My Yogyakarta Trip Part 4 (End) - Shopping and Misc

I'm going to wrap things up, I think people are getting bored with my Jogja trip. However, I still want to write about it :)

So, I will talk about shopping in this post. Do not expect massive shopping malls in Jogja, I think the biggest shopping mall is called Amplaz, but we did not get to go there. We went to Malioboro Mall, which is in Malioboro Street. Malioboro Street is a must-go place for tourist, it is like Batu Ferringhi Pasar Malam in Penang, lol.

Malioboro Mall.

Do you know that J.Co is from Indonesia?

Malioboro Street is supposed the busiest part in Jogja I guess (by judging by its traffic). You can find your souvenirs there. They have batik shops, local tidbits, t-shirts, key-chains, and many other things.

A batik shop with lots of batik products.

The Malioboro Street, with rows of becak (trishaw) waiting for you to ride.

Bought a batik shirt for Rp35k (~RM13), some fabric for my hobby (Rp10k/pc ~RM4), embroidery

sandals (Rp13k/pair ~RM5)

I love this snack. It is called Emping/ Belinjo. It is a crunchy cracker with a taste of bitterness.

The most important thing in my shopping list --> Tje Fuk product! I have blogged about Tje Fuk's Washing Cream, and I love it. So, it was time for me to stock up because in Malaysia you need to pay double price for it.

This is the Tje Fuk Beauty Centre. It provides facial treatments too.

I bought the Transparent Antiseptic Soap (Rp19500/pc ~RM8), Washing Cream 1 (Rp145k/tub ~RM53) and Washing Cream 2 (Rp105k/tub ~RM39)

We went to a factory outlet store as well. Plenty of branded stuffs there, CK, Billabong, Roxy, MNG, ZARA, Bape, you name it..Too bad we did not dare to spend much cos we were afraid of no money to go home. I bought a Disney Couture t-shirt (Rp69k ~RM25) and a pair of Miu Miu sandals for Rp55k ~RM20, they are too cheap, I am not sure about their authenticity, but for RM20, who cares?

The store, Kosmo. It was drizzling.

Another must-buy thing from Jogja ---> leather stuffs. We planned to buy leather bags, but we bought shoes instead. I bought a pair of leather platform sandals for Rp37k (~RM14).

I thought I have done with the food part of my Jogja trip, but I have not yet! Check out for this bakery called Amanda, which sells only chocolate brownies. My saliva starts dripping while thinking of this *gulp*. The brownies are super yummy! I can finish the whole loaf of brownies myself. That explains why I put on  so much weight lately.

Amanda, the chocolate brownie expert.

Rich, creamy chocolate cake. Price from Rp20k/box (~RM8)

I am drooling.

This brownie is topped with cheese..Yum~

Next, some pictures on our accomodation.

We stayed at Motel Mitra 2 @Kaliurang for Day 1.

Nice and cozy place. Rp180k (~RM64) per room. We booked two rooms.

Volcano view.

Indo mee goreng served by the motel at 5am in the morning. Because of time-zone different, the day was already super-bright at 5am.

Day 2 and 3, we put-in in Hotel Sewu Mas.

We got a suite with 2 rooms and a living room for Rp960k (~RM350) for two nights. This is one of the rooms.

So, that it is, my Jogja trip. We spent around RM1k per person for the trip including the air tickets (RM300 returns KUL-JOG-KUL). Pretty good, eh?

Goodies from Thailand

Wow, my sis is so good, she bought me lotsa stuffs when she was in Bangkok for vacation.

Here are the souvenirs:

Super spicy Squid Strips, they are really spicy, but I couldnt stop eating!

Boots Cleansing Gel with Beads

Boots Moisturising Deep Clean Foam. Wow, I have so much cleanser now, haha..

Sabai Arom Lime Hair Shampoo

Naraya Bag, oh, so cute!

Review - Nutrimetics Apricot Cleansing Mousse (with Vitamin E)

I am back at my hometown for a week, it is nice to go home. I had an interview with Sony, Bangi, but the interview did not turn out great. I was told that I was interviewing for Video Design Engineer in the email, but when I reached Sony, and after doing all the IQ tests that they gave me, they told me actually I was interviewing for Quality Improvement documentation post instead of the Video Design post. What the ??

Okay, back to products review that I have not been doing for a long time. I have been using this Cleansing Mousse for a week now since I am back home. My mum got this product from her friend. When I first look at the packaging, I thought this is another crappy local product, but it is not, it is actually a product from Australia.

A huge tube of the cleansing mousse of 150ml costs about RM20 something. But mum bought it at RM10++ when there is a promotion.

The ingredients:

The texture of the cleansing mousse is something like the mousse that people use it on hair. And very creamy. It has a strong smell of apricot, if you have used St. Ives Apricot cream before, this cleansing mousse smells similar like the cream. Because I have very dry skin, so I only need a little of the mousse to do the cleansing job. Upon rubbing the mouse with water, a creamy foam is formed. Then, I massage the foam on my face and neck. I like the cleansing effect that the mousse give to my skin, skin feels clean after using it. And also, it is very easy to rinse off.

After using it for a week now, I found that my skin has improved as pimples dry out. And white heads have reduced. I think I am going to steal some of this cleansing mousse from my mum to bring back to Penang, lol

Review - Tje Fuk Washing Cream 1

I bet most of the people here dont know about this brand. The brand is Tje Fuk and it is from Indonesia. My mum bought some of the Tje Fuk products while she was in Indonesia for vacation.

The washing cream actually come in two types - Green bottle (cleansing) and Yellow bottle (scrub). Here I will be reviewing the yellow bottle, which is the facial scrub. The green one is at my house back in my hometown. I will review that if I get a chance.

The ingredients. One of the selling point of this product is (which I found from its official website), it is mercury free.

So, I got to say that I like this product very much! The scrub is very nice to use. You only need a little of it to scrub your face. I am using this scrub without any pre-cleansing. While scrubbing, I actually feel the grains are massaging my face, it is very comfortable and relaxing! The grains are just the right size, not too large or too harsh on the skin. After scrubbing, face definitely feels cleaner & refreshed.

The texture. Very nice cream with tiny grains.

I have also used the green one a few times, and I found it quite good as well. Since I like this product, I have tried to google it and I found that there is a dealer from Malaysia actually sells this. But the price is not cheap, the yellow washing cream is selling at RM93.

Review - Secret Seawhite Marine Cleansing Milk

It claims that it can remove makeups. I use this as my BB cream remover, however I feel that it is not "strong" enough for cleaning. To use, massage the milk on dry face, then rinse off with water. I need to add-in more pumps of milk when I massage my face with the milk. The cream gets dry very fast, so you need to keep on re-adding the milk.

I do not recommend using this on heavy makeups. For normal cleansing, yes. The milk is quite scented, I would prefer a non-scented cleansing milk.