Cuti-Cuti Jakarta- Part I

We departed for Jakarta on Wednesday morning & arrived there at noon. Everything went smoothly. K.Mas met us at the airport & dropped us at ITC Mangga Dua while she brought our luggages home. So, that was a start to our shopping spree. ITC Mangga Dua is a huge shopping complex with variety of stuff to choose from. Memang rambang mata. We later found out that things there were not cheap! ( Compared to other places.. ) Like any other malls in Jakarta, the shops closed at 5.30pm. Since kitaorang dah rambang mata, we didn't realise the closing time. Hence, we got caught in a massive traffic jam! ( machet as they call it ). Unluckily, we picked the wrong taxi. We thought it was from the Blue Bird Group ( as recommended by travellers in Jakarta) since it was blue as well. The taxi driver claimed that he was from ' Baby Bird Group' ( He was just kidding!)

Our lunch: Kue Teow Siram Sapi & Set Nasi

Memang terkena le coz dia pusing ikut jalan jauh to Kemang where K.Mas & Din's house is located. So, when we realised we were tricked, we asked him to drop us at Plaza Senayan half-way to Kemang. So, tak le terkena sangat! We had dinner there. After the traffic jam settled, we headed to K.Mas & Din's house. This time using a taxi from Blue Bird Group. The driver was very polite. I tak pernah jumpa taxi driver yg tersangat le berbudi bahasa like this taxi driver! :-). We arrived at K.Mas & Din's house at nearly 9.30pm. What a day!

At Plaza Senayan

The next day, instead of going to Tanah Abang as planned, we headed to Cipulir as recommended by the taxi driver from ' Baby Bird' hehe.. Ada jugak guna dia..There are 2 sides of Cipulir shopping centre. On 1 side is the wholesalers part. Another side is the retailers. We started with the wholesaler side. Masa tu tgh blackout. So, panas giler! Punya le tak selesanya! Then we headed to the retailer side just accross the road. Kat sini ada air-cond. Fuh! lega..Over here the blouses were very cheap. Telekung ( or mukenah) okay le if pandai tawar. This time we beat the traffic jam. So, cepat je sampai kat rumah. Hubby & Syukur then went swimming with the kids ie Yasmin, Hilman & Zafri at the back of their house.That nite we just stayed home.

Cipulir Wholesalers Mall

Chilling out with the kids

Meanwhile, the princesses were left with Cik Jun. According to Cik Jun they were doing well except for Baby. Memula tu dia macam terpinga2 gak coz she had to sleep with Cik Jun..