Our Makan Angin Trip..

Melaka, Malaysia (May 2009)

2009-05-28T13:40:00.004+08:00

Masa cuti Labour Day ari tu kitorang pegi Melaka, Bandaraya Bersejarah. Hah! Statement poyo :). Day trip, saja bawak Lil D jalan. Lagipon this year kitorang belum jalan jalan lagi.

First stop was Parkson Ayer Keroh. Shopping baju Lil D. Heh, macam lah kat KL tak leh shopping kan. Had lunch there and straight on to A Famosa and all those historic places lah.

Lepas A Famosa, kitorang pegi Istana Melayu. Tengoklah all those baju yang orang orang istana pakai. Tengoklah sejarah Jebat lawan Tuah. Tengoklah balairong seri and read all the cerita of Malacca the great.

Tangkap gambar gung gang gung gang, we then moved on to kapal portugis. Naik beca ok. We had to take 2 becas because 1 beca tak muat. Hahaha... Dalam kapal tu kitorang bump into this Portuguese family, bapak dia hensem tak hengat! Sejibik cam Figo footballer tu.

Keluar kapal masuk Muzium Maritime. Tawaf satu muzium (Lil D tak boleh blah kalau ada bahagian yang dia tak tengok, so...) and tangkap gambark bagai. And before we headed back to KL, we went to Jonkers Walk. My BFF's hub suka sangat pi sini whenever they're in Malacca. Aku pon excited lah nak pi. Tak dak lah apa sangat sebenarknya pon. Well to me lah. Adalah satu dua benda menarik perhatian, tapi Hubby biasalah, dia akan menarik aku sebelum aku lebih tertarik. So end up, tak beli apa pon except for souvenirs untuk Lil D.

By this time, kaki aku dah nak tercabut ok! Letih gila berjalan. Lil D pon dah seret seret kaki. Sampaikan nak balik ke kereta pon naik teksi.

Balik tu jalan jam gila, yelah sebab orang balik for long weekend kan. Makan 3 jam lebih jugak lah balik tu. Tapi at least Lil D was happy with the trip.

Pangkor Island, Malaysia (March 2008)

2008-03-14T12:54:00.015+08:00

Ok, before I start my entry, I have to say something first... that I have to now eat my own words of not going back to Pangkor Island Beach Resort.. Anyways, my decision for not going back nor recommending it to any of my friends was simply because of what had happened during our first trip.. Tapi, decision aku telah di-veto-ed oleh hubby, saying that they are affordable and best of all they have their own private beach... lagipun little d tak penah pegi.. So after much hesitation, I booked the hotel, again! I couldn't believe it!

But Alhamdulillah, our trip was great! Eventhough the service could be better, I must say that they have improved a lot.. Tak la sangat macam our first trip...

Kitorang naik bas kat Hentian Duta, morning bus at 8.45am on Saturday, and reached Lumut at about 1.00pm.. Bus tu banyak sangat berenti la, dia buat macam dia tu bas antara bandar pulak.. Stop amik orang... Anyways, sampai je, we teruih lunch and board the ferry at 1.45pm to Pangkor Island...

Sampai hotel, check in all gedebuk gedebak, kitorang teruih pegi mandi laut! Ish, ish! Macam tak penah tengok laut I tell you... berendam sampai 3 jam lebih baru naik bilik... You all should look at Little D now, hitam longot!! hahaha..

We had fun and that night we had early dinner in Teluk Nipah... tapau jagung and kacang rebus tuk supper... I was about to sleep (hubby dah tidork like a dead log) when I received an SMS telling me Shahrizat lost Lembah Pantai.. aku teruih gerak hubby and we end up till 2.00am waiting for results with hubby dozzing off once in a while..

Next day we went for massage, nice! Malay traditional massage and after that I had reflexology pulak... Hubby and Little D went to Pandy Panda Kids Club for some activities and she won first prize for colouring session... Look at her, all smiley smiley...

Petang tu again we mandi laut, but this time we cut it short sebab nak pegi Teluk Nipah for dinner and we plan to be back to the room by 8.00pm for Buletin TV3... Nothing much was said and Pak Lah sworn in for the 2nd term...

