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The year of Golden Rabbit or 2562 in Chinese calendar ended and the year of Water Dragon has begun.Didn't want to lost the moment where many Chinese were happily welcoming the new year with colorful ornaments, delicious delicacies, and also the smoky temples, I decided to visit the famous Jakarta China Town again!If last year I visited this place by myself, this time I brought along my daughter

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For many of us who spent our primary school in Indonesia, we must have learned about 'the biggest dam or the biggest hydro-power in Indonesia' name Jatiluhur nearby Purwakarta, West Java. For many of us who live in Jakarta or Bandung or both and spend many-many times travelling through Purbalenyi toll highway, must be familiar with this exit signage. See the picture below.After about 30 years

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"First step is always the hardest"hhhm, sometimes I have to agree.Some of the 'first things' were happenning this week.First day of school and work after 2 weeks of beautiful holiday, and all of us struggled with 'wake up' time in the morning. It was hard!First time driving again through the busy-crowded-chaos Jakarta traffic, after 2 weeks break (my husband was the driver during the holiday),

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Good evening Universe, hello blogosphere!Happy New Year to all of you!I hope you had a wonderful time welcoming this new year.Ooh, I'm still in the 'holiday mode' until now. Five more days to go, before we'll start our normal routine. My bodyclock is still following the 'holiday clock'; almost every day (except the 'exercise day') I wake up at 7am or more! I hope we'll not get the 'back to school

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After the very lovely (and tiring) Christmas day, all day, the following morning I really enjoyed my peaceful morning. No rush, no wake up early. I even woke up late!No need to worry about breakfast-lunch or even dinner for today, still plenty of food on the dining table and inside the fridge. Yesterday, we got plenty 'take away' food from my parents and parents in law's house, after Christmas

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Just four days before Christmas, my children started their school holiday and my husband took his vacation. We started it with PSTC (Parents Student Teacher Conference) at school in the morning, then followed by last Christmas shopping. Done!The beautiful aroma of Chrismas holiday blew stronger around us, to every corner of our home. That's the most wonderful time of the year!We had more time to

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Christmas Cookies Finale... the most favorite; The Gingerbread Men!I think this is the last cookies from our kitchen for this festive season, and I will start to bake Christmas 'easy and quick' bread for my family. After many-many times hearing the same question,"Mom / Honey, can you make gingerbread men, pleaseee ?", then followed by the 'choir',"yes Mommy, please" and repeated all over again...

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Nine days until Christmas...We're still in the middle of daily normal activities. No school holiday yet neither office break.Jakarta's traffic is still super crowded during this rainy weather.Weeks ago, I imagined to have a calm and peaceful week before Christmas. Hhm, I was wrong. Almost everyday we arrive home late than "normal" days. Too many children activities in school and heavy traffic

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After my trip to Solo and Yogyakarta at the end of October 2011, I had promised myself not to travel for the next two months, until the Christmas time. For me, it's the perfect time to celebrate the season. *but honestly, at the first week of December, all of sudden I really miss travelling!At the end of November, we started to decorate our christmas trees, put some lights on the windows,

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I love December!I enjoy the Christmas spirit, the rain and the lovely color of nature.As the rainy weather coming to accompany Christmas season, and the sun still shines timidly, this time we decided to put more color in our yard. Other than overhauling the lawns with fresh grass, we planted some flowers and trees; from frangipani, morning glory to vines. Day by day, I fall in love more and more

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Solo, the spirit of Java!Solo, which has the official name of Surakarta, is located in Central Java, Indonesia.This city is also known as Batik City. Exploring this city in less than 24 hours (not including sleeping at night), I found lots of interesting parts in it.Tradition and modernism are living side-by-side in such beautiful harmony. The Solo City Goverment seems appreciating cultural art

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November wasn't coming here by herself, instead she had brought her best friend; the rain.Since two weeks ago, we have to be ready with the rain that pouring the ground mostly in the afternoon until the night. The sun still shines in the morning thought, providing us a such wonderful warm morning. Don't you think it's nice?Last week, ohhh my body couldn't handle the virus that *finally* defeated

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We were entering the month of November with busy activities.I came back from our 'Yogya-Solo' trip on Sunday night (30/10), almost midnight arriving at home and on Monday morning we already started our normal routine including back to my swimming and preparing the 'Indonesian Multicultural Week' in my children's school. During that week, each class learned about one of the 33 provinces in

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I'll be in Yogyakarta and Solo for the next 4 days.Have a nice Wednesday night, Friends.

