Indo Trip: # Day 1

The pics in no particular order.

The day started when we left the house early in the morning to meet Nizam and Co. at 5.00 am near Plaza Tol Sg. Besi. Hubby and I were totally exhausted since a couple of days back due to Angah's wedding plus my boy, again throw his tantrum all night long refusing to sleep. So, we decided to make a move as early as 3.45 am.

After meeting Nizam and family at meeting point, we proceeded to Putrajaya to meet another 2 families plus to leave our car at Datuk's house. From there, we took an erl to KLIA. Another family were taking a cab straight to KLIA. By 7.00 am we were all gathered at KLIA.

After checked-in, we were on board MH711 to Jakarta by 9.10am. Semua duk busy makan sampai lupa mengantuk. Boleh? MAS, aiskrim Baskin Robbins yang kami makan dalam flight sangat keras sejuk beku berdenting. Nak colek pakai sudu pun tak boleh. Apart from that, two thumbs up! Be it nasi goreng/nasi lemak, satay, fruit cocktail hatta ferrero rocher nya alahai sedap! And, i have many forms to fill in all the way dalam flight. Terjegil terbeliak mata aku nak isi form.

The flight journey took us 1 hour 40 minutes. Sapa-sapa yang tak pernah sampai Bandara Soekarna Hatta Int. Airport, just imagine Subang Airport 20 years back. That is how the airport looks like. Most of us travelled with light luggage with the aim to shop till you drop here in Bandung. 5 families semua bawak minimum clothings, luggage within luggage tambahan we had to take a train to Bandung later on. I would say that customs checked quite simple here in Jakarta just a few reminder on narkoba and flu babi, there u go to terminal F.

After proceeding to terminal F, we bought ticket, Damri to Stesiun Gambir. From Stesiun Gambir, we took Argo Parahyangan to Bandung. Oh, Damri itu macam bas ekspres berharga 20 000 rupiah seorang while Argo Parahyangan, an executive coach train costs us 40 000 rupiah per person. Bila sebut excutive coach, jangan pulak korang bayangkan yang indah-indah. Just a normal train dengan aircond yang nan ado. Aku sempat tanya kat customer service di Stesiun Gambir the different between executive coach and business. Orang itu bilang, executive coach ada air cond business pakai kipas. Actually, business coach tingkap keretapi nya boleh bukak tutup. Angin semula jadi.

The journey took about 3 hours. By the time kami sampai Stesiun Bandung sudah pukul 4.30 pm. So kami amik je chartered Xenia to our Hotel which was Hotel Kenangan. Very-very near to the train station and we could just walk. Checked-in, berehat-rehat dah gelap. Dekat Indonesia waktunya lewat sejam tapi menjelang pukul 6 sudah malam.

So for dinner, we strolled along Jalan Kebun Kawong and ended up at Warung Nasi Ampera. Kami makan Nasi Timbel. Sedap! Nyum! Nyum! Sesudah makan, memasing sibuk duk beli simpack xl berharga 8000 rupiah with 5000 rupiah worth of credit. Lumayan, banget! Sudahnya misi gue mau cari stroller di Toko Anak-Anak tidak kesampaian kerana banyak tokonya tutup jam 9. Dari sana terus liburan ke Jalan Cihampelas. Sampai midnight you. That was our day 1 in Indo.

What did i do today?

Since my brother ada kat rumah, haruslah aku gigih bangun pepagi buat breakfast. Last night Fadzli masak nasi while waiting for us to reach home. Dia masak nasi banyak tapi kitorang dah makan nasi lemak kat Tapah R&R. Kaedahnya, daripada membazir aku gorenglah nasi. Keras berdenting amat nasinya. Telan gak le. Kang ada yang kecik hati, heh! Siap aku masak sotong goreng tepung, tau! Aku perasan kalau kat umah aku nih, kalau aku masak bebanyak, kan mesti habis! Kalau aku masak sikit, langsung tak habis. Agaknya, bila dah masak sikit tu, orang ni takut nak amik banyak sebab takut orang lain tak makan lagi sudahnya, terus tak terusik, haih!

Hari ni ada kenduri kawin. Nak collect my courier lagi. Ada 2 barang aku patut amik pastu aku dapat banyak lak call from City Link. Sudahnya, satu barang je ada kat sana one more still kat tangan courier man tu. Mondaylah jawabnya.

Hoh, citer pasal kenduri kawin yang aku pegi tadi. The idea unik tapi implementation kurang menjadi. The wedding took place dekat Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, bekas tapak Eye on Malaysia. I bet the newly wed couple nak buat ala-ala garden wedding kot. Tapi dah buat tepi tasik, haruslah angin bertiup kencang dalam cuaca yang tak menentu tu. At one time, sejambak bunga leh telangkup masuk dalam buffet lauk dek kerana angin bertiup kencang.

