My Gado Gado Diary

Hola! I just went back from my Indonesia trip with my husband. And I would like to share my experience regarding my trip. Mi nd you, its going to be quite long story and all based on my personal experience & opinion. And its not sponsored! I just simply blogging for my personal memory & maybe with my share I can help others too 😇😇 Actually last time me and my husband thought going to Indonesia will be cheap because SGD have a very strong currency to Indonesian Rupiah, but actually that's not really true . Because we need to pay quite expensive for the car transport. FYI, after our stayed at Semarang, me and my husband went to Magelang to stay 1 night and the next day we went to Jogja city. We hire car to go Jomblang cave, Prambanan + Ratu Boko temple. Before our trip, I did asked few travel agent about the transport and I personally disap pointed with De Jong Holiday. Why? At first when I email, they were very responsive about my inquiry . But they gave me s...

Hola! Nah sekarang saatnya komen soal Day Trans nih. Jadi dari Semarang emang gue rencana mau ke Magelang buat liat Borobudur. Kenapa gue milih pake Day Trans itu simpel banget karena gue pikir cuma Day Trans yg berenti di Magelang sementara yg laen berentinya di Jogja. Kan gue pikirnya mo save time ya. Jadi ceritanya gini... Dari masih di SG, gue udah whatsappin Day Trans buat nanya rute mereka di Magelang. Dan CS-nya bilang mereka bisa berhenti di mall Artos/Hotel Trio. Pas gue udah sampe Semarang, gue sampe bela2in ke kantor Day Trans buat bayar bookingan gue instead bayar pas hari H. Dan gue pun bolak balik nanya bisa berhenti di Mall Artos kan ya. Dan mereka bilang IYA BISA. Di kwitansinya juga ditulis gue berenti di Mall Artos Magelang. Pas hari H, shuttle ke Magelangnya udah dateng, ada Mas2 yg bantuin ngatur2 koper gitu di bagian belakang. Gue udah bilang ke Masnya kalo gue mau berenti di Mall Artos. Dan Masnya bilang OK. Nah udah abis itu gue & suami duduk deh di s...

Hola! Lanjut info soal Wujil Resort ahh. Gue pesen 2 kamar di Wujil dan sayangnya lokasi Wujil ini gak di atas bukit kayak di Susan Resort. Makanya harganya lebih murah ya daripada Susan. Keluar dari Wujil udah jalanan rame. Tapi Wujil fasilitasnya bagus & luas. Mungkin karena masih baru. Gue dikasin kamar connecting room. Ada swimming pool & ada indoor & outdoor kids areanya juga. Dan ada conventian area juga sepertinya disana (di samping hotelnya). Gue sempet nyobain Restoran Indah Sari yg ada di dalem Wujil. Lumayan juga makanannya biarpun agak mahal (mungkin karena di dalem hotel). Tapi desainnya resto ini lucu dan lumayan Instagrammable 😆😆 Photo will be update soon (lagi males upload wkwkwkwk). Rate Wujil Resort : 4/5 Rate Indah Sari Restaurant : 3/5 x💋

Hola! Nah, abisan dari Susan Spa sebenernya gue mau liat Gedong Songo karena udah deket banget dari Susan. Cuma sayang karena ujan gede jadi kita batalin deh. Trus rencananya mau langsung cek in aja ke Wujil Resort. Ehh udah otw mo ke Wujil kok mendadak hujannya udah mendingan. Jadi pengen mampir ke Umbul Sidomukti deh hehehehe. Tiket mobil & tiket masuknya lupa bayar berapa. Udah di dalem, jalan kaki dulu kira2 7 menit terus harus turun banyak tangga dulu baru bisa liat Umbul Sidomuktinya. Itu sebenernya kayak tempat pemandian air panas aja sih sambil bisa liat pemandangan ijo royo. Bagus kok pemandangannya. Gue kesana hari Kamis tapi rame juga. Karena masih agak2 gerimis, jadilah nyokap duduk di cafe atas sementara gue, suami dan ponakan liat2 ke bawah. Di bawah ada slot buat foto juga lho. Jadi naek ke atas kayu persegi dan bisa foto2 cantik. Agak ngeri sih soalnya di sekitaran tempat fotonya gak ada pegangan sama sekali. Jadi harus hati2 banget. Cuma bagussss pemandanga...

