29th, 30th, 31st dec 2009!

bz. like, really3 bz. my life schedule is always full lately. well, sometimes i'm stressful enough, tired, but seriously, i enjoy it 2 the fullest. tammo lah bnyk sgt free time! nnt ade bnyk mase maw emo lebeyh! haha. btw. here's a sneak peak of what happened for these past few days ;

29th dec 2009 - tuesday

tlg shahli on9 maybank2u. kad maybank die tersekat di indon. die maw bayar bil. owh. trimas atas kepercayaan dkt qla! thee. bnyk owh duit shahli! haha.

130pm - arrived mid. lunch at nando's. owh yar, with shahli. 2 of us. 4 the last time for 2009. ;))

movie - 2012. haha. gle lmbt an? seriously. maw tgk princess+frog / chipmunks. but semua habis! then, baskin robbin. double scoop junior. he tried to be annoying and very naughty. and well, it made up my day, for 5 hours.

730pm - home. tak mandi, tak tukar bju, terus print script utk final project directing - soyacincau. jmpa talent (pelakon) yg terlibat. last minute choice - TTM as reza. hahahahahaha. ate maggie goreng. jrng sekali owh!

10pm - home sweet home.

30th dec 2009 + 31st dec 2009 = shooting soyacincau

1st day = 10am - 1230am @ shah alam. arrived home at 130am. sleep @ 23oam

2nd day = woke up at 615am. gerak around 8am, but then. tertinggal bju talent! i was almost there. grrr... my fault. then, shooting start around 1045am.

1045am - 2pm = shoot. lunch. berkayak! bersampan! XD

2pm - 930pm = shoot at zikri's house. cheras. cantik owh! tamat.

1030pm - 12am = sampai college. ambil pizza. berhu-ha dpn rumah dgn crew2 til 1120pm.

tgk rumah baru + celebrate new year dlm kereta! haha. 1201am sampai rumah sudah =P

btw. more updates later. bz tahap babas.

and. rumah baru ye? semlm. khamis. tgh bergerak ke cheras, mama call. suara happy sgt. sekali sbb pindah rumah. masuk quarters MINDEF (ministry of Defense - kementerian pertahanan). semlm. tp. pindah sabtu! ada sehari je nak packing OK! SEHARI. wahaha. happy. tp penat. esok pindah! brg sy sgt bnyk. tak packing lg. grrr~ but, seronok jg tgk rumah baru.

usually if pangkat abah, ddk rumah banglo, or semi D, or skrng ni bnyk quarters baru - apartment. tp mcm rumah naiya, apartment pun tnggi gile, plus, besar gle. tp, semlm ble tgk rumah tu, quarters baru yg sy tak perasan pun selama masuk mindef itu! here's a lil description -

5th floor apartment with elevator, of course.- mine is the 3rd floor.

6 rooms with 4 toilets. well, more than enough. thee.

2 ruang tamu! yeay! 2 corridors, 1 tmpt utk laundry etc.

almari ada semula! yeay! katil queen semula! yeay yeay yeay yeay yeay!!!

i'll show lotsss of lotssss of pixca later. shooting, new house and etc. guess i better go. packing! oh yes, happy new year 2010! trust me, its gonna b my year ;))

All the things that I've done...

Dyed my hair several times...

 

 

Went to a foam party...

Saw gorgeous concerts... 

 

 

Traveled to Lisbon, Granada, Budapest...

Played Titania at "A Midsummernight's dream"

Moved to Barcelona and meet wonderful people that makes me fell so happy...

 

 

 

Missed people that I love so much...

 

 

 

Partied a lot!

 

 

 

Dreamed, smiled, cried, being interviewed, swam naked in the beach, run behind my dreams...

And wrote a lot here, read you everyday...

2010, get ready for me!

Thanks to all of you, for being here, for your sweet comments, opinions... I'll be continue trying to improve thanks to you, keep trying to achieve my dreams, and I'll be here... but not to please you ;)

Have a lovely New Year's Eve!!

Off with their heads!!

You wanted, I promise... and here they are, some pictures from our monday's performance!! I'm sorry I don't have a better one of all my outfit, I'll do one next monday (we have again this performance).

Fairytales...

A dream group for children!

