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Let's learn stitching now

Horraay.. finally i found a stitching class where i can learn stitch and it is just around my locality.

Well, I have been looking for a while this "stitching class things" and they are mostly available somewhere a bit far from my home.. Where months back, I have delivered a baby girl and seem it’s more and more impossible for me to make it.

Though, times flies so fast and my little one is getting bigger and more independence with her toys and i would like to leave her at home with her granny for 1-2 hours daily as i wanted to teach and make her more socialized without me around. So I decided to join this class!

Rehana Sewing Class.. It's called and It's seems a local NGO's funded. Situated in a corner of 1st floor - a gated comunity, opposite crowded Malad's Market.

The teacher, Ms. Pooja seems not so good in English and we (me and my dear friend) Agnes Dyah Wijayanti are not soo good in Hindi nor Marathi (local language) but its not make us give up to learn.

After 5 mins long discussion among the students and Ms. Pooja, they asked us to come back on Monday to starts the class.. Excited!!

Now, we have finished couple of projects given by ms. Pooja such as Baby Jabla (simple baby top), Baby's panty, Baby's frock with frill, baby's umbrella's frock and adult's tunic's in on the way.)

Here are some quick snaps of them..:D









Wait our next project...:D Until then..

"CARAMEL CAKE"

One of the cakes that have been my favorite cake ever!! CARAMEL CAKE. Great to make in every occasion. It's very simple to make it.

I got this recipe from my old fav tabloid magazine " Tabloid Nova- 2007 edition". So before the original page will gone missing, inhere I want to save and share it.

CARAMEL CAKE

Ingredients:
- 400 Gram sugar
- 400 cc water
- 6 eggs
- 200 cc condense milk
- 150 gram margarines/butter
Flour Mixture:
- 75 gram Corn flour
- 135 gram Flour
- 1 teaspoon of soda cake
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of Backing Powder

To prepare cake:
1. Coat round cake pans with lightly margarine/butter and dust it with 1 tablespoon flour, Set aside.
2. Caramelized sugar in water set a side.
3. Beat margarine/butter until smooth and add the condensed milk.
4. Add egg one by one and stir till it well blended
5. Add flour mixture and beat again till well blended.
6. Pour the dough into coated pans and bake it in oven with 180 Celsius for 60 minutes.

Tra la la Tra li li

Time is flying so fast, it is just like yesterday that I held my little one tightly in my arms, and now she has completed her 8th months and able to stands and grabs anything that interest her.

Last time i spoken to my hubby that she will run after our house maid "Shanti’s"' mopping bucket whenever she cleans and mops the house. In a second after I spoke and put her down on the floor, she crawled to the bucket to play with the water.:D





Anyway, now the weather in Mumbai has getting hot and hotter... plus humid and not to mention that summer has just begun...and I wanted to buy some summer dress/tops for Anisha from supermarket/local market nearby and ended up shopping 3 pcs of pillow covers which very attractive colors. They are factory rejects, means their fabrics are great but you know- there will be some holes in the corner side or some dots, etc .

My mind was diverted directly to making some pouches or even pencil case and i forgotten about her summer dress for a while..^_^

So up to now only 1 pouch has been made, and here it is. what do you think?


I told my dear friends bout this fabrics and Phiphi was suggested to make an easy baby skirt and a pillowcase dress .. voila here they are…again what do you think?



The stitching is not so perfect but at least wearable ^_^

My Giant Storage Bag

It's been quite sometime for me to search a storage box for my girl's toys. There are many items offered by locality malls nearby my home, with different variety and models, but they came up with great price! Though it was on sale seasons.

One day I went to a shop and surfed in one corner of baby’s stuffs and found a giant storage box which I really loved!

And suddenly I have an idea, why don't i make it myself? i got few fabrics laying in my wardrobe.

I surfed in net with my dear friend.. to get the tuto for this one.

Voila, though with my little energy (by having 7 month old infant) and time I had.. I finally managed to finished this bag..


