Couple of days ago, I made Ting Ting. It’s a traditional Indonesian candy made from caramel and peanuts. Here’s the recipe of Ting Ting:

Ingredients:

• 125 gr peanuts
• 250 gr sugar
• 125 ml water

Instruction:

• Pour sugar & water in a saucepan, boil, don’t mix it with spoon, just let it be. Wait until it turn golden yellow. Remove from the stove.
• While it’s still hot, pour in the peanuts, mix it thoroughly.
• Pour into a flat pan, spread with a spoon so the layer is only 0.5 cm.
• Leave it until it harden itself.
• To eat it, you can break the layer by using a fork.

Back to my topic, when my Ting Ting is done, I left some if it lying on the table for a long time. Surprisingly, there’s not even one ant approaching my Ting Ting. It made me wondering why. Considering that caramel is made of sugar, and ants love sugar, why they don’t want to approach it? After a short time researching the internet, unfortunately, I didn’t found out anything. I guess I’m hoping too much from the internet. If you found out why, please let me know why :)

For many people, not having enough money is common problem. I too have this problem ;) My salary as a back office staff at a global company isn’t huge enough to buy all the things I need. So, I do these steps to save more money in my piggy bank :

• Put aside take-out fast-food. Bring home-made lunch to work. This way, I can cut lunch allowance from my list. Plus, I am certain that my lunch is hygienic, healthy, and you could practice your skill in cooking ;)
• Watch DVD at home instead of watching at the cinema. Popcorn and drinks are cheap & easy to be made. As for me, I prefer my own home made popcorn cause I could pour tons of caramel on my popcorn as I like. But watch for diabetes though ;)
• Charge your cellphone, mp3 player, etc at the office. Although it’s not really significant to cut your electricity bill, but hey..at least you try :D
• Walk or jog around your neighborhood instead of going to the gym. Walk as much as you can if the the destination is not far away. It’s good for your heart and body. Besides, you can get to know more about your neighborhood.
• If you like reading a lot, only buy those books which you like best. Stop by at nearest library to read the interesting-but-not-so-worthed-to-be-in-your-collection book. It’s better if you can find a friend with the same interest like you and share the list-to-be-bought book together and swap them if you done reading yours.
• Buy in bulk things that you always need and frequently use like rolled tissue, soap, etc
• Control your desire to buy all the cute things or gadget when you go to the mall. Only bring little cash in your pocket so you can’t afford it and don’t ever use your credit card. Think that all those things are only a short trend. There’s no problem in not following it. You are what you think you are. Don’t let other people put some silly thing into your mind.

That’s what I’m doing. Feel free to add some more if you have any :)