A Little Note From Me

Chicken Katsu Don

2006-06-16T18:17:00.000+07:00

This is one of my favourite Japanese food. It's very easy to make too. Usually, this dish is served in a Japanese bowl. Which i'm trying to buy but i couldn't find it at the nearest malls. One of my friends told me to buy it at Papaya Supermarket. This supermarket sells lots of Japanese foods ingredients, sushi and even cooking utensils. Well, i'll try to go there another time i guess.

But for this first attempt of cooking Chicken Katsu Don, guess i'll have to use my regular bowl. I got the recipe from here. Very simple!

Now will you excuse me...i got to go and buy those Japanese bowl ASAP!

Broccoli Nuggets

2006-05-25T19:13:00.000+07:00

I wonder how many of you who loved broccoli? For some people (and not to mention how many kids will say something like..."ewwww"), this recipe may sounds scary. But to me, broccoli is one of my fave's. It's a SUPER healthy vegetable and it taste good too. Believe it or not, this broccoli nuggets is delicious.

Ok, enough about broccoli campaign. Now, because i create this recipe about 2 month ago....not much to remember. I'll try to create this another time and write down the recipes. Sorry ^^

I always cooked without measuring and put whatever spices & ingredients that i tought it'll fit in. But that's just how i enjoy my cooking time :)

Thailand Cooking Course

2006-03-20T19:39:00.000+07:00

A while ago, i joined 1 day Thailand Cooking Course at one of the best culinary academy in town. Well, at least that's what i think because there's not much culinary academy here.

The cooking course start at 2pm, but i arrive early. I use this opportunity to ask about the programs, tuition fee, etc2. They even let me to look around in each class. One of the class is making chocolate and the tutor chef even offer me some of the chocolates. Cool!

At 2.15pm the course begin. I forgot the Chef's name, but he's a chef from Shangrilla Hotel. There was about 4 other girls who also joined this cooking course.

Today we'll be making 4 recipes: Tom Yam Goong, Pad Thai (Thailand's Fried Noodle), Chicken in Pandan Leaves and also Thailand's Crabmeat & Beef Bacon/Chicken Roll. I forgot to bring my digital camera, so i can't take pictures at that time.

What makes me a bit disappointed is the fact that it's more like a cooking demo than a cooking course. We only watch the chef cooking while asking some questions sometime. Not exactly what i imagined. I thought i will have my own table with all the ingredients and we'll cook together. But i still enjoyed it and getting to know new friends.

After about 2 hours in heat (there's no air conditioner in the kitchen) the whole course is over. I take some time to ask some questions to the chef about his job. He told me that if i wanted to become a chef i have to deals with heat like this everyday. Being a chef means LOTS of working hours, even in holiday. Hmm....that doesn't sounds good. But that's the facts i need to hear.

Anyway, i got home with some of the cooked results and take some pictures of it. I must say that the Tom Yam Goong wasn't so good. I've tasted better at Kuningan Restaurant. I 'll try to make this spicy soup later and try to find a better recipe.

The Pad Thai was OK, but not my favourite also. But the Chicken in Pandan Leaves and Thailand's Crabmeat & Beef Bacon/Chicken Roll was great! They're simple and easy to make. I'll try to make it another time and post the recipe.

Test Recipe: Braised Daikon

2006-03-19T23:11:00.000+07:00

As i promised, i'll post one of my test recipe few weeks ago. I got this recipe from Periplus Mini Cookbooks Series: Japanese Favourites.

Actually, i got this beautiful white carrot-like vegetables accidentally while i was looking for vegetables for salad recipe. In my country, they called it lobak. Here's some explanation about daikon (from the recipe book):

"Daikon is a large white radish widely used in Japanese cooking. It may be eaten raw or cooked and is often pickled or grated. Used mainly in soups and stir-fries, it is sold in supermarket."

So bought some and when i got home...i realized i have no idea what should i do with this daikon. I eat it raw...it's crisps, juicy, and there's slightly bitter aftertaste. So i search trough my recipe books and i found this simple recipe. I have no other clue, so i'll just go with this recipe.

INGRDIENTS:
500 g (1 lb) daikon
1 teaspoon dashi powder dissolved in 1 liter (4 cups) water or 1 liter (4 cups) Dashi Stock (i don't have dashi powder, so i used instant 1/2 cubed instant chicken stock)
2 teaspoons sugar ( i make it 3 because i like it sweet)
2 tablespoon Japanese soy sauce (don't use the thick soy sauce, because the flavour will be too salty)
4 tablespoon sake
3 tablespoons mirin
black sesame seeds (goma shio)

01 Remove skin and thick outer layer and slice the daikon into eight thick pieces. Cut a thin strip on an angle from the top and bottom edge of each piece. Cut a shallow cross into the top on one side.

02 Place the daikon slices in a saucepan with dashi mixture or Dashi Stock, sugar, soy sauce and sake. Bring to the boil, removing any impurities from the surface with a spoon. Boil for 10 minutes then reduce heat and simmer covered for 2.5 hours or until daikon is tender and lightly browned.

03 Gently stir in the mirin. Set aside for 10 minutes before serving in small plate with little of the cooking liquid. Springkle some black sesame seeds and serve.

Well, it tasted OK. i can't say that this is my fave, because i found that the bitter aftertaste is still there. But i love how beautiful this dish can become. Do you agree?

