Bandung Trip – Day 1 (1st Apr 2009)

Pagi2 lagi kami semua dah kumpul kat Marybrown LCCT. Fuhh, sudah maju LCCT skang ni, no longer looks like stesen bas - nampak sgt dah lama tak jalan2 pakai airasia kan hehe…

We departed LCCT around 9.30am.
Sampai aje kat Bandung, terus scan bag & nampak Pak Supir pegang sign ‘Mr Norjuna’ – yup, MR tuh! So, apa lagi, mintak tolong Juri la uruskan hehe… Keri & husband2 lain pun join layan Pak Supir cakap Indon…

Lepas kenal2 sket, Pak Supir terus escort kitorang ke bas… sesuatu yg agak luar biasa berlaku – our group diserang sekumpulan paparazzi… pelik kan? Tapi tak tipu, rasa weird giller, tapi pikir2 balik, ntah2 pakej skali ngan bas ni tak? So, terasa glamer la pulak lepas tuh… Azury boleh siap posing lagi for the camera… Sempat gak usha camera yg diorang pakai – manual wooo, pakai filem! Kalo x silap, dlm gambar ni, Paparazzi yg pakai brown leather jacket tuh...

Lepas load barang je, seat belakang dah tak boleh occupied… penuh ngan beg… so, ada gak la yg beriba… hehe, igtkan sewa bas dah cukup semua tempat… seb baik tak amek avanza! Sila lihat backrow yg dipenuhi bag - ini baru ketibaan, kita lihat hari kepulangan nanti keh, sungguh fertile beg beranak pinak!

Our first destination was Kg Daun for lunch. About 1 hr drive from the airport. On the way tuh, lalu kebun2 bunga & kawasan bukit bukau yg cantik. Ala2 Cameron kot, ntah la, aku pun tak penah sampai Cameron lagi untuk komen byk2 …

Ok2, sampai Kampung Daun je, terus attack restoran dia... cantik banget tempat nih… A restaurant in d midst of aliran sungai & air terjun. Tak sure nak describe camane, tapi rasa macam makan kat dalam pondok berhias di tengah2 hutan yg tenang kot… rasa cam ala2 Tiara dlm filem PGL tuh hehe

Makanan pulak, most of us ordered Sundanese food (tak ingat nama, tapi pelik2 & agak sensored la bunyiknye hehe – nasi timbel, liwet ? ntahla, camtu la lebih kurang)..

Imaan ng Ilish je yg amek western food – pasta & ribs ~ sedap giller, terliur orang lain!

Lama gak lepak kat Kampung Daun… rehat2 hirup udara nyaman… ye la, penat travel dari awal pagi….

Lepas rasa rehat dah cukup, aktiviti seterusnye, tak lain tak bukan – SHOPPING! Rombongan kami terus ke area Dago untuk memulakan upacara utama ini… o ye, sebelum itu, ingat lagi tak paparazzi tadi? Haaa, dia siap follow kitorang sampai Kampung Daun!! Scary tak? Tapi rupa2nye nak jual gamba yg diambil tadi… hebat betul, sekejap je dia proses gambar tuh! Tapi, agak mahal la pulak dia jual, so, Juri tak beli (eventhough gamba dia mmg macam celebrity baru kuar airport)… Sila lihat – Juri snap aje gamba2 paparazzi yg disusun rapi instead of beli hehe… sure tensen cameraman tu kan…? ya ampun pak!

Kat Dago, bas parking at one Factory Outlet, pastu, kami bebas berjalan sepanjang jalan untuk shopping… hari pertama, biasa la kan, survey2 market… tak banyak yg dibeli… ada la baju sepasang dua untuk pakai jalan2 kat cni ;) Byk gak kedai FO, ada dalam sepuluh kot termasuk yg kecik2… tapi tak sempat nak masuk sume, penat….

tgk bukti nih...sian baby2... mmg berguna amat la strollers nih... so, sesapa yg plan nak bwk anak2 kecil, sila jgn lupa stroller, ataupun beli saja di sini ;)

Sesudah puas buat market survey – Esprit, Gap, Old Navy, Zara, Bebe, Guess dan sebagainye, barulah kitorang checked in our apartment, hehe, boleh tak? Masa begitu precious sehingga check in terpaksa dibuat pada saat2 akhir.. ye la, kedai2 FO kebanyaknye tutup awal woo, rugi kalo buat bende lain! Lepas check in & cek2 bilik, semua orang diberi masa untuk berehat2 dan get ready for dinner.