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Semarang is the capital city of Central Java province, in Indonesia.It is located in north coast of Java Island.Probably it's not as popular as Bali or Tana Toraja as the top two tourist destinations in the country, but the trip to Semarang has given us an opportunity to feel, to know, to learn, to see, and the most important one is to enjoy one of the beautiful and historical cities in our

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Sometimes I think my life is so crowded, noisy and even tiring! Then I realize that all of them actually make my life becomes so colorful, dynamic, and alive! I'm so grateful that I can enjoy the beauty of my busy life.Just a quick update, before I pack my bag for our next adventure;* Two weeks ago, I came back from my 8-days trip to Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. It was a wonderful journey, seeing

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I'll be back home on Sunday, September 25, 2011.Have a Great Weekend!

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Most of us like fried chicken pretty much, and there are lots of variety of fried chicken.For me personally, traditional fried chicken have a very special room in my tummy. When it is served fresh and warm from the kitchen, there is no more time to wait. Just grab a plate of rice and enjoy the fried chicken with chilli sauce.Good Food never go out of style! There are many methods to prepare

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Tempe, the soul of Indonesia Culinary.This is one of the food ingredients that almost every week is served on our dining table. When were abroad, many times it made us homesick when we missed it.The easiest and most popular way to serve this excellent meat subsitute is frying. Slice it, soak with water and salt, then fry it. Or you can dip the slices of tempe in flour mix with salt (or with same

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For Muslim around the globe, Eid Mubarak. pic : The popular Indonesian dishes during Idul Fitri, cooked and sent by my lovely neighbour. Yes, I'm so lucky.

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It was a public holiday! Lazy morning... woke up late, no special plan for that day. After got back from the market, while waiting for my husband and son returning from the car workshop, I was thinking it would be good to have something to enjoy for morning snack. Ah.. .then I remembered somethings that make my eyes open bigger, my heart jumps faster and put a big smile in my face... I

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I'm proudly saying that I can cook delicious empal gentong and yummy tahu gejrot! yipppi!!As I wrote in my last posting, both of this food have given a beautiful memory after our trip to Cirebon. My daughter really likes the Empal Gentong, and my son likes the tahu gejrot that is served only with the sauce (without chilli and shallots). Anyway, at home he is known as the tofu lover.I tried both

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For all Muslim around the globe,I wish you a Happy Ramadhan.Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa.On the pic : Pearl Sagoo Porriage with Steam Banana & Fermented Cassava,the popular sweet delicacy in our country for breaking the fast.Click here for the recipe.

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Visiting a new place also means trying new food.In Cirebon we were not only enjoying the city, seeing the heritage buildings, and learning their culture, but also enjoying their culinary and capturing the glory of past time dining.I have a list of traditional food that we must try. And...surprise-surprise, my children love the food, so do I. This culinary journey ends up with beautiful memory of

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Visiting Cirebon was my old dream.I couldn't remember, when exactly I began to dream visiting Cirebon with my family. After reading some magazines, I had a picture in my mind that Cirebon is a city/town that is rich of culture, has lots of beautiful old buildings, has delicious traditional food and is located not too far from Jakarta. It must be very interesting and unique place!Finally, my dream

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No posting on the 'busy' June... and now we're in the middle of July, in the middle of the year of 2011. It's a beautiful sunny day here in Jakarta. The children school holiday is almost finish, and next week, they'll be back to school. Happy!Last month, we were so busy. But we're happy, we're enjoying our dynamic life, up and down... and full of celebrations. Last month we celebrated my

