At 8 am, dad's business partner's driver picked us up and we had breakfast - the hotel had the delicious pinapple bread I had last night and I had that. The driver took us around the town to tourist sightings




and we had lunch then at this restaurant that has a picture of a rat plastered in front of the restaurant's name. No, we didn't eat any rats (or maybe we did but dad said it was meat and I'd have no idea of it until now). The driver ordered 1 kg of shrimp though. Yes, 1 kilograms.

Of Shrimp!


Then he dropped us off at Beijung Lu (Dad: "this is your mom's Disneyland - happiest place on earth"). My mom perked when she realized our hotel was only 2 blocks away from the main Beijing Lu.



Then dad and my grandma (as translator) went off again to meet with another one of my dad's business partners - my mom and I just went off shopping at Beijing Lu and mom bought a Crocs and like, 4 sneakers in 2 hours (even my dad already told us not to go buy anything because our luggages now are as heavy as rocks). She also bought a blue Hermes bag (the one that my aunt had been wanting so much) - for her, she'd wanted to buy another one for my aunt but the store only had one in stock. Dad would have fancy dinners with his clients and mom and I bought KFC take out (:



Yes, I'm becoming a fat-take-out-or-drive-through-fast-food-scarfer

Labels: brand: Crocs, brand: Hermes, life: lebaran, place: beijing lu, place: guangzhou, school: holiday

This the the second - or the first day that I've arrived here - Macau, again, I'm getting bored of all the casinos and bright lights here - but I'll never get bored of the drag queen strippers and Cirque De Soleil performances (: We got to the Airport and it was raining, my mom just threw up and we crossed the street to our respective beds at the hotel.

At around 11 am, my parents, grandma and I crossed over to Zhuhai (okay, I admit that I don't know how to spell that) and while we were filling out imigration cards, there was another tourist from Indonesia. They were from Medan (my Grandma perked at this) and them with my Grandma and dad were chattering all about our hometown all the way to the queue and those men were also in the shoe business (Dad perked up at this). And then they both exchange business cards with Dad. My grandma told them to look up my uncle (who's built malls and Medan fair) when they got back to Medan.

There was a nice lady helping us find our way where dad's business partner's driver was supposed to pick us up. After 3 hours of drive we arrived at Gao Ming (I also don't know how to spell this) and after a nap and shower, my dad's business partner picked us up again and then we stopped in front of a public high school. There we picked up his translator (which is his son's english teacher) and also taught english at that school.

We went to his parent's factory which is kinda going into the woods and my mom was like "Edward Cullen's house is somewhere in there" psh. My grandma was always the center of the attention - because she's the only one that could speak Chinese fluently. There we were poured tea 24/7 - and it was scroching hot I tell you, my tounge was scalded because I forgot to blow it.

I would drink the tea and then he poured me another glass, and he kept doing that - it was annoying I tell you. Then, I'd stop drinking it and he would dispose the tea and filled it again. I was like, "I was waiting for it to cool you jerk" - Of course I said this in Indonesia, outloud yes, which is great because no one understands.

Then he took us to dinner at some fancy hotel restaurant and I can't eat anything - the food was definetely not disgusting but the english teacher was like, "eat this, this is pigeon" and ECK! and then my grandma said, "here, this is squid, try it, it's delicious" but then the english teacher would be a joy kill and say, "no, no, no, that's a snake" ew. Thank god there was this hot baked breads and it was so tasty, it's crusts are crispy and inside there's melting pinapple in it. The business partner's son was like, "Are you sure your daughter is full, she barely ate anything blablabla" and again I said outloud, "because you're ordering freak foods, jerk" (Indonesian, no one understands of course) and then he said, "Next time we'll bring you to McD, yes?"

As if there will be a next time

And then he really want to bring me to the drive-through - but I was full with the bread, it was good. As soon as I got back to the hotel, I can't open twitter nor facebook; haha TO BE CONTINUED

Labels: life: lebaran, place: macau, school: holiday

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Okay, I'm posting this from one of the computers at Soekarno Hatta's executive lounge. Lia, my elementary school friend is at the airport too, but I can't see her because she's here to pick up her dad and she's not in the International Departure. I have nothing else to do here than to wait for my plane that leaves for Shanghai that was set to leave at 7, then 10, then now, 12 am - than talking to Pennia, HuiXian, Nabila, Giu and Ghalib at ebuddy (did I mention I hate ebuddy?). I've eaten like everything here, from pasta, chocolate cakes, frozen cream puffs, soups, salads, sandwiches, pancakes and drank some of my grandma's beer. Yes, my grandma drank beer so she could doze off at the plane, but no, not my dad. He has to go all sober because he'll get cranky and he doesn't like beer. Like, who doesn't like beer? Haha

The day started with the history test; which I didn't study for yesterday and did this morning, very quick review at the last week's test but then interrupted because I want to see the pictures at the 'Buka Bersama' last week at the computer. The questions were mostly the same so everyone finished the test quickly - everyone except for Adamas who showed up at 8 and by then everyone was already out from the class and there were just me, cigi, tami, nabol and meutia at the class - finishing reviewing on the photos.

