Warning Pagi Raya

Hi selamat berpuasa semua!  dah nak sampai penghujung pon but this is the most important phase in Ramadhan, the last 10 nights. Whatever you do, just remember, this might be the last Ramadhan for you, and for me.  

Well, raya is coming in a week! Excited lebih sikit because it's finally Full house again!! Ayah is back for good. this is my third raya in Malaysia after graduated. Tak rindu lansung pon raya dekat US. kahkahkah. 

Just wanted to share one incident happened on the first day raya a few years ago. It was so funny that I would just replay this story every year. And because of it, I am being extra careful every time I wanted to give angpow to people (padahal last year baru skali je kasi duit raya. huahuahua)

Sometimes we received different angpow during raya, CIMB, Maybank, RHB blablablabla. Semua lain2 color beraneka rupa. So some people prefer to use different angpow to fill in with different amount of money. Konon2 mcm senang nak differentiate kan. oh well that's the main purpose pon letak angpow lain2. So my opah put the Type A angpow with RM1 and Type B angpow with RM5. 

Pagi raya, before solat raya, bersalaman maafan semua lepas tu dapat la duit raya. YAY! sape cucu belum kerja semua dapat la. Tapi kita kan dri kecik dah di ajar "Jangan bukak angpow depan orang, simpan dlu, jgn komen banyak ke sikit ke terima aje so on and so forth". So all the cucus pon simpan angpow dan pergi solat raya. 

Lepas tu mcm biase rumah pon serang oleh kanak2 yang nak datang makan kuih raya. Kononnyaaaaaaaa. Padahallll.........hihi Lepas tu opah pon kasi la angpow jugak. Tbe2 banyak pulak rombongan kanak2 datang lagi, and we overheard one of the kids cakap "Cube check dapat RM5 jugak tak?" And we suspected something. 

Guess whattt?? Opah tertukarrrrr angpowww. The Type B which meant for cucus dah terbagi dekat kanak kanak tetamu. Meanwhile, the Type A yang patutnya bagi dekat mereka dh terbagi dekat cucus. kahkahkahkah. Maka, jadi la hari ini dalam sejarah, Opah kasi duit raya paling sikit kepada cucu dan lebih sikit dari tetamu lain. Opah confused la gamaknya. 

Rupenye ade cucus yang dh sedar tapi oleh kerana didikan yang bagus "Jangan komen terima ajeee" makaaaaa. hihihi So beware people and selamat beribadah!

Universal Studio Singapore

USS trip was sooooo much fun! With the never ending drama, we finally made it! We planned this trip about 2 weeks earlier. I wanted to bring Adik as her birthday gift and a reward for her Matriculation result. Tapi banyak betul masalah pening2. Lepas adik dh siap2 buat passport, one of my friend just realized that she lost hers. Kalau hilang passport before expired date memang sangat leceh and take longer time to process. And a few days before the trip, hutan pulak terbakar. grrrrrrrr. why now whyyy. haze here and there, Singapore and Johor were among the highly affected area.

I kept track the PSI reading in Singapore for 2 days. Refresh the environmental page every hour okkk. Rase macam main saham, I really wanted to cry when the reading reached 401 at 12pm on Thursday. So hopeless. Tapi sebab dah excited beyond wordsss, we didn't cancel the trip. I really wanted to do something that gives me adrenaline rush. Rase dah lama gila tak nervous peluh2 main rides. hihi

And here we go. Universal Studio Singapore 

We drove from KL to Johor Bharu and stayed one night at Seri Malaysia Johor Bharu which is the closest hotel to Larkin Bus Station. About 10 mins walk. RM170/night for family room. Since one of my friend had  training until 5pm on Saturday, so sampai Johor memang dah malam, sempat dinner and tido je. Kalau gerak awal pgi boleh singgah JPO, but our ultimate goal was USS ONLY, maka tak kesah pon tak pergi JPO. hihi

On Sunday morning, we walked to Larkin Bus station and surveyed the USS package. When we reached there the 9am bus had just left. So terpaksa naik bas 10am. We purchased the package at one of the bas counter, macam banyak je USS package and the cheaper we got was RM178/person for Larkin-USS bus ticket (round trip), USS one day pass, 5$ shopping voucher at any USS shop and halal lunch meal voucher. Bas balik from USS to Larkin boleh pilih 7.30pm, 8.30pm and 9.30pm. It took about 1 hour + from Larkin to Sentosa island including the immigration. And lunch pon ok la mineral water drink, rice with fried chicken and sayur. I think it was quite a nice deal because if I buy online the USS ticket itself costs me 80sgd (around RM180). 