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These were the most favorite snacks in our home during the month of May; GIANT cookies.Cookies are the children's favorite. My children always remind me to bake cookies for them. I realize that cookies invoke nostalgic memories of childhood filled with love, laughter and treats. I'll try as much as I can to give that good memories for my children. To be honest, making cookies is not hard, not at

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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin.We were at the last week of May...Sun and rain became our daily friends. I felt so blessed that we still could enjoy our daily routine, managing our time to do our 'busy' activities and staying active. Meeting family

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After the Ash Wednesday 40 days ago, last week we remembered the Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and yesterday was the big day; Easter Sunday. Happy Easter for all Christians around the globe. A couple of days ago, I was so excited with my plan to bake 'Hot Cross Bun' for Easter morning. I chose the recipe (the one that I have never tried before) and prepared all the ingredients days

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Delicious and Humble. That's how I describe this kind of dish. One night, a couple of days ago, just before went to bed... all of sudden I felt hungry, very hungry. It was 10 pm! I sat down in our dining table while drinking a cup of milk (it's enough to kick away my hunger) and opened one of my recipe books. Then I was drooling after seeing a picture of 'mie godog' in one page. I went to my

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It was a quiet Thursday afternoon, after a busy morning, before another busy activity starting again and before we join the Maundy Thursday Service in Church, I decided to bake this simple cake. This cake is mixed and baked in just 3 simple steps, which made my afternoon truly sweet. This baking time was like a 'pit stop' from my 'fast' life.I enjoyed a *big*slice of it after picking up my

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When the Northen Hemisphere is welcoming Spring and the Southern Hemisphere is enjoying the beginning of Autumn, my city has yet to decide which season to be chosen. In the last couple of days, the sun shines very hot from morning to mid afternoon... then later the rain decides to pour the city, causing bad traffic jams.Honestly, I'm still struggling and trying hard to keep enjoying my life in

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Donuts... always bring lots of joy.Not only when those soft ring shape snacks are being eaten, but also right from the time we start mixing the ingredients, then watching the dry and wet ingredients are mixed inside the food processor and quickly become a dough. We are amazed to see how the dough 'grow' bigger, to learn how fermentation process were working on the right temperature, cutting the

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It was two days ago, as usual, after a morning walking/jogging, I stopped by in a market. Entering the market area, the first seller that I met was the 'Fermented Cassava' seller. Everytime I pass him, he smiles and asks if I want to buy. It has been a while I haven't bought any, but that morning I decided to buy 1 kg (it cost me Rp 7.000,-/kg or less than US$1).Fermented Cassava a.k.a Cassava

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Soto/coto is a kind of Indonesian traditional soup. One very popular soto is Coto Makassar; which come from South Sulawesi. Makassar is the capital city of the South Sulawesi province.I grew up in a small mining town in South Sulawesi. So, this kind of dish is very familiar to me. I know exactly the the consistensy, the colour, the flavour, the taste and the smell of this soup. To be honest, I've

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We had passed the month that full of love and chocolate; February.For me personally, this is the special time to remember how blessed I am as a wife and mother in my family. Having a wonderful husband and funtastic children are the biggest happiness in my life.On the first week of February, we celebrated our son's 8th birthday. He grows up very fast. We are proud of him and feel so blessed for

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Yesterday, during a tiring and quiet time at home, I was thinking to bake something. I thought it could boast my energy and mood. But later on, I realized that I had baked many times this month especially during the valentine's day.*my family fall in love with 'molten chocolate cake' and I baked it again and again! I'll post the recipe on my next posting.I need to used other method than baking;

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It's another exciting celebration... New Year!Yeah, we have some 'New Year' in one calendar year. Other than 'normal' New Year on 1st of January (Gregorian Calender / Anno Domini), this country also celebrates Imlek (Chinese New Year), Saka New Year (Hindhuism) and Hijriah (Islamic). Oh, one more, there is another New Year in Javanese Calendar.Those days were marked as Public Holiday in our

