HIJABIST Book Tour to Bandung PART: I

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

This post gonna be both in Indonesia and English, mix mix.. Jadi pada tanggal 17-18 Nov kemarin Terrant Hijabist, our book publisher held a book tour for our readers who wants to experience traveling with us (me, Siti and Etu). So the first destination for this tour is Bandung. Para peserta pun berangkat bersama dari Jakarta jam 7 pagi naik bus yang nyaman banget. On day 1, kita trip ke The Dreams Cake home shop. Disana kita boleh ngintip proses produksi jarcake The Dreams Cake yang terkenal itu plus kita juga bisa mendengar sharing dari owner of TDC, Dara Rahma Illahiya.

First, kita diajak keliling tempat produksi dulu nih. Dibawah ini beberapa tahap akhir pembuatan rainbow jarcake. Yang bulet-bulet itu cake nya, yang nantinya akan diratakan trus ditumpuk didalam jar with cream in every layer.

Nah ini dia cake yang sudah dirapihkan bentuknya, kemudian diletakan didalam toples dengan warna selang seling. Namanya juga rainbow ya, harus warna warni and gonjreng. FYI, this rainbow jarcake taste so yummy, sweet and smell so good since the cream base is milk. Yummmmm..

These are not colorful bread, but these are also rainbow sponge cake for bigger cake instead of jarcake. 

After looking around the production area, Teh Dara (the owner) share with us about the start of The Dreams Cake company and how did it goes. Ternyata untuk memulai dan menjalani usaha kuliner seperti ini banyak tantangannya lho. Yang awalnya teh Dara iseng-iseng cari kegiatan setelah moving back from Perth, eh akhirnya malah keterusan berbisnis kuliner ini. Rough start, mulai dari ditolak beberapa toko untuk menitip produknya, sampai banyak copy cat yang meniru produk serupa. Well, itulah bisnis.. We got to be tough though.. Berkat keuletan dan kegigihan teh Dara dalam membangun usaha ini, sekarang The Dreams Cake sudah punya beberapa cabang di Bandung, Jakarta dan Medan. Well done! Keren! Pas ditanya soal omzet, ibu 1 anak ini malu-malu.. But I'm sure it must be BIG!

After curhat session with Teh Dara, mba Via.. our beloved Mba Via (CEO of Terrant) give her speech regarding this book tour. Tujuan dari book tour ini selain jalan-jalan bareng, bisa jadi ajang silaturahmi dan sharing satu sama lain. Diharapkan peserta bisa mendapatkan pengalaman sekaligus ilmu baru during this trip. 

And here comes the fun part! They let us create our own cupcakes! yeaaayyyyy.. we're so excited.. They gave us cupcake and decoration tools. And so we start, seriously.. My face tell..

Siti busy with her bbm.. bbm-ing...... You know who :p

THIS IS IT!

And this is Me, Siti and Etu along with our own cupcake creations.. yeaayyy! Siti's cupcake is the sexiest one since me and Etu create hijabers figure while Siti creates....hmmmm.. Betty Boop alike figure.

 Thanks The Dreams Cake for a great experience and meaningful sharing..

You may follow their tweet @TheDreamsCake 

Home shop: Jl. BKR No. 22 Bandung

EVENT: The Launching of HIJABIST on Aug 12th, 2012

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

As I informed in my previous previous post, that on August 12th, 2012.. Suci Utami, Siti Juwariyah and Restu Anggraini together with Terrant Books held the launching of our book HIJABIST: Confessions of Hijab Fashion Blogger. And the day has come! woohoooo.. we're sooooo superrr ecxited for this event.

The event was started at 3 pm at Pejaten Village 3rd floor. It was amazing and beyond our imagination. We're so happy and quite nervous. Here's the short preview from the event:

We tell a little bit preview about our book, and the process behind it. Its funny because its like a flashback for us to recall our memories about the process. We also thrill to see the audiences who were excited just like we were that time. This book is our first step as a writers and we hope that this book will warmly accepted by HIJABIST in Indonesia or maybe abroad. Alhamdulillah our book have already available at book stores in JABODETABEK and other cities followed. InsyaAllah you can also buy the book through our blog, we'll update you how to after lebaran ya.. 

on our way to the stage, dag dig dug

Best dress winner as our choice

Etu gave a simple hijab tutorial

Gda sing beautifully

Thank you for you who came that day, hope you enjoy the event as well as we were. Now you can find and buy our book at Gramedia or Toko Buku Gunung Agung. If you still don;t see our book at the book shelf, try to ask the official person from the book store to find them for you, okaayyy.. Thanks beautiful..

Book Launching "HIJABIST: Confessions of Hijab Fashion Blogger"

Bismillahirohmanirohim.. We present you..

The launching of our book, HIJABIST: Confessions of Hijab Fashion Blogger on August 12th, 2012 at Pejaten Village 3rd floor 3PM onwards.. FOR FREE! Please come and meet up!

You can also join "Buka puasa bersama Siti Juwariyah, Suci Utami and Restu Anggraini" on the event and get goodie bags from the authors and Terrant (registration needed).

More info, please follow @terranthijabist on twitter or you can also check their blog: http://terranthijabist.blogspot.com

SEE YOU THERE Beautiful!