COW COW COW

Hello there mates,

I moved to Nottingham, UK months ago (to study for my postgrad degree for a year) so from now on I'll be posting amusing stuff about Nottingham.

Nottingham is the 9th biggest city in the United Kingdom. Yes, it is surely not as big as London but guess what, this city is one of a kind. Besides the fact that it is pretty decent yet convinient and entertaining, people here are amazingly fashionable. Do keep in mind that most of the people who live here are students. Students here express themselves through their outfits. They don't cover themselves much with high street brands, but most of them are interested in vintage outfits. There are several Vintage stores in Nottingham, and COW is one of the vintage stores here that do know how to attract fashionists.

First, the shop itself is designed with a mix of vintage and a bit of modern style. In a way I may describe it as ultra trendy. Most of the clothes here are used but some of it are new. There are dresses, shoes, boots, leather bags, luggages... some of the things you have on your wish list. If you are thinking about the price, don't worry, it is reasonable:)

When you have the chance to stop by Nottingham, spare your time to visit this store and no doubt you'll find what you want (If you are a vintage lover):)

2A George Street Nottingham

NG1 3BE

(+44)115 958 3133

JAKARTA, GADGETRY AND RITES

an exhibition by Li Hui

Gadgetry and Rites

until 31st of October 2010

at Yuz Museum

Dharmawangsa Square

City Walk unit 31-33

Jakarta

JAKARTA, THE BRIGHTSPOT

Fools on parade, yes. Brilliant fools that is.

So we have a four-day market curated by a certain community of people, which sells upraising local brands and whatnot, called BRIGHTSPOT.

The idea? Genius!

The brands? Some are genius, and some are just not getting it.

But overall, this market has an interesting feel to it, when basically you can just parade your ways of thinking or your apprehension towards life through your brands, the way you dress or just simply the way you socialize with people.

SUNDAY VIENNA

Well hello mates! Hope you had a nice St. Valentine's day. I don't have my boyfriend here with me so I did not have the chance to express my huge love to him but I was blessed to see couples celebrating their valentines. You would think that I felt jealous but the truth, I really did not. Whenever I see couples expressing their love to their partner, they make me smile and I felt the love!:) Today, Love was in the air! So, today, after church I went to my second favorite cafe called Pick Wick's. Pick Wick's is an international cafe and what interesting is this place is not only a cafe but a book and video store too. While you're having you're coffee, you can just get one of the books from the shelves and enjoy your reading session. The books are divided into different categories and there are a lot of various books you can read there. The same with videos too. You could rent any english dvds from this cafe. I love the way they styled the cafe. The old fashioned wood interiors, the shallow pink colored walls, the leathered sofa, the smell of the old books, oh its sooo geil! (geil=cool).

There are a lot of choices of types of drinks that you would love to try. What is so good about the place is the fact that it gives you the most comfortable feeling you would ever need. Oh plus, the music that this cafe has are the oldies, chill out songs, indie songs, the kind of songs that would accompany your coffee session perfectly.

This cafe is placed in the station called Schwedenplatz, one station after and before the city centre. This street is really a perfect street for taking a walk in the day too because it makes you feel calm. I took a walk today at Schwedenplatz and I love the breeze of the wind and the trees and the birds...everything just aced my valentine's day today!

Hope you did express the love you have to the ones you love today.

Happy Valentine's day peepz.

Hugs,

G.

NO 2. VIENNA MAKES YOU FEEL OH SO GOOD.

Hello there mates! I hope you guys had a blast today because I did. I was working for a long time but my Uni friends came over to my workplace and cheered me up so its all good for me. Oh so anyway (put that aside) last Sunday, Bunch of my Indonesian friends and I walked around the city. Of course twas extremely cold (something like -14?) yet it was an awesome walk I must say!:) So yea, look at the horses! I don't really know what its called in English but in Indonesian its Delman (If I'm not mistaken). It's very vintage and mostly tourists ride them to look around the city. We went to Rathaus which is the city hall and for your information, during winter time the city hall becomes an ice skating place. Alot of people were ice skating and I wanted to do it but the weather did not support my will. There there, the Strassenbahn, which is the tram. There are old and new trams and the pic above is one of the old trams. I love the old tram because it's just unique and warmer.

This is one of the must see place in Vienna and it is called the Hofburg palace. This palace has housed some of the most powerful people in Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire. A lot of famous architects worked on building this palace such as; Italian architect-engineer Filiberto Luchese (the Leopoldischiner Trakt), Lodovico Burnacini and Martino and Domenico Carlone, the Baroque architects Lukas von Hildebrandt and Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach (the Reichschancelry Wing and the Winter Riding School), Johann Fischer von Erlach (the library). This palace was built from the 13th to the 20th century so this is the most famous historical place in Vienna that you have to visit. Beautiful statues of famous people back then are also built within the palace and the furnitures are stil the old era style furnitures and look at the style of the lamp, doesn't it make you feel like you are in the 13th century? gorgeous eh?

This here my friends, is my number one..no wait, NUMBER ONE favorite cafe in Vienna and it is called MOCCA LOUNGE. Ah, the wooden chairs, square tables, the cozy lamp, wooden floor, chill out songs, the ethnic colored sofa pillows...excellent. This is an ethnic style cafe, mixture of Asian and African taste. They do not serve you food or cakes, but they serve you good teas, coffees and of course, alcohol. Once you're in this place, you will definitely, like I am SO SURE that you would never want to leave this place. This cafe is very addictive and I truly am impressed by this cafe. Look at the interior design of this cafe, the colors truly match the place and the small antique lams hanging on the walls give you this warm and cuddled up kind of feeling. Perfect place for relaxation.

Ok thats it for today mates and I hope this can make you want to visit the V-town. You dig?:)

Hugs,

G.