Back to black

Yes, yes, we all almost back again to the basic when don't know what to wear. And black always be the good option to opt. By wearing black top to toe, even the item are casual, the look is so dazzling. Even you come with edgy to girly look.

Here an inspiration about combine two items; black asymmetrical dress and loafers. It's just simple combination to get the fascinating look at least. This look is suitable for a dinner or a birthday party too.

xoxo,



clara

Yuk masuk Teknik Perkapalan ITS!

Tentunya sebagian besar pembaca dari blog saya sudah mengetahui bahwa saya adalah seorang mahasiswa di salah satu perguruan tinggi teknik di Indonesia, yaitu Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember yang singkatnya disebut ITS. Kampus ITS bisa dikatakan salah satu kampus terluas di negeri ini, masing-masing jurusan umumnya memiliki gedung tersendiri. Beberapa diantaranya bahkan dilengkapi dengan fasilitas olahraga pribadi seperti lapangan basket dan lapangan bola. Tak hanya itu, di dalam kampus ini terdapat pula stadion yang bisa menampung puluhan ribu jiwa dengan lapangan basket dan gedung futsal indoor terpisah.

Ada berbagai pilihan jurusan yang ditawarkan salah satunya adalah Teknik Perkapalan (Naval Architecture). Ini merupakan bidang yang sedang saya tekuni pada jenjang Strata-1 (S1) saat ini. Mudah-mudahan saja saya dapat segera menyelsaikan studi ini dan melanjutkan ke tingkat yang lebih tinggi atau mungkin meniti karir di dunia kerja.

Jurusan Teknik Perkapalan terdiri oleh dua program studi yaitu rekayasa (design) dan produksi (ship building). Sehingga mahasiswa dapat memilih untuk fokus di bidang yang lebih minatinya. Dosen-dosen yang mengajar pun sudah memiliki pengalaman banyak di dunia perkapalan, bahkan diantaranya sudah memiliki nama besar di kancah maritim Indonesia.

Mengapa memilih Jurusan Teknik Perkapalan?

Well, ini merupakan pertanyaan yang sungguh sering saya dapat from friends or even my friend's friend. Sebetulnya saya sendiri bukanlah terlahir dari keluarga yang menggeluti dunia maritim. But then I guest this is what God has already planned for me. Ada banyak yang saya peroleh setelah masuk jurusan ini, I feel that I'm literally become someone better than past, and I met so many kind of people from many social statuses. And course, something new to study, the naval architecture. Basically I love design much, like when I was little, I drew house's layout in my free time, but then nowadays there's not only layout that I design, there also construction, welding and so on which I study here.So this like a new experience of life. 

Apa saja yang dipelajari?

Basically, jurusan ini fokus pada desain dari kapal, dimana meliputi segala aspek yang diperlukan agar sebuah kapal dapat dibangun. Memang tak bisa dipungkiri bahwa kapal adalah suatu objek which totally complicated. Aspek-aspek tersebut antara lain seperti mekanika teknik, teori dasar bangunan kapal, proses produksi dan reparasi kapal, regulasi-regulasi, konstruksi hingga welding atau pengelasan. Ya, pengelasan merupakan pengalaman yang menakjubkan dalam beberapa tahun terakhir di hidup saya. Tak pernah terbayangkan sebelumnya bagi saya untuk mencoba sendiri mengelas sebuah rak buku pada suatu pratikum mata kuliah di semester 5 lalu. Mungkin beberapa ada yang bingung mengenai perbedaan antara Jurusan Teknik Perkapalan dan Teknik Sistem Perkapalan, well from what I shared with some friends from that marine engineering department, perbedaannya adalah jika Teknik Perkapalan fokus untuk memelajari mengenai sistem konstruksi kapal sementara Sistem Perkapalan pada piping system-nya. Untuk lebih detail mungkin bisa dilihat pada website masing-masing jurusan.

Bagaimana dengan biaya pendidikannya?