Next day tu we spent the whole day at the beach... ahh.. begitu tenang dan damai... Aku lepak tepi laut sambil dengark iPod... while Hubby and Little D when merayau tah mana mana...

Well, kalau dah dok tepi laut, mesti tadak activity lain kan... mandi laut je la kan... but that afternoon, letih mandi laut.. ombak besark sangat! Tapi lama jugak la kami kat situ despite the big wave... Little D tak nak naik lagi sebab kata dia, esok nak balik dah... so when me and Hubby tengah melepak dia senyap senyap pi mandi laut lagi... sorang sorang lak tu... berani betoi!

Malam tu makan pi Teluk Nipah again for dinner and met this one interesting guy from Germany, Benhard... Cakap melayu tuh! Tapi aku ni kan, kalau dah detu mat salleh, tak leh aku nak cakap melayu ... nak terspeaking je... Deni, keja post office je kat Munich tapi dah travel almost the whole world!! He was telling us all the stories from his trip and it was cool!

Esok tu aku mangkit pagi, packed all our stuff and left the resort at 12.30pm, took our bus at 3.30pm and reached KL at 8.00pm..

There goes yet another trip, so fast... But we had a blast and Little D was so happy... But I was sad at the end of the trip cos I left my Mont Blanc PDA pouch dekat jeti.. when I call back to check dah takde... Sad tapi aku redha...

Masa ni la pouch aku tu tertinggal... :(

Langkawi, Malaysia (December 2006)

2007-12-01T00:38:00.000+08:00

Another trip without Little D! We sent her back to Kelantan for her yearly do and we headed to Langkawi for 3D/2N holiday...

I booked Langkawi Lagoon Resort and we took MAS flight to Langkawi (MAS was actually cheaper than Air Asia!).. Masa nak turun flight tu, we were stranded for about 15 minutes, then heard orang kecoh kecoh... ingatkan apa, rupanya baru kitorang tau yang we were in the same flight with Sultan Kedah.. He had to go down first, then baru la rakyat jelata ni boleh turun..

Sampai resort, we were escorted to their Lounge for a welcome drink.. then this happened..

"Where are you from?"

"Who? Us?"

"Yeah, which country are you from?"

"What do you mean which country, we are from KL la, Malaysia"

"Ooh! Sorry, I thought you guys are from another country.."

"Ahh... we always get that.. it's okay.."

Malam tu kitorang keluar gi Dataran Lang... amik angin and just see Pekan Kuah.. jauh tu travel from resort!

Esok tu kitorang went for massage, it was good I tell you...

And we went to see the sunset and makan laksa and makan rojak.. just the two of us..

We went to see Langkawi lighthouse (can't remember the name of the lighthouse), it was beautiful! and we stopped at USSR restaurant.. restaurant Russia tuh! (adaka orang Langkawi yang makan makanan Russia?..)

We didn't do much this trip, just lepak because that's what we plan to do pon.. to relax and be with each other..

And was really glad that we did...

Port Dickson, Malaysia (March 2007)

2007-11-28T10:13:00.000+08:00

Our trip to PD was more for me... I wanted to relax and rejuvenate myself... we stayed at Legend Water Chalet Resort... We bought the resort voucher from VP during Matta Fair for our family and also Akak's..

We reached PD first as Akak had to work that day and can come only after that... we had room next to each other and the scenery was ok...

The room was nice and had a touch of Balinese... I never knew that Balinese style entrance was next to the day and you had to enter the toilet first to go to your room.. Anyway it was nice..

We had dinner with Akak & Khalid with Fiqah and Nuar and Little D enjoyed Anuar's company.. Yea, yea I know it's time for her to have brother/sister...

Service here was good I must say... for a new opening resort.. We didn't do much and we didn't even go to the beach.. just wasting our time at the pool and hubby and Little D busy fishing... Hubby went to pekan lukut to get the fishing net and we managed 4 crabs...

