Funtrip

Okay where to start...this fieldtrip is already scheduled in early semester. there are many destination we want to visit related to our study about landscape architecture. With many considering we choose Bali as our destination in order to learn its culture, design and city's plan according to their culture. well well...I'm not going to tell you about the context. I'm the shalow one at reporting, not like the others. I started to think change my blog description immediately. Okay back to main topic (my bad can't stand into one track) It's just because my friend find cheap flight fare by online to Bali. Ahh.. I hate to say, but I never been to Bali before seriously. So I'm not too excited because that's not one of my favorite place with beach and hundreds of monke. Nevermind  I excited to have a trip with my friends...yeaaaayyy time to take vacation

Oh ya, I will go to Bali at 21-24 of January (monday-thursday)  so I take leave from my office for 3 days, thanks God it's after deadline date. I never thought that was last deadline I made, I make it just in time, try to fix my bad....a little bit away from my graduates school friends. But in the middle of my try to fix those problem at office, I have to take decision to quit. I send it via email, but no replies...I need to leave at sunday. Still no edited article, I went to Bandung, with sapu to tya's hotel. Both of them is friend of mine at graduate school. We actually go to bali from bandung. We have some plan to enjoy bandung before leaving to Bali.

jeng..jeng...jeeengg! the trip is started 

From the very start I and sapu planned to go to Bandung by travel. Just meet sapu at cibubur mc d we get it wrong. While I'm with dad and sapu with her dad too, two different cars we didn't recognize at parking lot. Calling each other to find where we are pfffttt..finally we meet each other. Another misunderstanding happen : which car we use to go to travel, my car or sapu's car follow mine. hahahahahaa...I made it clear by asking her to take my car, fyuuh.

We get to bandung faster than I ever thought. While tya waiting our depature at hotel, sapu sleep along the journey and my phone signal is bad. The BBM sent right after at highway gate. It needs about 40 minutes from tya's hotel to pasteur. ahahahaha...all hail to tya, she find us. So we went straight to PVJ, I want to eat kamikaze there. Fyi, we don't know exactly about bandung's road. We just lay on maps on my tab. We got to PVJ without get lost.  Unfortunatelly, kamikaze closed their resto already, so we eat at richeese factory. After eat... when girls meet...unstopable shopping happen (bold+underline to sapu, ikikikikikkk) I amazed how can she buy thing for every shop we come in. Silly thing happen when sapu excited (again) to enter the shop that we already come and BUY a thing there. Ckckckckc. actually I and tya make a joke as if that was interesting place to come, but sapu give a responds seriously uhuhhahahahaa

I bet sapu and tya already spends so much just at bandung. All of us realize that we not arrive at bali yet but we already buy many thing. kkkk...done with many bags in hand, we're not done yet today. oyeaahhh....next is sapu's curriousity about hummingbird cafe at bandung, a aa.. all of us don't know where it is and how to get there, which way to take, etc. You know bandung's street is very mean, once you get lost there's no way back. hmmphh! 

Based on the address on the website and maps on tab we go to bandung about 7,30 pm to have dinner there.. syalalaaa everything under control when the maps tell us to go to satay building (landmark of bandung). Tya's drive, she know how to get there. The problem begin when we can't find the street where the hummingbird located. why we meet satay building over and over again after having difficult way. So this is how happen:

Tya,  the driver who can't step the brake, and her foot stick to the gas.

Me, the co-driver that not help too much, the most responsive co-driver

Sapu, at back seat, as navigator who tell which way to go (umm actually that's my job but I can't handdle it very well)

Tya: "Tell me now! which way to go left?! right!? quickly! I already on the fork!" (imagine she said it on fire)

Sapu: "ummm...ummm..wait...according to this map...." 

Tya: "I want the answer now! look at the map!"

Sapu: "ummmm..yes...but it supposed to be..."

Tya: "can't you see where we are and the destination is?!" *started to boil*

Me: "Left" 

Then we go to the left and find it wrong...pfffttt

Tya: "why you said left...%$&&^%#@*&^%$!!" *step the gas brutally*

Me: "to know that is wrong, so back again and we went to right..." *calm*

Sapu: "I want to tell you went to right but...." *feeling guilty*

Can you imagine how the situation inside the car, extremely noisy by 3 girls who blame the maps that's not update. We find it hard to read it, muehehehehe...so after that we use local maps by asking people around :

Me: "excuse me do you know where progo st. is?"

Man: "just straight to this way, go to left another fork take it to right, when you find mosque, just behind that. to get there...etc...etc...bla..blaa..."

Me: "okaaay get it...Thank youu" *smile with understanding-well-face then close the window* 

       *ask to tya* : "you copy it right tya? I don't remember what he said"

Tya: "......."

