Saturday, June 09, 2007
two weeks have passed so quickly! haha.. we're two weeks into our hoildays alr! ahh! hmm.. all i can expect now are a fast-paced days to come.. haha.. with o'level practicals and all coming up.. well, can say that my short break was an eye-opener.. a serious one! haha.. sahll talk about the trip..
well, i left on thurs (7/6/07) for indonesia.. went together with my family and bryan's family.. we took a plane there! was cool! but my sis was scared out of her wits as it was sort of her first time taking a plane.. her first time was when she was really small.. haha.. anyways, she didnt dare to look out the window but kept looking in front! that was really cute! haha.. she was seriously pale! trust me.. PALE! haha.. the flight took ard 1.5hrs.. soon, we reached indonesia's airport! its nothing compared to s'pore! haha.. big big difference! anyways, we were lucky that bryan's dad's agents came to pick us up.. the journey to the place where we would deposit our luggaged for a day was terrible! but i have to say that the uncle that drove our car was daring! haha.. there isnt really any traffic sequence thingy there.. all the cars, lorrys, trishaws and motorcycles were all squeezing all the way! nothing like that would happen in s'pore! super scary!
anyways, soon, we arrivd at our destination.. nth great about that place.. we soon left for lunch! *was really hungry at that time* had a scrumptious lunch that day! tried a new drink called soda susu (translated: soda milk).. it sounded interesting so i ordered it.. realised that it was actually condensed milk with plain soda water! at first, it tasted o-kay.. but after drinking it for a while more, it tasted DISGUSTINg! and i started to feel my stomache going against that drink.. so i left it.. bad choice of drink.. dont try it! haha.. anyways, aft that, we went for SHOPPING! once again, back onto the busy busy road of indonesia.. the shopping complex was super duper crowded..! s'pore is not that bad aft all.. everyone was squeezing their way thru! but the things there were really cheap! you could even bargain to a lower price! had quite a good 3hrs or so there! was alr half dead! but we had to leace in order to catch our train to ygoja (forgot the spelling, but it was somewhere neaer central java indonesia).. we tot that we were going to miss out train as our lovely driver was caught in the jam.. i say lovely coz he was really really helpful! driving skills and all! we were supposed to go pick up our luggages from where we left them but if we did that, we would definitely miss our train.. bryan's dad's freind was really kind! he brought ALL our luggages and brought to the train station where we met up! *trully thankful* soon, we went into the station! again, human jam! super many ppl there.. all waiting for the train.. we almost boarded the wrong train! lucky, we checked our tickets again.. we were early despite thinking that we were late.. haha.. that was the funny part.. we saw a few train pass by.. there were ppl sitting on the top of the trains! i heard that they were too poor to afford a ticket and therefore, they climbed up to hitch a ride.. so poor things! it was kind of pityful though..
soon, the train finally arrived.. and we found our places in the train.. lucky thing was that we managed to book our seats near to each other.. the best part of the seating was that the seat could turn a 180degrees around! therefore, four of us could face each other! we settled down and ordered some food as we were starting to get hungry! haha.. the food was surprisingly not bad though.. soon aft, the adultsstarted to fall asleep.. i was sitting next to bryan, opposite us were bryan's parents.. my parents and sis were sitting the aisle next to us.. bryan and i couldnt slp.. so we watched south park on bryan's ipod! haha.. was really funny! aft the show, i read a bit of my book and then fell aslp.. as i was enjoying my slp, i was woken up by these grp of ppl shouting from the outside of the train.. (it was one of those stops for the train driver to go to the loo).. they were trying to sell us food and stuffs.. but i didnt bothered.. the train ride wasnt somthing i would want to do again.. but having in mind that i had to take the train back to jakarta where we came from.. we arrived at out destination at 4AM!!!! it was totally dark.. but we managed to get a cab to bring us to the hotel.. i was looking forward to a nice bed to lay in.. lucky thing that the hotel was quite a good one.. we rested for ard 3hrs before heading out of the hotel again.. for sight-seeing.. initially, we wanted to visit Boroburdur Temple (a buddhist temple which is one of the seven wonders of the world).. but we were told that they were having a procession on that day due to vesak day and thus, the roads to that area were all closed.. we decided not to go there on that day.. instead, we went to Mt Merapi.. it was where and ACTIVE vocano was.. i was told that during the time of our visit, the year before, it was the time where tat vocano ERUPTED! i was scared out of my wits! but it was really a nice experience looking at the ruins due to the eruption.. houses were buried ini dried lava and all.. we picked some