minus nya sih. tapi overall trip yang gw ikutin ini recommended lah kalau misalnya kalian cuma punya waktu 1 atau 2 hari mengunjungi manado.

we never planned to meet but i wanted you to stay 

- Them -

2017 Has been good so far.. everything just comes as it supposed to be. as the years change, i still remember the day i came to this city to starts everything again. Time flies, a years since the day i comes and its the time for me to coming back. i was talking to some of my friends here, they really wanted me to stay with them, especially the coworkers. as my job as store's manager, i spend like the whole years with them. i really close to them. i come as a strangers but soon becomes their another family. as i never really do a boss things. We works as a team, we do all the things to achieve targets together, we success and failed together.

i really wanted to stay, actually. But i found it better to come back. i need to excel my career, find my real passion, and challenge my self. i need to improving my skills, meet a new people, and yes travel. well, someday i will back again. i will back not as a perfect strangers for them, but as a part of the team. or someday maybe i will back again to this city to attending their wedding party, or travel here again. i'm surely will missed the time while we share the foods, laughing for a small things and discussing for anything.

i know 2016 seems so weird for world. a lot of big things happened in 2016 without we expecting before. but life will always gave you surprises. as 2017 has just coming. another resolution we have made, and another plan already arranged. for me, 2016 actually been so great. yet there some plan that going really well and some of them just failed at the first try. starting my real career in retail this years, traveling to a new places, meeting a new people, finding and losing love.

During my journey in 2016, if find a way to healing my self, traveling is the answer. i meet a lot of strangers, a perfect strangers and some love who once gone wrong. well, i realize i never can control what happened to me, but one things i can do is to control what i can do for others. i've been thru a hard times before, i've been living in the worst part of it. day by day i'm heal by myself, but deep inside my heart and of course my unconsciousness will always have its memory. i need to heal, a total heal. and i found it on traveling.

i really hope 2017 will be a travel years for everyone. and 2017 can heal the past. let's just start everything with a hope. again..

pants = Uniqlo
Tshirt = Muji
shoes = HnM

Photo Location : Bukit Doa, Tomohon