klub icip-icip

venue: my home
time: early lebaran morning (hari kedua tepatnya)
member: just the happy blessed me ^^

what happened is a bit like children's experience on early christmas morning when they get up and find in the stockings or under the tree the gift they have always wanted all their life. only in my case, i woke up on early lebaran morning and found A BIG BOX of Krispy Kreme on the dining table in my home. gosh, i must have been extremely good this year that Santa came early to deliver my gift ^^

sekarang mari kita membahas donatnya. i got a dozen of sweet beautiful donuts, thanks to my kind-hearted brother. Dalam skala perdonatan, Krispy Kreme terletak di antara Dunkin Donuts dan J.Co. secara tekstur dan kepadatan mirip Dunkin. jadi lumayan mengenyangkan. tapi rasa lebih ke J.Co. sweetly sweet ^^ aku dibawain yang mirip glazzy J.Co, yang ada taburan cinnamon-nya di atasnya, yng dilapis coklat dan isi krim, yang ditaburin semacam tepung (but i didn't get to try this one), dan yang dark chocolate dilapis gula putih. yang dark chocolate ini maniiiiez sekali. even for a sweet-tooth addict like me, it's a bit too sweet. tapi yang lainnya OK banget. bahagia pisan akhirnya bisa juga makan Krispy Kreme, karena udah sampe bosen membujuk klub icip-icip untuk road trip ke Jakarta dan tidak pernah dikabulkan. jadi sehari itu aku makan 5 donat hehehe ... oya katanya harganya 6rb per satuan dan kalo ga salah 90rb per dua lusin. jadi rada mahal dikit dibanding J.Co

the donuts come with a funny hat to wear while enjoying the donuts, making me feel really krispy and happy ^^

"There are some people, who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other" -- Douglas Everett

=P

venue: roti enaak pasir kaliki
time: 19 october 2006 jam berbuka puasa
members: all

this is the kiosk. spesialisasi roti boxer yang tebal dan besar sekali. bisa dibagi dua rasa. kita pesen roti isi keju telur dan kacang cokelat. bisa juga pake roti setangkep ato roti gulung. harganya lebih murah. waktu di jalan berpikir2 kita mau ke mana kalo ternyata tukang rotinya tutup. diusulkan makan kangkung trus nyadar fuk ing sudah makan kangkung selama tiga pertemuan berturut-turut. mungkin dia akan membuka KGK (klub gentong kangkung).

yummy ... this is the bread. tastes great. oya sebelum ke tempat roti, kita main typershark di rumah jean2. kalo ngetiknya salah akan keluar suara dut dut. yg paling jago ci deth with 51 words per minute. trus dia main game abbyss - di mana kita harus cepet2 ngetik untuk membunuh hiu. selesai main itu, ci deth dihantui sharks and words

setelah makan roti, kita pesen pisang keju dan es krim bakar. lucu deh es krimnya disiram spirit dulu trus dibakar pake alat kaya solder gas gitu. es krimnya strawberry di dalam semacam kulit pangsit dan ada buah2 peach-nya. yummy juga. jadi semua bahagia kecuali jean2 yang masih lapar dan kepingin makan soto deket kampus. ada apa lagi ya pas makan teh ... oya konon sepulang makan kartika sari tempo hari (on the hottest day in the planet) di mana semua orang kenyang setengah mati, fuk ing mengaku dia pulang dan masih makan nasi gudeg lagi. kereeeeen!!!

Perpisahan yang mengesankan, dimulai dengan kebaktian di UCM (Unioin Church of Manila)yang hari itu (15 October 2006) ultah ke 92. Ikut kebaktian pake baju nasional coz dianjurkan kalo emang punya. Trus, dilanjutkan dengan foto- foto di dalam dan luar gereja dan makan siang si SM foodcourt. Habis itu dilanjutkan jalan jalan di Mall of Asia, the biggest mall in ASIA menurut kabar :) sambil nunggu Christian Bautista yang mau konser untuk promo album barunya. Setelah mengantri selama 15 menit dan menunggu 1 jam akhirnya muncul juga Christian Bautistanya. Konser yang mengecewakan, masa baru 2 album Christian harus udah baca catatan lirik lagunya, and setelah liat dari jarak 1 meter,He is not as handsome as I thought. Plus lagunya pun tidak semerdu lagu-lagunya di album pertama. Untungnya itu konser gratisan :P dan ada traktiran Di SBARRO, a kind of pizza hut dari Bu Widi, Bu Lusy dan Nick seudahnya. So, jadi lupa deh ama penampilan Christian yg jelek itu. Sbarro terkenal ama pizzanya yang enak dan juga mahal tentunya. cheese pizzanya enak karena cheesenya terasa banget. Kita juga nyoba usual lasagnanya dan eggplant lasagna yang juga enak banget.

