2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

We missed the first one last year, so this year mase first2 iklan die kuar in January, aku dah soh husband letak reminder dalam handphone so that kitorg tak lupe. Actually, terlupe jugak sampai la ternampak iklan die again earlier this week.

The 2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is from 18 March – 21 March 2010 at Precint 2, Putrajaya. Kalau nak tau kat mane, nie kat area government offices tu, and as of petang tadi mmg la sgt teruk traffic nye and tersangat ramailah orang disitu.

 Ramai ke tak orang?

Kitorang (husband, myself and nur) bertolak dari Kajang around 5.10 pm camtu la, sampai kt precint tu siap ngn parking keta skali pkol 6.00 pm tau! Sgt la tak tau nak parking kat mane, at least they allow to park at road side to takde la susah sgt nak park.

Mase otw, a friend of mine, si Jie tu, message and bgtau die baru je blah dari tgk belon nie and ckp sgt lah ramai orang and mase die nak blah tu baru ader satu je belon tu pon baru je nak naek. Luckily, when we were there all the balloons dah start berterbangan. I was like soo excited, x tau cane nak kate. So, dapatlah amek gambar2 hot air balloon yg tgh terbang and baru nak naik.

 

So, to those yg plan nak pegi esok, either pegi early in the morning around 8.00 am or in the afternoon around 5.30pm. Kalau lambat sgt nnti takde balloon nak tgk plak, kalau pegi tgh hari balloon tu dok kt darat je plak. Anyway, ape2 pon check their official website first. Tp kalau datang xde balloon, ader banyak activity laen and ader booth utk dilawati (but then, org pegi nak tgk hot air balloon la kot, kalau stakat nak pg booth2 je, kat aku nye convo dulu pon ader byk booth).

To mereka yg ske amek gambar plak, mmg sgt bess nak amek pics kot. Siler lah bwk kamera2 besar anda itu :). My pics above amek pakai camera hp Sony Ericsson C903 5 megapixel aku je. Ehe~

Insyaallah, esok pegi Pesta Buku kat PWTC plak.

p/s: kt dalam newspaper tunjuk ader hot air balloon bentuk Darth Vader, tp td kitorg pegi xde pon :(

b’yyu spa

On 31 December 2009 hari tu, myself and Miss Eil decided to treat ourselves to a spa day!! (actually, a 2 hours ++ spa je pon, xde la sampai sehari). We were introduced to b’yyu spa by our office mate, si Sarah itu. She was like, spa nie bess die ader cam longkang kecik2 and ader air. So, we all pon google la this place, called the place and set up an appointment for two.

b’yyu spa nie ader dua cawangan, satu kt Sri Hartamas and the other one at Shah Alam. Me and Eil went to the one kt Shah Alam (sbb Sarah pegi this one and die suggest yg nie la), and yang kat Shah Alam nie dipanggil Villamay.

We were both on leave on the 31 tu (ye lah, nak mengabesskan cuti, cuti yg seciput tu pon payah nak abess, siap carry forward lagi). Aku bertolak dari Kajang around pkol 10.40 am, pegi amik Miss Eil kt Wangsa Maju and then straight to Shah Alam. Our appointment was at 1.00 pm. Aku tak tau cane nak pg umah Eil, so die lukiskan lah map. Eil mmg ske lukis map kot, nie map yg kedua die lukiskan utk aku. Selain drpd itu aku slalu jugak nampak die lukis map utk org laen (dan dirinye sendiri). Ehe~

Kitorg sampai Shah Alam like 3 – 4 mins before 1.00 pm. Bapak jam hari tu!! Jangan tensi2, spa is supposed to be relaxing~

Sampai2 je, me and Eil was like wahhhhhh~ at the Villamay. Deco nye mmg sgt cantik and calming. The pics below are of the reception area

Sampai2 je, receptionist tu bg us a welcome drink (which is teh gandum), eil ske rasenye tp aku x ske sgt. After that, derang confirmkan treatment yg we wanted to do that day which is Body Scrub (RM 215) and Back Massage (RM 45). So total is RM 260 la, tp they have promotion which is 25% for all treatment so kitorg dapat la RM 195 per person. Ok lah tuh sbb aku and eil dah bajet maksimum RM 200 per person. Promotion nie sampai 3 Jan 2010 je sempena Y.E.S la kot.

