Choco's last day

Today is choco's last day in our home. since i've been gone, my mum said that she always follows her around and even sleeps with my mum! my mum said tht she even shares the same pillow - facing each other! lol. that's so cute. i'll definitely miss her :(

dinner with the 'uncle'

hey'all.. pasti lo org inget kan cerita gua dengan 'the uncle' - kalo yg pada bingung kenapa gua gak pernah sebut nama lagi - itu karna beberapa minggu lalu ada yg meng-request guwa utk delete entry itu dengan paksa, karna gua udah gak bisa bilang apa2 lagi - guapun harus mendeletenya. tapi gua yakin lo org inget kan ceritanya gimana?

ok, gua akirnya kemaren malem pegi dinner sama dia. kata bokap gua sih, kita org mo makan dresto beken, tapi ternyata kita makan dipasar. untungnya dy bawa anaknya - namanya jo. umurnya 15 - anaknya mayan gaul. untung dia dibawa, klo ngak bisa garing. akhirnyapun, ps sampe dimobil, kita obrol soal belanja shopping and stuff. surprisingly, dinner went ok. considering everything that had happened before, i think dia udah ngerti where to draw the line kali ya? Kita pegi makan di kae macem pasar malem gitu deh, masakannya sederhana - cuma kayak campuran macem2, kari, kangkung, kacang tanah, ikan, lemon chicken. karna gua udah makan sebelom pegi, akhirnya gua makannya cuma sedikit aja koq. terus abis it diajak muter2 singapore city - beautiful. but as always, the conversation was about singaporeans and how the singaporean government always want to make more money - i guess the hot topic buat org yg berumur 50an kali ya? ya, begitu a ja sih nothing special happen - so i guess we got over it?

FORUM KEREN

eh ada forum keren nih, bru buka:

http://nongkrong.us

Day 1-3 in Singapore

Akhirnya kitapun sampai di singapur dengan selamat. gua sampe jam 5.30 pagi - dijemput cici gua dari Changi erport jam 6.30 pagi. Langsung kita makan Burger King. Gua parosan Double Whooper Burger sama Bokap guwa.. bayangin ya pagi2 dah makan burger sapi! i neva done that before. Nah disini gua tu amazed, lol.. duh kampungan banget deh pokoke - makan BK itu, kn pake hash brown - nah hasbrownnya bulet2 kecil, klo di NZ, hashbrownnya kotak. Terus disini bisa ganti Coke pake Green Tea. Sumpah ya - ini Green Tea merek apa gua kagak tau, tapi enak banget!!! Y.Y yg pasti bukan merek Pokka - klo itu gua tau. hehehehe

Terus, abis makan kita catch a taxi kerumah susun cici gua. Dia tinggal di rumah susun yg punya pemerintah. mirip banget deh sama rumah2 susun dijkarta. tapi untungnya ini rumah dia bersih banget. Nah, karna di pesawat gua gak bisa tidur dn gak bisa makan - akhirnya, gua pas sampe rumah cici gua jatuh sakit dan akirnya gua minum panadol 2 dan lgsg tidur. Pas udah bangun, gua kira udah jam 2 siang, ternyata baru jam 11 pagi! Akhirnya kita pergi makan *LAGI* ke suatu tempat yg namany BEDOK - itu kayak tempat makan gitu dah. GIla bo. makannya cuma 2 dollaran! cuma joroknya gak ada duanya. mungkin itu equivalent ke pasar raya git kali ya. Gua tuh pas sampe situ kebelet pipis , yg paling put me off itu the toilets man..... seriously.. klo mo pipis harus bayar, lalu, joroknya.. gua kebetulan juga pake sendal jepit.. ihhh..jijik >< >< >< >< >< >< >< ><><. Never the less, makanannya memang enak sekali - gua makan babi panggang satu piring pake nasi dengan harga cuma 3 dollar saja! Enak banget lage...

terus akhirnya kita pergi ke BUGIS mall. nah, disini gua ketemu banyak2 shop - hm.. mungkin ini tempat hang out anak2 muda kali ya. Tempatnya tuh jualannya barang2 buat anak muda semua, gak ada barang2 org tua sama skali. Disini tuh gua suka banget, food courtny segede2 gaban. barang yg dijual lucu2, tapi gua gak belanja apa2 hari itu... cuma beli gantungan handpon yg ada kucingnya. lucuuuu - terus gua gempor akirnya gua pulang, berhubung cici gua harus balik ke jakarta malem itu.

