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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Fish Met Soup

Sunday, December 19, 2010 2 Comments
Yesterday, just like another week, I tried to learn cooking.

This time, I asked my best friend, Anggit, to help me with this cooking lesson. We were learning together.
We would to make fish because I had already had the fish for the week in the freezer. Another vegetable dish menu was soup, to warm our body :)

So, this is the result of our cooking :

The Fish








The Soup


Do they look pretty delicious? let me tell you about the taste...they were good, not really bad,hehehe :)

Friday, December 17, 2010

Tofu and Water Spinach

Friday, December 17, 2010 4 Comments
It's called tofu...usually it's white but you can also find yellow ones.
This time, water spinach was going to accompany the tofu.
Then both of them were two things that I had last week to be my lunch menu.

So, the tofu would be cooked as "Sweet (Java) Marinated Tofu (Tahu Bacem)".

My cooking result...unfortunately, it's not really sweet enough as the ones that I've tried in Yogyakarta. I think I should try it another time with more palm sugar.
I found an interesting recipe about Tahu Bacem, just check it out:)









I think, I gave too many red chillies,hehhehe.











Look at to this site: http://www.indonesian-culinary.com/recipe/27/120/vegetable/sauteed-water-spinach-_-tumis-kangkung/ , as the source of the recipe that I used to cook the water spinach.
Well, I'm still learning so it's a nice lunch for me. Now, I'm thinking what I will learn this week :).

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Lukisan Jiwa

Tuesday, December 07, 2010 14 Comments
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
                   -Albert Einstein-


Suatu sore, saya menerima sebuah pesan singkat di telepon genggam saya. Seorang teman baik menanyakan kabar saya. Kemudian saya menjawab, “Kabarku baik. Kamu apa kabar?:)”.. Lalu dia pun menjawab, “Baik….hanya saja aku merasa sudah saatnya untuk memasuki kehidupan dewasa…Help me!”.

Begitulah awalnya. Pesan singkat tersebut mengingatkan saya akan apa yang saya lakukan selama ini, selalu berusaha tumbuh dan berkembang dalam kehidupan dewasa. Terbayang kembali kecemasan yang saya alami saat memasuki usia 20 tahun…rasanya seperti akan memasuki dunia baru yang mengerikan! Tidak dapat dipungkiri, akhir tahun memang selalu mengingatkan manusia untuk melakukan sebuah intropeksi atas apa yang telah dilakukan setahun yang lalu sehingga bisa menjadi lebih baik di masa mendatang.
   
Pertanyaan selanjutnya, apakah ini wajar terjadi pada seorang wanita 27 tahun?Ah, jangan bohong, pasti Anda semua akan berkata, “Gila! Setua ini belum menemukan jati diri! Kemana saja selama ini?”. Mau tak mau, saya harus mengatakan bahwa fakta berbicara demikian dan saya berpendapat hal ini wajar-wajar saja,hehehe.
    
Kalau boleh saya berkata jujur, saya bukan termasuk dalam kategori manusia bermental baja. Mungkin itulah yang menjadi kendala saya dalam melangkah maju. Saya selalu sulit membuat keputusan dan kurang percaya diri atas segala potensi yang ada dalam diri saya. Namun, dengan berproses dari tahun ke tahun, saya semakin meyakini bahwa saya memiliki kelebihan-kelebihan yang menjadi kekuatan bagi diri saya. 


Melihat, Mengamati, dan Mendengarkan  

Saya merasa mulai berproses untuk tumbuh dan berkembang beberapa tahun yang lalu ketika saya bertemu dengan manusia-manusia yang sekarang menjadi sahabat-sahabat saya. Terima kasih Tuhan atas karunia ini :). Perlahan-lahan, saya bisa merasakan perubahan itu. Jalan cerita hidup saya pun berkembang.

Seolah memasuki sebuah ruangan baru, kami bersama-sama belajar untuk melukis ‘keindahan’ dalam kehidupan ini. Hitam, putih, monokrom, warna-warni pun tergoreskan dalam kanvas kehidupan. Wow! Tanpa disadari, kami berhasil menciptakan lukisan….inilah lukisan jiwa-jiwa kami. Saya pun berhasil menciptakan lukisan jiwa saya, melalui proses melihat ke dalam diri saya dan mengamati lukisan jiwa-jiwa di sekeliling saya.


Nah...inilah lukisan jiwa-jiwa di sekelilingku. 
Setiap orang itu unik!


