Hello Jakarta!

Assalamualaikum w.b.t. and hai gaiz. It has been a while, it has been a while.


So today, I would like to officially state that I am doing my undergraduate study in Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta (along with Shafiqah, Mubin, Bella, Nadh, Bee, Mak [bukan nama sebenar] dan Afi).

The Squad

Because synchroners everywhere lol

We arrived in Jakarta on 23rd August 2016. We were welcomed by a few people from Universitas Trisakti (Usakti) and from MARA Indonesia.

Sekejap je naik flight pun. Hahahaha.

 Okay, let's talk about Jakarta first.

1. Jakarta's streets always have heavy traffic. A 10-minute-journey can take 30 minutes. Kalau kat Malaysia, kita panggil jam. Diorang panggil macet. Jakarta's drivers' driving skills are on the next level, you know. Kalau la diorang bawa kereta macam ni kat Malaysia, aku rasa habis kena maki hamun dengan Malaysians haha. When walking at their streets, the thing you need to do is just keep on walking. The cars will stop to allow you pass them. Seriously.

The jalan is soooo macet *sigh*

2. Indonesia has cheap goods. FALSE! Reset your mind guys. I don't know about other parts of Indonesia, but Jakarta has high living cost. Barang masak mahal. Makanan mahal. Baju mahal. Rumah mahal. Lagi mahal daripada duk Kuala Lumpur. I'm not over-exaggerating things because we cried our hearts out whenever we went to buy things that we need. Or maybe we still don't know where to buy cheap goods. I don't know haha.

Next, let's talk about Universitas Trisakti.

1. Usakti is the best private university for dentistry in Indonesia. The campus is clean and adequate. The facilities are awesome. Right, so i don't know what to talk anymore about the university. Haha.

Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi uolls

Moving on. The FOOD.

When we first arrived in Jakarta, I couldn't really eat their food. I would only eat a little. Because then, I would feel like vomiting (and I did, once). I guess, that's because I was still trying to adapt to their food. I didn't get diarrhea tho, which is yeay. After a while, I can eat normally.

Gambar lawa mcm ni mubin la yang snap

I've tried bakmi. It's noodles with soup, chilli paste, ketchup and dumplings. It tasted delicious. Aku makan sampai habis kot which is very surprising. lol.

I've tried bakso. Bella's uncle said the bakso is called bakso malang. And I don't know why but okay. Bakso contains meatballs, dumplings, soup and you can add chilli paste. The bakso that we tried also tasted delicious. And not to forget, cheap. lols.

Next, I've eaten nasi padang. Nasi padang is like nasi berlauk. It has white rice and you can choose which dishes you want to eat with eat. The one that we ordered, tasted decent. When I say decent, it means that I can still eat it lol.

And not to forget, Indonesia's famous alpukat jus or avocado juice. I'm not a fan of this juice but my friends like it a lot. So, yeah.

What we have next? Um... Ah yes, we went to Malaysian Hall in Indonesia. Oh god, I like going there, because I feel so close to home. People speaks bahasa melayu everywhere. Hoho. So the other day, on 31th August, we had our Independence Day celebration there. We were served with Malaysian cuisines. Got nasi lemak wehhhhhh rindu namatey. Got teh tarik, kuih lapis, kuey tiawwww and etc. Very malaysian. Then, there was a lot of malaysian kids everywhere (because they needed to make an opening performance earlier that day). I felt like kidnapping those kids because they were so adoghableeeeee.

At Kedutaan Besar Malaysia

Dengan hakak polis tau

I guess, this is it then. I'm too lazy to write longer. Ape2 roger kay.

Bai,
Mierah Aziz.