It was like a sleepover, without the pillows and the mattress - but we just laid on the class' floor (even nabol wanted to move to the library since it has carpeting, but i was so lazy to even sit up). We chatted, gossiped (we're girls, not that it's meant to be sexist), took (flashback) pictures, r&r meutia's magazine and new TV-shows and filmed a reality TV-show.

Yes, because we're so cool; we filmed reality TV shows at last days of school (even if the story line's kind of messed up)

It's like, so rad. The video might come up soon - depends, if it's too embarrassing to make it (or too long, it was like 20 minutes of something). It won't make the cut in the uploading room (;

I went home at 11, downloaded iTunes and Skype at my mom's laptop and packed for Shanghai - came to the airport and we can't find the plane's gate and told it was delayed. My dad bonded with some families from the same plane (who's suffering like me as well now, but they chose to suffer outside the lounge, fine). My grandma was like held up at the immigration - like my grand mother - a terrorist? That's not humor, that's just plain security stupidity. If you had to ask, yes of course my grandma was fine - she's not a terorist just because she drinks bottles of beer by herself doesn't mean she is.

So now that I lost my hotel reservations due to the delaying airplane, I get to ramble about the very very fugly girl I was standing behind in the line to get into boarding. She was wearing a tank top and keeps kissing her boyfriend - ew PDA (that's so cute, even more than Nick Jonas, yes sorry). And I have this urge to snap her bra-strap. There's a man bringing this huge surf board and a very weird tanned girlfriend of the surfer-boy's.

I realized something today, that my mother dyed her eyebrows. Am I an awesome observer or what? My dad didn't even know until I mentioned it and my mom confessed that her hairdresser thought it was a good idea. She had highlights two days ago - so her previously red brunette is now redder (like in the sun, it'll look so red like Marcia Cross's) because you can't have reddish brunette with black eyebrows (this seems logical but dying your eyebrows doesn't right?). Then my dad has to gone through all his credit cards and passed it to the clerk to check if we can get to the executive lounge without fee - and that he has so many, he just gave the clerk his wallet and asked her to find if anything there qualifies. I'm beginning to think that my parents are delusional; or is it the holiday air?

Okaaay, I'm done rambling, I think I'm going to head to the buffet table and grab some pasta and the chocolate cake - yes, again. I think I've eaten 5 so far - I'm not really keeping count because it'd be scary.

So far I've:
1. Written a blog
2. Bookmarked my own blog at the airport's computer that I've logged in (; (embarrassing but I'm not hiding anything, I'm far too bored)
3. Tasted everything at the buffet table
4. Tweeted
5. Read every Taylor Swift entry at Perez Hilton

I'll be so fat by the time the plane finally boards that by the time I come back 3 weeks later, you won't recognize me!

I hate Viva Macau

Labels: brand: viva macau, friend: cigi, friend: huixian, friend: mutia, friend: nabol, friend: pennia, friend: tami, life: high school, life: lebaran, school: holiday, school: midterm

02.
CHINA

JONAS BROTHERS, AVRIL, CASINO ♥

Rule 7: Jangan kaga ngupdate ampe sebulan…

AHHHHAA – udah lama banget kaga pernah ngupdate. Akhirnya ngupdate juga. Mulai ke Cina pas September 27 – 2 October. Pertama-tama cuma di Zhuhai –terus pindah ke Macao.
Terus-terus ternyata, ADA AVRIL DI MACAO –tapi pas itu masih di Vietnam. Sumpah – aku ampe nangis, bener” nangis.
JONAS ASTAGE.
Ama AVRIL gtuh. Yah—jelas jelas bagusan Cina yah daripada Vietnam.
Tapi bosen banget ke Cina mulu dari dlu…

