Unforgetable Bandung!

Okay... I know... I know.. :P This is waaaaay too much!!! :P I just came back from Hong Kong.... and last weekend, I joined my office colleagues going to Bandung.... yeap... AGAIN!! :P Supposed, the usual team from the previous trip were all going... we booked the ticket last year... the RM0 offer! But at the very last minute, Tda could not make it... her FIL is very, very sick (suspected cancer.... nauzubillah...). So just the 3 of us.... Linda (the self-appointed ketua rombongan), June and yours truly ajer yang pergi... huhu! At the beginning, I wanted to tarik diri from this trip... coz my $$$ udah kering!!! :P But I felt bad... dah janji kan with the girls.... so yeap... I decided to joined them jugak... kena lah korek simpanan di tabung haji.... warrrghhhh!!!! :P

Anyway, so many unexpected things happened during this trip! Linda... our ketua rombongan was supposed to contact Pak Andang... our usual Supir in Bandung. Tda called Pak Andang earlier.... but since she was not joining us... Linda took over... she told us a 'weird' conversation that she had with Pak Andang.... but alhamdulillah... Pak Andang met up with us at the airport.... so okay... so far so good... :)

In Bandung again!! Thanks to Air Asia... now everybody can fly :)

Firstly, check in to our hotel... Rumah Ebo... a very cozy B&B style hotel... nice!! I like... :)

Next... to my fav shopping place... Pasar Baru. First stop in Pasar Baru... kedai Batik Ahmad... hehe :D Yeap... the shop is exactly as our previous trip... met the lovely shop asistants again... esp Siska :) I only bought one kain serat nenas for myself... and one for a friend, Rozaiton yang sibuk nak mengirim! :P June and Linda memang lah memborong! Esp June... huhu! Sakan!! :) Next we stoped at kedai 'Sri Cinta'... first time nih shopping sini...

Ada lah memborong beberapa pasang kain for kurung... for myself and Sis Hazey, my lovely neighbour.... adoii.... beberapa rupiah dah habis di sini! :P Take note yah.... I do not bring lots of rupiah for this trip.... coz I did not have much budget.. :(

Next stop... Toko Laris... the girls' favourite telekong store! One of the shop assistant, Nanang was nice enough to model for us some nice telekong...

Nanang... Isn't he adorable? hik hik :D

Did I buy any telekong?? Huhu... NOPE! No budget... :( I have bought quite a few last year anyway... so better not buy this time.... beringat2 la konon... huhu! :P Kesian Nanang... penat je dia model for me... hehee... sorry ya Pak Nanang..... :)

Next... I wanted to buy kain for baju raya... that was my top priority for this trip!! Shopping for baju raya... :) Our destination... textile shop YABEZ! Sorry ya ibu2... gue lagi sibuk bersopping lagi lupe mau ngambilin fotonya kedai Yabez! :) But yeap... I spent lotsss here! Baju kain melayu for my jejaka2... and kain baju kurung for myself and daughter :) Tema raya tahun ini.... PURPLE!!! :) I also bought kain baju kurung for my mom and aunty (both would be boria in purple this raya! hehe!) and lastly kain baju raya for my MIL and FIL!! Well, baju raya shopping is DONE!!! Finished!!! :P

Cik Linda siap tempah baju lace kat Yabez ni.... macam baju pengantin you!!! Dasattt!! :) Tempah petang... lusa siap! Wahhh... enak sekali!! :) BTW, tengah sibuk bersopping... I heard someone mentioned my name.... pusing2 tenguk ada Zita & Jedah... my x-primary schoolmate!! Wah.... bestnya dapat jumpa old frens lak kat sini!!!! I knew they were in Bandung on that day... but being able to meet them in Pasar Baru, Bandung yang agak besor tu.... wah... subhanAllah! Memang lah kuasa tuhan kan? :) Boleh pulak we all shopping at the same place... same floor and same shop!! :D Menjerit2 lah kami dlm kedai Yabez tu!! *grin*. What a small world... then a few mins later... another friend, Mimi pulak masuk... jerit lagi!!! wah wah!! enak banget ibu2 liburan di Bandung yah! :D

It was around 5.30pm by the time we finished shopping... time for solat! So Linda called Pak Andang to fetch our things at Yabez. Tapi macam Pak Andang tu tak paham apa we all cakap... so we end up naik atas sendiri to find Pak Andang to put our things before proceeding to the Musollah on top of Pasar Baru. Tengah bersolat tu... Pak Andang called Linda asking where we were.... hmm... that's weird... tadi kan baru jumpa and cakap kami nak gi solat? That did not sound like the normal Pak Andang to us... ???? Anyway, lepas je solat... kami turun ke laras 6 to find Pak Andang... tengah tercari2 Pak Andang... there was one man approaching us cakap "Sini.. sini.... sini Pak Andangnya!". Ehh?? that's definately not our Pak Andang... then luckily I saw Pak Andang at the back... yaa.., itu baru Pak Andang yang asli!! Who was that man? Kenapa pulak dia mengaku dirinya Pak Andang???? Misteri betul masa tu....

