Yesterday I met a Padang’s guy that was selling trousers. (“Padang” means either a tribe and a city in West Sumatra, the origin of Padang’s food, including rendang).

When I found his language indicating Minang/Padang tribe, I guess about him “so you are good at cooking rendang then”. And then he explained the ‘secret’ about cooking process of ‘original rendang’. At least he informed: 1. It is cooked with wood’s fire, not modern cooking equipments. 2. Its color is darker. 3. It’s drier than usual rendang. 4. The coconut is original from West Sumatra. 5. It is cooked for 4 hours so as to bring out the coconut taste as well as the meat’s (beef).

Yes, in Jakarta, or other places in Indonesia, padang restaurants are everywhere, easy to find one, but…. the original rendang is a different story, it’s so rare.

I still remember tens years ago when I ate the original rendang. The sensation was …. ‘WOW’. 😄

Leipzig to Erfurt… Are you sure an airplane goes at 158 kph? No way. The distance 98 km is also wrong.

Are you sure high speed train needs 1 hour 41 minutes??

She sings Badai Pasti Berlalu, a song in a legendary album with the same title (released in 1978). But Lea is more epic at singing, say, Whitney Houston’s songs.

Berlian Hutauruk is the most suitable singer for the song. No cover singer ever sings better than Berlian. (Have you ever heard certain cover singers managed to sing better than the original singers?).

Anyway, singer and song are often like spouse. Even the most talented singers cannot sing all kind of songs. Berlian Hutauruk doesn’t make it in commercial music business, but … she is still a legend.

The 1st glass-like dome stays at certain height No flight can go beyond such a dome. That also makes the sun look “cut”.