Lo

ding-a-ra-ding-ding

2011-11-26T23:53:00.000-08:00

it's the holiday season peeps!
does it feel like it?
does it smell like Christmas?
is there any warm and fuzzy feeling surrounds you?
certainly not here.
but, otokajo? or what should i do in Korean.
you just have to work with what you got, don't u think so?

since my plan to go to OZ at the end of the year goes down the drain due to the high price of plane tickets, in this festive season, I'll try to do some resolutions in the next month, or few months (if it all works out according to plan).
first, is to use the kitchen more!
it's been quite some time since i bake my dessert.
cook and roast some pasta and chicken, but not much on the sugary stuff
so it'll be a mission to create fine desserts this Dec.
some of the recipe that I'll try to create is Pecan pie. and other pie for that matter. coz i think i need to practice to make a good pie crust.
it'll be hard to knead the pie dough with my warm blooded hand, but I'll damn try!
fighting!

next, the treadmill that my mom ordered is gonna arrive within this week.
so, back to the conveyor belt and shed some grams from all the dessert I'm going to bake! not loving this one, but since i don't have anything much going on, might as well.

finish all my Korean TV shows! ou yea!! since my good pals from Perth came back for the holiday, I've bee glued to my computer screen for some k-world. This might be a good end of the year thanks to this one.

that's it for now. going to browse for recipes...
take care

LotsOfLaughNlOve

Lo

Eu~

2011-11-16T06:42:00.000-08:00

elu!
it's been a long time.
seems like it was yesterday when i was complaining about work.
well, it wasn't that long time ago.
Anywho, was travelling to EU during my last holiday.
Germany, Holland, Italy in that order.
will upload random pics from the trip!
what i love...

Germany -- Pretzel
never really like it, but i get used to it during the trip..kinda miss it actually!

Random flower shop on the street.
and the flowers last almost a week compared to 2-3days max when i tried to keep a bouquet here.
just remember to water and minimum lighting. ;)

Colors
this is brilliant. love when things are splashed with colors.

Holland - windmill!
what else, really, to better describe sth famous from this part of the world?

Can't show Italy in just one post. so will post it on other occasion. but here is what's new from the trip. we make it to the local newspaper! LOL. dunno the exact translation, but i can guess along the line. ;D

'til i post again,

tha tha

Lo

week 3rd of august

2011-08-15T08:21:00.001-07:00

bad bad//so-so:
cut my hair last week. looks super ordinary...waiting for miracle to happen (loose 10kg of weight) so i won't look ridiculous with short hair.

my eyesight is getting worse...i think... want to be less dependent on my glasses, but i barely can see the door knob without it. won't be funny if i bumped the glass door in my office.

fired the office boy. skip work 4x almost every month...with no call. telling him to give notice didn't work either. one day, he's MIA for 2 weeks, and suddenly came back with a nervous laugh. just said "don't give a shit" at his face, then i left. before i start working, i seriously thought i can be friendly with everyone in the office. not anymore. I'm sick of no-respect attitude from my employees.

one the good side:
birthday coming up within 48hrs or so. planning to have Sunday brunch @ my house by chef Yenny (my sis).
the menu so far consists of: nachos, ham and egg tortilla, grilled spicy and sour chicken wing, roast chicken with vege condiments, Indonesian style fried noodle, sticky date pudding, strawberry white chocolate pie.
:) happy :)
the idea is endless, but the help is limited. but recommendations are still open. what else should i add? hmm...

visa came out...picture looks ridiculous, but i got my schengen visa!! uuu yea!
Europe, here i come!!!
finally, all Italian curse words that I've learned by hard can come to use.
can't wait to see ms.rouja.
*big smile*

Fruit it!

2011-08-08T06:24:00.000-07:00

I thought living in a tropical country means a whole loads of fruits varieties. and we do have humongously different kinds of fruits, but it turns out that i haven't seen it all. Here are some that i haven't seen before, let alone taste it. thanks to the help of the world wide web.

Goumi

rich in vitamin A, C, and E and Grows rapidly in China. like the vibrant color. i think this is what it'll looks like if u cross-breed cranberry, grape and baby tomatoes.

Sapote

haven't seen this fruit but it looks like sth that grows in a tropical country. it can cause drowsiness, so... eating it is not recommended.

Dogwood

quite sweet tho tasteless. some used for medicinal reason as it is good for kidney. looks super weird huh? seems like something u'd find deep down under the sea.

Santol

looks like mangosteen from the inside and tiny pumpkin from the outside. widely used for jam. i wonder how this one taste...hmm...

Ugli

derived from the name "ugly" to represent the look of it. despite the name, amongst everything else in this list, i would really love to eat this most as it comes from citrus family (my fav!).

reference list (non-harvard style):
http://blog.hotelclub.com/10-more-must-try-exotic-fruits/
http://www.fruitipedia.com/goumi_eleagnus_multiflora.htm
wikipedia
google

half lively

2011-07-31T02:07:00.000-07:00

my blog is half dead.
and so does my social life.
work is going on...and on...like titanic song.
getting better i think, with the new secretary. things are being handled quite well and not as hectic as i used to be, tho the upcoming big holiday may be the cause of this.

so these days im just waiting for 1st of aug. the day of the visa interview
the italian dude gonna decide whether he'll give us the visa, or not.
i know we'll gonna get it. but i couldn't care less if otherwise.
this holiday planning has been spreading to my nerve

so..so....it's almost my birthday.
what shud i do?
im a person that hates planning for birthdays. well, at least for mine.
and while the first plan to go to Bali with a cuppa friends goes down the drain,
i think i'll just take a day break, went for a cuppa coffee, read a book, alone.
me like some alone soothing day.

tqr.

Lo

SBS: Sunday Baking Session

2011-06-19T02:28:00.000-07:00

Haven't cooked real meals for ages!
so this Sunday I tried to give it my all to cook a complete meal
(minus dessert)
spent 2 hours in the kitchen, keeping coming back and forth from stove to my crappy oven.
but finally I finished everything just in time for lunch

Beef salad with vinaigrette dressing

Main course

clockwise from the top
mayo-beef salad (just for my bro coz he hate any sour taste in his food.
stuffed mushroom
homemade fries
Grilled cajun chicken

Recipe:
Beef Salad
Beef was marinated a day before with chopped coriander, salt, black pepper, garlic, and red onion, drizzled with olive oil.
Grilled beef according to ur preference (rare-med-well)
for the salad, it really goes by feeling with no real recipe
50%-50% olive oil and a good balsamic vinegar
salt-black pepper to taste.
For the vege: i used a packet of mixed salad, 1 packet of baby spinach, a handful of halved baby tomatoes, and a can of shredded corn.

Stuffed mushroom
1 packet of button mushroom, stem removed and chopped
half handful of chopped bell pepper
2 small cloves of chopped garlic
a handful of ground beef
2 tbsp of milk
a handful of breadcrumb
stir fried chopped mushroom stem with chopped garlic, bell pepper, and ground beef.
remove from heat, mixed with milk and breadcrumb.
stuffed mushroom cap with the mixture (be generous!)
grilled on pre-heated oven of 200'c for 15-20mins until brown.

Homemade fries
sliced potatoes to the thickness u like, boiled it halfway done and freeze for a night.
This will leads to non-soggy fries. :)
batter mixture:
1 cup of flour
2 tsp of organic spiced salt (onion and garlic)
pinch of black pepper
3/4 tsp of paprika powder.
1/2 cup water (or more)
mixed everything in a bowl but make sure add the water gradually until a good consistency batter (a bit thick)
dip sliced potato in the batter and deep fried until golden brown.

Cajun Grilled Chicken
I marinate the chicken a day prior, spiced with cajun powder, 2 cloves each of bashed garlic and red onion, salt, black pepper and drizzled olive oil.
Discard garlic and red onion after marinade, grilled.

The other day, i dunno what to do and i made this cupcake and I don't remember the recipe for this one coz i totally made it up lol. at the end i just put a chunk of chocolate in the cupcake batter before putting it in the oven to get the chocolate melt effect at the bottom :D

inspired by www.allrecipe.com

Xx,

Lo

it's smokin' all rite

2011-06-11T22:09:00.000-07:00

The word is buzzing. there's another must-try restaurant in town!
few Saturdays ago, we try to book a few restaurant in the same area, but as we're in the waiting list No.4, 9, and 11 in 3 different restaurants, we cancelled all of them. so during the weekdays my friend and I tried one of them:
Smoking Joe
Jl. Lingkar Mega Kuningan. East Building.

Appetizer No.1: 3 buns with 3 different filling. it's actually pretty much the same as our main course, but i like this one better. prob coz the meat suits better with the buns. verdict: so-so.

Appetizer No.2: Nachos. my friends and i like it. more cheese wouldn't hurt tho. verdict: so-so.

Our main course of the day is 3 selections of smoked meat (chicken, pork, and beef) with corn on the cobs and sweet potato fries on the sides. pork is hard, beef has too much fat (it's bacon-like beef), chicken is the best amongst all but covered with too much spices. the sweet potato chips is nice tho. i think it'll be a superb companion for watching movie. =D
verdict: so-so

It's dessert time!!
one of the highlight of the dinner itself, i must say. (and so does 3 of my friends, i think). one of our fav is this one:
Crispy Chocolate Chip with Vanilla Ice Cream
But it's not crispy at all, in fact it's a bit gooey inside and taste a bit like chocolate cake. verdict: Me Like.

Apple Pie
another dessert. Too bad the pie base texture is a bit soggy, but good dessert nonetheless. verdict: so-so.

so last verdict...I'm not that big of fan of smoked delicacy except smoked salmon, so don't count on me on this one. But base on my taste, will i be back? probably not. but if u like the smell of smoked food, then you probably couldn't find any other restaurant that serves more smoked meat than this one.
Verdict-O-Meter:
Yux --- No-good --- so-so --- Me Like --- I'll be back

Xx,

Lo

QP: May

2011-05-22T06:56:00.000-07:00

i have nothing to say these past weeks.
i found that some of my unpublished post is too shabby, some too pointless, and some too personal to be talked about.
so its just sitting in my draft as a diary that's never to be posted.
working life is as dull as it ever be.
i don't hate it entirely, but i don't love it dearly too.
it's enough to give me pain and enough to give me some laugh.
that's what makes it so dull i guess.
its just the same with a hit of change here and there.
i wonder am i reaching the plateau of my life? already?
and i'm not even a quarter of a decade old yet?
so, i'm running away to singapore soon. 2nd of June
with the hope of the world.
never been too fond of the country, but a friend promised to give me a kick of joy before going back to work on the 6th
finger-crossed for a nice weekend.

xx,

Lo

Me Quoting

2011-05-18T06:27:00.001-07:00

As quote by others:
"winner never quit, quitter never win" as quote by Bill Rancic in Giulliana & Bill.

In time of gloomy days:
why should i wipe away the tears? life gonna hate me soon anyway.

glory only defines u yesterday.

laugh over my pool of tears. In time, I'll danced over your grave.

Just being me:
trendsetter never follows trend

ye, i do blush like a lobster

i wonder sometimes what's waiting on the other side. or if there is such a thing.

what only excites me now are things i can put in my tummy

im confused most of the time, but that's the way i learn. and forgot abt it a minute later.

my fierce look is like soundless fart. silent, but deadly.

Xx,

Lo

Get to know the young me

2011-04-27T20:11:00.001-07:00

reminiscing old stories:

i remember how we're still at school. and during exams they gave us scrap paper for calculation subjects (maths, physics, chemistry, etc). and how we filled up every white empty spots in the paper, before we ask for another one. hm...go green since i was young. not too shabby.

Chinese Language subjects = snack time. I'm pretty big and tower-y since i was a kid, so i always sit at the far back of the class. Chinese lesson at my school was mostly for those who have basics in Chinese. while my Chinese was not even the basic of basics, i didn't know what the teacher was teaching most of the time. so i eat.

Still a kiddo, probably mostly u’ll see me fighting with my bro. Til one point where we just gave it all out, scratching and screaming at each other. My grandma was too tired to see us fight all the time, so she just let us do whatever. A good lesson indeed as we end up crying and have red scratch mark all over our body. Never. Again.

I forgot the name of the biscuit/snack. But they used to sell it from that traditional-cake-in-bike-guy who never fails to ring our door bell every morning at 6am. Its’ square shaped only as big as half-thumb each. They spread it in a small carton paper as big as 4x4 biscuits. Taste pretty awful, but my bro and I used to buy it every single morning coz we collect the superhero-card that’s given for free inside. These type of absolutely nonsense snacks lead us to our present chubby plump figure.

My anti-cockroach day begins early in my age. It started off since I was 5 yrs old. I was still in kindergarten, and I was called to the principal office (not for being a bad kid), then suddenly I just felt this creeping tiny feet on my body. Apparently a cockroach had helped his own way from my feet to my shirt. Jumping and screaming didn’t help as my principal and some of my friends were scared of roach too.

what pet did i had when i was a kid (primary school to be exact)? rabbits, dogs, white rat, chicks (baby chicken that is...), baby ducks, you name it. what those seller sell at school, i buy. mostly they will last 1-2weeks, tho i dunno what happened. i'd make this "house" with all the warm yellow light for those baby ducks and chicks, change their paper to make sure they have clean house, feed them, play with them. what did i do wrong? the only possible reason was myb over-feeding.

U-tube fever

2011-04-25T06:00:00.000-07:00

it's been a looonggg nights and days since i posted a utube site in my blog.
to catch up, will be link-ing a few that i found in this great site. :D

Maddi Jane
this girl is pretty good. really young but such a developed technique of voice.
i'd subscribe if i still remember my username n pass of my utube account.
(X_X)'

Baby Emerson
it's me, so of course there'd be a bit of cuteness to look for in uTube
this baby is hilarious. well..kinda sad-hilarous coz he's shocked everytime her mom blow her nose.
but hey, he end up laughing everytime, so....still cute

Bruno Mars
just went to his concert few weeks ago and still think he's awesomeee
see herefor his concert's post.

Nat Wong
this is an original from a friend of mine that i met while i was studying in China.
she's living out her dream to spread her voice to the world. and i'm a proud friend. =)
and a topic she would bring out in this song is about sex trafficking.
i think this is such a taboo topic in the society. there's so much people tried to look away,
think it's their own choice to have it as a job,
think there's nothing they can do and that it's simply not a topic to be discussed.
but this song has kept me thinking.
when u think of it, many of them were "sold" since they were really young (even the vid said that they started out when they were just 10yrs old)
they knew less about bad or good.
many just follow life and path that their elders have been walking on.
do they have a choice?
were they born with one?
i hope this video or other means will go viral and it'll create more than just awareness
but also open their chance to choose and not just to follow.

Xx,

Lo

And the search continues...

2011-04-18T01:22:00.001-07:00

Mandarin Hotel - Lyon
French Style buffet - Rp 325,000++
I'm not that big of fan of French cuisine, but kinda like it after my long trip to China.
i've never really try French cuisine restaurant in Jakarta..altho might taste some french dishes in fusion restaurant.

entree: selection of cheese!! good bree, not a big fan of the cheddar and one other kind which i dunno the name of.

this is what i pick from the array of buffet. I'm a big fan of grilled eggplant!! yums. the ham is too gooey, chewy, and fatty. other than this plate, I also tried the Moroccan inspired dishes of lamb and couscous. they're full of spanking goodness..maybe i'll consider Moroccan for the next trip.

squid ink tagliatelle. too soggy. not so good.

so this restaurant have their own array of buffet you can pick by your own, and also a list of menu that u can order as much as u want but only comes in tiny minNie little portion. this one is foie gras....ouu yea... one of my fav from the selections of buffet.

Egg benedict. apart from the cuteness, the taste is good.

overall i think the entree and main are good. in terms of presentaion, the desserts are awesome but such let down on their taste.
so here are the desserts that we ordered:

such a waste of palate for such a cute display huh?
that's the only comment we left on the suggestion card.
k...that's all for today. see ya in the next food trip!

ref:

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/jakarta/dining/lyon/

Xx,

Lo

Pies and Cakes

2011-04-11T01:39:00.000-07:00

It's dessert timeeee!!!!
i was having dinner with my 2nd siz and one of her friend a few weeks ago.
we tried a new restaurant called Tin Pan Alley
the choice was either tony romas (uu yummm ribsss) or this one...
the dinner was great...it's one of the best lamb burger i've tasted...the bread for the burger was awesome too (and i've never said this before abt a burger)...yum yum...
but the highlight is of course, dessert.
we ordered 3 dessert, and i took picture of 2 that i like

1. Apple Pie Crumble
i love pie...esp when it has super delish crumble andddd vanilla ice cream on the side. we were super full, but as we were a bit greedy, we ordered it anyway BUT without the ice cream.

