5th Day @ Bandung

1st April 09~~ Wednesday. 

This time, Mera bawa i naik DAMRI!!!~~ ;) BUS!.. -we took breakfast together, then naik angkut to the bus stand... near her uni.. more less like B737 seat arrangement, 1 aile,  but only 5 in a row.

 macam bas outing ke Bahau..zzzz (time2 skola dlu)...

That day, we planned to shop at Pasar Baru....  It took about an hour or so from Jatinangor to Bandung town. Throughout the journey, there were some entertainment in the bus... after exiting the highway, there was an old man, came in with his hand made guitar.. was exactly behind me.. started playing few own songs,.. and at the end, collected so called 'fee' from generous donors (like mera.. hehe)... after that, another guy came in, reading the headines from a magazine, with the intention to attract people to buy the edition... and come another one, reading some articles, and asking donations for an orphanage organization... Some locals were generous. even some coins will be good enough. well at least something.... 

Then, we had to take another angkut to Pasar Baru...   kat situ, banyak kedai2 kain... batik, sutera, etc... pastu byk jgk 'te-te' yang cun... hahaha...  shopping few hours there.... then we had lunch at the food court...

This time, i tried Nasi Tutuq Oncom.... pelik btol nama..zzzz... i had fruit tea. cost me about 20k. food & drinks.. not bad. 

Then off we went to another shopping complex. ape ek mera?... lupe pula name tempat tu...zzzz. but i have the photos. Wut i remembered, kat situ i shopping barang2 kat supermarket je... kononnye2 nak bawa blk msia.. buat berat beg je...zzz.

Then nk rehat2 kejap.... both of us pg kat food court... sambil2 mkn mini ice-creams..:D... 1 holder to bole isi 5 mini ice creams... cute.. we cn pick the flavour... cost only around 6k...

Kita singgah kat McD kejap, bungkus for dinner... hehe... What i wanted to try was..........Triple Cheeseburger!!!! yummieee~~~ ta-pow blk bilik makan....

To get back to the bus stand, we had to naik 1 angkut... ada pula entertainment that time... ade 2 guys naik angkut sama, then buat show..zzzz.. mera yang generous pn menghulurkn bantuan... baik btol die ni...hehe.  pic on the right.... mera n i, kat dalam angkut... :)  die ni la yg pakse naik angkut... zzz.. haha... 

 we waited for quite long for the bus to depart... huhu....

 

sempat la amik gamba skit.... these pics were taken from inside the bus..

Fixed fare. Rp3200. To and from anywhere the bus goes...zzz

On the way balik,... this time, no entertainment,... ada beberapa incident yang menyentuh hati penulis. Tiba2, bas berhenti di bahu jalan untuk menurun dan mengambil penumpang. naiklah seorg gadis kecil, berusia kira-kira 6-7 tahun... dia masuk,  menyanyi sambil bertepuk2 tangan...  terharu melihat keberanian dan ketabahan adik kecil itu cuba meneruskan kehidupan dengan mengharapkan sedekah dari orang lain..... bukan dikatakan mengemis... tetapi ada perkhidmatan kecil yang dilakukan kononnya untuk menghiburkn orang ramai...  tiba pula di satu lampu isyarat, kelihatan di luar, seorang kanak2 lelaki berusaha meraih simpati dari penunggang2 motosikal, dengan membersihkan motosikal yang berhenti seketika di lampu isyarat itu... satu lagi perkhidmatan kecil yg tidak pernah terlintas di fikiran penulis.... bagaimana kreatif dan tabah mereka 'bekerja' dan bukan mengemis...  penulis berasa sebak melihat kesusahan sesetengah org di situ....dapat melihat dengan mata sendiri kesusahan di bumi ini....  bersyukurlah kita di malaysia. cukup semuanya... tidak sesuai dikatakan 'berbangga menjadi rakyat malaysia'.. but i think its wise to say 'bersyukur menjadi rakyat malaysia'....

skema pulak ayat2 last ni ye....zzzz.. feeling skit... hehe... tp betul... rase bersyukur la kte kat msia. semua ni pengalaman dan kesedaran mase ade kat sana... 

