Come as you are. As i want you to be.
Just realized i’ve not continued on my Gold Coast posts and because i’m fairly free, i shall start on the Gold Coast series now!
Right from the start, i knew Day 2 would turn out to be really awesome because it’s Movie World Day!
I don’t go to Theme Parks all the time but when i do, i forget that i’m 30. I think Theme Parks does that to you, eh?
Started the day quite early and was greeted with this view. I miss this still.
For me to churn out back to back posts, i’m obviously bored.
I was supposed to head off to Bandung today with the family to buy our Hari Raya Kain and do the tailoring there and be done with it. But alas, the doctor refused to let me travel cos i need to have another scan tomorrow and it can’t wait till Monday and i don’t wanna be selfish, knowing how long we waited for this and also how much i want this to be a success. So we cancelled the flight and hotel for both of us. But luckily it’s just Bandung lah. Not too ex but it’s stil moneyyyy. Ok, i don’t wanna whine anymore. My family dah pergi pun. Dah sampai Bandung pun. Entah2 tengah sedap makan that Nasi wIth Ikan Bakar. grrrrrrr
But before they left for Bandung, i send a moodboard to my sister. Told her to buy kain for me and tailor 2 baju raya for me & rusly. Very daring of us, knowing how particular i am with the fitting of my baju. But we gave a sample of the most comfortable Baju Kurung for her to bring as samples. Rusly one is very straight forward. He will only wear Shantung material for his Baju Kurung and always the same style every year. Because it hides his tummy and it makes him look yummy to me. HAHAHAHAHA. Really. My husband look extra handsome when he’s decked out in traditional wear. I say one.
I opted for something simpler this year. Mainly chiffon with some border lace Baju Kurung.
Opted for something more flowy so i can stuff myself silly during Raya Open house and it’ll be easier to sit on the floor. Especially when there’s so many people in a house at one time.
Why are we talking about Hari Raya already seh.
I better stop before i start craving for that Pulut Kuning and Rendang Daging again. sigh.
I just hope i can go for that KL day trip with the girls next Saturday. I really really wanna go seh. I hope the doctor let me go. Kalau tak boleh jugak, i’ll go book another flight out somewhere May or June before puasa. I WANT GYUKAKU and i wanna borong Inglot cosmetics. I don’t know why we don’t have Inglot here.
They have such a huge range of colours for everything and the price is reasonable.
As of now, i can order online but they don’t ship directly to Singapore. So i’ll have to use a third party. If anyone is keen to order anything from Inglot (except nail polishes) let me know? Maybe we can combine orders.
28 February 2014:
The afternoon before the flight went in a blur. We went to NUH to do our HIV/Hepatitis blood test at 1.00pm, met up with the psychologist and was only done by 4.00pm. We rushed back home to get all our stuff to the airport cos we wanted to avoid the bad after-office hours traffic jam.
Managed to reach Changi Airport by 6.30pm padahal flight is at 10.15pm. But it gave me enough time to go Singpost, send all the registered mails to my clients, have dinner at Penang Culture and tau tau je dah time to board.
So anyway, we touched down at Gold Coast at about 8.20am. It was drizzling when we got there, but the sun was already peeking out.
WE ARE OFF TO GOLD COAST IN 5 DAYS!!!!
*throws confetti*
ok takmo excited sangat!
Although i don’t know how i’ll survive the 8hrs flight. I’m so stressed up thinking of that.
But on a happier note, i can’t wait for this trip. I can’t wait to go Theme Parks and all.
Oh, do you know i have not been to USS yet? As in play the rides and all. I’m so merepek, benda tu dah bukak berzaman2 pun i refuse to go. I don’t know what’s holding me back. Maybe the fact that there’s so many china tourist there agaknya.
I’ve applied for Visa, travel insurance, booked a service apartment and booked Theme Park tickets online.
I’ve searched for car rental. We’ll be self-driving. Not sure why because according to my friends, Gold Coast is very easy to get by but we still wanna drive just for the fun of it.
Apart from Theme Parks, we’re also going jetboating. I’ve always always wanted to do that seh.
Because i probably will never go Jet-skiing myself, Jetboating would be the next best option! Kalau terbalik pun terbalik ramai-ramai. Hahaha
Since most of the attraction and shopping mall will be closed by 5.00pm, i really wanna know what else we can do there at night. I’m such a night person, i need to go out do something. So if you’ve been there and you have suggestions for me, let me know?
We started the day early at 7.30am. Niat di hati nak avoid all the traffic jam.
But kita hanya merancang, Tuhan menentu segalanya. Hahahaha
WE WERE STUCK IN THE TRAFFIC STILL!!!
*breathes in & out*
We planned on going to Kawah Putih. Actually i was the one yang iya-iya nak pergi because i don’t want to end up shopping the entire time (omg this coming from me is totally unbelievable) but yes i love shopping. I just don’t want to be shopping the entire trip. There’s other things to see than malls & factory outlets. lol
We took 2 hours to reach Kawah Putih and close to 3 hours from Kawah Putih back to the Town area.
Last week we went to Turi beach, batam and had a splendid time!
Firstly, cos it’s on weekdays. So there’s literally no crowd.
By that, i mean really no crowd. we were the only ones in the ferry! Feeling-feeling ferry sendiri!
Granted we took the Ferry from Tanah Merah because we are heading towards Nongsa instead of Batam Centre.
I Like Tanah merah because there’s not much crowd, save for those going to Bintan. Other than that, Immigration situ goyang kaki.
It was a smooth 35min ride. We managed to catch a wink and woke up to another island. Awesome.
Nongsa Immigration pun senyap, unlike the hustle bustle at Batam Centre.
We got picked up by the Shuttle Bus to Turi Beach, which is just a 10mins bus ride away.
Turi Beach resort is really secluded. From the guesthouse to the lobby, there is no way you can walk, especially at night!
but i love the peace & serenity it came with and to be honest, it felt exactly like that time we went to Beyond Resort at Krabi.
Check-in was swift. We managed to get a room upon early check-in cos there’s errr not much guests? LOL
No free wifi so we took a Daily WIFI package at S$20. Not worth it honestly cos we were not in the room most of the time.
kita yang merancang, Tuhan yang menentukannya.
So drama.
all hopes of any travel escapades this year hancur musnah dan ranap because the husband has recently tendered his resignation and that would mean starting with a new organisation will require him to go through the 3 months probation again, hence no annual leaves.
so, no anniversary trips this year. i think. (i’m still hoping we can squeeze in a short trip somewhere though, cos our anniversary falls on Hari Raya Haji but that also mean he would have to take leave on Monday and i’m not sure if he can do that. le sigh.)
but, if he can’t take leave and we can’t go on trips, i will figure some other memorable stuff we can do. fret not.
on another note, luckily i remembered buying a groupon deal sometime back for Turi Beach Resort at Batam.
It was expiring this month end lah so we managed to scheduled in a trip this thursday since the husband’s last day is this wednesday. a short 2D1N but enough to rejuvenate us to prepare for the tiring weekends ahead.
Cos this Saturday is Metallica!!!!!! \m/
this sunday, we are raya-ing with his colleagues and then next weekend is Azmi & Nori Hort Park Wedding.
Back to the Anniversary trip. If he really wont be able to take the monday off, then a super short weekend getaway would be okay. BIntan or KL pun boleh lah. as long as we get out of the country, laze around in hotel rooms and eat good food, i tak cerewet.
Why am i fretting over something happening in October when it’s not even September, i have no idea.
As for now, i’ll just enjoy our Batam trip aje lah and cross fingers Turi Beach willlook at least half as nice as the picture above.
Deardyan 