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.

Zara dapat toys baru.

Malam ni Kak Ayu ajak datang makan-makan kat rumah dia sempena birthday Damia. So before pergi Ukay Perdana kitorang keluar rumah awal singgah KLCC dulu. Even though takde plan nak tengok or beli apa-apa, my habit is kalau keluar mesti nak jugak cari something kalau tak, balik mesti rasa tak puas hati. Saja tengok-tengok Mothercare and Toys R Us, then rasa nak beli toys untuk Zara.

Zara tengah pilih toys.

Kitorang solat Magrib siap-siap before leaving KLCC. Nasib baik aku masuk surau before masuk waktu, sebab lepas tu tengok orang agak ramai. Sementara aku solat, HB jaga Zara kat luar surau. Keluar surau, nak ambik Zara dari HB I spotted someone macam familiar je menunggu luar surau jugak. Then I realized he is Noh Hujan. Not that I'm a fan, tapi I assumed he would be waiting for Mizz Nina. Sejak Mizz Nina berhijrah, I have come to adore her. Jadi instead of berjalan tengok-tengok kedai berhampiran, aku pun dah macam stalker menunggu kat luar surau tu jenguk-jenguk kalau diorang lalu. Hehe. Tiba-tiba ada a group of girls berkumpul kat sebelah aku macam berbincang, then diorang patah balik and masuk lorong ke Isetan. The stalker in me had an instinct to follow them, bersungguh betul dengan bawak stroller lagi, bawak Zara lagi. Then I saw her!

Mizz Nina berjubah, berselendang labuh, and tak pakai mekap pun. Ramah je melayan thegroup of girls yang datang tegur dia tadi. I guess tadi the girls were discussing nak tegur Mizz Nina or tak kot..hehe. Teringin sangat nak bergambar dengan dia tapi taktau nak suruh siapa tolong tangkap. By the time HB keluar surau, Noh was close behind and he headed straight to Mizz Nina so jadi macam segan pulak nak tegur mintak ambik gambar takut mengganggu. Jadinye sampai ke malam la aku frust sebab tak dapat ambik gambar dengan Mizz Nina. Sobsob.. ;p

Bagus jugak diorang ye bersesak-sesak kat surau KLCC and solat di awal waktu.

Zara checking out her new toys

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

Happy 1st Anniversary! ♥

Masuk pukul 12am 3 June malam tadi Hubby and I were watching friendly match bola England lawan Belgium. Lepas setahun hidup dengan Encik Hubby this is what I've become, peminat bola penyokong Chelsea.. haha. Ok takdela minat/sokong pun but since my Hubby layan giler bola and minat sangat Chelsea so kena la support benda yang pasangan kita suka kan..hehe.

 Zara pakai baju baru Maklong bagi. Senyum dia nak keluar gi celebrate anniversary Mama & Papa.

Anyways, hari ni plan nak dinner kat Hotel Equatorial Bangi but macam tak plan betul-betul nak bawak Zara or nak tinggal Zara so finally postpone next week lepas Hubby balik dari Jepun. Hari ni celebrate kat Secret Recipe Alamanda je. Boring. Suka hati aku je minum "frosty lemon juice". Dah la sejuk and masam gilos pulak tu. Actually I asked for orange juice tapi orang tu either silap dengar or silap buat but malas nak tukar and menunggu.

We are so blessed dapat sambut 1st anniversary with our gift from God, our princess Izz Zara. Alhamdullah syukur. Ermmm sorry la Papa gambar Papa gelap sebab cahaya kat belakang..

Good thing kat Secret Recipe Alamanda ada sofa so masa kitorang makan boleh letak si kecik ni tidur kat sebelah. Cuma panas sikit la aircond tak berapa nak rasa especially meja dekat dengan pintu belah luar (taman).

Malam nak balik rumah Mak baru realized me and Hubby takde gambar bersama pun on our anniversary ni, so comot pun comot laa janji ada gambar kenangan..hehe.

Happy Anniversary Abang. ♥

I love you always, for the sake of Allah. Semoga jodoh kita sehingga ke syurga. Amin.