Recipe References

One of the best recipe video found in youtube. I always enjoy his drama though :D

So, Enjoy!

Credited to: Bruno Albouze

By my side..

I'm just listening to the clock go ticking

I am waiting as the time goes by.
I think of you with every breath I take,
I need to feel your heart be next to mine.
You're all I see, in everything.

I just wanna hold you,
I just wanna kiss you,
I just wanna love you all my life.
I normally wouldn't say this,
but I just can't contain it.
I want you here forever,
right here by my side..

Just a little to make it big

"Makasih lebihnya ya non."

Tidak terbayang dia akan mengucapkan hal seperti itu. It is like one of a million. Setelah supir taxi itu mengucapkan terimakasihnya, saya pun tertegun sejenak. Wow. Wow. Wow. Saya hanya memberi lebih sekitar 2,250 perak dan itu bukan dalam hitungan dollar amerika ataupun australia. Ini mata uang rupiah! I gave him 12,000 to pay my 9,750 trip from Plaza Festival to Kosan di Manggarai. Saya terlihat heboh banget ya dengan ucapan terimakasih si supir itu? Tentu Saja! Karena tidak pernah sekalipun saya mendapatkan ucapan terimakasih atas lebihan yang saya berikan untuk si supir, malah tadinya saya berpikir itu terlalu sedikit. Tetapi dia menghargai pemberian saya yang menurut saya tidak terlalu berharga itu with a grateful heart. He has just did a small things yet it gave me something big to be reflected. And i smile. Sempat saya tidak dapat berkata - kata untuk membalas terimakasihnya itu. Saya hanya menoleh ke arah bapak itu. Terdiam sebentar dan membalas, "Terimakasih pak. Hati - Hati di jalan." Dan langsung membuka gembok pagar kos.

Sambil saya berjalan masuk, senyum masih menghiasi wajahku. I have been doing this and i want it be a lifestyle. This 'this' is about doing small things but it gives a great impact to others. It does not need a big effort to make people smile. It just needs a heart that is available because every one can do it but not every one has the heart to do it.

"A Little heart can make BIG things happen."

A small example of mine, in every opportunity, i smile to all people and greet them. In the office, on the way back to kos, when walking along the pavement, when i buy my lunch beside the office, etc. I greet even the Cleaning Service that i know their names because i spend my 5 minutes when i fill in my bottle with mineral water to have a chit chat with them. We can know information we won't get anywhere even from the highest level of people in the company. I always greet the taxi driver everytime i come into their cabs and ojek driver. I also smile with every security with that serious face haha. I just want to see their reaction especially the security in the embassy i pass through. 

"To see people smile makes my heart smile as well." 

Smile is a fun way to live longer

We do not know how big the impact of our smile to others. And psstt if you are wistful, just smile and your world will gonna be better. Just smile. Yeah like that. move your lips up a bit. Yeah that's it. Don't stop! Smile min. 5 min non stop! yeah. Better?

Hereinafter

Nyut.. Nyut.. Nyut..

This headache struck me after coming home from work. I haven't had any lunch and i just ate 3 yam biscuits my mom has given me with a cup of warm Luo Han Kuo because i felt my body not really well. For lunch, i just drank a cup of hazelnut white coffee. it approximately contains 200 calories per cup. Anyway, no wonder to be an auditor will increase the weight. Even though i eat nothing for lunch, as a retaliation i ate a portion of rice which is twice my usual portion with kangkung balacan, sze chuan beef, spiced fried chicken, mayo prawn, and crispy calamari. In less than five minutes, it was all gone! Uogh. And now i innocently laying down on my bed which cause my food to stuck in my belly, ready to becoming a stack of fat :( Last week an associate resigned from office because of too tight work and a gaining weight. 7kgs in 4 months! oh noooooooo!

I just got home at 9.18 PM and it really is still early for the real auditor they said. I just need time to rest after doing a monotone job a whole day plus atmosphere. Here in accounting firm, i have to be so fast to adapt to a new environment considering in two weeks i am possible to be in three different groups and meet dozens of people. Some are kind, some are bossy, some are nice, some are grumpy, some are so simple, and some are resentful. But yeah, i enjoy meeting new people and a bit jaim to some of them hihi.

The thing i like being in peak season is i do not have to spend any penny for dinner if overtime. I could eat sushi, ramen, wakame salad, chinese food like above, and else. That is one of the reason people will do overtime happily besides covered transportation fee and the traffic that is not too crowded. I also can learn things i have not got in campus. Or the application of the theory i have learnt.

