Inacraft 2010

Jakarta April 24, 2010 - Inacraft 2010

Inacraft 2010, an Indonesian craft exhibition, was held at the Senayan Stadium. Mama Pasha was looking for some batik stuffs. I was looking for some trinkets to bring back home as souvenirs. Visitors had started to flood the place by the time we got there. Must be due to the fact that the day after was the last day. I guessed most of them were saving the best for last...

Mama Pasha & Pasha doing the t-shirt painting

Since people were just coming in, the place was not that crowded yet. A few hours later, you could hardly take photo of any booth there as all you could see were people and more people. It was amazing how many people were attracted to crafts. The seventh picture is showing Vincci as one of the exhibitors. Didn't know that Vinnci's shoes fall under craft category... hehehe...

While walking around looking for things that we wanted, Pasha spotted the t-shirt drawing spot under one of the stairs and he requested to join in. Out of the few limited designs that they had, Pasha went for Upin and Ipin. Pasha does not regularly watch Upin and Ipin as his favorite channel is Playhouse Disney but once in a while when we changed to TV9, he would enjoy watching Upin and Ipin. As a proof, he recognized them instead of those other unknown animals or cartoons...

So, this entry was not that much about the craft after all. Anyway, Mama Pasha got some batik stuffs and I got a few keychains and fridge magnets...

Breakfast in MPV

Jakarta April 24, 2010

You read it right! I did not mean to write about breakfast in bed. This is breakfast in MPV and so far I only got to do it in Jakarta. That's the beauty of Jakarta. Anything goes!

It was a fine Saturday morning and we decided to send one of my sister in laws to her uni at Universitas Prof.Dr.Moestopo (Beragama). Notice that word "Beragama" in its name? I was told that for a student to study there, he or she must have a religion... Trying to imagine Universiti Teknologi Mara (Beragama)... Sounds kinda weird... But, that's the name. This morning I found out that even Malaysians go there for their dentist degree... Whatever they called that study is... So, it must be a well known school for dentists...

So what's so special about having breakfast in van? Well, the thing was, there's a tasty lontong for breakfast sold at one of the stalls new the uni. There was no way for us to park near the stall as there was not even a parking space there. By the time we got there, there were already lots of vehicles parked ahead of us and our spot was about 300 meter away from the stall.

The lontong is called Lontong Jhon. I thought the name was John but, as they told me, the owner of the stall always wear a soccer jersey with the word John printed at the back. You know how soccer jersey is. Out of curiosity, I walked over to the place and saw this guy wearing a red jersey with the word "Jhon" written at the back. Hence the Lontong Jhon...

And the only way to describe this lontong - delicious banget!

Oh ya! The person in the last pic is my other sister in law who single handedly brought all the lontong, including the plates, all the way from the stall to our MPV. Thanks Sita!

Pasha was still asleep when we got there... And the rest were all smiles after a delicious breakfast in the MPV!

Don't know what lontong is, click here!

Floras of Rumah Stroberi

Continuing from Strawberry Picking...

This should be the conclusion of the Bandung trip series. The other attraction at Rumah Stroberi was the floras that covered every inch of the place. No matter where we went, we were greeted by gorgeous floras of different shapes, sizes and colors. I seriously did not know what each of them was except for one, which was the Bunga Raya or well known as Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Aku buta bunga... I just loved snapping them and that was all about it.

These flowers reminded me of our trip to Cameron Highland a few years back where we had lots of flowers to feast our eyes upon as well. That would be the time when I wish I had a DSLR... Mahal ler...

Here are more of the awesome flowers. Most of them were white, yellow and pinkish... Must be purposely grown to match the strawberries... Pandai la aku...

These are the final pictures. So, enough flowers for now.

Stay tuned for our next entry!