Edamame Potato Salad

Foto: Syahroni

 Bahan:
300 g kentang, kupas
200 g mentimun hijau, iris tipis
100 g lettuce, iris kasar
2 lembar daging asap, potong kecil, tumis
1 buah telur rebus, kupas, cincang
 

Saus, aduk rata:
150 ml mayones botolan
1 sdm air jeruk lemon
½ sdt merica bubuk
½ sdt gula pasir
½ sdt garam

Cara membuat:

• Potong-potong kentang lalu rebus atau kukus hingga matang. Angkat dan tiriskan.
• Susun semua bahan salad dalam wadah.
• Tuangi Sausnya, aduk hingga rata.
• Sajikan segera.

Untuk 4 orang

Recipe by : Odilia Winneke - detikFood

http://food.detik.com/read/2012/05/09/101857/1912715/368/resep-salad-edamame-potato-salad

Amazing Cliff. YOU.

(Preikestolen Cliff, Norway)

 

i've been walking restlessly all these times
so far away
just to found out that my destination was a dead end
 

well..
then i took a  turned back
tried to find another way
another new finish point

but i end up here
standing on the edge of a cliff
a dangerous one
  and amazing at the same time

it's too dangerous, people say
i know i should leave
or else, a single wrong step would kill me definitely

but i wannna be here
just for a moment
to feel the breeze
to see the amazing view
while praying to God 

so that He would not let me falling down and 

crash against the valley..

(Gha, July 2012)

Dewasa secara Mental

Maturity.

Apa sih batasan dari kedewasaan seseorang?

Umur?

Pengalaman?

Posisi?

Jabatan?

Titel?

Saya sendiri tidak tahu pasti batas apa yang paling valid untuk menetapkan kedewasaan seseorang.

Tapi setidaknya secara umum, ada orang-orang yang (seharusnya) sudah bisa bersikap dewasa karena memang sudah seharusnya mereka bersikap demikian demi terjaganya 'kebaikan' di sekitarnya. Accidently found this when googling around :

"A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Agak mengecewakan ketika seseorang yg seharusnya menjadi panutan justru menunjukkan dengan gamblang sisi ke-tidak-dewasaan-nya. 

Tidak terkecuali saya sendiri. Sometime, saya juga bersikap childish. Sangat tidak dewasa malah. Tapi setidaknya saya tahu tempat. Sekedar childish, cengeng, dan bersikap tidak dewasa yang hanya akan berdampak kepada diri saya sendiri setidaknya.

Mungkin inilah alasan Nabi Muhammad SAW menekankan kpd saya dan seluruh umat Muslim di dunia untuk jangan marah, ditekankan sampai diulang penkanannya 3 kali.

"Jangan marah. Jangan marah. Jangan marah."

Mungkin maksudnya agar kita jgn terlalu terbawa emosi kali yah.

Gak bisa dipungkiri saya masih harus sangat  banyak belajar. 

Dengan banyak mengamati, dengan banyak melihat, semoga saya selalu diingatkan bahwa saya juga masih jauh dari sempurna dan jangan sampai saya melukai orang lain lewat kata-kata saya. 

Apalagi di media social. :)

Buat saya yang penting ini :
Beware! Malaikat di kanan-kiri kita selalu mencatat dan Dia Yang Maha Segalanya selalu memperhatikan. 


(Gha, di tengah-tengah daydreaming istirahat kantor.)

Falling Tears (by: Shinjae)

(Edvard Munch "Melancholy", 1891)

Niga sumswinda niga salgo itta
Nae gaseum sogeseo
Samjangi ullinda niga geotgo itta
Nae gaseum sogeseo

Cheoeum naege watteon nalbuteo geuri umi dweeo
Neon nareul bureuda

Jakku nunmuri nanda shirun nunmuri nanda
Gaseum apaseo neo ttaemune apawaseo
Niga geuriun naren itorok geuriun naren
Bogo shipeo tto nunmuri nanda

Mogi meinda kkeutnae samkkyeo naenda
Saranghandan geu mal
Barame tteuiunda meolli bonae bonda
Bogo shiptan geu mal

Chama jeonhal suga eopteon mal gin hansumi dweeo
Gaseume heureunda

Jakku nunmuri nanda shirun nunmuri nanda
Gaseum apaseo neo ttaemune apawaseo
Niga geuriun naren itorok geuriun naren
Bogo shipeo tto nunmuri nanda

Jakku heulleo naerinda niga heulleo naerinda
Gaseume chaseo gaseume niga neomchyeoseo
Apeun nunmuri dwenda geuriun nunmuri dwenda
Nae gaseume neon geureohke sanda OH

Jakku nunmuri nanda shirun nunmuri nanda
Saranghanikka sarangeun nunmurinikka
Neoreul gyeote dugodo ireohke gyeote dugodo
Mottahan mal neoreul saranghanda

How Can I Not Love You (by: Joy Enriquez)

(Edvard Munch painting "Separation", 1900)

Cannot touch
Cannot hold
Cannot be together

Cannot love
Cannot kiss
Cannot have each other

Must be strong,
And we must let go
Cannot say
What our hearts must know

How can I not love you
What do I tell my heart
When do I not want you
Here in my arms

How does one walks away
From all the memories
How do I not miss you
When you are gone

Cannot dream
Cannot share
Sweet and tender moments

Cannot feel
How we feel
Must pretend it's over
Must be brave,
And we must go on
Must not say,
What we've known all along

How can I not love you
What do I tell my heart
When do I not want you
Here in my arms

How does one walks away
From all the memories
How do I not miss you
When you are gone
How can I not love you..

Must be brave,
And we must be strong
Cannot say,
What we've known all along.

How can I not love you
What do I tell my heart
When do I not want you
Here in my arms

How does one walks away
From all the memories
How do I not miss you
When you are gone

How can I not love you..
When you are you gone.....

It's been you.. always.

Kata-kata ini bertahan menggelayuti pikiran saya selama bertahun-tahun.

But, this words finally has come to an End.

(Gha, June 2012)

It’s called Fate.

(Edvard Munch "Eye in Eye", 1894)

Fate.

Such a powerful word that no human could ever resist. It doesn’t care how many times you cry, how hard you beg, fate would just come.

Fate.

Always come with unbreakable bound that connects a person with her future. It just doesn’t care they will like it or not.

Fate.

No matter how unpredictable it could be, sometimes we human could feel it’s presence before the time really comes.

Like i did years ago.

I knew fate wouldn’t take my side, fate in winning his heart. 

Therefore i took my step back. Decided to leave him with what he wanted.

In that time, i already welcoming the painful fate, already saw what the fate would bring if i continue my courage.

So therefore i said to myself i would quit. Stop clinging my hope towards him and try to live my life on, move my life on. But that was just years ago.

Who would have known that i meet up again with this fate, the same fate that reminds me to finally forget and release all hopes-dreams-emotions-memories that i cherish for all this time.

Fate, again.

Come to remind me that this time everything is literally over. There’s no more him. Not even a single scent can remain, everything is literally has to end. Just end.

Well, this is an end that i already predicted years ago.

Fate, again.

Has left me here wounded, empty and un-soul. Because fate has made me finding this truth that this day is finally coming.

I give up officially today.

Those tears i shred should stop from now on. Today is the beginning for me to prove my commitment about being courageous for his decision.

a decision to choose another palace to live in. 

Since he's already there with the palace he already chose, now it’s me who’s standing here freezing with time. Still trying to adjust myself with a new reality.

Have a great new life, dear my Light.

I’ll find another glow, up there above in the night sky, between those sparkling stars, some other Light who can replace your embrace.

(Gha, May 2012.)