Selamat hari Kartini. Mari fokus untuk kembangkan pengetahuan dalam diri dan tak melulu berusaha perbaiki apa yang orang lain anggap tinggi. #2016

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 I don’t go traveling because other people are doing it or for the sake of flying. I do it when I want to break boredom and to train myself to become a nomad one day. 

Being a nomad needs financial independence, so I have to work on it today. 

For now, I like the idea of taking a month break within a year to travel. These are the books I picked up during my last 5 weeks trips in the U.S.-South Korea. I like the experience and being in a new environment, but I dislike air turbulence, packing, boarding, waiting at the lounge, etc. 

I like spending hours in libraries and come back several times to the same library that I like. Maybe cuz we don’t have good libraries in Indonesia, or because I have a lot of spare time to read during vacation. Sometimes I missed touristy spots because I spent too much time at one library or book store. 

Up until this day, I still don’t know why I like books so much that I could instantly feel at home when I visit a library or book store. #bookworm #reading #traveldiary 

New look of Gojek app. Finally they are trying to catch up with the other foreign players. Well done, Go-CAR. Lol. The fare is not much different than a cab fare, which now has been adjusted following the decrease in fuel cost.

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Energy drained every time we finished hosting a meetup. It requires attention to details, good coordination, and takes lesson from mistakes. As an INTJ person who doesn’t really enjoy public speaking, I want to stay quiet for the rest of the day after that. Lol.

Is it worth the effort? I’d say yes, cuz we encourage ppl to read and stimulate their minds, to ask, to find answers from books.

With JBC, I read more books even in my busy days (not as much as I used to when I’m in primary and secondary schools, but good enough). When I was 5-20, I read 2-3 books a day, or about 720 books a year (complete all the books, not just partial). If you combine the total, that’s more than 10,000 books in 15 years. That are still more books out there! So, yes, I regretted the years when I abandoned my love of reading.

If you haven’t read enough, you are missing a lot. #jakartabookclub #April

What is Big Bad Wolf book sale?

It’s basically the first warehouse sale for imported books which aims to boost the love of reading by cutting price tags on books up to 95%. They started it in Malaysia in 2009, and expanded to Indonesia this year.

Find various genres, especially children’s imported books, at super affordable price! Better save your money on this one and bring a luggage with wheels to the event. You’ll find it hard to resist 3.5 million NEW books that are offered. Info: http://www.bigbadwolfbooks.com/id/ #BBWJakarta

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If you wonder about what happened in Syria and the conflicts between several religious groups and the government, maybe this book is for you.

“In Praise of Hatred”, a banned book in Syria, is a novel that kinda explain the mind of a naive teenage girl who got transformed (if not brainwashed) into a mujahideen, without realizing that she lives in confinements throughout her lifetime.

Read the full review: http://www.jakartabookclub.com/2016/04/book-review-in-praise-of-hatred-khaled.html

The book is sold for only Rp 60,000 at Big Bad Wolf (BBW) Book Sale event, from April 30-May 8. #BBWJakarta

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The famous croissant from Nomz restaurant in Grand Indonesia (East mall, UG). It’s our favorite restaurant these days, beating Publik Markette which is located just across. These two restaurants are surely competing head-to-head, with similar menu and coffee treats.   

However, I gotta hand it to Nomz, because from time to time they seem to meet our expectations in service and food quality. Sorry Ismaya, you know that sometimes your food is just mediocre (cuz you’re depending too much on selling atmosphere)! Nomz has more variety of desserts (waaay better than Union) and gives free appetizers at the beginning of serving (like most fancy Italian restaurants in Jakarta). So, if you are having sweet tooth or only in town for a stint, don’t forget to drop by at this restaurant. It has even served dessert creation from Reynold Poernomo, the finalist of Master Chef Australia s7. 

Weekend is always a challenge to get a table at restaurants in Jakarta’s mega malls. The fastest way to reach this place is from Kempinski hotel lobby (you can find a tunnel goes to Grand Indonesia and, voila! The restaurant is located on the left side of the elevator).   

When you’re feeling lucky… #TGIF #April

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Hooq finally launched in Indonesia. Rp 49k a month, cheaper than Netflix, with more local content like Indonesian movies and old TV shows like Warkop DKI, AADC, but without original production like Netflix. With Hooq, you can download the film and watch it offline, so it won’t eat up your bandwidth. Which one would you pick? #hooqtv #netflix #streamingTV – at Potato Head Garage

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