2. Carrot Cake
this reminds me alot of my beijing girls esp Fra and Penn. after a night at vics --> bridge --> penn with spaghetti bolognese, fra with american breakfast, me with a cake --> me persuading them to help me eating my cake...sigh...miss them loads. :* btw this dessert was awesommeeee
but its really really sweet tho...diabetes making its way thru my vein...

Inspired by this restaurant, and me coz i keep bugging my siz to make me some piesss,
i helped her create 2 pies for our "Sunday bake" session:

3. Apple Crumble Pie (with cookies and cream ice cream-added later)
we totally create our own crumbs coz i added things that i like...not things that supposed to go there: oatmeal, corn flakes, little white sugar but more on brown sugar, etc.
but we succeed! yea!

4. Bacon Sausage Mozarella cheesy Pie
totally made up the name. muahaha.
i was looking at my siz 'original' recipe and it only said bacon and spinach pie. but she said "we don't have spinach, so i change it with bacon"
changing vege with meat? i ain't complainin'.
and it's totally rocks as my appetizer for that night's dinner.

nb: sorry i forgot to rotate the last two..

for more information in regards to the rest:http://www.jakarta100bars.com/2010/12/tin-pan-alley-american-bistro.html

Xx,

Lo

5 April 2011 = Bruno Mars

2011-04-05T18:45:00.000-07:00

It's the time that I've been waiting for: Bruno Mars Live in Jakarta
been telling myself not to get too excited about it
(remind myself on previous Adam Lambert situation = too excited --> disappointment on the concert; no blog post on that)

So on the day of the concert, we haven't got our ticket yet...hang out for a bit in Starbucks and quick dinner in Pizza Marzano while waiting for my brother's friend got the ticket from the seller (we bought it from an unofficial seller coz the ticket sold out minutes after it was out on sale -_- )

Finally, we got our ticket!! yeay!!
doors open on 6pm...it's already 6.15..so off we go to the concert....

take a few pics coz concert always late as usual (starts at 8pm they say...it's already 8.30 and still no sign of Mr.Bruno). From the left: 2 of my siz, me, and my brother. :)

In accordance to the sold out ticket, It's a full house! Hallelujah for we didn't buy the standing tickets coz by the look of it, i'd be in an ambulance before the concert even started.

There's 13 songs + 1 for encore and that includes few of my favs: Nothing on You (without B.O.B), just the way you are, marry you, count on me, grenade, and billionare (without Mr.McCoy). Overall it was a great performance except that all BruMars-ers were really super excited and did sing-a-long for EVERY.SINGLE.SONG. and it's kinda obvious that sometimes he tried hard to scream to the songs so we can hear his voice. But! great night nonetheless.
So long Bruno...hope u had a great time in Indonesia. I had a blast and i think so did thousands other..and until then (as u promised that u'll visit us again soon), see you!

Here's a sneak peek at one of his performance:
Count on Me Live

Xx

Lo

Newly Blog I Follow

2011-03-27T06:37:00.000-07:00

So lately I've been Blackle-ing (energy saving search powered by Google) "Best Food Blog" and it's kind of hard to find a good one really! and if i found one that sounds awesome, apparently i need invitation to read it. ('~o~)=3
so I decided to try again today and whoaa...persistence and patience (my internet connection need both) indeed do u good.

Good Food and Travel
A great blog that is infused with food and travel all in one. both in which is my passion, hobbies and good reasons for staying alive. This guy travel a lot! some that I've read were parts of US, China, and Singapore. And what i love is that he took great pictures with it. Definitely one that I'm looking for.

David Lebovitz
Sweets! can it do u any wrong? (beside diabetes that is). this guy knows what he's doing in dessert area and i certainly will look at his recipes for future reference of my kitchen work. in the meantime, I was introduced to French cuisine not so long ago, and it quite compatible with my appetite. so i might take some of his appetizers recipe for next dinner gathering at my house. c:

Anthony Bourdain
the unconventional way of writing and commenting on food, people and sometimes with a kick of political views. I myself was a big fan of his first few seasons of TV shows, "No Reservations". but after i went back from China and get back in acquaintance with my beloved cable TV, i saw his latest episode and agree with what my siz have to say, quote: "I don't watch any of his show anymore after he stop smoking. he turns to be very bitter and cranky".

Any good blog u recommend?

Xx

Lo

Annoying $|-|1*

2011-03-22T20:25:00.000-07:00

Everyone that have been or had worked with my dad always told me:
"all these people have constant bad mood. they scream at you, they slammed your phone, and they don't give a $**T"

And i don't really care at first, coz i always thought im an annoying $**T too when im angry. and i can snap to anything slightly annoying. so if someone is screaming at me, i can scream thousands of time louder. and if someone slammed their phone on me, i'll give them another call and give them a S**tty day. THEN i don't give a $**t.

But these people snap at EVERYTHING. even things that is not even slightly frown-worthy. ex: of me calling to ask for item price. i mean, helloo? u r in the business to sell things. and it's NORMAL for ANYONE to ask u about the price.

But as ones have to be humble to others... and also coz i don't have the authority to do so, im just gonna live with it. but when the time comes, when this boiling water can't be contained no more, everybody gonna have some piece of hot water on their face... literally.

hahh..so much of new resolution to be less moody.

In the meantime, i need to breath in, make some tea, and eat my croissant. coz i need some snack.

Lo

Mission to find good food

2011-03-20T22:09:00.000-07:00

So i've been on a mission to find awesome restaurant/shops to eat in Jakarta
(for a very long time)
some are fine, some are ridiculously awful, rarely would find one that meet my expectation.
I find Jakarta is a big city with a good sense of fashion and creativity, but zero in terms of great taste of food.
often u'll find cool interior design in a restaurant here, but the food doesn't add up.
loads of restaurant here attract the eyes (kitchen inspired, bathroom inspired), not so much of ur other senses (tummy)
maybe im just a person with so much ranting, but I proudly can say that im one's can't trick with physical prettines. only.

Last sunday i went with a bunch of peeps to try this restaurant in 2-Se3450n Hotel (name changed for no-future-trial purposes). its dimsum buffet for USD$11. the price is ok, but the food is not.
shrimp- not fresh, and as u know most of chinese dim sum use this ingredient
dessert- not a buffet coz u only can order once, with a very very small portion
taste- just OK and not hotel-standard for me.

So overall my sunday almost ruined BUT! i found The Deli.
there's something awesomely-great about bakery shop.
probably it's the lines of racks of bread goodness.
probably it's the smell of freshly-baked dough.
probably it's the display that is being maximized to attract customer's eye.
or it's probably just because sour-dough smell makes me hungry.
this bakery shop rescued my sunday blues. bought chocolate croissant and meat pie.
I ate the croissant for breakfast and it's super yums.

Mood: a good thick coffee, which is very rare for me. can't drink any tho, or the lion (read: me) won't sleep tonightt...du dudu du dudu dududu didi dum dum boweaa.

Xx,

Lo

quick sigh time

2011-03-14T23:06:00.000-07:00

its not even a full two months that i've worked here,
and i've done so many mistakes.
its just a matter of time before i receive a "lullaby" from my dad, i reckon.
wrong typing on the orders
not very careful in putting some numbers
forget to click some options on the computer before printing
forget to input entries in the books.
i need to get used to this asap.
or i'll be on the next flight to...
anywhere.
ok. time for another lolly for my headache and annoyance.

Lo

Office 101

2011-03-14T23:05:00.001-07:00

It's a month since i start working, and it feels like 10 yrs.
within these weeks, i found out some of the essentials that is very much needed in my working life

snacks. is. a. must.
i'd be snoring and cranky without this, really.

n this is what my siz made me few weeks ago.
with a bit of special order ( NB: chocolate chip cookie need to be HUGE and Chewy )
and this one turn out to be just the way i like it (uh-huh uh-huh!)
and look! it's as huge as the jar itself. barely fit. =D

next one is CNY candy. it's not actually in the market just for chinese new year, but i dunno why i always relate this candy with this celebration.
i like the sweet part, not so much on the sour/salty salted plum

there's a terrible amount of mosquito here. even one of the employee got a suspiciously dengue fever few weeks ago. finger was pointed to these office.
by looking at how they swarm infront of ur face everytime u open a door, no wonder this office was the one to blame.
here are some MUST appliances that i use/turn on everyday.

spray it!

plug and turn it on!

anyway, the air-con has been fixed. no more spraying water (or broken shower as i called it) in the middle of the day. it's kinda cold now in the office. but i'd rather use my jumper and sit in cold than having short sleeves t-shirt with ridiculously sweaty ugly face.

mosquito buster,

Lo

Java jazzy night

2011-03-06T03:23:00.001-08:00

4th of march means Java jazz! yeay!
for those who dunno how it works:
there's probably more than 10 indoor/outdoor venues in one place filled with its stage, sound system and all in each room. jazz players (local and around the world) come together and play for 3 nights (each day with different singers or group), but i only went for one day.
so it's my first nite doing this whole-night-dedicated-to-jazz thing
and here's the recap with some blurry and distant pics

due to the usual late-ness of jakarta peeps, we arrived at PRJ (the venue this yr) rather late..probably around 8pm, while the concert actually already started at 6.
we're there planned to see a few, and end up seeing quite a bunch of artists.

first off, local singers called panji sth. i dunno these people, never heard of them, but we saw it anyway coz my siz's friend said they're pretty good. but as soon as my siz n i get bored, we jump off to another venue.

it's The Groove!! ahh...such a nostalgic songs they played. remind me of my childhood where cable tv didn't exist and my life revolve around woke up-school-sleep routine. they were groovy and fun! i like this group, with it's long legged guy and eccentric lady, and moreover they surely can sing.

who is this guy? i think he's supposed to be in a group. but he's alone that night. ahh...it's sondre lerche...hope i pronounce it right. i don't think he's from my era..my siz said he's famous years ago. she went to his concert 3 yrs ago, and he still sang the same songs that night. he's quite wanted that night and the room were super packed. there for 10mins then ran away before i'm flat to the ground.

apart from all the contemporary jazz (or not jazz at all) venues that we went, this is the real Jazz. it's Roy Hargrove Quintet. thank goodness people decided to sit on the floor and just enjoy the show. some of us even started to doze off after a while. we were there to see Barry Likumahuwa, but he arrived late and we supposed to go to other venue, so...no Barry.

THE STAR OF THE NIGHT: Corrine Bailey Rae. she's such a sunshine. awesome live singer too (for me, singer is all about how u perform live, not how u sound in ur recording cds or mv). tho i was standing farrrr way back (outside-the-exit-door-far), can still hear her loud and clear. and when she sang, she just bring joy to the place with her voice. just A.W.E.S.O.M.E

that's the last show of the night, so then we head home.
the clock strike 1.30am and we need our sleep.

Xx

Lo

Bandung Pt.3

2011-02-15T07:52:00.001-08:00

Food...

just some "intro" to few Sundanese (some that's infused with Chinese) food that we ate (or drink) in Bandung. it's one of my favorite food other that Padang (spicy and burst with spices). i even used it as one of my composition for my Chinese Language exam back in Beijing a month ago. C:

Coconut in coconut cup. one of the best drink for ur Indonesian food, especially Sundanese. i love how they serve it in one of these coconut cup. i even have one of these back at home.

"flying" fried Garoupa. a must to order. i kinda pity the fish when they bring it to our table. dunno why, but it's just sad how they have to force them in 'flying' position which is totally unnecessary. anyway, delish nonetheless. (see how food can change a person with empathy to couldn't care less?)

stir fry bean-sprout. one of my mom's favorite, especially if it's served with salted fish. but she ate it with slight warning on the corner of my eyes due to hypertension she has. >:|

at least she redeem herself with this 'red rice' which is healthier coz it has less sugar than ordinary white rice. i must say i hate this tho. it's tasteless and dry and i would rather eat less white rice than to eat this abundantly. (>.<)'

Xx,

Lo

Bandung Pt.2

2011-02-15T07:14:00.000-08:00

A bit of Bandung view in this post, but 1st of all a bit of 'ugly beauty'
this head is made of coconut then they carve it to head-like wood carve.
my Chinese friend look at it and fell in love with it.
she said it again and again that it's super pretty.
hmm...i guess it's the ugly pretty that she meant.
coz i certainly don't see the pretty side of it, except the pretty good skill of the carver.

the strawberry farm is back!
and u can see a bit part of my mom's but* here...haha
she's so focused to get pretty strawberries that she even forgot to put her bag away. her HUGE (notice the caps) bag

it's strawberry farmer!!!
jk...he's my driver.
by this post, i'd like to show my gratitude for him, coz he's been driving us all the way from Jakarta-Bandung-Jakarta and here and there in bandung...we are ladys with loads of requests, but he did a good job. :)
i think he's channeling his inner farmer here as he picked the most strawberries that day. lol

Last but not least, it's Tangkuban Perahu. this historical places located in Lembang, Bandung is a natural beauty. it has some still active volcano and a bit smelly at some place, but still depicted great scenery. some shops there sell the lava-water-ready-made-bottled-water. interesting. i dunno what to do with it tho. i heard it's good for ur skin.

off i go, see u in next post

Xx

Lo

Diary of an Employee

2011-02-08T01:15:00.000-08:00

work work work
don't feel like full on work yet,
but smoke in the room, paper here and there, folders of goods
yep...i'm definitely in one of my dad's office
it's 1.30 now...just waiting for the clock to strike 5 soon.
please.
so anyway, i'm currently working in a steel business.
in accounting/marketing (soon)/ finance part
coz the co. itself haven't really settled yet, so customer's list still sort of...er... empty.
what have i been doing?
price list, inventory, looking through thousands type of products, bank bank bank and eat.
ye, i ain't complaining for the last part.
it's just my pants are getting uneasy of me gaining more fat.
new company = not busy + hungry all the time
that's kinda my formula this week.
hopefully i'll get kinda busy soon
*finger crossed*

introducing, my "cubicle":
and those papers of list on the table, is things that i see everyday, every hour, everytime. hurray.

Xx

Lo

Bandung pt. 1

2011-01-31T07:09:00.000-08:00

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NB: i dedicate this blog for Francesca Rugerri so she'll come visit me ASAP.

had a short trip to bandung! 3 days 2 night.
its always a good place to relax, except for public holiday that is.
so there i was last week with my friend that come to visit from china.
here's the 1st sneak peak:
we went to a strawberry farm and pick our own strawberry! yeay!

look how plump and red the strawberries are!!!

off to juicer. nothing better than super freshly picked strawberry juice.
ouuu yee...

we spent a whole load of our 3 days just hanging around cafes and restaurant
went to familiar places, go to new ones. all reach my expectation as always.
this is Majahouse. a cafe near my hotel. a relaxing place, with nice view of the city.

it's not bandung without relaxing restaurant.
forget about chair and eating utensils.
grab a fluffy pillow, sit on it, wash ur hand, eat with it.
this is how traditional Sundanese restaurant looks like.

Kampung Daun. never missed this place everytime i pay Bandung a visit.
such a nice place to chillax. the food are getting better too!
come here during weekend, preferably, so u'll be able to see all the small snack carts in the restaurant.
looks romantic, eh?

will post pt.2 sometime (or not) soon

x

Lo

i miss u

2011-01-31T04:54:00.000-08:00

i've been saying this a thousand time:
'all i'll miss is the ppl i met in beijing, not the city"
and i miss them
i just read one of my friend's blog post, sca
and it hit me, harder this time, that i miss them. all
i've said my goodbyes. but i dunno why it doesn't feel right
like i shud've said my goodbyes more properly.
less drunken ppl around and more subtle and relax environment.
but i guess, then, it would mean more tears. so...
anyway, just want to present them with this post that, i miss u all!!

song for u guys

the lyrics

total nonsense

2011-01-31T03:47:00.000-08:00

when u stare at the blank page.
thinking what to post next
what will u write?
this feels like an essay
sth that is extraordinary
sth that i haven't write before
sth...else...
its 5 min on now, and i know it'll end up like cra*
flushed.
wanted to post food blog, but i dunno how to rotate pics in mac
wanted to post my life lesson these few days. but doing nothing much lately
nothing.
i miss my blog life when i was in beijing
but when im here, with no blocked website, i dunno what to say.
guess long time no blogging make me a dull blogger...

