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Taking life day by day 

 

Я ЛЮБЛЮ ТЕБЯ
(ya lyublyu tebya)

This is my favorite recipe, I found it when there were only limited ingredients in my kitchen. For my surprise it tasted good.. ^__^  It’s easy, and only takes 20 minutes?? (I guess so)

(For 2 person)

Ingredients:
- 3 siung bawang putih (garlic)
- 1 bawang bombay (onion)
- garam (salt) & merica (pepper) secukupnya
- daging sapi (meat) 80-100gr , iris persegi panjang 2x3 cm
   dan rebus selama 10 menit agar empuk
- 1 buah wortel (carrot) 
- saos chili or saos tomat (tomato/chili ketchup) secukupnya
- Air (water) secukupnya (kira-kira 1/2 cangkir)

Steps:
1. Tumis bawang putih & bawang bombay (pakai margarin/minyak goreng) sampai kekuningan
2. Tuangkan air, biarkan mendidih
3. Masukkan rebusan daging, wortel, dan saos
4. Tambahkan garam dan merica secukupnya
5. Masak sampai matang, sekitar 15 menit
6. Hidangkan bersama nasi panass hehehe

Options:
Daging  sapi bisa diganti udang atau yang lainnya, begitu pula sayuran nya sesuai selera

Here is my oseng daging saus chili looks like. I have eaten half of it

 

I think the chili ketchup did a good job too, here’s also it’s picture

Have a nice meal…nyam nyam nyam  

 

 

 

 

Privet! Kak Dela?? Horosho??
(Hi! How Are You?? Good??) 

Wow, it’s April 24 now, yesterday was my 6th Russian lesson. I am still learning how to make simple sentences, only now they are longer & complex than before. I am also learning to distinguish feminin & masculin gender. I have ability and courage (now) to ask questions when I was shopping/ buying things at the market. That’s quite good..huh??!! Though I still have my tongue-twisted when I pronounciated some Russian words.

Here’s a little bit examples from my Russian lesson:

1.  My room is big and nice
     Moya komnata bol’shaya i horoshaya 

2.  Do you have a red pen or a red pencil ?
     U vas yest krasnaya ruchka ili krasniy karandash ?

3.  What do you want?
     Chto viy hotite? 

4.  How much is the price?
     Skol’ko eto stoit? 

Hmmmm not bad, right???!! It feels good when you know other language, even just a bit. One day, when I went to Yimpas, the supermarket, to shop daily needs, I greet the driver, with "Privet!", and he answered, and asked "Kak Dela?" and I answered "Horosho!", that’s a simple conversation, but somehow I’ve made a conversation. Before it was….only silence….hahahaha

Oh yeah, about my Russian teacher, Anya. She’s 23, and she’s studying Turkish language now at home. Her other activities are teaching me Russian 3 times a week, and having fun (I think…:P)
She has a dog and a cat with 3 kittens (additional information).
She’s nice, and such a good friend to me now. Today we planned to visit a market called Stovantan together (I will write about this later).

Here’s a pic of me and Anya at my apartment. By the way, she already has a boyfriend .

 

 

 

I can’t believe, when I published the strong wind part deux, there’s a strong wind again outside   But when I saw a lot of people outside were alrite…guess…I really should take this easily…

Lastnite…the strong wind stroke again…for 3 hours from 8 - 11 pm…in Ashgabat.

I’ve tried not too worried about it, but somehow, from my apartment on the 11th floor, the wind seemed so strong. But everybody here acted like it was just a wind…even my russian teacher told me that. Well I think I should take it easy…though I hope it won’t happen again.

"Relax!…take it easy…! for there is nothing that we can do…"
("Relax,take it easy" lyrics, a song by Mika)

 

The Story : It’s about a modern young woman, Zarri Bano, who lives in Pakistan. She was brought up in a rich traditional family in Pakistan. But, she is very independent, smart, intellectual person who has graduated her master degree in Psychology. Zarri Bano, is well-known of her beauty, but also has refused many man who wanted to marry her. But then, she falls in love with "charismatic" Iskander, a young man from Karachi. The destiny written to Zarri Bano, when her only-brother Jafar got died in a accident, that she should be "a holy woman" to her family. It’s an old familiy tradition when the only son of the familiy died, so to inherit all the land & family’s wealth, one daughter should be a holy woman, means that she could not be married to any man. She has to wear a burqa, a long moslem jilbab all day and dedicate her life only to her religion. Zarri Bano’s life is turning upside-down, and in addition, Iskander is marrying her younger sister, Ruby.

The Review : This book told me that, in this modern life, there is still tradition that a woman should carry and obey to, even if she has already spent many years in school. There are several "interesting" Pakistani tradition were told in this book, especially regarding to marriage and family matters.

All the characters here are described well, but somehow the story-telling was not good enough, a bit boring in some pages but a bit faster in other pages. But it’s a good book to add knowledge and a prove that a woman, can be stronger than her own thought.

The Rate : 

Dobroe Utro !! (Good Morning!!)

Yesterday was my 3rd Russian lesson at home. Now, I am beginning to learn how to create a simple sentence, for example : This is a book - Eto Kniga - ЭТО КНИГА and then I learn names of day in a week. Also I should know how to write them in Cyrillic (Russian alphabet).

