Kita Emang Beda, Tapi Belum Tentu Saya Salah kan?!

Selalu… well, ngga selalu ding, tapi biasanya… manusia menilai sesuatu itu benar atau salah, dengan tolok ukur diri sendiri. Misalnya, karena saya ngga suka marah terus tereak-tereak, tanpa sadar saya mikir kalo marah tuh ngga seharus nya terus dilampiaskan dengan tereak-tereak. Lalu, implikasi lanjutannya, saya punya pendapat kalo marah yang dilampiaskan dengan tereak-tereak adalah tidak benar! Penilaian saya jadi super subyektif deh! Contoh lagi, saya ngga doyan ama shitnetron, dari segi manapun saya ngga mampu mengapresiasi karya seni yang satu ini.  Lalu, saya pun punya pemikiran, yang doyan shitnetron tuh pastinya agak buta, kalo ngga rabun senja! Sekali lagi subyektif!

Padahal, kenyataan nya, saya belum tentu benar, dan kenapa bisa-bisa nya saya mengukur orang lain dengan tolok ukur diri saya sendiri???

Orang Jawa  bisa bilang : orang papua tuh males2, makanya mereka ngga maju! Mungkin aja benar, tapi saya punya pemikiran sendiri. Kalau mereka ngga mikir pengen beli TV flat keluaran terbaru, ngga bercita-cita beli mobil SUV yang baru diiklan kan, ngga doyan main BB, terus… kenapa mereka harus menghasilkan duit lebih banyak?? Orang di Jawa mungkin harus berjuang keras, menghasilkan lebih banyak uang, soalnya tetangga kamar kost nya baru saja beli Honda Revo baru, dia pun harus beli at least Yamaha Jupiter Z!!

Beberapa hari yang lalu seorang teman meng sms saya. Kata-katanya simple tapi bikin saya BT beberapa hari. Selamat lho jeung…. biasanya yang bisa mengganggu saya cuma foto binatang yang terluka serius, dan foto perang, oh yeah… “fuck u all press people” yang sudah memasang foto-foto itu, termasuk video Moammar Khadafi!! Di sms itu dia bilang : sibuk ya? semoga sibuk kerja, bukan sibuk keluyuran aja. Simple! Engga, sms nya ngga nampar, apa lagi menghujam jantung, cuma bikin saya bertanya-tanya….. Kapan ya, saya minta uang sama dia?? Kenapa kesan nya dia sakit ati banget kalo saya jalan-jalan?

Pada kenyataan nya, saya emang beda banget ama dia, tapi bukan berarti salah kan? Dan dia bener?

Dia menikah, punya anak, bekerja keras, naek mobil mewah, punya rumah bagus,  itu semua hak dia loh…..

Saya ngga kawin-kawin, ngga menganggap punya anak penting, nebeng mamah, ngga punya BB, dan bekerja sesuai dengan ritme saya… itu juga hak saya loh!!  

Lain kali, kalo sampe dia curhat soal anak yang rewel ato suami yang nyebelin, saya juga ga bakalan menjawab : Makanya…. ngapain kawin dan beranak?? Kecuali….. dia sering nitipin anak nya di saya! Kalo itu, pastinya saya ngga akan tinggal diam!! Tapi kalo sekedar curhat-soal-suami-nyebelin-serta-anak-rewel, percayalah, saya ngga akan sekalipun menyalahkan dia atas keputusan dia berkeluarga.

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You’ll learn things you never knew you never knew

Ini adalah penggalan lagu Color of the wind, OST film animasi Pocahontas. Kita bisa aja beda, tapi bukan berarti saya salah kan?? Sesuatu yang beda ngga selalu perlu dinilai sebagai benar atau salah, tapi lebih sebagai media belajar…..

Peace yo!!

INI TEH…….MAHAL!!