Another time, i'll try to add the sake and maybe make it 3 hours to cooked. If you have any suggestion on how to cooked this daikon right, i'd be very happy to know it.

Busy Days

2006-03-19T13:56:00.000+07:00

After 2 weeks bed rest (i got rubella last month), there's a lot of work to be done. I have to contact my personal clients & my boss to tell them that their project has been postponed due to my illness. I'm glad they understand. 2 weeks is not a short time right? So, right after i'm recovered...there's a huge pile of work to be done. But hey... i love being busy :)

After i finish most of the projects, my boss give me bonu$ as an appreciation of my hard works....i'm so happy for this!

Then there's my oldest sister wedding day this month. You know how a wedding can become an issue for the whole family. I'll ask her permission to post some of her wedding photo in this blog. Congrats sis! Hope you'll be having a baby soon!

Now i still got some projects to be done, but not as hectic as last month. The wedding is over and my sister is having her honeymoon right now.

I know i haven't posted anything for a long time and i feel sad because it's like i've abandoned this blog. But actually, i'm still here and got lots of food picture to post. I try some different recipes lately, but i haven't got time to posted it here.

I'll be back!

Salmon With Creamy Sauce & Garlic Mash

2005-12-23T22:48:00.000+07:00

Today i'm in the mood for SALMON! Yum! My fave fish.

Well actually, this week i'm craving for Japanese food. But when i go to the poultry and meat alley in the supermarket, i think it would be just great if i try to cook this delicious fish. I also buy some chicken for Chicken Katsudon recipe, but i think i'll hold that for tomorrow because i think fish is great to cook while it's still fresh.

Ok then, this time i'll try my best to write down the recipe. Not an expert at explaining things though, but i'll try. Please let me know if i miss something.

INGREDIENTS:
1 salmon fillet (about 200 g)
2 tablespoons oil
5 clove garlic, crushed and chopped
75 ml light cream2 tablespoons lime/lemon juice
1 tablespoons grated parmesan
60 g baby green beans, top and tailed
1 medium potato, peeled and cut into 4-8 pieces
a pinch of oregano and thyme
salt and pepper

01 Mix half the crushed and chopped garlic with lime juice, salt and pepper. Spread on the fish and marinate for at least 30 minutes. Put the marinated fish in the refrigerator for better result.

02 Meanwhile, cook the potato in a saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for 12-15 minutes, or until tender. You can also put the green beans and cook for 2-4 minutes or until tender but still crisp, drain.

03 Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the salmon to the frying pan and cook for about 2-3 minutes on each side for medium rare, or until cooked to your liking (i love the well-done type). Set aside.

04 Add the remaining garlic to the pan (set aside a small amount garlic to taste the potato), stir-fry until fragrant and then add small amount of water, then stir in the remaining lime/lemon juice, 3/4 part of cream, oregano, thyme, and half part of cheese. Simmer for about 5 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced and thickened slightly, then season with salt and pepper to taste.

05 Just before the salmon is ready, drain the potato. Add the remaining garlic, 1/4 part of cream, 1/2 part of cheese. Mash until smooth with a potato masher.

06 To serve, put the garlic mash on serving plates. Put the pan-fried salmon on top of it and then pour the cream sauce. Serve the green beans on the side.

This recipe is for 1 serving size, coz i only bought 1 salmon fillet. I ask my oldest sister to give it a try. She love it :) I'm glad my first salmon recipe turn out great. My mom is not a big fan of fish, so she only tried it a bit.

Btw, sorry for the long recipe post. It's a super busy weeks! One of my client ask me to finish his company profile within the next 2 days. He just send me the content YESTERDAY! My boss have an urgent task and my other client also push the deadline until the end of this month. Isn't hat wonderful? My holiday started today, but i think i can't rest until i finished all of this.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday peepz. I don't have any plan for christmas yet, but i hope ya'll have a wonderful christmas eve. Cheers!

Vegetarian Food

2005-12-14T15:41:00.000+07:00

Today i found an interesting blog about opened a restaurant.

The restaurant called Kinta Restaurant. It's located at Portland, Oregon. I'm always excited when i found this kind of blog. The good thing is they also have a food blog called Asian Vegan, u can find lots of food picture there. (thanks to jenz, i found this link form her site)

I don't know about u, but i'm a vegetable lover. I'm not a vegetarian because i still love meat :) Once or twice i've tried a vegetarian food, and in some ways i kind of liked it hehe. I'm still try to search a good vegetarian restaurant here.

Since i have a special interest about food, i always do some small research about food nutrition, etc2. That kind of makes me more aware about eating healthy food.

I think every type of food or ingredients have a good purpose for our body, IF we eat it in balance and moderate amount. For example, u eat a hamburger with french fries or onion rings today. Then u balanced it by eating enough fibre like salad (with moderate amount of dressing of course) or a wholegrain cereal with fresh fruits as desserts.

Always eat oily, greasy and full-of-fat food in moderate amount. It's not like you can have a big fat greasy steaks with heavy based cream sauce after u eat a large bowl of salad. Get the point?

My suggestion - eats vegetable, fruits and drink a lot of water everyday worked like a charm ^^

Sweet Corn Soup

2005-11-13T02:03:00.000+07:00

I create this sweet corn soup last week. I got lots of vegetables on my fridge, i think it's the best time to use them all. I used fresh sweet corn instead of the canned ones.

