Interpack day 3

It has been three days -not in a row- that I have visited Interpack. Well, do not ask me how it felt. The fair ground is so huge. They said it is the biggest fair ever and this year marked their 50th anniversary. It just killed my legs and my back in circling the fair. Thank God this time I am carrying my laptop bag in wheel. Otherwise, I will break my shoulder and arms too! As a matter of fact, there are some deposit counters, where we can put our coats, bags and luggages-any sizeduring visit. Lufthansa is even providing quick check-in counters.

It consists about 19 halls and the hall is classified according to industries, such as confectionery, food, non food, packaging, pharmaceuticals,etc. Buses are available in taking visitors from one hall to another. By open air, there are food stalls, supermarket even a florist . With such a grand location, I still felt the crowds. I heard the participants are about 106 countries and expected close to 200,000 visitors with 65% are from within Europe.

We started in hall 9 and continued to nearby halls. They are for packaging supplies. I have found some big names in this industries that I aware of. I also met our competitor's booth in one hall. Well, many interesting machines and advance technologies were displayed in, including robotic system for some applications, which I believe Germany is very good in manufacturing such kinds.

In hall 1-6 (if I am correct), the halls are for food processing with machines of chocolate making, biscuits, sweets, snacks, coffee and numerous of others including polycarbonate trays. Now I know about machine for praline, wafer container, chewing gum, pizza. Well, there are lot of others which I do not mention in here. However, instantly after entering those halls, my brain said "I smell food!" and the smell seduced me. Under such condition, my superior was shaking his head and telling me he can't believe the fact that I am more interested into the foods than the machines

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Juno

Well, this movie was advertised in LH flight and I was attracted to its ads.
However, I did not wait for it, since it was played by mid night
(according to jakarta time) and chose to sleep.

Nevertheless, when I suddenly waken up, the movie was just started.
I must admit, I enjoyed watching it and it is a good movie
It is a tragicomedy about 16-years-old pregnant teenage who giving up her
upcoming baby to perfect parents. Well, at least perfect in her thought they were.
It turned out in despite of the wive's desperate desires to have a baby,
the husband is not ready yet for fatherhood and decides to leave her and
the marriage altogether.

This teen -Juno- was played beautifully by Canadian actress, Ellen Page.
I was so surprised while reading its review in LH magazin afterwards,
learning that the actress is 24 years old!
I believe the act should be done according to how 16-years-old must behave
but her face and figure were unbelievably perfect for it.

She has a petite figure and the youth that made me accept she was that young.
The movie was made under USD 1.5 million budget and had collected USD 100 million
in USA alone. This is fantastic.
Jennifer Gardner was so good in supporting Ellen Page as her adopted mom of her son.
Better see "Juno" for yourself. I won't tell the ending.

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Interpack in Dusseldorf

Lagi trip untuk Interpack exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany tgl 24-30 April 2008
Selain itu, sekalian visit ke customer dan beberapa appointments
bisa dilakukan di exhibition karena customernya kebetulan juga ke sana

Gue berangkat dari Cengkareng tgl 24 April, taking Lufthansa (LH)
Kalo naik LH, selalu transit to their homebase in Frankfurt.
Well, I've visited this airport before, so, it's familiar for me
Kami berangkat bertiga. My GM, FB and my MD, ED
disingkat aja ya .... kan mereka cuma supporting actors

As usual, the depart time for flight to Europe is approx almost at 7 pm
1hr 20 min later stop in Singapore for almost an hour and straight to Frankfurt
in about 12-13 hours.
Jadi nyampe di Frankfurt jam 5.30 am waktu setempat
transit time approx in 3 hrs before heading to Dusseldorf.
Dari Frankfurt to Dusseldorf sih cuma sekitar 45 menit dah.

Hm, dari minggu-minggu kemarin, sudah kepikiran beratnya ninggalin anak2
especially si ndut bastian yang masih nyusu malam.
di pesawat aja bolak-balik kepikiran, anak2 dah tidur belum ya...
rewel ga ya si ndut, tidur tanpa gue untuk pertama kalinya....
mudah2an sih engga seperti pengalaman twins few years ago
sumeng 1 hari, waktu gue tinggalin mereka business trip ke japan & korea
waktu itu mereka masih 8 bln...yah same age as bastian now deh

Secara umum, gue sih no problem flying with Lufthansa
but, bayangin sendiri deh, economy class, bo
kursi pasti sempit, tidur susah, gue masih kebiasaan bangun 3 jam sekali
mana kali ini gue duduk di kursi E, kejepit deh
(pesawat boeing 747-400 yang kursinya formasi 3-4-3)
FB duduk di sebelah gue, kursi F. Dia juga tidur ala kebo.
kursi D dan G didudukin oleh bule yang tidurnya pules banget
apalagi di kursi D. sampe pakai tutup kepala dan mata...
degh...gue ga bisa mondar-mandir
dan flight is so so so full
jadi during my awaken time, I watched movie "Juno" (I'll talk about it separately)
dan "National Treasure" ...yup, by Nicolas Cage.
Dah nonton sih, but it's a good one and i don't mind rewatch.

