5 March 2019

This the second day of waking up in the camper van. Somehow I was getting used to it. After morning activites: breakfast and cleaning the camper, we went to our first destination. Today we planned to stay at Launcheston, so we were going to north east. Therefore, our first stop was Tasmanian Devils Sanctuary. It is only one minutes away by car from Cradle Mountain National Park. Well, actually it is part of the park. 

 

It was still early and the sanctuary was just open. Only few people were there. This is the place where we can see and observe how Tasmanian Devils life. It costs $25 for adult and $20 for senior (for more detail). If I am not mistaken, we can choose whether to wander by ourself or being guided. We choosed to wander by ourself. We took our time wandering and observing the devils. I was amazed that I could see the devils so close. They are so rare and only can be found in Tasmania. 

Before we left, I bought a souvenir for my close friend and a tasmanian devils doll for my kid. She loves it and it is a must item for her whenever she go. Couldn't believe it almost lunch time when we finished wandering the sanctuary. We left the sanctuary and drove to the next destination, Cataract Gorge. However, on the way there we found a gorgeous garden that have a restaurant inside. Which later I found out that is called Villarett Garden. 

Around 45 minutes after, we reached Cataract Gorge. Whooaa, never thought that the gorge is located pretty close to the Launcheston city.  Actually, it was beyond my imagination, in a good way. It is a very well maintained. There are parks, trails, cafes, and the chairlift around the area. The chairlift, which is said as the longest single span in the Southern Hemisphere, can be used to enter the park if you don't want to take a long walk. Me and my husband took the walking trails, continued to the north bridge and enjoyed the view from the park in the end. To be honest the walking trails was quite challenging for me. In some area, it is a downhill with full of rocks around and I was carrying my baby. It was not easy way, but worth the scenery. We didn't go the suspension bridge because it is a bit far and we kind of out of the time. We had to reach the accomodation before dark. 

We stayed at Big4 Launcheston Holiday Park and thankfully when we got there, it was almost dark. We still had time to prepare the dinner, did the laundry (oh yes they have the coin laundry), and took a shower. I loved their bathroom, clean and clear with a good lighting. Even though the cooking area was not really in good condition, we still managed to cook at our van.  After finish cleaned everything, time to take some rest to continue the trip. 

More stories will come and in the meantime, previous story can be found here. 

Perubahan yang kurasakan setelah rutin konsumsi Prove D3 adalah jadi jarang lemas dan pegal-pegal. Apalagi diriku sibuk mengurus dua anak, bayi dan balita. Penting sekali konsumsi suplemen tambahan untuk menjada badan tetap sehat dan bugar. Alhamdulillah ketemu dengan Prove D3. 

Selamat mencoba dan jangan lupa jaga kesehatan ya guys! 

Siapa sih yang tidak kenal Uniqlo? Merk dagang pakaian dari Jepang yang sudah berdiri sejak 1949 ini pertama kali masuk ke Indonesia ditahun 2013. Hingga saat ini ada sekitar 30 lebih toko Uniqlo yang tersebar di seluruh Indonesia. Pertama kali belanja di Uniqlo sekitar tahun 2008/09 waktu masih sekolah di Jepang. Waktu itu beli jaket untuk sehari-hari dipakai ngampus. Karena kualitasnya yang bagus, jaket itu setia menemani sampai lulus di 2012. 

Terus, kapan pertama kali belanja di Uniqlo Indonesia? Hmm... Kayaknya tahun 2018/19. Sejujurnya diriku jarang berbelanja di Uniqlo Indonesia karena harganya terkadang tidak masuk budget belanja pakaian versiku. Hingga saat ini kayaknya baru 3-4 kali belanja di sana. 

Bulan ini, bulan yang penting karena ada orang terkasih yang berulang tahun. Karena dia lagi senang berolahraga (lagi), terpikir untuk memberikan kaos yang nyaman untuk dipakai berolahraga tapi masih bisa juga dipakai untuk berpergian. Setelah mencari-cari, akhirnya ku putuskan untuk beli di Uniqlo yang memang kualitasnya sudah ketahuan bagus. Karena tidak bisa kekuar rumah untuk sementara waktu, akhirnya mencoba belanja dari rumah. Dan ternyata, caranya sangat mudah! 

Berikut 3 langkah mudah berbelanja Uniqlo dari rumah: 

1. Pilih produk yang mau dibeli dan catat kode produknya, kode warna, dan ukurannya. Karena nantinya itu akan dibutuhkan ketika mengisi formulir pemesanan. 

2. Pilih toko terdekat dengan dirimu. Di website resmi Uniqlo, kamu bisa memilih toko mana yang terdekat untuk pengiriman instant. Kalau tidak ada cabang Uniqlo di sekitarmu, bisa pilih cabang Grand Indonesia atau Pondok Indah Mall untuk pengiriman ke seluruh Indonesia. 

3. Setelah memilih cabang terdekat, kamu akan disambungkan dengan akun Line Cabang tersebut. Misalnya, pilih cabang Mall Taman Anggrek, maka akan disambungkan ke akun 'Uniqlo MTA'. Nantinya kamu bisa mengisi formulir pemesanan yang ada di sana. Setelah mengisi, kamu akan dikontak lebih lanjut mengenai pembayaran. Tinggal ikuti langkah dari mereka dan barang akan tiba di rumah kamu dengan selamat. 

Mudah bukan? Selamat mencoba dan jangan lupa untuk mengikuti langkah-langkah yang diberikan oleh akun Line Uniqlo ya. 

Growing up playing the Sims almost every weekend and holiday makes me dreaming to have my own home. I even apllied for an architecture major back in college. Thankfully, soon my dream will come true. I will have my own home. It takes longer time than what I plan, but it's okay. 

Me and my husband don't have any experience in designing nor building anything (house in this case), so we decided to hire an architect to take care of it. We looked for an architect who also can build the house, not only drawing it. Most of the time the architect only draw the design of the house. Then the client will have to look for the contractor, who will make the house based on the drawing. We think it will be less hustle for us if we look for an architect who has their own contractor. We also think that the contractor can interpret the design very well if both of the architect and the contractor are often working together.  

Who tought looking for an architect will be difficult. It is like finding 'the right person' for marriage. Finding someone who will commit for the long term relation, building the house. However, based on my experience, I conclude some important points while looking for it. 

• Use the social media for peeking up their portofolio. Nowadays everything is getting easier. We can get anything from the social media. For me, I used instagram for browsing the architect. Firstly, I randomly searched #arsitekjakarta and #rumahminimalis on Instagram. If I found some interesting house that I like, I shared with my husband. We checked the portofolio, whether it's matched with what we want or not. If it's matched, we contact the architect. 
• Ask people for the recommendation. We also asked our friends who works in the same industry. We thought maybe they have some reccomendation who is good on it. After we got some names, we checked their portofolio. Most of them are using Instagram to show their works. 
• Contact more than one architect in the same time. After having some names, we contacted them. Asking some questions: how much is their cost? Do they have their own contractor? Is there any recent work that we can see and it is not on Instagram yet? etc. While contacting them, it is better to contact 2-3 different architects to save some time. So you have other options if the first one doesn't work. 
• Meet them in person and see their recent work. It is important to talk in person. We can see whether we can work together or not after meeting in person. Well, today meeting in person might be impossible but we can use the technology, video call. Furthermore, ask to see their recent work, the real house. So you can see the quality of their work. We contacted bunch of architect but only met 3 of them. Then we went to 5 houses. All the houses are made by different architect. We even met the owner of the house and had chit chat regarding the process of their house.