Clove, The Indonesia's Spices

Working in company that processing various spices have enrich my knowledge. I am graduated from Agriculture faculty, however, I must admit that having chance to be part of my current company made me realize Indonesia has few and well known spices in the world such as; vanilla, clove, and nutmeg

I will write more about clove this time. According to Scienagri.com Indonesia is one of the nine biggest countries that producing clove. In Indonesia itself the area which are the source of clove such as; Sulawesi, Maluku, Flores, and even Bali is also has produce clove. The peak season of clove during August to Sept, however it could be changed depend on the climate condition. Like in 2023 where rainy season happen longer cause shortage of clove stock in the market and kick the price up.

In the market in Indonesia for industrial clove, the standard quality called AB6 so with kind of calculation the total of moisture percentage (Kadar Air) and foreign material (Kadar Kotor) are max 6. I must be honest that I fully understand about this calculation a year ago after educated by one of suppliers.

Manufacturer could turns clove to become extract either in liquid or powder as well as make it into tea bag cut finish goods. Cigarette, pharmacy, food and beverage industries are also using clove.

Clove it self has several benefits and good for health. There are: anti bacteria, good for blood sugar level, maintain the lever health etc.

Next time I will share more about other Indonesia's spices or perhaps my journey working in spices company which give me chance to visit many cities in Indonesia.

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Retinol B3 Serum and Hyalucera Moisturizer by The Originote

To overcome the skin aging process which basically is a normal process in life, until several months ago, I still stick to use only moisturizer as skincare for my face and adding the compact powder for outdoor activities.

However, as I also often on field duty and expose by the sunlight, then I realize I need more booster to strengthen the skin barrier, especially for my face. 

My face skin isnt sensitive type, its dry to normal condition and I know as far its moist enough it doesnt give me problem so far, so I have wide chance to trial various face skin care. One of the good combinations to boost the skin barrier during the day is to apply serum, moisturizer, sunscreen, and lock them with compact powder. I will share one by one for each product in this blog, and I will start it with the serum.

Its Retinol B3 Serum by The Originote. Currently, I will buy my 3rd bottle, this retinol serum is fast absorbed into the skin, light, and giving cool sense in my skin. For the technical review of the product ingredients you can read here

Compare to the other brand of retinol serum which I also bought in the same time while having the originote, eventought it mentioned like consist of 6x retinol content, but personally the one from originote still the best for my face skin. 

In term of price, its bearable, for like 20ml the price range around IDR 40-50K, I think is good price for good quality product.

Beside the Retinol B3 Serum, other product that I recommend for from the originote is the Hyalucera Moisturizer. 

If the serum I use it for the day, the moisturizer I prefer to apply in my face the night before going to sleep. As its light and same, giving cool sensation in my face, and further for the night, I think no need like applying too heavy or to good skincare, as the skin only need to maintain its moist condition, and the Hyalucera Moisturizer is a good option for me by far. The ingredients you can also read here if you're curious and want to have more detail.
The price is also bearable around IDR 42K, here is the link for the pricing taken from The Originote Official Store

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Retinol B3 Serum

Hyalucera Moisturizer

Samsung S22 5G - I Hold it Perfectly

Mobile phone currently can be said one of the life complementaries, well in my point of view, because I am very rare to watching TV, or reading newspaper, or even books, because all of the news and entertainment, can be provided by so many online sources. Even books or novels, you can simply download an app, and there you go, you can read any genre that you like!.

I have been an android user ever since its existing. The size evolution, the android change series, and lots of hi tech improvements to deliver a mobile phone to user hand and make their life easier. Some user might like the size of the mobile phone big; I mean the display at 6 inch up, and it depends on their purpose on using the mobile phone, a professional photographer, or video creator, might love bigger display as they use it for making or editing their work.

Personally, I like mobile phone which fit in my "small" hand, not too big and not too small either, I have been waiting for long time to finally having the Samsung S22 5G

As usual before I buy new mobile phone, I always go to GSM ARENA to find out more information specification and recommendation. Samsung S22 5G has body dimension: 146 x 70.6 x 7.6 mm (5.75 x 2.78 x 0.30 in), which exactly the size that I really like the most. Comfort in my hand and easy to keep it in my pocket. 

The internal memory, I chose the 256GB 8GB RAM, which I believe good enough to cover my need for big storage as I like to watch korean drama and keep many pictures in my mobile phone. The camera capability is also awesome, very clear and there are various options that you can choose based on your capturing target.

Of course it has a weakness, which is the battery, it has only 3700 mAh. It makes you do the charging at least twice a day, but again, I think this weakness is not really a matter, if you only use the mobile phone for daily usage such as; whatsapp, scrolling through instragram, listen to spotify, and even watching netflix, a full 1x charging still good enough tho.

So far it runs well, still less than a year, and hope it will no problem. Not a paid review, not a promotion, and with lots of source of mobile reviewers I think the GSM ARENA still my favorite place to get update information or review about gadget especially a mobile phone before I decide to buy new one. Just to make sure that with the money I will spend, I will get the optimal product with all its strength and weakness

-life is good-

pic source: Samsung Newsroom Indonesia