Jakarta - Day 1 (28th Nov 2009)

We landed safely at Sokaerno-Hatta International Airport around 3pm. Our supir, Pak Sulis waited for us, holding a card with huby's name written on it. I asked him to send us to the hotel. I booked Ibis Tamarin Jakarta for the next 5 days and 4 nights. Merasalah kami naik Innova Kijang kat Jakarta. I am so amazed with Jakarta, left and right banyak betul high rise buildings. Kalah KL!

We checked in, kept our luggage and went out again with Pak Sulis. He asked us nak ke mana. We told him to send us to any shopping malls. Nak beli stock air dan makanan. So, he brought us to ITC Cempaka. A big mall macam Pasar Seni or Pertama Complex kat KL. He waited for us outside, so we were on our own jalan-jalan dalam building tu.

Saw Carrefour signboard and decided to enter. Beli air mineral, air milo, maggi segera. Their maggi segera cap Indomie sedap banget! Murah jangan cakap lah. Even air milo kotak dia pun murah, tapi manis. Hubby beli teh botol cap Sorso. Itu pun sedap banget! Danial pulak tak sah kalau tak membeli toys. Ada sebuah kedai mainan and he bought 2 bijik keta ala go cart. Murah jugak tu!

After one hour, jumpa Pak Sulis kat luar building. We told him nak pi dinner terus since memang dah penat. Waktu di Indonesia lambat sejam dari Malaysia tapi kul 6.30 dah gelap macam kat Malaysia. Sama jek kegelapan dia cuma time yang lain. We ate at a nasi padang restoran. Punya lah banyak lauk tapi i have google about this before. Eat what you want jek, itulah yang dikiranya nanti. Yang tak berusik dia tak kira. Sebab penat sangat, i didn't eat a lot. Pak Sulis pun tak makan sebab dia kata dia dah makan kat ITC tadi.

Tengah tunggu plane

Dinner - nasi padang

Pak Sulis - our supir in Jakarta. Orangnya peramah.

After dinner, Pak Sulis suggested to visit Bandung the next day instead of Monday. Actually, we planned to visit Taman Impian Ancol on Sunday. He said it's been a long holiday sempena Hari Raya Haji, takut ramai orang kat Ancol and tak puas nak main pulak. So next entry is about our trip to Bandung pulak.

Home Sweet Home

Arrived safely in LCCT last Wednesday.

Delayed from Jakarta due to bad weather.

And now, i am so lazy to unpack the bags.

Will update later with pictures!

Off to Jakarta

2 bags (One medium size bag is inside the biggest bag). 1 stroller bag.

2 adults and 1 toddler.

3 return flight tickets (KL-Jakarta-KL). With booked seats!

Some USD, RM and Rp.

Holla Jakarta, here we come!!!

p/s: First time travelling oversea after i came back from Downunder almost 12 years ago! This time hubby and son accompanied me!

Komen dari sahabat seperjuangan

A good friend of mine left this message:

Selamat pergi dan balik.

The Principal said, bagi 5 tahun untuk sesuatu job/work/tugasan/jawatan kemudian mesti move on untuk grow.

Kalau selamanya disitu, tak akan grow.

Dia cakap, who knows dia stay dan dia hanya teaching so that bagi laluan 'yang lain' take over dan grow.

True enough. I agreed with her. Selamanya duduk di takuk yang sama, minda takkan berkembang.

I felt the same thing when 2011 came into the picture.

Seriously, 6 years is too long for me. Dah masak dengan asam garam di situ. Hujung jari dah tau what we should. Bukan nak riak, but i have grown a lot since day 1.

Only God knows what's going to happen in 2011.

p/s: another baby should keep me occupied. I am ready. Hubby too. Wonder if the young man is ready to have another company in our lives?

Hmmmmm....

Tak suka lah ada perasaan begini.

It makes me so suffocated.

Seriously.

I need some space to breathe. Again, seriously!

Breathe in, breathe out.

p/s: can't wait for the Jakarta trip. Seriously, AGAIN!!!

