Throwback: Pflaumenfest in Floßdorf

Sorry that I forgot to post this. But in September we got also an important performance. It might be small place, but we play in Floßdorf, where Thomas grew up. So yes, it was a relax, friendly, and familiar atmosphare, but we still had to play good. The acoustic of the room is unfortunatelly quite poor. People sat at the back couldn't hear us well, despite of loudspeaker, amplifier, and microphone. That's a pitty. But lot of people came nearer to hear us. We met some  familiar faces as well :)

Here some snapshots.

 And some videos :) Thanks to my brother, Galih, who recorded us all the time. Don't forget to subscribe Lounge Pad's youtube channel!

Street Food Festival + Straßenfest

Good news: I got the internship in Kölleda. The internship will start in March 2017. YEAAAAAYYYYY!!! So I will move after my master study, maybe to Erfurt. I am soooo happy :D :D :D

One step closer to my dream and hopefully I can get a job afterwards, so I won't be deported from Germany. I can't imagine that happening.

Meanwhile, I had to admit that I was so homesick. But, only Thomas noticed. He even bought Sambal Bajak today to reduce my homesickness until the day I come home. (and yes, I plan to be in Indonesia in the middle of January).

My master project seems to make progression. Haha, I'm not sure yet. I have to do my best. I don't want to have bad score on this.

No, it's not 2 pairs of indonesian-german 

Yes, indonesian girls eat the most ;)

Last weekend, Thomas and I went to Street Food Festival in Jülich and Village Festival in Floßdorf. Let me mention what we ate: pulled pork with fries from La Tapita, Holland mocktail Bali Style, Frozen Yogurt, Indian fried rice with chicken tandoori, Churros and Hungarian Baumstriezel. There we met Christian and Nandea. Rockdorf played some songs during the village fest at around 9 p.m.

Rockdorf in Floßdorf

Drunk faces

I wasn't in the mood of beers. So, I ordered cocktails called SPAIN, made of Grenadine, Likör 43, Maracuja and cream and something else I guess. Thomas uncle treated me with CAIPIRINHA. And before we went home, I got a glass of Pina Colada. They were soooo good, that I fell on my own foot after recording Rockdorf. What a shame.

So, I'll see you in 2 weeks with a report from Bierbörse ya. Haha. See ya!

Time for Two of Us

It felt like ages, that we didn't have time just for two of us... I realized that there were always somebody else in our weekends. Friends and mostly Thomas' fam, of course, because we are staying at their house. Even last time during holiday, we were almost always with Thomas' uncle and his girlfriend. Not saying that I don't like them. In opposite, I like them so much. But I just realized, how much time we have to tell our story when nobody is around.

Last weekend, Thomas' parents visited Mosel for wine and good weekend. So, Thomas and I stayed in the house and took care of the house and animals from neighborhood. Such a privacy. We spent a lot of time talking, we fed animals in the mornings and afternoons, BBQed, we made our first ever bike tour (only around Linnich, though, but I didn't know the way, haha). There were Schützenfest in Linnich, but we just went around the kirmes and went home again. Once we stopped by Netto, one man came to me and started to ask me where I come from. I was not sure, what he actually wanted from me, because he talked slowly, mixed languages, didn't find connections of what he was actually talking. Well, he said, he just met my parents *crazy man* and talked about christus order. Thomas recognized this man and he just pulled me in to Netto and said to the man that my parents aren't in Germany, we are already catholic and we want to do some groceries, so bye. Imagine how long this man could avoid me to get into Netto, if I were alone. Lucky me to have Thomas :) He said, this man was a history teacher that turned to be a bit crazy after his wife died. And yeah, this man brought his cart to speak to me, so I could see what was inside: ALCOHOLS. *sigh*

In the evening, we spent time talking, watching videos, marinating chicken *we made KFC on Sunday ;)* and we watched fireworks from the balcony *haha sound romantic*.

I just love it and I miss the next time we will have this kinda time again. :*

Happy 2 years!

It is nice to see, that we've reached so far.. Well, at least for us :) Those two years were lovely and tough at the same time. Sure culture and long distance relationship didn't make everything easier. But both of us are still able to support each other. I think, we try to build a relationship like two mature adults. Each of us put effort, so that our communication stays stable.

Last Saturday, Thomas took me on a dinner. He booked Pinnochio before telling me. I was surprised and happy for the whole week. Thomas had never reserved table for our date. Before we went together for a mass in the hospital chappel in Jülich. Guess what! We had to sit right behind the altar. My head was full of uncertainty and fear, because I don't think Thomas would like it. But that was the only place left for two! At the end of the mass, the priest came to us and asked, whether we felt okay sitting behind the altar. So nice of him! I think Thomas did enjoy the mass somehow ;) Dinner was also nice. I got my risotto and Thomas ate house speciality. We were so full :) And yeah, we were so lucky, that despite of having no tickets, we were allowed to enter the 'concert' (casting for jazz day in Düren). Christian and his new girlfried were also there. There were 5 performances. The first was from Stimm So, an acapella group. They did pretty good! I love them. The second was uh-oh... over self-confident. The third was a girl from Dormagen playing guitar. She sang really well and was cute. The fourth was The Tideline who performed at Jazz Day in Düren last year. The last was a David Bowie tribute band. They fulfilled the stage. Gosh. I think they were ok (but they were quite loud), but I didn't expect them to win. I prefered the acapella group. But ok, if this tribute band won, what should I do. I won't go to the juries and influence them to choose the first group. Haha. However, I don't think I would ever like David Bowie's music.... Sorry, David... We took taxi from Jülich to Floßdorf and I have to say: I underestimated the taxi cost. I used taxi from Linnich to Jülich and it cost me around 15€. But that night, we had to pay 24€! Ooops, sorry, Thomas. The rest of the night was also nice. We watched the mentalist, but after 1,5 episodes I (as always) felt asleep. Thomas woke me up and didn't get off my back and giggled  me until I gave up. Menno.

