Muslim World Biz @Jakarta - Travelog Day 2

Morning Jakarta

I wake up at 3.45am; the unusual hour for me :). But it is little bit different from home and I do feel a bit refresh although my stomach doesn't feel that way. After solah subuh which around 4.40am, went to gym at 6am and exercise for 20 minutes :) (just runs on the track-mills and do the climbing exercise.

Around 6.45am, I had my breakfast. Nothing special here except you have yogurt and yakult as added choices. Around 7:40am, went up to the room and try to play with my HTC ONE S. Need to download the update software. There is one small issues with it... The Wi-fi is not stable. Thought of bringing it back to the outlet when I'm back at KL.

Around 9am, I contacted Jaz (the organizer of the conference) and she confirmed that our goods is already at the booth and we shall be able to setup our booth around 10am.

Frustration

Faster bapak

Around 10.30am we went to JCC using the blue-bird taxi. It cost us Rp28k because they need to pay Rp5k for just to drop passenger. Everything is money here in Jakarta but the organizer seem does not think that way. It came to our surprise that there is still nothing yet. Our booth is still full of rubbish and the floor in side the building is still covered with dust. Still lots more to do and they told us to that we can setup our booth at 10am!!!

Still nothing yet but better than yesterday

We went to the organizer and with smile they said 'the contractor told us that it will be ready by 1pm'.. aaaa yes.. another promise. There are more exhibitor and they all had the same frustration and the call this MUSLIM WORLD Biz. I doubt about it. But can't change anything.

So we decide to get our lunch.

My team looking around

We went around the JCC looking for food.. and it took us about 2km to complete the circle and to find a canteen just behind the JCC.

There are many hawkers but seem hygiene is very critical issue here and they seem doesn't care about it here in Jakarta whereby it is the city of the world most muslim population country. Hmm.. I wonder why... Anyway, we had our lunch. Not sure what they call overhere, but to me, it seem like Nasi Ayam without the soup. Together with coconut drink, it cost us Rp18k.

Another frustration

At 2.30pm, after performed solah, we went there and still no improvements on the condition. So we decided to build up just the structure for the sake that we don't want to waste time of doing nothing and do afraid that we don't have enough time tomorrow. It took us 1 hour to build the structure. Then we went to The Sultan to change our clothes for welcoming dinner.

Ready to roll

Things to open up

The consignee from Indonesia looking at our goods

Again, the third consecutive of frustration with the organizer arrangement. They told us to be there at 4pm and we were there on time. Then they told that it should be 4.30pm, then postpone again to 5pm. They are definitely does follow the rules of business (Time Is Money) and yet they are arranging Business Exhibition!!!.


The bus came at 5pm, but after all passenger were in, the move the bus to JCC to wait another 3 more buses which came around 6pm. There are absolutely worst in time management. At last, around 6.15pm, we move to Ancol (like Gambang Theme Park, Sunway Lagoon, Bukit Tambun and Bukit Merah Theme Park but bigger).

Dinner @ Ancol

The time taken should not more than 30 minutes (that was informed to us). But I believe they don't take into consideration of traffic. It is worst here in Jakarta compared to KL or they call that macet.


But we are lucky to get there in 1 hour.

There are few riders or known as Dishub (like or traffic's police) that lead our ways to there.

The scenery was not really nice and it is quite dark there. I doubt that they arrange it with the Ancol management properly.

The Jinn daughter (I guest)

But, we were welcome by few beautiful ladies (cewek) wearing in their traditional clothes and another registration despite being registered at hotel and in the bus (what a waste of time). And there is no proper arrangement too.


You can seat anywhere which I felt not meeting the objective of the dinner; that is to have a networking with Indonesian and OIC countries.

The Jinn welcome us

Anyway, after registration and find an empty table, we sat with few delegates from Malaysia which came to be our neighbour at the conference; one is focusing on education (Netherlands Maritime's College) and the other is a manufacturer of parts for Proton and Perodua (Azman Hamzah Plastics). We can do networking due to not related business but at least we can discuss others :).

