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My Jakarta Trip: Monas, Planetarium, Senen

two days ago (July 29, 2009) my friends and i went to Monumen Nasional or Monas for short. we went there by express train from Stasiun Bekasi (=Bekasi Station) by Rp 9.000,00. from Bekasi we went at 8AM and arrived in Gambir Station around 9AM. we can already see Monas from that green station (lol, Gambir Station's painted by green paint).

we don't need take any bus or taxi to get to Monas since it's really near. just walking, guys... although it's still 9AM, it's sure really hot 083_v2 (uhm, maybe it's d effect of being at home all day lol). my friends even considered to take Monas' car, i named it :P. the car is like a train. do you get it? gosh, it's pitty, i didn't take a pic. okay, back to my story, in the end we decided to go straightly to the Monas' Museum. the ticket for adult is Rp 8.000,00 while for kid, student, and college student is the half: Rp 4.000,00.

entering d museum was a great idea since the weather outside was hot, yet in d museum was cool by AC. 035 we saw many awesome dioramas which showed us Indonesian history. my friends n i agreed that our tour here was no different with study tour XD. the difference was we didn't have to take notes! hahaha. yet, we discussed a lot about the dioramas we saw. yeah, it's kind like a review about history lesson when we were in school 096.

after had a history review, we decided to go to the top of Monas. before that, we entered to Independence Hall. i don't know why, but i can't remember what it's called in Bahasa Indonesia. i just remembered the English! the hall is sure really quite. we just entered awhile 105 coz we didn't really sure whether actually we were allowed to enter or not.

when we went out from the Independence Hall, we found the lift to the Monas' top. there are 3 floors in Monas. the top is the 3rd floor. it was great seeing Jakarta from above. lol, actually d last time visited Monas, when i was in primary school. you could see Jakarta using binocular by Rp 1.500,00 per coin. yet, it's pity that pollution makes the sky isn't clear.

if you wanna back to d first floor, u just can reach to d second, then you have to use downstairs. my friends and i had lunch at the second floor. whoaah, it's like a picnic! 084 after that, we took many pics with sculptures in Monas Park. the pics are awesome! maybe i'll put one or two when i get from my friends :D

our next place: Planetarium. i really looked forward visiting Planetarium. this place is always become a destination for studytour. too bad, i hadn't been there :(. the bad news is we couldn't visit Planetarium that time, coz seems like a travel agent rent that place. however, the staff said, we could visit it at 4:30PM. actually it didn't matter for me, yet there was a friend who couldn't go home late. soooo... seems like i couldn't visit Planetarium this time too 064

our first plan was visiting Monas and Planetarium. since we couldn't visit Planetarium, we thought about an alternative. my friends wanted to shop in Senen. hufff... i've been there and actually i don't wanna go there now. yet, i just agreed coz i didn't have any idea. there, my friends bought second manga and dvd's. for dvd, my friends bought many... omg, it was a bit boring for me since i wasn't really interested 037. yet, it was fun, seeing everybody was really happy seeing their favorite actors and without hesitation bought the dvd :D. guess how many dvd's they bought? it's 30! 001

feeling statisfied after shopping, we wre ready to go home. we went home by train from Senen Station by Rp 4.500,00. however, i arrived at home around 4:30PM. tired, sleepy, happy, and regret can't visit Planetarium.... 003

The Lovely Paris Van Java (3)

okay, it's d last part of "The Lovely Paris Van Java"

July, 25th 2009

well, it's about to leave Bandung 027. we decided to go back by travel car. on 9:15AM, we checked out and went to Bandung Trade Center (BTC) by taxi. on the way, we visited Kartika Sari cake shop and Strawberry Corner in Dago. my sis bought some snacks from Kartika Sari for her co-workers in Jakarta. we bought strawberry cream cheese and tiramisu in Strawberry Corner for my family (until now, i haven't eaten it yet 024).

