Friday, 30 October 2009

Froyo - frozen yoghurt

It's already weekend on the last day of october, it means we're gonna say goodbye to october, then we'll be starting to do our real activites on november.. time runs so fast, doesn't it? We don't mind how time runs so fast, at least, when weekend already comes, we'd better relax, go out, do shopping, do something fun, or perhaps eat any new dishes, foods, and desserts.

If you don't want to spend much money by shopping or seeing movie at the cinema, you should have try frozen yoghurt (or froyo) as your dessert after having lunch. I suggest you to eat this dessert in the evening while you do chatting and gossiping with your friends. Well, who doesn't love to consume frozen yoghurt or froyo? of course, whoever you are, you'll be falling in love with this dish as your favourite dessert to eat together with your friends, colleagues, and your siblings.


left to right: wiwid, me, and hanum are ravenous to eat a big cup of sour sally at Pejaten Village

Froyo is made from yoghurt, so the taste of froyo is very sour. Even though this dessert consists of milk, but you don't have to worry about the ingredients of fat in a small/medium/big cup of froyo, since the fat is low enough.

If you don't like its taste which is sour, at Sour Sally, for example you may add any ice cubes and milk below the yoghurt. Perhaps, when you choose the topping, you need to combine the topping between fruit and dry topping, it's better to make your froyo much more sweetly not sour. Trust me, if you don't like the taste of an original froyo, you'd better go to J-Co's stand at Mall near from your house, and then buy a single/couple/sharing cup of J-cool, you'll see the difference between an original froyo at Sour Sally and a cup of froyo at J-cool. The taste of froyo at J-cool is not as sour as an original froyo at Sour Sally, i recommend J-cool for anyone who doesn't like much sour.

According to the fact in any magazines or newspaper, having froyo as dessert is becoming a new example of life style which everyone loves to consume this dessert in their daily life. Come on, try froyo as newly dessert in your daily life, it makes your mind health and fresh in the weekend! Have a nice weekend everyone!:)

Sunday, 4 October 2009

an earthquake & batik as the national symbol on october

hey, it's already on october! i always love to spend day-to-day on this month, maybe because of a lot of people are going to celebrate their birthday on october, they're my dad, my sister, hanum, my uncle, my cousins, and other my beloved people around me. I hope everything will be fine on this month, amien! I hope Allah wouldn't give any problems or accidents or bad news, i hope so..

but, I was shocked when I saw a tweet from Kompas which delivers a bad news about a 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked in Sumatera Barat on last wednesday. Then, on thursday morning, i was sad because another earthquake just happened in Jambi. I can't imagine how many people are died and buried in there. I can't imagine how the way they can survive from all these. Ya Allah, You're the greatest thing in this world, You're the only one who knows what's going on today and tomorrow, please keep save all the citizens of Sumbar and Jambi. Please, give them all a powerfull strength and lots of patience to face all the problems they had...

This photo was taken from Kompas

Let's talk about another good news from Indonesia! On October 2rd, Batik was officially designated by UNESCO as cultural heritage from Indonesia. And, the president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, had asked to all our citizens to wear batik on that day. I love that day! I love wearing batik so much! I'm proud of batik as the most unique cultural heritage in the world. Sometimes I find some people who don't like to wear batik as their daily clothes. They think batik can't be dressed into casually. Hey guys, batik doesn't have to be designed formally, it can be dressed casually for any situations. They don't respect to our culture indeed, they don't proud of our nation and batik. Nevertheless, I was really happy to see many people (at mall, campus, and office) wore batik on last friday!!

This photo also was taken from Kompas , they are so cute in wearing batik, aren't they?

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Happy ied mubarak 1430 H

Idul fitri is the only one moment that I always wait to celebrate with my family in every year..
Idul fitri is the greatest day to gather with all my family members..
Idul fitri is the best moment to forgive and being forgiven..
Idul fitri is the greatest time to refresh our mind and heart from wickness..
Idul fitri is the most beautiful moment to go back and start living from zero..
Idul fitri is the most beautiful moment to end our fasting in Ramadhan..
really, lebaran is the most beautiful moment indeed..

well, i know it's too late to say.. Before we're going back to our routines on Monday, let me say:

"HAPPY IED MUBARAK 1430 H. I wish we had a wonderful time in ied's day this year. I wish we had a very great time to celebrate this special day with all of our family members in everywhere. I wish our fasting, our prayer, and our wishes (during Ramadhan) could be received by Allah SWT, amien ya Allah. Thanks for making a very beautiful moment in our life, ya Allah.."

-ayu&family-

Saturday, 12 September 2009

Dua Puluh Dua

Halo semuanya! It's been a long time i've never updated my own blog, it's been almost 2months actually! tapi, ya udahlah terlalu banyak peristiwa yang terjadi dalam kehidupan saya hingga kemudian saya tidak terpikir (baca: malas) untuk menguraikannya di jurnal harian maya ini. Mulai dari peristiwa meninggalnya mbah surip, bom di jakarta, penggerebekkan teroris, gempa bumi, hasil keputusan KPU, tujuh belasan, dan bahkan film-film yang (sesungguhnya) harus di-review oleh saya. Salah satu peristiwa yang telah terlewatkan untuk diulas kembali adalah ulang tahun saya yang sudah sangat cukup berumur bagi seorang perempuan yang akan menjadi wanita.

