Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) Family Tradition

Hi all, it's been awhile since I update my blogspot. In this post, I would like to share about my childhood memory of Mid-Autumn Festival, which we have been through it yesterday on 1st October 2020. 

Mid-Autumn Festival also called moon festival or mooncake festival, it's held on the 15th day of 8th month (Chinese calendar) and in this year it fell on 1st October 2020 (world calendar). Traditionally they believed that on this date, the moon will be the brightest and fullest size. But to be frank, I notice that the 16th, the full moon will be most brightest and you can see some sillhouette on it. 

My family used to celebrate this every year, but since we start to go to collage, we rarely celebrate it anymore. Mid-Autumn Festival is actully one of my favourite day beside Christmas. This festival engraved deeply in my childhood memory and I would like to share how we celebrated it in the past.

1. Making Lantern or Shop Your Favourite Lantern Character

At school, we made a lantern, decoreated it and have it hanged on the wall or hold it under the moon. There are many ways you can make a lantern with, using paper plate as the base or using an angpao (but it will not be pretty to walk around with it). 

In the first year of celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival in HongKong, I haven't had my own lantern, so we shopped for a lantern that can light up and I choose a Hello Kitty holding her little Teddy lantern.

2. Having Mooncake or Doll Mooncake (ApekKong)

We always buy Mooncake or ApekKong in this festival up until now. Even though the tradition of celebrating is gone, mooncake will still needed in this time. 

Red Lotus MoonCake

I loved mooncake and it's delicious as you only can eat this once a year (Just kidding, you can buy it even if it's not mid-autumn fest). My favourite is the yolk mooncake, this year I didn't get yolk mooncake because it's sold out. But I get to buy a lot of doll mooncake which we called it ApekKong! ApekKong taste like soft cookies when it is freshly from the oven, when you put it in a week or two it will ne harden and that is the best time to eat it. It has different kind of shape, such as gun, fish, the deity (ApekKong), pig and other new shape. And it's Yummy.

Doll Mooncake (ApekKong)

3. Whole Family Hot-Pot Dinner

One best thing in every celebration is always get together and have some food. And Hot-Pot Dinner is basically the best, joining by your whole big family. We could talked and laugh until you finish your food. Then we share mooncake together.

4. Walking Together Under The Moon

In Hong Kong, all the people always going to the bay to watch the moon and having a fireworks there. This is when we walk together, holding lantern with the light on. It is an awesome expirience, although all we do is only walking in the sea of people. And I got to taste brown sugar art, where I need to spin a wheel to determine the shape I'm going to get. That time the wheel only has 12 Chinese zodiac on them, but I think now they add more of shape on to it.

5. The Story of Chang'e And Superstition

It's a legend that my dad used to tell at this event and I even have a story book of it. Moreover, we all know her as the goddess of the Moon, and i believed you know the story of it. There are superstitions as well, we must not point at the moon or get upset at our parent under the moon. If you happen to do that, your ears will bleed. Well it sounds like made up by my parents, but it really did happen to me many times haha. When I consciously or not point at the moon, my ears will have this small scab after another second. So each time I realized I just pointed at the moon, I should have my hand join together to apologize to the moon then I don't get any scab if I do that. It happen many times in my teenage year,  until I'm an adult and never point at the moon again. 

So, this is my story of how I celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in my childhood. Because it's an awesome time for me, I had made some art to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival that you can have it on your t-shirt and some other merchandise. I know the festival is already pass, but you can have it for next year! Every merchandise is ON SALE now, so don't forget to check it out! 

This is the link to the shop! Happy Shopping!

https://carcaroohouse.threadless.com/collections/mid-autumn-festival-collection

Also don't forget to check out and follow Instagram @Carcaroohouse for more art, you can request for any design you like to have it on shop!

I would be very pleased to hear how you and your family celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, feel free to leave a comment on the section below. Be nice and Happy belated Mid-Autumn Festival everyone! God Bless you!

New Romantic Novel

Hi Everyone, I had been gone for so long and now I'm sharing a great story from a friend of mine. Hope you enjoy it!

It's a story about a young woman who struggle in romance between two brothers. Oh my! Love triangle! DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA FOR SURE!
It's in Bahasa Indonesia, hope that every Indonesian girls or perhaps boys could enjoy reading it!

Have a great day!

Eid Mubarak

May this special day brings peace, happiness and prosperity to everyone. Eid Mubarak!

The Empress Of China - 武媚娘传奇 review

The Empress Of China Cover

Hi everyone, I'm going to review a Chinese drama series 'The Empress Of China' or '武媚娘传奇' with total 82 episodes and Fan Bing Bing as Wu Mei Niang / Wu Ze Tian

The story is set in Tang Dynasty, the story begins with Wu Ru Yi who later became Wu Mei Niang, she first came into the palace as a lowly ranked concubine and later became the first and only woman Emperor who rules in China. This series, mostly tells about her love life with Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong, who are father and son respectively.

