Best Moments of the First Year by Filicia

On the first day of August 2015, we were celebrating the first anniversary of this blog. Yay! Well, even though we were honestly not that discipline on following our posting schedule, we managed to publish about 50+ posts during one year.

This time, we will be reviewing some of our favorite moments and stories that made it to the blog and share it with you guys again here. So, please enjoy the best moments according to Filicia! 

((from oldest to newest))

1. Emon Kitty Cafe - Tanjung Duren

This post is and still remains the most popular post out of all other posts. Many of the visitors also come upon our blog because of this post. One of the reasons, in my opinion is because there are not too many people writing about this restaurant on internet. Also, Tanjung Duren is an are that is not as popular in terms of culinary scene. Anyway, I have not visited this place again yet, and sure things there have changed. If I had the chance, I might want to visit it again.

2. #IndoestriDay - Opening of The First Makerspace in Jakarta!

This event is special to me because it was my first time doing a volunteer job with no one that I know beforehand. But it turned out to be the best experience ever! It was the best feeling to be in a place filled with passionate and energetic people! Going there has left me inspired and motivated to do something and to keep moving forward. Today, Indoestri has grown bigger and even better! I totally recommend you guys to come visit and join the class!

3. SHINee World III in Jakarta

I just have to include this you know, guys. I mean like, how can I not? This is SHINee that I have been loving for seven years! Well for the concert, it has been more than a year, and I still think about that day every now and then. Go and read my ramblings to find out more about how I felt back then.

4. The Painters : Hero

Another Korean act, but this one is totally different. Unlike SHINee who I have been watching closely since I was a teenager. I had no idea about The Painters at all when I first went there. But once I watched their performance, I craved for more! I also posted a short video about them which can be watched here.

5. Planning a Budget-Friendly Picnic Party!

Well, basically all the picnic party series. This is where it all started and went down until we finally released the e-magazine! The e-magazine can be read online and downloaded for free here. Making serial posts like this sure take more preparation, time and money. But seeing the result, it definitely paid off. I am thinking of doing another series this year, any suggestions guys?

There you go, the best moments of the first year according to me. I do have an honorable mention for when I did this campaign though. Also, the Intermezzo posts that I have been doing from time to time. I think this post can be categorized into Intermezzo as well haha. It felt good to look back to older posts and it definitely motivated me to write more!

Now, how about you? What are your most favorite posts from Candy After Dinner and what would you want to see in our future posts?

Cheers,

filicia

Happy First Birthday!

Oh, how time flies when you had lots of fun, right? Last month on August 1st, 2015, we celebrated the first anniversary of Candy After Dinner! Whoop! Even though we have been blogging on and off due to our lack of discipline ((which we should totally fix)), but it has been an amazing journey so far and we have learned a lot.

Though we are nowhere near responsible in following our schedule, but we are so glad that there are you guys ((yes, each one of you)) who keep on supporting on what we do, encouraging us to continue writing and even just paying a visit to this little blog every now and then. We are very humbled to have you guys spare your precious time reading about our daily musings, inspirations and life in general.

Of course, one is still a very small number for an online site like ours. That's why, we are looking forward to what the future holds. There are so many things we had in mind that we wanted to share for our future posts. But we also want to hear about your feedback. Is there anything you would like us to cover, share or make? We are more than happy to hear your comments and suggestions.

Anyway, moving forward to the D-day, we celebrated our blog's first birthday with Japanese food. Yay! We also continued the Crafty After Dinner session and this time we did brush-lettering. It is something that we have been attracted to lately and I ((fili)) got to learn during a workshop with Living Loving previously.

The thing about brush-lettering is, you really just need brush, ink and paper. So, even if it looks like lots of stuff, we really did not bring too much stuffs for this crafting session. But the downside is, it can get a little messy especially with the black ink since it would totally stain your hands.

Thanks to internet, we can have access to online learning for free! And thanks to nice people on internet who are generous enough to share their knowledge with us ((again, for free))!

And, not just brush-lettering, we definitely have to take commemorative pictures of the first anniversary. The restaurant we went to happened to have a decent wall for taking pictures ;D

Well, once again, we would like to thank you all for visiting this little blog of ours all this time. Please keep on visiting in the future! We would also be very happy to hear your feedback about anything! Also, don't forget to share it with your friends haha. After all, sharing means caring right? ;) 

Yeey,

cheers!