Old School Meals

You know when you have some habit, something you usually do, somewhere you regularly check, especially with people you do care about, although such things are totally out of date, you will always, always love to keep it on your list.

Like this restaurant I've always been into.

Jadi di daerah Menteng, ada tempat makan nyempil di depan SD Obama. Namanya Restoran Miranda. Atau Tan Goey? Well I don't know, they use both names on their menu and the name board. Yang gue tau, udah dari jaman orok gue diajak makan kesitu.

Tempatnya gak cozy cozy amet. Homey sih, ada kolam ikannya terus teduh gitu ada atepnya. Tapi bagian luarnya, which is the smoking area, which is the place my family always look for at a restaurant, kadang -kadang suka panas dan banyak nyamuknya.

Makanannya semacem makanan Belanda gitu. Banyak makanan lokal juga sih. Seafood juga ada. Banyak pilihan deh pokoknya! Tapi tiap dateng kesini, gue sekeluarga gapernah mikir panjang buat pesen makanan. Selalu menu yang sama dari waktu ke waktu, dari orang ke orang.

Asparagus Soup & Chicken Steak

Sumpah ya ini recommended banget kalo ada yang tertarik kesana. Seporsi sup asparagus cukup buat berlima sampe enam orang, trus stik ayamnya... Gue yakin banget itu ayam-ayam diternak di surga sebelum akhirnya dimasak. Pokoknya setiap dateng kesana, selalu pesen 5 stik ayam gapake tapi tapi.

Hhh entah kenapa gue sekeluarga seneng banget kesini. Damai, sepi, makan diiringi percikan air dan ikan-ikan berenang, suasana 70an gitu deh macem jamannya Dono Kasino Indro. Waiter nya pun udah pada tua. Kostumnya mirip di film Warkop DKI pas mereka kerja di hotel.

Kata nyokap, itu semua waiternya  udah kerja disono dari jaman batu, pas mereka masih pada muda muda. Satu hal yang amat sangat gue suka, mereka ramah banget. Setiap kita dateng, muka-mukanya langsung pada sumringah. Mereka juga kayak udah pada apal gitu apa yang mau kita pesen.

Kadang gue suka sedih sih liat mereka. Karena restoran itu kadang sepinya suka keterlaluan. Gue sih seneng-seneng aja karena jadi berasa makan di rumah sendiri. Tapi ya gimana ya, kalo terus-terusan begitu lama-lama kan bisa tutup trus... Kenangan gue... Sirna...

Oh God. Deep inside my heart, I seriously pray for their existence.

Grandpa succeeded introducing my dad the warmth of the restaurant.

And my dad, succeeded introducing me the memories of his childhood.

So now I don't want to miss the chance, introducing to my children, about

The essence of living retro times

Brag About Guilt

Have you ever heard of term "gaenakan"? It's like, you want to do something, or you want to stand against something, whatever it is as long as it's related to others, and you feel guilty about it... That is "gaenakan".

Well I suffer that. I always try my best to please people. Set their mood on their best place. Show my sorry to everybody I did wrong to, even a tiny little mistake, by making it up to them so perfect and smooth, they don't even realize I'm actually paying back my faults. And I never brag about that.

While in fact, people piss me off their whole life. I'm talking about everybody. My family, my friends, everybody. They don't even know that when I do such things to them, I'd feel guilty as hell. They don't know, because I never brag about that.

People just take "gaenakan" people for granted.

They know we're too soft, too gentle to fight back,

So yeah, nothing to lose, then they use us.

I guess I know why that happens.

We never brag about that, that's why.

Sometimes I wanna be mad, I wanna be rough. I wanna be the one who's concerned, not who concerns. I wanna be the one who's waited for, not who waits for others. I wanna be the one who apologizes, not the one whom apologized to.

I wanna make mistakes,
Let people down, and
Never feel bad about it.

But I can't be mad, I can't be rough.

All because I'm feeling guilty way too much.

I know it harmed me a lot, but I just can't help it.

Maybe I should feel guilty for myself

A Road To New York

Hi. So umm New York? Am I travelling to New York, you supposed?

Well, hopefully I am. And please, please wish me luck!

http://modejunkies.blogspot.com/2013/03/off-to-new-york.html

So yeah, my friends asked me to join them being a part of their team. We'll be participating in Columbia Model United Nation in New York on October this year. But damn right, there's a whole lot of things to do. For the conference preparation, also for our academic needs because umm, you know, this is our last year in campus.