QP: apple love

2011-01-30T19:18:00.000-08:00

i'm a newly converted apple-ers...
ouuu yeyyy
it started off with an iPod yearsss ago...and i kinda like it..
then i wish i had an iPhone but didn't happen...
years later (few weeks ago) i got my 1st apple labtop for my welcome present back from studying Chinese in Beijing
it's a pressies from my 2nd sister..
a few weeks b4, my 1st siz present me with a news that she bought me
an iPhone4 for my xmas present...
can't get any happier...
love my fam
<3

xx

Lo

Rookie yeah

2011-01-17T23:41:00.000-08:00

back from China. the land of possibilities. any really.
China have its own positive and negative perks for me
some is delightful, some is despiteful.
but im not talking about that in this post
it's about what coming next.
so, supposedly, i need to start working soon
the PHASE
the last part of my life
primary-secondary-high school-college-uni-china for language- and work
the part which im not waiting for. no excitement at all
i think it's not just the type of work that is waiting for me
9-5pm office work...which is a big deal for me,
coz i don't think im that type of worker. sitting and writing and thinking
but mostly because it concludes the possibility of other things.
when u r still at school, theres hundreds of possibilities of uni that u can choose.
then after uni, u still feel free and young, and ur family support u too in terms of continuing your studies
no matter what type is it
but after a years juggling countries, it all comes to an end.
i need to start working next month.
as a rookie in the office. clueless of what am i gonna do
but im gonna be fine anyway.
peace.

Lo

useless. do u know?

2010-09-06T01:17:00.000-07:00

Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

Slugs have 4 noses.

Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

Source: http://www.world-english.org/facts.htm

Spanking Reality Check No.1

2010-02-01T00:59:00.001-08:00

You are not fat!

sometimes (A LOT OF TIMES actually) it's annoying how ur stick thin friend says "i'm fat" OR "i gain 2kg!!! OH-EM-GEE!!" OR "My jeans feels so tight now! i'm almost can't fit in anymore!"
those sentences should be put against the law!
especially if being said to another person that literally and matter-of-factly twice in size as u are!
coz what u don't know, is when u say that u ALMOST can't fit into ur jeans anymore, ur more-chubby friend might have been dealing with this her whole life or might not even FIT to her old pair of jeans anymore now.

and it's normal for a woman to gain and fluctuate her weight ard 2 kg. it's scientifically proven normal!!
coz of the period u got n stuff. and oh! U DO GAIN WEIGHT AFTER U HAD UR MEALS! so skip the drama and don't weigh urself after a set meal lunch.

it does sounds like i'm pouring my heart out in this blog isn't it? but i've been listening these sentences my whole life and a loads of other chubby-friend of mine feeling and experiencing the same thing, i just want to take a note and maybe..just maybe...for some stick thin peepz out there to embrace their thin-ness.
i'm not saying that i won't feel fat even if i lost half of my KGs, but hey, just trust this calculator:

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weight/healthy_weight/bmi_calculator.htm

and if it said "Healthy Weight", U ARE NOT FAT peeps!

Cheerios

Pz.Luv

Lo

what kind of movie is 4th kind?

2010-01-14T01:03:00.000-08:00

it's been raining cats n dogs here for these last few days...
and i'm loving it!
it's a super rare occasion to feel a cool breeze in Jakarta
and to my surprise, i've been enjoying it since yesterday!
thumbs up!

just watched The Fourth Kind and I L.O.V.E.D IT! let me explain why past tense is being used.
so what i thought was a horror/thriller movie turned out to be an intruiging alien abduction self proclaimed true story.

these 'real' footage that they've used was so made-believe that i actually believe it.
i didn't even googled it after i watched it. that's how much i believe on those 'real' events.

after i watch a review on this movie, to my disappointment it turn out to be fake.
Universal studio even 'stated' that claiming it is a true story was just a marketing gimmick.
honestly, i totally disrespect any movie that claimed to be based on real events and turned out to be totally fake, than movie that stated it's fiction but recorded as if it's real. (such as paranormal activity tho they didn't state clearly in the movie that it's fiction. at least they didn't create false article on internet to deceive the consumer!!)

i've never used so many aphostrophesss in my blog as this one
because i'm just not sure whether the movie is fiction or it's just a false statement made on wiki as any person on earth can just add&edit.

anyway, if you enter the theatre knowing that this movie is fiction, then this is just another bull*. but if u watch it without any knowledge as what i have now, then u might be coming out a little confused and amused.
that's all for the review...no mark on this one coz i'm just undecided.

Pz.Luv

Lo

Oz, oZ, Oz!!

2010-01-13T06:52:00.000-08:00

i haven't post this one!! wrote it like months ago and just realize i haven't click 'publish post' button yet...aiyayay...
anyway, happy reading!

Just left Sydney for good. sob..
at first i din kno how much i'll love this city.
fell in love with melb at first and thought syd was so dirty and depicted Jakarta minus spring and winter.
but as times goes by...so slowly...ehem!. i love this city even more.
food and weather are two things that i'll missed most. all the jackets and cardigan will be wasteful here.
well, for my grad weeks ago, took a trip for a week with my parents and siz..took some picz of things that i can't or rarely find here in the big city.here u go:

Smiley egg! first saw it in masterchef ( a reality TV show to find the best amateur chef in Australia ) and have been eyeing on it at coles supermarket.
as my dad can't go on by day without a big brekkie, an omellete will be a good kick in the morning.
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SPAM!! my best bud during times when i'm too lazy to cook fancy food. love the taste, have sth similar here but like this one better.
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Good food can't go without good drinks. Up&go: met this beauty just a couple of months ago and has been my fav breakfast eversince. it's so yummy!! only love the ice vanilla flavor tho. with no artificial color, 98.5% less fat, i loveeee this product! tho it obviously has artificial flavoring. brought back 1 pack of 6 up&go ice vanilla to indo... yummm
.
next one is boost!!! they used to have it here in one of the mall, but they closed it d! dang.. bye2 watermelon crush, strawberry squeeze, green tea mango mantra, and lemon crush. i'll miss you.
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Sydney has one of the tastiest salad!! my best one for me is the one in Vivo cafe [Cajun caesar salad,etc.] below my apt, but sumo salad taste good too.
.
oh! another snack that i forgot to take picz is Evia yoghurt. oh so yum!! they have it in David Jones, Boost counter and most stores that sell yoghurt. it certainly does not taste like those fake yoghurt that is so popular in my home country nowadays.

Dryer!!
i want to have my own washing machine and dryer here!!
tho have helpers here to wash 'em, i prefer to wash them by myself.
why? i'll tell it on another post. still finds oz kind of weird tho. coz when i just moved there, i found dryer in the apt,but not washing machine. huh? what was that abt?

Foodies

2009-12-19T06:09:00.000-08:00

you see, i'm a food junkie. (hahaha that's not news)
however, unlike some of my friends and family member, i wasn't so blessed with high metabolic rates on food digestion.
so the fat i eat + the almost-hardly-never exercise factor = the fat i gain.
this is the formula i always think i have on my body.
so sometimes, yes, i do feel jealous to my pals that can eat whatever they want and gain zilch kg. (and i know they don't throw up their food afterward)

these past few days, my sister and i have been pushing one of her friend til he can no longer put any food to his mouth on a single meal.
our journals are as follows:
1st day: 7 rolls of sushi -not that triangle shaped roll...this is the cylinder rolls before u cut it into thin pieces as such:

2nd day: we went to a restaurant and he ate 3 cups of rice, plenty of shabu-shabu veges and condiments, teriyaki chicken, a few slices of my sushi and a cup of chawan-mushi

3rd day: i cooked okonomiyaki with 30cm diameter, and the thing about him is he can't eat anything without rice. he consider all food less rice = snack.
so he ate a giant okonomiyaki with a plateful of rice
[ Okonomiyaki: savoury pan-fried Japanese batter cake with fillings such as tako (octopus), pork cutlets, and assorted veges). it's quite delish! =]

4th day: i cooked 2 hamburg meat for him and a bowl of mashed potato. to my concern, he wasn't full yet. (maybe by the fact he ate potato instead of rice) so he ate XXL crispy chicken (it's really what they call it and i don't think i need to explain how big it is) with another plateful of rice. + chocolate i cream my sister made.

5th day: we did it!!! we make another round of sushi dinner at my house and he ate 7 rolls of sushi til he couldn't eat anymore!!! wohooo... i know it's kind of cruel that my sister and i treat this like a game. but we just wonder how much can he really take! + lemon cake plus a scoop of ice cream

above all, he wasn't even fat.

ps: i forgot to mention that most of the nights, he went for another round of dinner from my house. and here is the sushi we made:

speaking of food, u need to see this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-wOMA8OTko
she eat so much and yet she's so thin! and she can beat 6 tag-team-guys all by herself
in case u r looking, there's NO 1st part for the vid, but there's one cont part named: Sone_3

(-ve) calorie food

2009-12-17T05:59:00.001-08:00

I just founf out there's a thing called negative calorie food in this world!
this is not exactly means zero calories in the food, it's just that the energy that is needed to digest all these food is greater than the energy contain in the food itself. huooo...interesting...better start chewing on these things and skip the cookiesss... (like i can...duh...)

anywho, going to share u the list.
oh! and i skip some vege and fruit that i don't even know exist.

List of Negative Calorie in Vege:
Asparagus
Fennel --> still looking for this vege here
Gourd
Broccoli --> Yeay!!
Leek
Cabbage
Lettuce
Carrots
Cauliflower
Peppers
Celery
Radish
Spinach
Cress
Tomato
Cucumber
Turnip

List of Negative Calorie in Fruit:
Apricot
orange --> Woopidoo!!
Blackberry
Melon
Blackcurrant
Peaches
Plums
Raspberry
Grapefruit
Rhubarb
Guava
Strawberry
Honeydew --> what's the different with melon??
Lemon
Watermelon

btw, and calories in your dips (cheese, garlic, jam, bread, and whatsoever) is excluded.
eat wisely peepz!!

Pz.Luv

Lo

QP: Food poisoning

2009-11-30T20:38:00.000-08:00

i got food poisoned last night!!

and the source is incredibly unbelievable: KF*
u know...that yummy chicken...
never had any problem with it b4..
but i feel nausea n sick ard midnight..
went to hospital's emergency room at 2.30am
get couple of shot to stop my continuous vomit.

anywho, feeling mucho mucho better now...yea!

oh and there's been an incident in the mall that i went yest.
a girl was committing suicide from 5th floor.
half an hour later, i came out from the theatre to see pool of blood on the upper ground level.
the body was no where to be seen. thank goodness.

may she rest in peace.

pz.Luv

Lo

Spirited Away

2009-11-18T06:19:00.000-08:00

I've just finished another Studio Ghibli movie called spirited away..
It is WONDERFUL!!!
i've rarely used this word in my life, but that's how i can describe Hayao Miyazaki's movies.
this is my 3rd movie so far of his creation after My neighbour Totoro (best!!) and Ponyo.
it comes second place after totoro I must say, coz Totoro IS the cutest manga character i've ever seen. =D
here's some of the pics taken from the movie or its poster.

This is the Movie poster with the main char (Chihiro)

Here are the 2 main char: Chihiro and Aku (I dunno how to write his name)

I SO LOVEEE THIS SCENE!! laugh so hard on this one...

if you are interested in his works, u can always google "Studio Ghibli"

Pz.Luv

Lo

Up2Date

2009-11-12T00:01:00.000-08:00

So, up to this day certain things happen (and/or) will be happening:

Cookie Seller
I'm officially a cookie seller now!
sell it in a tube kind of like cookie jar and @varied ard Rp60k to Rp70k
mainly the ingredients involves oatmeal and u can choose between raisins, choco chip, or almond for flavors.
been baking loads of cookie lately. and ard 12 jars sold.
any order??
hoho

Blackout Tomorrow
ok so here's the "IN" thing happening in Jakarta lately. so often my days are filled with a sudden death in my electricity. then came these messages from friends asking whether there's any blackout in my house. the next step is to call my mom (usually) to pick me up and go to somewhere else (any place with a thing called air-con will do) coz she's an early bird which fly away zoom zoom! bright and early in the morning. now i just heard another news from a friend of mine saying that there'll be another blackout tmr starting from 8am to 1pm.... UGH!

anywho, i've been appreciating more on William Gilbert lately as the inventor of electricity (not Edison peepz..coz he's actually the inventor of light bulb..found it in blacke just now) coz of these oftenly random blackout, i know how important it is to have a working electrical appliances in the house (read: air con, fan, tv, and cable for internet connection)

stupido me, sometimes i woke up and realize there's another electrical meltdown in the hous only knowing that my next step is to plug in my mobile phone and charger to the elec.socket...how clever am i? then after a few second waiting for my mobile screen depicted "charging battery" i snap out and remember there's a blackout. thinking i still can enjoy my day, i turn on my laptop knowing that it can last abt an hr without an electricity but my oh my, found out minutes later that i need electricity to have internet connection. start --> turn off computer --> shut down

Pz.Luv

Lo

Random Facts of death

2009-11-05T02:24:00.001-08:00

Just some random facts abt death...
some kind of interesting for me!

1. Sebelum meninggal dunia, pendengaran adalah indera terakhir yang akan meninggalkan tubuh kita. Indera pertama yang akan ‘pergi’ ialah penglihatan, diikuti oleh rasa, bau dan sentuhan.

2. Kepala manusia masih dalam keadaan sadar selama 15 hingga 20 detik setelah dipenggal!

3. Mayat pada hari ini lebih lambat membusuk dibandingkan dulu karena banyak terdapat bahan pengawet di dalam makanan yang kita makan. Satu lagi fakta, mayat membusuk empat kali lebih cepat di dalam air dibandingkan yang dikubur di dalam tanah.

4. Lebih 2,500 orang kidal mati setiap tahun akibat menggunakan barang yg dibuat untuk orang yg menggunakan tangan kanan.

5. Masyarakat Mesir purba menganggap kucing adalah hewan suci. Oleh karena itu mereka akan mencukur kepala mereka apabila kucing peliharaan mereka mati.

Reference:
http://www.kaskus.com

Korean Indulgence

2009-11-04T08:06:00.001-08:00

Koreana, International Restaurant
Located infront of Grand Indonesia Mall.
famous for its' BBQ. not so good for the soup kind
Rating: 6.5/10
Goodies: ask for any good meet to be bbq-ed
Noties: KimChi Jjigae. so bland.

Istana Korea
Located infront of Grand Indonesia Mall, right next to Koreana Int. Rest.
I basically learned sth abt korean rest from this one. go to the one in which the owner is Korean. this one was bought by an Indonesian for quite a while.
Rating: 3/10
Noties: the food was so-so, but the rest didn't entertain me by the end of the dinner. mosquitos were everywhere, the air con didn't work properly, and surprise, surprise, a cocroach fell to my lap in the middle of the meal. oh my.

Gahyo
Located in Gading Sports mall on their 1st floor.
my friend told me abt this place, and i like it!
one of my favorite korean rest in Jakarta.
Rating: 7/10
Goodies: the jap chae's nice. love the yuk gae jang.
Noties: tried the clear beef soup (kinda milky in color). i know it's healthy stuff, but the taste just so weird...like eating beef in plain water. for this one, i think it's not the restaurant, but that's just how it taste in other rest too.

Arang
another rest located in Kelapa Gading.
i love this rest, but the price is just darn expensive.
Rating: 7.5/10 - based on food itself, exclude pricing
Goodies: like the pork bbq, the jap chae portion is also quite large. overall the food was nice. there's loads of compliment and side dishes too!
Noties: can't remember of any.

Gojumung
Located in Panglima Polim 9. heading south for this one
my fav!!!
Rating: 8/10
Goodies: loads of side dishes (in which 3 i think is coz my siz found a string of hair in the soup). yuk gae jang was gooodd...Bim Bim bap and bbq meet were nice too. the meet comes in v. small portion tho. so u'll spend quite a lot.
Noties: jap chae was bland. neither sweet nor salty enuf. some of the side dishes does not meet my expectation.

P.s: all of these ratings are based on personal view. none is intentionally being done to give a rather negative nor positive impact towards any restaurant.
oh! and sorry for no pic.. 'll update it if i found one.

PzLuv

Lo

Oct QP

2009-10-28T01:13:00.000-07:00

ey ey
so this is my plan for '09- '10
i'm currently studying Chinese Language in a small tuition building opposite my house
(walk there twice a week and pray hard not to be hit by any motorcycle or cars)

why?

coz i'm planning to go to Beijing next yr (ard feb) for a year to study mandarin.
i'm chinese, but can't speak mandarin, u see.
so, there u go. a yr plan which will occupied me for a while.
my current dilemma is whether i can keep in touch with my folks and friends as FB is not accessible in China (that's what i heard)
oh! and they blocked Youtube too..darn..

just heard some good news from a friend tho, that she can access it through some other website. so...pray hard everything will be smooth sailing..

adios!
Pz.Lv

Lo

ay ay ay!

