Pengajian Pranikah & Mangalihin Mangan

Sabtu, 1 September 2012. Pengajian Pranikah dan Mangalihin Mangan. Sakral, khidmat dan khusuk, dihadiri oleh keluarga inti dan ibu-ibu pengajian RW. Tolong abaikan tatanan rambut saya yang ala Princess Leia yaah >__<

Buku pengajian

Mama & Moi

Kelompok Pengajian Ibu-Ibu Se-RW

Para nenek tersayang

Pelangi

Pangupaan

"aaa..."

"aaa..." mangapnya besar yaa

Etta & Princess Leia

Mama & Papa :*

Abang & Adik2

Cewek-cewek berkaftan

Mba Jen & Darryl

Foto keluargaaaa... Darryl ga bisa lepas dari Roti Bagelen

Duet W & E

Terima kasih untuk Etta & Wenu yang seharian mengabadikan momen ini dan terima kasih untuk Tante Ita dari Charma yang udah bikinin empat kaftan cantiiikkk... :)

Oh, Hello!

I'm 50 days married and 6 weeks-3days pregnant! Stories of my wedding day and the day that I discover the 2-stripes thingy deserve their own posts. And, oh yeah, I'm happy :)

H-2

Mungkin sebaiknya kalau udah mendekati hari H begini, yang dipingit mustinya bukan cuma calon pengantinnya ya, tapi juga keluarga calon pengantin, terutama kedua orang tua. Soalnya hal sekecil apapun berpotensi menyebabkan perang dingin.

Jadi, H-2 gimana kabarnya? *tutup mulut*

Nigella's #2: Korean Calamari

This post was in a draft for such a looooong time. I guess I failed to upload the pictures and ended up in nothing but the draft mode. Blah~


There are two reasons why I was so tempted to try this recipe. First, it's Korean food (well, maybe not really authentic, but hey, it contains gochujang - Korean fermented chilli paste - which I was dying to cook with). Second, because it's calamari, and I'm fond of calamari somehow.

So, I bought the gochujang paste (almost months ago before I finally opened the tub) and the paste is easily found in any hypermarket here, so you don't have to peek every single Korean mart around the town to find one.

I did some twists for this recipe. In the original recipe, Ms. Lawson didn't put any garlic at all and I was wondering why. Aren't garlic and Korean food inseparable? Because of that, I put 2 fat cloves of garlic and happily smell the aroma. I didn't use any sugar at all too, just because when I tasted, sugar is an unnecessary item to be added, I think.


Okay, enough blabbing. Here's my own twist on Nigella's Korean Calamari:

5 baby squid (here, they name it 'cumi sero')
2 tablespoons Korean cooking wine
2 tablespoons Korean gochujang paste
2 tablespoons soy sauce
Few dashes sesame oil
2 teaspoons cooking oil
1 fat scallion, sliced
2 fat garlic, diced

I followed her step-by-step directions to make sure that I cook the calamari long (or fast) enough to avoid overcooking it. The result? Nice! The squid is juicy, tender, perfectly cooked and the taste is awesome. I love the unique dominant scent and taste from the gochujang paste and quite surprised of how quick and easy this meal is.

chewy yummy spicy

Today's lunch was another success story :D

Dear John Mayer

Why country, and what's with the hair?

I didn't expect this, but count on me as a fan, still.

R.S.

It's July 26. It's my bestfriend's birthday. She's my childhood best friend, my teenage-rebellious partner, my happiness at that time. But God had a better plan for her, and took her away from me 8 years ago.

I love her and I will always do. She popped in my dreams several times, and the last time was the night before my engagement. I didn't really remember the dream, but I do remember that she was there, with her sun-shiny happy face, and it seemed like we're having a really good time.

I need big support from my best friends, actually, to face the new phase in my life. Maybe it was God's way to calm me, to brought her into my dream, just to make me feel a lot better. Or maybe I was just missing her too much. And the fact that I wasn't there on her last days, on her sickness, keep bothering my mind.

Happy birthday, dear...
Please come by again to my dream, anytime. I miss you.

*R.S is the initials of her name.

to capture life

Beberapa tahun yang lalu, Y pernah berada di antara dua pilihan untuk beli DSLR camera atau imac, dan akhirnya memutuskan untuk membeli imac terlebih dahulu, mengingat pekerjaanya lebih banyak membutuhkan imac nan elok itu. Jadi deh, niat beli DSLR-nya ditunda dulu.

Di lain waktu, Y pernah mengutarakan keinginannya untuk mengabadikan momen-momen keluarga kami kelak, terutama anak-anak kami nanti (aaaammiiinn...). Niat tulus ini serta-merta disambut anggukan penuh semangat (sambil lekas berdoa, siapa tau pas ada malaikat lewat hehe). Kemudian kami mulai ngayal deh..

Hari ini, baru saja saya lihat di dashboard tumblr saya, seseorang nge-post link ini dengan caption begini

Osaka, Japan-based photographer/web designer Hideaki Hamada shoots his curiously cute boys, Haru and Mina, as they make their way through life.

Bagus-bagus deeeh... Sebagian besar fotonya itu foto-foto setting on their daily basis, jadi terasa sekali hidupnya. Bagusnya juga ya karena didukung lokasi foto di Jepang yang notabene lebih asri, lebih bersih, lebih rapi deh yaaa dibandingkan sama di sini.

Nih yaa, beberapa favorit saya..

Maka kami pun bertekad, target tabungan kami selanjutnya adalah DSLR camera, demi momen-momen indah yang bisa terus dikenang :)