dream weaver.

She'd say "The sun must set to rise"

2012-01-27T20:10:00.006+07:00

it's a new year and so far, it's okay. is it just me or there's like one day, two (or more) in a month where you feel like you're so tired of everything and can't be grateful for every little thing you have? i do! it happens often in high school, pressure about pretty much everything and you can't get away from it. i'm a little bit of an idealist and it ruined me, i guess. i happened to stumble to a blog in which they wrote about things to be grateful of. i have actually posted this kind of post a year ago, but of course things have changed. here's my list of simple things that I'm grateful of :

- My family. Just the fact that they're awesome people and the fact that they would just gather down on the dining table to spend precious moments talking about their days and what their plans are and what has been going on. Although this becomes almost our daily activity, to dine together if possible, not everybody has this kind of thing going.

- Quality time with family or friends.

- My newfound high school friends (well...6 months) and junior high friends.

- Samantha Aimee, my truly beautiful niece which became my stress reliever in the end of the day.

- The fact that I can still watch my favorite tv shows, despite megavideo being shut down :(

- 5 minutes snooze every weekdays that provide you with the energy to start the day.

- The food that I got everyday.

- Brainstorming going 150km/hour, thinking about everything (i'm an overthinker)

- The time I still get to cook and the facilities I have to make it happen.

- Messy, slightly bigger room that I have occupied for the last 7-8 months. Despite the fact that I have not one but two cupboards in my room.

- My family's drivers and mbaks. 'Nuff said.

- Big chances that I have received for granted, and sometimes turned it down.

- Being able to channel my negative aura (whuttt) by playing basketball.

- A decent school to go to.

- Rain. I love rain, but not the after-effect of it (traffic jam and occasional collapsed trees)

- Pretty good on my academic skill.

- Random excited feeling on Friday evening, because school is 60 hours away (hm?)

- The smell of baked cake/cookies (not the ones that are burnt!) and active kitchens.

- Being able to know Panic! At The Disco, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 *sigh*

- Indomie on saturday morning

- 1 word = l i b u r.

- The fact that I can just lay down propped up on my elbows, being able to breathe, and live surrounded with the people I love, and typing these absurd things that maybe no one would read, letting out all my worries and fears and replace it with moments of gratefulness. (It may not stay long, with me being an over-paranoid human being. But it actually feels nice.)

Seriously, do it. It's incredibly theurapetic.

Until next time!

goals+non-goals.

2012-01-06T17:14:00.005+07:00

goals are usual. you have them every year, right? now i read here about non-goals, which is like things you want to stay the same this year. thought i'd give it a try. by the way it's my 3rd day coming back to school and the i haven't overcame the jetlag yet. *sigh* so, here it is!

GOALS (please note that i'm not good at fulfilling my goals, so no wonder if i didn't do all of them by the end of 2012 haha)

1) to decide and to follow my heart what major (?) i wanted to take. i mean, this decision could possibly affect what i will be in the future.

2) to enjoy life as much as possible.

3) to never stop playing basketball :)

4) keep in contact with old friends and embracing the new ones (lolwhut)

5) paint my room and set wallpaper on the wall

6) learn new language.

7) learn more about cooking

8) repair Gale.

9) to not procrastinate.

10) not to rely on my phone and ipod too much, get a life!

NON-GOALS

1) i'd like to keep up my scores.

2) spend more time with my family than i did last year

3) to give myself a break every now and then

4) to keep watching the good tv series, like : gossip girl, white collar, leverage, the mentalist to name few

5) i'd like to be as sarcastic as i was last year (whaaaat?)

what's yours?

I wish I could float away, some days.

2012-01-02T15:39:00.002+07:00

first of all, merry christmas and happy new year guys.
so, another year passed by just like that. dan sebentar lagi sekolah mulai lagi. *sigh* bener-bener butuh libur lagi.

lucu ya, kemarin natal itu bener-bener satusatunya natal selama 15 tahun ini yang ngga meninggalkan kesan atau ada roman-roman natal nya. malem natal, yang tahun-tahun lalu biasanya seru, karena abis misa pasti makan malem keluarga di salah satu restoran yang cuman di hari natal aja kita makan disitu. taun 2011 bahkan saya lupa kemaren makan dimana, mungkin makanan yang dimakan biasa aja, tapi it's a blessing that i got to spend it with my family. atau mungkin makanannya enak, tapi saya lupa makan dimana. dasar pikun.

tanggal 26 nya saya masak untuk keluarga. sebetulnya makanan yang pingin saya masak itu nggak susah, bener deh. apalagi chacha sama abi bantuin. masalahnya pas hari h, semua nya ngga berjalan sesuai rencana (kapan sih pernah?). pertama, kentang yang harusnya diparut, malah dipotong julienne karena saya ngga punya parutan (chacha punya, tapi saya ngga nanya. dumb much?) kedua, i'm a bit skeptical with the tiramisu recipe karena resep nya pake telor mentah, dan nggak dipanggang/diolah lagi. meskipun telornya udah saya pasteurisasikan, tapi tetap aja kaya rasanya nggak sreg gitu. ketiga, tadinya itu harusnya ada appetizer nya yaitu fried mozarella, tapi kejunya mahaaaaaal.
all in all, setelah masak dari jam 8 sampe jam setengah 1 (buat masak kaya gitu doang!) akhirnya bisa deh semua kemasak. semua senang, saya yang capek. hahaha tapi it paid off :)

taun kemaren tuh bener-bener unexpected. ketemu orang yang unexpected, punya keponakan yang emey nya bikin justin bieber meleleh #eh , bahkan jadi jauh sama beberapa orang yang dulunya deket. learnt a lot though. yang pasti saya bersyukur buat keluarga sm temen yang udah ada buat saya. saya bukan orang yang terpaku sama resolusi taun baru, karena cepet atau lama pasti bakal kelupaan juga. ini sih resolusi ecek-ecek, tapi ya semoga bisa terwujud :
1) masak terusss!!!!!!!! :D
2) bisa menerima kehidupan sma lolwhut
3)

tuh kan i'm not good with resolution mau nyebutin banyak aja nggakbisa. hahahaha

Here's to 2012, a new year, new hopes and dreams, new achievements and new experiences!

what i'm thankful for....and what i was doing.

2011-11-29T21:11:00.003+07:00

things have been quiet here, nah i still open my blog almost daily to check on my favorite blogs but i really don't know what to blog so i didn't post until now. sorryyyy hahaha sooo this might be pretty late (soooo late) but i'm thankful for :

- God's blessing for everything

- my family who always loves me unconditionally

- my best friends chacha and tiara, we may not talk as much as we did in junior high but yeah still love you guys

- my junior high friends who i will never forget

- my high school friends

- ABC of course!

- the free time, which i still managed to get, in between all of the school madness

- tv-links.eu, *sigh*

- darmawangsa square and specifically ranch market for providing me things for emergency haha lol

- i'm just thankful for everything :D

although last week was thanksgiving but i think we should be thankful 24-7-365. not everyone has access to internet, for instance. not everyone has free time to do what they love. not everyone has awesome friends and family to support you every path of the way. the only thing everybody has, but not always seem to notice, is God's blessing and grace.

BE THANKFUL EVERYDAY!

SOOO what the highlights of my exam week were =====

okay this looks a bit ridiculous, IT IS ridiculous. these are very mini balls that are stacked and reminds me of how virus looks like in my biology book #nerd. i made this because i was really bored hahahaha and i made this with glue tack. i love playing with that stuff hahahaha

am i the only one who used gluetack other than to stick something up....

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST EVER CAMP MICHELLE 2011. LOCATION = NEXT TO THE BED. you will be armed with endless math questions about eksponen, pertidaksamaan, persamaan kuadrat, fungsi kuadrat and a table lamp, and many pillows, and a bottle of pulpy orange, and a blackberry and itouch for entertaining.

that things (except for the math questions ha) are the one keeping me sane during exam week. oh and food of course hahaha.

red velvet cake i bought in darmawangsa square along with 5 macaroons. my favorite macaroon was probably the bluberry one because it was fresh. but i like this one. i don't know maybe i just like red velvet.

homemade pizza from scratch. truth is, i made 2 pizza dough because the first one was too gooey. i think because it's bcs i used instant yeast, instead of active dry yeast, the ones fabio used in his chow ciao show, so the yeast did not work.

my sister was coming to the rescue. a good baker that she was and still is, she nailed it. she prefer to use indonesian recipe for everything, bcs she thinks that the quality of ingredients in indonesia are lower than those in america or something. so by using indonesian recipe, she hoped she would be more successful.

turns out it did work! i made the tomato sauce, and i wanted to make it from scratch too. no good, so i pour some la fonte bolognaise in it hahahahaha.

the dough was nice, the only downfall was that the pan where we baked the oven was too large so it's chewy.....but it's thin. so its kinda awkward.

SPEAKING OF OVEN.

maybe some of you might have heard my despair and endless rant about my oven, which has been there for like 10 yrs old (no, srsly its been there forever!) that refused to cooperate with me. 1) it does not have heat setting on it. 2) its inconsistency which annoys me. when my recipe doesn't work, it will work. when my recipe works, it will not work. coincidence?

ANYWAY,

have a good weekend everybody.

2.....exams.......left......to.....go.

blackbird

2011-11-13T19:01:00.004+07:00

this book is like mastering the art of french cooking dessert version. like i reaaally love this book. i knew it from cathell who let me borrow her hummingbird bakery cookbook and i fell in LUV with this book. i asked my cousin in australia how much does it cost there and apparently it's pretty expensive so i didn't buy it. fast forward 2 weeks later, my brother went to london and i asked him to buy me this book, since it's a lot cheaper in the uk i think. then he brought me this. i was like confused at first but this book turns out to be so gooood. i've made few recipes like red velvet whoopie pie and boston cream cupcakes. the boston cream cupcakes work out great, but i failed at red velvet whoopie pie because i put too much flour in it. no worry, i'll give it another try in the future. i want to make tiramisu cupcakes and raspberry trifle cupcakes, maybe after the final test.

yep can you believe it, i thought i just finished my final final test yesterday. whoop, here it comes another final test. i feel like time flies really fast like literally flying, i can catch up with everything so far, but the worst is yet to come.

i also have been watching top chef : all stars which is like the 8th season of top chef. all i can say is that it's REALLY REALLY INTENSE. the stakes are higher, prize bigger, and they made some unexpected twist in the challenge. i'm rooting for richard blaise, fabio and dale t but yeah you should watch it. my mind = blown.

see you another time?

2011-10-27T19:44:00.001+07:00

what makes you terribly happy?

2011-09-28T21:10:00.003+07:00

so i just finished catching up reading my favorite blog and i miss blogging and i read one of my favorite which is rockstar diaries. really, my favorite blog is about food and women with toddlers. weird, i know! and the latest post was about WHAT MAKES YOU TERRIBLY HAPPY THIS WEEK uh huh here we go

1) the fact that i finished homework and studying for tomorrow's test BEFORE 6.

2) TARQCUP is 17 days away.

3) my mom gave me this bath&body works' anti-bacterial which is really cute ugh i don't even want to use it and it smells good

4) the fact that i'm meeting up with dede tmrrw

5) abi hahahah cliche yeah

6) cathell's book O.O

lol lol lol

WANT, RILI WANT.

2011-08-27T21:44:00.004+07:00

those are sierra kusterbeck's (dinda, do i spell her name correctly?) hair feathers. not a big fan of her music but that hair feathers look really good! $12

that's a rocket to the moon's pillowcase and only 144 of them were made. $20

arttm's vintage tshirt

really really cute :* the tshirt design somehow reminds me of bali a little bit...

the cutest tshirt ever! if you go to dark places, the monster and the words 'a rocket to the moon' will change into skeleton. this is my favorite of all!!!!!!!!!!

key to a succesful.....

2011-08-10T20:36:00.002+07:00

SPONGE CAKE

so i made boston cream pie the other day (it was meant to be boston cream pie) which is actually a sponge cake with pastry cream in between and chocolate ganache on top. how can it be better? i successfully made the pastry cream and ganache because i've made pastry cream before and ganache wasn't too hard to make. the sponge cake. i've seen how to make it in a cooking class i enrolled into in the summer. i mean, not a big problem right? WRONG! everything was wrong from the very start, which is caused by my impatience and cockiness. 1) i thought since i've seen how to make it before, that it would be easy. 2) i thought the time i spent on the egg whites were enough. never use "i thought" in cooking, just a tip there. it was soggy and it's not done! i had to throw it out :( i and my sister made it again the next day, this time with more patience and focused. my sister beat the eggs until it's foamy, like LITERALLY foamy. turned out it's the key to a successful sponge cake along with another pressure points : 1) beat the egg yolks until pale 2) don't beat too much, just enough 3) especially when you've added flour to the batter 4) don't panic

it turned out great and fluffy. :)

recipe coming soon!

just because aunty is not here

2011-07-19T20:04:00.004+07:00

howdy everyone!
uh huh. back with sammie everyone! i'm going on 8 weeks everyone, catching up with ya guys! soooo i was crying all night long and my mum said to my aunt "sammie belom difoto tuh udh 8 minggu" i instantly stopped crying and begged my aunt with my wide eyes and then she stared at me like "uh bener juga" HAHAHA see i haven't even begun to talk but i can speak with my eyes hahahaha.

my room has books that mum and aunt bought a while ago. my mum bought this book where she can write and put photos of me in it and my aunty bought me picture books made of fabric and my mum read it to me sometimes.

ah new chair, i loveeeee the leather! and it's so comfy although the belt itself is too tight and i had to get out of the chair manually hahaha but it's nice to join the family's dinner and not stuck in my room, staring at meaningless pictures my aunt has on her old room. (yep guys i'm moving--michelle)

my laundry! since i still can't control my pee and poop i changed my diaper a loooot of times a day, well i do not change my own diaper but my nanny does it! the clothes mum bought are sooo cute but i'm growing pretty fast and in no time, i can't use them anymore but no worries since my mom has bigger and cuter clothes for me! my mum even bought me 2 matching aprons for me and my aunt!

sammie is bald no more! my mum and nanny feed and rub my hair with coconut oil, aloe vera, kemiri (hazelnut) and parsley! ugh not a good combination but i'm glad i don't have to drink it (not that i drink anything else other than milk :9 ) but at least i'm not bald and that's what matters

my treatment products range from bath milk to baby lotion and baby cream, honestly i don't know what's the difference!

has to go now! i need some milk, or else i will do the thing you dread the most which is crying haha /evilface.gif see you another time everyone!

quick post because i finally have something to say

2011-07-13T21:45:00.000+07:00

i'm finally settling down here at tarakanita, well i still miss my junior high friends but fortunately there's bbm and all that so we can still bbm each other and no matter how i miss them, we won't be together anymore, so yeah. i guess everyone is doing fine yeah? well glad to hear it! i haven't blogged as much as i did on summer and it's not because i'm busy, well you can say that but we haven't got much things to do from school yet but it's because i don't really know what to blog hehe so i'm going away for 3 days in a school program called character building and i have my cousin's wedding on sunday so please forgive me for lack of posts! oh ya and i learned german yesterday it was so cool, i don't know i guess since it's a new thing i really like it and we haven't gotten to the difficult part yet hahahaha so TSCHUISS everyone!

that green gentleman

2011-07-06T20:48:00.004+07:00

things have changed for me.

hi everybody? enjoying your summer? still somewhere where sun shines all day long or somewhere with 5 layers of coats and long johns? well, not for me people. summer has finally reached its end. yep, 2,5 months hell of a summer i got there and it was the best summer ever! i really can't believe i'm going back to school, get this, a new school with new friends new uniforms and all that. and i'm not ready to be out of my comfort zone. for me i still don't know them and i just really miss all my junior high friends right now. it may be called schoolsick hahahaha, so our seniors told us to bring some things for tomorrow and i haven't got my plant yet i don't know where to get the plant tomorrow, i'm just gonna cross my fingers and pray.

i got into X-2 and the only tarlim girls i know are ruby, michelle martin, and ivy and few other girls i know from other school like icha and my cousin, ditha. all is (not) well, i'm really fucking depressed. there are some things that remained questioned at the end of this summer like

1) will my friendship with chacha withstand these endless waves of tests?