End of day 5~~

4th Day @ Bandung

31th March 09~~ Tuesday. 

Shoooopppingggg!!!~~~:D  Arini mera plan nk bawa pg shopping lg... kat Jalan Dago. This time, Aishah ikut sama. we all sewa kereta.. Suzuki Karimun.. haha... klaka btol namenye... xde kat malaysia nih....zzzz.  on da way nk ke Bandung town,.. the bloody car buat hal pula...  rupenye, minyak habis.... waduhh... pak ni degil tol... isi la pertol awal2... ni kn da kene.. pastu pak tu panggil la org tepi jalan mintak tolong tolak kete tu kat tepi... then i dont know how pak driver tu dealt with the guy, about 10mins later he came back with some petrol. Rp20k kene... ingtkn tolong free.. rupenye kene service charge lagi..  tension tol..  then later baru la pg pertamina... -time wasted already..huhu

i cant remember the first FO we went... but what crossed my mind was that i tried somthing there.  Siow Mei Bandung... looks like this>> 

 Makan dgn kuah kacang.. not bad la....

After few FOs we all pergi, I have not purchase a single thing yet.. blom jumpe yang berkenan la katakan... zzzz..

Rupenya... Aishah yang paling byk shopping... haha.. Tahniah:D zzz  

Pic on the left, Aishah n me... at one of the FOs. Ade fish pond kat dlm tu... still.. i x beli ape2 lagi.... eventhough lama kte spend time at this shop... cerewet tol AD ni...zzz. shopping cam perempuan pulak aiii.....adoiyaii

all of us kept goin... kte pg Blossom, Glamour,... etc.. Then we had our lunch kat Pizza Hut:D ... The menu seems slightly different from what we have in malaysia. Here, personal pizzas xde stuffed crust.. huhu.. kat sane ade:)  then they have few varities of pasta sauce for spaghetti.

Drinks?.. special. 

-<- Thats me holding sodaassssssss :D

After lunch, off tu Rumah Mode.... Bloody nice place... beautiful lanscapings. few fish ponds... Throughout the day, byk jgk fish pond yang kte jumpe... at first kat FO yang makan Siow Mei tu, then inside some FOs.. quite a number jgk la... then Rumah Mode pun ade... and the fish... bloody hell punye besar... bole usap2 dahi ikan lagi... hehehe:D how i wish my kois are like that... giler best..;)

Pic on the right, Mera n me..... outside RM.  

unfortunately, i went back empty handed...zzzzzzzzz.. da byk kali da try shirt, t-shirt,... sume x ngam jer...huhu... barang2 sume cm branded gile..  target Esprit... x ngam jgk... huhu... wut to do.... okey, xpe... kte round tmpt lain plak..

 All of us pg kat Ciwalk that afternoon... cam shopping complex... most shopping complexes kat sana senang nk jmpe Bread Talk,... n J.Co.. but my stay kat sane, i never pegi J.Co even once... zzz.. (doughnuts dont seem interesting to me...huhu).... x beli ape2 pn kat sane.... mineral water ade la.. hehe.... again, Aishah yang semangat btol shopping... .. big spenderrrr... :D haha

That night, we spent some time at Merdeka Arcade..  2nd time pg sane.... At first, pak driver tu xmo bawa we all... die nk anta balik da... kononnye 'macet' la katanye.... traffic jam..zzz.. but we still have lotsa time to hang around. relax la pak.. after some arguments, he drove us to Merdeka Arcade... xtau nape, i started to like this place. byk barang nk shopping.. and finally, i bought few things there. Tah cmne i suke plak brand Burberry nih... (Jusco mane ade Burberry)... hahaha:D  Burberry, Autograph, Nike.  

