Mystical Djokdja

There was a long weekend holiday at the end of last May! It was the last long weekend for this year, so I was thinking that I must used this time for a little refreshing. Some of my office mates planned to go to Singapore. I've never been to Singapore, and of course would love too. Unfortunately my wallet won't allowed me! ha ha Jadi, budget uang liburan yang udah disimpen dari awal tahun cuma cukup buat liburan domestik. Moreover, I got an offer from my buddy to come to Jogja where he stayed. Bebas transport dan penginepan deh! begitu tawarannya. Ya udah! It's decided then, Djokdja here I came!

The last time I went to Djokdja was such a long time ago! Back when I was still on elementary school. I remembered that I have visited Borobudur temple. And those memories were fading away anyway! So, I was kinda excited, yet worried at the same time. Truth is, I've never traveled for a vacation alone, not to mention to a place where I am not really familiar with. I used the Argo Dwipangga train to reached Djokdja! Quite a long journey, about 8 hours. To my surprised, the train was comfortable, I like it. When I arrived, my friend already picked me up! So, this is Djokdja, I said! Kotanya cukup kecil ya, tapi ternyata jalan-jalannya itu quite confusing. Mirip Bandung, dimana jalan-jalan banyak satu arah dan serupa penampakannya. 

Day 1 was kinda like an introduction, I only managed to go to Klaten to eat 'Bakmi Godog' and sipped a bowl of 'Wedang jahe'. Makanan dan minuman yang biasa saja sebenernya, tapi entah kenapa saat itu terasa nikmat sekali. 

Day 2 was amazilingly tiring! Early in the morning, gue dah siap-siap menuju Candi Prambanan! Tiket masuk Wisnus alias wisatawan nusantara seharga Rp. 15,000.00. Subhanallah... Candi satu ini bener2 megah, seksi, cantik sekali... It was a mystical experience for me, where I couldn't stop staring at the temple. I've never get bored! Amazing how this temple was build hundred years ago. Just by piling the stones one into others making a building that tall.Really a must be seen object! Sepulang dari candi, ada tukang jualan souvenir-souvenir gitu, tadinya udah males nanya karena takut dimahalin, tapi untung temen gue jago nawarnya! Candi-candian dari bahan logam apalah itu yang semula ditawarkan seharga 15ribu sebiji akhirnya berhasil didapatkan dengan hanya 10 ribu saja untuk 3 biji! satunya cuma 3 ribuan perak saja! Trus gue juga iseng beli craft becak-becakan seharga 10 ribu juga!A good deal lah menurut gue. 

Selepas dari Prambanan, kita lanjut ke Imogiri. Katanya disini ada makam raja-raja! Sekalian juga ingin nyicipin minuman sampah, 'wedang uwuh', yang katanya rasanya unik dan pernah masuk ke tipi! Well, memang benar sih sebutannya minuman sampah, karena selain warnanya yang merah, minuman ini juga dibuat dari macem2 daun-daunan kering yang dicampur jadi satu. Rasanya.. hmmm... anget khas wedang, ada wangi rempahnya juga, susah dideskripsikan sih, mesti dicoba sendiri saja! The cemetery itself, I must admit brought back some uneasy feeling! To reach the cemetery we must climb a berry berry long stairs. Menurut kuncen disitu, setiap orang yang menghitung anak tangganya pasti berbeda-beda! I was not counting, because I was concentrating to climb those hundred staircase. Capek! Setiba di atas, temen gue nanya mau foto-foto ngga? I look left and right, okay, there's no sign that taking picture was prohibited! But then, I questioned my self , do I really want to take a picture in cemetary? Jangan-jangan nanti ada yang ikutan berpose lagi. hiiiyy!! Perjalanan hari kedua dilanjutkan lagi ke pantai Parangtritis! Tadinya mau ke pantai Baron, atau pantai Krakal yang berdasarkan rekomendasi temen-temen lebih bagus. but my tourguide ga tau jalan kesana oi.. jadilah kita ke Parang tritis saja! Pantainya sih biasa aja, ga sebagus Anyer malah, tapi lumayan lah untuk bisa dapat feel vacation with sand, beach and sun! hi hi Apalagi abis main air dipantai, kita lanjut makan seafood di pinggir pantai! Komplitt deh!

