Happy New Year from Bandung...
30th December 2004
Depart to Bandung, Indonesia with Air Asia. Satu pengalaman yang tak dapat dilupakan, flight 7:35am but still not able to check-in at 7:30am coz Air Asia’s counter terlalu ramai lah manusia, Indonesian going back home… some of them ikut suka je potong Q, penat beratur tau dari pukul 6:30am, feel like I’m at a bus station. KLIA airport suppose to be an international airport, turn into one kampung airport. Nasib takde orang bawak ayam, kambing, and then suka-suka je duduk bersila depan pintu boarding hall, coz flight delay until 9:00am.. And the ground staffs not even utter a word about the delay. Mood nak pergi holiday pun hilang, jadi marah.. Dalam flight pulak macam-macam bau-bauan ada, boleh pening kepala… Some experience not anybody ready to go thru this… Sampai Bandung also the same, rasa bengang betul dengan orang yang suka potong Q ni, bila tegur pun rasa wasting time je… Satu lagi yang membengangkan, my luggage lock kena pecah, lucky they didn’t manage to open the beg coz got 2nd lock… Kena cari beg baru lah nampak nya.. Sedih, beg tu dah merantau ke banyak negara bersama ku..
me in Bandung..
The hotel representative fetches us from the airport to Hotel Jayakarta in Dago. It’s badly jammed but it gives me the opportunity to look around for shopping places... Reach hotel, got deluxe room but problem with the air-cond so manage to change and upgrade the room. Nice but cozy.
At noon, we had a walk along Jl Ir H Juanda in Dago to look for a restaurant and found a place called Pringgodani – Ayam Goreng & Bakar. The pringgodani chicken was great. After lunch, we walk back to the hotel; weather was chill but climbing up the hill was a good exercise… The hotel situated slightly up the hill.
Sebelah petang pulak, pergi gym for about 1 hour lepas tu jump into the swimming pool… sejuk giler, tak boleh nak swim, menggigil satu badan, terus masuk dalam hot whirlpool. Berendam.
At night, naik Angkutan Kota (Angkot), lebih kurang macam bus mini (tapi yang ni van), laju, berhimpit-himpit, dah tahu penuh pun orang masih nak masuk and duduk saja, walaupun ruang hanya cukup untuk sebelah punggung. Naik angkot dengan tujuan untuk ke BIP (Bandung Indah Plaza) tapi sampai sana most of the shopping centre (or they called it swalayan) closed very early. We had our dinner at my fav Hoka-Hoka Bento. Going back to hotel with angkot, tapi salah angkot, so kena bayar double.. Exhausted, terus tidur mati sampai pagi..
31st December 2004
Plan nak pergi gym pagi jam 7:00 tapi terlalu letih, tak boleh bangun, terus tidur sehingga jam 9:00am. We had our breakfast after that, quite heavy.
Plan to walk around town but the rain stopped us… So change plan, have a massage at their SPA. Not so good! After that, we decided to try the local food, called Batagor… Walk up the hill to one of the warung and buy Batagor… Batagor made of tahu with fish paste inside and special sauce for dipping. The taste is very delicious!!!
In the evening, took angkot again to Jl Cihampelas but most of the shop closed for New Year eve. So no choice we have to go back and singgah at wartel to call home (kesian, my mom tunggu my call since yesterday, I sent sms, tapi tak sampai) and on the way, we stop at Cibiuk Restaurant for our dinner. A Sundanese food. The sambal sangat lah sedap. Dalam perjalanan balik, singgah beli mertabak manis (apam balik actually) and rambutan.
Sundanese food...
We’ve decided not to celebrate New Year because of the Tsunami. View the firecracker from the balcony.
1st January 2005
What a lousy breakfast everyday… The plan for gym always out of my control… After breakfast we jump into the pool walaupun tau swimming pool tu sejuk giler.. Suatu ketika dulu, Bandung sejuk macam Cameran Highland tapi sekarang dah tak lagi, tapi dekat atas bukit masih boleh rasa lagi lah… The most popular in Dago is their Tea… They have Tea Plantations up the hill. They plant vegetables as well.
At noon, we took angkot until the Simpang and walk along Jl Ir. H Juanda. We pass by the popular ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung), Zoo and do some shopping at their factory outlets. Jalan punya jalan, adalah dalam 5km.. Kalau dah shopping, tak sedar dah jauh berjalan, penat pun hilang. Singgah sebentar di Kartika Sari for lunch… Makan nasi rames and batagor… Dah suka pulak dengan batagor ni…
Balik hotel, singgah lagi kat warung atas bukit tu untuk beli Batagor… That’s our dinner… diet konon.
2nd January 2005
After a heavy breakfast, in the afternoon, we took angkot and continue shopping kat Jl Ir H Juanda, tapi dah tak tau apa nak beli, coz semuanya lebih kurang sama je.. Singgah kat Restaurant Dago Penyawangan … for lunch at about 3pm… After that naik angkot to BIP. We call home from the wartel. (my mom berlari jawab telefon, menunggu anak kesayangan nya call)
On the way back, we packed food from Hoka-Hoka Bento and some jagung for our dinner in the room. Our return flight is in the morning 9:05am so I do my packing at night and put alarm at 6:00am. Takut tak bangun pulak nanti.
3rd January 2005
Early wake-up, early breakfast, goodbye Jayakarta Hotel, Dago and goodbye Bandung. If I ever go to Jakarta again (which I foresee yes), I’ll make my trip to Bandung via train for Batagor and Cibiuk! chow..
