Ristorante Italiano

D-5

On Wednesday, December 21th, 2016 we had a lunch at an Italian restaurant named OTTO.
From campus, we took a bus and stopped at the second stop then we walked down in a housing complex and crossed over the highway.

イタリア料理OTTO

It is one my husband's favourite restaurant. We managed to be here once by bike but, unfortunately, it's closed on Tuesday. My husband knows the chief, and the chief knows that we can't eat meat other than fish, and alcohol. FYI, it's common to add alcohol in a pasta.

 

The appetiser

Broccoli. Daikon. Mashed potato. Egg. Fish carpaccio.

I love the carpaccio and I, always, don't like mashed potato (except the one I ate in Kadota). Based on my experience, the composition of this appetiser may be varied. I think, I ever got the dish with eggplant, instead of daikon.

   

The side appetiser

When we ate this, he compared this bread with the breads from Kadota. He said that this one was less delicious, while for me, this one was more delicious. Then, we compared the mashed potato. He like the mashed potato from OTTO, while I like the mashed potato from Kadota. Indeed, we have difference taste :)

  

The main dish

Tuna spaghetti

Look at the Brussels Sprout

This one taste better than the one from Tully's

It is costly. Haha.. *cry*

Then we went back to campus on foot :)

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イタリア料理OTTO
〒791-0303
愛媛県東温市北方3355-4
http://www.ot8to.net

Orang Kampung Pergi Ke Restoran Perancis

D - 6
So, last night (Dec 20th, 2016), we had a farewell party for the assistant professor in Pharmacology Lab who will soon move out. We had a dinner in a french restaurant: KADOTA (門田), Matsuyama.

I did not think too much about the dinner. I even knew that we would go to french restaurant when I had a lunch and I thought about eating spaghetti.

*self-note: sepageti itu restoran italia ya, Ver!*

When we arrived at the restaurant, we were welcomed by a french guy, who I thought, was surprised seeing me, a kumel lady with hijab. GR sih. Haha. But then he finally showed us the room where everybody from the lab had already been there. To my surprise: it's a french restaurant.

Look at the spoons and the forks and the knives.

Yes, it is indeed a french restaurant.

I am pretty sure that there is a strict rule about having dinner in french restaurant regarding the amount of spoons, forks, and knives. Thank God that once upon a time, my friend told me that she had a workshop on "table manner" and I still remember what she said about the workshop.

Ambil alat makan dari yang paling luar

that's it. You will be saved.

  

Wine and orange juice

That was my first time seeing a bottle of wine. Of course, I didn't drink it. I ordered orange juice instead. A bottle of wine and a bottle of orange juice in the same frame looked like a childish person jumped around a mature person. The wine was served by the french guy, and he was very clumsy. He once spilt the wine when he poured it into a glass. He was also very stiff, or nervous? I don't know. But whenever he came into the room, I became nervous as well and worried he might do something wrong again. His name is マイケル.

  

Appetiser

Sashimi, mushroom (cooked with an omelette?), daikon (大根) and other vegetables I don't know the name, fish roe, ikan teri, orange juice (the orange one), and framboise juice (the red one). To eat this, I used the rightmost knife and the leftmost fork (see the first image). The rightmost knife was a knife with a blunt side. Enough to cut the sashimi and the mushroom.

  

Another appetiser

The knife and the fork that I used before have gone and it was time to eat the next appetiser. I did not know what it was. But it should be seafood soup. Yes, it was delicious. I used the soup spoon to eat this. During this appetiser, we were served two loaves of bread but I forgot to take a picture of it. From the first image, there was another plate next to the main plate, it was for the bread. It had a butter spoon on it. We ate the bread by hand by the way. All of us.

  

Another appetiser or pre-main dish (?)

I didn't know whether it was classified as a main dish or not. It is a fish fillet covered by things like noodles in a creamy sauce. This noodles-like thing was fried corn silks. I thought that the red spherical things were unrefined pepper. It had a taste like pepper with some sweet flavour. For this, the only tablespoon and the next fork were used.

