Name in initials on Saudia Airline tickets.

So this time, we flew to London with Saudia. I booked the tickets through an agent  - TravelUp, as I couldn't book directly on the Saudia's website. What happened when I tried to book through Saudia's website is I couldn't insert my name nor my children's name because due to our long names, we ran out of the maximum characters available to insert. I didn't know what to do so that was why I booked through an agent then prayed hard that the agent was reliable --- after 3 days of purchase, I still had not receive my e-tickets so I had to email them. But then they were fast to respond and I got the e-tickets a day after my email. Phew

So back on my e-tickets, when I booked though TravelUp's website, I was able to register our names with full characters in the booking. However, when I received my e-tickets, some of our names where put in initials! For example, let say my name is 'Sarah Sue Ann binti Muhammad', the name on my e-tickets were shown as 'Sarah S A binti Muhammad'. I immediately emailed the agent again, and this was their reply.

 

I swear I was having anxiety for a couple of months, I tried 'google'-ing for peoples experience, I tried contacting Saudia's office in Kuala Lumpur (which surprisingly they don't have one?). I emailed Saudia's website customer service and they weren't very helpful. They ask me to liaise with the travel agent as they only tend to matters for tickets purchase through their website. So after a few months of stress, I decided to have faith and just hope everything went well -- and it did! Yeay.

Alhamdulillah, everything was fine, we went to London and arrived back safety in Kuala Lumpur without any issues with the tickets. So for those of you who are reading this and stressing out over your name on e-tickets, rest assure that as long as your first name and last name is stated on the tickets, the names in between can be in initials.

So in my case, Sarah Sue Ann binti Muhammad - Sarah S A binti Muhammad was ok. P/s: bukan nama sebenar hehe.

This is based on my experience on Saudia though, can't speak for other airlines because I usually have my name in full on the tickets

Langkawi Day 2: Langkawi Cable Car, Oriental Village.

Since hari ni kitorang duduk hotel kat Pantai Cenang, aku punya plan nak spend the whole day kat area ni je, maybe mandi pantai ke. Petang Jumaat lepas pindah hotel kat Kuah baru naik cable car. Tapi Abah kata petang tak sesuai nak naik cable car takut berangin, and if its too windy cable car akan stop beroperasi. I'd prefer to avoid the weekend sebab baca biasa orang beratur panjang nak naik cable car. Like I read in blogs ada yang menunggu up to 30-45 minutes. Even though cuti sekolah baru habis minggu lepas, but just to be on the safe side. So bottom line is hari ni jela kitorang naik cable car.

Zara malam tadi nak dekat 5am baru tidur kot! Geram betul, dia excited tempat baru maybe. Bilik pun luas, so seronokla dia jalan sana sini usik semua benda. So as usual bila tidur lambat tengah hari la baru bangun. Mula-mula Mak tak nak ikut jadi lepas solat Zuhur terus bersiap nak jalan. Bila kitorang dah siap baru la Mak tiba-tiba nak ikut so sementara menunggu Mak bersiap kitorang keluar dulu jenguk-jenguk kedai duty free nearby.

Singgah McD sebelah The Zon nak bagi Zara makan. I really want to find out betul ke orang kata kalau makan kedai kat Langkawi ni tak ada tax. Well I got my answer, its true! So the stated price is the nett price. Lepas bagi Zara makan masuk The Zon survey chocs jap. Since ada lagi 4 hari kat sini, boleh la kot nak survey survey harga dulu then dah tau mana yang paling murah baru beli. Aku siap pesan kat HB, tengok je dulu nanti baru beli. :p

Balik semula hotel ambik Mak Abah, dah nak dekat pukul 3pm. Oriental Village ni kalau dari Pantai Cenang dia agak jauh ke belah atas pulau. Takes about half an hour kot, kena patah balik ikut laluan airport. then lalu jalan pusing-pusing yang buat aku rasa pening and tak sabar nak sampai. We passed by a few hotels on the way, one of them was Kuala Muda Inn. Patut la selalu ada promo and bagi harga murah. I wouldn't stay there myself, sebab macam jauh dari semua benda and dia duduk sorang-sorang je kat area tu. Just my two cents.

