Thursday, June 4, 2009

Ed Witt has moved to Washington


June 4

New Yorkers might remember Ed Witt as the creative chef at two short-lived restaurants, Varietal and Bloomingdale Road.
Well, he’s going to try his hand at cooking in a different city: He has moved to Washington, D.C., and he plans to open a place in Georgetown at the end of the summer called Morso. He says it will be small plate Mediterranean cuisine with a Turkish influence, and as an indication that he’s not kidding around, he’s about to leave for Turkey for three weeks of research.
This is particularly interesting to me because I’ve seen an uptick recently in cuisine of the Eastern Mediterranean. I think I’ll write a story about it.

Bongkar Gudang : Cinta Cinta kacangan di obral.

Hmmm. Kita bicara soal cinta. Gue bukan seoarang ahli dalam percintaan.Gue juga bukan orang yang doyan mengagung-agungkan cinta. Tapi gue tahu apa yang mesti dilakukan sama cinta. Bukaaaan mas bukan! Ini bukan cinta di film ada apa dengan cinta yang jatuh cinta sama si rangga. Ini juga bukan cinta biasa seperti yang dinyanyikan mas Afgan. Bukaaaan, bukan itu!Kita mulai darimana yaa?? HMMm.

Ada banyak pengalaman cinta. Hell yeah! Gimana kalau di mulai dari kisah cinta buta. Ya ya ya, gue selalu buta ketika jatuh cinta. Ada aja kebodohan yang gue sahabati saat jatuh cinta. Misalnya?? Misalnya jatuh cinta sama orang yang sama sekali enggak di kenal, enggak di msn, di fb, apalagi langsung, ketemupun belum. Namanya apa? GOBLOK! absolutely yesss. That's right babe. Apalagi kalau ternyata orang yang gue jatuhi cintahi bertampang biasa aja *enggak bisa di bilang ganteng, jauh dari Daniel radcliffe, dari Richard Kevin, dari Kevin Aprilio, dia kalah jongkok deh!* tapi gue heboooh cintah parah sama si antah berantah satu itu.

Apa hubungan cintah itu berjalan mulus? Of course NO! menurut lo?? How can gitu. Kenal juga enggak. Ups, please don't ask what you want to ask. Enggak akan ada bocoran kalau gue tau dia itu sebenernya dari album foto temen gue. gue enggak akan kasih lo tahu kalau gue tahu dia dari album foto temen gue. Enggak akan gue kasih tau! lalu kenapa bisa jatuh cinta? Gue bukan dukun, mana gue tahu. yang jelas ini aneh bin ajaib.

Lanjut ke cerita berikutnya... Cinta yang mana lagi yang akan gue asah kebutekannya? Yang hmm.. Okay, gue tipe orang yang ganmpang suka dan gampang lupa. Kenapa bisa begitu, karena belum ada yang bisa beneran ngegaet hati gue *sombong, sok keren, sok cantik, hueeeks!*. Jadi yah kerjaan gue cuma bermain-main. Main-main yang serius. kalau dapet ya syukur kalau enggak yah mari memancing ikan di tambak lain. Jangan di buat pusing. Kisah berikutnya ya tentang cinta. Cinta asal-asalan. kenapa begitu? Karena begitu adanya. *Apesihloooee?*

Sebenernya gue juga enggak tahu dia kayak gimana, dan nomor hpnya berapa, hobbynya apa. Yang gue tahu cuma nama panggilan dia siapa, rumahnya dimana, nyokapnya siapa. Selebihnya? Silahkan mengaraaaang bebas. Serius deh emang kaya gitu. Hmmm gue baru ketemu sekitar dua kali. Pertama kali malu banget. (buat yang kenal gue pasti tahu, gue bukan orang yang pemalu, malu-malu anjing, yang ada memalukan!) Pertemuan kedua agak lebih mencair, lebih santai, dan cuma sedikit jaim. Dan di pertemuan kedua dia lebih okeee, lebih keren, lebih lah pokoknya. And gobloknya adalah, kejaiman gue yang sedikit itu membuat gue kehilangan kesempatan panjang. TOLOL. Waktu dia nanya fb gue apa, gue cuma bilang cari aja ketty, dan waktu dia nanya, kettynya tulisannya gimana, gue diam. Ketty cathy katie katty catie. Semua sama kan ketty juga. Jadi yah, gue nunggu dua minggu friend request dari dia yah percuma. Kalau gue emang niat, kalau ada kesempatan ketemu lagi, barulah pasang aksi. Tapi kapan yaa?

