There might be something wrong with my...

... tongue.. hehe

It was a couple weeks a go when I really wanna eat sushi.

Googling for some place, I found this place.

And, it was saturday afternoon when I went to it.

Because I had not having lunch yet, I ordered anything with rice and, of course, sushi..

Enw, while waiting for the foods, the waitress gave edamane. :9

Waiting a couple of minutes, and here they were,, lying in front of me: Chicken Curry and Unagi Crispy Roll,, a kind of fushion sushi.

Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of the foods. I was busy to think, which one do I have to finish first..  :P

The Chicken Curry was emm,, emmm.. It was good actually, but its taste was the same as the taste of Sarimie Chicken Curry.. Seriously..

And,, the Unagi Crispy Roll was good also. But, as I mentioned before, there might be something wrong with my tongue. My tongue was not accustomed with the fish egg's taste. Yeah, that cute-orange-things somehow was not suitable for me, whereas the reason I choose that sushi was because of that things. Aarrrgghhh...

The hardest part was, because it is prohibited to throw foods, I insisted my self to eat that sushi. Whoaaa, such a "pleasant" activity. hehe... 

And don't worry, it doesn't make me stop eating sushi, though. I still love that Japanese food, and I decide to accustomed my tongue with the fish egg.

So, another sushi day?? Just call me pleasee.. ^^

Halal Cosmetiques

As a ladies, it's our fate to make friends with cosmetiques. Maybe not a complete cosmetiques like this, but at least facial wash, moisturizer, loose powder, and lipbalm are must-have-cosmetiques-item for ladies *curhat.. :P 

No, it's not only about style. Each of the items I mentioned before has its function for our skin's health. You can ask Mr. Google to find it..  :)

On the other hand, as a moslems, we have to make sure that halal is our priority.
Now, as being a ladies and moslems, the next question is, "Are our cosmetiques halal?"

Lucky for us in Indonesia, there are some brands that already have halal certificate. Here they are:

1. Wardah
2. Ristra (news about it)
3. La Tulipe (news about it)
4. Sari Ayu (news about it)
5. Caring Colour (news about it)
7. Inez

If you use overseas brands, you could take a look at this page also. Hopefully anything written there could be accounted.  :)

What about the other brands?

I think it doesn't mean that the not-having-halal-certificate-brands-yet are not halal, but it's safer if we use the already-having-halal-certificate-brands.

Or, you could take a look at the ingredients. There are some ingredients that are categorized as musbhooh because usually they origins from animal. Here they are: allantoin (alantoin), asam amino, cholesterol, kolagen, colours/dye, cystine (sistina), elastine, gelatine (gelatin), glycerine (gliserin), hyaluronic acid (asam hialuronat), hydrolysed animal protein, keratin, lanolin, lypids, oleic acid (asam oleat), stearic acid (asam stearat), stearyl alcohol, tallow (lemak hewan), vitamin A.

Personally, I think that using cosmetiques properly is good, but using halal cosmetiques properly is the best.

p.s.:

You might wanna read this also..  :)

Titip Absen

Gak di sini gak di sana, gak dulu gak sekarang, mengabsenkan dan titip absen adalah budaya yg mewarnai kehidupan mahasiswa. 

Sebenarnya, ga ada yang dirugikan dalam budaya ini. Mahasiswa yang ngabesin jelas ga rugi apa2. Mahasiswa yang diabsenin jelas bakal untung: jatah ga-masuk-nya ga berkurang, cuy. Dosen, pastinya ga bakal rugi jg. Mau yang masuk sekampung kek, mau yang masuk sebiji kek,, asal kuliah tetep ada sesuai jadwal, masi digaji kok.

Tapi, apakah sesuatu yang membudaya kemudian bisa menjadi suatu kebenaran? Tergantung budayanya se ya, tapi yang jelas belum tentu. Dan dalam kasus ngabsenin dan titip absen, jelas bukan kebenaran lah ya.

Lebih lanjut lagi, suatu hal yang sering dilakukan itu akan jadi kebiasaan. Karena kebohongan itu akan melahirkan kebohongan-kebohongan lain, brarti kan mendorong pembohong untuk menjadi sering berbohong. Nah, takutnya, keseringan ini akan berubah menjadi kebiasaan dan kebiasaan ini akan jadi pembenaran terhadap kegiatan berbohong itu sendiri. *mbulett..

