Pulau Pari (Stingray Island)

Last Saturday an old friend of mine suddenly asked if I want to go to Pulau Pari to replace him. At first I had to refuse the offer since I was suppose to have family gathering this Saturday but then mum agreed to change the date so I can go to Pulau Pari.

My last visit to an island was 10 years ago, I went to Ujung Kulon. Traveling to an island need extra attentions, almost like camping. You have to bring your own portable stove, foods, water, sleeping bag, etc. A little inconvenient but the view is always breathtaking :)


ujung kulon 2002

Luckily, this trip we stayed at some local villager's houses and they provide us with foods and water.

Meeting point was Port of Muara Angke at 6 PM. I met up with the rest of the team, it's 15 of us. We hopped to some fisherman's boat and try to squeeze ourselves with 70 other people. Try to make ourselves comfortable and get some sleep so we wouldn't get seasick.

Arrived at Pulau Pari around 9 AM. Walking around the island, had some lunch, then went snorkeling at 1 PM until 4 PM. Clean ourselves then had dinner and BBQ. End of day 1.


valley of the sun


always saw these but never knew what they called


silly yoga pose


sunset

Day 2, I woke up at 5 AM because my friend forgot to turned off her alarm from yesterday's setting and we decided to catch sunrise. We tried to wake the others but they didn't have the power to leave the bed hahahaha after capture some great pictures we just get back to sleep. Breakfast at 9 PM but we had to cycle to Pasir Perawan (Virgin Sand), plant some mangrove then get back and packed our belongings while waiting our boat to go back to Jakarta. Such a short trip but all of us had fun \(^v^)/ and got sun tan for sure ;p


the dock at sunrise 1


the dock at sunrise 2


the sunrise


the dock at sunrise 3


baby mangroves


pasir perawan


twin tower


lonely boat


fish trap?


the things I always saw but never knew what they called


the dock of pulau pari


lighthouse?


fisherman go fishing


fisherman's bicycle


way back home

Owl & Owl Couple Cake

Finally I can make owl cake hihihi a little bit wrong at the proportion but they're still CUTE!

Happy! Happy! Happy!

Happy New Year!!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I was trying to make s'more pie for new year's eve party but I didn't read the instruction carefully so the pie ended up little bit messy hahaha here's the pretty nice picture before I bake the pie. I bet some people already know why I went wrong :D



As for Chinese New Year, it's my mom favorite big day, I helped her prepare the foods for the open house. It was so hectic, I didn't have time to take the pictures of the meals so here's the picture of my mom traditional must have snacks at CNY. It was taken right before all the guests arrived. 9 AM - 9 PM. What a day...



Last but not least, Valentine's Day. I'm single but I love love love all pink things hahaha I love cute and lovely things also. I though V-Day should be my day =))

Here's some love :)



It's red velvet with cream cheese frosting. Thank you Bake It in a Cake for the wonderful idea!

Chocolate Chip Cookies and Oreo Marshmallow with Brownies

First of all, Merry Christmas!!!

This Christmas I didn't make any Christmas theme cake so here's my last year 3d Christmas tree Gingerbread Cookies that I forgot to upload...



Hehehe it was for the Little Betsy Baker's Christmas Cookie Competition - 2010

Also there was a big Sweet 16th party where it was the first time I made real cake topsy turvy with my friend, Ivy, one hell of talented-"COD"-baker/cake decorator hahaha



Not forget the tiffany blue rose swirl cupcakes...



Great cake and cupcakes to end the 2010!!!

So for 2011, I was planning to make some dessert table (been in love with them lately) but since I've been so busy, I crossed that from my list hix

1 week before Christmas, I suddenly got invitation to my friend's potluck-Christmas eve-dinner-party. It's just s cover up party so all of us can gather together since nobody really celebrate Christmas hahaha

Everybody had to bring their own cooking, I though it was a great time to finally try The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie n’ Oreo Fudge Brownie Bar wooohoooooo \(^o^)/ I was so excited!

On 20 December, I made the CCC dough when suddenly on 22 December, my co-worker asked if I can make the Chocolate Chunk Cookies for her. I couldn't say no because I know she really love them. Haizzz in the middle of busy dateline, I made another batch of CCC and baked them tomorrow afternoon so my co-worker can enjoy them with her family before they went for vacation.