lave stones to bring back home.. bryan collected some lava sand to give it to someone.. soon aft, we went to visit a hindi temple.. it was a historical place too.. when we got there, the entry fee blew us off! it was a huge sum! we decided not to go in as our main purpose of our trip to ygoja was to visit the Boroburdor Temple.. we then started to shop outside the hindi temple.. there were many things to shop for! we did our shooping for our friends there.. where things were sold at a reasonable price.. we bought a lot of things and were late to meet our driver.. soon, we went for lunch.. aft lunch, we went to a silver making factory.. it was one of the best things i experienced during the whole trip.. they showed us how the workers there use their bare hands to coil thin rolls of silver into patterns to fit into different shapes to be made into bracelets, earrings, rings, broaches.. the final work were really nice.. we then bought quite a few pieces of silver (made by them) for some of our friends and family.. it was then off to the batik painting place.. there, bryan and my sis got a was printed on their shirt and shorts respectively.. too bad i wasnt earing smth plain.. or else, i could have gotten a print for myself.. learning the process of batik making was smth new to us.. so it was really interesting.. but the clothes design and final work werent really something you wouldnt find in s'pore.. so we decided not to buy anything.. only thing we bought were the tool used to do the batik drawing..
aft tat, it was back to the hotel.. on the way back, we were craving for DUKIN' DONUTS! which cant be found in s'pore anymore.. we were looking out for the shop but lady luck wasnt on our side that nite.. we decided to go for dinner first then back to the hotel.. lucky thing we did tat as the place where we had our dinner had to accamodate to a tour grp later in the evening.. aft dinner, we went to the hotel next to ours to change $$.. haha.. we ran out of rupiahs.. then, finally, we went back to our hotel(finally).. we washed up and then we went to walk ard the hotel.. found out they had a spa there.. we made an apptment there to spend our last day.. soon, we went up to have cakes! when we realised that one of our cakes had gone bad, so bryan and i were sent down to change it.. the staff was nice and so was the chef.. he made a brand new cake! we then ate up and went to bed..
next day came, we left early to visit the Boroburdur Temple.. it was a 1.5hrs drive there.. despite the long journey, we managed to get there.. the place was flooded with ppl! but there were many ppl trying to sell things to visitors.. it was a really scary experience personally.. pratically scary! once we got down our van, a swamp of ppl selling hats came up to us 'promoting' their hats in hope that we would buy from them.. the swamp broke our grp up.. and i suddenly found myself alone.. till i saw my dad.. you cannot imagine how relieved i felt seeing my dad! (now you know how scary the swamp of ppl were).. but we soon managed to catch up with the rest.. we quickly made our way in.. soon, we got ourselves our tickets and a guide to explain things to us.. soon, we were at the start of the temple.. the guide told us that we were going to climb up 144 STEPS! all of braced oursleves and we started off.. there were a few levels of the temple.. we took a photo before we started up on our 144 steps.. as we progressed up the temple, the giude explained many things to us.. things that we never knew were the true meanings behind certain things.. for example, the positions of buddha and more.. soon, we reached the top.. it was a really magnificent sight! we took a few photos.. to my surprise, a grp of malay girls came up to me to ask where i was from and what my name was.. hte tour guide told me that they were doing a sch project and wanted my 'signaure'.. haha.. so i wrote my name in their little exercise books.. i felt like a mini superstar.. haha.. that was how my sis teased me.. haha.. soon, we made our way down.. we were half dead when we got down.. then, the same grp of ppl came up to us to sell us things.. we managed to escape and get into our van.. it was then off for lunch and aft that, to a church.. smth realated to my religion.. yeah! haha.. it was called Gua Maria(i think i spelled wrongly).. it was a small little church at the top of this samll little village.. again, the journey there was very long.. but it all paid off.. the church had a really peaceful surrounding.. surrounded my nature! there were also stations of the corss and all.. things that you may find in church! i even saw a CEMETRY! i didnt i was standing beside it until i walked away.. freaky.. aft that lil hike up and down, we were dead tired.. so we deicided to return to the hotel.. this time, the daddys went to pack dinner home.. whike the mummys and teens went back to the hotel to freshen up.. we had an early dinner.. and were slacking.. we then decided to go to the lil pub that was in the hotel itself.. we called to find out whether we, young teens, could enter, luckily, they allowed.. so we went down to play pool(billiard)! it was extremely fun! soon, it was 11 plus, we decided to call it a day...
