Sunday, November 20, 2016

November Vacay with the whole clan

Macam tak percaya 

Hello Mt Kinabalu! 

This pic was taken at around 5 am in the morning, Sabah local time. Kalau kita kat semenanjung ni, pukul 7:30 pagi pun dok gelap sakan laei huhu

The whole Ipoh clan went for the 4 days 3 nights trip to Sabah. 

Took the flight at 7:30 am, arrived around 10:00 am at KK Airport. 


Kami buat itinerary sendiri je, hasil research & google 5 months before the trip. Gigih tau! Ingat senang ke nak carik van, pikirkan penginapan blablabla


The van condition was decent, alhamdulillah value for money sangat! And we were so lucky that my hemsem husband could drive the stick! Thanks sayang ;-*

Upon arrival, we went for lunch at Suria Mall's food court and bought few things like beras, telur, mineral water and others. 

Then after Zuhur at around 12:30 pm, we started the drive to Kundasang. 

This was taken at 3:00 pm local time. Semacam tidak percaya it was cloudly and getting dark macam maghrib sudah... 


My sleepy Sarah ;)

We stayed at an airbnb owned by En Mohamad. It cost us RM400 / night tapi rumah spacious gila! 

The house could fit in almost 16 people per stay, and everyone will be comfortable with their own tilam, bantal & selimut each. Got dapur with basic cooking utensils, so memang dapat masak laa to save up money. 


Got mini stores down the road kot nak tambah cooking supplies. 

Us ladies, well it was ibu mostly, cooked simple dinner that night tapi tuh diaaa penangan malam tu sejuk angat2 telur dadar, sardin, fresh salad & sambal Che Nor laku keras sangat! Makan bertambah-tambah uols! 

It was a long trip, and everyone got tired after dinner and ready for an early day tomorrow. So ready to call it a night... 

Sampai laaa jadi kejadian si Hannan jatuh tangga and bled in between her legs! Only god knows what actually happened and we had to drive for 20 minutes to the nearest hospital which was situated at Ranau. 

I cried all the way to the hospital, blaming everyone for not looking out for the kids. I was at the washroom when it happened. But I knew it wasn't anyone's fault. It was just meant to be.

Cuma masalahnya, she hurts herself internally. Kalau kot luka terbukak ka, bengkak lutut ka tahu jugak laaa aku nak buh ubat macamana.

Ni bulih pulak jatuh kat celah kangkang, berdarah pulak aduh! 

Got to the hospital. Had to queue, of course. Tp alhamdulillah, while waiting she bleds no more. And was able to walk as usual. And even syukur when the doc didn't see anything wrong with it. I even asked the doc to perform an ultrasound, just to be sure. Syukur alhamdulillah... Allah Maha Menyembuh & Maha Mengasihani! 

Our first night at Kundasang ended with syukur alhamdulillah.

The next morning, I was the first one to wake up at 4:30 am. Mind you, it was already Subuh local time, and I insisted everyone else to stay up to witness the mother nature. Heck, that's the only reason I wanted to go to Kundasang! 

 Breakfast with a 5 star view

One with my baby & the view! 

Siap breakfast, we went to the famous Sabah's very own New Zealand! 


Sayang sangat tak nampak view, sebab November memang musim hujan. Tapi tak ralat sangat laa since dah dapat tengok awal pagi tadi heeee 

Seronok laa budak2 sekolah Sabah buat field trip ke NZ huhu

One with the siblings! 

Puas makan eskrem, minum fresh milk, bagi makan kambing & all, we continued the journey to Ranau to get to the fish spa. 

But, since its musim hujan and all, the spa was closed sebab air sungai naik. Hadoi, agak spoil gak laa sebab penat dok dalam van hahahaha

Then off we went to Poring's hot spring. 

Berangan nak masuk their canopy walk, but sampai lambat sebab lunch dulu semua so ended up bersantaian sahaja...


Weird! This was the only pic I took while we were there. Sedangkan pulun jugak laaa mandi dalam kolam depa habiskan sisa2 petang yang ada... 

We had our dinner at Restoren Putri Nabalu. Mahal! Tapi, sedap! And the place was a whole lot better compared to other kedai-kedai makan lain along the road, so takyah nak berkira bab makan sangat la kan? Hehe

That was our last night at Kundasang. 

Lepas dinner, terus turun KK semula. And experienced the normal humid and hot weather. Not like the windy & cool Kundasang weather...