It is not so great, but at least it's useable..^_^

Hasta Karya

This cooper tote bag is made by me and a dear friend Agnes.. in one lazy summer day.
We were actually gathered just to have some lunch with her specialty menu of the day TUNA CURRY..:D She said she wanted to get rid of Tuna’s stock from her fridge.. as soon as possible.. isn’t that true dear? I’ll be happy to be your garbage delicious food anytime..:)I love her tuna’s curry anyway.. It's sooo yummie..:D

Well.. after having “heavy lunch” suddenly the tuna’s effect has come to us to create an idea of this bag.. A simple bag with ribbon embroidery work on front cover…

With the energy we had.. I was starting cut the fabrics.. and handed over the front side to her to be designed and ribbon embroidered.. well she experts in this!!

We were soo excited. I was starting stitch the inside line first and followed by the the outer side. After sometime, i got so exhausted due to the summer heat and the movement of baby in my belly..as well as our heavy lunch (please don’t blame our lunch tooooo often) hahaha

But finaly we were able to complete the bag..^_^ Check this our perdana bag..

inside part
Ready to go..:)

The next day... to complete a set of bag & pouch,

i made this cute pouch ..again designed by my dear friend and i did the work.. still with the same fabrics.. check it out..:D

So.. what do you think ??

My first Pouchs..

Well, the story behind this pouches was because a dear friend of mine, she is really into a sewing, stitching and embroidery kind of stuffs..

First, I was so freak out to find out that she made gorgeous stuffs... she designs and makes it into real one fabulously.. with her 2 brats around.. ^_^ She did for sell or even for friends.. (i got one indeed..!!) thanks again.:) I asked her once that i wanted to learn to make one as well... As I got new "Singer Stitching Machine for my ADVANCE b'day's gift from my dear hubby last year.. :)

Soo.. with her tutor..... voila...!!

Not bad right....

Well, I got the cloths from street vendor who sells distach cloths on a suburb market in Mumbai where is available only every after 4 pm :)

It's kind of a fresh yellow cotton with brown bamboo style and inside lined with soft bright plain yellow cotton as well.. Sooo eye catching , don't they?? To make it stands strong, i lined them with thin sponge as well and there you go..

At first, i managed to finish it in 4 hrs.. and my husband keep pressuring me... "can you make it or not..?? " as i never ever stitch before.. don't have any courage and interest in stitching before.. but, after i tried this one..:D i have made 10 pouches for all my close friends n family... am freaking outt!!!

Here is the other one.. Still same model.. only cloths and size are bit different..

Ribbons & Laces

I got these eye catching ribbons while I staying was in New Delhi 2 years ago..I and other foreigner friends were hunting some good quality utensils and grocery for our own kitchen's stock indeed... but we were suddenly landed up in a place where all the vendors selling ribbons, laces, treads in bulk quantity in old Market of Delhi...

We were forgot the purpose why we came here, once we entered into one of the shops… It’s kind of old fashion shop with all the ribbons kept in a big tray under the glass’s show case in different of sizes, colors, and materials on the front side, while on another corner of the shop, they hung meters and meters of laces with different type of styles, colors, designs falling down almost covering the shop it self’s..:)

We had to pop our heads into those hanging bunch of laces and search for the shopkeeper, and finally found him behind those laces.. He came out and helped us in choosing and deciding which one should be taken.

So.. Voila…here are some of those ribbon and laces… What do you think..??

Mutton Kurma Hyderabadi

Bahan-bahan:

500 grm Daging Kambing dipotong dadu
2-3 bh Bawang Merah Besar – dipotong kecil-kecil
3 bh Cabai Hijau – diiris memanjang
3 bh Bawang putih + 2 cm Jahe di haluskan
1 bh Tomat ukuran sedang– potong kecil-kecil
¾ gelas Yogurt
4-5 bh cengkeh
1 tsp pop sead
¼ tsp bubuk kunyit
1 tsp cabai bubuk
1 tsp jinten (cumin)
1,5 tsp bubuk ketumbar
1,5 cm Cinnamon
1/2 tsp garam masala
2 gelas Santan kental
Garam seperlunya
2 tsp Minyak untuk memasak
1tsp ghee
1 buah Daun salam


Cara Memasak:

Bersihkan daging kambing kemudian dimasukan bubuk kunyit, bubuk ketumbar, bubuk jinten, jahe dan bawang putih halus, yogurt dan cabai hijau, diaduk hingga rata.

Panaskan minyak di kadai, masukan pop sead, cinnamon, daun salam, bawang merah sampai sedikit kecoklatan dan irisan tomat.

