So on Wednesday I went home from school earlier because we were going to Bandung... well its just an exaggerated reason so I can go home and miss a few hours of school hahah... but anyway I had to get enough rest and prepare myself for Bandung. We were going to go to Bandung by train and it took a whole twelve hours to get there! First we set off at about 3.30pm and we should arrive there before 4.15pm. We got an UBER instead of using our own car and went on the highway and we still were stuck in a few traffic jams. We arrived at the train station and met with my other family members. We checked in and went inside the train but one of my other families which is Etta's family (my cousin) hasn't arrived yet. At the end, they unfortunately missed the train :( We continued our journey on the train and IT WAS SO COLD. When it was daytime the air conditioners were on 22 degrees but as the night grew colder, they changed the air conditioner to 19 degrees!!! ITS SO WERID HOW THEY MAKE IT COLDER AT NIGHT PEOPLE ARE GONNA FREEZE. And that wasnt the worst, I was literally using short pants and my legs were FREEZING... and imagine as if you are freezing to death for 12 hours, that kinda happened to me! When we arrived at Bandung I was so happy when I could feel the warmer fresh air outside the train even though it was 4 o clock in the morning. As the sun rises, I realise Bandung is actually cooler than Surabaya, not only the city but also the temperature of the city, it kinda reminds me of Melbourne... but not as cold as winter in Melbourne. We actually arrived on Thursday morning... (twelve hour journey). First we went to a building (well outside the building) and it is called "Gedung Sate". It's not a place where they sell chicken sate (hahah not funny) but its where the governor of Bandung works. After that we went to, well one of my favourite places, TRANS STUDIO!! This is my first time going to Trans Studio BANDUNG since its my very first time going to Bandung but I have been to TRANS STUDIO MAKASSAR twice, because my uncle lives in Makassar (but that was a long time ago before I went to Australia. I went on a few rides and even went to a ghost/horror house... I SCREAMED SO MUCH LOL! Then, we went to... many places I don't remember the name of and the order but I can recall a place called Farmhouse...
At the place called Farmhouse, we saw some pretty building and even the houses in HOBBITON (even though its not the ones in the North island of New Zealand which is mildly disappointing) but IT WAS FABULOUS AND LOOKED LIKE THE ONES IN NEW ZEALAND AND YEAH IM SUCH A HUGE THE HOBBIT AND LOTR FAN! There were also pretty flowers and they sold yummy snacks and of course, I got the free samples because I LOVE FREE SAMPLES!
We also went to a place called Dusun Bamboo, I think this is my second favourite place of the trip because there were so many gardens, flowers, the view was amazing, there was a lake, there were many attractions and I did ARCHERY!!! It was so cool, I didn't even miss the board, but I did miss a bit of the target 3 times but it did go on the board! It made my left arm really tired, but thats the effect on having a good time hahahah!
We bought souvenirs and I bought some for my school friends and also for my church friend Alleena because HER BIRTHDAY IS RIGHT AFTER MY BIRTHDAY!!
I had such an awesome time, I probably have not given many detail but to sum it up, I HAD A LOT OF FUN!
We went home at about 8 o'clock pm on Saturday and in the middle of the journey at 12am IT WAS MY BIRTHDAAAAYYYY!!! So my cousin said to me "Do you want to go to the toilet, can you come with me?" and so I came with her. I went in first and when I finished doing my business, my cousin went in and said "Stay here and wait for me okay?" and I said "Of course" and in my brain I was thinking "Well of course I would stay... but thats an unusual question because I always wait for her" and then when we went back, near my seat on the window it had banners that said HAPPY BDAY PIPIM!!!! YEEAYAYAYAYA!!! (okay thats my nickname lol) AND THE BANNERS HAD CAPTAIN AMERICA ON IT AND IT WAS CAPTAIN AMERICA THEMED!!!! I WAS SO HAPPY... well my face back then didn't look as happy as my heart and mind did because I was REALLY tired... also I finally asked my cousin later on "Oh wait, did you send me to the toilet so they (my other cousins) can set it up?" and she smiled and said "Yep"
When we got back to surabaya at 9.30am we separated and said GOODBYEEE :')