Making soup is so simple. As usual i don't go the measuring part, but here's the step-by-step :

01 Heat about 4-5 tablespoon oil in a large pot over medium heat and add the chopped garlic. let cook until it's fragrant, stirring occasionally.

02 Add some chopped fresh tomatoes & smoked beef, stir it again for about 3 minutes. Add some water, but not too much (or you can use chicken stock).

03 Add the sweet corn, carrots & some seasoning (salt, pepper & sugar). Let it cook for about 10-15 minutes or until the carrots is soft enough.

04 Add the pre-cooked shell pasta & leeks, stirring occasionally.

05 Meanwhile, lightly whisk 1 egg and then pour it into the boiled soup. Stir it quickly. Turn off the stove and then serve it. Yummy!

Spaghettini With Smoked Beef

2005-10-12T23:05:00.000+07:00

I've always love DOME's spaghetti with smoked beef. Me & my friends agree that they have the best spaghetti with smoked beef in town. This dish is simple yet very delicious. That's why i try to made this dish myself.

So here's the result:

Surprisingly, it's wasn't that difficult. It's quite simple actually. You just have to picked the best quality ingredients. As usual, i don't precisely measured the ingredients. But here's an overview:

01 Cook the pasta according to description until al dente. Don't forget to put some salt on the water, along with some olive oil. Drain, set aside.

02 Gently heat some olive oil in a pan. Add 3 clove of garlic (crushed), sliced or slightly crushed. Saute until light brown and then add some water.

03 Add a generous amount of light cooking cream, some dried oregano and basil, small amount of grated parmesan and smoked beef. Simmer until the water is all gone and the cream sauce is thickened but not too thick.

04 Add the pasta, toss well in the pan. Arrange on plates and add some grated parmesan. Serve-that's it.

The smoked beef and the cheese will provide enough saltiness to the pasta. I only add some amount of salt when i cooked the pasta. The whole process only took about 15 minutes. So it's quick and simple.

The result is good, close enough with DOME's Spaghetti with smoked beef. I loved it and surely i will make it again with other variations. For example, use fresh herbs instead of dried herbs and try to find a better quality of smoked beef.

Shell Pasta With Shrimp and Leeks

2005-09-26T17:45:00.000+07:00

I realized that i haven't posted any recipes lately. I created this pasta recipe about a few weeks ago.

My older sister's husband have a shrimp farm. Occasionaly, he will send us some of the harvest. This time he sends us some of the best shrimps. So i decide to put some of it on my dinner ^^

I can't remember the whole process, but i remember i put some extra virgin olive oil, garlic, milk, cheddar cheese, oregano, thyme, leeks, shell pasta, a pinch of salt-pepper-sugar and of course some shrimp into it.

It tasted good actually, my older sisters & my younger brother loved it. Except my mom, coz he never likes pasta and those other italian foods. She's an original indonesian food lovers.

PostSecret

2005-06-03T14:37:00.000+07:00

Some people may already know about PostSecret, but i just found out about this yesterday from Blogger's Blogs of Note.

I found it quite interesting. People from all over the place, sending homemade postcards...write their own secrets and tell them to everybody else as anonymous. The idea is great and i see how peoples can be very creative when they create a homemade postcard. Maybe Hallmark should hired these peoples, eh? I love the words that they create to describe their secrets as simple as possible. But the meaning is really deep. i think you better take a look for yourself in order to understand what i'm saying here :P

Happy Birthday to ME! ^^

2005-06-02T20:43:00.000+07:00

Last week, May 26 - is my birthday :) I'm 23 years old now. Usually i always remembered my birthday at least a month before. But this time...i only remembered it about a week ago. Must be because of all this work i have to finished. I'm so busy for the last few weeks.

When i woke up in the morning, i looked into my cellphone...10 messages...and the letter sign is blinking. My inbox is full and there are 2 missed call. I'm so glad that lot's of people still remembered my birthday, include my boss....and even my long lost friend -E-. Cool huh? You know, a nice sms in the morning can make you smile and happy for the rest of the day. I'm still saving some of the birthday sms until now, it's fun to read it again sometimes. Some of my friends called me to congratulate me.

I don't have any plans to celebrate my birthday this time. But thing's changed when my bestfriend -Y-, called me in the morning. She ask me to go out with her.

1 hour later -Y- come and pick me up. My other highschool friend -Yz- is already on the car with her too. He continued his study in Japan (one of the countries that i've always wanted to visit). Soon he'll continue his study in culinary, oh how i envy him!

I lost contact with -Yz- since we graduate from highschool, but apparently -Y- is still keep in touch with him. The good thing is, he bring me a box of almond chocolate from Japan, hehehe! It's delicious, i can't stop eating it. My diet is totally ruined, but i'm not regreting anything tonight LOL :)

We had so much fun that night. I got home with a happy feeling and big smile on my face. I'm glad i had a friend like her. I promise i will do the same thing when she had her birthday in the upcoming November.

I also got "The Purpose Driven Life" book in Indonesian translation as a birthday present from my church friends, the twins. Actually i already have the English version of that book, one of my online friend -W- kindly send me the book as a gift for my graduation last year. I didn't have the heart to tell them that i already had that book. So i receive it and appreciate it, everybody happy ^^ hehehe.

Good 'Ol Myself

2005-04-15T21:47:00.000+07:00

Yeah! I'm back!

