I know I know I've been pretty slack with blogging. Don't think I didn't think about it when I was travelling. I did!
Well so far this year I have been in Jakarta, Indonesia from 16th -31st Jan 2010. The purpose of my visit was to go to my cousin's wedding and to visit relatives and of course shopping.
Last time I went back to Indo was in 2006 (I think). I've been there 5 times now I think (bad memory). Every time I go back I enjoy it more and more. The first time I went I was really young and then I went back in 2000 and didn't really enjoy it. Was supposed to have gone for 4 weeks but left after 2 weeks, as I just graduated from uni and need to look for a job.
I think after this visit I would really like to try to live in Indo for at least 6 to 12 months. The life style there is so different. The difference between rich and poor is highly visible. But I think Indo is an amazing country with heaps and heaps of people, anything is possible if you know the right people. It's a developing country so there are lots of opportunities.
The latest craze over there is frozen yogurt. I've tried Sour Sally and Red Mango franchises. I prefer the Red Mango. These are American franchises and I was watching Asian CNN while over there and they said the frozen yogurt industry is a cash cow at the moment for the last 2 years. So if you've got some money get in there.
As you know or may not know I'm going to start my make up course soon. I found out that a couple of my cousins/relatives are make up artists over there. One of them who is also called Diana (fabulous name) did the make up for our cousin's wedding.
The favourite past time in Indo is shopping. There are so many shopping malls over there now with more being built. It's just crazy that everyone like shopping. I was shopping one day (out of everyday we went shopping) and my dad bumped into like 4 school friends. Some of them he hasn't seen in years. Amazing, such a small world.
My biggest purchase there is my new compact camera. I got the Lumix TZ7. I highly recommend it. I love it as it also does HD video!!!
Before going over to Indo I made a list of foods that I wanted to eat. My colleagues thought this was hilarious and didn't understand. I pretty much ate everything I wanted: satay, fried gourami, fried bananas, martabak manis (the best), mangis (mango stein), durian, rambutan, durian ice cream, lots and lots of seafood, even had some crushed ice without suffering any consequences, percadel, que pepe (dunno how to spell it), risoless, bacang ...hehe hope there are no Indo reading this as my spelling is atrocious.
I would like to live in Indo coz as I mentioned I believe anything is possible there and because I want my own BiBi....hehe...
Again, if you are reading this don't you anything better to do? Well thanks for taking some time to read my blog. I feel honoured.
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Keep smiling and try something new!
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