Cinta yang berikutnya tentang cinta facebook. Nah ini lagi sangat meracuni gue. Kenapaaa? Yah itu lah ke latahan orang-orang. I waste lots of time in facebook. Najis ah! Ngejual diri banget di facebook. Enggak dari masang update status yang menggelitik, sampe ngeadd orang-orang. It's a stupid thing. Dan gue enggak tahu kenap sedang sangat terobsesi dengan beberapa nama sekolah, yang mungkin enggak banyak orang-orang lingkungan gue yang tahu. *Iyalah anak barat, enggak begitu tahu daerah lain nihh* Suatu saat, sedang bosan gue di sekolah, gue ol f dari handphone, canggih lah kaman sekarang!

Di notification gue, ada beberapa confirm friend request. Gue lihat lah satu-satu. Ada yang lucu, ada yang keren, ada yang kharismatik, ada yang asik. Jatuh cintalah gue dengan hal kecil kaya gitu. Tapi cinta-cintaannya ini beda. Cuma suka aja ngelihatnya, atau buka-buka album fotonya. Cuma sekedar itu. ENggak sampe gimana-gimana. Gue mengakui salah satu kegilaan maha dahsyat gue itu. Ckckck.

Berikutnya cinta yang sempat membuat gue gila. Hmmm, ini cinta yang agak berat sih yaa. Enggak sekedar-sekedaran aja. Waktu gue kelas 1, ada senior gue yang tampangnya lumayan, orangnya pinter, dan seru diajak ngobrol. Gue suka banget sama dia. Tapi enggak bisa deket. Ada beberapa hal yang enggak bisa juga gue pahamin. Lalu enggak berapa lama sering berbincang-bincang, tiba-tiba dia ngilang dan memutus komunikasi sama gue sama sekali. Gue patah hati, kecewa, marah bukan main. (Kalau di pikir-pikir sekarang, gue dulu marahnya karena apa yaa? Enggak jelas banget.) Lama kayaknya hampir 9 bulan gue enggak bisa lupa dan lepas dari si dia. Enggak juga nemuin pengganti. tapi ternyata gue malah ngerasa konyol.

Seleas dari itu, cinta pertama cinta monyet, cinta kebodohan gue. Serius ini super bodoh! Dulu, pertama kalinya gue serius kenalan sama kata sayang cinta dan suka sama lawan jenis itu keals 1 SMP. Dengan gaya dan pengetahuan masih mentok tingkat SD, gue jatuh cinta sama seorang senior yang amat sangat nian populernya. Keren deh penampilannya. Tapi enggak kelakuan dan otaknya. NOL besar. Untuk mewujudkan penasaran gue atas perasaan gue, gue nyari tahu nomor hp dia lewat guru gue, wali kelas gue, yang juga baik banget. Okay, dulu pas SMP gue akrab dengan hampir semua guru. Ckckck.

Dari situ mulailah, kebodohan itu terjadi. Sangat bodoh. Sekali lagi sangaaat bodoh dan memalukan. Dari suka sms dan nelfonin, dengan nama samaran, dan sekali lagi mental kacang. Cuma berani di telfon dan sms doang. Ckckck. Bertahan dengan nama samaran yang mengada-ada, mulai berbohong dan mengarang cerita. Hell yeah, dia sebenernya tahu gue. Ckckck. Ini adalah moment cinta-cintaan paling memalukan. Smape-sampe kalimat yang paling gue inget, ada beberapa :
1. "Hmm EH lo itu polisi ya?" dengan bodohnya enggak mengerti maksud kalimat itu gue jawab, ' ya enggaklah, bukan.'
2. "Mantan gue yang anak sekolah **** ngajakin balikan tapi guenya ga mau. Hehehe" enggak ngerti kok dia bisa cerita gini yaa?
3. Ini sms yang paling gue suka. "Mba mba mba gue udah bangun kali mba. hwhwhw"
Haaah dulu gue melakukan banyak hal untuk dapat informasi apapun sekecil apapun tentang dia. Sumpah ini kebodohan yang mesti di berantas. Gue rela pulang telat, cuma demi nunggu kelas dia kosong dan kesana sama temen gue, meriksain bangku dan meja dia. You know what? gue menemukan bon. Bon apa? Bon pembelian cream masker rambut. Hueeeeks. Cowok? Yah enggak heran sih rambut dia keren, sempet mau ikutan iklan gel rambut katanya.