Sampai di KK, tapi hati tertinggal di Kundasang lagi ;(

Our third morning in Sabah started with the trip to UMS, to their very own fish santuary ala ala aquaria la kiranya.

Masuk ade fees, tp sayang sangat macam tak terjaga. Bagus lagi Pusat Ikan Hiasan PD yang free tu huhu

Itinerary kat KK mmg free and easy je, so tak terpikir nak pegi their Cultural Village (must visit next trip!) and island hopping. 

I was not feeling well the whole day, even waktu depa dinner malam tu ber-seafood kat this one (kunun) famous restaurant kat Salut (or is it Selut?) I cannot digest even a bit, dapat muntah baru lega fuh... 


Our flight back was the next day. Walaupun masih belum fully recover, masih boleh buat sign 'peace' untuk tatapan peminat (--") 

Babai Sabah! Pasti akan datang lagi bah! See you very soon! 

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Deepavali 2016 Roadtrip!

Last weekend, the whole Adenar clan went for our first roadtrip together to Terengganu Darul Iman. The actual plan was to join the in-law's school reunion, held by their former students. The eating & tourist-ing part were the second part of the trip hehe

Perjalanan bermula jam 4 pagi. Pehh mencabar betul nak tido dalam van especially bila kena dok belakang ni. Memang laa seat tu boleh dilanjutkan ke bawah laei, tapi yelah... dah tua2 ni nak dok selesa saja. Budak-budak pun sama, tak gheti nak tidoq duduk sebab dah biasa dapat baring masing-masing dalam gheta. Tapi nak tak nak, sakit belakang la kita sama-sama. But kakak Sarah managed to somehow baring jugak, although it meant that she took over parts of Auni's seat. Kesiannn si Auni nak melawan, meringkut macam dalam perut mak dia balik huhu
Budak-budak dok belakang 
*me included (--")*
Father & son
 Cousins for life!

We arrived at Kemaman around 11 am. Alhandulillah... Dah cerah ni, baru boleh menikmati perjalanan. Nampak the famous Kedai Kopi Hai Peng. Penuh orang wehhh... Dok bising-bising laa ajak depa singgah, lepaih tu mak mertua den tanya... 
"Halal ke? Bukan kedai cina ke??"
"Erk.."
Our homestay was awesome! Mampuih lupa nak amek gambo sebab awesome sangat! Despite located all the way in Terengganu, perabot dia... kitchen set dia semua IKEA wehhh... siap dryer yang mak paling suker wuuuuuu!! 

Lepas siap-siap, we went for otak-otak at Warung Otak-Otak Che Wan:
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Aku dengan kerek aku sembang, 
"Otak-otak semua tempat bukan sama ke??"
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Ikan seketui bak ang! 
Perapan dia pehhhh bak ang!!
Kami sampai waktu tu dah petang, tapi ghamai dia tuh dia sampai aku jegei mata kat customer yang dah habeh makan pon depa kemaruk takmoh mangkit dari meja depa lagi wehhh sakit ati aku wehh tapi bila dapat makan tu aku pon ikut sama buat tak gheti saja dok kat meja pasai tukar oder otak-otak lagi tak cukup 50 keping wehhhh  

So bila perut sudah kenyang, hati sudah senang, kita makan angin pantai pula...
 
We ended the day early, since malam tu nak kena join dinner abah ummi pulak.Tapi kami pemalaih punya pasai, pi makan saja lepaih tu balik tidoq. Penat sambut Deepavali kat Terengganu wehh hehe 

The next day was supposed to be free and easy. Berangan dah nak beli kepok dan strolling around Kemaman macam pelancong sakan. Tapi kita hanya mampu merancang. Dari nak ke Kuala Terengganu jadi tak jadi and stuck at Dungun lepaih tu mampu drove back home since masa tidak mengizinkan...
But, hello Temerloh!

All in all, despite the long journey and lack of fun-shopping-makan-time, alhamdulillah it ends well. I always thought that my family je yang kelam kelibut when it comes to family trip. Rupanya the husband's side pun sama saja. Which proves no family is perfect. It is just a matter of how you embrace the situation and accept that life will never be perfect. Adjust accordingly, do not take matters into heart and insyaallah all will be fine :)
Tapi, saya rindu awak lah! 
Lama sangat awak dok jadik driver kat depan, kita tak biasa kena tinggal kat belakang huhuuuu