Sabtu, 13 Februari 2010
Thank God It's Friday
Ingredients:
1 glass of Beer
1 bottle of Corona
1 Cocktail
How To Make:
Mix it together
Result:
Broke Pleasurably
Kamis, 11 Februari 2010
So Long Cake......
But ooh no here we are, waiting outside our class room, wearing our complete uniform, hoping to learn how to make cake..... IT'S CANCEL..... the rain ruined it, the wheater cast said there might be a storm coming, it has to be cancelled coz it's not safe.
This is the first time in my life that I feel disappointed for a cancellation class. Usually in the past if things like this happened I just HIP HIP Horray... FREE TIME..... But now I'm such a geek, when I heard there's no substitute class, I said...... why oohh why???
Kitchen Operation
Actually it's more like a cookery class than a patisserie, but a patissier have to learn a basic method of cookery too. It's a really interesting class althought i kinda suck .. oops hehehhe....
In this class we learn a bout cutting style, of course knife is the main show here. yup dangerous stuff. my nails is one of the victims. Anyway.... we use variety of vegetables and fruit, and learn different style of cutting: julliene, brunoise,paysane, mirepoix, etc,etc (yup everything in french words so, i still try to memorize it)
When the chef came to see what i've already done, he take couples of my julliene carrot and line it, then he ask:
Chef: "which is the correct one?"
Me: I point one of the carrot
Chef: "none!!"
ohh nooo big OOpss... But chef, I swear.... by the moon and the star in the sky... i will practice ok..ok..ok...
Words From John
"I’m wired for it. I’m lucky I found a thing I was wired for, and I found it at 13. I’ve already won one of the biggest gambles of all time, which was to forgo an education so I could pursue a real all-or-none scenario. I look pretty fucking smart for having done that, though it doesn’t change the fact that it was crazy."
Oo I'm so jealous with that kind of person. the one who already now what he/she want to do in their life since little. Coz honestly When I'm little, if somebody ask me this famous question: what you wanna do when you grow up? I just blank, coz seriously i don't have an answer.
But you know, everybody have their own path. For me, it took a while....
Minggu, 07 Februari 2010
Winner Winner Chiken Dinner
Sabtu, 06 Februari 2010
One Fine Day
Yesterday i went to the city with my housemates, Khrisna and Tom. We're planning to eat at Es Teler 77 near the Melbourne Central Station. when i arrived there i felt like i entered the wrong place. Okkay... Why there's nasi uduk in 77?? ayam balado? Mpek2? It's so weird..., coz in Indonesia, 77 famous for its meatballs and the menu isn't as variety as in here. So i ordered Ayam Balado ($10) which taste great although not spicy enough for me. oyeah the chiken size here is sooo big, compared to Indonesia chicken.
After that we moved to Maxbreiner, a cafe famous for they chocolate. This is tom's recommendation I ordered hot thick Italian Chocolate ($6) which taste like heaven..... so good... Let me tell you something: One of my goal is to learn how to make a delicious hot chocolate. The reason is because until now i can't find any cafe in Indonesia who sell a good hot chocolate. Maxbreiner located in a strategic part of QV, it close to the entrance and near the outdoor area inside the building where there was a live band playing. Oyeah we met Zyoung Goh (his also a cookery student from WA) on our way to Max Brenner so he join us.
The next destination was St. Kilda beach. Khrisna and Zyoung want to go there so we took a tram, sorry guys I can't remember the number of the tram). It took around 15-20 minutes from the city. I wore a wrong oufit again today coz the wheater cast said it's gonna be cold. So if you perhaps at the same place with me yesterday and saw a girl wore/carried a leather black jacket at the beach, yup that would be me!! It's a really nice beach with white sand and clean. The heat was super hot and the wind was hard, felt like it can fly you away. But overall it was fun. I also went to Luna PArk to see all the games, but we didn't play.
We're planning to cook for dinner. So we went to Coles and cooked Makaroni. It's Tom recipe and guess what he's the only person among us who didn't study cookery, hehehe. The Macaroni turned out great and Super enough to feed 4 person.. I still have the left over in my fridge....
Catch Me If You Can
When I came to Australia, everybody walking. And I really heart that fact. The difference is they walk so fast, way faster than me. It's not a problem for me until one day.... A granny with a cane passing over me from the back. Damn... She walks faster than me. I know guys... it's not like a race or something, but still.... it squeezed my walk ego lil'bit hahahaha. There must be something wrong with my bones.... If today lets say... a 70 years old granny beats me, Imagine how slow the future 70 years me will be?? So... my inpulsive brain order my weak bone to stop at coles.... Look the difference i made to my fridge....
