Fruit Salad with Strawberry Dressing January 26, 2012

I really likes the fruit salad in “P” restaurant so much, so I decided to make one. I’ve never sure with what was I do, so I didn’t put a high expectation on this cooking time.

 

After googling, I got a recipe of salad dressing which I like. Unfortunately, when I went to the mart, the ingredients I needed isn’t that complete. So I just went with my feeling, at least. I bought melon, strawberries, apples, jelly powder, yoghurt, honey, and lime juice. That night, my mom’s kitchen was being the witness of my SALAD EXPERIMENT, haha…

 

For me, the most important step in on the dressing. I was going to make strawberry dressing, so I put the yoghurt, strawberries, honey, and lime juice into the blender. With the fruits and jelly which I’ve prepared before, the last step was just to arrange the fruits and jelly in the dish then pour the dressing on that. This is it!! Tadaaaa…….

 

My Fruit Salad with Strawberry Dressing

 

My evaluation about this salad:

1. The yoghurt shouldn’t be the liquid one, but better to use the cream so the texture can be more interesting.
2. Because of the dressing might be sort of acidic due to the yoghurt, use the proper amount of sugar when make the jelly so the sweet taste can balance the acidity.
3. Use different color of fruit can make the salad have a good appearance.

 

I’ll make the better one next time

 

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Je Ireumeun JangMi-imnida January 21, 2012

“My name is JangMi” – that’s how it’s translated. I earned that name from JooYoung eonni and EumJeong eonni, the students of Seoul Women’s University. To know the story, check the previous post

 

#Presently, my posts mostly talk about Korea. Hmm…#

 

“JangMi” means “rose”, or “mawar” in bahasa. I don’t know why they gave that name to me, perhaps my beauty can be compared with a flower like rose? Hahaha… But all in all, jeongmal gomawoyo eonnideul

 

JangMi wrote in Hangeul (Korean letter)

Previously, I was thinking they’d named me SaeByeok because I told them that my name – Dini – in Bahasa means early, according to the time I was born in dawn or early morning. That’s why I anticipated the Saebyeok name, because as long as I know Saebyeok in Korean means dawn. But I think they’re considering the better name for me. JangMi. Heard so nice

 

Gamsahamnida, to gave me such a beautiful name

 

Annyeong haseyo, je ireumeun JangMi-imnida. Manna bangapseumnida…

*Hi, my name is JangMi. Nice to meet you J

 

Love being myself. [diaprilize]

Annyeong :D #Part2 January 21, 2012

MISS INKO at IPB

 

Little bit not up-to-date, but I’d just going to post it

 

It was Sunday and already the day of Miss INKO farewell party. Really sad because this time is the first time I could interact with them that close. Miss INKO seems to be a regular activity of Soeul Women’d University and that was my third time to meet the Korea students. Moreover, I got a kind hearted friend like JooYoung eonni. I was not going to let it just like that, so I decided to give JooYoung eonni a little gift. It was only a agenda book and a coin purse, both having a batik motive. I gave it to her at the farewell night. Unexpected, she seemed very touched with that. How could I received her thankfulness?

Me and JooYoung-eonni

That night, Miss INKO performed Indonesian song “Karena Cinta” with an angklung ensemble. They performed it well, really. They also performed “Rolly Polly” dance, a K-Pop song from T-Ara girlband. That was a twist, and we enjoyed it so much . But after the happy performances, it became a blue atmosphere. Some was crying, and I was almost to cried.

Miss INKO performed angklung

 

On Monday, I bumped with Miss INKO in corridor. They were just back from walking in Bara, the street beside my campus. Joo Young eonni asked me to visit them in dorm. That’s why after finishing my necessity in my department I headed to the dorm. I had nice talk with JooYoung eonni, HanGyeong, HeeYeon, and also DaIm. Unexpected, JooYoung eonni gave a little present too. I didn’t know what to say except how grateful I was. What she gave is even more valuable than mine.