selain itu, karena LH, makan kebanyakan steak, roti
aduh....even I'm not a big fan of rice, kayanya kaga nendang deh
imagine... dinner jam 12 malam (jkt time tapi jam 7 german time)
gue dah ngantuk dan perut gue juga dah mau tidur
tapi kalo ga makan, nanti laper...
breakfast jam 4 pagi (german time...tambahin aja sendiri ya utk jkt time)
sarapan dadar gulung isi bayam ama sepotong susis dan se cup yoghurt
hiya....begitu mendarat di Frankfurt, langsung nyari makan deh
walaupun kena roti ama yoghurt lagi ....

Sampai di Dusseldorf sekitar jam 10 local time (pesawat agak delay)
check in ke hotel, mandi dulu, baru jam stgh 1 langsung ke messe (tempat pameran)
keluar dari pameran jam 5
dinner jam 9 (kira-kira emang jam segituan deh makannya)
back to hotel langsung tidur
nguantuk banget..... maybe due to red wine too.

Trip kali ini karena ke Dusseldorf, mami nitip buat engku Pipit dan tante Anne
hohoho... makanan bo...
mangga utuh, mangga kering, abon, juhi, rokok 1 slof, balsam
apa lagi ya...lupa gue
gue deg2an takut kena periksa ...nanti mangganya ga bisa lewat...
ya untung kaga...
kalo kena, ya terpaksa ditinggal/dibuang deh

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cafe dedaunan

letaknya di dalam Pusat Konservasi Tumbuhan Kebun Raya Bogor
Masih sama dengan customer USA yang kemarin, kali ini lunch 7 April
idenya sih biar mereka sambil melihat pemandangan

Anyway, masuk kebun raya, ada charge Rp. 9500/orang dan Rp. 15,500/mobil
ini rate untuk hari kerja dan berlaku untuk sekali masuk termasuk ke museum zoologi
diledekin sama temen kantor yang mengaku warga bogor "bilang aja mau ke cafe, biar ga
bayar tiket masuk ...."
ngajarin yang ga bener yak

Jalan menuju ke cafe, agak berbelok2. Sebetulnya ada papan petunjuknya tapi kitanya suka
ga ngeh. barangkali karena papannya sama2 hijau, jadi mirip batang pohon yak
Setelah melewati jembatan -yang hanya persis selebar 1 mobil- di atas sungai, ketemu
lapangan terbuka yang luas di depan cafe.
lapangannya cocok untuk pesta kawin ala kebun

mulai deh makan. pesan lumpia (isi 4 potong) dan chicken cream soup as appetizer,
ada juga seafood soup.
minum flamenggo Sky. Itu blended dari pisang, susu ditambah 1 scoop es krim strawberry, hm....
main course, gue pesen rijstafel. It is a dutch word, meaning "nasi besar"
ehm, piringnya bentuk daun pisang, agak gede
ternyata isinya nasi 1 mangkuk kecil dikelilingi dengan lauk seperti sayur urap, ayam goreng
daging rendang, acar timun-wortel, keripik kentang, krupuk, orek tempe dan sayur nangka.
sekilas, sempet kepikiran, nasinya koq dikit amat, tapi setelah habis ternyata kenyang juga

selain itu, customer gue pesen sate ayam (isi 5 tusuk), nasi goreng ala Yang Chow,
spaghetti carbonara, apa lagi ya lupa daku.

dessert, mereka minum kopi cream dan pisang goreng.
pisang goreng isi 2 pieces yang dibelah jadi 4, ditaburi keju parut, meises dan susu manis
di menu sih ada juga poffertjes
sayang sudah kenyang akibat rijstafel, jadi ga nyobain dessertnya.

resto lumayan rame, ada serombongan ibu-ibu arisan yang makan siang.

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obrolan antar perempuan

bukan obrolan antar ibu, karena ngobrolnya ama adek gue yang masih single
as usual, dia suka nelpon dari singapore dan mau ngobrol ama Luna and Jojo
masalahnya dia ngebel malem jam 9 lewat, ya dah tidur lah mereka
jadi lanjut ngobrol sama gue
udah ngalor ngidul ke sana ke mari
dari soal kerjaan masing2, soal parents and siblings, gosip2 terkini
termasuk nyenggol soal anak2, luna jojo sebastian
belakangan ini, gue semakin berasa effect of terrible twos
tu anak2 bandeeeeelll banget walau sebenernya lucu2 juga.
jojo lebih terasa bandel secara fisik karena dia laki-laki
pas liat kelakuan bandelnya, gue sampe suka bisik2 sama sebastian
"inget2 ya..kelakuan kaya gini jangan dicontoh... ini namanya bandel"
sebastian cuma nyengir lebar aja
lebih mungkin karena kupingnya kegelian dibisiki
kalo luna lebih ke bandel model "cewek"
suka ngambek dan nangis kalo maunya ga dituruti
I call it semi tantrum (walau yakin kaga ada istilah demikian)

