How to Make Nachos

Food Items

1. bag of tortilla chips (whichever are your favorite)
2. already shredded cheese
3. can of refried beans
4. sour cream
5. hot sauce and/or salsa
6. ground hamburger
7. chopped lettuce
8. diced tomatoes

Well, so there’s the food. What next? Now, there’s two ways you can make these. Neither way really makes a difference. One way is faster and the other’s not and as always the one that takes longer is better. I’m only going to tell you the slower way. The only difference is that you heat up the beans in the microwave instead of on the stove. So let’s start!

STEP #1 – preparing the beans

  Personally I think that the beans are the most important part.

1. get a pot that will fit the whole can of beans with more room left and put it on the stove
2. open the can of beans and with a spoon scoop out all the contents and put them in the pot that you put on the stove
3. add about 3 table spoons of water to the beans and stir them together
4.  put 1/3 cup of sour cream into the mixture of beans
5. sprinkle as much cheese as you would like into the pot of beans and sour cream
6. add as much salsa as you would like, the more the spicier
7. stir it all together and keep stirring so that the beans don’t burn
8. turn the stove down to low so as to keep the beans warm but so they won’t burn
9. Now that beans are ready, let’s start to put it all together!

STEP #2 – the original nacho

  With this step you are making what Ignacio “Nacho” first did but I’m sure it’s not exactly the same. He had homemade chips and I’m sure you just have store bought. That’s at least what I always use.

1. get a plate, and the size depends on how big your nachos are going to be
2. put the tortilla chips on the plate, depending on how much you want
3. sprinkle the shredded cheese on top of the plate of chips, the more the cheesier
4. put the plate of chips and cheese inside the microwave for 30 seconds or just so the cheese is a little melted
5. after the cheese is a little melted, take the plate out of the microwave 
6. ‘Et Viola’! You are now ready to put it all together!

STEP #3 – putting it all together

     Finally! It is time to put it all together into the meanest nacho ever made! By saying ‘the meanest nachos’ I don’t mean that they are actually going to bite your head of or anything. I mean that they are the best!

1. turn off the stove where the beans are and mix the beans around again
2. scoop as much beans that you would like and put them on top of the chips and cheese
3. sprinkle a little more of the shredded cheese on top of the chips, cheese, and beans
4. put the plate of chips, cheese, and beans back into the microwave for 20 seconds
5. when that is done take the plate out of the microwave
6. on top of the beans add the chopped lettuce, tomatoes, and ground hamburger
7. if you want to add more hot sauce and/or salsa to the top then go ahead!
8. And that’s it! Oh well there is one more step. Bon Appetite! In other words, eat up! 

I hope that the spirit of the true nachos will live on forever! Remember Ignacio “Nacho” always and keep the nachos going! 

Dia

Dia adalah Seseorang yang sangat aku sayangi dan aku cintai, seseorang yang selalu memendam permasalahan sendiri, selalu tampak tegar ditengah kerapuhannya. Selalu tersenyum ditengah kemarahannya, hal itu yang membuat aku sayang padanya, tetapi dia juga yang membuat aku terhanyut dalam kesedihan ini.

Dia bernama Andri, aku bertemu dengannya di sebuah acara kemahasiswaan, dia anak yang baik dan humoris, makanya gak heran dalam waktu singkat kami bisa berteman akrab, teman-temanku mengira kami pacaran dan mereka sangat mendukung. Aku hanya tersenyum geli melihat teman-teman ku menjahili dia, terfikir olehku apa benar yang mereka katakan. Tapi aku menepisnya, aku gak mau memikirkan hal itu, karena aku pernah bertekad untuk tidak pacaran sampai aku selesai kuliah dan aku berusaha menjaga itu.

Waktu terus berlalu, aku juga tak mengerti kapan rasa itu datang dan hinggap di hati ini, berawal saat kami bermain ke rumah Hilman, saat itu hilman mengajak ku keluar untuk membeli makanan, kami bercerita banyak hal sampai hilman menyinggung tentang Andri dan pacarnya, aku terperanjat sejenak, tapi cepat-cepat kusembunyikan rasa itu, aku kembali bercerita seolah-olah aku tau kalau dia sudah memiliki pacar, baru aku tersadar hatiku sakit mandengarkan cerita dari hilman.