Kemudian masukan Daging kambing yang sudah dimarinated tersebut kedalam kadai, aduk sampai youghurt tercampur dengan rata diamkan sekitar 5 menit.

Masukan santan, garam, aduk lagi trus maukan bubuk ketumbar, garam masala, bubuk kunyit, bubuk cabe merah. Diaduk hingga rata, tambahkan air 2-3 gelas.

Masak di pressure cooker selama 10 menit atau sampai dagingnya matang.

Hari yang cerah di Hypercity

Well, kemaren sore udara di Malad tempat aku tinggal, lagi agak membaik setelah hujan 2 hari tanpa henti…setelah bosan dirumah terus selama hujan ini.... aku mau cari udara segar sambil belanja sayuran dan keperluan rumah lainnya di Hypercity.. (supermarket) dideket rumahku…

"Hmm.. enakkan nyupir mobil sendiri atau naik bajaj yang tinggal duduk yah..? sudah pegang kunci mobil sih " pikirku. Akhir kuputuskan untuk naik bajaj, lebih santai, dan gak pusing untuk cari parkirr yang memang limited disana, sekalian aku juga bisa menikmati jeglukan jalan yang dasyat alias speed breaker.. hehehe

Setelah 3 bajaj aku coba stop tapi ga ada gak ada yang mau ke Hyper City.. “Kenapa yah, susah juga neh mau setop bajaj??”Pikirku. Hmm mungkin terlalu dekat jaraknya? atau lagi gak mau bawa penumpang kali yah..:D mau menikmati kesendiriannya di dalam Bajaj..hahaha

Akhirnya ada juga bajaj yang mau berhenti dan akhirnya aku sampai di Hypercity dalam waktu 5 menit..(pake rem loh si abang tukang bajajnya!! Boong ding.. soalnya deket jaraknya..) hehehe

Masuk Hypercity… disambut oleh semilir dinginnya AC dipintu masuk..wuiiih seger, langsung aku ambil satu troly belanjaan yang sudah disiapkan oleh karyawannya.

Aku langsung menuju ke vegetable section...sambil lihat-lihat kesana-sini, kemudian aku ambil tomat & buah-buahan. Lanjut jalan lagi kearah cutlery & kitchen’s stuffs. Masih dengan produk yang sama sebulan yang lalu..ga ada yang menarik hmm terus lagi.. kearah curtains & Bedsheets..tapi tetep ga ada yang menarik.. Hmm ke lantai satu ach.. sambil naik escalator aku celingak-celinguk melihat sekeliling… dan baru enggeh. Wah udah lama juga yah aku ga ke hypercity… sebulan ada kali neh…

Pas sampai di lantai 1 aku bingung..mau ke kiri atau kekanan dulu neh…:D hmm kanan dulu deh.. sambil lihat-2 alat-2 olahraga.. tapi lagi-lagi kurang menarik karena harganya mahal..huehehehe.. trus aku lanjut ke stationary section...my favorite destination di malls...
Setelah lihat-lihat dan milih-milih sesuatu, tiba-tiba aku kaget karena dari arah kanan depanku ada seorang wanita berumur sekitar 45-an, agak kurus, rambutnya diikat sangul kebelakang, tanpa make-up dan matanya itu loh coklat kehijau-hijauan memakai kaos warna hitam agak lusuh dan membawa tas hitam yang sudah agak lusuh juga (maaf..) dan menyapaku “ Excuse me, where do you come from?” trus aku jawab aza kalau aku dari Indonesia dan aku tanya juga dia darimana?.. lalu, dia jawab lagi dengan semangat” Hey, can’t you able to recognized where do I came from? See.. you can see my sarong..(sambil nunjukin her wraping skirt-nya) can you recognized me now? I am from Thailand.!. We are Asian have a similar faces right..! (sambil nunjukin wajahnya) Sometime people thought that I was coming from Nagaland also” katanya lagi.

Trus aku jawab: “Oh yes.. Sarong... Yeah we were quite similar as Asia’s face.. it’s nice meeting you though..! Are you staying here in Mumbai or coming for holiday?”

