tales of a melanau girl

Dago Car Free Day

2015-06-30T14:42:00.000+08:00

Paris Van Java

Day 1: Selamat Sore, Pak!
Day 2: The Beautiful Kawah Putih
Day 3: Tangkuban Perahu Trip
Day 4: My Very First Conference

Our last day in Bandung and it's Sunday. Ngah told us that there's a famous event located at Dago Street which is called Dago Car Free Day. From the name of the event, you can get what the event is all about. We went there by cab because it's quite far from our hotel. Ngah told me that the Car Free Day in Bandung is so lively compared to the one in KL. And I witnessed it with my own eyes and I rest my case. True story. Nang antap best lalu event ya. Gamboh jak!

We walked along the streets and there are lotsa people doing lotsa things there. Some went for cycling, walking, jogging and more. There are also organizations who did some parade/marching along the street. Performances such as busking, dangdut, flash mob and more happened along the street. It was fun and enjoyable morning.

Taken by Ngah's iPhone6

Going back to the hotel by using Angkutan.
Quite cheap though.

Went to the airport at 1100 to catch our flight at 1405. Here's a tricked to get into the lounge at Bandung Airport. At the lobby of the airport, there will be someone who'll managed our luggage and ticket check in. He will closed one of the counter to the other passengers so that we can checked in our luggage. Kira macam cop kaunter tu laa. We gave our passports and luggage to him and he handled everything. Ngah gave him some tips and off we went to the airport lounge.

We need to pay certain amount of money (I forgot the price) when entering the lounge. In the lounge, we can eat and drink what they had served there. After a while, the person who are in-charge at the lounge counter will gave us back our passport including the boarding ticket. Senang kan.

Kiteorang dah reserve counter ni.

Had our lunch at the lounge.

Yup. That's all for our Bandung Trip. I was pretty nervous for the night event in KL actually. Hehe...

Z: Pergi bawak 4 luggage, balek Malaysia, luggage beranak-pinak. And berjuta-juta Rupiah habis di Bandung. Trip was from 20th - 24th May 2015.

My Very First Conference

2015-06-30T13:34:00.000+08:00

Paris Van Java

Day 1: Selamat Sore, Pak!
Day 2: The Beautiful Kawah Putih
Day 3: Tangkuban Perahu Trip
Day 5: Dago Car Free Day

I had my conference nerve in the morning because I was the second presenter of the day. It has been a long time since I did my presentation. Since I enrolled my Master, I seldom do any presentations. Thus, to soothe the nerve, I went down for breakfast. I was alone and I didn't know anyone there.

After I had my breakfast, I went to the venue and prepared everything. I mingled around with some of the presenters there. My my.. It feels like I came from a different planet. Almost all of them presented in the morning has an education background. While, I came from a computing background.

I presented as usual and I got a lot of questions from the audiences. I thought this conference was about educations, so I prepared my answers based on the education part of my research. However, it turned out that the audiences were mostly asking about the tools that will be used in my research. The feedback that I got from the conference were noted down for future references.

My published paper can be viewed here.

I checked out in the evening and gathered back with my family. We went to Factory Outlet hopping and I was pretty sure that I'd been to all the factory outlets in Bandung.

Then we went to some sort of Seven Eleven in Bandung to buy Kak Effi's prepaid top up. I was intrigued to find out that they bought the pulsa via this kiosk.

Enter the number at the kiosk and paid it at the counter.

Got free charging station too.

I suggested that if you came to Indonesia, just bought the prepaid number at the airport. It's quite cheap. Rph 100000 for 4GB of Internet which is around MYR 28 when converted to Malaysia currency. Sangat murah. Tak tahu kenapa Internet kat Malaysia sangat mahal.

After hours of Factory Outlet hopping, we all went to the Stone Cafe, again for an early dinner.

Here is the view from the cafe in the evening.

The Stone Cafe

After we had our dinner, we went to the hotel and packed all our stuffs.

It was weekend night, so, Ngah, Kak Effi and I went to Asia Afrika streets and view the night environment in Bandung. The road was congested with people and cars. We walked from the hotel to Braga City Mall.

Along the walk, we enjoyed the night scenes. There were people who performed along the roadside, people who took lotsa photos including us, dogs-and-owners gathering and so much more.

We chilled at Giggle Box Cafe & Resto. The mall was about to close, so we sat, ate and enjoyed the acoustic performances.

Z: Malam yang sangat hidup!

Tangkuban Perahu Trip

2015-06-29T22:27:00.001+08:00

Paris Van Java

Day 1: Selamat Sore, Pak!
Day 2: The Beautiful Kawah Putih
Day 4: My Very First Conference
Day 5: Dago Car Free Day

As usual, we had our heavy breakfast at the hotel and off we went to Tangkuban Perahu. It's quite a long journey to our next pit-stop. Jauh tu macam nak pergi ke Kawah Putih jugak laa.. But before we off to the Tangkuban Perahu, we had our detour to Kartika Sari. Ngah said that she wanted to buy some food for the journey.

If you go to Bandung, Kartika Sari is a must place to stop by. Wanted to get fresh baked foods, go there at early in the morning.

Selorot tu memang favourite

After had our brief stop at Kartika Sari, we went to Tangkuban Perahu which is another famous sightseeing place in Bandung. The entrance fee for each foreigner is Rph 200000 during the weekdays. The ticket can be bought at the main entrance. Face mask is not needed at here because the air was fresher and cooler than at Kawah Putih.

Upon arrival, there are a lot of people, everywhere. And they are full of either tourists or vendors. I came here for the view. It's magnificent!

Entrance ticket

After we took a lot of photos, it's time to buys some souvenirs. There will be some seller who is going to follow you everywhere so that you can buy their items. Fortunately, we didn't buy from them because the shops alongside the road sell the same item at a cheaper price.

After doing some sightseeing at Tangkuban Perahu, we went to Sederhana for lunch. As usual, we ordered the same thing.

Then, we went to Rumah Mode, again. Mama said that she wanted to buy a handbag there. It looks almost the same as the original but it is not. I guest so. But most of the handbags there are more than MYR1K though. Tak berapa nak murah sangat pun.

After doing all the shopping spree and stuffs, I went to Amaroossa Hotel for my conference registration. I checked in into my room put my stuffs there. The room was small but beautiful. It is sooo modern-looking room. Anyway, this is a four-star boutique hotel. I don't know the price for a room at this hotel as it is already included in my conference fee.

We went to Le' mongrass Spa to soothe our mind. I chose the Le' mongrass package with chocolate scrub. There are chocolate, strawberry and green tea scrubs.

Kak Effi and I chose the couple room where we can get a little privacy. From what she told me, this is all women spa. I don't know whether there are any package for men. (?)

At the end of the day, I smelt like chocolate. And all of their scrubs are made by their own.

Open air spa

The couple room

Free drinks after the spa session; ginger and American tea.

Before they sent me off to Amaroossa Hotel, we went to Capital8 for our dinner. Good food and environment though.

Yang ni sedap.

Chocolate Oreo Milkshake

We went to Amaroossa Hotel to sent me and the rest went to Prama Grand Preanger Hotel to get some rest.

While at the hotel, I was supposed to have a roommate but in the end I was all alone in my room. My roommate didn't showed up. So, I took the opportunity to edit and simplified my presentation slides and practiced for the last time before the big day on the next day.

Gambar sekadar hiasan.

Z: Yep, I was effing nervous.

The Beautiful Kawah Putih

2015-06-25T14:37:00.002+08:00

Paris Van Java

Day 1: Selamat Sore, Pak!
Day 3: Tangkuban Perahu Trip
Day 4: My Very First Conference
Day 5: Dago Car Free Day

We woke up and had our breakfast at the hotel. As told by Ngah, we must eat til we full because it's a long journey to our next destination. And yeah, of course I took her advice. I ate til drop.

On our second day adventure, we were heading to Kawah Putih. It is a very long journey and it also depends on the traffic on that particular day. We arrived after almost 2 hours of driving and bought the entrance ticket at the South Bandung Tourism Centre. You can checked out the price list in the photo below.

Our driver said that, if we bought the entrance ticket at the centre, the driver can park freely at the parking space. That's what he said. Free face mask and fresh strawberry juice will be given to each person who bought the ticket here.

Arrived at Kawah Putih around 1030. There are a lot people who came earlier than us. A tips from me, please come early to get a perfect, human-free photo shot. Hehe

Before entering the site, please put on the face mask. If you can't stand the pungent smell, you can easily get a headache. This is because of the sulfur from the lake. It is a beautiful scenery but we only managed to stay for less than 30 minutes there.

Kawah Putih

After we took a lot of photos at the crater, we went down the hill and stopped at the cafe to get our fresh strawberry juice. Just show the entrance ticket that we bought earlier at the counter, we got the juice for free. The strawberry juice is fresh and refreshing. It feels good to have a cold drinks after smelt all the sulfur.

Chillax at the cafe down the hill

I forgot the name of this food but it is delish.
Otak-otak versi ikan.

Fresh strawberry juice. Yummeh!

On the way to Kawah Putih, there are a lot of strawberry farms where you can hand-picked your own strawberries. We didn't managed to do so as we are not a fan of strawberries. Anyhoo, it took us around 2 hours to get to our next pit-stop which was Cibaduyut. At this store, you can get a lot of cheap Bandung t-shirts. You can get each t-shirt for Rph 25000 which is about MYR 7. Mama and Udak memang berborong sakan la. Nak dijadikan subeniyer katanya.

After about 2 hours at Cibaduyut, we went to Mahmud Beauty Shop. You can get a lot of branded make up or beauty products at cheap prices. For example, I bought my beauty product for more or less than MYR 50. If I buy the product at the Guardian, my damaged would be more than MYR 200.

I bought these for Rph 179400 which is about MYR 50.23.

