Another Biz Trip - JKT Part 1

I know, I have been flying every week. Woohoo! This time, to Jakarta and I haven't traveled the Jakarta for months. 

Traveling to Jakarta isn't as daunting as Mumbai. In fact, I was a little looking forward to it. What makes it more enjoyable is that I have other colleagues on the same way this time. Nice. 

The flight was at a more decent 8.15am. I woke Nana up at 5.15am to braid her hair before making my way to T1. Then to my most enjoyable past time - shopping at DFS. I saw Mr Bear! So many of them! We already have 2 big ones at home. 

Bcos SQ was full, I opted to travel on Scoot. I was in the dilemma of Garuda vs Scoot and eventually opted for the latter. A colleague joked that at least Scoot will make sure that my body gets sent home bcos it is a subsidiary of Singapore airline. Zzzzzz.

Time passed easily when there is companion. We were at different seats. Scoot cleverly designed the pocket to the top of the seat, allowing for slightly more leg space. 

It was more comfortable than our Bangkok Airasia flight. On those flights, my knees were literally touching the seat in front. 

The Company ordered inflight meal but serving took a while as the flight attendants had to entertain sales order as well. The moment the meal was served, the clean up cart was right behind. 

There wasn't time to finish the food. I wasn't that hungry anyway but finished the ice cream. Hoho. 

The 1.5 hrs flight was uneventful. The immigration cleared easily too, then the 1.5 hour ride to the office at Cibitung. I had a site walk and prep my own safety shoes. I paid $16 for these at the Boon Lay market and glad that these survived 2 site walks. 

The most exciting part of the site walk must be to take this construction lift. 

This time, I stayed at the Enso Hotel with some of the colleagues as it is a stone throw to the site. The room was small but decent for 1. 

Dinner was with the colleagues at the hotel. It wasn't too bad with companion. I didn't sleep too well though, as per many 1st nights of my travels. 

The next morning, I met a colleague at the hotel's tiny gym. I was glad that there is a gym despite being a no frill hotel. I forgot to take a picture. I was glad that there was nobody else and I got to use the treadmill. My watch had to remind me that I had a poor night but also told me never mind, still can workout. Lol. 

Then it was packing up, freshening up and bfast. It was pick and choose bfast and I forgot pictures again. Zzzzz. I have no complaints about the hotel except that the hair dryer was really weak and I took a long time to blow dry my hair. Haha. 

I lugged my bags to the site and left for the office in town in the afternoon. I was super sleepy by the afternoon bcos it was another hot and tiring site walk in the morning, then a long 45 mins car ride to the office. 

I left the office at 6ish and lugged the luggage to the Ayana Midplaza hotel, that was about 5 mins walk away. The last time I was in Jakarta many months back, I stayed in the same hotel. I have forgotten how grand it actually is. On the way back, I tabaoed food from the convenient stall bcos I was craving for comfort food. 

The hotel gave me a free upgrade. When I opened the door, I was shocked at how big the room was. I had a King size bed! It was such a contrast to the room I had in Enso. 

The long walkway/ wardrobe that led to the toilet. 

The toilet wasn't big in comparison to the room but still very decent. Got bathtub somemore but I no time to use. 

My dinner. 

The soup was very salty and very addictive. Super comforting on a tired evening. 

I was too tired to do anything else and spent the rest of the night stoning and scrolling FB. Good night!

Mummy Lim