We both chose avocado scrub for our Body Scrub Treatment and Eil pilih lavender oil utk massage, foot bath and flower bath while I picked citrus oil. Org tuh bgtau lavender ialah utk relaxing and most ppl pakai lavender akan tidur mase treatment while citrus ialah like menyegarkan (padahal bagus nye aku zzz mase treatment tu).

Aku and Eil both thought that we will be in the same room, rupenye tidak. Kami telah dibawa ke bilik yg berasingan. And I have this indonesian lady, called Ribut yg akan membuat treatment for me. Aku tanye die kenapa nama die Ribut, die cakap “Ya cik dira, nama saya agak pelik” or something like that. Eil lupe nak tanye nama org yg bg die treatment.

Treatment nye bermula dgn foot bath. Pastu steam bath (i’m not sure for how long, tp die kate kalau tak tahan bley kuar anytime but obviously aku tahan sbb cik Ribut yg panggil aku kuar, ehe~). After that die buat body scrub, pastu die soh shower bersihkan scrub tu, then die soh mandi bunga dlm tub and last2 die urut. Camnilah turutannye.

Inilah suasananye dalam treatment room tu. Mmg sgt bess sbb shower, bath sme ialah utk diri sendiri je tak yah share2. Sgt bess!

Villamay nie jugak ada surau which make it easy for org yg dtg jauh2 dr kajang cam aku nie nak solat. Takde lah pastu rushing2 nak singgah sumwhere utk solat.

Even deco dalam bathroom nye is to die for. Sgt cantik!

Pengalaman kami here mmg priceless. Service die best, treatment die lagi best and yg paling best is the environment. It relaxes you. It is a bit pricey, tp you definitely know and get what you are paying for.

Definitely going again (biler tu ialah biler ader duet yg terlebey2). Ehe~

VILLAMAY SPA

22, Jalan Baiduri 7/1B,

Seksyen 7, Shah Alam,

40000 Selangor

Tel : (03) 5510 4433 or (03) 5519 3899

Website: www.beautyunlimited.com.my

Facebook: B’yyu Spa

Cerita Beraya

Picture by Camera Nikon Mia. Photographer x tau sape, sbb camera asyik bertukar tangan.

Aku mmg ske beraya. Beraya tu as in pegi menziarah umah2 family & rakan la and layan tetamu kat umah. Bess tau jalan2 raye. :)

