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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Tips for single traveller by HostelWorld.

    Are you about to set off on your travels all on your lonesome? Feeling a bit daunted about backpacking alone? Check out our tips to make that trip on your own that little bit easier...
  • Open up to fellow travellers!

    Hostels have many plus points. Granted, one of them is that they are considerably cheaper than the Ritz, but another is the amount of common areas they have. Take advantage of this chance of meeting new people! Don't sit there with your head buried into your guide book, or zoned out by your iPod – make eye contact with fellow travellers and say hi.
  • Stay in smaller dorms

    They may be that little bit more expensive than the larger dorms, but by staying in a smaller dorm it makes it far easier to get to know your roommates. Whether it's a conversation about the person snoring in the top bunk, or where they got those trainers you love, you'll find it easier to speak to your roommates.
  • Go on organised tours

    Book yourself on a tour and you're sometimes forced to introduce yourself to a group of people. "Hi, I’m Mandy and eh, I like dogs" may seem like a stupid thing to say before setting off on a walking tour of Rome, but three hours later you may find yourself discussing the best dog food for Spot with your new best pal. Check out our range of tours around the world.
  • Volunteer at festivals and special events

    What's going on in your next destination when you're there? Is there a festival you're going to catch? Better still, is there a way you can get involved? Do a bit of research and see if there's something you get your teeth into. You'll be working with a team of other people and will have a bundle of new friends in a matter of hours.
  • Cook in the communal kitchens as much as possible

    If you’ve somehow managed to not meet a single sole by taking our advice on the above two points, this one is foolproof – do lots of cooking in the hostel kitchens. After the weather, food is the world’s most popular topic of conversation. Rustle up a storm and somebody is bound to comment “Oooooh, that looks nice!”. Equally, if you’re hogging the frying pan you’re bound to make a new friend that way.
  • Research! Research! Research!

    As arriving in a strange destination on your own for the first time can be slightly intimidating, do a bit of research before you get there. See what is the best way to get to your hostel from the airport, bus or train station. Then get your bearings of your whereabouts in the city. The last phrase you want to have to say to a local is 'Can you help me kind person? I'm lost...'
  • Go out, drink and be merry!

    There is simply no denying the fact that the human race is a more sociable one once a few glasses of €2 wine and warm beer are consumed. Many hostels have bars so if they do, show your face and you'll meet people in no time. If you still don't fancy looking like a loner as you sit at the counter staring into your drink, see if there's an organised pub crawl going on. But in saying all of that, there is equally no denying the fact the human race becomes a slightly more idiotic race after the consumption of alcohol so if you do embark on a night of (what could be) drunken debauchery, do watch what you drink.
  • Fool those muggers

    Now don't fret! Getting mugged isn't part and parcel of a trip on your own. But unfortunately it is a sad fact that you may find yourself at the hands of a petty criminal at some stage. Thankfully, there are ways to make sure this doesn't happen:
    1)Carry a spare wallet with you with some small notes in it. The despicable human trying to rip you off will get what they’re looking for and you won't lose as much as they'd hoped for.
    2)There's no doubt that getting lost in a city can be a great way of discovering it, but have a fair idea of where you're going once you leave the hostel. This way you may not have to whip a map out in the middle of the city. And if you do need to refer to one, and there are some undesirable looking folk about the place, dip into the nearest café to look at it instead of going one step short of having a flashing neon light saying 'tourist' above your head and taking it out on the street.
    3)Pop a local newspaper under your arm – what better way to look like you've been living there all your life!
  • Get covered with travel insurance

    There is no other way to give yourself piece of mind than by getting travel insurance before you set off. Hostelworld works with World Nomads who offer policies that cover medical emergencies and evacuation, trip cancellation, personal belongings, personal liability and resumption of your journey. Book your travel insurance here.
  • Keep in touch with back home

    While you're going up elevators to the top of the Eiffel Tower or lazing on a beach in Thailand, don't forget about loved ones back home. They're bound to be concerned about you as you jet off on your own to a land far, far away so do them a favour and keep in touch with them regularly.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Books Worm

Books worm = Me.


