Tuesday, September 11, 2007

The Further You Travel, The Wider Your...

I've got midterm exams to do in these 2 weeks, so I need to focus more on that as my priority. Much to talk on the visit and competition in Bandung but I guess time does not allow me to write.

Few important notes:

  • We won the third place in the angklung competition.
  • Travelling with flight wasn't as good as i dreamt.
  • I love Nasi Timbel!
  • Now I can recall the taste of rice. Haha..
  • I want to travel more to anywhere in the world!
  • Rupiah figures mentioned below must be divided by 2500 to get the price in Ringgit Malaysia.

It was my first time ever experiencing flight, flying in the air above the sky. Although it was kind of boring when it's too long in the plane where I couldn't do anything but sleep and look at people's behaviour, it was fun though! The Dutch's plane KLM brought us to and from Jakarta.

Nasi Padang. The system to count things up for payment was different from what we always do. The taste of the meals is not so much different from Malay's but it was my first time, again, eating belut. Delicious! Hey, I ate them with rice for your information. They cost Rp16,000 for belut, babat and rice.

The salesmen here are so enthusiatic to sell their products. There are tricks to play to deal with them to get the lowest price possible, or else they will play tricks to trap you to buy their products. The best way if you're not interested with their products is by ignoring them at all like they are absent around you. One more thing, don't look at their faces. They will try to look as much kesian as possible to attract your sympathy. Cet!

Stalls like this are numerous and I wonder how they actually gain profit with such small number of products sold and high competition between them? Another thing is that the halal-ness their food is questionable. So be careful.

I bought the jacket at Tangkuban Parahu with Rp110,000. Nice! Actually I can get lower price than that, but being typical Zaki, I don't really mind to pay more. Just take it like donation to the seller.

Another movable stalls. But I didn't try batagor. What is it?

Again, my first time seeing volcano just right in front of my eyes. I could the smoke originating from the ground. Subhanallah..

Picture at Tangkuban Parahu. Feel like want to go there again, but without those annoying salesmen. Is it possible?

It was so cold. Is it because I've lost insulators beneath my skin? huhu~

I love Nasi Timbel Komplit. It's like mixed rice but with certain specified lauk pauk in it. The chicken, the sambal, the veges, all are complete in one set for one mouth. *matila hari ni 1 Ramadhan aku menaip benda ni.

Picture before the actual competition. We were the only non-Indonesian group taking part in the competition while the rest are groups from Bandung and other parts of Indonesia. Unfortunately, audience are not allowed to take pictures or record videos in the hall of competition during competition going on.

This is Jahe Rempah, mixture of cengkih, various herbs, halia and of course as you can see, cinnamon. All together mixed up and there you go, a sip of drink made up herbs. To me, its taste was just nice. Not too strong. Its cost is just Rp7,500.

Nasi Bakar Merah. Not as nice as Nasi Timbel, but still I consider it as something new and cool meal. The best one is of coure its sambal. Yummy!

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19 comments:

azuwa said...

fuhh... so much to say.
I love the trip so much!!
I'm gonna miss the cool weather at Bandung, huhu~
and Bapak Sani who had helped us a lot~
and many, many more!!!
I hope we could go there again... T_T

p/s: anyway, unlike u, I love travelling in flight =)

Anonymous said...

we wish u MARIE christmas.....

hahahhaha....what wif the....

Aku suke nasi ambeng....
Aku suke sup sayur yang letak tongkol jagung, namanyer sup aseem~
Aku suke minum teh kat bandung~~~` dan Puncak
Aku suka suasana kat ITB~
Aku teringin makan pecal lele~
Aku kasihan dengan orang2 yang jual kat tepi jalan,
Aku suke nasi padang~

Aku faham naper orang indon kurus2
Aku kagum dengan gerakan dakwah di Indonesia
Aku kagum dengan mentaliti rakyat indonesia~~~~seriously, student diorang 179% lebih matang dari student Msia.

Aku plan nak gi TURKI, MESIR, INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, JORDAN, ISRAEL (kalu bley lah), JOGJAKARTA, GERMAN, and JAPAN :)

Jom kumpul duit dari sekarang.....

ILA said...

1st sentence,
Wish u GOOD LUCK in yr EXAM.do yr BEST!!!

2nd sentence,
Congratulation 2 u & yr fren 4 the third place in the angklung competition.nice pic's & akak feelg jelesssss okeyyy:p


3rd sentence,
Welcome to Ramadhan Al-Mubarak..
may allah keep u amongst d pious..

