I'm not fitting in

kerjaku sekarang sama spt rata2 kerjaanku sblmnya. sama dlm artian, aku cukup enjoy apa yg ada. bedanya, i make friends with various characters and wiser adaptation. i get knowledge more than before and i make money higher everytime. tapi aku tetep merasa ada yang kurang pas. ini bukan tempatku. aku merasa ada tangga lagi yg harus kunaiki. ada tempat lain yang harus kutuju. aku gak berhenti disini. aku gak boleh berhenti disini.

bukannya aku gak puas. bygkan kita mendaki sebuah gunung yg blm pernah kita datangi. setiap kalinya kaki melangkah naik makin tinggi ke bukit. tiap kalinya kita menoleh kebelakang, kita tau kalo tempat kita skrg dah lebih tinggi dari sblmnya. tp selain itu, kita tau kl ini bukan tujuan akhir. ini cuma pos perhentian sementara. itu yg kurasakan. meskipun aku gak tau mana puncaknya, tp aku tau aku harus naik dan naik lagi. seperti pengalamanku meraih puncak Semeru. aku kecapekan, aku ngomel, aku stress dan aku nangis. MANA PUNCAKNYA?!! so that i can stop, relax and enjoy.

I'm always longing a giant leap. one step that will bring me 5 or 6 stairs above. kpn ya datangnyaaaa???

Lombok, Maret 6-9, 2008

It's a long holiday since it's Nyepi or Tahun Baru Saka(Caka) 1930 for Hindhu people, we went to Lombok from Bali by ferry. All 11 persons rode 6 motorcycles. First day to Pantai Kuta. Second day we directed to Gili Islands and stayed for 2 days. We snorkeled, rode bicycle around the island (no motor vehicle allowed there) and had fun. After a minor accident (one of us got hit and gave her a broken finger), we managed to went home safely at 00.00 on Sunday.

While snorkeling around the Gilis, we got stunk by many tiny jelly-fish. it was like hundreds of them floating around the surface. and it made me loosing my interest. i swam and snorkeled only for few minutes and went up to the boat almost all of the time. The rocks and fish are half from what i saw in Padang Bay. The view of surrounding mountains are similar to what i found in South Borneo. The food are the same with Seminyak. The hotels are the same with Legian. One thing i like is the horse transportation, called CIDOMO. In total, i will give score to Gili Islands = 7. But i enjoy the trip quite much. Won't mind to go there again.

While for Lombok, it's a small and quite island. Mataram itself is well-known as "City with Thousand Mosques". You can find a mosque every 1 kilometer. There's a lot of dogs too. Moslem is the dominant religion. In Nyepi Day, balinese people there do the same ritual. They blocked the entrance of "gang" and "kampung". And the did Ogoh-Ogoh ceremony as well.

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Sambal Matah Bali dan Sambal Dabu-dabu Manado

Perbedaan dari keduanya yg mendasar adalah serei, tomat dan cara pengirisan. keduanya juga tidak memakai bawang putih dan gula, hanya sesuai selera.

sambal matah bali tidak memakai tomat dan semua bahan diiris kasar dan halus, serta memakai serei ato jeruk sambal/purut. cara pembuatan sambal matah bali.

sambal dabu-dabu manado menggunakan tomat sebagai bahan campuran yang kesemuanya diiris berbentuk dadu2 kecil, sehingga manis diliat. Lombok yang dipakai pun beragam warna, spt lombok merah kecil dan lombok ijo kecil. sehingga sambal dabu-dabu tampak menarik dgn berbagai warna. rasa tomat pun memberi sentuhan segar. tomatnya pun pilihan, khusus tomat merah segar yg biasa digunakan u/ juice. sambal ini tidak memakai serei atopun jeruk sambal.

Cara pembuatan sambal dabu-dabu manado
bahan: 1 buah tomat yg sudah dibuang bijinya, 6 lombok kecil merah dan hijau, 6 siung bawang merah, gula seujung sendok teh (sesuai selera, kl tidak suka, boleh tidak pakai), garam 1/4 sdt, penyedap dan minyak sayur.

cara: potong semua bahan berbentuk dadu2 kecil, lalu beri minyak sayur, dan diaduk. Sambal siap dihidangkan.

Fried Mujair with Sambal Matah

Note: Sambal matah itu sambal mentah. Khas dari Bali. Berikut step2 persiapan menu:

1. Cara membuat Sambal Matah:
irisan/rajangan kecil dari lombok 3 biji, bawang merah 5 siung, bwg putih 1/2 siung, garam, penyedap dicampur jadi 1 dikasih minyak sayur. kl suka dikasih serei yang dirajang halus, ato percikan jeruk sambal. Sambal dah jadi. Gak usah diuleg ato digoreng.

2. Mujair ato ikan segar lainnya spt Gurami, direndam dgn sejumput garam dan air jeruk nipis selama minimal 15 menit. Guna menghilangkan amis. Lalu digoreng kering ato dibakar.

3. Ikan yg sudah diolah, disiapkan diatas piring yang sudah diberi nasi panas. Siram sambal matah keatas ikan.

4. Menu siap dilahap habis, sambil pedas2 keasikan.

WUENAAAKK!!!

