Travel: Jember, The Indonesian Carnival Center

Jember has been famous internationally for its carnival, Jember Fashion Carnaval . Unfortunately I visited this regency last month on June when the event doesn’t take place. The regency is in East Java and it is written in Wikipedia as the third most populated area in the province after Surabaya and …

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Movie Review: An Education, There’s No Shortcut to Your Dreams

'The life I want, there is no shortcut…' In this dull life, she lure easily by an older man, David Goldman during her way home. With Bristol car and full of promises Jenny started follow him everywhere, to expensive painting auctions, fine restaurants, and bars. She begins tell lies to her p…

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Travel: Seven Things to Consider Before Visiting China

1. Check the weather Beijing is a city with four seasons. Check the weather first. I like to check it in http://www.timeanddate.com/. It will determine what kind of clothes you have to pack. The temperature was 7 Celcius degree when I was visiting on November 2015.   2. Bring wet tissue or bottle.  The …

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Danau Maninjau, Negeri 5 Menara, dan Kelok 44

Danau Maninjau adalah danau vulkanik dan merupakan danau terbesar kedua setelah Danau Singkarak di Provinsi Sumatera Barat. Daerah ini juga yang menginspirasi novel Negeri 5 Menara karya Ahmad Fuadi hingga diangkat kisahnya ke layar lebar. Penulis sendiri berasal dari Nagari Bayur, masih di daerah …

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Travel: Matur, Nagari Labu

Jika Anda mengunjungi Danau Maninjau dari Bukittinggi, Anda pasti tidak akan melewati Nagari Matur yang masih bagian dari Kabupaten Agam ini. Nagari adalah sebutan di Sumatera Barat untuk wilayah setingkat desa atau kelurahan. Matur bisa dibilang tempat persinggahan sebelum mempersiapkan nyali mele…

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Insight: Change Travellers' Frustations with Technology

With the vast development of mobile applications, more travelers prefer to stay connected when they're travelling. The top six travelers' expectations are: 1. Intelligent Recommendations - 86 percent desire a personalized travel guide which aggregates recommendations. 2. Intelligent tickets a…

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Book Review: Me Before You (Ein ganzes halbes Jahr)

Not long after ‘Love, Rosie’, the typical romance-comedy drama starring by Britons will steal the light with another adaptation book-to-movie ‘Me Before You’ by Jojo Moyes. The movie itself will be released around June 2016 played by Emilia Clarke (Games of Thrones and Sam Claflin (Hunger Games). S…

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Book Review: Coraline

Title                : Coraline Language       : Indonesia - terjemahan Author           : Neil Gaiman @neilhimself Publisher      : Gramedia Genre             : Children, fiction, mystery Do you still read children books? Well at least I still do! This is the first children book I’ve read in 2016. Fini…

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Article: Most Anticipated Pop Culture Event 2016 in Jakarta

Buat yang suka dengan pop culture mumpung masih awal tahun, berikut info acara pop culture yang menarik untuk dikunjungi:  1. Popcon Asia 2016 @PopconAsia  12-14 Agustus 2016, Jakarta Convention Center www.popconasia.com Menyusul kesuksesan Popcon Asia 2015 lalu, #PopconAsia 2016 kembali diselenggarakan…

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