The drama taken main event of Wu Mei Niang's life. At first she was a concubine of Emperor Tai Zong, after the death of the emperor, she was banished to be a nun. Then she was brought back to the palace by Emperor Gao Zong, previous emperor son, and become Emperor Gao Zong's queen. She went through the power struggle and declared herself as an Emperor, after Gao Zong's death.

I will recommend this series for those who love a romantic drama with historical settings.
| SPOILER ALERT : Sad ending might occur in the first love story. | 

And I will not recommend this drama for those who love historical so much and love about how clever, cunning, and cruel Wu Mei Niang can be to be able to get the throne. This drama makes Wu Mei Niang seem like a nice person who is in luck to be able to be the emperor. Well, I can't say 100% nice, because she order to kill 2 people (Princess GaoYang and Ming Yue) but with a reason that her act can be comprehended.

The cast of 'The Empress Of China' are way too awesome and very pretty. I give an applause and appreciation for Fan Bing Bing as Wu Mei Niang and Zhang Feng Yi as Li Shi Min (Emperor Taizong) for their great acting skills. Well,, the other is good as well.

With her stunning act and awesome face, she really made this drama series looks elegant and worth watching. I love how she transforms, from a naive maiden into a strong women. I like Zhang Feng Yi as well, his demeanor as king look very cool rather than when Aarif Rahman resumed the throne. 

Media state that they made 260 costumes for Fan BingBing alone to play as Wu Mei Niang and all of them are very stunning and gorgeous. With Fan BingBing wears it, IT IS PERFECT!!! Couldn't find another word for it. (Other cast has a great outfit as well, but I will highlight only on what Fan BingBing wears.) There are some of the outfits she wears only once or only for the cover shoot and some she wear it repeatedly but only for a short time. 

Some of amazing costume I like from the drama

Gao Zong's Queen when she is governing behind
the royal beads

When she becomes the emperor

I love how the makeup artist does Fan BingBing makeup, as she grew to be a tough woman she wear more makeup. And the accessories she wears shows her knowledge grew as well.

After all, this is a cool drama series. Worth watching with absolutely stunning traditional dresses. In the end, I find out most of dynasty series drama shows that ('The Empress of China' as well), when you become the emperor you will lost all the people you love (friends, ally and lover). No one else will be with you when you are at the top because they die either protecting you or because they need to be dead for you to be the emperor. 

Lastly, I love the eunuch, Rui An, who follow Wu Mei Niang from her start until the end. Love his loyalty towards her. (One of the reason I love historical is because the loyalty of the subordinate.)

Rui An reunited with Mei Niang
He's been waiting for Mei Niang even though
he doesn't know she's alive or not

Let me share with you how do I state the historical series is good, when:

1. If the story has a King, the one who play the King has to be good in showing their demeanor as a King.

2. Background settings. Does it look fake? Some of the historical series using CGI for their background settings and it really irritates with solid color that doesn't match the outfit. (Won't name one, but there is one historical Cdrama using CGI for their background.)

3. What their wearing, traditional clothing of course. How stunning and outrageous they are.

4. And of course the cast itself. Even though he or she is famous but the acting skill is bad, it will make the entire series collapse.

5. The storyline of the series. Some historical drama series will bring you bored to death.


This is the end of my review for 'The Empress Of China'. Feel free to comment and please be kind. Thank you. Have a blessed weekend.

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News Maret 2016 - Gereja Bethel Indonesia Basilea Jembatan Lima

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Hi, ini adalah design news Maret 2016 untuk GBI Jembatan Lima. Dengan ukuran asli terbuka A4, 29.7 cm x 21 cm, dan ukuran tertutup A5, 21 cm x 14.8 cm. Tujuan pembuatan ukuran A4 agar para orang tua (yang memiliki rabun dekat) mampu membaca isi yang ada di dalam news ini. 

Tetapi, anda tidak akan mendapatkan news yang sudah dicetak dalam ukuran A4, dikarenakan petugas yang mengatur percetakan mengubah ukuran daripada news tersebut menjadi 15 cm x 15 cm (keadaan terbuka). Dengan cara menggepengkan news tersebut. Tulisan menjadi kecil dan tidak terbaca bagi orang-orang yg memiliki rabun dekat. Dikarenakan news telah tercetak banyak dan tidak direncanakan untuk mencetak dengan ukuran asli, maka akan tetap di bagikan.

Saya akan membagikan news ini melalui jaringan sosial agar semua teman-teman seiman dapat menghadiri ibadah di gereja kami, GBI BASILEA JEMBATAN LIMA. Tuhan memberkati~

Be Careful What You Post Online

Be careful what you post on social media, someday it will become your deadly boomerang.

~ Caroline Lie

Disrespect Towards Designer

"Your design is just like a piece of sh*t which I can step on and squeeze until it flats," says the one who destroy design artwork.

There will always be one client or one person who thinks designer do not know anything that they design. As a designer, we always think and give the best for our target to be comfortable with our design. But when the client gets the artwork and make a distortion towards the design without the designer knowledge, you are being disrespected towards the designer himself. 