I read my friendster horoscope for today, and guess what it says..
"You can come out now. After days of wondering who the stranger behind your steering wheel was, you're suddenly feeling more like your old self -- and beginning to think about how to make compromises between the new and the old."

I couldn't agree more. Lately i feel like i'm not myself. Always complaining about things that happening to me. Blaming mylsef and feeling bored with my life. Wake up girls...there's no time for whining! But i think it's just because of my PMS hehehe.

Today i started my day by waking up late and i start working on 9.45 am. Oops! I'm late. My project manager already called me (as usual). I'm online as soon as possible and download emails...and then..2 jobs are waiting for me today. The first one is creating icons for the Instant Messenger that i've designed few days ago and the second job is creating a mock up design for the Instant Messenger Website. Nice!

My brain is a little bit slow today....so creating the icons and the website really is taking a longgg time. Infact...all day long. Well but i want to create the best....so that's the price to pay. I don't like it when my boss say that i've done a terrible job and i have to redesign it. I don't want to dissappointed him anymore..so i'll do my best.

Beside...tomorrow is saturday...my free day of the week. U know...in Indonesia...not every employee has their day off on saturday. So i considered myself lucky!

Saturday....here i come!

Bruschetta With Sauteed Mushroom, Red Bell Peppers & Cheese

2005-04-11T23:26:00.000+07:00

I create this after i read my italian food recipe book. Suddenly i feel hungry and then i try to create a quick, easy & delicious pan-broiled bread (which i decide to call it bruschetta to make it simple).

I hope i write it correctly, this is my first written recipe creation i ever made. Usually i just remembered it, i never wrote it down. I found it pretty difficult to write a recipe....usually when it comes to measure the exact amount of ingredients :P Cheers!

Bruschetta With Sauteed Mushroom, Red Bell Peppers & Cheese

--Ingredients:-----------------------------------------------------
3 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 fresh button mushrooms, sliced (it taste better than the canned ones)
1/4 red bell peppers, finely chopped (paprika)
2 tablespoon grated cheddar/mozarella cheese**
Sprinkle of dried oregano & thyme*
salt & sugar*
2 slice whole wheat bread

--Preparation:-----------------------------------------------------
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat and cook the garlic for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant and golden. Add mushrooms and red bell pepper. Cook over high heat, stirring for about 3 minutes. Add oregano, thyme, salt & sugar. Continue to cook, stirring once or twice, for about 8-9 minutes.

Meanwhile, spread 1/2 tablespoon oil on top of each bread. After the mushrooms cooked, spoon and spread over the bread and then covered with cheese. Repeat with the remaining mushrooms & cheese for the other bread.

Add 1/2 tablespoon of oil in the saucepan, spread and then pan-broiled over low heat for about 15-20 minutes or until crisp & golden. Serve immidiately and enjoy :)
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* I don't know the exact amount of the dried oregano & thyme, coz i just sprinkled a small amount of dried oregano and a bit of dried thyme. Same case happened for the salt & sugar :p

** If you're on a diet, reduce the cheese or try to replace it with ricotta or parmesan cheese. The other ingredients is ok because i use whole wheat bread, olive oil (unsaturated fats) & red bell peppers.

New Year Home Renovation Plan

2004-12-23T01:14:00.000+07:00

I`m excited! I`m gonna renovate my house this week! Well....actually i`m the one who insist that we HAVE to renovate it soon hehehe^^

My house really2 need some renovation. The condition is a bit sad, the wall is cracked everywhere, the paint is awful and the worst...the fence is broken recently. So i talk about it with my mom and other family members....then they all agree to renovate the house. It's not a small amount of money, but we have to do first thing first, right?

I guess my house is going to do a little makeover for the new year too. I'm sure next year will be a better year! ^___^

.• Bèauty is PAIN •.

2004-11-05T11:26:00.000+07:00

Today i go to see my Dermatologist. Not because i`m having the serious skin problems, but i just want to make my skin smoother and shiny hehehe ^^

I should've visited the clinic a month ago for a regulary treatment, but i`m delaying it because it cost me too much money. I got lots of thing to be paid last month so i'm not going to the clinic.

The doctor told me that i should be discipline for a better results. OK..i admit it, that's my fault..

Btw...did you know how painful FACIAL is?? It's really hurts!! Well maybe for some people it's not that hurt, but for me...it does hurts! They squeezed all over your skin and when they found an acne...they'd squeezed harder. GOSH! I realized that...beauty does need sacrifice...

Waxing, plastic surgery, hair rebonding, liposuction, etc2...they're like torture...some people will do that for beauty. Every woman wants to look great, but sometimes it's just not that easy and of course...it cost you a lot sums of money...

For me..i`ll just say no for plastic surgery...but for the facial...i think i'll start making myself to get used to it.

Finally, New Layout!

2004-11-04T15:36:00.000+07:00

I decided to change the layout of my blog. I'm bored with the last one, so i create this one. Actually i`m just editing the templates that the blogger provides :P But i changed the colour, the banner, etc2....and the result is like this.

Many people ask me about my personal webpage, but i always say i don't have one. I can't say this blogsite is my persoanal website...coz this is too personal i think :p What they talking about is a website that contains my portfolio, personal details, etc2. Well i haven't got any time to create one.

But i`m planning to buy a domain name and start creating my personal website.