On the way out from Pasar Baru... Linda's phone berbunyi. She was like "Eh..... Pak Andang tersalah call saya ke?" And Pak Andang pun kelam kabut check his handphone.... "Enggak! Bukan Pak Andang yang nelepon!". Eh?? siapa ya??? Bila check balik phone number on Linda's phone... "Ya bukan! Itu bukan nombornya Pak Andang!". Ehh??? Biar betul Linda nih!!! Rupanya all these while yang dia call Pak Andang (dari Malaysia lagi!).... dia salah orang!!! And the fake Pak Andang keep dialing Linda's number again and again and again!! Eeuuuu... Scary babe! Dah la kat tempat orang.... kitorang ni dah la girls aje!! End up, Linda just switch off her phone!

Next stop.... dinner at Restoran Pak Chi Met... delicious as always!! :) And then to Rumah Mode!! Masuk2 aje dah jumpa baju yang berkenan.. huhu! Penat round2 rumah Mode.. tak sedar dah pukul 7pm.. and rumah Mode nak ditutup... kelam kabut gi bayar apa yang patut! huhu!! :) And we did not stop there... after rumah Mode.. kami ke Merdeka outlet nothing that interest me here... so cuci mata aja lah... :)

Day 2... pagi2 lagi kami ke Jakarta. Upon recommendation by Kak Asma, we wanted to see Mangga 2 ITC. Teruknya traffic nak masuk Jakarta!! ITC Mangga2 is so huge!! Unfortunately, nothing that fancy me here.... so tak beli satu benda pun! The girls bought some toys for their kids.
By noon, we decided to leave Jakarta... nak ke Safari di Bogor :) I was really looking forward to see the animals here! Unfortunately, hujan renyai2 la pulak masa sampai sana... tapi nekad nak pegi jugak! :)

Marty??

Euuu..... he's hungry!!

Harimau putih.... subhanAllah! Indahnya ciptaanNya!

Plaza Gajah... where the elephants buat show....

The Safari Adventure... sangat2 menarik! :)

For me... this the best thing that happened today! Jakarta was a disapointment to me... but Safari.... awesome!! I like!!! :)

During our journey... again Linda received calls from the 'fake' Pak Andang. Waduh... gawat nih! Pak Andang yang asli in the end masuk campur... took the phone from Linda and talk to the fake Pak Andang. Then baru kami faham ceritanya.... rupa2 nya... all these while, Linda salah orang... the person she thought Pak Andang was actually called 'Pak Nanang'... agent maid di Bandung - she once kept the number when she wanted to get a new maid... our colleage, Rozaiton once got a maid from this Pak Anang. Somehow, she saved Pak Nanang's number and labeled it as 'Pak Andang'. So when Linda called him to ask for supir service.... he rented a car just for this purpose. Waduh.... salah faham nih! gawat!! He wanted Linda to pay him RP500ribu which we thought was ridiculous since we did not use his car and supir service. Linda offered RP100ribu... but he refused! Dia macam marah2 lah ngan Linda... cakap nanti nak cari jugak Linda sampai jumpa. Aiyoo... suspen la pulak! Rasa macam ada stalker jer!!! :P Again... Linda decided to switch off her phone again... huhu...

Sampai Bandung malam tu around 8pm.. terus shopping di Jalan Riau! Sempat masuk a few factory outlets like For Men abd The Summit aje... Bought some nice Versace and LV shirts for hubby and FIL at For Men.. that's it! :) The girls sibuk sopping.... huhu! Si Linda sampai lupa jap problem stalker dia tu... LOL! :D

Day 3.... Okay, our last day to shop! Pagi2 lagi dah ke Pasar Baru.... bought some tudungs for everyone yang patut, cottons for my mom, MIL, bibik and Izzaty (bought the cottons at kedai tekstil Laksmi and another tekstil shop sebelah Laksmi tu... tak ingat lak namanya!) Some blouses for my sister and her bibik (and my bibik!).... to thank them sebab rajin tolong I di dapur bila ada family occasion :) And that's it!!! No more!!

