Things to leave out before going to post office...

Ok, you need to: switch off mobile phone, can't take picture, have to finish your ice cream, leave your pets and bicycle outside... Oh, better ask your dog to guard your 19mm Browning while buying stamps.

Goggle Bye-bye

After close to 5 years, it broke. The tiny plastic thingy that supposed to hold the band snapped. And lost somewhere, so it can't be fixed. Gone. After what we've been through together... Jakarta, Plabuhan Ratu, Bandung, Semarang, Bali, Cubadak, Singapur, KL, Bangkok... Sigh. Now I have to find a new swimming goggle.

I really really liked mine -which now has broken, the tiny plastic thingy that supposed to hold the band snapped, lost somewhere, so it can't be fixed or glued. Simply coz it fits nicely, comfortable, easy to adjust and the most important part: makes the pool (or the sea bed) look bright and nice - at least for me. It has yellow-colored lens, that makes everything brighter and warm and less scary. Even in such a gloomy day in Cubadak's water, it still gave me a nice warm view of schools of pomfrets (and dozens of sea urchins). Gives more yellow on everything. Just like scenes of CSI Miami.

And sadly this model has been discontinued.

Tahu Sumedang

I laughed. A happy laugh, not hysterical nor cynical laugh. The laugh you have when you were a boy and you -unexpectedly- have found your favorite matchbox car in side your school bag that was lost for months and you have given up looking for it in the last couple of weeks. That kinda laugh.

Nope, I didn't found my precious matchbox car otherwise the title should be 'the long lost beetle' or 'dude, i've found my car'. No. So, I laughed (discreetly, not to scare other shoppers) when I found this pack (refer to the pics), siting nicely side-by-side with slik-tofu in chiller in Mediya supermarket.
Questions popped out. Could it be the one? Could it be true? Looks like it, but location wise -if it is- it is out of place... but could it be? Maybe, what. Anything can happen.
You wouldn't know unless you try.
So we bought it.
Opened the pack and ate it.
And it wasn't it.

Here is Si Roket

At last after waiting for - i've lost count on how many months or even years - i bought myself a bike. my maiden ride was cycling from store to home, which brought back memories. memories of when i was 10, 11 years old, cycling around after school with my friends on my red bmx bike, which later was stolen from my friend's house and i never had a bike ever since.

Yummy and brings you closer to God!

Got this from email forwarded by my colleague. His comment: "Mantap! Langsung dekat sama Tuhan!"... Righto! What a great product! Yummy and gets you closer to God.

Christmas comes (way too) early

Took this pic couple of days ago while waiting for my favorite bus at my favorite bus stop. Probably coz this bus air-cond is set winter-cold, so inside it's already Christmas-time. Now lets find that fat-bearded-uncle-in-red-jump-suit...

Yesterday: si Tonggos scored

Yep, as the title said, he scored the 2nd goal. Also feeding Diego with back-heel pass for Brazil 1st goal. Here is him, taking corner.But the match itself was boring. Probably cos it was friendly. Probably they were afraid to get injured. Probably my expectation was too high. Although a bit of drama towards the end, resulted one Brazilian saw red for elbowing.

Well, at least I can say that I saw si Tonggos, kicking and scoring goal, live.

Today's Special: si Tonggos

Rain or shine event. Just hope it won't rain.

Kuning-Biru-Merah

Diambil minggu lalu.
Lho mana yang ijo ya?
Oh, mungkin dah meletus.
Yang sisa cuma 3 bukan 4.
Jadi jelas dipegang erat-erat.

36 days...

Marking 36 days after we moved from 7th floor to 8th.

Moving is not an easy thing. I have plenty of experience. We moved home 3 times in last 3 years. Prior that I moved places several times. Plus lots of experience from helping friends moving house.

For me the toughest part is not cleaning the new home, preparing the place before moving in. Or cleaning up the old place. Basically not the cleaning part. The toughest job (and probably the trickiest) is packing. Where to put this and that. Should plates go with pans and pots. Which goes to that box. Make sure all boxes are labeled. The packing level of difficulty has exponential relation to number of your precious belongings.

Packing my own stuff only (during my single time) is ok, enuf to do it in one day. For 2 peeps is a bit of tougher. Packing for family with baby is a different level. Last time we moved from 6th floor to 7th, we had 3 big trunks and 5 boxes. 36 days ago, there were 15 boxes, 5 big trunks, cot, cupboard, shelves, and more... Thank God my wife isn't Imelda Marcos!

