Shopping in Jakarta
Saturday, August 8, 2009
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Actually, bulan Mac hari tu, aku ade pegi ke Jakarta untuk cari barang-barang untuk wedding aku..pergi bersama-sama my mum, En Zool dan my FMIL..kitorang naik Airasia je sebab Everybody Can Fly kan? Waktu tu kebetulan ade promotion..the tix price was quite cheap..naik mane-mane airlines pun same je..asalkan sampai..tapiiii..kalau long flights, aku tak advise la..sebab the space between the seats is too narrow for me..or maybe sebab kaki aku yang panjang?? Was there for 5d4n sebab after 3d at Jakarta, pegi Bandung pulak..kalau korang sume nak pegi vacation..cube gune travel agent ni..ZH Leisure..just emel to him at zhleisure.services@gmail.com or zhbumileisure@gmail.com ..ewah-ewah, promote sakan ni, dapat komisyen ke? Takdelah, saje nak tolong-tolong Bumiputera@FBIL berniaga..kalau kite tak tolong, sape lagi kan?
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Back to my trip..arrived there around noon..ade driver tunggu and terus bawak pegi lunch..food was nice..tapi apsal ayam kecik sangat?? Tak kenyang la..hahaha..selepas itu..penjelajahan mencari barang-barang kawin aku pun bermula..First stop..PASAR TANAH ABANG..
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View just outside the PASAR
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For those yang nak pergi, stick to your list..cause you will lose your mind bile tengok betapa besarnya tempat tu..and the place was very organized..different floor with different items..for example, nak kasut?? sila ke tingkat bla3..aku tak ingat..and remember the purpose pegi Jakarta..it was for MY things..tapi..end up bile Pasar tu nak tutup baru la cari barang aku..iaitu kain baju bersanding..ye, aku buat sendiri..butik takde size untuk aku..full stop..tak mau cakap lagi..dah petang gile (pukul 5 diorang dah tutup) barulah dapat aku punye..So, kalau pegi Tanah Abang, sila terus ke tingkat basement 2 (kut)..yang pasti, paling bawah..sebab situ yang banyak jual kain..pegi tingkat lain, jadi la macam mak kitorang..diorang dah penat mengusung barang-barang..bile agak-agak dah penat baru cakap.."Okay, sekarang kite carik kain akak"..pastu duduk je kat tepi..*funny..
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Lots of kain to choose from..jiwa kacau
.Terus ke hari Kedua, pegi ITC Mangga Dua and pasar Jatinegara..kat sini pun best jugak..cari telekung, tudung and kain ela untuk our family pakai time kenduri nanti..and we managed to buy cadar pengantin with harga-takle-dapat-kat-Msia..aku punye warne cream and choc, his was orange and choc..memang murah la..sebab untuk King size, it's impossible to get that price with that kind of quality..pastu jalan lagi dan lagi dan lagi..kesudahannya, cube teka sape shopping lagi banyak..our mums..sampai supir cakap "Banyak kali makcik shopping"..asal balik hotel je penuh se'boot'..btw, suka hati je kan panggil diorang makcik..padahal kalau tengok, supir tu takdelah mude sangat..macam sebaya je..
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We didn't have our invitation cards made there..because lepas aku buat Cost Benefit Analysis (sedikit elemen accounting)..lebih baik aku buat kat Malaysia je..coz it's so sad seeing the cards being thrown away..mahal je buat tapi orang cume nak tengok peta ke majlis..pada aku, nampak membazir but those yang ade duit and nak spend, silakan..sebab duit masing-masing kan?? So, last-last kitorang decide buat kat Medan MARA je..situ pun ok jugak..banyak yang cantik-cantik..and harga reasonable..eventhough kad kahwin Indonesia tidak dinafikan cantik, tapi aku stick dengan decision, Belilah Barangan Buatan Malaysia..
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Anyway, here's a few tips for those yang akan bercuti/shopping di Jakarta:
- If beli kain, sila convert 4 metres into ela (aku tak tau berapa ela, sila kira sendiri) sebab pembaris yang diorang gunakan is untuk ela..bukan meter..make sure you measure it gune ukuran traditional (ala, yang ukur dari bahu kiri ke hujung tangan kanan)..sebab nanti takut tak cukup nak buat baju..
- While you are there, tawar serendah-rendahnye because walaupun kite rase harga tu cukup murah, their profit margin is still high..tapi eloklah amalkan konsep sedekah sekali sekala..
- Drink a lot of water..kite banyak berjalan and somehow Indonesia feels a bit hotter than here..or was i just hallucinating..hahaha...
- Bawak a lot of cash..simpan la kat mane-mane..sebab susah nak pakai credit card..they have to go to a bigger store which have the facilities and ni akan amik mase..so, bawak la cash waima berjuta-juta rupiah sekalipun..money is like water in Indonesia..
- Last but not least, do not pack heavy..because you will definitely need an extra room..untuk barang-barang yang dah dibeli..like us, kitorang exceed 3 kilos..the limit was 45 kilos..so, pack light ok??
The boot was always packed like this..everytime..without fail..
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Anyway, trip to Indonesia was fun, but I'm sorry to say, I'm a bit sick of the food..sebab makanan dia lebih kurang sama..and we didn't eat ala nasi Padang for quite a long time..the money was well worth it..the people's are nice..scenery was not bad and my final say is "Pergilah Melancong"
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August 9, 2009 9:17 AM
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....sangat bestnye! rase macam nak ikut sangat beli kain tuh!
so, kalo kite nak beli kain tuh...kite kena cakap..."kain 5 ela?" macam tuh ke...takleh cakap 4 meter ek?
August 9, 2009 9:35 AM
ye betul..sometimes diorg ni pun satu jugak..kite ckp 4 meter, dia kasi 4 ela..bile balik sini nak buat baju, tukang jahit ckpla..kain x cukup ni..kene la diorg curik dr mner2 untuk tampal..
shopping kain kt sane sha, mmg menggilakan..bayangkan, kain ela corak batik Indonesia, 4 meter(ela sbenanye) baru rm20..gile ke x gile tu?? sebab itu beg terlebih berat sudah..kain ela banyak sgt..
August 9, 2009 12:53 PM
rasa mcm baru lg je kite gi sana kan yang?
August 9, 2009 7:25 PM
iye..macam baru je abis byr hutang credit card..
August 12, 2009 6:22 PM
buat hutang lagi la!!!huhuhu..
thanx for promoting!!!
komisen pasti ada!!!!