Sudden call

Song that just popped up on my phone

Coeur de pirate - Comme des enfants

p.s: So glad I heard it, little Manhattan I'm coming...

Pray!

"Man Jadda Wajada"

Siapa yang bersungguh-sungguh akan berhasil

Jangan pernah remehkan impian

Walau setinggi apapun

Sungguh Allah maha mendengar

Kucari Kamu

Currently listen to:

Payung Teduh - Kucari Kamu

Kucari kamu dalam setiap malam
Dalam bayang masa suram
Kucari kamu dalam setiap langkah
Dalam ragu yang membisu
Kucari kamu dalam setiap ruang
Seperti aku yang menunggu kabar dari angin malam
Aku cari kamu
Disetiap malam yang panjang
Aku cari kamu
Kutemui kau tiada
Aku cari kamu
Disetiap bayang kau tersenyum
Aku cari kamu
Kutemui kau berubah
Kucari kamu dalam setiap jejak
Seperti aku yang menunggu kabar dari matahari

Seeing this makes me happy

pict from here

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I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE I'M DONE BEING AVERAGE

Kepiting goreng saus padang

This is my first post about cooking. Been enjoying my idle time by trying some different recipes while waiting for my thesis to be hmm whatchamacallit, hmm can't say anything. Just hope for the best o:)

Long short story, idk where my craving for seafood especially crab came from all of the sudden. But thanks to my dad for being so kind and generous, accompanying me to find the main ingredient in pasar jatinegara and rawamangun. After gathering some info from several sites, finally I knew how to prepare and make kepiting saus padang. Hopefully it's useful for all of you :)

my kepiting saus padang :)

Preparation:

First thing first, in choosing a good and fresh crab, you have to make sure that the crab you buy is alive. To start preparing the crab, try to kill it by saying basmallah first and hit the upper shell near the eyes 3 times with stone until it loses consciousness. After that, open bond in the claws, and start cutting up the legs + claws. Next step is done by opening the shell and clean all the excretion inside the crab. Then brush all the shells, legs, and claws until it's clean (I use old toothbrush to clean it).

Ingredients:

1. 3 crabs @ 300 gram

2. vegetable oil

3. 6 shallots, finely chopped

4. 2 garlic, finely chopped

5. 1 cm ginger, finely chopped

6. 4 tablespoons of chili sauce

7. 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce

8. 1 teaspoon minced chili (cabe merah giling)

9. 1/2 teaspoon pepper

10. 1 teaspoon salt

11. 1 teaspoon sugar

12. 75 ml water

13. 1 teaspoon cornflour, mix with some water

Steps:

1. Kill the crabs, clean, and crush the claws.

2. Fry the crabs in boiling oil until it's cooked and changes color, set aside.

3. Sauce: heat the oil, stir-fry the shallots and garlic until soft and the flavor came out.

4. Add ginger, chili sauce, tomato sauce, minced chili, pepper, salt, sugar, and water.

5. Add cornflour, stir well until it's boiling and thickened.

6. Put the fried crab and mix it well.

7. Cook until the flavors mingle.

A picture to remember

At our fave spot.

A picture to remember,

of a week to 'us' day,

our 6th anniversary.

Ich liebe dich.

Things about me #2

Get distracted by photoshop, raindrops, and a cup of tea.

Mmm, heaven..

Things about me

Just what you're worth..

Hey readers, (is there any?)..
Just a quick post about what I've been through lately. About how I mess up my life and how then I inevitably enjoy it. Taking care of my own concern that previously, so little time I have to manage. I start focusing on my own goals and dreams, and do it with my way. About how I love hanging around alone lately without any interference from others. About how my life trapped in such a black and white circumstance. If it's not black and white, then it's blurred. Frozen time, sometimes, or either up in flame.. In the end we'll remember how important black and white is, for they are a part of colors, of life.. Just what they're worth.

Current playlist:

U.F.O - Coldplay

Thank you Coldplay for being my most loyal friend.

Gute nacht!

Dreams

Things I gotta do before I die. Finger crossed!

Fix You

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

It, really, is a blurred night. Thank you blogger, for being such a sweet escape. Well yeah, just unimportant post, but it could make both edges of my mouth rise, thank you. Here it is, 'black and white' may become, what should I say, hmm objectification of my mood today. Bold and silent. Or? Perhaps in between, blurred like grey. For I am now, hate myself for being such a fool placed my position in this gloomy grey area. 

Soft and Fierce

Try to apply soft make-up and do some fierce poses. Hahaha.

