asli rambutku sekarang warnanya merah kayak carrot head hehehehehehe!!! Ceritanya rada panjang. Pas ke singapore kemaren kenalan ama mbak Medwin yang super keren and inspire me to be prettier (udah pretty kan sekarang *geer mode on*)..keren dengan dandanannya yang oke (jauh dari menor deh) plus rambutnya yang dihighlight keren!

Nah mbak Didien ini deh yang mendukung segala usaha untuk menjadi cantik, pokoknya Dek (gitu dia bilang) usaha dikitlah biar tampil lebih oke, cantik aja ngga cukup penampilan musti dijaga hihihihihi…jadilah pas dua hari kita ngukur panjang jalan orchard di singapore, aku end up terpersuaded beli foundation and bedak..hihihi..ampyun deh! benernya sih udah punya cuman emang nongkrong aja di meja rias hehehe..males! ribet!

Tapi apa daya aku terkena juga sihir beliai ini…katanya ntar rambutmu dipotong shaggy terus dihighligh pake make up tipis, pasti rapi deh penampilan hahaha..walhasil sabtu kemaren dari arena wismilak aku langsung nyungsep di salon kalo biasanya ke salon buat cuci rambut, kali ini pede mau potong shaggy plus highlight…

Nah pas dikasi highligh itu pan belum keliatan hasilnya..giliran abis dicuci and dikeringin yaikz…rambutnya kayak rambut jagung..hunny bunny dah langsung nyureng ngeliatnya..(maap say) langsung aja aku sms mbak Didien, uwis mbak udah langkah pertama aku ambil hehehe tapi hasilnya mencengangkan…kata mbak Didien, tenang ngga papa tumpukin aja ama cat rambut yang warnanya burgundy pasti hasilnya bagus! (mbak yang satu ini owns a beauty salon jadi patut dipercaya!)

Karena paginya dah confirm mo ikutan piknik tahunan ama orang kantor ya dengan tingkat kepedean yang tinggi ikutan dengan rambutku yang ajaib! hahahahaha bener2 sensasional pada bilang keren seh (hm hm..) tapi para pria pecinta rambut hitam panjangku pada ya Nana! hiks hiks hiks…pulang dari piknik baru deh beli yang burgundy kayak petuah si mbak …..dan hasilnya………..masih merah sih tapi dah ngga bright merah kecoklatan gitu deh … cuman tuetep aja menimbulkan kehebohan di kantor hihihihi…bule kesasar! lo keliatan tambah putih aja Na (hm hm)! keren! duh sayang banget! ih tambah keliatan kayak jepang lo! visa lo dah ketemu? (dijulukin turis kehilangan visa) hahahaha………..seru abiz!

Baru terasa sekarang
Selama ini kita memang berjalan beriring
bergandengan tangan
menikmati menit demi menit kebersamaan
tapi tidak di jalan yang sama
kita melangkah di dua ruas jalan
yang sampai kapanpun (sepertinya) tidak akan bertemu
ada yang terasa sakit di relung hati
ketika semua terasa (semakin) indah
tercabut oleh sesuatu di luar kuasa kita
kita tetap tersandung kerikil perbedaan
yang ingin kita lupakan
tapi terus saja mengganjal..

After spending the night on August in my sister’s house, on August 27 afternoon I left Slipi for Sheraton Bandara, where I would spend a night for me to get closer to the airport. Got to catch a morning flight to Singapore on 28.

August 28. Waking up at 4 am hehehehe too excited that I cannot sleep. At 5, took a nice shower..and quickly changed to my uniform … hehehe jeans and t-shirt! At 5.30 left the room to the reception to settle the bill and oapla, off I went to the airport. Waiting for quite sometimes for the other delegates and finally we departed for Singapore at 8.30. Had a nice breakfast inside the aircraft.

As planned we arrived in Changi Airport Singapore at 11.05. we then proceeded to the point where the liaison Officer of the ASA Congress would pick us up. We met Jasmine and Samantha who were very helpful with our luggage and stuff. When finally the Thailand delegates arrived (they shared the couch with us) we left for the hotel. It took around 20 minutes from the airport to our hotel..whoaaaa a very tall hotel.

Yes, it took sometimes for us to check in as many delegates arrived at the same time, but finally we were escorted to our room and our luggage safely sent to each respective room. I got a room in the 9th floor with gorgeous view to the river and all those beautiful skyscrapers! I was 100% sure that our room (I shared the room with a delegate from Surabaya) is one category higher than the other delegates’ rooms hehehehe….lucky us!