Ya, itulah salah satu cara saya untuk tumbuh dan berkembang : saya tidak segan-segan untuk mengamati manusia-manusia di sekeliling saya, misalnya bagaimana cara mereka meyikapi segala hal dalam hidup ini. Selain itu, saya juga mencoba untuk mendengarkan mereka. Kemudian, saya mencoba untuk menyerap hal-hal yang bermanfaat, tentu saja bukan berarti saya lalu menjadi orang lain,hehehe. Dengan melihat ke dalam diri saya sendiri, saya tetaplah menjadi diri saya sendiri..

Para sahabat mengajari saya tentang persaudaraan dan kekeluargaan, tentunya selain persahabatan. Dari sinilah, saya bisa ‘kembali’ ke keluarga saya untuk menerapkan nilai-nilai tersebut sehingga saya memiliki cara yang lebih baik dalam berkomunikasi dengan keluarga saya. Saya merasa bisa lebih mengenal keluarga saya, sebagai ayah, ibu, saudara-saudara saya, dan sebagai manusia. Hidup menjadi lebih bermakna. ;)



Dilema Nyata dan Maya

Sudah sejak lama, saya mendambakan untuk menemukan partner hidup saya. Mungkin semakin lama keinginan saya tersebut semakin kuat karena faktor usia dan juga tuntutan dari keluarga,hahaha. Oleh sebab itu, saya pun mulai berusaha untuk membuka diri terhadap lawan jenis,hehehe. Telat banget ya, padahal masa-masa puber sudah lama berlalu :p.

Kehidupan dunia nyata saya hanya berkutat pada dunia kerja dan rumah. Kadang saya kesepian dan salah satu ‘pelarian’ saya adalah dunia maya. Tidak sepenuhnya saya hanya bergaul disini, tapi saya pun bisa menambah wawasan.

Tahun ini, di dunia maya, saya menemukan sebuah lukisan jiwa istimewa yang saya sukai dan membuat saya jatuh cinta. Pasti lagi-lagi Anda memvonis saya gila! Kenyataannya saya memang gila, hehehe. Saya tidak mengerti apakah saya salah langkah, akan tetapi saya merasa bahagia dan ingin tetap memiliki lukisan jiwa yang satu ini. Saya menerima dan menerapkan apa yang sahabat saya katakan, “Jalani saja dengan penuh ketulusan dan doa. Hasil akhirnya, kamu serahkan pada Tuhan…”. Saya mengakui hal ini sangat sulit…bermain secara emosional…tapi tidak ada yang mustahil,hehehe. Jadi, saya masih punya keyakinan untuk memperjuangkan hal yang satu ini. Positif atau negatif ya? Saya memilih positive thinking aja deh;).


Mari berani bermimpi!


Pahit dan Manis

Setahun ini, saya masih terus berjuang untuk meraih kehidupan saya yang lebih baik. Saya menyadari bahwa semua itu harus dimulai dari diri saya. Oleh karena itu, saya tak pernah berhenti untuk selalu bergerak (walaupun saya terlihat diam,hehehe). Saya tak pernah bosan untuk belajar sehingga saya selalu tumbuh dan berkembang.

Berdasarkan pengalaman saya, mengamati sekeliling adalah salah satu cara yang efektif untuk tumbuh dan berkembang. Banyak hal yang bisa saya pelajari dari orang lain. Satu langkah awal untuk melakukan cara ini adalah dengan berani membuka mata dan pikiran serta mau menempatkan ego pribadi secara tepat dan tidak selalu di tempat yang tertinggi. Saya juga tak lupa untuk melihat ke dalam diri saya sendiri sehingga saya tetaplah saya, bukan orang lain.

Hal lain yang akan selalu saya pegang sebagai inti adalah keyakinan. Sebagai makhluk beragama, saya yakin pada Tuhan yang Maha Besar dan segala kuasa-Nya. Dengan keyakinan ini, saya berani mengambil resiko untuk menumbuhkan keyakinan pada diri saya kemudian melukis mimpi-mimpi saya. Walau terlihat maya dan abstrak, tapi tidak mustahil tergapai. Pastinya, saya tidak merugikan orang lain dengan berani bermimpi, hehehe.