Memento from JooYoung-eonni

 

That was nice to know such a kind persons like them. Hope I can visited them in Seoul someday

 

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Annyeong :D #part1 January 21, 2012

MISS INKO was at IPB

Little bit not up-to-date, but I’d just going to post it

Last week, my campus being visited by Seoul Women’s University students. There was 10 of them, named Miss INKO (Indonesia-Korea), came from Korea to IPB for about a week, since Jan 10^th to 16^th 2012. Even they already in IPB since Tuesday, I just able got the chance to greeted them in Friday. It was because of the Miss INKO got scheduled to meet and greet with IPB art extracurricular group, which was the choir group – Agria Swara, and also the traditional art grup – Gentra Kaheman. I am still a member of Gentra Kaheman, so I could meet them, hehe…

 

Unfortunately,  that morning I didn’t my camera so I can’t bring out the documentation. I’ll find from my friend later. That morning, I had a conversant with some of the Miss INKO. I can’t recall all of their name, both their Korean name or their Indonesian name, but I can only remember several of them: Lee Joo Young (Zjoya), Lee Han Gyeong (Lucy), Lee Hee Yeon (Sylvia), Tak Da Im, Park Eum Jeong (Anisa), and Yeon Hyeo Jin (Irene). There was also several that I remember only their Indonesian name: Ayu and Jamilla. For the remain two, really sorry I couldn’t recall your name but surely I remember your face…

 

We introduced Angklung, the Sundanese traditional music instrument, to them. We also asked them to have a try on play Angklung and singing in Indonesian song. That was really interesting to see how I explain angklung to one of them hesitantly, hehe… Really need to improve my language abilities, both in English and Bahasa. Perhaps I have to learn how to speak Korean too, hehe… Oh, we also performed our traditional dances and song.

 

The meet and greet just occurred until 11.30am. We lead them off to their dorm in Asrama Internasional IPB. After that, I just came back to my department to meet my friends happily. Really a great experiences to got a chance to have a conversation with foreigner, also to introduced them our traditional culture.

 

While I was chatting with my friends in Metro – that’s how we call our sitting place –, unpredictably one of my friend shouted, “Dini, is that the Korean that you just met this morning?” (note: she said it in Bahasa, of course). I turned my head and yes, there they was. I greeted them. Fortunately they remember me. One of them even grabbed my hand and dragged me with them, hahaha… She was Lee Joo Young, or Joo Young eonni, that’s how I called her. She called me “dongsaeng”.“Eonni” means older sister and “dongsaeng” means younger, that was Joo Young eonni taught me in the morning. In fact, they’re headed to Culinary Lab that was near to Metro, so I just followed them. They’re going to cook 2 kinds of Korean food -  Kimchi Jeon and some kind of noodle (again, I can’t remember the name). They also woud have a taste of Indonesian gado-gado. I was really happy for that unexpected luck. Fortunately I haven’t get my lunch, hahaha…

 

The next day they’re going to Bogor Botanical Garden, but because of the situation I couldn’t be there

 

To be continued…

 

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Istana = Palace June 17, 2011

Yesterday, me and my family went to Bogor Presidential Palace. It’s a special event, because the palace only open for public a week in a year, only in June. There was really crowded there, which indicated the high public enthusiastic.

The Istana Open held from June 13th-21st 2011. You have to registered yourself first a week earlier. It’s all free of charge. You can choose the day and time you want to go in. On the day and you’ve chosen, you have to came 30 minutes earlier to re-registration and you’ll get a ticket. They also will give a mark on your hand.

Oh, by the way, you have to wear a formal and polite clothes. Sandal is not allowed, also if you bring a bag. Camera is forbidden too. You are not allowed to take a picture inside the palace area. You’ll enter the palace in a big group. Before you enter the palace, there is a standard metal detector. You have to queue.

Because of camera is forbidden inside, I will just describe how’s the inside. The dominant color of this building is white, with a lot of European touch because Indonesia was colonized by Dutch people before we proclaimed our independent day. There so many large-sized handmade painting there, also the human statue with the real scale, mostly about women. We also can see the “Kaca Seribu Bayangan” or “A Thousand Reflections Mirror” inside. It’s a pair of mirrors, positioned facing one another so we can see like it’s a thousand amount of our reflections. The mirror’s pretty large, about 1.5×3 meter square.

