Something Precious

Hello!

I can’t be the first person to ever ask someone this, and I’m really curious.

“What does your pet mean to you?”

Some might say, “it’s just pet, I keep it to guard my house”. While some might say, “something precious, my baby”. I hope I won’t ever hear someone say “just something I bought for fun”.

I’m the second person. My pet is something so precious to me, he’s my baby, my forever baby.

Funny thing is, I used to be so scared of dogs. Any kind of dog, even the puppy. Silly, I know. I bought my first dog to overcome my fear of dog. Yes, I bought him not adopted him. Why? In my logic, to overcome my fear, I need to have him as a puppy. Puppy would be less scary then adult dog, yes? And back then, I didn’t know any shelter that have puppy to be adopted, I wasn’t resourceful. So I bought mine from a breeder where my friend got hers. I chose that breeder because the breeder does aftercare like my friend used to chat her to ask things about the dogs.

At first I got him to help me overcome my fear. But then he helped me to stay alive.

That same year, I went through an ugly break up. I had a lot of plan with that guy I was in relationship with, but turns out I’m only human.

We humans make plans, but the LORD has the final word

Proverbs 16:1

I have always been the suicidal type, no one would guess. I might seem active, cheerful, and happy at day. But when I was alone at night, I would cry remembering our days (LOL when I re-think about it, I was so silly crying about it let alone staying in that relationship where 80% of it was him being a jerk). And when I cried, my dog was looking at me with his round eyes wondering what his human was doing, then he walked to me and slept on my lap. He did this whenever I cried.

When I saw him doing that, not only I smiled because he was so cute, this thought came, “Heh. I need to be alive to keep feeding him nice foods and buying him nice clothes”. Aha! Sense of duty? Maybe it is.

Whatever it is, I decided to take care of this little one until the day he needs to cross the rainbow bridge. He’s not always healthy, always obedient, always have the appetite like any other dogs. He has abnormality on his bones, he is allergic to dust, some days he doesn’t even want to eat his food (mind you he eats cooked meat without additional flavour) so we had to buy KFC (geez the MSG amount).

Because this little one has a special place in my heart.

Noooo, my dog is still alive of course. This is just an appreciation post.

Just to be clear.

Welcoming 2021

Hello!

All of us went through 2020 pretty well, we’re still alive and well, yes?

Some of my friends got layoff in 2020 due to this pandemic, their company can’t pay for more staffs. While some got their salary deducted. As for me, things were quite well for me. I still have my job, with full salary. I can work from home, and feel more safe.

Ha! As if.

So the last week of 2020 I went to a clinic to do swab test. Guess what? The result came out : positive. I kind of expected that actually, because that day I lost my ability to smell about 80%, I can smell some things but not the soft scents. To make sure, I did PCR Swab. The result came the next day around 3AM. Yep, positive.

See the two lines? Even if it’s faint, it’s still considered detected.

Chill, I didn’t feel like the shortness of breath, loss appetite, loss the ability to taste, fever, or any other. Just can’t smell soft scents. I still can smell my coffee tho? Perhaps because I already got the flu like days before.

I thought it’s just normal flu. If I hadn’t lose the ability to smell, I wouldn’t know.

I thought it’s kinda unfair… I wore mask every day every time, when outside home, and not eating nor drinking. I didn’t hang out, just out to get dinner (just twice a month, maximum). And yet I still catch the virus 😦 meanwhile those people out there who don’t even follow the protocol, they’re alive and well, without the virus.

But again, I feel grateful. Catching the virus around this time when people are already aware of the virus and how to deal with it. Imagine catching it when people are not even ready and aware about it. Must be harder and more frustating. And I’m grateful for my circle. They’re so helpful and positive thinking. They made me laugh and stay positive to be negative (do you get it?). Some sent me vitamins, fruits, lots of foods, even when they’re miles away. I have this neighbour right beside me, they send (yes, they still) us food for lunch everyday!

So, after 2 weeks of self isolation, I went to do PCR swab again. The result came out soooo late. My first swab that’s positive came out like 12 hours after I did the test. I did the test at 3PM, the result came out at 3AM the next day. But this one, I did the test at 2AM, and the result came out at 2AM.

Thank all Gods, it’s negative!

But I still have to self isolate for 2 more weeks until I can go out to walk my dog, poor Draco can’t even take his walk for a month 😦

I will post about what to do during self isolation and to cure it (my way) on the next post, because I want it to be in a single post.

What I wish for this 2021 is for us all to survive this covid-19 pandemic and live a better life than before. I don’t really have resolution, really.

Ciao!

Current Situation Update

Hello!

I’m not trying to be like news or anything similar. Just updating from my point of view.

I live in Indonesia, and In Indonesia it’s still bad. I mean not as bad as Wuhan on February, the people. During large scale social distancing, there were people who still gather and go out wherever they please, even when we were told to stay at home and do self-quarantine. Perhaps it’s not only in Indonesia, I know after seeing the news. And quite a lot of people believe (seriously, one of my IT team does) that Covid-19 is only political made virus. In other words, it’s not real.

For me… how can I not? One of my relative passed away on March this year because of this virus? He went to a hospital in Indonesia, diagnosed with pneumonia. But he himself was skeptical about the pneumonia, so he went to neighbor country to get checked. And yep, it’s Covid-19. He was admitted to the hospital, got into the ICU, and then not so long after that, he passed away. So, how can I not believe or take this virus as a joke?

