KUALA LUMPUR - JAKARTA - BANDUNG (PART II)

We arrived Grand Preanger at about 8.30 p.m. After we dumped our shopiing bag, we went out again. Destination - Paris van Java. Yes, at nite the place are different with lights! More lively. Live band. We sat down for a drink. Cheap. Talking talking talking until 11 each before we hail a cab to go back. We need to re-pack our bag. Scary thought. I don't know how it will fit the van to Jakarta tomorrow. may the force be with us. Total - 8 bags! Too late to worry or regret. Cuma boleh mengucap panjang aje lah tengok semua beg yang "gemok-gemok" tu.



Dona : Mamiiii, I bought something for you. Hope you like it....

Mami : Eh, thank you girl. Why trouble yourselves? Aminah you see your daughter so nice la. She bought me material. Wah, so nice. I have been looking for this kind of stripe for my jubah la Aminah. She so clever and......
She start unfolding the "material" only to realise it is a pants - size 43! She frowned and in a very sad tone and teary eyes she start saying :

Mami : Aminah, you see your daughter bought me this oversize pants. Am I that big Aminah? I so sad. I think I want to go home lah. Can you please call me a cab, please Aminah.......

Aminah : No lah Ann. She meant well. Frankly, for your age, your size is just nice. Don't go back lah. If you really want to go back wait for dinner first la...

Mami : You see, you see, you also the same. Still want to feed me with food. You want to make me grow bigger? How to grow thinner like that? You should stop me from eating. Mother - daughter same same...I more sad....

Aminah : Aiyo, I sakit perut lah Ann. You wait I go toilet.
Aminah ran off to the toilet and............

Dona is no where to be seen since she handed over the size 43 pants. I think sakit perut also..........

Now, Ann left alone in the living leaning by the wall looking sadly at her newly "acquired" size 43 pants....



Kah kah kah. I am serious about meeting Mami to ask for her forgiveness for making fun of her but Dona has to kiss her feet cause she laugh more than me (like a devil) when I start talking about Mami....CekPakaran pun sama! Bukan nak bagi nasihat pun mak si Tanggang nie.



Day 3 - Bandung - Jakarta. We woke up early to get ready for breakfast. Arrange for all our luggages to be sent to the lower lobby. Before our trip to the Cipaganti office, I went to the bakery shop to buy some tiramisu but no more! Habis. Geram aku. I knew it I should have bought it last nite. Our bag almost failed to fit the taxi but we still managed. Four of us squeeze at the back seat. Who says we are fat? Lucky short journey otherwise sure we arrived "lumpuh separuh badan". Fun because we can still laugh about it!

Arrive at Cipaganti centre. The van will be departing at 10.45 a.m. We have about 90 minutes to be "wasted". Me and CekPaKaran decide to walk and look for the Amanda Brownie. Managed to find but at a higher price - Rp25,000.00! Damn! Dona paid Rp8,000.00 cheaper. We return to the centre. Still about 1 hour to departing time. I sleep on the chair. Tired.

10.25 a.m. It is time to board our van. Guess what....We have 8 bags and the space for baggages is too small to accomodate our bags. Luckily, 2 seats are not taken but we were force to buy one extra seat. Reasonable. KK says that this is the first time he sees such thing. We sit in between of bags! Kah kah kah. Macam mat dan minah indon.

During the journey, CekPaKaran open one of her kerepek pisang. She offered us. I hungry so for sure took the offer. Surprisingly, the so called "I tak makan benda-benda macam ni" namely Dona, also grab a piece. Wow. So nice lah. Eh Eh CekPa, Dona says, sedap la. I regret tak beli la CekPa, I said. CekPaKaran terus la sindir both of us. Pedas pedas, but we dont care, we still makan and makan. Tak kecik hati pun. kecik-kecik hati, lapar la jawabnya...

After 2.5 hours we arrived Novotel, ManggaDua Square. Check-in and the room - fantastic for the price we paid. Facing swimming pool.

To be continued - again.



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