Phuket Trip - D-Day

All set, we ready to go. Pdik who based in Bandung has come to Jakarta a day before the flight just to make sure he will not miss the flight ;). Me, Alvin and Shienny's meeting point was at Fenny's house. While me and Alvin was there at 9, Shienny, unfortunately came a bit late (15 minutes if I not mistaken). It was quite a disaster for her when her office decided that she has to come to the Office on the D-day (although there was nothing to do there and even if there was a job at the office, how could she do it in less than 1 hour time?). Its quiet funny when we start to compare the size of our luggage. Fenny, surprisingly, bringing the smallest luggage while Shienny's luggage size can cover mine and Fenny's :)


Pdik and Juan, since their house and apartment is nearer to the airport, decided to go there directly and have their breakfast at the airport. Guess what, they arrived before us and have to wait for us =) sorry guys!!!


Me, Fenny, Alvin and Shienny go by Fenny's sister car (Thx, Ci n Ko Ben). Ci El was the first person picked up by that car. When we enter the car, aside from those message from Pdik and Juan asking where we are, we were shocked by a 'great' news from Ci El: "Aduh, gw lom tuker duit neh."- translated: I haven't exchange the money. Oh My God!!! Luckily there are a 24 hour money changer. Although she might have save around Rp500000 if she exchanged the money in her usual place. Its very ironic, we all exchanged our rupiah to bath by the help of Ci El, there is a money changer with a good rate just behind her store. Well, what done is done. The important thing is that she can go with us to Phuket now =)

We arrive at the airport quite early, we met Gato there who happen to go to Singapore. We checked-in, paying the airport tax Rp150000 per person (airport tax are not included with the ticket in Indonesia), settle our free fiscal fee (In indonesia, for those who don't have NPWP (tax payer number) should pay Rp2500000 before they board an international flight) and move to the duty free area.

Guess what, the first foreign currency spent was at the Duty Free Indonesia ^^. Pdik bought a Jack Daniels :). It was USD for 1.25 litre, quite a good deal. Then we proceed to the waiting room. On the way, we went to the smoking area. The smoking area was an outdoor cafe just before the waiting room. At the cafe, while boys smoke their cigarettes, girls were eating their breakfast. Shienny brought the food from her home, she planned to eat that in the plane, however, she decided to eat there. Ci El was enjoying Fenny's Mom fried noodle, brought and prepared by Fenny.


Done with breakfast, the girls decided to go to the waiting room while we finished our cigarettes. Then we proceed to the waiting room. The checking point before the waiting room was really strict that day. I passed the machine with no problem since i didn't wear watch, glasses, accessories, shoes and I didn't bring any bag with me. Pdik have to proceed through the gate twice, so did alvin, they all have to open their shoes. Juan was the latest, I forgot how many times did he moved pass the censor gate =) remind me, Ju.


We started to panic since the girls sent us a message that we need to be hurry. The gate assistant screamed from the end of the path "PHUKET, LAST CALL, HURRY!!!" so we run. We made it!!! And there you go. The plane took off, they started to sell foods and drinks. Since we need small change (ours were mostly 1000 Baht note), I bought a 50 Baht green tea with 1000 Baht note *LOL*. 

The flight is almost 3 hours long, none of us able to sleep. Fenny borrowed Juan's iTouch and started to play it during the flight. It was hilarious when Juan asked for his iTouch from Fenny and got scolded by Fenny (because she was currently using it). Juan sat back, staring into space and think, then he said: "Itu kan gua punya yah? koq gw yang dimarahin?" - translated: I think it is mine, why did i am the one who got scolded?. The laughter once again burst. After a not-so-short-almost 3 hours flight , we started to see light blue oceans with great rocky islands. There you go, we arrived at Phuket!!!!! At last, it was 1 year awaited trip!!!