Surprisingly, haze in Singapore was so much better on that day. I didn't see anyone wearing mask at USS. We can see the blue blue skyyy clearly. hihi Because of the haze, not so many people wanted to risk themselves with outdoor activities. Kalau usual weekend, I bet some of the ride's queue must have been reached 1hour or more.  Buttt we're so luckkkyyy the longest queue was 20mins, for Transformer ride. 

The main attraction  was Battlestar Galactica rides. There are 2 main rides, Human (Red) and Cylon (Blue). If you have to choose either one, try the Cylon first sebab tu best gilaaa and scary sikit. It was like the most extreme ride at USS la. Kitorang try both because we had so much time and the queue was only 10mins okkk. Tak sempat nak cuak cuak nervous peluh, beratur kejap je terus smpi turn. If you survive the Cylon ride, ride yang lain macam kacang peas je la. kahkah.

Transformer ride pon best but it's indoor. sangat cool sebab pakai speck 3D so it feels so real. I think the concept was just the same like Jurrasic Park ride at Universal Studio Florida. Cume storyline lain la. And the Mummy pon is another indoor ride yang OK la. Not as cool as Transformer.

Jurrasic Park ade outdoor raft along the river yang most likely you'll get really wet. haha Sama macam the Popeye rides at Florida. I still remember dekat Florida, kitorang naik Popeye 3kaliii sebab memang nak basahhh kahkahkah. Try la Jurrasic Park, not much of Adrenaline rush tapi it was fun. 

 Madagscarrrr 

 Sesame Street at Hollywood

In front of the Mummy's entrance

Overall trip to USS is really worth it despite the sleepless nights I had thinking about the haze. And the overall budget including Gas, Toll, Hotel, USS ticket,Bus ticket -RM250 per person (Myvi with 5people). And takpayah convert duit SGD banyak pon. Just for souvenirs and snacks.

Please go people! pleaseeee haha

Krabi Review Part 3

Elephant Trekking and Water Rafting

I would recommend this tour for Thailand first-timer or if you stay there too long that you just don't know what to do.  but elephant is too mainstream in Thailand. you could see everything is designed in elephant motif. Either they are too proud of it or too obsess. haha. The elephant trekking was OK, I felt like sitting on a super high moving bench. And the elephant and monkey show was included in the package as well.

The Water Rafting was eerrrrr.......enjoyable but just for the sake of paying my big bucks on it. I had fun but it was far less than my expectation. It wasn't rain for a few days so the river was dry. Of course there was water in it but they actually open the dam to let the water flow into the river before you embark your raft. not even close to the adventurous white water rafting like what I experienced in the US. dan semua orang embark the raft at the same time, like more than 30 rafts at one time. It was more to water fighting I should say. langgar2 raft orang lain, baling2 air, and there were times where we had to wait for a while, to let others go first because it was too crowded and the water drained too fast and had to wait for the dam to be opened again.

 Personally if I could turn back the time, I would choose Four Island tour instead of this package. Coz I just wanna enjoy the sea water and nice view more than anything else in Krabi.

FOOD

Makanan besttttttt sgt especially if you enjoy street food like me. hehe kalau jenis choosy sket yang makan kat restaurant je agak bosan la because not much choices and kalau ade pon a bit expensive. So please la try the street food.