Saya tentunya ga mau lah berbohong kalo nggak kepepet :P. Dan pastinya, saya gak mau banget kalo orang yang berada di sekitar saya jg jadi pembohong.

Lebih spesifiknya lagi, saya ndak mau mahasiswa saya jd pembohong. Saya ga mau mahasiswa saya jd orang yang suka titip absen. Saya lebih suka kalo mereka datang ke saya, minta ijin ga bisa masuk karena satu dan lain hal (yang syar'i tentunya). Bukankah semuanya bisa dikomunikasikan?

Intinya, jujur yang lebih utama. Titik. Ga pake koma. Jujurlah,, walo mungkin sedikit pahit. Walo mungkin akan ada beberapa pihak yang tersakiti. *tsahh.. bahasa saya.. :P

Tentunya, kan sangat aneh kalo kita teriak2 di jalan, teriak-teriak di fesbuk, twitter, ato socmed, apapun tentang save KPK, stop kriminalisasi KPK, hukum mati koruptor, dan sejenisnya,, tapi sedikit banyak kita telah menumbuhkan benih korupsi dalam bentuk ketidakjujuran td.

Apakah saya tidak pernah berbohong? Well, I'm working on it.

Sebisa mungkin saya menghindari berbohong. Takut jadi kebiasaan soalnya.

Iya benar, kita bukan malaikat yang hidupnya lurussss aja.
Iya benar, kita bukan makhluk sempurna.
Tapi, bukankah semua adalah pilihan?
Dan bukankah setiap pilihan kita nantinya akan dimintai pertanggungjawabannya di akhirat kelak?

Tapi, kembali lagi, mempercayai akan adanya akhirat, surga, dan neraka juga tentunya adalah pilihan.. :)

Jadi, mulai dari diri sendiri, mulai dari hal terkecil, dan mulai dari sekarang untuk tidak berbohong.


*ditulis dengan sangat emosional penuh semangat sehabis kejadian perkara..  :P
*saking semangatnya sampe belum di-English kan.. hehe

About Reading

Personally, I think reading is a very good habit.
 

When I was a child, every week, my parents, my brother, and I went to Gramedia. No, it doesn’t mean that every week we have a new book. My brother and I just walked around there, opened some books that were looked interesting. But sometimes, we got new book though,, comic or fairytale book.  Besides books, our parents also accustom us with any kind of reading material, such as newspapers or magazines. Simply said, maybe our parents just wanted us to be familiar with reading activities and I really appreciate that. Thanks a lot, Ibu and Ayah..  :*

Now related to reading, some of my friend and I,, well, we called ourselves as a member of morning mailist, since almost every morning we share everything using email, whether it is an article, an inspiring story, or maybe an update about our lives. Hmm, really love you all, gals.. :)

Ok ok,, back to the topic. Now, some of my friends and I make a list of our book collection. We plan to make some kind of lending-borrowing our book each other. It’s such a great idea, isn’t it? Personally, I think that it’s kind of cheap way to enhance our knowledge. Hehe.. ^^v

Hmm,, can’t wait meeting up with them all.

Btw, a marriage tour of my friends is about to come. Have to prepare the permission proposal to Ibu.. Hehehehe..

English or Bahasa...???

Basically, the reason why i use English as my blog language is not because i’m expert in it. Otherwise, it’s one of my efforts to get accustomed with that language.

But, because sometimes i found it’s hard to describe something with that language due to my limited vocab, i once thought that maybe it’s better for me to use Bahasa as my blog language. Well, it’s sometimes  become a troublesome when i wanna write something but i have to translate it to English. Definitely, it takes time.. *sigh..  *curcol..  :P

But, just about a few days ago when i told about it to my luvly friend, she said, “Why? Tired of using English?” Well, tired?? Maybe, hehe..

“I consider to use English in my blog, though.” , she added.

And, that’s when i think, “Well, go back to the reason why you choose to have a blog, satya. And why you choose this language.”

Maybe it is troublesome,, but it’s worth. Maybe the advantage can’t be showed now, but who knows a few years later? Maybe an increase on my TOEFL score?? Hehe.. *ngarep..  :P

So, i decide to continue using English as my blog language. Thank you my luvly friend… *hug