C’est Ma Vie..

ampun de.. ternyata belajar bahasa itu bener2 nyita waktu bgt dey.. ga pernah nyangka juga kalo belajar french bakal sesulit ini.. dr awal pas registered course ini udah sadar belajar bahasa pasti nyita waktu, tp ga nyangka separah ini boo.. ditambah lagi kelas accounting yg perlu waktu byk juga buat ngerjain case2nya. parah…

so.. here i am in the language lab preparing for the listening test tomorrow. 3 chapters seem a little.. actually it’s a lot. apalg gue ga ada background sm sekali ttg french kecuali Bonjour dan Merci! parah kan? modal nekat bgt dey ambil kelas ini.. tp yg penting, ntar gue jd ngerti sedikit2 dong yaa… dan setidaknya bisa kepake kalo telp2an sm uncle John, ato gak.. pas ngirim kartu natal ke Uncle John and Aunt Marijoe. They’ll be soooo happy to know that i’m learning french now.. and i’m quite sure they’ll be surprised to receive my xmas card in French this year. haha…

bsok.. listening test, lusa… written test + OM presentation. Mati lah gue…. mana presentasi sekali ini kebagian pertama kali ngomong pula.. huhuhu.. mudah2an sekali ini ga bikin the same stupid mistake ah.. malu kan.. apalg skrg anak2 sekelas udah saling kenal gini.. tp casenya sekali ini rumit sekaleee… ga ngerti de ntar gimana mesti mulai intro nya.. yg jelas we’ll put some joke in the beginning and ending. yea.. we’re the last group to present and the first group who came up with the idea to put some joke on our presentation.. ha .. ha..

cerita weekend ini apa yaaaa?? ga ada yg special kayanya… cuma masak.. masak.. tidur… tidur..  minggu ini nyobain bikin soto sulung. tp kayanya kurang sip nih resepnya.. kayanya emang harus dikasih poyah deh baru mantep. trus pake udang beneran nih kayanya.. ntar cobain resepnya kuku ah.. kemaren ini kan pake resep dr buku resep masakan daerah. baru sekali ini nyobain resep dr buku ini dan rasanya kurang enak. aneh…  oh nyobain bikin mango pudding juga… dan ternyata GATOT alias GAGAL TOTAL boo.. hahaha… ga tau salah di gelatinenya, ato yg laennya? next day… kita cobain pake agar2.. jadi sih.. tp kurang dey rasanya. mungkin emang harus pake mangga harum manis kali yah.. tp gimana dong.. disini ga ada gitu loh mangga yg kaya gitu. susahnya jd anak perantauan….

sutra ah… back to listening again… btw, my schedule for this week..

• study french
• prepare for presentation
• start working on finance assignment
• groceries shopping (siap2in stock frozen foods for final exams period)
• mulai nyicil buat final exam…………………ZzZz…

alrite… back to work! Au revoir!

Its only Tuesday and i already feel very tired. I had 4 classes today, started at 9 am and finished at 6 pm. Usually, i’ll have 2 hours break before my last class, but today.. during my break i had to work on my group assignment which is due on the last day of school, Dec 6. I know we still have many times but we want to get over it a.s.a.p so we can spend more time preparing for the final. sigh.. So, yea.. I work with Natalia, my exchange student friend from Brazil, and our meeting wasn’t as bad as i expected before. Well, we didn’t really do much thing because we weren’t very clear about the project. So, we went to the prof’s office hour.. and we waited for 40 mins or so, and our prof wasn’t there. I couldn’t believe it. I told Natalia.. maybe he’s going to pick his son up. and guess what.. I was soooo right… He told us in the class. ha.. ha..

got my test back… and i’m very happy with my mark… its so much better than i expected. I even got perfect mark for part II, the calculations part. Didn’t do really well on True/False/Uncertain part, but the 2nd part really bumped my mark up. hehehe… Was so happy.. even Natalia was very happy for me. I’ve to work harder for the final.

So.. what’s i’m up to? i’m still preparing for my french test. Never thought that French will be this hard. I barely have time to study this course because i also have to work on other courses that i think are more important for me. But.. i still want to get good mark for my French class. has anybody ever learnt french before? How was it? or How is it if you’re taking it now?

