As salam semua..

Firstly, mohon kemaafan kpd yg ade text, call, pm or email kite pada tarikh kat atas coz ade yg dapat kite terima dan ade yg x. Roaming sometimes dapat, dan kadang2 tetiba je senyap. Hubby pun x dpt nk reach out. But anyway, kite dah try to answer all. Sekiranya masih ade yg tertinggal, pls sms or email me back ye..

Tanggal 26 June yang lepas, kami berempat (mak, adik, adik ipar & anaknye sorang umur 1 1/2 tahun + me) berangkat ke Jakarta-Bandung. Flight yg dijadualkan at 7am berjalan dengan lancar without any delay. We wake up early about 3.30 am and started to get prepared off to airport. My brother (dak yong) willing to sent us. Pagi2 bute, mata ni ngantuk lagi… I only managed to get about 2 hours sleep. Thats enough? But, fly early is usually my kind of choices. Cepat sampai kononnye..huhuuu

When we reached airport, the crowd is huge. Saturday morning, what do u expect? Right. So many Malaysian, flying to Indonesia. Kenapa la ye kite suka sgt ke sana? My big Q. For me (si tukang bawa), menunaikan tanggungjawab kepada bonda. She’s the one who really excited about the whole trip. Everything went smooth. We had about 30 minutes left before departure. Come and lets d pics do all the talking!

pic 1.0 with my dearest ‘Bonda’

pic 2.0 my brother with his familiy (wife – malina & son – awish)

We arrived at about 9.10am Malaysia time. For uols info, Indonesia is 1 hour late from our time. I wont change the timing on my watch as i prefer it to be earlier coz afraid we might be late due to over shopping excitement. In the plane, the stewardess will gave u 2 forms to be fill up and these forms are for u to forward to the Indonesian Immigation upon your arrival. Please don’t miss place the forms or else u wont be going anywhere and stuck in the airport!

pic 3.0 Upon arrival, Awish amazed with all the air planes

pic 4.0 Before checking in with the Immigration – welcome us

We were picked up by Pak Ugih – our driver (they call ‘supir (soopeer)’ in Bahasa Indonesia). I had arranged earlier with Pak Erwan but since he’s over tight with picking up tourist from malaysia, Pak Ugih also will do. The charges for 1 whole day touring by Pak Ugih was Rp450,000 = RM170 =USD49.732. Thats inclusive of all toll charges, tips to be given to the traffic guy (not the police man haa..), pertamina or minyak bensin (it means petrol) etc. So we just sit and enjoy the ride!

Our 1st destination was to Check In in our hotel – N1 which cost us Rp270,000 = RM90 = USD29.834.

pic 5.0 Our hotel – N1 (reason coz it was near to Tanah Abang shopping centre)

pic 6.0 The room charges per 1 night stay

We placed all the luggage within the hotel reception area (at the back of the counter), and be back after we did all the shopping activities in Tanah Abang (Block A) shopping centre.

pic 7.0 In Tanah Abang – waiting for the lift, going to Lantai 8, Food Court – starving!

pic 8.0 While waiting for our food

pic 9.0 Our Lunch – Sunda dish, Nasi Komplit- (grilled fish, fermented soy bean@tempe, tofu, salad & steam rice)

pic 10 Energy gained, so back on action! nice?

pic 11.0 Embroided Blauses – love it!

pic 12.0 Handbags section – be careful some may not original items (better shop back in Petaling Street)

pic 13.0 One of the dress with full beads embroidery

As for the above dress/abaya, the techniques used were detached stiches (manik tabur) & wings of sequin (manik bersayap). Simple! but look at the output, marvelous right?

Shopping tips in Tanah Abang:

1. Never bargain if u dont really want to buy

2. Once u identify which shop u want, start to bargain with half from the mentioned price

3. But, dont really stay long for only 1 particular shop coz u’ll find another shop at different floor with same item sold and cheaper! Act like u refuse and walk away. The lady/shop owner will start calling u back and we can talk further la..!

More pics coming soon in part 2..

Later.