Bangkok, for the first time.

been two months I do not post anything here, quite a long, long, long time. I'm gonna tell you about my story from Bangkok last year. My first ever experienced to Bangkok, Thailand on last October, 2010.

First of all, let me tell you the reason how could I have a chance to go to Bangkok, Thailand. To be truth, proudly I'm gonna say I won return tickets from AirAsia (along with another 10 of my friends) which made me possible traveling to Bangkok.

My first impression about this city 'oh okay, so this is it Bangkok ?', but then after spent my 5 days there, visiting wat pho, grand palace, floating market, pattaya, wat arun, china town, etc, soon I changed my mind about this city. The ciry is just great. Not for the city's view/tourist places, but more for it's marketing tourism. Two thumbs up I would give to this city. What I've seen in the city, IMO, not that so beautiful (I've seen more beautiful places in my country - not to mention that kuta in bali is just better than pattaya) but what do I really adore is almost every tourist places are so crowded with the tourists (mostly foreign tourists). I remember for a few past years, Thailand had such terrible periode for their tourism. There was tsunami in 2004, there was travel warning from 47 countries all over the world on may 2010, but hey, Thailand prove that their country is save to be visited, yet fun to be explored.

I stayed at khaosan road, and lucky me (also my friends) that was October 28th, so few days before halloween's day. Guess what ? From the date we arrived there were street party in khaosan road untill October 31, 2010. Full from 28 untill 31, I joined that halloween street party with my friends, what a great-great party I ever had. Fyi, I've never meet such this party in my city, so it made me so excited that day.

people dressing like ghosts for halloween party

It was really such a great experienced for me. Traveling to Bangkok with my best friends for the first time, and enjoyed every each day there. Sometimes, I wonder, can Indonesia do about the same thing like what Thailand have done for their tourism ?

Be a Responsible Traveler

Everybody loves traveling, who doesn't anyway ? After months or years hectic with their office-hours routinity, people usually will find their selves need to traveling badly. Some will traveling domestic, some of them who have more money will go abroad to enjoy their travel time. Well, no matter where n how you will go to spend your relax time, one thing you must do is BE A RESPONSIBLE TRAVELER !!!

Being a responsible traveler here is about cleanliness. For about more than twenty times I traveled around the Indonesia and two south-east asian countries (thailand and vietnam which are very damn clean country). Sometimes I really feel ashamed with my country Indonesia - I've been to Bali, Yogyakarta, Belitung and other parts of Indonesia and I always found almost the same cases where people throwing their trash to the street (or even in the tourism object area) as like as them so innocent kids. Even my friends who traveled with me, I'll tell you, I onced ask a friend who littering his trash just like that to the street 'why did you do that ?', with feeling no guilty he answered 'I didn't see trash can near'. Can you imagine ? he blame for no trash can near the area. Have you ever guy thinks if Thailand and Vietnam can keep their countries cleanliness, why we can't ?

You guys can do couple things to be a responsible traveler :

- First, do not littering. No matter what style you choose while traveling, as a tourist or a backpacker. Do not even try to littering. Put your trash into trash can. Remember, any small trash that we throw will affect the entire world. It could bring flood and any other disaster. It is affect to global warming. In fact people who carelessly littering in a public will commited as a criminal offence.
- When you find there is no trash can near you, do put the trash into your bag first or your pocket before you can find the real trash can to throw it into.
- It will be good if you bring plastic bag everytime you travel. So, you can put your trash into it. BUT,  remember when you find trash can, do not throw the plastic bag, remove only the content so you can re-use the plastic bag again next time.

Over all of those three points, one thing you should remember while traveling is 'treat the places you visit like your own home'. 

Oh, I Miss You Saigon

Wohoo. Finally I'm back again, wait, is it been a year since my last posted or what ? yea I know it's only two months from my last posted, but really I feel it like been a long, long, long time me not post anything on this blog.

Now I want to tell you what did I got from my trip to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) on last August. Before that, you guys must be remember from my last posted about my dubiety due will I go there alone by myself or my friend coming with me. So, you can say it was a good news or either a bad news 'cause I went to Saigon with my friend. We spent three days two nights in Saigon. I won't give the details story, I'll just give you some clues about Saigon.

First, If you're a backpacker and not sure about the security things and feels like 'Oh, okay First I really want to get my hotel safely', then you can go straight to the taxi reservation booth which located near to exit door. Yeah, the price quite expensive compare to if we get the taxi from the outside or going by bus, but again as I said before, if you really feeld the safety must come first. It sure the best choice. The price is around 170,000 dong Vietnam.

