Friday, December 19, 2008
Post Jakarta
Dear Beloved Readers,
I'm back from Jakarta!!!! I have to admit that I have not published the photos in Facebook as yours truly had tonnes of things to settle the moment she stepped into the office. And my PC seems to be enjoying the holiday too as he refuses to work today! Come on Sam, I realllly needed you today! Wake up and work will ya?!
Finally at 4.33pm, I can have a decent post on my blog. ;p So Readers, where do I start???
On Fri, I had a fun outing with Herni & beau (red-Addrin) & Tareef. Something that started out to be a lil awkward for the guys ended up in the guys fully immersed in their own similarities and so they started to talking to each other (almost ONLY TO!) and leaving me & Herni listening to them and sometimes feeling a lil jealous that we girls decided to create our own similarities. Anywho, what's an outing without ghost story telling session right? So I guess that's the fun part! Cant wait for session number 2.
On Sat, I woke up early to fetch my galfrens from KL! They decided that they do not want to waste time and proceeded right to a shopping paradise (I was told) the minute they filled up their stomachs. So at around 10plus in the morning, I hailed a cab and proceeded to Mustafa Centre. Why the cab? Well, apart from the fact that I wasn't broke (BONUS remember), I can;y remember how to get to Mustafa. Diyana and I cldn't decide on the correct bus and Yani did not reply on time. So I just cabbit.
Once I reached, the cab driver to drop off at a place so alien to me. I have never seen this side of Mustafa! I went there only twice before and I have always use the same entrance. I followed my instinct and called my galpal, Su and thankfully my guts showed me the right direction coz when I entered, surprise, surprise it was the right building and the right section and there I saw Anum! I didn't really see Anum, bt I saw a girl with tudung and from her back view, I knew she was Malaysian so I took my chances and approached her from behind and hugged her! Nasib baik tk salah orang eh! Then I surprised Su who was atb another side as she was busy asking Amir (her bro) on what perfume he wanted and then trying to pujuk him to not want the perfume he wanted as she did not like the perfume he wanted. Geddit? And so the intro begin and I got to know 2 more frens - Suzee & Saliny!
After shopping (moi shopped toooo! bought Hindi vcds and dvds) and the we went to Sakunthala's for lunch - my treat. After lunch, the gals was deciding on what to do, where to go, where's the biggest sale, warehouse like sales and I said, Expo usually have sales every weekend. So they got soo excited and wanted to take the cab to Expo (they are drivers so going public is not their cup of tea). They asked me along bt I said the cab can only fit four and so we took the train. In the train all of them was soooo shagged (dari mlm kan, naik train) that they all looked like they've just been in a war. Bt I guess the prospect of shopping is keeping them alive. Unfortunately, I didn't know that of all the week, and of all the days, that day was the day that they had some anime show, and some praying session. My, the priests book the whole expo siak!!! So no shopping and so they decided to take cab and check in and rest first before going Suntec at night to meet an old classmate of theirs. I wanted to take train or bus home, when I suddenly remembered that I too need to head down to Bugis to get Yani's birthday gift. That's like the nearest yang ada stock. Aku dah merantau mcm-mcm tempat ttp tk jumpa gak, dan akhirnya, jumpa di Bugis beberapa hari sebelum tu kerana Shasha (or Ira or anak Cik Rouse) told me, "Kak, go find it at that Jap bookstore in Orchard, def have!" I didn't go Orchard of coz, you know how I hate that place but I found Kino in Bugis, which is sooo much better! Got the books, rush home (cabbit again) and then siap2 to go to Yani's place.
Sampai jer, wahhhhh byk org dah.... den salam2, den start lah make up make up session. Nadia make up Mak Long, I make up Atiqah. She's sooooooooooooo gorgeous! Tgklah siapa make up kan, kannnnnn? Anywho, we sempat lah gossip jap, abt my date the nite before and then as usual, started the ghost story telling session. And this time, Fadillah joined in! Yeayyy! More additions to the Cuzzies Clan! I guess will have part 2 tmr at Tiot's wedding. I hope. Or maybe not, sbb nnt kan SUM PEOPLE will just complain about how kiter ni, the cuzzies, tak buat keje, tk tolong-tolong, bt memerap dalam bilik. Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
Memandangkan asik bercerita hantu berturut-turut, disambutlah pulak dgn cerita hantu oley Ibu dan Ayahku ttg kejadian dekattttttttttttttttt sgt sgt dgn rumah, aku terasa takut yg teramat sgt. So I forced Mbakyu to sleep in my room with me. Actually tk kisah sgt lah kalau dier nk tido kat situ ke tk, asalkan sampai aku tertido dier kat situ, jadilah. Selebihnyer, mana ada takut kan. Lil did I know, Diyana, Aini and Amira pun takut and joined in. Mcm slumber party lah pulakkk.