In the palace garden, you can also see a lot of deers grazing peacefully. The deers in one of the icon of this palace. There also a beautiful garden pool with floating lotus.
One thing I’ve regret from the day was that no clear instruction to the public visitor. I think it would be better if the event committee say clearly about what we can and can not do inside the palace area. I saw some camera activated and the tour was not arrange settled much. I also could take my mom’s picture inside the area. Could it be marked OK?

Although I have some complaints, Bogor Presidential Palace definitely a beautiful place to go. Hope next year it’s gonna be better. If you in Bogor, come to the palace will give you a new experience. In the ordinary day you can see the deers from the fence and feed them some carrots. They’ll like you, hehe..

 

Know your country, love your country. [diaprilize]

2PM HOTTEST? June 17, 2011

It’s about 2 weeks ago. Thank’s to my little sister, I became such a kPop lover. The group I like is 2PM, hahaha… They’re entertain me so much. And then I started to look for their last mini album, titled STILL 2PM. I browsed the internet, then found a store who still sale it. I decided to do a online shopping. So I contacted the store to make a transaction.

After a week, the album I’ve ordered arrived. Thank you postman ^^

STILL 02:00pm

I listen to the songs carefully and I love it. I also displayed the CD pack on a corner in my room, and it suited well, haha…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday, their new album “HANDS UP” was released. I thought about buy the album, but I abolished that. For buy the mini album I’ve spent my money about 200.000 rupiahs. My saving box’s going to be drained. I have to spend my money wiser. Maybe STILL 2PM will be the first and last kPop album I buy, hahaha… At least I know how it feel to have a kPop album my own :p

Love being myself. [diaprilize]

What’s Your Native Language? June 17, 2011

Artinya kurang lebih “apa bahasa asalmu?”, atau “ente sehari-hari ngomong pake bahasa apa?”

 

Penggunaan bahasa bisa dibilang sebagai suatu fenomena yang universal. Coba bayangkan, ada berapa banyak bahasa yang digunakan di dunia ini. Banyaknya jumlah bahasa yang ada salah satunya bisa jadi karena bahasa itu merupakan suatu kesepakatan umum yang sifatnya suka-suka atau arbitrary.

 

Sedikit mengutip makalah yang gw buat bersama beberapa teman tentang pengajaran bahasa waktu semester 3 lalu dengan mengacu dari berbagai sumber, gw coba jelasin dulu tentang bahasa ibu dan bahasa kedua.

 

Bahasa pertama (bahasa asli, bahasa ibu; secara harafiah mother tongue dalam bahasa Inggris) adalah bahasa yang mula-mula sekali dikuasai oleh seseorang sejak dia masih kanak-kanak yaitu sebelum dia mempelajari bahasa asing atau bahasa kedua. Orangnya disebut penutur asli dari bahasa tersebut. Biasanya seorang anak belajar dasar-dasar bahasa pertama dari keluarga mereka.

 

Istilah bahasa kedua atau second language digunakan untuk menggambarkan bahasa-bahasa apa saja yang penguasaannya dimulai setelah masa anak-anak awal (early childhood), termasuk bahasa ketiga atau bahasa-bahasa lain yang dipelajari kemudian. Bahasa-bahasa yang dipelajari ini disebut juga dengan bahasa target (target language).

 

Nah, sebagai warga negara Indonesia, tentulah kita sehari-hari pakai bahasa Indonesia, betul? Sebagian ada juga yang mengombinasikannya dengan bahasa daerah masing-masing. Berarti bisa dibilang itulah bahasa pertama kita.

 

Di rumah gw sendiri, kami memakai bahasa Indonesia sebagai sarana komunikasi, malah sering dicampur-campur dengan berbagai bahasa daerah, seperti bahasa Sunda (mengacu pada tempat tinggal), bahasa Jawa (mengacu pada suku asal), dan bahasa Ambon (mengacu pada tempat kelahiran).