We decided to have dinner kat Paris Van Java (kedai Quali kat ats ni - byk masakan mesia hehe)Dah tade idea dah nak pi mana lagi, plus, nak kene shopping food for breakfast pun – susu, yogurt dan sebagainye, so elok juga la ke mall kan…

Malam tu, sume org nampak kepenatan, Azury yg pregnant memang dah tak join la, so tapau aje dinner for her… Penat2 pun, boleh tahan lama jugak kitorang shopping kat Carrefour (sori, desperate ni, tak sempat nak boikot pilih2 kedai dah huhu). Safurah pun sempat rembat JCo, ye la kan, dah sampai sini, mesti nak rasa JCo kan, tak sah la kalo tertinggal hehe… Dekat kul 12 jugak sampai hotel balik, penat2…

Ekceli, kalo ikut perjanjian, Pak Supir habis keje jam 9, tapi seb baik la dia tak berkira sangat… mlm tuh, before tido, sempat mandi dulu ~ memang amat nyenyak tido sebab amat kepenatan… I was so deep into my sleep, sungguh indah percutian ini ;) I just couldn’t wait for the next day!

Bandung Trip – The Group & Ground Arrangements

Pada 1-4 April lalu, we went for holiday to Bandung bersama kawan2 sekolah Labu saya ;)

Memperkenalkan rombongan Bandung Labu tahun ini ~~



1. Azury & family (MIL, doter Dania, & son Nafis; ooo and not to forget baby girl in Azury’s tummy – she’s about 4.5 months pregnant masa tuh )
2. Noori & Keri with doter Qaisara
3. Echah & Ikan with doter Aqish
4. Safurah & Ilish with son Iman
5. Chot & friend – Jai
6. Jun & Juri

Big group huh? Yup, that’s why we rented a minibus!! Agak mahal, tapi berbaloi la for comfort & freedom ;) Plus, the children had most fun onboard, siap lari2 lagi atas tuh – priceless experience woo, mana nak ada can tahan2 bas dah zaman2 nih, especially with toddlers around kan ;) Hehe, pastu, ada sorang tuh (identiti dirahsiakan) siap mintak mama dia nak naik bas lagi masa dekat airport time nak balik...cane tu? syok sgt kot naik bus nih kekeke

The minibus cost us Rp1.35m per day, excluding parking & entrance tickets to attractions / parks. 2 orang Pak Supirs come with the package – very friendly & helpful. For more info, feel free to google Mulia Car Rental.

For accommodation, we stayed at Grand Setiabudi Apartments. Some of us took the studio & the rest took the 2 bedroom apartment. Facilities macam kat umah bertema ikea, so, amat selesa – siap ada dapur & fridge, so no worries eventhough breakfast not included, can always prep for own bfast! On average, each couple paid around Rp 425k per nite. Ada swimming pool, laundry facility, groceries store & free internet workstation kat lobby!

Here's a picture of us in front of both our bus & apartment ;)

Next entry ~ Day 1 activity~

olaaa!

Huiyoo, lamanye title it hurts lingering as latest entry… hehe, sori kawan2, saya mengalami kesulitan meng update lately… dun worry, saya ok aje, no longer hurt okeh haha… semua sudah sembuh alhamdulillah…

Ada masalah ngan laptop internet connection sket, pastu jadual agak kelam kabut… tapi takpe, saya sekarang tgh mencuba sedaya boleh untuk mengarang offline dulu… nantikan update saye ye ;) byk nak cerite nih!

It Hurts

I am not writing this to raise votes of sympathy.
Rather, this is just me trying to never be the good girl anymore.