Hola! Lanjut sekalian ngereview Susan Spa Restaurant. Mumpung lagi ada moodnya 😆😆 Jadi gue ke Susan Spa di hari ke 2 di Semarang. Tapi gue gak nginep di hotelnya, tapi lebih memilih nginep di The Wujil Resort. Kenapa gak mau nginep di Susan Spa? Simpel aja, karena reviewnya di Trip Advisor kurang bagus & banyak yg komplen katanya kamarnya kayak tua dan gak keurus gitu. Gue agak2 OCD sih jadi gue udah parno duluan. Plus di websitenya Susan Spa juga gak keliatan bonafid. Yg keliatan bagus cuma Family Suitenya aja. Yg kamar superior & deluxe keliatan jadul gitu gambarnya. Jadi ya mending cari tempat lain aja. Dan kesana cobain makanannya karena kata nyokap makanannya enak & sekalian liat chapelnya. Kesana pas jam lunch tapi untungnya gak gitu rame sih. Gue & nyokap pesen nasi rames, suami pesen iga bakar & sate ayam, ponakan pesen tenderloin steak. Makanannya porsinya kecil tapi rasanya enak! Gue abis Rp 2 88 ,000 buat semua makanan yg kita pesen. Agak mahal ...

Hola! Gue mau buat review soal Toko Oen di Semarang. Beberapa minggu yg lalu, gue dan suami baru balik dari liburan. Gue sebenernya dulu udah pernah nyobain makanan di Toko Oen dan memang jujur gue gak rekomen. Karena si Toko Oen ini makanannya gak ada enak2nya. Yg enak cuma es krim aja. Udah tau gak enak kok masih kesini? Karena ini pertama kalinya suami dateng ke Semarang, dan suami gue pengen liat Toko Oen (karena kan bangunannya historis gitu ya, jadi suami pengen liat). Sebenernya sebelom kesana, suami udah sempet nyaranin cobain restoran lain apa karena gue bilang makanan di Toko Oen sebenernya gak enak. Cuma karena hari itu pas hari ultah ponakan lanang, gue pikir gapapa deh makan yg mahal dikit (sambil ngarep mungkin kokinya udah berubah). Ternyata saya salah sodara sodari.. Kesana malem tuh buat dinner. Pas kesono sebenernya pengen minta makan di dalem ruangan yg meja makannya lebih layak (soalnya yg di depan mejanya agak tinggi gt jd kurang nyaman) sementara di belakang...

Hola! I would like to gave some review about Grab Car at Semarang, Magelang and Jogjakarta. Since I just came back last month from that 3 cities. This is not sponsored and all based on my personal experience. FYI, Grab Car is already launch at Magelang. Although before I came to Magelang I did email Grab Car customer service and asked whether they already operate at Magelang and they info me "no, they haven't operate at Magelang". But actually they already launch Grab at Magelang 😑😑 I was very impressed that Grab Car at that 3 cities was super super fast!! Every time I booked it only took me few seconds to get my driver. Thumbs up! 👍👍👍 I found Grab Car at the 3 cities were cheaper compare to Jakarta. Sometimes at Semarang, I could only pay IDR 3k for my journey (which only 7 minutes car drive). The price suppose to be IDR 9k but I put some code promo and the price become IDR 3k only, how cheap! 😱😱😱 When I was at Mall Artos Magelang, I book Go-Car to reac...

Hola! Last month me and Hubs went to Semarang, Magelang and Jogjakarta. We went to Semarang to visited my mother and nephew. Basically we didn't visit a lot of place at Semarang. We just went to Pagoda Avalokita, visit Susan Spa at Ungaran, Umbul Sidomukti, stay over night at Wujil Hotel and did some culinary experience. That's all. I asked him to visit Sam Po Kong temple and Lawang Sewu, but he refused and said not interested to visited that place 😑😑 My husband fell sick on his 2nd day at Semarang so I didn't want to make him so tired (although we still very tired although we didn't go to many places lol). Okay, gonna make a lot of review about Toko Oen (the place that I strongly think made my husband fell sick), Susan Spa at Ungaran, Umbul Sidomukti, hotel Wujil review, and my bad experience with Day Trans shuttle. See if I have the mood to finish all of that. I already made some draft about my journey to Magelang and Jogja also. Maybe those experience at Se...

Hola! Recently, I got free 3 class for 7 days to use at Platinum Yoga (PY). I'm kind of cheapskate hahaha. But personally I think its good to have this free class so that I can experience before I decided which yoga studio to sign up their package. What I like about PY : 1. They have branch at Westgate which means near my home. 2. The view is amazing. What I don't like about PY : 1. The place is small. Like really small. Once I step in, I can see the place like very packed. You can see from my picture below. They don't even have door to go to the changing area, just a simple curtain. Although they have 6 shower area but they only have 1 toilet. 2. Expensive. That time when I went the staff gave me price $1688 for 12 months + free 3 months. Like seriously... 😱😱 Place so small and charge so expensive. I rather sign up at Pure with almost the same price (or maybe not that same lol). Sadly, even before I start my yoga class I know I won't sign up to their pack...

