Sunday 10 June 2012

My birthday adventure...

This blog entry is way, way overdue.... it took me a while to draft this out, selecting the pictures and actually publishing it.... here it goes!

28th April 2012... my birthday....

Dulu-dulu ada gak terima bunga kat ofis time birthday but I told Roohii toksah dok bazir duit lah. Memang la seronok dpt bunga tapi dah le mahal satu hal, peh tu cam tiap tahun mcm expected je so jadi mcm kurang trillnya. Yg syok tu bila tiba-tiba, out of the blue bunga tu tiba kat ofis (hinting mode!).

Anyway itu bukan cerita yg nak dituliskan. Ni nak cerita adventure yg Xena buat birthday tahun 2012....

Bersama geng GBB, we went for a biking trip to Kanchanaburi. Mana itu? Haaaa sila tgk peta di bawah...



We started our journey Friday 27th April, my birthday eve. Tayar golek kul 5pm dari R&R Rawang and we stopped over kat kat Juru for dinner. Sambung perjalanan ke Hatyai and sampai kurang pukul 11 lebih. Ada yg flat terus tidur, ada yg ke 7-Eleven, ada yg mengurut! Roohi and me went out to buy drinks (panas sangat and and the local prepaid simcards.


 
Dinner kat Juru...









28th April 2012, Saturday
The next morning (yes my birthday!) we took off to continue our journey. Had breakfast at the so-called R&R area, makan maggie in the cup, roti and coffee. Then the journey begins! This part of the journey was the most challenging one. Normally people will stopover Cha-am or Hu Hin for a night and the next day continue the journey to Kanchanaburi. But because we had only 5 1/2 days for this trip, we thought we have do it in a day!





Hatyai - Patthalung: heheheh ok je, 45 minutes gitu... I told myself ok nih...

Patthalung - Surat Thani: errr boleh tahan gak ek... Tapi ok lagi... still maintain vogue....




Pitstop - makan buah and minum apa yg patut... Red Bull!

 












Surat Thani - Chumpon: 
Jalan tak berapa cantik so tak leh pegi laju pun, if not melambung-lambung.  We stopped over kat Chumpon for lunch.  Mamamia! The food was superb!!! Sup daging dengan telur dadar je pun tapi sedap giler!  Sembahyang zohor/asar di sini and continued the journey...




 
Chumpon - Pracuep Kiri Khan - Hua Hin - Cha-am - sini pun challenging gak... ingat depa nak tidur kat Cha-am untuk semalam tapi we reached Cha-am dalam kul 5pm.  Nak stop too early, nak continue ada lagi 300km to go... but what the heck! Alang-alang menyeluk pekasam, biar sampai ke pangkal lengan!

Chaam-Petchaburi - masa ni dah mula nak keluar air mata lah kan... badan dah penat, perut dah lapar.  Finally we stopped for early dinner.  Dah mula nak patah semangat tapi mujur ada kawan-kawan yang memberi semangat... pekena sepinggang nasi goreng ikan masin, ceria semula! hahahaha




Petchaburi - Kanchanaburi - makin dekat makin jauh rasanya... counting the miles, sekejap-sekejap tengok signboard, sekejap-sekejap tengok signboard.... akhirnya dalam pukul 9 lebih kami tiba di hotel.  Hati girang tidak terkata!!!!



 

Approaching Bangkok....













Kegirangan!!!! (Walaupun sebelum tu nak nangis la jugak!!!)


Sampai di Kanchanaburi, check-in, freshen up and keluar balik... kami semua pegi mengurut! Lega sikit badannya....











This is where we stayed in Kanchanaburi.  Per night Baht1000.  Ada swimming pool, best!


29th April 2012, Sunday
Esok paginya, awal pagi kami dah bangun tidur sebab nak kejarkan naik keretapi atas Death Railway tu... sesudah subuh kami dah keghabat tuktuk pegi ke stesen keretapi.  This was an experience jugak la... Best!


Tak boleh nak bayangkan betapa siksanya banduan-banduan tu membina landasan keretapi ni kan... Kejam betul orang jepun pada masa tu...

Peh tu kami pusing-pusing gi muzium la, cari t-shirt la, tapi cuaca amatnya la panas.  Rupa-rupanya tengah musim panas...




By after lunch we went back to the hotel, siesta for while.  Tak boleh tahan la, terlalu panas! Furthermore we did not rest adequately the night before.  That evening we took the speedboat, touring the River Kwai, while witnessing the sun set.  It was a moment to remember... very rarely I get to be with Roohii without the kids, so it was a good moment :)


Sunset at the River Kwai... nice kan?


