Women's Taste

So I was reading one of my favorite Tumblr blog (I can totally relate to the posts, so I'm loving it. For drama addicts, you might want to check: donnapie.tumblr.com), and there's this one question from an anon:
"Hi Donna! Do you happen to like Kim Nam Gil too? Kim Nam Gil is set to be out from the army this July, there were talks of him starring in drama adaptation of My Girlfriend is An Agent Korean movie. This would be his first rom-com if this project pushes through. Can't wait to see him again. ^^ P.S. A post-army shower scene is a mandatory, it is a must! Rawr!"

Kim Nam Gil

To this, Donna responded:
"Not exactly a fan. My typical type are the boy next door looking dudes with a surprise center aka the bad boy vibe. Kim Nam Gil is too much of a macho man for my taste. Sure I like my men well built and with chocolate abs but I want them to have pretty boy good looks like that of Lee Dong Wook or Hyun Bin. Excited for you though that your oppa is coming out of MS soon. I can't wait for Binnie to be out in December. I'm really looking forward to his next project."

Hyun Bin

This reminds me of a similar situation between me and my best friend, Ontin.
Ontin is a big fan of Kim Nam Gil. Thus, her taste in men is similar to that of the anon (Ontin said, her ideal type is Fauzi Baadilla). My taste, on the contrary, is similar to Donna's.
Then all of a sudden, I'm wondering, what makes this difference? There are women who like their men manly, but there are also women who like their men pretty. Why?

Here's an explanation I can come up with.

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Scaling

Senin lalu saya bikin janji buat scaling (pembersihan karang gigi) di RSGM dr. Soedomo FKG UGM. Kenapa RSGM dr. Soedomo? Pertama, saya adalah mantan mahasiswa UGM tapi belum pernah menikmati layanan kesehatan yang ada di kampus (bukan pengen sakit jugak sih). Kedua, seorang teman lama saya -- sebut saja Hindoon -- sedang jadi co-ass di sana, jadi saya pikir bisa sekalian reuni. Ketiga, tarif dental care di sana sangat ekonomis dibandingkan tempat praktik dokter gigi. Anda bisa menghemat hingga 200% lho. Mungkin karena disubsidi pemerintah ya.

Saya pergi ke RSGM bersama kareshi karena dia mengeluhkan giginya ngilu kalau kedinginan. Permasalahan saya juga sama sih. Jadi kami sepakat mau check up, sekalian saya mau scaling sesuai anjuran PDGI. Hehe. Mendengar rencana saya untuk scaling, kareshi yang belum pernah berhadapan dengan dokter gigi jadi banyak tanya ke saya soal prosedurnya. Padahal saya baru satu kali scaling, itupun 3 tahun lalu ketika gusi saya sedang meradang. Jadi yang berhasil saya ingat hanya darah yang mengucur deras sampai njonja besar pening lihatnya. Joesonghamnida emmeoni... (^_^)v

Karena tidak mau memberikan misleading information dan membuat kareshi fobia dengan dokter gigi, saya coba googling soal scaling. Sayangnya tidak ada artikel yang berhasil memuaskan rasa penasaran saya. Oleh karena itu, saya memutuskan untuk mengalaminya sendiri kemudian menuliskan pengalaman saya supaya bisa menjadi referensi bagi yang memerlukan.

*kayak nulis manfaat penelitian di skripsi*

Um, sebenernya tujuan utamanya biar saya nggak lupa sih. Lagipula saya sudah membuat resolusi tengah tahun untuk lebih banyak mencatat. Hehe.

Alkisah...

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A Cultural Trip: Malioboro Street

Malioboro Street is well-known as the shopping centre in Yogyakarta. We can find traditional market, cadgers (sidewalk merchants), little shops, restaurants, and even mall along the street. This was the not-so-cultural part of our journey that day. Instead of going to traditional market like Beringharjo, we prefered to enter the mall.

Our first destination was a book store inside the department store, where Dwi bought some postcards and Unin persistently proposed to buy VCD of Aladdin. She ended up buying it. She didn't mind all the judgmental stares from Utin, Dwi, Yayank Tika, and even from the shopman.
She thought the VCD contained her favorite version of Aladdin (in which there are cute-genie-with-the-black-soul and the lovely theme song, A Whole New World). Later did she find out that it's the different version. The characters move in robotic way, too.
*sob* But.. But.. The VCD has this picture as the cover.. So deceitful..

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A Cultural Trip: Museum Sonobudoyo

As we entered the museum, we felt like we were in heaven. Yeah baby, it's air-conditioned!
This museum is understanding, too. We almost broke our legs from all the walk earlier. And this museum provides comfortable benches inside. Oh my goodness! Utin got hysterical about it.

We're not sure about the museum theme. Is it 'the civilization and culture of Indonesia'?
For some time, we enjoyed a privilege as the only visitors. We were free to take as many pictures as we can. Who cares about the CCTV?

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A Cultural Trip: Museum Kereta Keraton

Museum Kereta Keraton is located near Keraton. We walked from Keraton to get there.
In this museum, you can find carriages owned by the royal family. Most of them were made in Netherlands. There are certain carriages that are so grand, they'll make your jaws drop.
Each one of the carriage has its own name, a name that sounds sacred. We wonder why Keraton have to name their belongings with honorific like kyai and nyai -- they even treat the item as if it has gender.

Too bad we weren't accompanied by any guide. We have unanswered questions, such as "Do different carriages own different purposes?", "We know the carriages are only used for special occasions now, but is it also the case in the old days? Did the royal family have a casual trip in one of these?", etc.
For all readers who are curious about the museum, maybe this article can give you an overview.

With no tour guide, there's not much that we can do in this museum (besides gawking at the carriages). That's why it was only a short visit. We got out of the museum to move on to the next stop.
At this time, we saw healthy-looking horses in a stable next to the museum building. One of them is white. Looking at it, we can't help wailing, "White horse! We only lack a prince."
Unin also had this idea to borrow those horses and ride them to the next museum (fyi, the next museum is still in Keraton area, but it's not that close if we go on foot). Of course, nobody listened to her.

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A Cultural Trip: Keraton Yogyakarta

The second stop was Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat or Yogyakarta Palace. There are many rooms to display royal stuffs, such as kitchen utensils, costumes, and paintings. Although some area are opened for public, visitors are not allowed to sit or step on some hall and buildings.

That day there was a traditional dance performed in a hall. It was very graceful and entertaining but we had to leave it early because there were still a lot more to see.

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A Cultural Trip: Vredeburg

Vredeburg was a fort built by the Dutch during their colonialism in Yogyakarta. The fort was built to enable them to monitor Keraton (Sultan palace). Now it serves as a museum. In some buildings inside the fort, we can find dioramas of Indonesian history, sort by timeline.
This museum was our first stop during this Cultural Trip.

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A Cultural Trip

A random weekend, sometime in June.
Unin-Utin had a cultural trip with Dwi and Yayank Tika. Yogyakarta is the perfect destination for this kind of trip. Why? Heck, because it's the City of Culture. Yogyakarta is also the City of Museums, so we heard. That's why we decided to visit museums during this trip.

Although we're no strangers to Yogyakarta (We come from the town next door. And duh, we've spent more time in Yogyakarta than in Klaten for some years now), we acted like tourists that day. Backpackers, to be exact. We took the bus from Klaten to Yogyakarta, then we walked a lot to tour the city.

Through this series of posts, we'd like to share our experience that day. We hope it can be a reminder for us to spend some time appreciating our national treasure, such as history and culture.

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