Tolong makan Thai Pancake yang very additive. Texture sama macam roti canai and maybe a bit thinner, then you can choose the fill including all types of fruit, nut, peanutbutter, choc etc. My favorite is Mango pancake dengan topping susu pekat. sedap gilaaaaaa hihi

Tomyam Kung, Green curry, tomyam santan, padthai dan segala jenis thai food were very easy to get. Streetfood is  walking distance from hotel and open until 11pm. Jadi jangan risau anda takkan kebuluran. andd don't worry banyak kedai yang halal. hehehe

Krabi Review Part 2

Like seriously, Im taking 3months to finally continue writing about Krabi. sooo bad I know. Kalau orang yang beli tiket pon dah balik dah, review I xsiap2 kekekeke. Oh well, it's better late than never kan.

Things to do in Krabi. ONE important activity, SNORKELING! I would recommend to stay in Krabi at least 4 days 3 nights. Becauseee, most of the activities will start as early as 8am and finish around 5/6pm depending on the activities you chose. The travel day is pretty much wasted. So, you only have 2 whole days to be occupied with 2 activities for 4 days and 3 nights stay.

When we arrived, after checked in and settled down, we went to the shop lot along the beach. First thing to do, survey the price for all the packages. A few packages I would like to recommend:
1) Phi phi Island
2) Four Island tour
3) Elephant Trekking and Water Rafting.
There were sooo many tour agencies along the beach. Kalau survey seharian pon tak abes la rasenya. haha. But we're lucky enough to meet someone who can speak Malay hihi. One important tip, to get a much cheaper price on anything, just bargain and dont stop, keep bargain until you get the price you think is reasonable. You'll be surprised to see how much they can offer you and how much you just saved! and for me bargain is  just out of my skill. hahaha. We chose 2 packages for 2 days, Phi phi Island (90$) and Elephant Trekking (110$). The featured price was 180$ and 200$. I guess we got quite a nice deal kannn? after bargain and bargain. and dont worry about the transport, because once you bought the package, the transport from and to hotel, and lunch (halal) are provided. yeay!

Recommended tour agent: Speak Kelantanese Malay fluently.  Carikla sampai dapat, kedai die kat tengah2 sket and the tour agent is Kak Min. 

Phi Phi Island

It was so much fun! They picked us up at the hotel around 8am and gathered at the beach. Then, we're assigned to the boat. Phi phi island tour is one of the famous tour. Less time for snorkeling but more scenery and breathtaking view from the boat. We visited several islands but too bad I cant remember any names. haha. hope pictures could help hehe

First Stop: Bamboo Island. Dulu2 blaja time skolah word crystal clear. But I never know air laut can be as crystal clear as this. hahaha memang macam dalam swimming pool.  Pulau yang still virgin, haha no hotel to stay no shops no anything. Just a restroom for important business. 

Cave X (X refer to the cave name that I have forgotten. haha. tapi time kitorang datang it was closed due to construction. So tengok dari luar je la, patutnya we can drop by and visit the cave. maybe next time)

Phi Phi Island. Tempat stop for lunch and rehat before snorkeling. A well developed island, ade banyak rumah, pejabat polis, bomba semua ada. 

Maya Bay. A small island with a very beautiful view, and famous too.  But too crowded with tourist. Featured on " The beach" movie (Leonardo Dicaprio) and "Kaho Na Pyar Hai" (Hrithik Roshan)- sebab tu bajet feeling hindustan sketttt. kekekekeke

Monkey Island: khas utk snorkeling! Banyak corals and ikan nemo. It was a veryy great experience! I know this picture doesn't really help. But trust me, this is the best I have. hahahaha. One of my friend bought the waterproof camera. Tapi sangat frustrating. Not blaming the camera. But blaming us for being such a noob. hahaha. You know when you have too many things to deal with? You just can't focus well. Dengan goggle snorkel lagi, dengan pikir how to breath, dengan pegang camera berhati2 takut jatuh, plus the pressure to get the best pictures of human with the natural creatures, small fishes, coral and all and to get the best timing to click SNAP... end uppppp.... semua gambar mensakai. hahahaha some of it, I could only see the goggles and the cloud, no corals, no sea creatures. Some of it, ade kaki je with the corals. and some of it ade corals je without the people. hahahaha.

