Roaming JKT Fair

Minggu lalu aku ngajak adik2ku jalan2 keliling Jakarta. Awalnya sih rencana ke Jakarta Fair doang, tapi karena kita salah info terlalu bersemangat (kita pikir Jakarta Fair hari biasa buka jam 10, eh ternyata jam 15.30) kita jadi jalan ke Monas dan Masjid Istiqlal juga. Here we go...

Di gerbang masuk kita beli kerak telor seharga.... Rp25,000 aja neng...

Udah tau Jakarta Fair belum buka, si abang kerak telor nggak ngasitau kita pula (kitanya nggak nanya juga sih, main masuk aja hehehe...). Jadilah kita makan kerak telor di dekat loket masuk, trus jalan ke Monas. Karena udah siang, kita ke Masjid Istiqlal buat solat dan foto-foto, trus balik lagi deh ke Monas buat foto-foto juga, hehehe.... Di Istiqlal, kita coba teknik fotografi yang (kata adikku) namanya levitasi atau melawan gravitasi. Berhubung kamera digital Sony ku cukup keren, kita pada awesome sama hasilnya dan nggak berhenti lompat-lompat aneka gaya...hahaha....dasar norak

first shot, masih belum dapet

nah... ini dia...

dan seterusnya...

 

Keren khaann....

Kuncinya 2 aja: kamera yang compatible dan kameramen yang baik. Yang loncat mah tinggal loncat aja dengan aneka gaya. Selebihnya pasrahkan pada si kameramen yang menyesuaikan sudut dan menekan tombol shutter pada detik yang pas, seperti: satu.. dua.. loncaatt!!!

Lanjut ya... Dari Istiqlal kita ke Monas deh...

Habis dari Monas baru deh kita ke Jakarta Fair di PRJ Kemayoran. Ternyata dari depan kantor Balai Kota disediakan bus gratis untuk mengangkut pengunjung ke PRJ, ya udah kita naik yang gratisan dong. Tiket masuk Jakarta Fair Rp25,000 buat hari biasa dan Rp30,000 buat Sabtu-Minggu. Di dalamnya banyak stand-stand baju, sepatu, tas, alat elektronik, makanan, pertunjukan seni, dan ada wahana bermainnya juga. Nothing too special lah, udah masuk dan liat-liat juga udah seneng hehehe...

Nggak tahan ngeliat orang meluncur main flying fox, kita jadi ikutan nyoba dongs...hahaha... Tiketnya Rp15,000 per orang, dan kalau beli 2 gratis 1 tiket. Lumayan deh... Tapi deg-degannya... Memacu adrenalin bangettt... Pas abang instrukturnya bilang loncat!!! Ciaatt!!! WHAAAAAAAAAA......!!!!!!

orang ini yang teriaknya paling kenceng

Serunya pas mau mau loncat dan meluncur aja sih.. Pas nyampe di bawah biasa aja *jumawa*

Yang paling berkesan ya main flying fox itu, selain liat-liat diskon tas dan sepatu tentunya (tapi teteep.. nggak belanja apa-apa).  

Salam dari pembawa berita Metro TV.

*cheers*

Photo collage

Just made a photo collage of my self... eng ing eng.....

Let's get started!

1. I don't know exactly, probably when I was around 6 months. I think I was quite cute lah =_=
2. I have no idea too, 1 years old maybe. Was taken with my brother on my right side but he get cropped.
3. Again... I don't know what age is this. The hand on my left side is my father's hand.
4. Why did I look so pale and miserable like that? This photo was taken for family photoshoot when my mom was pregnant for my younger brother. Was I just angry, hungry, or sleepy that time?
5. Say cheers...!!! Time for junior high school. Btw, I already started wearing head scarf that time.
6. It's high school I guess. So busy with studying and no time for hair caring = cut them super short.
7. Aha... College time.. This time I went to snap a picture with my favorite book writer.
8. Smile smile... Was taken before my friend's thesis colloquium. I was smile very happily while she was so nervous beside me.
9. Just taken some 1 month ago on my cousin's wedding. Try to frown my smile a little lah.

