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FAQ Needed!

Jovita prepared this brunch since like a month ago, she has been asking if everyone will be available on 27th April at 12PM for ages. She will bring her polaroid cameras, prepare games and specific topic to discuss, she asked everyone to confirm with the brunch menu one week before the actual event etc etc, full of preparation style. Even she prepared the flyer! Once someone organized something and there is a flyer you know it’s another level of brunch already 😉

Beautiful flyer

The brunch place was at Fogo, the restaurant is in 6th floor but I entered on a wrong door so I had to walked up stairs only to realize that the door was locked and I was like “Damn it!” and went to 5th floor opened the “back door” and the guy looked at me in amazed (read: confusion) “how did you get in from that door?” haha they showed me where is the elevator to go to 6th floor and there I was, on a very elegant place called Fogo. Jovita booked the terrace for us which is unbelievable! The terrace was super nice! the sun is there, the wind is there and what else? haha table, chair, the decoration was just perfect.

She even prepared the “game” (aka Gin game-as the specialty of Fogo is their Gin) I’m not a big fan of alcohol drinks but one glass is fine 😉

Eiman got her gin which is elephant gin, I got my London Dry Gin and Veronica got sth with tea or so. All of our gin’s were very special, just… Eiman was better 😉 and now she will request gin with cheery and apple every time she goes to a bar.

and Jo also hired the photographer that documented the whole brunch. Eiman wanted to punch the photographer on the face because he didn’t stop taking pictures of all of us, he took his job very seriously which rare in these days, it calls dedication Eiman! hahaha

After one glass of gin and tried the other person gin’s we moved to the brunch table, time to eat!

We had 12 amazing women (me included)! #wohoooo we had our self introduction before we moved to our brunch table. The presentation of the food was outstanding. I ordered charcoal grilled chicken tandoori, banh mi and bread and pudding. Turns out the charcoal grilled chicken tandoori was a ceasar salad, I don’t mean to complain but when the guy gave it to me I said “I didn’t order the salad” I mean salad yo on this very cool place? I need to have meat! but yeah turns out it is a salad, he didn’t make a mistake because he’s got all the list of what we want to eat but it’s still good anyway so I’m not complaining 😉

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Can’t wait to eat!

The bread and pudding was amazing, they even had a scoop of an ice cream on the side, I spread the ice cream on the bread and Eiman asking me “what were you doing?” I said “isn’t it how you suppose to eat it? with an ice cream” and I saw Jo also putting her ice cream on top of the bread and pudding and I said to Eiman “Look at Jo’s she’s also putting the ice cream so I didn’t do it wrongly, she only did it in a more graceful way than I do” 😉

We were keep eating and talking and the sun was perfect but at some point I need to clean up my sunglasses and that’s the time when I took it off and I was “WOW! this is very shinny” I don’t know how Veronica, Jovita and Lauren handle it as they don’t bring their sunglasses haha

I really enjoy the conversation going on when everyone started to share some stories about everything, their diet plan, the unstoppable brunch or free flow deal that exist in Shanghai, the coffee enegma things that Mable did. The conversation went randomly to a Filipino ayi mwahaha completely other directions from diet but yeah we’re women, we love to talk 😉

I especially like the story when Jovita’s did her skydiving in New Zealand and after that specific moments, she decided to quit her job. She said that when you jumped out of the plane, you see everything from the top and there was some moments where your life flash before your eyes and you can make a clear decision afterwards. Similar with Jo’s, Veronica’s friend also did a skydiving before she decided to went back to Australia and somehow this is such a must before made a decision 😉 knowing that not only Thorben and Marina did skydiving makes me and Eiman want to do it also! Eiman, I will have to go before you! otherwise I won’t jump out of the plane 😉 It will be super cool if the next meeting with these wonderful women was on someplace to do skydiving hahaha!