It was a good trip having to spent it with Akak & family and having my family around with me.. And Insya Allah, me & hubby will be going back this Raya Haji to spent some time together.. in Avillion! (;- we are sending Little D back to kampung, her annual do..but ssshhhh.. please don't tell her...)

Pangkor Island, Malaysia (June 2006)

2007-11-27T11:34:00.002+08:00

Typing this entry brings me back to the day I wrote such a long complaint letter to the General Manager of Pangkor Island Beach Resort (which until this very day, I received no reply from him).. Ok, let me start with nice things that we experienced during this trip and I will follow with WHY I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS RESORT after that..

We sent Little D off during school holiday to her ever inviting Tok Ma and Tok Abah and we managed a short so called honeymoon trip to Pangkor.. We stayed in Pangkor Island Beach Resort... (previously known as Pan Pacific Resort).. Room was okay and the beach was superb!.. The resort has it's own private beach and memang cantik.. I must say that it was such a beautiful property but that's it! Full stop!

Now I will tell you why I do not and will not recommend this resort to anyone.. Apart from the great beach and an okay room, nothing else was good there... Service, I must say it sucks to the floor level!! Staffs are the rudest I've ever come across... Well, maybe be cos I myself am a hotelier, I can't help but to compare... tapi Masya Allah... service can very well be better...

It started with our check in.. can you imagine the very beginning at the point of check in I was already pissed... but never mind... When we arrived (very well after 3pm, the supposed check in time), we were told that our room is still not ready because they had heavy departure... tak pa, being a hotelier I can understand.. So, we registered in and I asked for the coffee house since we have to wait for the room. We were told that it was on lower level... we were told ok, that means we have to go there ourselves.. still ok... we can manage... but what about the luggage, can we keep somewhere? I asked.. to my surprise the answer that came back was, yeah, you can keep it behind the counter.. and best part hubby had to do it himself, no assistance at all!

Still never mind... had our lunch and head to our room.. we were not call when the room was ready ok, we had to come up to the lobby and asked as always.. Room was nice & ok, facing the sea bla bla bla... Honestly, I like it...

That night we went out for dinner... had seafood of course and back to the room at about 11.30pm. When I was about to charge my camera I noticed that the charger was missing... Search my bags and hubby's but no where to be found... So I thought I must have left it in the coffee house sebab we took pictures there... So, I press this one button, so called help button that will link me everywhere I wish to go..

The operator who answered the phone was the rudest of all.. suffice to say that she had ruin my night... I do not want to dwell on how the conversation ends but the charger, confirm missing..

I thought the unpleasant experience will stop after that, but wait! there's actually more to come... we borrowed the DVD player from the reception and to our surprise they sent it to our room. Nak jadik cerita when we returned the player (ourselves!), our CD tertinggal kat dalam.. so again the agony of having to press the help button started.. True enough, I had to endure a suffering pain before I can get my anger leashed out to the duty manager... He had an earful from me and he apologises profusely, yet I still had to take the CD myself! Reason being, tak cukup manpower at the reception... Is that really my problem??

Honestly I cannot expect a 5 star city hotel service... well, to be honest I can't expect my hotel kind of service... but to me it's something very basic... Basic sangat sangat dalam hotel industry.. tapi tu lah... what we experienced some what or rather spoilt our trip... When we came back to KL, I wrote a very long email (never in my working life have I wrote such long email !) to the GM and regret to say that I have not heard from him till to date...

Sydney, Australia (August 2006)

2007-11-07T23:14:00.000+08:00

Our flight to Sydney was at 8pm+.. so Hubby went to work and I took leave.. ye la memandangkan aku ni kalau dah keja... boleh miss the flight la... My brother sent us to KL Sentral and it was a Formula One ride.. tah kenapa traffic was very bad that day.. anyway we manage to sampai KL Sentral 5 minutes before the check in counter closed.. kalau tak mau tehegeh hegeh heret beg pegi KLIA..