Forgiveness is just another thing, it will just lead to another form of disrespect from the client or the person who distort the design.

Learn to handle any client you get now, it will help you in the future endeavors. 

Self-Portrait

Hi, hi, hi everyone! This is my self portrait of me! Two more days and it's valentine day.. Have you prepared anything for your love one? You don't need to give chocolate, you just need to be there with your love one as YOU are more important for them.

Be Great and love yourself to be able to love someone. Have a great weekend. 

Cheers~

THE HOUSE Ghost Short Story Continue

Hi Everyone, it's been a while since I write about the short story on the wattpad. Recently I updated the story and come out with "Drive ME Home"

Check out the ghost story here
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Please feel free to leave a comment and feedback. Have a great day!

Donut Decoration Contest

It's been awhile again since I last post my illustration. Well I'm quite busy with my things at work. So I present, another design for the church, this is the donut decorating flyer for the church.

SO... Bring your children to decorate the donut at our local church GBI Basilea JEL at Jl. KH. Moh Mansyur No.120 M-N, Komplek Ruko Waspada, Jakarta Barat. Also, you can join our sunday services at 10 a.m at the second floor. Everyone are welcome! Let us praise the LORD with all our heart! GOD BLESS YOU.

Jadi... Jangan lupa membawa anak-anak anda untuk menghias donut di gereja kami GBI Basilea Jembatan Lima di Jl. KH. Moh Mansyur No.120 M-N, Komplek Ruko Waspada, Jakarta Barat. Anda juga bisa bergabung bersama kami di kebaktian umum di lantai 2 setiap minggu mulai jam 10 pagi. Selamat Datang! Mari memuji nama Tuhan dengan segenap hati kita! Tuhan memberkati.

Exercise With Your Love One

Try exercising everyday for your healthy life. Bring along your beloved dog to accompany you on your journey. Exercising with your dog can bring you happiness before you jump on to your daily routine. Have a great Sunday!

New Style

Trying for a new illustration style. Happy New Year 2016 Everyone!
Hope you have a wonderful second day of new year.

Kegiatan Sekolah minggu - Kuis Menyusun gambar cerita Firman Tuhan

Kuis ini bertujuan agar anak-anak mengerti cerita Firman Tuhan dengan cara menyusun gambar yang diberikan.

Anak-anak akan dibagi perkelompok 3 orang. Selain bertujuan agar anak-anak mengerti cerita Firman Tuhan, anak-anak juga diajari untuk bersosialisasi dan bekerja sama dengan teman sekelompoknya untuk menyusun gambar.

Tiap kelompok akan dibagikan 4-5 cerita Alkitab (yang merupakan gambar acak) beserta clue ayat Alkitab. Anak-anak diharuskan membuka ayat Alkitab tersebut dan menyesuaikan dengan gambar acak yang diberikan. Tidak semua kata dan kalimat di dalam alkitab dilambangkan dengan gambar yang diberikan, ini bertujuan agar anak-anak berpikir yang mana susunan gambar yang tepat sesuai dengan ayat tersebut.

Kelompok yang sudah menyelesaikan susunan cerita akan mengangkat tangan dan guru sekolah minggu harus mengecek apakah susunan tersebut sudah tepat. Kemudian, kelompok tersebut harus mengambil undian dan mereka harus menceritakan ayat cerita Firman Tuhan yang mereka dapat dari undian tersebut.

Permainan ini tidak menentukan pemenang atau yang kalah, permainan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dapatkah anak-anak menyusun gambar dari ayat yang diberikan. permainan ini lebih difokuskan agar anak-anak tahu cerita dari Firman Tuhan yang mereka susun.

Sekian.. kuis ini bisa dijadikan aktifitas di sekolah minggu. Selamat mencoba.
Jika anda memiliki masukan untuk membuat aktifitas ini menjadi lebih baik, silakan tinggalkan pesan dan mari membangun iman anak di dalam Tuhan lebih dalam lagi. Tuhan memberkati~

Sunday School Journal Book

This is the Sunday School Journal Book that I have created recently.

I create this book cover and keeping one thing in mind that I would like the children to be more active in the sunday school. 

I wanted the children to try to reach God and be like a rocket which it always go up to the sky and vibrant to go to the place that it wanted to go. 

I would like to create a name for the Sunday school, as the 'Sunday school' is kind of Hmmm... 

Love to have 'CoolKidz' as the name but the leader said that is the same as cloth store name. So it came back again as to the original 'Sunday school'. 

Pray the best for GBI Basilea Jembatan Lima's Sunday School to be able to teach the children the words of God and let the children grow in God.

Thank you for viewing. Have a blessed weekend.

Happy New Year 2016

Happy New Year 2016!!!

Every year is a blessed year where we are still here with our family and friends.
May this year become a new start of your success and be more healthy, and prosperous.

Merry Christmas!!!

Hi everyone, Merry Belated Christmas!
I'm very sorry that I'm too busy to create things and upload on the blog.
But... don't worry, I'm so coming back to post more things on the blog.
Stay tune for the next hour for NEW YEAR!!!