#wonderfulindonesia Jogja: Day 1

Oh yes finally! 

After googling the beautiful places and feeling jealous looking at photos posted by some friends, finally Jogja here I come! Add to more happiness, this time I went with one of my bestfriend. Yeaheyy!

“As with any journey, who you travel with can be more important than your destination” INDEED.

We touched down Jogja at about 11am then went lunch at Pondok Bakaran. Their specialty is grilled fish and fried seafood. When we reached, they’re on a break for Friday prayer. Although we had to wait for almost an hour, we were truly satisfied because all the food we ordered were sooo yummeh.

Here's what we had:

with Mixed Vege soup and ulam.

After lunch, we went to Wisata Seribu Batu. It says this place has many form of rocks, but honestly I didn’t notice much when I was there. (Oh yeah, now I remember that one big rock). The significance things were the bridge with small stream underneath, the huts, the woody bear and the 2 hobbit house (well, its actually dwarfs I think).

If you wanna have some kind of activity, you may try the flying fox. Also, you can actually hike a bit more to the top - Puncak Songgo Langit where you can see an awesome scenery. I climbed up half way and tired and stopped. Anyway, didn’t see any sign of the place, might have to hike up higher.

For me, nothing much at this place but it’s definitely great for your photoshoot. And at least, we did enjoy the smell of the forest and had a very good fresh air.

Yeah that's a big rock.

For day 1, we spent for sightseeing. From Wisata Seribu Batu, we rode 600m away to Pinus Forest. This place is about 28km from Adisucipto Airport, another cool fresh air around the standing tall pine trees. And of course, its an Instagram worthy, or Flickr, Pinterest or whatever app you like, like I care 😝

From Pinus Forest Mangunan, we headed to Puncak Becici which the distance is about 3.5km only. When we reached there, time was almost 6pm and started to rain. We walked up to the hill and taraa! here’s the awesome view!!

It’s already 630pm in Jogja. 

The grey sky started pouring lightly so we had to leave although we enjoyed the cold and calmness. As it’s still raining, we had to cancel the plan to go to the last place, Hutan Pinus Pengger. So we went straight to have dinner at Sate Klatak, where the others enjoyed so much. 

Klatak is a lamb aka kambeng and I don't eat kambing. Pftt! I had a plate of nasi goreng for myself -__-

The juiciness of the klataks meat.

How does it feel to be a vegetarian

Surely many of you have heard about vegetarian and vegan. I wasn’t so clear about the difference until I read this explanation:

“Neither vegans nor vegetarians eat meat. However, while vegetarians tend to consume dairy products and eggs, a vegan avoids all animal products, including eggs and dairy, and often inedible animal-based products, such as leather, wool, and silk. Vegetarianism is usually a diet, while veganism is a lifestyle.”

  

Last month, I went to my friend’s wedding and was served a vegetarian course. That was not my first time trying veggie food, I had a few times before since ~10 years ago.

So it’s not to my surprise that the food was delicious. Not only that, the presentation was superb too. Hence, I take this initiative to show these to you.

Romantic Four Combinations

Braised Shark's Fin Soup with Vegetables 

Barbecue King Oyster Mushroom with Pineapple & Bell Peppers
served with Two Varieties of Rice in Japanese Style

Pan-fried Seaweed Fish with Special Sauce

Stir Fried Kailan and Eggplant
with Hot & Spicy Sauce

Treasure Golden Inari

Double-boiled Apricot Seed
with Snow Fungus & Honey Melon

Romantic Chinese Pastries

Don't they look yummeh??

Yeah it was and I felt so full.

These days, the number of people turning to be vegan is rising, due to the need to practice a healthy life-style or doing it for the sake of animal rights. Whatever the reason is, I respect all individual’s choice. It is important to observe and check the food we consume, because ‘we are what we eat’

Probably I will try the Veganuary.

But the only thing I don’t agree is when people criticize other people for their choice.

If you think being a vegan is good, don’t condemn people for eating meat.

If you still enjoy eating meat, don’t question people for being vegan.

In my honest opinion, I believe God create animals for us to eat. It’s never a sin to eat animals, but of course, only certain animals. Anyway, it’s gonna be a long long lecture to explain the types of animal that are allowed to eat, etc; so I’m just gonna drop the topic.

For now, be thankful for your ability to enjoy food on your table. 

Bon Appetit!

Kau rasa dunia ni adil??

Orang yang penah tipu kau sampai kau hidup tersungkur, tapi dia masih bebas hidup menipu orang lain. Adil ke tu?

Orang yang penah curang dengan kau sampai luluh hati, kini dia bahagia hidup beranak pinak. Adil ke tu?

Orang yang aniya kau kat tempat kerja, tapi dia pulak yang dapat naik pangkat. Adil ke tu?

Orang yang hidup bebas macam takde pegangan agama, tapi dia hidup kaya raya. Adil ke tu?

Orang yang pernah buat hati kau merana, tapi dia masih bahagia berpoya-poya. Adil ke tu?

Let me tell you. 

Dunia ni memang tak adil. Dunia ni kejam! Kita hidup kat dunia ni akan ditimpa macam-macam dugaan. 

Kadang-kadang dugaan itu sesuatu yang tak tertanggung. Dada rasa nak pecah, hati calar berdarah. 

Tapi ada satu perkataan yang mampu buat kau terus hidup. Redha. Ye, redha dengan setiap dugaan yang datang sebab kau tahu apa yang terjadi pasti ada hikmahnya. 

Setiap dugaan itu kita sendiri yang tentukan samada ianya sebagai ujian atau musibah. 

Bila kita sedar hidup ni memang kejam, kita lebih sedia untuk redha, kita akan lebih kuat bila datang dugaan yang hebat.

Hanya satu kita perlu yakin, Allah Maha Adil.