Btw, somethings wrong with my IE browser. I can't see my Google Adsense ads. When i emailed them about this problems, they say that they can see the ads. Why can't i see it?

Can u do me a favor? can you see any google adsense on my page? If u seen one, then post it on the comment to let me know. I can see the google search, but not the ads. Thanks a lot :)

Got My G-Mail

2004-10-25T19:43:00.000+07:00

I finnaly got my Gmail account :) thank's to alex! A guy who send me the Gmail invitation. I read his blog yesterday when i surf trough the blogexplosion, but somehow i already forgot his blogsite. But it does mentioned that he got some gmail invitations and if anyone's interested, he will kindly send us the invitation. What a good guy. Well i did send him an email and he did send me an invitation :) yay!

Gmail is not like any other free email provider account. I mean the user interface, etc2....and the loading is superfast! You can use the keyboard as a shortcut to compose a new message, send message, or refresh...etc2. Well i haven't try the whole things yet, i just got it today. But i think i like it :) With 1Gb storage...who doesn't?

Yipeeee My Computer is Clean Now!

2004-10-23T03:50:00.000+07:00

Thanks to Acrobaze from CyberTech Help now my computer is healed!

I don't have to bring it to my computer store to repair it....it's all done now. In about 2 hours...it's all done! Apparently we're online at the same time so the response is very fast. Lucky lucky!

Bravo CyberTech!

2004-10-23T01:04:00.000+07:00

Finnally i found this CyberTech Help Forums trough the internet and i registered. Coz when i read some of the postings, they seems like having the answer. I download some of the files required...like the "HiJack This!" programs to scan my computers.

Guess what? their response is superfast!! I posted my thread...then about 3 minutes later i get my answer. Isn't amazing? Well the response is have to post the right description from the HiJack scan. But it's still a fast response, right?

For your information guys, i think you should download Ad-Aware to eliminating any unwanted ad's on your computers, SpyWare Blaster will preventing problems with viruses, hijackers and spyware. Additionally, installing the MVPS Hosts file adds an extra level of protection.

Another tips is to always updating your antivirus software. If your computers is already infected with some virus, try the Cyber Tech forums or maybe Symantec virus removal tools to find the cure. I already download the Trojan.Qhost and scanned my computer. A trojan virus was found.

For the past few days i worked really hard. But one by one all of those task is done. I hope i can get finish all of them soon. Ok no time to chit chat, coz i got lot's of things to do. Ciao!

A beautiful Trojan Virus Makes Me Absence From Bloggin

2004-10-21T03:00:00.000+07:00

Why do i say it's a beautiful Trojan virus? Because i`m sooo angry and upset about it. This THING makes my computer goin nuts for a few days and it really REALLY bothered my jobs.

My compute is still sick but at least i can opened the internet explorer now. Updating this blog and then opened my friendster, emails, etc2. If my computer still not working properly in a few days....then i`ll formatted it for sure.

As usual i have too many jobs to handle. Headache headache! Sorry for this writings...got too many to job lately and so little time to do. I will write another soon. Gotta get some sleep now.

^ Traffic Jamz ^

2004-10-16T04:32:00.000+07:00

Today i found this while i`m updating my own blog. I don't know how it works but i`m interested on how it could makes traffic on your blogsite. So i just give it a try and not sure of what's it's gonna be. But my counter statistic shows that today (the day i sign up on BlogExplosions) i got 13 new visitors. Humm not bad for a beginner huh?

Just wanna say welcome to my blog peoples! ^^

In The Middle Of Brainstorming

2004-10-15T18:18:00.000+07:00

One thing that i really really want to buy right now is a digital camera. Not a standard pocket digital camera....but a professional semi manual digital camera. Expensive!

I want to take pictures of everythings...for my artwork...or maybe just a hobby in my sparetime. I love photography! I`m a beginner....but at least i had my first photography lessons at my uni. It's surely going to be an expensive hobby.

Today my boss suddleny called me and he wants me to redesign a website (which i already designed it for about 7 times). The client hate it. We will loose this project if we don't act fast. So now i`m in the middle of browsing trough the internet.

I`m looking for new ideas....brainstorming. Apparently the client wants something extraordinary. Not a conventional corporate looks website. So i`m try to think hard and pay a serious attention on this one. I got 3 ideas and about to pour it into my layout design. I hope the client will love this one. Wish me luck!

Smile!

2004-10-15T05:20:00.000+07:00

Today i`m going to the mall alone. Last week i ordered blue contact lenses, so i have to take it at the optic shop today. I'm pretty much enjoying it actually.

My favorite place is the bookstore...And the second goes to the cozy cafe..YAY! I bought 2 magazine and 1 Japanese cookbook recipe. For ur information...i love buying recipe books..But rarely try it hahaha. I love to cook...but it's only for daily food...not Japanese...Italian...etc2. Well i`m buying it b'coz SOMEDAY i want to try it :p

Then i get to the graphic design section. GOSH! There are sooo many great books to buy. But they're too expensive. But i really want to buy them if i got some extra money. I realized, as a designer i`m need more and more inspiration & creativity. I have to think outside the box. Beyond expectation.

If i want to be a good designer i have to be updated about changes in graphic design, peoples, lifestyle..etc2. That's why i love books..They`re one of the most updated information source (beside newspapers, television, radio, internet, etc2). I don't wanna left behind...so i have to be always up to date. But the price sometimes makes me think twice about buying them. I can't afford them. Graphic design books are always expensive. But it's worth the money i guess. So i really really have to buy them sometimes.