Ayah selalu berkata, buat apa ko fikir sangat apa orang nak kata nak – referring to the act of hindrance from facing & projecting the truth, just for the sake of not wanting to risk being disliked by people. Tak boleh yah, akak ni memang macam ni… hidup tak keruan kalau buat org tak sedap hati… that has always been my reply ever since I can remember…

Yes, I am the type of those who do not reveal what they really feel inside. Cliché? Ataupun tak logic lansung? – as my face expression ni ada kalanye as though like writings on the wall… aku sendiri pun clueless…

Maybe anyway, but most of the time I was trying to be nice & SINCERELY, not wanting to hurt people. Bunyi macam baik je la konon? Now I tell you – I can be very sincere unless BETRAYED! Get it? > BETRAYED!

Imagine the person who you’ve been nice to all this while & treat like the family you chose for yourself, who you defended when being accused by others (hey, did that just yesterday ok – free2 je kene maki ng FE yg tak berhati perut, only to know that he’s partly rite too..), who always pop up in your head whenever you think of buying souvenirs every time you go anywhere for holiday, always trying to make cool conversations with & laugh along together… suddenly turned their backs, ganged up, make fool & laughed AT you instead?

What’s more saddening is the ganging up… How much of a betrayal & humiliation could that be? Gile sakit!!! I always say to my husband that if a lot of people don’t agree with you, then most probably you’re the one who’s wrong… so yeah, I may be wrong, but I did not get that message from a friend to another, but rather, as a person who’s been loathed at and been isolated all this while, I know that now… mungkin inilah rasanye tikaman gunting dalam selimut agaknye..?

Actually, today was not the first time. But today, the line has been crossed! Not only was I being laughed at very discreetly, I can also hear the back stabbing words being whispered very loudly, yes dear, very LOUDLY. As though I cannot accept rejection if they were presented rightfully? Why? Why does it have to be in that manner, after all the semangat kesetiakawan (total crap la now) I have showed you?? Or perhaps I was expected to shut up all d way & never contributed in the first place…? If yes, you must be one green-eyed monster who has been hating my guts all this while huh? Tak pun, walk the talk la ok? If everything seems to be so easy in your eyes, I wonder why EVERYTHING you did portrays otherwise??

I might just as well follow what ayah said & blurt out the truth, orang dah mmg tak suka kan? So today, I did just that. I merely let my wall face do its job at expressing the truth, & my words came out like I needed insurance!

How did it feel? Horrible!!!!! For the first hour that is.

But I was so damn glad I did it. It actually felt so… liberating?

Truth was - It hurts.
Being nice sucks.
Being SINCERELY nice HURTS.
Whatever comes from me now, has to be sincere, but will no longer be nice all way long.
Either you like or not, I am being bold from now on. Jun is no longer the good girl.

Gosh, thank God I’m due for a long planned holiday very very soon… I really need a break from…. Hmm, sape yg makan garam tu dia la yg rasa masin kan…but masin2 pun, imagine pouring that garam on my open wound… that is how you made me feel….haha, emo siottt, memang pun….I’m beginning to write like Lotfi now huh? I envy him for having to work away from this place…it’s beginning to feel like hell, yet again.

Narrowing Down...

Hmm, nampak gayanya mmg tak larat nak boycott everything from US.
Saya nak makan burger king, and for sure secara automatic nye, saya tak boleh tinggal herbalife ;) Dengan itu, hanya yg sahih menyokong Israel sahaja akan di blacklist from my daily consumption…

Kahwen

Haaiyo... dah kering sangat idea nak tulis pasal apa... tu yg sepi jek semenjak dua ni...

Tup2 teringat plak plan nak cerita pasal kenduri2 kawen kitorang yg mmg lain la dari biasa hehe..

Gini ceritanya... we got married in 2001. Time tu student lagi kat Sheffield... aku tau apa korang pk ok - betul la tu, mmg gatal pun haha!

Ramai gak org tanya apsal awal sgt kan.. well, nak senang cite, jawapan nye dah jodoh la kan ;) ...

lek2, ada jawapan panjang skali ni... Masa tu Christmas Holiday... aku call mesia & dapat tau ayah & mama nak kene pindah aussie, ayah nak sambung masters plak - rajin sungguh! Disebabkan aku tak balik cuti summer tahun tu, rasa sebak la plak kan takut2 lama lagi dapat jumpa... so, aku wat decision nak balik mesia dan2 tu jugak...