And this is some silly ones, lol :3

Thanks-giving

What's a literature student without leaving her connoisseurs a memorable masterpiece in her blog, hahaha maybe it's too exaggerated. Well, this is one of my works during studying at college. Since, insha Allah next semester I'll take the skripsi issue seriously and leaving my jahiliyah times as a college student, I'll show you what's English Literature major offered you through this poem. Hope you enjoy it yaa :)

What If

By Niken Pranita Putri

‘What’ and ‘If’ are a simply single word.

‘What’ and ‘If’ can distinctly mean odd.

‘What’ and ‘If’ are separately different in their own world.

What if ‘What’ and ‘If’ come into ‘What if’.

What if human beings have wings?

What if human beings can read minds?

What if human beings were born to be holy?

What if human beings can turn back times?

What if human beings stay still in heaven?

What if human beings live only in their own delusion?

What if human beings do not have brain?

What if human beings cannot tolerate peace?

What if human beings have blinded heart?

What if human beings compete for the sake of their vanity?

What if human beings turn into a greedy one?

What if human beings take their minds’ off God?

What if those ‘What if’ enigmas will never be resolved?

Whatchoothink of it? Must be bad, rite? Ahhh what a shame!

Eh by the way, in this post, I literally want to thank all of my loyal readers for always taking times dropping by on my blog. Such an honor to have you all in my life. Here, because I like you all very much, i made this especially for you. Hope you like it :)

Yes, I like you. Stay in my life..

Hmm pray the best for my skripsi next semester yaa. Thanks :)

Much love,

Niken Pranita

Just for you!

1, 2, 3, aaand click!

Random Picts

Loving this instant editing photo application for my blackberry so muchooo..

*sorry for bad quality picture*

Sketch Blog

Finally I found the owner of the sketch in this post. These sketches below are some parts of his work. Funny quotation and cute drawing made by him.













Or you can see more stuff in here. Just say Hi to him.. :D

Damn word!

What word do you hate most?

For me, it's 'PALING'!

Paling pandai, paling cantik, paling jahat, paling bodoh, paling jelek, paling dikenal, paling cocok, etc.

Why should discriminate? Why? Why? Why?

Well, sounds unfair, rite?

In my opinion, every person was born to be equal, to be treated fairly.. Maybe that's where the quote "Don't judge a book by its cover!" comes from.

So, what's yours?

ps: 'paling' means 'most' in English

Horror Stuff

I knew Risa Saraswati only for about a couple of week ago from Ian. She is an ex-singer of Homogenic. Well actually, I listen to Homogenic quite often but do not really know and realize for sure that it is the voice of teh Risa. I just enjoy the music. And now, teh Risa sings for her new band named Sarasvati. Her new album was Story of Peter. It's about her 'unseen' friends. Why is it called 'unseen'? Yes it's all because she has what people said the sixth-sense. She can see something that we cannot see, spirits. Very curious and enthusiastic about her, so I followed her twitter and blog. I found many interesting stories on her blog. About her experiences through seeing ghosts and interacting with them. Since childhood, I really love horror stuff and its friends, but actually I cant stand on it ;P Now I thought I am more mature to decide and think, so I take the guts to sneak peek about it. Well, quite brave even I couldn't sleep afterall :P

One night, teh Risa asked her followers on twitter to see 'what cant be seen' on her followers' photos. She wanted to see and reveal with her extraordinary ability what kind of spirits she found on the photos. So, once again, I took the guts to send her one of my photos to see what kind of 'things' behind it. This is the photo that I sent to her.


This photo is taken on the Langit Musik's event in epicentrum (see this post).


The tweet that I mentioned to her.

Would you like to know the replied tweet from her?



Hahaha she said there are many western people (of course spirits), higher than us, wearing old or maybe ancient clothes, passing by behind us. I was shocked enough to hear that for I couldn't sleep after that. Silly thing :P

Teh Risa is often talked about her experiences in seeing 'you-know-who' on twitter. At the second time, I sent my photo, again, to her. Hahaha I dont really know what's on my mind when I did it. I was just curious. Like people said, curiousity kills the cat. And now it kills me. Haha. The photo that I took is located in my campus' restroom with my besties, Dhila and Rani. Sssstt, I didn't tell them about it because both of them really dislike or maybe hate horror stuff. Hehe maaf ya tp saya penasaran ;P Most of the buildings in my campus is very old. Every single corner seems like keeping a mystery. That's why I was really enthusiastic to send teh Risa this photo and curious what is actually behind it.


The photo. Me, Dhila, and Rani.


I mentioned her.


And this is her reply.

She said there are actually four people in the picture. Geez it was a woman right behind Rani. Hahaha after that I moved to my sister's room and slept beside her. And I promise to myself that I will never ever go to that restroom without any friends accompanying me :P
Well, it's all up to you whether you believe it or not. Hehe. Choice is all yours. Thanks for reading my blog.. See you on the next post. Byeee..



Salam,
Niken