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

Manado in Story

Recently I was on duty to Manado, the main city in North Sulawesi. This wasnt the first time I went to Manado, roughly it was the 6th time so far. Well yes, until the duty is done I havent visit Bunaken! 😅. But its ok i got chance to visit another " Bunaken" instead

Bunaken, it is famous among visitors, but there are another places that you could consider if you visit Manado, like Soekarno Bridge, Tomohon, Paal Beach, Pulisan Beach, and also Gunung Tumpa, and many more

Another good thing is that this time I have more chance to explore the manado culinary experiences, from Bubur Manado (Tinutuan), Goroho, Nasi Lemak, Gado-gado (with daun gedi), Nike, delicious pudding (itsnt too sweet) and yess found a good americano! damn....its so goood!

In Soekarno Bridge, you can witness sunset in the City, well am a balinese who never get enough with sunset ✌it will always beautiful thing no matter where you see it. The proof of the existing of God and the proof that the earth is round and there is a beginning and the end of everything

In this YOLO life I know that I am blessed to have warm family, to have freedom to choose what I want, to have chance being educated, I am just blessed...thank you Allah, I thank You so much, please let me be the way I am, treat people as human no matter what, just being me that will always learn being kind and never stop to do the good things in life, as simple as that

-life is good-

Journey in Flores

As part of spices company as well as being ready to support the company agenda, therefore around early June I had a chance to join a division in Tripper called SAD to run their yearly agenda with farmers in Flores, NTT
I was part of team that based in Maumere, it is the city of Sikka regency. I took the direct flight from Denpasar - Maumere with a transit at Labuan Bajo. The total time took around 3.5 hours until I arrived at Frans Seda airport. 

The city was sunny, the road not really traffic, I stayed at a warm and clean place named St Camillus Service Center. Managed by a Catholic Father whom very friendly, you can stay here with rate Rp 150k/night per room for 2 person max, with air con, and attached bathroom. It was comfy place to stay, if you dont expect too much service ya

They trip with the SAD team was quite challenging which almost from Camillus to the villages that we need to visit, in average took around 2-3 hours, the villages mostly in highland with many turns so I am sure you can imagine how hard it was. The good things are; I had chance to meet farmers with all their characters, how to deal with them, to coordinate and manage with the team, and of course the beautiful sceneries that I pass by.

In Maumere, I spent around 11 days and continue the journey to Adonara.

To reach Adonara from Maumere it took around 3-4 hours by land to Larantuka, and then continue with speed boat for about 5-15 minutes, its depend on which port you leave from.

In Adonara, my company has facility here to process the spices, the facilities included office, production, warehousing, and room to stay for the staff. 

The location is close to the beach, so can enjoy sunset everyday! The days I spent in Adonara was around 8 days and all is good with valuable experiences and good friends.

Time to go back to Bali and I took the same route, Adonara - Larantuka - Maumere - Denpasar

What a journey

Never imagine before in this good life I have chance having journey to many places in Indonesia mostly to villages and meet farmers and visiting field, all of it drive me to always and always feel blessed with all I have. Because sometime when you feel you facing hard time, there are others that have hardest than you are

--life is good. liar is shit--

Selayar Island

Got chance to visit this island again on last march. Almost 3 weeks spent time there for understand more about nutmeg's supply

Selayar is an Island which located at the most southern end of South Sulawesi, the quiet and now isolated island of Selayar, with its swathes of pristine white sand beaches and crystal clear tropical waters, in fact, used to have an illustrious past (indonesia.travel)

My company has a facility here, in this island, the main purpose is to establish good relationship with farmers around and to manage good organic spices
The weather in Selayar when I was there mostly sunny and yes it was hot, and I think compare to Bali, its hotter.

I got chance to go to a hidden gem, and its a beach the name is Labuang Nippaya. It has white sand, its clean and so beautiful, well I think because not much people knowing the place yet, I hope it keeps like this when I have chance to revisit it again 😊😊

The food? of course I taste some of them, pallu basa, jalangkote, meatball, and ahh there is a cafe, the name is Simbiosa at Benteng city, it has well I like it the most a black citrus coffee named milarose, taste good and pure from arabica, to get to this cafe from my facility is about one hour by motorbike

In general, it was good to back to Selayar....

 

Day 1, 2023

Time flies fast..it's true, 2022 hours ago left behind with all the ups and downs, with all laughing and tears, with happiness and sad things...thats life!

What would you do in this year ahead Rina?

I think my spirit is the same, still want to do many good deeds in life, learning more and more about life and saying more Bismillah and Alhamdulillah in every things that happen in my life path

Learning to love myself and its ok sometime to ignore others

I do hoping that people arounds having and reaching the best things in their life

I dont have a bucket list which needs to be reached, but I have few things that hope will be happen...and yes, you need to keep having hopes because I think it will color your life more..

