Happy New Year! 

 

So it's common for Asian people to like hot spicy taste.

And it's common for Asian to have chili peppers on their backyard.

We also like to eat it with everything. Anything. savory, salty, bitter, even sweet stuff.

That's exactly why we grow it on our backyard. This is called bird's eye chili peppers. We don't eat chili that is less spicy than this. The explosions of this little things, makes tabasco taste just like strawberry jam haha.

Hot things are addictive. It's more than addiction, it's a basic need! 

Food, shelter, clothing,.. and chili peppers!!

So boyfriend went on a holiday with his cousins to Japan. 

Took my camera, but he had to leave me behind. (It's okay, it's okay)

This is what i told him : Take a picture of everything you eat.
 I know you dont like to eat that much, but just do it for me, please? 

He came back and got me so many little sweet snacks. 

And the pictures i asked. At the end of the trip tho, he got carried away taking pictures of motorbikes and forgot about this. Or he probably didn't eat. That's a possibility. I still consider him as a good photographer.

Anyway, i'm sharing the pictures so when you look at them you will feel what i feel. 

I went to this island about 4 months ago, between our works for Awareness of North Mollucan endemic birds and its parrots conservation. The island is like a diamond in the rough. Despite of unorganized infrastructure and developments, the history value of this island is valid. It has a big part in the Pacific War on World War II, where MacArthur selected this island for air bases to support the liberation of Mindanao.

The guy now is 30 years old.

I did my best to prepare surprises and it failed big time hahaha, 

but this guy kept smiling and being happy as i expected he'd be. 

So i did a little walk around where i live. I was surprised to see so many little beauties i found along the walk.

Recently i was being told that i have too much thoughts focused just on food and gastronomy. 

I guess from now on i have to share my love for other things, they might be as excited as well.

 And this wasn't planned to be a sad blog, actually, but i'm about to cry now. hahaha.

Two years ago we had a short trip to one of my favorite places.

Flying, riding, sailing, hopping, diving, from beach to beach. 

Just got back from another trip! Swimming with turtles, manta rays, and hundreds of jelly fish! 

I am lame in doing updated posts, but for now let me share a playlist i've made recently. 

You should be able to listen to it by clicking here. 

There are some moments when a place, weather, and people you are with, collide so perfectly. I usually adding the food element to make it even more unforgettable,but umm my point is to share one of those moments here.

This beautiful hidden bay at somewhere of east Indonesia, i get to visit on a Friday off while i was on a working trip. The beach was just so pretty, clear crystal water with a volcano background, covered with vegetation and no one else swimming beside us. I went there with very happy fun going colleagues from the site office, and they made the sunny day even much better and enjoyable. 

There are moments when everything goes so nice, you don't  think about anything even yourself, and what you do is just enjoying every second of it. 

I wish this place would stay the same forever and ever.

 Welcoming us

 Scenery along the walks

I just went back from a work trip to North Maluku. No words to describe that's why i'm gonna upload more pictures to do it. But for now let me introduce you to something called 'Papeda'

My first papeda experience at Ternate. Here the system is like a buffet package. Pay 20 thou rupiah *about 2 usd, and you can grab anything served at the table. 

The papeda i have to get used to it, because it has no taste and so sticky literally like glue, we should just swallow without chewing it. But the tumeric yellow fish soup and every other dish meant to add some decent varieties that makes this food so special. 

It is important to pour the soup first to your plate so the sago congee wont stick to the plate. To put papeda to your plate is another interesting story. Needed two sticks to roll it quick and make it a sticky ball straight to the plate. After we pass this step then we can be glad and put anything else to the plate. 

Another speciality to eat with papeda is gohu ikan. It is made from raw tuna mixed with plenty of herbs (chilis, shallot, basil leaves, garlic, lime, salt, coconut oil, fried peanuts, and more).

Me personally would prefer the steamed cassava than the papeda. Just because the steamed cassava is so good and do well with the tumeric soup. Yum :)