Sampai Oriental Village aku cakap kat HB, "tempat ni macam dilanggar helang". Then he was like "helang? dilanggar garuda la". LOL. Tapi memang sunyi takde orang. Weekdays kot. The place reminds me a bit of Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi.

Ticket naik cable car untuk warganegara RM15 which is half of the normal price. But you need to show your ID to get that price. Abah dah jalan laju kedepan nak belikan ticket siap-siap, sekali Abah patah balik sebab nak kena kutip IC setiap orang. Ingatkan Zara free, tapi untuk children 2-12 years kena bayar RM10. Cis. Since tak ramai orang hari ni, tak payah nak beratur langsung, terus je dapat naik cable car. I read in someone's blog time ramai orang, they have to fill up each cable car to the max (6 person) so sumbat jela dengan orang tak kenal pun. Tapi time kitorang naik tu sebab tak ramai so dia tak kisah pun each party in their own cable car. Air tak boleh bawak naik ye, ada rak kat entrance kena tinggal kat situ. Unless air tu ada dalam beg dia takde la beria check. HB baru je lepas beli air, belum sempat minum and still pegang kat tangan, then staff suruh tinggal kat bawah. Kesian HB, turun nanti dah tak sejuk air. Hehe.

The experience naik cable car, seriously gayat giler! Aku pernah la naik cable car a few times dulu masa kecik kat UK, kat Switzerland and paling latest a few times kat Genting Highland. Tapi yang ni serious takut giler sebab aku rasa cable car dia macam kecik sangat, then bila anyone bergerak je rasa bergoyang-goyang. Masa nak dekat sampai puncak Gunung Macinchang tu pulak ada lurah yang dalam giler so bila tengok bawah memang jarak kita dalam cable car tu dengan tanah SANGAT jauh. 

At the first station.

Cable car tu stop kat dua station. Well, not exactly stop sebab cable car tu always bergerak kan but you need to get out at the first station, staff yang suruh. My guess is to be fair untuk orang yang tengah beratur dari first station nak naik ke second station. Tapi tengok ada je orang lain yang insist tak nak turun. Maybe sebab tengah tak ramai orang kot. Memang annoying jugak masa beratur nak naik ke station kedua, a few cable car sampai tapi orang tak nak keluar at the first station so kita kena tunggu lagi for the next cable car. Keluar je dari cable car kat first stop tu I literally had weak knees. Rasa macam nak terus turun tak nak naik ke station kedua (puncak) but unfortunately tempat naik cable car untuk turun bawah is on the other side so memang kena naik dulu baru boleh turun.

Zara makan aiskrim kat puncak Gunung Machinchang

Skybridge kat puncak tengah tutup for renovation. Too bad sebab rasanya aku takkan naik cable car ni lagi kot. Kat atas ada small food stall, tak banyak makanan pun. Ada burger, nasi lemak bungkus, kerepek-kerepek, ice creams and a few other foods that I don't recall. On the way naik tadi Zara tidur je, dah sampai puncak baru dia bangun so masa nak turun dia sedar. Kesian Zara, ketakutan dalam cable car tu. Tapi aku rasa perjalanan turun takdela setakut perjalanan naik tadi. And rasa laju je masa turun, taktau nape. Hehe.

Keluar dari Oriental Village kitorang singgah Pantai Pasir Hitam. Tapi sebab kepenatan aku tak tengok pun pantai dia, duduk makan kat kedai makan je. Then on the way balik ke hotel lalu jalan yang ada banyak kedai jual minyak gamat. Tapi dah nak magrib so semua kedai dah tutup.

Malam lepas Magrib keluar cari makan dengan Abah. Aku dengan HB macam nak makan western or anything else selain nasi. Tapi Mak nak ikan bakar. Kitorang keluar dengan kereta but ended up parking a few hundred meters je dari hotel and jalan kaki cari kedai makan. We ate at Restoran Haji Ramli tapi ikan bakar dia tak berapa sedap, rasa kering.

Pantai Cenang really reminds me of Aonang Beach, Krabi. Hotel-hotel and kedai jual souvenirs sepanjang jalan, the spas and lively restaurants, booth offering island hopping and water activity packages, seriously macam kat Krabi. Cuma kat Aonang Beach kedai dia satu belah je, seberang jalan tu boleh terus nampak pantai so sambil jalan kat kedai boleh nampak laut. Kat Cenang ni pulak pantai dia dah tersorok belakang bangunan, what a shame.

