Bon Appétit

Setelah bongkar-bongkar folder foto yang ada di Dodo, saya nemuin banyak foto makanan. Syok juga ngeliatnya. Ternyata sebanyak ini yang udah saya makan selama ini

Akhirnya jadi pengen nulis tentang makanan yang sudah maupun sering saya makan.

Makanan bukanlah sekedar makanan. Banggalah orang Indonesia yang punya beragam macam makanan dari Pulau We sampe Pulau Rote, mau yang pedes, manis, asem, asin, kecut, dan pahit. Mang ada makanan pahit?

Makanan yang suka makan kalo saya pulang kampung ke Balikpapan yaitu siomay Pak Agus, hehe ini mah jajanan semenjak SMA, biasa mangkal di Lapangan Merdeka, enak lagi kalo minumnya pake es kelapa muda, biasa saya kesana sore-sore, disaat lapangan dipenuhi orang untuk jogging dan membakar kalori, saya malah duduk manis menekuni siomay yang gak pake pare dan tahu.

Nah, malem-malem biasanya saya ngegombalin mama sama bapak saya untuk dianter makan bakso deket SMA saya dulu, di gunung pasir namanya Bakso Smansa, aduh ajib banget daaah.

makanan wajib kalo pulang kampung

Nah, ini menu favorit saya kalo lebaran, ada buras yaitu semacam ketupat, tapi kayak lontong, loh?maksudnya kayak lontong buatnya, ini khas Bugis, ada dua jenis buras biasa yang dari beras sama buras ketan, biasa dimakan sama sambel goreng, sambel bajak, ada juga ketupat, dan kerupuk, dan lauk-lauk lainnya kayak kari ayam, opor, tapi ga ada gambarnya nah kalo kepedesan enaknya ngunyah kismis.

Tapi emang sih, saya bener-bener orang Indonesia, hehe, prinsipnya ga bisa makan kalo gak pake nasi dan sambel. Hmm….

makanan lebaran

Kalo di Makassar, makanan apa yang mesti dicoba? Nah tergantung sikon dan kondisi kantong, biasa sih saya kalo mau mangkal sambil ngobrol liat pantai suka ke warung eh gak warung ding gede gitu, tempatnya namanya Bakso Sentosa, bisa mesen macem-macem kok gak bakso aja, ada juga mie kering atau biasa disebut mie titi, ini semacam mie yang kering terus disiram kuah kanji terus dikasih daging, sayur, dan asesoris sea food lainnya.

Nah, biasa kalo saya jalan, terus kebelet makan (bukan pipis aja yang bisa kebelet)biasa kita suka beli kebab turki yang biasa dilewatin kalo kita jalan-jalan di MTC, selain itu kalo mau makan murah dan lumayan banyak pilihannya saya suka makan di solaria, hehe, lumayanlah, makanannya lumayan, ada mie ayam, kwetiaw, ato corbe bleu (gini ga sih tulisannya?)lumayanlah, ada ayam dengan isi keju leleh,. Selain itu, kalo habis jalan-jalan di benteng Fort Rotterdam, saya ma temen-temen suka mangkal di kampung Popsa, makanan favorit yaitu Iga sapi mercon, hehe, tapi gak pedes-pedes banget kayak oseng-oseng mercon di Jogja. Bisa juga mesen pisang goreng keju sama ice cream, pemandangannya bagus soalnya langsung ngadep laut dan bisa liat orang-orang yang habis jalan-jalan dari Pulau Kayangan.

mie titi,corbe bleu,mbak-mbak bikin kebab,iga mercon

Tuh kaaaan, jadi laper

Bergembira di Pantai Bira..ala Backpacker

Berhubung ujian udah pada kelar pas bulan desember, secara mendadak dan hasil celetukan akhirnya saya dan empat teman saya memutuskan untuk liburan ke Bira, padahal sih rencananya sama temen-temen angkatan yang lain mau ke Tana Toraja, aduh kan malu ya, kuliah di Makassar ampe tahun ketiga belum nginjak Tana Toraja, sedangkan yang jauhnye naik pesawat udah didatengin, yo wis, berhubung harga tiket bis ke Tana Toraja lagi tinggi-tingginya (naik 40% bo!) dalam rangka natal dan tahun baru, akhirnya kita memutuskan ke Pantai Bira di kabupaten Bulukumba.

