Fresh squids

Yay! I went to the beach market in Palu, Central Celebes, and I found these fresy big squids. It was WOW! I love squids and fish so much that I couldn't control to buy them all.
Finally I bought the squids and fish, then left them to my Mom to cook. The best part about cooking the squids is the ink. Most of people might throw the ink away, but we keep it and use it in our cooks.
The ingredients are just garlic, red onion, ginger, chili, lemon juice, celery, and leek.
I'll give the full recipe on my next post.

Sunny fruit

You know how refreshing the watermelons are..

Mesjid Terapung Palu (Palu Floating Mosque)

I took some days off last weekend to go back home, Palu the central Celebes of Indonesia. I only got few time to explore the city with my boyfriend, although I got like 3 days off. We went to the boulevard where we could see and enjoy the beach. It was very windy back there but we just wanted to have fun. Then we found this one floating mosque. It's not really floating, it's just being above the water with the foundation inside the water. It got bridge for the people to get into the mosque and we had to take off our shoes in front of the gate to keep the holiness and cleanliness of the mosque. Moreover, the mosque is quite small. If it were bigger and further from the beach sore, I think it would be great.

Takoyaki

Aaa...this is one of my favorite snacks from Japan. The balls are very moist inside and the taste of the sauce is so unique that I can't stop eating them.

I curse the day Hysteria was made!

On my last holiday, I went to this amusement park in Jakarta, Dufan. I did imagine how it was going to be the greatest day of my life that I would try all kinds of games they have. Still, oh my God! I didn't have any other ideas or souls like a cat when I rode in this freaking game, toy, whatever. The point is I hate so much that I almost peed on my pants. I thought it would be so much fun but it turned out it creeped me out that I couldn't even breathe. Moreover, it made me realized that I hate being thrown away and feeling like I am about to fall.
That's why, I curse the day this very kind of thing was made!

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Look at my boyfriend there, he is such a daredevil!

Books for children

Alopecia

What is Alopecia?

It's a sudden baldness on a part of your body or head, as you can see on the picture below.

That is the condition of my head almost a month ago.

Kind of sad that I got this kind of hair-loss because it totally ruins your

appearance. No matter how you hard you hide it, it will always show up

like it doesn't like to be inside of your head.

Because I already had this before, I've started my traditional treatment since then.

I use a shampoo named "Natur" which is only available in Indonesia, I choose

the aloevera one because it helps your hair to grow. It works for me although it grows slowly

like a snail's movement. Besides that, I also use the real aloevera by applying the gel into my scalp

for 15-20 minutes before I wash my hair. So far, as you can see below, it gives me hope though that

I can have my old hair back.

ps. O yea, this hair-loss is said to happen if you are too stressed.

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A part of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Stylish or Not?

Well, lately I've been dressing or precisely mix-and-matching some clothes using www.looklet.com site. It is as fun as you're dressing up your selves. Besides giving us ideas to mix-match our clothes, it also helps us to satisfy our appetite for branded luxurious goods. Here are some of my creations, tell me are they stylish or not?

 

 

 it's nice for hanging around with your girls (above)

this one too, feels like going back to 70s (above)

there's no rule of banning boots at the office right? (above)

who's that mysterious seductive lady? (above)

I say, looklet is fun, you should go try it ladies.

Indonesia

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU MY COUNTRY???

If you were a teacher, what kind of teacher would you be?

Are you going to be the mean but discipline one?

or

the kind of stupid patient clever one?

or

the smart warm and caring one?

First picture, mean teacher, you gain two things: respect and fear.

Second picture, stupid but clever, oh Man no matter how clever you are, but if you are too stupid and patient in dealing with your students 1 thing you'll surely get: disrespect.

Third picture, you'll definitely get respect from all students.

All I can say here is you can be any kind of teacher you want to be depend on the students' conditions you're facing of. This is what it's called teaching technique. As what I taught, teachers are "pretenders". It's not literally pretenders anyway. It's like for example when we are in a bad mood, we gotta hide it from our students or else we're not going to be professional. It is right though that they are just students, but first they are our customers, second it's for the sake of our own self value, third it's to build the belief among us.