2009-10-26T10:03:00.000-07:00

ola!! been a while!!
want to share a few vid sites that i've been watching lately,

Psychic Twins Pt.1
this one certainly grab my attention most. there's few other parts that u can search from the related videos from the sidebar...
these twins are the only (documented) psychics that predicted the 9/11 incident.
psychic things always fascinate me, and this one certainly makes me believe even more in other senses (6th one) that some of us might have.

Gaki no Tsukai Haunted musical school Pt.2
THIS CRACKS ME UP!
Gaki no Tsukai posts are always funny! esp Matsumoto (one of the member).
this one is abt a guy (yamazaki) that is put to the test by being left 'alone' in a 'haunted' school to do some music rehearsal.
Funny! there's also another one with matsumoto in it (in haunted hotel) that even more funny. XD

Three rivers S1 Ep1 Pt.1
another series in town!!!!
with Daniel Henney (American born Korean actor that's famous for his act on 'My Lovely Kim Sam soon' --> another worth watch drama) in it!
loves doctor-romantic-comedy drama such as grey's anatomy, private practice etc. etc.
This one is kinda have the same thing going on as grey's i guess. but hey, it's been quite a while since a good series hit utube.
so, i'm going to tune in for new ep every week.

that's all folks!
Pz.Luv

Lo
@-`---

(how lame is that flower? lol)

...

2009-09-20T08:48:00.000-07:00

the title speaks for itself.
that describes my life on these past few days.
it's only been 2 days since my siblings left the house for their holidays
and i'm dead bored.
i wanted to cook but i am restrained with minimum ingredient at home.
no driver to send me to the nearest supermarket too (not that they open anyway...this nation wide holiday is driving me crazy)

want to cook spaghetti aglio olio tmr..but i even can't cook this simple dish
(i don't have the main ingredient, aka spaghetti, u see)
what to do, what to do...
Nintendo DS, my puppy, and internet have been my best mates so far, but i'm getting bored of it already.

just gonna show my puppy picz:

cute isn't it??? =))
a lot of his pics were blur or dark coz of his black fur..
this annoying little creature was trained to lie down and jump so far (by me.
and seriously it needs patience)

Pz.Luv

Lo

QP: Fat&RIP

2009-09-16T07:14:00.000-07:00

may u rest in peace: Patrick Swayze
tho i don't know u that much,
i've seen u in 'Ghost' before.
so long...

just had a fatburger for dinner..
not making this up..the burger is really called fatburger..
they have different sizes from S, M, L, and XL
M was enuf for me.
but my siz ordered XL fatburger for her bf..
4 stacks of thick and large and fat meat.
sounds so greedy.
few things need to be improved tho: the meat was too dry and lack of dressing for the burger.
anywho, it was fantastic! better than burger king for me. myb coz i LOVE meat. hoho

i din take any picz, sorry guys. was to hungry to grab my mobile.
'll consider it on my next trip there...

pz.Luv

Lo

It's a Name Game

2009-09-11T21:25:00.001-07:00

I never thought of this, but I like my name!
few months ago i was Just preparing some notes for weekly bible sharing in my uni, and they’re talking about my baptism name (as creative as I am, it’s Laura).
It just makes me think on why I chose it.
I mean, this is the only time I can change my name to something cooler, something I want since I was little (I always like the name ‘Zoe’ or ‘Chloe’ but just came to my mind lately that these names are too..er… millennium-22ndCentury-zoom-zoom-silver-clothing-with-magnificent-gadget for me)
So I remembered this lady give me a book weeks before I get baptized on baptismal name.
I looked through it (well... skimming actually…er…or i might not even read it), and I couldn’t find a name that struck me.
Or if I found one, the lady died coz somebody hang her or sth..
We don’t want to have a name that related to a mass murder or anything synonym to it, do we?

So anyway, I chose my name at the end. Simple but meaningful: Laura
As what my mom had chosen when I was still a size 0 (baby size)
As what my dad had called me for 21yrs now (just passed august, means i'm 21...damiT)
As what my grandma always wanted to call me but end up with my pet name instead (won’t tell you what it is, but we tend to use our few first letter and just pronounce it twice)
As what my sisters refer me only to a formal friend(coz I think they cant differentiate which my real name is)
As what my brother never called me of (coz I also never refer him with his birth name)
And as my passport, IDs, and other somewhat-important-but-mostly-useless cards identified me as.

My mom once said that I almost end up with another name, but coz my cousin (once she was a paranormal) said it will bring me bad luck, my mom chose Laura instead.
Thank God for leading her to this name, I can’t imagine if I end up with other name, for example Paula…and have ‘Poo-Poo’ as my nickname…NOOOO!!!

Pz.Luv

Lo

What is Up?

2009-09-04T06:10:00.001-07:00

really wasting my time for nothing.
but i'm loving this super free time before i really need to think abt my future.
the first thing on the list is to open a cafe
after i finish my training.
have been wasting a loads of time in the kitchen lately
baking and all
with some success and failure

anyway, enuf with this crappy future ideas
i'm drooling over Jensen ackles!!!
he's gotta be one of the hottest bach out there..yum-i!

i just love romantic and deep-colored eyes...

neway, i have a dog!!! D . O . G
hohoho
haven't decide any name yet..
it might be Oobee (read: Ubi or sweet potato in Indo Language), Poochi (means tiny in Jap), or...err.. Totoro...
hahaha
so what to dooo what to doo..
anywho, this is He:

isn't he adorable? hehehe
owh! and it's my present for my 21st bday btw..
thx my luphly 1st siz to search, browse, and buy! =*

Pz.Luv

Lo

I am 21!!

2009-08-20T22:31:00.000-07:00

wohooo it's my b'day...
well, i got soooo many birthday cakes this year
there's a total of 4 cakes (exclude the mini2 and plenty of cupcakes) that i had
i'll make a preview of all of it here exclude the 3rd cake which is in my sis' camera and i dunno how to transfer 'em...hohoho

this one is from my sis' friend...thanks c Devi!!
too bad she didn't make it herself...hahha

the 2nd one is from my beloved fren yuli who came to my house at night with her mom
thanks Godmother!! =*

this on is Croquembouche made by Chicu Tanuwijayaaaa
hahha
thx loadsss for the extra extra works that u put in....and the blister u got from all the caramel sauce...
really really super duper appreciate it!!
=)))

this year, we celebrate my birthday with fam and friends in one of Jakarta's famous hotel (or cottage) in Ancol, Putri Duyung. book for 2 houses with 2 floor each.
spent the night there from 17 Aug- 18 Aug.
play loads of cards, lost loads of $$, and eat loads of food...haha
in conclusion, epi epi days

PzLuv

Lo

waving goodbye (almost)

2009-08-15T07:29:00.000-07:00

things that i'll miss in oz:

-the always wet floor of the toilet
-the always boring street n view from walking to uni
-smell of my apt alley after getting out of the lift/house
-weather forecast box on the telly every morning to make sure i won't wear the wrong attire for the day
-squeezing in the middle of 2 roomies with almost-no-space to walk in the bedroom
-asking, what time is my roomies going to wake up tmr for taking turn in showering
-free sidedishes in korean food, and also all the main courses
-crappy clothes closet
-uni's library that always make me feel itchy
-building 10 computer lab in which the printer never works
-walking to darling harbour for wasting time
-eating caramel cheesecake and drinking ice green tea frappucino with van&bang
-cooking in the oh-so-small kitchen and accidently spill the rice and oil, which i need to clean at the end. (well, not missing this one actually)
-the korean girl who always talk to herself on the road
-the potato lady in delafrance
-buy 2 free one sushi roll (chicken teriyaki, shrimp tempura, and California roll --> fav)
-wasting time in coles and end up wasting money too
-wandering ard sydney's street at night on a cold day
-having 2 seasons and temperature below 20 degree celc, naturally
-sweet old guy on my apt lobby that always smile, and the look-a-like-of-brother-of-raymond-in-everybody-loves-raymond-sitcom guy
-boil tap water for drink
-wash my own clothes
-shopping at cotton on and supre
-spend the rest of my 3-cap credit by calling my grandma every month
-buying souvenirs for my family and friends before going back to indo
-eating big breakfast in different cafes
-shalom's ayam penyet
-doing assignment and having crappy team mates
-playing restaurant city in fb to cheer me up for the day
-neighbours soap opera
-'buncis'
-the trumpet girl infront of the apt or any stupid music being played
-union's chinese food court foods
-paddy's market's ONE DOLLA ONE DOLLA
-3 legged free table that comes with 2 defective-but-useful chairs at home
-acting like mum-to-be by looking at low prices @coles
-experimenting with food and cake. failures to the later
-my best bud, tahu.

PzLuv

Lo

=(

2009-08-07T05:58:00.000-07:00

i can't upload any photos!! i lost my camera battery charger and now the battery is empty..
watcanidooo??
have to buy a new one ASAP!
haven't been blogging lately..
been busy munching and travelling around... =D
hope i can transfer my picz soon so i can have something descent to post.

oh! dreamed that all my upper teeth fell of again 2 nights ago. ugh!
i just felt sth is not right inside my mouth and all of the teeth fell suddenly with a bit part of my gum.
then i went to the dentist and they just nailed my teeth!
it then fell of again and being stucked again...etc..
what a dream.

anyway, saw a mini pomeranian last week..
oh i so want a puppy..
with so many business going on in this world, why don't they have a rent for puppy business?
i'm so going to be a loyal customer..
X)

'til i find (or buy) my camera battery charger, astalavistaaa

Lo

solar eclipse 2009

2009-07-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

QP for letting u guys know there'll b a solar eclipse in different part of the world today..
might be too late as i post it 2 hrs after the actual eclipse (duh?)
but anyway, anyone of u've 'seen' it b4?
i haven't.. =D
just a random Query, why does pregnant woman not allowed to see eclipse?
hmm..

anyway, the eclipse happened in different time too for different countries
for ex: 8.40AM for singapore, 7.30 for malaysia, etc. and lasted for abt an hour.
too bad we can't see it from indonesia.. =(

Hint of fashion

2009-06-26T06:25:00.000-07:00

holiday = shopping
wish those comes with = $$$income$$$ too..
but too bad budget do constrain my choices in shopping
tho sometimes spending over becomes a habit too..
nyieh nyieh

there are few bits and pieces i want for this winter breakkkk

first!
it's house of harlow's sunburst coctail ring..
loves this huge ring and it cost abt AUD89... =(

another one is black, long, blazer with no shoulder pad (of course)
tried a couple of this in few diff shops. i do look weird on those!
hm,,,just need to find the right one i guess

i find this fascinating! it's melbourne-ian based jewellery shop called ≠ or "Do Not Equal"
kind of cool eh?
love this combi of religious-fashion jewellery.
looking for this kind of charm bracelet too...

last but not least...i want this pump!
not this high tho...'ll be satisfied with a 3inch one
Christian louboutin's shoes are AMAZING i must say, tho their heels are just not meant to be wore by a person as clumsy as me.

anyone care to buy me some of these? ;*

pZ.Lv

Lo

coffee and cooking mama

2009-06-23T17:37:00.000-07:00

eluuu
as sharing is caring, i wud like to share some picz that i took in recent days..
went to campos yest, this so called best coffee shop in syd.. =D
ordered my first affogato ever:

i have to say, for someone who somehow despise coffee, this is really nice!
the first spoonful of it, i was drowning in a pool of this heavenly ice-cream-drowned-in-espresso-italian-dessert. yumz!

8.5/10!!

next is food that i cooked:

this certainly doesn't look yumz...but taste ok! let's call it cheesy pork chop with stir fry bok choy and egg

this one is tomato pasta with mustard chicken and steamed baby broccoli. kinda like this one tho it looks dry here. =)

next and last one is my fave of all (^o^)V , pan fried trout with baby spinach sauted in butter and chunky mashed potato

there u go folks.. catchUl8r!!

pZ.Luv

Lo

less careless

2009-06-17T16:38:00.000-07:00

i wish i'm more careful on things i do. really.
this is not the 1st time i read my timetable for exam incorrectly
so, i have this exam today (yeah yeah, i suppose to be studying now, but..i just can't help it to do my daily routine. read: fb and blog and email)
and i THOUGHT it's on 2pm on the afternoon.
until last night that i checked it again, it's actually at 6!

my goodness..
not that it's a good thing that at least i'm not late for it,
but the fact that i always read n save it wrongly in my memory that pi**ing me off..

this also happen to me last sem and it's even worse
thought my exam was on friday at 6, but actually it's on thurs at 2..or sth like that.
anywhooo, today and saturday will be the last 2 IT exam of my life (crossfingerrrsss)
better luck next time on working life (meeting time and all)

pz.Luv

Lo

oh, so, this holiday, my plan is to change my blog's layout..coz it's boring n plain. anyone is willing to help with the css and all?? *wink*

QP : Quick Post

2009-06-16T21:12:00.000-07:00

never, ever sleep in a tattoo parlor, if u don't want to end up with weird ink on ur body
or in this case, twinkle2 little starssss (counted for 56 stars from the news)

news:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25648889-2,00.html?from=igoogle+gadget+compact+news_rss

ok..better go back to my study...
exam is tmr, wish me luck!

pz.Lv

Lo

Blur-fest

2009-06-12T01:15:00.000-07:00

today's query:
why does things in life always comes with 2 options?
and u have to choose from one of 'em.
u know..
how u have to choose between mash or chips that comes with ur steak..
i mean...both of them are equally nice (tho the other one is healthier)..but..sometimes it's just hard to choose...do u want to forgo health, or a little bit less yummier taste?

even when they come with more options in the packet (MCQ questions on exam for ex)
there's always these 2 questions that troubled u...
they sounds similar..
they looks quite the same..
should i go with this one? or the other?
tho u got the 50-50 chance, u r still kicking urself when u found out later, that u pick the wrong one..
'i knew it!!! i should've choose the other one!!'
sounds familiar?

but this post isn't talking abt the options
it's not on the nature of living that u WILL comes into term where u find urself as the decision maker.
u will live...or die...
that's nature call for giving us with options
what comes next is even more important..
the choice.

adapting to this whole cra* abt choices and options,
i'm graduating soon, and i have this so many options laying infront of me..
each consists of their own pro and cons (well,to be honest, one with more cons which is working)
I AM CONFUSED.
and tired sometimes.
esp when ppl ask me, what r u going to do next?
i mean, this IS the time when most ppl are confused with their life i think.
this is the time to make THE choice.

when u were little, most of us know that we're going to primary school.
then secondary...then high...then college...etc.
majors are just amongst the somewhat important for me.

anyway, so let me break it down for u:
1. work with my dad (he literally has reserve a 'space' for me in his office, with the desk and everything). honestly, being the 1st on the list, this is the least option i want to choose. just coz.
2. go to China slash Jap to learn mandarin or japanese. inclined towards the later, but knowing that 1st choice is more beneficial.
3. this is the last options i have, but most probably i'm going to take: take cooking course. (however, my parents disagree...)

u see? if choices is not complicated enuf, ppl ard u can add to its complexity.
these options are being ranked according to my least-most preferred but from most-least agreed by my parents.
so..
i d u n n o w h a t t o d o

pz.Luv.&Confused

Lo

arduously written blog

2009-06-08T06:36:00.000-07:00

my eyes currently seeing double...of everything
i get too tired easily these days.
might be my glasses probs.
neway,
it's study break!!!!

that's a cry out loud statement over there, taken from one of my textB.
so tired of marketing and IT, but i know i'll miss it someday. coz these majors ARE fun...sometimes...
went to my sadly, wholeheartedly, deeply touching (not really) last lecture of my life in uni last week (crossfingers for all-pass-subjects peepz).
can't believe it's over.
time do runs.

so the question now is: what am i going to do next??
i'm not ready to work (will i ever be?)
i'm not ready to spread my wings and flyyyy (seriously need to stop listening to classics)

there are plenty to choose from, and currently i'm discerning to my options.
i'll blog when i decided. =)

so, for this no-point blog, just want to shared a few oldie pics that i took in...different part of the world:

Nsmi Island, Korea

Lake Kawaguchi, Japan

tqR&Lv

Lo

caleg capres cape deee

2009-05-23T05:21:00.000-07:00

sayah sudah bisa nyoblos euy!!!
setelah sekian lama liat temen jarinya biru2 kyk abis dikemut cumi 4 taon lalu,
ternyta skrg gw dah ELIGIBLE!
gini nih salah satu cara buat menyadarkan diri klo wkt tu jlnnya super cepet
yahhh kira2 secepet mobile flinstone pake mesin mobil f1 lah.. (dikali 1000 lagi)

kmaren ni critanya org2 rumah (smua org indo) dikirimin surat gt dari pemerintah (iya bukan ya?) indo... org2 indo yg tinggal di oz disuruh nyoblos gitu buat calon legislatip
nahhh secara gw ga tao calonnya sapa aja, and berhubung hari nyoblosnya pas gw kuliah,
batal dehhh pny kelingking berwarna..
selaen emang gw ada kls, ditambah gw emang lupa klo tu ari hari pencoblosannya..
diingetinnya pas liat temen gw lenggang bayem (bosen ama kangkung) di uni dengan blue-pinky-nya
biarpun gw yakin 96.78% klo dia ga tao juga tuh calon2nya... XP

anywayyyy, gw baru dapet surat lg nehh ama 'pemerintah' indo lg..disuruh nyoblos lg ntar buat capres...
n temen gw ada yg wanti2 gt...ktnya mending lu nyoblos asal aje drpd ntar 'suara' gw disalahgunain..
ya elah indooo... dah di oz aja masiihhh aja maen $

ya po o e, mudah2an gw inget deh ntar pas nyoblos berikutnya, tuz buat suara gw pergi buat saha, inget2 aja kata Nadine Candrawinata (mantan PuIn aka putri indonesia itu lohh)
"saya pilih yg badannya tegap...etc."

hal yg dipelajari hari ini: presiden gagah bisa memimpin negri dengan benar

pz.lv

Lo

Hamster: Ep.2

2009-05-04T05:40:00.001-07:00

buseddd
ternyata hamster memang mantabbb
pincang2 n tanpa kaki pun, hamster bisa hamilll
inilah cinta sejati kawan2..

biar sang pacar hilang kaki
biar sang pacar sudah tidak se-sempurna sperti ketika lengkap beranatomi
biar sang pacar gugah gundah karena sakit
sang hamster laki tetap setia menemani
tetap setia disampingnya
tetap suka gangguin... (nah lo?)

ini certainya kelanjutan cerita post seblomnya yg bisa diliat disini (ditulis...er ato diketik si...2 mg lalu sblom beberapa hr sesudahnya hamster cw jebol)
setelah sodara gw ninggalin mereka buat weekend dirumah (dia tinggal di kos-an gt n btw tenang, dia udah siapin segudang makanan ampe luber dr kandangnya tu hamster sblom pulang...just in case PETA mo sue gw ato sodara gw yg tak berdosa ini.huhu),
pas balik2 ke kosan dia setalah bbrp hr,
tiba2 kok suara cuwit2 (emangnya godain cewe?) makin byk gt dikamarnya!
pas diliat ke kandang, ternyata ada 2 buntelan merah2 dipojok...ehhh
ternyata si hamster pincang tanpa kaki melahirkannn
waduhhh
syok
gundah gulana
bingung
pusing

langsunglah sbg tante dr anaknya sodara gw, gw langsung cek internet, bagaimanakah cara ngerawat sang curit2 tsb
gimana kasih makan...
gimana jagainnya...
gimana ganti popok...
ini siapa yg melahirkan ya?

intinya saya jd sibuk...ato sok sibuk..
soale emang denger2 klo hamster cw melahirkan itu bisa gila...makan anaknya sendiri klo merasa 'rumah'nya terganggu ato ngerasa anak2nya terancam..
majikan dilihat sebagai predator, suami sbg perusak rumah tangga..
metafora yg baik bukan?
anyway, sampe skrg tu anak masih sehat walafiat..nih poto salah satu anaknya lg bertapa:

n satu lg: (yg ini si super kiyut)

judul: sebotol berdua

tqr peepz!

Lo

Hamster: dimanakah kakiku berada?

2009-04-30T21:28:00.000-07:00

back to Indo language yaphhh
lg pengen pake bahasa ibu neh
=P

gw baru tau, klo ternyata binatang hamster itu punya kemampuan yg tak terduga, yaitu mengamputasi kaki tanpa kudu di suntik ato apapun jg
dengan model ngejepit kaki ke kandangnya, kaki hamster bisa putus sendiri!!
kesannya bagus gitu ngomongnya... (-.-)'

jd ceritanya berawal dr sodara gw yg baru beli hamster.
tuz dia ada rumah2an dibikin dari stik es krim (itu loh, yg suka kita pake buat bikin prakarya)
suatu pagi.. (he?) pasangannya tu hamster yg berkelamin lelaki berisiikk bgtt
sodara gw jd ampe kebangun gara2 permintaan tolong tsb.. (halahh)

nah pas diliat di kandang, ternyata kaki pasangannya tu hamster yg drtd minta tolong dan berkelamin cewe (ya iyalah, emang ada hamster yg orientasinya rada belok?)
lagi nyangkut di antara 2 stik es krim..
nah sodara gw yg panik dengan bulir2an deras keringat sebesar biji bunga matahari (walah!) itu langsung ngebantuin tu hamster meng un-sangkut (makin gelo bahasanya) kakinya.

sejak itu doi kakinya pincang deh...ehhh trus sorenya kakinya lama2 menghitam...hitam..tamm...tam (kayak echo)
dan besokannya kakinya ilang!
ya sodara2...hilang!
sodara gw ampe bingung..gw pun bingung...maminya pun bingung...cowonya yg bikin rumah2an itu pun bingung...semua jadi ngung ngung... (ha?)
dan sejak itupun sang hamster pincang.
tapi ga mati si katanya...sampe skrg masih sehat walafiat aja tuh..

padahal sblom ini si yg punya lg berusaha ngawinin tu 2..jadi, cuman 1 pertanyaan yg timbul di benak sang empunya:
apakah si hamster laki masih mau kawin dengan sang pincang? atau haruskah diganti kata2 pertanyaan ini menjadi:
mampukah hamster pincang kawin? mudah2an bisa karena pasti mereka menghasilkan anak-anak-anak (berulang2 karena hamster bisa ngelahirin 8 biji tikus sekaligus) yg kiyut2.

kita tunggu kisah selanjutnya di episode berikutnya...

Lo

pud blog

2009-04-23T05:51:00.000-07:00

lent is over! and this is a blog that i created during those days... =D

fooddss
munchhh
ohhh i'm fasting for meat this lent and i'm soooo craving for it rite now
i want a dumpling with meat inside
i want kanpunggi or korean sweet and sour with chicken inside
i want chicken karaage with chicken inside
i want steak with beef inside
and i want a box of KFC with, of course, chicken insidee!!

anywho,
This lent it's all about taming my flesh.
Refreshing my tummy from the meaty oily animal killing machine...er..except on weekend.

However whatsoever, have some food photos that I took in Canton-I in Malaysia new mall called The Garden which is connected to Midvalley. =)

The first one is dumpling noodle that my friend ordered.
Looks nice, taste nice. Like this kind of stuff when I feel like it
7/10

My chicken ricee!!! Oh I sooo want this one right now!
This on was OK. The veggies were cut a little bit too big for my taste. A bit bitter, which is sth I hate from veggies.
7/10

Another one. I find this one was rather weird. Hm…sort of a yam pao (Chinese round bread) with yolk filling. Not something that I usually ordered, intriguing indeed, but not something that I would re-order if I came back.
5/10 --> failed ppl! My friend is gonna kill me for it. He like this one v.much

Waaa…a line of pork..
Nyumsss
If u don’t like fat part of pork(like my mom), u won’t like this one. But I L.o.V.e it.
7.3/10 --> not yet a distinction in Oz style of marking, coz it’s taste different from usual cha siew.

That's it for today
catcha l8r

Lo

udang dan gatal

2009-04-12T14:03:00.001-07:00

ternyata enak juga ya post pake bahasa indo
ga peduli grammar dan vocab gw yg terbatas
dan bahasa indo menurut gw lebih banyak warna dan arti
cieh

cuman mo berbagi ilmoe sedikit nihh
dr dolo ampe skrg, gw merhatiin n nentuin kalo kita tuh ya:
"ga boleh ngatain org apapun juga, kalo ga mau akhirnya punya pasangan idup ato anak kayak gono"

contohnya ni, salah satu om yg gw kenal yg dolo pernah blg org "gila tu org giginya kok gitu si, maju. udah gitu badannya kecil kurus bgt lagi" eehhh ternyata dapet istri yang kriterianya kurang lebih same same.
nah lo?

dan skrg apa coba hubungannya ni post ama judulnya?
nah jd critanya begini, gw sering blg:
"gw ga ngerti ama org yg bisa ada alergi ampe parah banget..kok bisa ya"
gw jg punya temen dimana dia ga bisa makan kacang, dolo pernah ampe setenga idup gitu soalenya saluran pernapasan dia ampe ketutup and susah napas. dah gitu dia jg alergi udang dan teman2 seafood lainnya pula. aduh sedih bener ya ga pernah bisa ngerasain kepiting saos padang?? -ga peduli lah dia, secara orang malaysia gitu lo...makan cabe satu biji bisa diare 9 bln kali...mank hamiel?-

nahhhh trus kmaren nehh
rencana pegnen coba mkn sifud di gadink geto..
gw samarkan deh namanya, demi ketentraman bangsa: 2*2
nah noh? bingung kan noh?
nah disitu gw makan udang, ikan, kerang, dan kawan2 laut lainnya
eehhh vas saya vulang ke rumahhh
tiba2 muka gatel2 man..
*garuk garuk* digaruk garuk* --> kyk dangdoet
akhirnyaaa ampe malem gw garuk2an dehh
nyokab si ngakak2 geto liatnyaa

dan dasar karma tu memang ada, besokannya nyokab ngaku td malem susah tidur jg, soale kyknya dia alergi jg...
garuk garukk...digarukk garukk...
nah yu nah yuu...

diagnosa akhir gw si gr2 tu sifud mank kurang fresh kali yee
secara harganya jg ga semahal resto2 sifud normal laennya

tapi hal yg kudu dipelajari tetep:
jgn ngomongin ato ngejek org coyy
atau kau akan membopong akibatnyaaa
MUAHHAHAHA -->tertawa dgn makna yg dlam

peace.Luv

Lo

Heaty

2009-04-08T05:02:00.000-07:00

a quickie:

got a heaty!!!
bad bad heaty!!

lack of vitamins tho i drink juice (bottled) every lunch (almost)

my lip started bleeding yest with no reason. i didn't even bite it (i think)
my gum even start bleeding during lecture... (ok this one im sure i didn't do anything to it)

been drinking water the whole day now...
and going back n forth to/from toilet too..

eat an orange
eat a non fried lunch n dinner (canned food all the way...)

drank 2 cups of juice (bottled again)

and some indonesian vitamin drink..

heading for a healthier tmr..

zoom zoomm...

pZlV

Kambing dan binatang lainnya

2009-04-06T05:06:00.000-07:00

ceritanya begini:
td gw lg blj (ingat, ini ceritanya loh) di library uni, tiba2 gw ga konsen!
n tiba2 jg pikiran gw ngalor ngidul ke blog gw yg berjerawat karena jarang kurawat.
gw mikir pengen bikin review buar Raditya Dika (novelis indo) punya kerjaan slama ini.

jadi klo saya dpt nilai jelek minggu depan buat mid-test, salahkanlah si kambing, dino, dan babi tersebut --> bukan bahasa bonbin loh!! yu2 pada kudu baca terus buat tau maksud sayahhh

btw side note: gw pgn start nge review buku ni, spy kelihatan intel dikittt (intelligence inside..halahh! pdhal yg ada klo baca male-mbek nya si radith jd tambah bodo...ini kata sang penulis loh! saya kan diajari ama bu ppkn untuk saling mengasihi, tidak mentidaktampankan --ato menjelekkan-- org lain dan harus diberi makan --mulai ngelantur--)

so, ripiew pertama:

Kambing Jantan
gila! ni buku gw baca wkt masih menuntut ilmu di negri...err..indo tu negri apa tah? ya pokoknya negri asal gw deh. ni buku jd titik dimana gw mulai merantau ke negri2 org juga... (dibaca: Malaysia n negri koala)
po-o-e kalo lu pd bisa basa indo gaul: lu kudu, harus, n sudah sepantasnya beli/minjem/nyolong ni buku dr toko buku/temen/kambing.
biarpun gw baca ni buku dah lamaaa bgt, (kr2 4 taonan lalu) tp gw masi inget isinya bikin gw geli ampe sakit perut, hepi sampe sakit pala, susah tidur ampe nyenyakk gr2 ngakak terlalu lama...

ps: dengan ini sya ingin menyampaikan rasa terima kasih saya kepada sodaraku, eLyne yg refer ni buku (pdahal waktu mo beli rada males soale judulnya itu loh: kambing???? jantann???? (knapa ga sapi betinaaa??? ternyata pas liat covernya baru mengertilah saya...)n gw mang ga pernah beli novel indo --> bukannya ga cinta produk dlm negri ni, tp gw emang kurang suka genre novel indo yg kebanyakan tentang romance)

nahhhh sejak itulah gw mulai lirik2 and intip2 orang mandi...eh...maksudnya rak2 novel indo & memperluas pengetahuan bahwa byk jg loh penulis berbakat di tanah air ter-love!

o iy, denger2 dr blog-nya sang penulis (gw jg baru tau ternyata dia ada blog, oon bener ga si gw? jelas2 tu buku pertama doi diambil dr diary keseharian dy), ini novel dah dijadiin pilem!!!
AAKKHHH sayangnya saya sedang merantau menimba ilmoe di negri orang! gmn caranya gw ntn ni pilem coba? yg ada di bioskop sini malah pilem yg judulnya 'ostrali' dan katanya tu pilem ngalor ngidul n bikin orang mikir...mikir knapa gw mau2 aja buang AUD$12 buat nyiksa diri selama 3 jam.

trus gw jg pgn bgt beli buku terbaru Radit yg judulnya:

Babi Ngesot --> lagi2 saya mengerti knapa judulnya seperti ini
AKKKKHHH (lagi)gmn caranya gw baca ni buku?
hah...akir kata, gw bsok mo ke Dymocks (toko buku disini) deh beli Animal Dictionary..seengaknya byk yg mirip ama sang penulis disitu buat melepas rindu...
*pz*

Ref list:
Dika, Raditya.2009.Raditya Dika, dan hal bodoh lainnya.Gagasmedia, Indonesia.

Lo

Apple

2009-04-04T20:49:00.001-07:00

short post aja neh:

gw baru denger teori tentang kenapa Steve Jobs aka yg skrg nge-lead Mac computer milih apple sbg logo mereka

denger dr guru gw di uni,
dia nanya ke salah satu focus group dia yg ngebahasin tentang masalah elektronik kali y.
dan salah satu pesertanya ngejawab tentang teori apel-mac

dia blg:
pada jaman dahulu kala, di masa Adam dan Hawa, si Adam kan makan apel yg disuruh Hawa dari "tree of knowledge" tuh klo kata bible.
nahhh
klo apel itu ga dimakan sama Adam, intinya dia akan terus naif
sedangkan bitten apple yg jadi lambang mac itu melambangkan 'pengetahuan'

artinya steve jobs mungkin mo mengutarakan buat manusia2 yg pake apple computer, klo pake merk Mac, bkal banyak pengetahuan yg kita dpt, ato kt berpengetahuan luas makanya kita milih pake produk2 apple.

dan 1 lg teorinya: the bite on the apple represent 'bytes'
yg mungkin mengartikan mac apple = 'high speed' ato punya kecepatan tinggi.

begitu sodara2...unik ya? XD

Lo

lesson 1: guy shud (not) said...

2009-04-02T05:01:00.000-07:00

got a web system quiz today...6/8 questions...quite ok
=D

however ppl! gather around and listen to ME!
i met a friend of mine today, and the 1st thing he said to me was:
'hey! you're getting bigger!'