Cheq kalau masuk MPH boleh duduk kat dalam tu at least 1 jam or more.  Bila nak entre aje rasa jiwa yang kacau boleh hilang rasa kacau nya.  Dengan enter dan bau buku yang menusuk or meresap terus dalam jiwa dengan tiba-tiba rasa tenang akan menjelma, hahahaha bunyi macam kelakar but ini adalah reality nya.

Kalau korang tanya buku apa la yang cheq suka baca jawapannya mudah aje yang penting sekali "Travel Books", lepas tu baru lah "Novel" and buku "Agama".

Kalau travel books biasa nya Lonely Planet/Foot Print.  Collection memang banyak untuk buku travel.  Kenapa pilih untuk ada buku sedangkan kalau cari dalam internet pun banyak aje information yang kita boleh dapat but me personally memang suka ada buku dalam tangan and penting sekali untuk cheq and iainya sangat membantu walaupun kita dah pun siap kan itinerary sebelum kita travel.

Novel Melayu cheq tak ada favourite author apa pun boleh janji jalan ceritanya best.  But again kena tengok jugak pengeluaran buku dari mana kalau karangkraf sekarang cheq dah kurang membaca if dari sini sebab ntah rasa dah tak syok la walaupun author depa banyak yang gempak-gempak.

Novel Inggeris pulak cheq ada favourite author Nora Roberts and Cecelia Ahern. Tapi collection Nora Roberts tak banyak kalau nak bandingkan Cecelia.  Cecelia cheq ada semua collection dia.  Buku dia memang menarik and mudah untuk paham.

Kalau bab buku agama nie memandangkan kita mencari maka apa buku pun penting kerana kita process mencari dan mengukuhkan.


 



Monday, November 10, 2014

Itinerary and me

Good Day folks.  Pagi Isnin yang indah tanggal 10 November, 2014.  

Cheq menghitung hari untuk ke next destination.  Tahun 2014 nie tak banyak jalan sebab cheq settle kan wedding adik bulan 8 hari tu.  First wedding dalam family so kami agak kelam kabut sebab tak ada experience kan.

Itinerary untuk next destination ready, accommodation booking done.  Cuma sekarang menghitung hari aje.  Lokasi off course dalam asia aje.  Cuba untuk tawan 2 bandar dan 1 pekan kecik hopefully everything will fall according to our plan.

Another itinerary untuk di settlekan ini untuk perjalanan bulan Feb kami.  




Thursday, November 06, 2014

Travel and Me

Hari nie cheq nak choose untuk membebel or maybe luahan perasaan korang sendiri la pikir after korang baca entry kali nie.

Sepanjang cheq mula berjinak-jinak untuk travel cara backpacker cheq banyak belajar dengan cara membaca blog, magazine and tanya kawan-kawan.  Cuma masa dan ketika itu cheq masih lagi tak mampu untuk travel sebab masa tu gaji cheq kecik untuk membolehkan cheq mengembara cara cheq.

Sepanjang mendengar dan membaca cheq pernah tanamkan kat diri ini satu hari nanti Great Barrier kat Aussie tu cheq nak  "p" ini antara sebab cheq masa sekolah dulu ada belajar Geografi so ini antara punca cheq memang minat nak kesana and another place is New Zealand.  Sifat suka membaca especially benda-benda macam nie memang dah bermula dari zaman sekolah lagi.  But masa tu mana la reti pasal travel cara backpacker nie.  Cheq sekolah kat kampung and those days mana la terbuka sangat cerita pasal angkat beg dan jalan nie.

