Serendipity

ser·en·dip·i·ty  

/ˌserənˈdipitē/

Noun

The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"

I had my serendipity moments. The serendipity that made me become who I am today. A wife, and a mother. Still thanking the universe for the accidental acquaintance that night. It doesn't really matter about what happened and how we finally decided to get married. Because every now and then, whenever I looked back, I can only feel grateful of all the things that comes my way.

Happy anniversary to us. Yes, we bicker every day. No, our relationship is not a perfect one. But I am glad I have you two in my life. During those moments of downfall, I know I always have a reason to smile and laugh.

Originally written on 12 February 2013

DIY : Candy Jar

What You Need

 

Finished Product

Lumayan juga buat ide kado valentine kemarin. Kalau ngasih cokelat aja kan udah biasa, makanya kita 'manisin' pakai kata-kata mutiara yah hohoho. Modalnya cuma mason jar (gw pake bekas botol UC 1000), permen warna warni - paling cocok sih M&Ms tapi krn lg keabisan jadi campur ma chacha & chic choc, color characteristic list, pita, kertas, lem.

Green is for the INSPIRATIONS you give me every day

Red is for the PASSION you have in doing what you love

Yellow is for such a FUN life I have being with you

Orange is for your WARMTH, and the way you always make me smile

Blue is for being a TRUSTWORTHY companion in my life

Sunday Brunch

Hari minggu kemarin kita pergi sunday brunch ke Mangia di panglima polim. Niatnya sih sampai sana jam 10an, tapi nasib sudirman car free day jadi rada macica dari depan tvri sampai ke depan sency, alhasil kita sampai pangpol hampir setengah 12. Ini sih udah pre-lunch yah sodara sodaraaa...

Resto ini kebetulan salah satu yang punya adalah temen kantornya Agung, jadi kita mampir buat icip-icip deh. Dekor restonya vintage shabby chic gitu. Warna-warnanya kiyut kiyut semua deh. Dan gw naksir ama salah satu cabinet di ujung tangga; tapi ga mungkin difoto yah, tengsin saya atuh). Karena resto ini baru buka beberapa minggu jadi menunya pun masih trial, jadi belum terlalu banyak (which is for me is a good thing, daripada kebingungan mau pesen yang mana toh).

*sorry no picture was taken Agung order Mangia's Big Breakfast dan Island Coconut. Kebayang lah big breakfast isinya apa, eggs of our choice (agung order omellete), baked beans, salad, 2 slices baguette toast & choices of turkey/beef bacon or sausage (agung order turkey).

I ordered the house specialty : Swedish Meatballs dan Watermelon crush. The meatballs was sooo yum! sides nya pakai mashed potato, gravy and strawberry jam. Duh kebayang-bayang mulu nih di lidah. 

But I dont really like my drink. Itu jus semangka + melon dikasih daun mint, dan after taste nya buat gw berasa terlalu 'daun' (as in too leafy). Whilst Agung's taste like pina collada.

Agni's meal as simple as scrambled egg (and I also gave her my mashed potato + meatballs, but she shoved it away), which she almost finished it. Yaayyy!!

Terakhiran kita dikasih complimentary wheat-grass shot sama Cacu. Lupa nanya itu isinya apa aja tapi warna ijo ditaruh di shot glass plus slice of orange on the side. Kata mas masnya itu khasiatnya kayak konsumsi 1 kg sayuran. Rasanya not bad, bisa diminum tanpa ngernyit ngernyit. Funny thing, it smells and taste like sushi tehehehe. Oia we also had Banana Pancake with choco sauce and Ferero Rocher ice cream as a complimentary dessert (banyak complimentnya yah Cacu :* ). LOVE the ice cream.

Pas awal-awal makanannya dateng, penampakannya kayak sedikit gitu. Agung malah sempet mikir salah pesen karena dia bukan typical orang yang 'sarapan' menu breakfast ala ala bule gitu kan. Tapi ternyata porsinya pas dan mengenyangkan. Will definitely go back to Mangia. Love the place and the menus. Lain kali gw mau coba eggs benedictnya dia ahh...

