Mas Aruna

Ok, we are officially celebrating 'soy day' today. I woke up very early (9am - very la sangat) just because i want to make sure i have time to prepare sambal goreng tempe. And for Milan, chicken soup with soy sheets and sweet corn.

*The thing is normally, i don't cook on weekends. Either we go out or order for a delivery.

I'm so very 'likey' eating sambal tempe. So is the daddy. But he liked the sweet style of sambal goreng tempe which i obviously don't quite know how to make. He tried them out at one of the Indonesian restaurant here. The last tempe i had was...entahlah tak ingat but i had them at Bali Orchid, a malaysian restaurant (the owner was a CEO of a bank i worked with before).

Cerita pasal restaurant ni kan. Last weekend, pegila situ. Nak makan nasi campur alkisahnya. There was this guy, he is working there. An indonesian. When the other two families left, we were the only customers there. This guy knows the daddy. So, the not-so-anti-social me started a conversation. Something like this;

Me: Mas sendirian aja di sini?
Him: Ya?
Me: - repeated the sentence above -
Him: Ya, mas sendirian.

Then, he went on and on about not enough workers...yadda2..., doank, bareng, karyawan, ibu etc.

And then, at the counter when we were about to go
Him: Goodbye nya dulu ama Om (talking to Milan)

Milan was busy looking at the daddy who was already outside

Me: Say 'bye' Milan. Ya, dia takut ditinggalin
Him: Ya, matanya liat papanya aja. Emang takut ditinggalin?

It felt funny though because i was not sure if i used my bahasa indonesia correctly. Thanks to Astro Aruna (my cousin told me dah takda channel tu). And on the way back, the daddy asked;

Daddy: Why did you call him MAS? Is that his name?
Me: Yes, MAS JOKO (seriously i don't know what his name is)
Daddy: Haha
Me: I don't know his name but normally from what i watched in Aruna, they address an elder guy as MAS out of respect. Something like 'abang' back home la
Daddy: Then, if a younger guy?
Me: Ermmm..tak tau!

That left me clueless until today :)

**Apparently, the resturant previous owner owns Sari Rasa in Abu Dhabi.

Sambal goreng tempe. Bolehlah kan...



As requested by Mama Harith and Najah (tok ka nama bb baru Nor? aku ternangga dlm ur FB :) )