Keuken #4 The Jolly Camaraderie

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    *NOTE*
    I wrote an Indonesian version of this post here. It’s not exactly the same, but they generally talk about the same thing.

    Among other things that A and I both love, perhaps food has the top place. This Sunday afternoon, we went to Burger King to enjoy their Hot Challenge deal before going to his place to have chiffon cake. Not only that, on the evening, we went to Keuken, an annual food festival. We had ramen and kebab there. My stomach is overjoyed (but also overwhelmed).

    Since we didn’t get the chance to spend Saturday night together, this Sunday night date was super fun and really helpful for me to escape from the head-spinning revision of skripsi proposal. The due date is today, but ho and behold, I had finished it less than an hour ago! Now I can finally get some sleep.

    See you 🙂

    9 June 2013

    An Upcoming Something + An Announcement

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    A and I had a small photo session this afternoon. We’re planning on doing a collaborative-project-sort-of-thing. The whole concept is still under construction, but hopefully we can announce it soon.

    On a side note, Miss Molly gave birth to three uber cute kittens today. I know I haven’t said anything about her pregnancy in this blog; I’m really sorry about that. She went into labour this morning and the last kitten was born in the afternoon (while I was away). It was her first pregnancy and she’s still very young (I used to joke that if she were a human, she would be on 16 and Pregnant :p) but she proved that she is a badass lady cat. I’m so proud of her. The three kittens are healthy, but I haven’t named them yet as I still can’t distinguish their sex. Pictures are going to be shared as soon as they can strike a pose.

    6 June 2013

    Duck, Duck, Goose!

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    Is it embarassing to say that I had never had duck until tonight? Well, there I said it. People always say that duck tastes better than chicken, but because it looks brownish and hard to chew, I always skipped it. Today, however, A and I finally got the voucher that I talked about in this post. It’s a IDR 20k discount in Bebek Garang, a restaurant serving duck menu. We were like “Yay! Free dinner!” but then we made a huge mistake. We went to a wrong branch of Bebek Garang and they didn’t accept the voucher there, so we got to pay. Duck is definitely more expensive than chicken, so we spent like IDR 80k tonight for two main courses, two drinks, and one side dish. It was more expensive than our usual meal for Saturday night, but it was absolutely worth it. The food was very nice and we both really enjoyed it. The serving was also super quick and the toilet was clean. The only thing I hate about Bebek Garang was the fact that they don’t have a special smoking area, so there were some people who smoked in the indoor area. It was very annoying. But in general, I would recommend Bebek Garang to you for the nice food 🙂

    1 June 2013

    #gararetekBDG

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    I’m not really into politics. In fact, I’ve had my trust broken for oh-so-many times by the politicians I used to admire. However, if you’ve been following me on Instagram, you might’ve known that last Sunday I somehow joined a campaign program held by a candidate who is running for the mayorship in next month’s election. The program was a kind of The Amazing Race called GARARETEK (Game Amazing Race Ngangge Teknologi). We got to run around the city, solving riddles and racing against time whilst uploading pictures through Twitpic and this app.

    The general idea behind the game was actually new and creative. It was a good and out-of-the-box idea for a political campaign. I like how they used technology effectively for the campaign. (FYI, campaign programs in Indonesia usually consist of dangdut music events where the candidates give a statement in one occasion. But the program itself mostly consists of singing and dancing.) However, there were also some things I need to highlight here.

    First, the use of text message to deliver the clues of our next destination. Let’s be honest here: no one uses text message nowadays, when the number of chatting apps increases every day. I’m quite sure that the carriers pay less attention to the text message services compared to data connection services. For an event which had the word technology on its name, the use of text message was understandably questionable. Why used text message? There were some groups that couldn’t finish the race just because they didn’t receive their clues at all. What a shame.

    Second, it was clearly seen that the committee didn’t prepare the event quite well. It looked as if they prepared it in only four or five days. The rules and guidelines for the game were confusing and unclear. Also, the participants were told that each of us would be given a voucher, but then they told us that the voucher couldn’t be given that day. We had to come back the next day to get it. I still haven’t had mine today because I’m too lazy to go back and pick it up. In my opinion, they should have had the voucher on their hand before the event.

    But above all those matters, I still think that this event was a good campaign program. This is how a campaign program should be: creative and standing out of the rest.

    30 May 2013