Next to Toko 3. The girls wanted to buy original Levi's jeans. I did not have budget for any.... so senyap aje lah. Just bought a shirt for darling hubby here.... huhu! Next... singgah beli kerepek pisang kat Pasar Kosambi.... wahh... di sini saya champion! Beli paling banyak.... hehe! Waduhh... gawat nih.... 3.5kg utk kerepek aja!! :P

Adik jual kerepek ini sungguh kiut... dijemput kami 'mencecep' kerepek di kedainya. "Cecep tu apa ya?", kami tanya... Ohh... rupanya dia jemput kami rasa kerepek kat kedai dia tu!! Hahaha... Kami bilang kami cuma tau watak "Cecep" lakonan Anjasmara itu... terus dia bilang Anjasmara itu abang dia!! wakakaka! Lucu banget!! :D

Varieties of kerepek... bisa di cecep ya ibuk2 :)

Next... to Jalan Riau and Jalan Dago... hmm... since it was the last day to shop.. I had no choice but to hunt something for the kids! Penat lah masuk Herritage, Oasis, Grande, Secret, Happening (outlet baru!)... to name a few! Nak tercabut penat kaki nih! Jumpa la some buttons for crocs shoes tu.. kat Malaysia jual about RM10 satu.... kat situ... ranging around RM2 - RM4.... ridiculously cheap! Beli jangan tak beli! :) And shirts for Izzat and Izzaty... baju raya! That's it!! The whole day Linda just off her phone... SMS from Pak Anang a.k.a 'fake pak andang' masuk bertubi2 suruh kami datang ke rumah dia to do payment... ishh.. suspen jugak kami! Fortunately, nothing happened! That night, we had dinner at Sari Pawon (previously known as Dapur Sang Kuriang!)... nice!!! :) Delicious food!! Kenyang giler! hehe...

Nice place... ada pondok2 gitu..

... and delicious Sundanese food!

Last day.... last minute packing.... and to the airport. See our luggage... uwarghhhh!!!! :) Beranak pinak bag masing2 :D

On the way to the airport.. singah Kartika Sari and Amanda beli food to bring home! I only bought Amanda brownies... that's it! Kat Amanda Brownies nya kedai tu.. kengkawan sempat pekena ni....

Eskrim Durian.... they said it's very, very delicious... but I don't like durian (lupa diri sungguh! Padahal kecik2 dulu, membesar dlm dusun durian!! wakakaka! Ntah laa... tiba2 seleraku berubah! hehee)

Then straight to the airport. Suspen jugak... takut the fake Pak Andang tunggu kami di airport since he knew we would be going back today. But alhamdulillah... lepas ditemani our supir Pak Andang... selamat lah mengcheck-in :) Since I did not buy much... ingat nak sumbat everything dlm cargo - no hand luggage!)! tapi terextra pulak 1kg.... aiyoooo!! Baru nak kurangkan berat dlm bag tu to transfer dlm my hand carry... mamat air asia tu dah tarik masuk dlm cargo...arghhh!! Kena denda around RM18.....sheesh!! Benci tul!! Tak pelah kan... RM18 aje!! :( Huhu.... sejarah betul lah trip kali ni... Macam2! Tapi alhamdulillah... we arrived safely home... huhu!

Anak2.... mama kangen banget sama kamu semua!!! :)

Izzat's finally in level E!!

Syukur alhamdulillah! :) It took him soooo long to past the level D!! But finally... after sitting the test for the 2nd time... he finally make it to the next level!! He scored 66/70 (4 mistakes only) which I thought is quite good... (level D is very, very tough you see!) but apparently for Ms Jaya.... that's just 'good enough' to pass the test... huhu! :)

Well.... whatever it is.... I'm just thankful that he is now done with level D and upgraded to level E! :) And he definitely has to work harder in order to achieve E100 by June 2010 to maintain as ASHR gold student.... huhu! Life is tough kids.... but insyaAllah if we work hard... we'll do fine :) Aamin... :) Love you darlings.. :)

Spouse's Tag

I was tagged by a dear friend, Yanti to answer these Qs... huhu. So Yanti.... harap2 you tak 'termuntah' la ye baca.... lol!

1. First time jumpa with ur hubby bila n kat mana?

- Kat Menara Maybank... I was meeting an old friend... but he wanted to tag along with that friend. Nak berkenalan katanya! ;)

2. Love at first sight?

- Nayyy! Masa tu tak kenan langsung... huhu.. sangat jual mahal kan?? hehe...

