Love is in the air....

I dream of having a Platinum ring

My lovely friend, Che Hasnishahida @ sd tag me. So these are my answers:

1. How old are you?
SOALAN MAUT. By the way, tak lama lagi bday yg ke *% pd 10 Mei. Bg hadiah tau, jgn tak bagi.

2. Are you single?.
Lg SOALAN MAUT. Actually, IT'S COMPLICATED! I tanak menyinggung mana2 pihak.

3. At what age do you think you’ll get married?
Ingatkan tahun ni bakal jd PUAN SUHAILA. Tp, ntahlah. IT'S COMPLICATED! Hya DIA yg tahu.

4. Do you think you’ll be marrying the person you are with now?
Bak lagu Juliana Banos, "Tak tahu yg mana satu?".

5. If not, who do you want to marry?
Mana2 pun boleh lah.

6. Who will be your bridesmaid & bestman?
Sapa2 je yg nak. Kalu adik beradik nak, bg lah dorg. Kalau kawan keje nak, bg lah dorg.

7. Do you want a garden/beach or traditional wedding?
Ntahlah. Tp mesti GRAND!

8. Where do you plan to go on honeymoon?
NEW ZEALAND. Specifically- QUEENSTOWN! Boleh I buat stunt a.k.a Paragliding skali.

9. How many guests do you think you’ll invite?
Satu Kg Tanjung Batu ni kot!

10.Will that include your exes?
Never ever! Perosak je majlis org kot. Manalah tau, dia dendam ke, sakit hati ke?.

11.How many layers of cake do you want?
Depends on the sponsor-Kak Uji.

12.When do you want to get married, morning or evening?
Ntahlah. Nikah kalu tak malam lps isya', siang dlm pkl 9 kot!

13.Name the song/tune you’d like to play at your wedding.
Hmmm...Lagu handalan biasalah,"Slamat, pengantin baru". Yg ptg, bukan lagu Azie, "Pelamin anganku musnah". Lagu yg romantiklah. Kalu lagu putus harapan, akan ku lempar d.j dgn mikrofon.

14.Do you prefer fine dining or just normal spoon & fork/knife?
Nama pun org kampung yg dijemput. Paling2 pun spoon, fork tu jarang2, knife- nduk bah kesian.

15.Champagne or red wine?
Ada jd buah mulut org kita menghidangkan champange/ red wine. Tak sesuai tau!!!

16.Honeymoon right after the wedding or days after the wedding?
DEFINITELY right after the reception!!!

17.Money or household items?
I prefer money! LOTS OF MONEY pls!

18.How many kids would you like to have?
Kawin dulu la, baru plan anak.

19.Will you record your honeymoon in DVD/CD? Pictures?
Yes. Yes!

20. Whose wedding plan would you like to know next?
1. Jaime
2. Min

the end~

I'm Like A Bird.

At last, my dream accomplished! The dream of feeling like an eagle, soaring in the sky. Actually, it started 8 years ago when I read an article about PARAGLIDING.

Paragliders line-up.
From left: Cg. Jesteni, Amin, Nester, Awang, Cg. Wan,
"The one & only G.I Jane", Capt. Haz9, Majis and Ust. Asnawi.

My couch was Capt. Haznain. So, abt 2 pm on 10th Apr, we did ground training at UMS. I was the freshest 'student' for the day and the one and only "G.I Jane". Masa mula2 melawan angin dgn payung yg terbuka sj dah memenatkan, ditambah dgn cuaca panas terik. But credit was given to me due to my 3rd attempt, I already floated. I nearly 'throw-up' during the training session. My face became bloodless and I hope U can imagine how tiring, tough and exhausted I was during the training. And because of that incident, they called me "fair & lovely" a.k.a Pucat Lesi.

Pose first before taking-off.

The next day, we headed to Ranau to apply what I learnt. The situation was a bit diff. here, because the wind agak kencang. No more sepoi2 bahasa like yesterday. So, it was quite harder for me to take-off. To make the story short, I did 5 take-offs (& 1 tandem with Ust. Asnawi), which was outstanding for a beginner. (This was what Capt. Haznain said, okay). My 1st take-off was a disaster-jatuh tersungkur U. From paras pinggang hingga bawah lutut bersalut debu. And on my 3rd take-off was a catastrophe, landing atas batang kayu. Punyalah dorg risau takut my ankle injured. Tp I tell U, mmg sakitlah. Ouchhhh.... My 4th take-off, fuhhh...jauh jglah landing. Terasa jugalah berada di 'awangan' kejap. Again, credit for me due to outstanding performance.

