Life Story: Menjadi Seorang Wanita

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

Siapa yang bilang jadi seorang wanita itu gampang? kalo ada yang bilang gitu, saya akan datangi orangnya dan memberinya seluruh koleksi tas dan makeup saya (boong deng). Tapi serius deh, jadi wanita, perempuan, cewek, itu gak gampang sodara sodara. Kenapa? Aku akan kasih ilustrasi gamblangnya.. Wanita itu PMS, menstruasi, punya suami, hamil, melahirkan, menyusui, nyuapin anak, beresin rumah, dsb, dsb.. Banyak yang kami lalui tapi lawan jenis tidak.. banyak yang kami rasakan yang lawan jenis tidak rasakan..

Every step yang kita lalui ya ada fase fasenya sendiri.. and its like never ending business.. another illustration berdasarkan pengalaman pribadi.. Aku pacaran selama 6 tahun, yang pastinya sambil selalu ditanya, "kapan nikah?". Terutama saat kumpul ama keluarga, trus ke nikahan temen, trus acara2 yang emang ketemu banyak orang lah pokonya.. kemudian kita pun merencanakan pernikahan.. preparing a wedding apakah tanpa drama? tentu sajaaa drama ooo come to mama.. Wanita sebagai makhluk sensitif dan penuh emosi diuji banget nih pas persiapan pernikahan..apalagi aku orang yg tipe perfeksionis, mana LDR pula khaan..

dan yak alhamdulillah kami pun menikah... another drama for women, masa awal pernikahan.. masa adaptasi dimana kita sekarang nurutnya ama suami.. memasak, beresin rumah, bersosialisasi dengan tetangga, mingle dengan keluarga baru, dsb dsb.. kemudian mulai muncul pertanyaan, "udah isi blom?". Been there, done that. Ya memang kalo ditanya sekalo, dua kali, tiga kali still okay.. but more than that? bisa frustasi.. galaauuu lagii.. telat dikit si tamu bulanan datang, langsung geer, brasa mual, tespek negatif.. and it was not really pleasing.. uugghhhh..

Daaann fase berikutnya, hamil.. maternity.. pregnancy.. Subhanallah.. fase indah.. 9 bulan.. trimester pertama, mual, gatel, jerawat, lemes, lunglai, yukk maree.. trimester kedua, mulai enjoy, aktif, glowing, first kick, dll dll.. trimester tigaaaa, pinggang kaya mo copot, kram tengah malam, sakiitt bagian bawah yg agak menyiksa, kaki bengkak, stretchmark, aaaaaawww.. another story that women should been through..

Melahirkan? kebetulan aku melahirkan dengan proses sectio.. jadi gk merasakan kontraksi dan drama sebelum melahirkan.. but still it was magical moment for me.. kalo yang lahiran normal, berdasarkan cerita temen..sakitnyaaaaaaaaaaa.. wakwawwwwww.. syedappp..

Setelah melahirkan.. macem macem rasanya.. hampir tiap ibu mengalami drama yang berbeda beda.. ada yang ASInya gak langsung keluar, ada yang langsung bisa menyusui anaknya no problemo, ada yang bayinya kuning sampai hrs disinar, ada yang ini ada yang itu.. subhanallah semua pengalaman berbeda beda..

duhh kayanya kalo mau nulis fase seorang wanita di kehidupannya dalam 1 post ini, i think it will be a looooooong loooong post.. jempol saya gak kuat euy.. for you women out there, we're strong! tetap semangat di fase manapun Anda berada.. bismillah..

IED Collection from SUCH! by Suci Utami

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

Ramadhan Kareem, Ied Mubarak.. The Holy Ramadhan has come to us, alhamdulillah.. Happy fasting and hope we all have barokah Ramadhan..

And to welcome this holy month, Such! by Suci Utami present you our special collection for Ramadhan.. 

To see the complete collection please visit suchbysuchi.blogspot.com and simply filling the "ORDER FORM" to place your order. 

Talkshow with Hijabers Community Serang

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

You know what I love from my job now? I can meet new people, have new friends and share my experience that hopefully useful for others, alhamdulillah. Plus! I can always get close to my family as much as I want. That is the best thing! Alhamdulillah.. Can't stop thanking Allah SWT for giving me this opportunity..

Well anyway, another event that i got invited was a talkshow held by Hijabers Community Serang held at IAIN Serang. Actually it was a sudden call from the committee, to ask me as one their speaker for talkshow. The event was held on July 3rd, and they called me 2 days before. Wow.. Alhamdulillah I was available and can be part of this event. The event was great, the audience was sooooooooooo cool.. full of laugh, interaction, friendly, love the vibe, like sooo much! Thanks Hijabers Comm Serang for having me, it was awesome.. Nice meeting you all..

