Hari ini sepertinya makan melulu

Pagi ini begitu sampai kantor, bertemu bu Otta di lantai 2 yang ternyata sedang menjual Bubur Manado seharga Rp.10.000,- lengkap dengan ikan asinnya. Katanya menu ini akan rutin di hari Selasa dan Jumat, sebagai ganti dagangan gorengannya. Jadi untuk sarapan pagi ini, aku beli Bubur Manado.

Sekitar sejam kemudian, teman kantor mampir ke ruanganku dan memberikan sebuah panada dr Ops Meeting di lantai 4, karena katanya dia ingat itu makanan kesukaanku (aww, ain't she sweet..)

Makan siangku dua hari ini dari kateringnya Kak Arni. Hari ini dengan menu ayam kecap, teri kacang dan sayur brokoli. Menu yang enak dengan harga yang murah. Makan siangnya di ruangan Learning Unit, dan ditawari kerupuk oleh Kak Egi dan nugget buatan sendiri oleh Kak Bora. Dari ngobrol-ngobrol saat makan siang, Kak Egi ngasi voucher KFC senilai Rp.10.000,- yang berlaku sampai 31 Agustus 2012.

Sehabis makan siang, dengan Kak Egi & Kak Bora beli es krim Walls di warung depan kantor. Aku pilih Cornetto Fruity Yo. Enak juga.

Begitu balik ke meja, udah ada 2 buah Jeruk, yang setelah ditanya-tanyain ternyata dari Kak Lynda, dari Ops Meeting.

Hmm, akan ada makan apa lagi di kantor hari ini ya.. hahaah :D

update: Perkiraan yang tepat sekali. Begitu sore ini turun ke lantai 2, diberi cendol oleh Kak Dahlia, Timmy anaknya ulang tahun dan bilang supaya Oom Andy juga dikasih :D Happy birthday, Timmy!

Kabar baik hari ini

Email pembawa kabar gembira hari ini, hahaha :D

Roasted Chesnut

Waktu mau pulang dari Puskesmas tempat kerja namboru di wilayah Mangga Besar, mampir ke supermarket buah-buahan Cipta Fruit.

Menemukan Gourmet Roasted Peeled Chesnut ini:

dan tertarik untuk mencicipi.
Ternyata rasanya seperti kacang tanah rebus hehehe :D

Menemukan buah ini, yang suka kubeli pas lagi musimnya di Delft. Tapi lupa namanya.. apa ya? Kerst? Namanya buah Kers (atau kersen versi jamaknya). Di labelnya sih tertulis Red Cherry.

Akhirnya makan siang dengan Yunita. Dia pesan Capcay, aku pesan Nasi Hainam Campur :D

Lalampa

Kak Atjie baru pulang dari tugas di Ternate.
Dua minggu yang lalu kami sempat ngobrolin tentang makanan favoritku, Panada, di Facebook. Pagi ini dia tanya, yang aku pesan untuk dibawain itu apa.. ternyata dia bawain makanan yang berbeda, yaitu Lalampa. Menarik juga, bentuknya mirip lemper, dengan isi ikan cakalang seperti Panada.

Thank you Kak Atjie :D

Sekalian aja, sharing resep membuat Lalampa yang diambil dari website detikFood :

Bahan:
500 g beras ketan putih, cuci
1 lembar daun pandan, potong-potong
1 sdt garam
250 ml santan 

Isian:
250 g daging ikan tongkol asap, suwir halus
2 lembar daun jeruk purut, iris halus
1 lembar daun kunyit, iris halus
1 lembar daun pandan, iris halus
20 helai daun kemangi
250 ml santan
2 sdm minyak sayur untuk menumis
daun pisang

Haluskan:
5 buah cabai merah keriting
5 buah cabai rawit merah
2 butir kemiri
3 butir bawang merah
3 siung bawang putih
1 batang serai, ambil bagian yang putih, iris halus
1 sdt garam

Cara membuat:

• Rendam ketan dalam air dingin selama 2 jam. Tiriskan.

• Kukus ketan bersama daun pandan hingga setengah matang. Angkat.

• Didihkan santan dengan garam.

