My 2017 Note

My 2017 was so completely colorful ...From the lowest to the highest … from the brightest color to the darkest  .. from the cheesiest to the deepest …

Babo enjoying grilled fish

In January I had opportunity to spend my time vacationing with my beloved Uncle & Aunt at my cousin's at Puncak for about a week. In that occasion,  I had a chance to make a fish grilled for them (fish grilled was one of my Uncle's favorite dishes) ...

Posing with "Pak Ahok & Pak Djarot"

Seumur-umur gak pernah nge-fans pengen ketemu pejabat, tapi sejak di DKI ada Pak Jokowi – Pak Ahok – Pak Jarot, jadi berubah pikiran. Tadinya kita (me & my cousin ) udah hopeless, gak bisa foto bareng mereka, jadi buat menghibur diri foto aja sama replikanya. Karena, udah gak kebagian kupon untuk bisa foto bareng. Padahal, kita datang tepat jam 8.30 (30 menit sebelum acara dimulai), Jangan sedih cyin, yang datang dari jam 5 pagi aja juga udah gak kebagian.. Ah? Orang-orang tuh pada datang jam berapa sih? Ternyata ada yang udah datang dari jam 3 pagi bahkan dari malam sebelumnya (nginep).

Taking pic with Pak Ahok

Berkat kebaikan keluarga besar ini, me & my cousin (in pink hijab), akhirnya bisa foto bareng juga sama Pak Ahok. Pak Ahok tuh emang orangnya disiplin banget bahkan untuk hal-hal yang kecil. sekalipun. Foto ini take ke-2 karena diingatkan oleh MC bahwa tidak boleh salam 2 jari karena ada anak kecil. Pak Ahok dengan senang hati mengulangnya kembali.  

At #KonserGue2

Dari Rumah Lembang lanjut langsung Parkit Senayan. Bareng temen2 baru; Mbak Henny, Mbak Vero, Mbak Melani.

Baru kenal padahal, tapi udah langsung akrab J

4 Feb 2017

With the maestro

Sebelum ngikutin acara nonton barang debat cagub-cawagub terakhir ( Pilkada DKI putaran I ), sempat ketemu sama maestro fotografi ini; Oom Darwis Triadi. Dan pastinya gak menyia-nyiakan kesempatan dong, minta foto bareng J.  ( Rumah Lembang, 10 Feb 2017 ).

Mbak Mel-me-Mbak Vero

Sebelum debat dimulai, we-fie dulu dong J . Ketemu lagi sama Mbak Vero & Mbak Melani. Kali ini my cousin gak ikut karena acaranya malam dan rumahnya jauh dari Rumah Lembang ini (di beda propinsi, hehehe).  (10 Feb 2017).

Nobar at Rumah Lembang

Suasana Nobar Debat Cagub-Cawagub Pilkada DKI (Putaran I ). Ga kebagian di dalam, di luarpun jadi. Walaupun bukan Pak Ahok (lagi) yang dikasih kesempatan mengurus / mengadministrasi keadilan sosial di DKI, gak pernah nyesel ikut datang ke Rumah Lembang ini; baik hanya untuk sekedar foto bareng / Nobar.

At Maribaya Lodge

24 Feb 2017:

Berkesempatan main-main ke Maribaya Lodge (Lembang), wisata alam / outdoor  yang mulai happening itu … 

Mie Ayam "Pak A Hok"

Capek main-main, laper dong … Nah, mampir di Tahu Susu Lembang eh nemu ini. Walaupun gak makan di stand  mie ayam ini (makannya tahu dong, khasnya tempat ini), Cuma lucu aja nemu: Mie Ayam A Hok ini, hehehe .. jadi inget Pak Ahok soalnya.

Mushola Al-Ikhlas

Berhubung yang “lagi”sholat Cuma gue sendiri, jadi nyari tempat sholatnya ya sendiri,  dan nemulah mushola cantik ini; Mushola Al-Ikhlas Tahu Susu Lembang. Di depan pintu masuk ada kolam dan suara gemericik air yang berasal dari air mancur seolah menyambut siapa saja yang datang.

Mushola Al-Ikhlas -ventilation

Menilik dari design interior mushola ini, sudah jelas bahwa pembangunannya dengan konsep yang sangat matang (bukan asal bangun). Ventilasi di kedua sisi mushola itu seperti jendela besar yang terbuat dari besi berbentuk square, triangles, rectangles   yang dicat warna putih putih tulang membuatnya seperti hasli karya seorang maestro. 

