Hello people! It has been long time since I wrote my first
part of this topic! Well, as we know there must be a lot of unforgettable
memories in our childhood life. To me, there are top 10 unforgettable which I
break down into two parts. Whoever has not read my previous part yet, please
kindly visit this link before you start read in this part! :D
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| Chicken Wigns |
6. When I
was kid, My Mom (yeah always my mom and my mom lolz) told me that my
grandfather (Alm. Peace be upon him) really liked chicken wing, eat them a lot
and that’s why he could fly across the country. FYI, my grandfather was a
school principal and he had got an invitation to have a journey study from
schools in Europe. Yep, my grandfather flew to all around Europe and applied
what he got to his school. Hmm.. I really believed what my mother told me and
since that day, I always eat chicken wing if my mom cooked fried chicken :p. I even
always ordered chicken wing if I ate in
KFC, McD, etc. hahaha.. I believed
if I eat lots of chicken wings, I could go abroad and travel by plane. Well, it
was on my dream because I really wanted to travel by plane =p. well, to be honest, my family is average and
we don’t spend our holiday by travel abroad (even in domestic aeroplane) and
such like other Indonesian wealth families do, hehehe.. Year by year passed
away, I was in my 2nd year in university and got chance to attend
conference in Malaysia. It was the first time I travelled by plane, hahaha..
still in the same year, I also got chance to attend another conference in
Bangkok, Thailand. Thankfully, my dream comes true in the same year J. My dream to travel by plane when
I was kid. Was it because I ate lots of chicken wings?? You can prove it by
yourself :P hahaha…
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| Dentures from Buffalo's teeth? |
7. I used
to think a lot of unnecessary things when I was kid. Hmm.. whenever I saw TV
and known new things, I probably ask some innocent questions. One thing that I
cannot forget is, I saw old people used dentures (false teeth) whenever they
get old. I wondered what kind of teeth is that made? What materials that are
used to make the teeth? Simple, my grandfather answered it was made from buffalo’s
teeth?? I suddenly thought, how can people
robbed buffalo’s teeth to make fake teeth for old ppl?? I thought
about how the process too by myself.. zzzzz…. Hahaha #toomuchthinking lol.
Well, in fact most of dentures are made form Acrylic, Metal and Porcelain (just
searched on uncle google).
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| Traditional drink for witish women :p |
8. My skin
was not as white as now when I was kid (well, even tho for now is not
white-skin too, but it is exotic enough lah and I proud of it! wkwkwk). My skin was dark, comparing
to my younger brother who is a white-skin kid and such adorable :3. I always
got jealous bcz ppl always compare me with my brother, especially about skin,
geeeekk (or it was only my feeling?? Lol). My mom told me that when I was born,
my skin was even darker than when I was grow up, it was getting purple (I
cannot imagine what color it was, hahahaha). So, because of jealousy to my brother,
I really wanted to whiten my skin!! That was my Biggest goal I’ve ever made
when I was kid (so innocent myself :p). In addition, all TV commercials also
support perception of “the more
you have bright-white skin, the more you are beautiful”. Me, as a
kid, probably never filter what I saw in TV, hehehe.. So, there was a
commercial break which has call rock “Si Putih Awww Si Putiih” (the white oh
the white) Remember?? After saw that CF, I told my mom to buy the product in
order to whiten my skin. My mom was curious what kind of product I wanted so
she saw the CF and explained me that it was not product to whiten the skin! It
was pil product for adult woman who have problem in their sensitive area
(called “Keputihan” (vaginal discharge) in Bahasa). Well, I didn’t get it clearly as I
didn’t understand about that tho, hahaha.. finally, I just accepted that I
could not buy the product because it was not for skin and then
I started hunt new products for my skin (100% Innocent
girl, lol).
9. In
elementary school, we learned a lot about Indonesia colonisation history by
dutch. The book told that Dutch came to Indonesia to hunt “Rempah-rempah”
(spices). Well, in bahasa it is similar to word “Remah-Remah” (Crumbs). I used
to think that “Rempah-rempah” means “Remah-remah” so… I believed that Dutch came to Indonesia to hunt Crumbs
which I always thought crumbs from pan or cakes, BIG LOL. What for
Dutch only came here for those things? Believe it or not, I learned history by
my own perception like that and I never asked anyone even my teachers, lol. and
finally arrive to the day I awaken up by my own mind (it was a bit late tho,
hahaha) that Dutch were not come to Indonesia for Crumbs but for Spices!!
Hahaha… so funny :p
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| Crumbs! |
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| Real Spices Hunted by Dutch!! |
10. We have
a traditional food called “Biji Salak” (snackfruit’s seed) and usually served
with kolak (special sweet food in fasting month). It was made from flour but
its shape really looks like snackfruit’s (salak fruit) seed. At the first time I saw the food, I believed that it
was the seeds which are cooked to be edible. My grandmother also told me that it was hard
to cook “Biji Salak” Because she should steam the seed for a long time to be
softened so that it can be eaten. Yep, and the innocent Sarah comes on her mind
again, thought about the process. How come the hard seed could be soft, sweet
and edible as what they eat yaaa?? Hahaha.. but I rethought and rethought again
and finally found that it was a lie. However, I like it, Biji Salak, not the
real one. lol
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| Salak Fruit and Its Seeds |
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| Delicious Sweet Food called "Biji Salak" |