Sun - ermm... i cnt remember what I did on Sun!!! I know I went to meet up with Su and geng for dinner at TM and belanja them Seoul Garden. They insisted on belanjaing me and I insisted on them doing that when I reach KL the nxt time. Yeayyy! I have for paid meals in KL oready. Oh... went to wedding during the day! Met 'Ashy there. After the dinner, I ajaklah bebudak tu come over to my place and tak disangka-sangka they agreed! So terharu! We walked over to my place (duh!) and Anum said, this place is sooooo safe. Alhamdulillah...
They left my place ard 12 plus and I didn't want to delay them further as I know they are very tired and there is gonna be midnite charge and I was also kinda tired and I havent pack yet (biasalah.. penyakit yg aku and along ada... yg diyana confirm tak ader!)
The nxt day is the trip to JKT!!! Mum got ready veryyyy early. In fact she was all ready when I juz woke up at 630am. Nampak sgt tk sabar2. We left at ard 745 and fetch Cik Nah first. At the airport I made full use of the free net access and check my mails and Facebook of coz. Sempat update status and surprise surprise ada lak yg reply. Was very happy and excited to go Jakarta by that time. I got a separate seats from the 3 Makciks bt was secretly hoping to sit beside cute single guys ttp alangkay sedihnyer hati pabila dis old couple (oklah nt that old) datang menyapa. The wife was quite friendly and she spoke to me tru-out the whole flite and gave me lotsa tips and even gave me her number. Bt then again she business woman and for the first 30mins of the flight dia tido, mulut terbuka-buka, berdengkur-dengkur! And as expected, when she saw me filling up the embarkation form, her reaction is "Kamu dari Singapur?" I said yes and she said "Aku pikir kamu dari Indonesia..." and I just nodded my head. I really think its my accent. I mean, I cnt help it if I speak good accents! ;P
Once we step out of the immigration side, I look for the man carrying a poster with my name on it. There was one Airport officer standing with a poster and I went nearer to see the name written on it. And this is what was written:
Mr Nurasikin Bte Mahamar
Without a doubt of coz, I went to him and he quickly said, "Ibu Nur?" I nodded and he quickly called the driver who was waiting for me just outside the immigration counter. A handsome wak-kang. Bt then again, since I've a thing for wak-kangs, all of them are handsome to me. ;p Bt no seriously, he's good looking. He quickly rushed to us, four ladies and like he knew which is "Ibu Nur", he quickly came to me, grabbed my luggage. And then he grabbed my auntie's luggage. So I grabbed my mum's luggage and start berangan superstar Indon mana yang baru balik dari luar negeri selepas buat show. Best nyer....!
We then travelled to our hotel called Ibis Arcadia. Have no clue how it looks like coz I was pretty desperate to book a hotel and secretly imagining how gross that place will be and silently praying to at least let the toilet be look-able. Toilets are my uttermost priority! The smooth ride in the car made me fall in love with Jakarta. Ok, its Indo, what's not to love about? ;p When we reached, I was amazed at how small it is bt yet, it was nicely decorated. The lobby was nice - contemporary design. After checked in, we went to the suite room. Ingatkan bilik kecik lah, sekali mak kau, Besauuuu! Bestnyer.....! Terus cancel order for extra bed, sbb they have this sofa lounge tingy yg red colour (kalau tk salah) and so I chopped that place as my 3days haven. The toilet lak, glass dier ala2 transparent! Tklah transparent sgt, bt very seductive! Tetapi memandangkan aku gi sana ngan mak dan makcik ku, nk seduce siapa sey... Lainlah kalau g ngan.... jeng jeng jeng...
So after the prayers, we went off to the place that was the main reason for our arrival in Jakarta - Pasar Tanah Abang. That place is live infested with people man! Tengok jer ley pening. Since dier mcm bertingkat-tingkat, we decided to go the uppermost floor. Macam-macam kat situ! Kalau nk critakan, mmg ley lawan harry potter series. Untuk memendekkan crita yang mmg sudah panjang berjela pun, I only bought 2 things in Tanah Abang - 1) Batik (2) Baju Kebaya.