Teeth Got Cleaned

The last time I visited dentist was around 6 months ago, so yesterday I went to revisit coz my teeth have been feeling dirty for the past 1 month.

Hiiii.....looks scary ha?
Don't worry I won't eat you coz I am half vegetarian 

You see my teeth? The lower part is very tight and looks messy like an angkot bangku 4 diisi 5, hahaha... Once a while I am thinking about putting braces there but then I realise that it would dry up my father's account so it's ok lah. I m sure that it's not affect too much in my smile's appearance coz my upper teeth are quite nice. Some cataract people even say it looks like Marshanda's smile, hahahaha.....

Sorry my twin sist, I stole ur pict from google

Good morning all :)

Subscribing A Blog

One day I was browsing thru something that I stumbled upon a very eye catching blog. It looks very attractive to me coz its said on the tagline that everyone's reading it. I keep rolling post by post to know who is the author, how is her background, what makes people read her blog, and so on. One of the awesome thing I find is that the author have started blogging since 2003! Wow! Let me do some recall about what I was doing in 2003: 12 years old, was so nervous facing transition from elementary to junior high school, started making trouble since imbalance of hormone and I am sure that I had never heard about the existence of internet, hahaha...

Let me tell a bit about the author. She is a Singaporean named Wendy, or also known as Xiaxue. She is blogging about her life,activities, thought, narcissism photograph, and any kind of stuffs just like another bloggers. What makes her become so known is her straight-forward words and controversial plastic surgeries she had done. Beside that, I also impressed with her love story that seems familiar to me :p

header of the blog. looks so tempting, eh?

At first, I felt so errr... gila banget ini cewek... suntik sana, oplas sini, rambut warna-warni, nggak banget deh... And she is also like can't be apart from "fucking" word (coz her blog contains lots of those), hedonism, and so on. But then I kept rolling, reading post by post on her blog, visited her youtube channel and ow... she has her own online reality show: Xiaxue-Guide to Life. I then started watching one episode, continued with one more, and two more, three more...
And well... I am getting to like her.

I don't know, but reading her words in blog seems very different than watching her live in youtube video. If I got her as a rude and sarcasm person in blog, in youtube I see her as a very funny, spontaneous, and annoyingly happy personality. Never thought that she has a warmly positive charm. From her blog and video I also learn a lot about Singapore, particularly Singlish with its funny phrases such as oi, lah, meh, lor, can, ah,  etc. I give my 2 thumbs up for her coz from blogging alone she can be known by people, earn money by receiving lots of ads, gain her life thru sponsors, and meet famous people. How powerful a blog can impact one's life, moreover if it's supported by a good entertainment-management too.
And now... it's time to upgrade my blog subscription list lah...

Nipon Nipon, Cha Cha Cha

もしもし　！！！
わたし　の　なまえわ　シチイマシタ　です。
いま　 わたしわ　インドネシア　に　すんで います。
どぞう　よろしく　 おねがいします。
ありがとう。。。。

I just activated Japanese alphabetic on my windows and it feels soo fun.

I had learned Japanese for 3-full-years in high school but sadly coz lack of practice I can feel the decline of my Japanese skill. Now I realize that language is windows of knowledge that I won't let it runs away from my head.

がんばって　！！！

Cleaning Up

I just did some beres-beres on my cabinet and took out all things that I rarely wear, starting from scarfs, t-shirts, dress, and pants. Since few days back I saw a 'scarf-donating event' was opened near my place, I decided to drop some of my stuffs there while the rest would be dropped on a social event held by student council at my college.

I personally think it's very important to clean up your cabinet regularly coz it makes you realize about how maaany outfit you have so that you would know if they are still wearable or not. I faced some confusion to decide whether I should keep this or not, I still need that or not, and so on. Then I fall into conclusion: when it doesn't fit my body and I never wear it in this semester anymore, it's time to move to another cabinet. Trust me, it would be worth when they landed into cabinet of people who need rather than locked inside your cabinet, hidden at the most bottom row. (In case for foot wear, it usually ends up as below:)

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:(  :(  :(

As I am not a dedicated follower of fashion, most of my stuffs are just fine and comfortable. I also take care of my clothes nicely by washing them with my own hands and wearing them in turns. 