But.. i could hardly meet my friend because of this tight job. i could not imagined if i still being an auditor when i am married. I also deal with unexpected time. i really really have to learn how to manage my time and money so well.. and keep my body healthy. I am being threatened by my senior if i got sick.. hmm. So cruel.

Hereinafter going back from work, one thing i always do and longing to do it even when i am in the way back home is... rolling on my bed. it's like heaven on earth.

Anyway, i appreciate my parents more after i experience how hard earning money is. It makes me value every single penny in my purse..

Oh.

Tears of joy

I got this revelation this morning. It's from Psalm 16. It is written:

⁸ I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my inner self] rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety

if it is converted to indonesia, it becomes 

	Aku senantiasa memandang kepada TUHAN; karena Ia berdiri di sebelah kananku, aku tidak goyah.
	Sebab itu hatiku bersukacita dan jiwaku bersorak-sorak, bahkan tubuhku akan diam dengan tenteram.

 From this scripture i know exactly how He works within me. Only He who gives me joy. The Eternal joy is unshakable, unchanging, and it is new every morning. It is so different comparing to the joy i used to felt. Only came when the situation is good, and if it turned to gloom the joy suddenly been sucked into the darkness. The sign of the joy is the heart glads and glory rejoices. On the other hand, the sign of the outside is rest and dweel in safety. In Indonesian language, the outside shall be at peace, calm, and unshakable. Woohoo. 

Anyway, you could see how loooooonggsuffering i have been in searching the internship place for this next couple of terms from the last blog (maybe). Here is the brief story of mine. In late December which is last month, my mind was stucked like no other way out. I did not know what my next term would be when everybody else in my major already got the place for intern. That was really a preasure. To make it short, i already got an offering in a KAP but i knew it wasnt my right place for my internship. Even though i would met my desire if i accept the offering but (un)fortunately i rejected the offering. The week after, i joined the assessment test in another Big four BUT they said i'll know the result at least a month after the test. And it seemed too impossible because the deadline of informing the Campus is the early January.

I remember how i felt that time. The feeling after the assessment test. When i went out from the room, acrrosing the street, waiting for the bus to go back to Cikarang, and when i sat right behind the bus driver. My frowning face hiding behind the shadow of the moon much less the rain was so gloomy outside. Not a heavy rain, only the drizzle but it fits my feeling. I could not stand imagining what would happened if i filled not the internship confirmation form to the campus until the deadline. I'll be so dead, i thought. But yeaa it was not the right response. I should be glad though. 

maybe i should be like this. lol.

 Or

Or this? Haha

waiting for the bus

in the bus. maybe it was like this LOL LOL LOL

On 27th December, a day before holiday, i applied to several company, not accounting firm. I felt no peace. My seniors told me they thought about me better in the company. I still could not agree. but yeah still i applied. Right after 16.00 PM, a man called me. I thought  he was the iseng guy from facebook (idk where he got my number). 'Halo, ini benar Syl-vi-a Ha-ppy Setiawan?" "Iya betul" "Ohh ini dari PWC." and i got a little surprise from that call because i never expect they would call me from the CV i gave on June last year. They email me actually but then they did not send me further response. They said my CV will be screened by the user but a week after that, like php gitu (pemberi harapan palsu). When the phone interview almost done.... "Oke, kayaknya sampai sini dulu aja. ada yang mau ditanya lagi? NITTT. My Phone was shut! Low Battery. Battery drained or whatever it is called. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Panick came ferociously. I immediately charged my phone and trying to call back but no answer. I did know not the name of the user moreover the extension number. 

Surrender. I surrenderrr. KRINGGGGG. I was expecting it was from PWC but then i realize it was from one of the company that i send the CV at noon. I had to come to be interview on the next day at 8AM. That was the day i went out of town! Seriously? So lazy but i accept to come. I discussed with my father about my considerations while i opened the email from BB and "KYAAAAAAA" i screamed. PWC sent me the offering mail. I was accepted in the biggest accounting firm in the world. 

And it was right before i enjoy the holiday. Could you imagine how i enjoyed that holiday?

Not by my strength i could conquer all of this.

Just make you know that The Promises are true. 

Right at its time. 

uuuuu roses

Sweet Sweet Devotion

Tut.. Tut.. Tut.. Tut.. Tut..

Irama telepon yang menyatu dengan dentuman jantungku.

Dum.. Dum.. Dum.. Dum..

Sudahlah.. sepertinya tidak di angkat.

Hujan di luar sana mengiringi suasana kamar ku yang dingin. Ku putar - putar handphone ku. Membayangkan. Mencoba menelanjangi misteri apakah yang akan terungkap di depanku.