Tetapi dua barang ini telah membuat aku kehilangan 2 juta Rupiah! (kalau dolar, mcm tul2 kaya! best nyerrrrrr!) Kenapa 2 juta dolar? Adakah batik dan kebaya di sana harganya sungguh mahal sekali? TIDAKKKKK! Ia murah! TETAPI...
Aku borong macamlah aku ni Paris Hilton. Tak ingat dunia. Asal dier tunjuk, aku kata okey! Last2 bertimbun! Kain batik saja aku beli 25 (itu pun setalah aku tolak half away sbb mcm WAT???! I'M BUYING ALL THIS?! *FAINTS*). N si om kat kedai ni pun, at first ingat kan aku indonesia. Dia kata "dr mana?" aku jawab "dr singapur". after a while of talking and asking him this and that and agreeing to this and that he asked again, "udah brapa lama di singapur?" i gave him a weird look? HUH???? " he asked again. "kamu dr jakarta ya? udah brapa lama kamu pindah ke singapur?" i said " nggak, saya asli singapur. ke sini cuman liburan aja kok. saya bukan warga indonesia" he gave me the weird look. " kamu bukan orang indonesia?" "bukan. saya asli singapur. 100%" "kamu nggak pernah netap disini?" "nggak. malahan ini pertama kali aku jejak ke tanah besar indonesia. seumur hidupku hanaya tinggal di singapur." "masak? nggak mungkin deh!" "ya iya... trus kenapa?" "trus kamu melayu?" "ya, saya melayu" (thr's no need to explain the bugis-jawa-portugis-melayu tingy man!) "nggak mungkin lah!" "ya knp nggak mungkin?" "masak kamu ngomong bahasa indonesia sih?" "ya knp aku nggak bisa ngomong bahasa indonesia?" "kamu kan melayu. melayu nggak bisa ngomong bahasa indonesia." "aku bisa kok. kan bahasanya sama aja. hampir sama." "ya ia, tp nggak pernah kayak kamu. karna itu aku pikir kamu warga sini." i just smiled. this is not the first time this happenend. wat to do? i'm just a natural. n having flings with so many wak-kangs just made me speak the language better i guess.
Baju kebaya set aku beli byk gak. sbb utk pengantin2 akan datang, adik bradik ku yg byk pompan dan utk diriku sendiri kerana I needed a pink baju for Yaya's nikah. N the Baju kebaya damn cheap siot!! Kat sini, bazar jer will sell u ard $100 or even more utk vendor yang nk daylight robbery. Kat sana, gua beli one set $20 beb, top jer $10 beb! Kau bayangkanlah (sesuatu warna, ICI Dulux)!!!
Barang yg ketiga aku beli is at ITC Mangga Dua. Byk fake branded goods, latest2 designs, good quality, kalah Bangkok. And yang paling best tak payah tanya harga. Sumer rp50,000 flat. Which is like $7??? Damn kan! Aku beli those yg cantik2 nyer lah. Bt no LV or Coach or whatever lah, sbb itu nampak sgt fake sey! I bought Chanel and erm... i cnt rmbr wat eh... The design veryyyyyyyyyyy simple and very nice. Logo pun kecik jer. Mula-mula niat nk belikan utk Along, pas tu niat lagi, ah! buat bodoh sudah! Gua nk kebas ini sumer! Kat sana kiter sekejappppp jer, sbb dh ptg n dorang dh nk tutup. (tk fhm knp tmpt2 shopping mcm ni sumer tutp siang!) bt i like that place sey! Mcm tk puas gitu! Biasalah, Shikin nampak beg, mana ingat dunia!
Tapi ada 2 kejadian semasa di Jakarta yg tk bisa aku lupakan.
1) ketika naik teksi utk ke mangga dua (agaknyer lah) , supirnya asks us to show him the directions. when we said we dunno the directions, he said "soalnya, aku kan baru 2 hari kerja disini" n then my mum replied "ia... tp soalnya, kita juga baru 2 hari disini..." hahahha klakar kan!
