an introduction to wasabi

yak xD foto-foto diatas adalah beberapa bukti dari perjalanan gw melakukan eksplorasi di sekitar area depok

pada foto-foto diatas tertera beberapa korban dari kekejaman perut yang lapar hehehe

di depok menurut gw emang cukup seru untuk melakukan sebuah wisata kuliner~
seiring dengan berkembanganya kawasan kota depok sebagai daerah penyangga (apaan tuh? ya pokoke itu)
gw perhatiin juga cukup banyak kok tempat makan atau tempat untuk sekedar hang out di depok yang menarik untuk dicoba.

tempat makan yang gw kunjungin diatas adalah sushi miya8i (entah kenapa dinamai gitu)

buat penduduk sekitar depok menurut gw, sajian makanan sushi yang tersedia cukup variatif (sungguh ini bukanlah promosi)
harga yang ditawarkan juga masih terjangkau selain juga lokasinya yang berada di pinggir jalan besar
itu loh margonda (jalan dua arah 6 jalur, yang ga ada pohon 1 pun dipinggirnya)

ini juga salah satu dari kebiasaan yang muncul entah dari kapan, kebanyakan orang akan memotret makanan mereka sebelum dimakan, tetapi yang gw lakukan adalah sebaliknya (maaf, cuma iseng kok -,-')

pengalaman gw mengenal sushi juga cukup unik
suatu hari, waktu kecil gw pergi menghadiri sebuah makan siang di sebuah hotel bir berbintang (klo malem bintangnya banyak #eh)

makanan yang tersedia emang biasa aja , tp waktu itu ada sushi bar nya
naluri perut yang lapar pun menyergap gw dan memutuskan untuk mencoba makanan yang disebut sashimi dan sushi.
setelah minta salmon sashimi , gw pun kembali ke meja
disambutlah dengan pertanyaan " shoyunya mana? "
pergilah gw kembali ke mas-masnya nanya " mas minta shoyu "
dia langsung menunjuk meja yang berada di dekat situ, ada shoyu, mayonnaise dan pasta hijau beraroma tajam (benda apakah itu ?)
dengan pede gw ngambil shoyu, mayonnaise, dan pasta hijau asing itu
yang muncul dalam pikiran gw saat itu adalah pasta asing berwarna hijau itu memang tercipta untuk bersanding dengan sushi-sushi itu.

datanglah momen penentuan
dengan yakin mengambil sejumlah banyak pasta asing, mencamppurnya dengan shoyu dan mencelup sushi kedalamnya~

*kunyah-kunyah*

seketika ekspresi gw berubah meringis menikmati sensasi yang diberikan pasta hijau asing itu yang kemudian gw kenal dengan nama wasabi
karena mulai tersiksa gw segera menelannya dan menenggak air yang banyak xD
teman se-meja (ga temen juga, itu temennya nyokap gw) berusaha menahan tawa namun gagal (gw nya ga ditolong ): )
dahsyat banget rasanya ~

berawal dari rasa penasaran, keyakinan akan semua makanan pasti bisa dimakan (banyak yang complain, sushi, sashimi kan mentah dll~), berakhir dengan kasus wasabi, menjadikan masakan entree itu masuk di dalam daftar makanan kesukaan gw

 pada akhirnya ya gw malah menjadi pemakan wasabi yang cukup ekstrim sama ekstrimnya seperti makan sambel (abis makan sushi dan sashimi kan ga bsa minta sambel terasi )

sekian cerita masa kecil gw, perkenalan gw dengan sushi dan mahluk hijau bernama hulk wasabi itu ~

-garuru

basilica's architecture

hi folks :3 im back again ~

im about post some things about architecture (even though im not in a design or even architecture major) look out for architectural designs and shapes is one of good thing to do for me ~


 St. Peter's Basilica

x-mas ~

Hi folks x3

Merry Christmas Ho Ho Ho ~ 

have yourself a merry little christmas, its holiday season :3 usually people gather together around the fireplace and start talking around about their experiences in this year
the great thing is when a family united to spend days together preparing their house and heart for the christmas joy.