This was how my left arm looked-like after 2 days training.

Thank God! Bruises was my only Worse Case Scenario happened to my right arm.

Ckp byk pun tak guna. For more Videos of me, you just simply click here and also here.

W.A

Well, well, well. W.A or Western Australia. It never crossed my mind to visit the Kangaroo Land before and I was not intended to go anywhere after investing a LOT of money to buy a double-storey house of my own. But it all started after auntie Pong and auntie Nik persuaded me to join them over and over again. They said, the air ticket was just RM1500++ from KK-Brunei-Perth (to and fro) which was quite cheap. So I said, "if the air ticket is less than RM2k, then I'll go, if not, I wont". Luckily, Royal Brunei promotion was still on and straight away, I withdrew the money and paid the ticket in cash. Wait for an hour for visa online application, and after that, we were ready to go. Thanks to Mr. Peter Pikul for settling all the ticket and visa matters.

Day 1

The flight from Brunei Int. Airport to Perth Int. Airport took 5 hours. Masa ni ada typhoon kat Perth. The flight mmg gegar habis. Byk berzikirlah time ni. Syukurlah we were still survived.

Wow!. Set my foot on negara omputih for the 1st time. Sejuk!!! Terasa sehingga ke tulang sum2. Checked-in Saville Apartment very early in the morning. Tidur kejap and after breakfast, mandi and anwering the call of nature, kami ronda2 sekitar Perth City on foot.

Yeeeehhaaa!!! What a tame Kangaroo.

Saje je bgmbr berlatar blkgkan Adult Shop

Asalnya cari Black Swan yg mmg selalu berkeliaran di sini,

tp terjumpa pula org sedang beromen kat blkg tu.

Day 2

Hari ni ikut tour (Australian Pacific Touring) to Caversham Wildlife Park, The Pinnacles Desert and Lancelin to sand boarding there.

Although it is called Koala Bear, it is NOT a bear.

Jgn ditenung dicelah kangkang.
Looks like a pig but it's a Wombat.
(These 3 pics taken @ Caversham Wildlife Park)

The pinnacles Desert

With Adam, our tour guide @ Lancelin.

Sand-boarding like a pro @ Lancelin.

Day 3

Enjoying Perth scenery from King's Park and had fish & chips in Fremantle.

Scenery of City of Perth

Day 4

Good bye Perth.

With Royal Brunei Airlines crews

CONCLUSION:

1) Untung berjalan kalau dgn family. Duit makan kira jimat. Buat muka 10 sen, dah kena belanja makan. Hehehe. Berposing pun tak malu. Tapi, aksi berposing terbaring tidak ditonjolkan disini.

2) Kedai souvenier merata2. Best betul. Pilihan byk, harga ok. Makanan halal pun banyak. I siap makan nasi lauk pucuk ubi masak lemak lagi you tp kureng sebab sambal belacan tak de.

"Mabuhay".

Mabuhay or Welcome (in Tagalog). Well, this time-Philippines. Pada mulanya, ramai bertanya, kenapa Philippines?. Sudah ndak ada tmpat mau dituju ke sampai memilih Phillipines?. Tak kurang juga ada yg berkata, gila ke dia tu mahu ke sana?. Aunty Pong dan Aunty Nik turut mentertawakan sambil berkata, apa yang best di sana tu?. Ko mau tgk sabung ayam ke?. Jawapan untuk semua soalan di atas akan dijawab sebentar lagi. Tungguuuuuuuu......

We reached the Diasdado Macapagal Int. Airport at 5.35 pm on 9th March, 2009. The journey from KKIA took only 1 hour 50 minutes. Lebih dekat dari Semenanjung, huh?. Sbb dekat, no time difference. (Airport yg terletak kat Clark, Luzon ini asalnya adalah US Army Base Camp. Tidak hairanlah Clark diberi nama jolokan Air Force 1 city. Kelihatan berek2 askar kini dijadikan pejabat2 kerajaan. Di kawasan taman kelihatan helikopter dan kapal terbang tentera terpakai , tersadai).