Nah, the Second day - gua pergi ke orchard's road. Gua ke gereja dan akhirny ajaibnya bertemu dengan mantan pacar gua. (Nothing happen okay? jgn mikir aneh2). Ya udh abis itu kita pergi makan deh, makan padang, jadi tuh kae nasi 1 mangkok dipakein kae sayuran lu pili aja - jadi kae nasi campur padang gitu. Right now makanan yg menurut gua paling enak cuma itu. kekekekekekeke, gua setiap hari cuma makan daging balado, kangkung balado sama kacang panjang dimasak pake cabe sama bakwan jagung. Yg laen gua males cobain. Nah ini tempatnya dibawah Takashimaya - banyak banget cemilan. Gua tiap kali ke Orchard, gua makan itu nasi padang, terus pas kelar gua minum jus DragonFruit terus abis itu beli Dorayaki. gilaa.. i love dorayakii itu enaknyaa amploppp - gua sellau beli yg bentuk ikan, actually itu namanya taiyaki. Terus abis itu,ada juga cemilan namanya "Old Chang Kee" ini jualan kae bakso2 goreng gitu2 deh, gua tuh paling suka makan sotong on a stick. Ahh.gilaa..mantappp gak ada duanya!!! Ada juga yg namanya Tori-Q. itu kaya Japanese Yakitori fast food chain, jadi tinggal pili mao yakitori model apa, terus dipaketin sama nasi sama saos bbq. anjrettzz..enak BO! Y.Y. Lalu hari itu bokap gua pegi ketemu "The UnCLE" masi inget kan itu - nah pas dia pegi, gua pergi jalan2 shopping deh.. akirna gua beli electric eyeslash curler, lipgloss, sepatu 2 pasang sama 1 tas sma OLAY whitening cream (kena sama advertising di majalah yg guwa beli shyit). Paling bete naik mRT - mRT itu gak kira2 banget, klo naik harus berjubel. selama 3 hari gu anaik itu gua gak pernah duduk tau ngak?@ kaki gua udah varisesan semua kaleee

Ok, hari ke3 - gua makan nasi padang lage.. lolz.. PAGI DAN MALAM. l o l, dengan menu yg sama seperti hari k2. Hari ini gua temenin bokap gua check up badan di Mt Elizabeth Hospital. Karna tunggunya lama, gua baca2 majalah lagi deh - bener2 ya di Singapur tuh, gua sampe merasa terkucilkan diri dan rendah diri tau gak. Semua org disini high achiever banget, yg dia omongin tiap hari cuma karir-karir-karir, duit-duit-duit. Gua sTress banget, pas didalem klinik itu bete aja bawaannya, jadi rendah dirii >< hikx.... Anyway, abis itu gua pergi jalan2 - dan gak beli apa2. Intinya, mungkin gua udah bosen kali ya, gak tau lagi mo shopping apa dan dimana. barangnya gak bagus2 ama t sih sejujurnya, dan mahalnya gak kira2. Untung gua dapet itu spatu klo gak gua nangis dah. Ya udah sampe malemnya gua balik - dan gua tulis ini. Sorri yah, picturesnya ntr gua baru upload soalnya computer ini kagak ada colokan buat USB, gua bingung sendiri gua gak bisa upload deh jadinya potonya. Simak aja oke, pasti ntr guwa upload.

Cai cieennn :3

On leaving Auckland to Singapore

This is my first visit in 10 years back to Singapore... hari pertama, nyampe jam 5.30 pagi - after 9 hour flight from Auckland. Eh lucu deh, gua pengen cerita waktu guwa berpisah sama si GB di airport. Tau ngak, ini pertama kali in 4 years gua pisahan sama GB segini lama tanpa bertemu dia. Mind you gua mo pegi for 1 month. Lucu deh, si GB pas hari itu gua mo pegi - dia ajak gua pegi makan Jepang, dari pagi. tau gak kan gua berangkat dari AUckland jam 1 pagi hari Sabtu. Nah pas Fridaynya jam 12an gitu, gb dateng buat ngajakin si Choco pergi karna Choco kan bentar lagi harus balik ke ownerny. Jadi kita ajak dia pergi jalan2. Terus, gua mandi siap2, dan kita pegi makan ke Jepng, nah itu jam 6.30 pm. Terus pas kelar makan kita langsung ke erport.. terus di airport kita jalan2 muter2, liat2 barang, terus si GB sedih gitu gua pegi. DIa bilang katanya gua payah ninggalain dia sendiri while gua having fun di Singapur. hiks, gua kan jadi berbeban berat. Akhirnya.. pas itu. dia pulang deh.... jam 12 an kurang gitu dia pulang dari erport..karna gua harus boarding jam 12.25. Pas dia keluar airport dia langsung tilpun2 gua.. klo di NZ tau ya, ada yg namanya 'bestmate" - jadi bayar $6 dollar per bulan dan bisa telpon dan smsan sama 1 org aja. ya jadi GB telpon gua pake bestmate sampe gua masuk kedalam pesawat. Dia mungkin tiba2 merasa kehilangan gua kali ya.

