Sunday, May 20, 2012

Koh Samui 2012: Day 4 - The Sun and The Sea

Day 4 in Koh Samui..

We bought this tour to Angthong Marine National Park after survey harga at a few booths along Chaweng..

As with our previous visits to Phuket or Krabi.. Memang boleh dapat banyak discount la especially kalau bukan peak season.. Kalau harga kat pamplet letak beratus2, after nego boleh dapat 30 - 40% discount la..

Tapik kat Koh Samui nih.. Nak dapat 10% discount pon susah kot.. huhuhu... After surveying a few booths, including the one kat Montien House, range harga dalam RM150 - RM180.. Pehtu memang sekor2 tanak kasik discount.. Huuuwaaa... kedekutttsssssss.. Jenis yg bila ko cakap thank you tu takde de dia nak panggil2 ko pujuk2 kasik discount.. Demmit!

So paling murah dapat la satu kedai nih bagi RM140 per pax naik big boat (after our speedboat experience kat Krabi last year, dah agak serik nak naik speedboat ok)..

So pagi2 dah bangun to get ready..
Van datang pick up pukul 730 am..
Sempat gak la kitaorg breakfast kat hotel dulu..
Walaupon tour nih kata ade light breakfast.. 

 Sampai sudah kat apetah nama jetty nih. Besar jugak and modern looking.. Nampak kapal2 separa besar berlabuh..

This is our start point.. haaa.. nama dia Nathorn Pier.. (i think :P)

 Ni dah duduk dalam boat.. Muka dedua tak mandi.. hahahaha.. Dah kata nye nak masuk laut kan youollss.. Buat pe membazir air.. We have to do our part to conserve energy gituh.. hehe.. (malas ngaku jek la malas kan youols)..

 Dalam boat besar nih penuh mat salleh jek ok.. Ramai rupanye mat salleh walaupon off-peak season.. Patut la kedai2 tuh kerek2 belaka kan..

 Ini la rupa big boat kitaorg..

 Mase pegi nih aku siap makan ubat muntah.. Sebab journey adelah dekat 2 jam.. *gulp*

Tapi cuaca cantik and journey agak smooth..Pheww.. Kalau tak kuar balik tembikai breakfast tadik.. haha..

 Us at the start of our Kayaking activities..

I never seem to learn kan.. Padahal mase kat Krabi tuh dah sah2 separuh mampos nak menghabiskan kayak keliling Ciken Island tuh.. hahahha...

Tapi aku tgk pamplet kali nih macam ade kayak2 kat gua/ lagoon segala..
So i'm thinking something like Phang Nga..
And this time i came prepared ngan Sun Glass/ Topi Besar dan SPF50!

 So beautiful kan.. (and sooooooooooooooo panassssssssssssssss ok!!!! hahahhaha)

 Anyway, this Hero of mine is doing most of the heavy lifting..

 While his wife was busy camwhoring.. kah kah..

Ahhh.. Life is good :P
 Lepas dah berjaya abeskan kayak.. Adelah dekat 40 minute gituh..
Aje nye gile.. bak kata Opah aku.. huhuhu..

 Next we went for a hike!

Macam gambar kat atas nih.. Banyakkkkkkkk gila anak tangga..
Dah la tangga dia ala2 scary macam tuh..

Tapi kitaorg gagah kan la jugak sebab tour guide tuh kata the view will be breathtaking..
Worth the effort..

Menggigil2 pale lutut aku nak menyampai kan ke atas.. huhuhuhu..
Ngan penat nye..
Ngan gayat ye..

Nak mintak dukung tapik paler lutut Leman pon dah gigil2..
And Leman lagik kegayatan melampau...
So aku plak yg busy kasik motivasi kat dia supaya dia jgn gayat..hehehe..

 Tadaaa.. This is the view..

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Kalo rupe ini aku rase kat Tasik Dayang Bunting Langkawi pon ade!
Huhuhuhuhu..

Ok la.. cantik la jugak.. Tapik kalau ade lift lagik best kan.. hehe..

Ade 2 cabang..
Patutnye lepas tgk view Lagoon nih.. Ko patah balik sikit and panjat lagik side kanan plak..
Untuk tgk view Lagoon dan laut..

KIRIM SALAM la jawapnye!

hahahahhaha..
Ini pon dah bagus la nih aku gagahkan jugak mendaki tangga lepas berkayak 40 minit ok..
My ex-gym-personal-trainers (yg aku pegi tak sampai 10 kali itu :P) must be so proud of me.. hahahha..

And then we went back to the boat for lunch..
Lunch was so so..
Serba serbi mengembangkan tekak so makan buah jek banyak.. huhuhuhu...

After that, our next stop is for snorkeling..

Tu la aku kata aku tamak..
Mase nak shopping untuk tour tu kalau bole nak carik yg ade byk2 activiti..

Swimming nak..
Snorkeling nak..
Kayaking nak..
Sightseeing nak..

Tapik lepas dah kayak aku dah jadik mcm oltromen abes power..
Pikung Pikung Pikung..
Bunyik yg merah kelip2 kat dada oltromen tu.. Huhuhu..