Nie la kesah aku sepanjang cuti raye aku tahun nie…

Hari Jumaat (18 / 9)	- Balik alor star (kg husband). Bertolak pkol 7.00 am pkol 12.30 pm sampai.
Hari Ahad (20 / 9)	- 1 Syawal. Pegi solat raye pastu salam2 kt umah and then balik umah nenek husband ku di baling. sampai malam berada disitu, visit sedara mara kat sana. Byk giler makan ketupat daun palas, kt Kajang and Melaka payah nak jumpe nie wooo~
Hari Isnin (21 /9)	- Kt alor star sudaa. Pegi umah kawan husband. Hari nie relax aje.
Hari Selasa (22 / 9)	- Bertolak ke KL dari Alor Star around 9.00 am. Sampai Kajang dlm pkol 2 lebey. Lunch nasi beriani by ayah & ibu (terbess ever!!) and layan2 tetamu yg dtg umah. Pkol 4pm blah ke Melaka (umah nenek aku) before ader ramai org dtg umah lagi. Sampai melaka around 6pm, malam tu jalan2 pegi umah Auntie Pah & Mak Mena.
Hari Rabu (23 / 9)	- Beraya sambil bfast kt umah Mak Bai. And then pegi umah sedara2 yg dekat. Lunch special by Auntie Yot kt umah nenek. Balik Kajang pkol 2pm. Sampai umah, ader tetamu sampei ke malam.
Hari Khamis (24 /9)	- Jalan raye!! Pegi umah Mak Long Jumi kt B.B.Bangi and then pegi umah auntie Noreen kt Bukit Damansara and Nek Ngal kt Kg Baru, KL. Malam tu plak, jiran2 dekat2 datang umah.
Hari Jumaat (25 /9)	- Pagi aku pg Jusco jap beli hadiah wedding utk Farah. Ptg tu pegi Shah Alam, umah Pak Long Yat. The message was that ader family meeting plus open house. Sme org ingat Nadiah nak kawen. hoho~ salah2. Malam tu Uncle Mael dtg umah.
Hari Sabtu (26 / 9)	- Pegi wedding Farah kat Bandar Baru Bangi. Petang tu tetiba Ita msg kate die kat Balakong. Aku ajak die datang beraya :)Malam tu pegi jalan2 umah cousin2 ayah kat kajang. Hoho~ Pak Lang Atan mmg klaka.
Hari Ahad (27 / 9)	- Hari nie couplivessary aku & husband yg ke-6. Hari nie pg kenduri Jeego kt Tampin. Ptg tu, uncle Sahar dtg umah. Ibu ajak pg umah Tok Yak around waktu maghrib, aku surrender. Sok keje sudaa, tak mau jalan lagi. Hoho~
Hari Isnin (28 / 9)	- Hari nie keje. Haha~ Weekend nie ader 2 open house :)

Note: Couplivessary ialah anniversary aku & husband couple. Hoho~

Getting to and out of KL by train

I have to attend a supplementary course as planned out in my Individual Coaching Plan (ICP) so that I can close the gaps identified in my Accelerated Capability Development (ACD) gap assessment. This training is to be held at Legend Hotel KL. I was googling for this hotel, and then I realized, hey! actually I’ve been there for a training back in 2007 (I think). This hotel is near The Mall and if you are taking the train, you can get on the star lrt line to get there.

Actually, this entry is really not about my training, rather it is about the train system around KL. To me, this system is a very-confusing-tangled-up-bunch-of-railways. Especially to those using it for the first time. The different names are already a messing-up-my-brain bunch of names. In KL, we have LRT (putra and star, star splits into two lines), monorail, komuter (komuter has 2 different service lines) and ERL (Err…I didn’t miss anything right?). If you asked me (obviously nobody asked me but I want to give my 2 cents anyway, or 3 or 4 cents at that), these different names are really unnecessary.

Obviously, these names are to mark the different operators and the different lines of service. But to a layman like me, errrr I couldn’t care less!! Why can’t there be only one company who takes care of the customer services for these train operators, so the customers like us don’t have to watch out for different customer care line for each operators? Hahaha~ I am lazy, I know that and this is not a strong argument. If this is to be done, then I bet the main issue will be “Who’s gonna pay this customer services company” then somebody will say “let’s split evenly between all train operators” then someone will remarks “Errkk…but we are not the biggest operator. we have to split according to the company’s size” the another someone will respond “no…no..no…we have to split according to the largest usage per day” “no…no…no by track length” blah…blah…yada…yada… waste of time.

The different names though is another thing. I do wish that we have simple name like Seremban Line, KLIA Line, Ampang Line and drop the monorail, putra, star and the rest. Simply because I don’t want to know. Maybe the whole lot can be call KL train system (or something else) – Ampang Line. Simple. (to me)

However, if you are prepared beforehand, it is really not that hard. The info are all over the internet including the maps for these train, its station and interchange stations. I get the map below from this web site and I’ve been using it for a few times mainly to find out where I have to stop in order to change to another train service / line.