I would stay in this hotel until September 2 morning to attend the Asia Pacific Congress for Secretaries and Admin Professionals. The first program was held in the hotel ballroom for the welcoming dinner ‘A night of glitters’ whoaaa all those beautiful delegates in their respective country national costumes and I? You bet…in black slacks and simple blouse! You knew me, I would have been arriving in jeans and t-shirt if I was allowed to!

The night went well, lasted till 10 PM when finally all delegates left the ballroom. A good nice rest, that was what we needed the most! Any plan for shopping has to be postponed for a while! Night, night dear readers!

August 29. Waking up at 5 o’clock..whoaaaaaa the scenery for the room in the dawn is stunning! Quickly grabbed my digicam and switched it into night mode…so beautiful and gorgeous! After taking some pictures, I took a shower and changed into our purple uniform .. Not a word! I warn you..not a word! I despise the purple uniform too! All delegates then had breakfast in the third floor of this hotel. Not really exciting breakfast, no nasi! Hahahahahahaha! After breakfast, we then started the seminar, divided into several sessions that lasted till 5PM. During lunch break, we had our rehearsal for the performance on Wednesday, we will do folk dance. In the evening, all delegates went to Night Safari. What a remarkable experience! Watching various nocturnal animals in their own habitat, while we were riding open bus! We could watch so many animals without anything separating us from the animals. Yaikz! In open bus! Yaikz! Too bad, I was not successful with the camera, even after I switched it into night mode, the pictures are all blurred!

August 30. Another day full of seminar sessions. Great ones. But I could not wait for our trip tomorrow to Sentosa Island.

August 31. A big day today! We would have our excursion to Sentosa Island. So after a half day seminar, at 2 we departed for Sentosa Island in 4 buses. First, we would be on our city tour. Our bus driver and guide took us to see Little India, Esplanade, The Padang, Government Offices area and others. Yay, we got our great guide from our last excursion to night safari, Wilson, who called us his children! Okay papa! He is so attentive and fun. After the city tour, we went to the Keppel Bay area to take the cable car to cross to Sentosa Island. Once we were in Sentosa Island, we were give free times to visit some of the attractions (too bad it had to be in our own expense heheheheh) I decided to see the underwater world. Got to see lots of fish and sea creatures. Got the chance to see their staff feeding the fish as well. Nice!

As promised all of us gathered at 5 in front of the entrance gate so that we could go as a group on a ride in the monorail sky train. After the ride, we went to the Merlion. Whoaaaaa so big, too bad no memory left in my digicam memory stick huehuehuehueeuehue…

So many people were in queue to go to the top of the Merlion. You bet, the scenery from the top of the Merlion is superb! After that, all of us had family style dinner in one Chinse Restaurant in Sentosa Island. Yummy! After dinner we went to the musical fountain. It’s gorgeous. They certainly know what they do. Laser, water and fire, caught your attention!!!!

September 1. Woke up at 5 AM. Got up at 6AM. The view from my bed is stunning. Whoaaa… I think I can lay there for hours daydreaming! But had to quickly take a bath. So just like other days, breakfast and then seminar sessions. Luckily today is the closing day of the congress so we only had summary presentation and some awards presentation in the morning lasted till 11AM. Right after the ceremony finished, I went to Keppel Bay Tower close to the harbour. The taxi trip cost us 6 dollar, whoaaa everything is expensive here! After Keppel Bay, next destination is Takashimaya. We have to rehearse at 3.30PM so plenty of time to do window shopping. Another taxi ride, 6 Sin dollar gone! Damn! Window shopping in takashimaya…whoaaaa like you wanna buy every single piece there! At 2.30 made a quick exit to get a taxi in front of Lucky Plaza. More dollars spent! Good thing, my roommate paid hehehehe…she is 18 years older than me, so I am like her daughter! After some rehearsals, we all are getting ready for the gala dinner, all Indonesian delegates will wear traditional costumes. Waks….

September 2. Waking up at 7, my roommate would check out soon. So I changed into more decent clothes and accompanied her to the lobby. After she left the hotel, I went back to the room and wrote little bit, managed to buzz my friend thru yahoo messenger..hehehehe! so nice talking to people back home… At 9 after quick bath, I went down to have breakfast. I have promised my friends that I would go with them to Orchard Road after breakfast. So yap, after breakfast, we took a taxi to Orchard Road, our destination was Lucky Plaza, perfume hunting!

