Sunday, September 26, 2010

Greetings from Jakarta

at Santika Hotel, Jakarta




Bulan ni byk pulak I kena travel.Anyway salam dari Jakarta yang lebih bertenaga dan berbudaya dari KL.Dari atas plane, nampak seperti Indonesia jauh lebih mewah dari KL...ekonomi mereka lebih mantap.Ini kelihatan dari udara lagi!

Hotel saya sangat nyaman walaupun budak kaunter itu agak lembab (tak jumpa nama saya dan SM Zakir dan kami tunggu lama...dia tak nampak kunci dah di depan matanya.Hissh!) Lain-lain saya puas hati.Hotel ini very quiet and nice.Nak pi swim tapi Zakir's room next to mine (menghadap swimming pool..takut pulak Zakir mati terkejut tengok I in swimsuit walaupun Muslim swimsuit)

The gals and I walked to this Padang restaurant.Enak.Tunggu Francis call.Besok dia dah balik Spore.Mungkin tak sempat cos' the gals nak keluar pi kedai buku kejap lagi.

I am very sleepy.Semalam punya marathon gila betul.But we enjoyed foods at Rector's and time at Azura's was really riang.Had a great fun teasing OLD friends.Makanan pun sedap.We visited her mom.Dah byk improvementnya.

Malam punya open house at Rawang was really crazy.Jam kat Rawang mcm nak gila.Got home late.I main campak je my clothes into the suitcase.Pagi jam 5.30 am dah bangun.The meeting and conference better be good!

If Abam! is reading this: thank you for waking up so early on Sunday to see me off at Sentral.

6 comments:

Lady of Leisure said...

Salam Dr.. wah kejap kat Hong Kong kejap kat Jakarta...

Faridah said...

Lady: HK tu holiday (duit sendiri).Yang ini kerja (org bayarkan).Tapi yang I suka dtg Jakarta ni, org2 sastera dia vocal2.Tu yg syok dengar.Bahasanya pun cantik.Nanti I blog, InsyaAllah.

F A L T 0 said...

I love Indonesia's literature stuff too! Most of the songs pun sangat puitis walaupun ringkas bahasanya. Enjoy Jakarta, Dr.!

p/s: do check out Sore Band if you have time :)

Faridah said...

Fat: Just finished dinner (with lots of music and dances and poems)
This land has soul.Rasa macam kat Paris pulak.Mereka nyanyi jazz dan lagu2 Indonesia yang enak2.Yang pelik, mcm semua orang pandai nyanyi (suara semua mcm Sheila Majid!)Kita terasa kita buta musik, tiada budaya.

I dah mula homesick nih.

Asma' Umm Hudzaifah said...

wah dR. Faridah, tak duduk diam!!

I tak dapat pegi at least i can imagine the ambience!

i so wanna check the literary scene in Jakarta. my company is sending someone there for the bookfair next month- unfortunately not me. grr.

safe journey ya dr!

Faridah said...

Asma': Jakarta is the place kalau nak beli buku ka apa ka.It's a culture city.But the indonesian intellectual community looks up to Malaysia saying we are far ahead.I guess the pasture is always greener on the wrong side.But duit I habis beli buku2 yang sukar didapati di KL.