C’est Ma Vie..

It’s just to answer my curiousity. Do you care about your daily food intakes? Like, you have to eat 4-5 servings of fruits and veggies, 2 servings of carbo, 4-5 servings of dairy, etc?

I’m just wondering.. because sometimes it’s just hard for me to count everything that goes into my mouth. I know i should, especially for people deal with IBS , like me. I should eat more fibers than others, but still.. it’s just not that easy. I think i can handle that for several days, and forget about it after. lol. And i don’t even remember how many brochures about healthy eating that i’ve picked from the student health services. hahahaha.

Oh, speaking about dairy.. i don’t i’ll be able to eat/drink that much
dairies. Drinking a glass of milk has already caused me enough trouble
(reading: diarrhea), so i try switching regular milk to soymilk even
though it doesn’t have as much calsium as reg milk. But hey.. it’s
better than nothing at all right?

Do you guys have any idea what to cook with tofu? I’ve been a vegetarian for more than a week.. and everyday is a huge struggle for me. Not that because I can’t eat meat, but it’s because i don’t what to cook and what to eat. I bought 2 big jars of tofu, and now i’m wondering, why did i buy that much. hehehe..

Tahu tauco, tahu telor, tahu kecap, perkedel tahu, mun tahu.. what else? i don’t have any idea at all. oh i haven’t made any steamed tofu, sapo tofu, what else? feel free to post a comment and give some suggestion, friends.

Tempeh might be a good choice.. but i’m not so in the mood to make that, too lazy to peel the skins. hmmm… maybe next week or this sunday. We’ll see. Besides, i also miss drinking my homemade soymilk. I guess it’s time to stock up soybeans now. hehehe.

Did anybody watch So You Think You Can Dance season 2?
OMG, i’m having a Benji-fever now. He’s sooo cute and super talented dancer. I know i’m kinda late posting a blog about him now. I think that show ended a month ago, but I was in Indonesia at that time. Luckily, we have a recorder on our cable TV, so we recorded some episodes of the shows. I just can’t stop watching that show, and I won’t delete them from my player.

Huhuhu.. really, if you guys haven’t watched it, i think you should find a way to find it. I never stop giggling everytime I see him dances. He has so much talents.. hip hop, jazz, swing, broadway, salsa..you name it, and he can do it. Well, all final four are great, but still.. I love Benji more. hihihi.

My fave one was when he did broadway with Donyelle. I just couldn’t stop laughing and smiling. I just re-watched it for i-don’t-know-how-many-times. That’s why i’m writing this blog. hahahaha.

Trenji (Travis and Benji) was also very fun to watch. They started acting like a nerd, and did all those amazing steps. Wow!

Bravo, Benji! I already knew that you would win. And yes, you’re the winner. YESH!

all images are courtesy of: fox and Benji’s gallery.

Agh.. i’m back to school again, and hopefully this is gonna be my last year in university. I’m sick of people keep asking me when i will graduate. That time will come soon. I hope. Fyi, i didn’t start my uni life right after i graduate from high school, so if i haven’t graduated yet until now, it’s acceptable, right?

This year, i only have 4 courses (or 2 credits left), and hopefully everything goes well. i only have 2 courses for fall-term, MOS 320 (marketing) and Philosophy 162 (Business Ethic). I can’t imagine taking that philosophy class. I’d been postponing from taking that class since last year, but yeah.. i still have to take and face it. I heard that’s a pretty tough course, but we’ll see. I won’t start the class until next Tuesday. Hopefully, what ppl have said were wrong. Another one, MOS 320, I already went to the class yesterday. I already know the prof from my last year’s accounting class. It’s John Siambanopoulos again. He’s a tough yet very funny guy. I love being in his class, maybe it’s because he’s still quite young and very entertaining? I don’t know. He just teaches in different ways than other profs do. He has all that IT factors.

Oh.. i just went to see my physiotherapist today. It went really well, i love her. She is not as scary as she sounded on the phone last week. Very patient, and very funny. She really helped me a lot. She told me not to worry, which really such a relief for me. I kept asking her "is it normal? are these normal? …normal?" until she laughed at me. Why did you keep asking that? there are many ppl who have the same problem with yours, and you’ll be fine. Ohhh.. okay! thank you for letting me know, Patty. At least, i don’t have to worry that much anymore =)

Akhirnya gue balik lg di Canada, which means i’m back to reality after two full months of holiday. He eh.. kita semua summer taon ini dpt kesempatan buat balik ke Indonesia. Some already left since May, and some left after Narto’s convocation. Tepatnya sih semuanya pulang ke palembang. Dari om, tante yg di Jakarta, juga tante dan om yg dr Canada. Ga ada satupun yg ga pulang termasuk Narto. Pokoknya liburan kali ini tuh bener2 special deh.. Soalnya jarang2 kita semua bisa ngumpul lg kaya gini.. apalg sejak kita semua mulai kuliah ke Canada, trus tante gue jg udah mulai settle down di Toronto.