Sekarang kita ganti subjek, jangan gue terus yang menginjak harga diri gue sendiri. Ada temen gue lagi jatuh cinta sama seseorang anak sekolah negeri selatan. Mereka deket, sering smsan, telfon-telfonan, tapi enggak pernah ketemu. mereka mesraaa banget. (Istilah gahulnya, HTSan). Enggak lama dia cerita kalau si cowok berubah. Bla bla bla. Cowoknya sempet ngejutekin,. nyuekin, enggak asik deh. terus temen gue itu nanya, "gimana ya supaya dia tahu persaan gue, gue sayang sama dia." i just answer, "say it to him." hokeeeh!. Temen gue nurut, dan dia bilang dia mau ngomong sama tuh cowok kalau di sayang dan itu terakhir kalinya, dia enggak mau berhubungan lagi. Gue di suruh bertanggung jawab dengan usul gue, dengan cara nyusunin kata untuk ngomong itu ke dia. dan katanya adalah ... jeng jeng jeng jeng...
"I fallin to you, i'm in love, and i love you. But it's not easy to make you here with me. And I don't know what do you feel. How do i know the truth if you didn't say so. Just let it away with the windblows. So, i think, it's enough for us, and let it away forever."

Kesimpulannya, seperti apapun rasa cinta itu, jangan pernah biarin cinta mengalahkan logika. Enggak mungkin kita bisa hidup bahagia kalau cuma berlandaskan cinta tanpa embel-embel lain. Itu adalah hukum kehidupan, semua saling melengkapi. Kelengkapan itu termasuk di dalamnya logika. So when you love some one, don't be crazy, just let it flow, and make it funny story to remember. ya ya ya. jangan berbodoh ria seperti gue. Karena gue enggak suka di tiru. ahahahaha. (ssst, kesimpulannya enggak ada dalam uraian.) Biar aja cinta itu menjalar, biar aja cinta itu berkoar, yang penting kita tetap belajar. Banyak hal bodoh yang membuat aku belajar. Dan cinta bukan lah segalanya. Cinta itu adalah unsur sentralis yang saling melengkapi. Enjoy your love.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

HAKA!!! Te Rauparaha's War Chant .

HAKA?
what is it?


If you've seen a rugby match, you could have witnessed the haka.expecialy if its the ALL Black form New Zealand.

The term haka refers generically to all Maori dance but has now come to mean the Maori dance repertoire where the men are in front and women lending vocal support at the back.

War chant and challenge

But with the All Blacks promoting one version of the haka which starts with the chant "Ka mate, ka mate (It is death, it is death"), it is this haka, called Te Rauparaha's haka (so named after its perceived traditional origins) that most people, particularly rugby union football fans, know as the haka.

This version of the haka is both war chant and challenge and is customarily performed by the All Blacks before major games against non-New Zealand teams.

It is characterised by loud chanting, much aggressive flailing of arms and stomping of feet, fierce looks and, in the end, an angry sticking out tongues.

Te Rauparaha

Te Rauparaha (1768-1849), chief of the Ngati Toa tribe and one of New Zealand's last great warrior chiefs. Te Rauparaha cut a swathe from the Waikato to the South Island where his followers killed both European settlers and southern Maori.

His haka is said to have actually originated during a time Te Rauparaha was fleeing from his enemies, hid in a sweet potato field one night and by morning awoke to be told by a hairy chief that his enemies had gone. He then performed his victorious haka.

Ka mate, ka mate

The words of Te Rauparaha's haka (1810) used by the All Blacks:

    Ka mate, ka mate
    Ka ora, ka ora
    Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru
    Nana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra
    Upane, upane
    Upane kaupane
    Whiti te ra.

These words are translated as:

    It is death, it is death
    It is life, it is life
    This is the hairy man
    Who caused the sun to shine again for me
    Up the ladder, up the ladder
    Up to the top
    The sun shines.

I personally use this to pump myself up for any competition. In a way this helps build the state of a strong fighting spirit. you should test it out yourself.

Please leave a comment or share about your personal way you get pump-up.