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Laksa is a popular spicy noodle soup from the Peranakan culture, which is a merger of Chinese and Malay elements found in Malaysia and Singapore, and to a lesser extent Indonesia. Source : Wikipedia.We used to live in Malaysia for 3.5 years. So, I know 100% that laksa is indeed a popular dish in Malaysia. Not doubt! Other than that, I found out during the 'international day' in my children's

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We're passing the middle of January 2011. Ooh, time goes by very fast.In fact, I'm still enjoying the raining that cleansing the city and the wind that supplying fresh air into the city.Beautiful.Last month, we were very busy and ... very happy at the same time. We enjoyed the wonderful season with our big family. I remember, when we used to live far from our family, many-many years we celebrated

Vaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18089936651433281643noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14021496.post-34011600672353425382010-12-24T16:45:00.019+07:002011-12-22T20:26:28.373+07:00

First of all, I'm sorry that I can't keep my promise to post the story about my journey in Bali last November. I didn't imagine before, that month of December will pass very fast. The month that I have been really waiting for months, will end very soon... and I have no time and energy to post that story. Hopefully next month I'll have perfect time to upload the photos and the story.We began this

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I've just arrived home from the beautiful Bali Island this afternoon. It was an enjoyable great trip. Hundreds of pictures have been loaded into my compact flash card. I have no idea when I'll have time to edit and share them with you.I feel so grateful that I have a chance to visit this wonderful place (again) and photograph their rich traditional culture and beautiful sceneries.Thanks very much

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There are two things that made me very happy this week.First, I'm back to my regular swimming activity after more than two months absent.Last Friday morning, I started with 1600m long breaststroke, 500m less than my normal distance. Not bad at all! The whole day, I felt so good about it.Second, I'm back to my regular baking recipe trials.Actually, I bake about 2-3 times a week regularly, but not

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Saya selalu kagum dan berterimakasih kepada banyak penemu-penemu peralatan dapur yang pada akhirnya mempermudah proses masak-memasak. Pernahkan terpikir bagaimana dipermudahnya kita mengupas wortel atau kentang dengan adanya 'peeler' atau mudahnya kita menghancurkan bawang putih dengan bantuan 'garlic masher'? Cobalah perhatikan peralatan dapur yang kita miliki, dari yang sesederhana parutan

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One day I was cleaning the shelves in my kitchen, when I realized that one of my habbits is writting a recipe on a 'post it' (the small yellow square paper which can stick on almost anything) on my shelf. Of course, it's not all the recipes but just some of them that I regularly make it.So far, there are 'only' five selected recipes that sticked on my kitchen shelfs. The popular Fudge Brownies

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It was Sunday Morning, 10 October 2010 (10.10.10).When some fresh married couples were busy with their wedding ceremony and lots of 'moms to be' got ready to deliver their babies on the interesting date', we woke up early morning, not for fancy things, but to enjoy the beautiful morning at Pasar Punclut (~stands for Puncak Ciumbuleuit), located in north part of Bandung.Hohoooow ... it's true, it

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The piña colada (Spanish, strained pineapple: piña, pineapple + colada, strained) is a sweet, rum-based cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with a pineapple wedge or a maraschino cherry. The piña colada has been the official beverage of Puerto Rico since 1978.Source : WikipediaPuding ini sebenarnya

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Finally the opportunity has come to enjoy our city, Jakarta, during her most peacefully, much less pollution and zero traffic jam. This is the time that I have been waiting for.Where are the millions of Jakartans that everyday flood every corner of the metropolitan?They join the annual mass exodus, which is called 'mudik', meaning 'going home'.On the last days of Islamic month of fasting (

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Living in the most populous Muslim country in the world, Ramadhan is one of the 'big events' for us in Indonesia. It affects many aspects of our life, from the time activities (school & working hour), traffic,... and the food.The schools and some offices have early dismissal for their students/teachers/staffs, and the terrible traffic get worse, when lots of people rush around 3pm-6pm in order to