If you have no idea about which hotel with reasonable price and which one too expensive. Don't ever say 'yes' to your taxi driver's suggestion, those all bullshit. There are a lot of hotel with cheaper price than what the taxi driver will suggest you. To make it easy, when you get the taxi, just ask the taxi driver to take you to the area you want. For example, just ask the taxi driver to take you to Pham Ngu Lao street area, this area is similiar to Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta, it is a very popular area for backpackers around the world. Guarantee, you'll find plenty of cheap hostels there.

Buy packet tour to ChuChi Tunnel, it's a must-see spot in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh). The price of tour around 12 USD - 20 USD. Curious about, what Chu Chi Tunnel is ? Chu Chi Tunnel is proof that once the great country United States were overtaken by Vietnam in The Vietnam War. You can click here for details about Vietnam War and here for details about Chu Chi Tunnel. The time when you see this tunnel, you will find amaze with this country.

If you are a coffe lover, you should oh wait, you must try vietnam coffee. You can find in almost restaurant there or event a stree-booth food. When I was there, me and my friend is looking for a breakfast, so, we walked near our hostel and find a street-booth food seller. My friend is eating his vietnam-pork noodle, and me ? instead of having a real breakfast to fillin my stomach, I order a glass of Vietnam Coffee. There were the best part, I order a cold-iced vietnam coffee. At first I thought, 'euhhh, what coffee is this ?' but when my tounge start tasted the coffee, oh may, I can say it just like in heaven, the best coffee I ever tasted and you know what ? we can have a glass of coffee Vietnam with just only 6,000 VND - 8,000 VND, which is the same with 3,000 - 4,000 IDR or less than 1 USD.

Who is the sophaholic one here ? then, you should go to Ben Thanh Market. How you get there ? You can do walk from Pham Ngu Lao Street, but if you feel like tired or you not ready for sweat, you can choose taxi to go there. Ben Thanh Market is the biggest traditional market in Ho Chi Minh (or even in entire Vietnam). There are some tips if you do you shopping tradition. First, it will be better if bring calculator for bargaining with the sellers. More smile, it might help you to get best price. If you find the first place you came is quite expensive, do find to another shop, you can always find anothe shop attendant where it's easier to bargain. The point, just explore all the Ben Thanh Market, remember it is a big market!.
Fyi, Ben Thanh Market is open from 10 am untill 6 pm. If you missed the market at noon, you still can do it after 6 pm. There are plenty of fashion/food seller around Ben Thanh Market Street, If I ain't wrong the street-night market is open untill 10 pm.

Oh yeah, if you a kind of historical one. I think it's a good idea for you to visit War Remnants Museum. Located at District 3, Vo Va Tan Street. You must pay 15,000 Dong before you can enter this museum. You'll see a lot of pictures and replicas from Vietnam War. Tears will goes down from your eyes, err,,too much ? go yourself then, see, whether you'll cry or not. LOL.

Thats enough I think, I already gave some clues if you want traveling to Saigon a.k.a Ho Chi Minh City. So, what am I say about the city ? Not quite a big city like Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, but it sure give you a different atmosphere. City with large amount of beautiful city-park, city with various kind of great food, a citiy with a lot - lot - lot of motorcycle, etc. Somehow, you'll soon know what's will make you happy and feel 'yuck' about the city.

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p.s :
- First Picture, Me at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh).
- Second Picture is the famous Vietnam Coffee, that coffee was the cold-ice coffee one.
- Third Picture, Me and two beautiful Shop-keepers at Ben Thanh Street Night Market Area.
- Fourth Picutre is , hem, wait, oh no, I really can't remember. Anyone have an idea ? what statue it is ? and where was it in Saigon ? For sure, I took the picture when had my taxi from Ben Thanh Market to the airport. 

Recap From Garut to ANYE

Didn't I tell you that last week was a long weekend in my country ? As usual, I went holiday, and this time Garut, West Java was my chose - well not me who chose the location actually it was my friend, Nuky who have the idea. I went to Garut on Saturday, while my friend Nuky left a fay earlier on Friday. So, my destination is Nuky's friend's house (his friend name was Taufik, but often to called by his nickname Opick) on Pesawahan, Garut Kota. The view was fucking awesome, the area surrounded by seven volcanoes, and it seemed Garut was the only one are in Indonesia which surrounded by seven volcanoes, isn't that awesome ? If you sayin' no, maybe the natural hot water pool could tease your travel-desires. Not only volanoes and hot-water pool can indulge our body and soul, but there are ten beacc for those who claimed theirselves as beaches-lover, or if you looking for another sensation you can be an impromptu farmer on rice fields there and so many other things we can enjoy in Garut. The location is about an hour from Bandung City or 4 hours from Jakarta. 