2) will i still be close with niel even if we don't go to the same school?

3) will abi still be there?

4) how am i supposed to fit in? girls used to hate me

and endless questions to be answered

thank you tvxi, and especially chacha, abi and niel for this wonderful unforgettable summer. i won't ever forget you. i really love you guys.

ps: may not post for a while with all this high school madness and settling down, but get back atcha soon!

a second farewell letter i wrote

2011-07-05T10:09:00.005+07:00

so as you all know, abi is moving to jogja, he got on an unbelievably 6 in the morning flight which means i, dede and chacha couldn't take him to the airport. so i'm just gonna make another appreciation post for him. hm what i have with him could be stated as a "rather complicated" situation in which we are not a couple, but we still act like we're that. i spent most of my 2,5 months summer with him, dede, chacha and sometimes kk and almost everytime i asked him to go somewhere he always agreed and sometimes he will sulk when i didn't let him to go somewhere with me hahaha

oh my god this is so hard, i can usually form sentences of words easily but this time i just don't know what to say.

i'll miss him, that's for sure. i miss him already. we may move on with our lives, sooner or later but in this particular moment, i really miss him. he has the ability to annoy me to death, in which i will sulk and later annoy him to death. we like to cook together, although we always argued 2/3 of the time. not a lot of people knew him well, i mean i have to admit that i don't know all things about him, a lot of people (ehem like brea) think he's a jerk, some people thinks he looks like polar bear, which is true, i do think he's a hular-human polar- uh (which is my nickname to him, "night polar bear") hm i really want to make this a long post about him but words just can't describe. but he describes me (in a letter he recently sent me) as :

1) elusive towards handling problems

2) can either run away from her (my) problems or just panicking about it

3) she(i) has(have) the tendencies to act motherly

4) therefore i'm good with kids

5) he said i'm a natural born cook, with pastry as my specialties *really bi? O.O*

6) therefore, as a teenager who tend to act motherly, we spent 75% of our "dates" involving he came to my house (my mom really likes him), 23% going to places (mall, cycling, eating, etc) and the percentage that i went to his house is only 2% hehehee

and some things i'd rather not write here.

we (dede, chacha, and i) gave abi a farewell gift which is a frame filled with photos, i hope he likes it and he'll hang it on the wall in his new room in jogja. i wish you well, bi. good luck for high school, polar bear.

come back home soon,

celli.

we wanted to make cream puffs, which is actually a kue soes but it didn't work! abi made udon goreng and it was good but the udon is overcooked hahahaha. we watched bedtime stories with chacha hahaha the photo above showed the groceries we bought in darmawangsa square. it was a thursday, which means ranch market's darmawangsa doesn't use plastic bags, but use used cardboards instead. we spent the amount of 197rb for the groceries hahahaha

lounging on a chair at monas

mirror mirror on the wall, who's more beautiful?

michelle < abi #win

hahaha this is one photo where abi looks pk-ish but i like this photo hahaha

year 7! still looking like a baby. 2 of my favorite boy friends are moving, pandu pret, good luck to you too, sorry i couldn't come to your farewell party, i wish you all the very best :)

this is like my favorite photos out of all the photos of abi i have in my hard disk.

oh na na what's my name?

aloha tmi!

2011-07-04T20:14:00.004+07:00

i ________ (fill in the blank)

1. am deleting tarlim cup ix's albums and few albums that's not really important
2. bought black hair clips, but haven't bought black hair bands.
3. have bought a navy blue converse backpack which looks exactly like ratih's for 120rb
4. have bought school supplies (mech pencil, pen, pencil leads, eraser, sarasa pens)
5. have picked up my high school skirts which consisted of : 2 plaid tarakanita skirts, 1 gray skirt, 1 white skirt and a batik skirt.
6. have given legalized copy of my skhun and ijazah
7. did not remember my registration number at my high school
8. have not bought cover for my books
9. have not removed my junior high school final exams' schedule.
10. have not put my high school books in my room, wait i have no room ^^
11. have said farewell to abi, he departs at 6 in the morning tomorrow.
12. have a feeling that i might not see dede for some time, maybe it's just a hunch
13. have a feeling that i will see chacha a lot of times, maybe it's just a hunch
14. will miss abi and dede so mucho
15. haven't got amber repaired
16. cannot wait to develop lolita's roll.
17. hope i won't break down tonight or tomorrow, or ever.
18. hope abi would come home sooner (i do not give a fuck for his h8rs, h8rs gon hate)
19. nonetheless, has the best summer ever.
20. but, am certainly not ready for high school.

baby lolita

2011-07-03T17:28:00.004+07:00

my long awaited baby golden half camera is finally here! bought them in kaskus a couple weeks ago for 600rb and i just couldn't wait for it to finally arrive. the day finally came (yesterday) and i was really stoked to shoot some pics.

you know it's too good to be true.

i've used chacha's fisheye, yes. i've used my dad's analog camera?yes, spent two rolls of film. but i never tried to put the roll in the camera. the camera's manual is in japanese. i rolled in the film that included with the camera so i can't get it out again and i have to use a new roll. i didn't dare to put it in the camera again so i asked chacha to put it in for me. she couldn't. finally, abi did it and it's working! phewwww! i'm curious to see the result but i'm afraid there's some photos that are completely black because i forgot to open the lens cap, fuck yooohh and since it's a half frame camera (so there will be 2 photos in a frame so with 132-36 film, you can take 72 photos), i'm kinda afraid that 2 photos that should have told some kind of story (for example, when you take a photo of food, before and after eaten, you know, see the difference?), it's separated. bcs i didn't keep count about how many photos i have taken and the number that should have indicateed how many photos i have taken just shows numbers like 6, 12, 18, 24, 36 up to 72 photos. huh since it's my first roll, i'm just gonna let it slide.

and i also have problem with the motive on the front side of the camera. yaknow i used the camera with my hands a little sweaty because i biked. and the motive fades! shit man it's only been a day for God's sakes :( hope the film will produce good shots when it's developed. oh and you know my habit, i named this camera lolita i don't know why anybody got any suggestion?

happy summer guys

*sarcastic*

bitch, please.

picking up my uniforms tomorrow. really close to high school and stressed like hell, i don't want to say good bye to my friends :( miss you guys

testing grounds

2011-06-30T19:31:00.005+07:00

just couple of things that happened this week (taken by itouch 4gen)

pit stop before bogor

dede's a cokiber now

chacha in 'my' room look there's a pedro from amigos' sticker on the mirror

you know, gamau kalah sm chacha :p hahaha

i think this is like a waffle stick gt deh i saw this at lotte mart ganci

his name is keva and this is JACKASS!

undoubtedly, my favorite photo of the day!

dede's going to abi's with ojek

i don't read many books about you know, courts, law and all that. i prefer some action, but this one is very good and i can't wait for the paperback version of theodore boone : the abduction! i waited months for this paperback version!

abi was cooking steak for his 'farewell'

one of the best nasi rames ever next to soto kudus'

abi's shirt i really like it dang i wish he got a smaller size

dede instructing keva at kebun raya bogor

one day of summer

2011-06-28T20:52:00.003+07:00

i took a little field trip again, this time to bogor!!!!!! abc has been planning to have a holiday together since like....forever. idk man we wanted to go to pulau seribu, and even singapore together, but we finally chose bogor because 1) chacha's eyang is in bogor 2) the traffic to and fro bogor is not too bad. we were meant to meet at our basecamp (dede's house) at 6 in the fucking morning. turns out the boys went from their house at 6 am, ngaret nih bosss! we used 2 cars, 1st : me, chacha, kk, dede. 2nd : brea, keva, pandu, nanda. hahahaha since there's a pool at chacha's eyang house and the temptation not to swim is................little, i dived in hahaha we got lots of tubes there so we played water fight and all that hahahah then we had lunch and watched some movie at the home theatre. yep you heard that right people, a home theatre complete with reclined sofa and few sofas at the back. we also went to kebon raya bogor and grab some soto kuning! nyawwww really tired right now and gonna grab some sleep VERY SOON!

keva actually said chel fotoin dong gua lg galau disamping kolam renang belakangnya keliatan ya rly kev

this is a cross stitch chacha's eyang made. so fucking cool. and she has this huge terrific collection of them

rare shot of kk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can anyone tell me why this idot was there uh haha canda yo bre

brazilian girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do you see my flipflops there uh yeah it happened a lot of times today can somebody buy me a new flipflops

i actually like this photo hahaha

see ya soon :*

a day long recipe

2011-06-25T21:37:00.008+07:00

do not read this post if your sense of sight is easily overwhelmed by the sight of good food. do not make this dessert if you don't have much time, or bad at multitasking. seriously, i made this dessert for 6 hours! well not entirely 6 hours were spent on this thing, i mean i went to eat at ayam penyet bu kris first before resuming my cooking thingy. i even had to change my camera during cooking because the first camera i used ran out of battery haha i will probably complete this in 1,5 hours if not for the following things that happened during cooking : 1) bu kris for lunch (uh i mean the chicken bu kris made, not the bu kris.) 2) i made the pastry cream with the ingredients that they call for. (i made it half recipe, just because the last time *and first time* i made pastry cream, they were curdling and burnt!) so i'm pretty glad when the pastry cream i made is not curdled nor it burnt. stop wasting more time, i need to sleep, tomorrow is cfd!

but really, i was kidding. you SHOULD MUST (fuck grammar) make this dessert! rule of the universe no. 9678457614230 = make fruit tart.

here we go!

now, we're going to make the sweet pastry crust first. well at least, i did it first, but you can make the cream before the crust, it's all up to you. gather and measure the following ingredients
185 gr flour
50 gr sugar

120 gr butter ROOM TEMP
1 egg, beaten
pinch of salt
you'll also need some cling wrap

pardon me for not taking pictures from the beginning, but all you have to do is beat the butter. add sugar, beat some more until it's fluffy (like ruth's dawg haha bener kan ruth namanya fluffy?) and add egg, beat more until it's incorporated. now now, put in the flour. all of them? all of them! yes it's a lot, but i made 11 mini tarts out of it. and it can be kept in fridge up to a week. what's not to love? okay okay back to the crust, after you put in the flour, beat it until it's crumbly and looks like the picture above! don't panic it's all good.

gather the crust together,yo. prepare your cling wrap.

flatten into a disk or in my case, some abstract asymetrical shape haha.

put it in a fridge or a freezer. i put mine in a freezer just because my fridge is full! some tips for you : do not knead the crust too big because mine fell off when i took it out of the fridge.

forget the crust and its shape or how it will taste for a moment. now let's get down to the pastry cream! pastry cream, is actually vla. you know, the filling for kue sus. okay so what you need is
300 ml milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 egg yolks
50 gr sugar
2 tbs flour
2 tbs cornstarch (tepung maizena is more common term)
sift both flour and cornstarch
1 tbs rum (you can also use kahlua/tia maria/cognac. i used kahlua and cognac)

you see the problem here is i made the pastry cream half the recipe i've written above. i used the first one with cognac as substitution for the rum, and my sister said she couldn't really taste the rum, so my mom suggested using tia maria/kahlua on the 2nd pastry cream. worked for me.

heat the milk in a sauce pan. just to boil. remember to stir!

this is where you have to multitask (if you made this by yourself) or decide whose job is whom (if you made this with your friend/s). when the milk starts to warm up, quickly crack and divide 2 egg yolks. add sugar to it.

stir, forming a paste like this. the color is so vibrant don't you think?

put in the sifted flour and cornstarch

stir again, turning the vibrant colored paste into this pale coloured paste.

yes, i am sorry to tell that you have to do few simple steps above, with looking at the milk every 15 seconds, stirring it, and going back to the egg mixture. repeated few times. now when the milk has boiled a little, remove it from heat. immediately pour it on the egg mixture slowly and gradually. stir the egg mixture so fast, you don't want the egg to curdle. pour it back into the pot, turn the stove on, stir the cream frantically for about half a minute, don't take your eyes off it just to look at your bbm because before you know it, it will thicken soo fast and go burn.
put it into a bowl, add vanilla extract and rum then refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

cream's done! now prepare your tart tins, brush some butter on it!

take your cold but good-looking crust out of the fridge. uh i hate how i describe the crust like some guys, you know good looking but cold. uh jayus

flatten it with a rolling pin and shape it to the tart tins. my first try was a little thin, but then i found a way to do it without rolling pin and easier. take some chunks of crust to your palm. shape a ball, now press it until it's flat and you reach the thickness you want. remember, not too thick or thin.
and dock it. i mean, prick it with a fork. the technique is called "docking"
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put it in the oven. let's move on.

the fruits! choose the best fruits you can get your hands (and money) on! i chose grapes, strawberries and canned orange. why? 1) my sister used to make fruit tarts using these fruits. 2) you don't want the fruits to be sweet too, while the cream and the crust are already sweet.

cut it in half, except the orange. because it's amazing just the way it is #brunomarsstyle

do you notice the way fruit tarts in the bakery/cake store shine and make it looks really good? the secret is in this simple thing. when i made the fruit tart on my cooking lesson, the cook used something called paletta. you can buy it on a cake application and ingredients store. and for the base of the tart (supaya vla gak merembes ke tart nya), she used melted chocolate. but i used knotts' strawberry jam with 1 tbs of water. just boil it and try to crush the strawberry (it's fun *shrug), put it through a strain. there you go, your own 2 in 1 paletta+chocolate

it's time. the moment of truth. get your pie out of the oven when it's golden brown. prick it a little, is it done? now brush your strawberry jam/paletta (you can actually use any other jam/fruit preserves) to the tart. get your crust out of the tin, and start filling it with some cold pastry cream. when you're done, put the halved fruit on top of the cream. dab some more paletta to make it extra shiny!

here we go! i'm really bad at presentation guys, but hey at least they taste really good!!!!!

it took me so long, so much mess, but i finally made it. got positive feedbacks from my family, and i hope my friends like it too. i know it's a really loong post but i have to make it up to you because i haven't put up any food posts lately. i'm feeling really good today, i hope it continues tomorrow and lalala hahaha catching some sleep soon. goodbye fellas!

