The frog... (Will I find my frog?)

This is a frog picture, given from my sister....

Thanks a lot Dez..... \(^_^)/

South Vietnam 2009- day 1

Hi..

As my promise, this is the story about my trip to South Vietnam.

25th December 2009

Okay, this is my first trip outside Indonesia without paying the fiscal. (OMG, has it been so long since I went abroad?)

According to the latest tax regulation, Indonesian citizen with NPWP can go outside Indonesia without paying the fiscal.

We took Air Asia QZ7736 with Ho Chi Minh City as our destination.

The flight had been delayed for almost one hour, but I think it's okay because we are still full of spirit, hahaha...

The meal served on the plane is delivered for both my parents and sisters. Me? I have to watch them, because I can't order chicken sandwich due to my health and I'm not lucky enough to get tuna sandwich on board.

So here we are, landing at Tan Son Nhat Airport at nearly 9pm and a very hungry tourist.

We met our tour guide, Mr Hiep and our driver Mr Tuc from Aurora Travel.

We are surprised to see our car, because it's a Mercy Sprinter. Wow, nice car :D

On the journey to our hotel, we could see Saigon atmosphere on the night.

Oh yeah, it's Christmas, so it's a public holiday.

It's crowded on the road and the city is so beautiful with its Christmas light decoration.

After we checked in, Mr Hiep delivered us to Pho 2000 (pardon me, because I was very hungry at that time).

I was very surprised to see this Pho 2000.

In Jakarta, Pho 2000 is a nice restaurant in up class mall like Pondok Indah Mall. And guess what, Pho 2000 in Vietnam is only just like Warung Naripan in Bandung :)

But the food is delicious, and I don't have to worry about my diet because they have vegetarian menu.

I ordered vegetarian curry, and yes, it's very delicious.

After that, we've tried our first taxi trip in Vietnam.

Mr Hiep recommended us to use Vinasun or Mai Linh taxi.

So, we stopped a Vinasun Taxi (it's an Innova), and it's the time to use Tarzan language.

Even we've brought our hotel card, it's still hard to explain to the taxi driver that we want to go back to our hotel.

He brought us to a Liberty hotel! (lately, I learned that Metropole hotel is one of Liberty Hotel chain, so I understand why the taxi driver brought us there)

So, finally we arrived at our hotel, so it's the time to sleep. Tomorrow, the exciting journey will begin. :)

Happy New Year

I'm wishing you a Happy New Year 2010 !!

Hope everything is gonna be alright.

I'm not too optimist for this year, but let's just cross our finger.

My new year's resolution:

- work life balance -> the hardest one

- keep healthy lifestyle, including eating healthy food and regular exercise

-clean my house regularly

-reduce impulse shopping

-not wasting time

Hope it could be achieved...