Sepulang dari rumah hilman, aku lebih banyak diam begitu juga dengannya, dia marah karena aku terlalu lama pergi bersama hilman, tapi bukan itu yang ku pikirkan, aku memikirkan diriku, ada apa denganku, aku hanya temannya, mengapa aku cemburu dan sakit hati kalau dia memiliki pacar, mengapa tidak terpikirkan olehku kalau orang semanis dia pasti ada yang memiliki, dasar bego!. Aku tersenyum sendiri dikamar, mencoba untuk ceria, menganggap hal ini biasa dan pasti bisa ku atasi, aku bertekad pada diriku untuk menjadi teman yang baik, selalu ada disisinya saat suka dan duka. Semangat teriakku pagi itu.

Namun perasaan itu muncul kembali saat kami pergi makan di suatu café, disana dia mencurahkan semua isi hati yang selama ini di pendamnya, aku terkejut melihatnya menangis layaknya seorang anak kecil di hadapanku, belum pernah aku melihat dia seperti itu, tarnyata dibalik keceriaannya selama ini tersimpan luka yang sangat dalam, aku terharu ketika dia mengatakan percaya padaku, aku sangat sayang padanya tapi aku tak mungkin memilikinya.

Setelah kejadian itu dia lebih terbuka padaku tentang pacarnya yang selama ini dia tutupi, aku semakin mengerti bagaimana dirinya, makin memahami apa yang diinginkannya, harapku suatu hari dia memiliki seseorang yang benar-benar mengerti dirinya dan sayang padanya, walau hati ini hancur setiap kali mendengarkan dia bercerita tentang pacarnya. Akan tetapi yang tak ku mengerti, kerap kali dia mengatakan satu hal yang membangkitkan kembali perasaan ku, bahwa dia tak ingin melepaskanku karena aku telah menjadi sebagain dari dirinya, aku bingung, tapi aku juga gak punya nyali untuk bertanya kepadanya bagaimana perasaan dia terhadapku.

Sampai pada puncaknya aku tak kuat membendung perasaanku sendiri, aku mengatakan padanya kalau aku sayang padanya dan aku tau perasaan ini gak boleh terbina, aku hanya sekedar mengeluarkan uneg-uneg yang ada dalam hatiku, terserah dia menganggap apa yang penting hatiku lega, aku tidak akan membahas masalah ini lagi, karena aku berjanji akan selalu menjadi teman dan sahabat yang baik buatnya

Namun rasa sayang dan cinta sudah bersemi dalam hatiku, tak mudah untuk menepisnya, walau aku sudah berusaha, ternyata benar kata pepatah cinta itu datang tiba-tiba walau kita tidak menginginkannya, tapi setelah kita tau mengapa terasa sakit jadinya. Entah mengapa, setelah kejadian itu dia makin perhatian padaku, aku gak pernah tau apa maksudnya karena dia tak pernah mengatakannya padaku, yang aku tau dia memberikan perhatian lebih dari biasanya, seakan-akan menjawab semua pertanyaan tanpa harus diungkapkan, aku gak peduli aku hanya ingin menjalani apa yang aku jalani sekarang, tidak mau berfikir yang muluk-muluk tentang masa depan, apa yang terjadi antara aku dan dia biarlah berjalan seperti sekarang ini, tanpa kata-kata tapi saling mengerti dan memahami maksud satu dengan yang lain, walau entah sampai kapan hal ini akan berlanjut, akupun tak tau. Tapi biarlah kisah ini berjalan seiring dengan waktu yang kami pun tak pernah tau akhir dari semua ini, tapi aku tetap berharap semoga…….

I Dunno What My Faullt Is

I don't know what my fault is. I feel that these days I have been keeping my diet pretty tight. But how come this my dear cheek is still stretchy. And a lot of people who take a look at it want to pinch it. It makes me more resentful. It is resentful... resentful... resentful... Veeeery resentful. What is my fault? Weep... Weep... did the fault come from the descendant from my beloved father and mother that makes my cheek really puffed-up. I don't think so. They are not fat either. 

But if I really think about it again my fate was really unfortunate.
I remembered truely when I was still small. Approximately when I was five years old; my relatives came to my house. And all of them then were so happy to see my face. Not anything and and not anywhy. They seemed like they got a new toy.
What toy? What else if not my cheek that passionated them. They pinched the left cheek, then pinched the right cheek. They were so very happy then. Laugh laugh. They did not know that the owner of this cheek felt a suffering on both the body and heart. Pain on the cheek, pain also in the heart. Until the end I cried… Huaaaaa. Only then they stopped, changed to caressing.
"Choop choop the sweet child should not cry please."

It was more serious when I was in SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, I remember truely that I had a friend named Rudi. A child that according to my view is one of the naughtiest on the school. It is indeed generally the child was good, not smoking, obeyed the school rule and even the national ideology and national law, never skipped class even once, moderately clever and high-achieving also. Well then why how come I said that he is naughty? Yes, because of that. He liked to pinch my cheek very much. If I daydream a little I was pinched. When I was careless a little I was pinched. His pinches were consecutive and consistent. Every day. Three times a day. After eating and before sleeping (how come it looks like taking medicine?). Yeah no matter what it was really often.

