C A R O L I N E | V E R O N I C A

Wow...what a trip we had last weekend  we had way too much fun there...

It started on Friday night, we were suppose to drive with Martin, who works in SF but lives in Benicia, at around 7 pm....unfortunately, he got stuck in traffic that we finally left our home in Tracy at around 10.30 pm...the traffic was due to a small accident, but it created a 2.5 hour delay...I still don't understand why people have to drive extra slowly nearby accident site & have to peek around...I mean, once the police / paramedics arrived it means that the injured has been taken care of, right?...well, anyway...

We arrived at a che and cucu's house around 3 a.m. and everyone, and I mean everyone, were still awake waiting for us... =D even ling and chien wait until we came safely before they headed to their home =) thanks guys...

Then, we just went to sleep...the girls (cucu, fanny and moi) slept on the master bedroom, while the boys slept on the other two rooms; rico with a che and martin with sentot...I honestly didn't know what happened that night but the boys were "extremely" wild the day after.....hahaha...

we woke up around noon and had brunch together... -> look at me and rico..we haven't even had shower yet...hihi...

The food?....hmmm....they were good =) cucu made Soto Betawi (Spicy Coconut Beef Soup), Chien made his infamous Bakmoy (chicken and tofu cubes marinated with brown sauce) along with a very spicy sambel kecap ( Spicy chilli with sweet soy sauce), while I bring Ayam Goreng Saus Inggris (Fried Chicken with Worcestershire sauce)...

We headed to a Karaoke place after lunch....everybody got curious with Rico's voice after I told them that Rico sings while taking shower, every single day... =D... oh boy, were we surprised that we have quite a few talented singers among us...

Cucu - Mariah Carey sound-alike                      Sentot - Frank Sinatra sound-alike

Chien - Bon Jovi sound-alike                 Rico and Sentot - having way too much fun with each other

After 3 hours there we went to a DVD store because Sentot wanted to buy some Asian DVD...of course soon enough, we got hungry again...hehehe...Chien bought us Bakpao (steamed bread filled with bbq pork) and Taro Bread from a nearby bakery =)....and in just less than 1 hour we were having dinner at a shabu-shabu restaurant to celebrate A che and Chien's belated Bday =)

The Birthday Boys with the spouses: Ache&Cucu...Chien&Ling

The food were extremely great, we were all really enjoying it =) the spice balances the smell of the meat...in fact, the meat didn't smell at all...plus, most of the food are spicy, which I LUV =D

Funny thing is, some of us ordered plum juice after we overheard that it was really good and it's one of the popular drink there...I don't particularly love the taste, but it's fine with me...but, I still remember the look on Fanny's face when she tried it....hahahaha....she looked like a little girl forced to drink a medicine... =P

Once we got home, we were playing "Pictionary", where we divided the team to a Boy Team and a Girl Team....soon enough it became a very competitive game, we won the first round but after losing to the boys for two times we decided it's time for a Poker =) my shining star was with me the whole night because I won next to A che...after more than 4-5 hours playing, we decided it's time to sleep at around 5.30 am...hihihi...

I woke up around 10.30 am by the sound of Martin on the top of the roof fixing up something...hehehe...(he works in construction and is very good at it =)

so after having late breakfast and chatting and more chatting...., it's time to go back home....but first we headed to have some traditional Indonesian food for lunch nearby Ache and Cucu's house....I'm so jealous with the people who lives there because they have so many choices in terms of Indonesian Food...here, in the bay area, I have yet to find Indonesian restaurant nearly as good as in L.A....

of course, fanny, rico, and i ordered way too many food....it's not like we can go there once a week, right? so it's understandable... =P & the food were very good indeed =) rico had nasi bungkus (traditional indonesian rice with spicy beef, chicken, egg, and spicy liver) and nasi empal (fried marinated beef) while i ordered mie medan (noodle with bbq pork) and bakwan goreng (giant fried meatballs)and es tape (fermented cassava with ice and syrup)...

all and all, we truly enjoyed our mini-vacation in L.A....hopefully the TRACYan can meet the LAmongan again...pretty soon... ^_^ wink...wink...