Lalu dia bilang..”Yeah, I have been staying here for long time with my friend. He is a good a friend of mine, we were working together before” (male Indian friend maksudnya- karena dia tunjukin ke aku orangnya).. eh trus tiba-tiba wanita ini menangis sesugukan dan dia bilang kalau dia ga suka tinggal di India dan beberapa kalimat lain yang aku lupa..uhukks.uhuks…Wah aku binggung, kenapa tiba-tiba menangis trus tak lama tangisannya stop dan dengan wajah serius menanyakan namaku, dimana tempat tinggalku, nomor telfon rumah dan sudah berapa lama tinggal di Mumbai.

Sebenarnya aku agak takut bertatapan langsung dengan wanita ini… karena seperti ada yang disembunyikan darinya.. agak sedikit misterius gitu.. tapi aku tetap memperkenalkan diri dan dia minta data-dataku dan aku juga minta data-datanya yang ternyata wanita ini bernama Nargis Khin, tinggal didaerah Juhu depannya Haree Krishna Mandir.

Trus ga lama, teman pria indiannya datang kearah kita sambil berkata "Hey, how are you?" sambil melirik kearah Nargis. Aku Jawab ke pria itu kalau aku baik-baik saja.. dan sepertinya teman laki-lakinya itu tahu kalau aku tidak nyaman dengan pembicaraan ini kemudian dia langsung pergi meninggalkan aku dan Nargis. Tak lama laki-laki itu memanggil Nargis dan merekapun langsung pergi... Tak lama, aku pun langsung ambil kaki seribu... Chiaooo

Bahan oh bahan...

Cloth's Materials..:P

Hmm secara gw tinggal di India, yang katanya terkenal dengan Textile serta atribut pernak perniknya.. akhirnya kejadian juga gw hunting-menhunting barang-barang indah nan murah ini...

Berawal dari ketidak sengajaan awal cerita Mami dan ada beberapa temen di Jakarta yang suka melihat foto-foto juga cerita serta pengalaman hunting barang-barang India di Jakarta, yang katanya cukup menarik juga mahal harganya..

One day, mereka juga ngelihat baju-baju India yang gw pakai di foto juga di acara keluarga, terus ceritanya pada tertarik dan mau pesen deh.. dan customernya mamiku (well, mamiku punya toko ukiran jepara sejak 25 thn yang lalu dan sekarang tokonya di pusatkan di rumah depan..) "Bu Haji, ini bajunya cicie (nama kecil gw dirumah) bagus, hmm... kaya baju Muslim yah.? Memangnya kalau di India, orang sana pakai bajunya seperti ini semua yah??

Well, baju india disini identik dengan kreteria Panjang bajunya selutut kaki dengan belahan disamping kiri-kanannya dengan ukuran tanggan pendek, sedangkan untuk celananya bagian paha seperti balon dan kakinya di berkerut ketat, biasa disebut "Curidar". Trus.. dengan antusiasnya mami jawab "Iya jeng, disana baju tuh bagus-bagus, perpaduan warna yang cerah dan juga harganya murah loh!. Mami pernah kesana.. wong mami aja yg tadinya ga mau belanja di India, eh pulangnya harus ganti koper..!! " huhehehhe

Geli banget deh denger cerita Mami tadi pagi di telfon.

"Oh, ada yang suka yah mi? Ok mih, nanti kalau aku pulang aku bawain bahan baju India yah..:) bisa dijualin ketemen-temen pengajian Mami, tapi bahannya seperti apa? soalnya disini yang paling banyak bahan katun atau gorgette atau mau yang bahan Satin?, Hmm tapi sepertinya aku ga bisa bawa banyak bahan neh.. soalnya koperku kali ini dijatahin cuman 20 Kg dan aku juga harus bawa baju buat di Jakarta" kataku

Trus dijawab sama Mami, "Wah ci, nanti kamu pulang ke jakarta, gak usah bawa baju...disini buanyak banget tuh ada 2 tas dari Mba Endang dan dari mba Lin" (mereka ini berdua adalah kakak iparku dan kakak kandungku).

"Wow 2 tas?.. baju apa mih?" tanyaku.

"Udahlah banyak deh.. pokoknya jadi yah bawa bahan semua.. hihihihi"kata mami lagi..

Seru deh... padahal bahan di Jakarta juga ga kalah indah dan bagus dengan barang-barang made in India.. tetapi tetap deh... India much-much cheaper dan juga pilihan warna yang ga kalah dengan negara mana aza...!!