We all got hungry after doing all the shopping. So, we went to Sederhana for our late lunch. Sederhana served authentic Padang foods and it is quite affordable and delicious. When we arrived, the waiter will served hot tea to the customers and laid out all the foods in front of us. If you wanted other drinks than tea, just asked the waiter. Ngah asked us to try the Ayam Pop. It's delish. But I prefer the fried chicken. The green sambal is what you should tried too. It's not that spicy though.

At this restaurant, you eat what you 'touch'. For example, if you eat the vegies, the waiter will count that as a whole plate. However, for the plate which served a countable foods, for example one piece of chicken (each plate served 2 pieces of chicken), the waiter will count that as one chicken. Hmm.. Hard to explain in English though. I think you can picture the view by looking at the photo below. If you don't understand, hit me up at the comment below.

And you can add more foods if you wanted. Ngah asyik order Ayam Pop je while I often add on sambal hijau and ayam goreng.

Tak complete lagi nih. Selalunya penuh
satu meja.

We went to Bandung Trade Centre (BTC) after having our late lunch and continued our shopping journey. Well, when you are going to Bandung, your primary mission was to shop. Nothing much here. They sell more cheap clothes here. Then, we went to another factory outlets which were Heritage and Cascade.

Before we took called it a night, we went to fill our tummies with some foods. On our second night in Bandung, we went to Halaman Cafe for dinner. They served local cuisines and western foods at this cafe. The food was delicious and good for money. The weird looking food served at this cafe is Udang (Prawn) Rambutan.

Halaman Cafe

Udang Rambutan.

Z: Berjuta-juta Rupiah habis on the second day in Bandung.

Selamat Sore, Pak!

2015-06-19T18:36:00.000+08:00

This is my third country of the year, Indonesia. Bandung, to be specific. I was there for my conference but my mom wanted to follow me there. She said that she wanted to do some shopping. In the end, there were four of us on the trip, Mama, Ngah, Udak and I.

Ni dah macam rombongan cik kiah dah. Yang present nya sorang, yang ngekotnya sampe 3 orang..

We took Malindo Air at 1205 hours. This was the first time I traveled with Malindo air and luckily, I brought along my earphone so that I can watched some movies up in the sky. Arrived at Bandung at 3 something and we waited for our luggage. While waiting for our luggage, I met Umie Aida, Erma Fatima and their crew there. She is so pretty.

We waited for the hotel driver in front of the terminal and to the hotel we go !!

We were staying at Prama Grand Preanger Hotel. Ngah, who are often traveled to Bandung, suggested us to stay at this hotel. Mama and Udak agreed on the decision. And as for me, follow aja deh. The hotel was quite comfy though and there are a lot of food choices for breakfast. FYI, we didn't eat at the hotel for lunch and dinner. Thus, I can't comment about the food served there except for breakfast. Yummeh!

After we checked in and put our stuffs in the room, it's time for shopping! Our first pit-stop was at Pasar Baru Trade Centre. We arrived just in time before the closing hour. We bought some textiles, laces, telekung and so much more. Damaged at Pasar Baru was Rph1.4M.

When you arrived at Pasar Baru, confirm rambang mata and you can't decide which store you wanna go first. As we had Kak Effi along with us, she brought us to the store where she often shop there. And of course, we got some discount though.

Baru satu kedai, babe.

Kak Effi asked me to try this.
The taste is not to my liking.

At 6, we were all famished and went to a restaurant up the hill called The Stone Cafe. The food is nice, the ambient is cool and the scenery is awesome. We ordered and ate til our tummy couldn't contain it anymore. If you are having your dinner at this restaurant, I would like to suggest their Tauhu Special. It's delish!

Untuk insan yang tak makan tauhu macam saya and tetiba tried this Tauhu Special. So, memang sedap lettew. hewhewhew

Dinner with a sunset view.

Le menu

They said there will be a performance every weekend.

What we ordered. Tak semua sampai lagi nih.

After we had our dinner, we went to Rumah Mode Factory Outlet. We arrived and the outlet was almost at its closing hour. Sempat la sambar 5 or 6 helai baju. I suggested that you guys go to Rumah Mode Factory Outlet. Tak perlu susah-susah nak masuk semua outlet sebab I'd been to all the outlets in Bandung.

It seems like I had a pair of wings in this photo.
(Photo taken by Ngah's iPhone6.)

Selfie with le mama at Rumah Mode. Tak banyak orang, senang hati nak shopping.

Went back to the hotel to get some rest. Masa balik tuh, memang kena pakai bellboy untuk angkat semua barang ke dalam bilik. Boleh bayangkan berapa juta habis on our first day.

I edited my presentation slide for the upcoming conference and went to sleep. Another day, another adventure and of course, shop and food is a must!

Paris Van Java

Day 2: The Beautiful Kawah Putih
Day 3: Tangkuban Perahu Trip
Day 4: My Very First Conference
Day 5: Dago Car Free Day

Z: Damaged for the first day dah pun lebih Rph 2M.

Conference Nerve

2015-05-19T07:56:00.000+08:00

What do you feel when you are going for a conference for the first time?
Nothing? Meh? Excited?

Well, now I'm added more to that question. What if you are going to a conference that will be held oversea?
Hell yeah. I'm excited as af!

Ok then, here's the downside. What if I told you, you are going there all alone?
Eff!

Z : I was in Cambodia during the process of finishing the paper though. Wish me luck. :)

Deep Depression

2015-02-07T10:01:00.000+08:00

Sousdai Cambodia
Day 1: Wandering around in Siem Reap
Day 2: Lost in the Temple
Day 3: Journey to Phnom Penh

Memandangkan dah terbiasa bangun awal pagi, so, hari ni pun bangun awal. Walhal, nak jenjalan tunggu check out nanti teruih.

We planned to check out today and left our luggage behind the counter. Packed our luggage and had a small talk with Tracy and Nina. They're from Scotland and France respectively. That's the best thing when you traveled. You get to know the other traveler. Their story and stuffs.

We walked upfront the hostel and made a deal with a tuk-tuk driver. If you wanted to wander around Phnom Penh hot sightseeing places, it will cost about $25. However, as we only planned to visit 3 places, we got $18 per journey. So, off we went to the Killing Field. Just a little warning for you guys, the trip to Killing Field is quite dusty. Please cover your face.

At the Killing Field.

A brief history via the audio phone

Upon arriving at the Killing Field, you need to buy the entrance ticket which cost $6 per person. And that was the first time I heard about Killing Field and Khmer Rogue. We were given an audio phone each to hear the history about the Khmer Rogue. And it comes in many languages too. There's a big stupa built for the victims.

When I heard about the story, I can imagine how they killed the victims. It's a heartless story. If you went to the Killing Field, the next pit-stop is S21. This is an old school turn into a torture cells. The entrance is $3. If you're a student, you get to go in for free. I'm a student, so I showed my campus ID. This is also a depression place. How the regime torture the kids and after being tortured, they were sent to the Killing Field. How sad.

The map of S21.

In each cells, you'll see a lot of the victims photo. They're so young to face all of that. Besides the photos, the torture instruments are also being displayed at S21.

A friend of mine told me, if you go to a depressing place, the next pit-stop should be a happy place. So, off we went to the palace. The entrance fee for the palace is $6.5. For me, it's not worth it to go there. We snapped a lot of photos and done. Not much you can do there except taking a few photos. Frustrated, yeah. Anyway, it's a beautiful and big palace. And almost forgot to mention, there are a few of silver pagodas on your way to exit the palace. If you wanted to know more about all the places that we visited, you can simply hire a tour guide to assist you. Rawiey and I didn't hired one as we already Googled and read the history before off to the sightseeing places.

Angkor Wat display in front of the Silver Pagoda

An hour in the palace and we were hungry. At 1600, we off to the Gulai restaurant. We asked the yuk-tuk driver to drop us at the restaurant. After we took our food, we walked back to the hostel. Another last stroll in Cambodia.

Lunner.

You're at the right place when you see
this signboard.

Managed to catch a Sunset while wandering
around the street.

We went to the airport at 2000 by using the same driver. The 30 minutes journey to the airport cost us $7 per trip. There were a lot of people at the airport. So, we decided to hang out in the musolah. It's the most quitest place at the airport. At least we had our peace of mind for a while. We got thirsty anc went to the nearby coffee shop that still opened during that time. There are 2 Halal restaurants at the Phnom Penh International airport. Halal foods are easy to get there. We slept at the airport and taken surprised by the sound of fogging at 3 in the morning. Gosshh...

We took off in the morning and saying hello to my home sweet home. Goodbye Cambodia. It has been a pleasant journey.

Bye Cambodia.

Z: Cambodia Trip was on 29 January - 2 February 2015. Another journey awaits...

Journey to Phnom Penh

2015-02-06T02:40:00.000+08:00

Sousdai Cambodia

Day 1: Wandering around in Siem Reap
Day 2: Lost in the Temple
Day 4: Deep Depression

Woke up very early in the morning. We checked out and embarked our journey to Phnom Penh. The 8 hours journey was killing me. We took the cheapest bus which cost us $8 each. I advice you to take the van which only took 5 hours with additional $2.

There are also a sleeper bus which cost around $13. If you're thinking to take a midnight bus, please take the sleeper bus.

Anyway, we arrived in Phnom Penh at 1330 and both of us agreed to walk rather than took a tuk-tuk to our hostel. We got lost but we still walked for about an hour to One Stop Hostel. This hostel is near to the local attractions and it was quite lively during night time.

We had our rest and went out at 1800. We walked our way to the waterfront which is just in front of our guesthouse. People did a lot of activities at the waterfront such as jogging, zumba, dog-walking and more. I'll show it through my video (if I am not that ~~lazy~~ busy la).

The night market is very near to the hostel that we stayed in.

We walked all our way to the Independent Monument. It took us about an hour journey as we got lost on our way to the monument. Anyway, the journey was worth it.

In front of the palace.