After the custom clearance, Kak Kiah and I proceed to the Pasay city by Philtranco bus which cost us Php 350 (abt RM 28), then by taxi to our hotel, New Solanie Htl which was situated at 1811, Leon Guinto St., Malate. We reached hotel abt at 9.00 pm due to traffic jam.

10th March 2009

Today, we visited Rizal park, where the national hero, Jose Rizal, was executed and buried. As usual, we became the centre of attraction of the beggars. Ada sorg tu, asyik mengikut ke mana saja kami pergi dengan harapan kami akan membeli mutiaranya. Dah lah mahal, ditambah pula dengan I yg kurang gemar memakai aksesori. Mulanya ditolak dengan baik tp bila dah tak faham bahasa, ditambah dengan cuaca panas, I pun kata lah dgn tegasnya, NO IS NO. Trus dia blah. Nasib baik paham!

Dalam pukul 9.30 pg, kami pun mahu ke destinasi seterusnya iaitu GreenBelt Park, which was the final resting place of American Armed Forces Soldiers who lost their lives in the Pacific War, completed in 1960, a 152 acre grounds. Oleh kerana kawasan GreenBelt Park tu jam tahap kronik pada waktu puncak, byk pemandu teksi enggan membawa kami ke sana. Yg membuat i terkedu di saat ini ialah, terserlah 'ringan tulang' rakyat Filipina (bukan disebabkan oleh OSTEOPOROSIS). Dari pengawal keselamatan Rizal Park sehingga penjual mutiara yg kena NO IS NO sebentar td, turut menahankan teksi untuk kami. Hahaha. From the bottom of my heart, SALAMAT (TQ in Tagalog). Zahir tak terucap...

Akhirnya, dapat jg teksi. Satu hal lagi, driver tak paham English. Jd, umpama itik dengan ayam lah bercakap. Yelah, untuk memecahkan kesunyian dalam perjalanan, I ringankan mulut bertanya. "SM Megamall, is it far from GreenBelt Park?". Jwpnnya selepas itu tidak difahami. Lantas I pun bertanya dengan Kak Kiah kerana I ni "tuli2 beruang". Respon Kak Kiah, ntahlah, aku pun ndak paham. Arhhhh, sudah!. Akhirnya, daripada dibawa berpusing2 dan meter terus berjalan, kami pun minta diturunkan kat entrance SM Megamall. (The largest shopping mall in the country. Oleh krn terlalu besar, SM Megamall A dan SM Megamall B dipisahkan oleh sebatang jalan raya). Tambang dibayar ikut meter kan?. Sapa setuju? Kami pun tunggulah untuk baki Php20 lebih. Bolehnya dia kata, tips. Sapalah cikgu ilmu hisabnya masa sekolah dulu?. Kami pun mempersoalkan dia bundarkan ke sa ke, puluh ke, atau ratus terhampir. Ntahlah...Sampai sekarang soalan tu tak berjawab.

11th March 2009

Hmmmm....Intramuros was our next destination. It was the oldest Spanish stone fortresses in the country. Lawatan sambil belajar bagi subjek Sejarah lah kiranya ni. Akak bg rating 2.5 *** je lah out of 5.

Fort Santiago @ Intramuros

Banyak masa lgi. Oleh kerana Manila Ocean Park was partly open, I planned to go to the Enchanted Kingdom. Dgr cerita lbh kurang mcm Disneyland kalu kat Jepun atau Ancol kalu kat Jakarta. Tambang teksi dari Manila ke Laguna- Php 1000 (RM80). Mahal, tapi org kata biar menyesal berjalan, jgn menyesal tak jalan. Wp jarak dari Manila cuma 26 km sahaja, kenapa I terasa jauh betul. Macam dari Tawau ke Semporna, tak pun ke Kunak. Lebih tepat-HOSPITAL KUNAK. Hihihi (kena gelak dgn gaya feminin sikit sambil tersipu2 malu). Malang tak berbau, Amusement Park tu tak buka hari ni. Patutlah sunyi semacam. Esoknya baru buka. Hmmmm...Nak buek macamana kan, bukan rezeki (memujuk diri sendiri).

