Random Thoughts
It’s obvious that I have not been writing much… well.. not much was going on around me… and I prefer to write when my instinct said so… else I can sit in front of my comp screen all day… waffled through the post and ended deleting the work… though I have no major story to tell… I do have some of the shorter version to share…
I was at Mango (the boutique at Sun Plaza Medan) yesterday… while I was being served by the salesgirls… 2 relatively tall LOCAL ladies with their boobs practically spilled out from the new TIGHT nicely tried out tops were well served by the male persons whom were obviously blushing with glee… I was standing beside them seeing the male reactions and was thinking ….. how did Indonesia be known as one of the world most populated Muslims country… and what’s with all the fuss about Syriah…?
At Marriott male’s locker room…hubby often overheard… ‘there are more cah bor (pretty woman) at Cambridge than here’…. in fact I can write a post of the gossip going around this male room… but naahhh… ‘respect’… is the word…
is it the Indonesian culture or what… but I find it real rude to have people opening a sentence with ..‘ooii’… ‘yo’… ‘woii’… and I get that a lot with the Medanku Blackberry users… and mind you.. the screenshot clearly stated… ‘Vic@MedanKu.com’ …
am considering an online degree in Journalism… then it became.. many of the known writers or the top bloggers definitely has no such title behind their great name… but well.. I think I am persueing it anyhow anyway…
Spent Rp 600.000 on a Lunch for 4 at ‘Gelato’ resto one afternoon … the more I think of it… it’s like.. ‘what did we eat???’.. it’s an absolute ripped off…!! .. well.. what saddened me was the fact the food were nothing to be thrilled at….
I have been married for almost a decade… apart from our honeymoon… hubby and me have not been to anywhere without work or the kids… i.e .. pure traveling just the 2 of us exploring new city with no work and no kid attached… and he finally agreed to a week at Shanghai after all these years…
I was going through my Aug/Sep credit card bills and am absolutely astonished to see ‘Trattoria’ and ‘JW Marriott’… dominate my payment list for this month… and I can see more to come with the Marriott discount card…
From year one that I have moved to Medan… I have the vision to open a restaurant… (who doesn’t huh..) … I’ve gone through like 5 major readings purely on guides to opening a restaurant… simulating countless amount of calculations like budgeting, P&L account… miles spent on road scouting for the best location… hours spent calling up property agents enquiring about the Ruko… one idea lead to the next… and NO… nothing works… and NO.. I have no regret… as it is undeniably that my tastebud will definitely not work with the local Chinese… but in contrast… I am finding a gap that will suit the local Indonesian… Chinese consumers in Medan? … I have raised my white flag up long long time ago…
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medankota on September 26th 2009 in Guides, Medan Leisure
marsangel responded on 27 Sep 2009 at 9:17 am #
A Vietnamese restaurant would be nice. Didn’t hear any good thing about the only Vietnamese restaurant here, plus they only serve pho, and my actual fave is the broken rice and Vietnamese spring rolls with the fish sauce. Or another Thai restaurant perhaps? With pork skin salad? honestly, I didn’t find Jittlada that good compared to Sawasdee, but it was only my first visit and perhaps I should give it another chance. Or how about authentic Korean restaurant? We can use all these cuisines here, coz I’m getting bored of all the same restaurants or cafes serving similar food. What I think is the most important here is that food must taste good. And if you can’t please the older generation’s tastebuds, you can always please the younger ones who want to be seen at the hippest place in town.
Medankota responded on 27 Sep 2009 at 10:02 am #
Everyone I know seem to be rather disappointed with Jittlada… tried only once with just Pad Thai and not the full meal.. so I can’t comment much… as for the pork skin salad, they do have it at Sawasdee… and yes… Medan need more restaurants with more varieties…
Jimbaran as well as the Indian restaurant at little Indian town are very much forgotten with diners…
marsangel responded on 27 Sep 2009 at 12:28 pm #
I’ve never been to Jimbaran, so I don’t know coz I got mixed reports about it. Some say ok, but way too expensive for what it serves. And about the Indian restaurant, I just went there a few weeks ago. Not much of a fan of Indian food except for nasi briyani and roti prata. Too bad they don’t serve roti prata with onions or eggs here, so I usually gobble as much as I can whenever I visit Singapore. The Indian restaurant is very popular with Caucasians though.
chomel responded on 27 Sep 2009 at 3:48 pm #
Vietnamese would be good.. miss my usual vietnamese weekend lunch so much.. pho.. bun thit.. and yes… fresh spring roll with peanut sauce…