Langkawi Day 1: Adina Drive in Motel, Pantai Cenang.

Heading to Langkawi today didn't have me all excited because I was too tired from work. Pagi petang berdiri jaga exam got me exhausted. Habis jaga exam 4.45pm terus punch card dan balik rumah sambung packing last minute, solat Asar then terus bersiap and ambik Zara dulu before ambik HB kat office dia. Flight 9.20pm so we had plenty of time and tak perlu rushing sangat. Park kereta kat Putrajaya Sentral lepas tu naik KLIA Transit to KLIA2, tiket sama harga dengan ke KLIA, RM6.20/person even though KLIA2 stop is after KLIA.

Dalam KLIA Transit to KLIA2

Sampai KLIA2 makan dulu, solat jamak qasar then baru masuk gate. Flight delay sikit dalam 9.45pm baru berlepas. Took about an hour so landed around 10.45pm.

We can see the plane from the waiting area.

Alhamdulillah Abah dah menunggu sebab flight Mak Abah tengah hari tadi. So Abah dah sewa kereta siap-siap. Jarak airport ke hotel is about 20 minutes tapi kitorang singgah tapau makanan dulu. Abah dah tolong check in for our room masa diorang check in tengah hari tadi. So dapatla bilik sebelah-menyebelah.

Kitorang stay kat Adina Drive-in Motel, area Pantai Cenang. Rate RM122/night untuk Studio Room (through Agoda)which has one double bed and one single bed. So kalau nak duduk bertiga tu kira murahla. Bilik luas tapi kurang bersih. Ceiling bersawang, lantai berpasir. Rasa macam nak beli penyapu je sapu bilik tu sendiri. Celah-celah katil pun macam tak bersapu. Nasib baik katil and toilet ok. Untuk katil double tu diorang bagi selimut untuk single jugak. So aku ni nak share dengan anak 2 tahun pun macam tak cukup apatah lagi kalau orang dewasa nak share berdua. Zara if you know is a fidgety toddler, jenis semua benda dia nak usik so as a mother aku ni cukup cerewet pasal kebersihan bila travel.

 

Bangunan bilik kitorang yang sebelah kiri in this pic, naik tangga tingkat atas. Kereta siap boleh park depan bilik masing-masing as there were plenty of space. So kalau duduk sini malas serabut cari parking area area Pantai Cenang, boleh je tinggal kereta kat hotel and jalan kaki.

Ada sink kat luar bilik. Kettle, iron and ironing board also provided in each room. Cuma nak makan macam susah sebab takde kerusi. Yang ada cuma bangku kecik kat almari solek so aku makan kat situ jela.

Atas ni gambar bilik Mak actually, and gambar pun Mak yang ambik. I forgot to take pictures of my room. Tapi sama je pun bilik aku and Mak.

And this is the toilet, also in bilik Mak and pic from Mak. Ours was similar anyway. The downside was toilet flush bilik kitorang rosak, keeps on flushing non stop sampai mengganggu tidur aku malam first tu. Second night aku pergi tutup pipe water supply ke flush tu and pasang bila perlu je.

Kitorang book hotel ni 2 malam, then lagi 2 malam nak duduk Kuah pulak. The best thing about this hotel is the location. It is within walking distance to Cenang Mall, The Zon and other duty free shops. Kalau nak ke pantai kena seberang jalan and lalu between kedai-kedai | other hotels dalam 50-100m (I'm not good at estimating distance). Nak cari makan pun senang tapi kedai makan area Pantai Cenang ni mahal-mahal sebab kat kawasan tarikan pelancong kan. Kedai makanan Arab bukan main banyak. Hotel ada swimming pool, nampak dari balkoni bilik je tapi tak sempat nak guna so not sure about the cleanliness. Tapi macam kecik je sesuai untuk kanak-kanak.

I wouldn't say I won't come back to this hotel, but maybe next time I'm here I'd like to check out other hotels especially the ones across the roads right in front of the beach.