Crossing the road was crazy, dude. We're hungry and tired.

Local man: *looking at us and talking in Khmer*

Z: Sorry, we're not Cambodian.

Local man: Ohh, I thought you are local. You wanted to cross the road?

Z & R: Yes!

Local man: So where are you guys from?

R: Malaysia.

Local man: You (pointing at me) look like Khmer and she (pointing at R) look like Champa. With the headscarf. Been to Siem Reap?

Z: Yes. We just arrived Phnom Penh today.

R: And we'd been to Muslim village in Siem Reap a day before.

Whoever you are, the local man that helped us crossed the road, I wanna say THANK YOU! If it's not for you, we might had been stuck there for quite a while. :D

Before we went out that evening, we had been Googling for Halal food in Phnom Penh and found out there's a Malaysia restaurant there. We walked from the monument to the restaurant for about half an hour. With the helped of Google Maps, we arrived at Gulai Restaurant. We had never been so happy to see Malaysia food here. :)

Le menu.

I ordered Nasi Lemak Kampung.

Gossshh...

Rindu gilaa! Pedas pun pedas la janji dapat makan.

It has a standard price which is $3.5 per plate depending which dish you ordered. The owner of the restaurant is quite friendly and it felt like home.

Kampung Fried Rice.

At 2200, we walked our way home with a full tummy and enjoy the scenery along the way.

Z: Paling awesome time dapat minum favourite drink, Teh O'Ice.

Lost in the Temple

2015-02-05T02:02:00.000+08:00

Sousdai Cambodia

Day 1: Wandering around in Siem Reap
Day 3: Journey to Phnom Penh
Day 4: Deep Depression

Less words, more photos. Yippie!

Woke up early in the morning, at 0400 to be exactly, to catch the sunrise. At 0500, we made a deal with Sa Rong, our tuk-tuk driver, a day before to bring us to the famous and majestic temple in Cambodia. We arrived at the first temple at 0530 and waited for about an hour for the Sun to rise. It seems like, there are a lotsa tourists who came before us.

But before that, we need to buy the entrance fee ticket which cost $20 for a day trip. Keep the ticket with you because you need to show it at every entrance of the temples.

Sunrise by the lake at Angkor Wat.

After we took a few photos for our keepsake, we wandered around. The temple itself is really big. The stairs were steep and quite dangerous. So, please wear a proper footwear.

Most of the temples are still under restoration. And if you wanted a tour guide, you can hire one at the entrance.

Acah-acah sketching.

Infiniti

At the upper level.

The more you traveled deep inside the temple, the more you will mesmerized about its architecture. Just imagined, people long time ago with no latest technology what-so-ever can built this awesome temples. Well, there's more to come.

At 0730, we started our paces to the entrance and off we went to the next temple.

Our next temple is the smallest among the others (for this trip, of course) which is Bayon temple.

But before that ......

A photo at the main entrance of Angkor Thom.

All the temples were look the same to me. I think, these are some of the photos that I took at Bayon temple.

We didn't stay long at this temple. Maybe it because we were so excited and we explored the whole temple at a very fast pace. Besides, there are only a few peoples when we came to this temple compared to the previous temple.

Outside of Bayon temple.

Mind your head.

Selfie sepam!

On our way exiting this temple, we encountered elephant rides located where the tuk-tuk waited for their passenger. I don't know the price for the ride, probably you can Google it though.

Gajah di depan mata.

Our next pit-stop was Baphuon temple. This is one of the large temple I'd ever been. It's so large that it took us more than 2 hours to explore the whole temple. We even climbed whatever we allowed to climb and wandered at every sides of the temple.

Baphuon temple. So majestic!

Yeahh. We on top of the world.

I advised you guys to bring along your own food during this trip. It's hard to find a Halal food near the temple. My Toblerone's almost finish and I was really hungry. Who knows that wandering around in the temple can take a lot of energy. Grrr...

Anyway, you can buy some foods and drinks near the temple. They even sell souvenirs there. I didn't survey the price though.

And we took our lunch and rushed to the last temple which is Ta Prohm. This is also a very huge temple and it almost noon. A lot of people started to gather at this temple. It's too crowded and congested. We're so tired. Imagined walking since early in the morning til noon.

Crowded kan ?

We took some photos and videos for our keepsake. Well, this temple is famous because Lara Croft was here! Thus, we followed the flow. But then, I remembered that there was a Buddha face on a tree. We were specifically looking for that artifact. About 30 minutes in the temple, we got tired. Then, we decided to exit the temple. Too bad, we got the wrong exit. There are 2 exits in this temple. I asked one of the guide about the artifact. Their answer was, it's located in the forest and we can't go there without permission. Tsk tsk tsk!

There we were, looking our way home. We got lost in that very temple. Every doors led to another one and another one and we got lost again. Lost our way for about 30 minutes and we had a laughed after we successfully got our way home. Pheewww...

Perasaan dapat melunjur kaki lepas penat berjalan
tu sangat la ohsem!

It's our last night in Siem Reap and we were having some fun at the bar. Woot woot...

Don't get us wrong, we were not there for a beer or anything. We went there for cultural dances. Jyeah!

Located at the Pub Street, there's a bar called Temple Club. At the club, upstairs, they played their cultural dances. Here's the schedule and some of the photos.The shows started at 1930 every night. Just order your drink, sit back, relax and enjoyed the show sebab dah sah-sah makanan kat situ tak Halal.

Air leminet. Soda kat sini tak sedap pung.

The schedule.

Apsara dance.

We watched the whole show. Before we headed back to the hostel, we wandered around at the Pub Street. There are a lot of cheap massages there. You can choose which ever you wanted and the price start from $3.

And, of course, don't forget to try their famous banana chocolate pancake. It's cheap and delish.

Alaa, benda ni macam roti pisang tambah
nutella je. Sebab tu die sedap.

Z: Ke Phnom Penh ke kita!

Wandering Around in Siem Reap

2015-02-04T17:22:00.000+08:00

I'd been busy lately. Sooo busy that I forgot to do my traditional yearly resolutions post. Screw that. I was busy with my final paper which was on 1st of January 2015.

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Cambodia Trip.
It was an ad hoc, unplanned trip.
It is not even in my list for this year. Well, little did I know, that unplanned trip was the most adventurous I had since I started traveled abroad last few years.

My belangkas (a term I called my bestfriend, Rawiey) called me 2 weeks before I sat my final exam and asked me whether I wanted to join her Cambodia Trip. I checked my account and asked for my mom's permission to go there. I said YES to Rawiey in within half an hour.

KLIA2 with CNY decorations.

I drove myself from home to Sibu Airport and arrived at KLIA2. Then waited for 12 hours for my next flight. My flight to Siem Reap was at 0650 AM and I slept the whole journey during in the flight.
Too tired because I need to settle my conference paper before departed to Siem Reap.
Too tired because I didn't get enough rest a day before. Oh dem.

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When we arrived at Angkor International Airport, it was 20 degree Celcius. Quite cold though. Upon our arriving, there was a man holding Rawiey's name on a placard. He took us to his tuk-tuk and off we go to our hostel.

The journey took us about half an hour and the surrounding was peaceful.
It's quite dusty. I should have known to bring along a face mask before going to Cambodia. Anyway, you can buy it at the nearest shop.

We stayed at Mandalay Inn. It's quite far from the airport but near to the attractions. A pleasant stay, I must say. We felt very welcomed. The staffs are friendly and always greet us with their smiles :) and very helpful too.

Mandalay Inn reception desk

The current price for the Mandalay Inn rooms.

After we had our short rest, we rented a bike each and cycled our way to the Artisan. It had been a long time since I cycled to anywhere. At first, I was in my very best confidence level. After I saw the traffic at the roundabout near to our guesthouse, I was feeling a little scared. Seeing the traffic there made me realized and grateful about the traffic in Malaysia. Maybe I am not used to the traffic there.

After cycling for about less than 10 minutes, we arrived at Artisan. It's free and there's a free ride to the Artisan Silk Farm at 1000 and 1330. We chose the 1330 trip.

At the Artisan, we had our tour guide and being told about the arts created at the centre. Rawiey and I were really mesmerized about the arts they did there. How they meticulously do their artworks from scratch. Cekang! However, what really amused me was when I heard the tour guides know how to speak different languages. (Serious dowh, sekejap dengar yang sorang ni cakap bahasa Korea, pastu nanti terdengar pulak ada yang cakap bahasa Cina and so on. Awesome sia!) Anyway, let's enjoy some of the photos that I took at the Artisan regarding on the arts that the centre did to preserve their (read: Cambodians) identity.

All the arts are locally hand-made.

The easy one. Cewaah...

Statue from woods.

The hardest one; using stone to make the artwork. So detail liao...

Hand for scale.

After we had our tour, don't forget to tip the guide.

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We were hungry and we're cycling around the city to look for any Halal restaurant. We cycled for about 30 minutes and voila, we found a few near the mosque. We went to Muslim Family Kitchen restaurant and the food was delicious. Not bad for a non-Malay cooking. The price for the food was $3 each and the drinks are $1 each. Bear in mind, Cambodia uses USD as their main currency.

Smiling ear-to-ear because we found food!

After we had our lunch, we cycled back to the Artisan Centre and waited for the trip to Silk Farm. The trip went for about half an hour. At the Silk Farm, the tour guide assisted us in the making of the Cambodian Silk. From the silk worm until it become the clothes. Here are some of the photos regarding our trip to the Silk Farm.

No wonder the price for a silk cloth is quite expensive. All of these silks are locally hand-made. If only I brought along extra cash, I would love to buy a shawl for myself. Standard price for a shawl starts from $29.

Don't forget to pick up your visitor pass.

Silk worm.

A worm in its cocoon.

Coloring phase. Even the color uses the flora
existed in their surrounding.

Voila.

Yea, let's wait (for infinity) for my video to see the full phase of the Cambodia silk-making, kalau tak malas laa...

