Al-Hambra

For 3 glasses.

Ingredients:

• 400 cc of strawberry juice.
• 75 cc of sugar syrup.
• 8 tablespoons of lemon juice.
• 4 chicken egg yolks, beat until thickened.
• 225 cc of soda water.
• Ice cubes

Preparations:

1. Mix strawberry juice, sugar syrup, lemon juice and egg yolks in a blender.
2. Add soda water and ice cubes. Blend again for about 5 minutes.
3. Pour the mixture into serving glasses.

Maharani Punch

For 4 glasses.

Ingredients:

• 550 cc of canned guava juice.
• 250 cc of orange juice.
• 350 cc of sweet soda.
• 250 gr of orange, sliced.
• Ice cubes.

Preparations:

1. Mix guava juice, orange juice, orange slices and ice cubes in a bowl/container. 
2. Keep in refrigerator before serving.
3. Pour into serving glasses and add sweet soda to serve.

Apple With Mint Flavor

For 6 glasses.

Ingredients:

• 165 grams of sugar.
• 125 grams of mint leaves.
• 400 cc of water.
• 650 grams of apples.
• 2 cans of sweet sodas.
• Ice cubes.

Preparations:

1. Boil sugar, mint leaves and water. Strain.
2. Mix apples, minty sugar water and ice cubes with a blender. 
3. Put the mixture in a bowl/jar. Add sweet sodas and stir well.
4. Pour into serving glasses and add small pieces of ice cubes.

Red Beans Milk Porridge

For 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 100 of soy milk
• 50 g of red beans (boiled and mashed)
• 10 g of grated cheese

How To:

1. Mix soy milk with the mashed red beans.
2. Boil the soy milk and mashed red beans mixture.
3. Stir until thickened.
4. Serve with grated cheese sprinkle.

A Wedding's Phenomenons

Last week, I went to a wedding. It was a lovely wedding. I don't know how many wedding I've attended before; a lot of families' and friends', then those when I worked part time as a wedding singer, but to me this wedding is very special.

There were white roses bouquets spread between delicious and pretty dishes all over the wedding venue, but those are not the things which made this wedding feels that grand. Seeing the bride smiling happily beside the man of her own choice which looks cared so much about her, compared to 15 years of rough times she has been through alone without any member of our family know what we can do to make things easier for her (in fact, we might even made things so much more complicated for her), made me think of nothing more than; Congratulation little sis, you've did it!

"How could they let blah blah blah...." Some "older" members of our family still complained about that not so traditional wedding (according to our family's custom), while I found their attitude were so much more inappropriate. Come on. While some of the bride's friends seems to be more than willing to sacrifice their sleeping time to decorate the venue, or provide discounts for their services, most of our big family members were just asked to be there, enjoying everything provided, without even need to do something or even think of where all of those money and work to realize such beautiful ceremony and party were coming from. How amazing that they were still complaining. Although those "older" family members brought some money, in wedding envelopes.

Never mind. The bride never really care about whatever they say nor do. Neither do I. Especially when they were bombarding me with the who and when questions, which I used to think supposed to be prohibited to be asked to a single lady in her 30's and up like me. Later on I think they who ask such questions is totally uncreative enough to produce a better way to communicate, and I've got a lot more fun stuffs to deal with instead of helping them with that problem, so let them be.

One thing which was bothering me during that wedding; the bride's sister told me; at that time, she was tempted to leave her husband and kids from her 12 years marriage. I wish she has forgotten the idea of making her intention be true. Hope soon enough, for now she has managed to hold the temptation to split up, while keeps on singing Hard to Say I'm Sorry from Chicago through her facebook page; Everybody needs a little time away I heard her say, from each other. Even lovers need a holiday....