#curcol

2011-06-23T22:57:00.002+07:00

hey guys :) gonna take time today to do some appreciation post for some of this blog reader. yeah, i have to admit it's not the best blog you've ever read nah far from it. but honestly, this is one of the thing i can commit on doing (wait is the grammar right..?) i can't believe this blog has been running for more than 2 years and going 3. commitment is not my strongest point #curcol but somehow i managed to put something trashy/classy up this blog hahaha. and seriously, without some of my loyal readers, like brea agatha angel ruthb and probably few other friends who's been here a couple of times, it wouldn't last this long. changed the layout, design like a girl changes clothes, but hey you guys are still here. so i would really like to thank you guys, for being here, for reading and just...tolerating my babble and rant, thank you guys :) i also would like to apologize for the lack of food post i put up here, of course i cooked few things but none of them are really good to be posted here. thanks for everyone that keep this blog going!

♥

jakarta with love

2011-06-21T22:41:00.003+07:00

soooooo went to pekan raya jakarta yesterday! very excited since i've never been there before. yep! a jakarta-born citizen but never been there and i believe half of you guys reading this have never been there too hahaha you should try to go there. it's at kemayoran and very hugee! it's surprisingly not as dirty as i thought it would be, but i was expecting more games. it's a tad bit too modern for me, because i expected the music there will be like you know keroncong, tanjidor, or music we don't really listen to nowadays. but instead, i listen to uh...beyonce's telephone which is something i can listen whenever i want. overall, it's a good experience and i had a good time but probably wait 3-5 years till i go there again haha. definitely a go!

LOL do you notice anything weird? you do? you don't? it's the date! it's jakarta fair 2010's entrance tickets hahahah

sooo many food stalls there and pretty cheap dontchathink? there are hundreds of kerak telor vendor at jakarta fair but the ones located inside the venue were pretty expensive, 15.000 a portion, maybe thats because they have to pay for rent gitu kali yah but i bet you can get them for 5-7rb outside :) i ate indomie there, yep hundreds choice of food and i chose indomie!hahaha and i also ate fiesta thingy you know chicken nuggets, sausage, fishballs and things not that good though

finally, some games! that's the only games i found beside the mini ferris wheel, rumah hantu and merry go round. the place is sooo huge that maybe there's more games but i just didn't find it hahaha so what you have to do is to throw rings in the bottle but they made the rings sooo small and the bottles sooo big that it's hard to do it, cheatercheater!

so if you have 50 thousands ribu and got nothing to do just come here, here's the economical explanation :

1) go here by busway round trip = 7.000

2) jakarta fair entrance tickets = 15.000

3) kerak telor/toge goreng = 15.000 (inside the venue, you could get it cheaper outside)

4) drinks = 2.000-5.000 (save even more by bringing your own drink!)

5) now you have more or less 8.000-11.000 left, you can either = play at one of the games stall OR you could buy a bag of snacks for 10ribu!

enjoyy!

HAPPY 484TH JAKARTA! and no, you'll never be a "jakarta kita, kian tertata kian dicinta" unless you stop cutting those trees and turn this city into a necropolis!

HOLS!

2011-06-19T18:29:00.005+07:00

heyyy everyone! i just returned from my singapore trip! it was quite fun, we stayed at marina bay sands for 2 nights and meritus mandarin for a night. i miss sammie so bad though hahah and i bought looooots of books! hahaha here are the pictures!

that was food from Shu Teppan @ ion. it's like a do it yourself teppanyaki, it was good but also expensive!
my favorite fishball noodle in singapore! this was at lucky plaza. bigggggggg portion but you know my appetite hahaha

book shopping! i bought 14 books and spent more than 300 dollars on books. see my bookworminess? to make myself feeling less guilty, i constantly remind myself that some of the books i bought are my sister's and brother's and sammie's (when she's old enough to read) hahaha

my mom bought a loubutin very very expensive. i tried on this one and i can barely stand up for more than 2 seconds! i think the shoes i wore worth 1800 dollars which is 12.6 million rupiah more or less 0.0 really tho? for a pair of shoes?!?

it's my family's favorite bakuteh in singapore. it's at rangoon road. not my favorite though as the soup is too pepper-y for my taste so i'd rather chew on the cakwe and veggie! there are also few "snacks" like pig's intestines, tail, liver, oh it makes me sick you'd better see it for yourself

one last bite of toast box's peanut toast for you! i'd love a teh tarik to go with it!

Sands' Refreshing Chill at marina bay sands hotel. it's like soda with some syrup, blue/blackberry and some mint leaves. cost me 16 dollars, pretty expensive for a drink.

marina bay sands' food court's kwetiau. the most edible food i can find at the food court and it doesn't even taste good. sorry marina bay sands but your choice of restaurants is just pfffft. it's either too expensive (tetsuya, and other world class italian chefs) or food court like this. uh.

tomi would love this...................but it's in german so tom, time to learn some german hahaha

my favorite chicken rice at lucky plaza! we've been eating here as long as i can remember haha

thought dinda might like this and i thought it's pretty cool. didn't buy it *shrug*

i met some people i knew there like gaby judith and rebecca from year 8. i was going to see onel because he was accidentally at paragon which is like 1 inch from where i was (kinokuniya, of course) but decided against it. don't ask why. well it's mainly because i was scared my folks would freak out hahahaha tp pas mau ke orchard central and i said to my mom that my friend was here she told me to go ask him if he wants to go with me to orchard central, i called onel and too bad dia udah di dhoby ghaut hahahaha see ya kpn2 deh ya nel hahaha

so, guys enough about me. how's your holiday?!

great little outing

2011-06-15T20:45:00.006+07:00

so i took a little field trip to kota tua and monas yesterday with 30 lunatics i call friends hahaha dede also went with us hahah so we gathered our forces at kfc bulungan around 8. i thought we went at 7 so at ungodly hour at 5.45 i woke up and i was ready at 6.15, turned out it was 7 am for dinda because they said dinda's always late. uh and no one told me so yeah. i went with abi and dede and we walked to blok m busway station. i saw two old buses in front of the station and it looked so vintage-y

turned out it's a clothing store! there's a grafitti on the side of the bus! very creative and cool no?

our destination is stasiun kota which is the farthest station

then we reached our destination, it was quite fast about 30-45 minutes to kota! the bus was pretty clean but the furniture was pretty bad especially the floor hahaha but for 3.500, it was pretty good!

the museum is right across the street! there was an underground pass, there was also a lift for the disabled, which doesn't work *shrug*. there were a loooooot of vintage things at the museum there were hugeeee safe deposit boxes and computers!!!!!!!!! love them~~

and then we went to kota tua! we rode sepeda ontel which we rented for 10rb each for 30 minutes! we had sooooooo much fun! i tried to ride the bike and it was quite difficult to control! it's a must try though! abi rode it sooooo fast hahahah anyway i took allll the bicycle shots you can see in my facebook from the bicycleeeeee hahahaha

^ that's one of my favorite shots of the day!

tried to bike with tiara on my back. didn't work

ayu > abi > michelle.

we grabbed lunch at kota tua, i ate mi ayam. michelle is happy.

that photo on the right was taken on 2008 hahah and the left was yesterday. rekindling old moment!!!!!!!!!! tp fail since the lens i used yesterday was not wide enough! look how much we have grown!

we went to monas by busway again and finally went to GI, walking. yep! we thought it was pretty near and turned out it was reaaaaaally far and abi and ayu ditched us by using taxi! we got shouted by few motorcycles and abi almost got hit by a motorcycle DUMBO!!!!! i h888888 motorcycles! we ate yoshinoya and grabbed a magnum ice cream (first time ever!!!!!!!) and went home by busway with daniel and abi. we got off at al azhar and daniel's driver picked us up!

twas a very great little field trip!

a very nice chocolate magnum ice cream with chocolate glaze and chocolate crunch and vanilla cookies topping!!!!!!!!!!

dede is literally flying. i can't. even.

going on a trip to singapore tomorrow, i hope i can put something up here but can't promise anything! have a great summer everyone!

dear sammie

2011-06-12T18:31:00.004+07:00

hey guys! i'm sneaking around with my aunt's laptop while she's in the bathroom. luckily she's taking years in the bathroom singing with her awful voice so i can sneak around. anyway, hi! i haven't introduced myself. my name is samantha aimee and i'm 2 weeks old. since i'm still 2 weeks old, i still can't go out of my momma's house yet (momma is my mom's mom) except for occasional visit to the doctor. but well, yesterday i have to break the rule because it was uncle alex's wedding! i wanted to stay but it was really cold and my mom and dad said i have to go home. ah, they're right. my room (or my aunty's room) is much better! but of course i struck out few poses for the camera, i'm so excited! my first family photoshoot! oh and my mom and dad looked really good! especially my aunty! she wears this loooooong red dress hm i would actually love it if her foot got caught in the dress HAHAHA i'm evil! wait, my aunty is coming out of the bathrooom, i have to get moving! bye everyone see you next time!!!!

xo, sammie aimee.

LOOK THAT'S ME!

oh, hey guys! how have you been? michelle here! it's been a hectic weekend! my brother got married yesterday and i have to wake up around 5.30am and it's pretty hard for me since i haven't woken up under 6am since school's out! so, my friends, abi chacha dinda tiara kk and dd came to the wedding and it's really exciting. there was first dance, wedding kiss (which tiara was very excited about) , etcetc. many people came and there were even few famous people. there was like this photo booth where people can take as many photos as they want and i got like 10++ photos hahaha and i have to tell you about my nieces who come from the States just to be the flowergirls! they're stepdaughters from my cousin from my father's side. Their names are Heather and Ashley. Heather is 8 and Ashley's 6. At first, Heather is more shy. We made origami and cook together and we began to know each other and she started to be more outgoing. But Ashley's very talkative from the very start, she is very outgoing, bubbly and active! Hahahaha when they went to my house my sister suggested to me to teach them how to make what they call "puffy star" from paper. It's actually stars I used to make with brea in year 8 hahahaha and they LOOOVE it! At first they couldn't puff the star but they practiced and finally made a good puffy star!

(those are the ones i made)

This morning, I brought my instax camera to the hotel and they were like "THAT IS THE COOLEST CAMERA I'VE EVER SEEN IN THE WHOOOLE WORLD" "THAT IS SOO COOL!" and I said to them "But whole world is a big big place!!"

hahahha and i think their mom will get them the camera. They went to Kudus this afternoon and I was really sad to see them go. They are really good kids and I had fun with them while they're here, I really hope I can see them again soon!

p.s : hey guys, tell me. did samantha mess with the computer? that kid!!!!!!

everything about le bag

2011-06-06T21:26:00.006+07:00

"Balls are to men what purses are to women

It's just a little bag, but we feel naked in public without it"

-Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and The City)

well ya know i've been reading some blogs and many of them has that one post about what's inside their bag. hahaha i decided to be a little cliche and going to post about it too. every person has a different things after all. so let's roll!

my bag is a rubi bag which i bought in singapore last december for 30-40 dollars if i wasn't mistaken. i didn't wear it that often at first but when i was trying to find something in my room i saw this and i decided to use it. it's quite big and can fit huge stuffs i just literally dump everything! i think i have to wash the bag though bcs it's quite dirty because i use it almost everyday! hahahahah

see that shiny shiny silver thing? it's my 160gb cutie hard disk filled with photos, music and videos and school stuffs. it used to be my dad's but he bought 500gb and 1tb recently so yeah hahahah my whole 3 years of high school documented by my camera is on that 5x10cm piece of disk. i don't know what i would do if it's gone like pooof! i would probably cry non stop or something, speaking of which i really have to back up this hard disk!

that black thingy pointed by a light blue line? it's my black kipling wallet! well it used to be my sister but it's mine now nonetheless. it was her high school/college wallet or something and she doesn't use it anymore so she gave it to me. my old wallet was REALLY dirty, when i say dirty i mean like worn-for-5-years-but-never-been-washed kind of dirty hahaha it's a pretty good wallet, sure i've spilt ketchups and saos sambel on it but hey at least this time i wash it!

now see those black tangled mess with a pink circle and yellow ring around it? it's my senheiser earphone! it's the longest earphone i've ever owned. my old earphones (or headphones) only stand about 3-4 months because i used (or dropped it) so many times hahahah my brother bought it for euro trip in singapore but along the way, my earphones are broken so i have to borrow his. long story short, i use it now hehehe

oh that gooey green connecting two things to a heart shape below? it's my phone and ipod. my phone is a black onyx and its birthday is next week (14 june!) i used to name it "dastan" after jake gyllenhaal's character on prince of persia since it sounds very manly and masculine (oh please, michelle.) but i changed it to "halvo" since eric halvorsen signed it on may 14th which was its 11 month's anniversary!

oh and that's my ipod there! it's a 2nd generation ipod. i know, so long ago!!! and it's 2 years old! but unfortunately i don't find a good name for it so it doesn't have a name :( we've been through a lot and through 2 years i only have 2 casings of ipod! hahahhaha

(oh please allow me to be a little narsistic, yeah?)

on usual day, it's pretty much what i have in my bag but on that particular day the photo was taken, i brought few things in my bag (you can see it in the picture if you take a look at it) which are :

- my favorite hairband, it's astrid's actually. borrowed it from her, never returned it #habit

- also my favorite hair clip, it's a H&M hair clip. my mom bought it for me in europe on 2008, i like it so much sampe disayang2 and when i went to europe last fall, i only bought 2 packs of it, what a shame.

- a lock. i was on celebrity fitness' 2 weeks trial with chacha and abi and we have to bring our own lock for the locker.

- my 15 inch mac laptop. my brother in law bought it for me, i really forgot when was it but i'm sure it was around ujian because i promised myself not to touch it before ujian is done (doesn't work of course *wink*)

- ipod cable. i was working on yearbook and i need music *gasp* to *gasp* accompany *gasp* me throughthenightlalalala hahahaha

- since i'm such a heavy user, i brought my mac charger!

so that was it! a long long long long post about my bag.

tomorrow is my graduation, in which i do a speech *gasp*

please wish me luck!

and it's also 7th tomorrow, which can only mean............

it's nicko's birthday no big deal about it *shrug off* *closing laptop*

a for abc

2011-06-06T15:38:00.003+07:00

(top left to right : juju, abi, chelle, keva (looking at..uh), pandu pratama, tiara, nanda, natha

bottom left to right : adrian, nicko, kk, nuel, daniel, aaron, chacha)

there is no way i can describe how much love i have towards them.

thank you ABC for making my last year at tarlim a blaaaast

this photo is a true legend because there are 15 members here! (minus jojo) what's so special is that it's so hard to gather these bunch of wild and hyperactive people in a frame and actually took a photo hahahaha

nanti SMA, (dan yang SMP dedeee!) (dan yang di jogjaa) jgn sombong2 ya masih cfd an bareng ♥

wooooooohoooooo

2011-06-04T12:47:00.001+07:00

TVXI 100% LULUS.
3 tahun bareng.
3 tahun seneng-seneng.
3 tahun keringetan bareng (hahaha).
makasih ya semuanya :)

current obsession : june!