 
What a bad was I didn't bring my Lumix with me. The camera still on my friend's CeCe, so this holiday less of pictures to show, wait-wait, oh yeah there are some photos from my corby, the only camera I have that time. Due I used my mobile as camera, it didn't accomodate many pictures caused of the memory limit, but then, like people always says it still better than nothing at all. 

Thats it for my unplanned-holiday recap, now I'm gonna tell you something about my Idol, Agnes Monica. I've just got news from a very realiable source saying that Agnes Monica will soon launch her clothing line called ANYE . Hearing a word ANYE, you might rolling your eyes and curious yet feel weird of this word and say 'what the hell is the word mean ?' and according to Agnes Monica's twitter account, ANYE is how French say Agnes. For me, eventhough the name is too weird - specially for Indonesian ears well but the word is actually seems like hypnotize us to asking questions and forces us to find out about the word, isn't mean catchy-enough for a new brand right ?

The clothing line planned to be a something big, not an ordinary boutique like other Indonesian artist who only have one store and the stuffs came from buy and sell (you know, they buy dress or something from abroad then bring it to the country to sell on their boutique) but ANYE for sure (well, at least what Agnes Monica's management think) will be big as big as what P.Diddy has. (p.s: image source from anyeofficial.com)

A little bit explanation about the 'man behind the gun' of this clothing line, Agnes Monica. She's a superstar from Indonesia, her main career are as singer and actress. You can click here to see her performance and here. She started her career at the age 5 years old as a singer and keep maintained her career untill now, a very huge career in entertainment indutry is on her hand. Feel like not enough for the popularity-success in singing and acting's world, she is now on her way to launch her own clothing line, ANYE. Her pre-product has launched on her twitter account, and you all can pre-order to her e-mail anye.by.agnesmonica@gmail.com directly. Here is one of her products you can pre-order :

(image sourced from agnezone.com)

An Impressive Journey

Bermalam di Pulau Semak Daun, Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta.

Hari Pertama : Sabtu, 15 Mei 2010

Akhir pekan lalu saya baru saja melakukan perjalanan ala backpacker bersama teman saya Reza Purnama a.k.a CeCe dan teman-temannya CeCe saat duduk di bangku SMA yaitu Dstya Adventyas a.k.a Lastri, Deddy Samuel a.k.a Juri, Nando Tampubolon a.k.a Nando yang baru saja saya kenal dalam waktu semalam. Perjalanan yang kami lakukan adalah mengunjungi Pulau semak daun yang memiliki keindahan akan pantai dan terumbu karangnya. Keberangkatan awal saya lakukan dari rumah gino tempat kami bermalam dan berkumpul menuju ke marina ancol. Waktupun menunjukan pukul 04.00 wib pagi, saya dan nando yang tidak tidur semalaman mulai membangunkan teman-teman kami yang lainnya untuk segera bergegas mandi dan siap-siap untuk melakukan perjalan ala backpacker kami (for the first time). Dari rumah nando kami menggunakan bajaj menuju halte busway terdekat untuk menuju marina ancol (sempet salah busway,sangking ga mau ketinggalan kapal pukul 07.00 wib)!! Sesampainya di ancol kami harus berjalan kaki cukup jauh sekali menuju dermaga (padahal ada ojek, tp kan temanya backpacker jd harus jln kaki,,aaarrrgghhh)!!!! Tanpa diduga reza memberhentikan salah satu pengendara motor dijalan untuk menumpang menuju ke dermaga tempat pembelian tiket kapal. Dengan seenak jidatnya dia, tas bawaannya ditinggal dan dia pun langsung pergi meninggalkan kita dengan sepeda motor. Sampai juga kami di tempat pembelian tiket dimana antrian yang panjang sudah menyambut kami.