  

Main dish

The original one should be a beef steak, but since we can't eat beef here, we got fish instead. With broccoli, and a mashed potato that was surprisingly good. I used to dislike mashed potato. It was time to use the last knife and fork. The knife had a serrated side to cut the beef, or the fish.

Thanks God, I am already contaminated with other cultures so it is OK for me to have dinner without rice. "Kata orang kalau belum makan nasi namanya belum makan" doesn't suit me anymore. And I was really full that time.

  

Dessert

Strawberry, kiwi, and persimmon. Two slices of sponge cake. Pudding. Jams, I didn't know what kind of jams they were. To eat this, we used a little spoon or fork. Along with this, we also got a salad but I did not picture it.

  

Coffee

Black coffee and sugar and creamer

  

Epilogue

Overall, the table was arranged like this:

source: link.

I never thought that I would join in any formal dinner like this. Once I invited, I came lusuh-ly. Haha.. But if I realised that it would be a dinner that required a certain etiquette in the table, I probably chose to stay at home.

However, it's a good experiment, as I ever imagined that someday I will get involved in an international event somewhere <3 and I know this link to learn more about table manner. But not today. I am proud enough to be a part of kalangan menengah in Indonesia.

Note:
I did not drink wine and I did not eat any food contained meat other than fish. At least I've tried to. And I read Bismillah.

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KADOTA (門田)
http://www.kadota.co.jp

3 Chome-4-2 Sanbancho, Matsuyama, Ehime

How I study

It has been a while I didn't study for exam.
It has been a while since my last exam. I don't even remember when was my last exam.

But, as an abal-abal pharmacist, I am a life-long learner. Haha..

I work as a lecturer in a private college. I teach things about pharmaceutical technology which I love, and I hate at the same time. I love it, just because. I hate it because never have I thought that I would be a lecturer and I have an almost zero memory about the lessons I got from my class.

Yes, I have to re-learn everything about stuff I have to teach. And, since I'm a pro of procrastinating, the struggle is super real. I can stay up until the morning comes to prepare everything. There were even some times I did not sleep. And then I got frustrated and chose to cancel the class. Yes, it's real, and indeed it is an awful example. And if someday, you, dear students, who accidentally stumble upon this pathetic blog, please forgive me for being unprofessional and causing you trouble in finding a new schedule. Life is hard, y'know.

Every student of life has their own way to study, no?

There are some people who love to learn in a quite place, some will love to learn in a group, other love to learn with music, etc.

This is how I study:
I love to learn alone to understand the basic theory. I will take some notes to memorise (which actually doesn't work well). I will put a mark on something that I don't understand to discuss it later with friends. At the last minute, I will be alone again; and at the very last minute I will do nothing or study in a panic attack mode if there are still plenty to learn -____-

I think that to learn with music is cool.
For me, it's a very cool to study with classical or jazz music. And fortunately, these kinds of music will not make me fall asleep. It should be great.

I can not sing, I have a limited knowledge about music. So isn't it odd if I can follow the music I think I never heard before? Yes, I can do this. I will be able to hum or la la la over new songs, and of course, I can do better to familiar songs, then I will be singing, instead of studying. Will study with instrumental music work? No. I can hum over instrumental music.
To study with music: FAIL. The sounds of nature fail me as well.

When I study in a very quiet room, I will fall asleep and the power of procrastinating will take over to restrain myself from sleeping by doing something else.
To study in a quiet room: FAIL.

And when I study in a group with a little basic knowledge about the lesson I should master before the exam, I cannot think and I will feel that I am stupid and I will just waste my time.
To study in group: FAIL.


What do I do then?
Answer: ambient noise.

I am not really sure about this term. I only do a short research about this and I think it will need a deeper research to understand the background noise, ASMR, white noise,  binaural, etc and I have no time. Ouch.

So, basically, to study, I have to isolate myself from my surrounding, otherwise, I will waste my time chatting, but it cannot be in a very quiet room, otherwise I will get bored and sleepy. Thus, I will need my earphone and internet connection to open YouTube and listen to the ambient noise.