Lepas dah check in, we took ERL to KLIA and sampai sana dalam 6.30pm.. we had light dinner and head straight to boarding gate.. Disebabkan Little D ni pendek lagi so aku tak nak la lalu ikut auto gate and we were looking for manual counter.. tapi adala satu kakak ni dok tunjuk kat aku sambil cakap "Foreign passport the other side.." yang aku ni pon buat tak tau la.. ye la bila pulak aku ni foreigner kan.. tapi dia dok sebut lagi, dekat 5-6 kali.. at last aku pon agak la deni mesti dok ingat aku arab.. so aku pon cakap la "we are malaysian passport holder" baru la yang kakak tu pon "oohhh.. sini la.. boleh lalu auto gate ni.." la... yang aku ni punya la nak carik bukan auto gate sebab si kenit tu.. tapi takpa la, aku pon dah malaih nak bertekak lalu la kat auto gate tu..

We arrived Sydney the next day, 8 hours flight... keras jugak la bontot.. habih semua movie aku tengok.. Sampai tu, lalu custom and declare our belongings.. keluark airport, masya Allah, punya la freezing cold!! Ye la, mau tak cold, 8C! Kita biasa 30C mana la tahan... Little D lain pulak cerita, seronok dok nganga mulut dia.. ye la keluar asap kan, sejuk!

We took cab to Hilton Sydney and was given an upgraded room.. ni syok keja ngan international chain, dah la bilik murah (team member rate) dapat extra lagi.. Masuk bilik ja, aku terus knock out.. Little D and Hubby busy snapping pictures..

That evening we planned to walk down to Darling Harbor tapi disebabkan Little D lelah (sebab sejuk sangat) we detour back to hotel and waited for Gary & Sae for dinner instead.. They brought their little one.. Justin Long...

We had Malaysian food, nasi goreng la, satay la.. tah apa apa, pi punyala jauh, carik benda yang ada kat sini gak.. Anyway, we had a blast that night.. I have not seen Sae for quite sometime and the meeting was good.. Well Sae was actually still dalam confinement tapi dia keluark gak jumpak kitorang sebab aku tanak pi rumah dia.. Gila! rumah dia ada puppy! Eeee.. tanak aku..

2nd day
We went to Sydney Harbor, amik ferry to Sydney Zoo.. Nice journey! We took a lot of pics passing by the Opera House and Sydney Bridge.. sampai zoo, we took cable car to go up.. cantik zoo dia and very the big.. Kitorang jalan from 9am till 5pm.. tu pun tak abih pusing!!

Lam ferry on the way back to hotel, Little D telena pulak so takkan la nak jalan kan, mau patah tulang Hubby dukung dia.. so we took bus..

Masa nak naik tu aku tanya la driver bus tu..

"Does this bus pass by Hilton?"

"Yes"

So aku pon amik la syiling and because it is not our money, aku pon tehegeh-hegeh la kan.. and you know what he said to me?

"This is ridiculous!.. mumble, mumble... " aku pon dah naik angin, jawap la balik, "Yeah! and you are just a bloody bus driver!!"

Langsung tesengap dia.. kerek tah apa apa tah... geram btoi aku.. so anyway, we board the bus.. Because it was full, aku ngan hubby split, aku kat belakang, hubby kat depan.. I was looking out for Hilton sebab aku tau yang bus tu lalu btoi btoi depan hotel... tapi makin lama makin dalam bus tu pegi.. so aku pon panggil la hubby, aku bagi indication yang aku rasa kami ni dah sesat.. hubby said to hang on and may be the bus will make a turn to city.. memang la dia akan balik ke city, but then when??

Makin lama makin jauh.. so I told hubby we better stop here and take another bus back to the city.. we stop at one university tu aku pon dah tak ingat nama dia.. We crossed the road and saw 1 Indonesian restaurant.. and we were so hungry, so we stop to eat nasi lemak before taking bus back to the city.. And that night we slept like a dead log!!

3rd day
Sydney Aquaria! It was a huge place!! semua tempat kat Sydney ni aku rasa besark - besark la.. we had a blast!! macam macam aku tengok.. we bought a few souvenirs from the shop, hubby bought cap.. and I bought a t-shirt for myself and Little D..