From my lesson, I found that, it was difficult to pronounce the Russian alphabet, especially if it’s related with the sound of es, tse, she, or shye…and then zhe or ze. But after a while, a week practising, I started to learn how to distinguish their pronounciations. Though on some words I still got my tongue-twisted in pronouncing them…hehehe

Want to try to read the Russian alphabet with me??

А - A    Б  - Be   В - Ve   Г  - Ge    Д - De   Е  - Ye   Ж  - Zhe   З - Ze   И - i    К-Ke   Л - El   

М - Me  Н - En   О - o    П - Pe   Р - Er    С - Es    Т - Te   У - U    Ф - Vhe    Х- Khe   Ц - Tse  

Ч - Che  Ы - Uy   Э - e   Ю- Yu    Я - Ya   Ш - She     Щ - Shye

Having some difficulties ??? (some of the characters, are prounounced the same way in Indonesian, for example, R, you pronounce it "ER", in Cyrillic, you’ll write it "P")

My Russian teacher, by the way, is a young lady. Her name’s Anya. She’s a nice and a good teacher. Talk about her later

Today, I received a few pics from my friend, Silvia.The pics are from 2 years ago and recently taken pic (when I last time met my friends in Indonesia before I went to Turkmenistan). Wow…how skinny I was 2 years a go…and then now..am I that big?? hahaha Enjoy pregnancy!!!

Note: On 2 years ago pic, I wear pink shirt, and on recently pic, I wear green shirt.

Hi, good morning ( it’s still morning when I wrote this). After having not a very good sleep lastnite, I hope this day will start a bit better ^__^. I’m having difficulties to sleep after knowing that I am pregnant (26 weeks ago). It’s not that I am so depressed about the pregnancy…but pregnancy itself (they say) has something to do with "no good nite sleep". Oh yeah?? Yeah…and there are other things that new for me..here they are…:

First Trimester :

- Have to go to the bathroom all the time (to pee), even when it’s 2 o’clock in the morning, if I have to go..I should go…:P

- Big headache & morning sickness (24 hours), I didn’t like to eat very much but Thank God, I didn’t have to throw out the food I have eaten, either.

- Sooo sensitive nose (hate the smell of the smoke, no smoking please!!)

- Sensitive mood & get emotional easily (cry easily after reading a sad story, etc)

- My body’s temperature is a bit higher & heartburn (stomache acid raise up on your throat)

Second Trimester :

- Still going to the bathroom, but no headache and morning sickness again (hurray!), my appetite is back!!

- Sweating in the middle of the nite (this add the reason why I don’t have a good nite sleep)

- My belly is growing…people start…intendedly to touch my belly

- Feel the first time movement of my baby inside my womb (whoaahh…), I thought it was gas

Third Trimester :

- I feel more movement of my baby especially when I was ready to sleep

- More sweating, and more going to the bathroom time…

- Get tired easily..have to rest after a long walk, etc

- I start talking to the baby hahahaha 

Since my Third Trimester hasn’t over yet…. well I guess I will still enjoy more new things on my pregnancy. But after all that "crazyness" of being pregnant, I love being pregnant so much, It’s so cool ^__^

 

Semalam, jam 4, (hehe di Ashgabat jam segitu masih dianggap malam), aku bangun gara-gara denger suara angin kencang. Asli deh, saking kencengnya, lampu gedung apartemen tetangga sampe mati, lampu-lampu di tamannya juga. Karena baru pertama kali lihat fenomena seperti ini, ya aku panik banget Aku kira ini seperti badai or something…(tapi ko tetangga ga ada yg heboh ya). Akhirnya aku telpon tetangga yang apartemennya di atas persis apartemenku, namanya Sveta. Karena dia ga bisa bahasa inggris, dia kasihin ke anaknya. Setelah minta maaf karena nelpon jam segitu, aku tanya angin di luar ko kenceng banget (pakai bahasa inggris dong tentunya) trus dia agak bingung, tapi akhirnya dia bilang "dont worry, it will finish after hours". Akhirnya aku say thanks, dan nutup telponnya. Masih agak scary soalnya anginnya masih kenceng, aku telpon hape Anya (my russian teacher), ga bisa. Akhirnya sms aja dan tenyata delivered. Pas jam 5, angin dah reda…alhamdulillah (aku dah komat kamit terus baca doa). Anya bales sms, katanya angin itu bukan storm, tapi emang suka ada pas spring gini. Aku disuruh bobo lagi, tapi kalo ada yang ditakutin, boleh telpon dia kapan aja (baik ya dia). Ya sudah..aku akhirnya lebih tenang. Toh anginnya dah reda. Gak lama, jam 6 gitu, terdengar burung-burung berkicau di luar.

Wah…satu pengalaman lagi nih yang aku dapat di negeri orang. Katanya sih, angin kencang gitu sering ada pas spring gini, begitu juga hujan gerimis. Hmmm……gitu toh…..

 Jam 7 aku baru bisa tidur lagi hehehe, mudah-mudahan lainkali anginnya tidak kencang lagi.Amiin.

PS: Ohya di Turkmenistan, beda 2 jam lebih dikit dari Jakarta (WIB). Misalnya di Jakarta pukul 12 siang, maka di Turkmenistan jam 10 kurang dikit. Di Turkmenistan, hari baru mulai terang jam 6.30 pagi, dan baru mulai gelap jam 7.30 malam.