then came the next day, we woke up a lil later and took our time for breakfast.. aft which, the women plus bryan went for a horse-cart ride while the fathers went to enjoy themselves at the spa.. i enjoyed the ride though.. but i pitied the horse! it was scorching hot that day.. the guy brought us to different places.. but we didnt buy anything.. we soon realised that the guy was hopong that we would buy something from the shops so that he could get commision! and when we didnt buy, he kept bringing us round and round! he didnt want to bring us back to the hotel! by that time, i felt a lil queesy.. didnt feel that well.. then, finally, at the last stop, my mum got fed up and just bought a box of pastry! and true enough, we saw our horse driver taking cash from one of the shop helpers! aft that, he didnt even asked if we wanted to buy anything else but he brought us straight back to the hotel.. we felt wuite angry though.. but we cant blame them as they are trying to make a living.. soon, we reached the hotel, ate the pastry my mum bought and then it was off to the spa for us.. the daddys ended their session and we started ours.. it was quite a nice experience.. but i wouldnt be doing that again for the next 10 years.. haha.. aft the spa, we felt really relaxed.. by the time we ended our session, it was time for dinner.. so we went to our rooms to rest for a while and then we packed out luggages and went to the lobby to check out and we went to have our dinner in the hotel itself.. that was when i realised i was down with a fever.. we took our time for dinner.. we soon finished our scrumptious dinner but it was way too early for us to go to the train station.. so we hung out again in the pub.. being sick, i didnt play much pool with my sis and bryan.. soon, time passed and we were off to the train station.. i felt really weak.. i was supposed to carry my family's luggage.. but on the account that i was sick, my dad decided to help me (so kind of him).. the train trip was HORRIBLE! i felt really sick and the seat didnt help at all! i was feeling uncomfortabel throughout the 10hr train ride! i would never take a long distance train ride again.. it was a night train, so, we reached jakarta in the morning.. i was feeling worse that day.. couldnt even have the strenth to walk.. but had too.. we waited at the train station for our driver to pick us up.. meanwhile, we had dukin' doghnuts for breakfast.. that was something good.. haha.. we soon got into the car and went to our hotel.. we checked into a world class hotel! that was the best thing that happened throughout the trip! our parents each had a room to themselves and the teen had a room to share too.. soon, felt better.. took a couple of panadols.. soon, felt better.. so accompanied the rest for another shopping trip.. shopped and shopped.. then we had to return to the hotel to freshen up as bryan's dad's friend was bringing us out for dinner.. again, my fever came back.. so i didnt really enjoy the wide spread of seafood! missed that! seeing the rest enjoy the food.. haiz.. soo, we returned to the hotel.. i plunged straight into bed.. haha.. of course aft washing up.. middle of the nite, i was woken up by... my myself.. realised that i had gastic pain.. and forced myslef to eat the bread my mum bought earlier.. then, i forced myself to slp.. lucky thing i did.. but the next morning.. i couldnt take it anymore.. went to rest in my parent's room as they had woken up.. soon i started to puke gastric juice out! we planned to go down for breakfast in the hotel and then off to more shopping.. but in the state i was, my mum decided not to go in order to stay with me in the hotel.. we called for an in house doctor as my mum was afraid that i would 'suffer' on the plane later.. the rest went for breakfast while i visited the doctor.. the doctor was really nice.. she examined me and found out about me taking 6 panadols the day before.. she then concluded that it was the panadol that caused my gastric.. therefore, she prescribed some medicine for me.. aft visiting the doctors, i went back up to my room to rest.. the rest of the grp met up with us and bryan decided to saty and not go for the shopping trip.. therefore, they decided that bryan would stay with me in the hotel while the rest went out shopping..
i fell aslp till my dad came back with lunch.. we had a quick lunch and left for the airport.. we almost missed our flight.. i wasnt feeling that gd.. but bryan, didnt fail to disturb me on the plane.. soon, we reached s'pore.. spent that nite and the next day slping.. lucky, i recovered aft that.. haha.. oh wells, thats the end of my trip! haha.. really did enjoy it though.. haha..
oh.. yes.. one more thing.. i'm freed (if you noe wad i mean).. haha
tats all for now..! =]
what we could have been, 6/09/2007 11:10:00 AM.
