C’est Ma Vie..

little update from my xmas break…
i’ve been happy (and busy) cooking lately..

xmas gift from Narto.. we did gift exchange for christmas. love the jacket. really comfy and warm.

image courtesy of GAP.

Holiday is the best time to cook and make whatever you want. Most foods are requested by Narto, my family and of course myself. hehehe..

oxtail soup a la Neko.

pepes ikan. i used tilapia fillet to make the pepes. if you don’t have banana leaf, you can use aluminum foil to wrap it up, just like i did.

i don’t know what this is really called. tahu tek tek? that’s what my sister said. I don’t really know how this food should really look like,since i’m not from Java. I just heard the recipe from my aunt who lives in east Java, and i believe this is a traditional food in that place and my sister loves it. O, i like it too.

korean style spicy soup. I made up the recipe, and use ribs instead of just the meat. It’s really good. Narto was craving to eat this since we’ve tried this kind of food once in Toronto.

and ooops… there you goo.. this is his 2nd round eating this soup.

créme caramel. requested by Narto. Its one of his favorite, and my sister fave too. if you don’t like creamy and sweet stuff (like me), maybe you won’t like this.

Nastar. I made it today, right away after i woke up and ate my breakfast. Took me three hours to make this… and it only took them few minutes to finish half of them while we’re playing monopoly.

So, after making nastar… I asked Neo what he wanted to eat for dinner.
Me: To, malem mau makan apa?
Narto: hmm… apa ya? hmm.. tomyum soup..
Me: ok, tp kita ga punya sereh, daun bau (read: cilantro), ama nanas. ke loblaws yuk..
(so.. we went to loblaws and did a little groceries shopping).. and this time.. the tomyum tastes better. I put more shallots and lemongrass for stronger flavour.

"Hmmm…. I got stuffed pretty good during holiday =p" — Narto —

Fiuuh… finally I have time to update my blog. I just finished my last exam <finance>. I don’t know how i did, but this feeling is just so overwhelming. My exams schedule wasn’t really good, and its difficult for me to manage all the time. Felt like i never had enough time for studying. First, economics on the 14th. man.. i totally screwed up on that one. Jun and I were guessing what would on the test, and really.. that professor is unpredictable. I was really panic when i saw the exam paper. 6 problems, 2 hour-exam. I couldn’t finish it.. well, at least i tried even though i regretted that i didn’t really look over the past exams. nothing i could change, so i’ll just wait and see the result.

on the 16th, 4 hour-exam for Operation Management. I think i did okay on multiple choice part, but the cases.. i don’t know.. it’s too much for 2.5 hours. I tried to do as much as i could, and yea.. still couldn’t finish it. and i think i almost cried that day. and Kuldeep was very helpful. she cheered me up, and asked me to stay in the library and study for the next exam, accounting, which was the next day. She said "I won’t let you go home, you won’t study at home. Stay here with me, and i’ll drive you home". that’s really sweet.. so, i stayed in the library with her until 12.20 am. Was fun though… I know her more, and made some new friends.

17th. Management Accounting… 7 cases, 3 hour-exam. Huh.. joint cost allocation was on the test! Gee.. we only did it once in class, and it was in September. Hiks.. i just guessed. and the theoritical part.. haha.. only came up with 2 lines. I don’t know how Kuldeep could make sh*t for one whole page. *sigh*

after accounting, i’ve a little time to catch my breath. 2 days of break… but i stayed all day in the library with Narto. Went to the library very early, and went home quite late at night. Was fun though.. I just discovered new good foods at school. Ha..ha.. Chicken fingers, philly steak wrap, Nacho —- ( i forgot the name). ugh.. those are really good. nyam.. nyam.. i feel like i want to eat it now *slurrppp…

By the way… i’m still at school now, waiting for Narto, he’s still writing his exam. I don’t know where are we going after this. we were planning to eat sushi with Shaun (Narto’s friend) , but Narto said we’ll go there tomorrow instead of today. So, we’ll see where we’re going now. I feel like i also want to eat Indian foods now. Haii.. can’t stop eating. should’ve sealed my mouth. hahaha..