Wonder what stuffs that are sold here...

Look who I met yesterday...

Yes, that's him. In flesh and blood. Shook his hand and congratulated on his success downunder, then took picture. Now, where is Heiki...

The First and Her Predecessor

After thinking for months, we decided to buy new camera. Nothing really wrong with the old one. She is our first. And she's still able to produce nice pictures (for my standard). See it yerself, she still can take a nice pic of her predecessor... And 3 mega pix is big enuf for me. She is quite reliable, although sometimes she did strike. Once after gone through rain in Ayuthaya. The other after experiencing unexpected cold winter weather. She was in my backpack when I scaled to Kinabalu. She also did well when we chased wild dolphins in Lovina.

Sooo... why-oh-why do we buy a new one? Is this some sort of 'get rid the old-wrinkled wive for the younger-hot-sexy babe'? Maybe. Maybe.
But not to worry, we ain't gonna throw you a way my dear!

Almost Leia

My office held D&D last week. The theme was masquerade, each table was assigned with different type of mask. This was my first, so wasn't really sure how serious peeps took the given theme. When browsing for mask through the net, I found do-it-yourself Star Wars masks in kids' activity section in www.starwars.com
OK it wasn't me, it was my room mate that discovered it. But we found the site pretty cool, rite? Imagine when all my colleagues dressed up like those in Venetian Carnival, I will appear as Princess Leia (see pic of the mask). Die you Stormtroopers scumbag! Viva Rebel!
But at the end I didn't go as Leia. Chicken out. Ended up buying plastic jester mask from Concourse Plaza. Probably next time.

Must drink on Christmas

When browsing around Christmas cookies and Glögg, I saw a (probably) 6-year-old boy holding 2 bottles of Julmust, queuing at cashier with his mom. He looked happy and satisfied. The drink in his hands looked yummy. And with picture of uncle elf unloading presents from Santa's bag in its label, it also looked warm and homey. For one moment I thought uncle elf smirked and said 'pick me!'. So I grabbed one and walked to cashier. Then chilled it in refrigerator.

Julmust is a traditional drink from Sweden, appears only during festive season. Julmust (Jul = Christmas) in December and påskmust in Easter. Must itself simply means must. So it is a must-to-have-drink for Swedes during festive. Made of made of carbonated water, sugar, hops extract, malt extract, spices, coloring, citric acid, and preservatives. Hops and malt extracts give a somewhat beer-like taste, but it is not fermented and contains no alcohol. (Yes, non-alcohol, otherwise I've probably mistaken a boy with midget in Mickey Mouse t-shirt).

OK, my Julmust was chilled and ready to drink. It did smell a bit like beer but not the taste. It tasted like cough syrup with soda. I know that some of Christmas drinks are supposed to be consumed warm, so I left it out for a while and gave another sip. Still tasted like cough syrup. Drinkable, but not something you're looking forward when thirsty. Wonder whether that boy finished his.

A dark week for some...

See these pics? What do they have in common? Bingo! Three big blow... if you're an English (or English-fan). Three big sport events ended with defeat.

Starting with a well deserved lost in the hand of Russia in mid week. Then Boks boxed the Red Rose from making a back-to-back world champ on Saturday, not even prince's cheer helped them to escape defeat. Then on Sunday Iceman delivered the final blow by taking the world title from the grasp of Brit's new golden boy.

Well, dark cloud did hang low for some. But not for me. For me it was an amazing week!

pictures are taken from yahoo sport

Jacuzzi for Mister Crab

mister crab, mister crab
how are you today?
are your claws feelin' cold
after spent one fine night
in fridge with ben & jerry

mister crab, mister crab
jump over into bubbling water
join mister garlic and miss salt
in this nice and warm jacuzzi

mister crab, mister crab
come over, don't be shy
warm your feet and your shell
till they're scarlet red

Another Girl

Another girl.
Dark hair. Petite fingers.
She just entered my life.
Another mark.
Will she like it?
Maybe, some day.
One day.

At last, I did it...

Chee-Chuck-Man

As my fellow duren's buddies fought their way to the Spiderman premier, I indulged myself in front of tv watching another red-latex-suit superhero. A local one. Sorry, not local, but next door's. This hero is called Cicak-Man. No need to explain the story, I believe you can guess yerself what kind of movie titled Cicak-Man. But the CGI is amazing. They create the whole city using CGI. Oh ya, the Ginger Boys... unbelieveable!