we arrived in BTC around 9:30AM then went back to Bekasi at 9:45AM. i just slept on the way. when i woke up, i already arrived in Bekasi.

some suggestions for you who wanna visit Bandung:
1. Don't visit on weekend and holiday. man, there are traffic everywhere!
2. It's better to ride on your own vehicle (car, motorbike, even bicycle). the traffic system is confusing 045
3. On Diet? Canceled your trip to Bandung. why? coz there were so many delicious food in Bandung. 053
4. there are someareas in Bandung which are cold 038 n the others are cool. so, don't forget to bring your jacket.

okay, that's a few tips from me. happy holiday in Bandung!! ^___^

The Lovely Paris Van Java (2)

i think it's better to split it into two, coz my story is too long. let's continue my story

July, 24th 2009

i felt lazy to walk around. the day before actually i planned to visit Museum Geologi (Geology Museum) and Museum Pos Indonesia (Indonesia Post Museum). yet, laziness defeated my plan successfully 013_a. i knew it's pitty since i was on holiday, but i just stayed in my room.

in lunch time, i was still just in my room. my sis went back from d office and brought me lunch. it was her lunch actually, but she said she had been full. after brought her lunch, she went back to office.

on my second day in Bandung, i went out from my in the evening when gonna have dinner. in front of my sis' office on Surapati Street, there was a stall which sell fried chicked, fried duck and squab. i got fried duck n i loved it. 017 it's really delicious. if you wanna eat it, u can visit this stall around 7PM.

my sis was told by her friends that there's a cheesecake shop named Chizz. so after dinner, we went there. it's on Laswi Street which is d passageway of Riau Street. so, this time we took d white public car (in Bandung, the public cars can be differed by their colors, not by their numbers). there were few cakes left in Chizz yet it was 8PM. we tried tiramisu cheesecake and strawberry cheesecake. delizioso! 007 we decided to buy another cheesecake to be brought to home.

Riau Street is one of main streets in Bandung. there are many factory outlets and restaurants. since we were already tired n i wasn't really interested to shop in outlets, we just went to bed soon... 028

The Lovely Paris Van Java (1)

hello~~!

it's been awhile since my last post. now i'm gonna talk about my holiday in Bandung, West Java. i stayed there on July, 23rd- July, 25th 2009. actually, my sis went there for business trip. since i was already bored to death, i asked her to accompany her! yeah, she allowed me! :D

July, 23rd 2009

i woke at dawn 4:30AM. it was quite difficult to wake up since i always woke up around 9:00AM. 037 after had taken a bath and checked all d belongings, we left home around 5:20AM to rail station. then we were on train on 5:43AM. yeaaah! Bandung, i'm comiiiing...!!

i could breath Bandung's fresh air around 9AM. hungry, coz hadn't eaten yet, we straightly went to my sister's office on Jalan Surapati (Surapati Street). she said that there was a delicious chicken porridge beside Unpad University for Post Graduated. the porridge was so yummy! you'll get boiled egg, ati and ampela (sorry, i dunno how to say both in English) as the porridge's buddies XD. as i ate the porridge, i could feel the warmth of porridge, the crispiness of fried onion n tastes of ati and ampela. 095

since i was really exhausted, after having our brunch, we checked in our motel behind PT Telkom. then, my sis went to her office, however i just laid down on my bed. hufff....

around 2PM, i decided to have lunch. where can i have lunch? ah, let's have a walk! since d public cars' route is really confusing, i didn't want to take d risk of getting lost. yap! let's walk! 084

walking around, i arrived in Taman Lansia (Taman=Park, Lansia=Elderly --> Elderly Park). it's name is Lansia, yet i didn't see any. i just young people there. lol :P

wait, ah there's Nasi Timbel stall! let's eat~~~ it was okay, but i've eaten in another stall in Bekasi which more delicious :P. about 3m from Nasi Timbel stall (forgot to tell you, it's still near Taman Lansia), i bought fresh black berry juice. yummy! it could be purchased at Rp 7.000,00 while the strawberry juice was Rp 5.000,00.