Menurut saya, biaya yang diperlukan untuk memenpuh pendidikan di ITS untuk berbagai fasilitas yang diperoleh dapat dikatakan relatif murah dibandingkan perguruan tinggi negeri lainnya. Karena sudah menjadi rahasia umum bahwa pendidikan di Indonesia umumnya membutuhkan dana yang tidak sedikit. Sometimes I feel this is so crazy, why the potential students cannot continue their study because they don't have enough money. And some others whose pay much money can study at a university even though they didn't pass the entrancement test. Sebagai bukti nyata, beberapa teman saya bahkan tidak perlu membayar uang SPP dan justru mendapat uang jajan melalui progam beasiswa Bidik Misi yang ditawarkan pemerintah. So this institute really suitable for whoever need the better education no matter they rich or not.

Info lebih lanjut mengenai seleksi masuk ITS dapat dilihat di smits.ac.id atau dapat menghubungi saya melalui email ke clurlie@gmail.com. Tentunya pertanyaan yang saya layani adalah seputar pengalaman studi di Jurusan Teknik Perkapalan, bukan mengenai seleksi masuk karena saya bukanlah staff administrasi sehingga saya pun tidak tahu bagaimana sistemnya.

Andddddd this one is so va va voooommmmm!!!!! 

I'm on Naval Architecture department ITS ad campaign for this new academic year!!!

So what are you waiting for, apply yourself to study here and get featured on the next ad campaign!!!!

xoxo,

clara

A person.

Well, it might be a morning note while I enjoy a cup of Earl Grey tea, yes it always be my favorite. And I'm helping my friend to do some translate even there still internship reports which should I made. Yes, this time ahead till my graduation will the busiest time in my undergraduate study. Perhaps there will be less ootd inspiration and also any fashion to culinary reviews on this blog. I sleep around midnight and when the sun rising I suddenly awake and can't fall any longer. It's just so weird, because in usual I will wake up late if I sleep around midnight.

So I've been thinking, and even still thinking yet about a person who I met years behind. A person with sacred heart. And show me how to live the life in holy way. How to treat people not by their behaviours, but look them as God's beautiful creatures. I'm so grateful to know that person, who literally influences my self to struggle for the dream that I dream every single day recently.


xoxo,



clara

Rafting with Songadventure

Exam weeks have already over, and my college mates decided to have a short vacation before we all start our internship. This maybe a very brilliant idea to take out rafting as the final choice to spend the rest of our free time. We can let our stress out, enjoy the scenery, a refreshing day! Well actually I never do a 'real' rafting before, and it was my first time.

We chose this rafting service named SONGADVENTURE which reccomended by a college mate. Weeks before we booked for eighteen people, so they have prepared everything when we arrive. On last thursday, around 7am we departed from Surabaya, had our breakfast at a streetside traditional food in Sidoarjo, then continued our trip to Probolinggo.

They welcomed us with welcome drink which very 'village favorite', wedang jahe at their base camp. We got short preparation before we moved to start point. They provided pick-up cars to drove us there, but we still need to walk around 1-2 km to reach the riverside. The river itself named Sungai Pekalen. And it all began here!

Riznanda, Vinesia, me, and Hakara who is the youngest and so Chaning Tatum look alike.

These guys were my team on board, minus Aldi Kim. 

Look at our flip flop, they are SKYWAY, favorite local brand for 'sendal jepit'.

Chaning Tatum (look alike) was wearing flip flop brand Skyway! What a funny headline...

It was totally amazing! The scenery was spectacular, we crossed several bat crave, and waterfalls.

We really felt the feeling when the falls drop the water into our body. And screaming when we hit the rocks.

All rafting squad took a pose in front of the waterfalls.

The very unforgettable moment is when my boat was not stable so it just reversed. Our guide was tried his best to make it stable, and the MAN OVER BOARD just happen. I got hard impact on my face, and it still bruise now. The SAR team helped us to get back to boat and we could continue our adventure.

My team on board, Hakara, Vinessia, Aldi Kim, and Riznanda with guide Mr. Edi (center).
He said that we are a compact team because the 'man over board' happened to all of us and we prevented 'Kim over board'.

It was spectacular, and SEE YOU ON OUR NEXT ADVENTURE!!!


xoxo,



clara

The answer

These weeks are really the busy time in this semester. So many projects before the exam coming. Less hang out or outfit hunting again. At least even for spending time sitting and enjoying a cup of coffee while reading fashion headline in the corner of coffee shop, I couldn't make it. And perhaps you all bored with my word 'busy' but it's okay. I'm not only share my thought in daily style or make up trend, but share some of my feeling too in order to give inspiration for people whose feel the same. People who give up in the middle of their struggle, people who love other than what they do daily, and who confuse what should they live their life.