Where is ultraman?

The dinner was started earlier by the Indonesian delegates which I believes from KADIN. I'm quite surprise to see that which to me, as the host, they should wait for international delegates as these are their visitors (tetamu) and as it is a MUSLIM conferences, they should know that Rasul S.A.W always give the honor to guests. Hmmm..












We start eating and I felt another frustration as there is no Indonesian authentic foods like satay, nasi minang, Javanese foods, etc. What they offer in the dinner was Mutton Briyani, Western food, and that's all and the foods isn't really good or you can say 'WOW'.

After half an hour, then only came their guest of honor, the governor of Jakarta together with OIC CEO. Then only the dinner for guest of honor (from OIC countries) starts.

Then, we were entertained by their singer which starts with a traditional dance (not sure the name of it). It is followed by a beautiful lady whom sang 3 songs and they have dangdut for Selawat Badar. Funny but that is their style.

After that, they invite rappers known as Kojak whom sang 2 songs using their special rap version called Rap Betawi. I did recorded the video and you can check it out here (but this is for man only :)).

Then, as we don't know the time and the agenda (poor management by organizer), we (Malaysian delegates) start to leave the dinner.

And that's end the second day of my business trip in Jakarta.

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Muslim World Biz @Jakarta - Travelog Day 1

Preparation

What! Tomorrow is fly day? Hmmm... Yes, 11 September is my fly day and the best part is I should be at the airport around 5:45 am for international flight. To add to the worst scenario, I have yet to prepare anything and it was 6pm (after coming back from lots of meeting and last minute shopping for phones and router). And to increase the pressure is that our business presentation video is yet to be ready by our supplier.

Oh yes.. I will still go to Jakarta with or without the video.

Arrive home at 6.30pm and hand-it over the new phone HTC Desire C to my wife and to my kids, a tablet @ pad  for each of them with Android 4.0.4 :) .. Seeing them smile and then straight away to my computer room to setup my new router. And it fails for the first, second until I stop around 7.30pm for dinner+birthday party for my lovely daughter, syasya :). We have it at McD puncak alam after my wife signed-out.

Back to home around 10.30pm. All my family went back to bed and I'm still done nothing for the trip. After fed-up of setting up the router and it failed to works, I stop around 12 and start packing up my things.

Fly day

Wake up at 3am in the morning and call publiccab. Very lucky, they sent driver whom just starting-up his engine and just near by. He reach my house at 3.45am and then drive at 140km/h. We reach KL Sentral at 4.40am and the check-in counter and klia express is just open up the counter. After check-in, I went down and the train is there waiting. Step in, take a seat, and sleep... huuuuuuuu.

Reach at airport around 5.30am and I went for straight to Surau to perform Solah Subuh. Thought of having a coffee but the stores has yet to open, so I went straight to the gate and try to get some sleep although the time is around 6.30am at that time.

It went smooth to the check-up before boarding the flight. At 7.40am, the flight took-off to Jakarta.

 Jakarta - Here I come

I reach there (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport) with my colleague around 10:50am (local time around 9:50). Took a budget taxi for Rp180000 (which we came to know today that the price we pay is not for budget taxi at all).

May be the lady at the counter do some trick (mandrem) at me :). But the taxi driver is very friendly. And we have some chats and he shares with me the locations that I should go while I'm at Jakarta such as Monas (muzium), Tanah Abang, Tamrin City, Jogging trek (for beautiful cewek), and locations for food (or they call here Kulinari). The best part is that I seem older when the taxi driver keep on calling me 'Bapak'.... hahahaha

At JCC

We arrive at JCC (Jakarta Convention Center @ Balai Sidang Jakarta) at 12pm (Malaysian time). And to our surprise, the convention center looks like was hit with typhoon or something. There is no booth setup, the floor is damn dirty, and the organizer was not around. We were thinking we are at the wrong place. Luckily, there was a security officer whom brought us to the organizer center (which shows nothing to indicate that it is the organizer center) and we meet wati (the lady in-charge on indonesia side). And we were shock to known that there was change of schedules and we can only enter tomorrow. What? Shouldn't the conferences starts tomorrow? Guess what? There was few other Malaysian arrive earlier than us waiting to put up their things too. This is ridiculous. No problem, we can at least go to hotel and rest and I need some sleep too. Alhamdulillah, there is good things out of this problem :).