The afternoon went just like the speed of the light suddenly the food was finished! oh nooo… and we moving on to our “discussion table” the topic that Jo asked us to research was about endocrine system but in the end we discussed about sth else which is feminity, and Mable gave us the tips and tricks about how women need to behave in a certain way on a workplace, just wish that I will be able to behave like that someday…or probably never! hahaha

Finally there was no photographer around us anymore, Eiman must be so happy! hahaha but at some point we need to leave because it was already almost 5PM I guess? and we all either had something or the weather were just getting more and more windy, I mean we were on the terrace yo so it’s cold! hahaha

Thanks Jovita for organizing this brunch and gave me the opportunity to feel how superstars are with a photographer around 🙂 thank you for all the preparations that you made for this brunch, I mean look at this name tag this is not made from a shitty paper kind of things, this is a serious name tag, if I zoom in the picture you could actually see a pattern on the name tag! Eiman reminded me to take it home for the next event, so Jo pay attention, Eiman has her name tag and she need to brings it to the next event 😉

Thanks for making the food deals for us I know that me and also Eiman! we are complicated “can we just order ala carte?” “we don’t want to take the free flow drink”, “where is the place?” I mean we basically asking many many questions frequently, you might need to make an FAQ next time mwahaha

Last but not least, it was very lovely to meet another 11 women! <3

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The Difference Concept of Time

Saturday 23rd Feb marked the born day of our friend, Julia! She celebrated her birthday in a restaurant called RAW and I’m very happy to be able to be part of it. The dinner starts at 8PM and I read the comments for RAW and everyone that went there seems to have a good impression of the place and besides they won the award of best restaurant whatsoever for 3 years in a row perhaps?! and I can’t wait to try the food there. I arrived 5 mins pass 8 and the bday girl was not there yet ahahaha. Here is the special menu that we get 🙂

As for drink, I chose the 3 cocktails one 😉

Due to the bday girl wasn’t arrived yet so there were Jeni, Teru, Nick, JAdam so we started to either re-introduce ourselves or just pick up the conversation from the last time we met which is somewhere sometime in year 2018 haha! First I didn’t see Jovita and Adam but then I saw her and I talked to Jeni “I know her!” and Jeni said “me too but I can’t remember her name, I just remember she is very beautiful” and indeed agree with Jeni that Jovita is very beautiful!

Left is when I met Jovita first time on 2018 and right is yesterday, I think if there is ever be a constant, it will be her as she always beautiful all the time 😀

Then the bday girl arrived! Julia looked soooooo gorgeous! <3 #drollinggggg we were all cheered up and Eiman also arrived few minutes after Julia which is quiet surprising as we thought Eiman will arrive like maybe 2 hrs later ahahaha and with this, the dinner is ready to serve! The food was indeed amazing, the truffle was very good, Jovita said she makes it everyday as a breakfast wow! such a luxury! hahaha and the other foods also very good no wonder they won so many awards in a row! even if it’s not so many but winning an awards is not something easy so well done RAW! (I mean for now is a well done for you)

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As a cocktail, me, Jovita and Adam started with Aperol Spritz. I talked with Jovita and just found out that she’s an architect! Please design me a homeeee! ahahaha 😉

I don’t know how many beers that Teru already had because I think at some point he was already 50-50, I have no idea if he was aware when he said he will join Eiman for Ramadhan month in April? ahaha it takes a mental preparation to do that, but yeah believe it or not he seems very determined about it. Considering that he was the one that bought saxophone accidentally when he was drunk so let’s see if he will do it 😉

The food came up so fast and we also ate it fast, then we still have the deal for the drinks so we stayed there of course haha. Somehow Eiman, Adam, Alan went for smoke but since Teru is already 50-50 when Eiman asked him to bring her scarf, Teru gave her my scarf, she did say that it’s not hers but Teru already somewhere on the moon so yeah thanks Teru and Eiman for the smokey scarf flavor hahaha that exactly what I ordered 😉

My smokey scarf wouldn’t be possible without you two 😉 #chuckle

I ordered my next cocktail which is Pisco Sour and I have no idea what happened with it as it took more than 1 hour to make it. I did asked the girl many many times probably 6 times and Nick keep reminding me to be calm and he told me that she remembered my order and will bring it shortly but yeah that shortly took forever as if me and RAW was on different planet with a different concept of time, what is up with you guys?!?!?! pffff They became very very slow up to the point that it wasn’t only me that realized it but Julia and the others as well. I was about to write a good review about RAW on bon app but yeah over 1 hour of Pisco Sour made me don’t want to do that.