Tidaklah.. aku tidak punya hak untuk menyentuh kotak misteri itu. Kubuyarkan segala macam kemungkinan - kemungkinan yang terlintas laksana film layar lebar yang dimainkan di depanku. Bedanya, ini belum terjadi.

Aku hanya berharap. Berharap kepada penulis hidup ku.
Aku hanya dapat percaya. Percaya sepenuhnya bahwa hidup ini akan berjalan sedemikian indahnya.
Aku hanya menunggu. Menunggu apapun yang terjadi akan indah pada waktunya meskipun menurut mereka itu hanyalah kesia - siaan belaka pada masa sekarang.

"Believing the unseen, because the seen is lasting for only a limited period of time."

I. am. excited.

Fix-it

Unusual but.. sweet somehow.

^{"philiphians 4:8"} For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].

For some people go none for things above..

Mind.. Mind.. Mind..

 For every work comes from mind.

So, if you longing for a fixed life, fix your mind.  

Again. Christmas Tree. Something on December.

  

Sudden Craving

My sleep hour was ruined yesterday. I slept at 18.00 then i set the alarm on 19.30 as it lose became 21.15. A bit freaking out yet thankful for the nicest sleep at that day. Meaning to say, i become very bright tonight since the very late awake and a consumed grande cup of coffee. I could not even close my eyes then i decided to roll on this blog. Anyway, now is 2:39:17 AM with cackling rooster outside that makes me even hardly fly high to the 'kapuk beach'. 

Yesterday was the last day of advanced II class with Mr. Ahalik. At the end of the class, he unexpectedly asked us to take pictures with him. The funny thing was he asked with a loud voice but still with his straight face, made me giggling a bit in the mid of people rushing to go outside. And voila! Here's the picture also with my classmates. My comment is this university so photogenic!

 

Me-with the brightest purple shirt ._.

Then i was tasking when suddenly i craved for a roasted belacan fish before Saos Padang Crabs. Ohh my saliva could not hold it anymore made me rush to go to a restaurant near my campus. So, me and my friends who wanted to have late lunch brought all the hunger to that restaurant. It was a nice place though. With saung - saung rows beside a pond that used to be a fishing area. Green and brown dominate the place relieving natural and cozy atmosphere, bringing out all the stress inside me. 

Soon as the waiter offered us the menu, we ordered Roasted Patin with cobek sambal, Padang Sauce Calamary, Buttered prawn, Sprout sautee, and kangkung belacan completed with coconut ice. 

Less than half an hour, the plates were already empty. What a nice lunch even though it was so sudden! Sometimes, sudden things run so well comparing to the planned one. Lol. 

The tissues distracted my attention. I took one of them and i burned it with the candle used for frighten the flies away. The fire became bigger and bigger that i simply threw it behind me as Welton was standing there. The saung is made from bamboo which easily to be burned. I seemed like care not about what i was doing and Welton immediately blew the fire away to the pond. You have to see his face that was frightened and panic while he fan the fire with his hand and blew it with a hurry. Do you want to know what i was doing? Watching over his moves and LAUGHING OUT LOUD! Never been i imagined i would simply threw the tissue and let him blew the tissue panickly. But he looked so funny yet i rolled out and did not have sufficient time to help him. Blub! The tissue gorgeously be thrown into the pond leaving crinkled forehead and sharp-eyed towarded me. "I'd rather throw you out to the pond," he said. But it did not stop me to laugh. I am so sorry, big brother! *eyelashes*

Me, Kotoeng, Tim, and Weltong

 FYI, the price is quite cheap and worthed considering the place. Soon i will come back. The weather also nice with drizzling rain poured out from above with adorable people and accident :P My laugh burst out when i imagine the accident. What a life.

Thank God for the great lunch!

Wait. There's a sound. Oh no. Those are my papers waiting for me. Okay. See. you. later. WOOHOO.

Regards,

Me Whose Stress Is Relieved.

December Roses

Time flew quite fast, depends on how we be friend with it. It's already December! Oh man. I can clearly recall what happened on the last christmas day. Family dinner. And a week after, me and the big family celebrating the new year that would come. However, in the blink of an eye the new year i celebrated has been becoming another history.

Reflection is another thing i used to do at the end of year. Overall i could say this year may become one of the best years in life. I learned bunch of things, made tons of mistake, new thoughts, gorgeous new best friends, and another year add into my life. But still, numerous to do lists have to be caught up considering 28 days remain before the brand new year arrives.

It is all came up in mind when christmas fever starts to wave repeatedly. Songs being sung in every cars i was in, stalls, and even the christmas tree stood up rigorously with every blinks glittering and the winking lantern as it tried to say, "Christmas will come, christmas will come. Be happy. Be joyful. And dance with me. woohoo."

