Singapore
Never thought that I would say this but I actually miss those business trips to Jakarta!
My colleagues were all in CGK this last week and gallivanting around having bakso and seafood and lapis.
To be fair, I never had any of those those things whenever I was there but that's not the point!
Miss Mulia and watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians on cable whilst doing last minute decks.
Miss the oxtail fried rice at the airport waiting for the forever-delayed-flights, and real thick avocado drink (not the milked down version we get here).
I guess I really just miss travelling for work (although I do believe I will never miss the daily trips to KL!!)
So be careful what you wish for cos it might just come true!
Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts
Monday, July 1, 2013
Saturday, December 29, 2012
In-And-Out Jakarta
2-3 April 2012
Jakarta, Indonesia
Terrible trip which involved flying into Jakarta at 1am, sleeping about 3 hours before having to get ready for a workshop (I even had breakfast at Mulia, first time ever). In the evening, frantically trying to get a taxi in rain-soaked city in time for flight. #worstdayever
Jakarta, Indonesia
Terrible trip which involved flying into Jakarta at 1am, sleeping about 3 hours before having to get ready for a workshop (I even had breakfast at Mulia, first time ever). In the evening, frantically trying to get a taxi in rain-soaked city in time for flight. #worstdayever
Friday, December 28, 2012
Rustic Indonesia
21-27 April 2012
Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia
One week trip to nowhere!
Conducting workshops on client-site, we were meant to be taking the company propeller plane from Balikbapan to Tanjung, which would have taken about 45 minutes and some serious praying. However, we couldn't fly in over the weekend as the pilot was off-duty, so we ended up with a 10 hour car ride (maniac driving over potholes!)through the Indonesian countryside. To this....
You know how professional photos lie......
Seriously...my first thought when I saw this was YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!
Still...credit where it's due--good effort to doll-up the building in happy colours!
And as we would soon find out, this was the most modern building in this sleepy town-- certainly the only one with lights on after 8pm(say nothing of wi-fi or alcohol!). Really appreciated the hotel's creature comforts after I saw the only other hotel in the village.
We had a really good time with the hosts, who insisted on bringing us out to try the local specialties - bakso, lamb satay, local halal tze char, and beautiful bebek with fresh chilli. Yums! So whilst there wasn't much by way of sights, we experienced the food culture of Tanjung thoroughly. Delicious!!!
With no entertainment to be had (after entertaining the client, work emails and finishing all three chapters of The Hunger Games), this is what we did..
On the last night, we had to get up at the ungodly hour of 2am to drive to the airport for a 7am flight or some such nonsense. Turns out they had grossly overestimated the time we needed for the drive, so we ended up 2 hours early, and had to snooze in the airport, but not before they confiscated my lump of gold (i mean coal) which was a souvenir dammit!
All in all, a very educational trip, and a fantastic client to work with, but we still were very happy to get back to civilisation (aka Soekarno-Hatta -- hey you can't blame the city-starved city-slickers!) for massage, shops and good ol'...
Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia
One week trip to nowhere!
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| NOWHERE |
Conducting workshops on client-site, we were meant to be taking the company propeller plane from Balikbapan to Tanjung, which would have taken about 45 minutes and some serious praying. However, we couldn't fly in over the weekend as the pilot was off-duty, so we ended up with a 10 hour car ride (maniac driving over potholes!)through the Indonesian countryside. To this....
You know how professional photos lie......
Seriously...my first thought when I saw this was YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!
Still...credit where it's due--good effort to doll-up the building in happy colours!
And as we would soon find out, this was the most modern building in this sleepy town-- certainly the only one with lights on after 8pm(say nothing of wi-fi or alcohol!). Really appreciated the hotel's creature comforts after I saw the only other hotel in the village.
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| We certainly needed a drink after that long car-ride! But drinks in Indonesia only mean one thing for us--- Avocado (MW drank so many on the first day, the hotel ran out for the rest of our trip *&^%$!) |
We had a really good time with the hosts, who insisted on bringing us out to try the local specialties - bakso, lamb satay, local halal tze char, and beautiful bebek with fresh chilli. Yums! So whilst there wasn't much by way of sights, we experienced the food culture of Tanjung thoroughly. Delicious!!!
With no entertainment to be had (after entertaining the client, work emails and finishing all three chapters of The Hunger Games), this is what we did..
On the last night, we had to get up at the ungodly hour of 2am to drive to the airport for a 7am flight or some such nonsense. Turns out they had grossly overestimated the time we needed for the drive, so we ended up 2 hours early, and had to snooze in the airport, but not before they confiscated my lump of gold (i mean coal) which was a souvenir dammit!
All in all, a very educational trip, and a fantastic client to work with, but we still were very happy to get back to civilisation (aka Soekarno-Hatta -- hey you can't blame the city-starved city-slickers!) for massage, shops and good ol'...
'Malam!
Just another day in Jakarta
30 May-1 June 2012
Jakarta, Indonesia
Quite unceremoniously, this would be my last trip to Jakarta-- although I didn't know it at the time.
Still, nothing much that stands out for this trip, apart from discovering a Marutama Ramen in the basement of Plaza Senayan.
Tasted different from the Singapore branches-- a little more salty-- and also with chicken char-siew instead.
And as usual, cut it very fine in getting to the airport (PS trying to find an old lunch joint he remembered but was not open for lunch, ended up in a terrible dive, but then again, you can't find bad nasi goreng in this city, so it all worked out fine).
Fortunately, Paul asked the company driver to speed me all the way to the airport, using a rather unfamiliar route, but we got there all right. Never a dull moment!
Jakarta, Indonesia
Quite unceremoniously, this would be my last trip to Jakarta-- although I didn't know it at the time.
Still, nothing much that stands out for this trip, apart from discovering a Marutama Ramen in the basement of Plaza Senayan.
Tasted different from the Singapore branches-- a little more salty-- and also with chicken char-siew instead.
And as usual, cut it very fine in getting to the airport (PS trying to find an old lunch joint he remembered but was not open for lunch, ended up in a terrible dive, but then again, you can't find bad nasi goreng in this city, so it all worked out fine).
Fortunately, Paul asked the company driver to speed me all the way to the airport, using a rather unfamiliar route, but we got there all right. Never a dull moment!
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