Swedish Meatballs

Nungguin makanan. Nyai laper :p

Mangia
Jalan Panglima Polim V no 38

Perempatan 711 belok kanan, your destination will be on the right (sebelah Taco Local)

Agni GTM??

Udah beberapa hari terakhir ini Agni keliatan gak napsu makan. Dikasih ini itu semuanya geleng. Paling banter kena 2 - 5 suap sendok makannya dia yang seuprit itu, abis itu melengos pergi.

Dimasakin aneka pasta dan bread - butter pudding kesukaannya dia juga lewat aja gituh. Mana pas wiken kemaren ketemuan ma anak-anak pada komen 'si Agni kok kurusan ya Ni?' hadeeeehhh sutris deh.

Kepikiran ini anak bosen kali ya makannya itu mulu, yuk deh coba bikin resep baru nyontek web. Eh gak mempan juga. Duh bikin emaknya ngedrop deh kamu nak. 

Alhasil Agni jadi lebih sering minta susu. Ya iyalah lingkaran setan banget tuh. Males makan. Minta susu. Nyusu mulu. Jadi kekenyangan ga mau makan. 

Tapiii itu anak ngemilnya jalan mulu. Ngemil biskuit tapi. Dikasih cemilan macam kentang goreng, pisang gitu gitu ga mau juga.

Mungkin lagi tumbuh gigi? Mungkin aja. Gw liat sih gigi bawahnya lagi mau nongol satu lagi. Tapi ini sih faktor paling kecil sih. Anaknya juga ga rewel. Masih pecicilan aja.

Semalem pergi ke ambas, jajan sana sini. Agni ngemil singkong thailand, dan berujung makan beef bowl yoshinoya. Lumayan sih hampir 10 suap masuk mulut. Tapi trus udah, mingkem lagi.

14 Februari 2013
Beli scott's emulsion buat nambah napsu makan. 2 hari nyoba, kata nenek dia jadi diare. Well bahkan pas wiken juga pupnya sempet rada diare. Dapet laporan kalau dia males banget disodorin nasi, lebih prefer biskuit or roti tawar. Yak mesti balik ngubek milis mpasi rumahan buat masak menu baru. The thing is, when I cooked something for her then she refused, rasanya tuh failed banget. Sedih hiks *drama*  

14 Februari

Hari ini Valentine's Day.
Trus penting...?? Penting gak penting sih.
Tapi buat cancerian kayak gw yang menjunjung tinggi romantisme, hari ini itu penting.

Sepenting apa? Sepenting bisa kasih knick knacks unyu gak penting ke orang tersayang.

Tiap valentine atau anniversary rasanya udah kebayang mau bikin atau kasih apa. Gak mesti barang yang dibeli. Karena gw lebih prefer bikin sendiri. Lebih berasa usahanya bikin seneng gitu *meski ga tau yah yang dkasih beneran seneng apa engga*

Lalu hari ini bikin apa?? Hari ini bikin ngedrop!!! Blas malesnya.

Planningnya adalah mau kasih hamper 'Sweets for my Sweet' buat agung. Kemarin gw udah persiapin botol isi permen M&Ms trus ada tulisan menye menye. Toples isi homemade cocoa mix sama homemade frapucinno mix. Plus kemeja katun batik hadiah 2nd anniversary. Harusnya sih dikasihnya tadi pagi, tapi dasar oon itu botol permen malah ditinggal di kantor. Bubar lah surprise valentine's day. Ya sudah nanti malem aja lah ya. Toh tadi pagi udah kode ngajak ke loobie lobster di gunawarman.

Sounds okay rite, trus ngedropnya kenapaaaaaa??? Sesimpel baca mention ritwitan di twitter.

So I guess why bother making and planning this to be a romantic day then... 

Tau sih, kalo mau ngasih ya ngasih aja. Ga usah ngarep balesan serupa. Toh yang penting niatnya terlaksana. Tapi gimanapun juga, gw kan suka ya bikin-bikin ga jelas gini dan I feel that today is the day I can give those kinds of 'crafty' stuff for him. Cuma kalo di awal aja komennya udah begitu ya gw jadi males lanjutnya.