Waktu pun menjunjukkan pukul 07.00 wib kami pun tidak berfikir panjang lagi langsung masuk dalam antrian karena takut akan kehabisan tiket kapal. Setelah menunggu sekian lama seorang petugas tiketpun berkata: tiket telah HABISSS!!!! Arrrgghhh,,ga munggkiiinn! Secerca kami berteriak!! Adanya ketidak patuhan dalam tata tertib penjualan tiket (Rp.32.000) di dermaga marina ancol membuat kami dan orang-orang yang kehabisan tiket geram. Bayangin aja, didalam peraturan tertera kalau tidak dapat mewakilkan dalam pembelian tiket terkecuali anak dibawah 10 tahun dan Lansia, tapi pada kenyataannya banyak banget yang satu orang beli tiket untuk 5 orang bahkan lebih. Keributan pun tak dapat ter-elakkan, nando yang katanya sang volunteer penjaga kali bersih (uppss.. maksudnya volunteer JakartaBersih) sangat geram memprotes petugas untuk menyediakan kembali tiket dan armada. Kami pun tidak pantang menyerah, tetap berusaha dan berada di dermaga marina ancol menunggu armada lain dating menjemput. 4 jam kami menunggu akhirnya datang juga kapal yang kami tunggu, langsung menuju pulau pramuka!! *fiuuhhh akhirnya berangkat juga..bye-bye Jakarta, bye-bye macet, bye-bye polusi.

Waktu yang ditempuh marina - pulau pramuka adalah (45menit) klo ga salah. Ditengah perjalanan menuju pulau pramuka kapal kamipun sering berhenti sejenak,dikarenakan banyaknya sampah yang menyangkut di baling-baling kapal. Betapa kotornya laut Jakarta,,Dan Akhirnya sampai juga kita dipulau pramuka, yey! Pukul 13.30 wib. Kamipun langsung menyewa snorkling dengan harga Rp. 40.000 dan perahu untuk pergi kepulau semak daun dengan harga Rp.300.000. Ternyata sebelum kepulau semak daun kami ditujukan kepulau air,,, pulau air adalah pulau kecil yang indah dengan hamparan pasir putih dan air laut dengan ombak yang tenang hijau jernih dengan dasar yang rendah sehingga sangat nyaman jika kita ingin berenang di sini. Sekitar satu jam kami berenang dan ber-snorkeling ria di pantai pulau ini. Coral-coral yang indah dengan habitatnya menjadikan saya merasa sangat menikmati pemandangan alam bawah laut. Dan tentunya mengabadikannya dengan foto-foto indah coral. Tampak bangunan-bangunan peradaban kota bawah laut dengan keindahan pancang-pancang karang yang merekahkan bunga-bunga karang berwarna-warni yang tersibukkan oleh keriuhan dan keramaian penduduk kota yang beraneka ragam jenis, warna dan bentuknya,, wooooww,,,goooddd,,indah tiada duanya!! Dan tak terasa waktu di jam tangan si juri sudah menunjukan pukul 16.00 wib, yang berarti sudah sore dan semua harus istirahat. Kamipun melanjutkan perjalanan kepulau semak daun. Di sana tidak terdapat resort/hotel/cottage/penginapan apalah itu namanya, jika ingin tinggal di sana anda harus membawa tenda/sleeping bag/camping dan hanya membayar Rp.50.000/terserah berapa lama bermalam dibyr ke penjaga pulau. hanya ada penjaga pulau saja yang menetap disana. memang tempat yang indah dengan pasir putih yang lembut dan tempat yang benar-benar nyaman untuk bermalam.

Karena hari sudah sore kami segera mencari dan menyusuri pulau semak daun untuk
mendirikan tenda. Dan Tenda kamipun akhirnya berdiri walaupun seadanya! Sunset yang (mungkin) begitu indah tidak kami lihat karena terlalu sibuk dan letihnya berurusan dengan tenda dan segala macam atribut kekomporan dan masak memasak. Hari sabtu yang bagi sebagian besar anak gaul jakarta dihabiskan bermesraan dengan para kekasih mereka masing-masing pun lewat setelah kami habiskan dengan bermain kartu dan sedikit bumbu-bumbu lawakan dari kami masing-masing.


