Friday 7 January 2005

Ah Qing's memorial journal #1- Medan, Indonesia

[#1] dont get me wrong, i am not writing this becoz of the tsunami tragedy. haha! wanna share some of my overseas experience with you. well, just treat it like a story of mine! i will appreciate it very much!
13/12/1994 to 17/12/1994 - Ah Qing was 8 yrs old.
Indonesia was the 1st place i had ever been outside my homeland. Dun ask me why i didnt go jakarta lah, i went to medan instead. Medan is a city in the island of sumatra, which is also near the province of Aceh. Well, sotong qing was already very unhappy with Garuda airways...my 1st airplane trip sux..haha! medan's airport was ridiculous, coz it was so small. i couldnt remember much of that airport liao, maybe it had changed over the years. butta, i still remember that airport building looked like a "big kampung" building. haha! u cant believe it...it was worse than the domestic airports in thailand or china.
One of the famous spot in medan is Lake Toba, which was a volcano crater actually. Lake Toba was bigger than singapore! haiz...surprisingly, i had one of my best stays in indonesia. their hotels were fantastic! actually, i wondered if they were hotels. coz they looked more like resorts to me.
i took my first horse ride there too...inside the hotel named " Brastagi Cottage". u can even see a volcano nearby. fantastic scenery!
Also, went to see their traditional "long houses". a little like those in Sarawak. Their costumes are so colourful! not like those malay dressings. haha! Another hotel (which is like a resort too) got a better scenery...i could still remembered! outside the room, u can see great sceneries @ the mega big balcony. u know what u see? Sea & islands! my parents bought durians at the back of our rooms..haha! We also went to the honey moon island and waterfall.
Dont remind me the journey back..haiz...
[sunday] many things will happen on this day. got a zhui dao hui for those who had died in the tsunami tragedy. got ren ci charity show on channel u! also, py bdae...going to meet her & my si dang. gotta plan the gathering ah...haha! why am i always the organiser? haiz....
[ mum's big dae] 20 more days to go..dunno how to celebrate...must plan ! hehe!