My attempts at being a domestic goddess

Last Sunday, I spent hours flipping pages and pages of Nigella Kitchen book. I stared at almost every single picture and imagined how delicious they'd be. I was so excited to go back to the kitchen and try some of these recipes out. I even marked some with index flags divided by 3 categories.

The first category refers to easy recipes (savory ones) that suitable for those who don't have serious pallet, the ones who are picky-eaters like most of my family members and Y himself.  The second category refers to sweet stuff I'd like to try, including Nigella's legendary chocolate chips cookies and devil's cake. And the third category refers to recipes for myself just because those strange recipes are tempting!

So, this is my mission. To try her recipes with my own interpretation (and adaptation). That's why I called: Nigella's Recipes My Way.

Y will be so proud of me! nyahahahahahaha...

I am twenty-five and ready to embrace a new life!

How did I spend my birthday? I spent it awesomely!

It starts, exactly like last year, minus the not-knowing-that-he's-coming-at 0'clock, Y was the first one who greeted exactly at 0'clock with a present. Actually, we spent Saturday together (like our usual Saturdate) at home. He then went off at 11 p.m and left me knowing he'd be back in at 0'clock. And yes, he did. He came to my house again with this huge (and heavy) plastic bag.

Oh, hi!

Yeeeeeaaay!!

:D

Oh my God! Lots of :* !!!!

He got me a copy of Nigella Kitchen! To make it very special and very personal, he made the jacket himself!! Woooohooooo!!! He totally got it when we visited a bookstore and found this one available and I was just starring (and drooling at the same time. I LOVE YOU!! :*

Domestic Goddess' Bible

In the evening, (almost too late to call it evening :P), the whole family gathered (including Y and the newest member of the family - baby Darryl), had dinner and our usual humble candle-blowing ceremony. Something else also made me head over heels but I'm not going spill everything out now :D

Blow? Now?

LOVE!

The IT Baby!!

On Monday, my friend Etta greeted me and gave the present ecstatically. Frankly saying, I knew she got me this present like 3 weeks ago, but she kept it until the right time. She got me this Lego watch, which, I remembered telling her in our earliest conversation that I would love to have one *BIG GRIN*

Some cool tokens!

The blissfulness of my birthday didn't stop there. On Tuesday, I arranged an afternoon pizza party for my dearest work-mates. Since we are know working at two different buildings, I was so happy having them around and sharing laughter like we used to.

O happy family!

To sum up, I WAS SO HAPPY! (I even still feel the great happiness up until when I write this!) I'm so blessed with everything and everyone. Being 25 made me realize that now my life is really in my hand. So, whatever may come, and whatever may change, I'm ready, 'cause I'm 25 and old enough to say that I will live my own life gracefully :)

The unknown future

This morning I visited someone's blog, someone I know from college. She is now a managing editor in Jakarta's most prestigious teenage magazine. She started her career 4 years ago as an intern and ta-daaa.. look at her now.

I hate to say this, but I really envy her career path and it makes me looking even worst. I know, I started my career 2 years later than her, but hey... she got it right, while I did not. Well, what can you expect here. I can't even declare my self that I am this big-brand's copywriter. Maybe if there's such thing as a typewriter, I'll be it. The one who types, not the one who writes. I've been here for two years and nothing really has changed. Even though if I stay for another couple more years, I will still be the typewriter. No future I see. None.

I love this place, I love my friends, and just like her, I don't worry about the 'number'. That's why I stay. But then, I got this big opportunity to pursue master degree while working. Trust me, juggling two lives, as a student and as a employee, is not easy. Also, I have to be very thankful that my bosses and my colleagues are very supportive to me. So why envy her in the first place? I wasn't so sure.

Until the superego of mine whispered, "It's just a feeling of insecurity and fear of the unknown future."

"But, I want to be successful like her. I want to have a bright career!" I argued.

The superego smiled and whispered again. "You will, darling. You will and it will be as bright as hers, even more, I reckon."

I paused a minute and told her again, "Does it mean that I have to move from here? Or does it mean that I have to stick to the plan, wait for a year or so?"

"Something will lead you, girl. Just be faithful, and you'll be awesome!"

Will I?

Kamu kecil-kecil ngangenin!

Mau tau nggaaaak siapa cowok kecil yang akhir-akhir ini sering bikin kangen?

Darrylio Darileeei!!!*

:* :* :*


*Bukan nama sebenarnya hihihihi...

Oh..O!

No more joint birthday party with Ompung.
Never-ending arguments.
Thoughts about passion and future.
Dilemmatic issues between school and office.

Totally feeling lonely.

Oh.. O!
This is not how I want to spend my O.

Salemba-Bintaro Sia-Sia

Apa gunanya diusahain mati-matian kalo lo ga nganggep usaha gue penting?!?!

Sialan!

The boundaries are now called technologies

I’ve had such terrible experiences with technologies that pushed me to write those experiences here and there. Yet I just had another one and I am so sure I have to write it down here. 

One day I went to this meet-up. These people are not really strangers to me. I know them but not in a way that I know my close friends. I just know them. We spent hours nearly without some topics to talk to. Instead, they spent hours ‘talking’ with their gadgets, while I left clueless alone. BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, MacBook, you name it, they have it. The only topic they were busy talking to was the poor wifi connection. 

I’m not really a people person. Not that kind of girl that will ask you first if you happen to sit next to me anywhere in this world, from bus seats, to random meetings. I am not the one who has the big interest on some people and eager to ask them about anything. No. I am the one that shuts her mouth closely until someone asks me for something. I prefer to be drowned in my own world in the middle of bunch of unknown people. But that doesn’t mean that I cannot be in the middle of the meet-ups or party or anything. Although I’m not a people person, I cannot not communicate, in a conventional way. I value being interactive with everyone, I value the distances, I value the effort they’ve put to be there.

Can you imagine how I was at that weird meet-up? I felt awkward and totally insignificant. To sum up: I hate it. I’d rather be sitting alone, drinking coffee while watching people pass by than being in the middle of unnecessary meeting where the members are busy with their so-called techie toys. 

Oh how I love when black berries and apples were simply just fruits, and cellphone was only to call and to text.