I can't use every ambient noise, for sure, haha.. I am a difficult person if you forget. I cannot hear ambient noise of rain, waterfall, or any sounds that relate to nature. They are just not right.

My favourite ambient noise a background noise of library with a sound of page flipping, typing, sighing, and people doing things nearby. Or the noise of a coffee shop. These are some examples, I haven't used all of them, though. Instead, I picked them randomly just to show you what I mean -___-

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOdLmxy06H0
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-YVa-Bjs4
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQsm-S10kLo
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVItgZCYTzo
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTm2oQRsISk
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABSUtueFvXc

Or from these sites. I have just found the sites, at a glance, they look cool.

1. https://coffitivity.com
2. http://asoftmurmur.com
3. https://www.noisli.com

That's how I study or do many other things that require a high concentration :)

Immature Chief

Hello!

I am an Indonesian living in Japan. I was not used to cook, because I have someone who will cook for me at home. Not every time, but most of the time. The only dish I can cook perfectly and I am very proud of is absolutely Mie Instan with extra black pepper, or white pepper.

Then I moved to Japan, and I have to cook due to halal issue (yeay!).

So what to cook?

Before I left home, I asked my mother what should I cook. She said that I can cook mie instan (well..), egg, sayur bayam, tumis, nasi goreng. Then she asked me to practice the theory on how to cook right with garlics, shallots, and salt.

However, I was a failure cook back then, but who cares? I had to go anyway, and I packed a little science on how to cook properly and brought it along with me.

Then I arrived in Japan. When I went to a supermarket, I realised that the only vegetables I knew were the vegetables with colours other than green. I had no idea about the physical look of spinach, the difference between kol (cabbage) and kembang kol (cauliflower), that kol (cabbage) and kubis (cabbage) are the same. But at least I could identify carrot, cucumber, paprikas, asparagus, potato, tomatoes, onion, and garlic.. And I knew that I could not find shallots everywhere! Oh my magic potion!

Yes, in Japan, there is no shallot. And no chilli pepper. No candlenut, no bay leaf.

We have to buy shallots online. And I did it. Because I don’t like to use onion to replace shallots. The magic can be lost.

Thai pepper is also available online.

And the mushrooms! We have many kinds of mushrooms here, but none has the same appearance with the mushrooms in Indonesia. Oh. My. God.

Cooking culture shock!!!!

And, I finally went with mie instan, telor dadar, telor orak-arik, sarden, fried salmon with asparagus or red reddish.
Telor ceplok? I could not make one until several tries.
Follow a recipe? I am frustrated with the words “tambahkan garam secukupnya”, not only garam. And the frustration to deal with some ingredients I could not find here. Gosh.
Nasi goreng? Thanks to Kokita.

But then again, I have to cook, and I do trial and error. My problem is that my first dishes were mostly a masterpiece of mine, and the second, the third, and so on, were and (hopefully not) will be a disaster. I made some masterpiece before: sate goreng. The one and only, it was not reproducible anyhow.

So, I made this page, as a log-book (last post on June 2016). Even though I can not always remember the exact amount of the things I put into the mixture. I even sometimes put too much salt, that’s why I named my tumblr “garamsecukupnya”, because I think I start to understand the essence of that wisdom words. And I have to engrave it in my brain, so I won’t put too much salt ever again.

See you later!

More about INTP

Several days ago, I took an online MBTI test and I got INTP as the result. I look for further interesting part of being an INTP.

The general description about INTP can be found at 16personalities.com | intp or celebritytypes.com | intp. I am not really sure about the information, but I love reading it :)

However, the interesting part is when I found some famous people who have the same personality as me:

more: http://www.celebritytypes.com/intp.php

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How many INTPs in the world?

I tried to find the scientific article to find the population of type, unfortunately I can't find it. The only scientific resource that I trust is from myersbriggs.org, but it only showed the population of the US. 