 

Terkadang kalau lagi kambuh, malah suka pakai bahasa asing dengan sangat kacrut dari segi penggunaan. Paling sering bahasa Inggris sih, walau penggunaannya cuma sekitar 0.1%.

 

Belakangan adinda tercinta lagi menularkan virus korea, jadi sedikit-sedikit nyeplos juga, walau cuma kata macem “annyeonghaseyo” sama “kamsahamnida”. Atau bahasa Jepang kayak “ohayo gozaimasu”, “arigatou”, atau “aishiteru”, hahaha…
*emang sebatas 5 kata itu yang gw tau*

 

Dunia sendiri dewasa ini terasa semakin sempit. Mau ke Eropa tinggal naek pesawat, tidur, transit, sampe deh. Mau ke Amerika, tinggal check-in, take-off, landing, selesai. Mau ke Singapura, tinggal ngedip. Dengan sarana transportasi yang kian maju dan mobilitas yang makin tinggi, dunia serasa dalam genggaman (baiklah, gw akui ini lebay).

 

Dulu waktu jaman masih SD, inget banget tuh kalau ada bule lewat pasti langsung bisik-bisik ke temen sebelah sambil mata ngekor dan tangan ngulur ke dompet bule itu (loh?). Sekarang, liat orang asing ternyata udah ga memberikan passion yang sama. Jadi pemandangan biasa. Banyak bertebaran. Sepuluh ribu dapat tiga (koq?). Pokoknya, bukan hal aneh kalau banyak orang asing seliweran.

 

Karena alasan di atas pula, kampus gw beberapa kali dapet kunjungan dari luar negeri dan secara kebetulan gw hadir di sana. *bukan, bukan buat nyopet!*

 

Gw inget sekali ada di acara malam persahabatan mahasiswa asing di IPB, gw agak melongo waktu menyadari ternyata di kampus gw banyak juga orang luarnya. Mulai dari yang putih, yang hidungnya mancung, yang sedikit gelap, yang matanya sipit. Gw juga pernah accidentally ketemu tamu dari Jepang sama Korea. Dan karena bahasa Inggris kami, yang direncanakan menjadi bahasa komunikasi utama, ternyata sama-sama standar, maka bahasa tubuh menjadi favorit. Horray…!!!

 

Karena hal itulah, maka gw terdorong untuk belajar bahasa asing, senggaknya bahasa Inggris little little I can lah yah. Jadi, untuk seterusnya, gw akan mencoba posting dengan bahasa Inggris. Kalau ada yang salah, silakan diketawain dengan syarat memberi tahu pembenarannya. Wokeh??

 

Okelahkalaubegitu, hope you all guys have a great weekend then.
Ciao..!!

Love being myself. [diaprilize]

Vakuummm T_T June 17, 2011

Lama sekali ga posting tulisan apa-apa, sekarang malah banyak banget yang ingin di-posting. Hope you guys enjoy ^o^

Best regards. [diaprilize]

I Am 21 Now! And This Is My Team! April 8, 2011

Sebelumnya, terima kasih banyak untuk semua teman dan kerabat yang ingat hari lahir gw.

Menyadur perkataan seorang teman, “tua itu pasti, dewasa itu pilihan”. Dan gw memilih untuk tumbuh dewasa, tidak hanya menjadi tua.

I’m just 21st. Kemarin, 7 April, ialah hari gw mengulang tahun. Tepatnya sekitar jam 2 dini hari WIB, atau jam 4 dini hari WIT, karena gw lahir di belahan waktu Timur.

Nama gw DINI APRILIA. Dini mengacu pada waktu kelahiran gw, dini hari, dan juga tanggal lahir gw yang terhitung masih awal bulan. Aprilia, merujuk ke bulan lahir gw dengan diberi imbuhan “ia”, yang terinspirasi dari dua huruf terakhir kata “mulia”. Jadi arti nama gw kurang lebih “dini hari di awal april yang mulia”.