*Beberapa kali ngeliat buket bunga bersliweran depan mata dan ditutup dengan pertanyaan naif si avri : Noti bunganya mana???. Hih minta ditabok*

Wake Up Call

*Warning. This will be a long post*

Last weekend was such a drama. Even if it only applied to me, I considered it a wake-up call.

Now there are 2 'babies' in the house that needs constant care and full monitoring; Agni and Kakek. Nenek is obviously taking care of kakek and the house, and 'sending' agni to the mom & dad to be taken care of. We can now feel the parenting role which was supposed to happened 1.5 years ago :D

Almost a month I'm handling agni. Unpleasant moments are feeding and sleeping time. Why feeding? Cos she's not always fond of the food, resulting in just a mere less than 10 spoonful of food. But once in a while she would pick up the spoon and feed herself. Now the sleeping time. She used to sleep at 8.30pm. But lately on that hour she's still playing, thus she sleeps at 10 - 10.30pm. And woke up at 7.30 - 8am. She even woke up at 9.30 on sunday *gasp*. How her parents created a vicious cycle for her...

Pinterest

Sukak sama Pinterest...!!!!!

Agak basi yah..?? Oh well. Bodo aaahhh...

Tadinya mikir Pinterest itu apa sihhh, just bunch of random pictures ah. Tapi iseng ngebuka karena liat orang nge-pin arsitektur rumah baguuuusss bangettt. Jadi penasaran liat yang lainnya. 

Bagian yang paling sering gw buka adalah Home Decor, Food & Drink, DIY sama Weddings. Duh domestic banget yah gw hohoho... Belakangan karena kepenginan yang menggebu-gebu bikin storage system dan renovasi rumah (amin amiiinnnn, semoga Tuhan mengabulkan), jadi gw bikin boards disitu deh. It helps like A LOT..

Begini nih penampakan rumahnyaaa... jeng jeeeng... Lutunaaa (Pardon for the blurry image ya. But u get it lah ya..)

Sebenernya ini rumah yang lain, tapi kalo bentuk depannya begini lucu juga yah hehe...

Dan itulah sebagian keciiillll dari boards 'Home Ideas' gw... Nanti kapan ngayal di blog yah  >.<

Whoooossaaahhh

Been having these negative feelings & energy..
My mornings are ugly. My nights are even hideous.
Feeling exhausted; both physic and mind.
With things that happened (and some are still happening) consumed all the energy in both of us. Well all of us to be exact. The hospital, the flood (oh yes, we experienced flood 2 weeks ago), the collapsed ceiling, the messy clutter house, the maid/nanny search, and the list keeps going on....

The house is such a mess now. The ceiling in our room had collapsed (and 3 others on the following week). The carpenter had fixed mine and the one on the stairs, leaving the balcony and living room remain open. Why not fixing it altogether? Cause initially Agung 'stole' the carpenter to make time to fix ours, whilst they're in the middle of another project. So regarding the other 2 unfixed ceiling, they actually have to find a schedule to do it. oh well...

That is mess #1. Now mess #2. A clutter house.
The flood affecting the whole storage in the house. Which makes nenek put out all the things inside the closet and scatter (ok. scatter is a strong word) it on the furniture and my room. We have piles and piles of linen and clothes inside plastic bags. So it is more of piles of plastic bags...

I read somewhere how clutter can draws positive energy and turns into a negative energy.
How reorganizing the storage and throwing away any unused items, can also be philosophically means making space for us 'to breathe'.

Our room consist of two area, the bedroom and the work/dresser space. When I moved in 2 years ago I realize how packed the room was. Now with the addition of me and little princess here, the room is just not tidy enough to cater our needs. And with the circumstances we are dealing right now, the feeling is just sooo dragging.

I would LOVE to make change, not just yapping in here. Been planning on making new storage system for our junk. Been imagining what and how my new storage and containers will fit into the room. But, yes there will always 'A But', relating to the circumstances we have now the storage and de-clutter might just have to wait...

Hopefully sooner than later.... Please....

Kakek is home!