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During night time, we went to Angkor Night Market and bought a few souvenirs for my family. The price was quite expensive and this is the time where you show your haggling skills. I bought only a few as I didn't want to go over budget for this trip.
BTW, the night market just a stone away from Mandalay Inn and right across the Pub Street.

While wandering around at the Night Market, something caught my eyes. If you are a fan of exotic foods, they're selling snake-on-stick at the market. Tak sanggup nak amek gambar. Geli eww eww! So, we decided to buy this ice-cream. It's quite delicious though. $1.5/scoop.

Coconut Ice-cream

Sousdai Cambodia

Day 2: Lost in the Temple
Day 3: Journey to Phnom Penh
Day 4; Deep Depression

Z : Pening tengok traffic kat sana. I was wondering, how they got their license.

Hunger in Kalibo

2014-11-22T12:52:00.000+08:00

Boracay Graduation Trip

Day 1: Mabuhay Boracay!

Day 2: Crystal Cove

It's been raining since last night. We took our breakfast and at 9 AM we checked out from the hostel. It's gonna be a long journey though. And it rained outside, so the hostel provided us a van to the jetty. We waited for our boat express to come from the mainland. While we waited for the boat, Syam and Keon bought the mango shake at the jetty. The price was 70 Peso. Cheaper than mine. I tasted it, and concluded that the mango shake I bought a night before was more delish than this one.

Amek gambar sepam before balek.
(Photo by Azham)

The journey going back home;
Van-Boat-Bus-Plane ride.

Goodbye Boracay!

We arrived at Kalibo Airport at 12:30 PM and to our disappointment, our flight was delayed for an hour. So, we stuck at the airport. We went to the airport lounge and see if there's anything to eat. Alas, they served non Halal food there.

Kalau tak fikir panjang, mungkin dah order je apa-apa makanan time tuh.

Thus, we did something to kill the time.
Some of us went for a massage, some did a food-hunting (sebab luggage makanan dah masok dalam kargo. Nothing much we can do.).
While, I used all the resource (read: WiFi) there to inform everyone about the delayed flight via Facebook.

Semua tengah kebulur. Semua tengah terkial-kial nak connect dengan WiFi.

"Cepat laa naik flight. Dah lapar gila dah ni. Tak sabarnya nak makan Nasi Lemak Pak Nasir dalam flight tu...."

Our flight was at 4:35 PM. 4 hours has passed by. We boarded the flight and too my disappointment...

"Miss, do you want anything to eat?"
*Stop baca journal, tutup iPad*
"Yes please. Do you have Nasi Lemak?"
"Sorry miss. We only have snacks."
"Oh. K. Can you give me Maggi, chicken. Thank you"

Sedih OK! Lapar gila dah time tu.
Lesson learnt. Just add-on the friggin foods if you flew more than 3 hours flight.

Bye Kalibo. See you again!

Z : 17-19 October 2014. My trip to Boracay. I need to wait 10 months for my next trip. :)

Crystal Cove

2014-11-22T04:36:00.003+08:00

Boracay Graduation Trip

Day 1: Mabuhay Boracay!
Day 3: Hunger in Kalibo

Woke up with a cloudy day. Yep, it was about to rain. However, that didn't stopped us for the island hopping trip. We had our breakfast. Lucky for us, the hostel prepared us some breakfast.
After we took our breakfast, it's time to walk from the hostel to Station 1. It's quite windy and the day looked so promising. We aboard into a boat and sailing to our first island; Magic Island.

There are beautiful scenes around you. Here's what my iPad captured during the boat ride.

I don't know what the name of this boat. But it looks so unique.

White Beach, bitch.

Such a beauty.

Our first stop was Magic Island. We need to pay 100 Peso for the entrance fee. It's a small island and there's nothing much to do here. But there's one activity that you definitely can do here, which is tiruk! The cliff jump was fun. I don't know how to swim, but somehow I got the gut to jump from a cliff down into the crystal clear water.

Rugi babe kalau tak tiruk!

You can find this at the entrance of the island.

Yeah. Paid 100 Peso just to do some cliff jumping. Worth it! But bare in mind, be in the island as earlier as possible. It's no fun if you had to queue to do some cliff jump. We were in the island at 10 AM and had our fun in the water for 30 minutes. And the best part was, there's only a few people there.

Our next trip was to the Crystal Cove. Gosh, I don't know how to begin with. This place is so mesmerizing. We wandered in this island for more than an hour. A lot of tourists there. I felt like I was in Seoul. So many Korean though.

Anyway, Crystal Cove is awesome. If I can get my video done, I'll assure you that I'm gonna uploaded it here. But I'm quite busy with my research right now. And as for now, enjoy some of the photos that I took in Crystal Cove.

Quite a view, right?

The boys.

C R Y S T A L C O V E

There were a lot of photos that I took but that's only for my eyes. By the way, you guys need to pay an entrance fee for entering this island. I think the fee range was about 150 - 200 Peso.
If you're hungry, there are people selling snacks and drinks in the island.

Selfie sepam!

It's time to snorkel guys! Beautiful corals, plenty of fishes in the sea and quite a strong current to snorkel. I hate to get washed away too far away from the boat. Instead, I hold onto the bamboo at the side of the boat. We snorkel at the Crocodile Island. Don't worry guys, there's no crocodile on sight. Just fishes.

The Filipinos are creative. They sell ice-cream and coconut in the middle of the sea. It's interesting to see them using the surfboard to carry all the coconuts and ice-cream and sell it to the hungry tourists there. The coconut only cost us 40 Peso each. We had our coconut drinks on the boat and get ready to go back to the White Beach.

Coconut, anyone?
(Photo by Azham)

Actually, we're hungry and it's 1 PM. We decided not to go to the last pit-stop. We were informed that, they stopped there for lunch. From what I knew, this ain't Phi Phi Island which served Halal food. Nope. They gonna served non-Halal foods.

Lapar la. Jom balek. Makan.

In the evening, we went to D'Talipapa. It's time for shopping. Gosh, it seems like I was in Pasar Filipin, Sabah. You guys can get cheap souvenirs here. Cheaper than in D'Mall. Siap boleh tawar-menawar lagi tuh. After we did some shopping, we went to Station 1 and took our dinner at the Arab Restaurant there. Don't be surprised with the price of the food. Harga sepinggan nasi briyani pun dah nak dekat RM 50.

D'Talipapa

Bahagia dapat daging.

Dinner.
(Photo by Azham)

After we ate, we split out and went to different directions. It's 10 PM and I need a quick tour around D'Mall for the last time.

While you're at D'Mall, don't forget to try their mango shake. I tried a mango shake at Halowich and worth my 100 Peso. Sedap gilews..!

Anyway, boleh dapat lagi murah sebenarnya. Tapi saja nak sedapkan hati minum air mahal di malam hari.

Muka tak hengat dunia time dah dapat Mango Shake.

Guess what, that's a living person. Nope. Not made out of sand.
(Photo by Azham)

The living statue.
(Photo by Azham)

If you're wandering around along the White Beach, you'll find out the sand statue. You can took photo with them as long as you give em tips. They put a lot of hard work and make up though.

And for the living statue, you need to pay 100 Peso to take photos with them. If you wanted to print the photo, you need to pay another 100 Peso.

What can I say, I just loved it here.

Z: Balek dorm, budak-budak ni dah start discuss pasal our next trip. -.-

Mabuhay Boracay!

2014-11-21T03:36:00.001+08:00

This month during last year, I had been thinking of going to the Philippines. And I know it's not Manila. But hey, it's Kalibo-Boracay. Still in the Philippines, right? Anyhoo, on 17th October, we took AirAsia flight from KL to Kalibo. The journey took us 3 hours and 40 minutes.

When I arrived at the airport, what I saw was 3 flights arrived (including ours) at almost the same time and there's a long queue at the immigration booths. We queued for more than an hour. Moreover, the airport is quite small and when I was there, it's still under construction.

After an hour of queuing...

We took our luggages, went outside and get ready for our next journey.

The bus ride.

Our next journey was a bus ride from Kalibo airport to the jetty. It took us about 1 hours 45 minutes. The bus ride was quite fun and bas tu macam kat Seoul. The driver drove like the road was his. And of course you gotta have to see the view through the bus window. Dude, it's mother nature and some buildings and looook, there's people on top of that bus. K.

Arrived at 7PM and it's dark outside. Well, I must say that it felt like I was in Sabah. Awal gelap bah. After the bus ride, it's time for a 15 minutes boat ride. There will be another luggage scanning at the terminal. It's their procedure and we're just following the flow.

Saje je nak belanja gambar ni...
(Photo by Azham)

The 8 of us! Selfie on a boat ride.

MABUHAY BORACAY!!

or pronounced as BO-RA-KAII...

We arrived in Boracay with a little drizzles and thaaat didn't stop us for another ride to the hostel. It was a 15 minutes ride using a vehicles that I thought it looks like a big tuk-tuk that I had before in Krabi. Ok, nuff said about all the tiring rides, but hey, we arrived in Boracay safe and sound.

We stayed at MNL Hostel. I can say that this hostel is quite cheap (I forgot the price per night) and a comfortable place to stay. Oh ya, the WiFi password was quite easy to remember and you can trolled your friend with the password thing-y. XD

So Malaysian!
(Photo by Kak Yus)

We make ourselves at home and took our dinner. It's a good thing that we brought foods from home. We cooked and filled our tummy with fooooooods. Gosh, all those journeys made us effing hungry and it's quite hard to get Halal food in Boracay.

Lepas makan. Penat menghadap jetlag (la sangat). Jalan tetap jalan!

The plane-bus-boat-tuk-tuk ride didn't stop us from wandering around in D'Mall. We walked from the hostel to D'Mall. It's quite a scene there. Live performance and so on.

Live malam dia hidup bak ang!

