Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Melbourne :-)

YEAHHH!!!
Finally, I am in Melbourne, what a great city. this city has just been nominated as the most livable city in the world compared to nearly another 200 cities. WOW o.O
FYI, I am here to continue my study, I will be studying International Business, at Swinburne University of Technology.

Yesterday (3 Octo)
was my orientation day at my Univ, i was just a little nervous because I was afraid that I will be the only Indonesian there. but, in fact, i was definitely wrong 'cause there were another Indonesians :D. There are around 9 Indonesians, well albeit it ain't many, it's fine. at least I have Indonesian  Friends here, at my univ. After the orientation day I and the other 2 indonesian (Rio and Widi) decided to go the city, that was my first time to go to the city, because I formerly just had a look at my area, which is Hawthorn, 10-15 minutes to the city point. we talked a lot, and also walked a lot.. that was just too much tiring.

Today (4 Octo)
I went to the city again, to meet up with Adeline. she is one of my country-mate when we were living at Shanghai finishing our foundation there. we did pledge to meet up at "ES TELER 77" resto, one of Indonesian resto situated at Melbourne central. Well, because I was a bit lost, didn't know how to get there, a bit confused, eventually after I told Adeline if I was at "Nelayan" Resto,  she approached me there. Then, after that we went to Vietnam restaurant I forgot the name of it, but the noodle was extremely yummy :9, while we were eating we talked much hehehe. Furthermore, I ask Adeline to accompany me to the Market, I am seeking rice cooker and bed cover and quilt. then we went to the Big W, there I just bought bed cover and rice cooker, didn't buy the quilt because the quilt too big and difficult to be carried. so i decided to not bought it.

Lastly, we went to BOOST, buy some cups of smoothies there. 

Then I went back to home.


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Trip to singapore :)

okay, this time I'll be posting about my last trip to Singapore.
end of last June, from 21-24 I went to Singapore. right a week after I arrived at Jakarta from shanghai. I don't know, on that time I just did feel so bored living in Jakarta, ah Jakarta. a city with a lot of congestion, pollution, scorching day and another bad things hehehe :p.
therefore I decided to go to Singapore, a country that can be said extremely near from Jakarta, don't need visa (as Indonesian), so it's very easy to go there.
that time, I did go just by myself, without joining any tour or a.k.a as a backpacker, but not as easy as it's seen, I've got enough many unexpected troubles when I went there.

the day, 21 June.
my ticket is around at 5 pm o'clock, but I went to the airport at 4.30 pm, I knew, it was gonna be late due to from my home to airport is at least needed an hour. thus, I ask my taxi driver to be as fast as possible, because you know, I'll be late, crap. unfortunately, the driver ain't fast enough, i don't know why, I have asked him numerous times to be faster and then, after a while he did take initiative to take busway's line and went onto it, the driver thought that if he took it, it can make us to be faster, as you know there is no another cars except the busway itself on busway's line. yeah, he was 100% right, but not for that time. eng ing eng in the end of the busway's pavements there was a police who stopped us, shit. we were "ditilang", I talked to the police and told the police that if I was in very very hurry, I neededmto catch my flight, after which as you know what, I was fined by the police.

What a lucky day
yeah, finally I did arrive at soekarno hatta international airport Jakarta. yes, this was my lucky day, due the airplane was being delayed I still had time to check in at the counter. however not as lucky as that hahaha. when I arrived at Singapore. MY BAGGAGES WERE MISSING, yeah MISSING. "whoot missing?" yes yes yes right. they were missing. I panicked, what the heck happened to my BAGGAGES?. then I came to lost and found baggage claim counter at Singapore airport to claim my baggage told them mine was missing. I have checked 3 times at the belt, to made sure were my Baggages really missing. I fill the form that given by the person lost and found counter. they said I have to wait for the proccess and scrutinizing what really has happened to my baggage. okay fine. then I waited.

*waiting*

*and still waiting*

*waiting* *an hour later*

*waiting*

*10.30 pm*

*and still waiting*

after have been waiting for almost 2 hours, the receptionist called and informed me what was going on. she said there were some error that made my BAGGAGES were not brought to the airplane and the airline also has confirmed that my BAGGAGES still at Jakarta.

*DENG!*

what !?

so I said to the receipsionist
"then, what sort of solution you could offer to me?. it 100% could be made sure ain't possible me staying at Singapore, here without my clothes, BAGGAGES and the stuff inside"

she was thinking, and suddenly she made a call don't know to whom. after about 10 minutes she talked to the phone. I didnt really hear what they were talking about.

R: "okay sir, here the solution. now you could go to your hotel and check ini, tomorrow hopefully your BAGGAGES arrive at Singapore airline. because the 'singa' airline promises to sent your baggage to singapore. we'll send your BAGGAGES to your hotel.

huhhhh. I went to my hotel then w/ still a disappointed feeling why this all could happen, to me.

22-24 June.
eng ing eng my baggage were sent to my hotel. finally I can change my clothes, yeah.

i did go, eat and shopping to a lot while I'm at Singapore. i went to orchard, Arab street, bugis and many many more.

it was really fun being at Singapore, the people there really nice and friendly.

I hope I can be there again soon :-)

thanks.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

what this blog about

oke, sebelum gue melangkah lebih jauh, gue mau ngenalin apa sih ni blog, tentang apa dan kenapa gue bikin blog.

blog ini akan berisi tentang semua aktivitas jalan2, kuliner dan juga kesehari2an gue, entah itu dekat/jauh, dalam/luar negri, penting/tidak, enak/tidak hehehe.

I'm always hoping that one day I can be a truly backpacker and explore all over countries in the world. that's my dream.

and therefore, rasanya gue perlu berbagi cerita dan pengalaman yang saya alami selama saya melancong di belahan dunia. i've been to so many countries and i always think that there is a need for me to share those experiences.

hope, you enjoy my post in here and be inspired about what i do.

oiya, hampir lupa menjelaskan kenapa gua milih nama "downright" untuk blog ini. alasanya karana keinginan gue untuk lebih menonjolkan 'kejujuran' dalam blog ini (sebagaimana Downright bisa di artikan "jujur") tentang apa yang gua alami selama ber traveling ria, makan dan hari2 gue. perlu di tegaskan, blog ini bukanlah layaknya sebuah brosur yang hanya menanmpangkan hal2 yang bagusnya saja tentang sebuah tempat, akan tetapi lebih dari itu. blog ini akan bercerita lebih apa adanya. jujur. :-)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

the very first post to my career

okay, a bit confused about what should I do in the very first post like this.

hm... probably I have to introduce myself, who, where and why.

"who the heck are you?"
My name is Edo Fernandes, indonesian, 18 year old.

"right, and where do you live?"
since I was born until my age 17, I lived in Indonesia, Jakarta. then after which I moved and used to live in china, shanghai to continue my study. i have been living there for almost a year. It was splendid experiences. ultimately, this September (2011) I will be moving to Australia, Melbourne. also to continue my study there.

"why you moved from another place to another one, from another country to another country.... and why you made this blog?"
right, just let me keep it simple and short. the only reason why I moved from one place to another is just because I Love TRAVELLING and be around the world. someday, I'm always hoping that I can go to all over countries in the world or even another planet maybe :p.
then, for the second inquiry, I made this Blog due to I want to share everything that I've seen, been trough, done, felt while I am traveling. FYI, I have been to many countries as my dream always and wanted to be able to go to around the world and be a backpacker.

and someday this blog will be well-known and give much inspiration to people that also want to be a backpacker or love traveling.

well, that's it.
Thanks :-)