This is Called Survive

....sometimes hopes that make you survive :')

    

     That was my photo caption on my instagram.  The photo which I made some stuff with scrapbook thing related to my wishlist on the next year. Usually I made the scrapbook stuff in random time, just like this one I made is in the middle of hectic week of work deadline and mid test of my postgraduates study. I know scrapbooking is totally wasting time for some people but for the one who loves it mean gain energy to move on              

         Okay..what I'm going to tell you for this post? I dont know, I just want to train my writing ability on blog again. Another reason is happen about 15 minutes ago while I blogwalking on my friend's blog, my mom came over me and ask me to update the blog. Yes, she's looking more story of my blog. I know the fanatic reader of this blog is only my mom and my boyfriend, ahahahaha...they do want to be the first who read my posting. because...one day I found tubby's most visited page thumbnail on his browser is my blog and my tumblr. But it was a long ago. I guess we both too busy to write on read something-not-related-with-job-or-assignment...pffftttt


                 

Counting down

     This is almost the end of the year..,oh hello december you come earlier than before yes? My bad I can't remember every detail of the month I have passed this year. Unlike two years ago when I have so much time to draw up every month then describe it bravely on this blog. (ahhh...I just revisted that post, I was graduate 2 years ago, exactly 2 days from now). Why september is gone? and why tubby not there? hahahahah don't worry baby, you are my future, so don't be upset when you're not include on my 2010's counting down where we spend that year without a day. I should put you on march 24th 2010 yes? (titoaribowo, 2011)           
      For this year maybe I tell you some month that obviously special. It is february 2012. My whole life is turning into high speed. On that month, I and tubby being a couple, being a postgraduate student, and recieve my press card (officially journalist :')). Another rest month I remember well is my bday (June). mom's (August) and Tubby's (October) and...December. ahahhahaha yes that bad, because they gone too fast but I have the best family, friends, and lover this year, I'm so thankfull Allah! Alhamdulillaah...for blessing me with new great friends of my postgraduate school that makes me survive on study. Thanks God for ease my work. And...ummmm actually I have more food experience since having "partner in crime" fu...fu...fu...

The Wishlist

     The photo before  can't show my handwriting on note clearly yes? Some of you must be wondering what it is...Well, it's just like my shor-term wish, because it's written in the middle of desperate feeling like I told you before. Definatelly some of them already fullfil like scrapbooking, blogging (now), reading and buy more book (even just read the fist dozen pages of one book over 3 books), cooking (hey! I just make curry rice, you have to wait for the next posting.ok), playing with bubu (hapilly), dating (oh yea...extend food experience I mean :p), cafe-ing (yes...my never-ending-assignment makes me do that and sometime over budget one), routine RPM (routine skip, hahaha), buy a new laptop (that's my needs I buy it althougt it cut my salary into half for the next 4 months,huhuhu).   

      Almost half of my wishlist is happen before 2013, ahahahaha I must update it somehow...to survive. So the rest wishlist is quit from job and find the better one, being fulltime student, graduate hapilly, start a  business (how about curry restaurant, I love the smell) , renovating room (black-white style), travelling, scanning and printing scrapbook stuff, took a picture with danbo (OMG I never took danbo picture this rest year) and learning to pain. Well that's it, I will make one more if I get down, and more and more...:) May any  chapter of life make me steady to fulfill any wish I make..

XOXO,

Time to Choose One Chair

"Will you be alright?," said Tubby

He already made up his mind to focus on his postgraduate thesis and quit from job. He already choose his chair. I can see on his eyes that he's worry about the impact of his decision. The impact of the people surround him, that's what he consider the most... I just want to make sure that this is the right way, the right thing he choose.

I and tubby were sitiing in two chairs. It's a freak anyway.Well, i do have the same dillema. I work and I study too. Being reporter at agricultural magazine and being student at IPB postgraduate class too.  I only work for 2 days and 3 days for study in a week but the job and the task still the same like before. While tubby work in the morning, and take a class at night. 

Yes that time, I have to reschedule over and over again about my deadline, my cover, my study, my task and thoose meeting. It's kinda tired because I work at depok and study at bogor. But thanks got under pressure, i can through one smester, get a good mark and never go home late at deadline day.

