The Charming Villain Just Wants To Be A Salted Fish

Kapan hari baru kelar baca novel "Pampered Consort's Acting Awards" trus bingung kan mau baca apaan. Jadi asal scroll di NU deh buat cari2 title buat dibaca. Tp entah kenapa lagi ga mood baca yg serius dan panjang. Jadi pas ketemu title "The Charming Villain Just Wants To Be A Salted Fish" dan ngeliat kalo dia cuma ada 21 chapter gw langsung tergoda.

Kalo liat review sih agak mixed ratings ya. Tp toh cuma 21 chapter. Gas aja lah. So turns out that it's pretty good. Cocok banget buat yg lagi cari bacaan yg pendek dan ga mau pake brain cells krn ni storyline bisa dibilang agak random wkwkwk.

Put things short nih cerita mulai dari si MC kita, "Joyce" yg lagi confiscate tuh otome manga si ade krn si ade bentar lagi mau ada high school entrance exam. Abis confiscate si Joyce iseng2 deh browse tuh manga. Ga taunya dia transmigrate ke dalem otome manga favorit ade dia.

Parahnya pas dia kluar2 malah lagi scene war. Dia jadi vampir yang lagi melakukan kidnap attempt terhadap original MC manga itu (Isabella, Princess of Saidan). Dia lagi di posisi megang si ori MC, Isabella trus ada knight ganteng depan dia lagi ngarahin pedang ke arah dia.

Walau cuma baca dikit, tp Joyce kira2 udah tau kan arah critanya kemana. Jadi dia coba buat ganti flow ceritanya deh. Drpd kidnap princess yg lagi otw buat nikah sama King of Karnia buat ngacem si King buat bebasin Cathy (Vampire Primogenitor) yg nantinya bikin si knight dan dragon king bertarung demi ori MC, lokasi vampir bocor, uda gitu kalo Cathy selamat jg ga mungkin bertahan lebih dari 3 chapter krn udah pernah kena seal sekali, Joyce milih buat kidnap si knight deh biar storyline ga berlanjut kaya di manga.

Salah satu yg bikin ngakak di storyline ini si nama2nya ya. Kan bule2 banget tu, Joyce la, Sean la, Isabella la, tp entah kenapa nama char tangan kanan si Joyce tuh Nicholas Long AoTian. Tiba2 ada nama cina wkwkwkw. Sebenernya gw ga gitu ngeh banget sih arti nama itu. Tp gara2 sebelom ini gw pernah baca manhua "My Husband Was Once A Long Aotian ya gw jadi ngakak. Jadi keinget tu char. Kalo di Google sih Long Aotian tuh di dalam dunia meme Cina itu nama buat the most dominating character.

SPOILER AHEAD!

Jujur tuh gw males banget ketik detail buat storylinenya. Toh juga cuma 21 chapter kan ya? Gas aja sih. Satu saran kalo pas baca sih go with the flow aja ya. Soalnya storyline ini agak absurd tp masih sweet, funny and enjoyable.

Gini2 sampe ada plot twist lho! Tadi gw kirain si Joyce beneran bawa pulang si Knight yg katanya char fodder. Tipe yg selamatin ori MC tapi ga dapet ori MC lololol. Gataunya knight yg dibawa pulang si Joyce tuh ga laen dari si Dragon King sendiri wkwkwkw. Asik kan?

Suka baca scene si Sean bikin si Joyce jadi kucing. Lucu jg pas tau kalo si Long Aotian suka sama kucing wkwwkw. Uda gitu ngakak jg pas si Long Aotian (kayanya 2x?) bilang ke Joyce kalo dia tu Nicholas Long Aotian. Buka Long Aotian doang. Random banget yak? WKWKWK.

Intinya Happy Ending sih. Monggo dibaca dan happy reading~

Beli Buku di Book Depository

Berhubung aku lagi demam Danmei sejak kapan hari. Mulailah perjalananku menuju kehidupan kepengen koleksi barang2 danmei. Tadinya pengen koleksi boneka Minidoll doang. Tapi tanpa sengaja ketemu seseorang di Twitter yg ngomong tentang beli novel dari Book Depository. The rest is history LOLOLOL. (Yes Nana, itu kamu. Tp kayanya kamu ga baca ini blog wakakaka)

Ceritanya kepengen support danmei writer Cina biar si writer bisa earn more money, biar bisa tetep berkarya dan biar lebih banyak company di luar bakal mau translate novel-novel Cina.

