not a food blog
A nice morning walk with Pokemon Go and roti canai at mamak.
For folks who are planning to visit Malaysia/tourists: In this video, no-one is wearing mask (us included) because we are outdoors and we are doing sports activities. Please note, mask is MANDATORY for indoors area, especially public area.
My friend, an American-Korean, asked me: “Do you (Indonesians and Malaysians) have cold dishes, like cold noodles? Or dishes that’s specific for summer?”
I said no, we don’t have it. Then I realized, yes, we do not have such dishes.
Also, we don’t assign dishes based on seasons. I guess, it’s because we are in the tropics where the seasons and the weather fairly constant all year long. There are dishes based from seasonal fruits, though.
I guess that’s the perk, yeah? And perhaps, we have hot dishes even when it’s hot outside just so we will get sweaty after eating and the breeze will cool us down ?
I had bi bim guk su (spicy Korean cold wheat noodles) for lunch, and it’s pretty refreshing. Even though cold noodles usually available in Japan and Korea during summertime, it’s available all-year long here in Kuala Lumpur.
It also reminds me when my friend once commented that “it smells like winter,” when she whiffed a scent of cinnamon.
How about you? Do you have seasonal dishes in your country?
I used to have an Apple Watch, until I gave it to my son along with my old iPhone.
I found myself not suitable for wearing Apple Watch — note the wording and the sentence there. In fact, I don’t think I can wear wristwatch ? My skin will get itchy really fast, and it will bleed due to me scratching it.
Another reason is, I hate to track things. It’s like… Instead of feeling motivated, I would see myself as a failure if I couldn’t keep the streak. Oh, I missed one day? That’s it. I don’t want to continue.
However, tracking things is important. It shows progress, discipline, and determination. How do you all track your progress?
I’m learning how to draw upside-down, and it’s actually pretty tempting to rotate the canvas (?) I tried to stick with the original canvas orientation and learned how to draw human figure when they are looking up. It’s definitely a difficult task. Also, water reflection and texture (to show it’s, well, “water” as in water puddle in the middle of the road.)
I feel this is one of those works that I will look back later far in the future and getting myself a massive cringe. Oh well, here’s for more practices!
One of the funniest ironies I ever endured was (or is?) whenever foreign friends (not residing in Indonesia or Malaysia) asked me/told me, “hey! I went to this so-and-so place in your country!” while me, an Indonesian and an Indonesian-in-Malaysia-since-2014, is actually never been to that place.
“Hey, Retno! I’m in Indonesia right now! I’m in Lombok!”
Me. Never been to Lombok despite the island being one of the top tourist destinations after Bali and Yogyakarta AND LOCATED IN MY OWN COUNTRY: “Cool!”
“Hey, Retno! I’m in Malaysia! I’m hiking in Mount Kinabalu!”
Me. Only heard the stories of Sabah and Sarawak from my husband as his work requires him to do occasional trip to Miri, Sarawak: “Nice!”
Somehow, even my friends from the other countries know my country better than I do ?
Also, I’ve been living here in Kuala Lumpur for 8 years. Guess what? I never been to KL Tower and crossing the Twin Towers’ bridge.
Saw this site mentioned the other day on Slack: neocities.org.
Scroll down and you will see “Featured Sites”. Never knew it brings back early 2000s, and it makes me so, so happy.
Nindya. Kapkap. she/her. Indonesian in Malaysia. Millennial. Lo-fi. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Murder mystery genre.
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