Ah… finally, I decided to write something new. It’s been a long time since I last logged in to write anything. I guess, the main reason is: lazy!! Haha…
It’s lent season now, starting today (ash wed). Usually, people ask “what do you give up this lent season?” and in the past I had given up things that, actually, didn’t matter THAT much to me. Throughout elementary school – high school, I always gave up the same thing: “jajan”, which in Indonesian means buying foods at the cafeteria and such (you know, during the breaks at school). Although I loved those foods (okay, I love eating, period!), but not getting to eat during breaks didn’t really make me feel as if I was “losing” something important.
A few years ago, I gave up sweets of any kind. That was a tougher one, b/c I have a sweet tooth (okay, more than one, actually hahaha), and of course, on the following Thursday, someone very kind had brought a big platter of cookies, brownies, you-name-it to work! Ack!! Me, being me, don’t wanna lose the chance (ga mau rugi banget getow..), so I grab a couple cookies (okay, maybe more than 2 hahaha) and stored them for Easter! HA HA HA…. Then, there were times when I was really really pinning to have an ice cream (kek ngidam aja sih..), so I had to tell myself that Easter’s coming soon!
This year, instead of giving up something, I want to do something extra: I want to be more patient and I want to learn to control my anger better. We’ll see how it goes….
The one big difference that I realized about lenting here vs in Indo is: well, we don’t eat meat here on Ash Wed, and every Friday during lent season. I don’t think I knew about this back home… or maybe I wasn’t being as attentive as I should’ve been? Hehe… Anyway, funny thing is, we could eat fish. I always consider fish as a type of meat, oh well. So, today, when I realized that “oh my goodness, today’s Ash Wed! I can’t go with my original plan” Yep, original plan was: leftover turkey soup. Beh…. so I looked in the freezer, and thankfully, I bought a few bags of frozen fish before! So today’s menu was: Pollock fish…. curry – Moroccan style, with potatoes, tomatoes, veggies… yum! I think I need to stock-up on fish and shrimps again! Haha…
And… due to the fish + Moroccan flavoring on the spices (think cardamom, cumin, turmeric, etc.), I decided to bake a batch of brownies (note to self: stock up on brownie/cookie ingredients…) to balance the smelly stuff…. hahaha….
Point is: we had a DELISH lunch! yippee…. and tomorrow’s Thursday! So, I’ll get to enjoy the day with my hubby!