We met the Iskandar Malaysia people (also co-sponsor and co-event organizer) and Emelia (Malaysian too) and looking from their eyes and condition of the conference hall, I bet everything will not be ready by tomorrow.

Hotel Sari Pan Pacific

Jakarta - view from our room

We request the organizer to get us taxi and they did, but the taxi arrive quite late (after 30 minutes although they said he shall be there in 10 minutes). But we didn't took the taxi as we can't wait longer. After 10 minutes, we took another taxi (and the ordered taxi arrived after few minutes we took-off). It cost us Rp30k.

At Sari Pan Pacific, the security is tight with K-9 team and dogs sniffing our begs. The check-up when quite smooth although the first few minutes, they don't really understand what I said :). Get they key and off to our room. Earlier, I was wondering of why my boss choose to stay here which travelling it-self can be almost 1 hour (although the range from JCC to hotel is about 5km) and there are hotel (The Sultan and Mulia) nearby. It does not took me long to figure out. There was easy access to foods, shopping mall, and places to buy ole-ole. 

After check-up, solah, and we went for lunch (it was 2pm Malaysia time). The first day lunch here, I've ate-empet plus ulam and coconut drink and cost me Rp15k and my colleague have leleh + coconut too and cost him Rp17k. We went down the alley (they call Jalan Saba @ Kulinari shops) and see some goods and I bought a jeans (Rp150k which equivallent to RM48). Then, we went back to our room and took a nap.

Garuda - The minang/padang food restaurant

Around 4pm, our boss arrive and he shares with us the things he learn during his visit to Shanghai last week. And I shares the knowledge I gain in latest conference I attended at Hilton KL. Around 7pm, after solah, we went for dinner. He bring us to at good restaurant behind the hotel known as The Garuda. We told him that we ate at nearby food court but he insist to Garuda as he is concern on food hygiene.

At restaurant, they put all menu (lauk-pauk) on the table. It is up to us and we will only pay of what we eat. So I ate the cows brain (masak lemak kuning), fried-chicken (ayam kampung), and ulam and sambal petai udang. My boss only took the chicken, ulam, and sambal petai. My colleague took lesser than me :).

All of it cost us Rp300k (around RM100).

Reflection - Jakarta at night

After eating, we went around for a while and then off to room. After took a damn good shower, I went to sleep (at 9.30pm of Malaysia time) and this end up my first day in Jakarta.

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Travelog AidilFitri 2012

Pagi 30 Ramadhan

Lepas sahur dan solat di surau, rilek di rumah dan rasa malas nak bergerak. Isteri dan anak aku yang bongsu masih bermalas-malasan. Dua orang lagi anak sudah pun berada di rumah mertua sejak hari khamis lagi. Maklumlah, dah tak sabar nak raya. Pukul 12tgh, kami bergerak ke sana, Lembah Keramat.

Malam 1 Syawal

Anak-anak dah tak sabar dan asyik tanya bila nak pergi takbir raya. Maklumlah, tahun lepas anak lelaki aku je mengikut. Bila balik, poket penuh dengan duit raya. Maka, tahun ini, semua anak aku nak ikut.
Selepas berbuka dengan nasi minyak.. fuuhh power.. aku solat maghrib dan kemudian ke surau bersama anak lelaki untuk bertakbir raya. Selepas isyak, kembali kerumah untuk mengambil anak perempuan ikut bersama bertakbir.