Seeing some of them made me agree that it's better to pay a little bit more for nice-fabric clothes than pay cheaper for not-really-good materials, as time will reveal the quality of the product. And as what I have done so far, the way you treat your clothes really helps you to keep them in the good quality. 

Finally, my cabinet feels nicer and lighter. And now.... I have reason to do shopping again.... ;p

Tum Hi Ho

Kick My Ass

Just rewatched this video which successfully gave some kick on my ass. It directly reminds me about my passion and the life I love to live passionately. Sometimes when you walked off your track, you would tend to forgetting the road you should have passed. Thus you need something to keep you remember about your initial purpose in life; what do you want to be, what is your ability, where do you want to live, what do you need to improve, who are standing there expecting and waiting for you, and so on. So, don't kill your self by running thru that wrong track (hmm... something very easy to say but very hard to do).

Btw, the full moon shines very brightly tonight that I can't stop myself taking its pictures.

Meanwhile... It throws my mind towards someone very @$*#!~ in my life... I hope you are fine there. Don't worry about me, I am fine here.

Attending A Seminar

Today I attended a seminar which talked about finance and BUMN issues with Pak Dahlan Iskan as the keynote speaker. For me, the biggest attraction for this seminar is about seeing Pak Dahlan Iskan in real. I have been familiar with him far before he became media darling; that was around 2006 through his articles in my local newspaper which belongs to his Jawa Pos News Network (JPNN). I was in high school that time and I really liked reading his articles which talked about everything from his own perspectives. My favorite topic is about his experience undergoing liver-replacing surgery.

I have never read his article in newspaper anymore since he left his chair as CEO of JPNN to serve the head of PLN, followed by leading Kementerian BUMN afterwards. All news about him came from TV and online media which I don't really like (the last time I watched him was on Kipas Princess talkshow hosted by Syahrini). Well, I personally prefer to know about someone's life from his/her own words coz it feels like he/she talks to you in person.

Pak Dahlan came to this seminar using public commuter train, something very uncommon for minister like him. As he stepped inside the room, every eyes were instantly pointing at him: to his white shirt with the rolled up sleeves, black trousers, very casual sport shoes, and no bodyguard nor assistant in front and behind. He started his speech without any lips service, straight to the point with full of smile and enthusiast. I wish more of personalities like him would come to lead this nation; less formality, more action, yet very humble.

Hope can meet him again and take a personal photograph saying cheers, hihihi...

Btw, I saw a girl infront me wearing shirt with houndstooth pattern. I don't know why but I find this pattern leaves some curiosity in me: whether it's line of black bats over the white base or vice versa?

The Cat's Story

Once upon a time in a very peaceful house, a beautiful creature came in and joined the family.

He immediately became the most lovable member coz he never disturbed anyone in the house, but... he suddenly disappeared. Left the family with confused and deep sadness.

Not long after... a reincarnation of him appeared with very identical physical looks, but with opposite gender.

She carried joyful to the family with her spoiled behavior and beautiful meeeeooww voice.

One day she came home very late after a midnight date with neighbor's male cat. That night she carried... her bumpy pregnant belly... OMG!!! Couple months later, she gave birth for 4 cutie kitten.

As the kids grown up, their mom suddenly disappeared without leaving any tracks, notes, or even heritage. The family members took over responsibility to raise the kitten with full of love, compassion, tears, and leftover foods.

Too sad, from the fantastic cutie-four, only 2 that still survived in the house: the 2 hugging kitten at bottom. The another 2 have ran away from house :'(

Story continues with the 2 surviving actors. As they became adult, they were getting so close each other. They roamed, ate, played, and fought together.

The house member sensed something unusual from their closeness... We often caught them having action like husband and wife.

Without any rain, wind, thunder, and hurricane, the female got pregnant! Undoubtedly, we know who made her pregnant.

Yaa, case closed.

They are officially a madly-in love-romantic couple.

