hug the dolphin (literally!)

mama dan uwak @ Gelanggang Samudera Ancol

[Japan 2008] Capturing Japan's Graceful Autumn

Luck at Kyoto

when being contrast is a process to be cleansed out in order to rejuvenate

romantism of Kyoto's autumn


ketika menggugur berarti bersemu

Kiki, Mama, the Fuji, and autumn leaves

go straight to the right up to the Fuji

ilalang menuju puncak

boats at the Hakone lake

lanterns at Asakusa

cleansing body and soul before converse with the All Mighty

graceful autumn

[Japan 2008] Tokyo: the Harmony of Mind and Heart

My first impression about Tokyo is that the diverse charm the city enlights.

Traditional and modern building blend together everywhere, law and local tradition is upheld consistently by everyone, and even in the highest pride of human logic, the Japanesse are able to respect their inner limitation, the border between human and the Creator.

Tokyo is vast.

and indeed cool, though calm.

The calmity, i think, is created from the politeness and the sympathic way the Japanese have toward guests. We feel being welcomed and respected anywhere in this city, and i believe, in this country.

The coolness is inside. The coolness is though hot and burning.

And Tokyo as the capitol city, as a metropolitan, as a society shares this paradox.

The city bursts, the city calms. On and on, that it spins, and becomes constant.

The city then can offer two extreme for stranger: lost or meditated

the Language of Enthusiasm

it's holiday, and just as usual, it's the peak season of volunteering in AFS and Bina Antarbudaya,
and this is how i feel, and i think, the same feeling nurtures all other volunteers in AFS and Bina Antarbudaya, the feeling that makes us strong to hold on to our dreams, vision and determination despite all threats and temptation of materialism, individualism and apathism..

From the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho:
"But the sheep had taught him something even more important: that there was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired."
[p.62]

Souvenirs from Nord Sumatra 2008: The Fruit Market of Brastagi

Brastagi.
What comes first into your mind ?

Definitely this exotic fruit: Markisa

Brastagi.

an old city outside Medan, has been famous since the colonial time to be the place of leisure due to its cool weather.

an old city that still survives with its simplicity, its freshness, its fertility, its breeze, its wind, its tranquility yet its pride.

Under the blue tent covering the fruit market, a place where the city beats, we can breath them all....

through generations, the Brastagians pass the charm of their city..

and Brastagi will still be Brastagi, with its Markisa, with its breeze of hardship and tranquility.

living as a woman ???

it's holiday and just like usual it's been a hectic and fun one.
fulfilling all the roles i have to do, i think i find a tip of being a successfull and full-of-passion woman living her time of her life:
you have to first prioritize all of your roles !

get heck with all the advice that we should make an order of priority and get committed to it.
be real!! noone wants to be second-prioritozed !!!!
hahahha
it's tough ! but it feels good hehhee

Souvenirs from Nord Sumatra 2008: by the harbour of Ambarita, Samosir

Werner, Kiki, Barbara

Souvenirs from Medan: Ayo Boeng !!!

also a Drawing Book

My starbucks coffee cup can be my other media of drawing book hehehhe…

Souvenirs from Bali: drawing on the way to Batur

On the way to Batur, 31 December 2007, 11 hours and 15 minutes to 2008

On the way to Batur, the last day of 2007, 10 minutes and 11 hours to 2008

Souvenir from Manila: Balut

If you ever heard one of the Fear Factor challenge is to eat duck egg with embrios in it. OK, don't be surprised but this food is a delicacy of the Phillipines. Its names is Balut.

Rhita and I were very excited to taste it on our last trip to Manila. We had been questioning the committee of the conference we attended about how we could find Balut.

Surprisingly, one of our fellow committe, Ralph, brought us the international delegates some Baluts on our last seminar.So there we were challenging our guts to taste the Balut.

Eating Balut has a kind of art.
First: crack the top part of the egg
Second: sip the soup of the egg (first surprise !!!! hahhaha)

Third: peel of the egg, and take out the white-hard part. Now you are able to see the embrio. (second surprise !!! start questioning why it is considered to be a delicacy.hahhhaha)

Four: put some salt, and eat it at once (the last surprise: IT'S GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!)

so, i think, fear is not my factor after all. hahahha

Souvenir from Manila : Manila Bay Sunset

During the short stay of attending the 7th Young Economists’ Convention and the First International Conference of Young Economists’ Convention in Manila last week, I spared a day to meet one of Ninit’s (one of the most gorgeous bestfriends I have in AFS Indonesia year 2004) bestfriend, who is a Filipino and lives in Manila, named Cels.

