Budget/Bajet Percutian 3H 2M ke Pulau Langkawi

Assalamualaikum semua,

Saya nak kongsikan serba sedikit bajet percutian kami ke Pulau Langkawi masa cuti sekolah March 2018 ye. Kos ni mungkin akan jadi lebih kurang/sedikit if pergi bukan time school break.
Untuk yang nak jadikan rujukan, silakan.
Harap tak ada yang berfikiran negatif bila saya share bajet ni ye.

Pinggan Mangkuk shoppig tu saya tak ingt berapa details , hahahahah. nak kata membeli banyak sangat tu tak jugak, tapi ada la jugak. sebab husband memang xkisah I prepare barang2 rumah utk rumah kitaorg since mmg perlu in the future especially bila tetamu bnyk datang kan.

Ok, untuk details2 lain, boleh jenguk entry2 berkaitan Langkawi ye.

Langkawi 2018: Day 2- Dataran Lang & Pantai Rhu

Assalamualaikum you all, 

Jom, sambung entry Langkawi ye. Kalau dah ke Langkawi tu, tak sah la trip if tak bergambar dengan burung helang yg jadi mercu tanda kebangaan Langkawi. 

Lokasi Dataran Lang ni dekat Jetty Kuah. Memang betul2 berhadapan laut di jetty tu. One problem dekat sini ialah parking space! Walaupun banyak parking space yg disediakan di sini, still susah nak mencari tempat parking yg kosong. Sebab kebanyakkan parking lots di sini telah di occupied oleh kereta2 sewa yg menunggu pelancong tiba, or orang Langkawi yg parking kereta kat situ utk membeli belah di mall di jetty Kuah ni.

Selain masalah parking space yg susah nak dapat, masalah cramp/jem pun one of the problem. Disebabkan kawasan ni sgt busy because main jetty to Langkawi and now dorang dah bina complex mall dekat sini yg lengkap dengan fast food restaurants, kedai kopi berjenama, shopping lots etc, maka sangatlah ramai pengunjung yg datang. Kenderaan yg nak drop off passengers untuk ke jetty pon jadi packed, sampai tak boleh nak gerak. 

Mulanya, kitaorg dah malas nak ke Dataran Lang because of these problems la. Tapi memikirkan entah bila lagi nak datang ke Langkawi ni, maka pusing2 jugak lah sampai jumpa parking space yg available. One more thing, parking kat sini, kena pakai kupon parking yer. Tapi we all tak sempat nak cari kupon tu kat any kedai, so we all just gamble parking je la without the coupon. 

Dah pukul 6 ptg ni, tapi matahari still terik. Haruslah pakai shades besar ni. 

Actully this is not a real shades utk bergaya sangat pon, it is more to protection from UV light, memang we all beli dekat optometrist and khas utk orang yg specky like us. That's why it looks extra big to accommodate our original spec inside that, hahah. 

Orang sgt lah ramai kat sini! mujur kawasan dia lapang and luas. so kids can still stroll around berlari sana sini. Pergi musim school holiday, what to expect kan. 

Ni dah jauh sikit from the front view. kat belakang tu penuh umat manusia. 

kat area blkg yg bukit2 sikit tu kawasan hotel kitaorg. so De Baron Resort sgt dekat dengan jetty kuah you all. view dataran lang pon nampak sayup2 from our hotel. 

From Dataran Lang, we all drive northward to Pantai Rhu. Pantai Rhu ni bukan pilihan ramai, sebab x banyak kemudahan water sports and other facilities disediakan. Lebih kepada orang yg nak cari privacy. Kat area kampung2 jugak.

Perjalanan from Dataran Lang to Pantai Rhu took us about 30 minutes through the scenic view of the limestone and greeneries.

Cuma dekat sini, sangat tenang and damai. Sebab x ramai pelancong, yg ada pun 2-3 orang minah saleh tengah sun bathing and few local kids and their mothers relaxing on the beach. Few food stalls are opened

Since dah almost Maghrib, we did not allow the kids to swim. Just main pasir je. 

Ilyaas, Iyaadh and Imani 

Beautiful sunset at Pantai Rhu, Langkawi.

Langkawi 2018 Day 2 - SkyCab @ Cable Car

Hi you all, 

Jom sambung cerita holiday kat Langkawi. 