Semua itu terasa berat apabila tidak disertai dengan ketulusan, keikhlasan, dan rasa syukur.
Dengan ketulusan, saya merasakan nikmatnya memberi…
Dengan keikhlasan, saya menghayati sebuah kepahitan…
Dengan rasa syukur, saya meresapi bahwa hidup itu memang manis…

Belum…saya memang belum menemukan semuanya. Pastinya saya telah menemukan diri saya sebagai manusia bertahan dan selalu berkata “Never give up!“. Tetaplah tersenyum,  semangat selalu, dan selamat berjuang!;)




Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Indeed

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 0 Comments
One, two, three...
Let's get free
Ours will release you and me
As we want to be

Hold on each other ever after
Share the smile and the tears
Fight the fears
Catch the laughter

As we go on this way
As we are close to see everything
We just can't throw it away
There is none so exciting as this thing

~Dien's~
Bogor, December 1st, 2010

Monday, November 22, 2010

Our Story

Monday, November 22, 2010 0 Comments
The morning comes with rain outside
I'm travelling with you in my mind
You are so kind
I always feel you inside

I offer you the view in my eyes
Then you can see the feeling that I can't hide
There's no lies
Just smile through the tide

We meet the distance
A friend that we can't avoid
Well, we still have a consistence
A strength with no void
 
Have you found it now?
The best part of my days is you
It's wonderful somehow!
Let me say forever that it's you... 

Bogor, November 23rd, 2010
..a morning with your smile in my mind....

Monday, November 15, 2010

Turkish and Dutch

Monday, November 15, 2010 0 Comments
It's about my weekend two weeks ago.
It's Jakarta again! hahaha...but this time, I did plan my weekend in Jakarta because I wanted to watch some movies on Eurpean One Screen (EOS)

What is Europe On Screen?
I think it's one Europe event in Indonesia of film screenings and fringe events.
I was interested in watching the movies. Before, I had read the schedules so I knew what were all the movies that I could watch on Sunday, September 7th, 2010. I and my friend chose a Turkey movie which would be played in Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto 117, Menteng, Jakarta. This is the movie:




It's a story about the  love between a woman and a deaf man. Actually, it's an interesting story, but unfortunately, there's a problem technically, so there's no English subtitles on the screen. That made the moviegoer felt dissapointed and left the room. I and my friend also felt dissapointed but we chose to stay although we actually didn't understand the Turkish in the movie...we were just guessing what was happened in the movie from the body language,hehehe.


After the movie was ended, I and my friend went to pray Dhuhur in Masjid Sunda Kelapa. It's a big masjid and it's the first time for me to go to this masjid.


Next, we decided to watch another movie from Netherland which was also played in Istituto Italiano di Cultura. This is the movie :


This is a documentary movie. The director, John Appel, was telling us about his father who was a successful gambler. I found it as an interesting movie. I tried to listen carefully to the Dutch they spoke in the movie but for me, it was a difficult language. Well, I need to have a strong will to learn this language and I know I can do this,hehehe.


well, what's my plan next week?just wait :)

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Tempe and Mushroom

Saturday, November 06, 2010 2 Comments
I'm not good at cooking...at least I've tried,hehehe..

So, in this weekend, I tried to make an easy recipe that I got from the internet. It's called Sambal Goreng Tempe (one of recipes that I got from internet few years ago) and Oseng-Oseng Jamur (took a look at Nana's).

This is Sambal Goreng Tempe:



This is the recipe of Oseng-Oseng Jamur (Stir Fried Mushroom):



Ingredients :
Button Mushroom (but I used the Oyster Mushroom ,hehehe), thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
Some onions :
3 cloves red onion (bawang merah), thinly sliced
1 bulb yellow onion (bawang bombay).sliced thin diagonally
1 Cabe merah besar, iris tipis
1 Cabe merah hijau, iris tipis
1 Cm lengkuas, iris koin
2 Daun salam
5 Cabe rawit
Minyak
Garam
Gula
Kecap manis
Saos tiram

Instructions :

Tumis brambang, kedua bawang sampai harum, masukkan lengkuas dan daun salam.
Tambahkan semua cabe, icip dengan garam, gula, kecap manis dan saos tiram.
Masukkan jamur, aduk sampai layu.


Well, not really bad for a starving girl like me that time, hahaha :D

...to be continued...

Friday, November 5, 2010

It Almost Kills Me Anyway

Friday, November 05, 2010 0 Comments
"How much do you want me? do you really want me to stay? do you really try to reach me?"

 Is it too much or a normal question when your one is not around because of busy time?