Weekend Getaway: Avilion Admiral Cove, Port Dickson

Sabtu lepas ada kenduri sepupu Mak kat PD, whom supposedly is my uncle yet he's only 23. Kitorang bertolak Jumaat malam sabtu. Singgah makan Wadihana kat Bangi Gateway dulu, then bertolak dari Bangi 10pm and arrived PD at 11pm. We stayed at Avilion Admiral Cove. Check in took a while sebab booking last minit so they still haven't received the confirmation from Agoda. With all the confusion, menunggu la for about 15 minutes kat lobby.

View from our room

Dapat bilik kat level 1. Mak, Zara and I stayed in one room (Straits Studio) while Abah, Imran and HB stayed in another (Superior). The difference between those two rooms was only the view, and the size of the room. Straits Studio view menghadap laut, but laut yang takde pantai la sebab kat luar tu marina. Superior pulak menghadap bangunan lain tapi boleh la nampak a glimpse of the swimming pool. But that would also depend on which room you are staying. Straits Studio was spacious jadi seronok la Zara lari sana sini. Superior is smaller but comfortable enough for 3. Both room ada daybed tapi dalam Superior takde cadar while Straits Studio ada cadar. Sarung daybed and cushion tu nampak macam kotor sikit sebab macam lama and banyak stain. Nasib baik Abah bawak sleeping bag so boleh la buat alas. They also provide iron and iron board in both rooms.

King bed in Straits Studio

Daybed with linen in Straits Studio

Breakfast was ok. Takde la banyak sangat choice tapi ok la. What I liked was the salad bar with 3 different types of dressing, cheddar cheese and beef pepperoni  (which were sliced a tad too thick). The fresh milk was nice, masa pekerja tu refill I notice they use Goodday milk. Kadang-kadang ada hotel yang guna fresh milk yang rasa macam pelik. Sort of susu murah ke apa I don't know. But taste different la if you know what I mean. Juice pulak on the first day ada pineapple and guava, the second day manggo and guava. Juice rasa pelik so I didn't have any. Thank goodness for the fresh milk. The breads were ok, they serve croissants with a couple of pastries each day. Ruang makan tu was rather small comparative to the hotel and obviously it would be full. The good thing was they kept on refilling the foods and I can see the chefs coming out to check on the foods, the manager was also there monitoring the staffs the whole time.

Hari first turun breakfast kitorang macam tercari-cari mana dining area. Sebab susunan hotel ni macam pelik sikit, kena pusing sana sini. Dari segi service for me semua ok, the staffs were ok. Hari nak checkout, Mak mintak extend our checkout time and dia bagi latest at 1pm. Lebih dari 1pm dia akan automatically charge RM100/hour. Hotel ni pun dekat je dari tol PD. I think dalam 10 minits macam tu la lebih kurang. In a nutshell, the hotel is clean and comfortable with spacious room so I would recommend it if you are looking for a hotel in PD.

Weekend Getaway: JPO + Grand Bluewave Hotel, JB

Finally, the weekend for our getaway to USS! Kononnya Zara's belated birthday + my advance birthday vacation. Masa beli package holiday kat MATTA Fair, ingatkan nak ber-honeymoon. Tiba-tiba macam dah jadi family day pulak with my parent, sister & brother in law, cousins and aunt join sekali. Not that I mind, memang lagi seronok pergi ramai-ramai pun. :D

Zara malam tadi, dah standby dengan beg dia.

Malam sebelum gerak, aku siap message kat group Whatsapp family, esok nak gerak by 9am sebab petang nak relax dalam hotel. Tapi malam tu Zara pulak tidur pukul 4am! Sudahnya lepas Subuh tidur balik, 8.30am baru bangun and 10am++ baru gerak dari Bangi. Singgah 'brunch' kat Restoran Jejantas Ayer Keroh, Bebi baru sedar dia tertinggal passport so kena patah balik. Nasib baik la Redza tu jenis relax je tak marah. Kalau aku la yang tertinggal, I don't even want to imagine. :p

Singgah JPO dulu before check in hotel. Last time aku pergi JPO (some time around August last year), macam tak best sangat pun. Barang tak banyak. Ni macam dah best la pulak. Clarks outlet dulu ada a few designs je. Sekarang dah banyak, even rak dalam kedai tu pun dah bertambah. Dah la kali ni masa memang limited sebab nak check in hotel so sempat masuk certain kedai yang memang target nak beli je.