Dua puluh dua.

Tiga tahun lagi (insya Allah) akan menjadi dua puluh lima.

Awal mulanya saya agak sedikit berat dengan memasuki umur dua puluh dua. Lantaran, dua puluh dua bukan angka nominal yang kecil lagi. Melainkan angka yang sudah termasuk kategori tingkat dua puluhan.

Risau. Takut. Gelisah. Tiga kata yang barusan saya ketik sangat pas untuk menggambarkan perasaan ketika saya sadar telah berumur dua puluh dua tahun.

Saya risau karena saya masih belum bisa membahagiakan kedua orang tua secara lahiriah, batiniah, dan (tentunya finansial). Klise, memang. Saya tahu semua orang pasti ingin sekali membahagiakan kedua orang tuanya. Tapi, saya merasa sedih. Sangat sedih. Sangat berat. Terlebih dengan latar belakang kedua orang tua saya. Saya merasa malu. Malu sekali di hadapan orang tua saya. Apalah artinya saya di hadapan ibu dan ayah. Saya merasa kecil dan tidak berarti bagi mereka.

Ibu dan ayah adalah sosok yang terlalu hebat bagi saya. Terlalu banyak orang yang membanggakan betapa hebatnya ibu dan ayah. Terlalu banyak orang yang mengagumi ibu dan ayah. Terlalu banyak orang yang mengakui kesempurnaan antara keduanya. Terlalu banyak orang yang mengangkat topi mereka untuk kedua orang tua saya.

Bukannya saya sombong. Saya tidak bermaksud untuk menyombongkan diri sendiri. Saya tidak bermaksud untuk membusungkan dada. Sama sekali tidak ada maksud. Sejujurnya, saya justru sangat keberatan. Anda boleh mengira bahwa saya sangat tidak bersyukur kepada Allah. Tapi, maaf perkiraan anda salah besar. Saya selalu mengucapkan syukur kepada-Nya atas apa karunia Allah kepada kehidupan saya.

Saya hanya merasa kerdil. Saya bahkan tidak tahu apa yang bisa dibanggakan dari saya. Anda boleh bilang bahwa saya tidak percaya diri. Maaf, tapi anda salah. Saya pun masih percaya diri dengan kemampuan saya baik secara akademik maupun nonakademik.

Ibu.. maaf. Saya belum bisa membahagiakanmu sampai detik ini. Ayah.. maaf. Saya belum bisa membantu perekonomian keluarga. Apalah arti pekerjaan ajar-mengajar. Hasilnya pun tak cukup untuk membuktikan bahwa saya bisa memperkokoh keadaan finansial kita. Walau begitu, saya sangat bersyukur karena saya masih diberi pekerjaan oleh Allah dan diberi kesempatan untuk berbagi ilmu kepada mereka yang membutuhkan. Tapi, saya sudah memohon kepada Allah agar saya diijinkan dan diberi kesempatan untuk membahagiakan kalian hingga ajal memisahkan kita. Allah pasti mengabulkan, saya tahu pasti soal itu.

Saya takut karna saya sudah dua puluh dua tahun hidup di dunia ini. Entah berapa banyak waktu lagi yang diberikan Allah kepada saya untuk beramal di dunia.




-ayah dan ibu-

Saturday, 4 July 2009

A post-tag about : Triplet Answers

Gud nite bloggers! I've got a post-tag from Sarah and Ajeng some weeks ago by using facebook actually. But I prefer doing this homework in my own blog than facebook. Here are the rules..

What you're supposed to do... and please do not spoil the fun...
Create a new post, copy and paste this post, delete my answers and type in yours.
Then tag 21 good friends and family INCLUDING the person who tagged you.
The theory is that you will learn one new thing about each of your friends.

THREE NAMES I GO BY
1. Ayu (it's commonly used by the people around me)
2. Santi (some of my old friends call me by using the middle of my name)
3. Kakak (it's only used for my family)

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. College student (but, i've just graduated from college since a month ago)
2. Reporter (last year)
3. Unfortunately, i'm being a jobless now, i'm still trying to get the most suitable place for work!

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Bandung
2. Bima, Nusa Tenggara Barat
3. Jakarta, Bekasi

THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
1. News programme
2. Oprah Winfrey Show
3. other TV programmes

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. Prague!!
2. United States of America
3. Aceh and the last city I want to go is Papua

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. Ayam Bakar Taliwang
2. Pelecing Kangkung
3. Sate Ayam

THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. get a job as reporter (again!)
2. get a higher score on my TOEFL (i'll be having a test on august, wish me luck!)
3. take a driving lesson

THREE FRIENDS WHO WILL REPLY
1. i don't know.. :(
2.
3.

THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS
1. Muse, maroon 5, coldplay
2. Rihanna, natalie imbruglia, nelly furtado, Lenka, and kelly clarkson
3. Jason Mraz, James Morrison (sorry, i've mentioned more than three bands or singers,hehe)

THREE FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH
1. Badminton
2. Football
3. -

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
1. Mineral Water
2. Chocolate Milk
3. -

Then, I'm tagging this post to Nifa, Tyka, Fajrin, Danisha, and Mustika , happy tagging and happy blogging all!