im no gonna make you wait any longer  ~ i will show you some photos for the cupcakes christmas edition :3

i know its the second day of christmas (26/12/11) but better be late than never though xD i got so busy yesterday~

Christmas is no christmas, until it happens in your heart :3

-garuru

mother's day?

hi folks ~ :3 happy mother's day, here in Indonesia (i know its yesterday, already passed =.=)

by this i post i would like thanked  some of women in my life :

first one, mother, :3 thank you for bear with me since the very early nine motnhs of pregnancy, thank you for numerous of lifelessons that so hard described with words.

second, my grandmothers, yup you both. thanked you both for keeping me in in your care. for now i cant repay for the things you did but i always try to spend more time with you during the weekend even just to drive you around the city and a dinner.

last but not least, my sister, thank you, as you have been a great (i really mean it) role model. you taught me plenty of things through times.

i just cant write many things as i not so good with words x.x

-garuru

cupcakes request

not long ago i made a pair of cupcakes :3
it was a request from one of my friend they were planning for a surprise ~

there was a story behind it
a week before the due date my friend asked me to made the cakes
i said yes, wont be a problem

at the three days before the due date suddenly she called me to cancel the order
at the current time i standing in front of the cash register and about to pay the ingridients for the cak
i said : "have you lost your mind?" =.=
why they were so uncertain or we can say labil in bahasa indonesia
the next three hours she called me back and RE - confirmed the order *sigh*

here goes some photos ~

 this is rhea the one who accept the cakes

-garuru

co, commercial

entah apakah ini cuma gw yang berhasil nemuin atau ada yang lain ~
video yang tertera di bawah ini memiliki ide yang sama~
yang pertama adalah mv dari David Guetta release 2005
yang kedua adalah iklan dari A mild yang release taun ini
kebetulan kah idenya sama ? just check them out ~

-garuru

-garuru

Dictionary case

hi folks im back again :3
even though during this week im going having three final exams im just feel like blogging xD (promise, ill prepare for the exams)

the story goes over my daily campus life ~

finaly i bought het Woordenboek as we say in english Dictionary

here i give you a brief description of the dictionary :

the color is orange
weight : did not even test it yet (will be updated)
dimensions : 25 x 16 x 7 cm ( updated )
pages : 1263 + 26 + 2 (cover) = you can count it ~xD

there goes some photos

you can imagine if you  have to bring the dicntionary everyday
according to my schedule, i got 4 days out of 5 Nederlands Class
everytime we attend the class, we should bring the dictionary also xD
just imagine what kind of rucksack you have to bring to campus ~

currently im on the third semester and eversince the beginning of my campus life i dont bring any dinctionaries
usually sometimes i make use of the one from the library, but i just cant borrow them and bring it to the class

in my class im the last one who bought the dictionary i think
it is also makes confusions among some lecturers that i  can do well tests that given :3
until one day, the fire nation invades our land  a lecturer said :

" you are not allowed to attend my class, as you dont bring your dictionary"

OwO

then im starting my days to bring the dictionary however it looks so heavy to bring
considering the form of the dictionary i wanted to use it as a pillow
unfortunately electronic dictionary for nederlands no exist yet, not in indonesia i guess
the photos above is the sealed condition :3 hope so it could acompany me until the end of my study

-garuru

Desa Boneka Giveaway~

i found a nice one blog :3 

actually i found it by her blog ivanka

theyre now do a giveaways just check this one out ~

 click here

wayangan

hi folks i would like to tell you my experience a week ago :3

currently on the 3rd semester im taking Wayang class or outside indonesia its called shadow puppet
wayang is a unique puppet show
the term of wayang was originated from Basa Jawa : Wayangan (eng : Shadow)
the philosophy of wayang is to show the shadow of daily life in a puppet show
the Dalang (narrator) is the artist, he played the puppets and tell the story also

even im a javanese up til now i never watched a wayang show
i only could see the play through the TV
and also maybe for some other people watching the play is not easy, because the dalang tells the story in Basa Jawa xD

one of the famous story of the play is taken from Mahabharat (you can direct ask Wikipedia Auntie) xD


the show is going for semalam suntuk or we can say "til you drop" xD
the show starts at 9.00pm and ended at 4.00am in the morning
the elements of the show are :

