Jiuzhaigou Review Part I

Jiuzhaigou is more to love-at-first-sight kinda place for me. When I first saw the pictures, I fell in love right away and immediately booked the flight tickets. But I fell in love even more after my visit. Jiuzhaigou is a really a peaceful, wonderful and beautiful hidden treasure on earth. Here is a few important things you need to know before planning to go to Jiuzhaigou:

1) The nearest International Airport from Kuala Lumpur (by AirAsia) is Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
2) There are 2 transportation options to go from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, one is by 45 minutes domestic flight and another one is 10 hours bus ride.
3) Quite high amount of Energy, Cost and Time are required for Jiuzhaigou trip. I never read this anywhere and just realized it after my visit to Jiuzhaigou, which I think is a good tip to know beforehand, YOU NEED TO BE FIT. Banyakk gila berjalan until I reached to a point where I can't feel my leg anymore T_T. I wonder how the makcik2 can do Jiuzhaigou with formal dress and high heels, excuse me?
4) English is almost none in Jiuzhaigou, and Chengdu is no any better. So be prepared to speak like an alien there.
5) Two main attractions in Sichuan is Jiuzhaigou and HuangLong. Recommended to visit both. However, during my stay in Chengdu, I saw a lot more suggested tour package from Chengdu including 4 sisters mountain, horse riding trip, panda observation etc. You can do more research about them if you have more than 5 days to spend.
6) Peak season to visit Jiuzhaigou is Autumn. But bear in mind you need to fight with the exceptionally large crowd during peak season. But I'm so sure the view is gonna be exceptionally beautiful as well. Life is really about making decision isn't it? hehe
7) Free wifi in China means Free Whatsapp. They blocked all social media facebook, instagram, twitter or even google. So be well prepared, booked everything before hand, google as much as you want before depart.

Here is the quick summary of my trip.

Day 1- KLIA2 to Chengdu (Overnight at FlipFlop Hostel, Chengdu)
Day 2 - Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou by 10 hours bus ride (Overnight at Caiyun Hotel, JZH)
Day 3 & 4 - Jiuzhaigou National Park (Overnight at Caiyun Hotel, JZH)
Day 5 - Jiuzhaigou to HuangLong by 4 hours bus ride (Overnight at FlipFlop Hostel, Chengdu)
Day 6 - JinLi Street, Chengdu. Fly back Chengdu - KLIA2

Honeymoon

I am now a wife. Alhamdulillah. Will definitely write a special post for that. Can we skip that for now? hehe.

Honeymoon. As exciting as it sounds :P I am so excited to share about my experience. But don't worry this is not going to be a fishy2 mushy2 geli2 post. I am hopelessly not that type as for now especially in public :P (well who knows I'm going to be one later? kahkah)

I believe most couple has their own preference in choosing their honeymoon destinations. Some might prefer to be city, rural area, beach, highlands and etc. It also depends on time constraint, cost, interests and blablabla. But for me, I personally had no 'dream honeymoon' or whatsoever. I have a super long list for my vacation destinations, dari Malaysia sampai la ke bulan :P But never cross my mind to make them my honeymoon destination.

Me and my husband (I still feel weird to call him husband) never discuss about this honeymoon thingy. Not until the very last month before our marriage. Itu pon lepas kawan kawan rapat sye tanya about our honeymoon plan. Knowing me, I always have plan here and there, book tiket, study airbnb ahhh that is sooo my thing. But not this time. Awkward gila nak cakap pasal honeymoon sebelum kawin. Or is it just me? kahkahkah

Due to a few circumstances seperti duit yang dah banyak habis, bekalan cuti yang tak berapa banyak, masa yang suntuk, and a lot more... we were left with not much choices. My one and only criteria was "I don't wanna look tanned since the reception at my husband's side is a month after my side, so  anything related to sun is a big NO NO." kahkah poyo tak. But husband thinks beach/ island is so lovely and romantic for honeymoon. Which I doubted a bit earlier, but I am totally agree with him now :D So husband buat research sikit2 and promised me there will be no water activities, no sunbathing and etc. So don't worry I wont look darker than I am, after the honeymoon. haha.

Banyak sebenarnya island and beach cantik dlm Malaysia but we filtered out Sabah sebab tak sempat beli flight tix and we also filtered out Terengganu because we can always go there later :P so that was like taken out a big chunk of all the islands in Malaysia. Husband also preferred to go somewhere not too far, he didn't want to spend much time on the road. Buttt surprisinglyyy, we discovered that there was a private island near Pangkor yang sangat cantikk, rare and tak pernah didengari. Easily reached, cantik, an island, and affordable price. Anddd we go for it! Introducing to youuu, my honeymoon destination, Pangkor Laut, Perak, Malaysia. kekekeke. It's quite near to Pulau Pangkor, but it's totally a separate island, a private one ok. Sangat bertepatan with its tagline, One Island One Resort. Gituuuu.

