Wow, it’s suddenly the last weekend of February. Time just flew by, didn’t it? This month we’ve been working fully at home again, due to the rising number of Omicron cases. This time it feels a lot less life-threatening, though. Yes, more people are getting infected and it is significantly more contagious than the earlier variants, but the symptoms tend to be pretty mild and the recovery rate is much higher too. So here’s hoping! For now, it’s just government regulation that keeps us working at home—much to my delight, to be honest (lol). Being at home allows me to catch up on my reading, my watch list and experiment more in the kitchen—the evidence of which you have seen here and will hopefully more coming soon. It’s been really inspiring to have a life outside of work.
Another thing working from home has allowed me: working in my pajamas. Since the pandemic started, you may have seen me sport a couple sleepwear before—here and here. Let’s just count this as my annual at-home OOTD contribution! Recently, I got this pajama set from my Stepmom—she would often put hand-me-downs that she never wore or could no longer wear on my bed—and I fell in love instantly. The colours really speak to me—it even matches my book! And the fact that they come in an ensemble is just perfection. The fabric is very light and breezy, which is perfect for this climate—it’s something very rare to find in pajama form, since it’s not exactly a typical form of clothing in this culture. This will no doubt be my go-to pajama from now on.
Today I thought I’d also share a little behind the scenes of my book. As you know, towards the end of last year I published Take It Slow, a book on sustainable fashion in Indonesia—read more about it here, if you’re curious. And, recently, I talked a little bit about my self-publishing experience with this book here. There I mentioned something about doing pretty much everything by myself. You probably already know that I designed and illustrated the book myself, but it also includes handling the printing portion myself too. As someone who knows very little about the process of it, I had to make decisions regarding the materials, colours and techniques. On top of that, I had to check the quality of all 300 copies of the book afterwards. Needless to say, it was overwhelming, but I do have full control of the outcome.
The book, by the way, is still available on Tokopedia. I’m also working on making the book more easily accessible and closer to where you live. So far, there are three stores where you can get the book as well. If you live in Bali, it’s also available on Zero Waste Shop. If you live in the greater Jakarta area, you can also get it on Saruga and Matalokal. Other than that, I’ve got a couple more stores in the works—let’s hope we can get Take It Slow out there as soon as possible. My ultimate goal is to have the book available pretty much everywhere across the archipelago. If you live outside of Java and know any good consignment store I could contact, please let me know in the comments—or DM me on Instagram.
Wow, it’s suddenly the last weekend of February. Time just flew by, didn’t it? This month we’ve been working fully at home again, due to the rising number of Omicron cases. This time it feels a lot less life-threatening, though. Yes, more people are getting infected and it is significantly more contagious than the earlier variants, but the symptoms tend to be pretty mild and the recovery rate is much higher too. So here’s hoping! For now, it’s just government regulation that keeps us working at home—much to my delight, to be honest (lol). Being at home allows me to catch up on my reading, my watch list and experiment more in the kitchen—the evidence of which you have seen here and will hopefully more coming soon. It’s been really inspiring to have a life outside of work.
Another thing working from home has allowed me: working in my pajamas. Since the pandemic started, you may have seen me sport a couple sleepwear before—here and here. Let’s just count this as my annual at-home OOTD contribution! Recently, I got this pajama set from my Stepmom—she would often put hand-me-downs that she never wore or could no longer wear on my bed—and I fell in love instantly. The colours really speak to me—it even matches my book! And the fact that they come in an ensemble is just perfection. The fabric is very light and breezy, which is perfect for this climate—it’s something very rare to find in pajama form, since it’s not exactly a typical form of clothing in this culture. This will no doubt be my go-to pajama from now on.
Today I thought I’d also share a little behind the scenes of my book. As you know, towards the end of last year I published Take It Slow, a book on sustainable fashion in Indonesia—read more about it here, if you’re curious. And, recently, I talked a little bit about my self-publishing experience with this book here. There I mentioned something about doing pretty much everything by myself. You probably already know that I designed and illustrated the book myself, but it also includes handling the printing portion myself too. As someone who knows very little about the process of it, I had to make decisions regarding the materials, colours and techniques. On top of that, I had to check the quality of all 300 copies of the book afterwards. Needless to say, it was overwhelming, but I do have full control of the outcome.
The book, by the way, is still available on Tokopedia. I’m also working on making the book more easily accessible and closer to where you live. So far, there are three stores where you can get the book as well. If you live in Bali, it’s also available on Zero Waste Shop. If you live in the greater Jakarta area, you can also get it on Saruga and Matalokal. Other than that, I’ve got a couple more stores in the works—let’s hope we can get Take It Slow out there as soon as possible. My ultimate goal is to have the book available pretty much everywhere across the archipelago. If you live outside of Java and know any good consignment store I could contact, please let me know in the comments—or DM me on Instagram.