Sumatera Utara

Just back from 2days 1 night working trip to a factory in Lintas T.Tinggi - P. Siantar Km. 21.5 Kalembak - Dolok Merawan Serdang Bedagai, Sumatera Utara Indonesia!!!

Departure & Arrival
8:30am - Driver came & pick me up.
10.15am - Exited Seremban toll. Arrived safely at LCCT, KLIA soon after. Airport full of buzz, pack with so many people. Check in, go through normal procedures and waited at waiting area.
10:45-11:45 am - Reached too early? What can I do? Saw ppl using their laptops at d waiting area so I also follow suit. Luckily, there's wireless was available. Surf and chat all d way.....
12:00 noon - Announced the arrival of QZ8055. Queued up and wait for my password to be checked and jalan to the waiting Airbus.

Polonia International Airport, Medan
Arrived about 12:05noon. Yes 12:05noon Indon time. Indon time is 1 hour earlier than our local time.. At the Polonia, all arrivals need to go through 'Health Spray' (Disinfect). There were ppl taking advantage of 1st time tourist there who dunno where to go and wat to do next. This particular guy came and offer his help and being 1st time there, I blindly and stupidly obeyed! He was helpful and I went throught the procedures easily, dont have to wait n queue up but it came with a price! The guy later ask for wang cop passport! I gave. Then, he asked for wang kopi! I was reluctant at 1st and replied "Wang tadi tak cukup? I takde ruppiah lagi belum tukar lagi". But that guy, like any 'money-sucker' around kept pestering me...and me being annoyed, shut his 'smelly mouth' with another piece of Ruppiah!

Went through the gate and saw the 'one' arranged to pick me up. He was holding a piece of card in rectangular shape showing "KEVIN - K***". So i walked straight to him & adknowledged that I was the guy he was waiting for! He told he was waiting for 3 other Auditors from Bandung. So I sat there and he went to the Domestic Arrivals platform and doing the same thing again. Holding another piece of rectangular card with different msg this time around. I waited there for nearly 2hours. Just sitting there observing people and culture in Medan. The taxi there mostly used 'Excel' branded car and colored in blue and red with their company's logo firmly 'chop' at the doors. Let me ask you a Question here. What is the thing that most ppl around the world love the most??? Any idea? personally, I think the answer is CIGARETTE ! Nearly every1, young or old was smoking and the 'asap-asap yg teramat wangi sekali' was filling the air there; make until me so kenot de tahan with the 'aroma'! (4give me for my language here, wahaha!) So nearly 2 hours of 'aromatherapy' there that had shorten my life to 'who noes how many years!' =(
It really amazed me that, both young & old shared d "passion & beauty" of these *tiny paper wrapping tobacco 'time-bomb'* Wahaha!

Thank God after 2hours of sufferings, the 3 Auditors from Bandung finally arrived! Smartly dressed in formal with jacket attached! Look young but after knowing them better, they are not as young as I thought in the 1st place. More of them later on. =) After 2 hours of waiting, next I have to endure another 2-3hours of "ass-pain" to get to the Factory in the address stated above sekali. The journey through the town & road of Indon posed another 'new chapter of xperiences' in my life!!!