Kita ke sana ala mahasiswa-lah yaa, ke terminal, dan nyari mobil murah yang kita tawar pake urat sama kernetnya, akhirnya dapet deh 50-rebu ke Bira, di perjalanan,saya dan tiga orang temen saya yang duduk di belakang, bener terguncang fisik nan psikologis, apalagi jalan ke Bira-nya yang bener-bener jauh, sekitar lima jam-an lah, rata abis deh pantat.

Saya juga nelpon senior saya yang emang orang asli ini dan minta referensi hotel murah nan bagus, hehe, dia kasitau beberapa hotel yang bagus dan ngasih tips kalau cari hotel, cari yang airnya lancar. Tapi karena masukan dari temen saya yang katanya sering ke Bira akhirnya kita nyewa pondok yang ada deket pantai, pertama sih dari luar bagus, pas udah masuk, hah, taunya cuma ada dua kamar tidur kotor, satu kamar mandi, dengan tempat tidur yang bener-bener seadanya, ya udahlah ga papa lagian lumayanlah 100.000/malam, mari mandi. Eh taunya ga ada air!!!padahal si yang punya pondokan bilang airnya lancar, tiga puluh menit kemudian, dateng dah tuh ibu-ibu paruh baya dorong gerobak dengan lima jerigen besar air, eh buset aja! Alhasil kita semua bikin formasi untuk ngoper tuh air dari tangga,maklum pondoknya rumah panggung, ampe ke bak mandi, sayayang ditunjuk di formasi paling akhir alias yang masukin air ke bak. Aduh, encoklah saya.

Beruntung, sebelum berangkat, saya sempet masak bekal yang lumayan banyak, jadi setelah pada ngos-ngosan angkat air, kita pada ngejogrog, makan rame-rame dari termos pake sendok, haduh, bener-bener liburan ala ransel nih. Habis makan, kita mutusin untuk ngecek ke hotel yang ada di sekitar situ, dan ternyata lumayan lah harganya, main 100-250an rebu, akhirnya kita mutusin untuk ngambil kamar di Bira Beach Hotel yang semalam harganya 200-rebu, pake AC, showernya lancar, dengan dua double bed, lumayan, bisa dibagi lima, jadi masing-masing bayar 40.000, tapi berhubung batasnya empat orang dan kita lima orang maka kena charge sehingga tambah 35.000.

Malemnya kita pulang ke gubuk derita, pada gak ada yang mau tidur di tempat tidur, ya iyalah, sapa yang tahu siapa yang udah tidur disitu, sepreinya gak diganti, sapatau aja orang sebelum kita punya Herpes simplex, atau apa kek hiey…jadinya kita tidur di lantai semua, dengan usaha menghibur diri, besok akan pindah ke hotel yang nyaman, eh di tengah-tengah tidur tuh lampu njegleg, alias loncat aka mati sendiri, gak lama ada suara motor yang mendekat, ternyata si punya pondok, dia naikin lagi tuh sekeringnya, pas dia pergi eh njegleg lagi,,haduuuuh, pokoknya ampe tiga kali dah dia bolak-balik.

Paginya, bangun tidur cuma pipis dan sikat gigi doang langsung buka pintu dan beraksi di teras, huah, di depan pantaaaai, gila..keren abis.

Seharian poto-poto, berenang, masak makan siang di pondok derita, kemudian berenang lagi, dan pindah ke hotel baru, huah,,serasa nginep di Hilton dah, sorean kita berenang lagi ampe puas.

Tips backpacking ke Bira:

1.Kalo mau kesana enaknya rame-rame, biar bisa ditanggung bersama, saya ke sana selama tiga hari dua malem ampe balik lagi bener-bener habis total 200rebu aja, lumayan.

2.Kalo mau cari hotel pas yang depannya pantai, cek airnya, lancar apa gak.

3.Kalo mau hemat, bawa bekal, dan makanan instan, disana apa-apa mahal, maklum, rata-rata pake standar bule, nasi goreng di hotelnya aja yang biasa banget, nasi, telur, dan sedikit dedaunan main 25.000 ke atas, lebih mahal 8rebu dibanding nasi goreng solaria yang udah komplit banget,saya ma temen saya sih ga mesen, cuma nguping si Bule yang mesen di meja sebelah, pas dateng pesanan, asli kita pada nyumpah-nyumpah semua.

4.Di kamar hotel dilarang masak-masak atau nyalain api, tapi kita sih cuek aja, temen saya bawa kompor gas mini tuh, diem-diem kita masak di teras, bener ga bikin kotor kok.

5.Berakrab-akrab ria lah dengan supir yang mengantar ke Bira, dan minta nomer teleponnya, kan ntar untuk balik ke Makassar bisa booking mobilnya lagi, maklum di sana up on request, maksudnya rute mobil ga ampe masuk ke bira, cuma sampe Bulukumba.