Hope that this map can help someone to survive the madness of KL train jungle. :)

p/s: I’ve checked that this map is not copyrighted. However, if this is not the case, please do contact me and I’ll be glad to remove this map from my blog. I’ll then draw my own map on the KL train system and get it copyrighted. hoho~

Karnival Keluarga PETRONAS 2009 (KKP 2009)

Smalam, nearly the whole day, my husband and I were at PERMATA in Bangi. Why? For the KKP 2009!! KKP nie is held every year. Die bermula dengan acara2 sukan such as Badminton, Chess, Golf, Futsal, Netball dan berbagai2 lagi yg diadakan among the various business units in PETRONAS. For this year, EXPRO is the winner for KKP!!! I belong to this business unit la. So bley la kata camni, Yeay!! Team aku menang!! (padahal x main ape2 pon. hari tu ingat nak try out for badminton, skali terlambat bgn la plak…hehe~ cakap aje x guna kan?? hoho~)

That morning, around 9.00 am lagi kitorg dah ader kat PERMATA. The event yang I was very keen to tengok ialah KKP Superstar, dimana two of my friends were among the five finalists.

 

Kawan2 aku tu ialah yg pakai baju ala2 punjabi ngn selendang tuh, EE dan the only girl in the top 5, Jieha. They finished at second and third place respectively. Dua2 mmg suara sgt bess and kalau nyanyi lagu ape2 pon mmg jadi lagu derang sendiri la. Seb baik they make it to the Top 5, sbb I missed the last 2 concerts and kalau derang terkeluar mase tu, sedey la sket. Hehe~ EE gediks hari tu tak confident nak masuk Superstar, skali dapat second place. :)

Banyak jugak other things kat PERMATA yesterday. Ader street soccer, arts booths (sand arts, face painting, etc. etc), Paintball, pastu bola besar that you can masuk inside and pusing2 (x tau nama sebenarnye), FOOD!! (of course!) and berbagai2 lagi la acara for the family. Tp the thing in the picture kat bawah nie mmg get my attention la.

HOT AIR BALLOON!!! Aku sangat kagum because it is SOOO BIG!! Macam budak kecik je kan? I was not really interested nak naik, just that sgt ske tgk sbb this thing is like sooo overwhelming and out of this world. Mase kitorg blah dari PERMATA around 12.00 pm tu dah xde dah mende nie, so kejap je derang pasang.

After that kitorg pg menguruskan hal2 umah sewa SIL (sister in law) kat Seri Kembangan cause ader new tenant nak masuk. Aku mmg ske pegi usha2 umah nie, so I took a look at the apartment. Die nye living room is kinda small, tp sbb die xde partition between living room, dining area and kitchen so that makes these three area looks ok la. Takde la sempit sgt. Tp the three rooms are huge utk standard apartment. Yang menyedihkan sket ialah, kat living room and dining room ialah lantai marble ok!! (which is so fab!!) tp sbb umah sewa kan, tenant mana kesah marble ke, cement ke, so cam dah rosak sket la marble flooring tuh. (ohhh…terpanjang la plak perenggan selingan nie)

Actually nak cakap that kitorg sampai rumah around 3.00 pm and malam tu kitorg pegi PERMATA balik for the GRAND FINALE!! You have to pay RM10 for the ticket that has to be bought beforehand sbb die tak jual mase the event. Once inside, ada booths food yang sgt banyak yg provide FREE FLOW OF FOOD. Ader segala bagai nasi goreng, nasi lemak, air tebu, keropok lekor, tortilla and macam2 lagi la. Yang pentingnye FREE FLOW oke!! Durian pon ader tp durian cam special sket la sbb kan beli kupon dulu. Aku pon x minat durian so I’m good.

Masa kitorg sampai, it was a lil bit past 8.00 pm and sudah sgt ramai org. So aku n husband redah segala bagai manusia tu, and bentangkan tikar kitorg like sgt dekat to the stage sbb kitorg datang was not for the food, but the performance. Husband for Shila OIAM and aku for Faizal Tahir (yg dari OIAM jugak la sebenarnye).