But nak habaq mai kat semua sini nothing is impossible bermula dengan adanya Air Asia maka bermula lah perjalanan cheq untuk mencari/melihat ciptaan Ilahi. Passport pertama cheq, chop pertama adalah Bangkok.  Selepas Bangkok slow sikit buat after that alhamdullilah rezeki pun ada maka bermula la journey cheq. Mungkin satu hari nanti cheq mampu untuk ke Europe.  As at now hanya mampu Asia.

Sepanjang perjalanan cheq berjalan tengok Asia nie cheq learn a lot which kita tak boleh nak kutip or beli pengalaman ini.  Kalau setengah orang mengatakan ianya pembaziran itu pada pandangan korang tapi pada pandangan cheq jika ada wang tak salah kita tengok negara luar untuk pembelajaran supaya kita menjadi lebih baik.

Travel jugak mengajar cheq supaya lebih peka pada alam sekeliling cara berpakaian/cara pertuturan.  Travel mengajar cheq supaya lebih tenang untuk menghadapi sebarang kemungkinan.  Travel ajar cheq back-up plan, sabar juga salah satu yang cheq belajar.  Kalau kat Malaysia secara jujurnya cheq kemana saja cheq akan drive kereta tapi kat negara orang cheq pandai menggunakan public transport depa and memang mencari cara untuk mengguna kan transport mereka.  But cuma satu yang korang kena tau masa travel korang kena percaya pada diri sendiri and jangan sekali kali korang percaya kan pada orang luar korang kena sentiasa cross check few times especially women traveller.

Satu lagi kalau travel tu korang kurangkan negative thinking dalam diri erti kata lain redah kalau anything happen then start thinking quickly. If too much negative not good untuk kita sebab mesti negative akan berlaku.  Confident dan berserah padaNYA, Insha Allah everything will be ok.






Monday, November 03, 2014

Happy blue Monday

Sebabkan hari ini hari Isnin, mood nak kerja bukan tak ada tetapi malas, hahahahaha.  By the way bukannya tak ada Itinerary yang nak kena siap kan tapi aduiiiii tak reti nak mula kan rasa macam nak redah aje lain-lain tu pikir kemudian la, hahahahaha.  Teettttt mana boleh kan dah biasa kita buat itinerary kena gak buat.

So hari nie saya nak bagi semangat kat diri sendiri plus my blog reader (ada ke?).






Setelah kita penat bekerja ini antara benda yang kita bayar kepada diri sendiri. Ada setengah akan membayar nya dengan cara membeli emas, baju baru and sebagainya.  But for me and the rest kami kumpul duit untuk melihat ciptaan yang maha Esa yang sangat luas dah terlalu banyak.  Jika di berikan kesihatan yang baik dan kemampuan ya ingin ku takluki dunia tetapi eden sangat bersyukur kerana diberikan kesempatan untuk menikmati sedikit dari ciptaannya.  Insha Allah jika ada rezeki perjuangan ini akan diteruskan.


Thursday, October 23, 2014

Grand Lexis Port Dickson

6.9.2014


Our weekend trip to Port Dickson.  Basically rest and relax weekend gateway. We choose Grand Lexis, premium pool villa for our rest and relax weekend. Treat to ourself after our work hard almost 7 months for my brother weeding. 

First time over here in this hotel and we actually late coz we stuck at the tol just now.  We reach here around 5pm, what a waste korang tau tak kenapa waste sebab kami tak dapat berendam dalam pool lama hahahaha.


We reach the hotel and done with all the necessary things and we took buggy yeay buggy to our place and yes this is our accommodation for 1 night.












My personal view for this place is the best weekend gateway for family with kids and for women with hijab.  Erti kata lain my pool my own way and my choice of attire coz nobody can see you except your front neighbour.  Pool nie hanya 5ft aje and eden rasa sangat sesuai untuk kanak-kanak.

Hari nie activity kami hanya dalam pool, makan and pool.  Makan kami ada bawak banyak benda tadi so tak perlu keluar, yeayyyy.