As you know that I said 'busy' oftentimes about my school, the reality is like that. I can't deny and pretend that I'm totally happy or enjoy all lectures, I'm a normal human too. I can't do everything perfectly. But this time I'm happy with what I done. Some improvement in fashion career, stronger a bit, and try to not really care of everything which not give contribution to my life. Facing people with my heart, not reply them as what they do to me. Because I always remember when a friend said "I treat people because of God, no matter how bad what they do to me, I just remember God". So it's good to be good to people, everyone everywhere.

In this recent time, I have a motivational discussion with a friend about life. I don't know I just interest more about what is life should be or how to live the life, everything relate to "life". I open my mind a lot, realizing much, and getting the answers for all things I confusing before. One sentence that I decided to write on this post from that discussion is "I am doing anything which will be a blessing for other" Perhaps this a very great answer of a question; how to live the life. Very motivational and touching of course. 

Once I thought that perhaps that all are the answer from my prayer, God sent some incredible friends to motivate me. I was vulnerable, devastating, and they just come to support. They bring a hope into my life. And I feel better better and blessed. Thank you for everyone who supporting me, also to the hatter who always push me to be the better person.

And I don't want my readers boring with the words, so here I pick photos that I did for a local brand PITTA. I love their highwaist pants, the patterns, lining also the fabric. It was just fit perfect on my body since that I hard to find apparels on my size. They also have some casual collection which suitable to wear daily. And for their upcoming collection, there will be some fancy crop top in a set with midi skirt. So keep checking their instagram oftentimes!

love,




clara

Vulnerable is past

Maybe now I am wake up after these devastating months. I trapped in the confusion about what life should be and how to be happy. Yes, be happy. I was sad, couldn't feel happy, loose my weight, and totally vulnerable. There were so much pressure, fact that hard to deal with, and I don't know everything just so absurd.

Alright, perhaps this paragraph may be the official answer for people who judge me not serious with my study. This semester I only take several credits because I've already taken so many in time behind. So this is what I can do, take all the only possible credits. One of them is a big design project, maybe it's true that I am not totally focus on, but there is a significant changes on my career in fashion industry, I reach the point which I never get on before. So it's not a problem, because when we face the different kind of work, we need to choose which one have to focus and which should come-off second best. Hard decision, but I should take it.

I did googling for finding the way to be happy, the reason to find out my happiness. And most of them tell that you need struggle hard for doing several thing to reach that happiness, such as start positive thinking, surrounded by good people, and be grateful.

I talked to some amazing people, they totally support me, give the very motivating advices. They said that I deserve to be happy more that what I feel right now, my future shall be brighter if I brave to fight for it. And living the life as today the last day, but live it by doing the productive things. Oh it such a very motivational quote. Some other told to thank God for everything I got, and sincere.

Now, I feel better, very very better from months behind. I feel blessed, shining, and happier. I enjoy my life, yes I should, and I'll be. I pray a prayer from years back and still keep believing in faith, finally God show the answer.

And after all I did, I realize that HAPPINESS NOT COME TOWARD YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIND IT

The Escalator

Maybe it's little bit late to post about this style. I'm not a fashion person who always have to update my closet with the recent booming items, but I keep one which suitable with my personality. I do online shopping more often recently due to my school business, and I can't find that popular item on store on the time they rock the world. 

I realized that I imposed dressing up my body in the best way to cover up my exhausted face and body. It's quite worked, enough for a short dinner. Sometimes I feel that my babies on my closet are upset, and lonely too. They wait for so long to perform their magical fascination to the world, but I even can't take them out. 

I was went out for dinner at a Japanese Restaurant located at a shopping centre. Then I decided for styling my self very lady-like wearing the popular midi skirt and pointy shoes paired with my ZARA crop tee. My tosca midi skirt really matched with my FOREVER 21 round necklace. 

By the way, am I dress really follow the fashion trends? Maybe the answer is yes, but I love this look. People already known that THIS RECENT TIME; CROP TOP, MIDI SKIRT, POINTY SHOES, AND MEDIUM SIZE HANDBAG ARE TOTALLY ATTACK THE STREET STYLE. Honestly I prefer to be someone who very different from people at large, because I feel the feeling that hard to explain by words.

love,

clara