Mushola Al-Ikhlas - lighting

Begitupun dengan pencahayaannya, mushola diterangi oleh lampu-lampu LED yang tersebar merata baik di langit- langit mushola maupun di lantai. Tidak seperti mushola-mushola yang sering gue temui dimana lighting hanya berasal dari satu lampu yang dipasang di bagian tengah dari langit-langit.

JJ 

Here came a beautiful new handsome grandson of mine in March. Did I say grandson? Yes, I did!  He is the grandson of my cousin so he is automatically my grandson, too J. Yes, I am a nana already (thanks to my cousins I ‘already’ have so many) ... Welcome to the world, JJ; Jusuf Jalaluddin Rumi ♥♥!! Don't try to be someone else (even don't try to be like your elder brother), just be the best version of you inspired by Rumi !! (17 . 03 . 17 )

Breakfast at Alun-Alun Tegal

18 – 19 Mar 2017:

Main ke Tegal dan sekitarnya. Foto di samping diambil pas lagi sarapan di Alun-Alun Kota Tegal. Ternyata di sini ada Car Free Day juga, jadi setelah selesai berolah raga, para pengunjung pasti mencari makanan tuk sarapan. 

Mixing bowl and measurement jug

Every year me & my BFF always exchanging presents on each other’s birthdays. Here what I got for her: a mixing bowl & a measurement jug. Happy birthday, buddy ! (24 Apr 2017). 

induction pan - front

And here is what I got as a birthday present. Who doesn’t love presents? I think every one does; including me J.  This year I got this pan.  It’s a pan suitable for induction cooking. Induction cooking is a cooking method using electricity as the conductor. In order to cook using this method, we should use certain kitchen utensils like this one.

induction pan - back

How to detect a kitchen utensil is an induction cooking friendly? We can simply check on the base of the utensil (in this case; a pan) by attaching a magnet on the base of the outside part of the pan. If the magnet attracts the pan then, it can be used for induction cooking.

Grand Garden Resto & Café

Treated by my BFF (still in a frame of her birthday celebration; Apr 24^th ) at Grand Garden Resto & Café in Bogor, May 21^st 2017 …The reason we ate here not for its food and beverages but for the fresh of the air and beautiful greenly scenery. 

President Jokowi and former President Obama

The next month (June 30^th 2017) President Jokowi also treated former President Obama here J.

Photo Credit: Biro Pers, Media dan Informasi Sekretariat Presiden 

lunch menu

Here is the menu looked like.

How did it taste?

I ate all of them without a trace ;-).    In my defense  because I was so starving at that time as it was a very late lunch. We spent our time wandering around the Kebon Raya first.

beverage menu

I ordered Cendol (on the right one). Well, it was not “Cendol Elizabeth” from Bandung, but the taste  was not so bad. Maybe because of the beautiful view in front of me and because I was so thirsty. 

me and my BFF

Before we leave the place, off course … striking a pose first J  

Thanks for the treat, my dearest friend …

Can’t wait for the next treats J

June…

Eid el Fitr festive season … I still managed to give my contributions to my “stakeholders” (Alhamdulillah)

scammed

July ...

I found out that I had been scammed … Turned out there are so many others victims. I know that my money is not going to be back, but I am hoping that there’ll be no more victims.

August …

A big turning point happened that made some of us second guessing on things and minute every thing after it …

September ...

Sept 8 …  I was in a hospital in Southern Jakarta, visited a friend whose mother being hospitalized because she broke her leg when I received a phone call from my uncle turned out to be last call I received from him L.

October ...

1^st ….1^st day my Uncle being hospitalized

9^th … my Uncle got back from the hospital after his heart catheterized …

17^th was the date I won’t ever forget forever … I was in a way to Bandung to visit my grieving friend because her mother passed away earlier in the morning when I got the bad news from my cousin that my Uncle / my 'father' / my discussion partner / my best friend passed away, too … May you rest in peace, Babo … and husnul khatimah. You are always going to be missed L

My late beloved uncle

November ...

25^th … marked the 40^th day my Uncle died. It started to get real … No more texts, phone calls from him anymore just to ask how am I, how’s my work. So long, Babo … May you rest in peace and husnul khatimah (aamiin).

Hanamasa Plangi, 30 Dec 2017

Between my BFF and me, we always exchanging presents and treating each other. Since my birthday in 2017 (in May) was in Ramadhan, and because I was so crazy busy, I kept postponing 'my obligation' treating her back until it’s December already. So, before the year turned into the new one, I fulfilled my promise to treat her. It could be considered as a year-end-hangout and welcoming a new year.