3rd Day @ Bandung

30th March 09~~ bout 5.50 da bgn.. pstu x bole nk tdo...  Today, mera plan nak bawa pg Kawah Putih (KP). Tempat bekas gunung berapi. My sis went to Tangkuban Parahu. Tp mera recommend  pg Kawah Putih, so i follow u.... hehe;)

That morning, around 9am, pak kereta sewa tu picked me up first bawa kereta Avanza black color. then pg ke rumah mera di Jalan Caringin. Some of her friends(soon become my frens too. hehe) pun ikut same.  Salmi, Nisa, and Aizon... Last minute aizon nk ikut... haha. so we waited for her to get ready. while waiting, pg la topup kejap kartu XL yg beli mase 1st day aritu... kat sana, nk topup, sebut 'pulsa'... 

we went to a supermarket just about a hundred meters away from the Jln Caringin junction where i stopped by to topup my mobile number.. i was at shocked when i saw chicken heads being sold at the supermarket..zzzzz.. i wonder how do the locals cook and serve this chicken heads...yaikss.. looks disgusting to me..huhu. 

Then i saw few Gouramies. Ikan Kaloi dlm bahasa melayunya... nmpk macam ikan kaloi sungai... confirm bukan ikan kaloi sabah, mahupun ikan kaloi emas...hehe.

Then all of us bertolak la ke KP. Perjalanan agak jauh.... bout 2-3 hours... mcm2 la nmpk on the way.... ade sawah padi kat celah2 kedai lg...zzzz. secara kecil2an je... at some point, mula la jalan utk naik bukit, on the way, sangat banyak kebun2 strawberry. lots of small strawberry farms along the way nk ke KP. smakin tggi kte naik bukit tu, lebih banyak kebun2 kecil yang kelihatan. ade juga ladang yang besar. Most of the farms kat situ, offer visitors to pick strawberries on their own with a small amount of fee of coz. then to bring back the picked strawberries, they will charge according to the weight. All of us plan to stop by on the way back nanti. But unfortunately, in the end we all tak sempat untuk singgah petik strawberry..zzzzz..huhu...

We reached the Kawah Putih entrance after more than 2 hours journey... Then kena bayar pula.zzzz 20k per pax. huhu.. we saw a board stating 10k fee for visitors... i guess mayb they knew we are Malaysians, so they took advantage charging us double the amount. zzz... Nvm then.. its just around Rm6 plus anyway... we proceed further in the jungle, and 10 minutes later, we arrived...

Left pic, i was at the parking area. there are so many stalls selling merchandise, strawberries, and stuff.

We had to walk a hundred meters to the main attraction point. The real 'Kawah Putih'.

(Pic on the right). The stairway down tu KP. From left is mera, aizon, nisa, and me. 

The atmosphere was pretty cold. my long sleve shirt isnt enough to keep me warm..zzz luckily i brought my windbreaker...;) mera already warned me that the place is as cold as Genting Highland....

Then we walked down, and proceed.

All these pics masa kat Kawah Putih.

Me and my new friends. Salmi, Aizon and Nisa....:D  (Mera old friend... haha:-P)

We spent about an hour plus kat KP... Then off to Batu Cinta.. (Love Rock) yeahhh;)   

Less than an hour further ahead KP... Theres a damn huge lake kat situ... nama tempat tu, 'Situ Patengan'... area Ciwidey... 

These pics, mase kat tasik tu.... kene naik boat or 'itik' untuk ke Batu Cinta... I naik itik dgn Salmi... Aizon pula share itik dgn Nisa.. kite race.. haha...

Mera tak ikut... die takut naik itik.. hahah.. actually its quite scary jgk... coz the lake is bloody huge... i pn cuak kalu ape2 trjd kat tgh2 tu..zzzzz

Sewa itik about 30k per pax kalu x silap i... thats for 1 hour... its just nice utk kitorg... to head to Batu Cinta naik itik bout 20mins cycling. then spend some time took some pics kat sana, then balik another 20mins to cycle...;) excercise... (salmi xyah pg aerobic that nite)..haha:D   

The sun was hot, but humidity was fine. i didnt sweat that much. its a cool place.

These pics was at Batu Cinta. Surrounded by the lake, and tea plantations. Amazing scenery. Very nice view from the top.. ;)

Then, cycle balik itik tu... then some of us beli strawberry. Salmi beli banyak... i just bought 1 packet je..zzz. 5k only.... i think 1 packet tu bole isi lebih kurang 50 biji kot... btol x u all?....zzz..