Before
Now
Jumat, 05 Februari 2010
Studley Park Here I Go
Rabu, 03 Februari 2010
When Da Vinci Met Zen
of things he wanted to know:
the cause of tickling
the tongue of the woodpecker
the reason for lust
& the jaw of the crocodile
then simply, must get coal.
A zen quote says:
first enlightenment, then dishes.
Life, full of circles & lines & geometry
& the shortest distance between us.
My list: why you rub your feet three times
in bed & always toast to Helsinki
the traces of tanned Olsen light on your skin
& how you always miss the washing basket.
da Vinci imagined the calculator, helicopter, infinity.
Mental note: after love must keep everything fresh
then get bread.
by Alicia Sometimes
Oh yeah, just so you know another weird side of me, I like to observe things written anywhere, a poster, billboard, store name, and anything else... There's a website at the bottom, movinggalleries.org.au. So when I came home, I looked at the website. So this is some explanation i got from their website:
Moving Galleries aim is to reach and engage an extensive and diverse community in the course of daily life by ‘moving Melbourne through art’.The project reflects its creative use of public spaces, making art and literature accessible to everyone, reinforcing Melbourne as the nation’s cultural and creative capital and most liveable city. As the poetry section of Moving Galleries is open for public submission, both professional and novice poets have been selected for publication. The poetry on the walls of the trains provides the commuting public with a snapshot of Victoria’s literary talent.
How cool is that? Finding art in our daily life... and it's not all about poetry, you can find artwork too somewhere. Too bad i didn't had a change to take a picture. Hoping I can be camera ready when i see it again someday.... In the mean time here some picture i took from the website to freshen up your eyes
William Angliss Institute
I got a lil' confession. I got lost in my first day. Actually I already went there the day before with my friend but when I got off the station I kinna confused about the direction, everything look similar. Yeah me and direction is not a great pal. Can't agree enough with the book called Why men can't listen and women can't read maps (No offence for all the ladies out there who have the map reading capabilities, it's just my fragility). And suddenly, like a God sent for me, I saw a sign from far far away with my minus 1 and a half eyes. A catchy billboard that instantly got my attention and melt my heart. If I can borrow Tom Cruise famous quotes in Jerry maguire, i will say:" It had me at Helloo". So written in a bold letter on the billboard, it said......
The other thing about this school that made me falling in love is the aroma. It got the coffee and cookie aroma all over the place, especially in the cookery building of course. Imagine the first smell you catch when you enter the coffee shop, that's exactly what I felt. Since i'm quite a coffeeholic and a sweet tooth person, this is like heaven. hahaha.....school never felt like this before.
I don't know about the reality later, the time when i can't even breath with all the class and assignment. But for now, It's like a dream come true.
First Day Of School
Something Old, Something New
Let's Get Out Of this Country
I'll admit I am bored with me
I drowned my sorrows and slept around
When not in body at least in mind
We'll find a cathedral city
You can convince me I am pretty
We'll pick berries and recline
Let's hit the road dear friend of mine
Wave goodbye to our thankless jobs
We'll drive for miles maybe never turn off
We'll find a cathedral city you can be handsome I'll be pretty
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Btw I got a 'learn and never do that again' experience from the airport luggage department. It turned out that they have the policy that we can't bring a bag that weighing more than 30 kg. You can bring more than 30 kg, but in separate bags. Stupid me, I bought a super2 big suitcase, the biggest suitcase i can find in store. I thought, hey... just put everything in one bag. No need to worries for another bag. But my of my... WRONG.... they rejected my luggage immediately and the only way is to minimaze it. So sitting in the corner of the check in room, me with the help of the nice mr. potter opened my overweight suitcase and put my "sorry i can't bring you" stuff in a cardboard box I got from the luggage crew. Don't mean to be a drama queen, but it was really tense.
After that i met with my family and friends who wait for me outside and have a last time chit chat, and finally said good bye to each other. Btw from some of my friend who didn't come...., shame on you guys... shame on you!! hehehhe kidding...
Selasa, 02 Februari 2010
Hi mates, Greeting from Melbourne
This is my new blog. I made it for my melbourne journey. Yes..... I'm a melburnian now... (Is it too soon to call a 4 day melbourne's newcomer that name?) hehehe...., never mind.
The reason I flight my self 3,235 miles away from my jakarta hometown glory is to study patisserie. Bet y'all know what it is right? yess? noo?
So, just to make it a little bit educated, i put a definition that I got from thefreedictionary.com here, I mean who know if it is gonna be questioned in my assignment test later... God forbid if I can't answer!
pa·tis·se·rie (p-ts-r, pä-ts-r)