RISYA AMARILIA: 2016

I Cried for A Fried Chicken

Jika di Indonesia restauran ayam goreng yang terkenal adalah KFC dan Mc Donald, maka di Saudi Arabia, restauran ayam goreng yang terkenal adalah Al-Baik. Saya tertarik untuk mencoba ayam goreng ini karena postingan instagram hits dari Andien dan Ippe. Perjuangan saya untuk mencoba ayam goreng ini memang tidak mudah. Ketika saya berada di Madinah, letak restauran cepat saji ini cukup jauh dari hotel saya tinggal. Untuk menghemat ongkos, saya dan adik saya sampai rela jalan kaki kesana. Kami berpikir "Santai sajalah, toh sekalian tengok pemandangan yang ada di Kota Madinah". Hasilnya adalah kami kesasar yang akhirnya berujung dengan membuat survey kecil-kecilan mengenai banyaknya mobil tidak penyok sepanjang mencari jalan pulang (Nanti ya saya posting) .
Alhamdulillah, di Mekkah, saya berhasil menemukan letak restauran ayam fenomenal ini. Letaknya berada di Jabal Omar yang tidak jauh dari Masjidil Haram. Saya dan adik saya sampai rela antri sekitar 20 menit. Ketika mendapat giliran untuk memesan, kami sedih sekali karena paket ayam goreng yang fenomenal itu tidak tersedia di gerai ini. Hanya ada chicken nugget, fried shrimp dan menu lainnya yang saya tidak pahami, hiks. Dengan berat hati, akhirnya kami memutuskan untuk memesan masing-masing 2 porsi chicken nugget dan fried shrimp.

Untuk harga, jujur saya kurang ingat berapa harganya. Namun untuk isinya, WAH ini sih porsi jumbo buat saya. Isinya banyak banget!. Apalagi, setiap porsi ditambah kentang dan roti (saya juga bingung kenapa ada roti). Untuk chicken nugget dan udang goreng tepungnya, rasanya enak kok. Rasanya seperti gurih dan agak pedas merica. Nah, yang spesial di restauran ini adalah sausnya. Mereka menyediakan saus bawang yang enak banget!. Saya dan adik saya saja sampai berebutan saus bawangnya.
Yah, walaupun saya tidak menikmati ayam fenomenal tersebut, paling tidak saya sudah pernah lah ya mencoba menu lain di Al-Baik ini. Saran saya, kalau mau mencoba paket ayam goreng fenomenalnya, jangan datang ke gerai Jabal Omar karena setelah saya searching ternyata bukan hanya saya satu-satunya orang yang kecewa dengan menu Al- Baik gerai tersebut.
Ohiya, kalau tiba-tiba Anda bernasib sama dengan saya dan Anda masih ada di Tanah Arab, maka jangan ragu mencoba ayam goreng pinggir jalannya deh. Rasanya enak banget. Porsinya besar dan harganyapun murah.

Ya daripada sedih ga kesampaian makan ayam goreng fenomenal itu kan? Hiks.

See you!

xoxo,

Risya Amarilia

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May 01, 2016
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All about Skin Care

Skin Care

I was a type of person who did not understand the importance of skin care routines,

until I found out that...

Every time, I touched my cheeks and nose areas, I felt the thickness and dryness in my skin. Large pores, white heads and black heads appeared and worsened its look. Not only that, I felt like my fair skin looked very dull and tired, so that it didn't glow, at all.
Well, I admitted it that I used to have bad habit for skin care routine. I cleaned my face just with baby soap and rarely used moisturizer. I also went outside without any sunscreen, so that, my skin was exposed to sunlight a lot. No wonder, my skin condition was really bad.
So after (lil' bit) stressful days, I decide to change my habit and have my own daily skin care routine. But before I go to far with wrong routines, I did little research about my current skin type. All the sources said that I have dry skin. I also took quiz on Renee Rouleau website and I got the detailed information, as below:

Knowing my skin type is really important to avoid the wrong treatment and product. Therefore, the skin care routine can be affected well to my skin, instead of creating another breakout. As a beginner, I do not want to do too many steps (like Korean Skin Care Routine) because I need adjustment first. So that, These step are well enough to be followed:

1. Cleanser:

After doing activity outside, you need the product which can clean your face perfectly. If you are a type of person who can’t live without makeup, then face wash surely can’t be enough, especially for your waterproof make up. Therefore, it is better to add the make up remover as your cleanser list.

Me who rarely put make up too much, clean my face with jhonson and jhonson rice and milk soap as my face wash. This baby soap is really light even it will fit for sensitive skin. After that, I use Bioderma Sensibio micellar water to remove the leftover dirt.

2. Toner:

Toner is also important for your skin care routine. Toner is used to freshen and clean your face. It also can help you to absorb your day and night cream easier.

3. Serum:

Serum is useful to give good intake to your skin. Your skin can regenerate well, so that it will be more bright, thight, and elastic. For now, I am using Olay Brightning Serum to brighten my skin.

4. Sun Screen:

People always says that sunscreen is a mandatory! And I agree with that. Sunscreen will protect you from the UV light. It will affect your skin health, so that skin aging can easily occur. There are various type of sunscreen, but for daily using, it is better to choose the sunscreen with spf 30 at least.

5. Day & Night Cream:

If the sunscreen is mandatory, but not for day and night cream, I think. I just use night cream from Olay for my night skin care routine. For my morning skin care routine, I just use sunscreen because It is enough to moisturize and protect my skin. Moreover, I don't like too many product in my skin, so that I always use product that I really need.

That's all my story about skin care routine!

Well, I am a beginner now. So there may be several things that I should know more. If you have something to share, please kindly let me know. I woukd love to discuss with you.

xoxo,

Risya Amarilia

April 03, 2016
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A Wonderful Trip of Medina & Mecca (Part 1)

Travelling

For two years, me and my family were waiting for this trip. It such a relived to know that we had chance to visit the holy land last January. My wonderful trip started from Medina Al Munawwarah.

Medina is the second holiest city for moslem. It is the destination of Prophet Muhammad's hijrah from Mecca. In this city, the Prophet Muhammad built Nabawi Mosque and did his Dakwah. The first time I stepped in to Nabawi Mosque's gate, I was really amazed. It is like I can not describe with words how beautiful and wonderful this mosque is, besides "Masha Allah".

High pillars stand in every 5 meters. It blooms in to a flower-like every sunrise. The combination of pastel and gold color wall looks so beautiful. I could not stop to look up the ceiling which full of artistic carving. The atmosphere is really calm and peace which make everyone want to stay in Nabawi Mosque for long time.

Not far from Nabawi Mosque, there are another great mosque, Quba Mosque. Quba Mosque is one of the oldest mosque in the world. The Prophet Muhammad put the first stone this mosque as soon as he arrived in Medina. In this mosque, moslem offer 2 raka'ah prayer which rewarded as one time umrah.

Quba Mosque looks elegant with white color dominant. The unique shape around the wall grab people attention. Pine trees grow neatly arranged in the mosque yard. The group of birds fly around as they are never tired to guard the mosque.

Another amazing place in Medina is Jabal Uhud (Mount Uhud). Jabal Uhud is Prophet Muhammad's favorite mountain because Its color is different from other mountain in the world - the combination of red, brown and gold. The fenomenal Uhud War was also taken place here.

(Pardon our selfie face)

Aside from those places, other places was also great but I can not describe it in here because I really had a very very very good time in Medina. So, It will take a long post! (This post is already long).

Mecca Trip will be in Part 2. See you in my next post.

xoxo

Risya Amarilia.