Saturday with Lady Slytherin

Yesterday, I attended a graphic design training and I ended up making a mess (duh). Thankfully, the mess was only in my laptop.

Lady Slytherin explained a little about event publication at the beginning. She also showed a video by Ryan Higa, "Most Annoying People On The Internet". Take time to watch the video. Are you one of those annoying people on the internet?

In the evening, Lady Slytherin informed me that I had left my pencil case and it was with her then. I told her that I would visit her boarding house to take it.

Before taking my pencil case, I went to Ngarsopuro. It's a night market in Solo, opened every Saturday. I wanted to look around and buy T-shirt for my mother. My mother gave me some money to buy her T-shirt but I forgot to bring the money. I was lucky that I brought my own money. Anyway, I couldn't find the T-shirt my mother wanted.

I also visited a cafe nearby. There was a charity concert held by Childhood Cancer Care. I bought a navy blue wrist band in their merchandise stand.

I then visiting Lady Slytherin. She gave me my pencil case and an example of thesis proposal. We had a little talk (I told her that I forget a lot lately; first I lost my driving licence, then I left my pencil case and my mother's money). After that we decided to go together. She chose a fast food restaurant and she took her Samsung tab and headset with her. She said, "I want to browse internet there." 

Arriving in the restaurant, she realised that she forgot to bring her wallet. We thought that my forgetfulness was contagious.

We still ate there anyway. We ate, talked, and read weird articles in the internet. We even dipped our potato in ice cream. It tasted sweet then salty.

Oh, you may think, "Why do you med students eat in fast food restaurant? You should give example of healthy eating habit." I myself rarely eat fast food and I think I have to write a post about healthy food later to counter this post.

Ande-ande Lumut

This morning, I bought ande-ande lumut. In Javanese, "Ande-ande Lumut" can be a name of folktale character, or a food.

Ande-ande Lumut

The food above is ande-ande lumut. It is made of cassava (Manihot esculenta). The thick white liquid (or sauce) is made of coconut milk. I asked my mother, "How can coconut milk become thick?" She said, "Some of the cassava is grated and it made the coconut milk become thick." However, I read some recipes that doesn't mention "grate some cassava". The recipes just tell to stir the sauce until it become thick.

To be honest, my family haven't made ande-ande lumut for a long time but here I will try to write a recipe without measurement (duh).

You will need:

• cassava
• coconut milk
• sugar or palm sugar
• pandan leaf (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
• salt (only a little)
• water if necessary

How to cook it

1. Peel and cut the cassava into small pieces.
2. Grate some cassava (this step can be skipped).
3. Boil all the stuff and stir until the cassava is soft enough to bite and the coconut milk becomes thick.

I will edit or re-write this post someday after I make it again (or not).

 

Foods that Make Me Weak (in a Good Way)

In one of her post, Shruti said that food is her weakness. I'm now inspired to write about some foods that make me weak, in a good way.
1. Durian
Many Indonesians like durian. Well, some Indonesians don't like it. Some people may think that the smell is bad, like rotten food. However, for those who like durian, it smells nice and amazing. The combination of the smell and sweet taste makes durian an incredible fruit.
2. Chocolate
Who doesn't like chocolate? I don't need to explain further about it.
3. Fried shrimp
For your information, I have eczema. The condition can occur if I experience mental stress or eat excessive shrimps. I really said excessive because if I only eat a few fried shrimps, I will be fine.

p.s. Since my internet connection is slow, I can't put images in this post. Maybe later.