Bandung.. and Kemang

Yesterday I went to Bandung finally. I spent 100 $ more on clothes and things. Wandering through the streets, I took pictures of the houses I intend to buy when I am an old geezer.






It was quite a hassle in Bandung again browsing through shops and spending money although I found really funny things. Suddenly I felt very tired and I decided to visit my friend Chris' (not stargazer) family also to load off the Vietnamese fish sauce I have been carrying around since Saigon. Surprisingly the Indonesians did not like it so much (the sauce). A reason may be that the overall composition of their already flavoured, grilled or fried meat may be disrupted by the fish sauce's strong own flavour whereas the Vietnamese tenderly cooked, and thinly-sliced meat needs just that little salty extra-kick.


I took the last bus to Jakarta/Pondok Gede from where I took a motobike taxi to a party in Oishisha/Kemang. Tired as I was I just sat, drank Whiskey Soda and watched some dressed up people having fun. Although you could have the impression that everything was show for their cameras and especially for Kiki's camera from i_LOV3GLAM (myspace.com/iloveglam) who regularly publishes her party images online. Btw: The following is not the new coverage video you are all craving for. Merry Christmas!




PS: Oha, now I see that you can hardly see anything on the video. As soon as I am back I try to post a better version where you can see the Christmas tree on the right better.

Home, Tebet, Depok

I did not go to Bandung thanks to a ridiculous 1 1/2 hours delay of my Lufthansa flight from Singapur to Jakarta including the most horrible landing ever. I bet these people will never fly Lufthansa again. I went straight to the house of my friends where I arrived just in time to see their kids before they went to bed. Sitting in the cab I had the same strange feeling I had when I arrived in 2005 for my first longer stay. I have been idealizing this city/country/people so much in the past year that I am afraid of discovering now that all has only been steambubbles in my head.

I spent the first morning playing with the kids which made me forget this night's dream about desk calendars and invitations with incorrect logo and colours. I read from books while they worked together to inflate balloons.



In the afternoon I went to nanonine in Tebet to buy clothes. I spent 120 $ but decided to pick up the stuff tomorrow as I wanted to go on to see the Depok Indie Fest. On my way I decided to get off the cab and spent a lovely hour in Zoe Cafe, buying books and eating a salmon. Unfortunately I could not find the venue so I returned to the city (Depok is on the southern outskirts). In the end I spent three hours on transport for nothing, hungry and tired but satisfied that I can still do and support trips like this.

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Alles ist neu

I live in Saigon now. I was very busy lately so a long time no steambubbles and no coverage. I hope I did not loose contact too much with you, dear audience. Now bubbles start to form again in my head..

Together with stargazer and dottore, a pasta maniac from Venice, I live in lovely casa mille occi. My home is my castle, it was especially so during the first months here when I had some problems feeling comfortable in the new city again. The structure is perfect, allowing three people to easily live together without getting on each others nerves. Instead of going to the city, we most often chill out in the living room or one of the terrasses. These days we also have Pau from Barcelona sleeping on the couch. I found some treats in the streets, like the Honda and the watch. Anyone such a watch? I can easily find one for you in the streets here and send them to you. Only 30 USD! Ah come on, this watch is hot, we all used to wear it when we were kids. Believe me, you all need this watch!

What else? I iron dottore's shirts as he can not do it himself. And this as Dr. Ing.!