I had such a great day cruising Manila with Cels and her brother Jello and her sister Burn (I hope I don’t misspell the names). Cels is surprisingly very much alike Ninit, her style, her perspectives, her interests. I said to Ninit, “Now I know why you both can get a long so well. You are just like twins separated in two different worlds!! Hahhaha”

One of the places I visit in Manila with this warm Esguerra Family is the Manila Bay. We were quite worried because it had just rained there and the sky was still cloudy. But we still decided to take a trip by a boat so that we could see the Sunset of Manila Bay. Cels stated that Manila Bay Sunset is the best sunset in the world. And it is !!!!!!!!

Altough the sky was gloomy and cloudy, I got the luck that I can still see the sunset. It was perfectly round, and its colour is the most special thing the sunset has. Unlike in Jakarta or other places I had visited, Manila Bay Sunset’s colour is a shade of orange-pink-red-magenta colour. BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!

It sets quite fast, I just tried to record it and breathed the whole scenery.
I didn’t bring my camera (too bad, the battery was broken). But my handphone worked quite good and was able to catch the perfect round shape of it.

Most surprising fact I got after the nice trip is that the family said that the reason of the colour of the sunset is pollution. It is ironic !!!
I said, “OK, it was extremely beautiful, but I think I prefer for more unpolluted beautiful sunset, hehhee”.

However, if you go to Manila, you have to see the sunset !!!!!! then you can embrace more how the beauty of our nature has the right to be respected (one the mean is not to pollute it) and that this bridge of day and night –the sunset- has always been reminding humankind of the limited time we have in our life. Just like the sun, human sets too…. ;P

Souvenirs from Bali

Batur Lake over Bougenville, Batur

hexagonal sunray, Tanah Lot

sesajen

wave at a cliff, Tanah Lot

Neuchatel, Switzerland

Neuchatel Switzerland, late winter 2004

Neuchatel in Kiki's mind during Academic Writing & Presentation class, 30 November 2007, 15:02

more colorful pictures to come . . . . .

it's been quite silent here on the drawing book

i think i'm more or less swollen by the -new year euphoria-

with all expectations, evaluations, realization

but also hopes, passion and of course the spirit of being alive !!!

hahaha...

so... also still in the euphoria, i've bought a new range of colour stylo..

can't wait to brighten this DrawingBook up :) :) ;)

see you soon !!!

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in which cart would you close this year of 2007 ???

Schedule for Economics UI 2005

Below is the schedule for the upcoming sixth semester provided for students of Economics UI. FYI, i just list classes available in the Department of Economics, therefore you may not find any optional classes schedule which are available in the Department of Management and Department of Accountancy.

The green-highlighted classes are classes which i plan to take.

Have fun by choosing and planning !! (i know it's not that easy, hehhe ;p)

Please pay attention that our compulsory classes for the sixth semester are:

1. Political Economics
2. Macroeconomics 2
3. Research Methodology

A Recipe Worth to Try: Nussecke

A Recipe Worth to Try,

Sweeten Up Your Holiday Season with the snack-to-die-for: Nussecke

Bahan:

• 150 gr tepung terigu
• 50 gr tepung maizena
• 1/2 sendok teh backing powder
• 85 gr gula pasir
• 1 bungkus vanili
• 1 telur
• 85 gr margarine

Olesan:

• 2 sendok makan selai
• 100 gr margarine
• 100 gr gula pasir
• 1 bungkus vanili
• 3 sendok makan air
• 200 gr kenari parut kasar
• Kuverteise/coklat leleh

Cara membuat:

campur semua bahan hingga membentuk adonan lengket-lengket..

simpan adonan dalam kulkas hingga dingin.

adonan yang sudah dingin diratakan diatas loyang ceper yang sudah diolesi mentega.

oleskan selai tipis-tipis diatasnya.

Untuk bahan olesan, lelehkan margarin dan gula pasir.

terus campurkan kenari dan air ke dalam bahan olesan.

Naaahh,, kalau semua bahan olesan sudah tercampur, angkat, terus ratakan diatas adonan.

Panggang adonan ini selama 20-30 menit dengan suhu 175 derajat Celcius.

Setelah matang, dinginkan sebetar terus potong-ptong segi empat.

hias dengan coklat oles.

Jadi deh...

Selamat mencoba.... :)

Courtesy of Barbara Pielke

(danke mama !! Frohe Weihnachten !!!)

Finally It’s OVER !!!

Finally !!! Holiday is coming !!!!!!! yeaaahhhh !!!!

For those the students of UI, administration registration begins on 3rd January 2008, whereas academic registrations starts on 14th January 2008.

You should be aware to pay the the semester tuition fee early, because according to my experience, your academic registration won't be open for you early if you pay in the end of payment period. (unfair i know !!)

So, enjoy the holiday to the fullest !!!!!!!!!!