2011-06-02T20:17:00.005+07:00

haven't done current obsession post in a long time, so here we go!! *this goes in no particular order*

1. masterchef australia

i'm ADDICTED to this tv show! it's light, it's very educative, it's about cooking!

i've watched the american and indonesian version on tv but neither beat the australia version.

i think the american version is too heavy and it looks like the judges treat those contestants like they're a professional cook. i just don't like it.

and indonesian version, what can i say. it looks like it's scripted and the food isn't that great (i can't really cook but it just doesn't look appetizing)

and the cooks in masterchef australia are very supportive to each other. there's competitive feeling among them but they aren't manipulative and all that hahaha

anway, i just finished the 2nd season and i love adam and callum!

2. golden half camera

i think i'm going to ask my father this for my 15th birthday

3. samantha

she's a week old now, she's the new star in my family!

i think i need to get used to the sound of crying every morning hahaha

unfortunately, she's at the hospital right now :( karena agak kuning jd harus disinarin.

i hope she gets well really soon ♥

4. muh temporary "room"

it's not much of a room really. it's just a very comfy bed with 2 pillows and a bolster and very comfy blanket in my parents' room. see, my sister sleeps in my room for awhile because samantha is still very young dan kalo hrs naik turun ntr repot gituu. so i have to give up my room but i keep few stuffs on my bedside at night, like my holiday journal, my phone and ipod, my wallet, and a box filled with photos.

5. tts kompas

through all this madness and hectic in my house, there are few things that keeps me sane.

this tts kompas is one of them, it contains 80 tts and it's been keeping me company for awhile now yeayyy

no-guilt recipe

2011-06-02T16:13:00.003+07:00

if i have to describe this dish in one word, well sorry i just can't. finding this have been such a bless for me. i have had cough for more than 2 weeks now and it really sucks. i can't eat fried, santan, spicy food. i'm not a really disciplined person, see i ate few spicy and fried food in semarang which is why my cough is worse than ever that i had to go to the doctor twice this month. i am finally taking care of my throat by eating soup and non-fried santan and spicy food. but this recipe, i can't ignore this! it keeps bugging me so i decided to make it. but instead of covering the chicken breast with flour egg and breadcrumbs (yep just like chicken cordon bleu) , i just simply season it with salt and pepper and grill it. so no guilt for me nuh-uh!!

let's roll!

prepare your ingredients, and since i made this for myself, the recipe here is for one serving

1. tomato sauce

- 150 ml of crushed tomato (you can buy this at supermarket. i used Cirio)

- 1/4 onion, chopped

- 1 large clove of garlic, crushed

- 1 tbs brown sugar (i used gula merah i think it's the same thing..)

- salt and pepper

2. chicken

- 1 boneless skinless chicken breast

- salt and pepper

3. mozzarella and cheddar cheese

chop and crush that garlic and onion,

boom boom shake the room!

and since i used gula jawa yang gelondongan itu, i have to chop them so it dissolves easily.

heat up some oil, with medium heat. when it's hot, put in your garlic and onion.

leave em until the onion is soft, but not browned.

then pour your crushed tomato and brown sugar

boil, then lower the heat and simmer.

season with salt and pepper.

you know it's done when it's reduced.

take it off the stove and set aside.

the sauce should've been pureed but i like the consistency so i decided not to puree it.

now let's get to the chicken.

give it a little bang with your meat mallet.....or use your hand hahaha

season it well with salt and pepper

heat some olive oil, with low heat! why low heat? because if you use high heat for the chicken, the outside will be cooked but the inside is still raw and you'll end up burning the chicken.

with low heat, the breast will be cooked thoroughly.

just a precaution, minyaknya nyemprot tp kaya kecil2 gt jd kaya digigit semut gituu

put the cooked chicken in a plate. pour some (or a lot!) tomato sauce on top.

sprinkle grated mozzarella and cheddar (i only used mozz though) on top of sauce

and microwave it. uh.

okay truth is, the recipe tells me to put it into the kitchen so the cheese will melt beautifully.

but my mom said, just microwave it it's a lot easier.

TADAAAA!!!!!!!! it may not really good because i'm not really good at presentation but it tastes really good and the tomato sauce may look like store bought pasta sauce but it's whole lot better because you can adjust the taste to your liking, for example the sweetness and acidity. i am pretty sure if my mom made this, she will add few cabe rawit to the sauce!

that's some pretty mean looking knife don't you think? i'll let you have the last bite!

nah just kidding!

you know what other good thing about this dish is? it's pretty healthy (i think so) i mean, chicken breasts, tomato sauce, and cheese (you may not use cheese if you're on diet), what's not to love?

breaking news

2011-05-30T20:44:00.004+07:00

hi everyoneeeee sorry i haven't blogged in a while it's been quite hectic in the house with da baby, engagement and all. so as you know, samantha is homeee and my sister and samantha sleep in my room for "a while" even though i dont know how long is "a while". for now, i sleep in my parents' or my brother's. but i don't think my brother is eager to sleep with me since i nularin batuk to him. and i just got home today from semarang. twas my brother's engagement since his girlfriend is from semarang and they have many friends and relatives there they decided to have an engagement party. which means i couldn't go to school today pdhl i misssss my friends. oh and bu maria texted my dad to ask why i didn't go to school today ehehe pisssss buuu

here are some photos from chacha's fisheye heheh

samantha

2011-05-27T14:58:00.003+07:00

Samantha Aimee Ferdinan

Born May 24th, 2011. 11:52 pm.

Weight 3,145 kg

Length 49 cm

dedicated blog post to nurul smoochhh

2011-05-22T19:59:00.008+07:00

kls 7 pas basket pertama2 ahahahaha

oh i don't even know ini kapan

year 8's christmas party

kelas 3 din udh metal metal aja lo yg lain aja cuman pis pis aja ahaha

this was tomi's birthday

oh remember all that time kita duduk sama aaron kia mulu kls 8 ahahaha

this was batik day rememberrrr

hey bby if youre reading this, happy birthday!

i was gonna make you a scrapbook but i'm a little busy lately so i'll just make you a dedicated blog post din! i dug some old photos, went back as far as 3rd grade during our study tour to museum bogor. for any of you who don't know, dinda is my oldest friend (not one of my oldest friend....she is my oldest friend. get it) i've known her since the 1st day of 1st grade. i always bragged to people like "DINDA'S MY OLDEST FRIEND YOU KNOW AHAHA AHAHA" but she's also one of the nicest. she doesn't really you know get in the school drama and everything hahaha and she's also one of the biggest influential for my music taste.

she's also very loud kalo udah ngobrol seru2 itu kaya we want to claw each other on the face gt aduh crazyquerl bgt dia hahaha and this is an unimportant fact, but dinda is the first person to go to kidzania with meeeeee eheheh it was february 26th 2008 (i don't know how i remembered it i read my elementary school diary few days ago and found kidzania ticket and money in it) and she used to be veeerry chubby back on elementary school but she's grown up to be a good looking smoking hawt teenager (wait that doesn't sound right) and even my sister was surprised when i showed her dinda's photo hahaha

we got close around year 1 and year 3 and year 4-6 and year 8-9. let's just say she's been a good friend of mine,yeah? :) but she's going off to pskd MANDIRI (hey i wrote the word mandiri next to pskd!!!!!!) and i checked their website few days ago and i think it's a pretty good place for dinda. a free-spirited girl that she is, i guess she wouldn't feel comfortable being in a school like tarki bcs of the seniority so dinda i wish you luck in pskd mandiri!

i'm really sorry i can't make the scrapbook!!!!! but i made this quick little scrapblog (it's online scrapbook...eheheh) it's not as legit as the real scrapbook but i really hope you like it :D

infinitylove,

michelleeeeeee your fuhreeend

wednesday's tmi

2011-05-18T18:15:00.002+07:00

- watched when in rome and waiting for forever. i think waiting for forever is not a really good movie, i just haven't seen rachel bilson in a while (since the last time i saw jumper. ha. i know.) and i watched when in rome bcs i don't hv any other movie to see and i loooooooovveee josh duhamel hehehe
- abi bought me some dvds. i gave him some cupcakes. we're even.
- i was really excited to go to girls day out today with tim inti. both bailed out tiara has to stay at home and chacha gaada yang jemput.
- abi offered to spend the day but i refused.
- so i made lemon vanilla cupcakes. the lemon sucks. it turned into vanilla cupcakes.
- i failed making frosting for the 3rd time.
- i have a really bad batuk and it annoys me.
- when my friends tweet "thanks for nothing kiss my ass", i wonder if they really listen to the real TDF song or just quote it bcs it sounds good..............no offense guys.
- i renamed my phone halvo.
- i'm using my dad's imac. uhhuh there's 3 of them here.
- im leaving!
- i don't know what to do even though my friends are going to pik and basket tomorrow.

post gig depression or what it's called

2011-05-15T15:38:00.007+07:00

okay i got lots to tell you. i went to TDF-HM-ARTTM concert yesterday, which is my first concert ever. i have been waiting for may 14th for like....ever. and it's finally here. the moment i woke up in my bed, i was like "it's may 14th. which means arttm is today!" i couldn't sit down for one moment yesterday! finally i went to tennis indoor at 2.30, 4 and a half hours before the show starts! my friends come as early as 1.30. we went through few gates and finally settled down at the final gate before going inside the tendoor. there's a kebab stall or something and i decided to eat chicken kebab so i wouldn't starve inside. i bought drink and i was only drinking 1/4 of it when the final gate opened! i had to leave my drink hahaha agak sayang sih sebenernya. i was with astrid and natha. we wanted to be on the 1st row but it's already full so we got the 2nd row. not bad!

and then i want to pee. that was very stupid of me not to go to the toilet. i managed to hold my pee for 6,5 hours until i got home!!! i am very proud hahahaha i sat down for a moment but the space was realllly small hahaha we waited for 2 hours before the show starts. when they turned the lights off, i was realllyy excited even though i don't know many TDF songs ehehe peace v-_-v they started the show with best i never had and ended it with i just wanna run hahahahah dan itu kaya dorong2an bgt gitu but it was pretty fun! i got lots of photos but many of them are either blurred or not focused.

and then we have to wait for a few minutes before hey monday. we got aqua gelas from the security huaaahh lumayan bgtt and finally hey monday came out! i have to say, cassadee pope is reaalalalaaallly beautifulll! they sang 13 songs terus pas 2 lagu terakhir cassadee ketuker gitu how you love me now and wish you were here hahahaha and they got us saying "cassadee you suck" or something hahhaha and she gave us 2 lessons. i forgot what was the first but the second was "if your relationship doesn't work on the first try, just forget it. get rid of it. no no no" hahahahhaa she was very cool and i got lots of video too. i loveeee her tutu skirt and purple locks hahaha

and then arttm.

all hell broke loose. everyone is pushing!!!! there are like tons of boys behind me and i had to poke them ehehehe and i had to step on a guy's toes bcs he keeps pushing eheh ehehe. they opened the show with on your side. AND THEN THEY SANG NO ONE WILL EVER GET HURT. i want to cry bcs it's one of my favorite songs but it's a bonus track so i'm not sure they'd sing it. BUT THEY DID!!!!!!! omygod i can't even.....hahaha and they sang annabelle, dakota, baby blue eyes, just another one, she's killing me, give a damn, lalala lalala. when they sang dakota, they replaced "dakota" with "jakarta" so it was like "oh JAKARTA ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH ME TOO?" hahahahha and justin recorded us on his iphone and asked us to say "hi justin's mom" hahaha so we did and we did it really loud! after they sang life of the party, they said thank you and went out. yep just like that. i was like NOOOOOO and then all of a sudden they ran and jumped back and sang 2 more songs for us. it was really worth it! and when they sang no one will ever get hurt "cause no one can love you like i can honey we gotta make this work" gua sama justin kaya liat2an gt nangisssssss dulu hahahaha and the bands threw their guitar picks/drum sticks/etc to the crowd but i didn't get anything :(

the gig is finished at 10.50 . i went out with astrid and natha and they took their bags. we met up with agatha angel dani etc and agatha said halvo and the guys are still at the venue. we ran back inside and i got to meet them. dinda got halvo's sign on her ipod. i got halvo's sign on my blackberry and ticket and andrew cook's on my ticket. HALVO IS REALLY CUTE and i got him on video when he signed my ticket and he looks like he's struggling to sign all the tickets and things hahahaha but he was reallly really cute. but he was on the other side of the stage when arttm sang so i couldn't really see him :(

we smelled like crap man, you wouldn't believe it. i got a ride home with dani and natha and mbak2 rexona gave us a goodie bag with 2 rexonas+rexona hand towel in it yeahayyy and i bought "i ♥ downtown fiction" and "i ♥ hey monday" stickers hahaha i got home around 12 and i was realllly tired and my parents are worried! but i had so much fun yesterday and i still can't believe i watched them live! now betis gua pegel bgt sampe sekarang but it was all worth it. i don't care if there's fake fans, i don't care if we have to stand up for 5 hours, it was reallly really good. thank you so much javamusikindo for making my dream come true and thank you The Downtown Fiction, Hey Monday, and A Rocket To The Moon for devirginizing my concert virginity i'm really glad it was you guys! Good luck on your tour and please come back to Jakarta soon!!

xo, Michelle.

TDF's David.

i took few photos of Cameron but none of them are focused eeeeek

she looks like kristen stewart a liiiiiitttle here hahaha but i really like her!!!!

pcr-q.

justin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the setlist

best photo of nick santino i can find in my camera, gak goyang and all

his shirt is so ngedangdut hahaha

andrew wore a barong shirt!

THANK YOU GUYS!

conclusion for last night :

1) nick santino's hair stands taller than monas.

2) cassadee pope is hawwwt!

3) cameron looks like topher grace or whoever guy played venom on spiderman 3

4) justin richards is really cute

5) Alex Lipshaw's legs are to die for

ARTTM TDF AND HM IS HERE!

