It's Not Yet Accomplished, Mith !

I took Foods Class, and I fell in love with the class right on the first day ! Ini list masakan masakan yang udah aku buat selama disini :

1. Egg Benedict
2. Chocolate Chip Cookie
3. Strawberry Dip with Waffle
4. French Toast
5. Applesauce Pancake
6. Spinach Artichoke Dip with French Bread
7. Italian Meatballs
8. Vanilla Gelato
9. Hawaiian Pineapple Upside Down Cake
10. Red Velvet Cake
11. Banana Bread
12. Zucchini Bread
13. Monkey Bread
14. Coffee Cake
15. Red Velvet Cupcake
16. Pumpkin Spice Cupcake
17. Spice Cake
18. Fettuccini Alfredo
19. Classic Breakfast : Cheesy Omelet, turkey bacon and sunny side up
20. Chorizo Con Huevos ( Although I couldn't eat this cs it contains pork, but still, people said that mine is extremely yummy ! )
21. Pizza Napolitana
22. Chicken Piccata
23. Oatmeal Raisin cookie
24. Chicken Stir Fry
25. Minestrone Soup
26. Classic Baked Mostaciolli
27. Baked Mostachiolli with Alfredo Sauce
28. Soft-Home Made Pretzel
29. Scrambled Egg with Basil, Oregano, Halves Tomato, Halves Mushroom, Swiss Cheese and Chopped Onion ( I made this my own using all of the ingredients left, but it turned out so yumyum ! You should try this, and yet, this dish just contain 200 calories using 1 inch x 1 inch swiss cheese :D )
30. Tampa Bay Brunch Souffle ( Couldnt eat it, because it has sausage in it, but still, I got A for making such a delicious food. )
31. Chicago Style Hotdog. ( It was like THE BEST Hotdog I've ever ate in my life ! Belum ke Chicago kalo belum nyobain hotdog-nya ! It was such a flavorous hotdog, you got pickles, peppers, onions and any other spicy stuff that made me snizzling ! And the beef frank was amazing too )
32. Corn Flakes Coated Chicken Fingers. ( It tastes pretty good and much healthier than the regular chicken fingers )
33. Fresh Spaghetti and Fetuccini from Scratch

And probably that was all ! I know that I made something more, but I just couldn't remembered it. Ok, This is the list of food that I really want to make, and hopefully would be accomplished before I leave United States ! 

1. Chocolate Lava Cake with Whipped Cream
2. Tiramisu
3. Stramberry Parfait
4. Chicago Style : Deep Dish Pizza ( I know this sounds impossible, due to ingredients and skill reason, but still, it's gonna be worthed to try ! )
5. Dirt ( Based on the cooking book, it's made from margarine, cream cheese, cold milk, oreo cookies, french vanilla instant pudding, cool whip and oreo cookies ! Sounds yummy :9 )
6. Classic Crepes ( For god sake, I always made Crepes and ended up like " dadar gulung " -____- )
7. Miss Dunker's Peanut Butter Cupcake
8. Lasagna
9. Cheesy Chicken Rice Casserole with Broccoli.
10. Battered Fish and Chips

Yea, I know, this post makes me hungry ! I've been yearning to make all of these foods and sell it to people ! It's going to be a huge blast of Profit ! ( haha, you wish, Mith ! ) Although, I'm not majoring in cooking, but cooking is my hobby, i think my mom inherits this to me, that's why both of us love to cook :)

Abundant Emotions in May

Heran, so in these days, I have been trying to publish most of the postings that I keep putting off. Yet, I always end up of being gloomy and distracted. I have been feeling so sad yet emotional. This feeling bugs me everynight, and everysecond when I try to look up on my pictures during my stay in Marengo. School, Friends, Crush, Parties, Exam, Sports, Food, Changing Hostfamilies, Misunderstoods, Bad Tempers, and so on, those are bittersweet memories. I know, another people got so much what they wished for, traveling, get gadget for free from hostfamily and achievement for certain competitions or from school. Pernah terbesit untuk iri, kesel, kenapa gak dapet kesempatan yang sama. But the bottom line is, Why you have to be jealous ? It's really fortunate for a such a small-town-living girl to compete for getting this opportunity. Masih beruntung diberangkatin, masih beruntung dapat surat dari Bina Antar-budaya kalau aku dihost di Amerika Serikat, masih beruntung granted for my J-1 VISA. 


Here, I discovered a lot of things that I never tried before ; I can paint with watercolor, I can play soccer, I can be straightforward, I can make a slapstick joke, I can make Egg Benedict and.................I can do Calculus - although not being the best in the class, but I really don't care whatsoever.