On day 2, we all semua bangun awal. Lepas subuh takde sambung golek2 tidur lagi, anak2 pon bangun awal sebab dah inform dorang sebelum tidur that we have to get ready early untuk naik cable car. After all, cable car ni one of the most attraction yg paling popular dekat Langkawi, memang confirm orang akan sangatlah ramai. So, kitaorg atur strategi utk arrive as early as we can. Usually opening hours dia at 9am, tapi sebab cuti sekolah, dia bukak at 8.30am. 

Bertolak from De Baron Resort dalam pukul 8.10am. Kitaorg breakfast roti dalam kereta je. Memang x amik pakej breakfast dekat hotel. We reach Oriental Village around 8.40am. 

Dekat sini ada 2 jenis parking zone. Primer parking yg lebih dekat jaraknya dengan Oriental Village while normal parking RM3 for the 1st hour lepas tu kena charge RM1. 

Yg primer parking tu RM10 utk per entry. Sesuai la kalau korang bawa orang kurang upaya, or warga emas. 

Walking to the oriental village

all exited nak naik cable car

I have bought our cable car ticket (including the package) from the Tripcarte.Asia

Actually we all beli Langkawi Cable Car Basic Combo 

This basic combo includes

+ Access to Cable Car with Standard Gondola

+ Access to 3D Art Gallery
+ Access to SkyRex
+ Access to SkyDome

They are other packages for Langkawi Island holiday that can be found from this website. 

Check the below link:

https://tripcarte.asia/destinations/langkawi-island/ 

the best thing purchasing from this website is no reservation time/date required and the tickets are valid for 6 months. 

Kalau beli from website Cable Car sendiri, kena letak date utk redeem. 

Main reason buying from this website is to avoid the long queue. We just need to bring this email and show them the QR code. No need to print, but I do print in case something went wrong with my hp. 

For those who had bought their online ticket, just proceed to Counter No 6 to redeem your ticket. 

We all dapat boarding time at 9am. So, no long que at all. 

One whole family 

Mine me and me
This little girl of mine, love you so much syg.

the boys 

at the 1st pit stop, middle station. you can choose to keluar dari cable car and amik gambar dekat sini dulu or boleh stay inside your cable car and teruskan perjalanan ke top station.
we did not go out the cable car.
Kitaorg malas nak turun sini sbb nanti kena beratur nak boarding semula utk ke top station. 

Top Station view

Sorry Iyaadh sayang,Umi and Ayah feeling2 honeymoon..:)

From the top station, you can have your breakfast at their cafe. Also, boleh purchase ticket utk ke SkyBridge. Harga tiket ke SkyBridge cuma RM5 per person, through Nature Walk where you have to walk/climb a bit the staircase for about 300m to the SkyBridge.

Otherwise, boleh choose utk naik SkyGlider. The price I am not sure sgt sbb we all mmg option for Nature Walk, coz both of us love the nature.

Nature Walk to SkyBridge

At the skybridge

Along the way mmg ada information board related to this geoheritage and the infrastructure

the glass bridge

kena take off your shoes before you can step on the glass.

only few parts of the bridge are made of the glass. 

with my youngest baby

MashaAllah, You are the Creator of this world!
Superb view from the top.
It was windy and breeze and the sun just set up, so we really enjoy our experience up there. the tips is, pergi awal pagi!

Picture take by Imani Hafiyya

Since we did not have a proper breakfast, so we did have a short breakfast stop on the skybridge!

my children. 

He is so cool. tak gayat langsung.

By the time we reach down at the entrance of the skycab, the lines are getting longer. It was aboud 10.45am when we reached down.

Along the way sepanjang dekat skycab and skybridge, akan ada banyak photo points, where the staff will take our family photo and print it. they also print it on mugs, thumblers, etc. the price is of course a bit pricey. and you can choose to buy all of them in combo package or you can also choose not to buy. it's up to you but just bare in mind, since before boarding sampai la dekat nak turun, mmg banyak offers for our photos printed on the merchandise + frame. 

Ok that's all for skybridge. lepas ni we all pergi 3D musuem and SkyRex pulak. 

stay tune. 

Langkawi 2018 : Day 1 (Jetty and Ferry)

Hello semua. Assalamualaikum. 

I am very teruja nak update blog pasal our latest holiday in Langkawi. Sebenarnya, this holiday is a real need for all five of us. Last yr hujung tahun, kitaorg x bercuti ke mana. cuma balik kampung, and ke hotel atas urusan kerja je. Anak2 pon x kemana. Tapi kids kan, dorang x pandai complaint kata nak bercuti or anything. dpt mandi swimming pool dorang dah happy. So masuk bulan Jan aritu, we started to think maybe perlu jugak take a break. So, decided ke Langkawi. Booking hotel, ticket ferry roro and cable car/skycab kitaorg buat sebelum pergi. 

