Honey x Lemon

Honey Lemon Drink.


This is pretty much a blend of my two favorite natural ingredients: honey & lemon. A very simple drink mixture but if you do drink this habitually, you're gonna even get a lot of grand advantages for your body.

Honey bees transform nectar into honey by a process of regurgitation and evaporation. They store it as a primary food source in wax honeycombs inside the beehive.
In addition to being a great natural sweetener, honey has a multitude of benefits that many people don’t know about.  Have you ever had an unrelenting sore throat? Honey has been proven to be a natural throat soother! Are you an athlete looking for a natural energy boost before the big game? Honey’s unique blend of natural sweeteners gives it the ability to provide quick energy in any circumstance. This section of the Web site will allow you to further explore these and other benefits of honey, and will also be a source for nutrition facts on this pure, natural sweetener. - 1
Even though its too much to sum up, here are some benefits from honey:

• Natural sweetener
• Natural energy (*honey is a source of carbohydrates, providing 17 grams per tablespoon, which makes it ideal for your working muscles since carbohydrates are the primary fuel the body uses for energy)
• Skin care (*it moisturizes perfectly)
• Cough suppressant (*A 2007 study by a Penn State College of Medicine research team found that honey may offer parents an effective alternative to over-the-counter cough medicine. The study found that a small dose of buckwheat honey given before bedtime provided better relief of nighttime cough and sleep difficulty in children than no treatment or dextromethorphan (DM), a cough suppressant found in many over-the-counter cold medications.) 

As for me personally, where else you can find any sweet things and it has a good benefits for your body? No sugar added too, please note that one is very important (teehee).

People use lemons to make lemonade by mixing lemon juice and water. Many people also use lemon as a washing agent, because of its ability to remove stains. The scent of lemon can also repel mosquitoes, while drinking lemon juice with olive oil helps to get rid of gall stones. Lemon is well known for its medicinal power and is used in many different ways. - 2.
If I can mention these health benefits from lemon, they are good for your: indigestion, skin care, hair care, fever, dental care, burns, internal bleeding, weight loss, respiratory disorders, throat infections, high blood pressure.

Naturally i have this oily kind of face skin. Everytime i google about what mask should i use to suppress the oil amount, i can't find none of them leaving lemon behind. Because its very good to make your skin less oily and minimize the pores. Same thing goes with your hair treatment; if you have this kind of oily hair that makes you annoyed because it will go oily not so long after you feel clean about it, try lemon treatment.

I am using these two ingredients often since i bake, and combining these two into one drink probably one of my favorite drink ever!

Recipe:

1 1/2 tbsp lemon

1 tbsp honey

1/2 cup water (preferable hot water)

*double this recipe if needed

Data source:

www.honey.com

www.organicfacts.net

By:

Joyce.

Gangnam Authentic Korean Restaurant

Found out a new Korean restaurant in town, which has a very authentic taste yet the price is not pricey at all! Located at Plaza Graha Family A 18-19 (near Hokky Graha Family, behind Loop & Dapur Cokelat) this place is surely worth a visit if you're a fan of Korean cuisine!

Ssam Gyup Sal (right) only for 70k-ish and taste 9/10

cold noodle in the middle we chose the original taste one (sorry i forget the name) its sour its cold but its soooo good 8.5/10 - 50k-ish

to tell you this one is the bomb, its Tteokpokki with ramyeon. Big portion you can just order this for two for just 45k. Its a bit spicy (Korean kind of spicy yes) and a bit sour, the tteokpokki doesn't has that annoying texture. So, I'll give this one 9.5/10

I have no rules when it comes to Korean food. The best mixture that comes into my mouth is when i have the noodle soup in a spoon, give it some ssamgyupsal at top end it with some tteokpokki ramyeon. Delicious beyond words.
This place isn't that booming, i really wonder why! Maybe its not so fancy, but yes we came here for the glorious food. It comes with a very reasonable price as well. Like, you don't have to pay for 200k or more just for slices of meat? Which taste so-so. You can bring just 100k and you'll get some Rps saved yet your tummy is bloated already.
And i also find out the reason that the ajjushi himself who cooked in the kitchen, so you will not rare to see that his customer is mainly Korean people, who talk Korean.

Overall review: 9/10


By:
Joyce

Historica Coffee & Pastry

What happened in town lately is there are so many brunch cafes that pops up. Its a good thing I say, its a good thing. I'll do another recap for the other cafes but this one will go for Historica Coffee & Pastry.

Located in the heart of the city, Jl. Sumatra 40, Surabaya this one is somehow catch my intention by its industrial concept.

As one of their sibling complex, Historica open daily from 7 am - 11 pm. Last order for the brunch set is at 3 pm, later than that you can enjoy their pastries. But yes, they serve coffee all the time. My first experience there was a pleasant one for me. The valet service is good and not pricey (10k), means they know people need that service because i am not sure if 5-8 parking lot in front of the cafe would squeeze up the number of the customers. Once you're in you're going to queue to place your order. Yep, you pay first then you'll get it delivered to your table. 