OK GUYS, if u r listeling..or reading in this case:

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SAY TO A FEMALE!

i repeat:

NO FEMALE SHOULD (or deserve) HEAR THIS! not even a female cat, or bitch.

eventhough she's gaining 20pounds during holiday (which might happened to me...might)

i only can replied with:

'whatt?!?!?'

in which he replied me back with a stretch in the b*g word:

'you're getting bigger and bigger!' --> ok, one more lesson: repeating doesn't help

why?

coz when a woman/girl/lady said what? is not always mean that she didn't hear it, but sometimes is just mean that she don't want to hear it again OR it plainly means asking you to shut up.

anywhoo, i was speechless and decided to ignore him..
(i can't said anything back coz he lost weight during holidays, damn!)

but despite my tummy felt like it's being punch and poke, i need to hear this horrifying truth sometimes i guess.
overall, it's a great day, not a very great weather, but i love collldd. so, no complaint.

tqR peepz,

Lo

bugs, reptiles, lizards and friends

2009-03-31T06:10:00.000-07:00

I HATE THOSE THINGS IN MY TITLE

3 words to describe 'em:
eukh!
yux!!
gross!!!

really short but effective.
they ruin my live a lot of times
can change my mood instantly when i see them ard

i just want to say a few things abt each:
cr:www.dailymail.co.uk

hate this one the most. a few entries back, i stated that i have this 'sweet blood' where i always attract mosquito to bite me. hate it, but it's true.
i always use mosq repelent back in indo or sprays my room every single day
thank God there's not much mosq in oz..hoho. but there's little fruit bug thingy that always bugs me..sigh

cr:www.nsf.gov

i don't hate this one that much, but it still bugs me if i saw them ard my house (which is really really often. coz they simply run f.a.s.t.
van a friend of mine also encounter a battle with them when one of this type of lizard fell from the window to her hand. eeuuugghh
i hate roach more tho...had one experience where it just creep inside my clothes and it won't came out!!

HORROR

and i didn't want to just smack them in my clothes! i mean, how abt their 'juices'?!?!?
cr:ocquill.wordpress.com

err...this one...not gross...but mostly scared...one time i had a bad dream and woke up with a sore and itchy hand, turn out this thing bite me!
it just wander ard in my bad...man i just jumped out of the bad and smack it on the head...i can be brutal if i want to..WATTAAA!! had a red mark on my hand for few days afterwards. no doctor needed.

so...that does it...rep Q:
what animals or

PEST

do u hate most?

Xo,

Lo

blog baru, template baru

2009-03-27T05:34:00.000-07:00

i just want to say that i have a new facee!!!
err..
it's new face without knife needed, which is my bloggg
wooppiiee
not that new news, eh? coz u can see it that it has changed in color

anywhooo
tried to choose a green color, as i tried to be 'greener' in real life..
but html codes for green backgrounds sucks man..
tried amongst 5 colors from sea green, grass, etc etc, but nothing really 'works'
so,
got nothing much to do,(coz i tried to redeem all the urge n guilty feeling of the oh-so-much-assg) i choose amongst the colors that i dun even usually like
n end up with this one, which is: GOLD
i dun even have ANYTHING gold in my house right now..
but i like to have this warm feeling in my blog, just as i am
-hoek-

anywho, ya ya..heading for bbq tmr...wohooo excited!!
but then i'm fasting from meat this lent...
sob sob...
bye bye sausages n steak, hello salad...
X|

pZ.lV

Lo

C.Sugiono n R.Dika

2009-03-23T03:13:00.000-07:00

just to drop in n say that:

I'm officially put Chrisitan Sugiono's and Raditya Dika's blog to my 'follow list'
muahaha
just went to their official blogsite for the first time, n i found it v. v. interesting..
so...
subscribeee!!
(err...just like utube, eh?)

anywho...that's it really...oh...
if u have time, dun forget to visit:
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnX_GVqhmoo&feature=channel_page ]
such a funny funny funny video...
rate: 5/5

oh! from chrisitian's blog, just got a new entry to my bucket list:
~ watch F1 racing live...spore...malaysia...melbourne...i dun really mind..

c ya guys....
smooch!

Pastry 101

2009-03-17T23:30:00.000-07:00

18th March'09 plan:

bake a cake...any cake...to give Vanessa her '09 birthday surprise
start thinking on what to bake: pastry? banana cake?
candles? CHECK. flour? CHECK. other ingredients needed? errr...

so there i was in coles supermarket, selecting between different kinds of pastry sheets..
(prior to that, i asked one of the coles guy whether they have pastry sheet ard here, he just stare blankly @ me..man can u ask one of ur frenz there? cehh..)

then choosing amongst canned fruit...
so anywho, here's what i made:
Jammed mandarin pastry...
that's what i like to call it..hahaha

ingredients needed:

2 sheets of frozen pastry --> easy way...hihihi
1 egg --> beaten. i also add 1tsp vanilla paste to enrich the flavour
6 tbsp of jam --> i use nutella coz i love it. XD and the quantity depends on ur preference
1 can of mandarin fruit -pre-heat oven to 180 celc-

to simplify this whole thing:

1. so u cut the frozen pastry sheets as shown
2. peel the plastic n put it back to kitchen board for both rectangle and square cut pastry -watch out! it's sticky now-
3. spread the beaten egg on @ pastry
4. put the jam in the middle.as many as u like but remember, it'll melt l8r in the oven. so be moderate!
5. put the orange as shown n rolLlLl
6. place the rolled pastry-orange on top of the JaMmIfIed square pastry and splash with more egg

put in the oven for ard 20 until golden brown:
from:

ps: don't u just loveee to see ur pastry when it start bulging and raise? =D

To:

mine is a bit out of shape coz of prior minor problem in cutting and wrong calculation. XD

so there you go..
and if u like dolce pasticceria (or sweet pastry), you can sprinkle granulated sugar on top. it'll also make it even prettier. =D

happy baking!

Epi St.Patrick's day!

2009-03-17T03:36:00.000-07:00

I’m baacckkkk
Sorry peep that I haven’t been made any entry this past few…erm..
Weeksss?
Been caught up doin everythin that is nothing for somethin that’s quite important lately
But anywhooo,
Here to greet:

Epi st.Patrick’s daeeee!!

So I was in Hyde Park, Sydney on Sunday, 15th march’09
They’re having this festival from 1pm…
They started the parade from 10 and then they have sorts of children’s little play park, stalls like:

Ps: I din manage to get a fairy floss tho I want it T-T

It looks so fun! And all the Irish with glasses of beers in their hand (in which they are famous for)
Wearing green shirts, hat, etc –or even shirtless as shown in the pic below-:
(Face being unidentified due to obvious matter)

Too bad it’s raining tho!
But it only started ard 5, so by then ppl are starting to go home anyway.

But it’s not the highlight of the day for me!!
Coz actually my planned was to get there earlier, but thennnn
When I tried to use my contact lens, I was sure that the lens was inside my eye when I realize it wasn’t there!
My friend, Van, and I tried to look up for it but couldn’t find any!
I was scared that:
a. it was stuck in the inner part of my eye
b. I need some laser or sth to take it out
c. I was just scared. Period.

With all the things that Van told me where they will put some anesthetic to my eye, and some yellow coloring for i-dunno-what-purpose, it doesn’t help me to calm down either.

So I went to Sydney eye hospital, wait for ages (ard 2 hrs) and they did put anesthetic in my eye, and they did put the coloring, they flip my eye lid, etc2…
But couldn’t find the lens anywhere…
I feel discomfort for a while afterwards, coz of the anesthetic I guess, and there’s some yellow liquid that coming out from eye from the coloring that the doc gave me, but apart from that, I felt quite relief!
Coz the doc said:
a. There’s no way the contact will stuck at the back of my eye because of the conjunctiva membrane on our eyelid that will prevent any object from entering the eye. And our eyes usually will naturally “throw” any object from the eye with the use of tears
b. The possibility is that it’s fold by half n stuck below the upper eyelid (which isn’t my case)
c. And I’ve read some info in the internet that eventhough it does stuck inside of your eye, you WILL NOT be able to open your eye coz it’ll be so sore, and u have to get a laser for that.

So, the doc said I might just drop it somewhere in the bathroom, nothing to worry abt…blab la…there goes my hundred dollars…
Anywho, went to St.Patrick festival afterwards, thought it might have closed by then (5 sth pm)
But managed to grab some poffertjes with maple syrup and chocolate fudge toppings.. XD

Still wondering where that lens goes tho…

25 Facts about me

2009-02-10T02:42:00.001-08:00

got this idea from fb...muakakaka

1. hate when my sleep being disturbed or interrupted by any kind

2. moody and headache in time of sleep deprived (read: less than 8 hrs a day)

3. my body is undiet-able. coz i love to eat and so many other reasons. period.

4. love all kinds of food from diff countries. mexican. chinese. indian (yumz). japanese. indonesian (yumz). italian. french. vietnamese. and the list goes onnnn

(woow...loads of entry abt sleep n eat, eh? i AM a couch potato)

5. i LOVE food and sleep. surprised? -sorry..it's only no.5 but i'm already stuck with ideas-

6. love books. novel, comic, magazine. owh! bu not text! sori...i'm anything but bookworm

7.most importante: fam. I’m familyholic, love ‘em. Smooch…and runner up is food. Have to have good meals everytime. muahahaha

8. love photography but stuck with marketing (my major)

9. fav fruit: orange, orange, orange. the smaller the better

10. never plan for future. dunno where to go after graduate. always thought i'm not a 9 to 5 office working lady. sigh. blur future.

11. hate lizards, reptiles, bugs. esp mosquitos: biggest enemy. even worse, i have what they call,"sweet blood" in which i always attract 'em to bite me.

12. i got a pretty good reflective nerve i gues. can rise one eyebrow and lower the other one. move my ear without touching it. and move an eyeball to the left or right (depend on which eye) while the other eye stay in the centre. i found it a bit spooky...haha

13. fav animal: golden retriever which is k9-trained. do u know that there's a lot of gold ret that have low intelligence? there's a certain breed of retriever that as naughty and slow learner like marley (the movie)

14. love to travel, but hate to fly (hate it humongously –is there any such word?-) fav dest: Japan!!! (of course)

15. have a blog that only has 1 supportive reader: www.lauraolivia.blogspot.com

16. my baptize name is Laura. creative, isn’t it?

17. few entries in my bucket list: learn Japanese, buy a house for my parent and grandma

18. latest fav gadget: Nintendo DS

19. ability to see ghost run in the family (my dad n my 1st siz)

20. dunno why, I frequently choked when drinking. (almost every meal if u need to know)

21. hate backstabbers to the max! say it to my face if u hate me, coz I will if I do. not directly, but u can see it from my shitface if im talking to you. or it's just my bad mood. i can be a bi*** sometime, eh?

22. 21st is connected to the 22nd then. I’m a typical blood type B. for bold. Always talk what it is tho sometimes it might hurt some ppl.

23. always treat how I want to be treated. At least I’m trying to.

24. love to make others' heart drop. Spook them or anything that works. Myb coz I always get treated as such by my family members

25. finaleeee!!! yipeeee: I always see things in a negative way (it’s bad I know) coz from my history, (of 20years that is) if I wish for good things to happen, it won’t come true. But if I thought of bad things will happen, eventually I got something good beyond my expectation. Stay negative ppl! muahahaha

Ps: sorry for wrong grammar, or spelling or whatsoever. Never been good at those things in my life..hohoho

Piz!

Loving and Hating DS

2009-02-04T01:39:00.000-08:00

as i said in prev post, bought a new edition of Nintendo DS R4 with my CNY money
since then my life just evolve ard this square touch screen technology game.
i've found things that are interesting and some that are not so delightful

a big YES:
>the screen is generously sensitive built. no need a hard or oh-so-soft tap
>like the labtop-like shape, as u can see here:

it's actually white in color. they only offer in 2: red n white.
choose this one coz the red's looks like kiddy's fake mobile phone that can sing a song if u press the buttons.. (-_-)
the pink thing is the hard cover given by the funny guy at the game store.
(i ask for loads on freebies n he patiently gives a good service to my siz n I..hoho)
>the memory is big enuf (2gig) to load 40games -plenty enuf to keep me busy for another month myb-

a big No, No:
>i think it'll get easily dirty coz of the white inside cover

>i might lose the pen coz it's not attached to the DS
>it's fragile! n easily broken! that's what the guy in the store abt the OLD r4 DS. but apparently nothing much change with this new one. i got a warning everytime i turn it on, that i have to check the safety book or sth.
had a problem too yest when my siz want to play it. turn it on, and the game just can't be played.
another one is when i play harvest moon, haven't save anything yet, when the monitor just went blank. no light. dark. blank. man i want to smack 'em to the wall!

anywho, it's a nice gadget, funny n everything (got a puppy who learn how to sit, roll over, and shake now...hihi), but certain upgrade should still be made.
7.5/10

CNY'09

2009-02-03T07:02:00.000-08:00

it's been a week after cny,
so i thought i better start of reviewing cny foodiess b4 it sounds too lame and late
=D
it's a gr8 dayy but it went away too quick this yr
doing nothing but suddenly it's time for all of my cousins to go back home.
this yr CNY was celbr8d in my house where ard 70 to 100 ppl turn up this yr
(yepp got a loadz of relatives, eh?)
receive red envelopes with money...used it for nintendo DS last sunday. (wohoo)
anywho, let's just jump to the good stuff:

!!FOOD!!

there's a total abt 17 different dishes made, brought, and bought for this special day and i took (not so) several pictures of 'em. here u go:

first off, is garlic chicken. didn't try this one, but eat it plenty of times b4.
6/10

fried prawn in bread crumbs! simply love it love it love it.
one of my waiting list every cny
7.5/10

fried chicken. is it kfc? is it mcd? nopeee!! but it's tasty enuf to make me want more and more and moreeee
7.5/10

wohooo the all time popular my grandma's chicken satay. this is everyone's fav and a must have in cny plate. come with spicy peanut sauce. nyumzz
7/10

my grandma's fried rice noodle. not salty enuf for me. 6/10

next up is egg-shitake-pork in soy sauce. pretty nice. not my fav tho. 6/10

another grandma's popular dish, chicken ball soup with potato, little pasta and carrot.
sorry that u couldn't see the filling. too hungry to take a good pic. haha
6/10

japanese tofu in dark soya sauce and black pepper beef. didn't try this one. not a usual dish in cny meal
it's bought in a rest near my house

fried noodle. nyumz2..like it, but a little bit too sweet with it's soy sauce
and the texture is a little bit too overcooked (and i even like an overcooked noodle, so can u imagine how soft this one is?)
while at the back of the noodle, that's another entrance in my most wanted list for CNY: fried prawn ball. note: it's gotta be chewy to be tasty. this one worth a 7/10

my family's favourite salad: bride salad made by my aunt. it's called bride salad coz it's usually cooked and served in a wedding.

anywho, i might gain some few pounds with 3 big meals and 3 little ones
but man this thing only comes once in a yr.
screw it...

Food n Fruits

2009-01-27T22:13:00.000-08:00

b4 my (not so) exciting nU yr n X'mases,
my fam n i took a stroll in Mekarsari which is used for fruit plantation and also outdoor games which are dedicated mostly for kids
it's located pretty far from central of Jakarta, approx in Cileungsi KM 3

actually my fam n i didn't plan to go there, but that day we were arnd that area
(graveyard of my Grandpa...u see, every beginning or end of the yr, one of my family member will get this dream of my grandpa telling them stuff like, "You haven't visit my grave for a long time". so, there we are 'visiting' him, bring some flowers and his fav food of all, instant noodle)

hav nothing to do afterwards, and the day is still young, we decided to pick up some fruit in Mekarsari. but b4 that, as we alwawys do, we took some lunch in nearby restaurant called 'Danau sth..' or Lake as it's located beside a huge lake.

this is a compliment from the rest. a preserved-cassava-like fruit with spicy sweet sauce. nice n refreshing, but a wee bit too spicy
7/10 for appetizer...can be toned down on its spicy level

this is chef's recommendation in this rest which is crab in spicy sauce
6.5/10 pretty nice..not a big fan on crab with loads of hard shell

ok, so this is a special melon or honeydew that is being breed in Mekarsari.
it has a texture of cucumber but taste like melon. n really sweet too!
fav this... 7/10
the idea of picking this fruit is to pick ones with 2 dying leaves on top of the fruit, which u can see in this pic.

with 40k rupiah fee to get a tour in this place, i think it's really worth it. u get to pick one honeydew (in prev pic), one bucket of this fruit from zalacca tree, a bottle of juice a souvenir (i took pens and sauce saucer), etc

well, that's the end of my fruity journey.
c u in next post! =*

NY, (not) wohooo!

