Rabu, 31 Maret 2010

Every Day is A Busy Day


Hi friends, in my fifth posting I’d like to tell you about my daily activities. Unlike in the previous semester, in this semester I feel busier and more tired in doing the activities. Perhaps it’s because in semester two I take 25 credits while in the first semester I only take 21 credits. It causes the assignments I must do are also become more and more. Moreover, the schedule I get is also not in order in a day. However, I’ve known what the consequences if I take 25 credits.

From Monday to Friday I have classes in campus. On Monday I only have one class. It’s Pre Intermediate Listening class at 11 a.m. Therefore I usually wake up late about eight or eight thirty and then take a bath. After taking a bath I go to Bu RT’s food stall to have breakfast. From food stall I go to campus to have a listening class. My listening class usually finishes before 1 p.m. After the class my friends and I like chatting together first before going home or we usually go to the library just to get cool air while reading some books or magazine there. At three or three thirty we go home.

Arriving at my boarding house, I usually take a rest for a while, but not take a nap. After that I take a bath. Then I buy food for my dinner. I have dinner at 06.30 p.m. After having dinner I began to do assignments and prepare the lesson for tomorrow. I prefer study or take a rest in my bed room to gather in the TV room downstairs of my boarding house with my friends. It’s because the program they usually watch is different from my interest. They usually watch sinetron while I really want to watch western film on TV. However I’ll watch TV if there is FTV Jogja. That’s my favorite! I almost never miss it. If there is FTV Jogja, I usually sleep at 01.00 a.m. because the FTV starts so late. However generally I sleep at 10 a.m. after doing the assignments and study. It’s going on everyday.

For me, I have three most tiring days. They are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Thursday and Wednesday I have three classes. On Thursday I have first class at 9 a.m., second class at 11 a.m., and third class at 1 p.m. to 3.40 p.m. because it’s Structure class that spends three credits. On Wednesday I have first class at 7 a.m. Oh I always don’t have enough sleep time at night before Wednesday and it makes me sleepy in first class. My second class on that day starts at 11 a.m. and my third class begin at 4 p.m. Do you know what my third class is? It’s Bahasa Indonesia class! What a boring class it is! I think you will be agree if I say that’s time to sleep when we have Bahasa Indonesia class at the time I tell you, right? On Thursday I only have two classes. However I say it’s a tiring day because the time range from first class to second is so long. Imagine, my first class starts at 9 a.m. while my second class starts at 4 p.m. To spend the leisure time, my friends and I usually go to the library to read some books or do assignments.

However, starting April 8 next week, my tiring days would be on Wednesday and Thursday only because Structure class is changed on Thursday at 11 a.m. It means that on Tuesday I only have two classes while on Thursday I’ll have three classes and the time range from one class to the others are not so long anymore.
On Friday I have three classes too and the first class starts at 7 a.m., but it’s not so tiring because the second class is book report and we don’t need to attend that class every week except at the submission schedule. On Saturday and Sunday I usually go to Vihara.

Well guys, that's about my daily activities. Though it seems so tight, tiring, and full I keep enjoying them because I do all my activities happily. I still can hang out with my close friends among those my full days.

Kamis, 18 Maret 2010

SPECIAL DISH....


This is It! Empek-Empek Veggie Ala Tiara Queen!

Hi friends, do u know what the special food of Palembang is? That’s right! The answer is empek-empek. Empek-empek is usually made of Tenggiri fish and sago. However, empek-empek that I’m going to tell you isn’t made of Tenggiri fish. It’s made of potato!
Potato? How could it be? Well, for a vegetarian Tenggiri fish is changed with potato to make delicious empek-empek. Don’t you believe it? Let me explain it to you. Imagine you’re watching Ala Chef now and I as Chef Tiara is going to tell about the process of making empek-empek. Here we go! ^^
You will need 250 grams of potato, 300 grams of sago, 50 grams of flour, 2 eggs, a teaspoon of sugar, a teaspoon of salt, and a little seasoning. First, potatoes are boiled or steamed. Next the potatoes are mashed. Then flour is mixed into hot water and stirred till it’s like porridge. After that, the mashed potatoes, porridge flour, eggs, salt, sugar, and seasoning are mixed together. They have to be stirred until the mixture blended. Then sago is added gradually into the mixture until they forms dough which isn’t sticky and can be easily shaped. The very common type of empek-empek is lenjer whose shape is long and round. The next step after the dough is shaped is boiling them and let them cooked until they’re floating. It usually takes 20-30 minutes to boil them. After that, empek-empek lenjer is taken aside on the plate. You can eat it directly or you can also fry it then.
Empek-empek is much better served with dark liquid which is called cuko. It will make the taste of empek-empek more delicious. Therefore I’ll also explain you how to make cuko.
You will need 100 grams of palm sugar, 250 cc of water, 10 small chilies (cabe rawit), a little asam jawa, a little salt, sugar, and one jeruk kunci. First, palm sugar, water, asam jawa are boiled together. Then the chilies are mashed until they’re smooth. After that, the chilies are mixed into the boiling palm sugar water. A little salt and sugar are added into it. Then the squeezing of jeruk kunci is added into it too. Last, they’re stirred until they’re boiling.
Well, this is it! Empek-Empek Veggie ala Tiara Queen! It’s ready to serve with dark cuko! You wanna try? :D

Jumat, 05 Maret 2010

MY BELOVED LECTURER IS ...

Friends, I'd like to tell you about my beloved lecturer. Actually I have admired the person from the first time the person taught us. Perhaps it's because the person has a similar name with my favorite football player's name.

Now  I'll  describe about my beloved lecturer's general appearance. The person has long straight black hair. The person always bunches the hair. The person is of medium height and weight. The person has dark eyes. Moreover, the person has freckle on the cheeks. The person  has thin  lips and  the person  always  gives  a beautiful smile for the students. Furthermore, the person always wears glasses.


Next, about my lecturer's characteristics. The person is very friendly and patient to students. The person always explains the material as clear as possible. Moreover, in my opinion the person is also a diligent lecturer. The person always corrects all of our assignments and gives them back to us so that we know which part of our assignments that's incorrect. The person always does that thing by color pens. Therefore, when some students get many corrections, the paper will be so colorful and our lecturer always says that the more colorful the paper, the more beautiful it would be hehehe....
Furthermore, this person likes updating status on facebook. The person likes giving funny comments to others, especially to the person's close friends who works as PBI lecturer too (one of them is our current Writing 2 lecturer hehehe...)

Have you got the person who I mean? If not yet I'll give you some more clues. This person got mastery in Arizona State University, USA. Actually at the first the person didn't want to take PBI because the person didn't like English. However, the person's father enforced the person to take PBI. By the time in learning English the person got so many difficulties, so the person studied very hard. As the result, this person who hardly to understand about English at first can be a very good and kind lecturer now. 

I still remember what the person said to me and my friends at the first meeting of the person's class last year, the person said to us that it's okay to make mistake in learning English. The process in learning is more important than the result. The person really encourages and inspires me.

I like the way my beloved lecturer teaches us very much. Therefore, I want the person teaches me along the semesters. Unluckily, the person doesn't teach me this semester. Actually I'm little bit disappointed, but I hope next semester my beloved lecturer will teach me.

The last clue is this person has just got a "new role" as a MOM! ^^
I think it has been very clear, right?
So, my beloved lecturer is ****** ^^