Nampaknya takde teksi di kawasan ni. Nak naik tricycle takut sbb ada kawan yg sebelum ni pegi Manila pesan, jgn naik tricycle kerana mudah diacukan pistol. Tapi, dah tak de pilihan lain. Terpaksa naik jg lah. Kos murah je Php 8 untuk jarak perjalanan lbh kurang 3 km. Sekali lagi masalah bahasa berlaku. And like the English say,"A hungry man is an angry man". Kena makan dulu, cpt sgt naik darah berkomunikasi dgn org yg tak paham bahasa ni. Dan apa je lah pilihan yg kami ada. Dah 2 hari berturut2 makan Filet-O-Fish.

Motor-beca
( 15 seconds quiz: How many passengers can be on the motor-beca @ 1 time? )

(Teeet! Time is up! 6 passengers. 3 kat motor, 3 lagi kat beca)
(I akan pandang 2x bila ternampak motor-beca sarat dgn 6 org)

Yeah2, mlm tu kami makan the real food. Kami pegi Mabini Road untuk cari makanan halal. Kelihatan restoran Jepun, Korea dan Asia Barat di kiri kanan jalan. Untuk menu malam ni, I teringin nak makan daging panggang (no more fish pls) beserta roti dan jus mangga. Uhhh, sedapnya. Untuk pengetahuan, Philippines manggo is a must try and buy while in Philippines. Jusnya begitu pekat dan ahhhhh, sejuk dan nyaman terasa mengalir di trakea dan salur esofagus ku.

Jeepney
(Originally made from US military jeeps, left over from WWII)

12th March 2009

Early in the morning we went to St. Andreas Market searching for BALUT (boiled egg of nearly developed duck embryo) and more manggoes. Unfortunately for us, the Balut only sold at 6.00 pm. Tak kisah lah. Nak ambil gambar je pun. Geli lah nak try makan. Beli sekilo lagi mangga dan gula2 asam jawa+mangga. Tak dapat Balut, gambar telur masin dorg pun jadilah.

Balik hotel dan bergambar2 dgn tricycle(beca basikal), motor-beca dan Jeepney.

Check-out hotel dan terus ke Pasay City untuk ambil bas ke Clark airport.

Jawapan trivia:
Penulis asalnya bercadang untuk pergi ke Candi Borobudur di Jogjakarta, tetapi:
1) kena bermalam 1 malam di KL
2) Harga tiket mahal

sedangkan harga tiket ke Philippines hanya RM 4.99 (kalau tak silap) dan ada direct flight dari KK, that's why lah i grabbed the opportunity. Ongkos total KK-CLK-KK with hotel for 3D3N tak sampai RM500. Total untuk percutian kali ni tak sampai RM1000 including the expenses, air ticket TWU-KK-TWU, 1 night stay at KK which is quite cheap for me. But the chop on the pasport, PRICELESS!!!

Pandangan penulis turut berubah sebaik pulang dari Philippines. Orangnya sangat membantu, baik, sopan dan bla..bla..bla...Hanya ada 3 org taxi driver yg ambil kesempatan dari kami yg kesempitan ni. Pesan utk mereka, "Fikirlah pasal keberkatan duit. Wp byk duit yg diperolehi, tetapi sekiranya diperolehi dengan cara yg tak betul, cthnya menipu org lain, takkan kekal lama, akan cpt juga mengalir keluar". Cheh, berceramah pula akak.....

Let's ronda2 around Manila with me!

Byk ke tempat menarik kat Manila?. Tak byk, sbb byk tourist attractionnya terdiri daripada gereja lama2. Bagi I, mungkin kurang sesuailah. Tp I tell U, it's a Shopaholic Paradise. I u plan to go to Manila, or if u're on my shoes yg accidently terbeli tiket murah, ambil hotel area MAKATI. Then, the phrase "Shop till U Drop" ngam habis. Murah, byk pilihan.

Sekian dulu buat kali ini. Nak tulis pjg2, dikhuairi asyik baca blog I, terabai pula nanti blog Raja Petra mahu pun blog Chedet. Opppssss, I'm sorry. Bye for now. Muah2.

From the editor's desk.

Assalamualaikum and peace upon you...