Hola! I got free class to try at Pure Yoga Singapore from my colleague. First I thought it will be unlimited free pass for 7 days. Ended up, I can only have 3 classes within 7 days 😓😑 I saw from internet that a lot of people said the facility is like 5 star hotel. I tried my class at Chevron House (Raffles Place) since its nearer to my home. Since the place is always busy (its at CBD area) so I'm not able to take picture of the shower area. Too bad. But you can look the picture on the internet. Its really like that! After tried their Hot 26 (which is basically bikram yoga class), I've been sweat a lot. Like A LOT!! I forgot how much hot yoga can make me sweat. And I really miss and love it. Although I entitled of 3 classes, I just tried one more class which is Hot Hatha 1. I will just burn my last free class because my sales person booked wrong class on my 2nd class (after I told him I didn't want to join their membership for now). Coincidence? LOL. After that tot...

Hola! From my previous blog, I did mention that I will buy another Young Living (YL) oil after I used YL Lavender and I was hooked! I ended up bought 2 more oils from YL which are Cedarwood and Eucalyptus blue. YL price tag is a little bit too much for me! FYI, this is my honest review, I'm not sponsored and Eden's Garden didn't know at all that I wrote review on their product. And whatever I told its based on my own experienced. So, after made some research, I decided to try another brand of essential oils that have good review of being more affordable than YL but also have a good quality of 100% pure essential oils. After did few research, I narrow down to 2 brands of essential oils that I wanted to try ; Eden's Garden (EG) and Plant Theraphy (PT). From price comparison, both of this brand almost have the same price. I tried to email both brands to ask some inquires and both reply very fast! Just within a day (I believe its because of the time difference betwe...

Hola! Sudah lama nggak update blog. Mager abis akhir-akhir ini. 😕😕 Jadii, sekarang gue mo cerita soal essential oil Young Living (YL) yang belakangan ini lagi ngetrend. FYI, gue bukan agent YL & gak berniat jualan. Ini murni review jujur dari seorang pengguna YL oil 👼😇 Jadi, gue udah lumayan lama tau soal YL dari instagram anaknya temen gue (padaal gue belom punya anak, tapi ni anaknya temen gue lucu banget makanya gue follow hahaha). Nah, anaknya temen gue (yg foto2nya diuplot sama mamaknya) ini pernah beberapa kali ngepost soal YL. Tapi dulu sih gue cuma sebatas tau aja & belum tertarik beli. Dan kayaknya YL oil ini terkenal banget di kalangan bu-ibuk. Lanjut cerita, gue udah lumayan lama punya masalah dengan yang namanya tidur. Penjelasan dari Om Google mengenai insomnia : Insomnia is a sleep disorder that is characterized by difficulty falling and/or staying asleep. People with insomnia have one or more of the following symptoms: Difficulty falling asleep. W...

Hola! I haven't info yet, but yeah me and my husband were back to Singapore !!! Couldn't be more happier. 😊😊😊 Since I really like to live here 😊😊😊 After I back at Singapore, I need to apply for Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP) so that I can stay longer at Singapore. FYI, my husband is Malaysian citizen but he is also a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) holder. I'm going to explain my story about how to apply LTVP, so its going to be a long story. 😌 And the requirement is back on 2017. There maybe some changes now. Not like at Malaysia, to apply for LTVP, you must do it ONLINE and your spouse need to have Singpass account. ICA (Immigration & Checkpoints Authority) Singapore will not entertain if you come directly to their office. Once the application approved, then only you and your spouse need to come together to ICA building and bring along the necessary documents such as marriage certificate, passport, etc (term and conditions apply). * You can check the infor...

Hola! I would like to make make another review regarding my favorite food at Singapore. It call : My Favorite Cafe. They sell Yong Tau Foo (YTF). The name of the cafe really say it all. I'm gonna talk about the one at Lucky Plaza. It become my one and only favorite YTF at Singapore *exaggerated*. 😋😋 This YTF was so famous that it always LONG LONG QUEUE during lunch time. Honestly speaking, back in Indonesia I never eat YTF. I only know this type of food when I moved at Singapore in 2010. I did try some YTF and honestly all the YTF I tried just taste like a normal soup and vegie to me 😆😆 Nothing taste special except this one... And I knew this cafe from my ex colleague I guess (forgot already lol). What are they famous for? The fried meatballs and also the mushrooms. Both are super super yummy. The meatballs were so crunchy and I don't know how the owner fried it, but seriously it taste super good (especially when you put together with the sweet sauce). The mushrooms w...