Silaturahim with Hijabers Subang

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

Another event that I got invited to, it was Silaturahim withHijabers Subang. Yes, Subang.. A small city at West Java near Purwakarta. It was my first time went there and it took us (me and hubby) about 3 hours to get there from Jakarta. We didn't bring Kenza along with us because afraid that he will get exhausted during the trip. The trip was smooth alhamdulillah and the city was so nice, the host (Hijabers Subang) was so friendly and cheerful. The event also ran smooth, alhamdulillah.. Thanks for having me..

with Hijabers Subang committee

What I wear: Basic dress, Bella outer pink, Aaliyah cashmere mustard
all by Such! by Suci Utami

Indosat Mentari "Hijab Hunt 2013"

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

It was an honor for me to be chosen as one of the keynote speaker for Detik.com event with Indosat Mentari.. It was a pre-event workshop for "Hijab Hunt 2013" event. I was there to be speaker "Mix and Match" topics. Besides me, there were also other speakers such as Ahmad Farurozi from Indosat, Fifi Alvianto (blogger) and also Ghaida Tsurayya (Singer). The workshop itself took place at Cafe Demang, Sarinah Thamrin. Love the ambience, the audience, and overall it was a wonderful opportunity for me to be there, be part of this workshop. Thanks Detik and Indosat for having me.

Since I gave workshop about mix and match outfit, so I made a conceptual presentation. Jadi ceritanya the model will go to three places in one day. first she wants to hang out with her friends, and then had a meeting with her client, and after that going to her friend's wedding reception. So I prepared only one basic dress with three different outer and scarfs. Choose 1 basic dress with in trend color or yourfave color. three different outer that I brought was an oversized cardigan,a blazer and Bella outer from Such! by Suci Utami. 

Mix and match I. Hangout (informal)

1. Basic dress Mustard (coming soon at Such! by Suci Utami)

2. Oversized cardigan (Forever 21)

3. Shiffon scarf colored electric blue (Such! by Suci Utami) 

Mix and match II. Meeting (semi-formal)

1. Basic dress Mustard (coming soon at Such! by Suci Utami)

2. Ultra coat (coming soon at Such! by Suci Utami)

3. Cashmere scarf navy blue

Mix and match III. Meeting (formal)

1. Basic dress Mustard (coming soon at Such! by Suci Utami)

2. Bella Outer White (Such! by Suci Utami)

3. Victorian scarf black (Such! by Suci Utami)

Tips for you in doing mix and match with your outfit: 

1. choose maximum of three color combination in every look

2. Combine bright color with at least 1 (one) neutral color

3. Combine plain outfit with patterned scarf or vice-versa

4. Wear them with confident! when you have self-esteem, anything will look great on you.

and for your information, 

www.suchbysuci.com

COMING SOON!

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Weekend at KL: PART 1

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

I got a perfect weekend last week.. Me and my family went to KL for a short weekend holiday.. Kangen banget sama KL so we've already booked tivket and hotel since a month ago.. We stayed at The Zon hotel.. Emang sih tujuan ke KL kemarin ini cuma untuk melepas kangen sama suasana dan makanan disana.. Biasanya kami spent time di KL tuh dengan muter-muter dan nginep di hotel Sunway karena dulu me and hubby lived there.. Tapi untuk liburan kali ini kami memilih untuk stay di hotel yang di tengah kota aja, dan The Zon is our choice. Letak hotelnya deket banget sama KLCC, we can see twin towers from our window..

Masih juga, narsis bersama my OPPO Find yang kamera depannya as clear as mirror.. Sambil jalan jalan di salah satu mal di KL named Pavilion.. I love this mal because not too crowded and close to other shopping center like Bukit Bintang and Sephoraaa, make up centerr..

with my husband

dan ternyata, pas banget lagi ada event KLFW or Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week. Therefore, disana banyak banget para fashionista dengan pakaian-pakaian yang lumayan eye catchy, quirky, edgy... Sayang gk sempet foto salah satunya, padahal ada yang GONG bgt lho outfitnya, macam Lady Gaga gituu.. 

hope one day I can be one of the designers

Kebetulan bgt pas lagi disana, lagi ada "event" tahunan which is hujan asap.. Emang ampir tiap tahun di Malaysia dan Singapura mengalami hal ini. Ini terjadi karena adanya kebakaran hutan di daerah Sumatera. Ya wallahu'alam ya penyebabnya apa, tapi berita ang santer terdengar.. kebakaran itu terjadi karena pembukaan lahan beberapa perusahaan di daerah Sumatera itu.. tapi perusahaan dari mana, gak tau ahh.. don't wanna start any argument here.. because its waaayy to deep.. and serious.. hoho

You can see the haze, right?

Kenza pun dapet kenalan teman baru

All pictures in this pic was took with OPPO Find smartphone. OPPO Find ini dibandrol dengan harga Rp 3.299.000,- di pasaran. It has 5MP front camera and 8MP rare camera. Kameranya sendiri udah memiliki fitur-fitur mode yang beragam, kaya Beauty Mode, Burst Mode, Rewind Mode, Panorama, Night Mode, HDR Mode, dan sebagainya.. dan itu standardnya lhoo.. jadi gk perlu download banyak aplikasi untuk edit foto. Showroomnya ada di ROXY Mas.. To find out more about this product you may go to their website http://oppomobile.co.id/ and follow them on twitter @OPPOIndonesia.

