Scallops

Hmmmmmmmm, after these cleaning up, I feel really really hungry … and then I see this …

Really, it makes me salivating.

 

Moving

Now I’m Trying to move my posts from my Tumblr blog here, and there’re quite a lot …

Sorting & cleaning up mode on !

 

Guilty Crown

“
On Christmas Eve, 2029, the unidentified “Apocalypse Virus” spreads and plunges Japan into a state of emergency in a chaos known as the “Lost Christmas” incident. An international organization known as the GHQ intervenes with martial law and restores order to Japan at the cost of its independence.

Ten years later in 2039, Shu Ouma, a 17-year-old high school student who keeps to himself in school, meets Inori Yuzuriha, the lead singer for Egoist, while visiting one of his favorite places on his way home from school. Shu is a big fan of Inori, a singer who has taken the Internet world by storm. However, he also discovers the other side of her, which is that she is a member of “Undertakers”, a resistance group that aims to liberate Japan from the GHQ. Shu starts taking part in the actions of “Undertaker” and the “king’s mark” appears on his right hand after the Void Genome in his pocket was shot by a GHQ Endlave. This “mark” bestows on him the power to reach inside another person’s body and extract and materialize a weapon from it.
“

- Love the idea of the main weapon of this Anime. A weapon that utilize the heart of people which come with different shape for every person –

 

FF Vocal Collection II : Love Will Grow – Valse des Amoureux (New)

Valse des Amoureux ( Lover’s Waltz)

Une petite valse d’amoureux,

Rejouez-la-moi encore une fois—

Je voudrais l’écouter encore un peu

Comme pour la première fois.

Et si vous aimez cette melodie,

Allons danser! ou bien chantez!

Vous retrouverez toute la magie

Des petits bals de l’été.

Et bientôt musiciens, balladins et poètes

Vous diront, oh, combien ils aiment votre

chanson.

L’accordéon bien malin dans un brin de folie

Rejouera cristalin sans arrêt cette melodie.

Et quand nous ne serons rien que nous deux,

Que toi et moi, embrasse-moi.

Nous serons toujours aussi amoureux,

Ecoute, c’est merveilleux.

Cette roman c’est tout comme un avoeu.

Rappele-toi que bien des fois

Tu le voudras et tu rechanteras—

La valse des amoureux!

Les musiciens n’y sont pour rien,

Mais ils me font frissonner chaque fois

Qu’ils jouent cette valse en toute grâce,

Je pourrais l’écouter jusqu’à demain.

“This European song starting with accordion is this album’s original song. Miss Noguchi sings the solo, sung by Risa Ohki. (2 accordions, 2 guitars, and a bass)” —Liner notes to “Valse des Amoureux” on Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow album
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English Translation :

A little lover’s waltz,

Play it for me once more.

I want to listen to it a little more

As if for the first time.

And if you like this melody,

Dance, or sing!

You’ll rediscover all the magic

Of summer’s little dances.

And soon musicians, balladeers, and poets

Will tell you, oh, how much they love your song.

The accordion, mischievous in a bit of madness,

Will replay this melody without end, clear as

crystal.

And when we are only we two

Just you and I, hold me tight

We will always be this much in love,

Listen, it’s marvelous

This romance is just like a confession,

Remember how often

You’ll want it, and you’ll sing it again—

The Lover’s Waltz!

The musicians are here for nothing,

But they make me shiver each time

They play this waltz so gracefully.

I could listen to it until tomorrow.

 

Façade

Some people may and some other may not realize, that along the way we gained both friend and foe. Of course many wasn’t intended, we accidentally stumble upon each other. Having whether the same purpose or the other way around, we make a bond.

This encounter, the start of a new bond is connected by a thing called feeling. At first our feeling and perception is based on measurement. A measurement as to categorized those who stumble upon us. Then upon the result, we act as we find befitting.

First impression is of course very important, yet it is also not reliable. Human’s heart knows no bound. It is so deep that a mere graze on the outside will hardly reveal the true core. Making prejudice a kind of an unwise act.

Of course every people’s heart have a different shape. You can find one so sickening at the first gaze, yet as time goes one you will see that it hid a beauty unparalleled by any others. Yet the other way around is also possible. The first you see it you will find yourself be startled by a dazzling light. Brilliant, gorgeous and fascinating, but somehow as you try to come closer bit by bit, everything is changing. The light goes dimmer and those beautiful silhouette turns out to be less and less shimmering. Revealing an sad thing.

What I’m trying to say here, is that behind every effect there will be cause. There is always a reason behind everybody’s act. As to not creating a mistake, we should shed our prejudice and dive into the veiling mist around the core. Because only after you succeeded in passing that misty curtain, will you find the truth … no matter how beautiful or ugly it is, that is the one you could believe.

-Jirga-

 

Chicken and Broccoli

I don’t actually know, whether those are chicken or not (I’m sure the green thingie is Broccoli though).
This picture is omitted by a tumblr blog that I follow.

This looks delicious, no ? especially right now, on this cold morning … Imagine eating it with a bowl of hot rice, YUMMY !!

uuughhh … Hara ga hetta …

 

Regret

Sometimes I regret to ever open that dangerous Pandora box that shatter my faith …

 

Kübler-Ross model

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Kübler-Ross model, commonly known as The Five Stages of Grief, was a theory first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying.  

