Jakarta, Indonesia
(Day 1) Thursday 10 September
* Arrive in Jakarta @ 4:05pm.
* Catch the Golden Bird luxury EV (make sure to book one day before on the blue bird app).
* Check in to Ascott Jakarta.
* Meet mama and have dinner at Sentosa seafood senayan.
* St Regis bar for jazz lounge and cigar. Met Aldo and some of Patrick’s friends there.
(Day 2) Friday 11 September
* Go to Central Park to meet Shirley, Simon and Fina. Ordered a grab and went to Shirley’s house first to pick her up along the way to CP.
* Kids grab to Danatama for lunch with Cece and to do some school work while chilling there.
* Makan bakmi GM. Ci Grace met us there as well.
* I go to Danatama while shally stays with her friends and catches up with them.
* Decided to eat Italian food for dinner and are ate a Bastian in GI. (Booked for 8pm).
* Shally had dinner at Pauliner, German food upstairs in GI.
* After Bastian’s dropped Tiara back to the hotel and get ready to go to The cocktail bar.
* After The cocktail bar went to Gentong Mas for some hang over Indonesian food.
(Day 3) Saturday 12 September
* Eat lunch at Ramboelan. Couldn’t prebook and they couldn’t fit 14pax on a single table. So ate at 8 treasures instead.
* Met Shally’s 2 friends from primary school. Also Felix officially was part of this holiday as he arrived on Friday night from Melbourne.
* Checked out Uniqlo in Plaza Indonesia. Also checked out Grand Indonesia Mall and had a snack at baby Dutch pancakes.
* Then went back to the hotel and also went to Felix’s Hotel at Park Royal services suites.
* Last minute booking at Yialos Tavern in Menteng at 9pm. Picked up shally on the way there from the hotel.
* Bottom Parlour for 10pm. Came late and only arrived at 11pm as had to quickly go back to the hotel to drop Justin and Tiara. In the end Shally and Felix went first with a Grab from the restaurant as Cece was not happy that we were going to be late.
* Me, Nico and Brandon arrived at 11pm at Bottom Parlour. Came in for less than 3 minutes only to move to Izzy.
* Brandon got stuck outside he was underage and needed to be over 21 years old. Luckily Aldo could get him in.
* Stayed at Izzy till 3am. Justin stayed with us and Brandon stayed with Felix and Nico at their hotel.
(Day 4) Sunday 13 September
* Eat lunch with Mama at Seribu Rasa PI. Brought Justin with us for 12pm. Felix and Brandon met us at the restaurant. Nico has other plans and didn’t follow us.
* After Seribu Rasa went to Joe and Dough for some coffee and pastries while spent some time with Mama.
* Brought Mama to the taxi stand at around 3ish pm and went to Uniqlo afterwards.
* Went back to the hotel to rest.
* Ordered silverbird to go to Pagi Sore Sunter for dinner. Met Ko Pram, Iching, Om Yan, Ci Grace and Niko there.
* After dinner, Nico drove us back and went to Pecenongan for Martabak 65a. Then went back to the hotel.
* Wanted to go to the driving ranger to hit some golf balls so Patrick picked us up to go to Senayan Driving range. Justin and Shally stayed back at the hotel.
* Hit some golf balls from 10pm to 11pm. Then caught a grab back home. Dropped Brandon, Felix and Nico at Park Royal first.
(Day 5) Monday 14 September
* Went to STC to fix tiaras iPhone front screen.
* Shally went out with Ci Grace with Tiara and Justin. Nico had to work.
* While there decided that it was best to fix Brandon’s MacBook screen as well while in Indonesia as it’s cheaper.
* Met Albert Suherman for lunch at Cafe Betawi in Senayan City. Had a good catch up meeting with him.
* After lunch took a grab to Danatama to meet Brandon and Felix while Patrick was working.
* At 4ish had to go back to STC to drop Brandon’s MacBook for repairs.
* Met Cece at Plaza Senayan to go back to Senayan residence to see Mama.
* Mama bought Martabak and went out for
Dinner at Modern Warkop for some predinner snacks and beer. Then after waited for Patrick and Emma to eat at Yakiniku Futago.
* After Dinner Patrick dropped us back to our hotels.
(Day 6) Tuesday 15 September
* Woke up and get ready to go to OASIS to see Papa.
* Pak Eddi drove us to OASIS. There coincidentally met Burstono (old Aquinas boy back in the day).
* Prayed and reconnected with Papa.
* Have lunch with Marcel and Tante Tjoe at Sate Senayan at Serpong.
* Went back to Senayan as Eddi had to be back by 5pm. Went to STC to pick up Tiaras fixed iPhone.
* Took a grab back to the hotel after arriving at Senayan and having a chat with Mama. Mama ordered some Nasi campur kenanga and some mie ayam.
* The kids went to Grand Indonesia for some shopping and to buy pizza. Me and shally had a date night and had dinner together at GI. Spent some couple’s time for like 3 hours.
(Day 7) Wednesday 16 September
* Woke up before 10am to do a quick shopping at Uniqlo at GI.
* Felix had to check out of his hotel by latest 11am.
* Nico and Justin stayed at our hotel as we had plans to go out for lunch with Cece.
* Took a grab to meet Cece, Patrick and mama for a Korean lunch at Chinghae Susan at Senopati.
* After lunch Cece and mama dropped us at SCBD Grand Lucky to buy groceries and stuff to bring back to Perth.
* Went back with a grab back to the hotel after shopping at Grand Lucky.
* Felix had to leave to the airport at 5ishpm to go back to Melbourne. Ci Grace, Nico and Justin accompanied him. Said our goodbye’s to him.
* Teguh and Shirley met us at the hotel before catching a Silver Bird to go for dinner at Kwetiaw Kerang Singapore Pesanggrahan. Met Simon, Fina, Eric, Sheilah and family there.
* Took a silver bird back to the hotel.
* Ordered some alcohol from Grab and had a chat with Teguh and Shirley till 1am.
(Day 8) Thursday 17 September
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* Checkout of Hotel by 12pm.
* Pak Eddi to pick us up and go to Senayan. On the way there stop at STC to pick up Brandon’s MacBook which has been finished and fixed.
* Eat lunch with Mama. At the back of Senayan.
* Leave by 3:45pm to go to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Catch the Golden Bird luxury EV (make sure to book one day before on the blue bird app).
* Flight leaving Jakarta at 7:20pm.o