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How's life, dear self? Hmm... life's good, thanks for asking, haha.

So now, I am on my way of finishing my sixth semester, have just finished my A2.1 level in my German Course, and have just sent internship application because I have to do internship in my seventh semester. (is it that near to the 7th semester? Oh yea, I am getting older). Experiencing many great moments but sadly, lately I didn't capture pictures. And oh yes, my laptop is broken! My laptop is broken when I so freakin' need it to do piles of tasks. Fortunately, angel-without-wings is do exist, if you know what I mean :)

A2.1 (read: A-zwei-ein) Klasse

Try to Deal

Experience is a hard teacher because it gives the test first and the lesson afterward — Vernon Law

Hi all, here I come back blogging about another random thought that have just pooped on my head. This time is about dealing.

So, just for your unimportant-common-knowledge, I lost my phone 3 weeks ago when I was hanging out with some great friends, we were so happy, laughed out loud, and I feel that it was one of amazing days of mine, until it turned out become a ‘blank moment’ when I realized that my phone was not there in my bag. I tried my best to make it come to me back, but maybe God have the different plan, so yea, now I am officially lose it.

But what I want to tell is not about my sadness of losing that phone or how mad I am with the one who took it out from me, what I want to tell is that what happened to me makes me realize thing that maybe I have ever realized before but forget it right away, that is dealing. Life is about dealing, dealing with the situations, dealing with others, dealing with your friends, dealing with imperfections, anything. Dealing for the fact that we’ll never know what future’s gonna give us. Maybe sometimes we feel uneasy, or think that life is unfair, but as long as you believe that God is the best scenario maker, you’ll believe that life is gonna be always fair, it is, by its own way. If your life was a film, then God is able to give you  twists, not only at ending, but at any part of your life that you will never expect. And every twist will leave you with a new life lesson.

As many people say, when life gives you lemons, just try to make a lemon tea, that way you will still able to enjoy your life. If you don’t like lemon tea, maybe you could try to  sell it and start to become a lemonade tycoon. There are may ways to enjoy life even at the what-you-think-the-worst-time-of-your-life, rite? So, I want to believe that when something (that I think) bad happen, something good is waiting for me afterward.

my lovely "research team" friends

Let's Start Drooling!

Hi all, do you love eating?

Me? Of course I do. No doubt, haha.

But then, if I change the question to "do you love cooking?", is the answer still the same? ehehe.

Me? Not really. Even when I'm doing so, I would rather say that I am experimenting, not cooking. Why? First, I'm not a pro, indeed; second, it's simply because whenever I try to make some food, it ends up like trial and error, sometimes it pan out, sometimes not.

But, like Michael Hunter said, "Learning does not happen from failure itself, but rather from analyzing the failure, making a change, and then trying again". So never give up, even a pro chefs have to try a same recipe a thousand times to get the best combination and flavor.

Eventhough I am not a chef and not good at cooking, I do looove visiting cooking blogs and seeing all delicious food pictures on it. And actually, what I want to share to you all here is some cooking sites that I visit most. You should visit too, and start drooling like me, hahaha.

1. The Pioneer Woman

taken from The Pioneer Woman

What I love the most from this sites, besides the delicious food photos, is the step-by-step-process photos of the recipe cooked by the owner of this site. For me, photos can explain more than just text, no?

2. For The Love of Cooking

taken from For The Love of Cooking

More delicious food photos attack! hahaha. This site is also nice, it does not post every-step photos, but ingredients photo in the beginning of every post is clear enough to explain the readers who wanna try the recipes.

3. No Recipes

taken from No Recipes

What else could you expect? Full of high-resolution-food-photos, this site can make me drooling :9 Maybe photos can motivate you to start cooking something, who knows?

And still many sites to be written here, I also visit this, this, this, and soooo on. I love cooking visiting cooking sites!

Have you start drooling, anyway? :p

Arisan Ceria

My Very Own Cupcake

Hola! Today, my Saturday morning was filled up with productivity. I woke up early and went to campus for joining seminar and workshop about culinary business, more specifically, cupcakes! It was not only an ordinary talk show, but also... practice. Yes, each participant was given one cup cake to be decorated and 100 gr basic fondant. Tons of fun!

Surprisingly, everyone made a very very cute decoration for her/his own cup cake. Wanna see some of them? Just scroll down :)

@ragatniaclara, @linnosa02, @lisanasan, @widyayulitaps, @mayangalfina cupcakes

Indonesia International Week 2012

"Indonesia International Week (Indonesia IW) is a student exchange program under the International Week Coordinator Organization (IWCO). IWCO sets the standard IW operating guidelines for all organizing countries such as Japan, China, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Italy, Spain, and other European countries. In Indonesia, IW is organized by the Indonesian Student Association for International Studies (ISAFIS). International Week is distinctly unique compared to other similar programs as it is a short term student exchange program encompassing discussion and seminar which focus on spesific issues.

IW as ISAFIS’ annual program hopes to become a vehicle to help build friendlier relationships with countries around the world and voice to the world Indonesia’s existence and development ,also its diverse our traditional culture.

International Week’s participants are students from top universities in their respective countries and also members from influential organizations (International Student Association/ISA). The majority are either graduates in Management/Business or still studying for their master’s degree. Participants are quite competent in business as they have undergone professional work experience in their own countries. The large investment needed to pay for air fare to Indonesia return indicates each participant’s strong interest in Indonesia’s business development and culture.

Indonesia IW participants continued to increase in numbers. Through IWCO, we have wide access not only to Western European countries but also Central, Southern, Northern, and Eastern Europe." (text copied from ISAFIS website)

So, guys, come and join in our Indonesia International Week (IIW) 2012! This year, IIW is going to be held from 6-18 July in 3 big cities in Indonesia, Jakarta, Jogja and Bali. It's gonna be fun, I guarantee. So, what are you waiting for? Join now! Download the application form here http://bit.ly/GEh8z7 GOOD LUCK ;)

ISAFIS Inauguration, Bekasi 25-26 February 2012 (photo source © Fadhil)