Toya Bungkah Hot Spring

Minggu pagi jam 7 aku membangunkan anton u/ berendam air hangat di pemandian. Entrance fee 50 rb/org, include welcome drink, breakfast, towel dan pemakaian fasilitas. Mulanya aku g tahan panasnya air saat kaki dan badanku masuk ke kolam. disitu ada 3 kolam, 2 diantaranya air panas, dan 1'nya kolam dingin. Ada juga area camping ground dgn harga sewa 250 rb (kurang jelas per org/tenda), lengkap dgn tenda dan matras. Semahal itu mungkin krn view yg WWUAAHH.. dan tambahan fasilitas lain.

Setelah 1 jam berendam, kami jalan2 disekitar area, photo2 dan pesan sarapan. Lalu kita renang2 di kolam dingin, rendam lg di kolam panas sampe jam 10. Kembali ke penginapan, early lunch, beres2 dan jam 12 beranjak plg DPS tiba jam 2. Sbnrnya bisa lebih cepat, tp kita ambil jalur yg ternyata lebih jauh, yaitu lewat Bangli, dimana shrsnya bisa lewat Tegalalang ato Tapaksiring tembus Ubud.

Kintamani - Toya Bungkah (Hot Spring)

Sampelah kita di penginapan yg sering anton pake bersama tmn2 GMSI sblmnya. Sewa 40 ribu, plus 10 rb kl include breakfast nasgor. Lovina namanya kl g salah. persis didepan pemandian air panas Toya Bungkah, tinggal nyebrang jalan kecil. View depan kamar adalah Gunung Abang, sebelah timur danau Kintamani. Penginapan itu juga ada restorannya. Menu andalan, yg kami pesan 2x buat mkn mlm n siang, adalah Fried Mujair with Sambal Matah khas Bali seharga 13 rebu. Penginapan itu punya 3 anjing kintamani cewek, badannya kekar2. G pernah dimandiin krn mereka suka turun ke danau u/ mandi sendiri dan makan ikan2 kecil yg terdampar. Aku suka anjing kecilnya, yg lsg men"dempet" manja dipunggungku.

Bedugul - Kintamani

Bedugul, februari 9.
Denpasar- bedugul naik motor less than 1,5 hours. lewat mengwi, luruss aja jalannya dgn petunjuk arah yg jelas. brkt sabtu jam 9 pagi, di bedugul bawah kita berhenti mkn bakso sambil potret2 pinggir danau. trus ke bedugul atas byr u/2 org plus motor 17 rb. cuma 30 menit disitu, kita lsg ke kintamani. nekat dgn berbekal peta dari brosur suatu hotel di legian.



Kintamani, feb 9-10.
nah dr bedugul ke kintamani ini yg jauh. bisa dari singaraja ato balik ke ubud. also >1,5 jam. petunjuknya lewat tapaksiring, eh nyasar lewat tegalalang luruss tiba2 dah sampe kintamani. masuk area byr 4rb/org. kena sial mkn buffet total 151 ribu. kapok dah! yg mahal viewnya restoran kali? next kita turun ke danau dibawah u/cari penginapan krn kabut dah turun jam 2 siang itu.


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Things I like about Bali

1. Food:

• sambal matah
• ikan bakar
• sate ikan/sate lilit ikan
• ayam betutu

2. Landscape and Tourist Attraction

• pantai2nya
• cafe2 dan resto2nya
• gunung2 dan danau2nya
• pura2nya

3. Activity

• canoeing, diving, snorkeling
• festival Ogoh-Ogoh
• art market
• keramaian Pantai Kuta

4. Dogs
5. IT work and Tourism

Condolence to a friend

Suddenly at 9 am on Monday i got sad news that my friend's baby has passed away. She was just 2 months old beautiful baby. she was their first child. i went to their house with the other friends right away. it was all men there. so i went inside to meet his wife who i don't know much. not knowing what to say, i hugged her and rubbed her hair. hoping that keeping her in conversation will make her not cry for temporary, i asked and said few things delicately. then i stepped outside to meet my friend, the father. he said that he couldn't believe it. they were playing with the baby the other morning and she suddenly got fever.. and the next few hours..died. at hospital.

Death is everywhere. i mean it happens so naturally, so quick, and no exception. Before, on Sunday me, anton and ciko went to vet clinic for ciko having his 3rd vaccine. we wait outside the doctor's room who was examining a big white dog -seemed like kintamani- covered in a thick blanket. Then the dog brought outside to its owner car. while i thought that the dog was heavily sick, its actually dead. The clinic staff said that the doctor had'nt done anything yet when it's brought inside and died.

Back to my friend's baby. This morning the baby was cremated since they are Chinese family. When i was with the mother on the first day, i was going to tell my experience too. How my grandparents died and i wasn't there; when my dogs died and i was so sorry not there again. Feels like they had been kidnapped from me; feels that your heart had been taken away just like that. How i think that it's what is called Death, and like it or not, we must accept. And how i curse death. But i held my tongue cause i didn't think its the right time to say. Well... Nothing to say then.

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