 

Ana as Snowhite's Stepmother

Lucy as Sleeping Beauty

Héctor as Beetlejuice

Patty as Alice in wonderland and Yoli as the Fairy Godmother

Rocío as The Ugly Princess (omg she was so funny)

Jose as The Madhatter (yaw!)

Me as the Queen of Hearts

We walked through Algeciras, singing, dancing and playing with children.

We had an Esmeralda (Carmen) and a Peter Pan (Carmelita). 

And some Toy Soldiers!! (Zori, Fernando, Carmela) And fans of the Ugly Princess!!

We had a lot of fun, but it was really hard... not being a professional dancer and make like 8 times a coreography is crazy hahahaha!!

I was wearin a Zara black shirt, Blanco red shirt, Hellbunny corset, handmade skirt (by Laia, and I made the print), Claire's white and red socks and Aces of London boots. I made the minicrown too, and the crozier!

Today, finally, after another perfomance we played yesterday; my body said "stop". I've got flu, hahaha, this only can happens to me... so maybe I'll pass my New Year's Eve at home... anyway, I need to recover myself, so today I've been at home all the evening, and now I fell better...

I hope you all have a lovely wednesday!

Spicy Cottage Pie with Nutmeg Brussels Sprouts

Cottage Pie in its most basic form is of course minced or ground beef, topped with mashed potato. Usually, however, there will be some vegetables added to the beef. Carrots, peas and onions are popular additions of this type. This Cottage Pie is a little bit more spicy, however, designed to provide a little more heat on a cold Winter's night and I hope that it is something which you will be prepared to try. This is a recipe for two people.

Ingredients

1lb minced/ground beef
1 pint fresh beef stock
1/2lb potatoes
1 small carrot (diced)
1 small onion (very finely chopped)
2 cloves of garlic (very finely chopped)
1 small red chilli pepper (de-seeded and very finely chopped)
20 mini Brussels sprouts or ten larger ones
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Butter
Large pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

Method

The beef should be browned in a dry, non-stick pan, before the carrots, onions, garlic, chilli and heated beef stock are added. The mix should be seasoned to taste with salt and freshly black pepper. It should then be simmered for half an hour.

When the beef is simmering, the potatoes should be peeled and chopped and added to a pot of salted, boiling water and simmered for twenty to twenty-five minutes until soft. They should then be drained and mashed with a little butter.

The beef, vegetables and remaining stock should then be placed in to a casserole dish. The potato should first be spooned evenly on top and then smoothed out carefully with a knife. The Cottage Pie should then be placed in to the oven - pre-heated to 400F/200C/Gas Mark 6 - for twenty-five to thirty minutes. It can be browned under the grill for a couple of minutes, prior to serving, if desired.

The small sprouts that I have used here should be simmered in salted water for around eight minutes. larger sprouts will take ten to twelve minutes. It is important not to overcook the sprouts, as this will cause them to turn mushy and most unappealing. They should then be drained and swirled in a little butter and the nutmeg before being served with a portion of Cottage Pie.

Free lunch

December 29

It turns out that I have one more blog entry to make this year, to let you know about a free lunch tomorrow at Rhong Tiam East, formerly known as Kurve. That's 87 2nd Ave., at the northwest corner of 5th St.

Chef-owner Andy Yang is promoting his rendang. That's actually an Indonesian dish, but Andy tells me it's made in Thailand, too, where it's called panang neua toon. It's a rich, dark brown curry that should be appropriate for the blustery cold day that Wednesday the 30th promises to be.

Andy's using his grandmother's recipe and serving it with either flat wide noodles called sen yai or the Thai version of ramen, called ba mee.

Rendang is traditionally made with beef, but Andy's serving it with either beef of chicken. As I said, it's free tomorrow, from noon to 3. Every day after that it's $4.95.

Warm Carrot Muffins

It's been a busy couple of months. November is over, and I spent most of my available writing time working on a novel for National Novel Writing Month. I continued writing on through December, but I never stopped cooking.

In the last two months, I've made plenty of cookies (mint chocolate, sugar, molasses, ginger-lemon), spicy chipotle short ribs, a tasty turnip gratin, garlic tomato soup, pork chorizo burgers, the best roasted potatoes, Thai coconut soup, and today, some warm carrot muffins. I wish I could share everything with you but I'll have to save most of them for another day. The muffins are at the forefront today.