Takbir kali ini disertai oleh ramai anak muda. Orang tua agak berkurangan sedikit. Bermula dari rumah pertama di hujung jalan, kami bergerak satu persatu rumah hingga kerumah mertua aku yang terakhir untuk kali ini. Bermacam-macam makanan dihidangkan dan anak aku seperti biasa, layan takbir, lepas tu minum dan makan tak ingat... paling best, anak ketiga aku, tanpa segan silu (selepas trend 2 - 3 rumah bagi duit raya) dia terus tanya 'tak de duit raya ke abah' selepas doa dibaca selepas takbir... huhuhu malu sebentar aku. Tapi yang pasti, tiga poket baju aku penuh dengan sampul raya... termasuklah untuk aku juga walaupun dah bawa 3 orang anak... orang bagi aku amik je... hehehehe.

Ketika bertakbir, anak aku juga ikut bertakbir walaupun yang dengar cuma la, ila, akbar... sahaja.. Ok la tu buat permulaan.. Moga semangat takbir akan meresapi hidup mereka seterusnya.

Hari Raya 1 Syawal

tiga bersaudara bersama sepupu

Aku seperti biasa, bangun awal dan terus mandi sunat dan pergi ke surau untuk bertakbir. Sudah hampir 7 tahun aku berbuat begitu. Hari pertama aku akan beraya di rumah mertua. Teringin juga nak balik ke kampung dan beraya di kampung pada raya pertama, tetapi memikirkan jarak perjalanan yang sepatutnya dalam masa 5 jam boleh sampai akan bertukar menjadi 10 jam, aku terpaksa pendamkan sahaja niat tersebut. Kalau bujang, aku sanggup lagi. Tapi sejak berkeluarga ni, aku kena fikir pasal keselesaan anak-anak dan isteri juga kerana aku nak perjalanan aku dalam keadaan gembira dari awal hingga akhir. Kalau anak-anak mula bising, mau nyer seronok tukar jadi tension.

sengih melampau lak anak pompuan aku ni

Selepas solat subuh dan bertakbir, aku balik ke rumah mertua untuk siapkan anak-anak. Kali ini, solat raya diikuti oleh anak lelaki aku. Anak perempuan ikut mbah-nya (tok) ke surau. Aku lak lebih selesa ke masjid sebab masjid habis awal :). Selepas selesai solat, semua dah fikir mana nak pergi. Aku tak kisah sebab masih rasa penat dan mengantuk sebab jarang boleh tidur di tempat yang diluar kelaziman aku .. hehehe...

Bersama mbah one and mbah two

Dalam pukul 11 pagi, perjalanan melawat saudara sebelah isteri bermula dengan rumah pertama dilawati ialah rumah ibu kepada bibik paman nasir (isteri kepada adik mak mertua aku) di kinrara. Kemudian disusuli dengan rumah sebuah lagi rumah saudara isteri di puchong. Yang terakhir kerana selepas itu aku terus pulang ke rumah sebab esok nak berjalan jauh.

Balik rumah, lepas mandi, semua tidur awal termasuklah aku..

Hari Raya 2 Syawal

Bangun semua... kita nak bertolak... Perancangan awal ialah bertolak pada pukul 7am sebab nak gerak tanpa rasa risau dengan kenderaan yang banyak dan panas terik. Tapi akhirnya pukul 10am baru bertolak. Dari Rawang, agak selesa tetapi panas agak terasa. Hajat dihati nak berhenti di hentian tapah, tapi tengok kenderaan punyalah banyak. Perhentian pertama ialah simpang pulai kalau tak silap di mana terletaknya RTC. Nasi lemak memang power la walaupun ringkas sebagai sarapan dan juga makan tengahari.

Aku isi minyak dan terus sambung perjalanan tanpa henti. Tiba di Sungai Petani pada pukul 2.15 petang. Ada beberapa kawasan tu agak perlahan kenderaan. Bukan kerana kemalangan teruk atau kenderaan banyak, tetapi kerana sikap pemandu malaysia yang prihatin tidak bertempat serta tetiba jadi penakut bila melihat kenderaan peronda polis sedang memeriksa kenderaan dilaluan kecemasan. Habis di perlahankan kenderaan tahap melampau. Dan paling best, perjalanan kali ini, Alhamdulillah, tidak sepanas biasa cuacanya.

