24 on 24

i had my 24th bday on 24th of may. spent my bday eve with fatia enjoying gelato and melted cake, got a bday cake from colleagues at work, and had dinner with masheru in the evening.

(random post after lunchbreak, at work)

museum day

there's a funny experience i'd like to document in this blog. it's about my yesterday date with masheru.

so we went to museum day festival at kota tua. they had booths from 43 museums in jakarta and there was a big stage in the middle. exhausted, we decided to sit in front of the stage and had our ice cream after strolling over all the booths. after the hosts did some lucky dip, they started to call out 1 couple to come to the stage. i thought it will be just fun questions so i raised my hand up.

there we were, the hosts called us to come (masheru was a liiiitle bit reluctant, haha). on the stage they questioned us things about why we came there and which one's our fave museum and stuff. and then they gave us challenge to exchange pantun (in bahasa it was some kind of rhymed short poem) showing our affection to each other. it was embarrassing but fun at the same time.

we got 2 t-shirts as presents after being mocked by the hosts, haha.

pudding experiment

ok, kinda proud of myself that in the middle of this occupied mind due to work, i still have the appetite to post something here. yes somehow writing liberates me from things for a while. 

i want to share my cooking experiment last weekend. i cooked pudding with milk. so basically it's just ordinary pudding. the difference is that i used chocolate milk instead of clear water with sugar. it's sooo easy and fast!! here are the steps:

• mix 1 sachet of instant pudding powder with 1 liter or milk (you can choose either liquid milk or mix powdered milk with water first) and boil it. 
• add sugar as much as you prefer. in my case, i didn't put any since i thought the milk was sweet already. apparently when it became pudding, it didn't taste that sweet anymore.
• voila!! you've got the pudding. put it in fridge and when it's cold, you can serve it with cocktail or nata de coco.

the pudding tasted nice and had tofu-like texture. happy trying!!

in solidarity

this is how i celebrate mayday

to all labors with dedication and integrity, happy labor day!

want its fun back

benny and mice are two of the famous cartoonists in indonesia. they used to publish their joint cartoon periodically in a national newspaper. things changed and now they don't work together anymore but they still have their solo cartoon published, be it as a book or in a newspaper. 

i always admire their cartoon. somehow they can tell real life issues in a light, fun, and ridiculous way. this time i found mice's solo cartoon published as a book. so i bought it. but again, i feel bad to give one more bad review this time.

i thought i would laugh a lot when i read that but apparently it's a quite serious book. it talks about political issues happening in this country within the last couple of years. it criticizes the government but without the joke. the drawing was still original but not that funny. so this time i wasn't let to laugh at my own country. 

it's still light though. so if you want to laugh, don't buy this book. but if you want to recall hot political comedy happening in our country, please do, because there are time marker and short explanation in each story.

so called self-help

been a while since my last post on book. after seeing my co-worker enjoyed this book very much, i decided to buy it. the title is "been there done that got the t-shirt". besides, the attractive layout and color made me think that this book is fun.

it's a kind of self-help or motivational book written by an indonesian. i tells you to live your life to the fullest. yep, that's the meaning of an idiom which becomes the title of this book. the big picture is really promising. that you shouldn't live your life merely just like following a cycle. that you should make a great life instead of just get stuck in routines. i like the concept. i really do. 

but i'm sorry i have to give bad review rate for this book. the content is not satisfying for one with big curiosity on how to live life to the fullest. yes this book is fun but doesn't really answer on the right spot. well at least in my opinion, it doesn't answer my curiosity. it discusses too much on the unnecessary thing like how we should try adrenalin-rush activities, how to smile, how to be a good opportunist, and even how to be a multitasking bitch. what i think is the most useful thing in this book is the explanation on lucid dream and how to control it. 

ah this is always the problem of self-help books, if you want to talk about life then you'll always find an annoying bitch like me with a long complaint on the book content. why? because each one's life is freaking different so that we can't always generalize. why would i learn how to multitask when i have shit loads of things to do each day that i am actually multitasking everyday. or why would i learn how to steal the attention if i am an introvert person. is being introvert bad? 

good thing is that this book's got incredible visual. it's really something new and nice for a book. 

still pissed

to hell with what people say. we think too much about the norm which doesn't contribute much to our life.