Makan + Teman

Dua hal yang bisa saya beri tahu tentang diri saya; saya suka foto makanan saya dan juga suka banget foto teman-teman saya diam-diam alias candid. Seringnya saya foto makanan-makanan itu tapi kemudian memutuskan kalau fotonya nggak cukup bagus. Atau kadang lupa dan akhirnya numpuk di laptop. Dan saya selalu suka foto candid. Lebih jujur dan natural aja. Eniwei, postingan ini adalah sedikit kompilasi dari kedua hal itu, walau nggak semuanya diambil secara diam-diam.
   

Serunya makan bareng teman-teman cewek adalah bisa sambil gosip atau curhat. Hahaha. Kecuali waktu makan bareng si gadis berkerudung merah di atas. Waktu itu baru aja nonton Star Wars dan dari duduk di restoran, sambil nunggu makanan dateng, sambil makan, full ngomongin film dan aktor-aktor dengan menggebu-gebu. :)

Besok posting foto untuk minggu ketiga ah...

Idul Fitri 2015

Hai, semuanya. Berhubung ini postingan pertama setelah Idul Fitri, saya mau sekalian minta maaf nih ya kalau ada kata-kata yang kurang berkenan, candaan yang nggak lucu, atau informasi yang nggak tepat di blog saya ini. Seperti biasa, setiap Lebaran saya ketemuan dengan keluarga orang tua yang masing-masing berasal dari Bogor dan Jakarta. Tahun ini lumayan beda, karena yang pertama kami kunjungi keluarga yang di Bogor lebih dulu.

Hei, everyone. Because this is the first post after Idul Fitri, I’d like to apologize for less pleasant words, not so funny jokes, or misinformations in this blog. As usual, every this time of the year, I’ll meet up with family from both of my parents, each of them from Bogor and Jakarta. This year’s a bit different, we visited the one at Bogor first.

 

Senang banget bisa ketemu keponakan saya. Tahun lalu dia masih bayi banget dan sekarang udah hampir setahun, aktif, dan bikin gemes. Sorenya, akhirnya ketemu sepupu saya. Sejak mulai nonton dan suka Game of Thrones, kami baru ketemu lagi jadi otomatis langsung ngomongin series dan teori-teorinya, sebelum dia harus pulang. Sore itu juga kami udah punya rencana untuk makan siang di hari berikutnya. Bahkan udah langsung mendaulat juru masaknya, yang tak lain adalah bibi saya juga. Denger rencananya saya ikutan semangat.

I’m so happy to finally see my nephew again. Last year he was still a baby and now he’s almost one year old, active, and just adorable. That afternoon I finally meet cousin. Since we both watched and liking Game of Thrones, we haven’t met each other so automatically we just kept talking about the series and the theories, before she had to go. And that afternoon we already have a plan for tomorrow’s lunch. Even already appointed the cook, who was none other than my aunt. Just listening to the plan got me excited.

Besoknya makin banyak anggota keluarga yang datang dan kami pun siap-siap makan siang bersama. Disebutnya Cucurak. Saya beberapa kali liat foto orang makan bersama kayak gini, tapi belum pernah ngalamin langsung. Makanan berupa nasi dan segala lauk pauknya (jangan lupa sambalnya) ditaruh di atas daun pisang, dan kami pun makan bersama-sama. Kebayang dong serunya? Walau udah makan banyak pun, ngeliat yang lain masih makan jadi terus-terusan lanjutin makan. Haha.
The next day even more family members showed up and we were getting ready to have lunch together. It’s called ‘Cucurak’ in Sundanese. I’ve seen some photos of this, but never be a part of one. Meals consist of rice and all the side dishes (don’t forget the hot and spicy sauce / sambal!) put on some sheets of banana leaves, and we enjoyed it all together. Can you imagine how fun that was? Even though I was full, seeing the others still grabbing and eat some more made me do the same. Haha.
   

And moving on to the next town.....

Di libur Lebaran tahun ini belum ketemu banyak sepupu dari keluarga Mama. Berhubung nggak bawa mainan, sorenya saya dan sepupu-sepupu cewek pergi ke mall dan nonton Ant-Man. Kocak banget filmnya, saya terhibur. Terus malamnya saya dicekokin nonton reality show Korea. Besoknya pada pulang ke rumah masing-masing deh... Begitulah.

In this year’s Idul Fitri’s holiday I haven’t met a lot of cousins from my mother’s side. We didn’t have or bring toys or card games to play, so that afternoon me and my girl cousins went to the mall to see Ant-Man. It was a really funny movie, I feel really entertained. Then that night my cousin made me watched this Korean reality show. The next day we’re already off to our own home... That was it.