Baru mulai ngumpul semua sih pertengahan Agustus. Trus kita semua ke Pagar Alam buat family trip. Satu-satunya cara kesana cuma naek mobil, dan berhubung cuma ada 2 mobil, jadinya mama sewa bus buat nampung kita semua yg jumlahnya ada 23 orang. Mobil pribadi khusus ngangkut yg udah lansia kaya oma dan mertua om gue trus juga ada istrinya om gue disana (eh, tante gue ga termasuk lansia loh). Sisanya, ngumpul jadi satu di bus. Seru banget deh..

Mampir ke air terjun di lematang, jembatan gantung di deket Lahat (small town where i grew up), trs baru ke Pagar Alam. nangkring di villa, trus ke kebun tomat, wortel, kopi & jati.

Jembatan gantungnya really reminds me of my childhood. Can u see my feet shaking? Man..it’s really scary.. but i was fun too.

It’s me, Narto with Dian and Debbie.
My parents and us.. playing fake arung jeram. hihihi.

1) Debbie lg sibuk metikin biji kopi. Gini nih bentuknya kopi sblm dikupas dan dikeringin. I love the smells of coffee flower.. ugh it’s really fragrant.

2) nangkring di atas pondok petani kebun jati. Adem.. banyak angin ya, deb? hihihi.

1) background-nya tuh Gunung Dempo loh.. biarpun di kaki gunung, udah siang bolong gitu sih tetep aja panasss bgt.

2)We all are farmers wannabe.

3)Btw, kita mesti hiking loh buat ke kebun tomatnya. Hiking terus, sampe dengkulnya makin parah. nasib..nasib..

Another important thing that we did was something that related to this picture.

Tengkyu banget buat Icha (dr Salon Yuliana) & Ko Teddy (Nora Photo) yg udah bantu bikin foto ini looks perfect. We really do LOVE this picture.

Termasuk mama jg suka banget.. sampe2 bliau bilang "Ntar kalo udah official, bakal mama gedein dan bingkai deh di ruang tamu".
Amen to that mom.. =)

Satu lg yg paling disukain setiap pulang tuh ya.. bisa belajar masak lg sama mama. Sekali ini targetnya, belajar bikin pangsit udang, bacang ama ronde ala mama. Sayang bgt waktu bikin pangsit kelupaan buat ambil fotonya.

1) pas lg belajar bungkus bacangdi rumah. Ada mama di seberang gue, trs babeh yg lagi mondar mandir di rumah. hihihi.

2)yang digantung itu penampakan bacang sblm direbus. Gile, ga sia2 loh pinggangnya pegel duduk kaya gitu. yg penting udah bisa bikin dan bungkus bacang lumayan gede deh kaya mama bikin punya.

Nah.. ini nih salah satu makanan fave gue. Biasanya dibikin satu bulan menjelang chinese new year. Berhubung CNY msh lamaaa bgt, dan kita semua pengen bgt makannya.. jadi lah kita bikin ini rame2. Taon lalu jg sempet bikin sih… warnanya cantik yah? Rasanya? duh..ga usah ditanya lg deh. gurih dan special bgt, soalnya dikasih durian. Yum..yum..

Haduh.. cerita begini, really make me miss home so bad. Kangen ngobrol sm mamah, tidur sm mamah, shopping bareng mamah and my sisters (disupirin sm my dearest haha), trus masak bareng.. ngerumpi dan ngegossip bareng. Apalg pas whole huge family lg di palembang semua. Seru deh… ga pernah berenti becanda. Oh..yg paling bikin happy, Narto gets along really well with my huge family. dan yg paling bikin gue amazed, Narto bisa deket bgt sm Debbie! He EH.. Debbie. Sepupu gue yg paling bontot dan yg paling picky. Pokoknya happy lah… mudah2an bisa ngumpul2 lg kaya gini.. but i don’t know when..

Oh oh.. you guys know i’m a foods lover, right? Tiap pulang pasti makannya hajar2an deh.. byk bgt list makanan yg gue niat2in, tp akhirnya taon ini ga semuanya kesampean sih..soalnya kan cuma 2 bulan pulangnya, ditambah dengkulnya cedera. Sekali ini sih pulang paling sering makan… es kacang-alpukat Mamat, nasi capcay pujasera, tekwan pujasera, trs terakhirnya pempek panggang penghui, sama segala macem mie2an lah.. kalo ke palembang pasti gitu2 aja buat sarapan. hr ini mie ahok, besok mie aloy, besokannya lg mie pasar, ntar besokannya lg ga tau mie apa lg.. sampe Narto aja pusing. hehehe. 

Skrg udah balik di london, udah balik ke kehidupan biasa deh. UDah mesti masak lagi, walopun mood masak gue blm balik… Msh jetlag berat booo.. Jam tidurnya msh kacao sekali. I would sleep at 6 pm and wake up at 3 am in the morning. Pokoknya parah lah.. Makannya juga msh ngaco bgt, perutnya jg msh adaptasi lagi.. alamat bakal kurus lg deh =( Tp akhirnya hr ini gue bela2in masak kok dgn menu ala kadarnya. Demi.. demi perut yg huge ini loh. LOL.

Want to know about London right know? It’s showering and VERY cold. Totally different from Palembang, which was very hot with NO rain at all. *sigh*