Sampai je, kita orang cari lemang... tetapi lemang kali ini tidak menjadi. Keras.. mungkin tempat yang adik aku beli lemang tu bukan yang biasa aku beli kut. Anak aku pula dah penat berjalan, dok harap abah dia check-in hotel je sebab badan sudah rimas dan berpeluh. Paling best, mak aku terus keluar dari tempat duduk nya sambil berjalan perlahan (bertongkat) untuk menyambut cucunya balik. Mak.. Mak memang best.

Sejuk di pagi 3 syawal

Petang dalam pukul 3.30petang, aku check-in hotel dan lepaskan penat memandu. Selepas solat, aku bawa anak-anak aku mandi kolam sekejap. Dalam pukul 6 balik ke bilik sebab hujan. Lepas tu, dalam pukul 6.30petang, aku bawa anak aku pergi beli kasut kat shopping mall berdekatan dan kemudian beli nasi kandar makbul.. restoran kegemaran aku :) (salah satu lah). Lepas makan, semua masuk tidur kecuali aku layan TV sekejap. Aku memang susah nak tidur tempat lain selain dari rumah aku sendiri.

3 Syawal

Dah siap

Bikers @ marshall of the raya day @ Bro G

Seperti dirancang, aku bersiap dalam pukul 10 pagi bersama anak-anak untuk mengunjungi sanak saudara ku di kedah. Aku harap dapat round satu negeri, tetapi ramai (adik beradik aku) yang tak nak pergi sebab tak larat. Bermula pukul 11.30, kami pergi rumah member abah aku kat mana ntah aku dah tak ingat. Adalah dalam 30 minit kut kat situ. Pastu kita orang pergi rumah adik abah aku, yakni mak teh saadiah. Tok bah dah tak larat kerana sakit tuanya manakala sepupu aku lain berjalan kerumah sedara mereka. Kami dihidangkan dengan nasi (makan tengahari la apa lagi).. Aku balun 3 kali tambah... walaupun lauknya biasa je; masak lemak cili api, ikan tenggiri goreng, ulam petai dan timun, sambal belacan... tapi sebab makan ramai-ramai dan nasi tengah panas.. fuuuhhhh... kelas gitu.

Sedih nampak.. rilek la bro..

Perjalanan disambung ke destinasi terakhir iaitu rumah mak su aku. Sampai je mak su aku tak de sebab makan kenduri. Lepak le kita orang kat rumah pak cik aku (sebelah je). Makan kuih biasa... lebih kepada nak jumpa sedara mara je.. Pastu mak su balik.. dah tersedia laksa katanya. Apa lagi, aku bedal sampai tambah 2 kali walaupun tak minat laksa... tapi sebab ramai ada dan seronok bersama makan.. hehehe anak aku tengok je.. bini aku lagi le tak sentuh pun. Lepas tu ada lak kopi kampung yang memang kelas gitu.. Starbuck pun tak leh lawan... paling tak best, hanya ada kat area baling dan sungai petani je.. huhuhu...

Makanan luar biasa bagi orang kl... hehehe

The boss and anak-anak

My queen... macam biasa, suka tuang air

Rumah tok aku.. tinggal kenangan..

Pokok yang aku ingat sampai la ni.. kenangan kena ikat pada raya pertama sebab berebut beskat ngan sepupu

Malam tu aku dah tak larat. Lepak dan order makan dari hotel je.

4 Syawal - Balik ke Rawang

Lepas breakfast, anak aku layan mandi kolam dalam sejam lebih sebelum naik untuk bersiap pulang. Dalam pukul 11am, aku check-out tapi singgah rumah orang tua aku dulu. Lepak dalam 2 jam sambil makan nasi hasil tangan abang aku.. kelas gak abang aku masak... aku makan banyak gak le. lapar pun satu hal. Siap tapau lagi tu. hehehe..