The stages, popularly known by the acronym DABDA, include:  

1. Denial — “I feel fine.”; “This can’t be happening, not to me.”
   Denial is usually only a temporary defense for the individual. This feeling is generally replaced with heightened awareness of possessions and individuals that will be left behind after death.
2. Anger — “Why me? It’s not fair!”; “How can this happen to me?”; ‘“Who is to blame?”
   Once in the second stage, the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue. Because of anger, the person is very difficult to care for due to misplaced feelings of rage and envy.
3. Bargaining — “I’ll do anything for a few more years.”; “I will give my life savings if…”
   The third stage involves the hope that the individual can somehow postpone or delay death. Usually, the negotiation for an extended life is made with a higher power in exchange for a reformed lifestyle. Psychologically, the individual is saying, “I understand I will die, but if I could just do something to buy more time…”
4. Depression — “I’m so sad, why bother with anything?”; “I’m going to die soon so what’s the point… What’s the point?”; “I miss my loved one, why go on?”
   During the fourth stage, the dying person begins to understand the certainty of death. Because of this, the individual may become silent, refuse visitors and spend much of the time crying and grieving. This process allows the dying person to disconnect from things of love and affection. It is not recommended to attempt to cheer up an individual who is in this stage. It is an important time for grieving that must be processed.
5. Acceptance — “It’s going to be okay.”; “I can’t fight it, I may as well prepare for it.”
   In this last stage, individuals begin to come to terms with their mortality, or that of a loved one, or other tragic event.

“Anyone living will at least once, experience this pattern. And after overcoming it, we’ll come out a lot stronger”.

-Jirga-

 

Telur Puyuh (Quail Egg)

Telur puyuh merupakan salah satu sumber protein yang umum dijumpai di Indonesia. Telur ini dihasilkan oleh burung Puyuh atau yang lebih dikenal dengan nama Quail. Telur puyuh memiliki tekstur kulit telur yang unik. Berbeda dengan telur ayam yang cenderung berwarna coklat krem yang merata di seluruh permukaan telur, telur puyuh memiliki corak tekstur yang dihiasi oleh totol-totol hitam yang berbentuk sembarang. Selain itu jika dibandingkan dengan telur ayam, telur puyuh memiliki ukuran yang lebih kecil (hampir kurang dari setengah telur ayam).

Berikut merupakan artikel dari koran Kompas (3 Juni 2011) mengenai telur puyuh :

” Beruntunglah kita penduduk Indonesia. Telur puyuh bisa didapatkan dengan mudah dengan harga relatif murah. Di kawasan Eropa Barat dan Amerika Utara, telur puyuh dianggap sebagai makanan mewah. Padahal, telur mungil itu memiliki manfaat segudang banyaknya.

Dengan berat 10 gram hingga 12 gram, satu butir telur puyuh berisi banyak unsur yang dibutuhkan agar tubuh menjadi sehat. Nilai gizi telur puyuh tiga hingga empat kali lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan telur ayam, yang memiliki berat 50 hingga 70 gram per butir.

Telur puyuh mengandung 13 persen protein, telur ayam hanya 11 persen. Selain itu, telur puyuh mengandung 140 mu-g vitamin B1, bandingkan dengan 50 mu-g yang ada di telur ayam. Kandungan vitamin A dan B2 telur puyuh dua kali telur ayam.

Telur puyuh memiliki zat besi dan potasium lima kali lebih banyak daripada telur ayam. Karena kandungan tersebut, telur puyuh masuk dalam kategori dietary food.

Bagusnya telur puyuh tidak memiliki kolesterol jahat (LDL) dan sangat kaya dengan kolesterol baik (HDL). Tak seperti telur ayam, telur puyuh tidak menyebabkan alergi. Malah, telur puyuh bisa membantu mengatasi gejala alergi. Mereka memiliki yang namanya protein ovomucoid, yang dipakai untuk produksi obat antialergi.

Telur puyuh dapat dimakan mentah. Tentunya, setelah telur tersebut dicuci dalam air panas. Tidak perlu khawatir tentang adanya Salmonella karena suhu tubuh burung puyuh lebih tinggi daripada ayam sehingga Salmonella tidak dapat hidup.

Dalam artikel dari situs Gout Pain, disebutkan bahwa penderita asam urat sama sekali tidak dilarang makan telur, termasuk telur puyuh. Itu karena telur mengandung unsur purin yang rendah. Meski demikian, jumlah konsumsinya harus dibatasi. Untuk telur ayam, hanya tiga butir per pekan, disesuaikan pula untuk konsumsi telur puyuh. Yang berbahaya untuk penderita asam urat adalah burung puyuh itu sendiri.

Merupakan kebiasaan bagus untuk mengonsumsi 3-5 butir telur puyuh setiap pagi. Itu gunanya untuk meningkatkan kekebalan tubuh dan memperbaiki proses metabolisme. Setelah 3-4 bulan rutin makan telur puyuh, tubuh akan terasa selalu berenergi.”

 

Zottman Curls

Zottman Curls merupakan salah satu gerakan yang belakangan ini cukup saya sukai ketika sengan berlatih menggunakan dumbbell.

Gerakan untuk Zottman Curls tidaklah sulit, berikut merupakan langkah-langkahnya :
1. Genggam dumbbell di kedua tangan dengan posisi telapak tangan menghadap kedepan (seperti pada gambar)
2. Angkat dumbbell hingga mencapai dada.
3. Putar pergelangan tangan sehingga telapak tangan yang sekarang menghadap kebelakang kembali menghadap kedepan.
4. Turunkan dumbbell secara perlahan hingga kembali ke posisi semula.

Mudah dan efektif untuk melatih biceps dan lengan.