The Acne Prone Wife

Don Rosa's Scrooge McDuck I am Don Rosa 's fans Belajar dari Paman Gober yang suka mengumpulkan koin emas , Berkat nasihat berbagai pihak dan bacaan financial news/blogs di internet, saya mulai senang membeli emas sejak beberapa tahun lalu. Awalnya saya berencana mengambil keuntungan lewat emas. Beli murah, disimpan sampai lama, nanti bisa dijual tinggi. Tetapi kemudian saya belajar dari @mrshananto di Twitter, kalo mau cari untung, borong baju di Mangdu aja terus dijual lagi dengan harga lebih tinggi. Setelah membeli dan menjual emas (sedikit-sedikit sih) mulai dari harga emas masih IDR300,000 sampai sempat menyentuh IDR550,000 dan sekarang si emas beredar di area IDR500,000, saya belajar bahwa saya menyimpan emas untuk: Sebagai pelindung nilai. Jadi begini, uang IDR1,500,000 lima tahun yang lalu, tahun ini daya belinya akan menurun karena inflasi. Maka saya melindungi nilai uang tersebut dengan menyulapnya menjadi emas 5gr lima tahun lalu. Tahun ini, 5gr emas te...

Karena kemarin ngobrol soal pupur sama @litarasmi di Twitter, jadi kepikiran nulis post ini, yaitu tentang pelembab, sunscreen, dan powder. Post ini bakal basic banget ya, saya yakin para remaja sekalian ada yang sudah pake segala macam serum dan cream yang dahsyat plus makeup gyaru dan Korea-korea yang imut (tapi somewhat bikin ngeri) itu. Berdasarkan fakta bahwa UVA dan UVB yang tiap hari dengan setia dikirimkan matahari kepada kita menyebabkan premature skin aging ( cek di sini dan google deh soal). Premature skin aging ini meliputi flek, keriput, kulit kendor, dll. Coba cek deh di wajah tante-tante yang sudah agak berumur, fleknya pasti di tulang pipi kan? Itu karena tulang pipi adalah bagian yang paling menonjol dan paling terpapar sinar matahari. Well, di US sih orang-orang concern dengan pake sunscreen untuk melindungi kulit dari UVA dan UVB karena mereka takut kena kanker. Tapi kita di Asia Tenggara yang kulitnya ga putih-putih amat mungkin ngga perlu setakut para bule, ...

Hello lovelies! (Gayanya manggil lovelies kalo udah post soal cantik-cantikan haha) There is a beauty giveaway from Si Cantik Tanpa Bangkrut because her blog is having its second anniversary :party: (I don't even know my blog's birth date haha). Go check it out: http://cantiktanpabangkrut.blogspot.com/2013/01/second-anniversary-giveaway-be-my-vip.html I have been following her blog since I don't know when, and I like it because she shares how to be pretty on a budget. Fits my wallet, doesn't it? :D Maybe the thing that intrigue me to frequently check Mak Mada's blog is because I like to see her daring outfit and sexy makeup. Check her bold red lips here . I wish one day I had the courage to sport red lips like hers. Another thing is her straightforward, honest review, which all of us need from a beauty blog: honest reviews. If there is anything to be improved in her blog, please put more pictures, and bigger pictures. I met Mak Mada in an online forum, so I...

A reminder for myself, which might be helpful for you as well, from @PritaGhozie's twitter today: Sebaiknya sebuah rumah tangga yang ingin punya pengelolaan keuangan yang baik harus membagi dana menjadi 5 pos berbeda. Giving : rekening ini isinya untuk menampung zakat penghasilan dan zakat harta yang sudah terkena mishabnya. (Or in my case: tithing). Living : ini isinya untuk bayar tagihan listrik, beli makanan, bayar uang sekolah anak, dan lainnya. Emergency Fund : ini isinya untuk dana darurat yang bisa diambil sewaktu-waktu saat dibutuhkan.  Saving: pakai rekening ini untuk melakukanp roses menabung dan investasi bulanan. Playing: rekening ini bisa dipisahkan untuk suami & istri, agar bebas melakukan pengeluaran pribadi yang disukai. Contohnya ke salon, belanja, dll. They say that ideally these five posts need five different bank accounts. However you can always make mental bank accounts and keep tidy bookkeeping, right? Have fun planning your financial life!...

Because of last month's clinical spa which I am not really fancy of , why not try spa at home, right? Selain karena ada kompetisi Create Your Own Spa At Home yang diadakan oleh Sariayu Martha Tilaar dan Female Daily http://femaledaily.com/createyourownspa/ , scrub Wardah kesukaan saya juga sudah habis dan saya ingin coba-coba scrub lain. Maklum, wanita. Semua scrub ingin dicoba. Biasanya ritual semi-spa saya di rumah cuma melibatkan scrub, lalu mandi. Tetapi ingin juga sih mencoba ritual spa yang agak lengkap. Jadi ini alat tempur spa yang saya beli di supermarket dekat rumah, semuanya dari Sariayu: Sariayu, Sariayu, Sariayu, Sariayu. Click for bigger picture. Oh iya sebetulnya produk-produk Sariayu Martha Tilaar juga dapat dibeli online di http://online.marthatilaarshop.com/ tetapi saya sudah terlalu sering belanja online. Sekali-kali ingin belanja offline supaya ingat lagi rasanya. (Will do another post on this online shopping addiction) Urutan pemakaian mari kita p...

Click for bigger picture So above is the advertisement that made me being one of the 259 people who bought the voucher. I bought the 3 times spa voucher because it's such a bargain, right? I also find that the reservation, which can be done through SMS, is very cnnvenient. They help me find a suitable time that match my 3-hour free time, which can be very difficult to find. So, let's see what they offer: a 3-hour complete spa massage body scrub body mask hair wash Now, what about my experience there? Was I satisfied and did I feel relaxed and pampered? Well, I have mixed feeling about this spa experience. For your information, I am not a spa avid. My experience of body treatment was only in a few traditional body treatment place or at times I have a beautician come to my house to give me body treatments. The Clinic Sadly, I did not have my camera with me, so let me just describe the clinic. Amethyst was a very clean doctor-feel clinic. It looked and smelled...

I am thinking that running out of town would be the best. Jakarta might be good. I know some friends there who want to help me. I can stay in one of their houses for a while before I find my own place. Or I can always stay in a hotel for a couple of days. I know a couple of affordable nice hotels. I also know some places where I can apply for work. I think I need to work if I want to live on my own. But how do I explain myself to my friends? I cannot think of a scenario where I do not honestly tell them that I leave my hometown because I cannot live with him anymore. I have to be honest. They will understand. They've seen my eye covered in bruises when I went to that party last year in Jakarta. No no no. Running to a town where I meet my friends will make it easy for him to be able to track me down. I might get caught fast. Difficult. Another option is to run away to my family's house in the same town. I can beg them to keep my hideout a secret. And even when he f...