Zara having late lunch at JPO.

Checked in kat hotel dah almost 7pm, pukul 8.30pm nak keluar makan balik. Tak sempat nak rehat sangat pun. Mandi, solat, and belek-belek barang yang beli kat JPO tadi. Kitorang duduk kat Grand Bluewave Hotel, JB. Satu malam RM230 untuk Studio Room book kat MATTA Fair. Semalam aku tolong book the same room for Bebi & Redza through Agoda RM203 per night and they got upgraded to Executive Studio. Pftt! No more MATTA Fair for me.

I like the room. Spacious with carpeted floor, jadi anak aku nak main lari sana sini takde la risau sangat. The carpet pun seems clean enough. Kalau ada extra guest nak tidur atas lantai pun selesa lagi, banyak space. View menghadap laut | Singapore but biasa-biasa je. Serabut and sesak pun ada, tengok luar ada construction (at the moment) and laut yang seciput between Malaysia and Singapore. Tapi view dari suite Mak Abah menghadap tambak Johor and the better side of the city so cantik la sikit.

I'm also happy with the bathroom even though takde bathtub, shower dia best and luas with pretty tiles. I would say I like the Studio Room punya bathroom compared to the Suite Mak Abah was staying. Jubin kat Studio Room lagi cantik (color dark grey jenis kesat) while kat Suite (color maroon jenis licin). I feel that the Suite's bathroom is too big, making me feel rather uncomfortable. The shower and bathtub were together and I don't fancy having my shower in a bathtub. But rasanya unlike me, ramai yang kisah sangat kot hal shower/bathtub ni?

For my Studio Room, masa masuk bilik we realize ada dia bagi satu je towel so HB call mintak hantar satu lagi and they sent it straight away. The downside was probably the TV which was quite small. Channel pulak tak banyak and channel yang ada pun semua siaran tak berapa jelas. All in all, I'd stay again at this hotel.

Lighting in the room was rather dim.

Imran nak bawak kitorang pergi makan dalam 9pm so kitorang ke rumah nenek dulu, tunggu dia kat sana. Tunggu punya tunggu, pukul 10pm baru dia sampai. Kitorang bawak nenek keluar makan kat Restoran Singgah Selalu. Kat situ, nak bercakap dengan orang kena shout at the top of your voice sebab ada live band and speaker dia kuat giler. Seronok but kesian kat Zara tengah tidur. Environment dia buat rasa macam orang muda pulak lepas sini malam-malam. Kahkah.

Sampai hotel nak masuk bilik ada problem dengan card so HB kena turun ke reception and activatekan balik card tu. It was already after midnight and HB terus tertidur, penat sangat. Aku pulak melayan si kecik tu main pukul 2am baru tidur. Phew.

Coming soon, cuti-cuti Medan.

YEAY! Ada additional vacation tahun ni. We are going to Medan! Semalam start sale Airasia free seat. Aku ni setiap kali Airasia or MAS ada buat sale, mesti banyak perabis masa survey ticket. Belinya pulak belum tentu. At first aku almost beli ticket ke Chiang Mai sebab Mak Abah dulu pernah pergi situ, diorang kata best and sejuk. Lepas aku survey, kawasan tanah tinggi tu actually dalam 4 jam perjalanan dari bandar Chiang Mai. And apart from that aku taktau sangat apa lagi attraction kat Chiang Mai, so I guess I have to do more research before nak 'tiba-tiba' beli ticket. Especially bila nak travel bawak budak kecik.

I decided to focus on somewhere yang aku memang teringin nak pergi. Which would be Krabi (again), Medan atau Siem Reap. HB teringin nak pergi Yogyakarta tapi aku takut tak sesuai untuk Zara sebab dari cerita Bebi masa dia pergi dulu, aku imagine tempat tu panas and jauh nak travel dari from one candi to another. Forgive me if I'm wrong, its just my assumption tapi bila instinct ibu rasa tak sesuai untuk anak dia, ikutkan jela ye tak. Hehe. Not now, but one day insyaallah. Aku pun memang teringin nak tengok Borobudur semua tu.

Ok since my family dah pernah pergi Medan so aku boleh tanya tips, and ada sedara belah Mak kat sana so in case of emergency ada contact, aku pun beli la ticket ke Medan untuk travel December ni. So Medan, here we come!