Dalang

Sinden (singer)

Gamelan Players

the wayang itself ~

i got a new impressions of the show
i thought it would be boring and makes you wanna fall asleep
but it was wrong, the storyline is incridibly makes you awake all night long
also at the same time there were so many delicous foods :3 i can go ngemil all night long ~

i thougt it would be watched only around by 30 people, but the show is just crowded as there is a football match

its in jakarta, im amazed with people that gather and spare their time appreciate the almost lost culture OwO
i saw them bring a
'tikar' ,

'termos' containing coffees

on the other hand, the children of our time dont even know how a wayang show look like, they are used to the animations from TV

as i said before the story are narrated in basa jawa
there, there was a girl, she is an american
at the show ther were also guest from countries that shared almost a like puppet show
the girl do her work as interpretter of the dalang
its interesting knowing that she could master Basa Jawa and provide the audience who dont understand basa jawa with English translation xD
i found it as a breakthhrough, so even more people can enjoy the show :3
also i think we can add Bahasa Indonesia subtitles during the play, so young generations without Basa Jawa as their mother tongue, can also understand

its nice to know that, for now, anybody in the world could enjoy and appriciate wayang :3

gelar sastra rayaa

hi folks sorry for cant update lately =.=' really busy by the end of the third semester

kemaren2 ada acara bagus di fakultas, namanya sih Festival Budaya
acara ini emang menjadi acara tahunan yang akan diramaikan dengan penampilan semua jurusan

especially kali ini gw bawa kamera waktu acara gelar sastra raya
setiap jurusan menunjukkan dirinya pada stand-srand yang disediakan ~

enjoy :3

-garuru

-garuru

dosen II

hi folks :3

ternyata diajar sama dosen yang satu ini emang ga ngebosenin

seperti yang pernah gw ceritain di post sebelumnya

kejadian beberapa minggu yang lalu, saat gw bawa kamu dia bilang "sesuatu banget hari ini kamu bawa kamus!" xD

hari ini dia dateng dengan ucapan yang cukup membuat seisi kelas tertawa ~

berikut ceritanya :

hari ini gw emang dateng terlambat ke kelas sekitar setengah jam

biasanya toleransi waktu keterlambatan yang di berikan sih 15 menit tapi hari ini gw mengabaikannya

bukan karena gw bermaksud melawan dosen tapi menjelang akhir semester ini tidak hadir di kelas bukanlah pilihan yang bagus xD mengingat gw belajarnya cuma on-off ndak jelas

hari ini pelajaran membahas tentang berbagai macem woordenschaat ditambah juga sedikit grammar (ini adalah bagian yang sulit menurut gw)

balik ke momen disaat gw telat

kampus gw terbilang kampus yang cukup 'sempit' dengan beberapa hektar hutan karet, beberapa spesies tanaman endemik. kandang rusa ditambah juga dengan beberapa danau

hal yang membuat gw bisa telat dateng ke kampus adalah ketinggalan bis

bis yang cuma lewat dengan interval 15-60 menit sekali memang bikin sport jantung =..=

jarak dari tempat gw turun bis sampe itu sekitar 15 menit berjalan kaki

jam menunjukkan 9.15 A.M sewaktu gw turun dari bis

sebelum bisa sampai ke kelas ada beberapa rintangan yang menghadang (emang setiap hari mesti di lewati sih)