Siap kena bebel ngan Leman sebab dia kata aku suka overestimate kemampuan diri sendirik.. hahahahha.. Padahal dah tau dah,.. Confirm pancit lepas sesuatu kayak.. gagagga..

 So bila berenti for our last stop.. memang aku tak bercita cita nak snorkeling walaupon dah bayar.. ahahhaa..

Asek la cakap "Kat Redang lagik cantik kan Husband"
hahahhaha..
Bini gomok sape la nih?
 i know you lav me strong husband ;)

And seb baik jugak visibility poor so memang semuaorang pon takleh nak snorkeling.. hahahha..

So other choices kalau tanak snorkeling were..

1) Caving
2) Jungle Trekking

Gila ke hape deme nih..
Aku nye gigil2 lutut pon tak abes lagik lepas turun tangga tadik..

So kitaorg carik tempat redup and lepak2 kat pasir sambil menikmati ketenangan laut dan pemandangan yg indah.. hehehhe..

But we went for a swim..
Sambil takut2 sebab orang tu kata area tu ade landak laut..
Kalau la ter"kacak" (pijak) landak laut tak ke naya..
Tapi best la berenang kat pantai tu sebab laut tgh suruh..
Pegi ketengah pon baru takat pinggang..

Tak lama lepas tu hujan plak dgn lebat nye..
So we spent the rest of the day sipping yucky but expensive coffee.. Huhu..

The trip back was not as "friendly" as the trip here..

The sea was rough..

Aku plak tak amik dulu ubat tahan muntah..

Memang naik2 la bulu roma teman menahan muntah ok.. huhuhu..
Walaupon bot besar tapik dia punya sway kiri kanan tu agak horror..
Kalau pandang kuar tingkap..
Nampak laut.. nampak langit... (ulang 285 kali equivalent!)
Huhuhuhu..

Next time for percutian pulau i shall stick to Redang or Perhentian la okay.. :P

And then balik bilik sambung berpelok2  berendam2 dlm pool sendirik..hehehe..

 That night.. we went for a candlelight dinner right by the sea..

Like literally 3 steps from the water..

At Montien House jek pon..
Sebab aku baca review food dia best..
And since esok nak balik dah..
We decide to treat ourselves tonight..

Sepanjang pantai Chaweng nih..
Hotel2 memang susun meja makan kat tepi laut every night..

So memang cantik and romatik la the feel..
Sepanjang pantai tu ko boleh nampak lampu2 bersusun..

 Makan mmg best tak terkata..Ikan dah tebok baru teringat nak amik gambar.. Hahahah.. The best meal I've had in Koh Samui..

 Kucing Siam.. literally. hehehehe..

Obviously kitaorg dah rindu so Hiro and the geng..
So kenyang la budak nih aku sumbat malam tu..
Siap bagi dia makan from tapak tgn aku kan sebab takkan aku nak campak atas pasir kot..
Kalau mak tiri cinderella punye tahap kejam kan.. huhuhu..

 Sambil makan sambil dgr live performance and piano.. Nice~

 Acara penutup malam nih ialah banan fritters with ice cream! Need i say more :P

That's pretty much how we spent our Day 4..

XOXO..


Friday, May 18, 2012

Koh Samui 2012: Day 3 - Shopping Spree and a Spa

Day 3..

Penat semalam pon tak abes lagik..
So hari nih mmg sleep in..
Mau rehat2 jek hari nih.

 Pukul 1030 baru nak kuar pusing2 pekan.. Tapi panas nak mampos youols... so believe it or not akak yg kaki shopping nih pon boleh turn off.. huhuhuh..

 So ai tolong tawar menawar untuk tokeh besar nih aja.. I think this is the first time mmg aku shopping sangat sangat sangat sikit.. Nak tawar menawar pon tak berapa nak ade mood..

Mahal la Samui nih.. and orang dia kerek2 sket.. Kalau ko menawar pon dia takde nye nak bagi harga murah2.. pehtu kalau ko jual mahal pon.. dia bye bye ko jek.. jgn harap dia nak panggil ko balik.. sob sob..

Awal2 tu aku saje jek je  jual2 mahal sikit..
Ade jugak yg berkenan tapi sebab dia ekshen tanak kasik harga aku mintak.. pelan2 aku jalan..
Tapik dah sepuloh langkah pon takmo panggil akak balik nyeh! huahuahua..
Nak patah balik ai maluuuuuu...
So telan air liur jek la.. takde rezeki nak menghabiskan duit kat situ..
(duit tetap abes.. cuma bukan kat situ :P)

 This is Chaweng Town.. Siang2 tengahari buta mmg tak byk orang.. orang pon pelik jek tgk kitaorg jalan2 tengah panas terik.. huhuhu.. mat salleh semua lagik suka dok tepi pantai or swimming pool..

 After a while even we gave up.. and decided to go for a pampering session instead :)

Kelmarin dah pegi foot massage sekali..

Semalam tak sempat sebab hari yg sibuk gittew..

Hari nih kitaorg amik 3.5 hours package.. RM135 lebih kurang..
Include foot bath, 1 hour oil body massage, 1 hour facial using La Mer products, 1 hour foot massage, Mani and Pedi..

