Memorable Moments with My Friends

Do you have memorable moments with your friends?
I bet you do! And so do I...

with Anto
Memorable moments: debates; confronting each other

with Mony Pen
Memorable moments: harassing and grabbing each other

with aLbert The Narcist
Memorable moments: exchanging comments; debating; compare our narcisms; acting like retard in the mall; dancing in the music store [that was completely INSANE!]

with Rachel
Memorable moments: hook up together on cigarettes; fight the taxi driver in Bangkok; shopping; gossiping

with Greg and Ed
Memorable moments: hang out at G.O.D [Patpong] until 5 AM

with Frika
Memorable moments: talking to each other until 2 AM under the duvet with eyes closed; hang out at the gay bar in Patpong and forced to hold our pee because the toilets were only for men! went on a 1-day trip to Pattaya just to see her doctor because she missed him!

with Lette and Rosy
Memorable moments: 6 hours shopping in Suan Lum Night Bazaar

with Gita
Memorable moments: shopping in Russian Market and Mekong River Boat Touring [Cambodia]; spending time in the beauty salon in Pnom Penh which had a massaging washing chair [wasn't that a great experience?]

with Kusna and Nio
Memorable moments: Community Party in Sri Lanka [we had to dance together because we were the only Indonesians!]; I was caught in the middle of a vulgar and private conversations because I was translating!

with Winda and Rika
Memorable moments: Secara gitu lohh...!

with Eddoy and Dusyhanta
Memorable moments: last minute design revisions; Saturday Night Hang Out for Singles at Kafe Halaman; pre-wedding photo shooting of Dian and Gery

with Ikha
Memorable moments: we found out that we bought the exactly same butterfly t-shirt [model, color, size]

with Shipwee, Many and Buki
Memorable moments: walking around the World Social Forum till 6 PM every day

HDN Key Correspondent Training in Chiang Mai

Finally, I started to travel again. And as usual, this one is also a working travel. I'm going to join the HDN Key Correspondent Training in Chiang Mai... Yayyy!!! Finally I will see the other side of Thailand!

So, this training was held in AHRN office in Chiang Mai. The place was really beautiful It was more like a Playboy Mansion. Two houses with huge yard and swimming pool! They said that the house belongs to one of former prime minister and his daughter rented it out for a cheap price, especially for NGOs. So, here we are, having a packed training in the pavillion overlooking the swimming pool. It was nice.

On the first night, HDN took us to have a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant called Khum Khantoke. The place was huge and beautiful. Very ethnic. The dinner was free flow of traditional Thai food mixed with Indian. Traditional performances were accompanying us during dinner time. Those beautiful teenagers with slim figure and flat tummy!

We had a very intense day on the second day. I almost lost all my energy [and I haven't done any shoppings!]. Lucky that we did not have any programs after the training was ended. So, Rachel and I decided to let ourselves had a nice dinner at the Nero Cafe nearby.

After that, we went to the Night Market. I really have this crave to do some shoppings. Well, at least to buy some souvenirs for my friends at the office. After several tour and detour of the market, I finally made my first, last and the only purchase! Bookmarks for my friends back in KL. I really did not get anything interesting for myself. The price was twice as much as Bangkok's and I really have no idea what to buy for myself. I was bargaining for a bag, but I was not succeeded. And then I thought to myself, I'd just buy it in Bangkok in my next visit. End of discussion.

I like Chiang Mai. It's quiter than Bangkok, but Bangkok is more accessible in terms of transportation. I was too tired to bargain for taxi fares. Anyway, i's a nice place for a holiday, but I prefer Pattaya though... Hahaha!

About being Indonesian expat in Malaysia

Last Sunday I went to the electronic shop to buy a TV. I spoke and bargain a bit with the owner until we came to the last price. So, when he was typing the receipt, he was asking me "Are you a Filipina?" and I thought. "Oh... not again!" I replied him, "No, I'm Indonesian." And he looked surprised. "Indonesian? But you speak very good English! I have many customers from Indonesia and they don't speak English!"

I laughed. What a pathetic reality. When you are Indonesian, and you can speak English, people don't really think that you are Indonesian. They always think you are from Philippines. They don't even believe that an Indonesian CAN be an expatriate in ths country! My poor country people... very underestimated.