 

Beberapa waktu lalu saya ngutak-ngatik blog ini, maksudnya mau nambahin opsi ‘reply’ di komen, tapi gagal. Akhirnya saya pakai widget Disqus supaya bisa pake fitur reply. Berhasil sih nambahin widget ini, tapi komen yang pernah ada di sini jadi hilang... :( Yah emang dikit sih komennya, tapi tetep aja sebel. Jadi, kalau habis baca postingan yang mana aja di blog ini, jangan lupa komen ya. Hehehe. Terus ini lagi Flickr, pilihan untuk share dengan HTML code yang biasa saya pakai hilang begitu aja. Jadi saya harus pakai embed code. Saya nggak suka tapi terpaksa pakai, karena belum nemu solusinya. Kenapa harus ngilangin opsi yang sebenernya baik-baik aja sih?

A while back I messed around on this blog, trying to add the ‘reply’ feature in the comment section, but failed. So I use Disqus widget so I can use that feature. I successfully added the widget, but I lost all the old comments... :( Well there’s not much but it’s still such a bummer. So, after you read any post from this blog, please leave a comen. Hehehe. And now Flickr eliminates the HTML code sharing option that I usually use. So I have to use the embed code. I really don’t like this but I use it anyway, cause I haven’t found the solution. Why they should eliminates this option which was clearly fine?

Ada yang tahu gimana supaya saya bisa pakai HTML code Flickr lagi? Dan, ada yang lihat blue moon di akhir bulan Juli? Indah banget ya bulannya. Sampai postingan berikutnya!

Anyone knows how to use the Flickr HTML code sharing? Also, did anyone see the blue moon at the end of July? It was super beautiful. Until the next post!

Photo Mess

Omg I prepared so many photos I don't even know where to start. Okay... So I can finally use VSCO Cam because I got a new phone. Then I keep hearing about Afterlight and decided to buy the app and now I mainly use it. So. Many. Filters. Although I usually just use the 'Russ' (created by none other than Kevin Russ, whose photographs are such a good thing for the eyes and soul~). Some are from the early days I use these apps so the effect is a bit excessive. Pardon me.

I'm not sure why I only posted some of these photos to my social media account. But that's what this photo mess posts are for, rrrrright? I'm really happy that Flickr has finally work normally for me. For the last few posts I had to use the old uploader. I wonder if the new Camera Roll beta feature has something to do with it. So anyway, here are tons of photos that I edited with VSCO Cam or Afterlight, some of them where intended to be posted to Instagram or Path, some of them where edited because I was just passing time, and I just don't have the heart to delete them. I'm such a picture hoarder.
   
Here are some from works. Our office pet and mascot, Burhan the owl, died after suffering from a mysterious sickness. One afternoon he just couldn't stand on his own feet anymore. The keeper brought him to the vet, got some pills, and then shortly he was already gone. It was sad. He is now replaced by a smaller owl and most of us refused to call it by any other name, so she's another Burhan. I'd like to think that her full name is 'Burhan II'. Sometimes we (me and the other three girls) made some dinner at the office. Just some simple dishes, usually on Friday. It's ridiculous how making something simple were never that simple with them. But it's always fun. Last Valentine we exchanged gifts. We may look like a bunch of pathetic singles, but the fact is the ones who weren't single seems like the most excited.
  Still from work. Sometimes we have lunch at this restaurant nearby our office. But most of the time we had lunch together at the open area at the back of the office. We had pizza for special occasions, usually when it's someone's birthday. So yeah, a lot of pizzas. I don't mind at all. I don't think I can ever get over how much I like pizza. On the other hand, some of my friends kind of sick of it and requested the next birthday dude to order something else than pizza. But then when the time comes and the pizzas were served, no one says no... Hahaha. The first time I watched a movie on IMAX was Interstellar and it was awesome. And then one day I found the key of Erebor...
 
Some flowers from my cousin's wedding. I remember how we were all exhausted and still hungry after that wedding that afternoon. So my aunt made some noodles for us. It was a bit windy. Just sitting there at the small living room of our late grandparent's house, watching TV, enjoying those good ol' and hot noodles felt so good.
   
And even more foods. I didn't realize I took these many photos of my foods. I bought triple chocolate cake for my mother's birthday. It was good but not as good as I expected. And some other from hangouts with friends. When I was with my BFFs, I often able to stay until a little later than usual, talking about just about anything over some meals. Those bottles are just cold tea and soda, by the way.

Wow, it's been a really messy post. I just need to put these photos out here so I don't lose it if something ever happened to my electronic devices. I may also been typing these words with my mind being in some other place. Hahaha. I haven't decide if I want to finish a book or to finish this TV series I've been watching in my free time this weekend. Anyway, have a great weekend, folks!