I am loving the ambience, even the place isn't so big and the outdoor space is very hot during day time, but the price placing is just right for me.

This is what I order and i recommend to you to order as well once you decided to go there.

Egg Benedict (45k)

this one probably my favorite egg ben all over the town. The sauce is good, the egg is good, its all worth the price. You know some restaurant often wants you to pay too much for something which is very nice to have it daily like this.

Croque Monsieur (45k)

Its very simple yet delish one. You might think that "is that it?" but the portion is actually huge! a generous cheese inside you won't even ask for more.

Ice Mocha (or you can have it just Mocha) - (36k)

I don't know about the other coffee taste, but i like this better than Starbucks. And that statement i guess already explain you something. Its not that kind of very good coffee, but yes its good! I guess the barista still adjust how Surabayans like to have their coffee, not that strong in taste, but strong enough for me.

Either than that i didn't pay really much attention for the pastries, its a bit overpriced for me to have a tiny bit of dessert for around 30-45k in town. It would be different if they place that price for something that's new or something that people crave for.

Rate: 4/5

I'll come back again? Definitely.

By:

Joyce.

Social Media Celeb

In this era people is taking business to another level. People use internet everywhere and every time. It has changed from a terrier need to something which is more important. This world has become borderless and everyone is connected through one thing, internet. It also change the human behavior. Nowadays people prefer to do it online, they do online crosscheck if they heard something they never heard before. If that thing popped up well on the internet searching engine, it adds some plus points.
Instagram as one of those booming social media nowadays has pretty much changed everyone's habit as well. Whether they realized it or not, taking picture and post them on Instagram is become another "must thing to do". Not few of them, taking things even more serious. People start to take their picture quality to post to another level. A friend of mine said that "you are what you post". And i pretty much agree with this one. Approved some so as well.
Having a nice feeds or interesting one is one thing that make people follow your Instagram account. Some people prefer to keep it nice and add not so much life in it as long as they have a decent Instagram feed; means: they do shots which people on Instagram will like it (name it like: food picture from above, a lot of decorations which is good, or whatever nice depends on the object needs). Or, they can do it in the other way, posting so much picture with not so much edited life yet people still want to follow them just because its either fun, amazing, desirable, luxurious. Whatever it is one point that i get here is: you need to make it interesting, because you never know how popular you'll get from it. Good thing about that? You never know how far a free online media can take your life. Yet of course it always up to you when it comes to take your life somewhere. But some people that i found interesting on Instagram DO know what they're doing with their Instagram feeds. Its a visual social media anyway, so when you open their feeds you've gotta imagine something about them and their lives through the photos. And its everybody's secret now that you can make some cash once you know how to roll yourself here. If you want to?
Second up is Twitter. I don't know if you're still using this social media but i still am. One of the reason why is because i can find any news from it and what makes it interesting is people have a right to whatever they want to sepal there. Ideas, Critics, Suggestions, anything interesting that come from the right people will make a great power. What i say here its not that kind of "whatever" but you know, they got so many followers for a reason yes? Unlike any other media, with this one you can tweet as many as you like and your follower won't find it weird. You'll get even more eyes if what your tweets is something that would make people feel worth to follow. Anyway who wants to follow a nonsense tweet that you'll see all over your timeline? Catching up with anyone who's using it also won't be so far. As long as they have one whoever it is, name it from Obama, Jokowi, your favorite actress, your friend, your crush, or people who just sit next to you, they're just a tweet away for you to tweet what's in your head at that moment. If you got something good in there? One of those people, like Raditya Dika @RadityaDika (I have a lot of name to be listed but i just can't remember them one by one right now) spill it! As long as it won't hurt people, you're allowed to spill. Guess what, you can affect people that you don't even know. I imagine how fast the good vibes could spread if we all just know how to use one.
Anyway, its a simple; even something that happen everyday to post whatever we're going though to social media nowadays. You tweet, post, update your status anything through online media. The way we live is changing, and so are our habits. Its a good news that you can use that habit for something extraordinary or even give more advantage for yourself (even money) if you want to. Or just simply you can effect people by what you post.. for free.
What i am trying to say here is that everybody has their own potential, their own uniqueness that sometimes they don't even know how powerful it is. I know its not everyone, but from the fact that i know, i know some people is now floating by doing the things that they like and posting them on the internet by social medias. You can't forget how lucky Justin Beiber is, no? From what i see here, people will keep using that social medias or they even will take it another level (if now Path already provides 'sleep and 'awake' status, can you imagine what it will provides years from now?).
So, if you have one, or i believe you have more than one, why don't you try to give a shot?


By:
Joyce.