So pada hari kejadian, kitaorg bertolak from rumah my parents dkt BM. pukul 9pg baru keluar rumah sbb x jauh sgt penang ke kuala perlis. kitaorg amik ferry roro. yg boleh bawa kereta naik skali. jadi dkt langkawi tak perlu sewa kereta dah. nnt i citer procedures utk bawa kereta masuk ke langkawi. 

We all sampai jetty kuala perlis around 11.30am. Register kereta and amik tiket. pukul 12.40 baru nak mula boarding masuk ferry. 1.30 baru ferry nak jalan. So mmg ada banyak masa. Kitaorg decide pergi Muzium Kota Kayang dulu. 5km dari jetty kuala perlis. 

Gambar sumber Website Muzium

Masa kitaorg sampai kat sini, takde pengunjung and takde taker pon. We all masuk je la. Muzium ni fully aircond and selesa. Belakang muzium ada taman kecik, sesuai for picnic if x panas. 

Ilyaas mmg skrg stage nak tahu banyak benda so muzium is a good way to kill his queries. and he is currently into any kind of weapons. So mmg dia baca every single descriptions about keris, tombak, badik etc yg ada dlm muzium tu. 

After dah settle tgk2 kat sini, kitaorg proceed for lunch kat restoran nelayan tepi jetty tu. 

I makan laksa. 

Kecewa. 

X sedap mcm dulu. 

Kuah dia cair je. 

Lepas tu kitaorg terus ke jetty kargo then dan mula boarding. 

Kerata semua kena park kat level 1. 

Penumpang boleh duduk kt level 2 and 3. 

level 2 bertutup, ada aircond and tv. also ada surau and small kiosk jual makanan ringan.

Ni dekat level 2 dlm ferry roro. 

kat level 3 open air, so best dpt angin laut.

dekat top deck.level 3.

Once sampai Langkawi, we all arrive dkt jetty area Bukit Malut. Tak sama dgn jetty kuah. 

So less sesak and cepat je urusan. Terus ke hotel. 

Bali Trip 2017-Day 1- an experience that we will never forget

Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera semua, 

Last year, 20-21 May, my husband dgn I attend satu conference dekat Bali. 

As usual, kami ambil peluang ni untuk jadikan percutian keluarga sekali. Tambah duit utk bayar tiket flight anak2 as well as tambah cuti tahunan. 

Kami pilih Malaysia Airlines sbb flying with kids, nak selesa sikit. 

Kesian Iyaadh nampk dahi and mata je. 

Dah la redha je dia duduk dalam stroller pink. 

Stroller Imani dulu. 

Abang Ilyaas and Kakak Imani

Dalam flight, I dapat seat next to Imani, and Iyaadh was with me. Halim and Ilyaas duduk seats few row belakang kitoarg. I dgn Imani row depan skali sebab nak attach dgn basinet. Sebelah Imani seorang lelaki from India, I think. 

Dah order kids meal siap2, so Imani punya food sampai dulu. Dapat pulak her favorite chicken spaghetti. Habis licin dia makan except for the chicken balls. Apa jenis balls pon dia tak suka makan mek Imani ni. 

Enjoying her food. Budak ni nampak je tenang. Dia punya bnyk cakap and kuat melawan tu mmg cannot tahan. Bikin umi dia stress all the time. 

Really copy-cat perangai I suka menjawab!

Sebab Umi kena handle adik Iyaadh yg also cannot duduk diam, Imani kena makan sendiri la. 

Si adik ni tak boleh letak baring dalam bassinet. Terus terjaga. Telinga nipis betul. Bila tidur berpelukan, baru nak nyenyak. Jangan harap la umi nak berehat dalam flight. 

Layan budak ni dah cukup puas. Eeeiii, ni before kitaorg botakkan rambut dia. 

Tapi muka dulu ngn sekarang sama je. 

Sweet boy of mine. 

Dalam flight ni ada satu experience yg I tak kan boleh lupa. Ada one uncle passed away dlm flight ni. He was sitting in the same row dgn I. 

Dari awal sebelum boarding lagi, uncle ni mmg dh naik wheel chair. anak dia yg uruskan dia. he looks really not healthy. dalam flight, seat dkt dgn window takde orang mulanya, so the daughter ubah ayah dia ke tepi window so that ayah dia boleh sandarkan kepala. tibe2, datang sorang mat saleh ckp tu tempat dia and nak duduk situ. so si anak tadi cuba nak kejutkan bapak dia utk ubah ke tempat asal..tp bapak dia nampak sgt lemah and tak larat nak bergerak. So , mat saleh tu pun duduk je la dkt seat paling luar nearby the aisle. Which is next to me. 