3. Who is he when the first time u meet him?

- A fresh graduate engineer :)

4. How long it takes for him to ask u out of a date?

- Entah laa... he did ask me out for a few times lepas jumpa kali pertama.... tapi masa tu I tak lah anggap as official 'dates'.

5. First place dating?

- Hmm... I actually met him a few times before our 'real' date.... I considered our first 'real' date masa kat Pizza Hut, The Mall. Masa tu , we had not met for quite sometime... Out of the blue, tiba2 dia call ajak keluar! And to make things worst... he was awfully late!!! Very , very late indeed!! Geram betul masa tu... rasa nak cabut je dah!! But he did turned up in the end.. and minta maaf immediately... his next sentence was "Hey, you have lost weight!!" Hehee.. *malu saya!*.

6. How he proposed?

- Dalam kereta! He called me one day and told me he wanted to meet me... which was weird cause we usually met only on weekends zaman2 tu (al maklum lah.. dia kerja kat Rawang.. saya kat KL... masing2 sibuk membina career masa tu... huhu!). And when I entered his car... he immediately said "I want to give you this (he gave me a bouquet of lovely rosses), and this (a card), and my heart". Aawwwww... terus cair saya kat situ... *grin*.

7. Special Date with your hubby?

- Every year during our anniversary - we try to make that day very special. But the most special 'date' so far was our 9th anniversary in Bali :)

8. Changes that he asked u to do?

- I dunno lah... he never voiced it out. Probably he wants me slim down a bit?? :P

9. What is it about him that u love him so much?

- He loves me unconditionally .... and that... complete me :) Chewah! :)
*I pray that he still does!*

10. What is about him that u wish he would like change?

- Sometimes I wish he would help me to teach the kids at night...

11. U will lose ur mind n crack ur head when he.....

- is soooo busy or engross with something... he is like blocking everything else out! Hmph!! :P
- Not to forget when he has to go outstation during the time I (or the kids) really need him...

12. U will smile thru ur eyes for the whole day when he.....

- spend more QUALITY time with me and the kids...

13. Complete these sentences 'My love towards my hubby is as big as.....'

"...I dreamt it to be! I know our life is not perfect... but I thank Allah for the beauty of every single moment of it! Love you darling! Moga hidup kita diberkati Allah always... "

Now dengan segala hormatnya, aku turunkan teg nie kepada yang berkenaan:

- alamak... takde gang lah nak tag..... huhu.. :(

So... ada yang termuntah tak?? hehee.... ;)

Special thank :)

There is one neighbour of mine.... (well... not really close neighbour lah... tapi since she is staying in Bukit Beruntung... I still treat her as a neighbour.. ), Kak Hazey... who always come over to my house... learns to read the Quran from my mom... and jemput/hantar my mom for their weekly kelas Arab or Tazkirah. She used to work at Maybank... but due to her back condition (dia terjun dari tingkat 2 rumah dia when her house was on fire), she had to quit. She is a single mom... sangat2 cekal membesarkan anakandanya, Zharfan aged 15. She is very closed to my mom... but since I am seldom at home... saya tak lah begitu mengenalinya. But she always (I mean... selalu sangat!) bought presents for us... not only for my mom and my kids.... but also for me... yang dia jarang jumpa nih! And it's not really cheap presents lak tu!! Macam2 dia bagi we all!! Terharu betul ada insan yang begitu bermurah hati macam ni! So when I went to Syria last December, I bought something special for her.... :) And 2 days ago... I came back from work and got this from her pulak.....



Awww..... you are so sweet Kak Hazey.... :) Tak terkeluar kata2 nak ucap terima kasih pada akak... seriously!! Thank you soooooooooooo much!!! *muah!* *muah!* :)

Day 4 and 5 - Hong Kong - Macau - KL

We woke up early to enjoy the Victoria Harbour scenery in the morning... and saw a STAR Cruise ship lalu... Sangat cantik okay... scenery depan habour ini! :)


We left the hotel early to get a 10am ferry to Macau... but due to bad weather (bad?? nampak cantik weather that day??), our ferry was delayed for half an hour.

Departures schedule... Our ferry... New World 1st Ferry to Macau was originally scheduled at 10am. Unfortunately, our ferry was delayed... due to poor visibility...

So menunggu lah kami dengan penuh sabar... huhu

Queuing to check-in into the ferry..

Finally.... in the ferry!!! :)

After checking in at the hotel... we ronda2 Macau... nothing much lah here compared to Hong Kong. Macau is famous for its gambling places... ala2 Las Vegas Asia lah gitu... so untuk orang Islam macam kami ni.... tenguk2 aje lah ya...

