Okay since I woke up alot earlier than I expected to and no one else is awake other than me, I shall make use of this time to post about my trip to Indonesia. It's probably gonna be a long post but I'll try to make it as easy as possible to read everything (:
Well so on 25 December we arrived at Surabaya, Indonesia at around 9am. That's my dad's hometown, that's why I never go to Jarkata like everyone else does, except for that ONE time I went there for ASEAN cup. My uncle and my aunt picked my family up from the airport (: We went to have soto ayam for breakfast first before we checked in the hotel. (If you don't know what soto ayam is, it's okay. It's an indonesia delicacy which is freaking nice :D)
We stayed in JW Mariott. It was quite nice. Some pics (:
^Christmas tree!
^Sis and I
^Sis and I again
^Our room (:
^My bed
^Sis's bed
^"Corridor"
^Swimming pool view from my room
^Toilet
^Toilet again
Yeah. That's all for the hotel rooms etc.
So, no. We didn't go shopping on our first day. I went to visit my relatives. I went to my uncle's house to talk to my aunt for awhile. Then I went to visit my grandparents from my dad's side. I can't remember who I had lunch with.. But I think I went with my dad's side of relatives for dinner. Yeah.
My other aunt (from my dad's side) bought us donuts. Apparently there are Dunkin Donuts there but there's this place called J.Co Donuts which is better. Anyway we got donuts from J.Co and they were nice (: Really cheap too! Like 49000 RP for a dozen. That is around.. 60cents a donut :D
Tempting? Yes I know (:
Think that was all for day one. The next day I went to see my other aunt from my mom's side. She took us out for lunch (: Then I learnt and tried a bit of DotA from my cousin at his house. Hahahah when I watched my sis play she looked like a complete idiot compared to The Ultimate Fags. Then we gave up and he let us play Crazy Taxi instead. I beat my sis MUAHAHAHAHA :D
Oh hahaha I can't remember WHEN but we DID shop at the uber huge mall(s) and clothes are very cheap! (: I bought like 7 shirts for $35. Hahahah. I bought more than that but some of them weren't in the $5 range. Boohoo.
Hmm well I had seafood dinner with my mom's side relatives (: The seafood was really nice! Aahh and the restaurant was so crowded, the queue never seemed to end! D: Anyway yeah I enjoyed it.
Sleep then next day breakfast at hotel. Went to my aunt's house for a while then I left for my mother's hometown. It's called Pare. Pronounced "Pa-rei" and not "Pear"! It's a really ulu village.
On the way there, we passed by alot of farms. When I say farms, I don't mean those that you read about in books or see in movies such as Charlotte's Web. I mean those you read about in geography textbooks.
Pics.
^Padi fields zzz.
^BANANA MOTORCYCLE! :D
^The poor chickens!
Yeah anyway the food my grandma cooks is omgwtf delicious! (: All I did there was eat sleep drink eat sleep drink plus a little bit of playing PS at my cousin's house plus watching Die Hard 3 (It was quite good) when it showed on tv cause there was nothing else to watch since everything was in Indo.
After two days in Pare, we drove back to Surabaya, stayed at the same hotel for one night, bought more stuff, had steamboat dinner with ALL of my dad's side relatives except for my closest cousin from there: Stefanus (I think that's how you spell it?) who recently came to Singapore to study in SIM and stayed in Singapore while we were in Indonesia. Well talked a bit to my other cousins.. Raymond & Eric. It wasn't that bad, considering they dared to open their mouths and talk to me even though their english wasn't exactly perfect. Afterall it's been about 4 years since I last met them. Wow (:
My cousins from my mom's side came to the airport to send us off. Got some pics with them. I'm the closest to them (: My aunt and uncle are actually my godma and godpa. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY DON'T ASK ME! Hahahah it just doesn't make sense.. But ohwell.
^Cousins and my sis and I. From left to right: Martin, My sis Madeleine, Grace, me and Brian :D
^Brian, Aunt aka Godma, me, Grace, Maddie
^Brian, Aunt aka Godma, me, Grace, Maddie, Martin
^Uncle aka Godpa, me, Maddie and Aunt aka Godma (:
Okay. I shall sign off for today.
Post about the party tmr :D Lotsa pics.
For now, goodbye!
Btw, I CAN'T BELIEVE WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE IS NO. 1 SONG FOR YEAR 2007!
COUNTDOWN! 5 days left.
Hahah what's left to cherish is all gone.
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