• Tuangkan santan mendidih ke dalam ketan kukus, aduk sampai santan habis terhisap ketan.

• Kukus ketan kembali selama 30 menit hingga matang. Angkat.

• Isian: Tumis bumbu halus hingga wangi.

• Masukkan ikan tongkol dan bahan lainnya. Aduk hingga rata.

• Tuangi santan,masak hingga benar-benar kering. Angkat.

• Ambil selembar daun pisang.

• Beri 1-2 sdm ketan, ratakan.

• Taruh 1 sdm adonan isi di tengahnya.

• Gulung hingga padat dan rapi, semat kedua ujungnya dengan lidi.

• Panaskan wajan datar olesi sedikit minyak.

• Masak bungkusan ketan hingga daun pisangnya mengering dan aromanya wangi.

• Angkat. Sajikan.

Untuk 8 buah

Gandaria

Berhubung udah lama sekali ga ngeblog, mengingat nulis itu tetap perlu latihan, menimbang ada satu topik yang baru saya pelajari, jadi saya memutuskan untuk nulis lagi :D

Awalnya sih karena ngeliat dr. Yanti (teman kantor) sedang mencuci beberapa buah di dapur kantor. Dari obrol-obrol, katanya buah itu buah Gandaria, yang udah agak sulit didapatkan alias langka. dr. Yanti juga menemukannya ga sengaja, karena melihat seorang pedagang di jalan menuju ke kantor. Pedagang itu membawa buah Gandaria itu dari Rangkasbitung (pokoknya jauh lah katanya itu :p)

Jadi berkenalanlah saya dengan buah Gandaria. Rasanya asem-asem manis. Dari obrolan dengan dr. Yanti, kita masih belum yakin, sebenarnya Gandaria ini termasuk buah-buahan apa. Agak mirip dengan mangga sih memang menurut kita.

Segera googling dan menemukan halaman tentang Gandaria di Wikipedia.

Setelah mengamati tabel klasifikasi ilmiah di sisi kanan halaman, terlihatlah kalau Gandaria itu termasuk famili Anacardiaceae. Famili apakah itu? Dengan mengklik link famili Anacardiaceae itu, ketahuanlah kalau Gandaria itu memang termasuk famili mangga-manggaan. Investigasi berhasil! :D

Tenor Eitje

De Tenoren van Krashna Musika heb ..err.. er.. No, I can't continue in Dutch :p

Yaa, The Tenors of Krashna Musika decided to have a brunch together this Saturday morning (like the Sopranos, Altos, and Bass also do with their own respective groups).

Yoben as the Papa Tenoren (coordinator) who arranged the date and everything, unfortunately couldn't make it because his sister gave birth to two girls just recently.

However from 9 invited Tenors, only 3 could make it. So, ya it's just Alex, Tom, and me (with two of Alex's housemates) enjoying the warm sun, cool breeze, and church bell's chime on the balcony. The brunch consisted of fried egg, bacon, toasts, jams, butter, hagelslaag, sausage, coffee, tea, and fruit salad. Oh, and I brought 2 packs of dadar jagung with me.

Great moment to relax once in a while.. and the weather's nice too :)

Perkedel Jagung

I'm intrigued to make Perkedel Jagung (Jagung = corn, and I don't know the proper English for "Perkedel") yesterday after tasting some of Ocha's at her home in Den Haag. I recalled being fond of Perkedel Jagung sold at Kantin GKU Barat (in my former university), with their golden-ish colour and crispy yet soft texture (krauk krauk, LOL).

I didn't really know the recipe and although it's easy to find on the internet, I was just too lazy to follow such recipe.

So I just used my feeling, hahaha. I took all-purpose flour, mixed it with an egg, a can of sweet corn, and half-pack of roerbakmix (mixed diced vegetables), some water, a bit of salt, a bit of sugar, a bit of chicken powder, and tadaaaa:

They tasted good, although what I had in mind was somewhat more crispier (eh, what's the correct term again? maksudnya sih renyah, garing). I reckoned the egg made them puffier (lebih empuk2 gitu. Enak sih, tp jadi kayak bala2/bakwan).