Epilogue:
They have 4 children with very identical appearance like them as they were kids. Due to the babies' noises and stink of their pee and poo, the family members become soo annoyed but still, love them and feed them a lot.

Mars and Venus

I went to book store some days ago and stumbled upon this book. Pretty interesting actually coz I have read some of books that discuss about the same issue: differences between men and woman from the uniquely-true perspective. So...due the lack of money I could only read the front and back cover of this book, hehehe....

My question is: who actually occupy the earth?
Perhaps animals, plants, or... the in between gender?
*just kidding :p*

When Your Name Isn't There

I just applied for a freelance job in collage and joined a writing competition that the prize is a summer school ticket to Netherlands. When the freelance job's announcement was released, I immediately checked the college website but my name wasn't there. Last night the writing competition announced it's finalists and again, my name wasn't on the list :'(

Rasanya sedih, kecewes, galau... (tapi sambil senyum-senyum sendiri juga)

Tapi come on! Life goes on Siti!

Yaa, I hope this kind of unaccepted event will carry me to one step ahead of mental maturity (ciee... keren bahasa gw) and make myself always doing the best level of preparation for coming applications.

Yo wis lah kalo gitu...

Gud Morning everyone...

Some News of This Week

It's been a week since my last post. Have no much time and idea to write coz I am now so focused on my thesis. It takes my whole concentration but I can sense some fun though. Maybe that's kind of fun that makes scientist become soo crazy into research, leaving some tickle feeling inside your tummy.

Some of the news of this week are...

• Corruption scandal of a middle-aged man which spread out his money to some 20 pretty women, whew....
• Angelina Jolie underwent preventive double masectomy. She decided to take this preventive action after realizing that she carried gene that made her vulnerable to breast cancer. OMG. Such a very bold and brave decision she has made. As I am so concern about this issue, I really appreciate her action spreading this story to the world by writing it herself in here. I hope her experience can encourage many women to be more aware and take immediate action about health.
• Lately, I really like reading news in THE TIMES OF INDIA. This is the largest English newspaper and news-website in India which I used to read when I was in my India Trip. Unlike in Indonesia, it's very easy to find English newspaper in India with very affordable price, but I personally think that this is the best one. On its website, I can read international news, India local news, health tips, and Bollywood gossip also. The words are good to practice my English reading yet so understandable. What I like the most in this website is the part of readers comment. They make facility in which readers can become member, put their identity, write articles, leave comments, reply another comments, make friends and also become provocateur. If on Indonesia's news website I used to read racist and insulting comments, it also happens on this website but it's written in English and way louder (just imagine how it looks when Indian people arguing in a debate). They also make voting system to vote the comment with cute and funny badges. Beside that, there are also many wise, eye-opening, and joking comments which make this part become so fun and never bored to read (unlike in here where the comments often leave some tepok jidat rather than some laugh on my sweet face ^_^). I don't mean to generalize, but I personally think that the comment box of a news website can depict the character of people in the nation. And I can sense it from what I read on THE TIMES OF INDIA.

Bad Mood

I am on a bad mood now... Ghhahhh.....

Dunno what to do so that I decided to open my blog. I've been doing some changing in my blog design from past few days, and I now feel more comfortable with this simple template.

Oh ya, I just attended my cousin's wedding yesterday. He is a lecturer in a university and he weds his ex-students from the college with the same subject specificity: physics.

Here is my favorite pix from that wedding party. I kidnapped this cute little boy from his mom's leap just to strike a pose with me, mihihihi...

          

after doing some trial with photoshop :')

Philips: Dari Belanda, Menerangi Dunia

"Terus terang Philips terang terus"

Siapa yang tidak familiar dengan jingle iklan lampu Philips yang sering wara-wiri di televisi ini? Rasanya hampir semua orang pernah mendengarnya. Tapi sayangnya tidak semua orang tahu kalau Philips ini berasal dari Belanda dan masih banyak yang mengidentikkannya sebagai pabrik lampu semata. Inilah sedikit ulasannya.