GRAND FINALE malam tu was hosted by Zizan and Johan, which makes it sgt2 lah hilarious. Kalau tak knal derang nie, nie la mereka yg sgt spontaneous and berbakat dlm membuat lawak.

 

Kitorg sat together with Mai n her husband. And because kitorg nie sgt lah dekat ngn stage, Jozan berdua nie pon turun dari stage datang kat tmpt kitorg n buat2 lawak pasal kitorg nie dok berkelah tepi pantai la and derang adalah free willy. Sengal! Aku tergamam sekejap masa tu. Hoho~

Pastu start la performance. Before artist2 jemputan kluar ader show dari KKP Superstar Winner and Runner Up (Kawan ku si EE tu) and then ader performance dr PPAG. Nampak la mak andeh and pak pandir yg hari tu mase musical jadi org kampung dulu2 skrang dah jadi org dari 60’s dok nyanyi lagu Pesta Muda Mudi tuh. (Ohhh…nak buat entri pasal Musical Pak Pandir la plak pasneh).

Pastu artist jemputan pon kluar la. Firstly, Shila duet ngn adik die. Then Shila nyanyi solo aje. Tannak letak gambar Shila sbb aku x minat sgt. Hahaha~ Then Faizal Tahir plak!! Yeay!! Exciter terlebey oke! Sgt ske lagu die and suara die. He performed 5 songs; Mahakarya Cinta, Cuba, Gemuruh (duet ngn si Jozan), Sampai Syurga and Bencinta. Sme aku record except Bencinta sbb aku x ske lagu tuh. Mmg ramai giler org datang depan stage masa Faizal Tahir perform sbb rupe2nye die nie klaka la jugak. So, enjoy la.

 

This is how close we were to the stage. Happening giler!! And after that ader Ramli Sarip and he performed with my unimate Aziah, sebagai wakil dari PETRONAS la. But aku x masuk sgt la ngn bunyi2 gitar electric yg over. Dengar mmg cam bess tp sakit telinga. Aku lagi ske Faizal Tahir. Pastu last2 ader closing ceremony and smenye berakhir and show bunga api yg sgt cantik!!! Aku x amik gambar / video bunga api tu sbb sgt leka mendongak and tengok bunga api.

So, that was how i spend my day yesterday. Hari nie apart from Fira datang umah, pegi jogging ptg nie (seresly rase fat n tak fit) and buat cross stich, xde la ape2 activity hari nie other than melepak. Kate weekend. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p/s: yup, aku mmg sgt excited ngn HOT AIR BALLOON tuh.

KL Sogo

I think, most people knows about Sogo KL, the shopping mall yang kalau sale mmg tak hengat nye la.

And as Sogo KL nie dekat Jalan TAR (dimana terdapat byk kedai2 menjual kain2 utk dibuat baju raya ke, baju kawen ke, mahal ader, murah pon ader, pastu slalu nye ader je promotion, tu x citer tudung2 lagi, brooches and kedai2 wedding preparations), maka bertambah2 lah lagi kemeriahan (or keramaian?) orang dictu.

Mase I was doing my wedding preparations about a year ago (wow! dah bukan pengantin baru lagi rupanye aku nie, rase cam baru je kawen), I was almost always shopping at Jalan TAR especially in the last few months before wedding. I went there with Ibu or my tunang at that time (which is my hubby now) and I bought kain utk baju nikah there, baju kenduri, baju bertandang, tempah cadar, tempah langsir, beli segala bagai labuci, manik, sprinkles utk buat bunga telur. Point is, i went there a lot.

When it's prayer time, kami slalunye solat kat Surau Sogo tu yg located at the topmost level of the parking lot. Suraunye kecik and as area tu asyik byk sale je, suraunye slalulah penuh. As far as i remember, setiap kali I went there mesti penuh nye la.