Sekalian penasaran sekarang tuh bea cukai gmn. Krn jujur sejak pembebasan bea masuk atas barang kiriman diturunin dari USD 75 menjadi USD 3 per kiriman, aku udah ga shopping dari luar lagi. Takut gitu lho. Ga lucu kan kalo udah beli malah ga sanggup bayar tax-nya lol.

Dari situ aku iseng cek app Mobile Bea Cukai. Tp anehnya ngga dikenakan tax sama sekali. Padahal udah baca sana sini, katanya kena tax kalau buku yg kita beli itu non-educational genre. Ada yg kena sampe 80rb-an. Tp ada jg yg cuma kena 8rb-an. Saking penasaran gw sampe tanya youtuber yg ada bikin konten tentang Book Depository. Dia jg bilang kalo dia ngga kena. Ngebingungin kan? Dan biar afdol, cus deh gw nanya via Twitter Bea Cukai. Jawabannya kaya gini:

Nah dari sini fix kan kalo non-educational books ga dapet pembebasan pajak. Jadi galau. Abis itu aku nanya deh gimana cara cek estimasi harga. Dikasih deh link itu insw.go.id. Tp jujur aku ga jago hal2 yg beginian. Jadi ya sudahlah pasrah aja dan memutuskan buat langsung cobain beli buku dari Book Depository. Ceritanya ga usah stress ini itu sebelom mencoba lol.

 

Dan untuk itu tentu saja aku langsung ke web Book Depository. Abis register cus deh checkout novel yg aku mau. Karena baru pertama kali, takut barang ga sampe atau kena tax tinggi, jadi cuma checkout satu novel hahah. Better safe than sorry kan?

Surprised juga penanganan mereka lumayan cepet. Aku baru checkout pas 19 April, dan ternyata pas tanggal 21 April udah dikirim donk! Dan seperti yg kebanyakkan orang bilang, memang mereka nggak mencantumkan nomor telpon kita. Ga tau kenapa. Pas checkout memang ada column gitu buat kita nulis nomor telpon. Tp ga tau kenapa ga ditulis di packaging lololol. Padahal berguna kan ya?

Untuk order status cuma diupdate sampe status "Dispatched". Abis itu berserah aja kepada Tuhan dan tunggu sesabar mungkin.

In short, buku aku dateng deh sekitar tanggal 27 May. Kenapa sekitar? Karena satpam apartment aku lupa buat masukin info barang dateng di list buku barang kiriman pas barangnya dateng. Jadi jujur aku jg ga tau exact date bukunya sampe LOL. Intinya sih sampe hahaha.

It's safe to say that ordering from Book Depository (UK - JKT) took around 35-36 days. Include weekend ya. Not bad sih memandangkan harganya yg lebih murah dan FREE ONGKIR. Cocok buat yang ga buru2 pengen dapet bukunya.

And oh...Good news! Ga bayar apa2 dong! Ga kena bea cukai! Jadi happy and pengen beli lagi di Book Depository lain kali.

Front View of the Packaging

Back View of the Packaging

Padahal packaging simple kaya gini ya. Ga dapet bubble wrap tapi aman damai sampai tujuan lho. Bukunya ga lecet sama sekali.

Udah gitu gratis bookmark hahaha. Pas banget aku dapet yg ada element kocengnya. Wakakak lucu jg ya. Sekian pengalamanku beli buku dari Book Depository. Semoga bermanfaat bagi yang ragu2 untuk mencoba. Tetep risky IMO. Tp worth the try!

Bagus ya? Mulus kan? AKU BAHAGIA LOL!

Penggantian Kartu Debit CIMB NIAGA Yang Sudah Expired

Beberapa hari yang lalu kan lagi butuh duit cash. Jadi langsung cus deh gw ke ATM terdekat. Sayangnya pas udah key in jumlah yg gw mau, eh Kartu Debit gw auto keluar dari mesin. Kan aneh ya. Ya udah deh coba lagi. Masih sama dong mental keluar jg dari tempat kartu wkwkwk.