O yea.. i also got my econ test back yesterday. I wasn’t really sure if i wanted to see my mark yesterday, but yesh… I did well on that one. at least… so much better than the first one. And its still above average. I’m so thankful to have friends that are very helpful this year. Jun, she’s such a good helper in my econ class. She’s so good in econ, well in everything, and she doesn’t mind to teach me when i had difficulties to prepare for the 2nd midterm.

alrite… i’m going to sleep now. so sleepy and tired.. and tomorrow.. i’m going to the talent show even though i’m not in actuarial and stats science program. hehehe…

quick update for this week.. i’m free now. no more exam, at least for a week. i can take a breathe for a while before getting started for the finals. Now i understand why i’m so easily losing my weight.

lack of sleeping. less foods. my brain works hard. no napping. yeah.. i’ll pay it off on christmas break. i’ll try to do exactly what i did during the whole summer when i went back to Indonesia. Eating. Sleeping. Shopping. Having fun. Ho.. ho..

and yea.. Finally it’s snowing… yesterday was very cold. it’s snowing almost all day. I had my make-up exam for managerial yesterday. Finally.. after 2 weeks of waiting. and the worst part was, when i went to the make-up test room, my test wasn’t there. I couldn’t believe it. my name was on list but my test wasn’t there. So, i had to run back and forth between two buildings. I had to wait for 30 mins, which meant i only have 2.5 hours for my exam. It’s kinda unfair, but i think thats fine. i could finish it just in time.

After exam, I went to downtown to meet Narto , and went to Take sushi for our dinner. Hmm.. was good, though its not as good as we usually have. Well, we’re hungry, so we finished up everything. almost everything.

And today… we were planning to go to White Oaks mall, but i changed my mind. We went to Food Basics for some groceries shopping instead of going to White Oaks. So, I made Balado Udang and Gulai Sayur for our dinner. and Bola Ubi a la Narto’s aunt. yea.. finally i have time to cook. I even had a chance to make es buah last night. hehe.. And for the balado udang, I put some stinky bean (pete), that’s what the lady @ the asia market called it. Well, thats only for the taste, i warned everyone not to eat it unless they’re willing to clean the bathroom =p

 Some pictures of the week.

finally I have time to make some fancy foods. Today, me, my sister, my cousins and Narto went to Loblaws to do some groceries shopping. bought many things since we almost have nothing left over in the fridge. hopefully it’ll be enough for at least two weeks.

I made tom yum goong and tumis sawi putih for our dinner. I’ve been craving to eat tom yum soup lately. Well, i went to Vietnamese restaurant several times, and always had tom yum soup for the last 2 visits. I like tom yum soup.. it’s soooo refreshing. the sweetness, sourness.. nyumm… So, i’ve been thinking of cooking tom yum but i always didn’t have enough time until today. ho ho..

 I made this tom yum soup based on my imagination. I’ve read so many recipes from the internet, and i combined all of them. Well, i added some pineapple to get the sweetness and sourness, (besides Narto also loves pineapple), I also added imitation crabs, because i don’t eat shrimp. and i also put some quail eggs.. everyone’s favorite. hehe..

I didn’t really measure all the ingredients because this is the first time i tried this recipe, so i can’t post the recipe yet. Maybe next time.. But i can guarantee it tastes good. That’s what all my cousins and Narto said. =)

anyway.. have you ever tried habanero peppers? O migod.. it’s like the hottest chilli in the world. I’ve heard about this chilli from 30-Minutes Meal, and i didn’t think she’s right because i always think cabe rawit is the hottest one. So, one day.. we ran out of chilli and i was too lazy to go to food basics to buy it. so i bought this chilli… and put 2 of those in my foods. OoOoh my… it really does very very hotttt.. If you like chilli, you should try this one..

  Silly picture of me and Narto after having our dinner. Look what he did.. hahaha..

Have a great weekend everyone… =)

O my..
i’m so tired..
just finished another exam today.. and don’t think i did well on this one. i should have not changed my answers.. gee.. i always make the same mistakes even though my prof also often says "don’t change ur answer if u already chose one." felt like it’s really useless to spend many days studying and the result is nothing. or maybe i should work harder?

don’t even know if my body can stand it. i already push myself to study as much as i could. sometimes i feel like i can’t stand it anymore. O well, i still have 1.5 months left for this semester, i’d better do good this term.

I couldn’t stop thinking the stupid mistakes that i made this morning. even after the test.. even during my classes. *sigh*  and then i decided to go home, which i didn’t. I went to main campus first to meet Narto, then we went to UCC. were planning to have lunch there, but i already had my lunch at Kings, so we just went to the lost and found centre, hoping somebody returned my bus pass. and it’s not there. hiks… that means i’ve to make a new one, which also means… i’ve to forget about getting a new sweater. huhuhu..