2011-05-14T10:42:00.002+07:00

we are breathing the same air. i and a rocket to the moon. after few months waiting for may 14th, the concert is just few hours away. can't wait. i hope i won't get too tired and still can go to cfd tomorrow.

this is my first concert ever yep can you believe it hahaha and i'm soooooooo exciteeedd hehehehe :D have fun for yall who's going to the concertt!

look at the mess i made

2011-05-11T18:17:00.006+07:00

it's not a mess, really. well, it is a mess, but a beautiful mess.

today i watched burlesque and masterchef australia. i know, two very different things! hahaha anyway the words "vanilla cupcakes" suddenly came up to me while i was sitting on the couch. so i looked up the recipe on the internet and found a very good recipe. it requires "pure vanilla extract" so i have to go to ranch market to get one. THEY RAN OUT OF VANILLA EXTRACT!! i finally went to a cake decoration store near blok A and yes i found them!

so, no more delaying. here it is VANILLA LEMON CUPCAKES!

first of all, gather your ingredients :

CUPCAKES

120 gr unsalted butter, room temperature << this is very important

130 gr sugar

195 gr flour

1 1/2 tsp of baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

60 ml milk

zest of a lemon

3 eggs

1 tbs of pure vanilla extract

ICING

100 gr confectioners' sugar

50 gr unsalted butter, room temperature

2 tbs of milk/light cream

1 tsp of vanilla extract

few drops of food coloring

let's start!

in a bowl, put butter and sugar. beat them until they're fluffy you could die!!!

now add the eggs one by one. pardon me for not taking photos when i cracked the eggs but i was very busy hahaha. this was what it looked like after i put the eggs

then, put the lemon zest and vanilla extract into the mixture.

to the dry ingredients we go! put flour baking powder and salt. can you figure out which one is the baking powder and which one is salt?

ok here's the tricky part. add HALF of the flour mixture into the butter mixture, beat. now add milk, beat. then add the remaining flour mixture, beat.

so it goes like :

half flour-beat-milk-beat-flour-beat. hey we could make a rap song out of it!

that's how it looked like ^^^^^

prepare your muffin pan now. and put these cute muffin paper. here's the fun part for me.

spoon the cupcake mixture into the muffin paper until it's nearly or half full. mine don't really rise much so when it's done they look like cute mini cupcakes!

my babies are in the oven. and no, you cannot sit down. we have one more thing to do.

~*~ the icing ~*~

you probably think, where am i supposed to buy confectioners' sugar? what the hell is confectioners' sugar. let me make it easy for you. use icing sugar!

no icing sugar at home and too far to carrefour/alfamart?

use plain sugar you used to make cupcakes, measure it according to the recipe.

now put it in a food processor and plug the electrical cable.

blend it.....blend it.........there you go!!!!!!!

it works really well for me. Michelle is satisfied.

this is a really important thing. always read the recipe thoroughly.

this is the 3rd accident i made because of butter. and now, it's because the butter for the icing (and cupcakes too) supposed to be at room temperature. but after i made the cupcakes, i decided to put it in the fridge first because the butter was a little warm and i was afraid it would melt or something.

so i put it in the fridge.

and got the butter out just before i made the icing. i didn't realize at all.

i started making the icing by beating the butter until it's smooth and fluffy. i should've realized something is wrong when the butter was pretty hard to beat. and i added vanilla extract.

i added the sugar. and milk. i HAVEN'T noticed something wrong with it. i really should check my eyes. i just realized something was wrong when i put the food coloring.

at first it was cute and all....pinky and all that.

but when i finished beating it and putting it into a...what you call that plastic...yeah that ^, i found out mentega nya itu menggumpal. i had to throw the whole batch out and put away my dream to decorate my cupcakes. till next time, frosting!

meanwhile, my babies started to rise and all. ahhhh

after 15-20 minutes or so, i got it out of the oven. look at those golden brown beautiful cupcakes! and you can't smell it, but it smells really good!!!! when i say really good, i mean REALLY good. at first i thought it's just plain vanilla cupcakes. but when i ate it, there's trace of lemon in the cupcakes and it's so goood!

i'm selling the cupcakes for 7rb each! if you want some please contact me via twitter/bbm!

here's addition to my kitchen :

they did the magic. it may look a little....suspicious, with the plastic bottle and things. but they did it. i luv them.

and few days ago i just bought these cute looking measurement cups and spoons. i, however, regret that i didn't buy the stronger ones made of stainless steel. but i say, they did their job pretty good!

these baby cupcakes leave me with vanilla scented hair and hands, cupcakes mixture stained shirt, overwhelming smell of vanilla and lemon, and a big smile on my face! till next time everyone!

p.s : baking powder is the one on the center, lebih putih daripada tepung. and salt is the one on the left part, texture nya lebih halus dibanding baking powder nya!

screenquake when you scroll

2011-05-08T10:47:00.002+07:00

i am truly sorry for the screenquake we (i, chacha, and abi) have caused from the photos above. we spent almost the whole week together, going to celebrity fitness, running together, cooking, etc etc. on friday, we made this melted brownies from the recipe chacha sent me. I WAS SO SAD TIARA COULDN'T JOIN sedih bgt bener. it would be 10000000x more fun if tiara was here.

abi's mom offered us steak (d'oh..who can resist) so mas juari which is abi's driver brought us 4 slices of steak with fries and veggies. YUM. the steak was marinated for 4 days!!!!!! all this time i only marinate my steak for....i don't know 2-3 hours hahahaha. we had a great late lunch with brownies and iced sweet lemon tea.

let's just say i had a wonderful week with them.....but now it has taken its toll. i had fever on friday night i was feeling so dizzy that i had to throw up, it's really bad. so my plan is to rest for the weekend but turns out i have to go to bsd today to livingworld which is this HUGE furniture&appliances&toys store like ace hardware, index, informa, and toys kingdom. it's 15.000 meter square and i really love going there hahaha so until next time!

p.s : don't you think chacha looked so cute on all photos?!!?

let's just pretend we didn't see what abi was doing on the last photo shall we?

yrbook photoshoot!

2011-05-05T20:29:00.003+07:00

sneak peek from 9-1 photoshoot at semanggi futsal expo yesterday.

i asked the night before the photoshoot whether the location is indoor/outdoor, turns out it's indoor and i didn't bring any flash with me because it disappears misteriously after bali trip last year. i asked ratih to bring raras' flash but she's already on her way. so i had to do the whole photoshoot without flash (well there's the camera flash but the light is too harsh and all that so..) but i'm glad it went well though :) the second photo above was a little underexposed so i had to edit the brightness and contrast.

today is 9-3 photoshoot, and it's located at flavor bliss alam sutera bsd (i know. sooo far.) and it's been hectic from the morning.

1) nobody contacted michael.

2) nicko out of nowhere bailed out on us.

3) it's raining!

4) we can only use the place until 1 pm

but thank God,

a) nicko came

b) it didn't rain when we arrived

c) flavor bliss ppl gave us the permission to take photo as long as we need!

unfortunately, michael couldn't come with us :( i took the photos with brea and abi. it's been a fun tiring day and i need a rest now i'm gonna be a couch potato tonight and catch some masterchef australia!

'til next time !

i really don't know what to do

2011-05-04T20:09:00.002+07:00

Who introduced you to your boyfriend/girlfriend/crush?
no boyfriend here sorry to disappoint

Do you believe exes can be friends?
Theoritecally, yes. It may take time to be friends, whether because of issues in the past or to be friends without love. But I would like to believe that you can be friends with your ex.

Do you eat breakfast daily?
D'oh. Yes!! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gets me through the day!

When you and your friends are out and about do you usually get dirty looks?
Nah most of the time but sometimes when we're really crazy people stare at us like we're supermodels or something (aha)

The last person you kissed hates you. Why?
Uh, maybe because i'm annoying and i keep pushing him away. Sorry, ko. (ko as in my brother)

Is green your favorite color?
Yep one of them but only certain shades of green.

Is there anyone you couldn’t live without?
Family and friends and God.

Who were you with the last time you went to the movie theater?
Oh wow. It's been awhile. I think it was with my family when I watched Green Hornet. Yep, that long.

What do you usually do when the clock turns 11:11?
I'm probably asleep or I don't notice at all. I'm not a big believer on 11:11 thingy. When I notice, I'd be like "oh, terus kenapa?" aha aha

Do you like to cuddle?
I'm a cuddler haha but it depends though. It would be creepy to cuddle..uh strangers.

Do you like your cell phone?
Yep, I only wish my phone ga gampang panas. ahhaha gatau bahasa inggrisnya.

Do you prefer to call or text?
Depends on credit and importance. But mostly texts/bbms.

Do you think someone misses you?
Siapa yang pernah kangen gua sih I'm an emo anti-social girl. ha.

Do you love where you live?
It's where my family and friends live. And things aren't so boring here with the traffic jam and things. I would like to move somewhere cooler like New York or Melbourne, but hell the living cost there is so expensive

What were you doing 12 AM last night?
Schleep.

Would you go out in public looking like you do now?
Why not. Cheer you up tshirt + Adidas shorts is not so bad.

So, what do you want for your birthday?
I don't know, kitchen stuff or bike stuff or something.

Has anyone ever sang to you?
Uh, yeah.

Do you think you will be in a relationship 3 months from now?
No idea.

How was your weekend?
Now even monday is weekend. So I'd say it's pretty good. It's boring sometimes though because I miss school

Was your last kiss drunk or sober?
Oh puhlease I kissed my brother's cheek 100% sober. (90% deh as I was pretty sleepy)

Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
Nicko Asmara! We had birthday together for our 13th birthday because we were camping!

How do you feel right now?
Tired mentally.

Does any part of your body hurt right now?
My thighs!!!!!!!!!! Went fitness yesterday and it hurts like shaayt because I forgot to do pemanasan.

Are you a mean person?
I think I can be a bitch since I'm not really a think-before-you-talk person. Even when I "filter" my thoughts, it still came out wrong sometimes. People hate me because of it.

Interested in anyone at the moment?
I don't know

So, what if you married the last person you kissed?
No, ko. Just no.

Have you ever had a really big fight with a best friend?
If crying is involved, would it be a big fight?

Is there someone you’d like to fix things with?

Yeah, but I can't think of him/her whom I want to fix things with.

Do you plan on moving out within the next year?
Nah.

What are you listening to at the moment?
My sister's mouse, scrolling.

What color shirt are you wearing?
White.

Can you leave the house without makeup?
D'oh. 100% make up free!

Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years?
5 years from now, I'll still be 20. I still want to do a lot of things, so the answer is no.

What was the first thing you did when you woke up?
Check my cell phone.

Is life good?
It's pretty ok right now.

If someone liked you right now, would you want them to tell you?
Uh, not now.

Do you think anyone has feelings for you?
Uh, no?

Where is the person you have feelings for?
Di hatiku aw aw tau deh dimana suka suka lo dah

What color are your eyes?
Dark brown.

new kitchen appliances and ingredients!

2011-05-02T15:28:00.006+07:00

i know right, another post about food. but i promise this time (and the next) the food i made won't be disappointing. i made cream scones here, got the recipe from marthastewart. i think i'm the only girl my age who opens her site almost daily hahaha but i like her website and it has many great recipes. i also bought many kitchen appliances yesterday so you might find "(insert kitchen appliances here) is new)" on my post today ahahaha. so let's not waste more time and get down to it.

first of all, prepare
- 240 gr of flour
- 4-5 tbs of sugar
- 1/2 tbs baking powder
- just a little salt
- 85 ml of whipping/heavy cream (neve used whipped cream before)
-1 egg
- 1/3 stick of cold unsalted butter (it's the first time i've ever used unsalted butter for cake/cookies!)
ready? here we go go!

poor lighting! i made the dish at 6.30 pm so it's a little dark.
anyway, after you gather the ingredients, measure the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

sift it! (sift=saring)

now chop the butter until it's small
see the butter in the picture? smaller than that.

now let's mix them together

prepare the wet ingredients (cream+egg) and whisk them together using egg whisk (egg whisk is new)

form a well ditengah flour mixture
and pour the cream mixture to the flour mixture

mix it together with a fork but don't overmix
dum dum dum

the fun part (or the most horrifying. depends how you handle it)
sprinkle generous amount of flour on your table/work space/kitchen table/whatever
and this is important, also sprinkle flour on your rolling pin. i didn't and it's when the most fun part turns to horrify me. (the rolling pin is new)
i had to add A LOT of flour and it makes the scone a little flour-y if such thing exists.
anyway, roll the dough into a rectangle shape...

....and shape it with a cookie cutter. this is actually fun! i used 5 cm cookie cutter
and made 7 scones out of it. the recipe i used and wrote above is actually half of what's written on marthastewart's website. (the cookie cutter is new)

put parchment paper on your baking tray. and put all the dough that has been cut on it.
brush with whipped cream and sprinkle some sugar on top! pop it into the oven!
yum. (parchment paper is new)

UH-HUH THAT'S MY BABY I'M A PROUD MAMA

you'll know when it's edible when toothpick comes out clean and its color is golden brown.
doesn't it look a bit like hash brown?
enjoy the scones with strawberry/orange/whatever jam!

HAVE A NICE DAY!
i'm going to jog with chacha and abi burn some fat from too many scones and roast chicken (recipe coming up!)
xo.

next week's plan and analog camera

2011-05-01T21:50:00.002+07:00

please, pardon me for my narcism i just have nothing to do these days but this week i will be busy for sure. yearbook photoshoot, dress fitting for my brother's wedding, playing basketball with my friends, cooking lesson with chacha, can't wait!

i and chacha have also planned to

1) go to kidzania

2) iceskating

3) make t-shirt for abc

hahahaha so many to do but when you have 2,5 months summer break, you can do anything (ha right) anyway i told you that i want to learn how to use analog camera and today i asked my dad to teach me using the film chacha gave me few days ago.

my dad loves camera since he was in his 20s or 30s so i have no problem finding the analog camera since my dad has Nikon F3 (so ancient you have to "kokang" or "geret" to use it and it doesn't require batteries), Nikon F4 (he has 2 just because the first one has little scratch HAHA) and Nikon F5 (it's a little modern though) so i decided to use the F4 because it's not too ancient or modern.

i use 50 mm f/1,4. i was about to use the f/1,2 but it doesn't have auto focus (yes, it's that ancient) and i have miopy so i decided to play safe and use the 1,4.

i took 15 photos today just around the house and few photos of my family. i really can't wait to see it on prints!

HAVE A BLAST MONDAY!

the beginning of never ending food porn (well it will end..someday)

2011-04-30T20:47:00.003+07:00

who doesn't like thai food? well, maybe some of you don't but i LOVEEE thai food. one of my favorite destination for holiday is Bangkok for its shopping places but mainly because its food. it's cheap and my tongue loves it. thai pancake, tom yum, meatball noodle, coconut ice cream, ah this can go on forever.

let's get rollin (get it spring rolls, rollin. uh me and my humor)

Prep the ingredients, they are

- bawang bombay - carrots - shrimp - jamur kuping

Using mortar&pestle (better known as..ehm ulekan) ulek white pepper (merica)

with garlic and don't forget some salt....