The wheel turning...
One by one my friend at work resign. Yeah...many reason I guess. Only few of us surviving. Things feels not same. I'm not enjoying my working life anymore. I feel so much negative energy and pressure. That makes me uncomfortable. Plus there are some people that....drain my energy, pfftttt. Well...the point is, my workplace is not condusive. While at my new class, I got a new friend, they are much more fun than before. The task is as much as before, but we i can do it with no pressure. Yes, they just give some fresh air on my campus life, hihihihihi....When i back to my office it's just like a hell. Everythings feels like pointing at me. I don't know wheter it's just my feeling or... i lost my passion or... i'm done with my curriousity or...those people do ignore me.However, i will not stay there for a long time anymore, unless it's related with my current education that hire me more. I just have to find place that deserve it. 

Time to choose one chair....

Have you ever know this quote : "If you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life you must choose one chair" that stay well on my mind. At first I never thought that study and job are two different chairs. Lesson learn. It's time to choose one chair. Time to out from comfort zone. Yes it will be hell different like before, never the same. But I do believe that it will not take long time to get in another zone. Cheer up tubby! We can make it somehow...

Craving For Crispy Spicy Chicken

For uncounted.... so many times I and Tubby go to this place, yup the restaurant that one day I accidentally found to have a lunch at Grand Indonesia. Since the first bite of its crispy spicy chicken, I swear I will come back for that...hahahahaha lebay .

It's Kamikaze Karaage, 

They have crispy chicken with  selection spice, my favorite one is kamikaze, it's quite hot but I won't try harakiri sauce anymore, hahahahaha that should be insane you can eat chicken with super-duper-hot-sauce slowly... no...no...for me it's all about enjoying food, so when you want to decided spicy sensation but still enjoying your meal just choose kamikaze sauce, okay?! nah, the picture above is pretty good deal for me, it's mix karaage. There's chicken crispy karaage and beef yakiniku plus rice plus 2 sides menu like chiizu korokke and kani corn salad all cost about 30K IDR. Ahhh... since the easiest way and comfort place at GI I often go to GI just for having this japanese crispy chicken, actually they have others store like BSD, PVJ and CP. The last one is a new store and too bad they left bad impression, the place is too small and become crowded because most of customers using disdus voucher ( I have 5 vouchers for my own actually, but the crowded postponed me to use them). That place is quite far if I just want to have lunch at week day, that makes me looking out for another crispy chicken, (I hope kamikaze opening soon at cibubur, hihihihi), there you go the review about crispy chicken...

#Kamikaze Karaage

Yes, I crazy for the unique crispy outside and the yummy kamikaze sauce. Looks like it takes long time to cook, because the chicken is soak by spice, so after you have the crunchy skin (it's different from others fastfood fried chicken yaa) you will taste the juicy and spicy chicken. I don't know what kind of cooking technique they had, I used to order the chicken for take away, after hours, I still enjoy the crunchy skin at home. At Grand Indonesia they serve it very well, it took quite long time but it's okay they made by ultimate sacrifice so the taste never make you upset. the size of chicken is pretty big too and the best quality I guess. Ah their ocha also, the unique one, I know that should be the extracted one, but it's still refreshing and I love the smell of ocha.

#Bon Chon

This is korean crispy chicken I purposely find this crispy chicken at Gandaria City, they have more store than kamikaze, you can find it esily. They only have 2 kind of sauce original one or spicy. I choose spicy one. The size of chicken is small, cannot fullfilll your hunger tummy even concist of 5 pieces 1 portion, trust me. The sauce is so so, not too spicy even they said it's spicy one I guess they become red and shinny because of tomato sause, hihihihi...ummmm what else, yeah...I think they cooked it fastly thus they tasty untill the skin, the meat is still white and tend to tasteless. I quite upset with the service too as if we eating like a jokes, they only serve it with cardboard, morever if you order rice they give just like burger, without plate, hmmmm...but this one is more cheap than other.

#Omo! Chicken

Another korean spicy chicken. This is chicken fingers with hot sauce cost 25K IDR for 125 gram. They have a perfect match : ancovy and seaweed rice ball. About the taste looks like they cooked it beautifully and took quite long time. The sauce actually not my type because the spicy comes from pepper not chilli, it also have sweet aftertaste. I think it's worthed to try for pepper lover, because the pepper is so dominant here.