Today i also received a beautiful sms from my friend -M-, it says "The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are, but on how happy others can be because of you. Have a nice day, n make a lot of people happy today"........it's inspired me a lot.

So...i started to smiled on almost everyone i met today. Including..the store keeper, security peoples, sales, my sister...my mum. I said almost everyone b'coz if i keep on smiling to all of them...they'll think i`m on a high or something hahahaha.

But i`m sure even a simple smile can make people smiling back at you...and scientific research said that smiling definitely can make you happy! So...i think i just make some people happy today :) i hope...

•°o Been Away Too Long o°•

2004-10-12T03:52:00.000+07:00

Here i am, sitting in my chair in front of my good 'ol computer. This is what i do everyday. I`m not updating my blog for awhile because i had lots of important things to do. So i decide to not to post a new blog for awhile. But i miss those times. So here i am....writing another blog for....anyone who would love to read my blog.

Btw my first article had been publised on the magazine. I`m excited. I`m going to spend some more time to write i think. I got 3 friends opened a magazine company, so i want to contribute a small of my artwork and my writings to them. B'coz they want me to do so. I'm so honoured guys. ^^

My Graduation Day

2004-09-03T00:51:00.000+07:00

I`m proudly presented.....Myself.....as one of the Undergrad student who finally succeed to finish my Uni with a "not so bad" GPA heheheh. It doesn't matter to me....as long i already finished what i start.

Yesterday i attend my graduation ceremony...boy i`m sooo tired. Wearing the Toga all day long really makes me sweaty..sigh! All those photos session....ceremony....really making me tired.

The worst thing is....my work is overdues...now i have lots of work to do (my boss is getting pissed off)......and tomorow i have another big day......my 2nd olders sister is having her engagement. There are going to be another ceremony, meeting other family member, photos session....and another delayed jobs on my computers........damn...

But i`m happy for my sista...hope she'll be married soon hehehe.

A Hair To Dye For

2004-08-18T17:30:00.000+07:00

Yesterday....i finnaly do a little changes on my hair. A haircut and a highlight. For the first time my hair finnally had it's first highlights colouring. Hahahaha so sad huh? After spending 3-4 hours on the beauty salon...tadaa...it's done.

My next month target it's buying a new handphone and i also need a new mouse....my mouse are goin nuts lately. I can't move the cursor to the right side of the screen....and that's really bothered my job! I'm gonna buy it tomorrow since it's urgent.

Shopping!

2004-08-02T22:30:00.000+07:00

My bestfriend -Op- just opened a clothing boutique. Me and my other friends come to the opening today. Boy o boy....so many gorgeous and chic fashion .... i ended up bought 3 clothes. But they really2 worth to buy...trust me^^

I rarely bought lots of clothes like this, i usually put a small budget on it. But now i think i will change my mind about it. I need new clothes. Since my clothes are no longer up to date.

Congratulations for your new clothing boutique, pix!

MNG Addict^^

2004-07-31T14:15:00.000+07:00

I Lovee MNG!

Today i go shopping with my older sister and my brother. I Go to Mango and then i saw this gorgeous yellow bag. GOSH!! It's still on sale too. I got 30% discount....yipeee! I got my beautiful funky bag with a low price.

One Wild Night!!!!

2004-07-24T02:53:00.000+07:00

Awesome!! It's been so long since my last FUN Clubbing. I never go clubbing for a few months and then suddenly today my friend -I- who just got back from France ask me to go clubbing before she went to jakarta on the next day. -B- is also coming with her boyfriend, cool!

Actually, i`m not so sure about this but i`m still going. But then it turn out to be one of my most crazieeee and Fun Clubbing time. I met lots of new people....they are so nice and friendly. Some of them are really cute too ^^

I really enjoyed this night. It really wiped all of my tiredness away. Tomorrow i have to attend 2 birthday party. I don't care if it's going to be fun or not....b'coz i already had my best time today. Yay!!!

Busy Busy Busy!!

2004-07-02T10:00:00.000+07:00

Phewww! I'm soo busy! I never get a chance to update anything here. Like i said before, starting from this month i work as a fulltimer. I work from 9am-5pm, but still..i work from home. At first i think it's a bad idea (beside the salary raise of course). It's been 2 days and i kind of enjoyed it. I usually worked at night after finishing my school project or going with some of my friends...etc2.

Now i have to woke up at 8.30am....working from 9am to 5pm. But after that i'm free to do anything else. My sleeping time is normal right now.

But for the last 2 days it's becoming a very busy days for me. After i finished my work..i have to go to my church. My church is helding 3 days ceremony which called "Revolution 2004". This ceremony is for teenagers. My task is to take some pictures there. Yeap! I have to bring the camera and take lots of picture. And the ceremony ended at 11.30pm....i got home on 12am and then sleep at 2 am.

i`m so busy. But i liked it. Busy days and a normal sleeping time ^^ that makes me happy.

There's a lot of other job's is awaiting for me. My friends -R- ask my help to designed his new restaurant's logo, brochure, neon sign...etc2. But i`m happy he liked the logo. Now i have to finished the neon sign and the brochure. I think i`m going to give him a discount, coz he's one of my bestfriend. He helped me a lot. At first i want to designed it for free. But then he said that it's not fair for me^^.