...until it looked like this. this will be the bumbu for the spring rolls

Now boil some water and put in the soun/glass noodle.

chop it up up up! oh and don't forget to boil the shrimp

now let's get on to the cooking process

pour some oil to the skillet and put in the bumbu (merica+garlic)

jangan sampe gosoooong!

fast forward >>>>>>>>> dump the food you have prepared (jamur kuping, carrot, shrimp, soun and onions)

season it with pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce (saos tiram), and sugar.

the reason i didn't season it with salt is because

1) udh ada soy sauce

2) udh dikasih garam di bumbu garlic+merica nya

but if you feel like it lacks salt, add some! hahaha

TADA!!!!! now let's get to the fun part

ROLLING THE ROLLS! spoon a tablespoon of rolls' filling to the kulit lumpia

like dis. and prepare a little water because you'll need it to stick the kulit lumpia.

ini agak salah fotonya, harusnya dilipet dari bawah sampe ketemu kulit diatasnya, lalu dikasih air sampe nempel, baru tutup kanan kirinya dan di roll keatas sampe pojok terus kasih air sampe nempel!

jangan sampe robek, be gentle with the kulit lumpia karena kalo robek pas gorengnya bisa luber kemana-mana. kalo udah digulung semua, prepare cooking oil and fry it.

selamat mencoba and happy holiday

fresh from the oven

2011-04-29T13:00:00.005+07:00

it's only been a day after uan and i have craved for food like never before!! yesterday was chicken wings and today is thai spring rolls who knew what tomorrow might be. kue sus?scones? ahaha i have to watch my weight though..now excuse me as i gulp the spring roll in one gulp.

nothing could possibly go wrong with

2 homemade chicken wings + lipton iced sweet lemon tea + hellcats "before i was caught"

homemade spring rolls with sambel bangkok abc.

i learned how to cook thai when i was in krabi in 2009 wow time flies so fastt!

recipe coming up!

exam's over, brightspot, and sewing machine.

2011-04-28T22:36:00.004+07:00

hiiiii everyone hahah so we, junior high school students, have finally finished all the exams (national, practical, school, whatever) and we are officially free! well we still have to go to school on 13th and kelulusan and things but other than that we can do whatever we want. it's a really tiring day and we had foto angkatan dan it takes A LOT of energy.
anywaay, today i went to brightspot. i don't know how to describe brightspot, but they have local and international boutique and the stuffs they sell are so cute. they have brightspot once every 3 months and this brightspot i attended today is like their 2 years anniversary. they moved the event for every brightspot to different malls like plaza indonesia, grand indonesia, pacific place, etc. this is the first time i've ever been to brightspot, and let me tell you this. I'M STOKED. i literally can't stop walking around the house since 4 in the afternoon hahaha. i got the invitation for the opening party from juju, his sister is a designer of NOONIO (it's a menswear clothing line but they just released womenswear recently). i went there with ayu and keva. IT WAS HECTIC. i wanted to go to cotton ink's but it was packed. so we just went around and around brightspot for several times. i felt like the most unfashionable person in this whole event. we stopped once in a while to look at something (mostly done by me). i and ayu stopped when we saw this red pumps keren bgt but it's 465rb nuh uh too expensive. and finally i got something. a pastel green and white stripes tank top for 105rb. i really like it so i bought it that is the only thing i bought though haha. keva really likes this skinny pants and i think it will look good on him but it costs 430rb so he didnt buy it. but i did pick up few brochures here and there so i can visit their stores online. here's few :

www.heymonstores.com
www.mondaytosunday.net
www.cottonink-shop.com

anyway i just read evita nuh's blog, she is one of rare young fashion blogger..and also one of my favorite. she's just 12 years old but she knows what she wants. from what i read she's interested in fashion and she will launch her own fashion line. not every 12 years old can do that, even with the right opportunity and money, most kids these days would just...i dont know, watch tv all the time or something.
so bottom line is, she inspires me. i decided that this summer i want to learn how to sew using sewing machine. my sister bought a sewing machine few years ago but we never found out how to operate it, so i'm planning to learn how to use it. if a 12-year-old girl can do it, kenapa gua gabisa? *optimissss*

ok then enough venting for a dayy see you soon!

p.s : brightspot masih buka sampe tgl 1 mei jd kalo mau kesana buruaaan haha

hyperactive proactive..whatever it means it just sounds good

2011-04-27T18:03:00.002+07:00

tomorrow's the last day of uan and i'm so excited-d-d-d-d for yearbook photoshoot tomorrow. hope everything goes well haha the list of things i'm gonna do after uan

- tv show marathon from leverage to mentalist

- cooking with tim inti qurlzzz

- les masak di jicc

- pulau seribuuuuubuuuuubuuuuu

- arttm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- ma bro's wedding

- waterbom??????

- learn new things bcs i have 2,5 months to speeeend before high school

- bikin yearboook

- spend time with abc

- brightspot with dinda tomi keva chacha dlll

- pake kamera lagiiiii udh lama bgt ga hunting dsb dan i want to try using analog camera

- wisata kuliner with tim inti + abc

gatauuuu lagi apa yang pasti banyak bgttttttt have fun semuaaa hahahaha besok jam 10 gua pingin teriak "JAMAN BELAJAAAR? MAKAN TUH MAROON 5 GUA UDAH LIBURRRR" ahahaha -_- mana anak kls 7-8 heartless bgt pd masang tiket maroon 5 masing2 sbg dp bbm mikirin dong kls 9 beginiiiiiiiaghtjkuiasfdgsh bodo amat deh hahahahaha

the storyline of an instax which i havent named yet

2011-04-21T18:06:00.000+07:00

june 2010-april 2011

feel free to full view

national treasure!

2011-04-21T17:39:00.003+07:00

just got this two items at inacraft 2011. i spent 4 hours inside and 2 hours from JCC to sate senayan where i had my late lunch. the first item is like a board or something where you can slip your photos between the ribbon, the original price is 175k in storage shoppe and i got this for 123k i'm a happy man. seriously.

the second item here is a blackboard with batik frame from dreamesh.com for 90k. i honestly don't know where to hang these things bcs my room is packed with this kind of things, pinboard, etc hahaha but it looked cute so i bought it and i think i can find some space for this cute things.

oh wait, i hvnt studied for uan yet. besok mulai kerja rodi!

the past and the future

2011-04-20T17:27:00.003+07:00

it's officially the last school day with tvxi and tarakanita 5's tivavelve and 2013. i can't believe how fast time goes by. when i was in year 7 i was like "i can't imagine my life as a 9th grader" and here i am 2 years later, being a 9th grader and graduating soon (amin amin!) we spent these 2 days taking photos like crazy bcs moments like this won't happen again. i also took photos with 8-2 2010 whom i love so much. i have to admit, as much as i love 9-3 2011, 8-2 2010 still holds the best class EVER. and i love my friends, but spending extra time with tim inti is just so....precious or something hahaha we ate blenger burger today and dinda and ayu joined in for lunchh ^^ last but not least, i want to wish tvxi and 9th graders everywhere luck for the upcoming national exam

and they might have better score than us, tapi mereka cuman pake contekan, sama aja boong. kalo dikasih soal tanpa bocoran, we'll nail it better. yang penting jujur, karena nilai bagus lo itu gakbakal menjamin masa depan lo. kalo dari kecil aja udh gini, nanti lo jadi orang yang korup, mau jadi apa indonesia?

good luck and DON'T USE CONTEKAN, xo

michelle!

2011-04-18T17:49:00.002+07:00

that chaiyya chaiyya thing is getting old.

and it's getting on my nerves.

happy monday guys!

sweet tooth

2011-04-10T12:55:00.006+07:00

THIS IS A MUST TRY RECIPE FOR YOU GUIZE

WHO HAZ SCHWEET TOOTH.

pancake is a truly comforting food and it's so easy to make! you can literally make pancakes with your eyes half-closed hahahaha i made some yesterday and brought some leftovers for my friends and they said they like it!!!!1!1!!!! i made it with caramelized bananas because my dad really liked the bananas when i made it a long time ago haha and i think i will make some as soon as possible hahaha so today's sunday and tomorrow's monday which means it's school woohoooo the reason i'm stoqqd is bcs i only have 7 days of school in tarlim :( i feel a little sad bcs what's happening right now with our angkatan tp i hope everything's going to be ok :)

so here we go

you will need

200 ml milk

1 tsp of baking powder

1 egg

pinch of salt

200 gr of flour

milk : flour = 1 : 1

here'z the topping

BANANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS

with sugar and oil.

get ready for food porn. in 3. 2. 1.

and go.

mix the wet ingredients, which is milk and egg. whisk whisk whisk.

you can use electric mixer...or not.

now now mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, which is flour, salt, and baking powder

pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients

now whisk 'em til they made a beautiful, smooth batter.

they made about 8-10 pancakes

calm down. you haven't seen the result yet, this is just the beginning.

prepare a skillet. melt some butter on it.

pour a ladle of the pancake batch carefully so they look good 8)

wait while they're working the magic.

OH. and dont forget to turn on the fire :p haha

this one doesn't look really good tho :( but it sure does taste good!

flip em flip em over and over until they're done!

repeat the steps above until the last drop of the batter (lebay)

DON'T eat the batter, i know you're hungry and all, but just...don't.

pancakes done, what about topping?

CARAMELIZED BANANAAAAS

chop up the bananas in half vertically, dan belah lagi horizontally until it looked

like ^. now heat up some oil, and dump some sugaaaar. keep mixing until it looks brown-y.

into the pan bananas go (is the sentence even correct?) and cover them with caramel until they look good. DONE. easiest. topping. ever.

ready?

here are the results for the pancakes with bananas. yeah the bananas may not look good,

but it tastes good, i'm telling ya :p

OH NYUM. ENAK BGT GATAHANNNNN.

anyone want some?

fraaaaadaaay fraaaadaaay

2011-04-08T22:11:00.001+07:00

I am a male.
I am a girl.
I am shorter than 5’4.
I think I’m ugly sometimes.
I have scars.
I tan easily.
I wish my hair was a different color.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
I have a tattoo.
I am self-conscious about my appearance.
I have/I’ve had braces.
I wear glasses. (sometimes)
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.
I have more than 2 piercings.
I have piercing in places besides my ears.
I have freckles.
I’ve sworn at my parents.
I’ve run away from home.
I’ve been kicked out of the house.
I have a sibling less than six year old.
I want to have kids someday.
I’ve lost a child.
I’m in school.
I have a job.
I’ve fallen asleep at work/school.
I almost always do/did my homework.
I’ve missed a week or more of school.
I failed more than 1 class last year.
I’ve stolen something from my job.
I’ve slipped out an “lol” in a spoken conversation.
Disney movies still make me cry.
I’ve peed from laughing.
I’ve snorted while laughing
I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.
I’ve glued my hand to something.
I’ve had my pants rip in public.
I was born with a disease/impairment.
I’ve gotten stitches/staples.
I’ve broken a bone.
I’ve had my tonsils removed.
I’ve sat in a doctor’s office/emergency room with a friend.
I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed.
I had a serious surgery.
I’ve had chicken pox.
I’ve had measles.
I’ve driven over 200 miles in one day.
I’ve been on a plane.
I’ve been to Canada
I’ve been to Mexico
I’ve been to Niagara Falls.
I’ve been to Japan.
I’ve celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
I’ve been to Europe.
I’ve been to Africa.
I’ve gotten lost in my city.
I’ve seen a shooting star.
I’ve wished on a shooting star.
I’ve seen a meteor shower.
I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas.
I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
I’ve kicked a guy where it hurts.
I’ve been to a casino.
I’ve been skydiving.
I’ve gone skinny dipping.
I’ve drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
I’ve crashed a car.
I’ve been skiing.
I’ve been in a play.
I’ve caught a snowflake on my tongue.
I’ve seen the Northern lights.
I’ve sat on a roof top at night.
I’ve played chicken fight.
I’ve played a prank on someone.
I’ve ridden in a taxi.
I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I’ve eaten sushi.
I’ve been snowboarding.
I’m single.
I’m in a relationship.
I’m engaged.
I’m married.
I’ve gone on a blind date.
I’ve been the dumped more than the dumper.
I miss someone right now.
I have a fear of abandonment.
I’ve gotten divorced.
I’ve had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back.
I’ve told someone I loved them when I didn’t.
I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did.
I’ve kept something from a past relationship.
I’ve had a crush on a teacher.
I am a cuddler.
I’ve been kissed in the rain.
I’ve hugged a stranger.
I have kissed a stranger.
I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.
I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.
I’ve snuck out of my house.
I have lied to my parents about where I am.
I am keeping a secret from the world.
I’ve cheated while playing a game.
I’ve cheated on a test.
I’ve run a red light.
I’ve been suspended from school.
I’ve witnessed a crime.
I’ve been in a fist fight.
I’ve been arrested.
I’ve consumed alcohol.
I regularly drink.
I’ve passed out from drinking.
I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
I’ve smoked weed.
I’ve taken painkillers when I didn’t need them.
I’ve eaten shrooms.
I’ve popped E.
I’ve inhaled Nitrous.
I’ve done hard drugs.
I have cough drops when I’m not sick.

I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem.

I have at one stage in my life been diagnosed with depression

I have been diagnosed with one or more anxiety disorder.
I’ve had a disorder no one has believed me about

I shut others out when I’m depressed.
I take anti-depressants.
I have had EDNOS, Anorexia nervosa or bulimia
I’ve slept an entire day when I didn’t need it.
I’ve hurt myself on purpose.
I’ve woken up crying.
I’m afraid of dying.
I hate funerals.
I’ve seen someone dying.
Someone close to me has committed suicide.
I’ve planned my own suicide.
I’ve attempted suicide.
I’ve written a eulogy for myself.
I own over 5 rap CDs.
I own an iPod or MP3 player.
I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
I own something from Hot Topic.
I own something from Pac Sun.
I collect comic books.

"what is love?"

2011-04-08T22:02:00.001+07:00

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” - Billy, age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” - Karl, age 5

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” - Chrissy, age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” - Terri, age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” - Danny, age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.” - Emily, age 8

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” - Bobby, age 7

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,” - Nikka, age 6

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” - Noelle, age 7

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” - Tommy, age 6

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” - Cindy, age 8

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” - Clare, age 6

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” - Elaine, age 5

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt.” - Chris, age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” - Mary Ann, age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” - Lauren, age 4

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” - Rebecca, age 8

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” - Karen, age 7

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” - Jessica, age 8

source.

made my day,

happy weekend everyone!

baked egggggsss!

2011-04-02T15:06:00.004+07:00

think of how you like to cook your eggs. scrambled? omelet? boiled? fried? gak bosen? gimana kalo....

BAKED?

i found the recipe a year ago on jamie oliver's site but i never tried it until a few months ago. at first i was really worried that it may not work but turns out it worked!!!!so i think it's time to share the recipe to you guizeee

you'll need

spinach, 3 eggs (d'oh), cooking cream, smoked beef, bacon (optional and not pictured)

you'll also need

nutmeg (pala), salt and pepper, olive oil, mozzarella cheese

this is the first time i used cream for my dish. i used elle&vire cooking cream. it's really small actually but it cost me 20ribu pdhl kecilll bgt itu hahaha tp i'm glad the dish works :)

SO HERE WE GO

i'm sorry i didn't take photos from the start. but this is what it looks like before it went into the oven. so

first of all, saute the spinach with olive oil and add some salt. chop it up, put it into a casserole dish dan JANGAN LUPA DIKASIH MENTEGA this is crucial because it will be BAKED.

pour 2 tablespoon of cooking cream on top of the spinach and sprinkle the chopped smoked beef.

crack the eggs in the casserole dish, season it with salt and pepper. add some cream if necessary.

grate the nutmeg. add mozzarella cheese on top and some bacon if you decide to use it.

we're done. POP IT IN THE OVEN NOW NOW NOW

so this is what it looks like when i pop it into the oven.