Hubby took loads of pics sampai to the extend Little D naik bosan.. "Abah ni, skit-skit amik gambar, skit-skit amik gambar!.." Sampaikan bila Hubby panggey nama dia for something else pon, dia dah "cheeseeeeeeee..." sampai camtu pukulan abah dia amik gambark... But it's all for memories, bukan ari-ari kita pi sydney kan..

Ari ni kami dah pandai skit, we took bus back to Hilton.. and we tak sesat! Yes!! We had fried rice in the room and all I can tell you, if you ever go to Sydney, please don't order their fried rice, sucks big time ok!! I had chocolate ice cream, that was nice..

4th day
We went for whale watching.. wild whale ok.. it's 85aud for adults and 40aud for kid.. we depart to open sea with quite a big boat.. masa mula mula tu aku ok lagi tapi bila dah sampai tengah, perut aku mula buat hal and in the end aku muntah bagai nak rak, seasick!!! and last nya aku tidork saja kat lower deck tu.. and all I can hear was people cheering bila nampak whale tu..

When I was a bit ok aku bangun carik hubby and Little D.. Rerupanye, kenit tu pon pengsan gak, muntah belilak.. the only survivor was hubby, tu pun lepaih habih satu botoi minyak cap kapak dia palit kat kepala dia.. tapi hampeh, bukan nya dia amik gambark, sibuk dok menjerit tiap kali nampak whale tu.. last last nya langsung dapat ekor je...

Tapi aku tak la malu sangat sebab seasick ni, pasai ada lagi mat saleh yang badan cam wrestler pon tekangkang kat ataih lantai, muntah bagai nak rak..

Malam tu kitorang order room service je (again) and went out to the souvenir shop next to the hotel to buy some stuff for family back home. Spent about 1,000 over RM just to buy souvenir!! tapi tak pa bukan selalu mai Sydney kan..

5th day
The next morning, we went to Hyde Park for a walk and took some great pics, balik tu breakfast ngan Gary and had chat with Leoni.. She's the one who took care of my stay in Hilton Sydney.. Naik tu, isi borang banci, yeap, we had to fill one as well.. Pack of our stuff and left for airport to balik Malaysia... We took a cab from hotel and the driver was a Lebanese.. He was friendly and told us stories bout his family, diorang migrate from Lebanon to Sydney when he was young and he's now married to a Lebanese woman..

Sampai airport we had a light lunch, kebab... and bought some more souvenir.. Claim the tax for all the items we bought and board the plane... Soyanara Sydney, till we come again....

Beijing, China (June 2005)

2007-11-04T21:07:00.000+08:00

Our trip to China was a real joke of the century.

Few weeks before we depart, I asked a friend who went there in January whether we have to apply for visa and was told not necessary. So, like gungho to China we went... Our flight was at 9am and we have to be in KL Sentral 2 hours before if we want to do our check in there. But, we arrived just 5 minutes after and of course was not allowed to check in. Like chicken without head, we rushed to KLIA and arrived there 8am, 1 hour before departure. Since we were already late, the lady at the MAS counter didn't even bother to check our passport. Got our boarding pass and off to the boarding gate. There we met with one Chinese uncle who frequent China on business purpose. Talk a little and not long after that board the plane. 6 hours went by and we reached Beijing.

Prior to touch down, we were given a form to fill and I started wondering when I saw this.. "visa number".. So I asked hubby "Yang, what's this?" He said "Tak applicable to us kot.." So, without hesitation, we left the plane heading towards the arrival hall.

Ok, this is where it all started.. the joke that I was talking about.

When we reached the arrival hall, there was already a long que. Hubby was just behind me. When it was my turn, I went to the immigration counter to validate my passport. Then this happened..

"Visa?"

"What visa? I don't have a visa"

"You don't have Chinese Visa?.." his eyes were so big like it's coming out!

"No.."

"Go behind!.. You with her..?" pointing to Hubby..

"Yes.."

"Go behind with her..!"

So, we were sent to a corner waiting to be punished for trying to enter China without visa! How stupid can I be? That moment, I regretted asking a friend. Hubby was trying to cheer me up with a stupid joke. Arrival Hall in Beijing Airport has this beautiful mural of Great Wall of China and hubby said.. "Yang, mai kita amik gambark kat sini.. at least kalau kita kena balik pon, we have this pic already.."