So, I tried one more time, after coming back from Christmas Celebration in Wassenaar this afternoon. This time, I didn't use egg, but I added some portion of cornstarch (tepung maizena) to the all-purpose flour. The rest of the ingredients were the same (oh, I added garlic and white pepper a bit). Here goes the result (after some of them were eaten, hahaha):


They were indeed crispier. I still have some doubt whether they will stay crispy after some time tho. If they're not, I will consider removing the mixed vegetable from the ingredients next time like how it's supposed to be in the first place (hey, they're Perkedel Jagung you know), hehehe

Energy Drink

Drinking energy drink at night is certainly not a good idea.. At least now that's what I think.

I had dinner with Mai, Doudou, Dirk, and Harold around 8 pm at my place (and I was glad they finished all my cookings till the last piece, especially those two girls competing over the Rendang). After washing the dishes around 11 pm, I drank the still-half-full energy drink. I thought, it's leftover from the afternoon and just finished it and threw the can away.. Nothing's wrong with it.

I was wrong..

It's 4.20 in the morning and I haven't slept yet. Not that I didn't try to. I have turned off the light, said my prayer, curled up on my bed since around 2, and.. nothing happened. I mean, I still couldn't sleep. Oh man..!

Oh, and I got a jogging appointment with Puspa at 8 in the morning.. Arrgh.. Need to sleep!

Follow Up: The jogging thing still happened although 1 hour later than planned. Not bad :D

Rose's Birthday Party

Rose celebrated her birthday last Friday, although her Birthday was actually on June 10. As usual, MOT-ers gathers every time there's a chance for it, especially after such a hard week with all meetings and assignments from the Integration Moment 2.

At first I thought the party would be at 8 pm, lucky I was told by Doudou that it's at 10pm.. Gosh.. so late.. Anyway, Doudou, Mai, and I went to Balpol after having dinner at Doudou's room with Dirk (hmm, bruschetta, tortellini, and tiramisu).

I planned to go home at 12 so at least I have spent 2 hours at the party (as Harold always exaggeratively accuses me of not socializing with MOT-ers because I missed some of the parties). Plan remained as plan since I stayed there hanging out with my classmates until 4am, hehehe.. This was exactly why I told Harold that I couldn't come to a party for only 15 minutes to say hi (as he demanded) because I wouldn't be able to leave that easily. And by the way, this silly guy himself wasn't present, grrhh..

Rose got an orange hat with pinky adornment that could hold two bottles of beer on its side from MOT-ers. Plastic pipes that could be inserted to the bottles and reached her mouth like a head-microphone allowed her to drink beers while freely dancing.. Hahaha, a great gift, I would say.

It was a great night to have fun with my classmates, since we're all so close since the MOT's Introduction Week. I didn't know what I've drunk.. It's all mixed up, cognac, beers, coke, jack daniels, I had no idea.. I just realized that I wasn't the usual me when I thought that smoking might not be a bad idea (Ooops, hold on a second there, dude). Hahaa, at least I could still control myself.. Mai was totally wasted, blabbering and singing (too) happily. In the end, Alex forced her to go home with Doudou and me (well, at first she said she wanted to continue to Jorge's party in Marcushof).

On our way out of Balpol, she started crying when Doudou playfully hit her forehead with her finger. Oh man.. It took sometimes before she stopped. We started walking home since I wasn't sure she could ride her bike. But she said she could..(not convincing though, because she couldn't even walk straight)

Doudou and I spent our time watching her biking and giving direction ("Left Mai! to the left!", "Watch out that pillar!", "Don't sleeep!"). Well, she still ended up on one plant-fence though :D I couldn't help bursting laughter, hehehe.... (bad kitty bad, as Rizky would say)

We managed to get her inside her room and went home ourselves. Pfiuuh.. what a night (and early morning).

Roti keringku

Karena malas masak nasi, aku lebih sering mengandalkan roti dan mie (eitts, bukan mie instant ya) untuk bertahan hidup..

Dulu biasanya beli roti tawar untuk bikin sandwich dengan berbagai variasi isi: telor dadar, tuna salad, egg salad, rundvlees salade (apa ya terjemahannya, salad sapi? eh, salad daging sapi), lembaran keju, botterhamworst, Schouderham, ato Kipfillet. Tentunya dengan ditemani mayonaise dan sambal ABC extra pedas, hehehe.