THIS IS IT BAKED EGGS A LA MICHELLE KING HAHAHAH

pas dikeluarin dari oven, ada suara SSSSZZSSSSZ nya gitu dan itu keren bgttt hahaha

and it tasted superb!!!!!!!!! gua udah bikin ini 3 kali dan jujur aja gua ga teralu suka bayam, tapi grgr dibuat baked eggs kaya gini, gua jadi suka spinach!

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE, XO

HAPPY QUERL HERE!

2011-04-01T19:28:00.002+07:00

UAS IS FINALLY OVER

OVER

i can't believe how fast uas went by and how we are leaving tarlim in 16 DAYS!!!!!! and after that 2,5 MONTHS being schoolless (does such thing exist) hahahaha. i'm really glad the worst part (which is UAS) is over though hahaha and we went wild already today because we are too happy that uas is over. by 'we' i mean me, chacha, juju, abi, keva and nuel. we did "ABC Study Tour" today, going to cyclo/aksara kemang, toko araya, another bike shop but i forgot what's the name, mcd kemang. and we made a 'detour' to abi's house. i called this 'detour' because abi was meant only to GRAB SOME MONEY AND GO but we ended up staying for lunch, playing ps, and he forgot to bring his money -_- hahahah the food abi's mom made was reaaaallly good though and she made A LOT. she made spaghetti, fried rice and this thing like long macaroni with smoked beef and cheese TOPPED with cheese. it was reallyyyy good can i just take cooking classes with her tho hahaha. so i got home, really tired, took shower, and

SCHLEEP.

toodles!

1000000x results of too many exams!

2011-03-31T19:59:00.002+07:00

BOLD what applies to you:

01. You’re currently confused about someone’s feelings for you.
02. You have been in a serious relationship before. -notsure
03. You own an iPod of some sort.
04. You do not like your sibling’s girlfriend/boyfriend.
05. You drink too much alcohol.
06. You have been to the Olive Garden.
07. You have taken medicine of some sort this week.
08. It is really cold in your house right now.
09. You are extremely dependent on others.
10. You do not like to express your feelings in front of others.
11. You ate a lot of food today.
12. It doesn’t take much for you to cry.
13. People consider you as a happy sort of person.
14. Someone in your family is rich.
15. You have been to Disney World or Disneyland before.
16. You hate when people constantly talk about themselves.
17. You are a good listener, but you hate complainers.
18. Someone has called you for a serious medical emergency before.
19. You have had a serious surgery.
20. Your house has a spare bedroom.
21. Your house is old.
22. You have at least one cousin under the age of three.
23. You have never held a baby before.
24. You can’t handle toddlers.
25. You have a painting in your room.
26. You have been to Canada.
27. You have been to Mexico.
28. You love cherry flavored lollipops.
29. You celebrate Easter.
30. You observe Lent.
31. You are Catholic.
32. You do not believe in God.
33. Religion is not important to you.
34. You want to have a small family one day.
35. You would rather have more sons than daughters.
36. You have more aunts than uncles.
37. You hate being too cold.
38. You currently are way tanner than everyone else. -in my family
39. You wear shoes in your house.
40. Your parents are clean freaks.
41. You are more messy than clean.
42. You are currently angry at someone.
43. Patience is so not a virtue to you.
44. Your desk is extremely clean.
45. Your bed sheets are either blue, green, black, or white.
46. When you hear “black & white” it reminds you of Katy Perry’s ‘Hot n Cold’ song.
47. You have no clue what that song is.
48. You think rap artists are completely pathetic.
49. You are glad George Bush is out of office. -dontcare
50. Politics are boring to you. -
51. You take a vitamin daily.
52. You feel like you are sick often.
53. You hate throwing up.
54. You think it’s gross when people set food down on their desk at school with no napkin.
55. You also find it gross that people sit on top of desks.
56. You are now cringing at the thought of someone’s food where someone’s ass was.
57. You love getting bubble baths.
58. You do not like chocolate at all.
59. You are allergic to nuts.
60. You have been stung by a bee before.
61. You have been to the emergency room before for something.
62. One of your parents is 50 or older.
63. You are the baby of your immediate family.
64. You hate broccoli.
65. Cooked carrots are good, though.
66. You go on tumblr too much.
67. You are really comfortable right now.
68. You like witty t-shirts.
69. You are a major fan of underground bands.
70. You have been on an airplane before.
71. You are not afraid of heights.
72. You consider yourself paranoid. -VERY!
73. You have had a panic attack before.
74. The thought of being old and alone bothers you.
75. You would choose the elderly over children.
76. You feel like you’re living in the wrong decade.
77. You like the color green.
78. You think it’s way too cold outside right now.
79. You love the thought of sleeping in tomorrow morning.
80. You would rather go to bed early and get up early.
81. You feel like the early bird catches the worm.
82. You are a big breakfast eater.
83. You are currently suffering from the common cold.
84. You are craving something salty.
85. You have been in a car today.
86. There is something plugged in near you.
87. You have heard of the TV show “Private Practice.”
88. You do not like medical television shows.
89. You prefer horror to comedies.
90. You adore Leo & Kate.
91. You think high-waisted pants look good.
92. You hate cheesy movies.
93. You enjoy camping out.
94. Bugs bother you.
95. You do well in school without trying.
96. You are extremely jealous of someone currently.
97. You feel like you have changed a lot from 08-09.
98. You like energy drinks.
99. You like italics.
100. You know the entire script of Mean Girls.

oh lol galau before exam yo

2011-03-27T20:34:00.004+07:00

i'm sorry if i'm not who you think i am i don't deserve to be your friend anymore you can leave now i won't stop you and i won't interfere with your life anymore if that's what you want what i did was very very very terrible i know i told her that but i was really emotional and labile i know you won't read this i know you won't ever forgive me and i know you don't care about my existence and no matter how many times i said this you will look at me and say "don't pretend like you care" but i'm sorry i mean it but it's over there's nothing i can do anymore i hope you're happy right now and this is impossible to do but i need one more chance. i'm sorry. i miss you.

sekilas info!

2011-03-26T23:30:00.001+07:00

So i'm having school exam on monday which is the hardest exam malah buat gua lebih susah dr uan karena kita gatau soal nya model nya kaya gimana (kaya miranda kerr sm rosie huntington...jayus bye) dan bahannya seabrek ditambah lg hari ini kakak gua baby shower sehingga banyak relatives yg dateng dan pastinya gua gabisa bljrrr uh sucks. Yg pasti gua lg labiiiiiiiiiiil bgt hr ini labil tingkat 10 parah haha untung ada teman gua abi&chacha meskipun udh gak sm abi lg tp he's been supportive despite my bipolar disease yg bisa bikin gua ketawa dan nangis dalam 5 menit hahaha he gives good advice and he encourages me thanks d000de haha terus sm chacha hari ini kita punya imajinasi kalo abc bakal tinggal di satu asrama terus kita bakal hidup luxury bcs we're the only girls in the dorm haha *apa hubungannya* dan kalo ada yg macem2 cowo-cowo abc bakal jd bodyguard cabutan hahaha dan imajinasi nya itu gak abis-abis dari design kmr, jumlah handuk, sampe basement 3 lantai buat sepeda dan penutup baja buat asrama kita haha these couple of days have been really hard for me and the fact that i just lost a friend (maybe more :( )doesn't help. So i'm just gonna be posting positive post karena masalah yg ada di real life ga perlu sampe dibawa-bawa ke blog kaaan hahaha

By the way udh lama nih gak nerusin weekend food spree hahaha udh ada materi nya tinggal bikin aja sih ini tntg salah satu restoran jepang and no it's not sushi tei haha see you next timeee

XO and good luck buat exam semua TVXI!!!
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beautiful.

2011-03-26T22:12:00.001+07:00

exam's over. more exams waiting.

2011-03-19T11:13:00.003+07:00

so final exam is over (finally *sigh*) although there's practical exams for next week i think i'll just relax a bit to prepare for the..drumroll please..wait for it...school exam. -___- uh huh i'm more worried about school exam more than i worry about national exam it's because we had tryouts for national exam, while school exam..not so much. i uh reblog this quiz here from my friend Dinda's blog (www.hotmessdiamondsss.blogspot.com, visit her)

so here we go

List 10 musical artists you like, in no specific order. Do this before reading the questions below

1. A Rocket To The Moon
2. The Maine
3. Sheila on 7
4. Dashboard Confessional
5. Taylor Swift
6. Train
7. Katy Perry
8. Jason Mraz
9. The Script

10. Lady Antebellum

What is the first song you heard by number 6?
Hey Soul Sister

What is your favorite song by number 8?
Details in the Fabric, Make it Mine, Live High

What kind of impact has number 1 had on your life?
They are my favorite band in the world, I've been through a lot and their music makes me feel better

What is your favorite lyric of number 5?
It's a love story baby just say yes

What song by 3 makes you happy?
Pria Kesepian and Pemuja Rahasia

When did you first get into 2?
Dinda haha she influences my music taste a bit.

How did you get into 3? It's a pretty old band, I mean it's been there since my sister was in junior high. Their music suits my taste.

What is your favorite song by 4?
Belle of the Boulevard and Hands Down

How many times have you seen 9 live? Never!!

Favourite album by 7?
One of the Boys

What is your favorite song of 1? Srslyyyy can't choose between Annabelle, Dakota or Fear of Flying or Where Did You Go

How did you become a fan of number 10?

Adell! She told me to download few songs of them and uh here we are

What song of 4’s do you listen to the least? Don't Wait

How long have you known 9? a year going two probably

Top 5 favorite songs by 5?

1. You Belong With Me

2. Love Story

3. Fifteen

4. Back to December

5. Forever and Always

Have you seen 10 live?
neh

Have you met 4?
neeeeeh

What’s your favorite album by 1?
On Your Side!!!

Favorite lyric of 7?
I might get your heart racing on my skin-tight jeans be our teenage dream tonight. the lyric might seem a little bitchy but i like it

What is one of 2’s best songs?
Into Your Arms, Inside Of You, Growing Up, Girls Do What They Want, We'll All Be

How many times have you seen number 2 live?
neh

Which number have you known the longest?
3,5,8

What’s your favorite song by number 9?
Breakeven and The Man Who Can't Be Moved

brain expppplosssion in 3...2...1

2011-03-14T20:36:00.002+07:00

BRAIN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY TOO MUCH STUDYING. AND IT'S ONLY WEEK ONE. BARU ULGN UMUM UDH BEGINI GIMANA KALO NANTI UJIAN SEKOLAH. THE WORST IS YET TO COME. I HAVE PKN AND MATH TOMORROW. BAHANNYA YANG MAT SIH GABANYAK CUMAN RIBET BGT HA ips nih lusa aaaaaa narsis dikit bolelahyayayaya ha

exams, appetite and fail recipes

2011-03-11T22:30:00.005+07:00

so today is h-3 ulangan umum and #efekulum is back on. I NEED TO EAT SOMETHING ONCE EVERY 30 MINUTES OR SO. like everytime i took break from studying, i head straight to the kitchen. i've been craving famous amos ALL DAY and fatburger for dinner and chewy junior for dessert. it's not even day 1 yet. i'm afraid this will go on for weeks and at the end of all the tests, who knew i could gain 5 kilos? I HOPE IT DOESNT HAPPEN THOUGH i need to control my appetite hahahah

anyway there's tsunami and 8.9 richter earthquake happening in Japan earlier today and it's been on the television the whole night. my mom was in japan a week ago and i really thank God for His blessings because the tsunami doesn't happen while she was in Japan. i really wish and i pray the Japanese are all right though. #prayforjapan

this is what i made a week ago. recipes coming up.

my trademark baked eggs. bottom layer : sauteed spinach with cream. middle layer = eggs with smoked beef. top layer = bacon with some additional cream. bake for 15 minutes or until done, voila. been making this a couple of times, work every time!

my family really loveeee this dish and i'm gonna share the recipe soon!

this is not a really successful dish. oreo bread pudding. i've never made bread pudding before so i thought i might give it a try. BAD BAD BAD IDEA. tastes really really bad, it tastes like someone dipped the bread into a glass of milk until the bread is soggy and eat them right away with flavorless oreo i can't even...um anyway the reason i made this dish is because all of a sudden i remember the oreo pudding nia made for classmeeting a little while ago. i want to make it but i don't have the recipe so i'm trying to find something that may taste just like her pudding.

THIS DOESN'T TASTE LIKE NIA'S PUDDING AT ALL.

chocolate fondant cake with strawberry coulis. cool name. this should have tasted nice, shouldn't it? uh, no. i got the recipe from junior masterchef and i thought, well since kids below my age can make it, maybe i could try to make this one, too. WRONG. i was not careful during the mixing part, the recipe said i have to put the wet ingredients into the FOOD PROCESSOR but instead i used mixer. so i dump the batch right away into the food processor.

now the strawberry coulis. the coulis shouldn't have been blended. it makes the coulis look like strawberry juice. it's exactly what i did, so i had to make the coulis again.

this dish doesn't work, too.

better luck next time :)

last day :(

2011-03-10T19:13:00.003+07:00

Surrounded by familiar faces, the people that you love to see
Where everybody knows your name, and they're smiling
We may not be gettin' younger, our days might be slippin' away
Yeah we're still so fucking young, so we'll party like it's our last day

All we needed was some good friends
And a song to sing a long
With voices yelling in the front room
No one could tell us keep it down
So we all just kept it loud, and tried to wake the entire town

Our days are numbered, we know we're not gettin' any younger
But it's nights like these that make you not really care

- we'll all be by the maine

today is officially the last day of normal school because the next time we have school, it'll be on april and we will only study 4 subjects and for these past 4 days i've been playing games like hide n seek, roller coaster, benteng, etc. with my friends. had a very good time, so much fun. like dinda said, times like this we're gonna miss. when i said, "no bitches gonna ruin my last year here" THAT is my expectation. but in reality, it's easier said than done. bitches DO ruin my year. it doesn't mean you have to sacrifice all the time you have here just to worry about the bad times you have.

next week is final test already and before we know it, practical exam is finished.

wish me and tvxi luck then, xo

2011-03-08T19:14:00.002+07:00

made by chacha soewongso

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
- Henry Ford

2011-02-28T21:02:00.000+07:00

sunday's tmi

2011-02-27T20:49:00.004+07:00

- this week is going to be the last free week for 1-2 months because starting from 7th of march i'll be having try-outs, practical exam, school exam, national exam,blahblahblah. the time is going so fast i can barely keep up

- so i didn't go to church today~~ forgive me God for i have sinned and please bless me for this upcoming week

- i ate burger king's long chicken blt today and it tastes so good although keva tasted it and he was like "what?this isn't good" well guess what kev, neither is your swiss cheese bk (mungkin gua yang ga normal hahah)

- we were banished from starbucks by the security because our burger king smell so intoxicating, we sat on the ground at the front door of the building, no big deal.