After going to UCC, we decided to have lunch somewhere else. foods @ ucc aren’t that good, besides they are very expensive as well. So, we went to orient express. Finally.. but i didn’t eat a lot though.. my mood wasn’t that good today. We had rice + black pepper beef, some har gau, and garlic ribs. nyam.. garlic ribs is my current fave food from orient express.

Got home around 4ish.. and slept for almost 3 hours. hahaha.. o well.. i think i deserve it since i didn’t have enough sleep last night.. and alsooooo… i couldn’t sleep really well. i was too nervous about my exam.

okeh… i’m going to sleep now.. and will start groceries shopping tomorrow! finally i have some free time to go to supermarket. i’ve been very busy lately, and my fridge is almost empty . we’re out of stock of everything.

have a good weekend everyone… =)

I’m starting to dislike the library. I never paid any attention to all the warnings they’ve made about the theft around there until somebody really stole my stuffs from my backpack. hiks… fortunately, i didn’t leave my cellphone and Narto’s mp3 player on my desk, if not…. *sigh* i don’t even want to think about it. what he (or she, my suspect is He!!!) stole was my buspass, my pink polkadot (somebody pls return it), and my HALF-EATEN cookies. *are you hungry, Mr. Thief?"

it happened last friday @ taylor’s libary. I just put my stuff on the desk, and i remembered i’d to call Jun and Narto, so i went upstairs since lower ground floor doesn’t have signal. I left my desk for only less than 5 minutes, and when I got back to my table.. i was kinda confused, my bag was opened, which i didn’t open it. at this point, i still didn’t realize my stuffs were gone. I wanted to eat my cookies, and it’s not there. So, i started to have that weird feeling.. something must be wrong. so, i double checked my backpack, my buspass wasn’t there (i had my atm card inside my buspass). O, maybe i left it in Weldon library (i studied there before i moved to taylor). that’s what i thought. then i realized, my pink polkadot coin pocket wasn’t there as well (hiks…) at that point.. i knew somebody opened my bag. Hiks… fortunately, he didn’t take my passport. (thx God for this). I was planning to go to the bank to make new ATM card, that’s why i brought my passport. I was so shock…. so i went upstairs again, called Narto and I also immediately called the bank to temporarily blocked my account. so, ppl.. pls be aware of your belonging when you leave the library. it doesn’t take much time to grab everything from your bag. I only left my place for less than 5 mins and everything was gone. and i’m pretty sure there’s somebody (or some ppl) who really makes a living from "the library".

yea.. thats the story from friday. last friday just wasn’t my day.. i can say i didn’t lose anything. I didn’t bring any cash that day except few penies in my pink polka pocket. My ATM card couldn’t be used, because its bended out besides i also blocked the account already, my 2 copy cards which i don’t think i have any money left inside. Too bad for the thief. O well, i have to make a new bus pass… which is $45. hiks… maybe i’ll go to UCC tomorrow who knows that guy just threw away my buspass somewhere, and somebody was really kind to return my buspass to the lost and found. I hope…

Saturday…. had exam in the morning (again… i wonder why all my profs love giving exams on Saturday?) not really sure how i did, but i think i’ll pass on this one. *finger crossed*. After exam, me and Narto went to Wonder Sushi to have our lunch. the sushi aren’t bad, i think, but the beef teriyaki and veal spare ribs weren’t that good. it’s like tasteless. iuuuu.. but overall, its good. love the veggie tempura plus the sauce. love the salad. love rolls. the green tea ice cream was good too, but it’s too rich for me. Will go there again sometime, or maybe we’ll try Wasabi.

Got home… and passed out immediately. Obviously, i didn’t have enough sleep, studying for the exam. I took a nap for almost 2 hours, and started to do my laundry, and cook for dinner. I also made bubur ketan hitam requested by Narto. hohoho.. what’s so funny was, when i went to asia market last week, i had a feeling that maybe Narto would like to eat bubur ketan hitam, so i bought one pack of that. and yesh… i was sooo right! if i didn’t buy it last week..where i can find that thing around here? LoL.

ok.. time to study now. Just got back from the church. and i didn’t realize that today is the remembrance day, and we had to sing O Canada, which i don’t even know how to sing it. hahaha…

why do women have PMS? it really does kill me. especially today. *sigh* some ppl, especially men, (including Narto) don’t believe in PMS, they always think women use that word as an excuse. it’s totally wrooonggg… sometimes my pms doesn’t really bother me, but sometimes it really bothers me. nothing i can do except trying to shut my mouth up, and lie down all day. just like today. everything didn’t seem right. everything was wrong. my back feels sore. headache. moody and very sensitive at a time. *sigh..sigh..*

when will it end? anybody knows how to reduce your pms symptoms?