I gave my vote of confidence to Malaysia Airline last week when I decided to travel to Jakarta.
To be frank, it has been a while since I enjoyed a turbulence-free ride from the start of the journey through to the end of it.
A lot has been said regarding the traffic like Jakarta. If you think traffic in KL is slow moving, traffic in Jakarta - Madness.
Hence I was told to arrive earlier in an afternoon flight rather than an evening flight.
I was lucky enough not to have worried about being cheated by cab drivers over here. A cab was booked for me under the Golden Bird company, which is one of the most popular cab service provider here in Jakarta. And their price are reasonable too.
Bet you never seen this in Malaysia.
It is funny to see the names in the display. How I wish my parent named me as "Kamolchai" or "Sturock" last time.
I don't know. The name just sounds sexy.
I was booked to the "Kristall Hotel" which is at the south side of Jakarta. The distance between the airport shown on the map was 34.3km.
But guess what. It took me almost 2 hours to reach the hotel.
Make no mistake, it is not exactly the Holiday Inn group kind of hotel. But I am fine with that.
The surroundings are actually more like a Balinese set up on the outside.
The interior of the room.
They even have a small kitchen where you can actually do some simple cooking and come with a water dispenser and free bottle of beer and a can of coke. (Complimentary stuff doesn't come in too often).
My room was overlooking the swimming pool which was great. Unfortunately, no bikini babies around at that time.'
Our evening was filled with beer as usual in the "Satu Lagi" Bar (Which means "one more" in Malay language)
I did not managed to check out the city for the next two days as I was having meetings planned and I was supposed to fly back to Sarawak on the next day.
Talking about first impression, something happened when I was supposed to leave the country.
Remember those arrival cards that the air stewardess passed to you on the plane to fill it up and you are supposed to keep hold on it until you leave their country?
I went to the immigration counter. This was the conversation between me and the officer:
Immigration Officer (O), Me (Me)
O: Go where? (Broken English).
Me: Flying to Brunei. Here is the arrival card for return.
O: (Point to the card) The plane number is wrong. It is not the same flight number as your tickets.
(The thing is, it is not supposed to be the same! As I travelled into Jakarta on a different flight)
Me: Of course it is not the same. It was the plane I boarded when I came in to Jakarta!
O: You don't know how to read? This says "Departure Card".
Me: (Getting angry) Of course I know. I am supposed to return to you guys as I am LEAVING. (WTF is happening here?)
O: (Gave a long sigh, didn't say anything)
Me: So what now, should I change this flight number on the card? (It was stamped, it was not supposed to change!)
O: (Sigh again, still didn't say anything or instruct whatsover)
(For a few minutes he kept on asking me, you don't know how to read?? I told him I can read in three different languages, so of course I can read!)
So I went to the other counter, got it stamped and I was cleared right away. With no problem at all!
Double standard? No I don't think so. Now it reminds me that maybe that guy was trying to get some money off me.
What a jerk.
If he was asking nicely then maybe it is a yes. I wouldn't pay a single dime to this guy, if I did, I will make sure he took it from my leg.
But I was so tired as it was an early morning flight. So I have no more energy to argue and how I wished I could make a uturn back and slap his face with my passport.
What a retard.
He should be brought to the runway and get run over by the plane. Worthless pr*ck.
Hopefully in the future I can write more about Jakarta rather than its traffic congestion issue and their retarded immigration officer.
Would love to meet him up again on my next trip so I can give him a proper slap in the face.
I love Jakarta.
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