rawon majapahit

Sidoarjo's most popoular rawon maker has a unique policy: whatever dish you're having apart from rice and rawon soup, you pay all the same. Empal (Indonesian beef cuisine) is of the same price with perkedel, omelette, etc. Normally empal costs a lot more than mere perkedel.

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men who dress well

Of course gays dress well...They didn't spend all that time in the closet for nothing :)
-- KaylaBayla --

I know a man who dressed well, and he wasn't gay. There are two possibilites then, he maybe a closeted bisexual (not gay, since he's having wife and children and still actively chasing girls out of wedlock), or he's taking advices from a gay friend.

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dawn of the planet of the apes

... holds second position in the list of movies I've watched with least human words. What movie holds first position? Wall-E, of course!

About DotPotA, there's something in this movie that doesn't sit right with me. After a coup against their leader (also an ape), apes attacked a human colony and made them prisoners. Some humans were able to ask for help from another place by radio, though.

In the meantime, the couped leader succeeded in returning to throne after having a duel with his couper. His guards freed human prisoners. Then a human told that peace-loving ape leader that a human troop was coming to help people there and that apes should run.

That ape king's answer astonished me. He implied that they couldn't return to their old home for fear that they would be hunted down. He said, "Humans will not forgive."

This movie is a tongue in cheek toward humanity. I think he was right. Even though it wasn't his fault, humans wouldn't care. For us humans, it's better safe than sorry, so he would be eliminated without second thought should we ever capture him. We humans would not listen to a small number of us who're trying to explain the truth. We would bully that small amount, call them crazy and incinerate them if needed. Most of all we would not forgive.

Or would we?

Note to self: find out how many apes are needed to change a light bulb. Your light bulb.

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you know what?

You know what I want to do right now? Curling on a king-sized spring bed, turning on an air conditioner, re-read Harry Potter series.

Let the world pass me by with its craziness...

No more work demands, no more pretend-courtesies with people like this one who said: "Another person told me I must have scored extremely low on IQ tests, so I will act accordingly from now on." Tell me people, what a civilized person supposed to say as a reply under such circumstances? It was not the first time she said something like that. The first time ("Someone accused me of being imbecile! Therefore I will deliberately be one!") I thought that the person who'd told her such thing must be a horrible person, but after two more incidents, I started to think that person must have his/her reasons saying so.

You know what? Forget it. I eventually grew tired of her sh*t and said "Whatever."

So now back to just bed. AC. Me. And JK Rowling's masterpiece.

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life is not easy

Life is not easy.
-- a Chinese friend --

Today once again some parents decided to bring their kids to watch movies. Which is super-OK if they don't:
1. Disturb other people with sounds they make with their mouths.
nor:
2. Disturb other people with movements they make with their limbs.

Seriously parents, what is wrong with you? A little discipline won't kill your kids. Other people are paying real cash to watch this movie!

If you say 'let kids be kids', flash news for you parents, life is not getting easier. If you don't discipline them while they are young, somewhere later in their life someone else authoritative will, and usually in a hard way. Possibly a boss or supervisor. Let's just hope it's not some law enforcement force.

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salad fingers

This viral video has been around for quite some time. Have you watched it? I just finished the first episode. Why does that young child sound elephant trumpeting? Erowrrh!

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edge of tomorrow

I never thought I'd be laughing watching a man got rolled over by a truck. And it wasn't in some cartoons. And he didn't have some super power that made him immune to the impact. He indeed died. And not a nice death his body was having.

Splat!

>.< It was a good movie, one that made me felt for Tom Cruise. Before this I disliked him, maybe because of his roles in Top Gun and Magnolia. Especially Magnolia. How I hate his character there!

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most undelicious rawons in the world

One is at Brangkal Mojokerto, called Maduratna. The other is at Bypass Mojoagung, called Anda.

I was deeply disappointed when I ate rawon at Anda, because their rawon used to be delicious. :(

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i was just wondering how often should we...

1. Wash windows curtains in a year?

2. Defecate in a week?

3. Trim our hair in one year?

4. Have your handbag cleaned in a month?

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teeth brushing

My colleagues know this habit of mine, that is before doing some really important job, I have to brush my teeth.