2009-01-13T06:03:00.000-08:00

spent '08-'09 changing day in spore this yr
've been spending NY out of the country n with no fireworks for so long now..
myb ard 3-4 yrs
i din know that spore CBD doesn't allow any fireworks!!

i was waiting for 00:00 in the hotel room
thought that my clock run faster so i wait...
but 00:15, still no fireworks.
then we (my siz, her bf, and bro) just decide that there won't be any..
sigh
anywho, still celebrating festively in the hotel room (if u think a few fruity flavoured vodka and tiny poppers from 7E are festive)
but it stil fun, play cards, njoy humongous times of laugh n watching tellies.

set some 2009 NY reolution:
1. eat healthier food (fruit and veggie, here i comee)
2. live healthier (walking more to uni, perhaps?)
3. being a better friend, daughter, sister, and disciples (loads and loadz of prayer)
4. be more certain n independent in every way (haha...lifetime resolution for this one)
5. last but not least, farewell for my fear of flying (hm...hypnosis?)

never set any NY resolution in my life, so i'm curious how this is going to work out
but with all history of setting plan and not being able to achieve it,
percentage of confidence: 15.85%
better than nothing rite?

Holiday 101

2009-01-09T20:26:00.000-08:00

hey guys!!
been njoying my hols too much here =D
hope u r njoying ur hols too!!
so, my family + my siz bf went for a cruise spore-penang-phuket
and this post is esp for the last destination. =D
it was fun (better than Penang i must say)

we spent a day strolling ard patong beach area in Thailand

there were some abstract (read: random in Lo's dictionary) pictures i took when i was there, here we go:

random car, on the street. hope he won't mind me taking pic of his car.
-crossfinger he won't find this page, tho it's like 1: 1000000 possibility-

i know it's weird and useless to take some pic like this, but i dunno why, i njoy it v.much
=D
this is speed limit in patong beach area. looks slow but man that road is small.
and with all the tuk-tuk (or small non-air-conditioned taxi) parking on the sideways
it even make the speed limit seems more than generous

ok, so we need some view here.

This is the view of patong beach with all the hotels along the sides

Cr: Chandra Khan

if u can see, the biggest boat is my ship, star cruise Virgo.
as big as it is, it still made me nausea one night.. -_-
u can still see the towel just going back n forth in the bathroom too

this is, well, the best meal i had in phuket (i only had 2 and this is the 2nd)
here it is, the giant soft drink in burger king which is as big as my siz head (blurred due to obvious reason -she don't like to be photo-ed, u c-)
apparently, the regular size there is the large size here.
my siz, her bf and me, as clueless as we were, ordered an upgrade size.
and taraaaa...it's huge.

finally, i bought some tee in Thai..
when u walk along Thai's street, there will be plenty (and i do mean PLENTY) tuk2 drivers ask u to use their service or massagers (which i can't pin point whether they ARE ladies or...ohok! man-ladies, if u know what i mean)
so, to reduce my precious time, bought this tee n thought i could wear it straight away.

but at the end, i dun have the heart to use it and point it out infront of Thais face.. -_-

anywho, fun2 trip...
catcha l8!

Lo

TastaLicious

2008-12-23T01:41:00.000-08:00

've been caught up in holiday mood for quite some time now..
promise to fill the hole for being absent from this blog... =D
of course, it's holiday time...time to fulfill the hungynesszzz and to consume all guilty pleasures as much as i can...
hihi
gain a couple (or 3) kilos now...but my mouth has stop no more..

this episode, is all abt sushi, sushi, and sushi

i'm home almost for a mth now, learning a lesson that going out with my bro is always means = sushi for meal. not that i hate sushi or anything (love it actually) but when u eat it everyday...at the same place...again...and again..
u cud get fed up too rite?
anywhooo, let's start to dig in!!!

this one is a normal salmon sushi top with avocado and a hint of mayo
eat this for 2 times, almost 3plate each time @ gold coast sushi train during my visit..
not that there is no other nice rest there, it just coz we're always too tired to walk long distance after going to all the theme park and sushi train is the nearest decent rest around... =D
6/10 - a fan of salmon sushi for a while now...and this one is an ok for me...
not enuf mayo and not so fresh salmon for my taste... =)

nexttt
this on is, to be short, terrible disaster...
i was intrigued by the 'plenty mayo appearance' and some meat flakes
but it turn out to be a not so yummy food..
as bad as it is, i don't remember what's inside except the meat flakes is pork if i'm not mistaken...and it's tooooo salty..
3/10 - failure!

yummmzzzz
this flamed salmon and mayo on top sushi is delishh!!
frankly it's delish delish delish...
no 1 on this list.. sorry bout one piece only in this pic...my fam motto is always: 'eat it as fast as you can before it's gone' sigh..
7/10- credit! wohoo (the last 3 pics is from sushi tei restaurant in Plaza Indonesia mall btw)

enoki mushroom, beef, and grilled? great combo mann!!
luv this one as well. 6 pieces in a portion, decent and worth it...
6.5/10

last but not least: my bro's fav in Sushi Tei's menu...
sushi roll tops with shredded meat, salmon and tobiko (salmon roe)
not so much of my taste with the shredded meat flakes..so..an ok for me =)
6/10 -come with a generous (not so much considering the price is not so cheap) +- 8pcs

all in all, love sushi...love it love it love it...but getting sick of it day by day..
and must remind my bro: too many sushi --> hospitalized (a proof by an actor, jeremy piven, who is hospitalized a few days ago due to too much mercury contamination in his body -- get well soon!)

XOXO
Lo

otw

2008-11-22T04:28:00.000-08:00

emo: superb
exams: over
holiday: starting
waiting list: hometown flight
plan: sleep,eat,sleep,eat

I am E.X.C.I.T.E.D
going back soon, with all those yummy munchies and incredible selection of desserts and restaurant from my siz's lists..
yippee!
one worries tho: i'm taking qantas flight and so far, there has been a very bad reputation for that flight, listed as follows:

> On July 25, 2008, Qantas Flight 30, a Boeing 747-438 made an emergency landing in manila after an in-flight structural damage. all i know there's an explosion of oxygen tank and create a whole on the plane side

> On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72, an Airbus A330-303 from spore to perth suddenly lost a rapid fall altitude. 14 psgrs needed to be air lifted, 30 injuries and needed hospital treatment...and other 30 minor injuries.

a few days ago, i saw 2 more accidents from a morning show..
one qantas flight made an emergency landing in brisbane

and the other one was 2 qantas airlines collide in an airport.
how stupid does the last one sound?
i think they really have some trouble with communication.
previous experiences of the airline also mention of miscommunication on whether condition and workers had create some incident..
well, at least one of the thing i studied from one of my-oh-so-waste-of-time subject called collaborative business process is that: communication is important in network to attain better working relationship. heaps of NEW knowledge eh?
but qantas still have to do sth about this man!!

it's not just abt the chance of dying really --touch wood-- (well, chance of dying in an airplane accident is actually 1 in 354,319 --> which is farrrr more unlikely to happen than to get a heart disease with the chance of 1 in 3.....or date a millionare with the chance of 215 to 1...anway, what's my point really?)
i think it's bcoz the idea of the height and my feet not touching a solid ground. even thinking abt it made me feel nausea...

oh wellll i still cant wait til i go back and spend a 3 months holz full of stuff to make myself looks even rounder...yumz

--from all these blogs, does it seems that all i do is eat? hahahaha--

vid of the week:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HjhkJUDm9nQ

all i need to say is, i'm banning KFC in oz...
dunno whether they're doing this here...but just to be on the safe side..

My Caterpillar

2008-11-20T03:54:00.000-08:00

Special day, it’s a special day
Taking a cruise on the harbor bay

Jump, jump, jump
Landed in a strawberry farm
Is it spring time? coz they look so plump
Looking so red make my heart feel pumped

Munch, munch, munch
Promise myself just to eat one
And taking some for the special ones
Strawberry party sounds so much fun!

Hop, hop, hop
Looking at the candy shop
Pacing and jumping for the shelf on top
Grabbing too much wish I better not

The day almost over now, I better slow down
Looking back, how much I ate make my face frown
My tummy is bloated it looks like a clown’s
But i just can’t wait for another special day to be around

homesick?

2008-11-15T16:34:00.000-08:00

Looking back, as I realize
How much love I get and so little to give
How much care I have and so little conscious to realize
How many hate I convey and so little guilt to show

Oh so much love it has in that laughter and smile
So much love I receive in that silence prayers
And now that I am place so afar
It gets harder and harder not to be near

It gets clearer now of what once called hidden love
Not much action where feelings speak louder than itself
Where the words I love you is not much sound
Where the hug and kisses are lack being done

Clock is ticking, countdown begin
Counting for the moment where good times knocking
Leaving the stress, left joy and peace
For the people full of love, there they awaits

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

weird day }=\

2008-11-10T00:57:00.000-08:00

k, so my day started @ 7.15 am
how do i know to the exact time?
coz i set the alarm with those numbers..

then eat my healthy cereal (really healthy this time... uncle tobby's antioxidant lift man...with berries, sultanas n stuff)
took some shower, do some revision and head off to my 2nd final exam for this sem..
yep
final exam day..

it was OK overall...did some mistakes here and there..unintentional and stupid one..
it was an open book, so it help me really well
but in some part where i bluntly copy my notes, i'll surely got zero marks coz actually the exam Q ask me for diff things...stupid me..
15 marks: goneee

anywho, so i went back, ate ppr lunch with my friends (1st time here eat @ this rest in syd, not that nice looking, so i don't bother to take some pic)
reach home, eat some cookies and yoghurt (as i always do when i'm stressed out, eat)
then drink some vit c and cold medicine..
can i get cold in a more convenient time? catch a cold last nite...just a day b4 my exam...how sad..

then the medicine start to works, got a lil bit dizzy so i decided to take a nap..
a loonggg nap..
when suddenly i heard a loud scream from outside my house..
i was thinking, "oh no...plz don't tell me there's some bombing or sth bad"
(i.e this thought is due to the recent execution of Bali bomber)

when i realized it's a happy scream instead of a oh-help-me yell
so i decided to prepare my dinner..(decided to cook spaghetti ala Lo --haha-- so i just went to boil the angel hair spaghetti)
then i thought (when i'm boiling my spgt), heyy maybee...just maybeee...that's on the welcoming of high school musical crew as i saw the banner on the movie theater a couple of days ago:

--credit: Vanessa Loh--

so then i google it and it said: High School Musical cast in Greater Union (infront of my house to be exact) Sydney 10 November 2008 (which is today)
then i realize my friend, Felicia, is a fan of the movie...
well, when i saw the banner last time, i told her b4 that HSM cast went to syd n stuff
n she yell at me coz i didn't go
so, with my patriotic move, i change my clothes, turn off the stove, grab my camera, and ran to the theater.
unfortunately, zac efron and vanessa...umh i dunno how to spell her last name..hudgens? had gone into the theater like, 5 minutes ago..as i asked one of the fans there..
Ashley tisdale and one person named kenny (i think) were still on the way..
so i waited there with all those screaming, bewildered, sweaty, damp, fans that ranged from oh-so-little to mommys..
finally ashley came and this is the best i could took:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4uttuWytuWY

after this i waited for a while as she had to do some interview then took some video again:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=MyTezQ38Iwg

then my hand got cramped and i can't stand the smell of those sweats mannnn...
from all the fans who wait for them since afternoon i guess..
so i just went straight home...
continue cooking my now-soggy spaghetti (don't underestimate my cooking skill, it still taste good!) while watching 'will and grace' and feel sorry for my temporary limp hand..

hahhhh things u do for ur friend...
=*

hope u enjoy the vid Fel...

Lo

Off the ground!

2008-10-31T06:22:00.000-07:00

man..
from all those clothes and all main industrial companies in the world,
now my heritage background (read: Chinese), has really come up one more notch in my 'awe dictionary'
farmers in mainland china just created an airplane..
uhuuh.. AIRPLANE!
not those big ones with wings or anything..just a seat passenger with not even any body to cover the driver.
even the seat belt looks not helping that much.
but i dunno why i was so fascinated when it really flew..
haha
my heart drop in around :50 tho...i thought the engine just went off..
well at least the person departed n landed safely in China Land..
take a look:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=SqrAA0xDKmE

Lo

Quicky

2008-10-25T03:10:00.000-07:00

hollaaa

just want to share bout my dream last nite
i think my upcoming exam next week on one of my killer exam this sem called NE (short for Networking Essentials, how cool is dat?) is really getting to my nerve..
or in this case, to my dream nerve.. -wat de?-

i was dreaming about all the connectors and servers and routers and switches and hubs and everything abt networking, u name it.
in the dream i was holding this cable called RJ45:

and i was pushing it bluntly to some routers stack or sth, look like this:

and i know the feeling: sth is not right, sth is not working.

i think this dream was based on the fact that i did some mistake on the subject's skill test last week. we were supposed to connect 4 computers and we have to create their ip address, do some cabling, and test it. in which we lose some mark. it was really kept me under stressed for 10minutes of not being able to successfully create a connection.

don't u just hate it when ur bad experience hpn to ur dream?
isn't that enuf just to feel the 'fail' on real life n now u have to 'feel' it too in ur dream?
isn't dream is abt...well...as it is named...dream...where u can eat dozens of cupcakes without being afraid of the fat being piled up in ur body or where u hav superheroes abilities to fly to Paris, break into Bottega Veneta shop and grab some of those goodies without being caught?

anywho...be careful of what u wish for...coz if i really dream of having those bYutiful bags, i'll maybe end up hating myself, after i get up, for being stuck with a $15 worth of sack

hahhh...rob pattinson...will u come to my dream tonite?

Vid of the week:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib0Tll3sGB0
don't he just look soooo cute?

News Update

2008-10-20T19:40:00.000-07:00

this is just a random update on few things i faced this week
1. Clay Aiken, the American Idol on i-dunno-which-year had come out of his closet to be GAY...not a new news actually... there has been rumour abt it for YEARS now..

2. Not so updated news, but my craving for Veneziano Cabat is not going to go until i get it...here's a pic of the bag which cost more than my lifetime meals consumption (believe me it's shocking)

3. Jennifer Anniston is said to be pregnant of John Mayer's baby.. goodness..gotta say that she ought to be opening her eyes widely on oh-so-many-good-fishes out there that will be drooling their way to be by her side. just dun really think Mayer has that daddy quality...

4. been fascinated by cute-face-on-food deco for quite a while... here's one i made on one of the pancake in pancake on the rocks..

5. can't wait til the end of nov where all the hectic timetables will be GONE entirely and enjoying my time salivating over Rob Pattinson in twilight movie... he IS one of the most eligable bachelor in my dictionary. here's one of his pic that is to die 4:

Vid of the week: chubby cuppy cake boy, my goodness he's cute but look sooo not healthy
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysqh1uzqGrc

looking at his cheek, make me crave for Grill burger now... sigh...

got to go now...be back for more update

cheerrzz

Lo

spooked?

2008-10-10T06:39:00.000-07:00

If u r supposed to die next week, next month or next yr, would u want to know now?
Make a reconciliation to ppl or others u feel that being owed by ur apologies?
Write letters, will or or pack ur bags n travel around the world?

I’m not supposed to be scared of death. I don’t know whether I’m scared of it or just afraid of what waiting afterwards or just from going thru the pain during the process or even of my forever unfinished business here.

I’m always being intrigued by life after death. Been curious on why I’ve never had any input abt this in my blog…well, we can start by mentioning me not putting much effort in blogging in the 1st place.

There’s a lot of spooky stories being told in my entire life, from my own experience, sister and friends.

Like when a ‘man’ been following my sister every night she drive, just sit there watching for a couple a months, until we have to sell the car. Or when she saw a girl standing with her back against my siz’s face in my house. Or when my dad had a ‘knock’ from a grandma he saw on the peek hole but no one was there when he opened it. Or when my friend got a ‘wave’ goodbye from a lady outside a hotel when she experienced spooky incident in the hotel. Or when my siz got a constant ‘stare’ by a lady with a wrecked face during a karaoke session until she vomited.

Hahhh…there’s a lot more stories. I might put more entries when I feel more alive…not that I’m dying or anything. Just less sleepy and less headache …

There’s a saying that when u suddenly smell something not right, meaning something just smell awful from nowhere, u r smelling someone’s death. Maybe some people got a car accident ages ago in the same area. Or ‘those’ ppl just traveling around you with some skin hanging on their faces from their death of committing suicide from a 26th floor apartment. U just can’t see it.

So the next time u smell some rotten meat that doesn’t come out of ur faulty poultry in the garbage…look around… if you’re sensitive enough u might see ‘something’…

Ow, p.s: I’ve heard before that when u mention or have a thought about ‘them’ they might be peeking on ur shoulder coz of the feeling being ‘mentioned’. Don’t look back…

Lo

Input No.1 for Sept’08

2008-09-16T04:04:00.000-07:00

I see that I’m not that active in blogging…
It’s not that I haven’t had anything in my life (why does it sound so sad?)
I just dunno how to make it interesting and worth read…even if my fellow reader is one and only one…
Anywhoo…-I’m patent-ing that word for this month-
There’s a LOT of things happen these past few months…I just can’t compiled it in this 13 inch screen..