AWOL

It's been awhile this blog has been updated. Towards the end of the term/school closing, there were so many things to do at work. Seriously! With never ending meetings, datelines, etc. Well, what the heck....i am on holiday now for the next one month...Yay! but somehow, i miss the riuh rendah sound at work. The kids storming in and out from the staffroom. Disciplined the kids with numerous lines to write ( i love doing that to them, especially my Hong Shane!). Teasing the colleagues. Makan nasi goreng kampung from canteen.

Also what i missed was the requests from the kids to play netball. Yeah, i enjoyed playing netball with them this year especially with my P6. I will miss those hardcore players like Florence, Caitlyn, Shevy and Naomi. These kids will be in secondary school next year. No more fooling around me...sob.sob..sob...especially Flo, Cait and Jo will be in a different school next year.

Teacher's Appreciation Day was a blast! As usual, it feels like Christmas for most of us since this is a special day for all the teachers! It was also the day the UPSR results were announced. Wah, lot of dramas. This year, 28 students got 5As. It was a big thing for them. I remembered during my time. It was just like a normal exam without pressures from the parents or even our teachers. Lepak jer amik Penilaian Darjah Lima! I cried my tears of joy for those who did well. I even teased Flo because she was also crying. Ceh, a smart student pun takde confidence that she'll get 5As!

Saturday was Danial's turn to perform in his tadika's graduation day. Not him, but his 6 years old friends. He volunteered to be the watak orang kaya in a short sketch for the 5 years old. Teacher Iffa said, he himself taught the teacher gaya orang kaya bercakap dan berjalan. Yeah right, on the real day itself , he got a stage fright! Hahahahaha.....takut atau malu?

Today is the first day of the school holiday. I am already feeling bored at home. After our trip this weekend baru ok kot. Oh, i also won a free night stay in Avillion Admiral Cove PD from RedFM. I entered an online contest and the next thing was they called to congratulate me for winning the prize. It was like our dream came true!

Am still in the mood untuk bermalas-malasan. Malas sungguh!!!!

CUCI The Musical

Oh yes! Me, hubby, Ahcu and the young man went to Istana Budaya today to watch the matinee show (3pm). It was our (minus Ahcu) first experience to watch a theater (a musical one!) in Istana Budaya. There was a 20 minutes break during the show. It started at 3pm and ended at 6.30pm.

The experience:
It was really a GOOD experience for me and especially for the young boy. He laughed, he clapped and he asked numerous questions especially about the CUCI van. However, towards the end, he started to get restless (3 hours is TOO much for him!). I managed to coaxed him saying that there'll be another washing window action.


The cast:
I loved all of them especialy of course Afdlin and Adibah Noor. She is GOOD (obviously!)...the rest of the cast are really good too. I've watched all their movies together being from Sushi, Los dan Faun, Baik Punya Cilok, Setem etc..etc..etc...and these boys they do have chemistry between them. They are just like real brothers! Up to one extend, Afdlin couldn't help controlling himself laughing at Awie's face expression...he ended up dunno what was his next line during the show. It was so obvious from his tone of voice that he's actually LAUGHING!

The scores:
I personally like the theme song and the one that Afdlin sang...someting about Impianku (???). I wished the production will produced the soundtrack too. All the songs are really good! Hans did mention before that he can't sing but in this musical, he has proven that he's not bad at all...being the rest of the gang are/were singers! Adibah Noor? Hah, as usual, this lady has a very POWERFUL voice!


The set:
I love all their sets. Danial asked me why they didn't enter their house. I told him, it's just a replica, not a real one. They even performed the real washing window competition on stage. Hang themselves like the one they had in the movie. Oh, there was a gondola (the one used to wash the windows) and it almost landed where it is not supposed to be (at the edge of the stage).


The costume:
Farrah's (a.k.a Adibah Noor)'s costume was the best! She wanted to wear something like Diana Ross to a friend's birthday party (The theme was the 80s) but she ended up being a Sahara Yaakob (the lady rocker in the 80s)..so, just imagined lah! Oh, CJ (a.k.a Vanida) wore a ot of red outfit. Afdlin's big tummy was really bulging!!!!...time to tone down bro!!!

The verdict:
Hubby said he wanted to watch it again. The young man too. So, it was definitely worth our money to watch our first theater today! 5 stars for this one...Excellent job!!!