Danau Toba. Photo: Wikipedia

Ok next target kita ticket hunting untuk ke Krabi pulak. Rasa teringin nak pergi Krabi lagi sebab tak puas jalan kat sana masa honeymoon dulu. Kitorang beli package 4 days/3 nights with 2 days island hopping trip. So tolak 2 hari for island hopping, tinggal hari kitorang sampai and hari nak balik untuk jalan-jalan free and easy. The second island hopping trip tu kitorang tu naik speed boat ke Phi Phi Island which took about 1 hour for one way, kitorang pulak duduk depan bahagian muncung speedboat and rupa-rupanya situ la bahagian yang paling melambung teruk. Dengan berjemur bawah matahari terik lagi, malam tu aku terus kena migrain teruk.

What we planned was, pagi before bertolak ke airport baru nak pusing beli souvenir. Kalau keluar je hotel (Aonang Princeville) memang sepanjang jalan tu banyak kedai jual souvenir. Tapi dah aku sakit kepala and muntah-muntah mana nak larat. Balik Malaysia, dalam seminggu jugak la baru nak baik migrain. So because of that, aku tekad nak datang jugak Krabi lagi sekali satu hari nanti. Nak sempurnakan hajat yang tak tercapai. Hehehe.

P/s: Just realize I've lost all my honeymoon photos which were in the external hard disk that I lost. :'(

Weekend Getaway: Samsuria Beach Resort, Kuantan

Our weekend getaway destination this week is Kuantan. Mak ajak ikut pergi kenduri kawan Mak kat IIUM Kuantan so sambil tu boleh la bercuti tepi pantai. Kitorang (Mak, Abah, me, HB & Zara) semua naik satu kereta je, Abah sewa Alza. HB sepatutnya kena kerja pagi ni, tapi dia kesian kat aku sebab tau aku suka bercuti and nanti aku penat jaga Zara sorang-sorang so dia pun skipped work. Bertolak pagi dalam 9am and singgah makan kat Petronas sebelum Bentong. Masa stop tu aku perasan HB dah nampak macam risau and takde mood je sebab bos dia call and supplier asyik call. Kesian dia..huhu. Aku pulak rasa bersalah.

Sampai IIUM Kuantan pukul 1pm++. Even though aku student IIUM, ni first time aku jejak kat IIUM Kuantan ni. Terasa rindu pulak kat zaman belajar dulu sebab IIUM Kuantan is like a miniature IIUM Gombak. Lepas kenduri terus check-in kat Samsuria Beach Resort & Residence. Nampak kosong je macam tak ramai orang, scary jugak. Tapi Mak kata resort ni pun baru je bukak dalam sebulan, maybe rami tak tau lagi kot. Even bilik depan kitorang pun still tengah renovate lagi. Sebab konsep dia macam apartment, so no breakfast will be provided. Tapi bilik tu lengkap dengan dapur, microwave, kettle, kuali, pinggan etc kalau nak prepare makanan sendiri.

Since pagi tadi badan Zara macam panas sikit jadi Abah suruh pergi beli ubat kat klinik. HB keluar dengan Abah cari klinik sebab aku dengan Mak macam penat and malas nak keluar. Rupanya diorang sampai ke Teluk Cempedak sebab HB nak beli bubur McD untuk Zara.

Petang Zara tak habis-habis ajak keluar tengok 'pish' (which would be the swimming pool).

Since Zara tak berapa sihat and angin laut kuat kat luar, Zara mandi bath tub je kat bilik. Komen aku tentang bilik | resort ni, all is great except lantai berhabuk (maybe tak bersihkan lantai betul-betul after renovation) and ada habuk & sawang belakang pintu. But other that that, all is great.