Gerard Philips

The Philips Company didirikan pada tahun 1891 oleh Gerard Philips. Didanai oleh ayahnya, Frederik—yang berprofesi sebagai seorang banker, Gerard memulai pembangunan pabrik kecilnya di kota Eindhoven dan memproduksi lampu karbon serta berbagai perangkat elektronik. Setelah melalui tahun-tahun pertama yang sulit, Gerard mengajak adiknya Anton untuk bergabung menyelamatkan Philips yang saat itu berada di jurang kebangkrutan. Walaupun berlatar pendidikan insinyur, Anton bekerja sebagai sales representative. Ia kemudian sukses menghasilkan ide-ide inovatif bagi perkembangan Philips hingga menjadi perusahaan elektronik multinasional paling disegani di Belanda.

Tidak hanya memproduksi lampu, Philips mulai memproduksi perangkat elektronik seperti alat cukur elektrik, radio, televisi tabung, tape, kaset, CD, dan sikat gigi elektrik. Karena derasnya kebutuhan akan perangkat rumah tangga elektronik dari seluruh dunia, pusat produksi dan head office Philips mulai berdiri di berbagai negara seperti di Amerika Serikat, Australia, China, India, Brazil, dan negara-negara lainnya termasuk Indonesia.

Seiring inovasi yang dilakukan terus menerus, Philips mengklasifikasikan produknya menjadi 3 kategori, yaitu peralatan rumah tangga, lampu, dan peralatan kesehatan.

Peralatan rumah tangga

Dimulai dari vacuum cleaner sederhana, Philips kemudian memperkenalkan produk-produk yang mempermudah pekerjaan rumah tangga lainnya seperti alat cukur elektrik, radio dengan built-in loudspeaker, tape, dan stirling engine. Peralatan-peralatan elektronik sederhana tersebut lalu menjadi perintis penemuan perangkat elektronik rumah tangga lainnya, baik yang dikembangkan sendiri oleh Philips maupun oleh perusahaan lain. 

Lampu 

Sebagai produk pertama yang membuat namanya mendunia, Philips terus melakukan inovasi terhadap produk andalannya ini. Jika dulu Philips menjadi pionir dalam mengembangkan bulb lamp atau lampu pijar, kini Philips menjadi pelopor dalam produksi lampu LED (light-emitting diode) atau lampu hemat energi. Pada tahun 2011, Philips meraih hadiah 10 juta USD pada L-Prize competition yang diselenggarakan oleh US Department of Energy. Philips berhasil memproduksi lampu hemat energi dengan efisiensi terbaik untuk lampu standar 60 watt.

Tugu Surabaya kini lebih terang

Pada April 2013, Philips bekerja sama dengan Pemerintah Kota Surabaya untuk menerangi Tugu Pahlawan Surabaya dengan warna-warni lampu LED yang hemat energi hingga 80%. Dalam penerangan Tugu Surabaya ini, Pemkot Surabaya cukup mengeluarkan anggaran Rp9 juta/tahun untuk pemakaian 2.400 watt/tahun, berbeda dengan penggunaan lampu biasa atau HID yang sebelumnya menghabiskan 8.000 hingga 10.000 watt/tahun sehingga Pemkot bisa menghabiskan anggaran Rp36 juta/tahun.

Pada acara yang bertemakan Kota Terang Hemat Energi (KTHE) ini, Philips juga memperkenalkan lampu LED yang tahan hingga 15 tahun dan hemat energi sampai 85% untuk konsumen rumah tangga sebagai pengganti bohlam lampu sebelumnya/lampu pijar. 

Peralatan Kesehatan

Perkembangan di bidang kesehatan memacu Philips untuk mengembangkan alat-alat kesehatan mutakhir, baik untuk deteksi maupun pengobatan penyakit seperti mammogram dengan radiasi dosis rendah, ultrasonografi (USG), MRI, PET/CT, hingga mengembangkan teknik operasi tanpa sayatan. Teknologi tersebut sudah banyak diadaptasi oleh berbagai negara, diantaranya Amerika Serikat dan Uni Emirat Arab. WHO pun memberi rekomendasi kepada Belanda untuk terus mengembangkan teknologi dan inovasinya dalam bidang kesehatan. 