He's miles away but deep down in my heart, I just want him around by an effort to stay connecting.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

My Weekend in Jakarta

Sunday, October 31, 2010 0 Comments
Well, I should say that this was actually not my plan to spend my weekend in Jakarta. Tidung Island, one of Island in Seribu Island, was actually the plan. I and two of my friends decided not to go to Tidung because of the bad weather...but some of my friends were still go there. They're lucky, I think. :p

Instead of going to Tidung, my friend's aunt ask me to go with her and her husband to a market near their house. It's called Muara Karang Market. I felt so amazed to see this market. Many Chinese here. I think, it's one of 'Pecinan'. 

In Saturday afternoon, I and my friends was so confused to find good place to go for hanging out in Jakarta. Then one of my friend phoned her boyfriend. Fortunately, her boyfriend had an idea...we were going to go to Taman Ismail Marzuki to watch the show in Planetarium and a monologue "Kucing" by Butet Kertaradjasa. :)

Sunday, October 3, 2010

This is it.... :)

Sunday, October 03, 2010 0 Comments
It's been a month and five days....

I feel like being a new woman.
There's a new difference thing in my days that makes me feel happy..
I think I finally found what I've been looking for these recent days.
It came like a flash!
I didn't get any special feeling when the time it came...but the effects after it, really wonderful!

People said...it could be impossible! (the bad side)
I said...if there's impossible, then it could be possible in another side (the good side)

I choose to believe in the two side, bad and good...honestly, now I have the stronger faith in the good side...Alhamdullilah :)
The important one is I must ready for all the possibilities, the bad and the good one.
All I can do is just praying...that makes me keep holding on. I hope it will come true....I do really want it to be real. I just want you, no one else..

My friend's get some words from 'Titanic' the  movie and those word a little bit describe what happened to me.. :)

"...to love is not about how long you meet him/her but it's all about how fast you know it..."

 ...and I think...

"...it's also about sincerity to believe in what you know..."


...SO KEEP BELIEVING AND HOLDING ON..."

Saturday, July 24, 2010

See It

Saturday, July 24, 2010 2 Comments
Let me see..
Don't hide that smile
although just for a mile
No more tear
to erase the fear

Just see...
When you sleep on the pain,
it just takes you in a vain
When you stay inside the fragility,
it will give you a disability

We'll see....
For every single piece of reality,
I do believe there's a dream
It's like an eternity
Let it goes with the stream

Nothing to worry about eventhough just a dime
The glory will be reached in time

~ Dien's ~

...in the cold night...
11.50 pm


Hening Tiada Berjejak

Saturday, July 24, 2010 0 Comments
Ijinkan aku berujar...
Melalui sang angin yang mengembara
Tentang kita yang tiada lagi berpijar
Terpejam tanpa suara

Ijinkan aku berkisah...
Melalui tetes-tetes embun yang lenyap di siang hari
Tentang kita yang mulai kehilangan arah
Terlelap sendiri...

Ijinkan aku berpesan...
Bila engkau hanya datang untuk membawa kepergian yang sepi
Jarak adalah sebuah jawaban abadi
Dari sebuah rasa yang senantiasa berkesan...


~ Dien's ~

...di suatu malam yang hening....




Friday, July 2, 2010

Some Pages

Friday, July 02, 2010 6 Comments


        Here they are...two persons who are waiting for me to listen to them. I can't wait to listen to them too...but, you know that I'm the lazy one so I just keep it on my mind as a plan.
        I bought these books from fleamarkets. The first book is Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres. It's written in English. Now you can understand why I need more time to start reading it...I need to open the dictionary (my English is not quite good...;p) and it makes me reluctant to make a start :D...Anyway, once I watched the movie long time ago. My oldest sister, who is really like watching movie, rend it. As I remember, it's a love story in the war time. The woman (Penelope Cruz) really loved a man (Nicolas Cage) so she wanted to wait him to be back home from the war for many years...I think it was about 7 years!. The man was good at playing mandolin. Well, that's all the point that I remember about the movie. I hope, after reading the book, I can remember the details. Hmmm, do you see the book cover? I imagine that the woman is me...a woman who finally find her true love...so romantic.... :D
        The second one is The Nick Adams Stories. This one has been translated into Bahasa Indonesia. I don't know exactly what is the story inside it. I was interested in having this book because the author is the famous one. I'm curious how Mr. Ernest's way in writing his story. I hope I don't get bored when I read it later ;)
        Well, just wish me luck so I can make a start to read them..... :D

~ Dien ~
at 12.33 am
...so sleepy...