Day 2 of Jakarta

So let's move on to Day 2 which is more like day 1 to me since I didn't do much yesterday. So before I fly to Jakarta I told Silvia there's only two places(Mangdu & Bandung) I wanna visit when I am there and with that I am more than happy already. Reason being I just want to have a relax trip and not the fast and furious kind of trip. So, today we're going to Mangga Dua or the locals call it Mangdu! But before that let me show you what I had for brunch!


Yummy healthy brown rice with soup.




Drools!!! Can I teleport myself back there again just to have brunch pls? =(

Let's move on...

If you LOVE <3> shopping and lurveee bargains then this place is a must visit. Mangdy is like the Indonesia Sungei Wang except over here there's more shops, more options and wayyy nicer and prettier clothes. Prices for the clothes is reasonable although I wouldn't say it's super cheap as compared to what you can get in Bangkok but I felt it's pretty good deal for me. If I am nice enough I will do a post on all my purchases from Jakarta, comment if you guys wanna see it. Let me know! ;)
Shop shop shop!


The ground floor mostly sells imitation handbags, the floors going up is all clothes with a mixture of shoes. My fav is the 4th and 5th floors.

So this is Mangdu

Another awesome thing about Indonesia is that the DVD's is superrrr cheap. Around 5,000 Rupiah per piece which is.....only RM1.50! I felt it's such a rip off when they're actually selling it at Rm10 per piece here. You know what's the best part? It's buy 10 free 1 @.@
I went mad and bought 65 pieces




mine with chocolate chips!

After that we had baso goreng!!!!! So niceeeee.......aihs I am craving for one while writing this right now.


Sil paying up








Okay, shopping done for the day =) One thing nice about the shops here is that most shops here will pack your clothes and put it into very nice paper bags unlike most shops in sungai wang just put it into very ugly plastic bags so unglam :/



When I reach Jakarta Digi sent me a sms as below.

only RM0.99?? they make it sound like a bargain lol @.@
So if you're in Indonesia next time I suggest you get a sim card. Why? Cause its super cheap can die. It will only cost you around RM8 with Rp25,000 credit inside. I've sent out so many sms-es the credit also cannot finish. Definitely save me a lot of money as compared to the roaming with Digi.

So if you're wondering the currency for Indonesia here it is

Rp10,000 = Rm3.2

to be continue...

Jakarta Day 1

So here's the long awaited post about Jakarta. Honestly, I don't think i've took a lot of pictures this trip reasons being
1. Too caught up with shopping
2. Too lazy

To start off with, this trip to Jakarta is totally unplanned and very spontaneous. I didn't expect much in the beginning as my first intention is just to spend some time with Silvia and do 'some' shopping and most importantly is to eat as much as Indo food I can. I was seriously craving for Indonesian food as KK doesnt have any! I used to have a lot of Indo food when I was in KL cause it is so good...


24th February 2009 - Day 1

Flight at 9.35pm, check in at 7.40pm. One thing I hate about flying so much is the need to check in early! Was so dead bored waiting to board as I am flying alone this time. Played tetris on my phone all the way to kill time and thank God for.....Ipod.

I reached Jakarta around 11pm(their time). Indonesia is an hour behind us and the flight from KK to Jakarta takes about 2 hours and 40 mins which is pretty much the same like flight to KL.

Here's my very hodoh face up in the plane so very bored and ended up snapping stupid pictures in the loo.

Reaching Jakarta in one piece.


Lookee..first thing I notice was this sign. Toilet in Indo is called kamar kecil(small room lol)..so cute. Took this while waiting for Silvia while she was in the loo. Before she went in she was like "wait for me here okay, and don't talk to strangers!"

A lot of people have the thought that Indonesia is a very dangerous country (at least most people I know thinks so) after what happen during the '97 but fret not its not as bad as it seems. Surprisingly I still feel as if i haven't left Malaysia when I'm in Indo.