Depart to Bandung, Indonesia with Air Asia. Satu pengalaman yang tak dapat dilupakan, flight 7:35am but still not able to check-in at 7:30am coz Air Asia’s counter terlalu ramai lah manusia, Indonesian going back home… some of them ikut suka je potong Q, penat beratur tau dari pukul 6:30am, feel like I’m at a bus station. KLIA airport suppose to be an international airport, turn into one kampung airport. Nasib takde orang bawak ayam, kambing, and then suka-suka je duduk bersila depan pintu boarding hall, coz flight delay until 9:00am.. And the ground staffs not even utter a word about the delay. Mood nak pergi holiday pun hilang, jadi marah.. Dalam flight pulak macam-macam bau-bauan ada, boleh pening kepala… Some experience not anybody ready to go thru this… Sampai Bandung also the same, rasa bengang betul dengan orang yang suka potong Q ni, bila tegur pun rasa wasting time je… Satu lagi yang membengangkan, my luggage lock kena pecah, lucky they didn’t manage to open the beg coz got 2nd lock… Kena cari beg baru lah nampak nya.. Sedih, beg tu dah merantau ke banyak negara bersama ku..
me in Bandung..
The hotel representative fetches us from the airport to Hotel Jayakarta in Dago. It’s badly jammed but it gives me the opportunity to look around for shopping places... Reach hotel, got deluxe room but problem with the air-cond so manage to change and upgrade the room. Nice but cozy.
At noon, we had a walk along Jl Ir H Juanda in Dago to look for a restaurant and found a place called Pringgodani – Ayam Goreng & Bakar. The pringgodani chicken was great. After lunch, we walk back to the hotel; weather was chill but climbing up the hill was a good exercise… The hotel situated slightly up the hill.
Sebelah petang pulak, pergi gym for about 1 hour lepas tu jump into the swimming pool… sejuk giler, tak boleh nak swim, menggigil satu badan, terus masuk dalam hot whirlpool. Berendam.
At night, naik Angkutan Kota (Angkot), lebih kurang macam bus mini (tapi yang ni van), laju, berhimpit-himpit, dah tahu penuh pun orang masih nak masuk and duduk saja, walaupun ruang hanya cukup untuk sebelah punggung. Naik angkot dengan tujuan untuk ke BIP (Bandung Indah Plaza) tapi sampai sana most of the shopping centre (or they called it swalayan) closed very early. We had our dinner at my fav Hoka-Hoka Bento. Going back to hotel with angkot, tapi salah angkot, so kena bayar double.. Exhausted, terus tidur mati sampai pagi..
31st December 2004
Plan nak pergi gym pagi jam 7:00 tapi terlalu letih, tak boleh bangun, terus tidur sehingga jam 9:00am. We had our breakfast after that, quite heavy.
Plan to walk around town but the rain stopped us… So change plan, have a massage at their SPA. Not so good! After that, we decided to try the local food, called Batagor… Walk up the hill to one of the warung and buy Batagor… Batagor made of tahu with fish paste inside and special sauce for dipping. The taste is very delicious!!!
In the evening, took angkot again to Jl Cihampelas but most of the shop closed for New Year eve. So no choice we have to go back and singgah at wartel to call home (kesian, my mom tunggu my call since yesterday, I sent sms, tapi tak sampai) and on the way, we stop at Cibiuk Restaurant for our dinner. A Sundanese food. The sambal sangat lah sedap. Dalam perjalanan balik, singgah beli mertabak manis (apam balik actually) and rambutan.
Sundanese food...
We’ve decided not to celebrate New Year because of the Tsunami. View the firecracker from the balcony.
1st January 2005
What a lousy breakfast everyday… The plan for gym always out of my control… After breakfast we jump into the pool walaupun tau swimming pool tu sejuk giler.. Suatu ketika dulu, Bandung sejuk macam Cameran Highland tapi sekarang dah tak lagi, tapi dekat atas bukit masih boleh rasa lagi lah… The most popular in Dago is their Tea… They have Tea Plantations up the hill. They plant vegetables as well.
At noon, we took angkot until the Simpang and walk along Jl Ir. H Juanda. We pass by the popular ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung), Zoo and do some shopping at their factory outlets. Jalan punya jalan, adalah dalam 5km.. Kalau dah shopping, tak sedar dah jauh berjalan, penat pun hilang. Singgah sebentar di Kartika Sari for lunch… Makan nasi rames and batagor… Dah suka pulak dengan batagor ni…
Balik hotel, singgah lagi kat warung atas bukit tu untuk beli Batagor… That’s our dinner… diet konon.
2nd January 2005
After a heavy breakfast, in the afternoon, we took angkot and continue shopping kat Jl Ir H Juanda, tapi dah tak tau apa nak beli, coz semuanya lebih kurang sama je.. Singgah kat Restaurant Dago Penyawangan … for lunch at about 3pm… After that naik angkot to BIP. We call home from the wartel. (my mom berlari jawab telefon, menunggu anak kesayangan nya call)
On the way back, we packed food from Hoka-Hoka Bento and some jagung for our dinner in the room. Our return flight is in the morning 9:05am so I do my packing at night and put alarm at 6:00am. Takut tak bangun pulak nanti.
3rd January 2005
Early wake-up, early breakfast, goodbye Jayakarta Hotel, Dago and goodbye Bandung. If I ever go to Jakarta again (which I foresee yes), I’ll make my trip to Bandung via train for Batagor and Cibiuk! chow..
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