Oil body massage tu mmg best la.. by the time facial, aku ngan Leman berlumba2 berdengkur so aku tak berapa pasti ape dia buat ngan muka kitaorg.. hahahaha..

Satu yg pasti, muka aku memang alergic ngan product2 mahal okey.. alhamdullillah la sesangat.. kalau dia alergic ngan product murah tak ke naya.. nak yg mahal jek semua..

Muka aku dah la luas permukaan nya agak besar.. confirm pokai kalau asek nak kena guna SKII ke, La Mer ke.. hehehe.. Aku ade try2 pakai Lancome or Estee Lauder pon dia tak tahan..

Ala2 kepanasan macam kena cili gitu.. boleh tak?
Seb baik aku tetido most of the time mase tgh facial tuh.. terbangun mase dia pasang mask sebab aku rase mcm muka kena cili.. huhuhuh.. torture ok nak tunggu 10 minit.. huhuhuhu..

Anyway, sangat sangat recommended..

Another D's Spa!!!!!!!!!!!

Memang ade banyak sngat spa sepanjang Chaweng road tuh.. tapik nih mmg best la.. Hari tuh aku pegi Hi Class Spa tapik tak best pon..  

 Elok lepas abes spa tuh hujan plak lebat mencurah2.. takpe la.. hujan rahmat.. Tapi mmg lebat gile sampai atap2 zink pon terpelanting mase tu elok aku tgh shopping bawah tuh.. huhuhuh.. scary..
Hujan lebat ribut petir pon sempat shopping kan.. Kelas ko nyah :P
Pehtu black out plak satu Chaweng town tu.. ishkkkk...

 So kitaorg pon redah la ujan tu pegi restaurant nih.. Dah pukul 330 ptg.. perut pon dah kebulur..

Sedap jugak masakan dia.. Seafood fried rice.. tom yam goong.. prawn.. sotong.. pendek kata ape yg pasti halal tu kitaorg order la.. Cuma pinggan mangkuk periuk kuali tuh wdeols terpaksa bismillah and baca doa makan jek la..

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Ye youols.. Samui memang sangat susah mencari makanan halal.. tersiksa jiwa raga setiap kali time makan... huhuhu.. 

Tengok tu muka Leman berseri2 dah spa sampai dekat 4 jam.. hahhaha..

 Ini lah yg paling best. Sticky Mango Rice.. yummy.. aku makan tak pandang kiri kanan dah..

Sebelom balik bilik.. kitaorg carik tour package untuk activity hari ke-4..

We decided on AngThong National Park.. sebab kalau nak pegi Koh Tao journey makan mase 2 jam.. mak tak koser nyah nak seasick sampai 2 jam!!

Basically Day 3 is a very relaxing day.. Dinner malam tu pon kitaorg dah tapau siap2.. Malam dok bilik layan DVD lagik best kan..

OKla youols.. I'll continue Day 4 soon.. esok weols nak kena pegi recce tempat kat Cherating/ Kuantan.. Ahad baru balik.. Kira mcm mini getaway la jugak kan.. hehehe..

Have a brilliant weekend youols...

Friday, May 11, 2012

Koh Samui 2012: Day 2 - Riang Ria Berjiwa Muda

This is gonna be a long post.. As we had a very long day ahead of Day 2..

Samui is 1 hour behind Malaysia's time.. So pagi2 waktu Samui kitaorg dah excited bangun..
Before 7 am, aku dah ajak Leman gi jenjalan kat beach.. hehe.

 Morning view



 We had such good times berlari-lari berjalan-jalan tepi pantai sambil menikmati udara segar dan alam ciptaan Tuhan :)

 Moving on to my favourite activity = food! Haha.. However, food tak halal so we stick with eggs, breads, cereals and fruits.. Matikla kolestrol naik hari2 bantai makan telor youols.. Dah jadik macam humpty dumpty dah.. huhuhu.. Kalau tak telur goreng, omelette.. tak omelette, scramble egg.. sedap jugak kalau dah lapar.. hehe..

Activity kegemaran selain makan harus lah TIDO.. hahahahha..

Sebab bangun awal pagi sangat.. Lepas breakfast kol 930 pagi dah ngantuk balik boley.. Anyway, since we're on a honeymoon.. ape susah.. mengantuk kita tido la balik kan.. wahahahha..

Since malam tadik aku dah pester Leman.. ajak sewa motor untuk pusing pulau.. Tapi proposal aku asek la kena reject.. Aku ajak sewa keta, dia plak tak confident nak drive sebab jln tak cantik and byk motor bersimpang siur..

Tapi bila Leman kejut bini dia bangun tido tadik..

"Sayang.. sayang.. bangun la sayang.. Dah pukul 11 dah nih.. Kata nak jenjalan pakai motor?" (siap ngan gaya2 lagik).. hehehe 

Terus bini dia melompat bangun takut dia tukar fikiran.. hehehhe..

Dah mandi and siap2 semua.. kitaorg pegi tanye kat reception Montien House..

Murah gile youols.. sewa motor seharian RM20 jek..

But the catch are.. Passpost as collateral and no insurance..

Aku memula dah tak best la nak depart ngan passport aku kan.. Kang apepe kang diorang ingat aku PATI plak.. huhuhu..