Atau kalau lagi pengen yang manis, pake selai apel (jarang2 sih), dan Vruchtenhagel (khasnya Belanda jg, ceunah mahh).

Masalahnyaaa... Roti tawar yang kubeli klo dibiarkan kena udara kamar sebentar aja, udah langsung kering dan jadi keras. Makanya akhirnya aku beralih ke Witte Bollen ato Puntjes (yg bentuknya kayak roti buat hamburger atau hotdog) yang lebih empuk dan awet empuk..(aiiyahh)

Tapi kemaren abis makan roti itu, aku lupa nutup plastik bungkusnya.. Pas ngeh, udah keras de rotinya.. Karena kesal, kutaburin gula aja.. Setelah ditinggal lebih lama, akhirnya jadi kayak bagelen kering, heahahahaha Kering dan renyah..

Boleh juga ni dibuat dengan sengaja.. Tapi lain kali dicoba pake olesan margarin ato selai jg kali ya.. Ga perlu oven, cukup dgn mengandalkan udara Belanda.

PS: Jangan2 bagelen kering di bandung (dan luar bandung) itu adanya karena orang Belanda yg main2 (baca: menjajah) ke Indonesia ya?

Tips: Jangan memasak saat lapar

Iya.. Jangan masak waktu (sangat)lapar..

Mie China-ku malam ini kurang matang (agak keras) dan daging cincangnya agak gosong.. Ya iya sih, masak untuk makan malamnya udah jam 22.30 sepulang dari latian Krashna Musika, huehehe..

NB: Yahh, mungkin tipsnya ga berlaku buat orang lain, hehee. Untuk yang pernah masak pas lagi (sangat)lapar juga, gimana hasilnya? :D

Prague: The Hostels

Now that we have arrived in Prague (hey, surprisingly the immigration in Prague did not check the travelling documents too strictly. Good for me) we need a place to stay.

We have booked Hostel Centrum II for three days via the internet. The price per day per person was just 7 euro. That's cheap. At first it looked quite okay for the price.. The room's somewhat clean. We had to use shared bathroom but since no one else staying in the same area of our storey, that's fine. It's also very close to Wenceslas Square, only 5 minutes walking..

Later on we found out that this hostel was crappy. We had to pay using local currency (Czech Crown or Koruna) for the room while it was never stated so before. We had to pay 2 euro(right, in euro contrary to the room payment previously) for the breakfast while it was stated in the website that it was free. There was no free internet because it broke down, they said. The receptionist was unfriendly and unhelpful. The bedroom and the toilet was as hot as hell (we knew it's cold outside but couldn't it be just warm inside, not extremely the opposite of outside).

My advice is never stay in that hostel! Though it's cheap, it's not worth your precious holiday time.

After 3 days living in hell, err.. Hostel Centrum II, I and Harold decided to move out. Mai and Bart had left for Delft at the same day for office work and Economics re-exam. Our decision was strongly because the receptionist increased the price of the room to 300 Korunas per person per night (around 12 euro) since we didn't booked it via the internet (what the..).

After walking around a bit around the Old Town Square, Harold and I found Residence Bene. At first we're attracted by the announcement on the glass wall saying room was available starting from 9 euro. Unfortunately their building that had that kinda room was outta town. The receptionist offered to give us the rate of 11 euro per night per person instead of the normal rate of 12 euro. We agreed. It turned out that it's the best decision we made in Prague.

The receptionists were all friendly and very helpful. They received payment in Euro. We could buy metro/bus/train ticket at the reception desk. The location was perfect, it was in the Old Town itself, only 10 minutes walking to get to the Astronomical Clock, 5 minutes to Palladium, 10 minutes to Wenceslas Square. The bedroom was very clean, big, and nice. There's one big bed and one small bed, a cupboard, a fridge, and a TV. The temperature was perfect. The bathroom was a private one, and it's large with bathtub. There were real free-breakfast (and the food's great, far beyond basic paid-breakfast in Hostel Centrum II and real free-internet. Have I mentioned they provided porn channel? hehehe..