Leaving

Today, I'm leaving for Singapore at 1 am. As I've said about 3 times, I will be gone for 1 month and will be back, so dont leave this kitchen yahhh :), cuz I will write something while i'm there.

GB sebel sama guwa, karna guwa pegi sendirian tanpa dia dan meninggalkan dia sendiri. (><) Jadi berbeban berat nih (><).

Ya udah then, c u guys later :3

ciao bellas

Get a life

"You sit around and watch the television
They call you lazy
You say your lookin for a job but nobody will pay me
You say you have a lot of time and your barely 23 years old
You live at home and you just need a little help
Put it off for a while but dont let it go

Get a get a get a life already make it on your own can you?
Get a get a get a life and maybe something better will come

You say your not the nine to five type you never could take it
You say you could have went to school but its too complicated
Now your runnin out of time and you're not 23 years old
You still at home and its too much anymore
Put it off for a while but your gettin old

Get a get a get a life already make it on your own can you?
Get a get a get a life and maybe something better will come
When you try"

Get a Life - Richie Kotzen (Mr Big Guitarist)
- unfortunately, Mr Big split up a few years ago
Gah.. why are all guitarists so sexy?

This song hits me right in the heart everytime I hear it (which happens to always be on in GB's car). Job hunting isn't going well.. only because I'm not trying hard enough to want a job. L O L. I'm off to Singapore then Jakarta this coming friday. Yeh, I have to meet up with the "uncle" (>.>). *watever* - Gua bakalan hiatus for about 1 month, may be I'll post something if I find internet. But don't abandon this kitchen my beloved friends, for I will be back - in a month's time that is.

Liat deh.. ada permen2 lutuu

Lutu yaa permennya - bentuknya ikan2 gitu... lutuuu lutuuu lutuuuu

Sugesti

Eh ada yg tau ngak bahasa inggris sugesti apa?

Day out at the Beach

Ini posting harusnya gua masukin beberapa hari lalu tapi berhubung gua lupa, jadi skrg de.. btw, hari ini hari paling pagi gua bangun lho! skarang baru jam 8.00 pagi! biasa kali gua bangun tuh siang banget *kebo abis*. LoLz, mgkn ada perasaan berdosa juga kali ya, soalnya nyak guwa suka mara2 klo gua bangun siang2 >.<

Choco, anjing desa pegi ke kota. lol, sok cool

Anyway, ini cerita beberapa hari lalu gua pegi sama choco and gilbert ke beach di Missionbay (buat yg ngak di NZ, missionbay itu beach yg paling rame klo lagi summer buat hang out aja). Kebetulan hari itu lagi dingin banget, gak tau kenapa hari2 summer harusnya anget tapi mahalahan angin dinginnya dasyat banget. Si choco pas naik mobil itu excited banget, biasa kali kan dia duduk ditempat belakang deket speaker yg klo di indo buat tempat taro tissue gitu. Tapi karna mobil gilbert itu mobil sport, bagian situnya kecil banget. Lucu deh, si choco berusaha naik ke tempat itu tapi kejedut kaca mobil berkali2. Dia kae gak sadar gitu, jadi dia loncat2 terus berusaha naik ke tmpt deket loud speaker dan kejedut kaca... dasar anjing bodohh!


Terus, pas kita sampe ke beach, si choco lgsg boker gitu kan, nah disini tuh peraturannya klo anjing boker harus diambil pake kantong plastik terus buang ke tong sampah. Biar kae melestarikan lingkungan and keeping it clean sort of thing. Si gb malahan ngajak si choco lari2, kae org kampungan. Akhirnya guwa ngejer2 dia kae org bego. Eh ndut, km ngak pernah ngajak anjing lari ya? (>D). keke, btw, ini ada banyak foto 1 laki2 dan 1 anjing yg 2-2nya sama kampungannya lagi berkeliaran di pantai. >D (yg profil cewek itu exception - soale dy org keren >D)



