The staffs of Messrs. Adillah A. Nordin and their respective spouses were in Jakarta for our annual company trip from Thursday to Sunday last week & we had so much fun!! There were 15 of us in the group, with Mak joining us as usual. Zaharim & me, Kak Midah & Abang Rahim, Kak Faridah, Eyta & Azahari, Faizah & Hizam, Pakcik Long & Kak Zaiton, Mas, Cherryl & Masliza. We all had a BLAST in Jakarta!!
We stayed at Le Grandeur Mangga Dua which is connected to the famous shopping mall called ITC. The hotel was fantastic & the location was perfect! Just a door to separate the hotel & 3 inter-connected shopping malls! Ini sangat-sangat membahayakan poket & dompet! :-)
Things are so unbelievably cheap in Jakarta, especially telekung, Muslim garments & leather products. If you are in Jakarta to shop, I highly recommend these places in particular:-
Jakarta City Center (also known as Warduk to locals) for Telekung, tudung & Muslim attires;
Tanah Abang Block A for fabric, clothes & garments;
ITC Mangga Dua for leather bags & wallets.
You will be surprised by the variety & most of all: the Price! Murah Murah Murah!! You will be spoilt for choice! By Friday, most of us realized that we needed more Rupiah & we got so excited when Abang Rahim (who is a banker) informed us that we could withdraw money from the ATM machines! WOWIE!! More shopping sakan!! (I told everyone: Don't look at it as How much you have spent BUT How much you have saved! Heehee..)
Over and above all this, our tour guide Hasim took us to lovely restaurants for our meals. Mak (our tour leader every year!) requested freshly cooked food for all meals, so we didn't have any nasi padang at all (Phew! I don't fancy cold pre-cooked meals..). Instead, we had delicious masakan Sunda for most of the meals. Lots of seafood & vegetables! Yummy!
I really look forward to these annual trips every year. It's not just the excitement of traveling to a foreign land & discovering new things, it's much more than that. It is a journey where we share good times together, we get to know each other better and we create unforgettable experiences & memories together. It's the bonding. That is truly priceless.
Then, it was time to go home. Everyone takut excess luggage after all those shopping! But fear not, Azahari did his magic trick after some coaching from Zaharim (wink* wink*) & we were way below the limit!! Will not put in writing how this is done but if you need to know for future reference, do give me a call.. heehee.. :-)
Thanks to everyone for making Jakarta a wonderful & memorable journey!
(^_^) Ikhlas from me & Zaharim
22 comments:
i've been waiting for this entry actually...ehehe...soo good to know dat u guys had fun there, i mean heck all trips with the firm are great!!! cant wait for ur posting of the pictures...and i laughed at the excess baggage trick!! didnt we have to do that with every trips?? Hehe...wish i'm free to join next year!!!
hi farah! We missed you in Jakarta! You would have enjoyed the trip. I know you pun selalu shopping sakan whenever we go for our annual trips! :-)
Anyway, we took loads of pictures but here are some of the selected ones. Look at everyone shopping bags!
(^_^)
Dilla;
Jealousnya kita....really glad that you all had an enjoyable trip......
Hi Raha!
Memang best! Tapi balik ni pening kepala banyak kerja.. :-)
i wish i can go to jakarta...
sigh..
Cikyu, Of course you will go to Jakarta nanti. The trip is not expensive. Naik Airasia je...
Siapkan duit belanja lebih je..
:-)
Hi Mama,
I really missed you that day :(
But thanks for all the things!
THANKS, adlina
Hello darling Adlina,
We missed all of you too when we were in Jakarta.
Hope you like all the Hello Kitty stuffs I got you..
Lovelots, mama
Dilla...kerje memang tak kan pernah habis.....but u deserve the break....have been a hectic year..
Raha,
I'm so happy to hear your story yesterday about Mr Right...
I doakan yang terbaik for you :-)
yup, looking at d pictures, everyone was sitting by themselves...yelah, sng nk letak harta karun masing2...nasib baik bas tu besar klau kes mcm pegi beijing dulu, haiii xde space nk letak brg!
Farah, you are right. Nasib baik bas besar. There were 15 of us in a 40-seater bus. Memang sesuai...
Those pictures were taken after 1/2 day of shopping!
:-)
Diila..thank you....
Betul-betul...great that all of you really enjoy shopping again as usual :)... I like the quote tu Cik Adillah 'look at how much you could save' hahaha...betul-betul... bestnyaaa berjalan2
P/s : Kak Fa celebrate her birthday in Jakarta rupanya-Cik Adillah sure Kak Fa shopping sakan sempena birthday dia nih... jgn marah Kak Fa !
Hi Su,
Yes, Kak Faridah celebrate birthday kat Jakarta, jangan marah!! We had a lot of fun especially shopping barang yang sangat2 murah... :-)
Seronok2 bila bercerita dan mendengar cerita tentang bershopping sakan ni :) Hope the annual trip next year will be more fun!
Well, all of you deserve more and more and more mores enjoyable trip together :) yela bagi free sikit jam during the working days so that the output would be much-much greater thereafter kan :)
Puan,
Bestnye shoppppingggg!!!
Macam heaven jek bunyiknye.hehe
**Actually baru hri ni dpt bace posting Puan (coz mlm nie bru rajin on9 from home). 'Company itu' telah memblock blogspot.huhu
Wahhh Kak Ila~ Sounds like a blast!
Hello Hasanah,
Kenapa lah pulak "Landlord" you kat office tu block blogspot? Macam takut je... huhu..
Yes, Jakarta memang shopping best!! Murah sangat2 barang2nya.. One day you must go!
(^_^)
Hi Shikin!
Yes, it was a BLAST! Rombongan Cik Kiah & Mak Minah pergi mebeli-belah! Haha :-)
kak, thanks for the telekung..like it very much! tak pernad ada lagi tau telekung kaler oren...huhu..i like it, and its very sweet...and today is so FUNNNNN!!!!
Hi Diana,
I'm glad you like the telekung. I thought that orange will suit you better than pink sebab you selalu ceria & orange is so ceria :-)
I had fun too at Kaseh Butik today..
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