They're called Happy Morning Muffins and come from Small Batch Baking, a cookbook that has yet to fail me. It has produced bacon biscuits that are savory and buttery and made with bacon fat, and infused with bacon flavor. The almond crumble from this book is my go to dessert when I want to make something quick in a single ramekin, and doubles or triples well for a group. And yesterday I grated some carrots and chopped some pineapple, and mixed up some batter to bake this happy morning when I'm not at work and looking forward to beautiful day because the sun is out for the first time in weeks!


The muffins are displayed on my brand new cake stand (thanks Moe!) and I think they could have come right out of the bakery case. They are moist from all the pineapple and carrot, and spiced with cinnamon and vanilla. You can mess around with the ingredients, vary the nuts, use apple instead of pineapple, or other dried fruits instead of raisins. Whatever makes you happy.

Happy Morning Muffins

I altered the original recipe so this one makes 10-12 small muffins, which really make an appropriate serving size (but you might feel like eating more than one...)

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tablespoons canned crushed pineapple, or fresh chopped in a food processor
1 cup coarsely grated carrots
1/2 cup chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)
4 tablespoons raisins
2 tablespoons sweetened flaked coconut

10 - 12 small muffin cups

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place a fine-mesh sieve over a large mixing bowl. Place the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in the sieve and sift the ingredients into the bowl.

Place the sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla in a small bowl and whisk to blend. Stir in the crushed pineapple. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture all at once, and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Then stir in the carrots, nuts, raisins, and coconut.

Arrange the muffin cups in a muffin pan or on a baking sheet. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, filling them about three-quarters of the way.

Bake the muffins until a toothpick inserted in the center of one comes out clean, 28 to 30 minutes. Remove and cool 10-15 minutes before serving. They are best served warm or will keep one day in a plastic bag at room temperature.

I love you so by MILV

Buat yang udah pernah denger opening song film gue, bahkan yang sudah ngevote atau nonton. Pasti tau lagu I Love You So kan?
Nah ini gue kasih liriknyaaaa....

why you dont go in hre morning
so i can stand, awake and go
why you still here in the evening
i cannot sleep, im feel so low

everyday im feelin you
i hope you feel the sunlight
everyday im thinking about you
oh..im sorry thats all i've got

reff : cause i love you so
but icant get you
cause i love you so
and i dont know what to do
(2x)

oh..iknow im always hide
cause i dont know how to get fight
im yelling!!, im fghting with myself
just try to get the smile of you

bridge : can you feel it, can you see it
can you see that im broken
i'll give all my love for you, if you want me too
cant you feel it, cant you see it
cant you see that im broken
i hope you enjoy your time with somebody new !
*balik ke reff

_love you so_MILV_D

I Adore You!

Aku bertemu denganmu, semu.
Hukumnya, aku dan kamu akan saling acuh dan tak ingat.
Tapi naasnya, aku terlanggar hukum.
Aku sangat-sangat ingat, bahkan menjadi kenangan.
Aku jengah, tapi tak bisa lepas.
Aku rebah, dan theater of mind mengudara.
Hey, tahukah kamu?
I adore you, mr.

my new favorite song

Jadi ceritanya, gue punya temen yang sering twitteran sama msnan *sekarang duah jarang*.
Dia anak UNTAR jurusan arsitektur. Dia alumni SMA Gonzaga. Namanya Vrisco.
Pada suatu ketika, tweet dia menyebut nama bandnya, dia merindukan jammin bersama bandnya, lalu gue meretweet *rada gapenting* dan akhirnya dia memberikan link myspace bandnya ke gue. Karena ol di hape, gue enggak langsung mampir.
Nah pada saat gue ol di pc keesokan esokan esokannya, gue mampir lah.
Mampir ke http://myspace.com/fingyourday dan setelah chatting sambil dengerin lagunya...
Deng! Suka banget! gue akhirnya berhasil meminta mp3nya langsung dari si Vrisco.
Walhasil, sekarang jadi salah satu lagu wajib di playlist gue, judulnya Inches of you.
Penasaran? mampir aja ke myspacenya. :) I'm in love with that song, really. Thank you vris, mp3nya. hehehe

Food Tip of the Day - Tuesday, December 29th, 2009: Vegetarian Meals that Meat Eaters Will Enjoy

The often heated debate as to which is right, the vegetarian or the carnivore - or perhaps more commonly and accurately, the omnivore - is one which has of course raged for some time and one which is unlikely to know any form of compromise or resolution in the foreseeable future. This would at first glance therefore only serve to further complicate the daunting prospect of trying to come up with a vegetarian meal which meat eaters will enjoy.