Day 3 was the time for hunting hand fruits aka oleh-oleh! Sebelumnya kita sempetin sarapan Gudeg Yu Djum yang katanya terkenal banget, lumayan, I am not goin crazy about it, karena basically kurang suka dengan gudeg yang manis, kurang cocok di lidah gue tp I like the krecek! Lanjut dr sarapan, Gue singgah ke Malioboro, masuk ke beberapa toko batik! Lanjut lagi ke pasar Beringharjo! Sayangnya harga yang ditawarin lumayan mahal-mahal ya, mirip-mirip sama harga di Jakarta! Sebenernya bisa sih kalo mau gila-gilaan nawar, gue dapet kemeja batik 30rb, daster17rb, sama kain batik pesenan nyokap seharga 30rb! Cuma ya itu mesti gigih nawarnya! Otomatis ga banyak yang kebeli disini, secara temen gue udah mulai bete mukanya nemenin keliling hampir setengah pasar! ha ha! Siangnya masih disempetin jalan-jalan ke Keraton, alun-alun, sama Taman sari. Just taking picture here and there.

Ga kerasa, udah abis aja gitu long wikennya. Overall, I would say I am not regreting my decision to go to Djokdja! It's magical dan mystical.. and I would definitely visit you again soon! Masih ada Borobudur yang kelewat ga sempat dikunjungi karena waktunya mepet.. saving it for next time...Many thanks for my friend, Hendra, yang udah mau nemenin muter-muter Djokdja. Untung ada lo bro! he he  

Julian, Au Revoir Djokdja!!

The Transformen

Holla! Welcome 2010...
I know it's a bit late to welcoming 2010, but this is actually my first post in 2010, so it's still ok, I guess!

So, what's new in 2010 for me? hmm.... I could say one thing : I'm getting fat! huhuhu..
I was managed to reach my ideal weight around december 2009, which was 72 kg. But then, the holiday came and all the diet and worked out routines slipped away. Here I am, back at my stuck-hardtolose-weight again : 80 Kg! Erghh...
Today is the day! I am making a commitment : to shed this 8 kilos away in the next two months! Kalo istilah L-men nya : transformed into better body shape! So, In order to stick to this commitment, I will try to post my diet and work out routine here, as a reminder!

First for the diet :
Kebetulan sekali kemaren pas browsing ketemu web yang bisa ngukur BMI dan kebutuhan kalori harian. (click here) Berdasarkan website tersebut, My calorie needs is around 2,800 kcal perday! Sementara itu berdasarkan website lainnya (click here) : "If you want to lose fat, a useful guideline for lowering your calorie intake is to reduce your calories by at least 500, but not more than 1000 below your maintenance level." Hal ini berarti gue mesti mengurangi kalori intake sebanyak 500 - 1000 kcal. Let's decide to reduce 800 kcal perday then!. Pengurangan ini sendiri sepertinya bisa dari work out ataupun dari asupan makanan. My asumption is if I get to burn extra 800 kcal per day from work out, then I could keep my meal around 2800 kcal, but if I am being lazy and skip the gym, I should reduce my meal portion as much as 800 kcal.
The next thing to do is to calculate how many meal is 2000 kcal right? Dengan komposisi karbohidrat : lemak : protein = 40% : 20% : 40% dari total kalori, serta perhitungan 1 g karbo = 4 kcal, 1 g Protein = 4 kcal, dan 1g lemak = 9 kcal then I need to eat 200 gram karbohidrat, 200 gram protein, dan  45 gram lemak.
Rada ribet ya, ngitungin kalori intake ini, plus agak ga mungkin juga bawa-bawa timbangan setiap mau makan. Tapi paling ngga kan sekarang gue bisa menimbang-nimbang, nasi yg gue makan dalam sehari udah 200 gr belom, dada ayam atau daging yg dilahap udah 200 gr belum dst...

So, I come up with this diet schedule :

6-7 am : Lemon-ed water

8-9 am : breakfast : honey-ed wheat bread
11  am : snack : crackers / banana / apple
12 -1 pm : Lunch : Rice + bunch of green vegetable + chicken breast
3 - 4 : snack : Juices
6 -7 : Dinner : Chicken breast / Banana

Doakan gue bisa stick to the diet ya guys! Next post I'm gonna write about the work-out program


Julian, stick to commitment!! 

I am Handsome and Everyone loves me!

Pas lagi browsing kompasdotcon, ga sengaja gue baca artikel tentang Jennifer Love Hewitt (terakhir gue inget dia maen di serial ghost whisperer). The article wrote about her comeback to the entertainment world!  Surely with spectacular body shape for her age and also she seems glowing (dari fotonya ya, ga tau deh hasil fototoko bukan hehehe). So, what's her secret? Setelah dikorek-korek oleh wartawan yang nulis berita tersebut tentunya, ternyata her secrets for better quality of life are only two simple things! First, when she was going to sleep at night, she would feel beautiful! The next secret is when in the morning, right just before doing her daily routines, she would stand up in front of her mirror and then said five good things about herself to herself! Katanya sih, sehabis melakukan ini, she usually feels good about herself and ready for any challenges for the whole day.