I also have to do some revision for my final project paper before July 9th. I also haven't finished a brochure design for a preshool and my friends also asking me if i want to work as an illustrator for his new project...making a cartoon movie. I don't have a chance to write even a single article for my friend's magazine!!!!!!! Can you even imagine how many tasks i have to finished?

I want to watch....Harry Potter, Shrek2 and also Spiderman2...-O- ask me to go out with him on this weekend...but i've already promised to go out with my other friends this weekend. Sorry...

Another New Friends

2004-06-25T01:02:00.000+07:00

I got 2 new friends today. One of my friend -M- suddenly called me today. He just got back from Swiss (graduated successfully) and he want to hang out together. The other reason is b'coz 2 of his friends from Jakarta are coming to this town for a week and they're begin to run out of ideas where they should go.

So i think 2 new friends is a good news for me^^. I love making new friends. But i had to go to my church first b'coz i have a meeting to do with my church's friends so i can't have dinner with them. Finally at 10.30pm we met on Shangrilla's Lounge.

-V- and -I- turns out to be FUN! It doesn't take long enough for us to laugh at each other's story. We had some drinks and a lot of fun chit chat & at 12am i got home.

Boy, it was fun!

SuShiiii

2004-06-24T05:03:00.000+07:00

My bestfriend asking me and some of my other friends out for a dinner at one of my fave sushi restaurant in my town. He's celebrating his B'day. Woohoooo! It's sushi time!!

We ordered lots of rolled sushi like Volcano roll, crunchy roll, spider roll, california roll, salmon lomi lomi, agedashi tofu, miso soup...etc2. Whoaaa...I love It! Hachi Hachi Bistro is the restaurant's name. This link also mentioned about my other's fave restaurant in my town. Well like what i've said before...i love eating and i love searching for a new great restaurant or food stall to try.

Last month i never had a chance to visited hachi2 coz i`m too busy with my projects. But finally i got a chance now. But for ur information, the sushi at Hachi2 is a fusion style sushi. With mayonnaise dressing and stuffs. But they also served a real japanese sushi with the raw meat. I prefer the fusion style sushi for now. I tried the salmon sashimi once, not bad...but i'm still enjoyed the other fusion style sushi ^^

Well enough with the sushi chit chat today...too bad i don't have any digital camera to take some pothograph of the sushi. But i think i'll buy a digital camera soon (^_^)

An Opportunity To Be a Copywriter

2004-06-23T04:29:00.000+07:00

Some of my friends are going to make and publish their own lifestyle magazine. They want me to joined them. I'm pretty excited about this (coz they're my bestfriends and this is so cool)...but i don't think i can joined them. I'm going be so busy starting from next month.

Like what i've said on my previous blog, starting from next month i'm going to be a fulltimer. I'm working from 8am - 5pm from monday to friday. But that's not all, i have another work to do beside that. Few months ago one of my friend asking me if i can help him with my webdesign skill. He recently opened a graphic design company and he want me to handle all of his company's webdesign jobs.

Also .. now i'm still have another 2 graphic design job's waiting for me. It's not a simple task, i have to designed a logo, stationery, brochure, namecard, folder, etc...and the other one also a logo and a brochure. And thennnn...still i got a things to do for my church. I want to designed my church's website. It's a volunteer...since i can't serve GOD's as often i can..i guess i'm still able to serve my skill for GOD. And this is all i can do. Hope i can serve Him better in the future, considering all of the great things He have done for me.

I really want to joined them...but i think i have to be more realistic here. I can't handle any more jobs right now ^^. But i promise i'll help them by writing some articles for the magz.

I love writings. I hope my writings is going to be good enough to publish. I don't care about the money, i'm more excited about seeing my name as an author under the articles :P

TROY!

2004-06-20T14:17:00.000+07:00

I just wrote a lot of things....and when i push the "publish post" button....it's all gone!! *&#%@^!%$&%!!!!!!!

The point is...i finally go and see the TROY movie last friday with -A- ... Plus! my older sister^^ hahahah. Hey hey dont get me wrong here ... i just need someone to lighten up the situation with him and recently my sis told me that she really2 want to see TROY, so what's the big deal? Beside, he's really REALLY insist taking me on a movie and i always said no...i really run out of ideas lately. So i take my sis with me. Problems solved!

Btw...I LOVEEEE Brad Pitt in this movie! He's really looking georgeous, brave....but also warm at the same time. Six pack body and the blonde hair, GOSH!! ...Orlando Bloom makes me a bit disappointed..his character is a little bit pathetic. Eric Bana plays as Hector, he'a also looking great. Superb!

Beside all the main actors, TROY is a great colosal movie to watch. I don't know anything about greek history, but i always wondering about this trojan horse tactics. At first i think it's a bit stupid ...that big wooden horsie is surely have something inside. But after i saw this movie, i begin to understand that their belief is what makes them to think that way. But i will always love Achilles heheheheh.

u Know what? My mood is back now :P :P

•°o A great Day Started With A GREAT news and a BIG Smile o°•

2004-06-18T14:04:00.000+07:00

This morning i wake up with this noisy sound of my cellphone. Well actually it's 10 Pm right now hehehe...i found that there's 8 misscalled sign on the screen. GOSH! my boss is trying to called me since 8 am..My god! and there's about 5 message with the same sentences,

"can u online right now?"....

