Ahh..Comes the 3rd day of the trip, and it's time to leave puncak..our initial plan was to reach Jakarta(Christ's sis house) by 4pm...quickly pack in some new clothes and head to airport to catch the 6pm flight to Semarang(Christ's hometown). But at 4pm..we were still no where near Jakarta, as there was heavy traffic flow from Puncak to Jakarta that afternoon, seems like everyone had decided to end their relaxation trip the same time as us...We were pretty stressed out in the car...by 0530pm..we had just touched the side area of Jakarta...would half an hour be enough time for us to rush to Christ's sis house, pack in some new clothes and also get to the airport to catch our plane ? Very unlikely...Infact according to Gerry(Christ's best mate cum driver at that point of time), even if we head straight to airport without stopping by christ's sis house ..we might still miss the flight..as the airport is situated at the other end of Jakarta...and in the next few days I realised that one must never NEVER underestimate the traffic conditions of Jakarta.
Without much of a choice..Christ asked Gerry to drive us straight to the airport...luckily for us there wasn't much traffic on the expressway..and not to forget Gerry is a pretty good driver..wheezing his MPV in and out of cars at a consistent speed of 130 - 140 km/h. We reached the airport at 6:15...DARN IT...the flight is scheduled to fly at 6..we are supposed to check in by 5pm...we are 1 hour 15 minutes late for check in..and 15 minutes late for take-off !!! Has our plane flew off already...omg...Christ rushed to the domestic flight counter to do whatever could be done..and came back with unbelievably good news...Thanks to the 'high efficiency' of Indonesia's domestic flight..we were still able to catch our flight as it has been delayed by 45 minutes... .. Phew We gratefully bade our mates farewell and checked in. After check in...we were ushered to the plane and it took off at 6:45p.m.
Both of us couldn't help it but grin non stop on the plane like 2 ben dans..wew ..we were lucky right ?! Plane touched down at 8p.m in Semarang..we took a cab to Christ house in his hometown...Surprise surprise...christ's family owns a shophouse along Chinatown in Semarang..that night being sunday night, there a weekend night market ongoing
Lots of food , some clothes, some accessories at the night market..very lively
Christ wanted to show me more of his hometown so he got his mum to arrange our tour in 'traditional transport'. And the 'traditional transport' turned out to be a Trishaw , also known as Becak in Java Island.
Check out our becak driver..very scrawny right...But he sure is fit..He carried 2 fatties on his trishaw halfway around town..He dropped us at a bakso shop(traditional java food) where we went in for our dinner..Half an hour later, we emerged from the shop and I was surprised to find him waiting at the doorstep of our shop...Christ assured me that this is the normal routine..wow..I can't imagine a taxi driver will wait patiently for me to finish dinner and drive me home.Hehhehehe
So remember thatI had arrived in Jakarta without fresh clothes for change? ...ewww...luckily for me ..christ's mum runs a pyjamas and underclothes factory in Semarang..hehe so I have unlimted supply of pyjamas and underclothes to choose from..Thank God
Me fresh and clean after a bath, in my new pyjamas..the black+white photo beside me is christ's dad..who had passed away while he was still in his teens..above me is their family photo taken ages ago.
Smelly prince & me
Cam whoring while Smelly takes his bath
Can tell that I was a little too happy that night ? LOL
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1 comment:
yeah.. u seemed happie. and still am happie. bleahs. whaha.
but i'll freeze there at the peak. Brr.
anywae, out of pt but haha. i like ur eyebrows. they aint bushy like mine! tsktsk.
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