After reading this, I thought that it's not such a bad idea huh!

Jadilah gue tertarik untuk mencontek resep si Jenn ini. Tonight, I will go to my bed and will feel handsome,  imagining that I am the most handsome guy in the universe! Next, tomorrow morning, I'd stand in front of my mirror while saying these things:

Julian, You look so handsome this morning

Julian, Your Smile is Perfect

Julian, You look slimmer than yesterday

Julian, Your outfit is very cool

Julian, Everyone you'll meet today is gonna love you.

Hahaha..kok kedengarannya narcissist banget ya, but let's try it and see if it will makes any difference

Julian...

Updates!!

Gosh.. It's been quite a while since I existed on the blogsphere. Last post was on July, that means almost two months ago. Well, Just wanna give new update on this post. So, What's new on me?

First, I got a job! Yippie. The long wait was now over! My friends knew how i longed to find a job. After six months of holding the title 'Pengacara aka Pengangguran banyak acara', Now I'm officially an employee. The job itself is in a bank, on treasury department. Well, I could say that this job is actually my dream job. The one that I can see myself do well on it. The story about the workplace will comes later as I'm still on training right now, and no exciting moments to be told happened yet.

Next, I now stay at a rent room (bahasa kerennya kamar kos, hi hi hi). The last time I stayed far away from home was like 4 or 5 years ago, back at my last year on college. Well, pilihan untuk nge-kos sih sebenernya terpaksa ya gue jalanin, secara tempat kerja letaknya di Thamrin dan selama masa training gue kudu masuk jam 7 pagi. The first week of works, I tried to drive my car or use the public transportation. Neither was good option. I got so tired on the journey to and from the office. Not to mention, the crazy stupid silliest traffic jam of Jakarta! Thanks but no thanks!! So, the option to stay on a rent room is the best one right now. Gue sebenernya senang sih nge-kos, in a way that I have more freedom yet I have to be more responsible. I like them both, being free and being responsible. Tapi eh tapi, despite that I like being anak kos, pas lagi bulan ramadhan seperti sekarang ini, jadi anak kos is sucked! Gue harus bangun jam 3 pagi, terus keluar beli makanan ke warteg yang lumayan jauh dari kosan, dan apa-apa mesti disiapin sendiri. Huh.. I miss sahur at home, when everything is already been served on the table for me eat!

About my work out program. It's kinda stuck he he he. Sebulan kerja, gue rada males nge-gymnya. Selain capek dengan rutinitas baru, gue juga harus nunggu transferan membership fitness dari single club to all club. Jadi berantakanlah program menuju perut ratanya. Mana selama training ini, the meal is served. Coffee break dua kali sehari plus lunch yang teratur seems to took its toll on me. Kalau kata temen-temen perbaikan gizi, but for me, it's like a nightmare! ha ha ha... seeing that I get chubbier, dan lubang ikat pinggang bergeser perlahan ke kiri. That's it! the moment where I said I'm so not gonna waste years of worked out! So I started to lessen my meal, only ate the meats and the veggies, with 5 spoon of rice max! he he he.. Thank God also, It's already ramadhan month! Fasting always make me loose a kilo or two on the way to end of it. So all is good now. Work out is started again like usual and meals are controlled. Although I have to missed a promise to myself that I will get a flat abs on my b'day this year. Well maybe it will be realized next year! Ganbatte!

Oh, My b'day! yes, I had it on last 21st of August! Urggh.. I'm getting old. :'(
Well, tentang bestday tahun ini, cukup memorable. Pertama, dapet best wishes and prays from all my friends. Sangat menyenangkan, mengetahui bahwa kita memiliki orang-orang di sekeliling kita yang ingat dan merayakan kelahiran kita. It makes me feel like I have been meant something being born to the world. At least to these wonderful persons I called family and friends. Btw, I also get a surprise from my office friend which is diceplokin dengan telur, tepung, susu. hehehe... Adooh, sounds childish huh, udah umur segini masih diceplokin kayak anak smu aja, but it was really nice gesture. It made that day becomes unforgettable. Thanks guys. (PS : Zera, tunggu giliranmu september ini! Hahaha *evilish laughs*)

Udah ah update-nya. Benter lagi udah mau sahur, time to sleep!!

Julian, grateful for his wonderful and beautiful life