Jani Journey Journal

Samuel Frederick Smith or famously known as Sam Smith is an English singer-songwriter that rose to fame on October 2012 with Disclosure’s breakthrough single ‘Latch’. Ever since then, he released a couple of hit singles, won an amazing amount of awards and bless us with two beautiful album. His latest work is ‘The Thrill of It All’ album and I am more than lucky could be a part of this amazing concert.

The gate to the concert area opened around 7.30 PM in the evening. When we got there, the concert venue was still empty even though it was stated that the concert will begin at 8 PM. Not long after, the opening act began. It was AndreaH, an Irish-Filipino singer-songwriter woman who I thought succeeded warming up the excited fans. She sang a few of her original works and also cover of some popular singer. Please go check out her work on her instagram here.

His voice was even better than his recordings. I love how wide his vocal range. At some point he can go very low but the next thing I know he hit the highest note effortlessly. It was so beautiful and I couldn’t hold myself from not singing and dancing along.

Singing in total of 21 songs, he successfully give me goosebumps all over my body. Some of the song that he sang that night including from his previous album such as ‘Lay Me Down’, ‘Money on My Mind’ and ‘Like I Can’. Meanwhile from his latest album, he sang almost every song including ‘Midnight Train’, ‘Baby, You Make Me Crazy’ and ‘Say It First’. He also sing his latest collaboration with DJ Calvin Harris, ‘Promises’, which he said was just hit the top 40 in the U.K (cmiiw).

One of my favorite moment of that night was when he sing 'Latch'. It was his collaboration song with Disclosure that made him world famous. It was beautifully sung in acoustic cover, that made the crowd go wild by turning their phone light to light up the concert arena.

Two hours of singing along with Sam Smith is definitely not enough. Even though he wasn't singing my favorite 'No Peace', I want more and more of his angelic voice. Also a special shout out to his amazing backing vocals who made the night even more amazing and fun.

Let's hope he keep this thrill of it all forever.

P.S: all pictures are taken by me using iPhone 5S

I just came back from Philippines for ‘Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All World Tour 2018’ which was undoubtfully amazing!

His voice was heavenly and I couldn't help myself but cry in some of his songs. Other than attending the concert, my friends and I also explored the city of Manila. Starting from their amazing museums to their glorious food.

I’ve been wanting to go to Philippines for a long time. Philippine’s food scene always interesting to me since there are no Filipino restaurant here in Jakarta. Even though I just tried a few of their food there, I was so happy about it. I will definitely be back again to try more of their food.

Promise, I will spill all the good details soon!

RM Demangan

Jl. Demangan Baru No 19

Caturtunggal, Sleman

D.I. Yogyakarta, Indonesia

(+62) 274  552 595

Opening hours:

Sunday – Thursday 9AM – 9PM;

Friday – Saturday 9AM – 10PM

Food: 4/5

Ambiance: 5/5

Price: 5/5

Service: 3/5

A few days ago, I was invited by Traveloka Eats for their ‘Weekend Seru’ event. The event was also to promote about the new movie that they sponsored called ‘Aruna dan Lidahnya’. It is a movie about a woman who investigate bird flu case in a few cities in Indonesia along with colleague and friends. In between those investigation, as a food lover, she also try lots of food in every city that she visited. During her investigation, she found lots of interesting thing including about her work, food, life and love. Curious? Go check the movie on your nearest cinema now!


And since I’m not a movie reviewer, I rather tell you about a place where I eat before the screening, Mottomoo. Located Pacific Place Mall, Mottomoo can be easily missed since they are located in the corner of 5^th floor. But the Godzilla mural in the front of restaurant surely make you look twice and definitely bring out you inner curiosity. I’ve been wanted to try this restaurant for a long time and when I was invited by Traveloka, I just couldn’t say no.

I took my friend Nadia along, cause we’re just inseparable, LOL! We were given the Gojira Don in Oomori (100gr) size which I later found out cost around IDR 69.000 per portion. There were 2 (two) sauces option, original and spicy. Being a true foodie, we order each one of them and decided to share the meal.

The Gojira Don is a rice bowl topped with stacks of thinly sliced roast beef, beautiful poached egg, a few lettuce slices and a heap of their special sauce. The rice was fragrant, soft and already has its own taste. I think they mix the rice with some kind of sauce or something. I like how tender and juicy the beef was. It was also cook to perfection and beautifully seasoned. The poached egg give the whole meal a creaminess without covering other components taste on this meal. The lettuce also adds crispy texture to the meal, which is something that a must in a meal for me.



The sauce given on top was on another level. I love how they has this perfect creamy taste without leaving your palate feel full with creaminess and sticky. I personally love the one with spicy sauce. It has this perfect balance of spicy and sour with also a strong cilantro fragrant. The sauce taste so good that I even thinking to order some more!

We also tried their desserts, Chocolate Pudding (IDR 25.000) and Matcha Pudding (IDR 25.000). I love their chocolate pudding a little bit too much! It was smooth and rich in chocolate taste. Even though the pudding came with sauce around it, I think the pudding itself was already a strong meal. As for the matcha one, the texture was more like a jelly than a pudding and it made it a little bit hard to slice/scoop. Also you can barely taste the matcha in it, too much water in the mixture I guess. However I like how they added some biscuit crumbs on top of the pudding so it has more texture.

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Mottomoo

Pacific Place

Jl. Jenderal Sudirman

SCBD, Jakarta Selatan

DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

(+62) 21 579 73 026

Opening hours: 10AM – 10PM (everyday)

Food: 4/5

Ambiance: 3.5/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 4/5