alhasil, kemarin gue ngobrolin soal ini juga sama adek gue
katanya jadi parents sekarang kudu pinter
then gue juga ga keberatan cari sumber ke sono sini buat bahan bacaan
anyway, in my opinion, kepinteran juga bisa bikin pusing
coba aja deh contohnya, this terrible two issue
gue pernah sengaja browse and found article kenapa anak suka melempar barang
juga dapat article kenapa anak suka menggigit
well, setelah gue understand the reason why, gue juga pengen tau cara handlingnya toh
ternyata, solution yang ditawarkan make sense secara teori tapi bubar pas di lapangan

Ngeliat mereka ngelempar barang atau gigit, gue -otomatis- nangkap tangannya
dan mulai ngomelin (dibaca: ngasih tau)
ngomel nya udah diusahain pelan2 sambil menahan emosi (biar suaranya ga kenceng)
tapi tetap aja kudu melotot
biar kata hubby mata sipit gue ga bisa melotot, tetap aja rasanya kurang afdol
kalo kaga nyetel mata sampe pol
Ntar setelah ngomel, pasti nyesel.
kata literatur, tindakan kenakalan tertentu kalo semakin diomelin malah semakin
dilaksanakan, karena mereka merasa dikasi attention by doing misbehaviour.
padahal gue udah ngurut2 dada
seperti kasus hari minggu kemarin, lagi di dalam mobil, jojo buka gelas tupperware
isi air dan ditumpahkan ke dashboard mobil.
problemnya, dia sering sekali ngerjain hal demikian
di rumah juga demen ambil gelas isi air, dibuka tutupnya dan dibalik tumpah
nah, balik lagi ke literatur, dibilang mereka merasa excited soal kemampuan baru
tersebut, yang melibatkan koordinasi tangan dan mata. Jadi dengan dibilangin,
lama kelamaan, mereka akan mengerti
huuuh... rasanya udah dari seabad lalu jojo suka melakukan hal itu malah sekarang
gue lihat udah expert tuh...tapi koq belum sadar juga if that's not the right thing to do
so, untuk kasus tadi, ya...gue ngomel lagi sambil memberi hukuman duduk di pojok (walau
ga bisa lama juga), at the same time feeling guilty.

Dengerin lagi ngomongan mami gue.
katanya anak jaman sekarang jangan terlalu banyak dilarang-larang
mau pegang apa ga boleh, mau ke sini sono juga ga boleh
huaaaaaa ... padahal nyatanya, seperti kata Jerry Seinfeld (kalo ga salah inget)
punya anak usia 2 tahun, seperti mem-blender food / drinks tanpa tutup
silakan dibayangin sendiri ....

That's why secara bercanda gue juga bilang ke adek gue, koq makin banyak baca
gue makin pusing ya... bingung handling anak sambil synchronize between theory and practice
kesimpulannya, buku bacaannya apa anak gue yang ke-canggih-an yak

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Bas' First semi solid Food

whoa...hari ini Bas tepat 6 bulan...
assiikk... pagi ini makan bubur beras merah plus susu
kemaren2 sudah beli organic tepung beras putih, beras merah dan kacang hijau GASOL
standard procedure sih masih sama, cobain makanan yang sama 4 hari berturut-turut
untuk mengenali gejala alergi
anyway, semoga dia kaga alergi-an, kan minum asi....

bikin tepung berasnya juga gampang koq
karena bukan instant, tepung kira2 sesendok makan dilarutkan air mateng
kaga pake takaran deh ... yang penting cukup encer
di box nya sih ada takaran 20 cc tepung dilarutkan 200 ml air
lalu setelah larut, dimasak di atas api kecil, 2 menit juga dah jadi pasta
tinggal angkat deh dan campur susu. nyam..... baunya aja harum deh
bas posisi setengah duduk di kursi lipatnya, pakai bib dan mulai makan
sebenernya mau sih, cuma karena dia memang ga tahan duduk ...lama-lama dia kesel juga
minta diangkat

hari senin kemarin, bas dikasi sepotong apel
wah...langsung mau... di-mut agak lama, pas diambil, dia jerit protes
hari selasa, bas dikasi wortel kukus
dee ... kaga mau ... karena tawar kali yeeh
jadi ingat dulu waktu twins mulai makan di umur 4 bulan
mulainya dengan biskuit farley.
hm.. kali ini tepung beras dulu lah dan nanti dicampur sayuran dulu
next step baru campur buah-buahan

foto di tempat biasa ya

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