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!!! :)