Garuda di dadaku (Garuda in my heart)

Tonight's match of Indonesia vs. Philippines will be a big one it seems and Indonesians are showing their colours in anticipation.

Go Curry

I met up with the husband at Citos after his soccer match for a dinner date and he told me about this new curry place upstairs. I don't mind a curry once in a while but this place makes me want to have curry all the time! The way this place works is that you can choose how you want your curry; green curry, red curry...then you can choose your meat and type of rice as well as how spicy you want the dish to be. I like spicy things to taste but not when it burns your taste buds. When the waiter told the husband that "very spicy" is even too spicy for Indonesian and recommend he not take this, he was immediately challenged and was even more determined to have the dish. Boys! I on the other hand chose the red curry with tandoori chicken served with yellow rice with mustard seeds ooooh it was so nice.

Go!Curry
Cilandak Town Square
Level 1 Unit C127
Cilandak, Jakarta Selatan
Tel: (021) 759 20 265

the former president and his entourage

As today is a public holiday (Islamic New Year) and the husband is at work, I thought I might take a little wonder to Pondok Indah Mall (PIM) and look who I spotted. Former Indonesian President Habibie at Gramedia doing a book signing. It was peculiar to see a former president with an entourage of batik wearing men as opposed to secret service police or the likes but I guess even the former presidents here roll like rock stars.

who says you can't have snow in the tropics?

We headed off to PIM (Pondok Indah Mall) today to check out some of the sales that's been happening in Jakarta before Christmas and we found that they had turned the centre of the mall into an ice rink. Pretty impressive I must say. It's the convenience of it all...the parents shop for bargains and the kids ice skate...hours of fun for everyone. And when it comes to shopping I think Indonesians collectively have a shopping problem, so "hours of shopping" is kind of the understatement of the century.

wooden accessories

December means sale time in Jakarta. Not just in the malls but also warehouse sales. Harvey Nichols is closing its doors after only a couple of years here so everything is 80% off...including window display furniture. Massimo Dutti were selling these small wooden boxes for 220,000rp. Not sure whether it was overpriced or not (it probably is) but it is quite well made and sturdy. We're not sure what we'll use it for though...maybe jewelry?? or pens?