Juri pun story la kat mak dia (mentua i tu) and cakap nak ikut balik skali... 2 minggu pun 2 minggu la.. pastu, terus ma suggest nikah je, dia pun risau kitorang ni asyek berkepit je, mak bapak tade dekat plak tuh (tiada penafian di sini - dah ngaku gatal kan tadi :p)

So, dipendekkan cerita, jadilah kitorang kawen, walaupun memula tu mama tak berapa nak stuju... ye la kan, anak sulung...pompuan lak tuh... tapi, lepas pk2 byk kebaikannye, on je laa.. so, dlm masa 2 minggu tu je la kitorang wat planning segala... kawan2 sume tak diberitahu pun, cuma rakan2 terdekat je.. harap2 takde la yg amek hati, bukan pe, kenduri tu amat limited, buat kat KB, jemputan pun family2 je...

apa2 pun, memang no regrets la ;) -- ceh, jawab dulu tuh b4 orang tanya! haha

haa, ni gamba masa tunang kat umah nenek kat felda chalok - tgk tuh, nak jaga hati punya pasal, pakai je la apa yg ada... org nak bagi pinjam pun kira baik dah tu - sila jgn gelak.

ok, nak gelak pun gelak laa.. ina ng dek a mmg ingat gile la costume ni, lawak kan yg atas kepala tuh? toklong punye tu aku pinjam, ntah zaman bila la tu.. nyesal pakai... lesson learnt - toksah la nak jaga hati sgt... buat je apa yg kite rasa nak buat... apa2 pun, aku amat thankful dgn sume ahli keluarga yg sanggup sponsor itu ini walaupun tak seberapa sebagai tanda sokongan... it's the tot that counts rite? amat terharu ok!

pastu, ni hari nikah. haa, jgn marah - songket lagi u! pink pulak tuh, cuba teka sape pilih? semestinye mak mertua i la! tak kisah la, oleh kerana baju tu mmg lawa pada pandangan aku & aku pulak disponsor, mmg setuju je la dgn everything hehe...

Kenduri yg sebenar (yg konon2nye plan nak ajak kawan2) nak buat lepas ayah balik aussie...which was 2003... tapi, kitorang pun mcm malas nak balik, plus aku pun amatla chubby tak hengat time tuh, tgk ni (kasik can la korang gelak kan ;P)-

cane nak kenduri? sebab tade la excited mana, tangguh je la... tumpang wedding adik aku ina, boleh jimat sket ye dak? And tak la org kata sakan sangat buat majlis belated khas utk kitorang je...

Ni gambar kitorang menempel kat wedding ina & ashraf kat TUDM Subang in 2006

Kitorang pilih kaler putih (ekceli aku je veto, juri ikut je huhu). Sebabnye, masa nikah dulu dah beriya pakai songket kaler2, nak jugak aku rasa white wedding kan... so, itulah alasannye disebalik kaler putih tu... mak mertua aku tak brape berkenan coz dia jeles ina pakai merah - kaler favorite dia... tapi, tu la, aku tamau jaga2 hati sgt bab2 yg aku dah rasa lesson learnt seperti di atas...

Sekian kisah sekitar majlis2 perkahwinan kami....

Eh eh, belum habis lagi ye hadirin sekalian, saje je nak trick tuh!

Heheh sure korang pun ingat dah habis kan??

Ade lagi weihh!

Disebabkan ma rasa tak sedap kenduri kitorang express sgt masa kat KB dulu, maka, sekali lagi, pada tahun 2006 jugak, kitorang pun menempel di majlis kawen jimi & k farah pulak... hahahahah... memang kaki menempel la kitorang nih... kali ni, aku tak jemput la kengkawan sangat... malu plak byk2 kali sangat kenduri kawen nih... cuma ada la beberapa officemate juri datang... tgk tuh, nak cover punye pasal - aku wat baju merah tuh! hehe, kira ok la kan, kenduri belah kb, aku ikut cakap ma.. tapi on my side, aku wat sendiri, adil kan ;)

Ha, kali ni memang betul2 sekian. Itulah kisahnye cerita kawen kami ;)

Semoga terhibur!