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Enough break!After more than 2 months I haven't posted my new 'expriment' in this blog, today... I have decided to start blogging again. So here is my first posting after my break. Actually I cooked and took the pictures about 2 months ago, but haven't had time and good mood to blogging since then.Traditional Market is a place that always gives me an exciting experience.Yup, I really enjoy

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Mengolah bahan makanan dengan bahan yang belum dikenali sebelumnya, selalu memberi 'sensasi' tersendiri untuk saya. Beberapa kali mencicipi masakan berbahan ikan cakalang, tetapi baru kali ini saya mengolah/memasak sendiri masakan ini. Minggu lalu, saat suami saya berada di Manado, Sulawesi Utara, saya dikirimi foto pedagang ikan cakalang fufu ini melalui MMS;Foto penjual 'Cakalang Fufu' yang

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Petaling Street, KL, Malaysia - July 2008

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@ Pasar Beringharjo, Yogyakarta

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08.05.2010 - Ciawi, Bogor - West Java.

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@ Taman Manula-Bandung, West Java

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For the last couple of weeks, almost every morning until afternoon we could enjoy beautiful sunshine here, in Jakarta. Then late afternoon, the weather changes very quickly... big rain come, soon the after-office hour traffics get worst.Sun and rain, the combination of both are good for plants. Now, we really enjoy lots of beautiful red flowers that are blooming around our house. To be honest,

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@ Gang Gloria-Glodok, North Jakarta

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Beberapa minggu terakhir, rasanya saya kekurangan waktu untuk update blog ini. Foto-foto sudah menumpuk, tapi sulit dapat waktu dan mood untuk ngeblog.Foto-foto 'street vendor' yang muncul setiap hari Selasa, udah berjejer di bagian 'draft' postingan blog ini hingga beberapa bulan ke depan, dan akan otomatis ter'publish' setiap hari Selasa... jadi sebenarnya beberapa minggu terakhir blog ini

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@ Old Batavia/Kota Tua, North Jakarta

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@Taman Manula, Bandung, West Java.

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18.04.2010 - Cipete, South Jakarta.

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June 2009, when we left India, some of my friends sent me email and told me that they would miss the colorful pictures from my blog posting.Ooh, let me tell you all, you'll enjoy the other colorful pictures from my city, Jakarta! Ten months living in Jakarta, we never have run out of place to be explored.From museums to amuzement parks, from traditional markets to the glittering shopping centers.

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Friday Morning, March 19, 2010. Friday morning routine passed by just like the other morning. My husband left the house just about 10 minutes after 6am, and around 7.15 am my children were sitting in the car, while I was getting ready to send them to school. I saw them from our terrace, they wore their seatbelt on while waiting for me locking the house door. And... it happened very quick; when I

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It was typical Saturday morning at our home... everybody can wake up as lazy as they want. This is the only morning of the week that we can do that.What about Sunday morning? No..no... We go to Church, after all busy activities during the weekdays.So... what's for breakfast in Saturday morning? Hhmmm the choice must be something easy and fast to prepare. On last weekend, the choice was pastry

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I really love Friday, the last day of the busy weekdays.I enjoy every single minute while doing all the activities during that day; waking up in the morning, preparing breakfast and lunch box, driving to drop my children off to their school, enjoying my 2100m long swimming, ... and all other activities before welcoming the weekend. I always try to arrive home before late afternoon, and stay away

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Saya yakin, bahwa setiap keluarga mempunyai kebiasaan makan yang berbeda satu dengan yang lain. Tentunya masing-masing akan memiliki keunikan dan tradisi tersendiri, baik dari segi waktu makan, cara makan hingga jenis makanan.Karena saya tumbuh dalam keluarga yang terbiasa untuk menikmati makanan buatan ibu saya (homemade), maka kebiasaan seperti itulah yang kemudian tumbuh dalam keluarga kecil