7.9.2014

Kami bangun awal untuk menjamu breakfast tapi dalam kepala nie eden dah tanam kan jangan expect best sangat sebab sebelum sebelum nie hotel kat area PD nie especially bila datang pada food memang fail.  But ternyata kat sini salah tafsir sebab food memang sedap especially breakfast nya.





Variety of food memang banyak pilih aje mana yang korang suka healthy vs unhealthy.

Lepas makan kami balik ke bilik sebelum tu posing sikit la, hahahaha.




Mirror on the wall whose the prettiest lady, hahahaha.


Ok kami turun pool lagi and later pulang ke KL esok kerja la :-).



Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Hard Rock Penang

1st May - 4th May, 2014.



Island of Penang here we come.  Local holiday pulak kali nie ya, kenapa Penang sebab dah lama giler rasanya tak ke Penang and furthermore nak celebrate birthday my sis.

We arrive Penang awal jugak sebab kami guna kan Jambatan Baru and alhmadullilah jalan tak jammed sangat.

Penang kami memilih untuk melepak kan diri at Hard Rock, kami kat sini memang tak ada any plan langsung.  Plan kami untuk 3 hari nie hanya melepak, makan, pool aje.







Bilik nie eden dah booked lama jadi masa check-in tadi kami di upgrade kan ke bilik sea view, yehaaa.  Bestnya  dapat bilik sea view sebab sebelum nie book mengadap hill view, sebab nak murah kan, tak kisah la janji dapat merasa lepak here in Hard Rock Hotel.







 







Ok enuff with photo karang ada pulak yang menyampah, hahahaha.  Anyway suggestion untuk yang dah ada anak-anak kecil tu hotel nie memamg sesuai sebab pool sini memang friendly user untuk kanak-kanak.  Mana kala kalau ada yang teringin rasa nak terus jump ke pool tanpa perlu turun lift my suggestion is untuk duduk at Deluxe Lagoon tapi perlu di ingatkan kalau Lagoon nie korang kena sabar kot ada budak-budak yang nak tumpang tempat korang untuk acara terjun depa pulak and akan bising sikit especially sebelah petang.  


2.5.2014

Activity bebas kan maka tak perlu rushing ya, rushing untuk breakfast aje lain-lain santai sudah, hahahaha.  Acara kuak lentang sudah, meniarap sudah ini antara activity kami even nak drive masuk town pun malas, ate macam mana tu, semua nya malas.

Tapi kami gigih kan diri gak la masuk town sebab nak ambik gambar kat sini



















After dah penat here kami singgah untuk dinner awal and celebrate my sis birthday.



Kata nya rasa macam sweet 17, poyo kan padahal dah tua dah, hahahaha. After dinner kami balik ke sarang untuk merehatkan diri.

3.5.2014

Sepatutnya kami check-out hari nie and pulang ke Teluk Intan.  Hahaha sebab rasa tak puas duduk sini maka kami extend one more day here in Penang, same hotel tapi last minute kan maka sediakan duit aje la bayar bilik sini.





Breakfast aje lepas tu acara kuak lentang.  Hari nie nak ke SPA untuk acara urut mengurut.

Urut kat sini best sebab eden memang mintak buat kat luar sambil boleh dengar deruan ombak.





Yes ini la gazebo yang teman lepak untuk acara urut, menarik kan.  Owh ya korang kena booked awal untuk pasti kan ada slot sebab sini boleh kata kan sentiasa penuh.

If untuk dinner korang tak nak makan kat dalam HRC itself korang boleh aje seberang jalan and having dinner here


In term of price ok la sama aje macam makan kat KL and rasa pulak ok tak nak complaint banyak as long ada food untuk makan and tak perlu drive keluar.

4.5.2014

After breakfast naik bilik kemas barang and masa untuk beransur pulang ke Teluk Intan and KL.

Overall percutian yang sangat rileks and acara jalan-jalan cari makan yang best di Penang.

Till we meet again Penang.