Recap 2025 - another year

Alhamdulillah another year. To another year 2026! Lets ketchup what is still missing & pending.

Jan - batam holiday with fam

Feb - cuti sekolah

March - start schooling and puasa and raya 

April - raya kan sebulan :)

May - school as usual. Normal activities. Kids with dancing sensation. :)

June - bday zara & zafran

July - sports day zara. She got fever few days before. Pastu exam first half.

August - birthday ayyan, abang 1st performance for merdeka. Many practises and late nights training

September - school as usual. Pastu ada pegi local trip to temerloh

October - school as usual sbb final exam

November - my birthday, 1st sabah trip for the kids 

December - indonesia trip

Of course included ada demam, selsema, batuk, angin, moody, period pain, bengang, merajuk and many more. And tu semua add colours to our lives. :)

Travelling to Indonesia - bdg to jkt to kl

I started to feel itchiness in my throat. Tapi belum start apa2 medication. Let it be first. The last day in bandung, pagi tu bwk kids swimming kejap before pack2 nak naik panoramic train back to jakarta. So total in bandung was 6 days. Panoramic train tu kena sampai at least 1 hour before train depart. We got our tickets at 2.50pm. Journey will be around 3 hours. Approximately smp jakarta pukul 6pm. And yes train sampai on time. The feelings naik train with glass window and roof so amazing. Nice view of course! Greenish all the way. Speed biasa coz it is not speed train. Cuma tak best dia sejuk sgt even though dah pakai sweater. Zayyan siap mcm berbungkus sbb sejuk. Husband lagi relax. Siap ber shorts lagi. Btw, dlm train ada tit bits. Ok to sustain smp jkt nanti. :) 

From train station gambir ke hotel first day sampai tu ambil masa 1 hour ye. Sbb macet. Same time dgn org balik ofis. So i dah mmg tertido. Macam dah start letih ya. Plus batuk2 mula terbit ye. Waduh!!! Husband said i batuk sebab penat. Maybe renyah sangat kot. Dah lama tak renyah macam ni. Another night in jakarta. Malam tu grab food je ke bilik. Hanya bawak zara round2 pegi salon dia. And supposedly i nak try massage here in bandung or jakarta tapi tak cukup masa lah. And since i mcm dah batuk, that thought postpone to bila dah balik malaysia nnt. :) 

Malam sampai pagi lepak bilik je. Sambil kemas2 beg apa yang patut sbb flight esoknya pukul 7.55pm. So luggage dah bertambah weight nya dan isi nya. Hari tu pegi tak banyak sangat barang. Now balik bertimbun. Balik pun pakai je baju yang dah basuh masa kat bandung. Janji baju dah bersih. I tengok beg, banyak ni laundry nak kena buat balik nnt. Hehehehe.. before check out we pegi lunch dulu kat rumah makan famous di indonesia. Garuda. Masakan padang. And memang tak dinafikan. Sedap yaa.. hari tu first time try dekat batam. Air alpukat mmg another level. Nice!! 

And that’s it. End of the trip to indonesia. And here the most scariest part. From our stay to airport. Tengok kat grab dalam 1hour lebih sikit. Sekali nahhh sampai almost 2 hours ye. Kitorang dah lah kena split car sebab takde grab car besar utk one go. Betapa risau nya lahai. Flight pukul 7.55pm ni. Bayangkan dari pukul 6.09pm patut sampai, ni last2 sampai airport pukul 6.32pm. And lucky dah online check in dulu. Just print boarding pass dgn luggage tag aje. And sampai2 kat counter drop bag, officer cakap flight delay 20minits. Sooo senyum je lah cakap alhamdulillah sbb masih sempat lagi. Ehh risauu lah. Jangan main2 ye airport transaction. No joke. Kat airport. Biarlah ko membazir masa kat airport tu dari stick somewhere else yang tak tau berapa lama nak sampai lagi. Haa.. apa-apa pun perjalanan semua alhamdulillah smooth je. Sampai lah ke boarding. Masuk flight dapat makanan terus tido sbb mengantuk sgt. Actually knowing the trip has ended. Sad tapi happy lah. Keeping memories within ourselves with kids and families. 

Alhamdulillah sampai KLIA around 11 something. Amik bag pastu tunggu kejap husband amik car dkt long term car park dgn zafran. Baru lah loading bag and bergerak balik klang. Sampai rumah around 2am. Mandi jugak malam tu and around 3am baru tido. Lain-lain hal about bags, laundry, brg2, makanan esok esok je lah sbb myself need a good rest for the night. 

