caseyhouse: Jakarta ~Tempek, Anda Hemat, Kerupuk Bangka, Pluit, Jalan Angke Jaya VII ..

My trip to Jakarta provided me a short getaway. As what I said to my friend, its been 3years I'd never fly over-the-sea. Thank God I didn't yell when the flight took off into the blue sky.

LoLx

Lazy to narrate anything. I invite you to take a look on some of the shorts I took there. Some photo comes with description, especially for those that I'll like to show off >< or worth sharing.

Tempek ~ trademark product of Indonesia. You do see this in the local market, but here it's bundled with banana leaves.

Oops, so far I never ever really sit next to the window. Neither did I have for this trip, just that I was too generous to let a family to sit side-by-side, hence ended up on a seat next to the screen . :)

the place I dwelled in during my stay in Jakarta, a view from the living room.

My first trip to the city was in 1992, back then Chinese press was only 4 pages altogether, its abundant of news now, one of them even comes with dual-language ! That was a articles with Taiwanese nice lady, Lin-Tzi Ling 林志玲

Who says the locals are in poverty (I know I've should'nt say that) , you'll see majority motorists own MPV or CRV type of vehicles. This pic was taken from a public car park.

Matahari shopping Mall, located somewhere near Pluit (if I was not lost in the direction). Nice hor, something like our 1-Utama shoppee haven. Never thought there such huge mall there. . .

Fashion show with models cat-walking in the stage ~ Matahari shopping mall again.

I grabbed a shirt for myself. Why? 50% discount mah, see the word "Anda Hemat" (nett amount I gotta paid was coincidentally same figure~see the 'Total = 89,950?) It means "You have saved.." Gosh, throughout my life, this is the biggest figure of purchase I've ever transacted, in Rupiah lah, of course.

My friend was choosing a pair of Batik (imitative material one lah, I think), cost RP22,500 = less than RM10

This Ibu was the same as the one you saw just now. Neither her nice smiley face nor her bawangs that caught my attention. I snapped something from the display table. She started to grumbling with other counterparts, which I eventually caught her meant to disagreeing me taking those veges instead of her nice feature which representing local trademark. I ended up took a snap on her request, she waved to stop me, but now you could see her smiling contended.

This Pak is specialised in racket repair work. I was amazed by his swift act of 'embroiding' the string in lines. Huh !!

Local dedicacy~ Kacang Hijau soup cooked with pandan leaves and ginger RP4000 per bowl, taste sweet, which I hardy bearable, would supply you equivalent to sufficient 3days sugar level.

Pak Badminton's house. How fortunate are we in Malaysia, agree with me leh..

Ahh.... he's the Abang who sells Kacang Hijau manisan, he claimed that the stuff he is carrying on his shoulder weighs 40kg, yup, I was pondering like you do "Got meh?".

Kinda of kerupuk (in Bahasa Malaysia we say keropok) sold locally. I heard it is made from prawn.

Somehow, I was lucky that my local friend there bought me a vegetarian one, and of course Halal loh. That's called Kerupuk Bangka.

They cute little Gas miniature, hehe. 3kg only (observe the different in size compare to the normal blue tank).

I like this snap. Very artistic >.<

This reminds me of backyard Shanghai street

You won't find this in Kuala Lumpur, some said Terengganu and also Melaka.

Me and my friend were walking thru' the residential streets, and out of sudden we bumped into this bunch of people at one angle of a shady road. Though some kongsi gelap members were having meeting, but very soon we knew that they were having lunch at a store selling economy rice.. Phew....