6.Kalau mau snorkeling atau diving, bawa duit tambahan buat sewa kapal dan lagi-lagi standar bule, nyeheh…kita sih udah puas guling-gulingan di pasir, tapi rada sirik juga ngeliat bule-bule pake bikini turun dari kapal bawa alat diving.

Oya, kalau mau pengen ngerasain punya pantai, datenglah pas hari kerja, haha, hari itu saya dan temen-temen datengnya hari Kamis, saya bener-bener puas mau ngapain aja di pantai, hampir seharian cuma ada saya dan temen-temen saya, pas hari sabtu, aduh, mulai deh tuh dateng orang dari segala penjuru, dan harga hotel bisa naik 40%.

Liburan memang menyenangkan..

Revolusi Chicantamus

Jengjeng…kali ini Chicantamus hadir dalam edisi dan suasana yang berbeda..why oh why?

Karena setelah vakum beberapa lama dari kancah perblog-an saya akan mencoba aktif lagi di Chicantamus, berhubung kuliah saya sudah tidak ada, dan sekarang kerjaan saya hanya ngurusin penelitian dan skripsi, haduh..jadi inget..

Kali ini yang berbeda dari Chicantamus yaitu, lay-outnya yang berbeda, lebih ceria dan colorful, dibanding Chicantamus dulu yang warnanya putih aja kayak rumah sakit, dan bahasa yang saya gunakan adalah bahasa Indonesia, bukan lagi English, why? Yah, boleh donk.

Okelah, komitmen saya semoga bisa selalu terlaksana yaitu untuk merawat Chicantamus dengan baik, semoga menjadi blog yang bermanfaat.

So many things...

Oh My God!

you can think i am a wreck or desperate single liver haha...God..it's been exactly fully two months I didn't do anything to this blog for proving its existence.

well, so many things have changed. Like season.

okey, the reason i never write on this blog is i started working. just part-timer in pizza restaurant. i can say it's kinda great, ehm..not literally.

my plan next year is backpacking to Thailand with my friends so i just feel bad to ask more money from my dad so i decided to work. well, i got many experiences from work.

i work as a greeter part which job is greet the new customer, show them seat, give the menu book, introduce the latest menu, and back to my spot again. i work from 12.00pm-21-00pm thats not literally. usually, when there are more customer, i must work over my work hour then after that i have to go to the BOH (back of the house) for refill the sauce and chilli bottle, and honestly, usually i arrived in sooo late at night, plus my home is one hour from where i work. so i didnt think its a part-time job when it took my whole time. haha

besides, the money reaches (though not) i decided to quit. well, besides, i have to focus on my study which is entering last year.

wooohooo...thats life,little girl. this is what i said many times to my self.

i just feel so lucky, you know, for knowing the truth that i have so many choices. not included to those people who cant do things like me. i mean, well, i must admit that i feel lot of pressure and competition atmosphere when i was working, cause may be i am a dangerous for their carrier. i dont give a damn,you know!all i need is money and experience.

some people were nice (well, hope it's not fake) and i am happy that i can work with my skill and my ability, improve my confidence, and know other things besides my study.

now, i am back for being a jobless. its time for me to start my research haha..and feel the freedom again, not being a labour.

working class hero is perfect soundtrack for this phase i think.haha

Meet and Greet with Trinity

jeng..jeng..spotted here :)

Hope...its not really expired

I should write it in September 21st but I think my laziness become so severe and it ended like an athreoschlerosis

Hell yeaaah!!I met one of my favourite writer in this world, Trinity..

You never heard before? well, she is one of the great backpacker who write down all of her journey in two books, there was a new one of her book.

She had visited 42 countries and visited all over Indonesia, even some places or islands we never heard before.

She is so great for me. She inspired me to start backpacking.
Fasten your seat belt :)

she signed my book (:

when do you feel like an ugly duckling?

Almost 23.05 pm, and I haven't sleep yet, may be it's still an episode of my guilt, after neglect my Chicantamus.

Anyway, I just have a conversation with my sister, first is our crazy plan to travelling, starting with my plan in tomorrow evening to go the book store in one of the mall here, to meet my favourite writer Trinity jeng..jeng..jeng..she wrote Naked Traveller and it successed to burn my passion to travel anywhere. Anyway, suddenly, we just plan to go Thailand next year. Horeee!!!sounds really great!!!really great!!!I try to force her to go this year but she said that she still need time to arrange it. I said, I want to work, I have my little own savings, so we can go as soon as possible. But, well, may be she is not as spontaneous as I am, so we decided next year. Really next year.yihaa.....