BYE!!

Unknown said...

wawa...
jom kita buat group cam ibu2 yang menang nombor 2 tu pastu kita usahakan sendiri bertanding lagi atas nama kita sendiri. tapi sure la itu memerlukan usaha yang sangat.. sangat.. sangat... memenatkan.. you know what i mean right~

pojan..
hahaaa.. aku setuju dengan apa yang ko cakap tu.. nak jumpe ko arr borak2 pasal bandung..

kak ila..
terima kasih.. :D

azuwa said...

jom!! smlm dlm post moterm cik syuq ade cdgkan mcm tu jugak, kite buat team kite sendiri pas nih.
pastu sesama kite kumpul duit pi Bandung lagi, tak yah nak guna agent2 yg tahapehape tuh. selamat duit. huhu~
anyway, tgh dgr agu Poco-Poco nih, sedey plak teringat dkt sana =(
slamat berpuasa juga ya!!

Mohammad Ihab Ismail said...

Salam wey Zaki!!
Fulamak menjelajah jauh ko ke seantero Indon!! Ke Bandung bersama Angklung!! BEST!! haha..

Pergh.. I wish one day i can fly out for some sort of competition too muekeke..

Tahniah la.. Tempat 3 pon ok what.. Takde la corot mana hehe..

Selamat Berpuasa!!

Unknown said...

wawa..
wah! korang pun dah terfikir cam tu yek? mentang2 la pengalaman gi bandung best, langsung tak puas, kan~ aku pun same gak~ huhu..
dengar2nye tahun depan kat singapore plak. harap kita dapat gi jugak la.. k? ameeen..

ihab..
ko masuk je pertandingan one in a million musim baru ni.. huhu..
bila nak jumpe ko nih? susah btol arr..

Anonymous said...

salam ther...hmm...pakcik pojan...org tak sambut MARIE chrismas ok.... org sambut ramadhan...isk..pakcik nie...
saya suka zaki g bandung..sbb saya dapat hadiah yg best..

lutfi lukman said...

ampeh btul, tgh2 puasa ni plak baca blog ko yang ada nasi2 yg cambest ni. Apsal nasi dia nmpk cam yogurt je ek... aku mesti jadi kaya...aku mesti jadi kaya... nak travel gak...nak travel....sorg2 ke berdua lagi best ah?

Unknown said...

aku tahu sape anonymous tu! haha~ ye la.. mentang2 dapat hadiah yang paling best among all yang aku belikan.. huhu~

luppi..
travel berdua lagi best.. dua org tu dah kira cam maksimum dah~ pegi ramai2 susah dowh.. pegi sorang2 plak sunyi..

Anonymous said...

Kat Singapore? oh tidak..yang kat Singapore tu festival angklung antara sekolah kat S'pore..da lama dah wujud.. Malaysia je yg takde lagi.. tak sabar nk tunggu AF...

Festival Paduan Angklung hanyalah di Indonesia, tapi tempat bertukar2..(walaupun mostly kat ITB).. kalo rajen gi la website AWI.. kita ucapkan trimas kepada pak Sani, P. Very and Ibu Irma yg dah byk tolong kita..

Anonymous said...

hey ape kena awek semua pakai tudung. potong stim betul. itu pun ada yang ko ngorat ke...itul iium..bila mahathir buat bukan dia fikir pompuan pakai tudung..tapi iium ni musik boleh semua boleh tudung jadi ugama dia...islamik betul.l

Unknown said...

fairuz..
owh.. macam tu. ingatkan ade festival cam kat bandung kat singapore tu.. odah btol org yang menyampaikan benda ni kat aku..

truth..
are you really the truth? you're FAR from the truth. sedar diri..

Anonymous said...

@ihab

hi~~~~~ rindu suare ko :)

@luppi and zaki
travel berdua lagi bestTTTTTTT...

nak nak kalu ader kapal layar~~
ya Allah, berangan pulak bulan2 puase ni...
tak bley cakap bab2 couple bulan puasa....

Anonymous said...

tak bley cakap bab2 romantik gak :p

Anonymous said...

aku plan nak jadi backpacker jer....berdua2 bersama2
huhu~

*sudah2 hentikan berangan nih*

Unknown said...

pojan..
tau la kan tak lame lagi tooooot.. takyah rr.. muahahah~

Anonymous said...

Cute pictures ;)

Unknown said...

TQ mirul~

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