Weekend Getaway: Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Mak plan nak bercuti dengan Syafiq before dia balik UK ahad ni. Mula-mula nak pergi Penang, but then macam rushing sangat pulak so bercuti kat KL je. Mak kalau duduk hotel dia pentingkan view, so kat KL ni what better then looking out of your window to the view of KLCC. So diorang pun bercuti kat Traders Hotel KL and aku pun menyibuk. Hehe

Mak and Syafiq pergi check in dulu petang Jumaat. Bebi mintak teman pergi Pavilion dia nak cari winter coat because esok diorang nak berangkat ke Jepun untuk honeymoon. So nanti balik dari Pavilion dia drop aku and Zara kat hotel. Supposedly dari Pavi ke Traders Hotel tu dalam 10min je. Tapi sebab guna Google Map & Waze dua-dua macam confusing and kitorang asyik ter-miss simpang sebab ada construction, jalan tutup etc. Bangunan pun tulisan semua tinggi-tinggi so kalau dari jarak yang dekat nak kena jenguk kepala ke atas susah jugak. At last kitorang lalu kat Mandarin Oriental and tanya bell boy direction ke Traders Hotel, lepas tu 2 min je sampai. -_-"

View dari level 28, at night.

Baru aku tau lampu KLCC (and bangunan lain kat sekeliling) akan tutup secara berperingkat. Pukul 1.30am, most buildings dah gelap macam gambar bawah ni. Yang terang belakang KLCC tu bangunan Public Bank. Tu pun masa aku terbangun dalam pukul 5am tengok dah gelap jugak.

View dari level 28, during daytime.

Pagi Mak tak nak breakfast, Zara pun nyenyak tidur lagi so aku pergi breakfast berdua dengan Syafiq. Kalau duduk kat executive floor, boleh breakfast kat cafe level 32 overlooking the view of KLCC instead of going downstairs. Kat atas tu tak ramai sangat orang and the waiters were very attentive (which aku tak berapa suka sebenarnya). The breakfast spread was one of the best I've ever had because of the variety such as Malaysian, Arabian, Korean, Western, Japanese dish. I don't even know what some of them are. Untuk makanan melayu ada nasi goreng and nasi lemak je if I'm not mistaken. The breads/pastries pun tak berapa banyak. They were also like five or six different types of cheese.

Sorry, takde gambar before, ada gambar after je :p

If you are staying on the executive floor, petang ada complimentary high tea and malam free cocktail on the 32nd floor. Coffee and soft drinks are FOC throughout the day and you can get them also on the 32nd floor. Too bad tak cukup masa nak check out the pool. Lepas check out hotel kitorang terus ke LCCT nak tengok Bebi and Redza berlepas pergi honeymoon. Jumpa HB and Abah kat sana.

Happy honeymoon! ❤

Legoland® Family Day

This weekend ada wedding my BFF, Atul kat JB. Kebetulan Imran, my cousin who works at Legoland invited us pergi Legoland's family day. Legoland® Malaysia is not yet officially open, but I think some time in mid September. Family day is just for staff's family members and friends. Each staff boleh beli limited no of ticket (I don't remember how much) for only RM30 each. However, not all rides are ready masa ni. Ada beberapa rides je yang dah boleh naik.

Bertolak pagi dari Bangi, then sampai JB checked in at Silka Hotel. I got confused, I thought Atul's wedding was at Pasir Gudang and hotel tu dah menghala ke sana. Rupanya wedding dia dekat Gelang Patah. So agak jauh la dari hotel nak ke pusat bandar, and jauh jugak nak ke rumah Atul esok. Pftt!

Not much I can say about Legoland sebab obviously kitorang tak naik apa-apa rides pun. Teringin jugak nak naik whatever ride tapi since HB takde mention about trying the rides so I wouldn't dare ask. So all we did was lepak kat cafe Imran and tengok-tengok replica Lego. Oh we met Makngah, Pakngah, Maryam & Udin there. Diorang pun lagi la tak heran nak jalan-jalan tengok pape sebab diorang dah buat annual pass so boleh datang anytime. Kawasan kat dalam tu tak berbumbung, thank goodness time kitorang pergi tu cuaca tak panas sangat sebab dah petang. I would imagine on a hot day memang masak la nak berjalan tengah panas.

Borobudur

 

Huge replica of KLCC also made from Lego

Taj Mahal

Somewhere in Japan

Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas

KLIA

Rasanya if I have to pay the ticket at a normal price, I wouldn't come again kot because I think the ticket is way overpriced and tak berbaloi dengan apa yang ada kat dalam. Then again, if you're obssessed with Lego or have kids tall | old enough untuk naik kiddy rides, maybe you would think differently