Bakso I have to admit that my love for cooking is growing. It's growing and I can't believe it myself. This feeling has been like this since probably two years ago. Before, cooking felt like a hard work that I had to fulfill. It still is, but the difference is I enjoy it now. So it does not feel like I am forcing myself. Back then whenever I cooked, it's either wrong recipe or incorrect measurement. It never tasted right. So I gave up cooking just because I never found the right one. And then I started to feel that I wanna eat better. I don't want to just eat whatever, I want to know what goes into my body. If I prepare it myself, then I know it's good one. I don't eat too much sugar, sometimes it is hard to buy one thing outside and has a lot of sugar in it. So cooking it myself will allow me to control the amount of sugar. So I found recipes and I tried to make them. As to my surprise, they taste right! Exactly how they should have tasted. That made me happy
Mardiyem, mantan jugun ianfu (pic : santijehannanda.com) Menyambung postingan sebelumnya tentang Nyai, yang beken di era penjajahan Belanda hingga Jepang menginvasi Indonesia (sekitar taun 1942), Jepang memiliki cara tersendiri untuk memenuhi hasrat para prajuritnya. Jugun Ianfu sebutannya. Berbeda dengan memelihara gundik di masa penjajahan Belanda, Jepang cenderung menyediakan wanita-wanita Negara jajahan untuk memenuhi hasrat seksualnya. Jika prajurit Belanda direkomendasikan untuk memelihara satu gundik (yang mana gundik tersebut memang mau untuk dijadikan gundik karena pilihannya sendiri), maka pemerintahan Jepang dengan 'senang hati' memaksa wanita Indonesia untuk dijadikan 'ransum' prajurit. Saya sedih sih menyebutnya ransum, seolah mereka makanan yang disajikan untuk dilahap. Bagaimana dengan teknisnya? Jepang 'merekrut' wanita-wanita bahkan anak-anak pun tak lepas darinya. Ada yang kurang beruntung berusia 12 tahun, bahkan ya