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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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Flying again to Surabaya
Monday, November 9, 2009

Flew with Garuda, short flight, the snack distributed looked boring. I didn't eat it.

After checked in at the hotel, I went to have dinner at Goota, Tunjungan Plaza.
See the difference between plane snack and my salad?

The salad was fresh and crunchy!

Stayed at Surabaya Plaza Hotel, room was upgraded by the hotel. It was nice, but I didn't like the layout. The desk is usually in the same room with TV and bed. But here, the desk was located in living room. I had to work there because the internet cable was there too.
Just see the picture to see what I mean.

Bedroom

Taken from front door, left side is living room

The desk

The trip was fruitful. I'm glad things went well.
I wonder, when I was flying back to Jakarta in July 2009, I went in the latest plane Garuda had. The seat was bigger and it had individual screen. We could choose our own entertainment.
The plane I had in this trip was small :(

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West Sumatera Wedding

As a part of my blog theme, I'd like to show you how a West Sumatera wedding looks like.

Yesterday, my niece got married. I took several pictures with my Blackberry. I posted this topic in my beauty blog because I did a review on the make up.

Take a look at the bride and groom's outfit. The bride is wearing different West Sumatera bride outfit, because her mother comes from Koto Gadang district. I should say my niece looked like a Pakistani or Indian bride :)
The man next to her is her husband. He comes from North Sumatera. Too bad I didn't take pictures of his family's outfits

Her hands were dyed with some kind of hyenna. I could not get the picture of her hands.

West Sumatera culture is full of bright colors (read: RED and GOLD).

Here's where bride, groom, and both parents were seated.

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Going back to Jakarta (Sept 12, 2009)
Monday, September 14, 2009

It has been raining since yesterday afternoon.
We were planning to visit the only mesjid they have in Hanoi, but due to the rain, we just stayed in the hotel.
I have finished packing. I checked to the receptionist whether she has received our room payment through bank transfer.
We checked out at 11 AM. The flights went well. We enjoyed our time at Changi Airport. I checked my e-mails.
We said goodbye after getting our baggages back. Glad to be home again. Took a taxi to my sister’s place.

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Hanoi trip, Day 6 (Sept 11, 2009)

The last day of training, had two cases (gatrectomy and rectal cancer). The professor didn’t speak English and his assistant wasn’t fluent so we really had difficulties that day.
After the case, we had closing ceremonial and hand over of the certificates. We went back to hotel to get refreshed then go to the restaurant.

In the afternoon, I called SQ office to change the flight. We’d like to spend more time at Changi airport. So our new flight from Singapore will be at 9.20 PM instead of 6.45 PM.
Farewell dinner was at a Japanese Restaurant (Hoa Anh Dao) located at 17 Trang Thi Street. It was recommended by Prof. Giang. We had sashimi, fresh leaves, grilled fish and noodle. They had sake too.

Total cost: VND 8,742,000 (USD 432)
It was raining since afternoon. I just stayed in the hotel to pack and rest that evening. I think the rest were out again.

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Hanoi Trip, Day 5 (Sept 10, 2009)
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Had two cases today. One was adrenalinectomy and another one was hepatectomy. They did it very fast, so we finished early that day. We went back to hotel and took some rest.

Tonight we decided to go to see water puppet show at Thang Long Water Puppet Theater, address: 57B Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hoan Kiem District. It’s just across the lake. We were late to catch 18.30 show, so we just went around the area. At 19.30, we went back and bought entrance tickets. Ticket counter opens 30 minutes before the show.

For First class, it cost VND 60,000 per person and for Second Class is VND 40,000
Camera for taking picture is charged for VND 12,000 and handycam cost VND 60,000.
It was a unique performance. There’s a pond where the puppets are played on the water. The stick to control them in the water.

Here’s the programs:
1. Raising the Festival Flag
2. Chu Teu or the narrator
3. Dragon Dance (Four dragons dancing on the surface of water)
4. On a buffalo with a flute
5. Agriculture
6. Catching the frogs
7. Rearing ducks and catching foxes: I love this scene
8. Fishing
9. Harvest festival
10. Lion dance
11. Phoenix dance: I also love this scene. Two Phoenix, male and female, are dancing, and then they produced an egg. It hatched, came out their offspring, danced together with its parents.
12. Legend of the Restored Sword.
13. Children playing in the water
14. Boat racing
15. Unicorns play with a ball
16. Fairy dance
17. Dance of four Holy Animals



We had our late dinner at Little Kitchen Cafe again.

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Labels: Hanoi, traveling, working