Yep, when I went to Jakarta from Sampit last Saturday, I realized there wasn't any seat number 13 in Merpati airline. I don't know why. I give it attention because I seated at number 12.
Oh yeah, the seat number 13 actually have to be placed right at the emergency exit
Well oh well, its lucky 13 again
cliché
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Sunday, 8 August 2010
Angkot Ride
Well hey, today I rode Angkot. Angkot is stands for Angkutan Kota (Indonesian, literally means : City Picker). It's actually a car that have side door and sideways chair (one at the left and one at the right). Ooh, and also small chair at the front side and normal chair that every car have at the front. If my explaining is not so well, then search in Google and type “Angkot” or “Angkutan Kota.”
Why I rode Angkot? Because I went to my university today. I want to pay some money to the committee of organization in my major. Hm... if you kind of confuse what I mean maybe because the system of student organization in Indonesia is different than yours. No problem, keep it reading, eh?
Back to the Angkot.
Unlike the bus that have a schedule (or.. I mean “foreign bus”, where it has systematical come and go schedule), you can stop the Angkot by just stand at the side of the way, and when Angkot come, put your baby face on, wave a bit, and its automatically stops! I don't know how the driver know when we want to get on the Angkot, such as they have a radar.
If you're lucky, you can ride Angkot by only 3 or 5 people in it. Huh, but abandon your hope, because you will not that lucky!
“Angkot is such a sardines can,” said my sister. She got the point I think. Because the driver needs money, a lot of money everyday, so he have to carry as much as the Angkot can take a rider. Minimum specification is 7 at the left ,5 at the right, 2 at the front side, 2 at the “normal chair” at the front, and if not so lucky, maybe two at the door side, hanging over.
If you want to stop just say “kiri”, that's means “left”, and Angkot will stop at the left side of the road. Angkot can't bring you to the specific address like Taxi, it only go to one point to one point. The destination of each Angkot written at the front and the back of the car. So be careful, maybe you can get lost if you pick a wrong Angkot. And also be careful to stop where you have to stop, or you'll get too far.
For the pricing, hm.. I don't know how the driver made them, but I think its depend on the distance. If it's near it will cost about $ 0.1 and if it's far it will cost $ 0.25 . Cheap isn't it? Yeah, but if you have a really far distance maybe you have to change Angkot because they have different path. Like me, I have to take at least 3 Angkot from home to the University. That's really far. Twice for sort distance and once for far distance, that took $ 0.45. And for went home I took only once sort distance and once far distance, so it will be $ 0.35. So for a day I'll spend $ 0.8. Quite cheap, but in that uncomfortable facility.
So, are you backpacker or want to travel around and your budget isn't big enough? Try Angkot instead, and feel the Indonesia way for ride (hohoho).
Why I rode Angkot? Because I went to my university today. I want to pay some money to the committee of organization in my major. Hm... if you kind of confuse what I mean maybe because the system of student organization in Indonesia is different than yours. No problem, keep it reading, eh?
Back to the Angkot.
Unlike the bus that have a schedule (or.. I mean “foreign bus”, where it has systematical come and go schedule), you can stop the Angkot by just stand at the side of the way, and when Angkot come, put your baby face on, wave a bit, and its automatically stops! I don't know how the driver know when we want to get on the Angkot, such as they have a radar.
If you're lucky, you can ride Angkot by only 3 or 5 people in it. Huh, but abandon your hope, because you will not that lucky!
“Angkot is such a sardines can,” said my sister. She got the point I think. Because the driver needs money, a lot of money everyday, so he have to carry as much as the Angkot can take a rider. Minimum specification is 7 at the left ,5 at the right, 2 at the front side, 2 at the “normal chair” at the front, and if not so lucky, maybe two at the door side, hanging over.
If you want to stop just say “kiri”, that's means “left”, and Angkot will stop at the left side of the road. Angkot can't bring you to the specific address like Taxi, it only go to one point to one point. The destination of each Angkot written at the front and the back of the car. So be careful, maybe you can get lost if you pick a wrong Angkot. And also be careful to stop where you have to stop, or you'll get too far.
For the pricing, hm.. I don't know how the driver made them, but I think its depend on the distance. If it's near it will cost about $ 0.1 and if it's far it will cost $ 0.25 . Cheap isn't it? Yeah, but if you have a really far distance maybe you have to change Angkot because they have different path. Like me, I have to take at least 3 Angkot from home to the University. That's really far. Twice for sort distance and once for far distance, that took $ 0.45. And for went home I took only once sort distance and once far distance, so it will be $ 0.35. So for a day I'll spend $ 0.8. Quite cheap, but in that uncomfortable facility.
So, are you backpacker or want to travel around and your budget isn't big enough? Try Angkot instead, and feel the Indonesia way for ride (hohoho).
Sunday, 1 August 2010
I got this Ad in Yahoo!
WHAT THE HELL TYPE OF COMMERCIAL THAT CAN PUT INTO YAHOO IS THAT??
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