Tadinya kita mau lamaan di sana sambil makan eskrim movenpick, tapi berhubung lagi dingin banget... gua males angin2an gitu, ntr pulang2 penuh gas perutnya. LoL, akhirnya kita bersepakat mau nyuci mobil ajahh - di "Rub a Dub, Vehicle Wash". Si choco ditinggalin didalam mobil kan pas kita diluar gosok2 mobil, si choco yg kae gonggong2 gak jelas, ketakutan gitu disemprotin aer mobilnya *Claustrophobic*?. Itu begituan mahal juga ya, self service car wash abis kae $NZ12. Belom ditambah Vaccuuming which is an additional $NZ2, padahal klo dirumah gratis lo. Akhirnya, itu mobil FTO yg tadinya dekil and the kumel jadi mengkilap kinclong abis. Ya uda, abis itu kita pulang dee.. soale ntr si choco klo kelamaan main pulang2 suka muntah.. dan karna dia cuma tidurnya sama guwa.. ntr dia muntah diranjang guwa.. T.T oh tidaakk...

Dreams

As I got older, I realised that there are many things in this world that I would like to be which I've never thought about before entering university. I realised that in life you can't just stick to one thing, you have to develop your other talents and learn to enjoy your life. I also realised that once you finished university, everything can change - your relationships with your loved ones, your parents, your friends. They're not the same as they used to be at least 4 years ago when I just started university. I thought that friendships would last, lovers would last forever - but that's trully not the case. Things can change, friendships that you made during that period can fade away. lovers can suddenly want different things from each other and again can fade away. And we all thought that university was boring, but i guess working is even worse. Not to mention the fact that you have to learn to be able to support yourself.

Well, that's why I'm writing about dreams today - I think it's nice to have some sort of hobbies. It's nice to have something you enjoy doing and to fall back on to if your day had been bad. Anyway, I wanna learn how to play the guitar, I wanna take up violin again, I wanna learn the piano or may be write my own music. I wanna learn how to paint and cook.. everything that can make me happy even without the help of anyone else. You can rob a man of everything he has, but you can't rob the thing he loves doing the most.

Naughty Choco

Apa yg guwa bisa ganyang ya hari ini?

Geeks Guide to Cooking Corned Beef Omelette (Alias Telor Goreng pake Kornet)

Is your pantry empty? Are you hungry? Are you broke and can't afford to eat out? Why not try my simple recipe?


You just need 2 tablespoons full of corned beef, 2 eggs, 2 cloves of garlic and shallots (bawang merah) sliced.

• add little amount of oil,heat up, sautee garlic and shallots until floppy and brown
• add in the corned beef, sautee further for 3 minutes, add in pepper and salt
• take a bowl, crack the eggs, lightly beat it, add in the corned beef back to the eggs
• add a little bit more oil in the pan, let it heat up, pour in the egg and corned beef mixture
• fry each side for 2 minutes for crispy coating :)
• enjoy with bread or rice, i honestly prefer rice :P
  

The Geeks Guide to fast, simple and easy cooking

Heyall! Hows it going? I've had this idea of writing recipes for people like me who cant cook. Well I'm a baker and because of that, I cant really cook proper food to eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Even if I do try, they dont taste as great cuz I end up mixing everything up. Anyway, I'm going to start this series of " The Geeks Guide to simple cooking" targeting young people especially students out there who can't be bothered or have the time to prepare complicated food. I hope y'all enjoy this and can make good use of it okay? ^^ (I know Elly will :P)

My New Years Resolution

Hey all, well although my new years eve wasn't so enthusiastic, none the less I spent some time thinking about my new years resolution for 2007. To think back from 2006, I think I've managed to pull myself together and and achieve the things that I thought was impossible. Okay, to flash back, I don't think I have very many bad things that happened to me last year. Starting off 2006, I was able to get into Honours, which I never even thought I would be able to - since my marks weren't all that great. Then, honours year went off smoothly and I did very well at the end of the year. That's another big achievement. Then, I got my learners driving licence which I had procrastinated 4 years before getting it. I learnt how to drive, until I could run on the motorway and I got a job to support myself during the year (Although now i'm jobless). Finally, I got myself together and thought a lot about what I want in my life. That's the biggest accomplishment of all I think. So here are my new years resolution for 2007

• get a fulltime day job
• plan my financial plan sorted and stick to it
  
• get a car
• get my restricted licence
• exercise more regularly: yoga, swimming and walking
• eat properly
• try to control my emotion more

Hm, okay.. moga2 tercapai yaaahh ^^. Anyway, for the others, gud luck and all the best for this year.. may this year be better than the previous years. Ganbatte!! Make the most of now! :)

Happy New Years!

HaPpY New Years y'all from me who happens to experience the first of new years sunlight! Hope that you all have made your new years resolution!