Hola! I would like to make review regarding martabak manis (sweet pancake) that's famous at Indonesia. Sadly, at Singapore I feel like this martabak is rather hard to find. So far I only ate this martabak at Jtown and Pancake Boss (located at Bugis Cube). Last time I saw from internet that somebody sell this martabak around Changi but I'm not quite sure whether now they still sell it or no. Pancake Boss located at Bugis Cube at level 4. The place is not so spacious but the good news is you still can eat there. I've been tried this Pancake Boss at 2015 before I leave Singapore to KL. During that time I believe they have change ownership/management because they did close the store for renovation within the past 2 years. And since now I'm back to Singapore, I would like to try it again. I take away martabak oreo cheese. I needed to wait within 15-20 minutes till they finished my order. Since after that me and my husband going to eat our dinner, so by the time we reac...

Hola! Recently I tried this Irvin's salted egg crackers. I knew about this brand from my husband friend while we went to Westgate Mall. He said this crackers is so happening that usually around 7pm all their products sold out already. Hmm.. really that good meh? Irvin's only sell potato chipcs, fish skin & salted egg sauce. They have 2 sizes for the crackers, small size cost $8 and big size cost $16. while the salted egg sauce cost $8. So one day, I tried to buy the crackers at Jurong East. I purposely come morning time to avoid the crowd I'm such a kiasu . There's this lady offering the tester product. So I tried the fish skin & potato chips. From the tester I can feel the salted egg taste quite strong and I decided to bought both products in small size. And when I ate it (I share the fish skin with my husband family back at KL)... kinda disappointing because the fish skin is just half of the package, the other half only air. But then I really...

Hola! I'm gonna make some review regarding this 2 brand of lipstick/lip matte. I bought this 2 brands quite some time ago. As far as I know, Fame was a local Malaysian brand. The price is just RM 29 plus RM 8 for postage so in total it cost RM 37. I bought the "Rusty" color. While for Kat Von D, the price is RM 99 (I bought from Sephora KL). I bought "Beloved" color. The con's of Fame : 1. It dried quite long, at least I need to wait for few minutes till the lip matte fully dried. 2.It make my lips dry!! 😓😓 I don't like the feeling when my lip very dry 😕😕 Maybe it just happen to me. I'm not sure, I no expert on beauty/cosmetics things. Honestly, I don't recommend this brand. The con's of Kat Von D : 1. The color will come off if you eat oily food but I guess every lipstick does anyway. I've no issue with it. 2. They don't have complete color shades at Sephora KL. Actually I wanted to buy Lolita II but that time Sep...

Hola! This is a very late post regarding step by step to marry a Malaysian. I'm Indonesian and my husband is Malaysian. Now I'm already married to my Malaysian husband. Honestly speaking, getting married at KL was very frustrating and tiring process 😕😕 due so many documents need to prepare. Hope this post can help people who want to get marry with a Malaysian. I try to remember every steps and write it down here. FYI, me and my husband aren't Moeslem and this whole process was done at 2015. STEP 1 : Go to the local Embassy to request for Reference Letter to Register Marriage in Malaysia (Surat Keterangan Untuk Menikah) Address : Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia Kuala Lumpur (KBRI KL) No 233. Jalan Tun Razak WP KL 50400 Office Hours : Mon-Fri : 9 AM - 5 PM Closed on Sat, Sun, Indonesia & Malaysia public holidays Document to bring : From the Non-Malaysian (Indonesian) : 1. Single status letter - obtained from home country local civil registration offic...

Hola! Woahhh, what a busy month!! Finally the concert time has come!! How fast time flies!! I just watched the concert last month. I came to Singapore on 30th March 2017 (while the concert was 31st March 2017). I stayed for 3 days 2 nights. The concert start at 8 PM and the gate start to open at 6 PM. And guess what, some people start to queue since 6.30 AM 😱😱😱 I met my friends at Kallang MRT (just beside the Singapore Stadium where the concert will be held) at 6.30 PM. Actually me and my husband wanted to come a little bit later but my friend very kiasu she keep saying so many people queue already. 😂 But my husband keep saying we all already have the ticket then should be no problem right. But anyway, we still came earlier. When we reach there, the queue was so long (at the end I know the long queue was to people who bought standing ticket), luckily my ticket was sitting one, so we didn't need to queue so long, YAY! 😂😻😻 After having dinner inside the stadium, we wai...