Tapi budak receptionist  tuh kata dia dah menyewakan motor pada beratus2 orang memang dia mintak passpost... (padahal dia tatau aku nih first time sewa motor seumur idop kan.. hahaha).. Lagipon dia kata authorities pon aware.. so takde hal..

Okla belasah.. Aku surrender passport aku.. (even tho aku baca kat internet, diorang cakap kalau kena surender passport pegi sewa kat tempat lain!) But since this is the hotel that we're currently staying in, aku confident la sket kan.. 

So hulur passport and 20 hengget and we're set to go.. weeehuuu..

Lepas tu aku dok berkira2 dalam kepala..

"Husband.. harga motor berapa husband? 3 ribu dapat ka?"

huhuhuhu.. Leman pon cuak dgr soklan aku..
Tapi ye la kan.. Insurance takde so aku kena la tau my maximum liability (itu tak termasuk  kalau terlanggar apepe atau sesiapa.. huhuhuhuhu..)

 Kitaorg mintak 2 helmet.. Walaupon majority orang bawak motor kat island nih tak pakai helmet..
Aku tak pedulik.. kang kalo jatuh pecah kepala bukan nyawa diorang yg on the line kan.. huhuhu..

 Taaddaaa.. This is our designated scooter of the day.. Best.. sebab scooter ni baru.. And ade chop Montien so kalau apepehal senang nak menjawap ngan police traffic (tapi sepanjang 5 hari kitaorg kat situ.. bayang satu police pon tak pernah nampak youols.. huhuhu)..

Yang kelakar tuh.. aku yang yo yo an jek ajak Leman sewa scooter bagai.. Padahal Leman takde lesen motor.. so kalau nak legally drive.. tanggungjawap aku lettew.. Tapi aku sendirik dah lebih 10 tahun tak bawak motor kot.. akakakkak..

Tapi bak kata pepatah.. "Once learnt, never forgotten!" Ecewahh..

Pehtu amoi tu follow la kitaorg kan nak tunjukkan scooter kitaorg yg mana satu.. sumpah aku tak pernah bawak scooter seumur idop.. hahahahah.. aku selalu (dulu2) bawak motor kapcai jek..

Pehtu amoi tu ajar la.. Nih nak bukak kunci.. Pehtu start enjin..
Pehtu dia kata helmet satu ade  dlm seat..
Masalahnye aku nak bukak seat tuh pon teraba raba kat mana la lubang nak masuk kunci nya.. hahahah...

So dia tgk aku obviously terkial-kial mcm orang tak pernah pegang stereng motor.. Amoi tu boleh tanye aku.. "You know how to drive motor or not?"

Hahahahahaha.. Such insult.. Pffttt..
Aku nih dulu form 3 dah merempit pegi sekolah and pegi tuisyen kat pekan ok.. hehehe..
Ujung minggu jek bawak arwah mak pegi pasar..
But the truth is.. Dulu2 tu aku bawak motor ikut jalan belakang.. Helmet pon tak pernah pakai.. hahahahahah...

So Leman kesian tgk aku terkial2.. Leman pon offer nak drive...
Kecik tapak tangan Helmet nih aku tadahkan..

Tapik jauh api dari panggang..
Baru 5 meter gerak dari parking..
Ternaik bonggol tinggi kitaorg dah nak terpelanting terlanggar tepi jalan.. 
kah kah kah..
Seb baik Amoi tu tak nampak.. Kalau tak sure cancel dia kasik kitaorg sewa scooter hari tuh..

So aku cakap kat Leman..
"Ok move it.. Let me drive!"
Confident mesti lebey okeh youols..
Dalam hati kelajuan jantung adelah 3 kali lebih laju daripada biasa..
Seb baik tak hyperventilate jek..
Pehtu every 2 second i remind myself.. Sila jgn eksident.. sila jgn eksident.. Insurance nan ado.. hehe..  

 Anywayyyy.. after dah gerak few km iols dah terer dah okay youols.. hehehhe.. Cuma part bagi signal or nak tekan horn aku masih terkial kial.. Asek Leman kena sound "bagi signal".. "tutup signal".. hhahaha..
By the time aku terkial2 carik signal kat mana.. aku dah selamat dah belok simpang..
So setiap kali nak belok Leman tanpa dipinta dah lambai2 signal pakai tangan.. soooo embarassing kan..
Nampak bebenor amateur nye.. hehehe.. But actually it's better to be safe than sorry right. 

 Our first stop.. Some view point.. Aku tetiba jek berenti ke tepi.. terkejut Leman.. hehehe.. Such a nice view..

 I straight aim for this ice cream van.. Hehe..

 OMG.. sumpah sedap ok ice cream kelapa with isi kelapa muda, pulut, pumpkin, keladi and kacang.. Laju je aku makan abes semangkok.. The best part is, akak tu amik sebijik kepala and belah 2.. Lepas tuh kaut semua isi kelapa tu, and masuk ice cream dlm tempurung tu jugak.. Nice.. 

 We continue our journey and we came across The Cliff Bar & Grill.. Restaurant nih familiar sebab mat salleh suka datang sini..

Since it's lunch time.. we decided to singgah here..
Aku rase cam kiyut gile masuk restaurant mahal bawak helmet.. hehehe.. Pakai selebet jek plak tuh.. hehe..
Well, kata percutian pulau kan..