Someone from the internet has short the list out:

 

This is data from mypersonality.info :

I short it out:

1. ESTJ 13%
2. ESFJ 12%
3. ESFP 11%
4. ESTP 10%
5. ISTJ 8.5%
6. ISFJ 7%
7. ENFP 7%
8. ISTP 6%
9. ISFP 6%
10. ENTP 4.5%
11. ENTJ 4%
12. ENFJ 4%
13. INTP 2.5%
14. INFP 2%
15. INTJ 1.5%
16. INFJ 1%

It turns out the INTP is one of the rare types. And there are only 1,7% women among them in US population and 1% women based on mypersonality.info.

This is from http://www.truity.com/personality-type/INTP:

INTP is one of the less common types in the population, especially for women. Among women, INTP is the fourth rarest type (after INTJ, ENTJ, and INFJ). INTPs make up:

• 3% of the general population

• 5% of men

• 2% of women

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)

I have just taken an MBTI-like test, because I finally curious about my personality. The information about MBTI can be found on their website. And since it is not free, I took the free test from other website.

This was the result of my first attempt:

Indeed, I found some of the questions were hard due to their advanced English, even a help from google translate was not enough.

And of course I was not satisfied, so I tried many times with a better understanding (a long moment to contemplate the meaning of the sentences). This is my other result from my second attempt:

INTP-T and INFP-T, even after several further attempts, the results were always between INTP-T and INFP-T, but INTP-T was more frequent.

Let's take closer to the definition of each preference based on www.myersbriggs.org.

Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I). 

Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).  

Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

  

Favourite world: Introversion (73 - 75%)

Where do you put your attention and get your energy? Do you like to spend time in the outer world of people and things (Extraversion), or in your inner world of ideas and images (Introversion)?

I do feel that I am introvert. But do I?
Yes, I like to be at home all day because I feel uncomfortable whenever I am in the middle of a crowd. I don't like the reunion of my big family during the "buka bersama", Syawal, or "pengajian". Of course I will still join the event to prove that I am still a part of the family, but if I have to be there alone without my mother or sisters/brother, I better stay at home. My sisters/brother are indeed my only friends, my mother is always be there when I need her, and my father is always happily being around the people or......
sleeping -____-

But, honestly, I always look forward to joining any school reunions. However, I will choose not to join when I don't have my close friends joined the event as well. And, yes, I have missed many school reunions.

And I do hate if I face the fact that I have to get involved to a new community. Not because I don't want to, but I just don't know what should I do.

Deep down inside my heart, I wish that I can be an extrovert.

I love people, but it's tiring. *cry*

Anyway, I am still proud to be an introvert. But of course, there will be a time when I get bored whenever I am alone and want to go outside to meet new people.

  

Information: Intuition (61 - 62%)

Do you pay more attention to information that comes in through your five senses (Sensing), or do you pay more attention to the patterns and possibilities that you see in the information you receive (Intuition)?

I really don't understand how myself pay attention to information. I even have to look for the definition of these preferences in Bahasa Indonesia, as the information I got from www.myersbriggs.org are hard to comprehend. And, still, I don't understand T___T

But from the explanation provided by 16personalities, I can have a better understanding: indeed, I am an intuitive.

I like to see things from the bigger pictures, then break them out into small thoughts or steps. I am willing to take a step, or make a decision, if I can see what is the purpose, the possibility, and the consequences of the action. However, my big pictures are relative. I mean, I am stuck in a small thought too deep sometimes and unable to see the bigger pictures.

http://www.mrdynamics.com/isnt-the-moon-big-tonight/

And I can relate to this picture:

I will still see the instruction tho', but there will be a plenty of times when I trust my guts, and failed :(

  

Decisions: Thinking (49 - 55%) and Feeling (45 - 51%)

Do you like to put more weight on objective principles and impersonal facts (Thinking) or do you put more weight on personal concerns and the people involved (Feeling)?

 Thinking:

• I enjoy technical and scientific fields where logic is important - yes
• I notice inconsistencies - with some efforts, yes.
• I look for logical explanations or solutions to most everything - yes.
• I make decisions with my head and want to be fair - not really.
• I believe telling the truth is more important than being tactful - I wish I can be tactful
• Sometimes I miss or don't value the "people" part of a situation - sometimes. 
• I can be seen as too task-oriented, uncaring, or indifferent - sometimes.