Meriah!

We walked from Station 1 to Station 3. It's our first night and we were just surveying the price for the souvenirs and enjoyed some of the performances there. Live band, cool music, hot fire breathers, adakah-penari-tu-perempuan-atau-pondan sexy dances, karaoke and so much more. It's a good thing we went to Boracay in October because all the bars there has their own Halloween theme.

Do you see what I see?

Pub crawl? (Maybe) Only in Boracay.

In the morning, the organizer recruits their customers and during the night time, it's time to 'crawl' from pub to another pub along the White Beach. The customers will wear their yellow t-shirt and go from a bar to another bar. I saw a lot of drunk chicks and dudes there. Yup. They were really drunk.

In spite of all the commotion, there's this one thing that attracted me the most...

Mamat ni lukis from scratch kot. And this custom-made t-shirt is quite expensive though.

It's midnight and we're tired.

It's time to go back to the hostel.

Sleep tight and get ready for the next day!

Boracay Graduation Trip

Day 2: Crystal Cove
Day 3: Hunger in Kalibo

Z: We had an awkward first night in Boracay. Sara. Sara. Tsk tsk tsk.

UTM 53rd Convocation

2014-11-04T09:31:00.000+08:00

On 3rd of November 2014, I am officially graduated from UTM.

But the thing is, I didn't have that excited feeling. Probably because I am doing my Master right now. Yeah. Probably. Maybe.

Achievement Unlocked : A Bachelor Degree. :)

Back to PSM

2014-06-21T00:28:00.000+08:00

Perhentian Escapade

Day 1 : Lari dari PSM
Day 2 : Mr Turtle

It was my last day in the island. Which means that a few hours left to go back to the reality. I took one last strolled at the beach and had a breakfast at the nearby stalls. The stalls besides Sunrise Guesthouse was quite cheap and it's delicious too. Nothing much to say but I felt sad as I need to face Mr PSM, again.

It was raining in the morning. Thus, the sea was quite wave-y. The next thing I knew, it felt like in a roller-coaster ride without a seat-belt. Luckily I was sitting next to the handrail and I had something to hold on during those bumpy rides. For those who are having seasick, make sure you popped up a pill to ease your dizziness.

Arrived at Kuala Besut jetty around noon and freshen up at the nearby mosque. I need to get back to KL ASAP as I had an interview on the next morning. Getting a bus from Kuala Besut jetty was easy but the time they provided was only after 8PM. Therefore, my friend helped me to find a bus which leave in the evening (3:30PM). Thanks God I found one at Jerteh. It was a Union Express.

Arrived safely at Putra at 12AM. Sleep tight because I had a job interview in the morning. Zzzzz

A video edited by Azim using his GoPro Hero3+.

Ahhh. Memories. Enjoy.

Here is the one with the audio.

Z : 15-17 June, 2014 was my Perhentian Getaway. Next adventure will be coming soon. XD

Mr Turtle

2014-06-20T17:21:00.000+08:00

Perhentian Escapade

Day 1 : Lari dari PSM
Day 3 : Back to PSM

From my past experience, I need to wake up early as I didn't want to miss the island hopping trip. However, for Perhentian's island hopping, the trip started at 10AM. So, we took our heavy breakfast because our mission of the day was to snorkel til drop.

I was so excited as I heard there was a whale shark spotted at the Sharks Point a few days earlier. Ngeee...
I haven't learnt how to swim, thus, a life jacket is a must for me. Now, lemme tell you the cost for the island hopping, it's MYR50 to a five pit-stops aka 'point'. Our first pit-stop was the Turtle Point.

The sea was calm and crystal clear. Mr Boatman didn't want to stop at the shore. Hence, we prepared our snorkeling gear and cameras. Then, there was a sight of Mr Turtle swimming away from the boat. I was so excited to meet the turtles until I forgot to jump into the water. But first thing first. I took the Olympus Tough and try to get a snap of the turtle from the boat. I did it tapi tak puas hati. I jumped into the water and tried to chase the turtle. Unfortunately, the turtle was faster than me. It was fun watching the turtles swimming (away from us) in the sea. By the way, there are no sight of corals in this point.

Our next pit-stop was the Fish Point. So many fishes in the sea. So colourful. My friends told me that he fed a baby shark at this point and they didn't tell me. Mr Boatman said that, in this point, sometime the sharks love to swim among the fishes too as the human love to feed the fish. Don't worry, (they said) the sharks are tame here in Perhentian. -.-

Meh belanja selfie. (Photo by Azim)

After we had some fun swimming with the fishes, it's time to the dangerous part of the trip which was swimming with the sharks. Yes. The next pit-stop was the Sharks Point. When it came to this point, we were afraid. Afraid of the sharks, duhh. However, it will be a lost if we didn't swim here. The next thing we knew, all of us jumped into the sea (including Mr Boatman). He seems loved to swim at this point. As we jumped into the sea, the boys were swimming towards the Caucasians. They said that they spotted a shark swimming at that area. I swam and swam. Alas, there were no sharks on sight. Just a few minutes in the sea, we were tired of swimming. There were less people here. And the currents are pretty strong here. No wonder we felt so tired as soon as we got into the water. No sharks on sight. Soooo, better luck next time.

On the next pit-stop, it was Kampung Nelayan. It's lunch time. I don't know the price of foods there as we already ate our heavy breakfast in the morning. We just sat at the stall and drank Iced Tea. Sedap babe pekena air sejuk time tengah panas camtuh. We didn't bother to go into the village. Just be sure to wear a proper attire if you wanna go wandering around the village.

Before we went to our last pit-stop, Azim's asked everyone permissions on the boat to go to the lighthouse. The lighthouse trip was not inside the package. Thus, we need to add another MYR10 per pax. We all agreed to go there. The boys were doing some lighthouse-jump. Whereas, I swam around and look at the beautiful corals and fishes.

The lighthouse-jump. (Photo by Azim)

Our last pit-stop was The Blue Bay. Some said it was the Romantic Bay. Anyway, we stopped for a long time there. The scene at the bay was magnificent. The crystal clear water, fishes that really loved to swim and bite your feet, the lovely couple tied their memento at the shack there and of course, the white sandy beach. If you're lucky, you'll found the turtle laying nest. And you'll never found the eggs as it already been taken by the Perhilitan to avoid poaching.

We found an egg. Turtle egg. (Photo by Azim)

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Rugi kalau tak cuba makanan kat pulau. So, we took our dinner at one of the nearby restaurant. We ate at Meeting Point Cafe. All the restaurants at this beach is by the beach. You can feels the sand on your feet. Cool huh. So, here were some of the menu and its price. Prepare your money earlier as there were no ATM machine on the island.

Nasi Goreng Cina plus Iced Lemon Tea

Lari dari PSM

2014-06-19T02:35:00.000+08:00

It had been a hectic week. I need to finish my Advanced Computer Graphics project by 12th June. Luckily my Introduction to Speech Recognition project and Multimedia Web Programming 3rd assignment was finished before my final paper of my final exam started. Lemme brief you about that so-call hectic week or, errr, day.

I slept after 5:30AM just to finish my Chapter 5 of my PSM or also known as Final Year Project (FYP). After I checked my formatting and stuffs, I slept and woke up at 9AM to get ready and re-presented Graphics group project at 11AM. But before that, I had an appointment with my supervisor at 10AM. After I did all of that, I went to see my friends PSM presentation. They did well in their presentations, Alhamdulillah. We ate our lunch and I went back to pack my stuffs. I went to the Post Office and post my boxes back home. Next, I continued my PSM thesis til 3AM.

The next day, I woke up quite late. I need to go to Sri Putri (so-called bus station for UTM students) and fortunately I arrived on time there. I headed to KL and arrived at 2PM. Too bad, I reached home at almost 4:30PM. My cousin got lost on his way to TBS. Grr...

My journey started at 7:20PM where I arrived at Putra station. My friends waited for me there. We shoot to Terengganu and had a few pit-stops along the way. Somehow, we got lost in Terengganu. None of us were from there. We trust our instincts and the signboards too, and arrived at Kuala Besut at 4AM. Phewww...
Anyway, I slept during the whole trip. It's a loooooong journey, dude.

We felt relieved when we found this.

The four of us had our breakfast in one of the stall by the roadside. Somehow, we forgot that Sunday in Terengganu is a Monday. Be prepare with a lot of cars on the road as the weekdays started. Forget about the cars, the road is less congested and don't forget to try Nasi Dagang when you come to Terengganu. That was my first time eating a Nasi Dagang. It taste good. Yummm...

Nasi Dage (Dagang)

After we took our breakfast, we met up with Safwan who came from Perak at one of the cafe near the Kuala Besut jetty. The boat left the jetty at 9:45AM. Make sure you don't forget to register your name at the counter in the jetty there. The boat ride took us about 45 minutes to 1 hour. That depends on the sea, of course.

Arrived in Long Beach around 10:30AM and the speedboat will stopped somewhere near the shore. Then, there was a small boat came to fetch us to the shore. Let's called it the water taxi. The taxi cost us MYR 2 per pax. After we touched down at the island, we checked in and had a little rest. We stayed in Sunrise Guesthouse. Bear in mind that on-the-spot checked in is much cheaper than the reservation one. You can get more than 50% less than than the reservation prices. But there's a consequences in doing on-the-spot checked in which is the rooms availability. Just pray hard that there's a room waiting for you if you wanted to do some on-the-spot check in.

Perhentian Besar Island

After that so-called 'a little rest', we changed our attire and went for a kayak. We ignore the Sun on our head and had fun kayaking. Ohh.. Almost forgot to mention, Long Beach is a bay. So, we kayak til we reached the rocky sides of the bay. Boys will always be boys. Safwan and Azim got up from the kayak that we used, took the GoPro and did some selfie on the big rock. While, Anis and I stayed in the kayak and waited for them. After that, we kayak til we reached the buoy. Safwan and with his crazy antics, stood up from the kayak and climbed the buoy. Annnnnd that was the buoy that separated the so-called shallow water and the deep sea.