Fortunately, if one begins by examining the myths which meat eaters associate with vegetarians and vegetarian cooking, it is entirely possible to come up with a wide and varied repertoire of dishes which, if not necessarily converting omnivores to vegetarians, will at least allow them to enjoy for once a meal which is devoid of any form of animal flesh.

Ideas for Vegetarian Meals that Meat Eaters Will Enjoy

Let's do vote!!

Sebuah kata, sebuah rasa, cinta. Cinta itu manis. Namun tidak untuk Ketty yang menjadi saksi untuk kekerasan yang terjadi pada neneknya, tantenya, dan bahkan ibunya sendiri yang menjadi korban kekerasan.

Dalam pergaulannya sehari-haripun Ketty juga menjad seorangi pendengar atas cerita teman dekatnya yang juga menjadi korban kekerasan yang dilakukan oleh pacarnya sendiri.

Dan tidak jarang, mereka hanya diam.
Apakah kekerasan termasuk dalam kategori 'cinta' ?

So, sebuta apakah cinta hingga membuat kita tetap tinggal?

Ini adalah sinopsis dari film dokumenter yang dibuat oleh Anastasia Praditha, Ketty Tressianah dan Mia Amalina yang merupakan alumni dari Coaching Cerpen Kawanku 2008.
Mereka mengikuti kompetisi Think-Act-Change 2009 : The Body Shop Documentary Film Competition. Dimana mereka membuat film dengan tema 'Violence Against Women'

Di dorong oleh pengalaman pribadi Ketty yang kerap menyaksikan kekerasan dalam rumah tangga, Ketty berupaya menelusuri, apakah kekerasan memang kerap dialami oleh perempuan? Apakah kekerasan juga terjadi pada saat masih berpacaran? Apa yang dialami? Dan bagaimana disikapi?

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Dan mereka sangat mengharapkan bantuan dan dukungan dari kalian semua untuk mem-vote film mereka di http://thebodyshop-film.com

Dan cara vote-nya adalah sebagai berikut:
1. Buka halaman web --> http://thebodyshop-film.com
2. Lalu klik 'skip intro' di kanan bawah
3. Lalu nanti akan muncul beberapa pilihan, lalu klik 'watch these film' untuk menonton film mereka yang berjudul "LOVE THEN LEAVE"
4. Lalu di kanan atas ada pilihan untuk 'VOTE', klik pilihan tersebut
5. Vote untuk "LOVE THEN LEAVE" dengan menandai bulatan yang ada di sebelah kiri gambar cover film tersebut.
6. Kemudian masukkan identitas kalian di kotak paling bawah, lalu tekan 'kirim'
7. Dan jangan lupa untuk memberikan komentar tentang film tersebut di guestbook yang ada di sebelah kanan gambar cover film tersebut.

Terima kasih banyaaaaak untuk kalian yang mau direpotkan untuk meluangkan sedikit waktunya untuk menonton film "LOVE THEN LEAVE" dan memberikan vote untuk film tersebut :)



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Please vote for 'LOVE THEN LEAVE' a documentary film about violence against woman by Anastasia Praditha, Ketty Tressianah, Mia Amalina (Some of magic box's writer, ccw 2008) at http://thebodyshop-film.com and don't forget to leave a comment on the guest book. thank yoooooooou ♥

Powerpuff's nite

Okay fellas, ini memang isinya fotoooo doang.
Ini adalah bagian terindah dari liburan gue *boong deng*. ahaha.
Seperti yang anda sama-sama ketahui, gue hanya menghabiskan liburan dengan bimbel, intensif SIMAK UI.
Shitty!!!
Nah, pada tanggal 23-24 The Powerpuff girls mengadakan pijamas party, girl's day, and girl's nite. Dan, hasilnya adalah...
Supermodel!

Yes, we're supermodel. haahah.

okay, ini bisa disebut pamer foto.

Sip. Sudaaaaah!

Sekarang selamat anda bayangkan, apa yang terjadi di kamar atas rumah ditha yang disulap jadi studio itu. Kita tidur kaya ikan pepes diantara baju-baju. -__- hahaha

Love youuuu so much my powerpuff!