Around 30 minutes before nak landing, kan ada announcement from pilot. masa tu, si anak perempuan tadi cuba kejutkan bapak dia. oh btw, masa makan pon, uncle tu tak bangun. anak dia ckp xyah kejut kat bapak dia masa pramaguri nak serve kan food. 

nak jadi kan cerita, bapak dia mmg x bangun2 dah. he went during his sleep. anak dia pon xsedar bila bapak dia passed away. so peaceful. ada pramugari cuba nak bagi oksigen, but no response. so they called out any doctors in the plane, and one turned out and did the checking. mmg the father already passed away for some time. and nothing can be done. 

I heard the daughter said that her father had cancer and just finished chemotherapy few days back. they are traveling to their hometown in Bali. yes, they do look like local people from Bali. She was also carrying a big bag of medicine, belongs to her father. She started shouting and crying, for few seconds and then she realized that nothing can be done so she just hold him tightly until we landed in Ngurah Rai Airport. And medical team was already there in the airport waiting to arrange for the body. 

Well, once landed, we waited for our bags and we were greeted by the driver from our hotel. 

This time around, we stayed in Kuta Paradiso Hotel. Luckily sebab we all buat booking through email, terus dapat upgrade to family room for free of charge. It was so luxurious and spacious for all of us. In fact Iyaadh had his own baby cot too. 

Also dpt welcome drink and welcoming fruit platter in the room. 

Ok nnt continue lagi :)

CNY 2016 Trip to Medan

Minggu lepas I amik cuti seminggu. Sambung dari cuti raya cina hari isnin ngn selasa, ke rabu -jumaat. Nasib baik la ada carry forward leaves from tahun lepas, dapat la amik extra cuti tahun ni. Kalau tak, menangis jugak sbb cuti 14 hari je setahun. 

so cuti panjang jadi mmg dah plan pergi berjalan-jalan. Kali ni plan mmg awal betul, dari bulan october tahun lepas lagi. Plan gi holiday ke negara seberang. Kitaorg pilih Medan sbb jarak penerbangan yg sekejap and cost yg tak terlalu tinggi. Percutian kali ni fully sponsored by my dad.. thank you ayah :) 

Ni first time kami sekeluarga pergi bercuti sekali. Dah byk kali plan tak jadi. Mulanya nak gi langkawi, tp alih-alih tahun lepas, 2 kali my parents dapat pergi langkawi ikut office dorang. So, nak ke langkawi lagi mcm boring la for them. After all, adik2 I belum pernah gi oversea, so kita pilih destinasi yg kena cop pasport, saja feeling2 gi oversea. padahal flight tak sampai sejam pon. 

entry details untuk trip kat medan ni akan menyusul kemudian la. yg ni mcm sum up je. sebab gambar2 belum dipilih and letak water mark lagi. Tak sempatttttt...ni curik gambar from fb husband dulu. 

Itinerary kami ialah 4 hari 3 malam. 

Day 1: Sampai Medan, teruskan perjalanan ke Parapat. 

Bermalam di Parapat. 

Day 2: Naik bot ke Pulau Samosir, balik ke Parapat dan teruskan perjalanan ke Berastagi. 

Singgah minum kopi di Sidikalang. 

Bermalam di Berastagi for Day 2. 

Day 3. Ke Bukit Gundaling dan berjalan di Berastagi. Teruskan perjalanan ke bandar Medan. 

Shopping di Medan. Bermalam di Medan. 

Day 4: Melawat sekitar Medan and final shopping sebelum balik ke Penang. 

Review: PNB Darby Park Hotel & Suites

Assalamualaikum wbt...

Last two weeks I dgn husband ada attend conference dekat KL Convention Center , APGCE 2015. 

During the conference, kitaorg stay dekat PNB Darby Park Hotel and Suites. 

Actually nak amik Hotel Impiana sebab ada covered walkway from the hotel to KL Convec and to Twin Tower. Senang sebab kami bawa anak-anak jugak. Risau hujan bagai bila berjalan dengan anak2. But after fikir2 balik, we choose PNB Darby Park Hotel and Suites sebab bilik dia lebih luas and ada microwave, peti ais and dapur as well. Dengan harga yg lebih murah daripada Impiana Hotel. Plus dekat Impiana takde kids pool so the kids tak dapat nak enjoy main kat pool.