Banyak pertanyaan yang terbesit juga, dulu, hari pertama aku sekolah, aku selalu down, setiap jalan di senior hallway, semua orang pasti nganggep aku strangers, well memang, aku ini strangers. Sempet depressed, gimana caranya bisa used to people in this school. Gimana caranya untuk ngobrol dan bisa ketawa. Sampai mikir, bisa gak ya ketawa ngakak sama kayak yang aku sering lakuin di Indonesia.


May 15 2012. Bisa dibilang hari terakhir aku sekolah, although I have to take finals, but, spent the last day with seniors, seeing them in hallway, calling their name, joking with Ally, Al, Nora, Hannah and Becky, getting free food from Cassi, hiding Adam's lunchbag, cutting the line to Specialty lunch :P, and so on. But the good thing, I got a lot of pictures in my last day with them, the teachers asked me whether we could get a group picture. In Calculus, which is my favorite class with my favorite teacher, we were spending the class with just socialized to each other, I got the chance to have a chit chat with people who rarely talk to me, and how they said they would miss me a lot. And I SWEAR, I SAW MANSFIELD EYES WERE BOWLING AFTER WE GOT A GROUP PICTURE. Well, He's my favorite after all, despite the fact that he's married, has 1 daughter and 9 month pregnant wife. I will miss him a lot, and the calculus class also advance biology the most.

This morning, I have to return my beloved Calculator, I'm gonna miss her so much. Redundantly, I slept with my calculator last night, since the fact that I could not afford to buy ( it's around $83 ) and I wouldn't ask my parents to send me money to buy it.

My stay in Marengo is amazing, it has its ups and downs, and I never know what would happen tomorrow. My stay is a gift and I never know what it is unless I discovered it, it's like a box of chocolate ! :)

Bored : Part II

It's rainy outside since this morning. Besides, I couldn't help my body from coldness and keep shivering. Lesson learned from my life : Sometime, it is hard to make a promise before we really face the real situation. 


Somebody make a promise to me, well, they don't really make it happen ; instead of saying they break their promise. But, I appreciate when somebody make a promise to me, it proves that they do care to me and just want to make me happy.    


Although I hate rain, but I find something peaceful. Of course, at the end I always remain crying while listening to John Mayer's songs or Sigur Ros'.

Courtesy of images.google.com

MCHS Prom 2012

When I was kid, I always wanted to be the one who looks beautiful, just like in Disney Princess Tales. Mostly, I want to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid. I remembered, my mother always told me the story before I fell asleep.

Yesterday, I was metamorphosized, I became a pretty nice young lady, yet, I realize I'm feeling so old, cs I almost eighteen ! If it wasn't about prom, I wouldn't spend tons of time just looking at the mirror just to match my veil with my dress. 

The prom was AW AW AW AW AWESOME ! Not trying to brag anything, but, most of people realized my "veil-over" ( instead of saying makeover, haha :p ), because I braid it, and made people curious about how could I braid it. I love when guys said that it was really nice, and even they said that I was pretty last night, pretty made me blush last night, haha. 

My favorite part at prom is everything, but since, I haven't transfered my picture from my camera to my laptop, so I just used some of picture that I have from facebook that people tagged on me. Ah, they have like photobox that we could use anytime that we want, and we got 2 copies for three captures. And we could access the picture on the internet and download it as much as we want. ISN'T THAT LEGIT ???

So, those picture was taken from the Photobox. Love it <3

Prom's Preps.

Hi Folks ! So today, April 28th 2012 is Marengo High School's Junior-Senior Prom. I am so thrilled for today, like no kidding, I spent the whole week with my nerves out for what I'm go'n to do with my Veil, nails, etc. But prominently, VEILS ! So, I decided to braid it, plus, my friend's auntie who also a moslem, helped me to shape up my eyebrows too yesterday. So, no more nerves for prom ! Dress, checked. Long Sleeves, checked. Braided-Veil, checked. Purse, checked. Heels, Checked. Corsage, Checked ! So, pretty much everything's done, too bad I don't polish my nail due praying reason. But, it's ok though, It will be a fantabulous night ever in my Senior Year at United States =) =) =)

Tulips

See that picture ? Yes, It's Tulips ! It's blooming perfectly with stunning color and bumblebees everywhere.

It's just eye-catching, besides, I never seen Tulips since 11 years ago, also, it does not grow in Indonesia, unless in higher land, but too bad I live near coast.

Momma also grows her Tulips, it has a lot of vibrant colors, pink, purple, white, you name it ! She also gave me tulips for Easter too, how sweet she is :D Yes, I love my momma sooo much.

This is the reason why I love spring, besides, I don't have pollen allergies, I love flowers so much ! Too bad they don't have flower exhibition near Chicagoland. But it's ok, Flowers are now blooming at downtown Chicago and they are all excellent !