Hari Kedua : Minggu, 16 Mei 2010

Jam 5 pagi, saat saya, juri dan dstya mungkin (lebih tepatnya memang iya) ngiler dan terpejam kedua mata kami, saat itu pula terdengar samar-samar perpaduan suara indahnya kicauan burung dengan suara hancurnya obrolan kedua perjaka (amin) CeCe dan Nando yang sedang sibuk memasak dengan kompo hasil pinjaman dari temannya si Lizy. Setelah dengan perut kenyang akhirnya mereka berdua membangunkan kami bertiga yang masih setengah sadar didalam tenda untuk sarapan dan bersiap karena jemputan perahu akan tiba jam 7 pagi, dan yeah, disinilah sialnya kami semua. Karena terlalu sibuk dengan urusan perut dan membenahi tenda juga tas bawaan kami masing-masing akhirnya SUNRISE pun terlewatkan lagi. Hebat bukan ? (arrrgggghhh,,,teriak). Sembari menunggu kedatangan bang Sangin si pengendara perahu yang menjemput, kami berlima menjadi satu, loh-loh kok jadi kaya lagu kartun jaman es-de y ? Oke, balik ke cerita, kami berlima yang sudah rapih, wangi (walau tidak mandi) langsung dengan sigap mengelilingi pulau Semak Daun untuk mencari angle-angle spot terbaik untuk photosession.

Delapan lewat sepuluh menit kami pun menyelesaikan photosession dengan terpaksa karena waktu yang sangat terbatas mengharuskan kami untuk naik perahu agar sampai ke pulau pramuka sesuai jadwal, yang tentunya didahului dengan menyinggahi pulau air kembali dan juga pulau keramba, tempat penangkaran ikan hiu dan segala jeni ikan lainnya. 8.45 perahupun merapat diseberang pulau air,,kami satu persatu melompat terjun bebas ke laut yang jernih. Kemudian saya, CeCe, dan juri mencetuskan untuk berlomba berenang menuju pulau air. Sesak terengah-engah kami ber-3 sesampainya dibibir pantai pulau air.hahahahaa,,,setelah sejam kami bermain-main dipulai air kami melanjutkan ke penangkaran hiu dekat dari pulau pramuka walaupun hujan menghadang kami. Sampailah kita di penangkaran hiu,,woooww,,indahnya berbagai macam hiu terdapat di penangkaran ini. Selain hiu, juga terdapat penangkaran ikan bandeng, lobster, kerapuh, kakap, dll. Tidak hanya melihat jenis-jenis ikan, tetapi kita juga membeli dan memberi makan langsung ikan-ikan tersebut. Karena waktu kami sangat terbatas kami segera melanjutkan perjalanan pulang menuju kepulau pramuka.

Pukul 10.00 wib tiba di pulau pramuka langsung bergegas ketempat pembelian tiket dan terpampang “TIKET KE MARINA HABIS” ooohh myyy gooooodd!!! What should we do, God?! Sedangkan keberangkatan baru ada lagi keesokan harinya. Ga mungkin kita pulang keesokanhari dikarenakan persediaan pangan dan uang yang sudah menipis, well, lebih tepatnya sangat menipis. Akhirnya kami saya mencoba ke dermaga untuk mencari alternatif perahu lain dan pucuk dicinta ulampun tiba *kalau kata pepatah* , ada seorang bapak mengajak kami “ayooo-ayooo naik keperahu”. Kami bingung kapal itu menuju kemana. Bapak itu berkata “ayooo,,muara angkee,,muara angkee,,,” kami langsung mengikuti rombongan didepan kami menuju kapal. Senangnya sudah berada didalam kapal. Butuh waktu 2 jam untuk menuju muara angke (1 jam 15 menit lebih lama dari keberangkatan awal). Cukup ekstrim juga menggunakan jasa kapal ini, kami layaknya imigran gelap yang ingin menuju suatu daerah tertentu berbasah-basah ria, blum lagi asap kapal, dan suara bising dari mesin kapal. Ditengah perjalanan hujan dengan lebatnya mengguyur laut Jakarta. Kekhawatiran muncul dibenak saya bagaimana apabila kapal ini dihantam ombak yang sangat besar dan dikapal ini tidak disediakan pelampung…ohhh tuhaaannn,,,maafkanlah hambamu ini ya tuhaannn (dalam hati saya,,uhuhuhuuu). Merasa bosan dengan suasana kapal dan laut yang diguyur hujan lebat kami menghabiskan waktu dengan bercanda gurau dan tidur pastinya. Jam menunjukkan sekitar pukul 13.00 wib, grimis! Akhirnya kami sampai juga di muara angke! Sejauh mata memandang hanya sampah saja yang bisa saya lihat, bau yang menusuk hidung membuat perut mual. Ini kali pertama saya berada di muara angke. Tidak tahan dengan kondisi seperti itu saya berkali-kali muntah. Dan segera mencari angkot yang menuju grogol,,,dan kami menggunakan jasa bus sampai daerah asmi - pulomas dan dilanjutkan dengan taxi sampai kembali di rumah nando.