Ayoo mari kita beli bahan bajunya lagi..:) Ngumpulin buat dibawa pulang lagi ke jakarta soon..:P

(cerita sebelum gw pulkam bulan Maret'08)

Bandara Tidak Transparan soal Pemeriksaan Laptop

Sumber: Kompas.com Jumat, 6 Juni 2008 11:46 WIB
" JAKARTA, JUMAT-Tidak ada kebijakan resmi dari pihak berwenang untuk melakukan pemeriksaan terhadap laptop yang memakai software bajakan di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta. Jika ada, kemungkinan itu dilakukan oleh oknum pejabat di bandara yang ingin memanfaatkan situasi dengan melakukan pungutan liar (pungli). Semuanya ini masih simpang siur karena hingga hari ini tidak ada penjelasan resmi dari pihak berwenang soal razia laptop yang memakai software tidak memiliki lisensi ini. Diperlukan penjelasan resmi dari pihak berwenang karena isu soal pemeriksaan laptop ini meresahkan calon penumpang di bandara.
Berdasarkan penelusuran Kompas.com, di Bandaran Soekarno-Hatta, Tangerang, Banteng, Jumat (6/6), tidak ditemukan adanya tempat khusus untuk pemeriksaan laptop. Yang ada hanya pemeriksaan barang-barang yang mencurigakan.
Salah seorang staf Hubungan Antarlembaga Angkasa Pura (AP) II Ridwan mengatakan, tidak pernah ada operasi khusus untuk memeriksa khusus laptop. "Kan banyak instansi yang beroperasi di bandara bukan AP II saja," ungkapnya.
Seperti diberitakan sebelumnya, Alexius, seorang manajer pada perusahaan swasta nasional yang sering bepergian mengaku dirazia pekan lalu, Kamis (29/5), di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta. "Kepada mereka yang komputernya terinstalasi software-software tidak berlisensi, komputernya ditahan dan harus ditebus di polres khusus Bandara. Selanjutnya dilakukan sidang di tempat dan dikenakan denda sebesar Rp 9.500.000 per komputer," katanya kepada Persda Network di Jakarta, Kamis (4/6).
Kemarin, Kompas.com mencoba mengonfirmasi berita kepada Kepala Divisi Sistem Informasi Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Bambang Ciptadi. Bambang mengatakan, pemeriksaan software tersebut sebenarnya juga sudah diberlakukan di semua instansi, termasuk bandara internasional. Mengenai kejadian yang menimpa Alexius, Bambang meminta Kompas.com menghubungi Langlang, dari Information Support System.
Sejak kemarin Langlang sudah dihubungi dan ketika ditemui siang ini, dia tidak bersedia memberikan keterangan. "Ini bukan kewenangan saya menjawab," ungkapnya.
Sementara itu, sejumlah staf di maskapai penerbangan seperti ketakutan untuk memberikan keterangan. Seorang staf maskapai yang tidak bersedia disebutkan namanya mengatakan, pemeriksaan barang-barang di bandara memang sifatnya acak dan tak bermaksud untuk memeriksa software bajakan.
"Tidak ada pemeriksaan khusus yang diperiksa itu hanya barang-barang yang mencurigakan seperti benda-benda tajam, seperti barang-barang dari luar negeri yang diduga tidak berlesensi atau bajakan, biasanya ini diperiksa di terminal keberangkatan luar negeri, untuk yang domestik jarang dan bahkan tidak pernah," ungkapnya.
Seorang calon penumpang di terminal keberangkatan luar negeri, Asep, yang dihubungi Kompas.com, meminta pihak Bandara Soekarno-Hatta segera memberikan penjelasan resmi soal ada tidaknya razia laptop. "Kalau ini terus dibiarkan maka penumpang akan resah, dan jangan sampai terjadi pungli di bandara yang kita cintai ini," demikian Asep ".
Yang udah-udah seh.. pemeriksaan dilakukan hanya mengenai tax duty import dari Laptop itu sendiri ke Bea & Custom.. tapi itu terjadi sekitar 4 tahun yang lalu. Tapi kalau sekarang mengenai illegal software.. wahh-wahh.. tambah 1 lagi donk yah job desknya pak petugas..:) Soo what do you think..??

Welcome

Hi...

This is my new blog.. though i wanted since long ago, finally have chance to make it today..
So enjoy reading..

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