Thanks!!! =)

sakit telinga & balik kmpng


actually. i would like to post bout taman negara hari tu! but... i dont have the pictures yet. semuanya dlm DSLR falique & amad. later maybe. but there's so much to tell. anyway. hari ni. sakit lame dtg blk... yup. sakit telinga. ya Allah. it hurts so much. to be compared with sakit tekak, sakit mata, sakit hidung, dan sewaktu dgnnya. sakit telinga la bg sy, plg sakit. dulu da pernah kena time form 4 / form 5. sampai pergi emergency ward at 3 am. and dpt pain killer paling kuat. yg kene melalui suntikan. and jmpe ears specialist the next day.


i do realize i'm kinda have this kind of sensitive part. ears. eyes. nose. throat. yup. since i was a baby. i know i can't escape from that. erm... no worries. a lot of medicine n supplement n treatment, but sometimes. i'm just too lazy 4 that. still remember when i was 16. out of sudden. i feel the pain. but...idk if it would be so bad. i cant sleep the whole night. and, crying at 4am. cuz it just,hurts so bad. i called afiq and he told my mum n dad. at 1st, we went to 24hours clinic. but the Dr told me, if it still hurts within 24 hours, do come again. and yet. i went to the same clinic 24 hours later. and the Dr wrote a letter and asked me. to bring it to HUKM. well that's the nearest from Sg Besi. and i've got the treatment thingy. and finally. i can sleep 4 a while. after. few days of pain. and and. fever as well.

HUKM

and yet. i can hear nothing. i did hear.
just a lil bit. it's like when i'm here ppl talking while i was swimming in the pool. and, can't eat. that was about a few weeks. huwaaaa... seriously. its painful! i mean, extra ++ sooo ++ very bery painful. hurt. until i cant sleep. imagine, it hurts too when i lay my head on the pillow. and now. i do feel the same thing. just, on the right side. but it hurts!!! uhhhh. okay. it will b just fine. yes it will. i've went to the clinic at 9am and took all the medicine. insya allah. i'll get well soon.

dannn... abah dah balik kl! yeayyy!!! baru td sampai umah at 2pm. lunch with fmly. and we decided to go back to Kelantan. balik kampung~~~ yes yes. abah org Kelantan. which part of Kelantan? Machang + Salor + KB + and the chinese part in K. Krai. it's been a while since we last balik kmpng. last dlu...rasenye celebrated Chinese new year. the last time we celebrated Hari Raya there? more than 2 years ago... since we moved to Kuching, mmg lame kot x blk kmpg esp belah abah. excited jgk. but act blk kmpng sbb tok ma [grandma] x bape sehat. n da lame x blk. bkn senang abah nak dpt cuti. sooo... maw blk la!

even dgn sakit telinga ni.
away 4 a few days. thursday-saturday. will be back on sunday. sbb nak tgk kwn kawin! kawan kesygan sy, ex-hsmate d kolej dah nak kawin. 6th june - nikah. 7th june - sanding. owhhh... ni gmbr time die bertunang dulu. ---> click cik wahidah dah nak kawin! owh3... harap sgt telinga ni cpt sembuh, supaya dpt la gembira skit blk kmpng. bkn selalu. and nak jmpe kwn2 lg nnt ahad tuh... excited. okay. till then. take care. =]



p/s: blog ni da public semula 4 certain reason. later? idk yet.


Simple Pork Shish Kebabs with Soured Cream Dip

Shish kebabs are of course most commonly made with either lamb or beef and - honestly! - the reason these ones are not made with lamb is because somehow a pack of minced pork had found its way in among the minced lamb in my local supermarket and I never noticed until I got home! I therefore decided to carry on anyway with my recipe idea and am glad I did as the finished dish was absolutely delicious.

Ingredients per Person

1/2lb minced or ground pork
1 red chilli pepper
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 tsp dried sage
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 tbsp soured cream
2 tsp freshly chopped coriander leaf/cilantro

Generous handful of fresh green salad leaves such as rocket

Method

Prepare the dip first by simply stirring the coriander in to the soured cream. This allows the flavours time to infuse.

De-seed and finely chop the chilli and crush or very finely chop the garlic cloves. Mix the pork, chilli, garlic, sage and seasoning thoroughly together. This is best achieved by hand.

Divide the mixture in to three equal portions and shape as shish kebabs (sausage like.) Take three metal skewers and carefully slide the kebabs on to them. It is of course possible to use wooden skewers if you prefer but be ensure to soak them well beforehand. The added benefit of metal skewers, however, is that they conduct heat in to the centre of the kebabs and help to cook them more quickly and evenly.

The kebabs should be cooked under a moderate grill for about fifteen to twenty minutes until cooked. Alternatively, they would cook very well on an outdoor grill or barbecue. Turn them frequently, remembering to wear a protective glove.

Place the dipping sauce in the centre of a large plate and surround it with the salad leaves before sitting the cooked kebabs on top.