Salam all, we meet again in this second part of my journey to Jakarta & Bogor to cover my old friend’s wedding. The first part was about their solemnization in Edna’s parents home in Central Jakarta, and today the reception ceremony is going to be held at the beautiful Kebun Bunga at Bogor, East Java.

I am not sure about this place either, but all I can say is that Bogor is situated in the middle of the Jakarta – Bandung old road, which is the road you use if you are not using the highway. Bogor is a very nice place with a lot of greenery compared to the bustling Jakarta or Bandung, and so does the location of the reception. The place is located at a cafe overlooking a big field full of flora and fauna, so it is technically a garden wedding.

Everybody knows traffic in the Java Island is massively congested, all the time. There are always people driving around looking for something no matter what time it is. Since Babb did bring quite a number of people from Penang as a ‘delegation’, we were split into 2 vehicle. I was with the bride and groom and ‘the young guns’, and the other party is the ‘old- timer’ or ‘the shopaholic‘ as Babb had suggested. He’s not lying for once about that when I found out later!! (Babb & co., you guys know the story right! haha)

So since we were split into two vehicle, it is completely normal to be separated in the middle of the road and got a little bit lost. But since everybody from Malaysia would hire a local supir for their journey here, it was somewhat surprising that the old-timer’s supir got lost in his own country! Getting lost or accidentally turned  into the wrong road in jakarta or Bogor will definitely cost you dearly, as what they had got into. As a result, the other vehicle arrived almost 2 hours late of schedule. Let me tell you something, being a passenger in Jakarta alone does give me headache, plus if the car is being driven by Babb, the headache is multiply by two, multiply by another two! Luckily I still have some fitness in me to successfully shoot their event. Damn, I wonder how the locals get on with the macet everyday!

As for the ceremony itself, it was wonderful, the setting, the food, the crowd (huuuuuu.. ) and I met a few local photographers as well. One thing I remember about them was that one of the photographer bought his Nikon D90 for 17 juta rupiah, and how much is that in Malaysia? You do the math. In true Indonesian tradition (I guess), most of the people were eating without the help of a table, and few of them were standing while having their meal. You don’t see that happening in our kampungs for sure.

In those 2 days I had wonderful time got to learn their culture, especially in wedding terms. I can say that their tradition and what we’ve been practicing here doesn’t differ too much, 98% is the same. The only 2% difference is maybe the language usage. I would like to thank Babb for inviting me to be your photographer for your greatest day, it has been an honor to be honest. To his big bro Afat, you are one damn good entertainer and a smooth talker, hahahaha, bro Imran (spending RM1000 for a flight to Jakarta) with his loud voice brightening things up and Muhammad(mat karung guni??) for being a good pengapit and a bit blur about a 100 000 rupiah and 10 000 rupiah difference. Luckily I learned a bit from my previous trip so he didn’t get conned by the pretty Jakarta ladies, huhuhuhuhuh..

And to the old-timers & ladies aka the shopaholic, you guys know how to shop very well indeed. I guess our brother Joe did mention something like pokai or RM2000 in total lost?? Only Afat knows the full story, hahaha. Anyway, if someone spent about RM2000 in Jakarta or Bandung alone, then he ’s considered filthy rich no matter how they spend the money or where they put the money into.

But hey, you don’t become a millionaire very often do you??

Seriously I would like to write more about this wonderful journey including the almost-there-but-not-quite trip to Tangkuban Perahu in Bandung where I had visualized how to shoot the couple few days back! Maybe next time Babb, huhu. Why we didn’t made it? Some technical issues probably. Spending a night at a villa on the high point of Puncak was some sort of magical to be honest. If we had the equipment or the energy to do a BBQ dinner that night, than it would define the word  ‘prefect’ perfectly! But I just want to make the story short, so now enjoy the pictures and have a nice day…

• Local Celebrity Fitness staff

• Indonesian relatives aka the big family

• Garden wedding

• Babb & Edna making way to the main area. Moments before this Babb asked Afat to make a sudden brake just to state his ‘intentions’. I almost knocked my head and camera at the front windscreen. musibait babb! haha

• The lovely scenic boutique hotel in Bogor, a stone’s throw away from Istana Bogor

• Ummi & Afat with the couple

• With friends

• This is the old-timers & ladies delegation that got stuck in Jakarta – Bogor macet. Joe had a few ‘words’ with Babb later, a nice scene, huhu..

• The young guns delegation, with me including. Guess which one is me? Hahahaha

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• The full crowd making a line to greet the bride and groom. Almost like nasi beratur, but less the time

• Rushing to the scene!

• That wasn’t my shot, but just to make a record of it..

• Waiting for the right moment to step to center stage

• In the rushing, we still had time to find the world famous Rafflesia flower in this vicinity. Unfortunately, now isn’t the season to see those massive flowers.

• With our Indonesian counterpart. Seriously I was having big trouble understanding the original Jakarta accent!

• This time I only realized how tall Babb is. Edna was having her make up on the bed at our back..

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