- i've been using pj all day bcs it's sooooo comfy hahahah (the color of this text is the color of my favorite pj)

- my dad's birthday is in 3 hours~~~~~~~ LOLOLOLOLLL!!!!

- tmi stands for too much information, in this case, too much unimportant information you might not want to know hahaha

weekend food spree!

2011-02-27T20:43:00.004+07:00

from now on i would like to present the first and newest regular topic post for my blog which is weekend food spree. the point is i'm going to take photos of what i make/eat for the weekend. i hope it's going to be a weekly post, gak males-malesan gitu. enjoy!

Saturday night, 7 pm (26/2)

We (i, my sister and her hubby) ate at PIM's Fish&Co. We ate seafood platter for two and yep, the photo does the name justice, the best fish n chips. The seafood platter contains paella rice, fries, grilled fish?, scallops, king prawn, scallops, squid with cream and garlic sauce. We can choose between king prawn-scallops or black tiger (if i'm not mistaken)-mussels. We chose the first one. To be honest, it was my first time ever trying paella and I really like it! It has raisins and bell peppers to give some flavors. The prawns were a little fishy so we asked the waitress if they were done and they took it back to the kitchen and they said they will replace it. The scallops were a little fishy, too. But I don't know if that's what real scallops tasted like or probably it's indeed a little fisheeeyy.

About the fish n chips, it was no doubt that it tasted really good. Crispy but soft inside. Nice service and all. So i'm a happy qurl ^^

I had omelettes for breakfast before heading off biking hahaha

Sunday mid-morning around 9am (27/2)

Went biking with Chacha, Keva and Daniel and we decided to go to Thamrin's Burger King. I ordered 45k long chicken blt with iced lemon tea and french fries while keva ordered bk's swiss cheese, daniel a java mocha and chacha ordered sundae and fries. I really like this blt nyumnyum and I got reaaaally full

Sunday afternoon, around 3 pm (27/2)

We (I, my sister and brother, and my brother's girlfriend) went to Gandaria City because my brother's girlfriend who came from Semarang has never been here before. We still had no idea what to eat when I said "Italian food?" but my brother was like nuh-uh hahah I saw Domino's Pizza nearby and it's the closest thing to Italian (oh well, it is Italian!) and we decided to eat there. The cashier was really helpful and patient, we ended up ordering pepperoni thin-crusted pizza and another kind of pizza i forgot what the name is, bread sticks, beef lasagna and few drinks. 193k for all this. We could actually eat at REAL Italian restaurant with the same price but better food. I don't think Domino is bad, it's just average and I like Pizza Marzano/Pizza Hut's pizza better. The pepperoni thin-crusted was actually pretty good but the other pizza was...okay. The beef lasagna tasted like it doesn't contain any beef (or probably i was just unfortunate) because I couldn't taste any beef hahahaha. Overall was pretty good but I probably wouldn't go back there for a while.

Sunday afternoon, after Domino's (27/2)

My brother wants to go to Roppan RIGHT after Domino's. We were all pretty full but his girlfriend has never eaten at Roppan so we bought some toast and drinks, this time a Pom Pom Ringgo, apple toast. The presentation resembles mcd's apple pie so much I don't even want to see it hahahaha lebaaayy. The other toast is something Foretto it's like a black forest cake. Not my favorite trip to Roppan probably because my tummy was reaaally full

See ya next weekend!

saturday double-recipe!

2011-02-26T13:54:00.003+07:00

it all started in the morning.

my sister bbm me a chicken mozarella cordon bleu recipe. i've been wanting to cook cordon bleu but haven't got the right time with all these tests and tryouts, and the recipe my sister gave me is sooooo easy. so i decided i'm going to do it. but wait! i want to make melted chocolate cake too! i looked up the recipe from internet and it turns out it was pretty easy, and i got nothing to do today. oh iyaa! why not make both of them? then i started preparing the ingredients and found out that i don't have some of them (boneless chicken breasts, flour, dark chocolate and easy melting chocolate for cooking) and i went to ranch market darmawangsa square and found all the ingredients except for the easy melting chocolate.

i didnt have any driver at the moment so i asked my brother's employee to drop me at a store in blok A who sells all kind of things for cake (icing, pan, chocolate, etc etc), we went together using motorcycle. terus sampe sana gua nanya coklat yang gampang leleh berapa harganya? dia bilang 92.000 anjrit gua cmn bawa 32.000 gmn dong terus katanya ada yang jenis lain kaya koin gitu bentuknya 52.500 yah kurang 20rb terus gua nanya sama karyawan kakak gua "mbak ada 20.000 gak?" terus dia blg "yah aku cuman bawa 15.000 de" which means kurang goceng and i had to go back home, grab some cash terus kesana lagiiiiiii gilaa rebek bgt hahahah

okay to the point, here is the ah-maaazing food i made todayyy first up is

this is the superb chicken mozarella cordon bleu (boneless chicken breasts filled with smoked beef and cheese) it tasted REAAALLY REALLY GOOD bener deh gua ga boong hahaha tapi kalo gua bikin ini lain kali ham nya harus lebih banyak dan cheese nya di potong kecil-kecil supaya gak lumerrrr

ini melted chocolate brownies dan gua cuman bikin setengah resep jadi kaya cuman 5 biji doang gitu dapetnya hahaha unfortunately it doesn't melt as much as i would have liked tapi brownies nya aja udah enak and it looked beautiful

so what are you doing this weekend? oiya oiya oiya i'm gonna write down all the food that i've made and i'm gonna print them abis itu kaya dijilid/sebagainya jadi kalo mau bikin lagi tinggal gampang gitu hehehehe oiya maaf ya kali ini gaada foto proses pembuatannya it was really hectic in the kitchen. i hope i can get photos next time, see ya til then!

have a great weekend everyone! xo michelle :)

Roppan

2011-02-12T14:24:00.002+07:00

so i went to this cafe called Roppan in Gandaria City last night with my family. the cafe has a really unique concept and the food were really nice and the toast is not that expensive (11.000-16.000), this is what i had last night and pardon for the photo quality because i used phone camera :D

Sunny Shinjuku, a toast with egg, onion and sprinkled bacon on top. A really cute toast and nice presentation, it's one of the signature toast but i really prefer the Katsu Haru or Ikebanana than this probably because this toast is best served while hot, and it is not hot at all :(

Ikebanana, a toast with banana and chocolate syrup with whipped cream and strawberry on top. This one actually tastes reaaally good like a good homemade pisang goreng.

Yuki Berry, a strawberry jam toast with strawberries and grated white chocolate. This one is also very good because it has the perfect acidity from the strawberries and the perfect sweetness from strawberry jam and white chocolate.

Katsu Haru, toast with chicken katsu, cheese, tomatoes with mayonnaise. It tastes like cheese sandwich..but better! The sweetness and freshness from the tomato makes the dish tastes superb!

For the drink, we had Roppan Punch. It's a mix of fruits (orange, raspberry, lychee, etc.) with vanilla ice cream. Really really refreshing!

Very worth it! Going to visit Roppan again soon, or maybe i'll have my sister's baby shower here!

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pencil case

2011-02-10T17:50:00.004+07:00

someone says a woman's bag tells a lot about herself. well let me just get this straight, i only have ipod and blackberry and occassionally wallet in my bag. it probably doesn't tell much. and maybe my pencil case will tell more about myself hahaha basically i'm just bored bcs i have geo test tomorrow but i'm just too lazy to study more. i'm just holding my pen and books on my lap and i was thinking how about making a post about my.....pencil case. okay guys, if you have better things to do, i'm okay with it you should just go because this post is as unimportant as upil.

so, i rarely use pencil case since year 9 and i'm just using my backpack as my pencil case haha my mom bought me this pencil case when she went to sydney, probably bcs she knew that i wouldn't buy a pencil case even though my pen/pencil/eraser/marker mysteriously dissapear one by one everyday hahaha lol. well this is what i have in my pencil case....at the moment.

top from left :

- post-it in 5 different colors

- my 4GB kingston flash disk. i thought this would be the place to put all my photos. of course, i have a lot of photos which means 4GB wouldn't be enough and i ended up using the 250GB hard disk now hahaha

- mentos candy. i think i bought it a week ago hahaha

- the pencil case tag. uh i tend to keep those kind of things

- faber castell orange marker

- snowman orange marker

- standard 0.7 pen i forget what type it is but it's really goooooood like my favorite pen everrr

- stabilo exam grade pencil sharpener. i bought this after i lost the last one and i chose this one because it has a lid hahaha

bottom from left :

-brown/blue snowman marker. actually, it's a brown marker but i lost the bottom lid or whatever you want to call it so i took my blue's marker bottom lid and put it on the brown one ^^

- 2 2B faber castell pencils. as you know i'm in year 9 which means i got a lot, and when i say a lot, i mean a lot (!!!!!) of tests this year. we have to fill the answer with a 2B pencil which is why i have 2 of them hahaha and the 2nd one is soooo small it's hard to write using it.

- faber castell's 20 cm ruler.

- 0.7 pen but i forget what's the braaand

- green faber castell marker

- pink snowman marker

- pilot erasable pen

- faber castell vinyl eraser

- purple faber castell marker

- blue snowman marker

HAHA GAPENTING BYE

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we got the schoool's spirit!

2011-02-05T22:24:00.005+07:00

so here are my qurls from basketball team. we had amazing journey together since year 7 (or even since year 5, with astrid and evel) our first trophy was tardu cup back in june 2010 we were in 2nd place dan beda cuman 1 poin doang nyesek bgtttt heheheheh untungnya pas tarlim cup terakhir ini kita bisa bawa piala juara 1 buat tarlim, ka wisnu sm buat kita sendiri hm seneng bgt pdhl gua ga teralu ngeharap bisa sampe juara 1 ya puji Tuhan bgt lah hehehe gua pingin berterimakasih sm anggota tim gua yaituuuu

- evel dan astrid. udh 5 tahun woi sm mereka berdua dari sd. udah lumayan afal sama karakter main merekaa astrid ngejaga nya bagus, terus ga gampang kebakar emosi, ngeshoot nya jg bagusss. eveel ngeshoot nya bagus bawa bola bgs. tp sayang pas SMA nanti bakal pisah gua ke tarki evel kyknya gonz/negeri dan astrid tereeeee bakal kangen bgt sm mereka

- chacha soewongsooooo hahahaha dia udh main dr kls 7 dan rajin bgt baskettt dan kalo main itu gak panik ga grusak-grusuk. what i like is that she is able to overcome her asthma and do her best. kita sma masih bareng mainnya horeeee :D

- nathaaaa ini juga dr kelas 7 tp gua dulu pas pertama-tama kaya blm deket gt sm dia soalnya kan beda SD tp lama-lama kenal trs dia gila bgt orangnya hahaha. dulu pas kelas 7-8 dia mainnya msh suka panik tp sejak kls 9 ini dia spektakuler bgt hahaha ngeshoot jauh nya bagus bgt dan dia kaya pencetak poin gt di tim hahaha

- tarita tiara nah yg ini baru dr kelas 8. dia ikut grgr wkt itu ada seleksi tim b buat tarlim cup x terus dia ikut eh ternyata mainnya bagus trs akhirnya dia ikut bskt smp kls 9. yg ini badannya jeger bgt kl main brutaal hahaha gua bisa kesodok dia sampe jatoh nyosor di lantai kayu asik bgt emg hahahaha

- shanonn gua kaya main sm dia on off on off gt kadang main bareng kadang engga gatau kenapa haha tp she did a great job scaring off the rival hahaaa

- afnie, miranda, gaby, carina, tasya dan monik. baru main sm mereka pas kelas 9 nih soalnya afnie, carina, tasya baru masuk basket kls 9, trs gaby miranda kan baru kelas 7 haha dan monik taun lalu kyknya gaikut bskt kalo gasalaah hehe makasih buat semuaaaa lovelove

- last but not least, chandrika. dia udh dr kelas 7 juga loh dan udh sering ikut lomba macem-macem tp grgr pindah ke SPH, jadinya dia gabisa ikut tarlim cup xi lagi hm :( she was a great asset to the team krn dia tinggi trs bisa buat main dibawah hahahah kangen main sm chandrikaaa

ini pas kita karaoke an bareng ka wisnu grgr menang tarpat jdnya uangnya digunakan untuk kongkoo kongkoooo hahahahhahaha ini tim 2010-2011 tp gaada moniik hehe

KELAS 7!!!!!! kayanya ini pertandingan ke2 setelah pl cup yg gua ikutin sprtinya. ini yang basket baru kita kita terus ada juga chandrika sama natha tp mereke kyknya baru ikut pas alizhar olympic gt hehehe liat nih tampangnya msh bocah bocah

ini tim yg 2009-2010 msh ada angie nabila tiffani dll hehehe

kelaas 7 pas alizhar haha rumah gua kaya dijadikan base camp buat anak bskt kelas 7 dulu hahaha

AAAAAAA hahahaha ini malu-maluin bgt tandingnya masih pake kaossss terus dimarahin sm nabila gak dibolehin pake kaos ternyata hahah astrid msh pake kacamata lol bgt trs msh ada jennifer sm alma brenda jugaa haha

ini kelas 8 pas tardu cup disini udh ada shanon hahaha ini sm anak futsalll

di tarlim cup xi ini tim A nya, yaitu miranda shanon evel tasya chacha tiara carina afnie natha astrid michelle hahaha

ini di por CC pake seragam yg dikasih sama sekolah hahaha lawan sanmar bagus mereka mainnya akhirnya kalah deh kita 20-12 huu sedih hahaha yang ini original team nya sebelum ada carina/tasya maupun anak kelas 7-8 kaya mariska gtgt haha

HAPPY WORLD NUTELLA DAY!

2011-02-05T16:41:00.003+07:00

HAPPY WORLD NUTELLA DAY
FEBRUARY 5!!!!!

a big fan of nutella myself, so happy world nutella day. here are some photos of nutella that can make you drool. these photos are taken from tumblr. people who are on diet please leave this page right away, this post can cause severe drooling, failure dieting, or desire to raid the supermarket nearby.

let's start from the simplest. just a spoonful of nutella filled with sweetness, comforting feel of hazelnut chocolate.

nutella cupcakes nyumm :)

nutella roll

nutella rice krispies bar

why can't i find this when i went to europe huuuuu

never seen before footage of 2010

2011-02-01T20:55:00.003+07:00

8-2's tarik tambang. LOOK AT BREA OMG his face is unbelievably bocah banget like srsly beda bgt sama sekarang haha

tiara before braces.

aaron in jogja trip.

TOMI HAHAHAHAHA itu wtf

keva looks ~*horne*~

ini aaron pake kacamata julius looking like a boss

daily walk to gor bulungan pas tarlim cup x with kia and onel and that is because we were the only 8th grader di seksi pertandingan basket jadi kalo berangkat bareng hahaha

feeling so fly like a :
a) cheese stick
b) G6
c) blizzard