Masa mula mula keje ada buat janji kat diri sendiri nak travel to a new place once a year. So far berjaya buat.. First year keje travel dlm negara ke Kuching. The next year kitorg g Bangkok. Lepas tu Bali. Then aku g Hong Kong dengan bebudak GE. Travel yang agak mahal ke Beijing. Tahun lepas g Istanbul dari sini. Tahun ni malangnya aku tak jejakkan kaki ke tempat baru selain dari urusan keje.
Sungguhpun begitu,tahun ni ada dua tiga tempat yang aku pegi atas urusan keje tapi tempat ni memang baru bagi aku. Kalau tak baru pun place that I haven't visited for 20years. Aku dah blog kan Jordan n Paris lom? Kalau belum nanti aku tulis.
Kali ni aku g London. What makes it different is that I was staying separately from the team. So mmg senang la nak roam around sendirian berhad. Hari bekerja aku hang out dengan Fira,kawan satu maktab dulu yg skang dia dh mcm mastautin kat London dah. Over the weekend aku visit Kak Ija,org kampung paya datuk. Kira waris la.. Yang tak berapa nak best ialah london hujan je tetiap hari sampaikan aku demam teruk.
Anyhow I had a good visit in the city. Tak banyak gambar yg ambik sebab jalan sendiri. Ada a few je bila aku keluar dengan Fira.
On my own,aku visit Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park n London Bridge. Sambil tu ada la lalu Downton Abbey. Bought my first Pandora bracelet at Oxford Street. Dengan Fira I visited Picadilly Circus n Bayswater. Mostly sebab nak dinner kat that area. Had a great lobster experience at Burger&Lobster just around the corner of my hotel. Memang kelas la itu Lobster! Dengan Kak Ija just pegi ke Chinatown for lunch then lepak umah dia for one night. Bought my lovely Burberry at Heathrow airport... hehehe..
London Trip
You Ni Artis Ke?
Tak salah kan kalau x kenal artis? Artis pun suka jgk kot kalau kita x kenal atau buat buat x kenal dia sebab kalau sume org dok kerumun dia camne dia nak bergerak kan..
Anyway..benda jadi sebulan dah kot..mmg byk nk kema update ni..Ill yry slowly..
Aku nak naik flight balik ke AD bila aku nampak ada 2-3 melayu sibuk ambik gambar dgn dia ni.. Tapi serius aku x register sapa dia.. Then dlm flight tgk2 dia dok sebelah aku. Masa dok bersiap nak menselesakan diri dlm flight tu aku tanya la "you ni artis ke?" Dengan tenang dia angguk sambil berkata "A'ah.." Selamba jugak aku bertanya "Siapa ek?" Dengan muka malu malu dia jawab "Nealofa" Serius aku terkejut which came to my expression "Serius?!" Well mesti la dia angguk..dah mmg dia Nealofa..
The thing is.. she is being mentioned a lot in my GE Alumni whatssapp group.. The actress where the guys collectively selected as their sexy icon. Aku boleh agak this is mindblowing for the guys if they know. So aku mintak la nak amik gambar dgn Nealofa..
Sure dalam kepala otak Nealofa, 'Aku ko x kenal..tapi bergambar nak..' Heheheheh...
Trip to Korea
"How was your trip? Sempat jalan2 tak?".
In my mind it was my latest trip abroad which is Korea. So my reply was "Sempat first day je. Lepas tu hujan. Then kitorg shorten kan trip".
This friend was like "Paris hujan?".
There goes.."Ooo.. you are talking about my Paris trip ke?"..
And "Yeah.. you ada pergi mana2 ke lepas Paris?"
"I went to Korea"
"So you've been in 2 countries from the last time I saw you?"
Aku hanya mampu tersenyum... (ps: that 'last time I saw you' was just like 3 weeks ago or maybe less)
This is my first trip to Korea this year. This time around we stayed in Hyatt Ambassador Namsan Park. Nice hotel. Expensive. Room is a bit smaller compared to what we used to get in Hilton or Shilla. The flight was loooonggg...
I have to admit, Seoul has changed a bit over the year. Baru setahun.. I feel like I don't know the place anymore..
This time around, I got the chance to try the Halal Korean Meal in Itaewon. Mmg muka Melayu je yg masuk restoren tu..How to get there? Go to Itaewon. Just walk along Itaewon towards the Mosque. You'll find it on your right hand side before you reach the mosque.
My verdict.. sorry.. tapi tak la sesedap yg dijangka kan.. maybe my expectation was too high. But we were so hungry at that time. Plus, the service was super slow that make us almost went out of the restaurant.
Tour de Paris
Dalam sibuk2 keje, aku cuba gak cari masa nak tour sket. At least dapat amik gambar pun jadi la.. Nak masuk segala muzium atau nak panjat segala monument mmg tau dah tak sempat. Ini pun dah sampai sakit2 kaki.. Paksa gak berjalan..
Sikit je gambar yang amik. Semuanya di upload kat sini and my Instagram
Familia d'AD
Tapi seronok.. dapat jalan2 tunjuk tempat yang aku dok enjoy kat sini pada mak n kakak aku.. diorg memang dah dapat gambaran separuh kehidupan aku kat sini.. Mak datang 10 hari dengan Kak Li.. And Kak Li mengaku yang 10 hari tak cukup!!! Kak Su datang dengan Abg Edi 4 hari Dubai and 3 hari AD. And Kak Su baru je wasap aku cakap nak datang lagi.. Tak sampai sebulan dia balik Malaysia dah nak datang lagi.. No wonder la aku boleh bertahan kat sini ekkk...