But first, let us take a selfie. XD
Kesian Safwan kena paddle the kayak. (Photo by Azim)

After 2 hours in the sea, we were tired and went back to the shore. Took a bathe and get ready for lunch. The owner of the guesthouse allowed us to cook. That's a yay for us because I heard some of the guesthouses in the island doesn't let their guests to cook. Saved us some money on food for our first day in the island.

Bear in mind, it was hot in the island. There is no electricity in the evening. So, Safwan decided to do some jungle trekking. We all agreed as there was nothing much to do in the guesthouse. I rather see the floras and faunas in the jungle than to take a nap with no electricity.

We walked along the beach until we found a trail to the jungle. There's a trek in the jungle. Just follow the trail and you will be on top of the hill in less than half an hour. Cautions, the trek might be slippery if you don't wear any proper footwear (because I felt down time sikit lagi nak keluar dari hutan). Anyway, you still can reach the other side of the island by using a slipper. I think it's best to let the photo tell their stories.

Jungle trekking

Some of you asked, "Why do the jungle trekking if we can take a water-taxi to the other side of the island". Oh yes, you can reached the other side of the island by using the taxi but you will missed the adventure, the serenity of the jungle. By the way, the taxi will cost you MYR15 per pax and that amount of money is enough for you to eat your dinner in the island. Here are some of the views that can be seen on top of the hill.

There are solar panels and windmills up there.

Stairways to heaven (?)

Almost paradise.

We went back to the beach at 4PM and what we could only think about was Teh O Ice. Goshhhh... Teh O Iced time panas-panas camtu adalah sangat ohsem. Imagined drinking a cold water after more than an hour in the jungle and in a very hot day. The taste of the cold water is priceless. After lepak for a while, we all went to the guesthouse. And again, I took another bath and the electricity was on at 5PM. Phewww...

During night time, there's nothing much to do. I strolled at the beach and felt the night breeze on my skin. The boys were tying the hammocks at the food stall besides the guesthouse. We all hang out and had a little chats about almost anything.

There's an open bar in front of the guesthouse. Ada firebreather babe. First time tengok tuh.

Before 12AM, dah light off taw. Luckily the boys had their own room for the night.

Perhentian Escapade

Day 2 : Mr Turtle
Day 3 : Back to PSM

Z : And there is no DiGi Internet connection in the island. Nasib baik sempat e-mailkan kat examiner and supervisor the corrected version Chapter 5 dengan bantuan tethering internet dari Safwan. Can't wait to swim with the shark and turtle on the next day.

Story behind Aziemah's Birth Date

2014-05-30T16:21:00.000+08:00

I am so stressed out doing my Web assignments that need to be submitted tomorrow. Then, my classmate posted her result on Story behind her Birth Date. I clicked and got my result. Here's my birth date story...

'You are very popular within the community,' - Komuniti mana ye? Mohon terangkan.

'you can get things done by just chatting even with enemies!' - Saya ni pendiam orangnya. Hewhewhew

'You are an explorer with magic on your face.' - Ingat saya ni Dora the Explorer ke? Magic? Avada Kedevraaa!

'A freedom Lover' - Sooo true! Eh.

'You have a pretty good business mind, you are a person who does anything when you head thinks "let's do this".' - I think so. I love making money. $.$

'You will be famous if you open up a business' - OKAY. Next year, Insyaallah.

'You may have more than 1 relationship.' - Erkk. Incik BF pun takde. Nak relationship amendanya. Bengong!

'You tend to go for other relationships coz your popularity, but you will soon step back.' - Erkk. NOPE!

'You learn your life through experience & it's your best teacher!' - SO TRUE!

'Your friends and families will always ask for help as you never says NO,' - Mungkin jugak. Hmmm...

'and you are the one actually get money on credit and help your friends.' - Duit? Mana duit?

Racist

2014-04-05T02:28:00.000+08:00

Well well well.

We meet again my dear blog. It's been quite some time since my post on Getting Rich. The title of this blog post has nothing to do with me or you. I could only think that title of the story that I was about to tell. The story happened yesterday.

Here goes...

I have a friend who's in the industry and I wanted to consult with him about my resume. Is my resume a yay or nay? He critics my resume and laughed about it. Let's called him F.

F: I dah go through your resume. Ape ni? Nama kampung sangat la. Hahaha...

Z: Laa. Memang I asal dari kampung. Nak buat camne... Lulz

F: Gambar tu.. Tukar. Cer la pakai kemeja kat dalam blazer tu. Rambut tu ikat.

Z: Tu gambar lama. Gambar I pakai nak bertanding (PRK - Campus Election) 2 years ago. Malas la nak ambik gambar banyak kali. Nanti la I tukar.

F: You nanti nak kerja katner?

Z: Kat KL kot. Nape?

F: Letak la address your aunty kat situ. Kalau you letak address Sarawak kat situ, nanti dia akan tanya "How are you going to work from Sarawak?"

Z: K. Nanti I tukar. Resume ni I pakai untuk pergi intern la. Lagipun I follow dari resume senior I.

F: You buat akaun jobstreet and extract your resume from there. And ni lagi satu, race, letak je la Melayu.

Z: OHH NO NO NO!! NO!! NO!! Ape pun berlaku, I'm not gonna change it to other races. I'm proud being a Melanau.

F: Oh. I ingatkan you Melayu. You Melanau tulen ke?

Z: Yup. Both of my parents are Melanau.

F: Ok. Nanti I hantar resume I as your reference.

Z: K.

And then the conversation changes to job related and of course, kritik resume gua tak sudah.

It's not like I don't like the Malays or something. And I know that the Malay is the majority race in Malaysia. I have a lot of Malay friends. And I have a lotsa friends from the other races too. We, Malaysians, are living in harmony. We can co-exist with each other regarding our races, religions and which party you crossed during the election.

I am Melanau.
The "lain-lain" when I filled in a form.

The minority. That made us unique and rare!

Ciao.

Z: Yes. I don't know how to speak Melanau fluently but I understood if you talk to me in Melanau.

Getting Rich

2014-02-20T13:39:00.000+08:00

Getting rich. Sape tak nak kan.

Everyone wanted to get rich and there's a lot of ways to get there. Dengan semua harga barang yang semakin mahal ni, lagi la semua orang nak cepat kaya. Paling senang, of course la rompak bank. Kalau rompak bank, selain bertambah duit di saku, dosa pun bertambah jugak la.

However, there's a trend nowadays how to get rich while doing nothing. Call it whatever you want but I will define it as multilevel marketing (MLM). I saw a lot of people posted up their Facebook status about this MLM stuffs. Cara apa lagi paling bagus untuk mendapatkan downline selain daripada kenalan Facebook, bukan? Once, they all posted a status about their campus or love life. But now, all I can see is "Duduk di rumah sambil menjana wang?" or "Bukak Facebook dan janakan pendapatan anda" and so much more. Sebenarnya, it is so annoying. To me la. Tak taw lak camne pendapat orang lain.

Tapikan, once they posted how much they earned from this MLM, I was tempted. I don't know how many times did I asked them how to join and anything regarding that organization or product. Yang paling famous sekarang MLM yang berkaitan dengan kesihatan. Yes. I was so tempted but I don't want to buy or try their products. Who knows if the product may give an effect to my body system, right? Carilah yang pakar. I think, kalau nak sihat, tak perlu makan produk and stuffs. Yang penting jaga pemakanan and exercise.

There's one time, I wanted to join this PhytoScience (I guess that's the name of the organization). I have been approached by a person in Facebook and told me in details about this product. Of course la I never heard of this product before. He explained it to me in details. Kalau nak join agak murah berbanding yang lain. So, I started to save some money. But then, I spent up all my money in Krabi. Takde rezeki kat situ kot. Heeee...

Then, in my first year, there's a friend of mine asked me to follow her to KTHO to hear a talk. It's about this product called biowater or apentah nama die. Tak ingat pulak. Tapi dari Q-something. I heard the talk. Kalau nak join kena beli produk mereka. The cheapest one was this biowater stuff. Tu pun the price was 1.3K. Wey. Mana nak cekau duit time tu. I'm just a student with no scholarship and stuffs. Yang ada scholarship tu lagi la. Kalau mereka pakai scholarship just to join this, rasa nak tampar je. Come on la. People paying their taxes for you to study la. Then, last 2 years, 2 of my friends approached me and showed me a different scheme from the same company. And once again, as usual, I was tempted. I withdraw my money but I was MYR700 short. They asked me to borrow some money from relatives and friends. I asked my sister and she's willling to give me some money. Almost give them my money but something struck me. Do I really wanted to go and search my downline high and low? The answer is no. If I join this, I will be the laziest downline ever. Believe me. Don't approach me if you are going to asked me to find some downlines. Saya sangat la pemalas. Lagi-lagi bab nak tipu orang. Babe, kalau tipu sunat untuk goofing around boleh la. Tapi ni tipu orang. I am really BAD in lying.

Ok. Now I am going to tell you guys about my friends experience. So, my friend, lets call her F, was being approacher by her friend. She was very happy because they had not contacted each other for quite a long time. F's friend took F at some place. Dalam kereta tu ada beberapa orang yang F tak kenal. F was curious about their destination. During their way to their destination, F was scared and asked her friend as she did not recognized the route. She asked her friend where she's gonna took them. Finally, her friend confess about the whole thing and of course la F was furious. They were taking F to the Score A talk. I don't know the rest of the story after that but i remember one thing that quoted by F,

'Kalau kita tak cukup duit pun tak payah join benda alah ni, cakap je kat parents. Confirm derang bagi duit. Parents mana nak tengok anak derang kebulur' (something like that la).