7 April tahun ini rasanya menyenangkan, apalagi mengingat ulang tahun gw tahun 2010 yang sedikit suram. Bukan, bukan karena gw menghabiskan hari itu sendirian atau ga ada ucapan selamat yang gw terima. Hari itu teman-teman gw mengucap selamat, peluk cium, keluarga berkumpul, makan-makan, hadiah dari ibunda, ayahanda, adinda, dan saudara. Bukan, mereka semua hadir di sana, dengan senyum dan riang. Yang membuat suram adalah kenyataan yang gw dapat sekitar seminggu sebelum ulang tahun itu. Ah, sudahlah lupakan hal sedih, mari kita bergembira tahun ini.

Tahun ini, seharian gw habiskan bareng teman-teman. Makan bareng, trus foto studio. Labil abis deh, kayak jaman SMA dulu, hahaha…

kamilah mahasiswi labil

Senang sekali menghabiskan hari dengan teman-teman tersayang, apalagi setelah paginya dapet kecupan sayang dari ibunda, ayahanda, dan adinda tercinta.

 

Sayangnya beberapa teman berhalangan bertemu, jadi makin kangen sama mereka. *koq agak ribet ya ngomongnya?*

Overall, terima kasih kepada Allah karena nikmat yang begitu indah. Banyak doa yang gw panjatkan, salah satunya untuk tetap bisa berbahagia bersama keluarga, teman, dan kerabat. Selain itu, doa gw juga agar bisa sehat selalu, supaya semua penyakit menjauh dari gw, keluarga, dan teman-teman.

Doa berikunya tentang kelancaran tugas akhir gw sebagai mahasiswa, skripsi. Dan doa yang selalu jadi favorit gw dan teman-teman: SEMOGA ENTENG JODOH :p

Mari jadi lebih baik ^^ [diaprilize]

Ada Kacang Telornya??? April 6, 2011

Salah satu keinginan gw setiap kali menapaki tempat baru ialah wisata kuliner. Begitu pun saat gw ke Ambon. Dan salah satu kuliner yang beruntung itu ialah ES DAENG. Dari namanya, gw menduga bahwa minuman dingin ini ialah hasil racikan para pendatang dari Bugis – para Daeng. Di saat cuaca di Ambon yang panas melelehkan keringat dari pori-pori gw, kakak sepupu yang baik hati menawarkan akan mentraktir minum es daeng. Dan es daeng pun menjadi laksana air conditioner di hari yang terik itu.

Sekilas gw melihat es daeng ini ga jauh beda dengan es-es campur yang sering gw lahap di Bogor. Namun tentu dengan komposisi yang memberikan variasi bagi lidah. Es Daeng ini isinya ada bubur mutiara, papaya, nangka, kelapa muda, agar-agar, dan bubur sagu yang ditutupi serutan es lalu dikucuri air gula merah dan susu kental manis. Gw menyendoknya sambil berkelakar dalam hati, “oh, nikmatnya duniaaa”. Namun pada sendokan kedua gw terhenti sejenak seraya memandangi sebuah benda coklat dan bulat di sendok es gw.Ragu-ragu, gw masukin ke dalam mulut. Hap. Kriuk, kriuk. Ternyata itu adalah KACANG TELOR saudara-saudari!!!

Gw celingak-celinguk mendapati ada kacang telor nyasar ke gelas es gw. Niatnya mau protes, koq bisa ada kacang telor masuk gelas es, tapi otak gw menyarankan untuk terlebih dulu bertanya ke sepupu gw. Dan jawabannya, “Es ini emang pake kacang telor kali, Din.” Saat itu juga gw bersyukur ga langsung protes ke abang penjualnya.

Biasanya jenis kacang yang gw temukan di bangsa es campur kalo ga kacang merah, ya kacang tanah yang disangrai. Tapi yang ini lebih keren! Kacang telor!

Mungkin suatu saat akan ada es yang komposisi utamanya adalah kacang telor, seperti perluasan dari es kacang merah atau es kacang ijo. Dan gw dengan bangga akan memamerkan segelas es itu sambil berkata, “THIS IS IT! ES KACANG TELOR, dijamin MAKNYUSSS!!!”

Kenali negerimu, cintai negerimu. [diaprilize]

 

NB: Foto menyusul ^^