If you want to find delicious fried chickens with a reasonable price in Manila, go to Flamers Charbroiled. Ayamnya enak banget, crispy and of course rasanya cocok untuk orang indo.The cafe is nice although it's not as good as it's seen from outside.

venue: pangalengan - my homeland ^^
time: weekend 13-14 October 2006
members: ci deth, jean2, sandra (dan fuk ing yang konon datang 'mengintip')

the long awaited plan finally came true. kita pergi kepangalengan dengan mobil ci deth. setelah melewati the horrible traffic jam in kopo, kita jalan luruuuuuus terus sampe ketemu plang perumahan Damar Mas. Dari sana belok kanan dan jalan lagi lurus terus sampe di pangalengan. it's a small and nice village, the place where i grew up. sama maminya jean2 dibekali nasi goreng cikur seperti tertera di bawah ini:

nasgor ini pedas dan enak, apalagi waktu nyampe pangalengan semua orang kelaparan (sampe sempet makan dadar tuna dan roti garlic dulu di mobil). dibawainnya banyak sekali tapi kita PD bakal habis. nasgor ini dimakan dengan pilus tic tac. menurut hasil riset klub icip-icip terbukti tic tac lebih enak dari garuda. bukan promosi tapi kata jean2 fakta memang harus disebut. ci deth suka karena less berbumbu, aku suka karena lebih gampang dikunyah. setelah makan nasgor, we finished a bottle of red wine. The wine of the gods from Bali. Enak sekali karena dah lama ga minum wine. malemnya jean2 mabok dan merepotkan semua orang karena minta2 tangga yang ga jelas juntrungannya. trus tengah malem juga alarm mobil ci deth berbunyi nyaring ... tuing tuing tuing. dengan cuek ybs bilang: 'udah ja ga usah dikunci ya' sementara g curiganya ada maling, jadi tengah malem gitu kita berdua muncul keluar untuk ngonci mobil secara manual

keesokan paginya semua bangun dengan bahagia, menghabiskan nasi cikur yang kmrn, jalan-jalan di belakang, petik-petik, dan masak sup untuk dicocol pake roti. setelah itu ci deth dan jean2 tidur lagi sampe siang. trus baru kita pulang. mampir dulu di kopo square untuk makan. aku makan timbel ojolali. ci deth dan jean2 makan menu spesial obiku. selesai makan, ci deth kekenyangan dan ga mau makan obiku lagi for a while. lalu aku diantar pulang oleh ci deth. di rumah jean2 berkenalan dengan pudi yang lucu dan melihat pohon strawberry yang sedang tidak di-spa. semua orang mukanya merah terbakar matahari tapi semua bahagia. inilah beberapa kegiatan mengenal alam yang kita kerjakan di pangalengan:

ci deth berjemur dengan topi koran. ini terjadi pagi2 setelah bangun dan semua merasa kedinginankecuali jean2

ini aku memetik buah semacam ceri dekat gudang. di pohon semacam ceri ini ada dua laba-laba raksasa yang bersarang. buahnya ada yang merah, kuning, dan oranye. buah ini adalah oleh2 untuk mami jean2 yang sudah memasakkan nasgor cikur untuk klub icip-icip

jean2 di bawah perkebunan waluh di halaman belakang. perhatikan posisi tangannya yang anonoh. kita petik waluh juga untuk oleh2 maminya jean2 yang sudah memasakkan nasgor cikur. jean2 mandinya pake air ledeng yang sedingin es loh ... hebat memang sepertinya dia berotot kawat dan tulang besi ^^

venue: terazza sebelah kampus marnat
time: breakfast
members: all (dan semua dipungut iuran lagi ^^)

recommended by fuk ing karena katanya murah dan mengingat keuangan klub ... ternyata sudah naik dari 5000 perak per porsi menjadi 7000. berempat akhirnya makan satu porsi. terazza konon buka 24 jam tapi waktu kita ke sana kmrn sepiiii banget. kursi2nya aja masih pada nangkring di atas meja. ci deth liked the food. klub icip-icip bertekad akan hemat selama bulan ini dan bulan depan.

foto ada di fuk ing tapi fuk ing-nya blom bisa di-add coz none of us knows her e-mai. eh, ci deth mungkin tau ya ...

venue: cing wan - the posh chinese resto in ciwalk
time: 5 October 2006 menjelang saat berbuka puasa di hari ABRI
members: all

can't believe it. we're bankrupt again! we had a very extravagant dinner in cing wan. after ignorantly ordering everything, we came to the realization that we ordered much more than we were entitled to. everyone was absolutely full after finishing two portions of udang mayonaise, baby buncis cah sapi, kangkung terasi, tajil gratis sebagai pembuka, dua porsi makanan yumcha, dan empat macam jus yang berbeda. kenyaaaaaaang sekali. the food was indeed nice but the price was NOT. everyone went home feeling broke ... or maybe it's just me?

