Jo Kontan

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Kelok 44 - On the Way to Lake Maninjau. - N3 Basi

Been very busy last week,. pindah.

Pindah Opih lerr. From Mezzanine to third floor. Takder la masa nak mem-belog sangat. Now we are officially in Bahagian Jual Depan Belakang. (Front End Sales Department).. Hmmm.

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4 weeks ago, we were in Padang. Padang, Sumatera. Jalan2 lagi laa. Kali nii turn Dilla sorang ajer. (Plus, turn makbapak being left alone., with Dilla.. ha ha).

Why Padang aaa ?. Aku rasa tuu la yang paling affordable for 3 days 2 nites, inclusive air fares. Plus, aku pun nak rasa naik Air Asia punya Airbus 320, which is relatively new. Then I could run a comparo to MAS aging 737-400. And the conclusion ?

A brand new Persona is always better than a six years old Waja. Bley?..

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Maam dok bercerita pasal si Tenggang dengan Arip. Macamana dia (siTenggang) kena sumpah jadi batu. (The Padang version would be Malin Kundang). There's a Batu yang ada kat Pantai Manis tuu depiciting this. Bila aku tunjuk kat Arip gambar Tengang jadi batu dengan gambar kat atas,. Dia punya muka, ternganga.. Sempat la dalam 4-5 hari dia dok tanya mende yang sama ajer pada aku.

"Macamana si Tenggang tuu boleh jadi batu ? Arip baik dengan Mama ? Arip dengar cakap Mama kaan? Kenapa si Tenggang tuu tak nak makan makanan yang Mama dia bawak..."

Letih weii wa nak jawab..

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Padang is OK laa. We went and Menikmati Lake Maninjau. Siti Nurbaya Bridge. Pantai Manis. Pandai Sikek. Cold Bukit Tinggi. Sianok Canyon..

But, would I recommend it to friends ? Tak kot. Ngabihkan bogheh jerr.. They way they drive there. Simply Merbahaya.

One of the 44 hairpin kelok, on de way to Lake Maninjau. Sikiit ajer lagi wa nak muntah. Tuu pun try to look Macho to Maam. By the 2nd Kelok, suwoh supir tuu berenti kejap. Nak ambik gambar laa kenkonon..








Sun set at Padang Beach.






I lurve this shot. @ Pantai Manis. Dilla baru bangun tidorr tuu. Mood betul tak baik.








But, The greaat thing about Padang is (offcourselaa) Nasi Padang.
The Original, real ass kicking dishes. Cholesterol laden, Gout Inducing tunjang, Lemak Santan berperisa. Dendeng Daging. Memang laa sedappp. Out of this world.
Do you know Bukit Tinggi (cool touristy town about 70 km away from Padang) has the highest rate of High Blood Pressure population in the whole of Indonesia ?



Kalau aku tambah dok kat sana 3-4 hari lagi,. mboh padamm.

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8 Comments:

  • salam rindu,

    JJCM tak habis-habis... cantik gambar-gambar yang ditangkap dan bab makanan memang no komen sebab tuan blog memang pakar makanan...

    btw, bila nak jumpa you pulak??? I met your brother last weekend... ramah mesti macam you jugak :)


    loveujordan/ silversarina

    By Blogger silversarina, at 4:56 PM, January 16, 2008  

  • Jo.. kesian Arip tu .. buat budak tu takut aje.

    Makanan Padang memang best even kat sini walaupun harganya jgn cakaplah. Apalagi kalau dah ke sana and murah jugak kan? Kelior tgk gambo makanan2 tu.

    He he namapun Bukit Tinggi jadi kenalah segalanya tinggi termasuk darah

    By Blogger Sya, at 8:59 AM, January 17, 2008  

  • Mujor tak padam, kalau idak, maam jadi ***** kaya laaa, heheh

    By Blogger dith, at 4:05 PM, January 17, 2008  

  • ni nak tambah soalan arip...apasal si tanggang, aka as young jins shamsuddin, kat tv tu tak jadi batu tapi terbang terus jadi gagak jerit-jerit "MAK AKUUUUUU..MAK AKUUUUUUU!!!"

    ps - btw your year end vacation kena buat 3 intinerary ya ...the bigger kids, the younger kids and the pengantin lama without kids ...LOL! :)

    By Blogger Mama Rock, at 4:38 PM, January 17, 2008  

  • "Bahagian Jual Depan Belakang"

    ehehehehhehe.... :)

    By Blogger juwaidah, at 6:06 PM, January 17, 2008  

  • Jo,

    Terkecor air liur aku tengok gambar lauk-pauk nasi padang ni. I think I will have to start saving seriously so that my wife and I can go to Padang :-P. Or is it Bandung? Or Bali again? Hahahahaha!!!!

    How come nasi padang kat Malaya mahal?


    Rgds,

    KNA

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:04 AM, January 18, 2008  

  • Silver sarina.

    Bila datang KL kasitau laa. Anyway I met your old friend, DownUnder. and the world is soooooo small. His wifey is maam's childhood friend.

    Paklang cakap aper ?

    "I'm the Pitch Tan version of Jo Kontan ?" of "Jo is the hansem-er version of Paklang ?"

    Ha ha..




    Kak Sya

    Dia dok takut pun.. Cuma fascinated ajer. Tuu yang dok tanya berulang ulang tuu. Sampai betul2 masuk dalam kepala. He he.

    Dendeng daging is out of this world !!




    DITH :

    Ha ha haaaaa.

    (Hmmmm. Adoi kejam gak akak sorang niiiii..)



    Mama Rock :

    Oooo macam tuu ya. Tak tau pulak si Tanggang tuu jadi gagak. Ingat ker dia jadi batuu jugak.

    Sekali-sekala nii kira okehh jugak kita nak jenjalan ngan maam kita.. Ha ha



    Jue :

    Welkammm !. Tuuu la yang diaorang panggil department kami di sini.

    Ada lagi tauu.

    Lemme think first.





    kna


    It is Nasi Padang Sederhana. They have 60 branches all over Indonesia. Dendeng Daging nyaa is superrrrrrr.

    You know how much is dendeng Daging Hari tuu. One blardy piece is RM 5.60. Kita amek 2.

    Oh my God !!

    By Blogger Jo Kontan, at 1:05 PM, January 18, 2008  

  • Padang Besar kat utara nunnnn dah pergi ke?

    By Blogger KakNi, at 10:45 PM, January 18, 2008  

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