Hari ini Selasa, Limabelas Maret Dua ribu Sebelas

Another trip to Pasar Atum, but now with the Widjaja family. Unlike my first trip here where most of the toko were closed, I was greeted with a different side of Pasar Atum. The first time we went here, the driver did not know the way so we had to stop a number of times to ask tolong from the neighbors, luckily we made it alive, hehe and early. However we were too early and had to leave before lunchtime, so the result, I was able to jalan jalan on one side of the mall. This time we entered the other side of the gedung, much baru and more conducive for beli, hehe. It was the entrance in front of the old train station which kind of excited me because I like old buildings, gedung tua.

The first thing we did was to buy traditional Indonesian snacks which were generally rice cakes with coconut milk, local fruits, sweets and drinks. Ci Jo dan Joanna helped pick out clothes for me, while Meme and Co Luki tried teach me practical Bahasa words. I also taught Meme some tagalog word which are similar to bahasa but with different meaning like halaman, bunga, tulong, halaga, mula, salamat, etc. When we arrived at the DVD section of the mall, the kids started choosing movies so I picked some Asian horror films which ofcourse the kids did not even dare to look at.

Finally we ate lunch at one of the food stalls in the mall. I took a picture of this particular dish called ko lo kee which is practically sweet and sour chicken because of a funny experience I had earlier whenI had my hair cut last month. I tried to ask the owner of the salon if she knew Ci Jo the wife of Co luki, and she started laughing because according to her Co luki is a chinese dish. Now, I am face to face with Co luki or Ko lo kee so I did not miss the chance to order it. By the way Co luki was with us today, hehe