 This is the beautiful view.. Admittedly, it is indeed beautiful.. But i think Melastri Tanah Lot has much nicer view..

 We ordered Spagettini with Seafood

 And also seabass with chips..

Ok.. nama2 dish tu lebih glamer la daripada nama2 yg aku letak tuh.. tapi lebih kurang la kan.. hehehe.. Food were okay.. but quite expensive.. Our simple meal with juices sorang satu came up to around RM150.. Takde la sedap berguling guling pon kan.. Tapi restaurant nih mmg ade quality and class la plus the view kan.. Hence the price..

 Then we continue down to Lamai Beach.. The Cliff tadik tuh in between Chaweng and Lamai..  

 We stop by to see Hin Ta and Hin Yai.. Translated to mean "Gradfather and Grandmother Rock" and if you translate again would mean "Batu K*te and P*pek.. kah kah kah).. so tak senonoh right! I know..

Actually kitaorg takde intend pon nak pegi tengok batu2 nih.. Tapi dah kebetulan lalu nampak signboard tunjuk Hin Ta Hin Yai kitaorg pon berenti la singgah..

 This is Hinta..

Literally separuh demam nak menyampaikan batu nih.. Kitaorg salah parking motor.. so kena plak merentas desa atau lebih tepat jungle trekking 10 minute nak menyampaikan tempat nih.. Dah la dedua pakai Fitflop jek.. pehtu Leman kejap2 "abeslah rosak kasut i.. abes lah rosak kasut i!"

Hahhahaha.. so diva :P
Ye la kan.. itulah satu2 nya Fitflop kesayangan dia.. yg lepas pikir 30 kali baru terbeli.. hahaha..
Tapi trek yg kitaorg lalu tuh boleh tahan gak la.. Memanjat bukit kecil dan batu2 besar..
Tu pon sebab kitaorg follow satu couple mat salleh tuh trekking..
Kalau tak kitaorang tangkap gambar ngan sign board jek la jawapnye.. hehe..

Lepas tu kitaorang patah balik ikut jalan depan.. Kalau tau tadik takyah susah payah jungle trekking kan youols..

 Next stop. Samui Aquarium and Tiger Zoo..

Nak sampai sini pon sesat larat.. hahahaha.. 2-3 kali berpusing2 sbb signboard dia asek ilang jek.. Ye la kan.. weols naik scooter mana nak pakai GPS (walaupon kitaorg siap angkut GPS with Thailand map ok.. kot2 la nak sewa kereta kan.. hehe..) .. tapi dah naik scooter nak charge GPS mana? Lubang idong Leman? hahaha..

Sampai jugak akhirnya kat tempat nih.. Tiket nak masuk RM70 per pax.. Tapi by the time kitaorg sampai last show pon dah nak abes  -_________-

Penat jek berpusing-pusing..

So aku tanye la.. possible tak kalau aku nak amik gambar ngan baby tiger jek.
Diorang kata boleh..

So bayar la RM90.. Hanya untuk bergambar dgn baby tiger okeh! Adoyai saikotis..
Aku tak sempat berpikir terus jek hulur duit bayar kan untuk Leman sekali.. hahahah..

Pehtu sementara tunggu tuh.. aku bagitau Leman aku dah bayar untuk dia sekali..
Terus muka dia cuak.. hehehe..
 Leman cover cuak! hahaha.. sebenarnye aku pon cuak gak.. Tapi nak cover so aku takut2 kan la Leman.. itu strategy nama nye.. hehehe..

But once baby Kai climbed onto our laps.. terus dah tak nervous.. He was so freaking cute and awesome ok.. Nih kalau mat salleh tgk nih kena kecam nih.. Sebab macam animal cruelty menyokong mende2 nih.. huhuhuhu.. But he's so cute and i cant resist.. I least he got to drink milk no..

Tapi yg tak best tuh.. sekejap gila dia duduk atas riba kitaorg.. Aku baru nak belai2 dia mcm aku gosok2 Leman Hiro.. hehehe.. Memula gambar berdua.. Pehtu kitaorg bergambar sorang2 plak ngan baby Kai.. Pehtu dah..??

Sob sob.. there goes my 90 bucks.. Membazir ok..
So korang rentikan la mencontohi aku nih ye.. huhuhu..
But i would say baby Kai is worth our money.
Rase mcm in awed sgt dpt pegang baby tiger..
Paws dia spuloh kali ganda besau daripada paws Hiro ok! Hehehe..

 Ini plak bergambar dengan bapak rimau! Ini aku belom cukup gile lagik mcm couple mat salleh 2 orang nih.. hahahaha.. Kang elok2 tgh honeymoon kang masuk paper cause of death kena baham dgn rimau dalam kandang rimau.. Orang pon konfius nak kesian ke nak mengata aku bangang sape soh masuk dlm kandang rimau.. hahahaha..