Rule 8: Jangan pacaran di taman Cina

1. Biasanya ada kayak anak kecil yang jualan bunga mawar gtuh… Terus entar kita dipaksa beli. Kalo kita kaga mau, anaknya meluk kaki kita ampe kita mau. Jadi kaga bisa jalan. AHAHA! Dulu pas pertama kali liat gtu, masa Jefry kabur gara” ke-ge-eran pengen di peluk ama anaknya…
Itu masih mending sih daripada remaja” yang sujut nunduk seharian terus pake dus indomie (sapa tau?) ada tulisan cakar ayam cina-nya itu. Kata bokap sih itu tulisannya tentang masalah-masalah dia itu, diusir dari rumah lah, hamil lah. Bingungnya kog kaga cape yah sujut di tanah seharian…


2. Terus bokap aku itu NORAAAAK banget yaah di Cina. Tiap kali ada kapal, ada TV flat screennya gede, dia minta foto. Ampe brapa kali tuh – udah diliatin orang. Coba di Indonesia, pasti orang-orang udah kayak, ‘ih tuh orang ALAY’. Yah untungnya orang Cina ngatain kita, kita kaga ngerti. Kita ngatain orang Cina, orang Cina juga kaga ngerti
JADI SAMA” DEH.


3. Bunda apa lagi. Udah kayak anjing dilepas di Cina—seharian pas bokap pergi ama nenek (yang ternyata tujuan di ajak ke Cina hanya sebagai translator) ama partner kerjanya gituh—dia malah shopping seharian. Kaget deh, pas aku lagi asik” online di kamar, tiba” dia balik pas baru 1 jam katanya ”udah kaga kuat ngankatnya”
TERUS GW DIAJAK PERGI DEH. Hahahaa—asiik yee dsana, kalo nawar, bunda ama aku udah jalan JAUH banget, terus dipanggil dah “missy, missy” AHAHA. Pas cerita ke bokap—dia jadi manggil bunda ‘missy, missy’. Dan aku lapor ke bokaap, bunda malah beli jaket kulit gituh—SEREM BANGET. Yaudah, teruus aku bilang, “Kalian berdua mau pake jaket kulit terus ngedate hari Minggu di Ancol yee?”
SURAM BANGET – sinetron indonesiar, hiaahhaahaa!



4. IYAH - terus di sana foto”nya ama patuuung terus. Soalnya kagada cowo ganteng—yah, kalo ada juga tuh cowo kaga bisa liat soalnya matanya sipit banget kali yaaa…? HAHHA-haha…? GJ juga…



5. Disanaa bawaannya ngantuk. Yaaah, tapi dmana” juga aku ngantukk siih (:


6. HIAH –di Macao ada kayak acara MAGIC TREE ato apa gtuuh namanya… Kaga jelas; silahkan diliat

a) Wynn's MAGIC TREE


b) Wynn's Waterworks


Terus ada kembang api. Katanya bokap sih itu perlombaan kembang api seluruh dunia; tapi kog Indo kaga ikut. Terus di Macao juga kaga keren” banget, jadinya pada masuk ke Wynn… AHH, teruus aku nyelip ke casinonya—mereka kaga nyadar kali yaah aku belom 17 taun… Yah, teruus liat tarian” striptease gtuh… SEKSI BOO—tapi bencong! (:

c) Wynn's Waterwork





7. VENETIAN
Astaga, astage. DI VENETIAN AKU NANGIS.
Udah poster Avril gede-gede di pajang, Jonas opening act. Terus bokap harus pake ngomong, ”coba kamu tau lebih awal. Cuma segitu harganya, dibliin deh” HUUUAH T_T . Gara-gara itu deeh aku nangis di Venetian, malu-maluin. Tapi bodo lah – JONAS SECARA. JONAS JONAS JONAS. Dah hilang kesempatan ketemu Jonas. Hicks –tapi udah lah, jangan diinget-inget lagi lah…

a) Venetian



see gallery.

British Next Top Model dah mulai.
OFF.

bored

Channel V - British’s Next Top Model

♥

Labels: life: lebaran, life: parents, life: shopping, people: avril, people: jonas, place: casino, place: indonesia, place: macao, place: venetian, place: wynn, place: zhuhai, rule, school: holiday

HIATUS
from 18.09.08 - 02.10.08

away bebs,
ampe 2nd october.
to macao & vietnam
bwad pameran spatu bokap.
:]


accomplished

TI ft. Rihanna - Live Your Life

♥

Labels: hiatus, life: lebaran, place: macao, place: vietnam, school: holiday