For almost 1 year I've become a teacher, somehow I found myself is fond of teaching. I found it difficult at first, but the children successfully make me realized that teaching is beautiful. Anyway, it's not only about teaching but educating as well. Educating is surely difficult because we are to shape their ways of thinking, habits, manners, while teaching is slightly easy because everyone can be teachers. A robber for example, he shows someone how to rob, well that's teaching. That's why, the profession as teacher is not that we merely teach but we educate people's children and in order to do that, we gotta understand them deeply. Hard man but FUN!

Udang Bumbu Kuning

Hmm...
I actually cannot find the right name for this recipe. If there is anyone out there, especially Indonesians, who know this recipe, please do give me an insight. :)
However, this recipe is made from the previous recipe. I just omit the coconut milk and add a lemongrass.
Do the same step, but when you stir the spices, don't forget to add the lemongrass.
I also replace the beef with shrimps. It's delicious as well, even more delicious.
Go try it!

Morality vs. Democracy

Morality.
What does exactly "morality" stand for? What kind of people can we say have good morality?
Who does exactly have the right to define the good and bad morality?
None, I guess.
Morality, "a doctrine or system of moral conduct" said Merriam Webster dictionary. 
Hmm.. moral. I bet we can never define anyone's morality since we are merely human beings.
There is nothing right or wrong in this world, it's just us mark anything as bad or good.
It is even possible if something good according to us is something bad for some other people.
Just like what happens recently in Indonesia.
The morality of the people, including me, is being tested. Some people accuse them selves as the holy ones, some people against them and think they are crazy, and some other people remain calm.
Honestly, the morality issue in Indonesia bothers me a lot; yet, my friend told me not to care as long as it doesn't disrupt us. Well, it does disrupt our lives, as Muslims. Those "holy" people have made many troubles to our lives. Their actions toward anything that they think is not allowed in Islam has to be "destroyed". 
Sad, they make the name Islam gets worse day by day. They ban people, products, activities, everything they don't like. Who the hell you are??
I together with all the other liberal Muslims in Indonesia are fed up with their actions. 
Who are they? Who else, FPI of course.

I don't care about Lady Gaga's concert banning, I don't care about their ideology, but what I care the most is the peace issue. To be honest, I feel threatened by their actions. Not because I do wrong things, just because I am afraid of hatred virus. I don't want Islam is marked as "the nest of the evils". Terrorists in America and East countries are enough to make people terrified. Just don't add more terrors here in my beloved land of Indonesia. 


Somehow, I miss the moment when our late former President Soeharto  led our country. It was so peaceful and people are so discipline. We were once known as the friendliest people in the world. We once had our warm smiles. We once had respect for our Pancasila and flag. We once held "Bhineka Tunggal Ika" high up in the sky. Now? People seem to forget it. Children tend to love Korea most and forget about our values as Indonesians. We have many different races, languages, cultures. life styles that we need to respect each other. Even we regard the Chinese descendants here as Indonesians. In my opinion, Indonesian people are not ready for democracy. 

In 1998, late former President Soeharto retired from his work and it marked the start of the democracy in Indonesia. However, nothing seems to change, only the buildings and the corruption change, worse. Since that time, people seem like cats being released from their cages. People tend to do anything they want without regarding the Pancasila values. People tend to forget that they live together in this world. Still, in the democracy there is still the morality issue. Democracy is the stage where we can speak up our minds toward everything, but FPI doesn't care about it. They want to make Indonesia as an Islamic country. Well, no way. We have the Pancasila for God sake! We are different! We are not even from the same race and history. People want democracy but you speak about morality. People just want to express their ideas, you express your hatred towards their ideas. Which morality are you talking about? You say the morality is getting worse, well are you the good ones?

Where is the love now?
It's okay to spread the ideology of Islam, Christian, or any other religion; but, please consider the peace. Since I was a kid I was taught that Islam is a holy and peaceful religion. We need to prove somehow instead of forcing people to do what we want.


Let Pancasila and "Bhineka Tunggal Ika" remain in our hearts forever, for we are different from each other.

Eetlust!!