But still, I'm not ready for Summer yet, I just too-in-love with Spring :D

Selamat Ulang Tahun, Rahmah Aulia Haryani :)

Dear Uli,
Maaf aku gak bisa ngasih kado ataupun midnight call buat ulang tahun kamu. Walaupun mungkin aku bisa beli credit Skype buat nelfon ke nomor hp kamu, sayang, finansial kurang mendukung.
18 tahun umurmu li, tapi disini masih tanggal 23 nih, jadi umurmu masih 17 tahun 364 hari 22 jam. Mungkin kalau disini, 18 tahun itu saatnya buat tattoo badan, coba drinking, atau hal hal lain yang sifatnya agak vandalisme. Tapi aku gak bisa bayangin uli punya tattoo, hahaha, abaikan yak :p

Uli, aku seneng banget jadi salah satu sahabat kamu dan aku udah nganggep Uli lebih dari Sahabat. Uli yang selalu sabar ngadepin aku yang cerewet, tukang ngabisin makanan, tempat curhat dan nangis, dan masih banyak hal lain yang baik tentang Uli yang selalu bikin aku gak pernah bosen ngobrol sama Uli.


Padahal kita baru dekeeeet banget sejak kelas 9, tapi aku ngerasa udah kenal Uli kayak udah lama banget. Selama aku kenal sama Babang, Liong&Iin. Mungkin itu kali ya makna dari Sahabat yang sebenarnya. Dari Point of View aku, Sahabat itu terjadi secara involuntary ? Nah loh, maksudnya, tanpa disengaja, tanpa disadari, tanpa ditentukan kapan waktunya, tapi emang karena secara natural, di alam bawah sadar kita yang emang langsung klop sama seseorang. Itu yang aku rasain ke kamu, li. Aku emang kok sempet canggung ngobrol pertama kali sama kamu, ada perasaan takut, tapi lama lama, ternyata aku bener bener klop ngobrol sama kamu :)

Piece of Memory after 9th grade graduation

Lucu ya, kita berlima, Aku, Uli, Rana, Liong dan Manda, aku yang bakalan lulus SMA paling terakhir, padahal umur kita sama, tapi aku ngerasa yang paling bontot. Aku sempet galau di hari pertama sekolah, aku takut aku yang cerewet ini bakalan gak punya temen selama aku disini, dan selama 2 bulan aku dicap jadi anak pendiem ;P hahaha, kebayang gak li aku jadi pendiem ? Selama 2 bulan, aku bermetamorfosis jadi kupu kupu bersayap abu abu, alias suram, sempet ilang, sempet bimbang, dan sempet lupa apa itu esensi dari punya teman, karena, selama di Indonesia, I just found what does friendship mean to me, and how you become a part of my life, the other 4 girls as well :)

Aku inget, setahun yang lalu, aku sama Rana bikinin kamu bolu kukus yang rasanya 11 12 lah sama buatannya Siska Suwitomo :p terus kita bikin surprise ke rumah kamu malem malem sama anak anak cowok lainnya+Adit tentunya ! Ah, time does fly, Aku kangen saat saat kita nongkrong di KFC ber 4 sama Rana+Coco sampai 5 jam ! Alhasil, masa masa itu, bisa dibilang, aku gendut banget. Terus, ke Pizza Hut ber 5 sama Rana, Liong&Manjut, mesen sampe 8 small pan pizza, dan tentunya, si Manda, baru 2 pizza langsung K.O :"""))) Sweet moments banget kan li ?

Uli&Rana : High School Graduation

Nongkrong di KFC seperti biasa, setelah reunian sama guru-guru SMP1, dan tentunya, Mitha yang belom tobat :p

Huaaah, Uli, ini bisa dibilang hari terakhir kita ketemu kan ? Soalnya besok besoknya kamu udah di Semarang

Jujur, aku ngetiknya agak lama, karena aku sedikit flashback saat saat kita sering ngebolang&jalan jalan bareng li. Tiba tiba aja aku baru bangun tidur, Uli, Rendi, Rana&Elco udah nunggu di depan rumah buat numpang makan :p Kadang hal hal kecil aja bikin aku kangen sama Uli&lainnya. Hidung kamu yang kecil pun aku kangen banget ! Apalagi dulu itu selalu jadi bahan ledekan kan ? hehehehe.

Sekian posting dari aku buat kamu, li.

Selamat Ulang Tahun yang ke-18 :) Uli yang dulu selalu ngerasa masih di popok dan masih dikelonin bu El, sekarang udah jadi wanita muda yang cantik dan pintar, terntunya, selalu jadi kebanggan buat bu El, Om Haryono&Ela :D Happy Birthday to my dearest friend ! Have a blessful life and enjoy your pathway for becoming the best accountant in Indonesia ! Amiiiiiiiiin.

Dari sahabatmu,

Indira Laksmitha Yasmine Mulyowahyudi.