Setelah ditelusuri ternyata Kartu Debit gw udah expired beberapa bulan. Maklum lah ya. Udah lama kita ga bayar pake Kartu Debit lagi kan? Paling Kartu Kredit. Kalo ngga ya pake E-Money deh kaya si OVO, Shopee Pay maupun Gopay. Ya mana ngeh si debit kapan expirednya.

Hokinya org dibelakang gw cm satu. Jadi ga malu-malu amet gagal tarik uang wkwkwkw. So ujung2nya gw minta ijin ke boss buat ke bank buat memperbaharui Kartu Debit gw yg sudah expired keesokan harinya.

Pas gw sampe di bank, di assist sama satpam buat ambil nomor giliran. Hokinya saat itu ada 2 teller Customer Service dan cuma 1 yang occupied. Jadi ga pake lama udah deh giliran gw.

Nah pas gw sampe, gw kasih deh itu nomor antrian, Kartu Debit Lama sama KTP gw. Trus si mba Customer Service tanya apa gw jg bawa Buku Tabungan gw. Ya kali aja gw bawa. Toh gw pikir kan cuma pembaharuan. Asal ada Kartu Debit lama sama KTP buat nunjukkin bahwa gw tuh memang owner sebenar ya cukup. Buat apa bawa Buku Tabungan. Ekstra banget. Toh itu Buku Tabungan jg kosong krn ga pernah gw bawa buat print. Bisa dibilang kosong banget.

Jadi yg diperlukan buat memperbaharui Kartu Debit CIMB Niaga yg sudah expired tuh: Kartu Debit Lama, KTP  sama Buku Tabungan. Bawa 3 itu ya.

Berhubung gw udah sampe dan emang KTP gw asli kan ya, diproses deh sama mba-nya. Dia bilang laen kali mendingan bawa aja tu Buku Tabungan. Biar bisa diancurin trus diganti jadi E-Statement. Buat apa jg ya pikir gw. Toh skrg kan jg uda ada aplikasi OCTO Mobile. Bisa langsung liat transaksi apa aja yg gw ada. Ngapain apply e-Statement email lagi? Kebanyakkan ga si? Wakakaka.

Pokoknya puji Tuhan masih di proceed hehe. Trus berhubung kartu gw kan udah lama, sekalian mba e memperbaharui data gw lagi deh. Gw difoto trus perlu isi formulir gitu, sambil update skrg gw kerja dimana, jalan apa, posisi apa, trus tandatangan dll dan voila. Kartu lama dipotong and DONE!

Tidak dikenakan biaya apapun ya. Alias FREE! Yes. FOC! Ga tau krn kartu gw emang sudah expired atau kalau deket2 tanggal mau expired jg gratis atau ngga. Kalian bisa coba tanya melalui twitter mereka atau telpon customer service.

Agak happy berhubung kartu lama gw bagian laminatingnya udah mulai keluar. Jadi kan seneng gitu lho kartu gw jadi keliatan kinclong lagi. Udah gitu designnya jg lebih cakep. Hehehe.

Gw dapetnya Kartu Debit yg berlogo Mastercard. Gatau gmn mereka nentuinnya. Krn abis jadi jg gw baru sadar kalo ada satu tipe lagi. Yaitu Kartu Debit yg berlogo GPN. Baru tau pas lagi mau cari foto buat ditaro di postingan ini. Yep seperti gambar yg dibawah ini. Ada yang tau bedanya apa?

Kalo gw ga salah baca ya itu yg berlogo GPN lebih user friendly buat org yg sering pake Kartu Debit di mesin EDM maupun ATM di Indonesia. Jadi dia bisa kebaca di mesin2 EDM dan ATM yang ada di Indonesia.

Meanwhile kalo yg Kartu Debit berlogo Mastercard, dia lebih cocok buat dipakai sama org yang suka berpergian ke luar negeri. Buat lebih detail bisa klik DISINI ya.

Ga gitu efek banyak sih ke gw. Toh spt yang sudah gw katakan di awal, skrg lebih sering pake E-Money sama Kartu Kredit. Jadi jarang banget sentuh Kartu Debit.