Well i don't know what's going on here. Usually he become so annoying like this when i have an unfinished tasks. But i did finish all of my job yersterday..

But the conversation on the msn turn out to be a great news for me heheheh. First he's talking a bout few little things i have 2 do with my project lately. Then...he started to talked about a salary raised! hahahah yeap that's right...i got a raise!! yipeee! Next month i will be doing as a fulltimer!

For ur information..for the past 3,5 years i've been working as a graphic, multimedia and web designer in an Australian company. Yes, i lived in indonesia, but distance is dead nowadays right? i'm sending my job's using emails and communicate using messenger and stuff like that. Now after i graduate, he dicided to take me as a fulltimer. I was a partimer back then. The salary was ok...for an freshmen college like me.

Nice, this salary raise surely put a big smile on my face like this (^______^) hehehehe

Come Out and Play

2004-06-18T04:12:00.000+07:00

Yesterday i feel really sick and tired of my job, so i decided that i HAVE to go out with my friends tomorrow. Suddenly this morning my bestfriend called me and when i asked her to go out somewhere with me..she said "OK!! I also feel so boring today"...yippie!

Finally we go to the mall, hunting a good sale stuff and eat a japanese food together. I'm so enjoyed the time when we had our lunches together. Just a relax & common girltalk. To me, eating out is the most FUn things to do. I always enjoyed my food & never rush on it. I'd rather eat slowly and enjoyed it with a fun and relaxing chit chat.

Today i watch the first series of japanese tv serial "Beautiful Life". I remembered -O- once told me that this is a good movie. Takuya Kimura looks really cute^^. Can't wait to see the next series he he he

Tomorrow i have to finish lots of projects. 2 Brochure design and a logo design. I have to finish it tomorrow. I need more money. I've spend lots and lots of money for my final project, that's why i`m so broke right now. I can't even buy a new cellphone that i've always dreamt of...really sad.

Oh well..i got a very nice sale stuff today afterall hehehe. Suddenly i feel a lot better and ready for work again. ^^

I Need A Vacation

2004-06-16T01:46:00.000+07:00

I`m feeling soo lazy lately. It's like i don't want to do anything else beside playing games, eating, sleeping, go out with some friends and relaxing....but i can't do that, i'm still have soo many job's from my boss. Maybe this is b'coz i'm spending a whole month doing a lot of work on my final project. I need a vacation ... that's what i`m realised just now. Refreshing a little bit..and then back to my everyday activities. I`m not asking too much...just one quiet weeks will be enough. I need some times for myself i guess.

Maybe i can say that my final projects is over by now, but there's still lots of jobs waiting for me. Well the good side is .. job's mean money (and lately i need more money) .. the bad side is, i don't have time to relax. Boo Hooo...i need a relaxing timee (-_-)

Yesterday one of my new friends -A- asking me for a date, but i refused it (in a polite way). I like being his friend, but i don't want anything more than that. He's one of my senior at my highschool, also my sister's friend. He's nice, but right now i'd prefer to go out with my friends and having a good time (like i said, i need time for myself). I don't want to rush anything for a relationship.

Then there's this other guy -B- asking me to go out sometimes. Hmm i think it's true what they've always say, it'll always come around when you least expect it.

2 months ago, i just broke up with my bf. It's only last 1,5 month, horrible. But things just don't work out and i guess broke up is the best way. I`m not a short term relationship type of girl..but i have to admit that i made a wrong decision that time. It's over and i`m glad i ended this unbelieveable relationship. In fact, i'm much happier now!

I want to relax, relax and having a good time for myself.....for now.

•°o Waiting For Graduation o°•

2004-06-14T04:50:00.000+07:00

Thanks to GOD, all of may friends, family, boss and a lot of support from my net friends...i finally passed my judgement day ^^

The good news is my artwork is going to be one of the members of my university final assignment exhibition. The bad news is...it's not a guarantee that i`m going to have an A (it's a bad news from me since i've put all my efforts for this) .

I`m not that genius geek with the bold glasses, i just want to make myself, my parents, and my boss to be proud of me. They've been supporting me a lot and i just want to make a big proud smile drawing on their face (and mine of course). The second reason is that...i want to proof to everyone..that working while ur studying is not always a bad thing that can stopped u from continuing ur study ok?

So many things i want to do after i graduate..making more money is the first subject of course ... :P heheheh

My First Blog!!

2004-06-08T02:48:00.000+07:00

Yay!! I finally create my own blogspot account..after a few days of server error (or it's maybe b'coz my darn internet connection)!!

Actually the real situation is, my final project makes me sooo stressed up and i need some space to write my thoughts.. just for relaxing i guess. Everyday i woke up in the morning with a lot of question in my head..."gosh!! 1 week later is the due date!!".."hmm is the design is OK?? or maybe it's too simple..."..."i must finish 3 more items today!!"....etc etc. Isn't that sooo stressful??

Well the reason why i`m so freakin' out is that B'coz of 3 more days later is my judgement day!! This is my last semester in Visual Communication Design Faculty and i MUST graduate!! (for the sacrifice of my time, all of my sleepless nights, lots of money, 80% parts of my brain and all the
efforts for this final project) *with a good GPA i hope*hehehehe...soo wish me luck ok? Need a lots of support here :)