At a highly congested place, kecurian pon senanglah nak berlaku. Mase zaman2 I was shopping for my wedding preparations ngn ibu, ibu telah witness satu kecurian. Actually, ibu x perasan la wallet that girl kna curik just that mase wallet die ilang that girl tu tanye kat ibu "Kak, ader x nampak wallet saye tak". I'm not sure ape jawapan ibu, but that is Kecurian # 1 yang happens mase kami solat kat ctu.

Kecurian # 2 berlaku last saturday mase I was shopping with krina utk baju raye. Seb baik la krina tolong pegangkan my bag (dah la hari sabtu hari tu I used my big beach bag, kate nak sopping kan??). My thinking was bawak beg besar senang nak sumbat sme, and senang jugak la orang nak capai wallet. hehe~

I noticed this girl even before die sedar beg die ilang lagi. Muke die cam org jepun, so i tot die org jepun la. Skali tetibe mase aku nak solat, die nangis2 carik beg die. Kesian die sbb all her things were in her handbag including her hp. After that, ader la sorg kakak tu yg keje kat ctu and slalu solat kat surau sogo tu ckp kalau weekend mmg byk kes kecurian kat surau ladies tu.

So, biler pg solat kat surau sogo tu watchout la sket je ngn belongings sendiri. Mmg la ader org ckp "Alahai, aku kannye ader byk cash pon", tetapi dlm handbag / wallet tu ader IC and other official documents. Tu la yg sgt lecehnye.

Niat kite nak pg solat tu baik, tp niat org len kite tak tau. So just be careful. :)

d.o.u.g.h.n.u.t

There’s no need to promote Dunkin Donuts just because I crave doughnuts. And I don’t have to be growing a mini me / mini husband inside my tummy just because I crave for something. I crave for food all the time and there are times when I don’t even feel like eating anything. All in balance :)

I'm craving for doughnut. I just want one sugar raised doughnut. Nothing glamorous like strawberry-filled-sugar-coated or chocolate-coated-with-some-more-chocolate-thingy-sprinkled-on-top doughnut. I just want a simple sugar raised!!! I wanted this yesterday morning!!

Yesterday morning, all the bakeries on the way from KLCC LRT Station to Rohas Perkasa building (3 bakeries in KLCC + 1 kedai runcit selling pastries at Rohas) either didn’t make / sell them or yet to bake them or yet to open for the day. RotiBoy = didn’t have; Cold Storage = still closed; Dunkin Donuts = yet to display, kedai runcit@Rohas = didn’t have. Is it so hard to get the most simplest form of doughnut there is? Dunkin Donuts were already selling other type of doughnuts but not the one I want.

However, today, after lunch, I walked past Dunkin Donuts and saw the sugar raised ones sitting there golden and sparkling, seeming to be waiting especially for me to buy ‘em. Tp aku kalau dah kenyang mmg xde perasaan kat food sangat. So, I promise myself that I will buy one after work today. Hopefully, my tummy has done processing my lunch so that I’m a little bit hungry and in the mood for food again.

I like it when I crave for something so badly and I can’t have it at that time, pronto because when I do get to eat it, waaahhhh~ heavenly :)

p/s: teringin gak nak makan waffles kt Haagen Dazs depan Toys’R’Us kat Suria KLCC. I think it’s waffles anyway. Actually, I don’t really know what it is because what I really want at Haagen Dazs is the aroma of something that I always smell when I walked by the stall. I want that aroma. Bley tak pegi situ cakap, “Saya nak order bau tu. Tak tau la ape, but I want that cause it smells so good!!” All I hope is for the taste of that something will match its scent :)

I got this from the cap of an orange juice bottle

Enough said :)

Melbourne (22.02.09 - 28.02.09)

We were in Melbourne for exactly one week.

To a good extent, my husband is an avid photographer and myself, a self absorbed person and likes to take pictures of myself, thus by the end of this trip we have accumulated almost 3 GB worth of pictures and short videos in the SD cards (dua SD card ye) of our camera.

As a picture can sometimes describes things better than words ever can (that, or a picture allows each person who sees it to personally intrepret whatever they want from that particular picture), I've decided to post max pictures of our trip and write min of my two cent (or non-sense).