# Richeese Fire Wings

Actually this is the emergency, because I'm craving too much of spicy chicken, I found richeese factory at Cibubur Junction. They're on soft opening so I have special price that time. I spend less 100K IDR for two menus. I remember it was ramadhan, we breakfasting with fire wing ahahahaha...We choose level 3 of 5. I guess it will be so so. That's totally wrong... we have to eat it quickly, and buy extra drink. You will not be able to speak but only wipe your tears and sweat while eating. seriously. I used to think other blogger get it too much when reviewing this fire wing. This time you'll say that it is true...hahaha but the cheese sauce helps a lot for the burning tongue, here's some tips for eating-something-too-spicy ;

1. Bring your own tissue or hand kerchief to wipe your tears and sweat, seriously you'll need it.

2. Choose free flow drink (so you don't spend extra money for another drinks)

3. Choose high density drink (aaahhh what is that?!) just like milk for example, the particle will cover your tongue and dispel the burnt feeling quickly than just a water

4. Eat seriously, focus on what you eat, never laught at your mate face, it will took long time for your tongue to taste the spice

5. Eat quickly, so you don't have time to taste the too-spicy-food

6. DON'T touch your eyes soon after eat, even you already wash it, ahahahaha seriously that will burnt your eyes too...hahahaha

One day I and Tubby back again, we discussed many time wheter order level 5 or level 1 hahahahaa....finally order level 1 "Level 5 should be inhumane! that's not a food," said Tubby, hahahahahaha

#Shihlin Taiwan Street Food

I don't know much about this taiwan street food. The curriousity comes after I see that kind of food at anakjajan's instagram, she post token, I guess it's the same food.  I found it at CP. I forget what the name of this food something sound like XXL crispy chicken, I ordr this by pointing the food, hihihihih...So It's foured-deep-frying-chicken-fillet that chopped into pieces and sprinkled with seasoned and spicy powder. We eat using skewer, you'll spend about 25K IDR for one portion. That much enough, 2 person is enough to et one portion.

XOXO,

Literally Frozen by Froyo

Hey ho! I want to get my blog's life back  but then I realize that most of my recent post is about reviewing food. Well then, its just because I have tubby as a parter in crime tasting many kind of food, fulfill my craving of...anything. Recently I crave for frozen yogurt, so we having froyo race by taste about 4 frozen yogurt in one day, hihihihii.... I just currious what makes froyo stall different from others. So after fitness we straightly went to...

#Jcool by Jco

It's simply can be found in any JCo and this was the cheapest and the easiest froyo to find. We spent 25K IDR for double froyo with 2 + 1 topping. I choose straberry maochi, longan and almond for topping. There's only original froyo available, if I'm not mistaken jco also have twist froyo with bluberry or mango i guess, too bad I don't have experience tasting them, hihihi... So far Jco's original froyo have a light texture, the sour and sweeteness is enough. But Jco froyo easily melt so we have to be quick quick to eat... ahhhh yup, that was still early to buy froyo so they give the topping pretty much than usual hihihihi..

Done with Jco, we quickly went to Grand Indonesia to eat...Kamikaze #oops hahahaha of course we have to fill our stomach instead frozen by froyo, kamikaze is my favorite chicken cooked with japanese style, and umm maybe...I will tell you more about this in next post.

So! Back to topic, the second place of froyo race is....

#Red Mango

Based on our route we have to go to Plaza indonesia first, but when we use escalator the red mango stall looked clearly next to LG escalator, so we decided to try red mango first. Based on my survey on another blogger's experience, red mango's froyo is authentic one and famous because of leonardo de caprio have the red mango royo macine, hmmmm... we decided to order twin tower cost 52K IDR before tax, quite expensive for froyo, moreover we just eat the chepest froyo before. It's okay, if they said this is the authentic one, so I prepared my saliva for the extra sour froyo. I choose the same topping for froyo (mochi, longan and almond) and pick chocolate and blueberry for froyo. I get a lil bit upset when try the froyo, there's no sour taste at all, just like ice cream, uugghh maybe I didn't pick the original one. I don't know if froyo keep freeze for too much time being an advantage, that makes the texture is too "stiff" for me. This froyo is not my type, just to know...hihiihihii 

#Heavenly Blush

Done with red mango, we cross into Plaza Indonesia actually there's 2 froyo place as destination, first is maru 2nd is heavenly blush. I know maru by browsing at internet, the japanese frozen yogurt, but then we search the index of mall didn't find maru....simply because maru doesn't exist anymore. It's okay because we find heavenly blush easily at L2 I forget how much we spent for one medium cup of froyo, 30K IDR-something lah. We order froyo twist original and pomegranate with longan and almond, ahhh only two topping. It's okay, because so far it's one of our favorite. The pomegranate and original froyo have a soft texture, not too heavy and have a good combination between sour and sweet, none of them is dominant. it's healthy too...I recomended this one, you have to try them...

