Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Long Hiatus

Yeah yeah...........lama banget gak posting di blog yang inih. Lebih sering maen di multiply sih hihih. Anyway, ya dari bulan juli sampai oktober (lama yeee) Kriw dan gue banyak berpetualang dan berkat dari Tuhan (Thank you Lord).

Disingkat:

Agustus 2008
Kami 2 kali pulang ke Indonesia dalam jangka waktu 1 minggu.
Pertama, kami pulang ke Jogja untuk menguburkan Oma Maria Magdalena Utoyo. Nenek dari pihak Ibu mertuaku. Beliau dipanggil pulang tgl 10 Agustus 2008 di Malang, esoknya kami segera ke Surabaya dengan pertimbangan hanya 1.5 jam dari Malang. Ternyata terjadi perubahan rencana, keputusan keluarga besar, Oma akan dikuburkan di Jogja. Maka dari Malang, hari Selasanya 12 Agustus, kami jalan darat mengiringi jenazah Oma sampai Di Jogja dan langsung dimakamkan sore harinya. Kurang tidur, capek, berbagai emosi karena kehilangan Oma, melepas kangen bertemu dengan sanak keluarga. Kebetulan juga Papi sedang berada di Jogja untuk urusan bisnis, lumayan bisa ketemu Papi walau ketemunya di pemakaman. Karena besok paginya, Rabu 13 Agustus jam 6 pagi kami harus ke Surabaya lagi. Flight kembali ke Singapore jam 3 siang dari sana. Tiba di Surabaya, kami mampir ke rumah tante ku di tengah kota Surabaya, untuk numpang mandi, melepas lelah. Senang banget juga bisa ketemu tante2, dan Ipo n Kong Fantjhiang. Ipo, adik dari nenek gue. Sempet jalan2 ke Tunjungan plaza untuk makan dan terus kita diantar ke airport Juanda. Tiba di rumah sekitar jam 7 malam, teler dan besoknya kami berdua kembali ngantor.

Kedua, sabtu, 16 Agustus 2008. Kami berangkat ke Bali untuk honeymoon part 3, heheheh jalan2 terussss.....mengandalkan tiket promo dari Lion Air :D. Liburan kali ini, juga sekaligus merayakan ultah Kriw tgl 18 Agustus. Poto2 dan cerita ada di SINI. Puas banget jalan2 ke Bali kali ini, paling berkesan dan pol senangnya. Memang Indonesia tak ada duanya deh ;) !!! Saat menikmati sunset di pantai Kuta dan Petittenget, kami bertekad untuk mengalokasikan waktu tiap tahun beberapa hari berlibur berdua saja!!!. Nah, nanti kalau sudah hadir buah hati2 kami, ya titip deh beberapa hari ama kakek dan neneknya....hihihihihihihih tinggal pilih mau di Bogor, Jogja ato Jakarta hihihi.......

September 2008

Bulan ini kami di Singapur saja, masing2 sibuk dengan kerjaan di kantor. Masing2 project mau Go Live hehehe...so you know lah, standar hectic mode PSK (pekerja sap komersial) kayak kami ini hihih :p . Di bulan ini, kami pun diminta oleh GPO (Gereja Prebysterian Orchard) tempat kami beribadah, untuk menjadi panitia Bulan Keluarga 2008. Highlightsnya adalah Outing Bulan Keluarga di Singapore Botanic Garden. Wah, deg2an tuh, soalnya hujan melulu, but all went well....lega deh :D Kami berdua belum pernah pengalaman jadi panitia acara, apalagi di Singapore, jadi butek gitu kan pesen ini kemana, pesen itu kemana, organize ini gimana, follow up itu gimana. Yah well, senang juga bisa melayani di gereja, secara yaa kayak keluarga juga lah buat kita disini.

Kriwil juga makin rajin poto2, makin bagus lho hasil jepretan dia :>. Oh ya, Kriwil dapet tiket gratis nonton F1 Singapore, 1 hari aja sih di Free Practice Daynya, tapi lumayan lah yaaauuuu. Baca sendiri ceritanya dia di SINI. Sempet ke Singapore Zoo juga, pake tiket gratisan dari temen hihihi, mayan mayan. Baca ceritanya Kriw di SINI.

Nah, 1 October kan libur lebaran tuuuh, jadilah kami plus Grace n Axel mengunjungi Jurong Bird Park. Anak2 (Axel and Kriw hihihi) seneng banget deh tuh liat burung2 berwarna warni. Emang bagus sih, untung udara bersahabat, gak panas, mendung2 dikit, tapi gak ujan hihihi. Nah, kalo anda2 yang punya multiply dan temenan sama kita2 hihihi, bisa liat hasil jepretan Kriw di SINI.

hiwwaaahh...seleseeee :P

Mudah2an abis ini gue gak terlalu males posting2 yeee hihihi

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Delayed HoneymoonS

Yeaah...it's been a while....actually i need to post lots of postings, but was in hiatus mode.

Well, May 2008 was a great month, Kriwil and I went for (finally) our honeymoonS.

First trip to Saigon-Vietnam, 1-4 May 2008. We took advantage of May Day on Thursday and took 1 day leave from work, and have an extended weekend. Well, the males in me strikes again, my detailed hubby has shared our journey at his blog. Read the stories here, and here, and here, and here. Overall, it was quite fun, the heat was 'lovely' and my skin was really 'tanned', my dad said i looked like Vietkong!!! Our itinerary was following exactly Mbak Elok's journey later 2007. Thanks a lot Mbak, we would not be able to experience as much if we don't have your advice. Not much shopping there of course, we both do not like the food much, only to survive. But, it was an experience indeed.

