WEEKEND ACTIVITIES 20-21 FEBRUARY 2010

Saturday. Not much activity to do this week except for Ednel wanting to buy a gift for his upcoming Family Day in Bagan Lalang end of next week. We went to Berjaya Times Square, book our movie tickets for Percy Jackson, the only available time was at 7.00 pm. For lunch, we went to Chee Meng's Chicken Rice in Bukit Bintang, the place we intended to go last week but was closed. This halal restaurant was opened since 1965 and considered one of the best chicken rice in town.

Later we went to Metrojaya, BB where Ed bought the gift there. Still got 3 hours to go before the show, we went to KTV nearby to improve our vocals technique hehe... Went back to BTS and watched Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief. I must say this is a fun movie to watch. For full review, go to Ednel's blog here.

Afterward, we had our dinner at Papa John nearby. Ed went back home to prepare for his journey to Penang tomorrow. He and his family will be attending a wedding there.

I went back home, refreshed myself and drove to Panzer's house in Bandar Putera Mahkota reaching there near midnite. Leo and Amri, Sharul and Wan were there too. We had movies marathon, watching few movies i.e ghost movies, a dance movie and Malay movie not according to that order, I think. I dozed in between movies but I must say Keramat, the Indonesian ghost movie which resembles Blair Witch Project had its scary moments. (read the review here)..Rahtree (Reborn) , a Thai ghost movie with such a confusing tale and Pisau Cukur in which surprisingly is one good movie. Fazura and Maya Karin acted naturally and were fun to watch but I dunno about the ending coz I was unable to watch this movie till the end...peywei lor...

I woke up at 7.30am. Only Sharul and Panzer were there. I was informed Leo, Amri & Wan had just gone back. Sharul and I went back home afterward....

I did not go out that Sunday, staying home watching movies, did a little bit of cooking and was asleep in between the storm...

JAKARTA/BANDUNG TRIP 15 - 19 MAY 2009 - PART 2

Day 2 - 16 May 2009 (Saturday)

At 8.30am, from our hotel, we walked out to a Mall in front of Sarinah Mall and had our breakfast at Dunkin Donut there. Later, in Sarinah Mall, Ajib had his hair cut and then highlighted it in a hair saloon. While waiting for him, A and I went to a supermarket inside the same Mall. There, I bought 3 original DVDs (Indonesian movies - Laskar Pelangi, Perempuan Berkalong Serban and Chika). I also bought a nerd looking reading glasses in the supermarket to replace the one I brought which was broken due to a mishap at the airport.

Ajib at the saloon, highlighting his hair

At 11.30 am, after checking out from the hotel, we took a Blue Bird cab to Gambir Train Station. There are two operating trains going to Bandung i.e The Argo Gede and the Parahyangan. Since Parahyangan was the earliest to depart, we bought the last 3 remaining executive tickets. We then had our bento like lunch at a Japanese restaurant at the station.

The Gambir Train Station, the picture was
taken a day before from MONAS Tower

The fully air-conditioned executive coach was not only clean but spacious and the comfortable seat comes together with a small clean pillow. They also served a nice box containing a bun and mineral water. You can also order food and drinks with their set menus from the attending waitress. Your order will be sent to your seat or you can eat at one of the coaches which served as a canteen.

The inside of the executive coach

The smooth three hour journey covers a picturesque route through paddy fields, villages, mountains and tea plantation. It was a thrilling experience for me as I have never been in a train for a long distance journey before.

We reached Bandung Station at 4.30 pm. The weather was nice with the temperature around 24-25C. We were then picked by the Hotel Grand Serela's chauffeur, the hotel that we will be staying for the next 3 nights.

Bandung Train Station

Ajib, posing in front of the Grand Serela Boutique Hotel

Our room

Another picture of our room

Afterward, we took a minibus called 'angkutan' to go to Dago Street, where a few major Factory Outlet (FO) are situated. There, we shopped a bit and then had dinner at Grande's FO. Back at the hotel, A and I had our foot reflexology massages while Ajib did the whole body massage at the hotel spa.

End of day two of our trip and day one for us in Bandung. We had already booked a local driver to drive us around Bandung for two days and he will pick us up tomorrow morning at 8.00 am.