Tapi bapak rimau nih pon baik.. Aku baca review ckp rimau2 nih kena drugs.. sebab tu la rupa bodo jek.. Tapi aku tgk sendiri since mula2 rimau nih masuk area kandang nih.. Rimau tuh siap bergolek2 tunjuk perut lagik kat tuan dia.. dah macam Hiro jek aku tengok (version 58 kali lebih besau dan ganas.. hahahaha).. Bila rimau tu dah dlm keadaan "senang diri" baru la trainer dia panggil orang2 nih masuk.. So personally aku tak rase rimau nih kena drug.. tapi aku rase diorang dah bagi dia makan sekenyang2 nye..

But I'm not gonna take that chance man.. Aku nih dah la sedap jek banyak isi.. I don't want to be mistaken as his late lunch.. huhu..

Settle urusan kat sini.. Aku ajak Leman balik area Chaweng..
Maybe boleh tgk wayang or main bowling ke..

Bila sampai Tesco.. carik wayang pon tak jumpa..
So aku tanye la orang Thai kat situ..

"Excuse me.. we're trying to find the cinema. Can you show us which way?"

Dapat reply blank face muka tak paham makhluk nih cakap bahase gapo nih? hahaha..

Terus Leman cakap "Bowling?"
Baru la awek tu reply.. "Ooo bowling.. There (sambil tunjuk arah)"

Leman: "Sayang. Soalan you complicated sangat la. Lain kali tanye direct to the point. Kita bukan tgh attend English class"

Ekshenn betul kan.. heheheh.. Aku nak la "berbudi bahasa amalan kita" sikit kan..
Cuba ko tetiba ade orang cakap "Bowling?"
Mesti ko jawap.. "Ape bowling bowling? Ko ingat aku jaga kaunter Bowling"
Hahahaha..

So jumpa la cinema tuh..
Next movie Avengers pukul 530 ptg baru start..
So aku cakap ngan Leman tak payah la.. petang sangat.. kang tak sempat ballik..

Pehtu Leman kata jom jugak tengok..
Sebab tadik aku yg beriya2 sgt nak tgk Avengers..
Nanti dia malas nak dgr aku bising di kemudian hari.. hahaha..
So kitaorg pon beli la tickets Avengers..

Mase nak start wayang tuh kan..
Biasa la ade gazette2 tu semua kan..

Tetiba ade something pasal King (aku belom sempat baca screen tuh sampai abes)..
Tetiba semua org dlm movie hall tu bangun..
Kitaorg pon meluru la bangun sekali kan..
Ingatkan apehal..
Sekali mcm kaedah nye nyanyi lagu Negaraku sebelom tgk wayang gitu!
Wahh.. kagum ai.. orang2 Thailand mmg sgt sayang and respect their King..
Tapi aku tak sangka la sebelom tgk wayang pon nyanyi2 lagu sambil kuar gambar2 King.. dasyatttt ooo semangat diorang kan..

Movie start.. Movie End.. 
Bloody awesome that Avengers kan :)

Now come the interesting part..
Movie abes kol 8 malam!!

Kat Samui nih.. kol 7 dah gelap mcm senja kot kan..
Kol 8 malam tu confirm la dah gelap mcm pukul 9 malam..

Pehtu Leman kata takpe takpe..
Rilek2.. Sayang you can do it!

Cehhhh.. dia senang la cakap..
Bila aku suh dia bawak motor balik..
Tau tak nak.. hahaha..
So nak taknak aku la tu kena bawak motor balik kan..

Actually Tesco tu dekat jek ngan Hotel..
Dalam 4 km la kot..
Sebab harituh naik teksi mcm dekat jek..

Tapi kitaorg sesat youols..

Dah la GELAP..
Pehtu HUJAN..
Pehtu SESAT!

Uuuuwwwaaaa.....
Memang aku nak nangis dah mase nih..
Gila seram ok bawak motor tgh2 malam kat jalan yg mostly tidak berlampu..

Seb baik mase sesat tu takde kain putih melayang2 tepi kitaorg..
Cakap "Sawadee Kaa.. Sesat Kaa?"
Huhuhuhuhu.. confirm kitaorg dedua tertonggeng tepi jalan tu sebab aku terlanggar tiang letrik.. huhuhuhu..
Soooooo scaryy...

Anyway, bila aku dah stress haruslah aku bebel2 kat Leman kan..
Cakap dia taknak tgk jalan la ape la..
Dia plak boleh buat lawak bangang di saat2 genting tu la dia nak main raba2 tetek aku? Boleh?
Huuuwaaaa... stresssssssssssss ai tau!

Patah balik patah balik 2 kali..
Pegi balik jalan besar and tanye orang 2 kali..
Baru masuk pekan Chaweng balik..
Journey yg patut 5 minit dah jadik 40 minit ok! Hahahahaha.

Sekarang bole la gelak2 kan sebab dah selamat sampai..
Aku siap dah bernazar atas motor tu.. kalau selamat sampai nih memang aku puasa nazar..

Alhamdulillah selamat sampai youols..
2 hari lepas tu kitaorg gelak2 bila recall balik pengalaman kitaorg sepanjang hari nih.. hehehehe..

All in all.. today was a very very interesting day..
Lots of happiness and laughter.. and also stress jugak! hahahah..

Moral of the day: Kalau dah sepuloh tahun tak bawak motor.. and takde GPS.. jgn gatal2 nak bawak motor malam2 kat tempat orang tanpa insuran plak tuh.. huhuhu..  