Four Island

We didnt take this package. but we met a group of Malaysian who went to the Four Island trip a day before. From what they suggested, if you take four island tour, you'll get more time for snorkeling and be in the water than Phi Phi Island. Agak menyesal disitu. Again, maybe next time :P and it was very cheap about 50$  jeeee but worth every penny kata mereka. So I would suggest people to take these 2 packages to get the best out of Krabi. 

p/s: The currency in this post is $ in RM. 

p/s: I think I need another post for another activity and the food review. which I don't know will take maybe a few more months. ahahahaha

LRT

I am a regular LRT user since 2 years ago. But what I experienced yesterday was something different. Everyday, I board the train at Damai station, about 15 minutes away from Pasar Seni where my office is located. and the next station after Damai is Ampang Park.

So yesterday, I boarded the train as usual, train was so-so, not too pack and not too empty. There was this one pakcik, I guessed he was around 60+ yo, standing in the middle of the coach, leaning against the train handrail with a quite big backpack. Just after the train departed from Damai, tibe2 pakcik ni macam lemah lutut. Almost fell on us, yes including me because I was standing just a few steps from him. Tapi we pushed him back, I assumed he fell  asleep while standing, so macam mamai2 terjatuh, then he stood back. Then, it happened again, twice within one minute until he totally collapsed on the floor just a few seconds after I realized he was really sick, not mamai.

It happened so fast that I only managed to move a bit to give him space and see him collapsed with his eyes wide opened. I was trying to help tapi macam tak sempat and he was quite big I dont think I can help him alone. Semua orang macam terkejut and aaaa aaa, omg, shock sound was in play. Luckily we reached Ampang Park station just in time, as soon as the train stopped, I ran out, shouted at the Rapid people for help. But only one Rapid guy was there,so memang tak larat la die nak angkat pakcik tu. I quickly moved around to get help from more people but too bad Ampang Park memang tak ramai orang sangat.

I walked back to the door where I stepped out, where the pakcik was collapsed, but it was so shocking to see the door closed, and the pakcik was still there, inside the train, laying on the floor. I was so panic that I didnt even board the train. Abang Rapid immediately called the next station, KLCC using walkie talkie  to inform the situation and asked them to be prepared to help the pakcik. So, I waited for another train...didn't know what happen to the pakcik, and feeling upset.

Deep inside, I was so pissed off of 2 things. But before that, thank you abg Rapid for your quick action, I really hope the KLCC team managed to help the pakcik. and I salute you for being so responsible.

Maybe because it was the RAPID guy responsibility, other train users boleh buat bodoh je tengok that pakcik collapsed and tengok abg Rapid sorang2 tak mampu angkat. Why dont you lend a hand? I dont expect them to send the pakcik to hospital, or buy him drinks, I know the Rapid people is responsible for that, tapi kenapaaa tak tolong angkatt pakcik tu sekejap before the door closed? Seriously u have to wait until the RAPID guy came? And I am so sure that there were a lot of guys yang muda2 in that coach, sebab pagi2 semua orang pergi keje kottt, and LRT doesnt even have a pink coach, ok? I still can't brain  why they didn't help. why oh why...

And another thing.. kalau dah tau pakcik tu tua even he didnt collapse pon please la bagi seat, tak malu ke yang muda2 ni nak duduk dekat priority "red seat" kalau nampak pakcik tua tu berdiri. Same goes to pregnant woman, kadang2 it's so obvious that the lady is pregnant, tapi boleh buat2 tak nampak??

Common sense might not be "common" for some people.  I am so sick of these selfish people in Malaysia. Not to generalize, but hello, jadi gentle sikit boleh?  Imagine if you pregnant one day, and remember everyone grows older anywayyy. Pakai baju se cantik2 se hensem2 yang mampu, muka nak nampak lawa nak tough tapi duduk kat seat and let the oldies and the pregnant ladies standing? .....excuse me, where are you come from again??