Happy New Year mina-san! Ganbatte!

--Jogja dan Kenangan by Langit Sore--

World Cup 2022 - Argentina

I dont want to miss this moment too, to express how lucky am to witness best world cup match ever, between Argentina and France last sunday (December 18, 2022) even thru Television 😊

I watched it with my father aka Bapak, as only both of us in the family that understand football!

From the beginning I am for Argentina, while Bapak on France side. The first half Argentina is quite aggressive and having chances to score goal, the result in 23' and 36' Messi and Di Maria both scoring the goals 2-0 for Argentina. Seem at time is impossible to France to catch up, but yet the ball is round, and everything is possible to happen.

In the 2nd half, I guess no one will predict that France surprisingly able to score goals by Kylian Mbappe and 2-2. Both supporters seem cannot believe what happen, well hello me either also cannot believe, this match so f*ckin rock

In 108' Messi again scoring goal, and once again the feeling said...ok this is it, Argentina will win the match, but then again.....Mbappe in 118' equal the score to 3-3, great match!

This final ended with penalties and yes like worldwide knowing, Argentina won 4-2, the destiny speak itself 

I think Maradona will smile widely in heaven....after 36 years Argentina finally bring the trophy home.

Its been long time too for me to watch football full match, the feeling, the excitement, the yelling (my mother, said: shut up....you disturb the neighbor, who care, this is world cup final!)...what a match, I wont ever forget it. This is the same feel when I witnessed final match of Champions League back in 1999, MU finally beat Bayern Munich in such dramatic goals in the last minutes.

I love football mostly because of be teamwork is must and the fair play, which can be applied in any kinds of your life path, be teamwork and be fair. 

Felicidades Argentina! Congratulation Argentina!

Picture taken from: Pixabay

My List of Taylor Swift

Well if spotify give you a wrap every end of the year, I have my wrap list of Taylor Swift

I adore her, for her talent, confident, positive influence, no drama, and yes for all her songs that full my heart and drive my head to cross the limit and always trust on myself 

Here you go:

Cruel Summer, White Horse, Back to December, The Last Time, Style, Wildest Dreams, Gateaway Car, Mr Perfectly Fine, London Boy, Cornelia Street, My Tears Ricochet, August, Epiphany, Exile, August, Renegade, Dear Reader, Maroon, Bejeweled, and All to Well (TS's version)....

Same list as yours?

Bali, December, 2022....close to the end of this year and cant wait for the upcoming 2023, wishing for love, happiness, and good life for me and everyone!

Picture taken from: The Daily Aztec

First Love Hatsukoi

Allow me to start this post with my favorite line from this Japanese drama

--zettai matta aeru--

The meaning is; definitely will meet you again!

This drama aired in Netflix, inspired by Utada Hikaru's songs tittled First Love and Hatsukoi

Lovers Namiki and Yae, meet by fate, they fall in love, separated, and by the fate they meet again and the ending is like what I hope...a happy ending

The drama's flow is the combination between past and present, the scene exchanges doesnt confusing, yet it swings the emotion...brings me to tears, yes a lot hahaha...

How Namiki is so persistent in study just to be with the same school with Yae, pushing himself to the limit, and how Yae secretly like Namiki, and refusing others date, ahhh what a cute storyline 💗

How parents good willing sometime isnt the best for their children, and instead end up to bitter and pain, which happen to Yae, she is facing her husband rich family, and how her mother in law down her to low, and she decides to divorce, well it might happen in real life no?

For you who like romance genre, this drama is recommend to watch

For you who want to refresh the memory of "first love" this drama will full you

For you who love Utada Hikaru, you will automatically watch this drama

For you who miss the lover, you will start to believe "zettai matta aeru"

--Aishiteru 💗💗💗--

POV : Hero and Patient

Its been long time I havent post, just dont get the mood to write

Yesterday I check my Linkedin and got insight about 2 interesting things; hero and patient

The hero thing brings up by Milka Santoso from HeartHunter

Her opinion about being hero and playing hero, in short my understanding; being hero is when you do something, its kinda your natural action without no intention or goals, while playing hero, is when you do something its being planned to gain attention or being recognized by others. Interesting….which one is you?

Sometime when you face a kind of condition or situation and you did an action….the difference between being or playing hero is so thin I guess

However, totally agree that the right way is the “being hero” whatever it cost

Second thing is about patient by Fira Basuki, currently she is open to work, she shares about her ideal criteria of company that she wants to work with. There are four points which basically I agree, and to gain all the criteria in a company indeed need patient, hope best luck for her

Patient in process of looking or applying for a job is very important, because sometime you are lucky to get hire faster, or sometime need months to finally hired

To implemented being hero and patient in life…these can be easy or hard, I think will be depend on each personal, its your choice how you will drive your life and which direction you wanna go

== life is good, enjoy every second of it ===