My favourite picture from each activities we did in Melbourne, every day we were there!

DAY 1: ARRIVAL







-- At Tullamarine Airport, baru sampai so macam blurr sket --

-- Husband with a tram in the background. Mase nie confuse on how tram works, so last2 jalan kaki je la--

-- Our crib for a week. A studio apartment, ader pantry gitu --







DAY 2: MELBOURNE ZOO & MELBOURNE MUSEUM

I really love melbourne zoo & museum because of the display theme. Effort yg sgt besar for each display, ader theme tersendiri that make you involved in the display. Example kat melbourne zoo, die nye tmpt gajah the theme is ala2 thai, indon & msia sket (i think sbb gajah2 derang datang dr cni kot). Then tmpt kangaroo die buat cam the australian outback. Tanah merah & kering. So, really interesting.

-- Pagi pegi melbourne zoo! --

-- And then, the museum --






DAY 3: GREAT OCEAN ROAD

A road trip along the Great Ocean Road. Kerana kami x bley drive, so kami joined a tour. Very beautiful but the day of the tour was cold...

-- Bells Beach --

-- Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch. Monumen kat blakang husband tu ialah org2 yg balik from WW1 yg bekerja utk buat Great Ocean Road --

-- Ini adalah koala liar. Bukan kat zoo. Die ske lepak kt area nie kot, sbb aku nampak 2 ekor koala tdo kat atas pokok mase stop kat cni --

-- Maits Rest Rainforest Walk. Nama die Maits Rest sbb Mr Mait (polis of some sort la) ske berenti kat cni mase die on his watch masa zaman dulu2 --

-- Twelve Apostles --

-- Loch Ard Gorge. Tmpt nie byk sample2 batu yg digemari oleh ahli batu (aku bukan ahli batu, tho dulu blaja la sgt sket masa kat uni) --

-- A small town called Colac, bout 2 hours from Melbourne. Singgah cni to get something for dinner on the way back --

DAY 4: MELBOURNE AQUARIUM, YARRA RIVER, SKYDECK & FEDERATION SQUARE

-- Melbourne Aquarium. Btol2 kat CBD --

-- Yarra River Cruise. Tgk the city from river --

-- Lepas cruise tu, we walked along Yarra River. Lalu la kat garden2 yg cantik, Birrarung Marr sme nampak la and then back to hotel --

-- That afternoon, we enjoyed the sunset from Eureka Skydeck and stayed there till nearly 9.00 pm. This is the view of the city at night from the Skydeck --

-- After Skydeck, kami pg dinner and then lepak jap kat Federation Square. Sgt la sejuk so mmg kejap je dok ctu. Mase nie dah 10.30 pm something --

DAY 5: TRAIN & TRAM HOPPING OUTSIDE MELBOURNE

-- Naik train dari Southern Cross Station sampai ke last stop at that line which is Frankston. Bout 1 hour naik train from Melbourne. Nak pegi beach tp cam makan mase je at that time sbb ptg tu nak sopping. Hoho~ --

-- At Frankston. Nie jalan nak pegi mall kat ctu --

-- Lepas Frankston, naik train and tukar train at South Yarra station to go to Prahran. From Prahran Station we walked (quite far!!) utk pegi ke Malaysia Hall. Pastu naik tram kt depan Malaysia Hall je, dah x kuase nak jalan!! --

-- Sampai Melbourne like 5.00 pm singgah jap kat Direct Factory Outlet. Sempat tgk2 je sbb hari Jumaat die tutup pkol 6.00 pm. Sengal --

DAY 6: SHOPPING & ST KILDA

-- Hari yg didecicatedkan utk explore Queen Victoria Market and segala shopping mall kat segala ceruk. Start the day with good bfast at the park!! --

-- Setelah penat menyopping (and hv a quick nap at the hotel), let's go to the pantai!! Nie kat st kilda. Beautiful :) --