2) yg ni mcm drama2! on the 1st nite, we all decided that we needed more pillows. so mum called housekeeping to send up more pillows. ONE pillow was send up and soon after that there was knocking on the door. We were puzzled on who could it be. I mean tho i had lotsa friends there, none wld haf came without informing me. I meant only one knew where i was staying anyway. So i stopped from opening the door and ask her to look. she was not tall enough for the hole so I went to take a look. there was 2 men outside. One bald headed, one was wearing a red t-shirt. they kept knocking and ding-donging the door. mum and the aunties got curios on who they were so i told mum to call reception and tell them abt the situation and ask them to send someone up to take a look. after 5 mins of ding-donging, they hid their faces from the hole bt still continued to ding-dong our room bell. it looks like they knew (or suspected) that we were checking them out. the recep said they will lo0ok into it and after a few mins, mum and cik nah pulled 2 chairs and placed it against the door - as a safety precaution should they open the door (delay tactics) and also should we doze off after this. the recep called soon after to say that they are checking their cctv and i told described how they look and what they are doing. the recep says not to worry, to call them if anything and please do not open the door. after a while we heard men talking and then silence. before i could call the recep, they called to say that they sent a man up to chk and that the 2 men said that they got the right room number bt wrong hotel. they wanted to go to another Ibis down the road. (YEAH RITE! MCM AKU BODOH!) n so the security escorted them out, showed them the right hotel and will monitor the guests coming in and out of the hotel. I requested for a security guard to monitor our room (mcm bodyguard) and they said they have that covered. they will also monitor the cctv camera to ensure safety bt meanwhile please do not open the door to strangers. i asked the possibility of changing rooms bt she assured me that it was not necessary. i didn't mind bt i checked with the mothers and they decided to let fate decides. at most, the four of us will end up hitting the headlines withe four singaporeans foud dead. cool kan?
so that's basically how my jakarta trip went. I have not put the pics up on facebook bt will try to do so on the 2nd week of january when hopefully things are no longer that hectic.
So Gentle Readers,
how did your holiday go?
Posted by DiStUrBeD AnGeL at 4:22 PM
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wkend Updated!
Hi folks! I'm back...! (I think!)
I've finished approving applications, ammending and loading reports, and approved some waiting lists, and raised up some quotations... I think my work is almost done! Yeeehhhhhaaaa!!!
This means I have time to blog. Phew! Where do yours truly start... ermmm... lemme seee...
Today is the 12th of Dec 08 - meaning that it's....
Yani's Birthday!!!!
Happy 21st Sweetlings!!!!!!
Today also means that it's....B-O-N-U-S Time!!!!
YABADABADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I am positively very happy today! Bt I shall not say too much, just in case that I'll jinx it as there are a few hours more to go. Bt generally, I'm happy as tmr I'll be meeting my cuzzies for Yani's SURPRISE birthday party! ;p Plus, Su, my beloved best friend from KL, is coming to town tonight and will reach SG tmr morning! I'm spending the 2 days with Su & friends and then on Monday, I'm off to Jakarta!!!!
Not so excited about the trip yet tho. Always like this! Bt hopefully I'll have fun ya.. I'll post the pics up on Facebook definitely. Here, I won't promise. Back on Wed, I think I'll rush to Batam on Thurs to get some stuffs. I begged Yani to go with me, as its very last min. I hope she will accompany me.
Bt a new revelation came yesterday... err..
I cn only tell u guys abt it after tonite... wic means... i cn only blog in on th 19th earliest! ;p
(plus I know my mum is reading this lah kan....)
Gentle Readers,
Do pray hard for me and hopefully I'll have so much fun in jkt!!!
See ya!!!!
Posted by DiStUrBeD AnGeL at 12:58 PM
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Blowing off some of the dust
I'm not back for good. yet.
I do apologise for not updating the blog tho.
"Forgive me Readers for I have been missing"
I've been meaning to blog about everything since Atiqah's comeback and she has been backed for almost 3 weeks already! Gulp! How times flies!!! 5 more weeks before she turned into a KIWI. Amd this also means that a cousin will be getting hitched in less than 3 weeks. Hmmm.....
Anywho, I really missed blogging and I guess that's why I am here rambling a bit. Either that or I am just soooo bored and tired of reading over 600 application forms. And yes - I have to go approve them one by one. Darn!!!
Oh ya! Tmr is my big day! I'm getting my national award! Yippeeeee!!!
N on another note, my sayang Lil R is going to be star!!! He's acting tonite!!! Cool kan!!! Juz hope he won't get beaten up or abuse by his loser-father, penagih lah katakan... *konon-konon ikut skrip ni..* tho wen come to think of it, i did not see the skrip!
oh yeah, gtg, I still have over 300 application form to approve or reject or to refer to somewhere else. Miss u lots Gentle Readers!!!
Posted by DiStUrBeD AnGeL at 2:51 PM