At 11 we went back to the hotel as we had to move to other hotel. I then checked out and moved to Grand Central Hotel in Orchard Road. The room is quite okay. It just took us 30 minutes before we were back to stroll along Orchard Road. Lotsa sales! Wish I had more money hehehehe….We completely forgot about lunch, but we finally decided to take a rest, feet hurt! 4 hours of walking along orchard. We treated ourselves in Starbucks down the road close to Marriott and Tang. Ice blended tea raspberry for me. Yum. My roommate and I chatted there for an hour before we once again on our feet strolling and window shopping. At 7 PM we finally had our lunch in Mos Burger, the burger is so great, different to those of MacDonalds, u sud try em! After the belated lunch we did some more window shopping and went back to the hotel at 11. a half day of walking, we needed rest really!

September 3. Waking up at 7 in the morning not feeling very well, sneezing and coughing. Really not the right time to be sick! Feeling somehow lonely and mellow! Man! I miss everybody! But no time to be mellow, lotsa things to do as I will fly to Bangkok tomorrow morning. So I quickly took a bath and changed into jeans and t-shirt and left for Sheraton Towers Singapore. Looking at the map, it would not be very hard to find. Yes, indeed it is easy to locate but whoaaaaa..so far from the hotel I am currently staying at. But nevertheless I enjoyed the walk tremendously. The weather was nice. After meeting my counterpart in Sheraton Towers I quickly went back to the hotel to extend my stay and grabbed my mobile phone. The way back took me 30 minutes. No more than 10 minutes after I arrived in the hotel, I went out again to do some window shopping with a friend of mine. We went to Plaza Singapore, about 10 minutes walking from our hotel. It was almost 11 in the morning, so we decided to have breakfast, fried noodles, some fried tofu and Maui blend juice, which tasted superb! After quick breakfast, we went around the mall looking at stuff but bought nothing. Then we decided to treat ourselves with some relaxing time in Starbucks. As usual I had ice blended tea raspberry. I like it very much with cream on top! Around 1 we went back to the hotel as my friend had to leave to catch her 4 o’clock flight to Jakarta. After my friend left, I went once again to do some more shopping for my niece, sister and friends. I got a bad headache but the walk made my headache gone..hehehehehe! At 6 I went back to the hotel and decided to rest so that my fever did not become worse! Tomorrow morning at 9 I have to leave for the airport, Bangkok, here I come ………

seperti rencana, ni pagi mau ke Westin Kuala Lumpur ketemu temen. So kelar mandi, langsung cabut. Sok pede aja langsung ke stasiun monorail yang deket hotel namanya Medan Tuanku kalo ngga salah..sempet bikin self portrait segala (hiks hiks sebel banget ngga ada yang bisa motoin!) stasiunnya masih sepi banget. sistem ticketingnya ngga beda jauh ma skytrainnya Bangkok malah persis ding!

Dari situ naik monorail ke stasiun Bukit Bintang. Ngga lama kemudian aku dah di Bukit Bintang Walk yang terkenal itu…alone but happy! hehehehe…Karena masih pagi banget toko2 masih pada tutup dan jalan masih relatif sepi… setelah muter-muter nggak tentu arah (inget aku lupa ambil peta? hiks hiks!) akhirnya ngeliat Sungei Wang Plaza..yaiks ini kan plaza yang dibilang temenku tempat beli sepatu yang lagi ngetrend..Vincci??? dah ngga usah taruhan, so pasti aku langsung masuk dan mulai window shopping…hehehe

Too bad karena kepagian masih sekitar jam 9.30 banyak tokonya yang masih tutup..ni plaza padahal ngga gitu bagus lho tapi terkenal banget di KL kayaknya karena lengkap, tapi tempatnya ngga gitu impressive! pas nemu toko Vinccinya yap…masih tutup! tapi bisa liat di etalase emang sepatunya lucu-lucu! mauuuuuuuuuuuuuu…

Karena ngga jelas musti ngapain, aku akhirnya makan aja dulu di …KFC! hahahaha… beli burger isi daging rasa sate..yang saos kacangnya rada aneh rasanya..but finelah! Setelah itu sempet jalan-jalan keliling plaza bentar trus cabut..eng ing eng.. Westin KL here I come! whoaaaaaaaaa hotelnya bagus banget! Ngga lama temenku dateng and kita tur deh keliling hotel mayan juga capeknya hehehe…akhirnya yang ditunggu2 datang juga…jam makan siang!!!!!