Jalan2... bukan utk cari makan - susah sangat nak cari halal food di sini!!

Macau satu ketika dulu diperintah oleh Portugis... so kebanyakan bangunan2 lama di sini ada pengaruh Portugis.

Chinese New Year is just around the corner... so lots of local people go out to shop... and the decorations.... wonderful! :)

Shopping areas... but again... I did not shop lah... huhu..

Beautiful kites and lanterns sold here..

As usual... warga emas sibuk mengshopping t-shirts for souvenirs.. :)

I take it the medicines sold here are all original eh? ;D

Kaki Saadan bengkak... kesiannn.... terpaksa lah join warga emas duduk di tepi ni ya... hehe.

Perasan tak patung yang Izzat bersandar on the pic above?? Wah... sungguh seksi patung itu pose... so bermacam2 aksi melampau telah kelihatan seperti berikut...

Aksi manja Saadan... tehehee...

Izzat and Nisya juga nak pose with the seksi patung... :)

Oh Damian.... watcha doing??? LOL!

Group picture of Rombongan Cik Kiah di Macau... :)

My sister, Na and her kids climbing the stairs... curious to see what they could see up there...

Yeay!! We were here in Macau!!! And having so much fun too!! ;)

One family pic.... ;)

I really like this photo.... it's so spontaneous.... the kids looked so happy... :)

That night... we decided to ronda2 in Macau.... observing the night life! Warga tua tak mau ikut... mungkin mereka tidak senang melihat kasino2 yang tumbuh bak cendawan di Macau ini. Jangan salah paham... kami pun bukan lah nak pergi berjudi.... huhu... haram tau!! Cuma sekadar ingin melihat dunia Allah yang indah ini.... insyaAllah... :)

The City of Dream... begitu berkilauan di Macau... menggamit penjudi2 datang kemari... huhu. For Moslem and Muslimah.... sila kuatkan iman.. :) Jangan cepat terpengaruh dengan dugaan duniawi ini.... huhu...

Let's get lucky?? No thank you... I prefer to play safe :) Bangunan di belakang tu is Hotel Hard Rock Cafe Macau...

The Crown hotel... sungguh berkilauan..

Terasa seperti di Venice... but this is Venetian in Macau. The buildings and surrounding were designed ala2 bangunan dan suasana ni Venice.... very, very beautiful! Too bad ini juga kawasan perjudian... :(

Yours truly berposing berbelakangkan City of Dreams..

Ala2 di Venice gitu...

Inside the Venetian juga sangat cantik! The tiles look like a 3D shape kan? And the ceilings.... wow... amazing!!

Kids are only allowed at this area... and at the cannel areas... otherwise... tak boleh masuk... kawasan perjudian la katakan...

The cannals area.... sangat2 terasa seperti berada di Venice!!! Ahhh... I miss Venice... *sigh!*

The gondola man siap nyanyi2 lagi tau... sebijik macam kat Venice! :)

Izzaty merenget2 nak naik gondola... but so expensive lah girl!!! huhu...
Anyway... bagus jugak... kalau kami membeli/membayar apa2 di sini... terasa seperti bersubahat pulak dengan perjudian di sini kan? Nasib baik lah entrance ke kawasan ini FOC! :)

Family pic lagi.... hehe... jangan marah ye :)

Grand Lisbao Casino... bangunan yang sangat unik dan menarik... but again... tempat orang berjudi lagi...

Bersinar2 lampu dan cahaya di Grand Lisbao Casino... gambar2nya pun bertukar2... cantik memukau orang utk datang berjudi... nauzubillah...

One last pic before balik ke bilik hotel.... dah malam pun... time to sleep...

The next day... our flight was late in the evening... so pagi tu jalan2 lagi. Warga emas masih mahu membeli t-shirts... so the others pergi cuci2 mata sekitar Macau...

Bangunan2 lama di Macau... ala2 kat Melaka kan? Probably pengaruh Portugis? wallahualam.

Masih ramai local people (and tourists) keluar shopping...

At Macau Airport...

Danisyah and Izzaty were happy... dapat beli baju boria... hehe.... siap pakat nak pakai boria masa balik ke KL :)

View from our flight.... during sunset... Subhanallah...

Seronok travelling tenguk bumi Allah ni.... but again...
Hujan emas di negera orang..
Hujan batu di negara sendiri...
We still love Malaysia.... huhu...
SO GLAD TO BE HOME... :)