Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The Manns takes Japan 2015: The journey starts here

I have always wanted to go to Japan.. eventually..
Reason being I was told Japan is an expensive country..
And expenses nak pi Japan lebih kurang sama je ngan expenses nak gi Europe..
So baik aku pi Europe :P
Macam tu la lebih kurang kaedah nya..

Tapi siapa sangka rezeki datang bergolek in the form of Husband.. Hehe..
In December, the husband won a RM10k worth of travel voucher to Tokyo specifically..
Yabedabeduuuu..

Terus iols gigih meng-arrange kan everything within 2 months..

 Masa time ni, si baby Ilyas tu tecik lagik.. We were actually contemplating nak pegi berdua jek.. bebudak tinggak kat umah dgn Atok.. hehe.. Tapi makin dekat tarikh makin kesian la plak tgk muka si Baem ni.. Pfttt..
 
Masa ni Ilyas baru 7 bulan so still breastfeeding.. So Iols pon asek la berbelah bahagi.. Kejap nak pegi berdua.. kejap nak bawak Baem je.. kejap nak angkut semua sekali.. So in the end kitaorg pon decided nak pegi bertiga.. Sebab Japan tak pernah pergi so macam tak confident nak bawak 2 budak kecik.. takut tak terhandle.. So tinggal la si kenit ni bersama bekalan susu mummy.. (note: bila mummy dah selamat sampai from Japan, Ilyas majok takmo dah.. Huhu.. so otomatik la wean off)
 
Sebab dah last minute.. and pegi pon in December which is a peak season.. Tiket kapal terbang pergi balik untuk 2 adults + 1 children pon dah cecah RM7500.. We chose Japan Airlines (JAL) for this trip.. 
 
Hari nak pegi tu pon sungguh la drama.. Mummy belom pon kuar gate condo air mata dah menderu2.. Rindu si Ilyas.. sob..sob..
 
Skali sambil2 kesat airmata.. terdetik kat hati.. ehhh.. passport Baem ke Ilyas yg aku bawak nih.. True enough.. bila aku check muka Ilyas yg terpancar kat passport tu.. Terusss aku suh abang taxi tu patah balik.. Masa tu dah sampai exit Subang.. So mmg agak kelam kabut jugak laa.. Takut terlepas flight.. Huhuhu..

 Alhamdulillah selamat check in.. And sambil tunggu flight kita lepak2 kat Plaza Premium.. Si Baem tak boleh diam satu minute pon kat sini.. Nak masukkan tisu dalam cawan orang la.. nak tumpah kan air laa.. Grrr.. Patut tinggal jek ngan Ilyas kat umah tadi.. Hehhee..

 Fligh malam so Ibrahim dapat la tido 2-3.. Flight JAL surprising sangatttt la selesa.. Tapi makanan halal dia sangatttt la tak sedap.. huhuhu.. 7 hours later, kitaorg pon selamat la mendarat at Narita International Airport, Tokyo.

 Mummy, Daddy and Ibrahim at Tokyo

 Flight kami..

 First agenda untuk hari ni is the Tokyo Disneysea.. Yeayyyy..
 
Mak yg terlebih eksaited dari anak... Sebab sampai pagi, we have a full day today so takley la buang masa kan.. Tu yg sampai2 je gigih jugak nak pegi berpoya poya kat Tokyo Disneysea trus..

 Kitaorg naik bas jek from Airport to Disneysea.. Pehtu sampai2 jek sesat.. hahahhaha..
 
To be continue..

The Manns Takes Bali 2015: Ku De Ta

Today was our 5th day in Bali..
Besok nak balik dah..
So today we really2 take it slow..
 
Dah takde mana pon nak pegi actually..
 
 So we wake up a bit late..
 
Jalan2 tepi hotel and Kuta areas..
 
Since kitaorg amik Supir for the whole trip so kitaorg pon mintak la Jonny bawak gi Ku De Ta..
 
This is also another place that we have yet to see before..

 Ku De Ta nih tempat org tgk sunset.. Tapi kitaorg sampai awal sgt.. kol 4pm dah sampai matahari still tegak atas kepala.. hahaha.. so takde la sunset nya..

 Ilyas was such a good baby traveler.. This was his first overseas trip and he did great. Bagus.. Senang mummy nak bawak jalan2.. Hehe..

 My Abah seperti biasa sangat lah sporting nya.. Memang senang sgt2 ajak dia pegi holiday.. Moga Allah panjangkan umur Abah dan kurniakan kesihatan yg baik.. boleh kita gi holiday selalu.. Aminnn...

 My cheeky boy was having so much fun running around.. Panas ke hujan ke dia apa kisah.. Takpe la nak janji ko happy..


 Tangkap gambar pon dari jauh... Panassss oi..

 Kalau utk tgk sunsut mmg awesome lah tempat ni.. Minus the running kids la.. Kalau anak jenis macam anak aku tak reti dok diam dia restless kot dok sini lelama.. Huhu..


 Seb baik la ko cute cam mak ko.. ehh!

 Since dah sampai, kitaorg pon just lepak2 and minum2 je la.. And snacking fries and sotong goring..
 
Then lepas tu kitaorg bawak si Baem pi main kat Boardwalk Mall..
 
 Sekian sahaja percutian ke Bali untuk kali ini..

 Till we meet again~

Monday, July 25, 2016

The Manns Takes Bali 2015: It's all about Food

Day 5..
 
 
Hari ni pon kira rilek2 jek..

 At the start of the day.. Eh actually this is the second part of the day.. First part kat bawah tu pegi Ladang kopi.. Hehe..

 Lepas tu baru kitaorg gi makan..


 Kat Restaurant Sawah Indah.. Sedap nya teringat makanan dia..

 

 On the way back kitaorg singgah beli Murtabak Terang Bulan.. #SERIOUSSEDAP!