The thing is, I can concentrate more if my mouth feels clean. This habit started a few years ago, when I started saving for having my braces. You know the book 'The Secret', it was true, I started acting like I already had the braces e.g brushing my teeth after meals, and in a few months I actually had them, quicker than I thought I could do. And that habit stands strong even though the braces were off.

I think Meutya Hafid can relate to me. In her book '168 Hours Taken as A Hostage: Memoirs of a Journalist in Iraq', this reporter wrote that she needed to wash her face and brush her teeth before conveying a message in front of the camera.

I know someone who was in struggle for having nice breath all the time. He kept Listerine by his side. The problem is, long-time-usage of Listerine makes people have sore throats. Well, at least it does on me. And him. He coughed a lot. I told him to dump Listerine but he wouldn't listen to me. Like telling a middle-aged man to dump his hobby of inviting prostitutes over, really.

-_-

The recipe of fresh breath is easy, even though you don't have the luxury of time (and circumstances) to brush your teeth. Just use toothpaste like you use Listerine.

This, I haven't told him yet.

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lodeh bug for the first time

I ate a bug. No la. I ate lodeh bug by Bug Matira near Malang Train Station. It was a famous place among food tester community people. When my lover and I searched for this place, we almost gave up. The street number is not ascending nor descending, but random!

Well, not all are random. Some houses were lined numerically. But the bug lady's place (lame pun not intended) was not. Just when we were about to leave, I saw name sign of that place.

So, what are the composition of this famous meal? Rice, of course. And lodeh, unripe jackfruits cooked Madura style. Also serundeng. What made the meal unique was serundeng crackers. So they grated coconuts and dried them under the sun, and I dunno what other process done upon them until they became serundeng, and then processed some more to make them crisp.

But someone told me when another people went there, they served wintermelon lodeh instead of jackruit one. Some other time they served lodeh made of unripe papayas.

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tutu skirt -- part two

This obsession over tutu skirts started at about ten years ago. Other girls with slimmer bodies were wearing them as latest fashion, and this ugly duckling was just staring at them.

Then I wanted to tailor one but no more shops sold them because it was out of fashion. But then it was in fashion again, maybe two years ago. And I kept cancelling to have one tailored for me because I thought it wouldn't fit my age.

Then it almost went out of fashion when I saw Strawberry employees wore neon pink tutu skirts. Then I realized tutu skirts are my true love, and I had to, I just had to, have one (or several).

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tutu skirt

I had wanted a tutu skirt for like, forever. Due to my body size it was impossible, until a few weekends ago. I was taking a stroll at PTC mall when I saw this sale on clothes.

I came near and took two skirts from their hanger. At first I was skeptical those will fit on me. But then, one fitted! Even better, it was the tutu skirt!

It was a beautiful nude colored tutu skirt with a layer of lace topmost. Actually I wanted all-black all-tule tutu skirt, but hey, this one had exceeded my expectations! I couldn't stop smiling for a while after. :D

I love PTC! A few years ago when I was much bigger I also found a swimming suit there!

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gondhol meatball for the first time

Last month I went to Malang. The city was situated on rather high plains, on the slopes of a mountain, so the streets are hilly, naturally. Following a reccomendation from a colleague, I had pork meatball for lunch.

The place was actually named after its owner, Mr. Gondhol, but due to people spelling it wrong all the time, he relented and placed a big banner in front of it, calling the place Gundul's.

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haven't i

Why do you keep haunting me, my past mistake? Haven't I paid you enough to go away? I even paid you enough to go across the ocean, find a good Chinese manufacturer, and open a successful online shop from there!

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i'd never thought

... I would do something like that. Once I saw a woman did it with a man and I thought she had lost her mind. But then I was doing exactly what she did. The stupidity. The non-repenting. And so the rain was pouring.

... when I hopped behind him on a motorcycle. I held my open umbrella with one hand. As the wind is getting stronger I was forced to hold it with both hands. So stupid, right? To think that the wind almost blew me away!

XD XD

What was it you thought I did?

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dragonfruit

Do you know that eating dragonfruits, the purple ones, could cause your dump (and pee) purplish red? Almost like you're peeing blood. My friend experienced this for the first time about two years ago. At that time dragonfruits were not as vastly known as it is today. She said her heart almost stopped looking at the toilet bowl when was about to flush.

I, being an airhead I was, experienced the same mini heart-attack after forgetting said friend's warning when she saw me eating a purple dragonfruit for the first time.

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