deasdiraisla & the world

It’s officially winter time down here in Australia. Last two days, the weather dropped down to 4 degrees lowest, and just 14 degree on top. The fog came down, we woke up the other morning, and couldnt see nothing more than 1 block away, for a second we thought that Melbourne was no longer there.

Snow is coming down, not here obviously, mt. buller of course.

Ow and, we are moving to another apartment at the 25th, on spencer st (corner la trobe and spencer), a nice new 1 beddie apartment, unfurnished. Doesnt come with fridge and dryer (hello radio rentals), but it sure does come with dishwasher and….ALHAMDULILLAH…OVENN!!! so i can continue catching up with my inner-jamie oliver-chef.

bad news….since we are moving out, we’re going off the internet, starting from 18th for “i don’t know how long until we get a new internet connection on the new place”.

That’s the news.

Hari ini kita berdua “sekolah” di rumah sakit. Belajar apakah? pelajaran menjadi bapak dan ibu. Ternyata banyak banget hal2 kecil yang tidak ada dibuku yang sudah kita baca selama ini, seperti:
- jangan kaget kalo bayinya keluar warnanya biru…
- jangan kaget kalo bayinya keluar kepalanya conehead
- jangan kaget pas dihari ketiga berat badan bayinya turun
- bayi gak boleh tidur pake bantal, boneka, maenan di dekat bayi
- bayi gak boleh tidur ditempat tidur orang dewasa dipagerin bantal, dll
- SIDS -sudden infant death syndrome
- dan masih banyak jangan kaget lainnya…

hari ini fokus masalah breast feeding. Dari perkenalan sampai cara memegang bayi, sampai detail sudut kemiringan posisi menyusui yang baik dan benar. terus juga diajarin cara nyiapin tempat tidur bayi, menggulung dan menggoreng…loohh? kayak pangsit.

pokoknya semakin tidak menyangka bahwa waktu kurang lebih tinggal 8 minggu lagi…7 minggu besok hari jumat. nah lo nah loo….

Have i told you how much a new bicycle will cost you? from $150 to $2000 and up. Depends on the type and brand. Road bike is more expensive than mountain bike, but they are lighter and smaller (for storage sake). A new road bike will cost you around $900. But then again, there always be eBay.

I’ve mentioned that there’s a thin line for eBay of being good and evil. I bought 2 road bikes from e-bay last month, both of them is 80’s road bike. All transaction is cash in hand, i met the first in southern cross station and we had to go to the ‘end’ of a train line to get the other one (it was a good trip though). Both of them have goods and bads. I took a bit from here, and there, and switch the parts around (i learn a new thing, fixing bike, well….i havent learned about swapping gears though, but at least i know how to fix the brakes and all).

I’ve tried to take them to prahran, since it’s been so long i havent ride a bike, my thighs are hurting for couple of days. And now i cant wait to go back on the saddle. Unfortunately, i still have my monthly transportation card, so i have to validate it and use public transies until 9th June.

After i’ve done with all the parts swapping, i’ll post the other on ebay, back on sale!! woohoo. so that’s how you get a ‘new’ bike.

Jadi critanya gini niy…awalnya krn mo bljr masak dan pingin banyak tau dan tukeran resep masakan yg praktis dan gampang buat sehari-hari, trus diksh tau sm sepupu kl Pak Bondan Winarno (wisata kuliner) itu punya milis namanya “JALAN SUTRA” akhirnya aku putusin buat bergabung jd member milis…seru juga, dan kl pingin tau asal muasal arti dr sebutan Jalan Sutra itu sendiri langsung aja search di google “jalan sutra”..yang pastinya didlm milis ini ya kita ngomongin ya ga jauh2 seputar rekomendasi tmpt makan dan minum yang ok2 bgt..ga cuma di Indonesia aja anggotanya, tp dr luar negri juga lumayan banyak yang berminat..jd kl ada yg mo jalan2 keluar kota sm keluar negri pingin tanya2 rekomendasi seputar tmpt makan dan resep2 mudah, gampang dan juga sehat kita biasanya bertukar crita dan pesen lewat milis jalansutra.

Nah..kebetulan waktu kemaren aku memperkenalkan diri sebagai member baru dan crita kl lagi tinggal di Melbourne, ada salah satu anggota milis namanya Bapak dan Ibu Harry Supangkat yang mau berkunjung kesini jenguk anaknya yg juga lagi kuliah master di Deakin Uni…jadilah kita ber-email2an buat coba janjian ketemu kl Bpk & Ibu Harry dah sampe disini…dah akhirnya jadi juga d kita ketemuannya.
Aku ketemu mrk di Melb.central..trus Ibu Harry kebetulan hr ini lagi puasa senin kamis, jadi kita putusin jalan ke daerah China town buat cari cemilan sm teh buat batalin puasa aja krn si Ibu direkomen sm anaknya buat nyobain slh satu resto di China town yg aku sendiri jg blm pernah nyobain..ktnya si enak, nama restonya aku lupa…tp sayang tyta restonya hr ini tutup hehheeh..ya udh, trus aku suggest buat nyobain Thai food msh didaerah yg sama, namanya Swasdee ( kl mnrt tmn2 si masakannya enak2 )..tyta bnran kok…enak jg…:)
trus lucunya lagi dah ngobrol panjang lebar,dah dgr bu Harry telpnan sm anaknya buat janjian mkn bareng..tau2 ga jauh2..anaknya bu Harry tyta temennya Andi juga namanya Arya…dunia kecil amat yak hahaahhaha ;0, Andi emang tiada duanya d gaulnya
Oiya..wisata kuliner di Melb-nya blm berakhir sampe sini lo…rencananya kita mo janjian lg sm Bpk & Ibu Harry buat nganterin mrk nyobain fish & chippers di Clarendon st…hmmm nyameee.