I know.. you know.. we know.. and everyone know that any start to a New Year should be something nice, good, as well as pleasant.. so it should goes the same for my first blog post for this year 2010.. but nope.. I am not… and I am not gonna think that what I experienced on the first minute of year 2010 is a bad start for my coming year..
A week before the start of this new year… I twitted, told myself and everyone that.. I am NOT gonna stay in my bedroom and fall asleep before the midnight.. rather I want to be somewhere nice to do the countdown.. and for some reasons (should have known that it’s a sign to warn me).. well, at 8pm, my boys were telling us how they want to be cuddled up in bed with mum and dad i.e spending their night with us… and yes.. I told them a straight ‘NO’ and clearly announced that this year mama wants to have some fun..
My plan for the night was really simple… had dinner with family and then head down to Prime Bar at JW Marriott Hotel to meet up with my dear girlfriend.. and yes, for once I even made an effort to not wear something usual…
We left home at 10:15pm heading from Polonia towards Marriott Hotel.. 3 mins into the journey, small traffic began to build up but cars were moving okay… 10 mins later at Jl. Permuda, police began closing all the major roads leading up to the L.Mederka.. and so the nearest road we were allowed to turn was at Jl Sutomo.. let’s just said that I was in the car for about 2 1/2 HOURS and get to nowhere!!.. hubby ended driving on the foot pavement to get to the nearest turning just to get home…
As for my countdown?.. do I need to say more?… well, hubby and me weren’t in any mood to even talk to each other!!!… we were so so soooooo frustrated… my brain was cursing every possible single things I could thought of and with that!! … tell me, am I supposed to just console myself that…. ‘this is Medan’?.. for just once.. jusssttt onceee and for the first time in Medan… I want to celebrate my New Year in the right and proper way.. and oh yesssss… my beloved Medan town decided to close their roads this year…
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medankota on January 3rd 2010 in Medan Leisure, Medan Living
Year 2009 has been somewhat great for me… though not quite near perfect… but definitely not something for me to whine or complain about…
There have been many ups and downs.. well, such is life and often I choose to look to the future.. learned from mistakes and tell myself that well.. it’s an experienced and not to forget about it…
Though we have somewhat been neglecting MedanKu.com during the last few months… but our newly developed site MedanTalk.com which hubby and me have been wanting to do many many years back is now realized and doing well…
As for BerryIndo.com, it’s something truly unexpected… hubby did it out of love while me, till today, the only one thing I know or do is checking the number of members… the site is now widely known all over Indonesia.. to date we have over 8000 members… all done first hand by hubby himself.. (though he uses my name somehow as the Blackberry was initially for MedanKu.com)… and in marketing terms.. the number of members that we have on hand accounts to about 2% of the total Blackberry users in Indonesia..
As for my life development in Medan… ? well.. it’s sad to admit that I am still not 100 percent fully in love with this Town.. though many improvements have been made … ummm.. Medanese are still Medanese.. the water tower still remains the icon.. the only Mall worth going is still Sun Plaza and that all the different kinds of Mie remain the popular food choice among the locals…
2010… is only 3 days away.. according to Lillian Too, the coming Golden Tiger year is supposed to be good for me, a Rabbit born person… many plans have been made for both new businesses and personal drive.. for a start, my writing course with Oxford University is beginning in less than 2 weeks.. and yet I am still only in the 2nd chapter.. (hubby laughed for each time that I said that my reading is done just that… ) .. as for wishes and new year resolutions?.. honestly.. I have never made any in my entire life… for so far.. what I have in life is good enough.. and that what ever happens is the work of ownself and what I want for my life and my future is already being programmed into my much confused brain..
from me and hubby and our 2 little monsters….
Wishing you all a prosperous New Year 2010…
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medankota on December 27th 2009 in Medan Living
this is what I recommend for Jetstar Asia magazine for Dec/Jan 2009 issue
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medankota on December 10th 2009 in Recommended
Eat… Sleep… Play… = Holidays
these are blackberry casing I found around Thailand… it was cute.. cheap.. stylish.. and funny.. If you walked around Medan trying to get hold of the typical casing sold… apart from the plain silicon cover that cost Rp 25,000 or more… whatever else found will cost a lot more … and most times… selling at ridiculous price… what you saw above.. for all the silicon ones cost less that Rp 50.000…
The Devil
some of you may or may not feel the same way as me… but the red fruit with hairy skin – Rambutan… well.. it’s sweet and nice.. cheap and nutritious… but it’s when you pop it in your mouth trying to bite out the edible parts… the grey covering over the seed will often get in the way and make the whole eating experience unpleasant… and we Thais.. especially my house… my mum knowing how both the kids and me love it … she will often use a really small sharp knife and craft out the seed and what you see above its like a box of gems… do try
2 days… my son Jadon mastered his Roller Blading and yes… knees.. palms.. elbows.. legs.. are filled with plasters covering all the wounds… but kids.. you just have to let them go through it and learnt things… and it was definitely fun..
Mango… many of us consume mango in the soft ripe standard way… but do try those ones that are 1/2 ripe… it’s still sweet and I personally prefer it this way… and you can find it in Medan supermarket… it comes in the hard green unripe look… choose one that’s slightly turning yellow…
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medankota on December 2nd 2009 in Hobbies & Life, thailand, thailand guide
overloaded….
traditional transport used in one of the world most modern city…
it was real tempting with an empty stomach… after a hearty meal and.. it’s like, oh, please….
though its a mock up town… but I love it…
beautiful Jade Temple Buddha
French Concessions... funky shops… restaurants with expensive drinks… art galleries… boutiques selling over priced items… yet it’s my favourite place of the whole trip… and I must have been under-dressed or something… several times I picked up an item, the salesperson will inform me of the price without me having to raise my voice… and nothing beat having a salesgirl telling you… ‘oh.. the dress is too small for you and I have no bigger size coz we make only one size!’... well, I was just picking the dress up to look at the design… and ouch.. it does hurts till today.. BUT there is an accessories boutique selling all things Pearls.. as in Farm Pearls and not South Sea Pearl… very very reasonabley priced and hand made by the owner herself...
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medankota on November 19th 2009 in Guides, Hobbies & Life, my travel