Oh iya, kan pas nungguin mba e ketik2 ini itu, gw msg-an sama temen di M'sia. Ya dia bilang deh ngapain gw ke kaunter. Ternyata kalo disana tuh udah ada self service machine. Wkwkwkw. To which pas gw otw pulang, gw ngeliat 1 bank yang lagi dalam renovasi punya mesin yg bertuliskan mesin pengganti kartu.

Panjang umur ya. Brarti bank laen di Indo jg punya mesin begituan. Gatau deh BCA sama CIMB ada ga. Apa gara2 cabang yg gw datengin itu bukan cabang utama ya? Makanya manual? I don't know.

Anyway, ayo cek masa berlaku Kartu Debit anda semua! Kalo mau bisa sekalian cek expiry date buat SIM dan Kartu Debit bank laen. Kalo Kartu Kredit sih lebih aman ya. Krn kan auto dikirim sama bank. Hahaha.

That's all. Happy Weekend all!

 

Belanja pake ASTRO App

Ceritanya pas kapan gitu ngeliat IG story orang ada app yg namanya ASTRO. Pada bilang kalo pengirimannya tuh cepet banget. Less than 15 minutes bakal sampe. Kan kedengerannya impossible banget ya. Toh yg namanya macet di Jakarta tuh udah ga asing. Gimana caranya 15 minit sampe. Belom lagi mrk harus cari tu item yg kita mau terus perlu packing kan?

Since gw jadi penasaran, gw download deh itu app. Dan ternyata bener. Udah beberapa kali pesen dan selalu tuh item sampe dibawah 15 minit. Ya sekitar 12 minit gitu lah. Entah gimana caranya. Jangan tanya diriku.

Jujur sangat convenient. Apalagi pas mager trus butuh item last minute. Bahkan kadang harga mereka lebih murah dari toko2 yg deket rumah lho! Pinter2 aja deh browsingnya hahaha. Worth it banget.

Kaya biasanya susu Greenfields Fresh Milk kan dijual sekitar 29rb-an gitu. Tp kadang di app dijual sekitar 26rb-an gitu. Asik kan! Belom lagi kalo shopping diatas 50rb. Ada cashback gitu. Sweet!

Oh satu lagi yg gw suka dari ini app. Kadang mereka tu sweet banget. Suka kasi item gratisan walaupun kadang cuma beli item yg totalnya cuma 50rb-an. Kaya kmaren2 gw dikasi Pocari Sweat yg ukurannya bisa dibilang gede ya buat gratisan. Malah pernah liat org dapet gratisan OATLY! Ya random sih. Tp ya happy aja dapet random gratisan.

YES! Itu Pocari Sweat GRATIS! Buat yg belom nyobain ASTRO app pokoknya wajib deh buat nyobain. Ya walau kadang ga full pilihannya. Tp lumayan sih. Kaya lagi butuh bawang merah doang, atau butuh beli susu, telor atau saos gitu. Convenient menurutku. Cara pembayaran jg gampang. Bisa pake OVO dll.

Boleh pake kode HEIHWN buat dapetin 25rb gratis! Lumayan toh. Kamu dapet 25rb. Aku jg dapet 25rb. Wakakaka. Win win solution. Smoga membantu buat kaum mager. Happy Holiday! :)

Drowned in Danmei

As written in the title, yes. I've been into Danmei lately. Basically danmei is similar to Yaoi a.k.a Boys Love (BL). Correct me if I'm wrong coz I'm pretty new to this. Not super new. But definitely not pro hahaha.

During college years, it's very popular to copy anime from friend's hardisk. So one day le friend gave me Yaoi anime called Gravitation. I guess that's my earliest encounter towards BL world. If you know that yaoi anime then I guess we are similar in age lol.

Anyway, it doesn't have big impact since it's hard to differentiate gender inside an anime. As you can see, the pink-haired character resembles a girl. Minus boobs of course LOL. That's why I just watch it with ease like how i watch other romance anime.

Didn't really watch lots of BL anime. But somehow along the years I did watch several other BL anime. To name a few that I can remember : Junjou Romantica, Love Stage!!, Hybrid Child, Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu, Super Lovers (only S1), Sekaiichi Hatsukoi and Yuri!!! On Ice.