Iya, maksud nya teh yang di minum itu, bukan teh yang suka disebut-sebut sama orang jawa barat. Mahal? Ya iya lah, namanya juga high tea, alias teh yg harganya tinggi. Di mana? Jelas bukan d warung depan rumah, yg kalo order tinggal tereak aja : es teh atu bu’. Ngga mungkin doooong perempuan sophisticated kek saya minum teh di tempat macam itu? Apa kata dunia??? Pasti nya perempuan berkelas kek saya ya minum teh di tempat yang cozy, elegan bersih, classy dan… mahal!! Apa kata dompet saya?!! Hahaah!!

Kali ini saya ngomong soal Hare and Hatter. Lokasinya di Citraland Surabaya. Begitu masuk, suasana nya dominan putih, cosy, dan casual. Gaya interior nya terinspirasi oleh Alice in the wonderland. Saya jadi inget 1 resto d bali, namanya White Rabbit, juga terinspirasi Alice in the wonderlan. Kayaknya banyak yg suka tema Alice in the wonderland ya?? Keren sih!Siang-siang, sekitar jam makan siang, saya janjian sama ibu-ibu metropolis untuk makan di sana. Jam makan siang emang, tapi kita ngga tertarik makan-makanan berat yang ada di menu (Well, bener nya Hare and Hatter juga ngga punya makanan yg berat bgt kok) Mungkin pengaruh teman yang me recomend teman itu sebagai “surga pastry and cake” jadi kita mau makan kue-kue aja. Setelah memelototi menu, akhirnya kita memilih teh tinggi hati itu tadi… hehehe… high tea, maksud eikeee… Lumayan, satu set menu ini buat ber dua, pas banget kaaan, sama kita berdua, 2 classy woman…. Tapi, setelah beberapa hari kemudian,  saya merasa agak aneh, karena telah minum teh dan kue-kue manis di jam makan siang….. Sutra lah ya bow… secara saya juga makan corn flakes di malam hari, dan makan steik di pagi hari!!Satu set High tea seharga kurang lebih 100 rebu, isi nya sepoci teh buat dua, dan kue-kue buat berdua. Ini dia kue nya. Secara saya bukan ahli pastry, dan acara nge teh siang-siang ini juga dah lewat lama, maafkan atas nama-nama kue yang saya “karang” sendiri, dengan bantuan foto dan memori otak yang ga seberapa bagus…. Hehehehe!!

Mud cake coklat–>  enaaaakkk…. Coklat nya enaaak bgt, ngga terlalu manis, dan dark

mocca cake–> lumayan juga, saya suka mocca

macaroon–> penilaian ga obyektif, soalnya saya ga suka kelapa dalam kue

Quiche Lorraine–> I love this! Rasanya pas, tekstur nya lembut!

bread, dan soes isi fla—> ehem….. biasa ajah!! Kakak saya bisa bikin lebih enak!

Sebagai pemuas rasa ingin tahu, saya juga beli creme brulee classic dengan ice cream vanilla. Soalnya, dari dulu sudah tahu yang namanya Creme brulee, tapi kok belom pernah mencoba, gituuu.  Harga nya sekitar 30 rebu. Porsi nya lumayan, bagi berdua OK lah… ga cuma sekedar buat ngusap lidah, hehhehe!! Rasanya….. Enak! Well, cream brulee ini benar-benar cream, tekstur nya halus banget, lembek, dan sangat creamy. Buat yang ga doyan lembek-lembek-bau telur-susu, jangan di coba deh!

Mau ke sana lagi? Mauuuuu!! tapi tunggu ada yang nganterin ya? Malesss, jauh nyaaaaaa

VN-CAMB-KL : Row –row-row You Bike Around Angkor Wat!!!

The Only reason I put Siam Reap on the list is Angkor Wat!! This complex  of ancient city is a true calling for me, long before Angelina Jolie running around Ta Phrom.  I’m so curious about that place! I love ancient ruin, I love artistic things, and Angkor wat seems to have it all.  All my CS guests always put Cambodia and Angkor wat on their “must-visit” place! So….. no need further explanation, I will definetly visit Angkor Wat!!