#Sour Sally

Back to Grand Indonesia, we hunting for sour sally, and....based on my survey, sour sally is taste good. So, Tubby have a-save-the-best-for-the-last-strategic but that's not working at all. The place is too small so they can't accomodate the buyer. We confuse where to sit because the place too full, there's only four tabble, maybe the set it for take away order. So we decided to postpone buy froyo and have a walk for a while untill the sit is available. While we have a walk we found uniqe sushi stall, ahhh suddenly we eat sushi, while our stomach is already full with froyo, hahahaha....we have short-amnesia to our race, done with sushi we back for sour sally..aha there's promotion with flash card, so I spent around 50K IDR for upgrading size into large. I choose froyo original twist with taro, with longan, mochi and almond for topping, ummmm...as I told before that we have too much for our belly before having the last one, the taste is not objective. Our tongue is freeze already, hahahahaha we taste bitter for this froyo, but believe me it's just because we having froyo too much.  the taste should be refreshing and light one, I guess...ahhh I will come back again to tell you.

#Smooch

This is the reasond why we having froyo race. One day I atrracted with colorfull big stall at central park. It is smooch, the self-service froyo stall, they sell the yogurt not by portion but by weight. So here's my strategy to have a cheap unlimited froyo: choose the dry topping  by then they will be more light, hahahahaa they have pretty much flavour of froyo, smooch is one of my favorite too. the best one is mojito and melon. The texture is soft not easy to melt and more refreshing sour. Yes I will come back for more, I get addicted with mojito, but its pretty expensive if you loose control, be careful with this kind of froyo...hihihihihi the picture above is strawberry and blueberry froyo with mochi, longan and almond I spend abour 40K IDR for that. But I definately comeback for smooch 

#Tutti Frutti

Ahhh...I have this froyou yesterday, this is cost by weight too, so I have my own strategy for this one : choose the dry topping. Tutti frutti at central park L3 not far away from omo! chicken. They have many flavour too, but we choose bubble gum, chocolate and berries. for topping we add marshmallow, almond and colorfull sprinkle, that's all cost 38K IDR pretty good deal. but taste is not best one, so-so and sweet more dominant, I can't taste the sour of yogurt here..

Sooo....which froyo do you want to have? take me if you want to taste one of them yaaa I'll be hapilly help you to eat, hihihi

XOXO,

Sushi Race (Updated)

With no hesistate, we point every picture at one page of sushi menu...

I don't know why but it's between craziness and food pages on our wish list. The wish is sound cool : to order one page menu of sushi. hihihihiii... even sushi attack we had before make our tongue tasteless, we never give up of eating too much. On sunday noon after body combat class I and Tubby are going to watch IMAX at gandaria city, but the traffict is not friendly so we can't make it on time. Well then, there's nothing to do except lunch. We went to Sushi Tei, and when we going to order we remember of our wish list. Yes, we order first half page of sushi.

  

What a random things we just forget how many calories were burnt at last couple our ago. Then we just sit at the table for two with 8 sushi rolls, 48 pieces, 2 round, no guilty. hahahaha...ahh thanks God the portion is not too big for one rolls menu.Plus we have a chit chat for more hours. Sushi Tei gancit always at waiting list also. ahhh just intermezo I did my sushi eating contest here, straight after contest my friend asked me to eat sushi (again) unfortunatelly the waiting list is too long, so I can't have-too-much-eat-sushi-that-day, hihihihiii.... Based on our experience we usualy take the menu book after order for a while, we order again,,,,again...and again, until we filled our tummy fully, then go home safely.

Okay, I will share my experience on sushi on the next story...