pertama jalanan yang lebar teridiri dari 6 jalur yang dipenuhi angkot-angkot, bis antarkota, mobil dan yang membuat keadaan ini semakin sulit adalah pengendara sepeda motor yang sering membuat gw bergumam dalam hati "pasti ngambil sim-nya di laut" (ga cuma motor, tapi semua kendaraan yang nyetirnya slonong boy deh

sehabis menyebrang masih harus melewati :

rel kereta 2 arah

jalan 1 arah

kandang rusa

jalan 4 jalur (nyebrang lagi)

trotoir sepanjang 3 lapangan bola (ini perkiraan tapi ga lebay, suerrr)

gw tempuhlah aral rintangan segala itu dengan berlari (tak ada cara lain lagi)

sampailah gw di kelas (sebelumya juga naik tangga 1x) dengan napas tidak ritmis dan bulir keringat (bukan pulpy) bercucuran xD

ketika masuk gw memang disambut dengan keheningan dan pertanyaan

" alles goed met jou?"

dan gw jawab

"ja, maar ik heb mijn bus gemist vanmorgen"

masih ditimpalin lagi sama bu dosen

"ga biasanya kamu dateng telat di pelajaran saya"

ga lama setelah gw duduk di bangku pelajaran berlanjut

dimulai dengan memeriksa beberapa pekerjaan rumah

dan sampailah di saat yang berbahagia

ada soal latihan untuk menulis surat cinta dalam bahasa belanda (metode yang layak dipuji)

bertanyalah ia kepada seisi kelas

"udah pernah dapet surat cinta?"

dan pertanyaan itu jatuh kepada teman yang ga begitu jauh duduknya dari gw

anak yang ditanya tiba-tiba ekspresinya berubah

tiba-tiba dia tertegun dan langsung di timpali dengan ucapan dari bu dosen

"kok merah mukanyaaa? Prikitiiieuw"

sebagai refleks dari ucapan bu dosen seisi kelas tertawa xD

gak kebayang aja dosen bisa ngeledek mahasiswanya pake kata-kata yang sempet menjadi trend di masyarakat

umur dosen gw emang terbilang ga muda lagi, minimal udah punya anak lah

tapi gw jadi terpikir "mungkin dia bisa awet muda karena update terus sama current issues"

pokonya dia terlihat lebih muda dari usianya deh, bahkan kalaupun dibilang mahasiswa maih pantes kok.

-garuru

Un-Separated

hi folks :3

hari ini gw akan memposting lagu editan yang dibuat temen gw sebut saja Joko xD

lagu ini di edit waktu dia lagi galau ga jelas sehabis ditinggal pacarnya

berita terakhir sih katanya balikan lagi semoga langgeng *amin* ~

kebetulan gw juga secara personal suka sama lagu juga hasil editannya so please enjoy ~

Unseparated (reverse version of Separated) by Usher

Oh no, no, no, no

If love was a bird

Then we've made to be paired

If love was a sky

We'd be brightened

If love was a choir

You and I were in a duet

Cause love is for me and you

If love was an Oscar

You and I were finalists

Eventhough we sometimes can't act out our parts

If love was a faith

Then we are both groom and bride

Cause I've promised you to be

So why you say go your way

And I'll go mine?

Live your life, and I'll live mine

Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine?

Cause we're should be unseparated

If love was a fire

Then we rage a firestorm

Love never felt so warmth and burned

If love was a light

Then we always steps road aside

With I'll be your one to hold

If love was a sport

We've met on the final course

You and I are always destined to be

If love was an ocean

Then we are in a deep blue sea

As deep my love will always be

So why you say go your way

And I'll go mine?

Live your life, and I'll live mine

Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine?

Cause we're should be unseparated

Girl I know we had some bad times

It's hurt but I never wanna say goodbye

Girl you know I love you, I won't ever deny

I promise we'll try to make it work for you and I

I know it's so difficult but you should have a trust

It's always a nightmare we should forget the past

You don't have to walk away and cry aside

It's killing me so, why you have to go?