Sapu: "zzzzzzz..."

Okay....let's ask another man here, asked to old man there *syalalaaa*

Me: "excuse me, do you know where hummingbird cafe?"

Man: "what is that?"

Tya: "Looo... why you ask like that, there's one in million he would know...grrr"

Me: "I just try our luck, ehehehehe"

Sapu: "Guys, I guess I read the maps up side down, we away from destination" *still talking about maps*

ahahahahaa... I can't stop laughing write this part. So, after round and round satay building for many time ( Tya called it tawaf kkkk) we finally find hummingbird cafe! oyeaaaaa..it's 9.30 pm and thanks God it's not closed yet. We are too excited finding hummingbird cafe, gosh finally.... we went back to hotel, and have a nice sleep. The next morning we have breakfast at mall under the hotel before....take picture at photobox *what a random morning* 

Another disaster journey at Bandung happen again like before. Ever worse than before, it's long-long way journey and why do we still trust that maps, ikikikikii...unfortunately we can't find our destination because we have to go to bali this afternoon. *fly to balii* we arrived to Bali's hotel at 11.30 PM

lap keringet, pegel yes... subtittle : OFF

Okay, nothing special 3 day at bali. We use travel to everywhere with limited time. I just go to beach once, the rest is taking photo...and taking photoo.. (Photo courtesy: sapu)

#Day One

                                    

First destination : Art center at North Denpasar

 Well-welcomed at BDTC (Bali Develoment Tourism Center) listening to the presentation of nusa dua's design. Get many understanding of Bali's culture in palnning design. 

3rd destination BDTC lagoon. This is the water management of Nusa Dua and becoming the habitat of wild animal (bird). Plus this place have a superb scene to take photo. 

Went to dreamland beach, through Graha Wishnu Kencana (GWK). Watching kecak dance. My favorite place is lotus. Feels like de javu here.

#Day Two

After looking, interview, taking Bali traditional house (for fieldtrip report) eheheee.. we went to ubud, the palace, the market, interesting for me. I fell in love with the paint on this picture.

The rest destinationis some temple which the woman who have period can't come in. Unfortunately I'm the one who can't enter the temple (tampaksiring and goalawah) just wait...and wait...

Overall, we have a good meal..until bli Wayan take us into Bali tradisional food fish satay. Oh yes taste unfamiliar for me. Just to know that was bali's food style

#Day Three

Time to go homeeee...arrived at 13.00 at Bandung

Having lunch at Bandung, then go home...what a fun trip with graduate school friends

The next day....

At Friday, 25 of January after 1 year and 11 months being reporter at national agricultural magazine I said goodbye. Time to be full time student by making report of our fieldtrip at bali, done at the day I get the final score. Alhamdulillah....After that I do the academic stuff for next semester. Wish me luck!

Note Of Thanks

As I have more time, I think I’ll be back again! ;) saying hello to tumblr word. I’ve changed my tumblr tittle into Note Of Thanks I don’t know that words easily attached on my mind after all I have been through. After many things happen on this early year, the good one through the bad one I learned how to deal with: simply being thankful. Being thankful is easiest way for being comfort in any situation, for me. So I’d rather said it’s to late, but better than never. It was my resolution actually on this year, eheheheh. So I will end my day being gratitude and share it on tumblr. Come visit!

XOXO,

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Tebasaki...oh...Tebasaki

I used to can't stop eating this kind of japanese tebasaki chicken...

Looks so tempting, indeed...It is kamikaze karaage, the winner of  my review of crispy spicy chicken here. I never let any week without kamikaze. My favorite location is at Grand Indonesia, it's bigger and faster. I've tried at Central Park, the new one. The disdus promo issue the voucher for about half price, I buy 5 vouchers of kamikaze (see, how crazy I am for this crispy chicken). so for the next 5 weeks I and tubby spend our date at kamikaze, just to eat  fufufufufuf... I'm so thankful having partner in crime who always stick with my wishful foodie 

Another one I try is kamikaze kiosk at summarecon, different concept it takes place at food counter. they serve it more faster, but not as tasty as at the resto. The bigger one is at BSD, it has it own catchy building. Another big one is at PVJ but when I come there it closed already. Got little upset but that's okay as long kamikaze at GI not closed. I guess everyone will love this kind of crispy chicken with many selection of sauce (my favorite is kamikaze sauce, the spicy one, we also had banzai sauce the most spicy sauce but it come with tears, just experience). Untill now, I wonder how to cook japanese crispy chicken, are they fried? or baked? ummmmm....they are too tastyy