We, well (read: I) did many things to let the time pass by and not remembered it was from almost one hour- one hour- over one hour to order my second cocktail, we did many pictures and so on but still the drinks has not arrived yet.

We were so ready to just pay the bill and go somewhere due to it will take forever and ever to get the drink but then we realized there was a cake! so we had to stay still and Julia was already hurried us to leave hahaha sorry girl, Eiman had other plan which is you need to get your birthday cake 😉

The cake was delicious! and since it’s not a tart cake so at first Julia thought to just bring it to Revolution and eat there haha yeap this is just described of how hurried she is to leave from RAW, but in the end she didn’t do that and she just cut the cake in the most brutal way possible hahaha and we didn’t even bother to put the cake on the plate we just took it with our hand, yeah! Indonesian way! ahaha We even want to take a picture together again but (again) we didn’t bother, we just want to get out of RAW and took picture outside.

We went to Revolution but due to we didn’t get the table so we moved to La Social! Adam’s friend is the owner of La Social so we got the VIP table and we enter without even waiting (except waiting for the elevator 😉 that kept ringing even though I don’t think we were that heavy hahaha)

Adam ordered a very good passion fruit mojito whatever its called haha and it’s very good indeed!

Up to the point where I need to leave because I have the German class the next day, yes people if you check on calendar it is on Sunday. And I said goodbye to Julia etc and I was like “where is Eiman?” but I realized Adam also gone so I’m convinced they were smoking downstairs and Eiman will always be Eiman, another constant, which is The Most Realistic person ever haha. I said that I have a German class and she said the F word! whaaaaaatttt precisely she said “F!#% it Marlyn, cut the BS, it’s Sunday nobody teach on Sunday? and only Germans speaks German!” hahaha #facepalm, very Eiman!

Well well well, enjoy Ritz Carlton for Julia and thank you so much for inviting me to your birthday, despite all of the drama with the different time zone we had with RAW, it was such a lovely dinner, nice place and nice time with you. I know all these people through you , I don’t know them as long as they know you but agree with your speech that they all wonderful people, I mean look at me ahahaha 😀 (read: that’s not the point)

I wish you a happy birthday, great years for you is just around the corner, all the happiness and happy to have you as my friend 🙂 #Sorry that I was trying to read your speech from your phone, I mean…I’m not a native speaker yo hahaha and I don’t get use to British accent 😉

PS: Photos are taken from Juia, Jeni, Alan, everyone that shared it on the group and the AWESOME Teru (and yes, he made me said that) 😀 hahaha

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The Man Who Rejected My Chili Sauce

This is a story about a chili sauce named Belibis,

Dinner time, we gather up…

knock knock knock on the table (need to sing faster on this word)

It’s time for Schnitzel, perfect sauce…

It’s you we’re all waiting for…

Then I go, “Isn’t she lovely? This chiliiiii (need to sing longer on this word) sauce?” And Wesley said “I don’t eat chili” *crackkkk!!! the whole song was ruined” hahaha Elle, I bet you know what kind of song is this 😉

Finally, after more than 2 weeks of waiting for the All You Can Eat Schnitzel! I’m still heartbroken by the fact that we are not having BOGO pizza deals so Gordy had an idea of this all you can eat Schnitzel and he said “Do I need to explain what does all you can eat mean? its not BOGO this is unlimited number of Schnitzel” ahahaha somehow that Thorben would say “mass eater” haahaha 😉

We, well, I did the countdown 48 hours before the Schnitzel deals day which is Tuesday at Zeitgeist! Heloooo free shot Jagermeister please, I’m doing promotion here for Zeitgeist 😀 haha! I even had a plan in my mind that I won’t eat heavy lunch so that I’m keeping myself for the dinner HA! seems like a smart move 🙂

The dinner is here, Elle and Wesley were the one who arrived, and then me. Elle was become a really good host by offering me “Do you want the grape?” haha directly from the garden!

