There are times, we don't really think it's necessary to jump out of our comfort zone; better to live as the way it is rather than being a risk taker. Go with the flow? Well, I was once, but I challenged myself to the opposite direction and surprisingly I've found my new comfort zone which I never expected. I don't either try to say that staying in a zone may be bad or becoming a risk-taker may bring advantages, but isn't it colorful to once in a while having a new thing? Or trying something you've once said "Impossible" ?

Take this simple example; I never think wearing a knee-length black skirt would suitable for me, that's why I always have cut my skirt to have above-knee length to balance my height.

But, seriously. It's not a rule I couldn't break, right? So, I keep this skirt length as its original, and if you usually wear your black skirt for your office duty, nope, you won't see the casual me today. Because I've transformed it into an outfit you would wear to a pub.

With jeans jacket, black faux leather belt and suede boots, guess I'm ready to dance!


NEXT. I want to thank the gorgeous Tiny Tang from Life As A Petite to nominate me a Liebster award :) She's so kind with lovely outfit post, you should check her blog!

So let's start with the rules:
1. You must link back to the person who nominated you.
2. You must state 11 facts about yourself.
3. You must answer the 11 questions given to you, from your nominator. 
4. You must nominate other bloggers, and set 11 questions for them to answer.
5. You can't nominate the person who nominated you.
6. You must tell the people you've nominated them, so they can take part!

Stripe Jersey Skater Dress - Dorothy Perkins. Check

 2. PLAYFUL STRIPE

One of my colleagues celebrated birthday last week, and since she's a big fan of Lee Min Ho along with all those K-Pop cultures, we-all the office crew, decided to had a party at one of Korean restaurants in Bandung; Mujigae - Bibimbap and Other Casual Korean Food Restaurant. What a coincidence, never been here before, lol!

Enjoyed sightseeing, even we took the wrong route

I learned to be optimist and positive lately, even if we took a different route, I tried to keep the atmosphere fun and balance, kept myself busy enjoying the nature scenery while my bf enjoyed the breeze so much. Until we finally noticed lots of direction signs leading us to get closer to Dusun Bambu, and when it was only about 500 m left! Oh, how I'm longing to visit this place together with my entire family someday, just if we could have another free-time together I'd love to bring them here. Unluckily my dad is just too lazy dealing with traffic in Bandung lately: seriously uncontrollable.

Got the ticket

Nice weather at Dusun Bambu

Public car. Colorful. Dare?

Walk on this bamboo stairs

Kampung Layung - rice field in Dusun Bambu

So, we finally took the CORRECT route when going home, directly via Cisarua-Cimahi. It's about 22 km and took about 45 minutes till we got home, by motorcycle including traffic jam.

Living in a tropical country, do outdoor activities everyday and you feel confident doing that without sunscreen? You must be kidding me! But that's me back then. I always ignore putting up sunscreen onto my face. I kept saying, it's enough with only spf 15 moisturizer and a compact powder. I was slacking off with skincares so much now I regret things I did. Obviously difficult to fix it now.

Well, right now I'm doing tretinoin treatment for my face - check the story here, it requires me to stop using too many makeups instead highly suggests me increasing my using of sunscreen/sunblock.

Daily temperature in Bandung is around 23-28' C deg nowadays and the sun exposure is really intense it hurts my skin after some period during daytime outdoor. There are so many sunscreens products out there, but reading all those beauty blogs made me even confused since well, there's no perfect sunscreen yet (based on my research); some of them causing breakouts, pimples, oily and dull. But I can go nowhere before finding one!

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Be careful when applying this cream though, since sometimes it leaves white-cast (moreover if I add the serum). But all in all, I love this product a lot, I feel save doing my activities outdoor, I've been using it for 2 months and I don't experience any skinburn or sunspots.

Don't forget to always clean your face at the end of the day. So far I don't get any breakouts on my sensitive skin. I would probably buy this cream again.

Thanks!

Still on my journey finding a great formal skirt for a 150-petite girl, I challenged myself to alter my midi skirt (eventually cut it), so it becomes a knee-length skirt which surprisingly it turned out good and I love it.



This stripped black skirt has an asymmetrical-folded cut (that's why I was so tempted to own it, but immediately disappointed when the midi length just didn't work for me), made it a little tricky when adjusting the wanted-length at first, but I said to my tailor to straightly cut the skirt for about 7-8 cm without changing the entire model. What do you think?

I wore this last Sunday to church, the pink coat is new, brandless though, it was my new year's gift from auntie which she ordered from a Hongkong's online shop (dont know what its name). :) Don't think it's a thick winter coat otherwise it's really thin made from cotton. I only wore it to protect me from 18 degree C temperature in the morning, and it's more than enough, you wouldn't bother to wear thicker one in Bandung.

I always adore Tim Gunns' - a Project Runway star and fashion guru - matra in finding best style fits our body. My first time got really fascinated by his skill was watching his performance at Oprah Winfrey's show on TV back then (few years ago, I assume), it says silhouette, proportion, and fit. That was the first time I felt so motivated to explore and learn more about my body shape and proportion. I'm not a fashionholic to begin with and I didn't really care about what I wear.

I used to not paying attention toward what kind of denim I choose, what kind of shirt and skirt that'd enhance my look. I just wear what I want regarding the trends. Oh, yes, I love trends, but I didn't care whether it will fit me, lol. But, time goes by and slowly I realize what makes the real me, what makes me comfortable and what makes me not. What enhances me and what ruins me.

My legs are what concerns me most right now. I checked several websites previously such as Carsons Post and Donny Galela to find some tips and facts that my legs are:
1) Petite (this is a serious fact for my 152 cm height, lol)
2) Shapely legs, thighs and bottoms
That's why I'm suggested to wear mini straight skirt or A-line skirt with max knee-length for skirt option, to bring a good silhouette for my proportion.