Kita makan siang di Prego Westin KL yang superb tempatnya! Too bad meski aku bawa kamera malah lupa aku foto (terlalu sibuk makan pizza and makanan itali lainnya yang nyam nyam banget!) hihihi……1,5 kita makan siangnya hihihi perut dah rasanya mo meledak, abis itu aku pamit pulang..mo beli tiket ke Kuala Lumpur, kali ini mo naek bis yang kata temenku will be a different experience!

Dari Westin KL, naek taxi ke hotel Corus deket KLCC, ih supir taxinya ramah banget…(rada jiper juga sih soalnye denger2 KL rada ngga safe gitu apalagi buat cewek travelling alone, temenku aja pernah diculik disana ma supir taxi…whoaaaaaaaa) tapi pasang still pede aja… dia nungguin pas aku beli tiket katanya kalo ngga dapet disitu dia mo nganterin ke stasiun bis gitu… ya oapla di Corus dah dapet tiketnya..

aku balik lagi ke taxi yang nunggu itu…tadinya mo balik ke hotel (sayang sih soalnya baru jam 2 siang gitu deh) terus dia bilang kenapa ngga ke biggest mallnya KL..aku bilang oke deh…akhirnya kita jalan … ditengah jalan aku baru mikir kenapa ngga keliling KL aja ya dibanding ke mall, di indo juga banyak…eh si friendly taxi driver setuju jadilah kita keliling KL nyampe ke PJ segala (PJ = Petaling Jaya) dan pinggirannya Subang…yoaaaaaaaaa keren banget deh perjalanannya, sempet ke satu tempat di PJ yang tinggi banget ampe dari situ bisa liat KL seluruhnya dan yaiks petronas ma KL tower masih keliatan meski jauh banget!

Terus sempet juga ke Blue Mosque, biggest Mosque in Asian he said lupa nama mesjidnya apa cuman lebih terkenal BLue Mosque karena exteriornya warnanya biru……..juga ke pura di dekat pecinan yang waduh ukirannya detil amat! pokoknya seru deh sampe sore gitu muter2 abis 100 ringgit malaysia..not bad dan yang penting aku aman balik lagi ke hotel! hehehehe…. di jalan rada ngeper juga takut kalo taxinya dibawa ke tempat yang ngga aku tahu (kayak kasusnya temenku…)

What a remarkable experience!

Udah lama banget punya cita-cita liat dengan mata kepala sendiri Petronas Twin Tower yang terkenal itu. Hari ini cita-citaku tercapai and guess what…….sorry to say but kok ternyata biasa aja ya? in the daytime, tu dua menara kembar berasa biasa aja ya palingan yang bikin impressive adalah tingginya. Dulu aku kirain whoaaaaaaaa pasti buagus banget gitu. Tapi emang sih kalo pas malem bagus banget…well at least my dream have come true!

Tadi pagi departing from Bangkok naek Air Asia lagi ke Kuala Lumpur..bener2 asik naik air asia ini, free seating bo’ jadi siapa cepat dia dapet …bangku yang asik (buatku adalah window seat!) hehehe dah berasa kayak naek bis antar kota aja. kagak dapat makanan juga, musti beli dewe, tapi lumayanlah pramugaranya ada 2 cakep cakep (lho?!)

Gitu nyampe di airportnya Kuala Lumpur (yang tambah bikin ik pengin ngusulin ke pemerintah untuk renovasi Sukarno Hatta) langsung ke counternya Sheraton Imperial mo nanya dimana musti beli ticket kereta ke arah kota. Ngga lama setelah beli tiket seharga 35 ringgit, keretanya datang…whoaaaaaaaa bagus banget dan bersih. 28 menit berikutnya dah nyampai train station di dalam kota, dari situ naek taxi 9 ringgit ke Sheraton Imperial…clap-clap pas check in receptionistnya cakep! hehehehe…belanja terus!!!

Dapet kamar di lantai 22, impressive! Kelar mandi dan naruh baju ke wardrobe, langsung deh cabut (rada gerimis tapi semangat jalan harus dipertahankan ahuehuehue) tanpa bekal peta (lupa ngambil di airport! hiks hiks hiks..) aku ngikutin aja jalur monorail diatas kepala hihihihi…eh kira2 15 menit jalan, tu petronas keliatan..tambah semangat deh jalannya dan tak lama kemudian …cita-citaku tercapai!!!!

Whoaaa my counter has hit 300 (not comparable to those that have hit 1000, 2000 and more hehehehe…nevertheless great to have you all visiting my blog) Whoaaaa this is my first time blogging again after I departed Jakarta on August 28 for my holiday trip. Have blogged some stories about my trip but offline, will spare with you soon…thanks for bearing with me…ta ta!