My sister came to me with her biking-idea around Angkor Wat. She have researched it before, and looked like biking is become more popular lately. Sounds great though : biking around ancient city….. So, I agree instantly! The Angkor complex will open on sunrise, and closed on sunset! See, they invite us to watch the sunrise in Angkor Wat! So, we answer ur invitation!! I will be there by sunrise!! *throw my fist on the sky*

Well….. bike plus sunrise….. how it would sounds? Fun? Hard? Or really hard? Hahahha! It is hard! We have to start the trip at least 4.30 am, local time. I have my bike rented from the white bicycle, cos I attracted by its project. They rent the bike to support their social activities. Anyway, it is really easy to rent bike in Siam Reap, the price would be around 1-2 USD per day. Almost every hotel have it, I guess. SR is really touristic, every tourist there have 1 purpose, visiting Angkor, what else? The city was calm and easy, quite modern, lots of hotel and hostel. Everything in the city are meant to the tourist industry, even the bottled water on the street! It is twice expensive than average price we had for bottled water, everywhere in VN and PP!! But, we found little supermarket, with normal price somewhere on the main road, lucky we didn’t buy the one on the street.

After some discussion, we decided to rent car with air con, for those two old tourists, my uncle and aunt. It is cost 25-35 USD. Tuk tuk would be cheaper, of course, around  12 USD. Meanwhile, me and the two sisters will stick on the bike. Angkor complex is located outside of the city, it is 8 km long! The road is flat, but still….need a fit body to do this!  It needs around 45 minutes to go!

Cycling to Angkor Wat is an awesome experience! I have never been on push bike since I move to Surabaya, around 20 years ago! I’m glad I still know how to ride it! We started it at 4.30 sharp. The sky was still dark, and I’m not really sure about our direction. With some help from the map and some signage on the road, I rowed my bike with fully confident. It was looooong way along the deserted road, the houses and building were getting rare, replaced by forest, and the sky were getting bright…. But…. I still haven’t seen any sign of Angkor Wat. Finally!! I saw it!! A black huge figure! Angkor Wat!! But I was taking the wrong way! Damn!! I should have stick on Charles de Gaulle road!! I didn’t pass the main gate, so, I didn’t got my ticket yet! I need to row again for a solid 20 minutes back and forth to get my ticket!! Aaaargh!! I missed the sunrise!!

But that’s OK, it was covered by cloud anyway….OK!! I will never ruin the whole excitement to be in Angkor Wat, with such small things like missing the sunrise, and rowing back to the main gate!!  We had our breakfast on front of Angkor wat it self, that’s awesome! Angkor are actually a very big complex with thousands of ancient artifact. There are some main artifact, that made them must-visit :

1. South gate of Angkor Thom
2. Bayon
3. Terrace of elephant
4. Terrace of lepper King
5. Ta Prohm
6. Angkor wat

I visited them all, plus a few more ruin that looks interesting. That was the good things about ridding bike on our own. I can stop where ever I want, and for how long. When I was wandering around, I started to realize, why some people visit Angkor Wat area for 3 days! If I could, I would take 3 days ticket too!! Even if it is a complex of temples, the style are not the same. There are some styles, such as Bayon, Angkor Wat, Khleang, post-bayon, ect.

I was really happy to start the trip early on the morning, cos the sun was merciless! Another good thing is, the Angkor wat wasn’t full yet, so I can enjoy the silent between the great stones. Angkor are always full of kids selling things, they will gang up on you and yelling “one dolar misssssss”  Thanks God they’re not allowed to go inside the ruin, or they will ruin my mood! Once again….. I will never ruin the whole excitement to be in Angkor Wat, with such small things like “one dollar misssssssssss!!!” I read on the travel forum, someone asked how to avoid the crowd on Angkor Wat? The answer was genius!! Don’t go! Indeed, if u only want to see Angkor wat, without any hassle, than u can search on the net, they have tons of information, no need to visit Angkor wat.

After lunch in the Angkor area, I row my bike again, back to Siam Reap city. Cycling around Angkor Wat would be the most unique experience I got from this whole trip!!