Suddenly, we talk about our aunt who live so far away and we haven't met for long time. Hope she is okay.

and, suddenly we talk about our childhood. suddenly, I told her, that the worst time in my life is when I was in junior high school. frankly, I had kinda confidence crisis. well, it's common to be one of the most well-known issues for teenager. I never had boyfriend when I was in junior high school. I was such a nerd!! I prefer to face thousands letters than I must talk to people. I felt like, I always have bad hair day. I was too tall, have really really dark skin, I was out of the fashion, and just in average academically.

But I really glad that I ever such an ugly duckling. That ugly duckling really teach me to love my self, when I minimize the interactions surround me, I was busy to build my character from inside. I consider, now, that ugly duckling-Era was my time to know my self better. I found my self, my own definition, what I hate, what I like, what I want to be, what I want go to, while all girls as young as me busy to get their first kiss, busy to hang out, busy to make their first date, busy talking the cutest senior ever in that school, and bla ...bla...

Beside, while I was an ugly duckling, I find my real real best friends forever, best friends that never last. so, they don't love how I look, but they love me, no matter what.

From now on, that ugly duckling has flown away. fly to somewhere, search another girl who need find her truly happiness, if she can make it.

I never regret that I ever be an ugly nerd duckling because that ugly duckling taught me so much, that ugly duckling was being part of me.

How about you,reader? Did you let your ugly duckling fly away, became a swan? or you still in ugly duckling-era? don't worry, let it works and finishes its job, you will find the same result like me, keep my words: never let people to tell you what to do, you have your own process, just like me with my ugly duckling :)

I am back, really, really, I am back

I am sorry really sorry, I know what this thing called. Laziness? Busyness?or what?
Well, as you know, staring in July 1st then ended in August 26th I was in my village project like society obedience I told you before.
Owh, God! So much story I must tell you.
These are the big events happened to me :

village from the top view

#1 My society obedience
Okay, let’s start now. I lived in one of the native’s house there. My team consisted about twelve people. Four boys and eight girls. Actually, the team should be in 14. Our work is making some programs that will increase their health standard. Sounds boring? Yeah, little. But that’s a must.
I tell you the facts there, first, people do not boil their water for drink, well, its Indonesian, we live in tropic which have suitable temperature for bacteria growth. So, sometimes I feel little afraid to have such a drink when I come to one of their house. Then, they don’t have toilet. They have poo and pee in garden, well, not all of them but just about 40% have toilet. The rest? Nope. Well, you can think they have primitive way. But that’s the fact. But! Believe me, I lived in best house so I didn’t pee and poo in the garden like them. The truth is cruel. But mostly, I really have great time there.

little part of my team

this is where I had lived in, it's traditional house of Makassar

this is the place where they feed their horses

In that place, eating horse is well known. Really, it’s hard to find cow or buffalo there. But you can find horse easily. Anyway, I lived in a house who live village mayor’s dad and his wife. They are old. They just have one daughter but she doesn’t live there. So hard at first time. First, we have shift for cooking, washing the dishes, shopping in traditional market there, sweeping, moping, and many things to done. Well, frankly, I doubt boys, mostly they can’t handle or lazy to make such those things.

I attended one traditional wedding here

But, I have really really great experience. I always ride scuter there, kind of motorcycle like vespa, for about two hours to go to market. And my cooking shift is in Friday.

We also make like program such as circumcision, oral check-up, internal check up, and other which not always get welcome. Well, for your information, I have to share a bed with four of my friends and share bathroom with my other eight friend too. I really remember how noise if we gathered. Not just like in other girl’s bedroom which soo calm. Not like us. I tell you a secret, we even ever broke our bed…twice, as I remember. And we just fixed it. We all became carpenters in our bedroom. Ha ha.
Almost for two month I had stayed there. So many things to learn. I learn how to live more independent, learn how to talk in traditional language (Makassar language), learn how to live with persons you don’t know before, learn to share everything, learn to live in strange place. anyway here some Makassar language:

Ngandre=eat
Leba’(with emphasize in last word)=done
Je’ne’(emphasize too)=water
Juku=fish
Bambang=hot
Ta’roko-roko=having cough (I really know this one, cause mostly my patients say this)
Kamainjo=like that
Siapa=how much (usually for asking the price)
La’ding=knive
Apa anjo=what do you mean?

Ha ha…I forget some words..