Many people here are still not wearing mask, spit on the sidewalk (ew), not doing physical distancing, blaming doctors for not being able to do the job well (after the blamer got sick because not wearing mask and things)…

I know getting mask were quite hard from February – April. Bad bad people bought a lot and kept it to be sold at really high price. I bought 5 at really high price 😥 but what to do? I need it to be shared with the family. But then good news came, those who bought masks to be sold at a really high price were jailed, and a lot of home industry began making masks made from fabric. That made the price went lower. And now more people are seen wearing mask. How nice 🙂

Schools were closed for 3 months, and it’s on the news that school will be open on July if the situation is okay by then. My friend’s children are not so happy about it, because they will have to wake up early and go to school again. But when I was a kid, I’d be so happy seeing my friends again after long holiday hahaha.

Oh, and office too. I was informed our office will start normal on July. Can’t wait to see my friends (LOL). Working at home is nice, I can see my dog and family at home. Having my dog on my lap while working is nice. But I have to admit, it’s quite hard to work 100% because I don’t have my hardcopy documents with me and a lot of time I need them.

Pray and hope the situation will be better in short time 🙂

I kinda miss having afternoon tea here.

Ciao!

Work From Home…

Hello!

Yes, just like what I put on the title. I have been working from home for about 2 months now? Yep, 2 months. From March 16th until now.

While some companies just tell their employees to take unpaid leave, the company I work for didn’t do that (let’s pray they won’t ever do that). My boss called IT team and asked for laptops for each of us, thank God we’re fast, because if we’re to ask for it later we won’t get any. FYI, I don’t use laptop at work, it’s PC.

So I went home to my parents’ house since then to make them less worry wether I have food or not (yes, that’s the topic they worry the most).

To make my working space more comfortable, more office like, I bought some items. I will list them below, along with the store.

 

Logitech Pebble Mouse

FYI, you NEED patience for this store. They took quite a long time to deliver things. But what to do? Perhaps they’re loaded with orders. And if you don’t really need number pad, you’ll be tempted to buy the keyboard as well. So cute!

So, learning from the long delivery, I chose to buy the keyboard from other store.

 

Logitech K375s Multi Devices Bluetooth Keyboard

This one has number pad, and can be used on iPad. Why do I need keyboard when laptop already got keyboard? Number pad. I work with numbers and it really iritates me to use the number pad above the letter pad, so hard.

 

iPad Stand

Why do I need iPad stand when I don’t use my iPad for work? Uhm, I need to watch YouTube or Netflix even at work, I got bored easily… So normally at work I’ll split the screen into 2. One for work and one for watching things 😀

 

Taffware Gaming Mouse Pad

It’s not as big as seen on picture, mine is the smaller one. But still same quality, nice thing. And this store reaaaaaaally takes time in delivering your goods.

 

Table Cloth

Mine is a choco one, can’t find the picture -_-;; bought this because the table I use to work is somehow not smooth, so it scratched my arms.

 

Hanging Pouch

To store small items like bank keys and calculator.

 

… something I don’t know in English

It’s actually a chair. But I use it to put my feet because the chair I use is quite high and my feet were dangling all the time because *cough* they don’t reach the floor.

 

Yep, I think that’s all. Anyway, I still can use the keyboard and mouse, and mousepad at work. I will use mine instead of office’s since they’re wireless, less messy.

 

Things listed above really help to set the mood for work :”)

 

During this quarantine time, not just working, I too have been trying recipes as well. Will share next time 🙂

 

How’s yours?

 

Hidden Treasure

Hello!

 

For a week, almost a week, I’ve been having this for my brunch/lunch 🙂

 

Not for you who don’t like runny yolk or half-cooked egg.

 

 

Looks like a plate of your regular fried rice. Uhm, but where’s the egg?! Calm down *pat pat*. All you have to do to find the egg is just to dig right at the centre of the fried rice and TADAAA!!!! You’ll get a nice runny yolk, just like on the picture above.

 

How to cook it?

 

Ingredients I used (you can change if it’s not your liking):

1. Rice
2. Egg, separate the white and the yolk
3. Pork Chops
4. Cole
5. Salt, Sugar, Pepper, Dried Chilli
6. Shallot and Garlic
7. Cooking Oil
8. Sesame Oil

 

Cook:

1. Slice thin your shallot and garlic.
2. Shred your cole (like to in coleslaw).
3. Heat your pan on medium heat, pour enough amount of cooking oil. Add #1 and stir it until it turns yellowish, pour the white egg in, stir until cooked  and then add pork chops and stir it until it’s almost crisp. Add shredded cole in, throw nice amount of salt (seriously I never used the same amount every time I cooked but it turns good!) and small pinch of sugar (for balance) and a tsp of pepper.
4. Add your rice and mix it with the other ingredients, you might want to add more salt/pepper. Toss whatever amount of dried chilli in, and mix it with the rice. Pour about a tsp of sesame oil, mix it with the other ingredients.
5. Just when your fried rice is about to cooked, dig a hole at the centre of the fried rice until you can see the base of the pan, add little amount of cooking oil and put the yolk in. Wait a little bit, and then re-cover the yolk with fried rice you dug before. Remove the pan from the heat and serve it carefully. You don’t want to ruin your runny yolk, do you?

 

You can add your own ingredients or change it 🙂

 

Sincerely,

Bern.

 

P.S: I can’t write recipe “OTL