24 December morning, had to meet with my friend's aunt to discuss her wedding party (she asked me if I could contribute any idea) after that had lunch with my mum and back home. It was 3 PM, I started making the Chewy Brownies dough then assemble the layers; CCC then Oreos then marshmallows and then brownies.



I bake them for 20 mins and then 30 mins and suddenly my heart beat fast, where did I go wrong? Why they not cooked yet? I opened the website and read the instruction again, it took 40-45 mins to be ready. Oh nooo, I made 2 batch, I'll be late for the party!!!

But luckily I arrived at my friend's house just right in time when they start eating hahaha I accidentally left my camera at home when I was taking pictures so I can only said the food was delicious!!! There was spicy bolognese spaghetti with pork and prawns, medanesse chicken curry and potatoes, fruits cocktail, spam ham sandwich, baked banana with nutella and 1 bucket of KFC chicken since one of them were too lazy to cook hahahaha then, we went karaoke until 3 AM.

Happy Holiday guys!!!

CCC...

... for (Oreo) Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!



and Chocolate Chunk Cookies!!!



\(^o^)/ yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay \(^o^)/


I got sore throat from eating tooooooo much of them hahahaha sneak one or maybe two into my mouth every time I took out 1 baking tray from the oven.

Hmmm~mmmmm~mmmmmmmmm...

The Varlhona just melted.

Hmmm~mmmmm~mmmmmmmmm...

It was worthed hahahaha got the recipe from the fabulous Deb of smitten kitchen. Thank you soooooooooooo much for sharing these little pieces of heaven \(^o^)/


2 days ago, I made these cool guys from crepe paper.

fa la la la la la, la la la la
'Tis the season to be CHUBBY
fa la la la la la, la la la la

It's beginning to look a lot like christmas

Thank you Elyn from e's joie for the recipe \(^o^)/
I reduce the flour into 290gr and put 10gr buttermilk powder. The lovely smell just filled the air when I baked them ♥ hmmm~mmm... ♥

Worm Blood and Eyeballs

It's Halloween's Spaghetti Meatballs, Jell-O Blood Worm Eyeballs ;p

The Island of the Gods week 2

Monday, 15 August 2011

Went to Little Tree and have lunch at Cafe Organic. Little Tree is a building materials shop which sell environmentally friendly products.





Cafe Organic, like the name, is a cafe that served organic foods. Nice place, everything made from wood and they had little garden of tropical plants and little pond of koi fishes.





I order some Tofu Falafel Sandwich and Pink Treat juice (pineapple, apple, mango, mint, beet, sweet potato, lemon honey) all I can taste was beet errr not a fan but it's healthy so I just drank it.


WW's food - tofu falafel with steamed red rice and stir fry veggies


love the fuschia color

After that we went to Carrefour to buy another groceries. Bali's Carrefour sure is spacious and has lots and lots of things. It's bigger and has more stuff than any Carrefour in Jakarta. I just love to stroll from one alley to another :D


dry ingredients


wet ingredients


fresh vegetables


fresh and dried fruits


meats section and souvenir corner

Today's dinner was Japanese curry rice, yummmmm, after finished dinner WW and I had some girl talk and munched some dried chestnuts. It's been a while since we talked for hours over stupid things, soooo much FUN!

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Had lunch at small food stall called Lele Lela. They served catfish with various sauce and they have this funny standing banner...


it said something like... if your name is Lela, then you can get free meal for the rest of your life


deep fried cat fish in sweet and sour sauce


later that night we had ramen for dinner


cold ramen with sesame sauce yummm a little bit expensive but the portion was big

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Happy Independence Day. We went to alun-alun (big park) at Denpasar. Since it's public holiday, many people enjoy their family time there.


red and white giant penjor


tall trees surround the alun-alun


huge chessboard, hmmm... pawn to d5?


colorful UP balloons


cheap and fun kids toys


smiling-sosis bali-lady


serious-sate penyu-lady


a group of dressed-up cyclists


sepeda ontel (vintage bike)


stone sculpture of some goddess


stone sculpture of garuda (?)


stone sculpture of gapura (?)