On saturday we going to eat suhi at 2 different place, yup simply because we have 2 sushi vouchers at different place.....hehehehe we called it sushi-day.
#Rakuzen

First place is Rakuzen, pacific place. That was lunch time actually and we are too hungry to eat only two rolls of sushi. well...for the first time I doubt that those sushi can make our hungry tummy full. Until then the sushi coming.....That sushi consist of 8 pieces, I forget the name of sushi we order. They are good,  tubby order rolls with eel, and I order rolls with tuna. We are not too disapointed with the small number of sushi (because we usually order until 5 plates of sushi ). I forgot that theres another dishes beside sushi, that was agemono. I didn't know what it was, something like ala carte? so we order salmon cheese hasamiage (the left one at the picture). When that agemono arrive, we surprise with the size, yeah! it's bigger than at picture menu. It's simply fried salmon sandwich with cheese sauce.  The bread is crispy and soft inside, the salmon well cooked to. Tubby like it very much than the sushi. Ah, about the restaurant atmosphere, it's very nice too... classy and we love being there. and ummmm...it's kinda weird beacuse we didn't spent extra money eat there, 2 sushi and one agemono is enough to fulfill our hungriness-haha. 

#Poke Sushi

We must go in hurry... because there's another voucher we should spent at Grand Indonesia. So, from Pasific Place we went to Grand Indonesia. Because our tummy is too full, we decided to watch movie before have another sushi there. Yet because the voucher consist of  3 sushi, 3 ala carte and 3 ocha. Muahahahah 3 portion for 2 people. Poke sushi at food louver, actually this place is not too good to eat sushi plus the lame service. Different things like we eat at the first sushi resto.We order dakine rolls, crunchy salmon rolls, and crunchy dragon rolls. For the ala carte we order asorted tempura, chicken crumble and beef teriyaki. And suddenly our tabble is full...Their beef teriyaki is good but vegie tempura and fried chicken is taste weird. For me they are umatch with sushi rolls that have fresh and light taste. Well then, for sushi taste is not bad not the best, but the service very bad. because we use voucher, poke sushi give us 30% discount for the next purcase include all you can eat sushi, but I doubt the service again when we have all-you-can eat there.

#Sushi Mori

It's rainbow rolls and Fujiyama rolls. The rainbow rolls consist of tuna and salmon, while fujiyama....I can't see anything except cheese and tuna (maybe). Yummm...the taste is good too...my favorite is raibow roll, consist of tuna and salmon sashimi. ah I forget, since we are disdus-couple, we buy it with voucher, usually they give a good deal of price, we can have more  menu or half prize to pay. so we just have to pay ocha for  drinks. the portion of 8 slices is so-so not too big for us, the price is pretty expensive too.

#Kiyadon

ah...I almost forget why we eat at kiyadon, I just remember that time I was not too hungry and just want to have a little snack. and suddenly we sit at sushi restaurant, on my mind was just order some sashimi and ocha. but the sushi boat picture on menu inviting me to know the sensation, hihihihi... in short of time 2 plate full of nigiri is right in front of us. Too bad, I can't see the boat anyway the waitress said taht their lack of boat...okay then, now we have to eat them all while my belly is full. Ahhhh....their nigiri should be good if they cook their sushi rice properly. The rice is uncooked, too bad.

#Midori

Ahhh... Ijust find our favorite place at Bogor! it's Midori, luckily we come when the promo on going : discount 30% for each menu. I forget what kind of rolls we order, but eel is the star of the rolls their spice is sweet and tender...Midori is on professional chef's hand, so no doubt the taste is authentic one. My favorite is their salmon sashimi so fresh and tender, but they are too expensive.  So far our favorite authentic sushi is Umaku, it's near tubby and my home, so we frequently come back and...forget to take the picture, hihiihihi but you can see my danbo photogrph at umaku. Their salmon sahimi is number one! I love it....

#Sushi Time!

We accidentally found sushi time stall at grand indonesia. Their concept is unique eat sushi simply with uncut one, the price is pretty cheap too about 20K IIDR for each. If you eat the sushi with cut one they become so so because the taste is not quite fresh even they store it in refrigrator I can only taste the cool sushi. But So faar it's okay I like it maybe I'll come back for this funky sushi hihihihihii

love,

The Game's Quote

The game I often played recently.....