Husband made a reservation a few weeks before, which was kinda late anddd we had to pay the GST urghh menyesal. Tu la malu malu nak cakap pasal honeymoon konon lepas tu rugi kene bayar GST. Padan muka thanks! T_T. The total expense is around RM1800 for 3 days 2 nights for 2 persons including breakfast, lunch and dinner. I first thought it's quite expensive, yelah slalu duduk hotel bajet jee, but if you ask me now, It is really worth every penny spent. Tak tipu. It is even cheappp for a luxury 5 stars hotel. Whyyy? Sebab best sangattt from the services, staff, room, food, ambiance, view and everythinggg. Stay tuneee I'm gonna share about Pangkor Laut in the next post. Promise! (berapa kali janji dah, tolong la jangan percaya haha)

Infinity Pool

Sea Villa, our stay for 3 days :D :D

Korea Trip Review

I just came back from Korea yeayy! But now that I'm back to the office, urghhh post-vacation syndrome like always. The flight ticket was bought almost one year before the travelling date. Such a long wait, huh? Nak tiket murah punya pasal gigih la sikit tunggu hehe. Good thing is, I have my own sweet time to study/research/plan for my itinerary. And I've started planning a few months before the trip. This time I think I did quite well kahkahkah credit diri sendiri pon boleh la, becauseee I don't speak korean, I don't read korean and I am afraid there will be so many ayam itik conversation later, so I am a bit over prepared for the trip. I promise to myself I'll keep the stories here so I can refer them later, but of course not now. I need my own sweet time for this as well.

Show off gambar satu :P 

Till then!

Monday Blues

Monday can't be any bluer (?) than this. Weekend terasa panjang when you spend your days with exciting activities. Seperti bermundar mandir menghabiskan duit di Pasar Siti Khadijah? And tomorrow is a public holiday. Like hello tak boleh ke kasi je Isnin cuti sekali so you don't have to deal with Monday Blues? Sadly, No.

So bangun pagi macam biasa siap2 and I decided to bring a pile of books to the office today (for whatever reason. why today?) Konon macam nak study la kot to let Monday slips away quickly. Ada la dalam 3kg kot buku2 tu. And for whatever reason jugak, harini nak pakai high heels instead of the flat shoes. Ok fine.

Sampai dekat kereta, alamakkkk I left my car keys upstairs. (I didn't know it was just a beginning, a lot more to come) Ok no complaint since ade elevator pon not that I have to climb the stairs. Ok jalan jalan seperti makcik2 yang bajet busy bawak buku seguni dan berkasut tumit tinggi. Sampai depan bangunan office. Aaaaaaaaaaa menjerit2 dalam hati I left my access card at home. Urghhh. Call everyone, since esok cuti, semua org pon either taking leave, or lambat lagi sampai or ade hal blablabla. No way out, I had to go back and take my card at home.

Bila dah sampai station Damai macam... uhmmm boleh tak kalau tinggal je seguni buku ni dekat lrt station. takkan la ade org nak curik buku kot? Not gonna walk back and forth with those books. Ok tinggal dekat tepi2 dinding, walked 5 steps or less, turned back, ambik buku balik because I saw a kakak cleaner and 2nd thoughts crept in, what if she threw away my books? Berjalan semula ke kereta dengan seguni buku. Sampai rumah, rushing naik atas, bukak pintu, masuk rumah, terlupa tutup pintu  (or memang tak berniat pon nak tutup pintu sebab sekejap je) dann taddaaaaaa seekor kucing telah berjaya menfollow masuk ke rumah. Yes, you have no problem with that. Tapi kasihanilah saya, saya sangat penyegan dengan kucing T_T. Bermula lah episode "Aku dan Kucing on Monday (blues)". Kucing itu pulak sedang membunting yang gemuk maka bertambah tegaklah bulu roma. Huarghh. Meowww2 Quack2 Grrrr Shuhh2. Ape la aku nak buat dengan ibu mengandung ini tskk tskk. If someone saw me from the outside, he might think there's a kungku fighting filming in my house, but the reality was just "Aku dan Kucing on Monday (blues)" short story.

Beberapa minit berlalu, akhirnya berjaya meloloskan diri dari ibu mengandung itu. Tanpa memukul mahupon mencubit manja. Cume menjegil2 kan mata je kekekeke. Ambik access card kat dalam bilik, berjalan seperti makcik2 bajet busy dengan seguni buku. Sampai LRT, touch and go card menyatakan insufficient balance?? Why now why *&#$%@^&# Thanks! Topup, sambung berjalan dengan berpeluh2 seperti berlari 3km di pagi hari and here I am. Mengadap laptop, update blog sebab penat sangat padahal baru pukul 10.30am? Buku tah ke mana study tah ke mana. Maka kenapakah kau beriya sangat nak bawak seguni buku tu pagi tdi? Pffttt. Entahlah..

Boleh tak fast forward pukul 5.30pm cepat? Like superrr fasttt.

Random

Tiba tiba teringat dekat blog. Like hello after 6months? kahkahkah Life is so good, and fast that I just missed everything in here. Banyak nya hutang post.  I need to write it here no matter what, so I could re track everything just in case I need it later haha

-Bangkok
-Whitewater Rafting
-Tenggol Island
-VS is still on no worries. hehe even I haven't update anything since few months ago. My kids are good and currently enjoying their school holiday
-Umrah

Ok so let's just leave it like this. Next time I open this blog, I should know where to start hahahahaha.
Till next time. And yes, I'm alive