Til now, I still remembered her quote. It's true, memang kita taknak meminta daripada parents, tapi for some reason, kita still under tanggungan mereka. So, pandai-pandaila. And this is one of the reason I joined KorSuksis, dapat elaun, I bought whatever I wanted tanpa minta duit dari parents. Minta duit dari parents just for foods and to pay my UTM tuition fees only. Wanna shop for something that you had longed for, pakai duit sendiri. That's how my parents taught me from small.

And here's another story from my friend. Let's call him Q. Last two weeks, he attended a seminar at his hometown. I forgot about the name of the product. At first, the person who gave the talk talked about the benefits of the product. But most of the time was about the MLM and how to earn money. Little did he (the speaker) knew, he got his fact wrongly. And Q was in the biology field. To cut thing short, the speaker was stating about the product bla bla bla was up to pH 22 bla bla bla. Q was shocked. Where the hell did pH 22 came from? He told me and I laughed my ass off. He knew that the speaker doesn't know about chemistry. Tapi kalau nak menipu, agak-agak la wei. Kalau pakcik makcik yang tak reti chemistry tu confirm bulat-bulat kena tipu. Kesian la kat mereka. And the very next day, I saw the product in the newspaper. I smirked at the articles. Mehh.

And there's this one product that is so famous in the campus which is called Linguaphone. It attracted the students by saying that the product can improve their English if they're using it. Come on la wei. We learnt English since we're in the first until the final year. Don't forget the TECS. Kita bayar TECS murah je daripada beli benda alah tu. By the way, cuma UTM je ade TECS. TECS ni macam MUET jugak la.

You can call me an old-fashion person but I am the kinda person who work hard to get rich. Ingat puas ke tak buat pape tapi dapat duit. Memang best tapi tak puas la. For me, kepuasan is everything!

Z : Maaf kalau ada yang offended with my post.

Emerald Pool for the Fools

2014-01-28T19:04:00.001+08:00

Krabi Getaway

Day 1 : Awkward Moments in Phuket
Day 2 : Krabi Getaway
Day 3 : Island Hopping

Okay. Okay.
The title has nothing to do with the post anyway.

So, it was my last day in Krabi. We woke up quite early as the van picked us up at 7 AM. Our last destinations before we go back to real life was the Emerald Pool. We planned to reach at the Emerald Pool by 8 AM. The early birds catch the worms. Or in our case, the early birds get the chance to conquer the pool. Hehh...

At the main entrance of the Emerald Pool.

Sempat berposing before 1 KM walk.

The Emerald Pool is one of the National Park in Thailand. The entrance fee was 200 baht or MYR 20 per person. There are 2 ways to reach the pool. The first one is by foot. Ehh jap. Both of the routes are using foot to get to the pool. The first route is by using the wooden trail (I shall named this Route A). We can see a lot of floras if we use the Route A. This route will took about 1.4 KM (I guess so). Nevertheless, we used the second route, which is...

Route B. Nothing much to see except for the big trees but it took us
1 KM walks.

I think this crystal clear water can be seen in Route A.

After the not-so-long journey of walking, we arrived at the magnificent, green in colour pool. Literally, it's green in colour. Now I know why it's called the Emerald Pool. Look!

The boys jump into the pool right after they stepped at the platform surrounding it. However, for us, the girls, we didn't know how to swim. So, we sat at the platform and paddle our feet in the water. It's quite boring actually. The boys asked me to jump as I was the tallest among the girl. I was quite afraid though. Tapi beranikan jugak.

I went to the other side and jump into the pool. At the other side, the water is quite shallow. It reached up until my chin. I asked the other girls to jump into the pool too.

We swam.

We goofed around.

We took a lot of photos.

The crystal clear water of the Emerald Pool.
(Photo by Syafiq)

Selfie using Sony Ultra Z1.
(Photo by Syafiq)

The pools got crowded. It's only 10 AM bha. Luckily we arrived at the pool early. Then, we decided to go to the Blue Pool. We need to walk, again. The Blue Pool was awesome. We can't swim there. Ada penunggu kot? (Ayat cliche orang Meleis)

The lonely planet.

Sa Nam Phut is the origin of Sa Morakot, formed from
the hot spring under the Earth crust which is
indigo blue and pops up on the time. When the tourists
visit the the pool and clap their hand, the spring will
pop up more quickly. Swimming is not allowed
in this area due to the deep water and the sucking
mud which is very dangerous.

Bird watching

Return back to the Emerald Pool, there were a group of English Men and Women did some bird watching. Each of us tried this (it's-look-like-telescope-thing-y). I saw a bird, on a branch, far far far away from us. A new experience for me.

At noon, we went back to the van and off to Hatyai. Arrived at Hatyai around 5 PM and we wanted to go to the floating market. But to our surprise, it was closed. It only open on weekends only (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Thus, we took our early dinner before off to KL. Our bus departed at 7 PM.

Arrived in UTC at 4 in the morning. An awesome journey. Back to reality. I had a meeting at 9:30 AM that very morning. *le sigh*

Off my phones while on vacays. Sekali bukak
banyak nak mampus WhatsApp and email
masok.

This bus has a plug and free WiFi.
And the most important thing, it provide a blanket.
Ngee...

Z : Seoul - Krabi - Next (?)

Island Hopping

2014-01-28T13:26:00.001+08:00

Krabi Getaway

Day 1 : Awkward Moments in Phuket
Day 2 : Krabi Getaway
Day 4 : Emerald Pool for the Fools

Woot! Woot!
I woke up quite early today even though all of us slept late last night. It's time for island hopping. We chose Phi Phi Island trip package. Around 7:30 AM, there's a bus picked us up at in front of our hostel. Then, the bus will hop from a hotel/backpackers/resort to another hotel/backpackers/resort (well, sesapa yang amek pakej tu la).

This bus don't have any windows and aircond. It's fresh air, bebeh!

We gathered at Ao Nang beach and departed from the pier around 9 AM. We went for island hopping by speedboat. Here we go...

At our first pit-stop, we went to Bamboo Island. OH.MY.GOD! The white sandy beach. The crystal clear turquoise water. Gahhh!! The others went for swimming and snorkeling while I did some photoshoot. Well, the first pit-stop took about half an hour, so, there was no point for me to swim. Thus, I took lotsa photos. Anyway, these were the only photos that I took with my iPad. The rest were still in Syafiq's DSLR, Anis' camera and Azim's gopro.

Turun dari speedboat.

You jump, I jump.

Swimming ke photoshoot?

Crystal clear.

Acah-acah photoshoot gila-gila.

After 30 minutes had past by, we went to our Boat 15. Our next pit-stop was Viking Cave. Tuk, our tourist guide, told us that the Viking Cave is a place where people collecting the bird nests. Besides that, he also told us that there's also some ancient wall paintings in there. Tapi, ni lalu je. Tak singgah pun.

Then, the speedboat moved to our next pit-stop which was Loh Samah Bay. We didn't literally stop for a swim or go to the beach, just sight-seeing. Watched the other tourists from the other boats snorkeling at the area. Haha. I can't wait for my turn to snorkel.

At the Loh Samah Bay.

Aaahhh... The clear water at Pileh Bay. It's a lagoon.

Our next pit-stop was Maya Bay. The driver of the speedboat was quite awesome. He can parked his boat from backwards. There were a lotsa speedboats and long-tail boats there. We reached the beach and were informed that this is the place where The Beach was filmed.

Me; the one who wore the fedora hat.
(Photo by Azim)

SMILE :)
(Photo by Afdhal)

Z : Weyh, agak-agak ada shark tak nanti?

Azim : Mesti la ada.

Black : A'ah. Laut Andaman kot.

Z : Ok. Dah start takut.

After we had some fun at Maya Bay, we went to the Monkey Beach. Nope. Not another sun-tan stuffs.
I put on my life jacket. Tighten it up. Put on the band around me head and stand at the edge of the boat. *ka-bushhhh*
There, I jumped into the open water. I put on my goggles.
Okay, my feet couldn't reach the seabed. (Sah-sah tak boleh nak sentuh dasar laut. Nak mampus ke apa pijak coral tuh).
Let's keep swimming. Ohh look, it's Dory and lotsa more fishes.
Omo, it's been a long time since I went for a snorkeling. The lastest one was in Sabah, a year back with le MPM familia.
The turquoise water, the corals and the fishes. Ahhh... I wish the time given was longer. 40 minutes were not enough bha.

After that 40 minutes of snorkeling, I went up into the boat and we all went to Phi Phi Island for lunch. Don't worry. It's Halal. Tom yum dia, perghh, sedap babe. We ate a lot. Duhh... We had been snorkeling for about 40 minutes, dah confirm la lapo nak mampus. After we ate, we strolled down the beach. I really can't believe that I stepped on Phi Phi Island beach. (Tampar muka berkali-kali. Ok. Ini tipu).
Did I ever told you that I was the youngest among the rest. Yup. The youngest. ANDDDD they loved to bullied my. There was a swing tied up on a tree. I climbed on the swing and I asked them to push me as my feet can reached the ground. The next thing I knew, I was spinning and swinging in the air. Oh gosh. WHY?

Our last pit-stop before we reached the mainland was Hin Klang. It's time for a snorkeling session, again. Tuk reminded us that we can't be in a stand-up position here as the corals are tall. I was quite scared. Ye la. Kot-kot terpijak coral.

Azim : Z, tolong pegang ni (gopro) jap.

Z : Ohh. Okay!

Ape lagi, gopro was in my hand. Selfie je la. Azim's gopro was fulled with my selfie photos and videos. Hehhh. Okay. Here's one of 'em. By the way, I only do selfies when I'm on a vacays.

Currently.
Best. Selfie. Ever!
(Photo by Azim)

After 40 minutes of snorkeling, we all went up into the boat and get our asses off to the mainland. I had been bullied, kaw-kaw, by Azim. Black and the rest were laughing at me. Jatuh saham I. Dah la dok depan mamat handsome. Wuuu...

