Weekend in Bandung, Indonesia!

Happy Holidays everyone! I actually have like 2 Vlogs i haven't got to editing yet because, well... i'm lazy. And i didn't have the time la but I'll get to that soon enough. Anyway, let's start off with my trip to Bandung, Indonesia now, shall we?

On Nov 5, Joelle, myself and our moms had to wake up at THREE IN THE MORNING to catch our 6am flight to Bandung. Our main and only purpose of going there was to, like every one else who went there, shop. But i can speak for both of us that clothes weren't the only thing we got from the trip, we experienced and learnt a lot as well.

The culture shock started from the second we landed at Husein Sastranegara International Airport because it was SO different from KLIA and even, LCCT. There were houses beside the airport runways, because Java is so densely populated, home to 135 million people to be exact. (60% of Indonesia's population)

Before we even checked into the hotel, we went to our first shopping outlet, Rumah Mode, which i'm sure every one who has visited Bandung has been to. It was 9am in the morning when my dad called me, "Girl, have you all gotten your luggage yet and how are you gonna get a taxi to the hotel and blablabla." and i was like "DADDY CALL YOU LATER I'M ALREADY IN THE CHANGING ROOM NOW." Hilarious.

I only have pictures of the outside because who would be holding a huge camera when they are shopping la, right. Basically its just a huge place with racks after racks of dresses/accessories/bags.

After 4 or 5 hours in that place, we had our lunch at the cafe there, or was it like a cafeteria i couldn't tell. I just remembered being really really hungry and thirsty!

We ate this, which is called Nasi Goreng Kemripik. Damn was it SPICY!! I was the only smart ass who wanted to try spicy, Joelle and my mom repeatedly told the waiter 'TAK MAU PEDAS' Heh, nevermind. It tasted good.

Java Bean? I suspect this is Java's Coffee Bean or something. Nice environment, very different from the streets of Bandung. Prolly because its a tourist destination so they made it look really high class.

 In the afternoon is when we FINALLY checked into Hotel Sensa, where we stayed on the highest floor which wasn't bad. I knocked out on the bed the second my head touched the pillow, i was exhausted :3

After our power nap, it was off to MORE SHOPPINGGGGG! Where we went to in the evening, i am not sure because it began to rain very heavily,  it was cold and we had to walk from bungalow to bungalow, with our shoes and feet covered in mud. I was screaming and complaining because everyone knows la, i memang 公主病 but THEN... there came these little kids holding umbrellas, WHO WEREN'T WEARING ANY SHOES, earning a living by shading tourists who didn't have umbrellas. It was heart breaking, honestly. Even if we had given them all the small change and coins we had, each little boy would've only gotten like what... 1000 rupiah? Which is 35 cents! So of course, i didn't go "Ew ew ew ew ew my shoes are wet" anymore for the rest of the day laaaahh!

And guess what, we had JAPANESE for dinner hahahahaha. It tasted awesome by the way,  can see why the place was packed with people.

Day Two was even more tiring than the first day, and i didn't take many pictures because it was raining the wholeeeeeeee day, pretty depressing. There were many boutiques, even though most of the clothes didn't suit our taste, it was fun just taking it all in.

Breakfast by the pool side, which tasted SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOD. The picture above was only my first serving la k. We spent almost 2 hours on breakfast i think, just eating and eating. With so much good food, the only thing Joelle Teoh wanted to eat was HONEY STARS. Wo de tian -_-'.

We skipped lunch because we were still full from breakfast. Later in the afternoon, we had tea at this bakery? called Kartika Sari, really famous in Indonesia for their layer cakes and brownies and delicious pastries. So basically all we did the whole day was shop and eat, no don't judge.

See! Even Indonesia loves Hello Kitty, teeheehee! :)

Now here's a little story about how we got back to the hotel after tea. It was already dark and cold, and we waited for 15 minutes in the rain before the first taxi showed up. We knew that it costs around 12 000 rupiah to get back to our hotel, but he wanted to charge us 25 000 instead. We were like cheh, cut throat, slam door, 不希罕 .

But after that, we had to wait another HALF AN HOUR before a man came up to us and asked us if we needed a ride. Girls, you know that our moms have told us a million times NOT TO GET INTO A STRANGER'S CAR, but this time, it was our mom's who actually agreed to it. When Joelle and I got into the car, as in sync as we always were, both looked in the boot to see if there were, you know, ropes? knives? A pistol? or anyONE who was trying to... i don't know.........maybe RAPE US TO OUR DEATH?!?! But thank god, the guy was a licensed taxi driver, who didn't drive a taxi. Yes, sounds odd but i rather not think about it anymore.

(A reason why i was scared he had a gun: People sell guns... oustide our hotel.... on the rodsides........O.O)

It wasn't until later that we realized the Indonesian rupiah really messed. with. our. minds. maaaaan. Even if the first taxi driver wanted to charge us double, it was only like, an extra.... 4 ringgit. What the efffffffffffffff yoooooo, 4 ringgit in exchange for 30 mins in the rain and probably even our lives? I say it was a "PRETTY GOOD DEAL" we blew off.

Night view of Seawalk, the shopping centre connected to our hotel.

I think Joelle and I had J CO Yogurt for every night we were in Bandung, trols. It's cheaper there if i'm not mistaken, and its better we eat there because i scared someone will forget her retainer thus causing the boys to search though J CO's entire day of rubbish for it again. (inside joke and a very, very long story)

Some restaurant we ate at... after dessert. Hehehehehehehehe nevermind la, shopping burns a lot of carbs anyways.

Joelle's mom chillaxing in the hotel lounge... LIKE A BOSS.

At midnight, Joelle and I went to this balcony like thingy at the hotel, for some girl on girl talk :) Chatted away until we were the only ones there left, i guess we never run out of things to say. HAIZ JOELLE, IF ONLY YOU WERE A GUY.

Anyway, it was an enjoyable trip even though it was short. I won't blog about the third day because i have no pictures :( Will definitely blog more now that the holidays are here so, stay tuned! Tata! :)