Till then. Thank you and alhamdulillah for the trip. Looking for another trip with familu again. Loves. -mummy- :)

Travelling to Indonesia - bandung

Me and husband decided to go to the tourist attractions places here in bandung. After doing some research before we go, that’s where we go. Supir kita hire 2 hari je sbb nak pegi semua wisata tu. Lain2 hari kita guna grab je sbb dlm town.

1. Tangkuban perahu

Tempat gunung berapi meletus. Its a history place. Lagi kita dekat dgn kawah tu, weather lagi sejuk. We memang bawak sweater dari rumah. So siap2 pakai je lah. Every one is enjoying their time dah. The journey from homestay took us around 1 hour nak sampai tangkuban perahu tu. 

2. Orchid forest

The next visit we go here. From tangkuban perahu to orchid forest around 30 minutes. Dalam ni semua mmg nature. Tengok2 pokok, ada animal show, basically sight seeing lah. And the views mmg cantik. Subhanallah! Balik tu singgah braga balik. We go for simple dinner. Zayyan and mil tak ikut. Balik2 kitorang tgk diorang masing-masing dah tido. Hehehehe…

3. Maribaya Forest

The next day, pak ardi took us to maribaya lodge. We had our breakfast lunch there. Snap pics, round round tengok waterfall dia. Cantik ya!

4. Bee house

Impromtu plan. Tetiba je stop situ nak beli honey. 

5. Dusun bambu

Sini tempat nya cantik. Again lingering with nature. Mmg tempat yang wajib pergi ye. Ada water attractions, ada water slide, ada buggy, dpt tgk mcm2 size pokok bambu. Pastu kids main golf put put kejap. 

4. Masjid Al-Jaabar

Lepas tu terus ke masjid al-jabbar, reason husband changed the route is because the journey took around 40minutes and the distance from waiting for a grab and the mosque jauh jugak lah. So we sembahyang jamak zuhur & asar. Tengok built up dia besar tapi belum complete 100%. Ada part yang still under constructions. Cantik lah tempat nya. Even though hujan. 

5. Kampung Daun

Tempat dinner yang cantik. The area was like kampung kampung. U can dine in at the hut each family. Tak yah nak campur family lain. Ada hut yang bersila. So we decided nak amik yang biasa. Sbb mil takleh nak bersila sangat. We enjoyed ourselves there. Sini dah tak hujan. Ok. Makanan sedap ye. Nasi lah. And lauk pauk include sambal. Nyumss!!

6. Shopping 

A few places, heritage, cargo place and rumah mode. Only zayyan and daddy yang ada beli kat tmpt ni. We all takde. Mcm short of time sbb shop tutup pukul 8pm. 

Drop us back at homestay :)

Next day banyak tempat lagi kitorang pegi. Kartika sari, pasar baru, and back to rumah mode. Pastu malam dinner western. Sedap ye. :) 

Travelling to Indonesia - kl to jkt to bandung

We parked at the long term car park. Pastu board bus straight to the airport. If masa pegi ok lagi nak angkut beg turun naik bus. If dah berat, camne eh? Hahahah.. if ramai2 boleh lah mintak sorang ke sana fetch kereta yang lain tunggu beg kat area arrival tu. Hehehe… Since we sampai awal, we settle beg dulu, print ticket and boarding pass and drop bag. Alhamdulillah it went well. Pastu baru stop makan before start boarding. Sbb nak naik train to another terminal. Pastu nak berjalan semua. And our gate is the last one yah. So memang jalan banyak lah hari tu. 