First Phone Call From Heaven - Book Review

"But the very first telephonic conversation, between Bell and Watson standing in separate rooms, contained these words: Come here, I want to see you.” p.21

"Had it not been for a man’s love for a woman, making him jump abroad a train, Bell’s phone might never have found an audience. Once it did, life on earth was altered forever." p. 79

"Fear is how you lose your life.. a little but at a time.. What we give to fear, we take away from.. faith." p. 111

"When you know you are loved, thats the light." p. 182

"It doesn’t make me sad I love hearing his voice, but i have.. / what? / I don’t know.. / Doubt? / Maybe.. / Doubt is how you find God." - p. 210

"If you find one true friend in life, you’re richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you’re blessed." p. 216

"If it believes, it behaves better." - p. 273

"Moments later it rang again.. ‘Sorry," Sully said, answering, ‘Did I lose you?’ / "Never" a woman’s voice said softly. He stopped breathing. Giselle. - p. 283

"I am so sorry / Why? / I wasnt there when you died / Thats not your fault / I never said good-bye / Such a needless word, she said, when you love somebody." - p. 292

But this was not a new idea. We call out; we are answered. It has been that way from the beginning of belief, and it continues to this very moment, when, late at night, in a small town called Coldwater, a seven year old boy hears a noise, opens his eyes, lifts a blue toy to his ear, and no soul remembered is ever really gone. - p. 308

greetings to the latest book of my all time favorite writer, Mitch Albom. I’ve been following his book since “Five People You Meet in Heaven”, a friend of mine lent it to me and i was felt like i didn’t want to give it back to her. as usual his writing is such a piece (sorry for being such a fan girl here, i know i should be objective, i am trying, okay? hehe)

i don’t know if its just me but compared it to his earlier books, like 5 people you meet in heaven or tuesday with morris, i felt the plot is a bit slow so you need to catch a breath while you're reading. its a different time patch for me when i read this one compared to "Five People You Meet in Heaven" or "Tuesday With Morrie". That unique part from Mr. Albom is still there. Surprise you with his deep quote and putting it somewhere you won't expect that it'll come.

A simple answer, by the end of a chapter, a paragraph, an explanation about something, saying from someone who you didn't pay attention at first. Those spots, often i found the best quote and life lesson from him. Talking about life lesson, i found out all of his book is mainly talking about life and that's why it's very connected to all of us.

And again he delivered the message so well in simplicity by the end. Wrapped the question why he has to put “the First Phone Call from Heaven” as its title so you can close your reading journey in peace.

Title: First Phone Call From Heaven

Published: 2013

Author: Mitch Albom

Rank: 3.5/5

By:

Joyce.

Coldplay's "Ghost Stories"

Genre: Alternatives

Released: May 19th 2014

Rates: 4/5

Cheers to May! What makes me more excited is Coldplay is giving another great shots in this album. The name as always, somewhat strange and weird and you need to find the whole lyrics or listen to the whole song to find out what does it means. And that's one of the reason why we love Coldplay, no?
First single from this album is Magic, and just like its name, the lyrics and music could transfer the main point of magic as in "love magic". I don't know but for me they also made their own EDM version and i think it pulled just right looking at the popularity that "A Sky Full Of Stars" is the most popular there. Just checking on youtube, for the audio upload only during 2 weeks from the published date it already reached up to 7.000.000 viewers. Not so bad, EDM in Coldplay's style.
But for me personally i loveeee, "Ink" the most.
Mentioned as one of the most affecting album since their debut, i think it is affecting. Compared to the other albums, this one sure feels different (i think they never made an album thats not feel special) like, it feels warmer, not that heavy with the lyrics and musics.

By: Joyce

Gabe Bondoc's "Honesty LP"

Released: March 14th 2014

Total Songs: 10

Genre: Soul/Accoustic

Rates: 4/5

Personally my life is stuck to his songs since i don't know when. Gabe made his first debut in 2012 with his first LP's album called Timing, this year he made another one called Honesty. If you realized, he always pick just a word as his album name. A simple noun/verb that could simply sum up whats the album is about. And that's the first thing that i love about it.

Compared it to the first album, this one is wary much better. I am talking about the arrangement, songs, sounds. An album that you can repeat over and over without realizing that you've been hearing about it all day. If you're an acoustic sucker, you're going to love this one. The lyrics as always, Bondoc's style, a bit cheesy yet sounds still sweet and to the point. His guitar playing is also one of the best part why you should consider to pick this one as your favorite. The transitions, key changing movement is just smooth.

If there should be a lack in a review, maybe the whole acoustic session in the whole album could be one. I mean, people could get a bit bored. But for me in the same time it could be the main point of this album, its like showing the unique side and the Bondoc's side.

If you asked me from those 10 songs, which one is my favorite? I have my five favorites, they are: The Match, Close, Now I Know, We Match, and By Now.

You can simply go to your iTunes Store to buy this album, it costs like $9.90.

By: Joyce