Thats all for day one guys. Will continue tomorrow for day two.

xoxo,

Hilda

Another round

Went to the Tip of Borneo yesterday and it was beautiful! but it was blazing hot >< Gonna leave soon to Mesilau now and I know I promised to blog about Jakarta but looks like I can only blog about it when I am back tomorrow or Monday.

Here's some pictures from the trip tho ;)

Home

Yo people, I am finally back from Jakarta the city of endlesss shopping. Everything was awesome from the shopping to the food to the people. I miss that place already :S
It's 12.30AM now and I am tired so I shall blog all about it tomorrow.


P/s: I am going to the Island tomorrow! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...........

Prelude to Jakarta 2

2 hours before leaving the house...

then only I started packing ;)

1.clothes - check!
2. toiletries - check!
3. shoes for walking - check!
4. passport - check!

5. Chargers, camera cables n etc - check!
6. Ipod - check!

7.Most importantly, mooooolahs - check!
I am a millionaire now..don play play.

8. Play with Nicholas before i leave - check!




9. Update blog - check!

Okay gotta go now..better go finish my packing, daddy is yelling at me already!


Mwahhsss... I shall update soon :)

Prelude to Jakarta

I am leaving in 7 hours and I haven't pack anything yet ;) Weeeeeeeee..........

Nicholas

Nicholas is my 8 month old nephew. When he was still in his mummy's tummy the doctor did a scan and told them that it could be a baby girl but there's a possibility that it could be a boy as well :S

Anyhow, I kept hoping that it is a girl cause having a girl is so much fun! You could dress her up, tie her hair and do lots of girly stuff with her =) A month before the baby is due I asked mom if my brother thought of a name for the baby already and they said not yet why not I think of one? And there goes my creative ideas keep popping out so many names to give the baby how? Some of it were Kayleigh for baby girl and Lucas for baby boy(blame OTH for the name Lucas!) When I told Jer his immediate reaaction was like what? Lucas? Me, why what's wrong? Jer then replied, err..nolar just that Klo's dad name Lucas when you mention Lucas it's more like an uncle name lol =.=''''

The funniest one was my conversation with Sing Yee on what to name the baby and then she replied "Name him David Cook!!!!!" (that time she was in the 'David Cook' season craze) I was like astaga how God bless your children and their names cause you just can't name a child after a famous singer cause that would be like so weird~ Just then i remembered once i asked my friend Tommy why his parents name him Tommy and his reply was because his parents liked Tommy Page so much! =.=''''

Well back to the story, so last June the baby was born and his name is not Lucas but Nicholas. I didn't ask the reason why his parents chose this name but I am glad it was Nicholas and not Edison.

Top ten things to do in Jakarta

I just search the net on the attractions of Jakarta and guess what I found on the top ten things to do in Jakarta.
* Top-Rated Attractions
1. Fatahillah Square (Taman Fatahillah)
2. Sea World
3. Sunda Kelapa
4. National Museum
5. Maritime Museum (Museum Bahari)
6. National Monument (MONAS)
7. Taman Impian Jaya Ancol
8. Puppet Museum (Museum Wayang)
9. Museum Bank Indonesia
10. Ragunan Zoo

Errr...I think there's better places to visit there than just Museums and Taman gua? :/

Guess who's going to Jakarta?

A week ago I chatted with Silvia and then I realise that it's really been so long since we spoke to each other since we graduated. We used to hang out a lot during uni times and she is one of the kind of girl you will get along really fast and she is very fun too! Ahh..i miss her...




She then suggested that I should go visit her in Jakarta while she is still free to bring me around town. At first I just didn't think that would happen considering the price of the ticket might cost me a bomb and there might not be a direct flight to Jakarta to KK. Anyhow.....out of curiousity I just decided to click the URL of Air Asia and randomly pick a date and see how much it would cost me...and then...

Guess what? They actually have direct flight to Jakarta and it's only RM383 for two ways! and I am flying end of this month~ WOohOoo... this must be the most exciting trip ever.. normally I would plan at least 3-4 months before flying to anywhere for holidays. Now for this, is less than a month. I am anticipating for the adventure.