Chronicles

Despite the daily antics we all get carried away with on a daily basis. It is hard to deny that Jakarta is a hidden gem waiting to make its global breakthrough. [...]

My Grandmother always said that you have to be smart about love.  She felt that who you love is up to you.  It was certainly not something to be left to impulse, whimsy, or chance.  Love was a considerable commitment and required assessment, good judgment, and to be taken seriously.  Her perspective was perhaps the product of a generation raised to cherish practicality and revere discipline.  She was married for over half a century and with all the ups and downs that the decades proffered, her devotion to those she loved was as steadfast and meaningful as the wedding ring [...]

For the next few weeks, our team will give you an early week guide to what events - everything from music, exhibitions, performances arts, or discussions  - you can attend to in Jakarta. Have a lookout for these cultural events around Jakarta this week: Mélissa Laveaux | Tuesday, 17 June 2014 Mélissa Laveaux is a Haiti-descent singer and guitarist  who was raised in Canada and now lives in Paris. [...]

  Latcho Drom is a movie that ignites curiosity and wanderlust like a long, fragrant incense, that lingers well after it's been extinguished. I cannot tell you which came first the wanderlust or the movie, but whatever it was one did eventually fall in love with the other, and they are now stuck together forever. [...]

"Defining daily occurrence is a way to delve into the essence of daily experience: To get out of routine and doubt by finding a certainty that is real, to become human which are able to nurture awareness." - Manisfesto Keseharian  Every two years, Galeri Nasional Indonesia presents the most awaited and [...]

Step 9: Final Products After following through all the eight process of sitting to brainstorm, create concepts, stories, and getting down and dirty by being hands on towards the constructions of the bag. The products you see on display can finally be delivered to your doorstep. While the creative process may seem to end right here, there are various aspects to be checked to showcase the final product as a whole. [...]

Cutie and The Boxer follows the journey of New York based Japanese artist duo Ushio Shinohara and Noriko Shinohara. ‘Cutie’ which definitely is the pet name for the wife has since her arrival to New York in her early twenties adored the intensity of emotions Ushio puts into his art. [...]

There she was. Sitting on an antique bed with four post and a white transparent curtain that surrounds it. As if sharing a fairytale to her grandchildren, Inggit Garnarsih sat at the edge of her bed opening a story about the ill fate Javanese Queen, Ratu Ningrum Kusuma, the King's wife who was cast out from the palace with the arrival of Jembawati who teased his husband to make him fall in love with her. [...]

We're super excited to be hosting a giveaway this month at Tulisan! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter.Post a pic of your favorite way to style your Tulisan items and add #TulisanMyStory! Get creative and wild! You can submit multiple entries! AND, if you have a story to share about anything that has happened with you and your Tulisan add it in the comments section of your pictures! It can seriously be anything: fiction, how you first met Tulisan, an adventure you and your Tulisan went on, etc. [...]

Always arriving with a colorful burst of clothing, Amalla Vesta has a charm of her own. She is tall and lean and carries a clean cut jaw-length haircut, “Oh yes, I was once a model,” she affirmed as I ask, “During those days before I decided to do something noble and take engineering,” she continues to laugh it off knowing her work these days has nothing to do her previous college pursuits. These days, Vesta, as she familiarly introduces herself, is never set in one place. [...]

Step 8: Quality Control Once the product has come to full form and has been thoroughly edited, each product must be carefully evaluated piece by piece manually by the hands of our very trusted people to ensure each products are dismissed according the standard we withhold. In this step a few things that are looked for are for irregular silk screen seen on the materials since the process are manually made and can cause the ink to be spread out unevenly. [...]

Our mom's are always THE BEST! [...]