Life goes on

Life is indeed short kan.
The demised of our friend confirm what i already know.
But it's like a wake up call.
And as long as we're alive, we shud damn well cherish our own life right.

It matters not that we are;
Rich or Poor..
Fat or Thin..
Single or in a relationship..
Have kids or not..
The list goes on..
As long as we're healthy, we shud be happy right..

(But having said that, kenapa kah aku agak depress lepas naik mesin timbang after my Samui holiday? huhuhuhu..)

My heart still goes out to baby Uzair who's under his grandma's care..
I hope he will have a healthy and happy life ahead..

PS: My next post will be the continuation of Koh Samui. I was writing that post the night i received the bad news about our friend. Since it is a happy post, and it does not reflect my feelings that night, i save it in draft mode first. But i guess life have to move on at some point. And i will be crazy busy next week and the week after as I will be travelling some more :)

Monday, May 07, 2012

Life is short

Tonight we lost a mutual friend from school.
Kimie and his wife did not survived the fatal accident at Gambang earlier this evening.
But God is Great, his baby boy survived the crash.
My heart goes out to the baby boy. He lost both his parents tonight at such young age. :(
I hope he's okay and in good health.
Whenever we heard of the passing news of our young friend, it's like a reminder that life is indeed short.
We're still in shock and sad since hearing this news at about 1130 pm.
Kimie was a good friend. Leman is sadder as they're close during school time.
Kimie dan isteri, i guess this mean your love is strong "sehidup semati" bersama. Aku doakan Allah cucuri rahmat keatas roh kalian. Ameen

Al-fatihah~

Sunday, May 06, 2012

Koh samui 2012: Day 1 - From Samui with Love

It's time for our 2nd honeymoon of 2012..

Koh Samui, Thailand

Actually, kitaorg mmg plan nak pegi honeymoon on this week.. tapi mase tu dok pilih2 antara Koh Samui or Seoul.. But since Seoul would definitely cost more than Koh Samui.. and we need to save up on our next dream honeymoon.. So Koh Samui it is..

I've monitor the flight ticket price a few months before the date.. Mase tu check website Firefly tickets was around RM1800 for 2 pax return.. What the hell.. mahal nye kan.. 2 jam jek flight pon.. huhuhu.. So we kept delaying.. masa Matta fair itu hari.. ticket turun jadik RM1530 camtuh.. So kitaorg pon beli lah ticket.. 

Next is accomodation.. Yg pasti kitaorg nak duduk kat area centre Chaweng.. (equivalent to Patong of Phuket, Ao Nang of Krabi and Kuta of Bali etc).. So kalau nak yg best sket.. mahal la sikit.. Kalau tak nak duduk area Centre Chaweng, bulih dapat hotel yg lagikkkkk best best villa segala with much lower price.. Tapi aku search2.. tambang taxi dari beach lain nak ke Chaweng dah makan lebih kurang RM30 sehala.. so kim salam jek la.. No choice but to stay in Chaweng senang kan..

And 1 May 2012 came around..

 Our flight was at 135 pm.. Kat Sky Park Subang jek..
Sekentut jek dari umah.. best gila..

 Walaupon aku mengalami kegayatan melampau.. view sepanjang jalan adelah sgt cantik.. Sebab Firefly nih terbang rendah jek all the way..

Kawan2 aku yg pernah pegi Koh Samui dah bagitau, dlm Firefly makan muffin kecik or kacang jek.. So mase kat Skypark tadik kitaorg dah bantai nasik kandar sorang sepinggan.. hahahha.. Kalau tak harus sampai2 Samui jek muka kitaorg laki bini dah terbalik sebab kebulur.. Hehe..

 2 hours later.. we arrived at Koh Samui International Airport.. Turun2 jek kapalterbang, dah ade shuttle bus tunggu untuk transport to main terminal.. When i say terminal, it's thatched huts in place of terminal building.. How cool is that.. hehe.. So holiday mood pon sgt2 lah terasa since dari airport lagik.. hehe..

We paid RM30 one way for our airport transfer to Montien House yg lebih kurang 3 km jek dari airport.. Kalau mat salleh dia jalan kaki pon sampai agak nye.. Tapik dengan luggage besau gajah ko jgn nak gila youols.. Walaupon youols selalu masuk marathon 10 km ke kan.. Iols recommend naik taxi jek la jah.. Senang hati..

 So 3 km later.. we checked in into our pool villa at Montien House.. Sweet!

 First time kitaorg duduk poolvilla.. Best jugak.. Nih baru poolvilla biasa2 jek.. belom lagik yg high class.. mesti lagik best kan.. Our room is spacious.. Villa nih sebelah menyebelah ade 6 bijik semua nya.. Berdinding tinggi so sangat privacy.. Kira orang luar tak nampak la kalau ko tgh bersantai2 dlm compound villa ko..

Tapi ade ruang kecik untuk tengok villa sebelah menyebelah.. So harapan la aku nak skinny dipping untuk percutian kali ini.. hahahhaha..

 Pintu besar to our poolvilla..

Nak pilih accomodation nih pon bercinta okay.. Kitaorg finally book 1 hari sebelom tarikh berlepas! hahahha.. cutting it close ok..