So why you say go your way

And I'll go mine?

Live your life, and I'll live mine

Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine?

Cause we're should be, unseparated

ternyata diliat-liat bentuknya juga lumayan bagus *sengaja ataupun tak disengaja* (typography) meskipun dia bukan anak design ataupun sastra xD

nice one~

-garuru

-garuru

jurusan baru yang muncul (entah disengaja atau tidak) di kampus gw xD

-garuru

its 4th december yup

yup di belahan dunia lain mungkin sejumalh besar orang sedang bersiap-siap merayakan yagn namanya sinterklas dag

(apaan tuh?)

so far yang gw tau itu merupakan hari peringatan dari perjalanan Sint Nikolaas ke eropa barat

i wish i could get some info about them

-garuru

Texas Brug

jembatan teksas

makes you dizzy @__@

-garuru

childplay

this picture was taken a couple minutes before a Nederlands test

chilplay

-garuru

the picture was taken around 10.00pm at metromini no. 69

a street artist using a kebaya

-garuru

stuck at uni

hi folks im back xD

lately i got so busy with so called asignment that makes me crazy ~

im going to tell you my experience few days ago

few days ago Depok were 'Poured' with a massive amount of water from the sky

yup it was a terrible heavy rain

the rain stay up quite long, like 5 hours since 4.00 pm

usually i go home with bus

it would be 15 minutes by walking through some pedestrian, the social and politics science campus complex and also a deer cage with not so far bicycle shelter

i cant go anywhere since the rain starting to trap me inside the campus

i am trapped i realy am

the rain keep falling and pour the forest so much

it was starting to get cold evenmore there was thin fog

at the same time i was so hungry

yup hungry cuz i wasnt brought my lunch box (congratulation)

i texted one of my friend and i asked to lend a motorbike

she said "im so sorry currently im not in depok"

at the same i striked with anxiety "what should i do?"

the clock just ticking away and leave me with 9.00pm

what?!

as i told you previously

daily i took a bus called Deborah

and the schedule for ther was so hard to be guessed

she can go all she want to

sometimes she came with 15 mins interval, 30min or even an hour

an hour of waiting is not just enough

she would be directly fullfilled with men in standing postion

putting you into a 'sardines scenario'

you cant move or hardly to take a breath

and the good news is : deborah would be already not going to "Lebak Bulus" after 8.00pm

if ure lucky get a deborah after 8.00pm that would be the last bus departing to Lebak bulus.

back to the story

its 9.00pm and the deborah is already vanished

there would be a chance if i could take train or another destination

but it is raining, once again HUJAN DERAS as you can say in indonesians

luckily she texted after around a half hour

"im coming back to depok, you can go with parents if you want to"

i said directly

"no matter what im going home with your parents"

=.= it was so relieving knowing that at last you are safe

her parent brought a car

she texted " we'll meet at the shelter"

even though still GERIMIS, i ran to the shelter and say "im going home"

i saw an unusual scene back then

yup the uni where i studied were haveing a flood ~

how could it be?

just so you know the uni, that so called a world class university having more than 3 lakes

then how could it be, the water rises to the road xD

i just laughed and unfortunately didnt bring camera (its already dark too)

on the way back i dont know why

maybe it was trying to melt the atmosphere suddenly her father tune a dangdut radio

xD and if im not mistaken there were a song played "cinta sabun mandi"

i dont even know the singer but it works to make the situation feels more relax

it was awkward while drive home by your friend's car without him/her

just you and their parents

at 10.30pm finally i touched down home

im so so sleepy and drowzy

i dont even had any tima to prepare

yup next morning ill be having a test

i went direct

sleeping

i wont imagine the result, rly

-garuru

further notice :3

blog ini juga akan menjadi tempat posting foto maupun gambar-gambar~

this blog would be also a picture album, im just an amateur taking picture here and there without knowing anything xD just sit back, relax and enjoy it

best regards

-garuru