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This is guest post from my new friend called Monte. Well, at first actually I asked him to write down the story in English, but I dunno why and how, well, maybe he just lost his mind somewhere or what.LOL, so this is it. His full story of our backpacking to Semak Daun Island, Thousands Island in Bahasa Indonesia. Want to know more about the author ? He has no blog, but still He so easy to find in this online's world. Just add his twitter monteFadly or his FB account.

Being a Backpacker

is not easy yet not too hard

Next week, I will go to Semak Daun Island, on Thousand Islands, Jakarta with my highschool's friends. We dealed to make this trip as a backpacker journey, and due all my friends never doing backpacker journey like this before so they asked me to arrange and make the itinerary for this trip. They told me 'You know what, we never did this before, so its our first time and we know nothing about backpacker stuffs. What we should do ?'.

I know I'm not expert on this thing yet, but at least I want to share what I know about backpacking, which I hope will be useful for my friends and those who need to know about it. Well, here are few tips from me :

1. Observe. First thing you should do when you decide to backpacking to someplace is observe. Find out about the place you want to visit, what is a plus and minus from the place, how to get there - transportation, where to stay - accomodation, etc. By observe the place, you'll know what you have to bring and you'll know what you have to write on for the itinerary.

2. Be Brave. You can't go backpacking if you still affraid of many things like 'Uhm, where do we will stay there?' , 'How we get there?', 'What if the budget far from our estimates?', 'What if we lose our money while we go there' , and others what if questions. All I can say is be brave. Just remember that human will try their best effort to get survive, its a nature law.

3. Be Strong. I hate when backpacking with person who always complain about anything. Complain about long walking on feet, complain about the food, complain about place overnight, etc. If you are too tired to walk far, If you hate or can't eat bad food, If you hate to overnight on a place with dusty all over it, If you are too worry about the heat of the sun and coldness at the night then you shouldn't go backpacking. Being a backpacker is to make us strong, so just face all the condition, do not complain.

4. Don't Be Shy. Don't shy to ask directions from people if you get lost. Don't be shy to do an impromptu job while you traveled and lack of money to afford your days. If it needed, you can put you shyness at home first when you want go backpacking.

5. Be Generous. Generous here mean in any aspects. Generous to natural environment and also to humanbeing. For example, always bring plastic bag while you backpacking to put all your trash during your trip untill you meet the real trash can. Don't forget to help people who need a help. Being a traveler with low budget doesn't mean make you to be a selfish person. When you meet poeple who needs your help so much, try to help her/him, try your best. In my life, I do believe with karma, so if you put a good point to others then you'll got the good points too from others on our days in the future.

6. Wise With Money. Yup, due to backpacking is a low budget traveling, so, we have to spend every cent of our money wisely. Try to find anything (like transportation, overnight place, etc) with the lowest cost. Be frugal.

Thats all from me and one thing for sure, just give it a try. Once you traveling with backpacker style, soon you'll know whether you fit become a backpacker or not.

Nampang di Menteng

Berikut diatas gue pampang poto-poto gue 'n temen-temen gue waktu lagi kopdar (kopi darat) anak room Jakarta Selatan gabung dengan Jakarta Utara di parkiran mobil Taman Menteng, Jakarta Pusat. Seperti sebuah keharusan dan kebiasaa, di setiap kopdar pasti ada yang membawa kamera digital untuk poto-poto pose narsis para anak online Mig33.

Taman Menteng, merupakan taman yang dibangun dilokasi ex-lapangan sepak bola. Sebuah taman pada saat pembangunannya banyak kontra dan tentangan terhadap ide yang menurut saya kreatif dari Mantan Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso pada tahun 2004. Sebuah ide yang sangat berani dan berhasil. Memang Jakarta sangat membutuhkan lebih banyak taman atau jalur hijau, maka dari itu menurut gue Taman Menteng ini sangat berguna, selain berguna untuk tempat olahraga, juga berguna untuk tempat wisata (bermain) dan juga tempat nongkrong yang asik. Selain tempat dan lingkungan yang asik, juga Taman Menteng bisa menjadi alternatif tempat berkumpul yang murah meriah. Tidak dibutuhkan biaya masuk untuk mengakses taman ini, duit mungkin akan keluar apabila kita ingin makan atau minum di tempat ini.