Then I think around few years ago I accidentally came across one Donghua called Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi) and I'm HOOKED! Tbh I didn't realize that it's an adaptation from a BL novel. Till I go and google on it right after I finished watching the anime hahaha. And that time I was so happy coz soon enough they released the live action version.

At first I was skeptical since the ML didn't really resemble the anime character. Turned out I was wrong. I really liked how Xiao Zhan acted inside the drama. I thought I would be bored watching it since I've already know the whole storyline considering that I've watched the donghua version. Again I was wrong. I enjoyed the drama version as much as I love the donghua version. I cried several times. You watch then you know.

Guess my love for it runs deep till I promoted it to my bro. Of course without informing him beforehand that it's actually adapted from a BL novel. HAHAHAHA. Sure enough he watched the entire drama and loving it. Only then I revealed to him that it's BL related *insert smug smiles here lol

If you wanted to try watching BL but can't accept anything super BL at the moment then this drama is the best choice. It's called The Untamed (Chén Qíng Lìng). I assure you it only felt like bromance in this drama. Just like the closeness between Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook in K-Drama Goblin. 

Not long after that, I was once again treated to another BL drama that is also considered as subtle. But this time with more BL content. At least got tiny skinship HAHAHAHA. Yes. It's none other that Word Of Honor.

This drama got me so obsessed with Gong Jun. Guess he shines so well in this drama. Compared to his other drama I've seen before this. Bless the drama, his acting and the visual team hahaha.

In fact I was really looking forward to the next BL drama from China called Immortality (Adapted from the web novel "The Husky and His White Cat Shizun"). Unfortunately good things doesn't come that often. Apparently the drama follows up the novel that much that it doesn't pass censorship in China. So oh well. Let us just all pray that one day it'll get pass through censorship. If not then maybe just publish it online? *hopeful

PLS PLS PLS released the drama already. I really love the cast chosen for this drama so much that I imagined them as I read the novel lololol. Bless whoever chose the cast for the ML of the drama. Both Chen Fei Yu and Luo Yun Xi resembles what I pictured in mind!

Apart from China, Thailand also came out with a few of BL dramas which I enjoy these past years. One of it is called 2gether: The Series. Very sweet I tell you! Please notice that Thai is more open towards BL. So there's kiss scenes for this drama. But only kisses la. Not as BL as other Thai BL dramas. Still within subtle IMO. This drama got me into Vachirawit Chiva-aree (Bright). He's the ML of this drama. Look so handsome!! His smile is cute too! Not to forget how much i love the OST of this drama that I repeat play dunno for how long. HAHAHAHA. Only watch if you are ok watching 2 guys kissing each other ok. If not then don't watch la.

Last one comes from the recommendation of my gay friend and online friend, Furi. LOLOLOL. According to gay friend, this drama felt more real to RL compared to 2gether. Don't ask me if it's true or not coz I'm not gay. So I can't really answer. It's called I Told Sunset About You (ITSAY). Even the name also already so "jiwang" right? HAHAHAHA.

This one definitely not my kind of drama. But no doubt it's a good drama. The whole lighting and mood is reallyyyyy good! Not to mention their acting. Like wahseh. Can cry so deep ah? And tbh some scenes made me cry so deep too. Again, you watch then u know. HAHAHAHA. I won't spoil anything la. Btw this one is MORE BL compared to 2gether. So definitely make sure you are ok with deep kisses and such then watch. If not then it's better to skip. Didn't watch S2 so I have nothing to say for that one. I heard S2 resolves on cheating. Since I can't handle cheating, so I don't feel like I want to watch it. LOLOLOL.

Anyway this drama also have really really good OST. Do check out "Skyline" and "Can't Translate". So much feels and definitely addictive!

As there's no other BL drama that captures my attention for the time being, somehow I came across BL novel enthusiasts online as I order my 2ha Minidoll. That's how I became a BL novel reader too now. Thank You Furi and Nana LOLOLOL (Udah kaya SKSD ya panggil nama pendek).

Below is the some of the fruit of their "poison":

Too lazy to upload other photos I have. Guess that's all for now. Just an update on what I've been doing these past few years. HAHAHA.

Last but not least...

I really recommend reading The Husky and His White Cat Shizun and Heaven Official's Blessing. Have a nice day y'all!