Kemarin kakek udah boleh pulang dari RS. Horeeee... pertanda perkembangan fisik kakek makin membaik.
Tapi di rumah masih berantakan banget karena banjir dan plafon yang pada jebol :(

Untung si tukang udah selesai benerin plafon di kamar atas, jadi udah bisa tidur di kamar sendiri. Tapi (tetep yah masih pake tapi x_x) efek banjir kemarin barang-barang di lemari bawah jadi diungsikan ke kamar, dan menurut prakiraan cuaca yang katanya waspada banjir sampai akhir Februari jadi itu tumpukan barang belom akan disimpan di lemari bawah sampai waspada selesai... yuk mareeeeee...

Well at least satu tantangan udah kelewat, no more bolak balik jaga di rumah sakit. Udah bisa bareng-bareng di rumah sendiri.

Semoga kakek cepet sehat dan semuanya back to normal again... AMIIIINNNNN

Fluffy Pancake

Mini pancake

I really love pancake...

Inget waktu kecil pernah makan pake maple syrup dan itu kebayang-bayang terus.
Kenapa kebayang-bayang terus? Iya soalnya nyokap gw gak bisa disuruh bikin itu...
Pernah masak pake tepung instan pancake, tapi hasilnya gak kayak yang gw mau. More like a crepes. Cuma dulu kita gak tau gimana benerinnya. Maunya yang kalo digigit berasa 'krenyes krenyes' karena fluffy nya itu.
Padahal sih sesimpel nambahin tepung biar adonannya rada kental yah...

Pas Pancious buka di jakarta, kayaknya hepiiii banget bisa makan pancake krenyes krenyes. Cuma ya boncos juga makan itu mulu. Sempet iseng beli tepung instannya Betty Crocker, pertama kali sukses tuh. Pas kedua kali beli box mulai berasa kecewa. Kurang fluffy, plus berasa bau 'box'.




Nyobain beberapa resep easy pancake dari internet, akhirnya gw klop sama resep Martha Stewart ini. Meski baru 2x bikin tapi gw suka banget ma teksturnya dia yang 'ngeper' trus krenyesnya juga dapet.

Bahan susu :
1 cup susu uht plain
2 sdm butter yang dicairkan (atau bisa pake minyak sayur. Gw pernah pake keduanya. Sama aja bagusnya)
1 telur ayam

 * Campur bahan susu, aduk rata. Sisihkan sembari nyiapin bahan keringnya.
Bahan kering :
1 cup tepung serbaguna
2 sdm gula halus
2 sdt baking powder
1/2 sdt garam
 * Campur semua bahan jadi satu, masukkan ke bahan susu. Sebaiknya bahan kering diayak dulu untuk hasil maksimal.

Nanti hasil batternya akan kental dan agak sedikit bubbly. Masukkan ke kulkas selama 10 - 15 menit. Batter pancake siap untuk dimasak. To grease the pan, I dab tissue towel on vegetable oil to avoid over-greased pan. Tuangkan batter sesuai selera. Kalau udah muncul gelembung2, boleh dibalik. Enjoy!

Penyajiannya bisa pakai topping sweet - gula halus, kinds of jams or spread, sauces. Gw sendiri suka pake apple cinnamon sauce ini. Yummy :)))

Apple Cinnamon

One of my favorite sweet taste is Apple Cinnamon. It can be the filling in the Apple Pie, Cinnamon Roll or simply a sauce. I never really knew the original recipe of this, I just whipped up whatever comes in mind. Oh iya, ini resep kiralogy ya alias dikira-kira takarannya :)

Bahan :
Apel; Any kinds of it. Gw biasa pakai Fuji (karena besar) atau Granny Smith (lebih crunchy)
Butter
Gula
Cinnamon Powder
Air putih

Cara:
Kupas dan cacah buah apel.
Panaskan butter di teflon.
Masukkan potongan apel, gula dan cinnamon powder.
Kasih air putih (untuk efek 'kuah'). Diamkan sampai jadi saus. Itu wanginya menggoda banget lohhh...
 *Biasanya di akhir proses masak, gw mash pake potato masher juga biar teksturnya agak creamy. 

Enjoy!