Hola! This time feel like want to share my experience in English. 😀😀 Thanks to Facebook who keep remind me of my old photos, I wanted to tell you about my own experience back in 2012 when I did my solo traveler to Barcelona, Spain. I know its been so late, but sometimes I just feel so lazy to write a long blog. But now I have the mood to write it down. 😆 Back in 2012, I was working at Singapore. And I wanted to visited my sister who lived at Holland, particularly at Groningen (from Schiphol airport its around 2 to 2.5 hours journey by train). I made some research before deciding which other cities to visit after I left Groningen. Among Europe cities, I really wish to visit Lisbon at Portugal or Barcelona at Spain. I already search everything to do at Lisbon and Barcelona. But due to my limited annual leave, I can only choose 1 city to visit. End up I chose Barcelona. Why? Its simply because long time ago I watched this Meteor Garden 2 series and I fell in love with Barcelona. ...

Hola! Lanjut lagi cerita soal tempat yoga. Setelah dari YM, gue sempet coba beberapa tempat yoga laen tapi nggak ada yg sreg. Contoh sempet nyobain Diva Yoga, tapi tempatnya jauh dan agak susah dijangkau pake public transportation. Jadi akirnya ❎. Terus sempet nyoba juga Bikram Yoga. Nah ini asik banget. Hot class dan 100% garansi pasti keringet ngucur gak berenti. Ya iyalah karena kelasnya udah diset sekitar 38 derajat, jadi otomatis duduk diem disana 10 menit juga lama2 keringetan 😂😂 Kelasnya cuma ada 1 yaitu si bikram yoga. Jadi selama 1.5 jam itu cuma ngikutin 26 posenya bikram yoga aja. Dan oleh dibilang nggak ada guru, karena cuma ada instruktur yg cuma ngomong aja di depan selama 1.5 jam itu. Jadi totally nggak ada yg ngoreksi pose kita. Dan kalo lupa abis pose A, pose apaan, liat aja tetangga lo & ikutin. Gampang! 😂😂 Intinya kalo di Bikram Yoga itu gue nggak mau sign paket karena muahal dan nggak ada gurunya. Jadi males. Biarpun seneng banget bisa keringetan buany...

Hola! Udah Maret 2017 ajaa! Cepatnya waktu berlalu 😀😀 Btw, gue mo  buat review perihal "Yoga Movement" di Singapore. Dulu udah pernah ngereview soal tempat yoga juga sih yg namanya Como Shambala . Sekarang mo lanjutin review soal beberapa tempat yoga yang pernah gue coba pas di SG. Gue ikut Yoga Movement (YM) waktu taon 2014-an. Lama aja yak baru di review sekarang 😂😂. Pertama gue ikutan single classnya dulu. Kalo gak salah harga buat drop in kelasnya waktu itu cuma S$ 15. Kalo gue suka kelasnya dan beli paketnya, itu single classnya jadi gratis. Waktu itu gue cobain YM di Orchard 22 (dekat Plaza Singapura). Gue sengaja pilih yg disana karena lebih dekat dr rumah gue di Novena. Waktu itu cabang mereka cuma ada di Tanjong Pagar, Carpenter Street (dekat MRT Clarke Quay), dan Orchard 22. Sekarang cabang mereka udah banyak banget. Sampek ada di East Coast, Tiong Bahru, dll. Waktu gue pertama dateng ke cabang yg di Orchard 22, asik sih tempatnya. Designnya kreatif dan ...

Hola! Lagi pengen ngeblog lagi. Kali ini mo cerita soal kota-kota kenangan gue. Seperti yg dulu pernah gue bilang, gue dari kecil udah pindah2 kota & waktu gede pindah negara. Jadi mo bikin beberapa list buat gue tulis disini. Sekalian buat kenang-kenangan, ntar kalo udah tua syukur2 ni blog masih ada & bs bikin gue senyum2 sendiri 😚 1. SEMARANG Semarang, kota kelahiran gue. Kenapa spesial banget? Karena ortu ketemu & nikah di kota ini. Gue dan sodara2 gue lahir disini semua. Gue tinggal selama beberapa taon disini sebelom pindah ke Bali. Jujur aja, gue gak gitu inget masa kecil di Semarang 😅😅 Cuma gue suka bangett sama makanan Semarang. THE BEST & to die for-lah menurut gue. 😂😂 2. BALI Tinggal di Denpasar, Bali, selama beberapa taon. Gue sempet sekolah TK disini juga. Di Bali, gue udah sempet inget nih masa kecil gue dan gue bisa bilang ini salah satu masa kecil terbaik gue (selaen di Jakarta). Waktu kecil kalo weekend, gue sekeluarga suka pergi ke ...