9th December 2007
Took AirAsia from Medan to Jakarta. Since the Medan domestic airport was under renovation, we did not have any meals before boarding. I was super hungry while waiting and once we were on board, I couldnt wait to order the meals. The bf even told the stewardess that his gf is having gastric and need to get food asap..hahha! We ordered sandwich, maggi mee, potato chips and coke. Hmm I waited for the nasi kunyit but it was out of stock when the tray reached our seats.
Look what I did to him when he's trying to sleep..LOL!
The domestic airport in Jakarta is so simple. You dont have to allow anyone to check on your luggage at all. Hmm I wonder if those drug addicts can pass through easily..unlike in Msia the security is so strict that the officer will wanna check on what you have.
Next we checked in the Ciputra hotel and walked to the mall beside for dinner. Ta Wan. That's the place we had our lunch and dinner for almost 3 days. It's a Chinese restaurant serving typical Chinese dishes. The food is really nice and cheap. We're there everyday and the waitress recognised us and the table we usually sit on..haha!
And see what the miserable me doing in the mens' department.Dad was looking for shoes and the bf was playing a fool on me. Really memalukan. The salesperson keep staring at both of us. They must be wondering why this 2 adults are acting like 5-year-old kids.
I admire the weddings in Indonesia especially the big board of notification on the newly wed couple. Everywhere you can see the beautiful wedding board especially outside the restaurants or hotels. At first I didnt know what is the purpose of the board. I thought it was supposed to inform the public that the couple are married and no one can flirt with them anymore..hahha!
10th December 2007
Another shopping day at Mangga Dua Mall. The mall is so huge that you can even get lost. At first we were on the other side and have no idea how to link over to another side of the building. We couldnt find the entrance that we came from. Luckily dad still recognize some of the places around there and he brought us to the China Town. There are many stalls at the China Town and mind you..they dont only have one China Town ok but many! I mean the China Town is in the same place but it is separated.
They even have karaoke session opened to the public. I saw a lady wearing sexily singing at the China Town. No idea she was the invited singer or just the customers eating in China Town. Their China Town is more to the food sections instead of selling things.
Another thing that I admire is..PIZZA HUT! I couldnt believe that they have so much of variety compared to ours! We have not much choice in our Pizza Hut, but in Indonesia you can choose so many variety such as western food, pizzas, rice, noodles and etc! Have a look at the menu and you'll know what is called variety!
Which PIZZA HUT do you prefer now? ;)
11th December 2007
Senayan Plaza. Meet up with Felita. My ex-collegemate in Taylors Business School. We had lunch in one of the Japanese Restaurant in Senayan Plaza. I miss the Japanese food so much..it's really delicious! I guess I'm gonna contact Felita to go for the Japanese food again..hahha! Here's some of the best dishes I love..
And they have the biggest LEGO exhibition in Asia which is displayed in the ground concourse of Senayan Plaza.
Oh..taking the photo above is difficult. We gotta take the photo immediately before the security guard saw us. According to Felita, it is prohibited to take photos in the shopping mall. Hmm..this is another different tradition from Msia. In Msia, we get to take photos anywhere we want right? But it's different in Indonesia. However we still managed to take some beautiful photos..
I regret that we leave on the 12th Dec coz there's GUCCI sales going on the 14th!! Arrghh! The sales is from 20-50% and that is a lot! We seldom has that much of discounts in Msia. I should have stay longer there so that I can join in for the sales!! Felita knows how sad I am..hehhe!
12th December 2007
Time to go home. In the morning we hang out again in Ciputra Hotel with dad's friends. Then we had our last meal in Ta Wan before heading to the airport. We reached the airport early coz dad said the traffic jam in Indonesia is unpredictable..hahha! But it's true..we cant predict the traffic jam at all. No idea how long we can reach the destination when there's jam. And lastly, here's some photos taken in the Jakarta airport before we fly back to Kuala Lumpur ;)
And now AirAsia have 1901 hotdog burgers..I realised that I never miss to order the food on board..LOL!
GOODBYE INDONESIA! But no worries..I'll be going Jakarta and Medan again on Feb and March. And I guess starting from April, I'll be staying there for a longer period to focus on my work. I hope my team would join me along and let's work hard now!
Hmm I think this is a long post right? I dont owe any of you on Indonesia photos and in the next entry, I'm gonna post up pics on Janice's wedding which I attended last week ;)
Take care! 
Finally I'm free to blog on my Indonesia trip, but I dont think so I can finish blogging on the 6 days trip. I'll just blog part by part. It's almost a month since I'm back from Indonesia..and it's the most outdated post I've ever had. Usually I'm really excited to blog on my holidays right after I'm back. It's different this time..there's too many things to do and I'm really busy. I just came back from The Curve and yam cha session at Old Town,Kota Damansara. Since it's still early, I'm gonna post in an entry now..