Trip to Bangka

Assalamualaikum Beautiful,

Its kinda late, i know.. but better late than never, right? Iyaa, jadi seperti yang udah aku posting di post sebelumnya, that I had a chance to go to Bangka dalam rangka ulang tahun Samanda Boutique yang ke 1. The owner, Sari Amanda was one of my colleagues that I knew when I was invite to HijabersTNG (Tangerang) launching. Happens that she also own a boutique back in her hometown Bangka.

Before I went to Bangka, a friend of mine gave me a new gadget smartphone named OPPO Find. I thought it was just like the other smartphones yang beredar dipasaran saat ini, but apparently ini beda.. bedanya gimana? I tell you through this post..

Back again, me, my husband, my mom and Kenza flew to Bangka hari Minggu tanggal 16 Juni.. We had a morning flight.. ya gak morning-morning banget sih.. Boleh dibilang ini juga kali pertama aku traveling sama Kenza sejak dia mulai MPASI. So, kebayang deh ya buibuuu gimana rempongnya nyiapin makanan Kenza selama perjalanan. Karena aku masih keukeuh untuk ngasi Kenza homemade food, no instant. Bukan idealis atau gimana, tapi itu pilihanku..untuk anakku..

Tiba di Bandara Soetta, ya biasalah.. kalo aku kebiasaannya suka dateng awalun banget sebelum jam flight -aku.. jadi bisa agak nyantai, foto-foto.. narsis-narsis.. hehe.. Kenza seems so happy for going on this trip, even though I'm sure he doesn't know where we're going.. Snap snap, using my new OPPO Find.. Gak nyangka ternyata hasil fotonya jernih banget, no editing or filters lho..

Kenza sekarang juga udah mulai sadar kamera, terutama kamera depan.. ya mungkin karena dia bisa liat wajahnya sendiri ya di layar.. hehe.. and you know what?? This OPPO Find have a very sharp yet smooth result for its front camera.. ternyataaaa, kamera depannya 5 MEGAPIXEL bokkk.. wiiwww maknyusss.. which make it the first in the world.. narsis pake kamera depan makin manjadi deh nih, secara bening bgt kaaan hasilnya.. gak perlu edit pulakk.. upload ke socmed udah tinggal upload, gk perlu pusing pilih filter.. Banyak mode camera yang bisa dipilih dalam fitur cameranya OPPO Find ini, salah satunya ada Beauty Mode, yang bikin muka cerah and flawless.. azegggg..

See? Narsis yang difasilitasi ya gini nih.. 

Penerbangan ke Bangka ditempuh dalam waktu kurang lebih 57 menit.. yaa lets say 1 jam lah ya.. the flight was great, cuaca cerah.. cumaaan pas mendaratnya agak horor, karena gak seperti biasanya kalo aku naik pesawat ke tempat lain.. Ini tuh turunnya ngebut dan ngeremnya kenceeeeeeeng bgt ampe pesawatnya agak oleng.. Selidik punya selidik ternyata emang begitu karena landasan bandara Depati Amir pendek.. Kami pun dijemput langsung sama owner Samanda Boutique yang kecehh.. Sari.. setelah itu ke hotel untuk ganti baju dan makan siang.. baru deh siap-siap menuju ke Samanda Boutique untuk memenuhi undangan.. and this is what I wear..

Ethnic Scarf (turquoise), Bella Outer pale green, Naomi dress pale green
all by Such! by Suci Utami

And this is my make up look.. Quite simple smokey eyes and nude lipstick.. And of course this pic was taken with OPPO Find front camera without any editing process!

Sesampainya di Butik Samanda, acara sudah dimulai sebentar.. Kemudian dilanjutkan dengan sharing stories dan hijab tutorial dari aku.. Well, sharing is always fun for me.. Waktu itu aku sharing soal bagaimana memulai bisnis dan mempertahankannya.. Hijab tutorial yang aku berikan ada 4 gaya yang alhamdulillah dengan mudah bisa diikuti oleh audience. 

Me with Sari

Monday, June 17th

Time to go home, back to Jakarta.. Thanks Sari for your hospitality and kindness for having me in Bangka. What a great time we had there. InsyaAllah we will be back and enjoy more time at Bangka. Penasaran pengen lihat pantainya.

Neon Lime cerutti shawl, Fuchsia basic maxi Skirt,
Broken white peplum tux all by Such! by Suci Utami

my Mom and my Son

Dan untuk teman teman di Bangka dan sekitarnya, sekarang sudah bisa mendapatkan produk 

Such! by Suci Utami di SAMANDA BOUTIQUE

Ruko Graha Loka blok E1 No. 8, Selindung, Pangkal Pinang, Bangka

See you again, Bangka..