Dalam pukul 1.30, kita orang bertolak balik. Perjalanan balik kali ini agak tension sikit kerana sikap pemandu malaysia yang seperti biasa, prihatin tidak bertempat hingga menyakitkan hati orang lain. Ada yang menggunakan lorang kecemasan ikut suka.. Aku ingat lagi 2 nombor kereta WTV5915 (waja hitam yang memandu macam orang gila dan memotong ikut suka hingga hampir sebabkan eksiden) dan CAY8668 (alphard putih yang dah kena saman pun dok ulang guna laluan kecemasan.. dah tu kat R&R parking blok laluan pejalan kaki dan kawasan OKU. dasar kurang ajar punya pemandu)..

Kali ini aku ambil masa 8 jam untuk tiba di rumah ku kerana sikap pemandu-pemandu jahat ini. Walaupun begitu, ia tidak seteruk 5 tahun dulu bila aku ambil masa 10 jam untuk tiba dan perjalanan kali ini juga diceriakan dengan telatah anak bongsu ku yang tak berhenti bercakap.

Alhamdulillah, walaupun tak berkesempatan melawat semua saudara mara, tapi, aku rasa perjalanan raya kali ini agak sempurna dan ok..

Untuk gambar lain dan paparan lebih cantik.. cek kat FB aku

Berbuka Puasa Bersama Anak Yatim

Pada 11 Ogos 2012 (Sabtu), syarikat tempat aku bekerja telah mengadakan majlis berbuka puasa bersama dengan anak-anak yatim yang diletak di bawah jagaan/seliaan YPIN (Yayasan Pembangunan Insan Nasional). Seramai 40 orang anak yatim diraikan pada hari tersebut yang bermula dengan sesi perkenalan dan kemudian diikuti dengan membawa mereka membeli-belah persiapan raya dan akhir sekali, di akhiri dengan majlis berbuka puasa.

Sebilangan dari warga syarikat terpaksa mengundur diri selepas majlis berbuka puasa dek kerana jarak yang agak jauh dan juga kerenah anak sendiri yang mula terasa rimas kerana ketiadaan aktiviti untuk mereka termasuklah diri aku sendiri. Yang menemani aku pada hari itu ialah anak lelaki aku kerana adik dan kakaknya demam. Kesian....

Alhamdulillah, majlis berjalan lancar hingga ke akhir selepas terawih yang disertakan dengan moreh. Moga ini merupakan permulaan pada perjalanan yang lebih baik serta diredhai Allah S.W.T hendakNYA.

Dibawah ini merupakan sebahagian dari koleksi gambar yang sempat aku rakam bersama mereka (klik untuk lihat lebih jelas).

Orang kuat syarikat

Ketua HR bersama keluarga dan anak yatim

Anak yatim yang aku bawa (dengan ketua HR) .. Tudung dan baju pink tu yang sulong  (Syahirah), yang tudung  dot-dot tu yang tengah @ no. 2 (Zana), dan yang bongsu bertudung hitam (Aini)

Advisor syarikat bersama orang kuat syarikat

Isteri ketua HR sedang membantu syahirah dan zana pilih tudung

Disinilah bermula

Perihal majlis

The three musketeers

Anak lelaki aku (penat menemani aku dan kenalan barunya sambil berpuasa)

Pak guard dan mak guard membantu... tanpa mereka, susah gak nak arrange

Mercu tanda rumah YPIN

Ceria menanti masa berjumpa

Orang kuat syarikat lagi

The directors

Melihat pada yang memerlukan

Mendengar keluh resah

Penaung YPIN

Ceria dan sabar

The Director

Zana dan Aini memilih kasut

Tiga bersaudara.... Syahirah, Aini, dan Zana

Pada sahabat sekerja... maaf kerana lambat upload sebab kekangan tugas :)