Gordy was late so I guess he rushed to Zeitgeist and while we want to took a selfie to send it to him to make him hurry up and there he arrived, just in time before I pressed the click button. He just came back from Thailand for a soccer team so he’s got a bit of sun burn and Wesley like “what happen with your face?” haha

Zeitgeist has a good membership deal that he will give you a beer glass and you can write your name on it and they will keep it and when you come you can drink beer from your own glass, Wesley was interested about it and he asked for how much the membership will be and so on, so people just FYI it starts with 2000 RMB, 5000RMB and 10000 RMB, and how much did Wesley choose? stay tuned till the end of this story 😉

We obviously eat the Schnitzel as this is the deals!!! It has cranberry sauce and also potato salad which is goooddd *drooling but I still put my Indonesian chili sauce. Elle and Gordy also tried it on their second Schnitzel but Wesley didn’t! My chili sauce got rejected! 🙁 hahaha I thought you put the spicy sauce on the BBQ last trip…hmmmm…how could you reject this sauce *puppy eyes*

For the drinks, we had ciders for Gordy, gin and tonic for Elle, Brander something for Wesley and Brander Urstoff- the friend’s wife’s uncle’s beer from my German friend Dennis haha- (supposedly for me) but then the waiter mixed up between me and Wesley’s beer, so I had brander something (first one on the menu, just like Wesley’s said) and he had mine haha The surprising facts about our drink is that the ice cube of Elle’s gin and tonic was not melted the whole night! the ice cube survived for the whole dinner time! and the taste of gin and tonic is not watery hahahaha what was the scientific reason behind this? we thought that maybe because it’s cold now, winter is coming so the ice cube won’t melt hahaha well, well does this scientific approach make sense? #teachers? Albert Einstein? Isaac Newton? anyone? hahaha

Gordy has definitely 4 Schnitzels, I forgot if he stopped after the 5th or the 6th Schnitzels, Wesley either 3.5 or 4.5 (the other half was from Elle because she couldn’t finished it), I got 3, Elle got 2.5. And after we finished eating it, because Gordy knows one of the owner of Zeitgest, we got free shot of Jagermeister! wohooo

It’s actually taste pretty good, considering that winter is coming, I don’t even feel the cold of the days when I ride back home under the drizzle. Gordy said I should have Jager shot everyday then ahahaha.  And not only that, because Christmas is coming, why everything is coming? haha winter, christmas, Elle’s parents hahaha anything else people?! 😉

we also gootttttt a free ticket for their Xmas Market, at first they only gave one ticket for each of us, but then we cheered and she gave the second tickets for each of us and we cheered again but Gordy said to her “Do not give her the third one for the sake of this place, otherwise she will explode” hahaha 😀 We will go to this Christmas market on the kick-off day! the 30th November! haha

The night somehow has to end because our belly already super full and the waiter asked us if we want to buy the membership deals and what Wesley chooseeeee…… we didn’t buy it ahahaha! in fact Wesley was about to take one of the wood decoration from Zeitgeist hahaha! just in case if the wood stock getting lower and lower it might be ehmmm ehmmm I won’t say the brand ahahaha

During the dinner, Gordy talked that *spoiler! another ads is coming haha The Westin had a pretty nice brunch deal (read: expensive, but full of entertainment) until 3PM they have opera, orchestra, Alaskan crab, caviar, cheese, a stations for desserts! Elle seems interested about that 😉 she just wants to check the cheese, desserts and orchestra and it already fulfill her requirements! haha this will be the whole day brunch, maybe next time 😉 as all of us are still feeling the Schnitzel in our tummy until now and not sure if we are ready to feel the Alaskan crab on our tummy haha what type of feeling would it be *hmmm interesting 😉 maybe we should really try this whole day brunch be in mind it’s a maaayyyyybeeeeeeee even though it sounds an overly excited maybe ahahaha 

We did many ads yesterday! Including the one and only hungover games! me and Gordy somehow will sign you up for the game and all you have to do is be ready!! haha Wesley was also thinking about joining either rugby team or soccer team. Well, in that case our life will be balance, eat and sports, we won’t feel so guilty about the amount of Schnitzel we just had or the amount of Alaskan crab that we will have…someday…hahaha

Meanwhile… another countdown…Gluhwein is calling kring kringggg 😉