Though it has no connection with usual christmas, but i would love to have christmas full of roses. Vespa, guitar, roses, gravels, and...

Okay, papers are waiting.

Regards,
Red Me Roses.

DAYET a.k.a DIET

It is a miracle. Rasanya sih makan udah banyak banget banget banget. Tapi pas nimbang.. phew. Tetap dan tidak berubah. Wooo. Awal - awal semester memang saya menjalankan diet yang awalnya bukan bermaksud untuk diet. Sebelumnya saya sudah hopeless loh kayaknya badan ini nggak mau deh turun lagi beratnya mau diapain pun juga. Then i pray! Seriously. Even if it is small thing. Then pas liburan saya berhasil menurunkan sedikitt banget but it was kinda amusing. Then minggu pertama masuk kuliah, Itu sama sekali tidak ada keinginan untuk menyentuh makanan! hanya buah dan sayur - sayuran. Minggu berikutnya makan siangnya sudah terserah diriku. Minggu berikutnya mulai ngemil - ngemil, minggu berikut - berikutnya.. Aaah cape juga makan buah doang haha. Tapi saya pun berhasil untuk menurunkan sekian persen berat badan saya sebelumnya.

What i learn is, cara ingin kurus dan ingin gemuk itu sama. Makan makanan yang sehat dan bergizi.
The most important is mindset. Jangan sampai diet karena ingin kurus tetapi diet lah karena ingin hidup sehat. Kalau objektifnya karena ingin kurus, itu makan memang sedikit - sedikit tapi keinginan untuk makan nya itu semakin besar. Sedikit - sedikit lama - lama menjadi bukit.

I will share it to you because i cannot hold the good things happened to me. I want you to know the good things in LIFE! woohooo.

Tips dari saya:
1. Jangan atau kurangi makan nasi putih. Nasi putih adalah makanan yang tidak ada nutrisinya. Setelah di giling, nasi itu memang bagus banget. Putih, jernih, wangi, dan legit rasanya. Tetapi nasi yang kita makan sehari - hari sudah mengalami oksidasi karena gabahnya sudah dibuang. Akibatnya nasi itu berkontak langsung dengan udara dan menghasilkan reaksi kimia yang membuat nutrisi dari nasi berguna. Sepertinya sih gula itu sifatnya berat dan karbo. Jadi mungkin hanya itu yang tersisa di dalam nasi putih. Saya sarankan untuk memakan nasi merah atau menggantinya dengan kentang.

2. Jangan atau kurangi makan roti putih. Sebagai substitute, roti gandum pun oke tetapi untuk orang bergolongan darah B jangan memakan roti sama sekali karena raginya yang membuat tubuh semakin melebar. Waktu tantenya dorm mate saya yang dari China datang, dia memberikan saya saran untuk tidak memakan bing gan atau pao sama sekali. Biskuit atau roti. Anw, She is a doctor. So, i believe her and committed not to eat those pleasure too often.

3. Jangan makan malam. Segala makanan yang dimakan 4 jam sebelum tidur akan menjadi lemak pada hari berikutnya. Menjadi stagnan di dalam usus dan membuat perut semakin membuncit. Eugh. Karbohidrat sangat tidak disarankan untuk dikonsumsi sebagai makan malam. Selain proses pencernaannya yang membutuhkan waktu yang lama, waktu malam hari tidak akan membuang energi sebanyak siang hari for most people.

4. Jangan makan gorengan. You may not know how much oil in a piece of bakwan. eugh. More than what you think. Coba sekali - kali peres deh :D

5. Kurangi cemilan. Biasanya kalori cemilan itu lebih besar dari nasi. Saya benar - benar mengurangi cemilan dan it works!

5. Berpikir untuk hidup sehat. Bukan untuk diet

6. The hardest part for me: EXERCISE! *lalalalala Untuk mengecilkan memang bagian dari mengatur pola makan, tetapi untuk membentuk tubuh, olah raga lah yang paling efektif.

7. Hakuna Matata. Don't worry, Be happy. Things will happen the way you imagine. So, do not worry and imagine your ideal body :D :D :D

8. Enjoy the process. Buah dan sayur, kacang - kacangan, ikan, dan salad adalah hal yang menyenangkan! Be happy!

Penting loh untuk menjaga kesehatan. It shows how much we love people surrounding us. Bayangkan kalau pola hidup kita tidak sehat and kita jatuh sakit, yang sengsara siapa? Our (future) spouse and children, parents, siblings, even our friends.

If you love them, stay healthy!

Smooch,
(Try to be) Healthy me.