Referensi

• Harian Sindo, 4 May 2013
• http://www.centroone.com/index.php/photo/2013/04/y-2/tugu-pahlawan-kini-lebih-bersinar/
• http://www.sywellledlighting.com/blog/
• http://www.dutchdailynews.com/leading-dutch-players-in-healthcare-and-technology-join-forces-in-healthcare-innovation/
• http://www.dutchdailynews.com/philips-simplifies-healthcare-for-care-providers-and-patients/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips 

Chai Time

Just watched program masak di Trans 7: Bara Supercook and the host, Bara Pattiradjawane, he practiced the way to make chai. OMG... Padahal pas lagi iklan sebelum segmen chai itu aku baruuu aja terbersit keinginan untuk membuat chai, lalu tiba-tiba acaranya mulai dan ternyata... It's chai time!!! 

It has totally turned me on to be craving for chai... chai... Indian chai...

Ini nih tersangka yg made me craving for Indian chai
Hayoo... tanggung jawab om... (source)

So...

As it's so simple to make, I cured my chai craving by making it with the simplest way.

Bahan:

• 1 kantung teh celup
• 3-4 butir kapulaga
• 1 ruas jahe digeprek
• 1 tangkai kayu manis
• merica butir secukupnya
• gula secukupnya
• susu atau krimer

Cara membuat:

• Rebus air, lalu tambahkan kapulaga, jahe, kayu manis, merica butir, dan gula 
• Setelah mendidih, celup-celupkan kantung teh sampai kekentalan yang diinginkan
• Tuang ke dalam gelas, tambahkan susu atau krimer sesuai selera
• Hot chai siap dihidangkan
• Dapat juga dihidangkan dingin atau ditambahkan es batu bila suka

Karena keterbatasan bahan, jadilah aku bikin chai ala kadarnya hanya dengan: teh, gula, susu bubuk, jahe, dan daun pandan.

Hasilnya... Hmmm... Sadaaap... *fish and chef mode on*

Teman yang pas buat makan biskuit sore-sore dan lumayan meredakan my craving for Indian chai. Rempahnya masih kurang nendang karena cuma pake jahe dan daun pandan, but it's more than ok lah... I am very happy to drink my hand-cooking hot chai *sluuurrp*

Left chai source

May Day

What I did today...?

Cara membuat:

1. Rendam kacang hijau selama 4-6 jam, sisihkan dalam wadah 
2. Rebus santan dan beri garam secukupnya, sisihkan
3. Rebus kacang hijau yang sudah direndam dengan takaran air 1 ruas jari lebih tinggi dari jumlah kacang hijau
4. Tambahkan jahe 1 ruas jari dan 1 lembar daun pandan
5. Masak hingga air menyusut dan kacang hijau merekah
6. Tambahkan 5-6 sdm gula dan 1 sachet susu kental manis
7. Lalu tambahkan santan hingga kekentalan yang diinginkan
8. Aduk sesekali hingga santan mendidih, lalu matikan api kompor
9. Sajikan bubur dengan ubi kukus yang dipotong kotak

Tips:

1. Takar kacang hijau yang akan dimasak secukupnya karena walaupun kelihatan sedikit, kacang hijau akan mengembang dan jadi banyak setelah dimasak
2. Jika memasak dengan panci bertekanan atau presto, kacang hijau tidak perlu direndam terlebih dahulu
3. Buang busa/buih yang keluar saat kacang hijau yang direbus mulai mendidih
4. Tambahkan gula saat kacang hijau sudah mulai merekah. Kacang akan butuh waktu lama untuk merekah jika sudah bercampur dengan gula
5. Gula putih dapat diganti dengan gula merah atau gula jawa sesuai selera
6. Santan juga dapat diganti dengan susu, atau dihilangkan sama sekali 
7. Penyajian dapat dilengkapi dengan variasi lain, seperti ditambahkan kacang merah yang sudah direbus atau disajikan dengan roti tawar

Selamat mencoba... :)