while enjoying my juice, i found Cisangkuy Yogurt! aargh,,, i wanna yogurt yet d juice hasn't been finished. so i passed the yogurt then tried to find fried pineapple which is one of my favorite dishes in Bandung. man, i couldn't find it! so i just kept walking n remembering my way so i wouldn't get lost. 058

tired couldn't find d fried pineapple, i went back to Cisangkuy Yogurt. my family usually buy this yogurt when we visit Bandung. my dad said that this yogurt is really famous. you can enjoy this yogurt there, coz it's a cafe. just imagine, how delight it is, enjoy Cisangkuy Yogurt in a lovely garden plus cool air around you... 086_64color

after enjoying my vanilla yogurt, i was already tired n went back to d motel. in the evening, my sister and i got dinner in Rumah Nenek. we went there on foot n enjoy fried pineapple (finally... seems like that afternoon i chose a wrong way) i love Rumah Nenek! in this cafe, we can enjoy Indonesian, Western, and Italian food and listen to the live music. when we were already full 061, we went back to motel n went to bed.... 028

Blog Renovation

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on July 19th, i couldn't sleep all night, so i decided to change my blog skin. after did random searching, i found a cute blog in www.bloggerblogtemplates.com. so, d yellow one changed into d blue one :P.

then, i found the other useful blog that tells about how to change favicon (do u realize that now my favicon changed?). u can see d tutorial in Bahasa Indonesia or English.

actually i wanna make my blog skin by myself, i wonder how to make it...

Fact Doesn't Lie

fresh hearing:

now, my dad's watching The Golden Ways by Mario Teguh. he said about telling lie. he said that many parents unrelize that sometimes they teach their children to lie. it's like when there's a call. the caller is d one whom d parents don't like. the caller said,"where's ur mom/dad?" parents sometimes said,"just say that mom/dad isn't here." see? that's how parents teach their children to lie...

giginosaurus

i just finished reading a book titled giginosaurus (seriously, d title is written in lowercase). it's written in Bahasa Indonesia actually. let me explain a bit d title in English: giginosaurus=gigi+nosaurus. gigi in English is called teeth. see? i'm sure u'll soon understand that this book is about teeth!

it said that it's a humor book. waitt... although it's a humor book, we will know some info about teeth myths and facts.

Heidy Kaeni, giginosaurus' writer, wrote this with hilarious way. d main chara is a woman named Anne. she never got a toothache n never visited dentist since she was kid! too bad, this achievement was end coz she got teeth operation! her right premolar grew n her jaw is too small. her experience is told in this book.

its cover is unique too!

giginosaurus

(it's taken using my cellphone camera. it's pitty d camera isn't so good :(, so i edited d pic )

like d title, giginosaurus's cover shows teeth too! lol XD
after reading this book, i'm sure u'll take care more to ur teeth, even it can inspire u to become a dentist. hhe XD

Baby Linux

last nite, i installed Linux to my laptop.
it was really confusing coz i dunno anything about linux.
i even what Linux i installed, lol XD
googling doesn't help me much, even it makes me not understand! 085
people talk Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, etc. i think i'll use PCLinuxOS coz ppl say that it's kind like Windows. hhe
anyone understand about Linux? hope i can ask u everything about this one :D

the evolutiONEr

hello~!!

sorry 4 not updating my blog here. i've taken SNMPTN (it's univ admission test which is held nationally) n now waiting for d result on August 1st. just wish me luck

well, actually that's not i'm gonna talk here. remember about d photo session for yearbook?? i wrote it here too. yesterday, i got d yearbook!! yippieee...! d yearbook is titled "the evolutiONEr". it's awesome! love it! it's expensive actually, yet i'm really statisfied with it. XDD