Pohon Sengon

Our local bank gave a few 2011 calendar (pic 1), as you can see it has a small pouch attached there. It contains of 4 seeds of Pohon Sengon Buto (Enterolobium cyclocarpum), apparently it is in accordance of their green campaign. So, I let those seeds to have a chance for life (pic 2). Started by soaking those seeds in hot water. Yes, hot water. How hot it was? Well, I can dip my finger in the water for at least 5 seconds (OUCH!!!). After 24 hours, the seeds will scald its outer skin (pic 3). The seeds will swell almost double its size and soon will break its shell, exposing its new tiny root (pic 4).

Srikaya and me

Another picture of srikaya (Anona squamosa) and me!!!
The size is so huge too :)
This time we don't a scale to weigh it, but as you can see, it's almost as big as human head :)

X-back

Here's a pic of my end-of-Oct 2010 sunburn.

Still quite visible as you can see here.

Chinese Super Breed

A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it. Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:

 • attend a sleepover

 • have a playdate

 • be in a school play

 • complain about not being in a school play

 • watch TV or play computer games

 • choose their own extracurricular activities

 • get any grade less than an A

 • not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama

 • play any instrument other than the piano or violin

 • not play the piano or violin.

Happy New Year 2011

Hum... Happy New Year 2011 :)

Time sure fly fast, isn't it?

Sorry I'm a little late to write "Happy New Year" on this blog...

Anyway, I had my new year in Kuching, Malaysia. and it is to attend my uni-mate, Adeline's wedding (1-1-11). The wedding was great, I didn't take much pic of the event. Most likely i have my pics on someone-else's cam. But these are a few that i took using my faithful BB.

1. this's the hens party, which was held at Top-Nail, Crown Plaza. (+preview of my perfect nail, before i ruined it right after i left the parlour)

2. me & ade in cheongsam for her tea-ceremony

3. me & ade's eldest sis... (can u believe i didnt take pic with the bride??? - photographer sure got it)

Electric Flower Pot

  

New!!!
A very advanced flower pot, with many advantages:

~ Cooks perfect rice without burned butt
~ Low wattage energy saver only 350W
~ Stainless steel lid (missing)
~ Steel body
~ With keep warm feature
~ Capacity 1.8 liters

giant BANANA

Here's a pic of the largest banana on this month's harvest. It weighs at 1250g for just a finger!!!
Other banana on the same tree weigh ard 700-1000g/finger.
The giant banana was so huge that it lasts for 2 breakfasts of 5 people :)
It was made into "pisang goreng" for day 1. and "pisang bakar keju" for day 2.

Hot Dog on Wheels

not-so-Holy War

Recently, a few churches was attacked by a certain-religion-group (1 2 3). The reason behind the attack is that those Christians have been using their private properties to be used as church. They claimed that they are supposed to do their Sunday masses in proper area (ie. proper church). While those Christians also claimed that the permit to build a church is quite complicated, such they need to wait for 10 years for the permit. Apparently, the police didn't do anything about the attack - they didn't protect the victim, they also didnt help the torturer. Inter-religious matters in Indonesia, for any case, with or without anyone's involvement usually will have a certain winner - the Moslem.

On previous attack on church (which obviously not solved yet)

A reporter get mass' reason on why they attack/force to close down the church

1. they do not hold permit to be a church (even it's a private property and used by a certain group of ppl)

2. a mother said she don't want any church near her residence as her kids are still young, she doesn't want them to get bad influence

3. they do not want their followers to change their religion

4. they insists that their religion is the best so everybody else should believe in their god too... etc

I will not comment on why the government cant do anything about it. we all know government are just useless in some matters :)

But... dear any religious ppl

Why are you worry that your followers will change their religion when they see/heard/learned about other faith? why?

Tata is Back !!!

tata has been missing for 2 weeks. she was last seen on 14 november 2010. i never wrote it on this blog cos it's a painful thing for me. i thought she's gone for good - someone poisoned, tortured or killed her. it's a mean thing to imagine, but it's not an uncommon thing here in indonesia.

anyway, to everybody's rejoice, tata is back 3 days ago (29 nov 2010). she's skinny, her fur is messy, she got a cut on her eye, and got a medium wound on her right shoulder. but her appetite is alright, so i assume she's ok :)

many of my friends joke (or not) if i have asked where she has been.

well, i do not see the importance of knowing where she has been.  i don't want to know if she was kidnapped or if she just had fun out-there.

all i want to know is she's back safely. i don't even care about the cuts on her body. she'll heal.

i am just grateful that she's back alive. that's all. no question asked.

thanks for coming back, tata.

note:
of course, we took a pre-caution if she jumped off the fence again, we took some debris away from temple's fence.
she as temple's guardian should be free to roam around.