6th December 2007
Arrived at Medan airport around 4pm (if i'm not mistaken..LOL). Dad's friend sent his driver to pick us up from the airport and headed to his office. Lepak a while there and went to the newly build 5-stars hotel, The Aryaduta Hotel. I miss that hotel especially the beautiful view from our room. The swimming pool was so tempting but I couldnt jump in..*women's best friend*
At night, we met up with Julie and Jelita at the Merdeka Walk nearby our hotel. We had dinner at the Nelayan Restaurant. There's an event for the Christians at Merdeka Walk. It is something like our St Anne's in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. Many people gathered in the spacious field for prayers and songs. Oh..in Medan the language mostly spoken by the Chinese is Hokkien. Thus I can still survive there..hahha!
Merdeka Walk is only 5 minutes walk from The Aryaduta Hotel. I find it something like our Bukit Bintang Street. The funny thing is..before we came out from the hotel, I asked the security guard of Aryaduta Hotel..
"May I know where's the Bintang Walk? Is it far from the hotel?"
He looked at me weirdly and he's kinda confused. Then I realised that I'm supposed to ask him where's Merdeka Walk instead of Bintang Walk!! LOL..I'm so used to our Bintang Walk. No wonder the guard is blur. If he knows where's Bintang Walk, then I think he'll reply me "It's very far from Medan!" Hahhah..
7th December 2007
Had breakfast in hotel and started our journey exploring the Medan city. We took the cab to my dad's friend office and walked from streets to streets, exploring the things they sell and etc. It was a hot day. After almost 3 hours of exploring, I finally surrendered. So Dad suggested that we go to the Sun Plaza, which is one of the biggest shopping mall in Medan.
And how can you say I'm not a fan of Dome? I can even choose Dome although I'm in Medan..hahha! The Dome in Medan is much cheaper than in Malaysia. The caesar salad there is only about RM11 and it's RM17 in Malaysia. Perhaps I should try the Domes in every country I visit..hehhe! Too bad they dont offer any discounts no matter how often you go there, unlike Coffee Bean.
I did not buy anything from Sun Plaza coz I find those things are common and we have it in Msia as well. After Dome, we took cab back to our hotel to take a rest. Gonna meet up with Julie and Jelita for dinner. Once we reached the hotel, the boyfriend said he wants to dip into the pool..wth! How can he tempt me..and he even asked me to take his photo when he's down there..isk! I really thought of inserting the tampon and jump into the pool, but I'm lazy..hahha!
Syiok betul..ish! At night Julie and Jelita came to our hotel and picked us for dinner. We had dinner at Lembur Kuring Restaurant. Quite a distance from our hotel..no way we can walk there. We had Indonesian food for dinner. Ordered ikan gurame, gado-gado, sambal kangkung, satay kacang, sup asam. Ikan gurame is famous in Indonesia. They fried the fish in a way that it stands up when it is served. Quite special..
Illustration from the menu
Here's what we had for dinner
8th December 2007
Free and easy day again. No idea where to go. After dad meet up with his friends, we went to Medan Mall. It is also another big complex in Medan with lots of shops selling handphones! It is even more than the handphones stalls we have in Sungai Wang. On that day, there's an event held at Medan Mall. It's the motor show, where those bikes are already being modified.
I love this pink bike. Too bad I dont have motor license..hehhe! There are other bikes which are beautifully modified but I did not take any photos of it. Not interested in bikes unlike dad. I couldnt recall what we did in Medan Mall but I remembered I bought a pair of sandals coz my sandal spoilt halfway during shopping. I guess you can imagine how much I've walked in Medan til my sandals would wanna say goodbye to me.
Dinner time. Had our goodbye dinner with Julie and Jelita. We went for steamboat coz I suggested that I'd like to try the steamboat in Medan. I'm a fan of steamboat in KL..hehhe! There's once where I got addicted to steamboat. I can have steamboat for like 4 times a week! Crazy!
I miss the kuey teow bolos very much. It is so delicious although it looks plain. And we ate the special fried chicken. Look at the fillings in the fried chicken. It is filled with duck egg's yolks and the taste is really best! The steamboat is similar to ours..not much difference. That was our goodbye dinner in Medan. Julie brought his lil bro along. And Julie bought us the famous kuih bolu made in Medan.
Look at the thick layer of cheese in it. Tempting?? Hmm you can only get it in Medan. Thanks Julie!
9th December 2007
Time to leave Medan. Our flight to Jakarta was around 1pm. I had a big surprise when arrived at Medan domestic airport! When we reached, I couldnt see the airport at all..and the next thing I saw was this..
That was the check in place!! I was so shocked to see that..LOL! And I sms-ed Julie immediately asking her what has happened to their domestic airport. I thought it was like that. And she said that their domestic airport was caught in fire few weeks ago and it is still under renovation. So this is their temporary airport..hehhe!
