Bit Refreshment

A week has passed from APDSA 2009 Penang, so it means the new semester will be coming tomorrow!! ouch… (Ah ya, will post about APDSA later, it’s already on the list). Because of that, I try to cheerish each days left before back to daily routine.

So it was yesterday, the last Saturday nite from this long holiday. Had a plan to watch a movie on 3.10 pm, but we got late, so we bought the 7.30 pm tickets. And the special thing is, I was fasting on that day, and Sushi Tei didn’t give us a chance to sneak in, hahah, so better we got another one: Pasta de Waraku!

It’s 6 pm, so we started to break our fasting: sweet ice tea plus the dates (thanks for giving it free)

Next round is buy one get one pizza: so lucky us there’s such a promo, so it would be nice not to ignore it, one pan Unagi Pizza plus another Salmon Mushroom Pizza.

I had Cod Roes and Scallop Gratin for my main dish, and my friend chose Spicy Mentai and Mushroom Pasta.

We thought that we’re already stuffed, but there are another promo using our student cards! I thought it would be just a simple scoop of ice cream, but then we had two PARFAITs!! and they’re totally free~~

Then we watched a movie, oh my, it’s a must watch movie. It’s fun, end of statement. Maybe you had watched Superbad? I think both of them are in same genre.

“Actually I am a doctor too”

the doctor replied, “I knew it, you are a dentist. You kept repeating it last night. But hey you are only a dentist, not a doctor!”

Haha, feels like a slap! But it’s okay, it’s a joke afterall.

Another cheesy post? I knew it.

Simple day, but it’s just perfect.

When Diana and Colorsplash talk about St. Petersburg

It was quite a long distance journey…

Spending over 20 hours on the air…

From Jakarta – Singapore – Frankfurt and finally St. Petersburg…

Zdrastvuyte St. Petersburg!

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So why didn’t we go sightseeing around this “white nights” city, starting from the Prospekt…

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We could see the modern lifestyle element unites with such beautiful historical element…

We just couldn’t stop our curiousity about St. Petersburg, so it’s a good choice to go for Peterhof!

We could know about the greatness of Peter the Great,

We could see the unbelievable beautiful fountains,

We could smell the fragrance of colourful flowers,

We could get so much more!

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At the end of the day, we couldn’t resist the cuteness of Matreshka….

Buying some? why not! 

Our journey in this beautiful city was not over yet…

We, of course, went to the Hermitage Museum…

 

Unfortunately, we failed to capture the precious moments from this 3rd largest museum in the world…

But it’s okay, since our lovely friend, Ksenya, was nicely captured…

As we saw the exit sign, we knew that other amazing places were waiting for us…

 

Romanov fortress was next… 

 

 

 The weather at that time, a little bit uncertain from sunny to rainy,

they called it “mushroom rain”…

But hey, we thought we’re so lucky on that day, the sky then became so clear…

It’s a perfect time to have a boat trip passing through those elegant rivers…

 

 

 

From Fontanka to the big one, Neva River…

Our lenses couldn’t stop to capture everything, despite the fact we’re running out of film…

But hey, we could capture the best guide ever, our friendly Izabella… “Spasiba!” for everything…

It was so great, great, and great…We couldn’t agree more! 

Unfortunately, we had to go…

Went back home? No!

We just couldn’t say goodbye yet to Russia,

We went for Moscow, to have another atmosphere of Russia…

We will definitely miss you, St. Petersburg!!!

From Russia with Love

Just got back from Russia
It was MARVELOUS trip and so much making me refreshed, since recently I must finish something and other stuffs.

 

And these pics i shot from my phone are quite some previews about it, until my Colorsplash and Diana are ready for showing off their fierce shots…hahah..

Some fun facts about Russia that i had found (Maybe some of these  facts happen in mostly Europe):

• They sell mineral water in two types: still water – just simple and ordinary one and sparkling water – water filled in with gas, similar like soda.
• The Russian words written in Cyrilic letters. They are not much in numbers like Kanji letter, it’s easier to memorize them all. But as I heard that Russian language is one of the most difficult languages to learn because its complicated grammar.
• The Russian cuisines are damn great!! The breads are tasty  even for the simple bread one without adding butter on it. Pirog or I see it like “Russian pie” is definitely my favourite, the bread could be stuffed with some kind of fruits or meats, like beef, chicken, salmon, or even rabbit. Other cuisines such as lamb, soup, fish, and the vegetables are such an entertainment for my tongue. Oh yeah one thing you shouldnt miss to try is the caviar, it’s a treasure.

• You will see vodka sold in many restaurants, since it is called ”Russian water”. In many shops, You’ll also see the famous Matreshka or russian wooden dolls in different kind of size, color, form, and the picture on it.
• There are so many historical buildings like museum and its valuable collections inside it, church, monument, fortress, and so on spreading out in cities of Russia with nicely designed architecture. So it’s a pleasure to have it as beautiful ornaments when you go out for city tour.

 

 

• The cost of living in Russia is quite expensive, and so for home to live. Mostly, Russians live in apartment which is so expensive too, and from info that I had heard there is apartment which costs 30 million $ in Moscow, correct me if I’m wrong.

 

• At past, for some years, Russians had no religion, they are atheist. But after Gorbachev made Russia to open their boundaries from other countries and to have a freedom of religion, it’s now changed. Mostly Russian have Russian Orthodox as their religion, some of them are Jewish or maybe Moslem, since the Sinagoge and Mosque do exist in Russia.
• There is a city named St. Petersburg has nights called “white  nights” because they have 6 nights in the summer and they are not dark, they remain like days with the sunlight. It’s so interesting.
• Another fun fact, usually when you are buying something you’ll get plastic bag for carrying your stuffs you’ve bought, but in some places of Russia, I found it in St. Petersburg, you must pay for the plastic bag, for about 3-7 Rubels for each plastic bag. Maybe it’s done for supporting efforts against global warming I guess.

Anyway I know there are still a lot of facts about Russia, especially for its historical part. But I admit that I’m weak on history lesson,  so just a little of them I can memorize and write to this blog, so just come to Russia to know more about it or just simply do Googling  it, heheh.

 

Ah Mr. Nykolay’s quote got stuck in my head, ” Russia and Indonesia have many differences, including cultures, languages or religions. We all do know we’re different. But don’t let those differences make the cooperation between two countries couldn’t be made “. Oh what a quote.

Well then, I think that’s enough, just wait for another update about Russia on my Lomograph part. See ya!