 

Then we went to look for a place to makan....:) finally we found 1. This time, i tried Nasi Padang pula..... Cost me Rp10k. (inclusive of Fruit Tea drink)..  mcm nasi campur la kat malaysia... amik lauk sayur pucuk ubi, n juga sotong... the locals call it 'cumi'... ;)   Since then i started to call salmi cumi.... hehehe:D cute je bunyinye....;)
Jangan marah ye salmi..... saje mengusik... hehe. pastu dalam kereta, x sudah2 nk sebut cumi... cmbest je sebut cumi... :D melekat dlm kepala ni smpi skrg... haha

 

After that, our last destination for that day was PVJ. Paris Van Java.... marvelous place... dlm shopping complex ade mcm garden... konon2nya mcm kat paris nye concept la tu.... haha.... another attraction to me was, ade kolam ikan koi kat toilet... ikan tu bole swim pegi ladies toilet, n swim pegi toilet lelaki....  sronoknye ikan tu... hahaha.. creative ;)

Simple dinner for me that night... Just bought buns at Bread Talk... Salmi n Nisa menikmati Sushi berdua-duaan... Whereas mera, Aizon, n me, kitorg jalan2 je....

Then balik,... titoooooo

Thats about it on my third day in Bandung ~~

2nd Day @ Bandung

Morning!!~~29th March (bday lylynn :D). up @7am. COLD. the shower was also bloody cold. Mera sewa kereta Atos silver.  kwn mera, namenye meza, pun ade sekali dlm kereta.... then we all off to Bandung Indah Plaza (BIP) to drop meza. After that mera n i pg FOs (factory outlet) kat Jalan Riau... Sgt best kat situ kalu nk shopping.. First stop was  Summit. Nex Heritage. Cascade. then ade few places i  lupe la name tempat tu... lagi ade The Secret, Oasis, For Men.

Bought some stuff. for myself, n some not... bout few hours jgk la kat FOs. stop 1 FO pn sgt lama... then it rained. nasib baik la mera bawa umbrella. hehe. pulak tu byk plastic beg, we all masukn la together dlm 1 paper bag. coz hujan kn,.. basah jgk paper beg tu... then when we were walking by the road side,... tiba2............ kraaakk.. koyak lak paper bag tu..... huhu... habis terbarai la barang2 sume... baju baruku pn terkena kelopak air..... Burberry tuuuu...zzzzzz... waduh..... then kitorg kutip la brg2 yg trjatuh tepi jalan tu.... angkut2 sume pun lalu tepi we all.... kasut baruku pun basah... stokin baruku mula terasa air sejuk...zzzzzzzz.. 

Escada~Eternity summer CK ~Euphoria CK~

Petang tu both of us pg BIP. tempat meza turun that morning. Took our lunch.  Cost me 20k. Makan Bakso. best!!~;) tu kat food court BIP. just like shopping complex kat msia. very similiar.

Then da petang.. At 6 da mula gelap. Maghrib. Lepas jalan2 kat BIP, just across the road ade Merdeka Arcade. FO jgk. lama jgk kat situ.. tp x beli apa2.. mera berkenan kat 1 jacket putih ni... tapi x beli juga... sebab die x beli la, jaket tu terus menghantui beliau sehingga die membelinya pada 2-3 hari selepas itu... hehehe

We all balik Jatinangor aftr that. Bout 40 mins la naik kereta.. ikut highway. ade tol.  traffic in bandung town is always bad. so dats why lambat sampi umah. onthe way back, we stopped at a stall by the road side. Tahu Sumedang. Very popular local treat.

Sumedang stands for the province, and it is just a simple fried 'tahu', makan with cili api. or can be eaten without cili.. taste good. Mera beli byk utk dibawa balik... share ngn housemates. Thanx ;)  bole buat breakfast lg next morning... hehe

Then, sampai rumah pun around 9pm.... damn tired. whole day jalan2..  huhu. baru 2nd day. still have 4 days to go jalan2 cmtu...

Esoknye pula nak pegi Kawah Putih........