-- After the beach and dinner, we went to Luna Park. Kecik je park nie, ride die pon x banyak. Tp bess :) Pkol 10.30 pm baru bertolak balik ke hotel. Sbb malam tu jumaat malam sabtu, mase naik tram nak balik hotel, terserempak ramai org yg baru nak kuar. Giler havoc dlm tram!! --

DAY 7: SOUTH MELBOURNE, PARKS & HOME

-- Flight dr Melbourne ke Singapore adalah waktu malam, so pg tu, kami melawat ke South Melbourne --

-- And singgah jap kat garden on our way back to CBD --

-- Faiz & Nadirah --

-- Dlm flight ke Singapore. Mase die baru served dinner, aku cbok amik gambar food tuh. Stewardess tu kesian tgk kot, so die offer la nak amikkan gambar. Haruslah aku ok je!! :) --

-- Sampai Changi Airport around 1.00 am, and our flight to KL was at 08.55 am. Tdo kat airport jap mase tu --

Banyak lagi gambar2 ader kat sini dan juga kat sini. Tapi of-courselah this is not the total of 3 GB worth (which translates to around 500 pictures).

I had a good time while I was in Melbourne. Love the city, love the fact that derang clean-up after makan at public places (kutip sampah sendiri & buang, pinggan letak kat satu tmpt) and paling love ialah the public transport. Paling tak love ader 2 main things; 1. Derang xde cili sos and 2. The temperamental weather. Alhamdulillah, kt msia evryday pon i've got sunshine (kecuali hari ujan).

Before Melbourne

It has been a while since i last updated my blog. Why ya?? Why ya?? Why ya??

Because aku cuti panjang la!!! Yeeehaaa~~ Maybe tak cukup panjang bagi some people but oklah for me. Went on leave from 21 Feb 2009 to 2 March 2009 and by 2 March tu husband said to me, "Bosan lah cuti, dah x tau nak buat pe." hahaha...cukup panjanglah cuti kami tu maknanye.

We planned for this cuti panjang since April 2008, and husband wanted a vacation in a city. So we chose Melbourne! Definitely quite different from KL and my husband love it soooo much for its public transport system.

As our flight to Melbourne departed from Changi Airport, Singapore, we decided to have a good transit in Singapore (meaning: cukup la at least nak jalan2 kejap). We flown Air Asia flight AK 129 from LCCT to Changi Airport at 12.45 pm and were in Singapore 50 minutes later. Lessons Learned: We forgot to check MAS flights to Singapore on the same date and time. It turned out to be cheaper!!!

Us jalan-jalan in Singapore

From Changi Airport, we boarded flight EK 404 bound to Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport at 10.15 pm. The flight took a lil bit over 7 hours and we arrived in Melbourne just before 9.00am, 22 February 2009, Melbourne Time.

Almost in Melbourne

Next up: While in Melbourne :)

Us girls watched Mamma Mia! the musical!!!

Yeay! We get to watch it. Thanks to the additional four shows on 3 & 4 January 2009, we get the tickets to Mamma Mia! The Musical. Yeay!!! Our show was on 3 Jan 09, 3.00 pm.

My ticket showing my seat F 36 - yeah of course i get the cheapest ticket, i have to semi-sponsor a sister & give an indefinite ticket loan to another.

Mamma Mia! indeed!!

Before the curtain is lifted - This is as close as we can get to taking pictures of show. Strictly no picture during the show. Of course we know, we were warned by the patrol person!! Haha~ what do they expect, we love to take pics!! (of things & of course ourselves)

The show is over people...

Digging the Dancing Queen! - Nana, Nur & Mia doing our best impression as Donna

Abess sudah - so balik lah!!

Tp before balik haruslah makan!!! Yummy :)

We really enjoyed this show. Enjoy singing along to Money, Money, Money and Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia! of course. :) it was seriously like watching ABBA concert, in a live music video.

p/s: our PM also watched it on the same day we did! hmmm~