 This is the start of the day.. Coffee tasting free.. hehe.. Saje je la bawak maid aku pusing2 experience Bali.. Kitaorg masuk ni dah 5 kali pegi lading kopi.. tapi tak pernah pegi tempat yg sama..

 Baby Ilyas

 Abah and Ayong. Abah sentiasa steady. hekhek!
 
 Then petang tu Abah and Leman tinggal kat hotel babysit budak2..
 
Iols kluar gi belanja maid urut kaki..
 
 Best gila Smart Spa nih.. Hari2 kitaorg pegi..
 
Mase kat kedai ni.. iols Tanya la my maid.. Selalu ke urut kaki kat tempat dia.. Dia kata tak pernah.. Ni la first time..
 
Sebak plak iols dengar.. The things we take for granted kan.. Maid iols dah dekat 40 tahun baru dapat merasa urut kaki.. happy betul dia..
 
Takpela.. ade rezeki nanti madam belanja lagik okey.. hahaha.. Kat Malaysia pon banyak reflexology centre.. takyah nak tunggu kat Bali :P
 
Typing this entry almost 1 year late, made me kinda miss Bali. Maybe next year..
 
 

The Manns Takes Bali 2015: La Laguna

Rise & Shine..
Our third day; and we wanna go café hunting..
 
 Sbelom tu kita makan dulu.. During this trip hari2 iols breakfast date ngan Abang Leman.. budak2 tinggal kat bilik ngan Atok and Aunty Yong.. Bahahaha.. Baru lah senang nak bercinta cintaan. Hehe..

 Tadaa.. Setelah bukak Waze and sesat 2 kali.. akhirnya sampai jugak kitaorg kat tempat nih..
 
Si Jonny pak supir kitaorg pon tak pernah dating lagik.. so dia pon agak kagum bila sampai sini and tgk tempat ni cantik..

 My baby.. Rindunya baby time ni.. As I'm typing this, my baby is not so baby anymore.. Dah setahun 3 bulan dah si kenit nih.. Hehe..

 Abang Baem.. lasak ya amat..

 This is La Laguna..
 Cantik sangat gambar ni so iols besarkan size untuk youols tengok okay.. Hehe.. I super love this picture..

 Pak Hassan takes Bali.. Pak Asan pon dah sampai 3 kali dah ke Bali nih..
 
 
 Another view at La Laguna..

 Belakang tu burung hitam besar.. Takut jugak dia patuk kepala akak ingat buah grape sixe XXL ke kan.. huhu..

 On the way to parking.

 Kluar jek La Laguna tu jumpa sawah plak.. Cantik sangat pemandangan kiri kanan tempat ni.. Alhamdulillah..
 
Then lepas minum2 (note: La Laguna tak halal ye. Aku minum coke ye youols jgn propah aku minum todi plak.. hahaha) we move to one of our favorite place in Bali..
 
 Lunch with a view..

 

 Time kitaorg pegi Bali ni KL tgh jerebu teruk.. So sangat2 appreciate clear blue sky kat Bali.. 

 We ate lunch at Melastri Restaurant.. at Tanah Lot..


 Orang suh makan dia terbalikkan mangkok buat topi plak.. Huhu.. janji happy anakku.. jgn kaco mummy makan :P
 
Lepas makan jalan2 shopping kat Tanah Lot.. SInce dah banyak kali pegi tak kuasa dah nak gi turun tangkap gambar kat temple bagai..
 
And it's sooo panas so memang asek nak dok bawah atap jek la.. or bawah aircond.. ehehe..
 
 So balik tu amik couple spa plak kat Harper Hotel..Okay la.. so-so jek.. Best lagik Smart Spa..
 
That pretty much sums up our Day 3.. Roger and Out!
 

The Manns Takes Bali 2015: Beach Bum & Big Bird

Since this is our 5th time to Bali, it was pretty hard to decide on the itinerary. Lucky this time around no first timer (except for my maid la kan) so we can skip all the first timer attraction i.e. Kecak Barong etc. This time, we take it slow and steady.

So on our 2nd day, we went to the Pandawa Beach.. sebab.. sebab tak pernah pegi.. Hahahah.. (and tgk gambar macam cantik je!)

 On the way to Pandawa


 This was Ibrahim's first beach visit so dia agak jakun. And he step on the pasir pantai for a full 3 second only. Hahaha.
 
 It was super2 hot walaupon still consider pagi (10+ am masa ni+
 
 So kitaorg posing2 and cepat2 masuk kereta balik. Ade la tak sampai 15 minit pon agak nya kat sini.. :P
 
Since we're around the area, next we stop by the Garuda Village (i.e. Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK)) Dia macam Cultural Village la. Entrance fees untuk foreign visitor is IDK80k/ person..
 
 Big boss dengan bantal busuk nya..

 The place is quite spacious... and cantikkk.. tapi panasssss.. Kalau tempat ni tapi musim autumn sure best gila.. hehe

 Mr & Mrs Mann

 Ibrahim had fun berlari sini sana.. and aunty Yong and Atok had not so much fun mengejar dia.. Hehe..

 Sebab dah bayar agak mahal.. kitaorg pusing2 la jugak.. ikutkan nak duduk bawah pokok jek :P
 
Tapi toilet kat tgh padang lapang dia best. Siap ada aircond woo..

 And ni amphitheater.. ada free kecak, Barong etc. Ibrahim takut so kitaorg tunggu kat luar jek.. kasik chan maid aku layan dance sbb dia tak pernah sampai kan..
 
Lepas tu balik tu singgah makan and then kita pergi urut kaki lagi kat Smart Spa..
 
Syok kan being on holiday.. makan tido makan tido jek keja kau kan :P
 
End of Day 2 in Bali