foto2 ada di fuk ing ... ayo di-up load ^^

venue: boromeus hospital
date: sunday 30 september 2006
members: minus fuk ing

on the hot sunday afternoon, ci deth, jean2 and i went to visit ellen and her baby (that's her picture above, still in the newly-born unit) in the hospital

date: a very hot friday 29 septermber 2006
venue: kartika sari. reading light, and j.co
members: semua tentunya ^^

the weather in bandung has been totally inhuman lately. it is as hot as 31 degrees (im talking celcius here) during the day and drops into 18 degrees at night. the desert-like weather, really and deserts are NOT an inhabitable place! but well we still have to drive, go to work, and exercise in this kind of weather. but this friday, it's so unbearable that we all ran away to kartika sari in dago. fuk ing bolos kuliah SKI, both ci deth and i kabur dari kantor, cuman jean2 yg ga bolos apa-apa ^^ ci deth kindly drove all the way. kartika sari was fully air-conditioned and the food was very nice so we are saved and happy ... as always ^^

a plate of fried noodle. pesanan ci deth. btw, one more fact that i need to add about ci deth is her phobia to get into a bathtub filled with water. if jean2 is irrationally scared of crocodiles in the swimming pool, ci deth was influenced by all the horror movies she has watched. 'pokoknya ga bisa aja,' katanya tanpa bisa menjelaskan lebih rinci. we all agree that it must be something in her subconscious =P

tak mau kalah dari halo-halo fenty, di kartika sari ada es campur. consisting of nangka, alpukat, cincau, pacar cina, kelapa, dan kolang kaling, this es campur tastes very sweet and nice. especially in such a hot day. eh btw g beli karena g ceritanya lagi sakit perut dan ga pingin makan berat. oya this is my order

lontong kari pesanan fuk ing. setelah makan, kita ke reading light. it's a second hand bookshop owned by an australian. then the trip was closed by a visit to ... ke mana lagi kalo bukan ke J.Co. favorit kita semua ... hehehe engga deng favorit saya tepatnya. tapi sesuai tradisi anggota baru klub icip-icip baru sah membership-nya kalo sudah ditahbiskan di J.Co. so we all went to ciwalk and fuk ing bought half a dozen donuts and we all sat at the food court upstairs dan makan donat dengan bahagia ^^

let me introduce fuk ing. a final-semester student. is now writing her thesis (thus depressed and stressed out all the time - which explains why she joins us finally - coz we are so entertaining!!!). she's a vegetarian. once she saw a cow being slaughtered and since then had refused to eat meat. but she eats a lot though (quite contradictory to her size) and even plan to open a rival club 'klub gentong.' in jean2's words, she is a GS (Gentong Sejati). ci deth and jean2 sudah mewanti2 bahwa klub icip2 tidak membuka cabang dengan nama lain (terutama yang berkaitan dengan pergentongan). she is a buddhist and has passed her pancasila buddhism. she is a good cook - or so i heard. a member of FBI (not the secret agency but the other peculiar and local one ^^), chief editor for the student bulletin in her faculty, a professional game reviewer, and a very sweet and kind person all in all. glad to have you in the club ^^ WELCOME!!!

date: 28 sept 2006
venue: from lunch in food federation till dinner by pasikaliki street
members: + the new and youngest member: fuk ing

welcome fuk ing (on the left). after hesitating to join the club (diancam sebagai anggota baru harus membayar pengeluaran klub selama sebulan), finally she takes heart and joins in. semua orang hari ini bahagia karena akhirnya klub icip-icip sudah tidak bangkrut lagi dan could go around doing business as usual ^^

the day for klub icip-icip start with brunch in food federation in Maranatha Christian Univ. of course, that new building, Grha Widia Maranatha looks more like a shopping mall than a university. The food court sells indian food, among many others. With ci deth and jean2, had brunch naan and chanai with curry dip. Naan and chanai are the name of indian bread. chanai is richer and sweeter than naan. they are served with green chilli which smells nicely herbal. jean2 and i discuss the poem by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim (NOT Geok-Iin) which will be presented in class at 11. jean2 came to my class as assistant and we had so much FUN with our 'lovely and adorable' students

this is not an advertisement! but having had our indian brunch, we went to tujuh-sebelas to get some drink and other personal stuffs. near the cashier, i found this lemon-cheese-cake kitkat chocolate so bought one for taster. i got to eat two blocks coz i was the nicest one among three ^^

finally had dinner at roda priangan di jalan pasirkaliki seberang gepuk nyonya ong. ordered kangkung cah (very big portion - tastier than the one in muhamad yunus) and veggie puyunghai. sebelumnya pergi dulu menjemput jean2 di ujung dunia, nonton CSI sambil menunggu roda priangan buka. fuk ing menyusul kemudian. and we all had a very fund and good time together ... seperti biasa semua pulang dalam keadaan kekenyangan ^^ but happy. kenyang dan bahagia =P