Well....I hate to tell you this, and tubby must be laugh when heard my confession that I'm done with my addiction of kamikaze karage, he just can't believe I will say that. Even heard the name, I feel my tummy is too full. It happened two weeks ago (need that long to be bravely write name of kamkaze). It's been a long time not eat kamikaze (one week), since we walk in front of kamikaze's we attracted with korean resto. Our curiosity of new kind of food is tested. We actually not yet find the authentic korean food resto, so we couldn't taste the real korean food (or that's why I don't likekorean food). So in order to fulfill our curriousity of real korean food, I postponed  go to kamikaze, and straight to hang gang, korean resto. My friend said that is the authentic one. I order calamary bimbimbap (?), oh yeay they are in big portion and never ending hot. Can you imagine, I eat bimbimbap from 1,5 hour. That's killing me, and my tummy is too full. overall I'm not too attracted with korean food, that's not my style of food, japanese win my heart. hihihihihii

We break it by watching movie. The next exact 2 hours...just kidding, I said to tubby that I missed kamikaze, no way. So we went to kamikaze, order 5 tebasaki (chicken wing) and rice. Yes I still feel my tummy is full by huge portion of rice 2 hours ago. But I can refuse kamikaze, not in million chance *tubby style* hahahahaa... you know what, I almost gve up to finish my tebasaki, the chicken also looks larger than usual. It's tasteless...mmmmpphh even more after drink. I just don't want to see tebasaki again...

no wayyy my favorite spicy tebasaki easily defeat by huge prtion of always-hot-bimbimbap. I already had big portion of kamikaze, almost every week kamikaze, and the craziest is eating kamikaze two times a day at different place. Just like we had 48 big pieces of sushi attack, even they almost tasteless, we come back for more. wait for me kamikaze, I still in love with you and I will redeem my stamp for free purin and free tebasaki, are you ready tubbbyyyy...

The one who never be cured of eating too much,

Being Full Time Student

Well, time to pick things on my desk, becoming ex-journalist and full time student  2:22 PM - 25 Jan 13 ·

Time to say good bye. That was the fastest decision I ever made. It needs one day to decide quit from my job. Yes my resolution on 2013 come too quickly, things happened in last-minute decision. You can see how doubt I am in the last two post on this blog. I used to decide keep working and be a good student. The last first semester I successfully pass with article done on time and those assignment well done, but I'm not happy with my 1st semester's former friend. It's just because I still stick with my job, no chit chat after class, no hangin' out with friends...alll they know is I'm too busy with my work. Everything keep on the track and there's always price to pay. Looks everything okay now at my work life but not my school life. Yes you have to choose.

The next semester is everything brand new, because the new class is supposed to be started at my second semester. I found my classmate is more fun and enjoyable. I love to stay at class longer. They also love to hangin' out...hahahahaa things I never do before, we usually went to comfort place to do our assignment. Yes, the assignment is crazier than before, but that's not a big thing for me, I have friends who do the same thing and and never push me like before. Meanwhile....I have to back to office, feels like hell for me, pressure is everywhere. My bad, I can't handle it no more, things don't same like before, I passed the deadline of article with bad writing, having bad into so- so coming up article, never came up to office...they properly treat me the bad one. That reasonable. But...I begin don't care.

I used to think being student and journalist is the coolest thing ever....and it was! I do enjoy that two things.  Sometimes I can split it,, sometimes they collide helplessly  Like doing my take home exam in the middle of the way to my cover at Cianjur, without opening laptop either reading + thinking, its road can  shake your guts to come out but I did it. Then I continue doing my exam (with opened laptop) while interview. It's crazy, but I can make it. The last is doing exam when I have high fever and end up with measles (damn) hahahahaha... my body even can take it, at least in 6 month I go to hospital 4 times. The doctor say, I have to get proper rest, that's it because my endurance is very bad however, easily defeat by virus.

But my strong will is my priority....I get a lot of advantage being reporter and student. My writing skill is well trained with my senior at office. (Thank you for my chief editor, until now I adore her so much how she teach me and face all of reporters' condition) I get used to interview many people, the technique how to get information, how to behave, etc. I also easily change my status of student into reporter in the middle of practicum, using my teacher as source of my article. Sometimes I forget doing my assignment while writting article haaaa that's enough for the challenge, many thanks for experience I had. Now I have to be full time student as if I'm running out of time. I'm ready for next challenge, we never know what future bring, just bring it on, the better one of course. Just, wish me luck. Believe me, the most touching moment when you quit from job is to pick things on your desk...it's too emotional for me, hihihi with many thing on my desk it didn't take much time...and more boxes to place it, just one big bag 

                              Before                                               After                                        

  Wish me very very luck,                           

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,