We made it for the campus approval. And also, we have gladly finished our mid term exams. Next thing to do, we'll have to deal with sponsors hunting, visa proposal, conference preparation and stuff. Yet, we also have to finish the rest of our term, face our final exam, do the internship program, and the epic part is, the thesis trial for our final paper.

So what, one, two, three... Okay, it's seven steps away.

And I'm so gonna update every single things we will be done.

To appreciate our work, to New York

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

With the help of his remaining henchman Storm Shadow, the captured Cobra Commander had finally been released. Now with Zartan impostering the President, both of them will first terminate the G.I. unit by the name of the US government, and soon will rule the world.

What did I feel right after? Awalnya boring, menurut gue. Gue emang bukan penikmat film action tema tentara semacem ini. Tokohnya banyak, tapi monoton. Udah gitu ternyata di film itu, pangkat Chaning Tatum  -which I personally dislike- lebih tinggi daripada Dwayne Johnson. Ehm, halo? Masa iya The Rock dikalahin Dear John?! Tapi semua berubah setelah Tatum mati. Dwayne jadi komandan dan ceritanya tambah seru. Satu per satu tokoh cool nan unik muncul. Mulai dari unit Joe nya, maupun musuhnya. Trus yang paling seru lagi tuh pas presiden 8 negara nuklir diundang konferensi. Di bagian situ gue kayak ngebayangin gimana ya kalo nanti negara-negara ini beneran ngeluncurin nuklirnya trus perang lagi. Uuuu seru gasih???

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The Living Plan

Real life is just a couple of years away. Setelah lulus, dapet kerja dan punya penghasilan sendiri, baru deh tuh dimulai kehidupan yang sebenarnya.

Kemaren pas lagi kuliah Bauran Promosi: Hard Sell, dosen gue si Mbak Anne nanyain ke kelas, pada udah punya rencana keuangan buat nanti atau belum. Gue, yang kebetulan rencana 'hedon' nya udah setengah mateng, gak bisa tinggal diam dan akhirnya ngebeberin semuanya.

Nah karena udah terlanjur go public, jadi sebelum rencana agung mahakarya gue itu ditiru orang lain, gue mau patenin plan gue itu di blog ini. Dan ini juga sekalian buat bapak gue nih, biar besok-besok gausah nanya-nanya lagi dan ketar ketir lagi kalo gue mau beli apartemen.

So Dad, here's my plan.

Buy A Matic Bike

The first baby step! Berubung gue gak ngeliat adanya prospek transport umum jadi lebih baik, yaudeh mending gue beli motor aja ya gak sih?

Buy A Satellite House

Udah nabung agak banyakan, saatnya gue beli rumah buat investasi. Tapi gak langsung rumah gede di tengah kota juga sih. Gue mau cari rumah murah di daerah pinggiran Jakarta, yang agak pedalaman lika-liku seluk-beluk gitu. Tapi nih, gue gak akan tinggal disitu -gamau, mama :'( Itu rumah bakalan gue kontrakin buat banyakin tabungan gue. At least gue punya tanah gitu kan, in case of unexpected things.

Buy The Place of My Dream: The Apartment

Selang beberapa taun, tabungan makin banyak, it's time to move to the place I've been longing to stay at. The place where my Dad is so against about. Kyaaaahahahaaaaaargghh gara gara F.R.I.E.N.D.S nih ah! Sumpah salahin mereka gue jadi pengen banget bangetan tinggal di apartemen!

Buy A Car

Tempat tinggal udah punya, transport udah punya, saatnya aktualisasi diri dengan membeli sebuah Mini Cooper. Ih lucu gak sih? Keluar apartemen trus ke kantor di daerah Senayan atau Blok M atau Pancoran pake Mini?? KABULKAN IMPIAN INI YA RABB.

Buy A Bigger, Settled House In Town

Udah tajir nih ceritanya, trus udah puas gitu menggila membabi buta di apartemen, saatnya move on ke tempat tinggal yang lebih manusiawi dan lebih mapan. Itu si rumah satelit mau dijual kek, mau masih tetep dikontrakin kek, atau dibikin kos kosan kek, biar diriku di masa depan yang menentukan.

Cool gak sih rencana gue? Kata Mbak Anne sih canggih haha. Emang sih kesannya foya-foya banget beli motor iya, beli rumah iya, apartemen iya, mobilnya mahal pula. Tapi yaa gapapa deh ya, toh nanti gaji gue kan tak terhingga (AMIN ALLAH!!) jadi ngayal dikit gapapa kan?

Now Dad, what do you think?

It's not that I don't think well about my future.

I do consider every single details I possibly meet, but

I just want a more challenging life