Alhamdulillah flight went well. Sampai tempat stay around  6pm. Macet org jakarta ckp. Sebab same time dgn karyawan balik dari ofis. Hadushh. Almost 1 hour baru smp dari airport ye. Apa2 pun lelap lah kejap dlm grab car sementara nak smp hotel. :) and lucky malam tu dinner kat sebelah hotel je. Jalan kaki. Since timing diorang satu jam lambat tp maghrib masuk pukul 6pm so everything kena dipercepatkan. Kalo tak perut masuk angin. Tmpt mkn Remboelan. Nice! Boleh pegi lagi. Recommended. Balik tu rehat and prepare utk esok nya. Nak ke bandung.  Naik whoosh. As i said earlier, currently our bags are light. Takde brg sgt plus sorang satu bag and in our group ada budak 8 thn and en elderly aged 72. So utk sorang2 angkat bag masing2 tu ok lagi lah. That’s why kita naik whoosh. Hehehe.. nak experienced keretapi laju kat indonesia. Tiket whoosh semua dah beli siap2 online masa kat malaysia. Print ticket sendiri. Sampai halim station, officer ckp takyah print apa2 lagi. Cuma kena save siap2 qrcode for each passenger sbb nak scan in out kat entrance and upon arrival. Semua smooth berjalan lancar. Alhamdulillah. We depart around 12pm. And sampai bandung around 1 hour later campur naik feeder train lagi.  Transport to our hotel took around 20mins. Sbb sini lagi jam even jarak dekat ye. Sampai2 homestay je, rest kejap terus keluar jalan2 nak pegi lunch (kita dah lambat ye) sbb baru nak makan pukul 2pm sana. Kalau sini dah pukul 3pm. Hahahaha.. hoping for takde yang angin. Risau jugak. Ubat angin kids and adults semua standby je bawak. Huhu… sini we walked from our place. Sambel hijo. Pastu terus ke m collections nak setel baju raya semua. Sini we spend around 2 hours. Siap tempah and they can post to malaysia. Macam macam style ye ada. Mostly kebaya. Haha.. me zara and mil. The boys pun ada baju melayu. Nanti kita snap picture. Lepas tu terus ke d fashion tempah suite daddy. Sebab tu mostly the main reason kita datang bandung kan. ;) situ sekejap je lah. Tak sampai 2 hours. After that balik homestay. Letak barang. Terus ke braga street. It’s like the bukit bintang in kl lah. Packed ye sbb malam minggu. And the music is everywhere. Tepi jalan, dalam kedai, luar kedai, tengah jalan. Alhamdulillah. Another culture and experience to feel. :) 

To be continued . . . 

Travelling to Indonesia - preparation

Husband decided to bring along his mom together for this trip jakarta-bandung as his mom said, “bang, mak rasa nak ikut nko lah jalan-jalan ke luar negara” as a good son, so he worked hard and his mom’s wish is granted. Mmg mula2 plan kita small family je. Sometimes ada rasa mcm alaaaa why? Hurmm.. then fikir2 positif. Ok lah. Proceed je lah. So we have been flight ticket hunting since sept and october cam tu. Sampai at one point i fikir malas lah nak search search lagi sbb dates belum confirm lagi. Kejap end november. Kejap december. Last2 lepas date dah confirm baru search. Tak tunggu lama. Dalam masa 2-3 days lepas dates confirmed, we bought the flight tickets. Itupun website MAS asik kena refresh and refresh. Masa tengah isi details. Last2 the second night tu dapat book. Alhamdulillah. Dari situ bermula lah searching for accommodation, tempat mana nak pergi, mode of transport lain sbb nak ke 2 tempat yg berbeza. Supir. Makan. Souveniers. Shopping. Waduh! 

So mommy as usual, list of barang2 nak bawak and barang2 nak di beli semua ada dalam list. Nak kena cover semua aspects, baju yg mencukupi utk 8 hari, medicines, milo 3-in-1 pun kena bawak sbb kat indo milo rasa lain. cable/charger, all skin care, all documentation, all tickets nak di print kat rumah. Pastu masuk 1st dec husband start tak sihat. Flu, batuk and sore throat. And last sekali. Ayyan. Sama pattern macam daddy. MLm before departure tu, bwk ayan gi clinic get semua medication. And alhamdulillah. Takde influenza. Husband siap buat swab test. Sbb risau. If positive, kena quarantine. Tapi tu lah, ubat baru semua nak kena bwk on top of the other medicines. Mommy sampai panicked and anxiety (daddy ckp) smp menangis ye. Ape lahh mommy. Chill chill. Alhamdulillah anak2 dah besar so banyak lah jugak yang diorang tolong mommy. Mmg part jalan ni, semua org serah kat mommy part packing. Sbb nak susun ikut sop kan. Hahaha.. no lah. Senang. mana nak iron baju and tudung siap2 the day before. Handbag nak kena kemas kan. Takleh nak bawak brg sembarangan sbb kang tetiba kat airport kena rampas. so i ended up tukar to a bigger handbag. Sbb fikir nanti botol air boleh masuk. Senang. Especially still ada lagi anak tahap 1.

Travelling day. Memang pesan kat zara, dia yg bangun first sekali sbb mudah terjaga bila dgr alarm. We all tido tak delah lambat sgt. Around 11++ dah sleep. Rumah basically dah kemas mana yang perlu. Tinggal nak buang sampah je pagi tu. Alhamdulillah. Semua jalan as planned. Gerak from rumah around 7am. Pick up MiL then terus ke airport. 

To be continued in next posting . . .