Kak Su and Edi datang dulu. Masa tu aku tgh sibuk training n exam (akan diceritakan kemudian) so aku mmg tak layan la diorg.. Diorg kat Dubai pun masa tu.. Kak Su tetiap hari pegi Naif okk... Orang kat Naif tu kenal dia mcm org kat Global Village kenal aku okk...
Jumaat tu aku g amik diorg kat Dubai. Ingat nak balik AD terus. Tapi since diorg cakap diorg tak g outskirt of Dubai lagi aku pun bwk diorg g Global Village. First time sampai Global Village sebelum kol 4 ptg. And that was after lunch at the legendary Afghan Kebab.. Sekali rasa pasti nak lagi.. Seriously... Belum jadi taik pun lagi mutton tikka tu Edi dah sebut nak pegi makan lagi...
Lepas amik gmbr kt Burj Al-Arab, g MOE amik stroller Adam, makan Afghan Kebab kat Naif ang seround kat Global Village kitorg blk AD. Dan bermula la perkampungan Perkota di AD..
Kak Su and Edi went to dessert safari on saturday. Pagi tu kitorg g Sheikh Zayed Mosque and sempat makan Mandy Unta tapau kat umah Shiraz..
Sabtu malam tu jugak mak n Kak Li sampai. Memang meriah la umah aku malam tu.. Unfortunately ahad tu aku meeting dari kol 8 pagi sampai 8 malam. Balik umah just in time untuk send off Edi n Kaksu ke airport je..
Untuk mak and Kak Li... Travellog diorg panjang.. Ringkasnya, Madinat Zayed shopping kain and survey abaya for 6 hours. Dinner kat La Boulenger Corninche. Sheikh Zayed Mosque. Al-Ain trip. Dubai for 3 nights. Global Village. Dubai Mall. Burj Khalifa. Naif. Dubai Outlet Mall. Kesimpulannya trip ni memang trip shopping untuk diorang. And luxury as well.. tak pernah aku makan kat any of the restaurant depan Dubai Mall Fountain tu..
Etihad Airways Baggage Allowance
Down The Memory Lane
1st time jejak kaki ke Milan was about 5 years ago. Together with the super duper KL team. After that I keep coming for meetings but never had time to revisit the city. Thanks to my fav meeting buddy who forced me to go with her walaupun x sempat mandi.. I revisitted after 5 years..
Fujairah Trip
Sebenarnye the same weekend the other Malaysian group went to Beirut. They did asked me to join, which is very tempting by the way, but I decided not to.
Untuk mengubat hati yang lara, Lin, Wan, Rania, Cik Nad, Shahril and my self decided to go for a road trip to Fujairah.
Where the hell is Fujairah? It's one of the 7 Emirates of UAE towards the north. Kitorg pegi 2 kereta through Dubai, Sharjah, Masafi, Fujairah. Nice view. And we stopped by at this place later we got to know that it is the Pasar Malam that people talks about.
| Dolly pun nak mamam jugak.. |
| Ni la tourist guide nye. :) |
| Obstacle in order to enjoy great view |
| Rania dengan rela hati di passing2 |
| From the post guard tower |
Walaupun tak seberapa tapi I really enjoyed the trip. It's so relax and easy. Go with the flow. Takde rush2. And good view of the other side of the UAE. Next trip shall be towards the other Emirates plak. Ajman, RAK and all the way to Mussandam. Insyallah..
Travellog Day 7 ~ Land of Turks
Anyway, this is the last day. Balik ke Istanbul. Sampai pagi2 buta. Kak Lin and Kak Zack re-check in kat Orient Hostel. So tumpang bilik diorg utk freshen up. Aktiviti hari ni hanyalah shopping semata. Arah tuju utama: Grand Bazaar.
| Gambar hiasan semata. Ini bukan Grand Bazaar. |
Duit pun tinggal dah tak banyak. Cukup2 je untuk beli souvenir yang dirancang. Dengan duit yang ada aku mampu beli shawl (Hadiah birthday Marina), mouse pad and key chain untuk ayah, coin purse untuk mak, key chain untuk S&S (ehem ehem). Pastu makan lunch doner kebab for 4TL. Tambang nak pegi airport 4TL.
Sampai airport both me and Cik Nad ada 2.5TL each dalam poket. Berani siutt... Makan kat airport pakai kredit kad sudah.. hahhaha...
Flight balik malam tu tak penuh. So I got myself the 3 seater and sleep soundlessly (agaknye la). Sampai AD lebih kurang pukul 3 pagi. Tung tang tung tang, kol 4 baru settle down atas katil. Sleep for 2 hours and wake up sebab nak bawak 5ruz g Dubai trip. Nasib baik ada S&S untuk jadi driver and tukang suruh. huhu..
Anyway, that's the end of the Turkey Trip 2012. Memorable indeed. Sangat tak menyesal buat trip ni. Kalau sesapa tanya worth tak pegi Turkey, my answer would be it's totally worth it. 7 days is the ultinate duration. More than that dah jadi too long. Shorter than that you won't be able to cover everything. Kalau nak pegi 2-3 days, stay put in Istanbul sudah.
Hope you enjoy the story so far. Tadaaa...
