Dear respected readers,

I will be in 'the land of Macapagal' by next week to be in The Duke show (can't wait to be in person with the sexylicious hosts: the gorgeous Marc Nelson and the charming bald-headed Rovilson). I will bring you what's hot, what's lattest and whatsoever from the perspective of the very own, The Next Globe Trekker: Malay Version for your pleasure. Just wait for my come back patiently ok. In the meantime, hope you pray for my safety there so I can be back in 1 piece. Be good when i'm not around ok. Hugs and kisses to all of you.

--XOXO--

The Industrial City Of Shenzhen.

Perjalanan dari Zhuhai ke Shenzhen tidak menjemukan. Mata dijamu dengan pemandangan yang mendamaikan. Ladang2 pisang yang subur dan sedang berbuah serta sungai2 besar yang mengairi tanaman menghiasi kiri dan kanan lebuhraya.

Pemandangan berubah sebaik menghampiri Shenzhen. Untuk pengetahuan, Shenzhen merupakan bandar pertama di China yang pertama dibuka untuk 'pasaran terbuka'. Dahulunya, China merupakan negara yang mengamalkan 'pasaran tertutup'. Keadaannya kini umpama Singapura di mana kiri dan kanan jalan dipenuhi oleh flat yang tinggi melangit dan kilang yang besar2. Cuma bezanya anda melihat pemandangan ini untuk beberapa jam perjalanan. Untuk pengetahuan pembaca budiman juga, kebanyakan barangan yang berlabelkan "Made In China" diperbuat di sini.

Apa yang mengujakan penulis ketika berada di sini?. Semestinya ketika mengunjungi WINDOWS OF THE WORLD. Kunjungan ke sini membolehkan penulis berada ke serata dunia dalam beberapa jam sahaja. Di sini, terkumpul landmark2 terkenal dari setiap negara dlm bentuk miniature, kecuali Eiffel Tower dengan saiz sebenar.

( Ha3x, penulis pun gelak besar tgk posing gambar pertama tu. Ada pelancong terpaksa tunggu photo shoot berakhir di bahagian bawah tangga. Nasib baiklah tak jumpa diorg lagi ).

Di waktu petangnya, penulis dan rombongan dibawa pula ke 'The Splendid Mini China'. Nak jelajah seluruh China kan melibatkan masa dan kos yang banyak. Jd, untuk melihat China dalam 1 hari, bolehlah berkunjung ke sini.

( Replika Istana Maharaja China )



Gmbar ini menunjukkan persembahan budaya bg wilayah2 di China. Dipersembahkan oleh gadis cantik yang sama tingginya, sebaya dan sama ukuran badan. Penulis terkesima melihat keayuan, lemah gemalai dan kehebatan persembahan mereka.


Sekian sahaja buat kali ini. Semoga bertemu kembali di lain entri, salam hormat dari saya. Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

The Romantic City of Zhuhai.

Selepas 2 hari berfoya2 di "Sin City of Asia", kami meneruskan kembara ke tanah jajahan Republik China yang lain. Zhuhai, sebuah bandar kecil yang baru dibangunkan, amat sesuai untuk mereka yang mengamalkan gaya hidup yang santai. Penduduknya majoriti terdiri dari warga tua kerana warga mudanya telah pun berpindah ke wilayah2 China lain yang rancak pembangunan ekonominya. Motorsikal hampir tidak kelihatan di sini, atas alasan untuk mengurangkan pengeluaran CO2, CO, Pb, 'Coloid' dan jelaga yang mencemarkan udara. (Well done Zhuhai).

Pearl Lady of Zhuhai

(A symbol of godess to protect the South China Sea)

Wah!!!. Itulah perkataan yang terpacul dari bibir seksiku sebaik melangkah masuk ke bilik hotel. Umpama Hensel dan Gretel apabila menemui pondok yang diperbuat dari 'candy' di tengah hutan, begitulah analoginya bagiku dan teman sebilik, Kak Hasiah. A picture represents a thousand words. You saksikanlah sendiri.

( Nmpak real tak lakonan I? )

( Fuh, siap pose dlm 'bilik termenung' lg )

Penulis dan peserta rombongan yang lain tidak melepaskan peluang merasai pengalaman "Zhuhai Massage" yang dikatakan 'first class' di sini. Uhhhh..., bestnya bila dapat memanjakan diri di kala badan terasa begitu penat.

(Catatan: Tiada gambar penulis disertakan semasa sesi berurut kerana dikhuatiri model majalah Playboy akan tutup periuk nasi sebaik gambar tersiar).