Citer pasal pengantin lak. Pengantin dedua cantik manis. Diarak naik kereta kuda. Oh, bukan. Ada satu je kereta kuda. Orang yang jaga kuda tu tarik kuda dari depan, patutnya tungganglah! Sedap je aku komplen wedding orang, heh! After all, the food sedap.

Pas abis wedding, pergi Hentian Putra beli tiket Hilal, pastu gi repair henfon. Sob! Sob! My beloved phone udah rosak. My lovely red G900. Tak sampai setahun beli. Henpon aku cam kat bawah ni cuma kalernya merah. Touch screen nya rosak. Aku dah jadi cam kayu je tatau nak guna henfon without the touch screen. Aku sayang bangat handset ni. Sleek and slim with 5.0 megapixel camera. Haruslah kena tinggal seminggu dua untuk repair. Now i'm using my old nokia 7650i. Heh! Dah tak reti pakai nokia. Jadi ayam lak aku terkial-kial duk godek nokia nih.

Adik aku pulak teringin nak pakai contact lense. So dia beli lah CL. Penat aku ngajar. Tak pe first timer. Esok-esok pandai le tu. Balik umah in-laws sementara tunggu malam nak ngantar dia naik bas kat Greenwood. Pas hantar dia kami pun pulanglah ke Rawang.

Penat but worth every penny!

Assalamualaikum. I'm back! I'm back! I'm back! Heh, almost 2 weeks aku abandoned blog nih. Memang betul-betul cuti sakan. Cuti korang macam mana pulak??? Heh, banyak benda nak cerita n aku ada banyak kerja yang tertangguh. One of them adalah kain baju yang dah melimpah ruah tak muat bakul yang keempat. So, i really need a maid now. Sapa-sapa yang boleh rekemen mana-mana maid Indo because i need one, real soon. I'm gonna start something big next week so i can't manage everything at one go. Kalau-kalau dapat maid without dealing through agency would be better. Aku bukan nak yang underground caranya, just to get a little cheaper. Aku baru balik dari kampung Apal, Besut. Adik aku ngantar and ngambil. Thanks laa bebanyak sebab bersusah payah untuk kakaknya yang seorang ni. Mengenangkan ada budak kecik sorang tu aku perlukan driver. Kalo idak, aku bedal je drive sendiri.

Oh, sebut pasal Indo, we left Indo dah seminggu. Sweet memories i would say. I missed sipping teh botol. Sudah kecanduan. Aku told Fadzli, datang Indo kena try teh botol because u couldn't find this anywhere else in this entire world. Hasilnya semua geng koboi sudah kecanduan teh botol.

Hah, lupa! Meh sini aku tunjuk rombongan koboi ke Indonesia. Korang jangan tak caya. 11 adults and 9 kids and 2 infants. Hasilnya, kami dapat 1 tour guide, 1 asst. tour guide and 1 bus driver.

Our cute minibus to cater all of us around Bandung and sending us to Jakarta. All the men are colleagues in Texas. Selalu sangat kami outing together dah tak ingat trip ke berapa dah. Be it just a short one, and i heard they planned longer trip next time. Indo again, pals?

Trip kali ini!

Aku palinglah malas nak packing barang. Hatta to sleep overnight at in laws, apatah lagi pergi bercuti. Dahlah balik dari Sri Gombak dah petang. Cuci baju satu apa pun tak kering tambahan hujan. Cari money changer nak tukar duit. Hmmm, i bet it was a wrong choice tukar duit dah last minute macam ni currency rate is quite high.

Sebab nak bertolak pepagi buta, so malam ni aku tutup dapur. Malas nak meleceh basuh pinggan mangkuk periuk belanga. Sesambil tu duk google cari currency converter. I find a good one at gocurrency, siap ada pocket size currency converter for travellers. Mau tidaknya, aku pening nengok banyak kosong kat note tu. Wahahaha, feeling-feeling jadi jutawan, seh. Overall, aku dapat MYR4k=11.7mIDRph. Feewiiiitttttt!!!!!

Jangan tak caya sambil tu duk mengkhatamkan forum cari pasal trip bandung. Aku rasa dah boleh hafal setiap liku ceruk Bandung cuma tak sampai je lagi. Tema kali ini adalah shopping sampai lebam.

Kisah aku.

Sungguhlah penat lima hari ini. Akhirnya, selamat sudah majlis perkahwinan adik Fadzli. Adik ipar yang kahwin, aku yang penat mengalahkan pengantin. Everything went smoothly. Lain kali aku letak gambar.

Heh! esok aku pergi Jakarta! 5 hari. Penat tak hilang, aku dah nak kena packing lagi. See ya... Selamat bercuti.