Thank you to have understood, loved and supported me with all your heart during these 2 years.

I am grateful to have met you in my life and that you're part of my life. I learned so much from you, and hope I can learn more...

Cheers, for us and amazing years ahead!

Sate, sateeee!

Die Bude war frei. Hihi.. Das war ein super Wochenende mit Thomas und Saly. Saly ist manchmal durchgedreht, aber et isse so!
Nix gelernt, essen, faulenzen, bissl trinken, Musik machen (wobei war ja ne Aufnahmesession) sogar Fahrrad fahren :) Nur zum Einkaufen, hehe. Ich habe Minions-Kekse geschnappt und habe deswegen dunne Crepes für das Frühstück zu machen.

Wir haben uns beschlossen, dass wir für das Mittagessen am Sonntag indonesische Satespieße machen. Wir haben das Hähnchenfillet am Samstag gekauft und gewürzt mit Öl, Honig, Sojasoße, Koriander, Knoblauch, Zwiebeln, Cayenne Pfeffer und schwarzem Pfeffer. Das haben wir dann am Sonntag Mittag gegessen.

Thomas hat super gut gegrillt! Die Satespieße waren echt klasse. Ihr müsst wirklich diese goldene Rostfarbe sehen :) Und das hat auch gut geschmeckt. Thomas wird jetzt mein persönlicher tukang sate. hihihihihihi. " Sateeeeee "

Back to the fullest!! :)

Klausuren sind vorbei und Protokolle sind (angeblich) angegeben. Wie Metty es schön sagte, ich bin wieder die alte!! :) Das Semester voller Tränen ist endlich mal vorbei und jetzt kann ich meine Beine wieder strecken.

Einen Monat in Floßdorf bei meinem Freund, zwei Kameras, tolles Elvis-Mikrofon, genug Gedöns zu machen, zu lesen, alte Freunde wiederzusehen..... was braucht man denn sonst noch :)

Mit dem Anfang der Ferien hieß das auch für mich: Anfang des neuen Jahresvorsatzes. Vor 2 Jahren habe ich ein schönes Jahresprojekt hieß: Ein Jahr ohne Cola. Dieses Jahr lautet es: 365 Jahre ohne Meckern ;) Der Grund dafür ist einfach. Mein Semester an der Jade Hochschule war echt ein hartes Semester. An sich ist es alles lernbar. Das hatte nur extra Energie und Gedanken und Tränen gekostet. Tom ist derjenige, der mein Meckerei immer wieder mitbekommen musste. Sorry. Und ich hab auch schon gemerkt, dass es mir (psychologisch) nicht gut ging. Bisher habe ich mich an das Projekt erinnert, wenn ich angefangen habe, mich zu beschweren. Das letzte war vorgestern, als ich eine Email von meinem Prof bekam. Da habe ich so gezittert, aus Wut, aber das Gedanken dass ich eigentlich nicht meckern wollte. Aber egal, ich schaffe das mit Sicherheit :) und die gute Nachricht sage ich Euch noch, wenn das offiziell ist. Ich sage euch nur: Gott ist gut ;)

Ah, und wir haben wieder welche aufgenommen. Webseite von Lounge Pad behalte ich im Auge ;)

Happy 4 Weeks!

Yeay, today we have been exactly 4 weeks together. May love grows more and more between us!

I did enjoy my long weekend. After haven't met him for almost two weeks, I finally met my boyfriend again :) My weekend started on Wednesday evening, after giving extra math class in Jülich. I was so excited like never before. Guys, I WAS HEADING FLOßDORF!! Which means: I visited my boyfriend at his parents' house for the first time. We enjoyed the night together, watched movie, BBQed. It was nice. On the next day, her mom brought me to Opa. That day, I went back to my apartment, but in the evening my boyfriend came here. We enjoyed the fish on Friday from a fish corner in Jülich, which has been opened from the last 50 years (at least we believe so). My boyfriend needed something "Guys' night" so we seperated there afterwards and we met again on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday I had lunch together with him and his parents. Well yea, I felt really accepted there. His parents were kind. And, after lunch, we headed Jülich to the mass and jam session. I'm glad that he went the whole night with me :)

From the parents

Hey, I would say, our relationship is heading on a right way and I hope it's going so further. We both have a long long way to go in front of us. But I love to hold his hand, and to path this way with him. 

Happy 4 weeks, Schatz!

Bye- bye Scholarship

Dear God,

I lost my chance to get scholarship AGAIN and as usual I don't even know the reason. It was just so embrassing, God. I don't know.... I feel..... sad... embrassed..... or just okay. I don't know. I don't even know, to whom I can speak about this. Well, I told mom already, but I don't actually like to tell her bad news.

This time was better than the first one at least when I remembered that the participants weren't only from my department and my semester, but also the other departments in FH Aachen (well,FH Aachen has 10 departments). I was noted my self that average score 1,8 is not good enough to honour a scholar, even though I know that most of the students haven't reached 60 credits until the second semester and I got 65 already. Well yah.. Hundreds or thousand applicants. no wonder.

But then I recalled the time in Linnich. That was so embrassing. I was quite sure that I will get at least one of that scholarship, as all people told me that I could still get scholarship at the end of freshmen year, but it was not. I was waiting to be called. My face turned red, that I wasn't on the list. I cried the whole night and moved on the next day to Jülich. You remember that, don't you, God?

I'm not loosing my faith in You, God. I don't want to blame you. just give me your strength to face all of these situations, God. Please lead me on Your way and not my way. I believe that you're preparing something more beautiful in Your time :') just give me strength. Strength.