(21 Sept ~ 26 Sept) | 05

21 September: Wednesday
Met Ika (my bro's friend) at toa payoh MRT station.Take train to Bishan, met krystelle. She accompanied me waiting for bus 53.45 minutes travel time from bishan interchange to opposite MJC bus stop. Inside the bus, I was so panicky that I will arrive late for my FM paper 2 preliminary examination. Thank God, I arrived 15 minutes early for the exam. The paper lasted for 3 hours. The mechanics section for me was terrible - only able to do 3/4 of a question out of 5 questions.. But well, it does not sadden me cos after exam, I made my way to the airport for I was leaving to Jakarta for a four-days "holiday". To the airport with me were Celestina, Eunice, Kai Lin, Stacey, Sze Teng, Brandon, Eugene and Xiang Rong. As my flight was 8.40pm, we had some time to have our dinner. And as planned, we bought cake to celebrate Eunice, Kai Lin and Brandon's birthdays. Entered the immigration around 7 40pm. Walk around inside the airport for awhile before I went to the waiting room. The wait wasn't that long before the boarding call was made. It was so lucky of me that I got the last row of two-seater seat of the first economy class cabin, with no passenger beside me. So I was able to push my seat to the maximum slant. Cathay Pacific flight was great with its inflight entertainment. 1 hour 20 minutes flight felt like just 20 minutes. Anyway, landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 9.15pm Jakarta time. By the time I reached home it was already 10pm. Unpacked my belongings, watch tv, see my aunt's vacation photos, then went to sleep at around 12 midnight.

22 September: Thursday
Woke up at 10am. Had breakfast. At 11.30, left house to Kelapa Gading (Artha Gading Mal). Before that, my cousin dropped off his wife and daughter at his mother-in-law place. By the time we reached the mal, it was already nearly 2pm. Walk around in the mal till about 5pm when my cousin come back to pick me, my grandma, my dad and my aunt, up. Left Kelapa Gading to Gajah Mada Plaza to have our dinner at my mother's sister restaurant. After dinner, went to the Hypermart. And as usual, my dad bought quite a number of stuff. He loves supermarket. Reached home at 9.30pm. After showered, watched tv. Off to sleep at 12.30am.

23 September: Friday
Woke up at 9. Got the call from my cousin, that we are going to Cibubur to swim. This time round, my cousin's mother's friends from Ambon were also there. So we used two cars. One was my cousin and his family, his mum and mum's friends and my dad + grandparents. The other car was driven by my cousin's sister boyfriend. My aunt and I were on the second car. At Cibubur, we went to El Dorado swimming area. The two cousins with their wife and partner (respectively), plus my niece (my cousin's daughter), my dad and I swam. There was this see-saw float, that all of us tried to go onto it. Once all of us were on it, we swing it front-backward, left-right, with the intention to make one of us fall into the water. But we end up all falling into the water. For a few times we played it, the same case happened again and again. It was fun though. My niece is so cute. Though only 2 years old, she was not scared of putting her head inside the water or even playing with the water slide. And she seems not to be tired at all. After swimming, we went to my cousin's wife's father workplace. It was at the Indonesian Women Labour Workforce holding place before they are released to work in other countries like Taiwan. The place was so inside narrow road neighbourhood that we took so long just to find the place. Spent around 30 - 45 minutes there before we return to Jakarta. Once reached Jakarta, everyone of us were super hungry. Had dinner at Rumah Makan Padang Sederhana nearby our houses. Reached home around 8.30pm. At 9pm, my dad, aunt, grandma and I went to another of our relative nearby. Chit chat there for about 1 hour plus when my cousin called and asked whether we would like to go eat Sandwich bakar (Grilled Sandwich). Of course we said yes. The place was supercrowded that after us, so many people queue just to get tables. After that, my cousin drives us around the city. Went to Jl. Sudirman, Bundaran HI. We also went to the place where many transvestites like to hang out and find their prey. Haha3x. By the time we reached home, it was already 1am.

24 September: Saturday
After lunch, we went to Roxy Mas Square. Over there, my dad got me a new handphone to replace the digital camera that my grandma gave since he wanted to use the camera for his work. So I bought Nokia 3230. When we left Roxy, it was already almost 2.30pm. We were heading to the new Pondok Indah Mal 2. On the way, we were caught in serious traffic jam that lasted for almost one hour. By the time we got off the car, it was like being freed from an isolated room. The mal was pretty big, with beautiful interior. Went to SOGO supermarket where my dad bought his wine and other imported stuff he fancied. From the mal, we head to Gajah Mada Plaza, the same restaurant as on Thursday, to celebrate my maternal aunt's daughter's birthday. There, I met with my mum's youngest sister that I had not seen for almost 3 years. So excited to see her. She just started working in Jakarta for about 1 month (previously from Surabaya). My that aunt follows us back to my place to stay overnight. And so we chit chat together with my other aunt (from my dad's side) till I felt sleepy which was around 1.30am.

25 September: Sunday
Left house at 11am to Shangri-La hotel, Indonesian Room for the US education exhibition. I was particularly interested in Ohio university Aviation Management undergraduate programme. But once saw the tuition fee per annum, I knew that I would not be able to get the opportunity to pursue that course, at least for now. From Shangri-La, we head for lunch at Sate Khas Senayan. It was already 2pm. I was supposed to meet Hana at Taman Anggrek Mal at 2, but there I was in the restaurant at Cideng waiting for the food. By the time we finished eating, and I reached Taman Anggrek, it was almost 4. Hana was "scolding" me for making her waiting for me for almost 2 hours. Was with Hana for about 2 hours. We went to take photos, neoprints, and was amazed at how confused we are with the photo technology that was quite different from Singapore. We found ourselves keep on laughing for we did not know what to do. Since my aunt that stayed overnight wanted to see Hana, so ended up, Hana met my aunt, dad and grandma. But after that, the situation become quite uncomfortable for her, so she decided to go home. (sorry Hana for making you going through the 'ordeal'. he2x). After Hana left, we went to the supermarket before leaving the mal for home. Once at home, had our dinner, then I started to pack my bag for the next day flight back to Singapore. Then at 9pm, my cousin called us to go out. First, we went to my aunt's place to drop her off. She needed to work the next day. After we dropped her off, my cousin again drives us around Jakarta. Since on Friday, we went to the road where transvestites like to hang out, this time round we went to another area where gigolo like to hang out. Then drove around Four Seasons apartment area before we decided to go Taman Ratu to eat Ropang (Roti Panggang alias Bread Toast). It was 1am when we finally reached home.

26 September: Monday
Woke up at 4.30am. Had my shower and breakfast. And was ready by 4.45 when my cousin come to pick me up to the airport. My flight to Singapore was at 7.25am. We reached the airport so early, that there was no queue when I wanted to check-in, as well as apply for free tax surcharge. So end up I still have around one hour plus with my family before I went into the waiting room for boarding. On the plane, I was deciding to sleep or not. But end-up I didn't sleep. Instead, I watched the inflight entertainment throughout the whole journey. Reached the boundary of Singapore half an hour earlier than expected. Since the scheduled time was 10am for the plane to land but it was only 9.30am, the pilot decided to fly the plane around Singapore for a few rounds. Landed at Changi Airport at 10am. From there, I took cab to school. Lessons start at 11. The rest of the day began the same as any other school days.
The 4 days off at Jakarta were really enjoyable time in the midst of the stressful period of the upcoming A levels. The 'vacation' really did drain away all my stress. :)