Sebab banyak gila choices.. Berpuluh puluh hotel sebelah menyebelah sampai naik juling aku hari2 baca TripAdvisor.. Hahaha.. Mula2 survey, poolvilla Montien House nih RM1800 for 4 nights..

Mase tu bonus baru masuk.. So kitaorg pon feeling orang kaya dah booked thru Booking.com.. Tapi makin dekat tarikh nak pegi.. makin susut bonus.. hahahhaha.. so feeling orang kaya tu dah takde.. Terus aku cancel booking kitaorg..

So 1 day before nak bertolak tuh.. we're still contemplating between Baan Chaweng Hotel or Dara Samui Hotel.. sebab poolvilla Montien House nih mahal sgt utk bajet kitaorg.. Tapi Baan Chaweng and Dara Samui pon dalam RM1500 jugak.. Sekali mase aku nak booking tuh.. Saje la check poolvilla Montien House.. tgk2 dah turun RM1530 ok.. Terus cepat2 book.. hehehe..

When youols look for accomodation.. please take your time.. and search using a few site.. Booking.com, Agoda, Airasiago etc.. Sebab some hotel Agoda lagik murah.. tapi some hotel Airasiago lagik murah.. so you get the drill kan..

Anyway, Montien House nih ade jugak bilik superior deluxe etc.. But since we're on our honeymoon.. what the hell.. bukan selalu kan ;)

Location wise, highly recommended ok Montien House nih.. smack in the middle just like we want it.. sebab kalau mat salleh yg suka ketenangan segala tuh.. night mare kot diorang duduk central chaweng nih.. Tapi orang melayu cam aku nih suka jek duduk tgh2 pekan kan.. hehhehe..

Anyway, another 2 hotels that i can recommend base on location/ budget are Dara Samui (to the right dlm 150 meter dari Montien House) and also Baan Chaweng (to the left dlm 250 meter dari Montien House).. kalau nak dok Montien tapi tanak spend byk on accomodation, korang boleh go for the Deluxe room. Superior room dia dalam area garden.. tapi personally aku rase mcm spooky and scary jek.. hhuhuhuhu.. Tapi kalau deluxe room, suites and pool villa entrance dia lain.. so takyah lalu garden tuh..

 Nih laluan for deretan pool villa..

Another hotel yg very strategic (seberang jalan besar from Montien House), cuma dia tak mengadap laut la.. is Khun Chaweng.. pon nampak ok.. Yg 3 aku mention earlier semua mengadap laut ok..

Tapi macam kitaorg pon.. buat membazir jek mengadap laut.. First and Second day jek semanagat jalan2 kat tepi pantai.. hahahah.. poolvilla pon sama.. confirm bukan hari2 aku masuk dlm pool tuh.. especially sebab aku tak leh nak skinny dip kan.. hahahha.. 

Anyway, yg aku recommend tu kalau ko bajet cam aku la.. Kalau bajet besar takyah cerita la you'll be spoil with choices kan..

 Once we settle down and freshen up.. kitaorg pon kuar balik amik bearing of Chaweng Town..
Similar like Patong of Phuket.. cuma dia tak sesak mcm Patong.. dia macam lek lek jek.. maybe sebab low season kot.. Tengok tuh.. tak banyak orang pon kat town kan.. mcm very laid back.. tapi mungkin jugak sebab mase nih pukul 350 petang.. matahari masih tegak rambang atas kepala ok.. tahap kepanasan yg mengelegak.. hohohoh.. (sila jgn bagi statement neraka nanti lagik panas ok. huhuhu)

We had lunch at one of the Indian restaurant..

In Samui.. satu yg tak best is.. It's BLOODY difficult to find halal food.. and I'm not kidding you.. at least kat Phuket tu gak byk kedai arab kan.. sini indian food banyak la.. huhuhu...

So in our case, the next best thing would be seafood everything..
Lagi satu.. food was expensive everywhere in Samui..
(plus mmg kitaorg makan tak budget2.. so bila kira2 balik.. the biggest chunk for our expenses goes to food)

 Lepas makan.. dah tatau nak pegi mana.. sebab panas rase nak dok dalam bilik pasang aircond jek kan.. hehhehe..

So aku ajak Leman amik cab pegi Tesco.. hahahha..

Memula Leman bebel2 cakap ape aku carik kat Tesco ntah.. kat KL pon byk Tesco kan.. hehhehe..
Tapi Tesco dia kat sini besau... ade wayang and bowling semua..
And aku nak gi Tesco sebab nak pegi beli DVD player..
hahahhaha..

Yup.. you heard me right.. Nama jek poolvilla tapik DVD player nan ado.. and aku geram tgk kedai2 jual DVD bersusun2... hehehhe.. tu yg nak pegi carik DVD player tuh..

Anyway, it was a really good buy... and we really make good use out of it..

The rest of the day was spent relaxing by our pool and the hotel main pool and watching DVDs..

 Some of our ration.. Tapi tak abes pon..

That night we take away Fillet o Fish McD set and pancake yg mcm kat Krabi tu, and sambung lepak tgk DVD kat bilik.. Malam tu tido sambil senyum..

Such bliss being on a honeymoon :)