Now, my life is just like playing triple town...once I need to think 3 step ahead, once I need to sacrify one thing and make bad move then sometimes....the crystal come suprisingly mend the helpless mess

The Notebook (Part II)

So... the Notebook I found this morning inspired me a lot. I enchated with memories when I opened it. I realize how precious it is. Three words : Notebook, Scrapbook and Photos. I love them all, is it possible If put them together at once?

this is what i found in the box too. The brown book, I bought it about a year ago and it still empty, maybe thi is the time I put the magic of memories in

Then the polaroid comes, I don't have good hadwriting, but I just write it as a notebook...

Go on with a....let say uncommon things, like ticket or something else attached on the book. Yes the picture is movie ticket with tubby. We called it "kencan" hahaha that page is about tubby, I introduce him as my classmate at second grade of senior highschool, he thought I'm his rival at english subject, hihihhii. After years gone by until we met again and I don't know that was impress him a lot. He keep maintain the good comunication, until now we're couple. Actually the story is not as simple as I write. Not as short as one paragraph, course no pain no gain but he can make it through.Thank you for being presistence Tubby :)

ahhh.. this is ellie's scrapbook, have you watch UP movie? I love this film since the first time ellie get her scrapbook, it's not a lot inside the book before she met carl, then go on...and on...she dare to dream and write it as "stuff I'm going to do." Lucky she has Carl who always beside her make her wish come true and they have a great adventure too. Until someday Carl find Ellie's scrapbook, each page of her scrapbook describe the memories beautifully. He find that Ellie wish to have a house on the top of waterfall. It's impossible somehow Carl make it.

Ahh... or have you watch the Notebook, it had similiar things too, Allie want a white house with blue shutter. Something happen they have to be separated but Noah keep fulfill his promise to Allie even his heart is lonely and broken. Somehow, they meet at white house with blue shutter. And how Allie had short memories when they grow old, so Noah tell their stories over and over again. How presistence he is when their children tell that he had to stop it. But noah insist to do that over and over again, the ending is sweet finally they die together when Allie remember it all. Well, that such a movie and prefect, but it quite inspiring.

The Notebook

Everyone have a notebook

This morning, I open the box, named "scrapbook" I don't know how much I'm in love with scrapbook. Since my handwriting and my drawing is not good, I just love to collect it and make it on my own, isn't art is something that express our mind into a product? you can see some like scrap thing here. So this is what i got this morning, all the time it put on the higher place at my room :

Something untouchable for a year, all material for scrapbook here. All i do is on my bed, it's holiday so i don't want tobe separated with my lovely-pluffy-bed...hihihiii so the background a little bit messy,

The thing inside that book that interest me is the notebook, this is my last smester notebook at IPB. The edge of the book is dull because of wet.

Now I do understand why I didn't have excellent mark at study, never be serious at it

See? there's only 30% of my book contain about subject. the rest is chit chat with mpok2, my classmate

Nah, this is my first notebook at college

yeah, it's nothing but doodle and bad doraemon drawing

See? There always a page contain the chat, gossip, and silly thing

Yes, I miss them a lot, at soil class they call us 'mpok-mpok' I don't know why, but most of us talk nyaplak like betawi do. hihihihii sometime we do lenong. from left to right : Mpo Memel she the outbox girl, unpredictable, and good at drawing. Mpo Bestari, she the most mature among us, have a straight thought,cool can take over the problem quickly and we bravely said she is reckless hihiii. Mpo Eta, so betawi and so nyaplak hahahahaa... she good at lenong and perfectionist. Mpo Anggi, she came from malang, east java, the preman-girl she is so brave in.... everything :D. Mpo Nahrul, from bengkulu, she had the unique style and always be the one who bullied, she's so funny and kind. Mpo Retha, she soo betawi too, unpredictable, good at drawing, so creative and... weird. nyayayayyaahahah... well actually we had the blog named MINERAL (Melita-Intan-Nahrul-Eta-Retha-Anggi-Loly) but when I asked mpo retha as admin she forget the link even the name of the blog. unfortunatelly, we had it for three years together and she write the story uniquely, I love it.

This is the last time we met in June, 2011. Most of mpok work at bank: mpok nahrul, mpo bestari. mpo eta at consultant, mpo rethat at insurance, mpo anggi at astra, mpo mel just graduated this year. Well... I miss you a lot mpok..see how crazy we are when together here.