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Makanan ini sebenarnya saya buat untuk mengobati kekangenan kami pada roti canai, kuah kari dan teh tarik. Menu yang begitu melekat di lidah dan hati kami setelah sempat 3.5 tahun menetap di Malaysia. Saya teringat, pertengahan tahun 2008, saat kami menetap di India, kami sempat mampir di Kuala Lumpur beberapa hari setelah berlibur di Jakarta... nyaris setiap hari saya membeli roti canai dan teh

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Actually, I wanted to send this recipe as my entry for 'Banana Week NCC' last month. I tried this recipe on the third week of January, unfortunatelly, until the end of January, I had no change to post this recipe in my blog.Okey, nothing to lose... my family really enjoy this delicious pudding.I'm so happy with the result of this Bread Pudding. This is the one that I'm looking for; a rich-soft

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Brenebone Soup is a special dish from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It contains of red kidney beans, beef & bones, plus some 'special' spices. I say special, because its unusual to put this spices (nutmeg and cloves) in the soup. Both spices give a delicious 'kick' to the soup. This soup is a perfect dish during rain season like the last couple of months (here, in Jakarta).To prepare this soup, we

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Tidak terasa, 1 tahun sudah saya bergabung dengan SLF. Sebuah komunitas Food Photography, di mana saya banyak mempelajari hal-hal baru ataupun memperdalam yang telah saya ketahui sebelumnya di bidang food photography. Menarik?? tentunya :)Paling kurang sudah 10 tugas/tantangan yang diberikan selama 1 tahun terakhir. Sejauh ini saya berhasil mengerjakan tantangan yang diberikan, tanpa absent

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One more hour to go to 2010... There is no special party here :)...I hope it's not too late to wish you all, "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year".Sorry...I have no special Christmas recipes this time. We celebrated Christmas around our big lovely family and they showered us with lots of food, cakes, candies, cookies and ...presents.The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence

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@ Pasar Anyar - Bogor, West Java, IndonesiaMonday, November 30, 2009

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Unbelieveable... I can make Tekwan! hahaay...Tekwan is a kind of dish that is made from fish, especially tenggiri or gabus fish. This traditional dish originally comes from Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia. Tekwan is also known as a type of soup and other variety of Pempek. Why is it another variety of Pempek ?Because simply some ingredients are the same. The soup taste more delicious if it

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I just want to share a picture of a traditional market that I visited yesterday during our short vacation around Cipanas, West Java. This picture was taken inside the Cimacan Market.

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yup... setelah absen bulan lalu, sekarang saya kembali bergabung untuk masak bareng.Tema 'Masak Bareng Yuk!' bulan ini adalah Bento.Cukup sering melihat hasil karya bento teman2 di blog mereka, lucu-lucu, imut, colorful. Sekalipun setiap hari harus menyiapkan 'perbekalan' anak2 ke sekolah, rasanya gak sekalipun saya menghias-hias bekal mereka. Satu hal yang saya pastikan, makanan mereka bisa

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Breakfast? Sarapan? ... just enjoy it :) The pictures were taken for SLF challenge#8 -Breakfast. Here, my entry.

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That green glass bottle looks like a typical beer bottle. It is Limonadestroop, the text on the bottle that has never changed for the last 75 years.Sarang Sari is the brand of the red sweet syrup that has become our favorite drink during hot weather. Not only in our family, it is popular in my parents as well; the syrup is always available in their house.Sarang Sari is one of the old brands that

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One more great cookies!Crisp, crunchy, rich, nutty, DELICIOUS, ... as good as its long name :)My daughter is the one who keeps asking me to bake cookies for her since 2-3 weeks ago! Finally last week I had time to bake cookies for her. Actually, she wanted me to bake her favorite Peanut Butter Cookies, but after finding another 'peanut butter' cookies recipe in Martha Stewert cookies book, I