EnD of DaY 2~~

First Lone Trip

Haihh... lama sangat dah x sentuh blog nih.  its been a while. And now suddently tergerak hati plak nk restart. motivated by some pals.. then i thought i should have my own blog too;) 

this feeling/ motivation started when i had a trip to Bandung, Indonesia for the first time.  So this post is for me, (and possibly anyboby out there), to share my historcal trip to a place ive never been before.

it all was planned bout few months back (November 08).. thought of visiting a friend in Indonesia, Amera..  after some chats, weve made agreement to hang around over there on a specific week where both of us r on our holidays... so that we could go around town without interuption of classes nor the need to study for exams...yeayy;)  I purchased the flight ticket online immedietly after weve confirmed everything.

DAY 1, ~~28th MARCH 2009~~

My departure was on the 28th of march 2008, at 0905 h. From Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Jakarta, Indonesia. That early morning, i woke up at around 530am. to final check my stuff. Then, after subuh prayers my beloved parents sent me to the airport. Sis at home sleeping...zzzzzzz.  i arrived very early at the airport and still a lot of time to hang around, viewing planes at the terminals, and runways.  After checking in my luggage, i took my breakfast at McD.. just a simple burger, with the mineral water that i brought from home. cant board the plane even a bottle of plain water though..zzzz so i have to finish it before boarding.

Departed in time.. The flight was ok. nice food. there was a bit of entertainment (comedy:tv). Just to try out flying with MAS. Got 3 Ferrero Roches.. hehe..  Arrived Jakarta at around 1030h local time.. everything was fine till i went out of the airport, and was looking for a bus company called Prima Jasa. at first i felt uncomfortable when people came towards me and offer for a cab or taxi service. some kept asking where am i going... when i say 'no' they kept asking more and more... arhgghh.. then i had bullshited one of them.. just to get myself away from him...  

Found it!!... Prima Jasa counter is near to McD. exactly as Mera told me...  fare to Bandung Super Mall: 75000 Rupiah (Rp.). the bus departed at 1100. Journey was fine.. Stopped at a petrol station, Pertamina. rained heavily on the way. It was a 3-hour journey. Mera  and her buddy, Army was already at BSM shopping while waiting for my arrival... fortunately, i didnt have to wait long for them coz she already noticed me standing at a spot. 

3 of us spent the afternoon at BSM. had lunch at the food court, the noodle was okay, but the gravy to me, has a wierd taste..zzzz. anyway, i finished it. haha.. The surrounding was more less similar to the shopping malls in Malaysia. only when i hear people talking, then i realize it wasnt my country...

Shopping. fortunately, there was a mega sale till the end of the month. i bought a pair of running shoes. Reebok. with 2 pairs or socks. (came very useful throughout the next 6 days.) Bought some buns at Bread Talk. Was drizzling outside. we took 'angkut' back to Mera's place... not as bad as i thought it would be... ok je naik angkut... kat Malaysia xde tu.. haha.. more than an hour. Transitted 3 angkuts..zzzzzz on the way back Jatinagor, rain got worse. i got my shoes wet.  guess its quite impossible to dry it quickly by the next day under that weather and temperature.  Thank god i hav new shoes to wear the next day.;)

That night. Mera dengan i pergi jalan2 kat JATOS. Stands for Jatinagor Town Square. To the supermarket, n round the mall. 2nd shopping item: 'Clinique Happy' cologne. Rp.40k. Then we went for dinner together. Lupa pula ape name kedai makan tu. The weird thingy : tgk menu, then kene tulis sndri nk order ape....zzzz.

i tried this (pic)>>

Fried rice... cant remember what its called. some mixture of rice with cheese.. yumyum. i love cheese... hehe. 

Then. naik angkut for the fourth time on the first day -off to Mulana... Mera dengan Army temankan sampai rumah Shahrul.. Thanx you girls...;) Spent my night there.... got to know this guy, Izmeer.. Shahrul belum balik plak mase tu... so tired, then trus nk tito...zzzz.. baiyah nk jmpe...  but i was almost asleep ... soreee ye baiyah... huhu.. 

end of day 1.~~