last day of school for this term.. and i’m not really happy with that.. bcoz i’m not ready for the final yet. hiks.. well, have to study harder this time, esp for econ exam that’ll worth 50% of your final mark.. thats too much.. esp when you’re totally lost in that subject =(

so.. today i dropped off my finance assignment.. and to be honest, i’m not satisfied with what we did. it’s a group project.. very multicultural groups. one indonesian, one brazilian and one canadian.. we had to have at least 5 pages of essay, and we didn’t really have 5 pages. it’s just almost five pages.. and that girl.. wasn’t helpful at all. yes, i do understand you’ll have final this friday… but everyone will also have exams. gee… can’t believe i almost did all the works. thank G, Ryan finally showed up and helped me to finish up everything. and we dropped the assgn together.. and he gave me a ride to main campus. very nice guy! finally i can see something really good came out of him.. hahaha….

went to econ class… was expecting we would do a lot of review, and yes we did… and i’m still very lost. sigh… and then met Narto for lunch. fancy lunch i would say. didn’t expect that we would go to McGinnis today… i love surprises. sometimes. I had steak with brand and peppercorn sauce.. and he had the ribs. and we had jalapeño dippers for the appetizer. The steak wasn’t as good as i imagined, but the starter was delicious. actually, the ribs also tasted good. Thank you dear.. was very happy today! well.. i’m always happy when i’m with you =)

okay.. i’m going to study now. and by the way.. finally i had time to cook today. i made telor balado and tumis daging cincang. nyam… be back with another story next time. Wish me luck for the exams… especially the econ one. hiks hiks…

little update: i just finished watching America’s Next Top Model, and the winner is Nicole… huuaaaa… i know she’s gorgeus and pretty.. but i prefer Nik to win the competition. Well… i’m happy with the result though. i already expected both of them would be the finalists, and they were.. and i did say… Nik or Nicole… is fine with me.

This is Nik… she’s pretty and very sexy…. and look at her eyes… gorgeus..

This is Nicole. very innocent look.. very pretty.. and i also like her big eyes..

so, she’s the winner..

Photos are courtesy of UPN.

Hey hey… i’m back.. finally i have a little time to update my blog. Just a little info.. i’m working on my new blog site now. I’ve found a very cool site to make your own blog. Well, of course it’s free one. Not that i’m that cheap, but i’m still not capable to pay the web domain stuff, besides i don’t have that much time to keep updating my blog. I used to use bloggar, and now i’ll switch to another one.. Hopefully, i can stick to this site longer than others. haha.. So, wait until its officially launched. Don’t expect too much… i made the blog looks really simple.. i’m old now, so it won’t be that fancy for sure.

what am i up to now? hmm… tomorrow is my last day of school. Thursday is the study day. and friday.. the final exam period starts. am i ready yet? of course NOT. gee.. the last 1.5 months, i’m soooo lost in all my classes. so much works to do. I’ll start studying for my final tomorrow for sure..

ow ow ow… by the way.. the last 2 days.. my classes had been really fun. My econ prof.. he gave us some candies and chocolates for the last class.. i used to hate him, but i like him more now.. ha ha… my french class… today we had a little party in the class. Yujin brought some cookies, and the prof brought chocolate that is made in France. it tastes soooo good. don’t really remember the name… i think its called "Le petit ecolier" something like that. if you ever see that brand, try it.. it’s good! really good.

Got 2 tests back this week… Accounting and French. Accounting.. hmm.. not as good as I expected, but i’m still satisfied with the result, still above the average. French.. hohoho.. did so well on the test. didn’t expect that the test would be that complicated, but fortunatelly i could work on it even though i made some little and stupid mistakes. "Bravo! C’est un excellent résultat!" That’s what the professor wrote on my test paper =)

So, my schedule for this and coming week:

• study
• study
• study
• pot luck dinner on Sunday with my French classmates. still haven’t decided what i’m gonna cook and bring
• study
• study

I’ll keep studying until I finish all my exams. My last exam will be on the 20th.. what a long journey… *sigh*