We arrived at Noparathara Beach around 4:30PM and went back to the hotel/backpackers/resort by the same bus that sent us to Ao Nang Beach. Reached the hostel and the owner told us that there's no water for a while. I updated my photos in my Instagram while waiting for the water to flow from the tap. Grrr...

Noparathara Beach.

That night, we went to Cabai Thai Restaurant. Makan besar bai. After that so-call makan besar, the other went back to the hostel. I had planned before the trip that I wanted a massage. And I had it. Thanks to Afdhal, Syams, Isang, Safuan and Syafiq for being my bodyguards. HA HA HA.

I went to Dear Massage and Beauty Salon for an oil massage. Then, I asked the owner, what's the different between oil and milky massage? She told me that milky massage is good for the skin. And immediately, I changed from oil to milky massage. It's still the same price. 300 baht or MYR 30 for an hour. Full body. Mana nak cari full body milky massage for MYR 30? Kat Malaysia, urut kaki for half and hour baru boleh dapat MYR 30 tau...

Makan besar. La sangat.

This is my masseur.

* * * * * * *

During my island hopping trip, there were these 3 guys. Quite an eye-candy. One of them was Korean. He's bringing his girlfriend. So, outta my list. Next was a Caucasian. He's with his girlfriend too. Then, there's this guy sat in front of me. Right in front of me. He came with his brother and dad. I knew he's younger than me. Well, it's not a crime to have a few glance at him for the whole trip. Right?

In the boat, I sat beside Black and Kak Jiha. FYI, they're a married couple.

Z : Kak Jiha, tengok depan tu. Cuci mata. Heeee...

Kak Jiha : Ape lagi Z.

Black : Nape?

Kak Jiha : Tu ha. Z suka tengok budak yang depan tu.

Black : Alaaa Z. Die muda lagi dari you la.

Z : Apa salahnya. I pun nampak muda ape...

Black : Z, I pun tengok die selalu usha you jugak. (Sambil angkat muka, pointing his finger at me and said out loud) Nama dia Azie.

Z : Ehh. Heeee....

During my second snorkeling session, I was not aware of my surrounding as I was busy capturing photos on the fishes. The next thing I knew, I bumped into something. I went up to get some air. Open up my goggles and looked in front of me. Ohh. It's him. Teehee...

BTW, he's a Caucasian.

* * * * * * *

Z : I still don't know how to swim. Blerghhh...

Krabi Getaway

2014-01-24T15:46:00.001+08:00

Krabi Getaway

Day 1 : Awkward Moments in Phuket
Day 3 : Island Hopping
Day 4 : Emerald Pool for the Fools

Ohmaigosh! Ohmaigosh! OH. MY. GOD!

I. AM. IN. KRABI!

I arrived in Krabi around 1PM from Phuket. I didn't sleep much during the journey because I was too excited. Krabi kot. (Plan asal nak ke Krabi lepas hantar thesis, tapi tak sangka leh pergi awal tahun. Hehe.)

Sampai je kat hostel, terus g kat ayun nih.

We stayed in Ao Nang Backpackers. Finally, I stayed in a female dorm. It's quite small but comfortable. Just for two nights bha. After arriving at the backpackers, I went to the restaurant just across the road and had my lunch there. The name of the menu is too long, so I'll tag a photo along this post. Oh yeah, the name of the restaurant is Ting Restaurant. The food is quite good there.

Tuuu. Belakang tu. Ao Nang Backpackers.

Ape ntah nama menu nih. Tapi campor dengan teh o ice tu 100 baht

At 4:30 PM, we hit the beach. Ao Nang Beach. It's so beautiful. Lesser human beings and dogs than in Patong Beach. I watched the sunsets and went back to the hostels. It's so God damn beautiful. After strolling at the beach, we all went back, hungrily. We went to the beach by using tuk-tuk and went back by foot. Oh ya, if you use the tuk-tuk, it's only 20 baht or MYR 2 per pax.

Ao Nang beach

Chillax at the beach, babe.

Selepas berenang, kita amek gambar kat tugu apentah
ni dulu.

Surreal.

Swasdee...

Tuk-Tuk Besaq!

Macam tempat isi minyak, katanya.

The journey by foot was awesome as we stopped at every shop along the way. I surveyed the price for souvenirs and massage, duhhh!

We came to Krabi just at the right time. During weekend, there's a night market at Ao Nang. The prices for foods, t-shirts and stuffs are quite cheap here. I bought Aly's and Faiz's t-shirt for 100 bhat. Not each, but for both of 'em. There's this stall here that sells teh tarik. The teh tarik is quite tasty. I tried green tea tarik and chocolate tea tarik. Anddd besides the teh tarik stall, there's a stall selling pancakes. I tried chocolate, banana, caramel and honey pancake. (Of course la dalam 10 tu ada yang beli kan. I tukang rasa je. Heee)

I thought of buying some stuffs on my last night in Krabi. But then, Kak Jiha told me that 'Azie, nanti esok letih camne? Kate nak pergi massage kan esok...' I couldn't agree more. I bought all the stuffs that I need and wandering around Ao Nang til late night.

Chocolate pancake.

Sah-sah lah baju ni takde jual kat Malaysia. -.-
(Photo by Isang)

Just us. Kat depan stall mamat (middle) jual teh tarik berperisa.
(Photo by Azim)

Mereka kata saya anti-social. Tetapi hakikatnya, mereka semua sama je
pabila jumpa WiFi. Grrr..

Z : I shopped til drop! Teehee.

Awkward Moments in Phuket

2014-01-18T13:47:00.000+08:00

It's been a long time since I travelled anywhere. The last time was my trip to Seoul in Summer 2013. And I started my 2014 with a backpack adventure. The plan was made when we were on our way to Elias' wedding in Perak at the end of November 2013. So, here we go...

Azim who led the pack has bought us 10 bus tickets to Hatyai. The 10 of us waited for the bus which was supposedly to depart at 11:30 PM. Unfortunately, janji Melayu sudah berlaku. We departed at 12:05 AM. We slept all through the journey. And of course we need to wake up upon arriving at the border of Malaysia-Thailand. At Bukit Kayu Hitam, the bus driver collected our passports and gave it to the counter for releasing the entrance pass. Then, we need to pass through two Immigration and Customs checkpoint. The Malaysia part was the easy one. But, the Thailand part was quite strict.

This bus has a free WiFi and a plug too.

After we passed through both of the Immigration and Customs checkpoints, we hopped on the bus and arrived in Hatyai at 7:30 AM. We took our breakfast and waited for our van to fetch us. At 9:30 AM we're off to Phuket.

This almost 7 hours journey, I fell asleep almost all the time. Nothing to do bha. Upon arriving at Phuket, we checked in at Beehive Patong Phuket. Chillax a lil bit and off we went to Patong beach. It's too crowded here. Too many people! Anyway, we didn't care about that. Just had fun splashing in the Andaman Sea.

Beehive Patong, Phuket

Azim asked me where to go for our leisure time that night. I did some research before I went for the trip. And I said, 'Jom ke Soi Bangla!'. And the 10 of us went to Soi Bangla (Bangla Road).

At Soi Bangla, I was surprised to see the nightlife there. It's so lively, happening! Ok people. Step right up to Soi Bangla. On your right side, you'll see a tiger dance, gay bar and more pole dancing. Anndd on your left side, you will see more go-go bar, pole dancing and look over there, there's a beautiful lady.. oh wait.. there's a sign on her hand stating "Ladyboy bla bla bla...". Oh well, it's a ladyboy.
You can take a picture with 'em.

Hai nyah!

Here's more photos around Soi Bangla...

Makan kat Subway dulu, then kita tengok entertainment
kat atas okehh?

After having an awkward moment at Soi Bangla, we all strolled along the Patong Beach.

A unique architecture in front of Patong Beach

Hahahahaha

Big ass lobster!

After strolling at the beach, we took the Soi Bangla route and went back to the hostel.
Arriving at our room, I was surprised to see a man slept under my bunker. He's from Finland. It's a mixed dorm actually. So, that's all for tonight. Ciao!

Z : Krabi. Tomorrow.

Krabi Getaway

Day 2 : Krabi Getaway
Day 3 : Island Hopping
Day 4 : Emerald Pool for the Fools

Aly's First Day of School

2014-01-03T17:32:00.002+08:00

My little sister went to her first day of school yesterday. I don't know how she'll survive her Primary 1 as she is a slow learner. When it comes to formal education, she is quite slow. Eja pun tak pandai lagi kot. Tapi cakap bahasa Cina, laju je mulut die. However, when it comes to imformal education, she's very fast to adapt the situation.

Mama just told me about her first day.
Here's the conversation between my mom and I.
(Aly, I hope you read this one day and laugh about it)

Z : Maa, camni hari first Aly tek? (How's Aly first day?)

Mama : Suka nya Zee. Sukk nya. (She loves it.)

Z : Ohh ya ka? (Oh really?)

Mama : Nya padah, cikgu bertukar-tukar jak. (She said there's lotsa teacher.)
Well, of course laa. During her kindergarten, there were 2 teachers assigned for each class.

Mama : Lepas ya nya padah gik, masa rehat nya jumpa abang Haziq, and kawan abang Haziq puji nya comel. (Then she said, she met Haziq during recess, and Haziq's friend compliment Aly about her cuteness.)

Z : HAHAHHAHA!

Mama : Lepas ya mama padah, tuk mesti cute sebab gigi nak? (It must be the front teeth that make her cute right?)

Z : Memang lawak. HAHAHAHA. Rasa mok muntah.

Aly, my message to you is, sikboh nak menggatal polah Facebook dolok. Belaja jak sia. Tunggu dah tinggi macam Kak Zee baruk boleh polah Facebook k. (If Facebook is still famous during your time in the future.)

Here are some of her photos that I took from my mom's Facebook...