1001 Tales of THE-KEK™

This is a very LONG post

As I did blogged earlier, this trip was an impromtu. No details plan had been made. Hubby simply did all the booking and we were thinking of gambling our hearts out there. No expection, just do it. Yet, Munz came as a saviour by offering a great supir svcs. Thank Munz, we did a right choice by having one. So the whole shebang begins...

Day 1(26th Apr)
What a great start with a 2 hrs delay. Bengang banget makcik. Yet, after all the hassle of killing ourtime at nothing much LCCT airport, we arrived in Sukarno Hatta Airport, Jakarta with Sharul(guides) and Bubul(the supir) waiting for us. The flight was ok, Efi was ok all the way. Straight away heads to Alila. We really need to strengthen our back for a while. The hotel was great. The room was spacious and yes as usual I am all ok with its comfy pillow and mattress. Later the duo picked us up an hour after checked in and straight away heads to the nearest Sari Bundo for a melantak session of a good glorious nasi padang. We hardly can lift our body again.
Later, we head to Sarinah Plaza for a batik check out. What else, Elin & co did some shopping here. All those lovely silk ambroided are to die for. Mampusla, beraya sakan tahun nih. After batik fiesta, we hijack a Polo boutique. Bought few shirts and decide to give our first exrcise a break. We adjourned for a lil bit of city tour. We saw all those beautiful monuments, Monas Tower and seeing all the street singer at each trafic lights. Amazing. We settled for and early night. Tomorrow will be another long day.

Day 2(27th Apr)
Bandung here we come. Bandung is just about 2 hrs drive from Jakarta. We reached Bandung about 11am. It was very wet, and raining heavily. But this will not loosen my spirit. I am all geared up. We had an early lunch at the food court in Bandung Plaza or something, dont seems to get it right. I am just too busy concentrating on all those factory outlets(FO). We went from one FO to another. The good part is Efi fall into a deep sleep after lunch. So thats left both hubby and myself an ease to shop. He dun even wake up when we have to lift him from the stroller and put him back when we reach another outlets.
Since it was raining very bad, I dun even snap a single photos in Bandung. But my hands could not stop picking stuffs from the rack. Hubby is swamp with all his working clothes. Mmg syurga branded goods here. Even hubby agreed to come back next year. (Huzzah). Even with a ciput budget that we have, we managed to swap tonnes of goodies. It just too good to be true seeing many branded names on the rack. I got few bags(whats new huh?), lingerie(VS and what nod) and few bed linens from Laura Ashley. Seronok makcik. And also few stuffs for Efi for being very good. Luckily we only made a day trip here. Or else I will be broke to the last hole. We practically made our supir stop for a last FO at Rumah Model even it was very late already and very very wet. Luckily we did so. I got a nice tangerine colour pure silk blouse for only rm25. Reached Jakarta late night just on time to be the last customer for a Sundan dinner next to our hotel.

Day 3(28th April)
We started quite late. 11am. Just too tired. Lazying around in the room, finally appreciating the hotel. Anyway 1st stop is Tanah Abang, where u can get tonnes of fabrics and telekung over here. Damn, it was very cheap to get a very nice embroided telekung. Again, I falled into it. I even went oohs and aaahs seeing over the stacks of curtain fabric. They also have a counter set up to help u with sewing and measuring everything. Curlast. Next pit stop is Blok M. It is less modern than other mall in Jakarta but still very much alive. Had our lunch at the food court there and just spent few moments strolling the shops inside it.
One thing to note, the city is just very much congested. If u think KL traffic is bad, Jakarta is worst. It really takes our time very much to be trasported from one place to another. If u do not know the city, you will b easily paying a lot for taxi fares thats why we get a supir. It really helps. Another thing, it is very interesting to see the people and its fashion. According to the locals, Bandung is the most trendeous area. jakarta will be getting it trends within 1 month time. But KL city will only get most of it in 1 year time. Oh, no wonder.
Moving on, after our late lunch, we head to Senayan area. This place is just super duper nice. We spend the whole evening in Senayan. Plaza Senayan is the most stylish shopping center in Jakarta. I just love it. All the branded boutiques and what not. But nope, I did not buy anything here. But i just love it going inside out from LV, Aigner, Jimmy Choo, Dior, Miu Miu and u name it. They also have those Guess Kids, OKBG, Pumpkin Patch and what not. Except prices are somehow slightly expensive by 10% in Jkt compared to KL. From my observation all the later branded house esp those UK originated like M&S, Zara, TopShop, Next are selling things like 10-15% expensive than KL. But their range of products definitely worth to shout about.

Just right infront of this, Senayan City stood tall. It is named ‘Senayan City' Complex due to the presence of a Glimmering Shopping Mall, Multi-Purpose Complex Office Building, a luxurious apartment tower and a five-star boutique hotel. It has Debenhams, TopShops, Zara, Gap and many more. And ladies, before I go further, Jakarta is just heaven for those lvoely tunic and also gorgeous looking resemblance like Emilio Pucchi prints. Geram banget.

To close the day, we visited Plaza Indonesia. I like the way the entrance having rows of sofa for patrons to sit while waiting for a car to pick them up and Starbucks must be making tonnes of money as the smell of coffee brewing really caught everyone attention. At this place again, all those fashion houses are located. I skipped that and straight away enter my infamous Charles and Keith. Nothing much, just anoher pair of striking red open heel for moi. Yet, all shoes and bags are definitely more than the one in KK. Moi also went ballistic topping up my basic inner wear stuffs in Debenhams and as usual Liz Clairborne in Debenhams will give a good buy, so another handbag to add to my collection. We bought few Polo shirts for Efi and that somehow close the shopping stuffs. Had dinner at the food jucntion and close the day by packing up all the stuffs to ensure it fits our luggage. Thank God, I purposely bought an extra bags and pack light from home. Coming with 1 bag, going back with 3 bags. :)

Day 4(29th Apr)
Morning come. Feeling quite sad as we're leaving today. Spend the morning exploring the hotels and straight away to the airport. Finished up all rupiah at Batik Kris souvenir shop. Board the plane and straight away fallen asleep. Reached KL late noon, tired but happy.
Overall, I am one damn happy lady. Thank you sayang for making this trip happening. I know with our current limited budget, we can still make it for this. As he said, this is a combo celebration. My last 28th birthday and also our early annivessary celebration. It was great. I surely will come back to jakarta again for more fabric buying and definitely Bandung will be in our calendar of event next year.

p/s: More picture will be uploaded in fotopages later!