Fun Facts:
Flying via Air Asia
Hotel: The Akmani, Jakarta (booked via www.booking.com)
Moving Around: Supir, Andy (email for contact #)
Team: Moi, Dotty, Jules and Erna.
The trip was super amazing and fun. We frantically on the move all the time, buying things, eating, talking, singing and God Knows what. Full of colourful drama all the time and its havoc. We started the day early. Flight at 7am. We met at LCCT around 545am. Boarded the flight on time. Kudos AA.
Reached CGK and first drama, how to subscribe to 3G unlimited in CGK. So kepoh lah mak-mak budak. :) Imigration all smooth sailing, picked up our bag and by the time we meet Andy its around 830am local time. Masuk van terus 1st pit stop Tanah Abang. As usual, mula-mula skeptical then we cant stop. Time is running out. So many floors to go,so many things to see. But enuff said, each shopping bags full to the brim just in Round 1. We had lunch at Tanah Abang food court, and solat at its masjid at roof top. It was a very convenience and very clean masjid and not forgetting its toilet too bersih giller...cewek jaga pun lawa amats...
Upon we are in the van, change shopping mode. Now its the material, cotton shopping time. The high spot is Mayestic. Anyone going to CGK, this is a MUST VISIT place. I recommended the girls to 1st stop Centro. This shops sell somehow upscale designer cotton. Pricing slightly expensive but design wise totally different than other shops in Mayestik. I think we had 3 rounds of drink in this shop alone. Drama with the bank for d direct debit and many arguments on how many metres of kain that we need to buy. hahahahahaha..but it was havoc and marvellous.
Centro done with full brim plastic again, move to Fancy. Every kains in this shop basically on the floor. Hahaha, its cheap and design wise pun menarik. If u go to other kain shop pun u will find basically sama macam fancy nih in terms of price wise. Only few selected shop yang stand ala-ala upscale sikit. So we get both fix upscale and moderate tp both pun shopping bagai nak mati. I think the shopkeeper pening with all of us. our mantra, potong nih 4 metre. potong nih 4 metre. After all the cutting baru pening tgk tinggi bukit kain.
Only 2 shops, and its already 7pm. Can u imagine? time flies. Decided to put a stop to it and maybe it is good we check in now. So Andy sent us to the hotel, Thank God its opposite direction. Akmani is basically right in the smack of the Golden Triangle of CGK. Nice hotel and a walking distance to Sarinah. Tak sempat pegi pun.
Once Andy dropped us at the lobby, he went to get us our nasi goreng kambing fix, alas perut. Lapar nak mampus at this point of time. Bila tgk hasil tuaian baru 8 jam i is pengsan. Then we had drama with the reception. Enuff said, do not mess up with us lah, If u confirm a connecting room upon our request, we will get the room. :) So we settle in the room. Wollap some nasik and take turn for shower only to go out again.
The next pit stop is ITC Kuningan and Ambasaddor Mall. We picked up our bargaining skills for DVD here. Enuff said its rm2-rm2.50 per pieces ok and the quality of the picture is like your HD movie. Giller power. Quality utk song pun amatlah bagus. Now I feel regret for not buying more. Skeptikal lagi, now I am regretting it big time.
We stayed till the shop closed and laju mencari tpt makan. Andy recommended us to Satay Khas Senayan and ironically we didnt even ordered a single Satay. Makan gurami lah power..:) tgh makan our beautician dah call and telling us they're waiting already at the hotel lobby. So makan dgn jaya and bergegas balik hotel.
A fren of mine help to get someone to come to the hotel for some manicure, pedicure, hair cream bath & hair+ head+shoulder massage. Bliss. After a long day, it was just perfect. By the time we hit the bed, I dun think I remember a thing except for bliss.
Come tomorrow, we had brekkie at the hotel.FOC part of the hotel package. Then, just checked out straight away. Then we decided to go to tanah Abang again. To get what we supposed to get earlier and finishing up some rupiah. hehehe...Managed to grab more cotton, lace, school bags, telekung and u name it lah...
After Tanah Abang, we went to Grand Indo. Had Lunch in Warung Sunda and later, make up shopping at PAC. Giller best. Then, its macet all the way to the airport. But we dont care except worrying out spa booking may get cancelled. Thank God, all went smooth. Upon checking in, we straight away run to Taman Sari Spa and checked in ourselves for some massage and lulur. Bliss. Habis je treatment, I think is the most craziest thing ever. It's only 30 minutes before flight boarding. Ran to que at imigration and to go thru another scan check and right on time 10 minutes to boarding.
 |
| PAC shopping |
 |
| tmn sari spa |
Masuk flight jer, rasa priceless. Its tiring yes, but with only 2 days, i am actually amazed we managed to get all these done. We covered all the food, the shop, the spa, the fun, the friendship mingle time and etc.
Ladies, tq for sticking up during this short and sweet trip. Hope for more trip to come in future.
p/s: seriously, i feel awkward writing . Lama sgt x update blog kot? Sila google sendiri all the places mention. I am too lazy to hook up the link to each of it.