More pix entry

Skang ni cam malas nak update blog... nak tunggu gamba baru rasa ade mood... igt nak load gamba Chemerong lagi... tapi asek tertinggal kat opis jek... nway, lotfi ade load gamba2 tu kat blog die ;)

Smlm gi KLCC... haa, bukan utk keje tau..... jeng jeng jeng!

buat julung2 kalinye - jalan2 semata-mata ok... semestinye, ade laa yg tegur 'hi kak jun' 'eh jun, mtg?' ...pastu, dapat call fr whoda 'jun, turn 180 degrees, rite behind you' .... dah nama pun hq majikan kan, mmg la tak lepas dari berjumpe org2 yg kenal... tak kisah pun, coz i had fun jugak... fun bakpe? becoz.........

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We went to aquaria KLCC!

hehe, skema tak? ekceli konon2 nak bawak adam jejalan, last2 org2 tua yg excited.. cool la jugak... dapat tgk divers feed the fish & turtles... adam cam biasa, mendapat perhatian ramai, termasuk si diver...

budak2 lain pun jeles ng keta pink dia tuh (stroller tertinggal kat penang, so kene la tolak keta ni jejalan klcc)...

Pastu, gi fish spa kat aquaria..

murah je, rm15! kalo tak beli tiket aquaria kene baya rm20, still cheaper than the one yg i dah pegi dulu... tatau la promotional price ni till when...

Syok, ikan2 nye kecik2 lagi, tak mcm yg kat pavillion arituh.. adam pun sronok rendam kaki kasik ikan gigit!

Brave Adam... tapi beli dia geli, mula laa nak splash! hehe, cute ;)

Chemerung Waterfall

Just got back from a bbq picnic trip with my dear officemates.

We decided to stay local this time, in the spirit of appreciating more of Terengganu charms. So, the chosen destination today was Chemerung Waterfall, about an hour drive from Kerteh (if Wawa & geng ayam weren't late laa! if not bcoz of the chickens, lama dah kene tinggai.. hehe, jgn marah Wa!)...

I'm sure most of us seldom hear 'bout Chemerung, but it actually is something to be proud of. I've been to several waterfalls before, but this is by far my favourite one. Why? Because it's secluded & is still clean as a whistle - in particular the facilities & mother nature of course.

Some say that rocks are everywhere & the water's too deep hence not too convenient for free fall dive, but I'm ok with that ;) It's a good snorkelling spot too - just don't expect the fish to be as colourful as d ones at sea laa, other than that, where else can you snorkel in cristal clear fresh water without getting loads of sun tan?

Above: That's me checking out life underneath (thanks to Wawa's goggles)

Below: Lakiku yg excited nak terjun macam air terjun..

According to our tour guides - Mek Nor & her sis Nadia, Chemerung Waterfall has just been made public few years back - the tourism promotion, the access road etc. Maybe that's d reason why it's still in very good condition. Hopefully it will stay that way forever.. ooh, btw, i just got to know from these two that Chemerung is the highest?tallest? (tertinggi laa) waterfall in South East Asia. Well, we didn't climb up that high, but here's a picture I googled to do justice to the statement...

All in all, we had such great fun. The bbq, the lepak2, the mandi2, the talking afterwards at Mek Nor's house sure made us forget about work for a while. Thanks to the non-existence network coverage too - it did us a huge favor ok! hehe, masuk hutan kan, mmg la terputus talian sikit ;)

Fr left: Chong, Mr bluHippo, Mat Din, CekPah (Din's missus), Marliati, Kak Ti, Lotfi, Mek Nor, Wawa, Me, Faris, Juri.. MIA - Nadia...

Ok geng, the day's over, back to work tomorrow now!

Torn?

This week, we're both in KL.

After keje je, terus lepak2 mall & window shop. Hmm, knp ek skrg nih mcm tak bess je nak shopping? Sale byk sini sana, siap dapat invitation lagi from DP, Topshop, Miss Selfridge, LaSenza, Coach (tak igt sale ke new launch, not too bothered lately...) Tapi cam tade nafsu nak tgk2... ekceli, patutnye bagus la kan? Jimat duit sket.