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"Masak Sambal Bareng, Yuk! "...."Hayuuuk lah"Sambal, menurut saya adalah makanan pelengkap ter-sexy yang pernah ada. Tempat kedua, diduduki oleh kerupuk. Setuju?Saya sendiri sebenarnya bukanlah pencinta sambal sejati, karena pada dasarnya saya memang gak tahan makan pedes. Bukan karena perut yang gak kuat, tapi memang gak tahan kepedesan aja. Sambal 'segar' tidak selalu tersedia di meja makan

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The first picture below is my entry for Click August 2009.The Click theme for this month is 'Allium'. I took this picture yesterday afternoon, while playing with my 'camera speed', shallots, water and my children. My daughter helped me to drop the shallots into the jar. Unfortunatelly we started playing a bit late, no more bright light from Mr. Sun. As far as I could, I just used max speed 1/

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Time goes-by so fast... After a hectic Indonesian President Election and Jakarta (JW Marriot & Ritz Carlton Hotel) Bomb Terror on last July, finally we celebrated Indonesian's 64th Independence Day peacefully, last week. It was great to have a long weekend :D This is my second time celebrating the independence day with some foodie bloggers by presenting red and white food photos. Something that

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Oowh,... Friday Night, last day of July...I feel tired now, but I'm ready to enjoy my weekend with my family. Not to much story I'll write for now. (again) Today is the last day to submit the entry for 'Masak Bareng Yuk!' Event. It happens every month that I send my entry at the last minutes. Ck..ck..ck...The theme of this month is Aneka Sate Nusantara (~Indonesian Traditional Satay). For us,

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It's almost one month, I haven't updated this blog.We're still on the stage of 'adaptation' to our routine. Yeeah, we're back to our home town, to our own house (sounds easier), but for the last 2 weeks we have been busier than before. Our stuffs from Mumbai had arrived (there were more than 90 boxes!!), our children have started their new school (now we have 2 elementary students here, 4th and

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Rujak/rojak is a fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (where here is called Rujak). source: wikipedia.For most of Indonesians, rujak is referred to fruit salad that is served with spicy peanut sauce.Meanwhile, Pengantin means bride/groom.It'll be pretty strange if I directly translate this name into English. The story behind the name according to a

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Hello from Jakarta!We've been in our hometown, Jakarta, Indonesia for about two weeks. Back to our home, spending time together with our family... So far, most of the time we're busy trying to find a new school for our children (ohh ...this is not an easy job for us!), clean the house, and also enjoying the food that we missed since some months ago; yes, Indonesian Food.Unbelieveable, many-many

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Ontbijtkoek is one of the popular old-fashioned cakes in Indonesia. This is one of the collonial Dutch's legacy in our country, same as croquette, poffertjes, oliebollen and some Dutch snack (by now, you can tell by judging from the name, right ?).My big family is actually familiar with this particular cake, eventhought my uncles & aunties call it 'kolomben', instead of ontbijtkoek. I have no

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Home is where the heart is.If someone asks me where my heart is, ohooo, it'll be hard to answer for now.We have been counting down hours to leave India: 20, 19, 18, 17, ... By today when this blog is being written, it'll be very soon, less than 24 hours! Happy and sad feelings are mixed in my heart, in my mind. Very happy to meet my big family, back to our own lovely house, enjoy my own private

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Most of us must be familiar with fried fish or fried chicken. Both of them are popular fried meals in almost every country in the world. Fried rice and fried noodle are popular dishes in Asian countries. Frying is one of the easy cooking methods (bear in mind, I'm not talking about healthy or unhealthy cooking method here :P).In my beloved Indonesia, almost every type of food can be fried. Banana

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Both of my children, 6 and 9 years old, have a routine to drink three cups of milk everyday. Morning, late afternoon and night time just before they go to bed. During the milk time, they usually need a accompanion to their milk.Cookies, toast, brownies, or banana are choices that normally I prepare for them.The picture below, I took on one late afternoon just before these cookies were "executed"