Overall, Residence Bene is my recommendation for other travellers.. :D

Residence Bene (http://www.goldencity.cz/)
Praha 1 - Staré Mesto, Dlouhá 48/721 - 110 00 Prague
Email: bene@goldencity.cz



PS: I need to sleep now. I'll write some more later.. :D

[Today I] Sunny Day

Another series of 'Today I' posts.

Today I shopped in Tanger vleescentrum for the first time. I also went to Xotus to buy some coconut milk for my 'rendang' tomorrow and a pack of Indomie Goreng (yumm!). Got home and put all things in the fridge.

I got downstairs again to do my laundry, only wearing a T-shirt, Bali shorts, and sandals. I decided to go to Albert Heijn in front of my student housing to grab some vegetables. As expected, people's eyes are on me. They were all wearing at least 3 layers of clothes Some elders observed me using the corner of their eyes. A guy clearly checking me from head to toe as we passed by. A girl even looked twice, I guess not believing what she saw. I couldn't help chuckling, khikhikhi.. I met Endang, who lived in the same building with me, and she finally stated what people's thought in words Well, the weather was nice and sunny, it still is as I write this, and the supermarket is just a few meters away.

I will go to the Sport Centrum tonight for a Dumplings Party organized by TU Delft and Chinese Student Association (in celebration of Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fat Choi!). We'll have a dumplings workshop, dinner, fireworks, and a movie. Can't wait.

Gelukkig NieuwJaar!

Well, it's 1 January 2008.

Happy New Year for us all!

At first I wondered if I should spend my New Year in Amsterdam, because people said the scene would be great and I still got a free entrance to one of the museum there. But then I decided to stay in Delft.

Besides, Stephan invited MoT students to spent new year eve at his home. So there I went with Doudou, Dirk, and Amin.

It's great tonight!

Well, I don't usually go out on new year eve in Indonesia. Just spend the night with a little gathering and prayer with my family (in Pekanbaru) and friends (in Bandung).

So, tonight at Stephan's home with the olliebollen, the snacks, the drinks, and the chat worked really well for me. We also played and watched fireworks at the front street. There were a lot of great fireworks and explosions that we could see because Stephan's house was located behind the train station where there was a wide space around.

It was foggy when I rode my bike to Stephan's house. Then the fireworks produced a lot of smoke and that resulted a thick layer of smog when I rode my bike home, I hardly could see a thing.

Well, good bye 2007 and welcome 2008. Wishing for a more wonderful and more peaceful world in 2008. Happy New Year, everybody!!

Sinterklaas at Krashna Musika

We had a visitor at Krashna Musika Choir rehearsal..
Sinterklaas... Yaayy!

Earlier at the rehearsal break, we went downstairs and made a paper shoe for ourselves. Coloring and cutting the paper, I felt like I was 5 years old again, haha. See the picture, that's my paper shoe.. We left our paper shoe near the Christmas Tree downstairs.

At the end of the rehearsal, two Zwarte Piets appeared and threw us with cookies (It's not suitable to call them cookies I think. Because it's soft. Or was it kruidnoten? But it's different with kruidnoten that I know). Well, it's edible anyway.

The choir sang some Sinterklaas songs (I don't know the song). Then Sinterklaas sat on a chair and called some people. They sat on Sinterklaas' lap one by one (Gilles, the conductor got the first turn ) and listened to what Sinterklaas read from a book, haha (I don't know what he's talking about, it's in Dutch. Apparently it's something funny ).

Before going home, we visited our shoes near the Christmas Tree and found them already filled with chocolates and candies, yipee

Today's a fun day

Today I

I think I will follow the concept of an application in Facebook that simply displays the activities of a user in short description. That will be a good excuse for one liner

Let's start today..

Today I decided to study in the faculty, instead of in my own room, for tomorrow's Human Resource Management exam.

I am really glad I did that because I met Mai there and studied together. Very productive! (plus we got free hot chocolate ).

I should do it more often I think .

Cappuccino

My newly bought Ernesto Cappuccino with Hazelnut flavour smells and tastes funny.. (blaahh..)