Hmm, come to think of it, i still miss it even dah takde keinginan. Sebab2nye?
Well,

a) kalo dah jln2 try baju sakan, mesti lupa nak makan. Pastu kalo menapak tuh ade cover at least 5km everytime gamaknye... puas rasa dapat exercise - sambil menyelam minum air! Skang ni, sebab dah tak rasa nak, sikit2 singgah tgk menu / food. Bahaya tul!

b) rasa thrill dah hilang. Cane nak describe ek... gini, kalo kite look forward to buying something, excited dia semacam je kan... ada semangat nak kumpul duit coz dah target nak beli apa... pastu, bila dapat tuh, cam satu achievement je rasanya... now, i don't really have anything to look fwd to, boring kan?

c) oleh sebab tamau shopping, i try to divert to some other activity, such as travelling & watching movies. Tapi, travelling tuh susah sikit, nak kene ade cuti la, takleh adhoc2 la... pastu, confirm kene spend duit punye (unlike window shopping)... Tgk movie plak bukan tak bess, cumanye, mesti nak kunyah popcorn!

Hmm... i think boycott2 ni mmg amat meninggalkan kesan mendalam kat kitorang... tapi, korang rasa ok ke stakat ni? has it changed anything, apart from org2 rasa takut akan hilang kerja? is it too early to tell?

Bukannye ape, rasa2 cam i'm kinda tired dah pulak. Kitorang bleh kira really religiously la jugak memboycott.. boley rasa berdosa lagi kalo makan McD tuh, padahal bukannye haram pun... siap dah ada emel2 yg claim McD / KFC tak terlibat ng Israel ni, tapi stil tak percaya tuh... then, my MIL plak pesan suruh beli lotion M&S... camne nak cakap tuh? igt nak try la ganti ng body shop ke, loccitane ke, crabtree ke - hampeh mahal berganda. M&S cream costs rm21, yg lain2 tuh min rm42. So cane? Gile rasa guilty masuk M&S semalam... sampai camtu skali, padahal nak survey harga je...

Ntahla, rasa kelakar pun ada... rasa paranoid org pandang serong pun ada... genuinely rasa guilty pun ada....

Torn? Maybe, but deep down inside, I'm still hoping for some change... at least some news about Israel/US affected economically ke... ni tak, dia bedil Lebanon dah pulak... sedih2... btw, ada sapa2 tahu donation yg surat kabar collect tuh dah buat apa2 or not? So far, the only news yg dapat is that 'kutipan telah mencapai sekian sekian', nothing yet about the expenditure... ke mmg kene rahsia nak buat apa? well, at least it's good to know if say, we helped rebuild their hospitals ke, infrastructures ke.. mmg dulu i tak kisah, tapi since perubahan amat slow ni, teringin la pulak nak tahu...

Yeay, it’s finally over ~

For now!

These past few days I’ve been put up to the test of my (work) life. Well, kinda.

All the write-ups for appraisal which normally took me two weeks to complete were done within a day or two, just to meet the deadline earlier this week - good luck me!

Then came the assessment. Twenty technical topics to be covered. Yup, you read that right -20! Kalah SPM kan? Zaman ni tak sure la… And the best part, most answers I could never find in any book… oh well, that’s the challenge.

I’m not complaining, as I think it wasn’t bad after all. Lotfi had more obstacles, masa ni la plant dia nak shutdown… my hard part was just to deal with materials delivery that got delayed & kacau my plan work at Duyong. Plus, the subcontractor didn’t mob qualified system eng but technician instead, which will cause further delay coz troubleshooting work now needs to be done via phone instead… but, takpelaa.. it’s still nothing compared to shutdown. So I should be grateful with the time luxury I had for preparation…

Ok, so the above are not my reason to write today. I just want to extend my deepest apologies towards friends & families yg telah saya ignore sepanjang2 saya berhibernasi nih… I missed my friend’s wedding (Ayien) on Valentine’s Day and did not respond to calls / emails / small talk promptly. Hmmm, I was in my own world really. So now I’m back & I promise to be a better friend k? Plus, sorry bout the work talk crap k, will blog bout life more after this ;)