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Back again to 'Masak Bareng Yuk!' event.I just realize that today is the last day for posting the entry. Puuuuffff... The theme that the host has chosen for this month is 'North Sulawesi Dish using Chicken as the Main Ingredient'. North Sulawesi is an Indonesian province that located on center-north part of the archipelago on the island of Sulawesi just to the south of the Philipines.The unique

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My husband and I just came back from Matunga, one unique place in Mumbai that also called as mini Madras, when I decided to make this simple cake. It was late afternoon, and I thought it would be good to have afternoon snack to accompany our afternoon tea.I am so happy with the result; soft cake with fresh orange flavour. And...hey, it doesn't require to use the mixer! Just mix all ingredients,

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Sweet cake, as sweet and pretty as its name.This is one of the popular Indonesian traditional cakes, that easy to be found in markets, local bakery and even some famous bakery. The soft texture (like pudding) is produced by the main ingredient; a combination between mung bean (hunkwe) flour and coconut milk. I prefer to add some chopped jack fruits to give additional and special flavour to this

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Glutinous Rice Ball Porridge or known in local as Bubur Candil is one of the popular Indonesian traditional desserts. In this delicious sweet porridge, the glutinous rice balls are served in thick brown sugar sauce mixed with coconut-milk sauce. This is my entry for the current monthly event 'Masak Bareng Yuk'. The theme for this month is 'Jajanan Pasar berbahan dasar Beras' (traditional snack/

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Spring in the Northen hemisphere, and Autumn in Southern hemisphere; none of them is the season here now. We're in the hot summer already. Heatwave has been blowing across India and some parts of the country are ready to welcome the monsoon. However, this hot weather is good for some things.Various vegetables are plenty available in the market. My shopping basket is always full with fresh green

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Cukup menyenangkan tinggal di kota yg terletak di tepi laut, terutama karena ketersediaan seafood yang selalu segar dengan harga terjangkau. Seperti halnya di Balikpapan, di Mumbai pun pasar ikan selalu jadi favorite saya. Terlebih lagi, ikan dan udang bisa kita bawa pulang dalam keadaan sudah dibersihkan (tentu dengan permintaan khusus). Ikan kembung adalah kesukaan Patricia, kakap putih

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Cepat, praktis, enak. Bumbunya gak rumit, cara bikinnya pun simple banget. Saudara dekat dengan 'dendeng balado', cuma yang ini lebih empuk dan tidak terlalu kering.Masakan padang yang selalu dikangenin. Bahayanya... kemungkinan akan nambah nasi teruuus.Source: Primarasa Indonesia, Hidangan Bundo.500 gr daging kisi (sengkel) *saya pake has dalam1/2-1 sdt garam1/8 sdt merica bubuk4 siung bawang

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Cookies are treats that never disappointing. So are these Chunky and Nutty cookies. I really enjoy to see how my family (my husband and my kids) chewing every bite of the cookies, and listening the 'nyum-nyum' noise coming from their mouth. Ha..ha..ha.. The most joyful part was when I saw them running to the jar and trying to get the last piece of the cookies ! As always... the winner is the

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Ayin, Deeta, Shinta, ini setoran nasi gorengku...Baru sempet bikin tadi sore, untuk makan malem .---postingan kali ini tanpa blah-blah-blah deh, dah malem. Belum pasang logo, masih bingung mau pasang di mana? :)Nasi Goreng JawaBahan :600 gr nasi200 gr dada ayam goreng3 butir telur1/2 sdt garam5 sdm minyak goreng1 buah tomat, cincang1-2 sdm kecap manis100 gr kol, iris tipis2 batang daun bawang,

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Uuuhh, baru bulan ke 2 di tahun 2009, saya nyaris gagal mengerjakan 'objective' yg saya tetapkan sendiri diawal tahun ini, yaitu selalu ikut serta dalam blog event 'Masak Bareng Yuk'. Saat vote untuk memilih jenis masakan apa yg akan dimasak bersama bulan February, saya sangat berharap pilihannya tidak jatuh pada rawon. Alasan utamanya, saya tidak yakin bisa menemukan keluak, yg jadi bahan utama

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