Good Morning Glory: September 2005

Monday, September 26, 2005

New Facelifted Sentra Spotted

Spotted these soon to be launched new face lifted Nissan Sentra at Sungkai while on my way to Cameron Highlands, the drivers happened to stop at the same restaurant to have their lunch and I managed to took a few pictures.

Most obvious changes are the front head lights as well as the rear ones, side mirrors with integrated indication light. The model i spotted comes with bodykit and spoiler (not sure if that comes as standard but it looks pretty much so) The gear stick looks different from the current Gun-Grip style and looks sportier with some chrome material on it, not sure if they're the same though.

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Thursday, September 22, 2005

Travelogue: Jakarta

Travel Date: 31-Aug-2005 to 4-Sep-2005
Accommodation: Shangri-La Jakarta
Cash on Hand: Half a million++ (rupiah lah)

Touching down on a landing strip where there isn't a single high rise building in sight even from the sky above, I said to myself, this CAN'T be Jakarta, right!!? I was correct indeed, they landed in an air force base in Bandung - a town which is 2 hours drive away from Jakarta. The plane stopped for about 20mins before departing to Jakarta again.

Okay, I'm going to cut the 5 days into bullet points and some photos instead of telling you stories, I guess there isn't that much to tell either, afterall it's ViperVR's LAZY BLOG what!!

Sin items are cheap over there, perhaps they're consider as saint items (cigarettes and alcohol beverages) to me. 2 packs of 20's Malboro cost less than 1 pack of the same size here in Malaysia bolehland; Alcohol beverages are more or less like the duty-free price over here.
Security checkpoints are everywhere: hotels, business centres, commercial towers, shopping centres, you name it. Everywhere you go, you'll see security guards probing vehicles, checking trunk and undercarriage; Metal detectors are being use by security guards at premises' entrance and lobby to deter suicide bombers, kinda SCARY!
Traffic is crazy over there, one way streets become two way; Emergency lanes are designed to be abused where two lanes highway with emergency lane can become 4 lanes expressway and if you think KL drivers are bad enough on Federal Highway they're still long way to learn from those Indonesian drivers, especially taxi drivers; cab drivers can stop the car halfway driving the car and shift into reverse gear and make the turn that they've just missed, simply AMAZING!
Forget about free WiFi at Starbucks in Jakarta, cause there isn't any, everywhere is fee-based (pre-paid cards)
People over there like to protest over issues (perhaps they got nothing better to do); witnessed two protest events in the city over the 5 days vacation.
People there might be worshiping their handphones, maybe it's the most valuable thing in their life? I don't know but a six stories shopping centre (as big as Low Yat Plaza in KL) where 90% of the outlets are selling cellular phones, you tell me... It's a little crazy and very competitive business. (ITC Roxy Mas Shopping Centre)

Enough with text, now some photos that I snapped over there:

The most beautiful high rise building in Jakarta

It looks like a shark with its mouth glowing with blue neon light during night time

Hey, we haven't seen anything like this over here

Err... I forgot what they called this statue

Blue Bird Group taxi, trust me this is the only cab you want to board whatever car it may be (Toyota Soluna, Toyota Vios, Toyota Crown and etc just make sure they're Blue Bird Group)