I thought when I went to university, the sympathetic experiences will end. Moreover I entered to a university that was famous enough.
Ehem… ehem… I was convinced, the students were definitely very clever, well, and very devout. Ugh ugh but the reality was not as beautiful as the dream. Friends here still liked to tease that I was fat. Still were also very rascal. Fortunately there was no one that liked to pinch this cheek. Hahaha. They understand that in this matter I have given them a ban for everyone. Including close friends. They might admire me but it is not allowed to touch me. Not even pinch. Banned hard. Verboden. And suddenly….

Bam!
"Ouch..."
"Morning, Gina," Yanti greets me with his bright smile. Without any feeling of guilty or sinful.
Ouch.. ouch... a-ouch..
"Why, did I hit you very hard?"
"No question asked. Very painful you know!"
"Sorry, sorry. It is your fault anyway. Even on a morning you were daydreaming. Who were you thinking about? The Uhuy guy?"
"Oh no!!!!, very thanks to you. No meaning of Uhuy in my dictionary.."
"How come you are putting on airs."

In fact the Uhuy meant actually is Gunawan, a person that is also in the same course with them. In fact the boy is a normal boy. Very truly normal. All are normal. Normal hair, normal eyes, normal face, normal smile, the cleverness is also normal. Only one is extraordinary.... His lameness is extraordinary. Sometimes I am resentful because of him. But on one hand he can accept me the way I am. So this heart become not resentful again. I am crushed, cool and calm because of him.

In recent times the Gunawan guy is actually very close to me. I don't know why could be like that. So not-nice news are beginning to circulate in between students. Rumours and unclear gossips which I don't know where are their origin at first. Seriously. In fact it is true that I and the Gunawan guy are only normal friends. Nothing happened, or whatever it is. I swear...

The problem is that gossip power even much stronger. Therefore, that guy even get title: uhuy. For your information, uhuy is stated for a third singular person representative on a guy which is in "approaching" process. So, the uhuy statement show that he is in process of approaching me. Is it true? Who knows?

I think it’s not necessarily true. Look at his behavior. He talk and behave in the same way with all his friends (girl). Sometimes, a bit naughty. Ah, damn guy. Fortunately, he doesn’t like to pinch my cheek, otherwise our good relationship which is maintained so far will be destroyed.

However, I just don't ignore. He also does the same thing to me. Sometimes, reaallyyyy care, sometimes he is ignorant. I’m confused. My friends said that he likes me. In teenagers telenovela, it is said as fall in love.

If it is true, it’s ok for me. Coz actually I also quite put a symphaty to him. He is cheerful, kind, caring. Even though he is lame. Sooo lame. But it’s ok. The most important thing, he doesn’t say I am fat, and he doesn’t pinch my cheek.

One day, Gunawan ask me to have lunch together. I am ok to his offer. Why not? I can also borrow his lecture note for yesterday lesson. I was sleeping in lecture theatre yesterday. So many think and stuff… Like a businessman you know. Hohohoho...

We sit, be quiet, and calm. Before we order the food, Gun starts to speak:

"Gin, I know your cheek is stretchy."
"Grrr, so what?"
I am angry. I think he really can understand me. But he also said I am fat. Nooo, why must there be one more person who reveal that “fact" to me?
"Many people said that stretchy cheek is not so good."
"Yeah, I am ugly," I said frownly. Sensitive.
"But…" Gun says again.
"But what?’ I say angrily. Resentful… resentful.
"Ups, are you angry? Gun asked melancholicly. Seeing his face, I melt.
"nooo… no problem? What’s wrong, Gun?" I ask relaxly.
"but… I… I want to say something to you Gin. Something important," Gun said bowing down his face. Either he is shy or scary?

Deg! My heart beats very fast. And become faster and faster. Aaargh impossible. Its soo impossible. My blood flows quicker. What’s wrong with me? Why can Gun make me like that?

He continues his statement… still with tremble…
"I…. I…"
"What?"
"Gin, could I...?"

My thought flies away. I almost forget that I go here to have lunch. Is it true that his friends gossip about Gun is true? Gun so far… without any words… Arrgh… my face turn red, but I don’t want Gun knows. That the truth… Don’t
I bow down my face. I feel that he will say that word. Ya confirmed that he will say that word...

"Gin, could I borrow your money? I don’t have anything left."