Well let’s start from the nearest experience.
Lately I’ve been to a few interviews (literally few…as I only applied for 3 jobs..duuh?!?)
Been trying to find a nice job and salary just enough to cover my forever active digestive system
First visit: an immigration law located in a secluded area. I wonder how they could get a client in a 40m2 space and without any banner or what so ever to show there’s an immigration law in that area…or even a business building for that matter.
That went pretty well I must say and it’s my 1st job interview ever..so..i might say it went great!
We just talk smoothly tho sweating from trying to find the place after asking 10 ppl passing by. There was no building number and their company was combined with like…10 others in 1 small building!
1 mistake: I said $10 to $15 is my salary range which I just realized normally a part time formal job, $15 is the least here. *&!%#@!!

Anywho, next stop is an e-networking company. A pretty good company I must say. However from the 1st few minutes of interview I know that I’m not right for the job. It’s their fault anyway. They just stated in the job-search: for those who know well known websites and user of facebook. I mean, who doesn’t?
1 mistake: when the interviewer asked me whether I could find the place easily, I replied with full confidence: It’s pretty easy, I just went left at Buckingham Palace. With a face so red trying hard not to laugh he replied me: did u mean Buckingham Street? I’m pretty sure Buckingham Palace is in London… -oh Laura…try to enhanced ur general knowledge will u?-

So after feeling good that I don’t really blew up the interviews entirely, I went home with my chin up high and both of my hands sliding back and forth. –what de?-
After a week of struggling on whether to hire me as their part-timer – haha, sure -, the 2nd company called me to said that the result is negative.. I was like.. negative? when did I had a pregnancy test?
Afterwards I asked who’s calling and when they said their company name than it all just come to me…
Hellooo u might want to say ur company name 1st before stating the result? That was weird..

So I was assuming that the 1st company had happily put my resume away after 3 weeks ignoring me…but then suddenly this afternoon….Tataraaaaa!!! I got 2 missed call from an unknown no. when I called back they said that they want to talk further about the job if I’m still interested. Well for an unemployed student who spent a lot for fulfilling my ever-growling stomach, I said yes…
Waiting for tomorrow for our further discussion…wish me luck peepz!

Incident of the week: after almost accidentally slipped in the bathroom after brushing my shoes (ex world youth day shoe man…can u imagine the dirt of walking through all that sand, sleeping under the moon – literally-, and walking side by side with a lot of Australian-made-horse-sh*t on the road), now both of my ‘cheeks’ at my back (u kno what it is) hurt even when I sit…
Sh*t..
rate: 7/10 coz of the hurt it left

Video of the week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-CS2v8wcc
it's from a guy named Nick Pitera, a real worth watching...been promoting his vid for a few months now...
rate: 7/10 sometimes his real voice can still be heard..

Cheers peepz!

Lo

Melb trip

2008-06-19T02:30:00.000-07:00

soww...this was on my last trip to melb with my 2nd siz. it's b4 the new sem started...before all the hectic i experienced on having my 1st sem ever in syd..
it was a bliss.. i saw part of melb i never been to, visit places that i've been b4. it was nice remenicing one of my fav city of all time..

when u're in a trip with me, of corz it'll b about fud..fud...fud...
so, don't expect any statue, museum arty arty things from me in this post, coz my melb trip is about foooddd
hahaha
let's get started shall we?

we'll start on this restaurant in somewhere in melb called 'Coco' such a sweet name for not so sweet place..it's not that the place is bad, it's just more towards glamorous place type of thing. but the food was Delicious with a capital D...
the price is not Cheap tho...with a capital C
this is a salmon skin roll...the best i've ever had i must say...my siz friend, eve, said this his fav...my fav salmon skin roll too indeed..
Rating: 7.5/10

this one is another dish in coco that i ordered named tobiko salad, as u can see it's just fish egg with some veggies, but man trust me, it's nice...salty, tasty with jap mayo...why they never have this in other jap rest i've been? hm... really simple but nice...nyummm
Rating: 6.5/10

this one is a burger from 'Grill' in St Kilda...
it was HUGE, GIGANTIC but taste superb..
can't finished it...well..sort of...just left the bottom of the bread..hihi (-.-)'
i forgot the name of the burger tho...something chicken something pesto... =D
Rating: 7/10

this one is tortellini prosciuto from Chapelli's rest...not my fav..it was just OK..
Rating: 5.5/10 barely pass coz i think i can cook a better one...muakakaka...nobody will ask to cook it anyway...except my bloody hozmate..oops...she's gonna read this...behave Laura..

this one is another dish from chapelli's (caesar's salad) a simple and famous appetizer but for this one, this dish is more than pass for me..
in uts rating, it deserve a Distinction.
really nice dish with a bit of 'kicking' touch from anchovies.
other ingredients is standard caesar: parmesan, grilled chick (another reason why it's nice ppl...tender n moist chick), lettuce, bacon..
Rating: 7.5/10

let's go to see something sweet, shall we?

this one is from Max Branner...the most famous chocolate cafe in oz, i think..
-apart from lindt cafe-
the first one is a choco ball with strawberry n choco dipping. actually i forgot the name. anyway, too bad that i didn't have the mood for hot choco..coz that's what famous from this cafe...
my siz order a capuccino from this cafe..taste like Sh*t she said... but it turned out to be quite a nice pic, rite?
looks can be deceiving indeed =D

this is a mud cake from brunetti..sweet..chocolaty...sweet...fatty...milky...sweet...and some more layers of fatty...what more can i ask for?

this took longer than i thought it will be...
well..
thx for the minutes u spend...
cathca L8!
taw2

Jap's highlight Pt.3

2008-06-18T06:22:00.000-07:00

well...well...look who's back...it's the jap vacation again..
promise u it'll be the last part...*crossfinger*

this is a nissan car...if i'm not mistaken...
look how cute it is...
and the surprising part is that the round eggy shape can turn 180degrees
so it'll give u the easiness when u parked n get out of the parking lot...
park with the nose of the car infront of the wall...get out with the butt of the car infornt of the wall...
cute eh?
btw, it's a 3 seaters car...why would somebody made a 3 sits car? weirdo..

look,i'm in Doraemon's house!!
this is the only hotel that we were in with this style of traditional bed (called futon) on the famous tatami...
and btw, that's my cuz on the door...she's still amused by the cute hotel room..
=O~

this is a Zori ( traditional Japanese Sandals ) store located in Asakusa Temple..
i wanted to buy one...but i can only AFFORD to take a pic of it...
man the price ranged from a Prada keychain to a Prada bag..
u do the math..

this is one of the piggy in the famous kid story...i dunno wat it is...my kid stories seems blur...is this the piggy that the wolf want to eat?
no..the wolf is in little red hood sth sth rite?
anyway, i dunno why the piggy looks like in torture from this pic...did i squeeze him too tight?

btw i ate too much in this trip...did u see the resemblence between us?

last but not least ppl...this is me rubbing a budha statue belly..
dunno what is it for at first...
but after my tour guide told me -and after me, paying for this rub2-
i think he told me it was for those ladies who've been trying to get pregnant..
shot...no wonder i got rounder bellies these days...

so that's all folks...thx for bearing with me until part 3.. =*
had a sore eye now...better go to sleep.. (>.<)'
catcha later with other blog...
cheerios!

Japan's Highlight Pt.2

2008-06-18T05:44:00.000-07:00

webex!
cont from the shock of make-up guy aka Kenichi:

aren't we just adorable? hahaha
it's yukata, a traditional japanese dress...the hotel we stay for the night gave us 2 in each room...i think i wore the guy's one...gave my cousin the girl's one..
we wore it for pix n dinner that nite...we thought of bringing that home...but looking at the gangster face on reception desk...we cancel that thought..
who knew he would have a big tiger tattoo on his back...bbrrrrr....

anyway, this pic shows all the youngsters, youth or wateva u call it this days, of my trip...the granpa, grandma, uncle, aunties were taking our pic...just like celebriteehhhh!

ow yeah! this hotel also provide onsen - a hot spa - but my cuz n i didn't manage to went for it...the one and only reason is coz we were not allowed to wear anything to be able to get in the onsen...nothing...nada...nil...zero...not even a single thread...
self-consciousness lead us to taking shower in our hotel room's bathtub...sigh

I SWEAR I WILL NEVER EVER GO TO THIS SPOOKY HOUSE AGAIN...
it was so scary even one of the youngster in my tour cried and went out of the emergency door...
but man i paid more than a thousand YEN for this (abt USD10?) so i'm staying!

i can't say anything much but we were supposed to enter as a couple..but screw the rules! when the japanese lady asked -in jap language of corz- how many of us will go together...we were just showing our innocent faces and teary eyes with our 10 fingers pointing upwards..

so there were we....10 of the youngsters...entering the super spooky house...with 2 small flashlight we were walking...but no point of the flashlight really..it was quite dark and the flashlight were very small it could only shine a light as thick as a shoelace. damn.

when we first enter the hoz, there were like a lady sitting in the stairs. she were looking downwards so we couldnt se her face... 10 of us were debating whether to go forward...some of us say it was a statue...some of us said she was moving...
i was screaming like crazy 'it was a statue now move ur as forward!!!' -i'm at the back of the line..u see...-

finally we get through that STATUE -see..i was right- and walk forwards...
there were a lot of banging on the door and spooky sounds effects...the theme was an unused 3 stairs hospital so there were blood and needles everywhere...
there's even a baby doll of an aborted kid...yux..
anyway, the 10 of us were making so much noise and were walking so slow that a japanese couple were just right behind our back...

they're saying some unfamiliar words...a curse in jap myb...
and they just waited until we were far from them then they continued their journey...
finally this guy on the pic suddenly appeared beside us...all of scattered everywhere..screaming like crazyyy...i took a wrong turn and almost get out of the hoz thru an emergency exit...
this guy run to follow me, scared as i am, i ran further...he's screaming...i dunno what he's saying but i scream too...running...
when at the end i realised he just trying to direct me to the right way, not thru the exit...
shame as i am...i followed him...
then he just point to a direction so the 10 of us were back on track...
then i was at the back of the line again...with this masked guy behind following us so that we won't get lost or walking too slow or disturbing other romantic couplesss in the spooky hoz...
FINALLYYY we got out of the hoz after ONE AND A HALF hours of torture (the instruction says it'll took 30-45 min...damn u jap!) in that 3 stories hospitals. THE END...wow...i could write a book from this...

oh turkey leg...u dunno how much i missed u..
this delicious plump brownish bird leg were so delicious!
tried to made one before, it wasn't as nice as u...
it's so big that we ate it for lunch...
i was busy munching n taking pic, so i wasn't in the pic..hihi

i guess i better end it here...
hum..myb not..
we'll see if i still have the mood and working brain...myb i'll make a part 3...

hope u enjoy the read
cheers guys...

Japan's highlight

2008-06-18T04:52:00.000-07:00

well, haven't upload this blog for a very long long time..
i even forgot that i had one until van told me..hihi

a lot of things happened for these past few months...
but i just want to start off by what i've missed so far..
talking about holiday...which i had craved so much lately AND will be getting one soon...yippeee

just want to give a little highlight of my vacation this past few yrs...
on my Japan trip 2 yrs ago...which means...umh...2006? man it really took me 2 minutes to think about 2008- 2 yrs... shame on me..

anyway, it was FANTASTIC...
no doubt the best trip ever...i had so much fun...it's a dream come true...
and to add to my joy, i went without my parent...huahahaha i could drink sake as much as i want -not that i drank any- , went back as late as i wanted -trip end every 7 pm..sigh-...lalalaa

anywaysss, let's go get some pic'ies n lemme tour u trip...

it's gonna be a long post guys...bear with me... =D

it was cooollddd...freezing collddd...
look! it's my first snow...
i was like a kid, seeing her first snow ever...
made little snowball..
when we were stuck by the snow coz it had blocked all the highway, all of our tour group decided to play with the snow infront of a supermarket..

man we were histerical...guys, girls, auntie, uncle, granpa, grandma (well, not really) were playing like crazy...we didn't care on how much Japanese eyes were staring on us with an awe and disbelief...
there were smashing here smashing there...sneezing here sneezing there...most of us end up by cathing a cold...(idiot)
the bus driver can just shook his head...poor him...i bet he had to work overnight to clean up the mess we made... sumimasen Minami-san!

next...

this is what they call 'ganguro'
i even dunno how to spell it..
u found japanese ppl dressing up, playing with their hair and make up, darken their skin..mostly in Shibuya district...
only i sentence i can say: MAN, HE CAN DO A BETTER MAKE UP THAN ME...
fyi: it's a he... let's call him Kenichi for now...

looks like it will take longer than i think...shall i continue to part II?
i should...
c ya guyssss

will miss this..

2007-12-08T03:15:00.000-08:00

food in Malaysia!!!
my time for study there has past...
and i'm back to my beloved hometown, Jakarta, now...
so these are few foods that i ate a lot when i was in Malaysia..

the first one is pop corn chicken which is actually a general junk food u can find in any supermartket really.. this one is from a mini restaurant in my apartment which has a fried chicken tast with a zest of lemon sour flavour.
nice to eat when u have a crave on junk food and lazy to cook...
it cost me about RM5 or less than US$2 which comes with a sweet and sour sauce, rice, fried egg and few slices of cucumber

next is chicken chop fried rice from another mini restaurant in my apartment..
the chicken chop is fried with flour and then cooked with black bean and some chinese sauce while the fried rice is cooked with chinese style with beans, carrot and egg. this is very nice, filling and a good companion of Barli ice.
the drink is well known in singapore and Malaysia which comes from Barli seed as shown in the bottom of the glass.. cooling and rather sweet..

the last one is mix vegetarian rice. this one is from Asia Cafe near my College in Subang Jaya. simply the nicest mix vege rice i've ever tasted. surely will miss this one the most. i can find a few vege restaurant here too of course, but nothing could top this one. the saltiness, texture, and taste just distinct this store from anywhere else.
clockwise from the greenies is lettuce cooked with garlic, barbeque "chicken", "cha siew", fried bee hoon, and fried thin sliced tofu...

well, gotta go now... i must find something to munch...my stomach is growwwllinnggg!!
HugzNkizz,
Laura

the best thing in life

2007-12-08T02:21:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my 1st blog!! =D

to start off, i want to do some touching on "deep" thoughts..
not a really good thing to do in the beginning, but... it's good sometimes to be a drama queen over sth... just to make your life colourful..

anyway, i got this idea for my 1st blog from an article in the internet.. so, when u google-ized (aka browsing thru google) "the best thing in life" you'll see a lot of FREE word there such as:

the best thing in life is FREE!
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my first reaction was: ya rite...what is free in this world? oxygen?
even nowadays they put it in tube and sell it for the sick..
but when u come to think of it that word can be powerful..
instead of
1. 'all hail to free' or 'it is the great if all things in this world is free' but more towards
2. 'the greatest thing that you experience in life, is actually won't need ur cash'
do u get it?

let me give u an example...
for the 1st one, it's like when u drooling over a bottega vendetta bag... u want it so much, but can't afford it in a million years... or by years of saving... so u wish u will get is someday for ur birthday present and it will be the greatest thing happen in ur life. coz u get an awesome bag and u get it free..

on the other way, is to find that u will receive great things by free, but u never or rarely realise it. one of the best example is when u receive love from ppl around you. it will not always in a form of flowers, a box of Godiva chocolate, a car or other lovely things but it can also come with a simple hug or smile.
Why do we close our eyes when we sleep? or when we kiss.. or when we memorize all the good memories.. or when we shed tears..
this is beacause mostly all beautiful and nicest thing on earth is unseen..
it can be intangible, but it is not vague

there are so many ways to have a better life by:
> start off ur day with a smile... when u open ur eyes in the morning, 1st thing to do: smile!
> appriciate little things in life and be more thankful
> problems is not equal to stress but challange and it is a preparation of bigger problems you will face later on in your life..
> do good thing at least once a day and don't let anybody know what u did for them. this will bring happy smile for u and that person for being such an angel.

so, enjoy life more! there is only one today in your life
and no one can help u when u say "oh no, i wish i had.." "i wish i did..."
wishing can't change the past people!! but surely u still can change ur future..
so be good! be happy!
cheers!!

maybe u'll see more of food blog later on my post..
this is due to holiday season, and what's better to fill it up rather than eating..mhuhuahuahauha
catch u soon!
hugzNkiss,
Laura