Petualangan Akhir Pekan Bersama Buku dan Bazaar di Singapura

Setelah sekian lama hanya travelling di Indonesia, akhirnya saya kembali mengunjungi negara tetangga. Ini trip perdana saya menggunakan auto-gate e-passport. Biasanya harus mengantri di imigrasi, sekarang mengantri di depan mesin. Mengurangi interaksi dengan manusia, tapi ya itu, paspor saya jadi tidak ada capnya. Dibilang lebih cepat juga tidak begitu berbeda karena penerbangan saya ada di jam pagi, dan masih banyak yang kagok menggunakan auto-gate ini. Termasuk saya. 

Terminal 2 setelah sekian lama. Kali ini traveling sama Panda.

Sekian lama tidak terbang, kesan yang dirasakan masih sama. Antusiasme mau ke luar negeri dan perasaan lega sudah meninggalkan Indonesia. Meskipun secara fisik masih ada di gate untuk boarding. Kalau main game, seperti mau memulai petualangan di welcome screen tapi belum klik start. 

Bandara negara tetangga favorit saya itu tidak banyak berbeda. Lagi-lagi ini perdana saya menggunakan auto-gate. Tanpa antri juga. Prosesnya cepat dan kurang dari 15 menit, saya sudah menunggu bagasi, siap berpetualang di Singapura.

The 2 A.M. Big Bad Wolf Book Run

I have a love-hate relationship with my hometown. One of the reasons is that living in Jakarta is never boring. You always have something to do, even in the middle of the night. We have two long weekends in a row where public holidays fall on Monday. And we have that 24-hour Big Bad Wolf Book sale. Perfect.

Despite being not as enthusiastic as when the Big Bad Wolf first came last year with their books, I pushed myself to go. Mainly because last year we found Garfield comics and hoping this year the book collection would be as interesting. But the reviews had come back with long queue reports, especially on the cashier area. The only time to go is hours before dawn. So I threw the offer of “stay up all night” to Dudu and to my surprise, he agreed.

Jungle Fever Bazaar PIK

If I have to mention one thing that’s currently trending in Jakarta, it’s bazaar. 

Don’t think about the big Jakarta Fair or something like the ones held at Balai Kartini (JakToys Fair or Mother & Baby Fair perhaps?). Think of them on a smaller scale held at a limited space inside or by a prestigious shopping mall. But this time, the one we’re attending, Jungle Fever, is a bazaar organized by All Access Jakarta which was held at Marketing Gallery Pantai Indah Kapuk.

Jakarta Food Bazaar Adventure

Bazaar is trending in Jakarta. Mainly dominated by food and fashion, these collection of pop-up markets are taking over the shopping centers. So, on one occasion, I took Dudu to a Mom and Kids Market called Shophoria at Grand Indonesia and going through the food tenants. And this is what we have to say about the unusual yet delicious bazaar food.

What makes bazaar popular is the unique concept offered by the food tenants. Each booth is competing to be the most singular store that everyone would talk about whole year long. Often started with online (mostly instagram) store, these food and beverages concept go offline on the weekend when there are chances to meet their customers personally.