"Awak diam sat boleh dak?.." I was already so angry and feeling so stupid.. The officers were definitely not friendly and rude! I wanted to call my friend who is working in Malaysian Embassy, so I asked one of the officer how to go about and was told NO!

So ok, we had to stand there for 15 minutes before one stupid dongoloik came scolding us.. Just because he can speak a little bit of English doesn't give him the right to call us stupid right? Hubby was so angry that he nearly screw the guy, but I stop him. They were already making arrangements to send us back to KL on the next available flight.. Aarrrgghhh.. This cannot be happening!! We spent 6 damn hours on the flight and now we are going to be sent off?? I so hope NOT! This dongoloik guy then asked for our passport and tickets, for what I do not know and made a photocopy of each..

Then came the rescue... huh!! what a relief.. 1 week before we depart, I contacted my friend in China, the Bahraini Ambassador and he sent his officer together with his driver to fetch us.. Since we were so long in the arrival hall, he came to look for us. Prior to that I managed to call the Ambassador informing him of my stupidity and the reason why we were late. Apparently, his officer couldn't locate me assuming that he was to fetch an Arab lady and even had the calling board written in Arabic. Why la I always have to deal with this mistaken identity thingy..even in a critical situation like this?

Anyway, after much fighting and arguing, we were off the hook and had to pay USD180 to do the visa on arrival and our stay was guaranteed by the Kingdom of Bahrain! Malaysian being endorsed by Bahraini... hehehe... However, we were not the only dungus there, mind me as there were one other couple that went to China without visa.. These people should thank us, I think.. If it's not because of us and our connection, I think they would be sent back as well.. So, altogether, there were four dungus of the day..

After all the hassle, we were sent to Hilton Beijing and was greeted by Karim, the Front Office Manager. I met Karim when he came to help with our hotel opening. Again, the stupid story came up and me & hubby became the laughing stock!

Checked in and was upgraded to higher floor. Went to our room and rest for a while before we went down to meet with Zai, my friend from Malaysian Embassy. Well, actually this is the first time I am meeting her as was introduced to her by SO via IM. Met up with her and the hubby at the lobby and went up to the room after that to lepak for the rest of the day..

2nd Day

Had breakfast in Coffee House. It was so difficult telling them what you want as they do not understand a single thing. I asked for half boiled egg but was given boiled century egg instead!! what is this lar? I cannot imagine how they are going to manage the Olympic in 2008.. Anyways, went out with Zai and hubby to do some shopping. Well, actually not some la.. a lot of shopping!! You'll definitely be crazy once you see all the barang there! We bought 10 pairs of snickers, 1 travelling bag, a lot of table cloth and a lot of other stuff...

Hubby manage a Chinese word "ipai" which means RM100.. so since then he's been bargaining like an expert.. He will gather 3-4 items and ask for the price.. it is a standard thing in any shop that the sales girls will inform you of the price using a calculator.. If it is more than "ipai", hubby will protest.. "No, no "ipai" and I will take".. The sales girls will then scold us crazy but in the end will still accommodate the price we wanted.. Ohya..! for them to call you into their shop, they will be standing at the door and say "come, come.. luke, luke.."(read : luka in malay).. first I thought what is this la luke, luke... Then Zai told me, it was actually "come, come.. look, look.." and if they know you are from Malaysia or Indonesia or Singapore.. it will be.. "come, come.. murah, murah.."

Had lunch with Zai and hubby in a restaurant called "Little Penang" situated just behind Hilton.. Place owned by Malaysian Chinese with all cook from Malaysia.. Mamak to be exact.. Good food, great place..

3rd Day

We went for yet another shopping blast!! Was told by Zai that Erra Fazira also shop in China and had to pay nearly RM3,000 for excess baggage!! Gila!!! Luckily ours was not that much... Kalau tak, balik KL makan pasir beb!! We bought pearl necklace and some other stuff..