Feeling:

• I have a people or communications orientation - not really.
• I am concerned with harmony and nervous when it is missing - yes.
• I look for what is important to others and express concern for others - yes, I try to, but..
• I make decisions with my heart and want to be compassionate - not really.
• I believe being tactful is more important than telling the "cold" truth - yes.
• Sometimes I miss seeing or communicating the "hard truth" of situations - ???
• I am sometimes experienced by others as too idealistic, mushy, or indirect - yes.

When I am making decisions, I used to think about the pros and cons, I also think about how my decision will affect others. It's really complicated tho'. I think I tend to use both my head and my heart, but if I have to choose between Thinking and Feeling, I think I would more fit to Thinking. But I'm sure, every decision can be made by different approach.

  

Structure: Perceiving (65 - 68%)

Do you prefer a more structured and decided lifestyle (Judging) or a more flexible and adaptable lifestyle (Perceiving)? This preference may also be thought of as your orientation to the outer world.

Judging:

• I like to have things decided - yes.
• I appear to be task oriented - no.
• I like to make lists of things to do - yes, but I will not stick to it.
• I like to get my work done before playing - yes.
• I plan work to avoid rushing just before a deadline - mmmm, I do really try for this.
• Sometimes I focus so much on the goal that I miss new information - no.

Perceiving:

• I like to stay open to respond to whatever happens - yes.
• I appear to be loose and casual. I like to keep plans to a minimum - no.
• I like to approach work as play or mix work and play - no.
• I work in bursts of energy - yes.
• I am stimulated by an approaching deadline - yes.
• Sometimes I stay open to new information so long I miss making decisions when they are needed - yes.

I love things to be structured (yet I am an disorganised woman) but I am really open to other possibilities. I love when everything has been decided, but when I think it need to be modified, I will modify it.


The last preference, I think, it doesn't belong to Myers-Briggs, as I found it on 16personalities.com

  

Identity: Turbulent (82%)

One description from 16personalities.com that tells everything almost about me:

Individuals with Turbulent (-T) identity are self-conscious and sensitive to stress. They experience a wide range of emotions and tend to be success-driven, perfectionistic and eager to improve. They are also more willing to change jobs if they feel stuck in their current one and to spend time thinking about the direction in which their life is going. 

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I tried some online tests provided by other websites too. Here are the results:

http://personality-testing.info/tests/OEJTS/

INTJ
I don't think it's accurate, because I am sure that I am more Perceiving than Judging

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

INFP

http://kisa.ca/personality/

INFP

http://www.quistic.com/personality-type/test

INFP

25quiz.com

INTP

http://www.celebritytypes.com/personality-tests.php

INTP

41q.com

INTP

http://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-research-edition

 INFP and INTP
"you may be a feeler and a thinker"

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Still INFP and INTP, with one test resulting in INTJ. I should repeat all the tests and do more other online tests provided by the internet. But, hey, it's tiring! Reading the almost same questions without knowing the meaning of some questions. My mind even mixed up. I tried so hard to reset my mind, but I failed, the result of the previous tests somehow interfered my mind. Even the new knowledge about each trait can influence my answer: oh, this answer is for I, for N, for S, etc. Since I have both F and T, but I like to be more T - just because, I would likely to choose the answer that I know will lead to the T trait. Meh.. Hahaha..

At http://www.celebritytypes.com/personality-tests.php there is an INFP or INTP test. This was my result:

To be honest, the questions were soooo difficult to understand. Pardon my iBT score.

But, yes, whatever..

Indeed, free online test is somewhat inaccurate and only can be used as a hypothesis. We should take the real test of course haha to get a real result.

So, I like the INTP result, but I will not brag too much about it as I believe that the result can be affected my many factors, both internal, like the stress level or emotions and existing knowledge, and external factors, such as the type of the questions, the English used in the test, and the scoring system.

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This is the last result that I took on 16personalities.com after I wrote the blog content above. I took the test with a better understanding as I gained more information during the writing of this post.

INTP-T

Disclaimer: I do not endorse 16personalities.com as a best instrument.

But it has an eye-catching website :)