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Anywayz, dat aside, i was pretty excited to meet Mr Faisal after coming back from Jkt yesterday.
And guess wat?
The bugger dint have the slightest idea on where to head to la.
And so i end up plannin instead.
har.
But i guess it dint matter since the whole purpose of meetin was juz to . . . erm . . .
see him.
har.
ANYWAYZ!
pixxies up!
And i was darn excited for the trip!
I was nervous at diz point.
So i kept snappin picturez.
I simply haattteeee take-off(s) and landing(s).
She wasn't afraid of taking the plane.
Or maybe, she's juz oblivious to everything.
har
First-hand image of the rising sun.
Nice ryyyttteeeee....?!
Anywayz, upon reaching the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, we made our way to the very place we're gonna stay for the entire 5 days.
Aunt Netty and Om Eddie's place.
2 house combined, 2 storeys, and if we aren't around, the only occupants would be them, and their 5 other maids.
And mind u, their 5 maids have their own backroom.
Which means the whole 2nd level would be left empty.
Now datz a huge house for an old couple.
After lunch, 17 of us squeezed into 2 cars and made our way to Tanah Abang.
Picture Joo Chiat Complex times 10.
The place is humungous, confusing and packed wit people wit NO BASIC COURTESY.
Cos u see, Tanah Abang is huge.
Too huge.
And so they hire porters to have their packages delivered to them everyday.
And mind u, the package can be twice the size of an average computer table!
And they carry the sctuff on their shoulders too!
So u see, wit the place so packed wit people, they barge thru the crowd wit dat thing ON their shoulder.
I think i got hit on the head once, or prolly twice.
An uncle of mine had his head wrapped in sum cloth.
It was hilarious, only more annoying when u get hit on the head.
I won't post up pictures of the Makcik(s) shopping hokay.
Moving on, we also made a 2 hour trip to Bandung.
Only to visit the popular tourist attraction named - Tangkuban Perahu.
Tangkuban Perahu is basically the top of a Volcano dat last erupted in 1983.
History said, the place got its name from a local legend.
Dayang Sumbi had a son whom she sent away for sum unknown reason.
And for doing so, D.S was granted eternal youth.
As years past, when both were unable to recognize each other, the son decided to return.
Only to meet his mother whom he could no longer recognize.
He fell in love wit her and decided to marry her.
I'm not quite sure as to how D.S found out he was her son.
But all i noe, is dat upon finding out, she made him build a dam and a Perahu (boat) and wanted it ready before sunrise.
And true enuff, he was unable to complete the tast and thus, kicked the dam and the boat causing a huge flood.
I dunno how the volcano come about but yea.
Its history!
Lil' Syazzy in pink.
Now, there is only one and datz it!
Further down the mountain, we visited a Hot Spring area.
Ultra cool.
Need i say more?
har.
Random pixxies!
Itz thinly sliced banana coated in cheese batter.
Its rreeeaaaalllll goooodddd......!!!!!!!!
Oh, and Lil' Syazzy has a whole lot of memories of her trip to Jakarta.
She fell down a short flight of stairs - cried BIG tyme!
Had her finger stucked @ the door hinge - MAJOR cried!
Fell face down and chipped a tooth, lacerations to her upper lip - Major major major cried!
And already wit a chipped tooth, she nearly fell head first while tryin to swing between 2 chairs.
And when we asked her re: her chipped tooth, here's wat she said.
Me: Baby, wat happen to ur tooth?
Baby: Baby nak swing swing. Den baby swing swing swing laa..
M: After Baby swing swing, what happen?
B: Baby swing swing... ... ... (tried to avoid question)
M: Den Baby fall kan?
B: Noooo! Baby Swiiinnnggg...!
M: and den? Baby fall?
B: (keeps quiet and pouts)
Adorable la shheee..!
Anywayz, here's a picture taken 1/2 hour after the fall.
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Anywayz, there's too much picturez for me to post y'all!
So here's a link, click and feast ur eyez!
And erm, don't criticise hokay?
Oh, and erm i haven't received pictures from D.kakak's cammie.
Dat will be up soon.
Oh, i started out wit leaving wit ONE bag.
I came home wit THREE bags.
har.
I spent SGD200 there!!!!!!
Okay, Lina is officially broke.
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//EDIT
U noe wat i personally think of Jakarta?
Over-populated, bad system and wit third world mentality.
I don't mean to criticize but the traffic jam is BAD!
We got stuck in a 2 hour traffic jam juz to get out of a multi-storey carpark @ Tanah Abang!
And to make it worse, i see people sitting ON the road.
Kids jumpin onto lorries and playing by the roadside.
Slums everywhere, abandoned buildings, even kids playin in drains.
Poverty rrly is everywhere in Jakarta.