30th April 2012, Monday
Today we start our journey back to the south.  Before leaving Kanchanaburi, we stop by the War Cemetary, paying our respects to the dead. There are the Christian cemetary, a muslim cemetary and a chinese cemetary, all near to each other.







Paying our respects, the gentlemen way...





Paying our respects, the ladies way...







 Air kelapa di waktu panas, heaven!









Berposing for the last time kat Death Railway before proceeding back south....


 
We stopped over at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Marketing.  Kat sini pun best!


The original plan was to stopover at Hatyai, and the next day back to KL so that we have Wednesday as rest day.  But somehow or rather, the plan changed! The new plan was to stopover Surat Thani, then next day to Koh Samui for 1 night, then next day back to KL straight from Koh Samui.  I was a bit not very favorable to this idea but the rest of the gang were thrilled.  So, I had no choice but to follow, after all we did 1000km in a day, what is it to this new plan, right?

So we continued our journey, but because of the strong wind on the highway, we had to stopover at Chaam, it was too dangerous to continue to Surat Thani.  Not a bad decision as it is also a nice place to stay.  It is near the seaside and lots of local are there spending their holiday there (it was a public holiday in Thailand at that time!).  That night we went to the Hua Hin Night Market.


 
1st May 2012, Tuesday
Sesudah subuh kami teruskan perjalanan kami to Koh Samui.  Stopped at Chumpon for early lunch and by the time we reached Koh Samui it was late afternoon.  Another unregretable decision! I totally fell in love with Koh Samui! GBB dah plan tuk pegi ke sini lagi in the next trip... can't wait for that!!!



 
2nd May 2012, Wednesday
This league of the journey was quite challenging.  We got 900km to do and it was already on our fifth day.  Physically and mentally, we were tired by now.  However, as we entered Malaysia, we considered ourselves home already.... A few times I dozed off on the bike, especially from Simpang Pulai to KL... dangerous I know, but I just could keep myself awake.  We finally reached home about 10pm.

It was a journey I would not forget and it was definitely a birthday treat that I will cherish for the rest of my life.  Thanks GBB for the company and it was and will always be a good trip when it comes to you guys!! GBB Rocks!!!

Looking forward to many-many adverture with Roohii.... insyaAllah....

~content Xena~

10 June 2012
8:15pm

Friday 8 June 2012

Adoi, mana satu nak buat nih...

Satu hari cuti je pun... Tapi work is piling up like a mountain! June-July is always the busiest time of the year. Tak tau which one nak buat dulu... Semuanya urgent...

Itu belum kira kerja rumah la kan...

Huhuhuhu....

~stressed Xena~
8/6/12
11:24pm

Thursday 7 June 2012

Our day out...

Hari ni purposely amik cuti nak bawak anak-anak tengok wayang dan lepak One Utama, window shopping...

Sang Cerdik sibuk sangat nak tengok Madagascar 3 so itulah yang ditontonkan tadi. Dia insist jugak nak tengok yang 3D punya, so rabak la jugak poketku tadi! RM66 for the four of us!

The movie was not bad, funny la jugak macam 1&2... Tapi rasanya ni final movie kot, but tak tau la kan..

Anyway, yang nak story kat sini is attitute orang kat panggung. Cukup la Xena menyampah orang belakang dok tendang-tendang kerusi kita. Mamat belakang kerusi Sang Cerdik duk goyang-goyang kaki, rasanya out of habit agaknya. A few times Xena bagi tenungan tajam mata cute Xena ni, tapi dia buat bodoh je. Well, gelap kan, tapi sebab dah geram jegil jugak biji mata tu. Rasanya dia sendiri pun tak sedar yang dia annoyingkan orang depan dia. Xena dah tak tahan, kita pun raba la belakang kerusi Sang Cerdik, and dapat cekup kaki dia. Apa lagi kena sound la 'STOP KICKING THE CHAIR!'. Dia boleh tak mengaku, mangkuk pun jantan! But after that tak de la that annoying kicking dah...

Geram betul la bila orang darat masuk panggung. Tak bertemadun langsung! So, please la hormat penonton/orang lain bila di panggung ke, teater ke or public places... Kita hidup bukan kita seorang je di dunia nih!

Spoil gak la mood kejap, tapi nasib baik boleh diupliftedkan balik dengan window shopping, nge nge nge! Yes, window shopping ya, yang shopping adalah orang lain ya... Roohii beli jam, untuk casual wear katanya (alasan je tu). Me? Not this time, later... Somebody is in Europe now so sudh kirim something, and a friend is going to US soon, and sudah kirim dia jugak... Apa lagi la yang dikirim melainkan hangbag dan handbag... Hahahahha... Once Xena dapat kiriman-kiriman tu, Xena post kat sini ok???

;)
~content Xena~
6/6/12
9:37pm