Living Years....

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door
I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got
You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defense

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So Don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye
 
Credit to Declan Galbraith

Tell Me Why???

This is probably the best lyrics from a very meaningful song.

In my dream children sing a song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green and laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need

Tell me why does it have to be like this?
Tell me why is there something I have missed?
Tell me why cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

Everyday I ask myself what will I have to do to be a man?
Do I have to stand and fight to prove to everybody who I am?
Is that what my life is for to waste in a world full of war?

Tell me why does it have to be like this?
Tell me why is there something I have missed?
Tell me why cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

tell me why? tell me why?
tell me why? tell me why?
just tell me why, why, why?

Tell me why does it have to be like this?
Tell me why is there something I have missed?
Tell me why cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.

Tell me why (why,why,does the tiger run)
Tell me why (why why do we shoot the gun)
Tell me why (why,why do we never learn)
Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?

(why,why do we say we care)
Tell me why (why,why do we stand and stare)
Tell me why (why,why do the dolphins cry)
Can some one tell us why we let the ocean die ?

(why,why if we're all the same)
tell me why (why,why do we pass the blame)
tell me why (why,why does it never end)
can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends?

credited to Declan Galbraith.

A night with Banana Fritters

Creative Emergency Cooking is the term I used to explain the way I cook in my daily life. Let's call it C.E.K., a cooking style which is mostly based on limited ingredients and totally focused on taste rather than the look. 

I started enjoying cooking chemistry when I was in college, realizing the limited taste I can only find at the campus cafeteria. I fell into a learning how to cook autodidact, accidentally cooking to be more specific as terming my learning style. Always cook with whatever ingredients and tools I have, of course its probably based on budget wise as well. Since then, never in my life that I cook 100% based on the original recipe. 

I do believe that I still have lots of information to write here in order to describe more detail about my style of cooking. But, since I am still having my extreme lazy state, I don't feel I have enough motivation to exercise that in this blog right now. Anyway, tonight since I can't even close my eyes to sleep, I am gonna start writing on some of my C.E.K. creations in the kitchen.

Based on my thoroughly thought, Indonesian banana fritters will be the first recipe that I am going to describe here as part of my kitchen creations. I have always been craving for this particular snacks since I arrived in the U.S., it's a very tasty and light snacks that will go along with my study time. Though it's an easy-made snacks, never in my life want to try making it. Anyway, I finally able to make this food on my own by using these ingredients; riped bananas, all purpose flour, sugar, salt, water and oil for frying. These ingredients will be processed in this particular order. 

1. Smash the bananas in a bowl with any tools you have (I used a glass, lol)
2. Mix it with flour, sugar, pinch of salt and water (till a thick consistency)
3. Taste it, if it tastes sweet enough then it's ready to fry
4. Fry the mixed dough in a fry pan with a 1-2 inch oil.
5. Wait till it golden brown then pick and drain it with a paper towel.
6. Ready to serve

There you go!! It's an easy way to get a home-made snack for your study time. It's best served with a warm tea or coffee.