This is the waiting hall..hehhe! Everyone waited in the temporary waiting hall without air-cont. Only fans. And the authorities provide free mineral water to the passengers. Luckily our flight was not delayed. If not I'll suffer from the heat and hunger. However I did not grumble much coz I did have a pleasant stay in Medan. Thanks a lot Julie and Jelita!!
That's all for now..wait for the next post on Jakarta k! *wink*
Happy New Year everyone! Let's start a brand new year with new resolutions. I'd like to wish all of you to have a great year ahead in 2008. Time flies and I'm a year older now. Stepping into the world of 22 aint fun. Perhaps I would not admit that I'm 22 this year. Coz I just celebrated my 21st birthday! How can I tell that I'm not 22 huh?? hehhe..
My countdown for year 2008 was in Genting. Went there with the boyfriend, Robert, Delia and Alex. It was sort of family gathering there. The boyfriend's whole big group of family is there for the countdown. And we even meet up with WeiJen in the casino. Oh I'm proud to enter the casino without feeling nervous..hahha! In fact no one checked on me yesterday. Hmm..
We were in the casino til almost 4am and we went to tapao Burger King and KFC back to the room. Then 5 of us chit chat til almost 6am. They were laughing at each other's pasts..and we even goss:p bout so and so. We woke up at around 2pm today, headed for dim sum and bak kut teh and entered into the casino again to gamble for their last few rounds of roulette. Meanwhile I wasted RM10 to play the jackpot machine. Ahh..it's a waste of money. I never win before. Last night I taught Delia to play the Keno. It's something like Bingo. And we both lost as well..hahha!
Moral of the story: Do not gamble!
I've came across an article in Marie Claire stating that the possibility of winning in any gambling is even slimmer that being attacked by terrorists. Gambling is the silent killer that robbed away our money silently..is it true right? In the casino, you dont even realised how fast time passed and how much your money are gone within few rounds of game. I never like my boyfriend to gamble, although it's for leisure. A no means no..leisure in gambling will turn into nightmare!
Photos taken last night at the Bakery Cafe
Photos taken before we get down from Genting
What bout your New Year Eve celebration? I'm sure it is also a blast one right? 
Actually I've got lots and lots of photos to post up..but it's the time problem...hehhe! I've already resized all the photos just now and I guess uploading it in xanga will be very soon. Previously the photos taken in Indonesia was in 5M size, and I managed to resize all today, including the photos taken during Alex's sis wedding on Sunday.
The wedding dinner will be held this coming Sunday. I've got a dress for the dinner, and heels as well. But I've not idea where to go for make-up and hair-do. It's ok..I still have time. Oops..I just remembered me and Delia were planning to go Bangsar today for shopping..but now both of us has forgotten! She said there's this boutique that sells many nice dresses. So I thought of giving myself a chance to do some small shopping after the hardwork done for a week.
Looking Back Year2007
I hope I could recall what I've did for the entire year..hehhe! I'll list down some of the great things that I've done and also those sweet memories..hehhe!
Holidays - I'm lucky enough that I travelled to few places in a year. (Jan) Hong Kong, (Feb) Thailand - Au Nang beach, Krabi, Hatyai, PhiPhi, (Apr) Redang, (Jun) Singapore, (Sept) Sipadan, (Oct) Bangkok, and (Dec) Indonesia - Medan and Jakarta. Those are the major towns that I remembered..hehhe!
Academic - I've graduated my Bachelor of Degree in Finance and Marketing in University Technology of Sydney, finishing it locally in Taylor's Business School. I would say this is one of the proud achievement in my academic.
Events - I'm proud to attend the MIM National Conference 2007 held in Mandarin Oriental Hotel. I forgot to blog on that..hahha! Dont worry I'll do so..with us are the big CEOs from big companies such as Public Bank, Genting Group, Royal Selangor, MAS, and many more. The best thing is we got to chat with Justin Leong..the grandson of the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong!
People - Meet with many new friends and I'd like to say thanks to those who had helped me throughout my tough journey and be there as my FRIENDS
Career - I would say I had done well in my part time career with Maxis as their SME agent. My hard work in it has taught me a lot in facing the working life in the future. Best of all..the hard work I've put in so far, has also helped me to top up my bank savings..hehhe! In 2008, I've decided to leave this job and to enter into the multilevel marketing. I find its income attractiveness can outweigh the income of working as Maxis agent. So why not give myself a chance? I'm giving myself 6 months to achieve the desired level in MLM..and now, which is already a month, I find myself doing well and has entered into the position which earns minimum of RM2k..why not give it a try right? ;) After the Chinese New Year, I'll spend most of my time in either Indonesia or Vietnam expanding the career. Wish me luck!
So far that's what I can think of for the year 2007. I think I'll add on more to the lists when I recalls k..it's time for dinner with Robert and Delia. New Year Dinner..hehhe! I hope all of you have your new year resolutions and may your dreams come true! Take care..