Second to Bangkok-Thailand, 17-20 May 2008. Again we took advantage of Vesak Day on Monday, took 1 day leave and have another extended weekend. Dearest hubby diligently has posted here, and here and here and here :D
For this one, we've planned earlier then Saigon trip actually, coz Kriwil has never been to Thailand, and i deeply miss the shopping and food there :"> Love the food, love the shopping, great meeting old friends again. I have lots of friends working and living at Bangkok, and it was really good seeing them again.

We are truly blessed by the opportunities to enjoy life.......

What's next destination? hmmm I don't know yet, but Phuket, Hanoi, Penang have been mentioned hihihi....we'll see.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

pulangkampungsebentar

Emang sih baru 3 minggu lebih dikit disini.....karena satu dan banyak hal lain yang harus diurus di jakarta, maka pulang kampung deh pas liburan lebaran haji disini. Kebetulan, tgl merahnya hari Kamis, so dengan menekan rasa malu dan gak tahu diri sebagai pegawai baru, ya memohon dikasi cuti 1 hari (di hari jumat kejepit itu) supaya bisa ada di jakarta dari Kamis - Minggu. Sedihnya karena masih ada sisa malu dan tahu diri sedikit, jadi harus balik ke sini tgl 23, just before christmas, karena tgl 24 Desember bukan tanggal merah......hikkkssss :(( (Indonesia emang paling top deh urusan tanggal merah dan liburan yang dipanjang-panjangin)

Senang banget di rumah, ketemu bantalku, gulingkuuuu.....juga suasana rumah, dan anggota keluarga dan Nur dan tentunya si Happy dan Cantik. Huuuh, masak mereka dah lupa,tidak menyambutku dengan gembira ria...dicuekin aja gitu lohhh....sediiihh :(( baru juga 3 minggu gak ketemu...whoaaa...

Sakaw makan risoles terobati...emang risoles itu tiada duanya bagiku haihaihaaaaa, dan terong belado+tahu brontak si Nur, nyam nyam nyam......

Jadwal yg harus dilakukan/didatangin sih emang padat banget, tapi it's really different deh pulang ke rumah sendiri walau capek dan habis menerjang hujan dan macet tentunyaaaa


Hanya 3 hari di Jakarta.......we'll be back in few more weeks........uughh can't wait


Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Surabaya - Business Trip

Starting from May 24th to 28th 2007, i went to Surabaya for business trip.
My ongoing project is in the phase of Final Preparation for Go-Live next July 2007.
Thus, there i was in Surabaya for Training Support.

24 May 2007

Left home around 7.30 am to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. My flight was 9.00 AM JKT-SUB with GA 306. Arrived at Juanda Surabaya Airport at 10.15 AM. Mr. Edwin Sutresman (DKSH T Sby BM) has been waiting and we went straight to DKSH Tunggal Surabaya Branch at Rungkut area.

SD Module EUT for East Indonesia region has started from 9AM with 10 participants coming from Surabaya,Malang, Manado, Makasar,Jogyakarta,Solo,Semarang,Balikpapan and Samarinda branches. First day training finished around 6 PM.

Then, Mr. Kholili (DKSH T Sby Deputy BM) drove me to Novotel Hotel. I was informed that reservation was made for me. I checked in at Front Desk and tadaaa......my name WAS NOT there in the reservation. What the$%^&*()? after lots of phone calls here and there, i found out, that the secretary booked Somerset Hotel instead!!! oh dear!!! please deh, i was exhausted and expecting to rest in the next upcoming minutes.......Luckily, Mr. Kholili was kind enough to return to Novotel and drove me to Somerset.

My relatives from my Dad's side live in Surabaya, they could not wait to see me. Since it's been a while since i visited Surabaya. They arrived at Somerset shortly after i checked in. I took a quick shower and we went out for dinner at nearby Pujasera. Surabaya is a haven for great food indeed!! Tahu Campur Lamongan, Semanggi (Semanggi leaves, and special sauce made from tapioka), Mie Kluntung, Es Tape Degan yumyumyumm. Afterwards, i was back at hotel.

Arghh...long day indeed....

Click here for Day 1 Pics

25 May 2007


After breakfast at hotel, errghh so so breakfast. Somerset definitely need to improve their quality of food. Not much interesting happen today. I am happy to notice that training participants are quite receptive and proactive.

26 May 2007

It's Saturday!!! Weekend!! Yet, i would be spending it at work. I don't mind, this is one of most interesting phase of the project.
Ko Januar and Kong Fantjhiang picked me at at Rungkut office around 6 PM. We went to their house at Mulyosari area. My beloved Kong Fantjiang (He's my grandmother's brother in law. His wife is my grandma's younger sister), prepared Pangsit Mie specially for me. This family were in food business for a long time. I remember the old days when they were still living in Probollingo. They run small restaurant and every year during school holiday, with my family i visited them. And always fun spending time with them. We went for Jagung bakar after that and visit Ci Inneke in Argomulyo area. I was very happy to spend time with them.

Click here for Day 3 Pics

27 May 2007

Happy Sunday everyone!! Today, training session ended around 3.30. The ladies would like to do some shopping. I think it's ok, since we've covered most of the training materials and tomorrow we'll be able to wrap all things up.

Spend the evening with the relatives again, dinner and coffee at Tunjungan Plaza

Click here for Day 4 Pics


28 May 2007

Last day in Surabaya, check out from hotel early morning. Finalized the training, say goodbyes with the participants. It has been 5 great days spending time with them.
My flight was for 7 PM, i arrived at Juanda Airport around 5 minutes before 6 AM. Lucky me, Garuda offered to fly with the 6 PM flight, there were still seats available. Of course i said yes, they informed me that the 7 PM flight will be delayed 1.5 hourse...phiuuhhh..


Click her for Day 5 Pics

It has been a tiring trip, yet i did have lots of fun too.