The moment during PMS makes me want to eat a LOT!
I've been dreaming of eating many kinds of foods, but lately I want fish.
I got the Mr. Fishy, it's a pack of a group of baby fish. However, I haven't cooked them until now.
They are still relaxing themselves in my fridge.
All I've cooked are beef and shrimps. I cooked them in the slight same way though.
First the beef. We call the meal "Daging Tuturuga". The spices are basically, as I know, for cooking sea turtle but since I don't eat one and I only got the beef so I tried to cook it. Here are the spices:

Turmeric (2 cm)
Pepper (1 tsp)
Salt (1 tsp)
Chili (5 pcs)
Coconut milk (100 ml)

Coconut oil (2 tbsp)

Lime leaves (2 leaves, minced)

Ginger (2 cm)

Beef (200 gr)

Garlic (2 cloves)

Red onion (2 cloves)

Hazelnut (4 cloves)

Potatoes (1, if you use the big one)

Water (500 ml)

How to cook:

• Cut the beef and potatoes into dices then put them in a bowl.
• Roast the hazelnuts for about 1 minute.
• Grind hazelnuts, ginger, turmeric, chili, onion, garlic and pepper together.
• Heat the oil on a pan, then put the seasoning that you've ground and the lime leaves.
• Stir it until it smells good, then put the beef.
• Stir the beef until it looks pale, then pour the water. Keep stirring the beef until the water is boiled.
• Pour the coconut milk and stir. Wait until it's boiled again.
• Put in the potatoes and wait until it's boiled again and the beef is soft enough.
• Serve it on a bowl.

Note: 
You can add more water if you feel the beef is not soft and well-cooked yet.

There you go, the "Daging Tuturuga". So bad that I did not take a picture of it; but, it tastes pretty good.

Are we okay?

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This is the time that I bet most of the women in this world hate. The time of unstable hormone; wanting to eat a lot and puke the foods again, to kick somebody's ass, to make anything become a problem, to be treated well, etc. It's the time of women's monthly period.
I know we, the women, sound and seem crazy at this time. I know you, the men, always want to avoid us at this very unstable time. But one thing for sure actually, we just want to be treated well. We just want you to be there for us and hug us. That's all. But none of you understand the hormone, NONE!
All you guys can do is just mumbling grumbling about us, you think we love to have this estrogen hormone?? No, not that much. We also wonder why we have this kind of period? Why can't we have the same thing with you, men?

All I can think about right now are cold fresh water, egg scramble, boiled potatoes and carrots, my bed and its pillows, ah... I wish I was at home now.  

Miss you A

Dear A,
there is a song on the radio that feels so right about us.
It says

Jika memang kau terlahir hanya untukku
Bawalah hatiku dan lekas kembali
Kunikmati rindu yang datang membunuhku
Untukmu seluruh nafas ini..

Takkan kusia-siakan hidupmu lagi

I don't who the singers are, a woman and a man. If anyone out there (Indonesian) who read this post and know the song, please do give me the singers' name. :)
I do really want to intend this song to A, but unfortunately we're not in good relation.
A time-out for us. 

Dear A,
Honey.. Don't you see me crying here? Don't hear me calling out your name here?
You might think I'm too over but this is who I am that I can't control my emotions
that I can't control my utterances
that I can't control my keeping calling you all the time
that I can't control my worry towards your safety

I'm only a woman longing for my man to come back home, call me, and share me his stories while away from home. Is it so hard for you to do so? Is it wrong that I'm so in love and worried about you?
I'm sorry for bothering you all the time with my boring stories. It is the only way for me to keeping my stress away. I'm too afraid of getting the same old sickness again because I want to start a new life.
I believe you are busy out there, I know there's a lot of things you've been thinking about but as I told you before that I am here for you as not only a woman-friend but also a best friend. I've told you that you can always count on me even though I cannot always find you the way-out. At least, let me heal you and hug you at the lowest point of your life.

See now?? You treated me like I never care about you. You treated me like I never want to listen to you.
How should I react on this lunatic time? What should I do when you are like a stranger?

One more time, you can take me as your best friend too.


Love,
I

New and lively Blogspot

It's been too long for me to open my blog again and find out this lovely blog has changed into a more lively one!
I guess I'm going to be more in spirit of writing everything.