Had dinner with Ambassador Karim (Bahraini Ambassador) in his residence.. He sent his driver to fetch us at the hotel and it was quite a long drive to his place.. Met his wife, Madam Fatima for the first time and she definitely is a stunning lady.. We left the house at about 10pm and the driver sent us back to Hilton.. We bumped into a group of people in the lift and this conversation started..

"You Bahraini..?" one of the man asked pointing at me..

"No.. why you say that.." ahh.. another mistaken identity incident

"I saw you in and out of the Embassy's car.."

"Oh.. the Ambassador is my personal friend..I'm from Malaysia"

"Aahh.. we're good friend then.." and started hugging hubby

"Yeah, good friend.. good friend.. Where are you from..?" hubby

"Israel..!"

"Ahh.. very good friend indeed.." hubby with his shocking face..

And apparently our new friend was Israeli Ambassador based in China and their Embassy is just next to ours and is only separated by a wall.. We are indeed good friends..!

4th Day

We signed up for a city tour and went to Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace and Forbidden City.. We signed up for group tour but ended up having a private tour.. what a luck!! Went to silk and pearl factory (part of the trip).. After the tour we took cab (with the help of the guide, she wrote zoo in chinese..) to Beijing Zoo..

Ok, the zoo is definately an old zoo and it smells ok! Since I want to see the panda bear, we paid whatever fee to go inside.. We asked around for the panda garden and none of them understood!! Bukan panda dari negara diaorang ke?? Anyway, hubby took out his ticket and show it to one of the staff and finally, we get to see the panda! Went back to hotel after that and had dinner in Little Penang (on our own..) and we walked back to the hotel..

5th Day

Great Wall of China! Finally I get to see one of the 7 wonders of the world. It was huge and the steps are uneven.. I cannot imagine how they did this amazing thing.. Tak boleh imagine langsung! It was really amazing.. We walked 800m to the top and bought a souvenir to say that we've been to the Great Wall of China on 14 June 2005..

Ok, here's some creepy story about this trip.. Before Great Wall, we stop at this place called Ming Tomb.. It is a place where one of the great Chinese Emperor & Empress (Emperor Dan..?? or something la..) was buried together with 7 of his beloved concubine.. It's like a showroom with 1 entrance and 1 exit.. The guide took the tickets and we went in..

Ok, the moment you go in, you'll be greeted by this big, gigantic statue of Emperor Dan (or whatever his name was..) and of course me and hubby was shocked! It was in yellow gold and so very big that me and hubby started laughing.. You have to finish the round to reach the exit (something like IKEA la..) and while doing our round, we took some pictures and still giggling.. ok, when we reached the exit, our camera got stuck!! (masa tu takdak digital camera lagi..) Hubby push open the cover and took a picture of a tree, not just any tree, a 6500 years old tree.. You know what.. What ever pix that we took inside, tak jadik!! The one right before and the tree was ok.. the one inside, gone!! The guide said we were cursed!! by who?? by the Emperor!!! What!!!! but enough said, all the nice pix including the BIG statue.. gone!!

Went to this tea place and jade shop as part of the trip and back to hotel at about 5.00pm. We slept early that night.. we were so dead tired and lenguh the whole body due to the "exercise" at Great Wall.. Lagipon, our flight back to Malaysia the next day is at 9.00am... Buatnye tak bangun, mampus kena denda lagi!!

I woke up tekejut! Thought that we are going to miss our flight dah sebab terang benderang.. sekali tengok, it was only 5.00am!! I forgot that daytime are longer in China..

Ambassador sent his driver to sent us off to the airport and we left China with mixed feelings.. Sampai Malaysia, the story of us trying to get into China without visa spread like a rapid fire!! and you all know what?? If I were to apply from here (had I known), I would only have to pay RM60!!! and for 2 persons!! Anyway, we had a blast and most important thing, we've been to Great Wall of China!! as there's a saying "NOT A HERO UNTIL ONE REACHES THE GREAT WALL..

Watch the Space

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I'm gonna be writing all about our trip in this blog..

So, watch the space ya!

Cheerio...