[Travelogue] : Trip to Hat Yai

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه,

Our trip to Hat Yai can so-called an adhoc plan pun sebenarnya. Tiba-tiba officemate husband plan to go to Hat Yai during hari wilayah in which memang saya pun dah plan nak cuti on that week. Meaning that saya cuti 5 days straight so should be nice to have a short getaway kan? Hihihihi.

I just wanna share my budget trip to Hat Yai. Kami memang rancang tour kali ni by ETS je since last minit (memang flight akan mahal) then nak pergi dengan kereta pun penat since a week before dah travel outstation. So we have bought ETS ticket. All prices will be stated below for your future references.

Harga ETS (KL Sentral - Padang Besar):

👧 = RM 76.00 (adult)
👶 = RM 42.00 (child)

Kami ambil GOLD package. Kalau PLATINUM pakej lain pula harga nye ye. Mahal sikit la dalam RM 102.00 (adult) dan RM55.00 (child). Beza PLATINUM dengan GOLD hanya jumlah hentian je. Koc seat semua sama. Cuma PLATINUM kurang skit la station berhenti nya tapi bagi saya ok je GOLD pun takde la banyak hentian sangat. Still bearable dengan tempoh perjalanan dalam lebih kurang 5 jam setengah.

Kami tiba di border Padang Besar dalam pukul 5.20 pagi. Terpaksa tunggu gate bukak pukul 6 baru boleh masuk ke Hat Yai. Kami ambil khidmat van sapu je kne la byr 50 baht sorang smpai ke tempat van Hat Yai pulak. Dari Padang Besar ke Hat Yai kami kena bayar 50 baht sorang pula untuk van ke Hat Yai. Dari Padang Besar ke Hatyai makan masa lebih kurang sejam. Boleh tidur dulu sementara sampai Hat Yai. Kami tiba di Hotel Lee Garden around pukul 10 lebih pagi. Itu pun lambat sebab kena tipu dengan van. Van kata taktau Lee Garden Hotel tu dekat mana so dia drop kitorg dekat area Lee Garden Plaza je so terpaksa kitorg menapak dalam 1km ke hotel. Sebelum tu kitorg cari dulu simcard. Simcard for 8 days kami beli harga 299baht. Sampai je hotel kami request untuk early checkin mana tau kut2x ada luck ke kan. Thank God boleh early checkin. So kami mandi siap-siap sebelum keluar berjalan

Allah pertemukan kami pada pakcik Ismail (tuk-tuk) yang aku rasa memang sangat baik la. Rata-rata tanya tuk-tuk mmg lg mahal dari pakcik mail offer. Dia offer kami 200 baht/adult untuk round tempat-tempat menarik di Hat Yai based on mana kita nak pergi and dia siap suggest somemore. Plus bawak kitorg balik ikut ferry lagi. Dia entertain kami sampai malam.

Our first destination was Cable Car Hat Yai yang terletak di Municipal Park (one of a famous monument dekat Hat Yai)

Then kami ke Chang Puak Camp sebab nk naik gajah. Dah janji ngan anak lama dah. Sebulan duk tanya bila nk naik gajah 🐘

Pengalaman naik gajah first time rasa teruja la. Cuma view dia tak la cantik sebab banyak tahi gajah je. Hahahaha. Untuk pregnant mommies sebenarnya tak boleh naik ye. Bahaya kalau kata rahim tak kuat mungkin boleh buat bleeding sebab dia punya hentakan tu A1 jugak. Elephant ride tu dalam linkungan 20 minit gitu la. Harga package dekat sini boleh refer gambar di bawah:

Then kami minta pakcik Mail bawak kami ke Songkhla. Dekat sana ada banyak jugak attraction. One of it ialah Samila Beach. Mitos berkenaan duyong.

Sini makan pun mahal skit la sbnrnya mungkin sbb area pantai kan. Lepas ke City of Nag ni kami request utk ke Hotel since masing-masing dah penat dari pagi smpai2x tak rehat. Pakcik mail bawak kami balik through Ferry macam kat Penang rs. Hehehee. Malam pula kami janji dengan pakcik mail utk pickup kami dalam pukul 8 malam (Hat Yai) untuk ke Asean Night Market.

Sebenarnya tell you the truth, barang sini murah-murah. Menyesal tak shopping kt sni banyak sebab area Lee Garden tu lagi mahal skit dari sini. Sini dia takde barang-barang souvenir. Its more on the cloths, casing hp, kasut, beg2x kulit ke belt ke macam tu la. Ada 2 level, bawah untuk shopping, atas foodcourt.

Our second day started with window shopping around hotel. Area hotel kitorg pun banyak kedai2x souvenir untuk cuci mata. Pakcik Mail dah janji ngn kami nak bawa kami ke Floating Market pukul 3.30 ptg (waktu thai). Untuk second day pakcik mail charge kami 400 baht per tuk-tuk so nnti korg divide la ngn berapa orang.

So far memang best la floating market ni. Variety of food here. Dan belah atas pulak ada tempat utk shopping gak. Hahahahaha. Kami menghabiskan masa sepetang dekat sni. Tak kisah dah sebab masing-masing dah solat jamak siap-siap dekat hotel.

Then our last resort was Night Market dekat area Lee Garden Plaza Hotel.

Ni antara makanan halal dekat sni. Nasi lemak ayam goreng. Perlu diingatkan Hat Yai memang syurga makanan tapi bukan semua makanan kita boleh makan ya. Masa kami beratur nak beli nasi lemak ni ada sorang pakcik tegur kami kata dia kecewa tengok orang Islam rmai makan dekat gerai tak halal area night market ni. Pakcik ni dia tau mana yang halal n x halal since dia tour guide. So, make sure korang tengok dlu yang masak tu orang Islam ke. Jangan main bedal je hehehe.

Third day kami bertolak balik dari Hat Yai ke Padang Besar around 6 pagi since our ETS akan bergerak pukul 10 pagi.

Kami selamat sampai Malaysia lebih kurang jam 3.30 petang. Alhamdulillah.

Okay let me share with you some important notes and my budget throughout the tour:

TOTAL EXPENSES HAT YAI:-
Train:

• ETS (Padang Besar - Hatyai) : RM76.00 (adult)
• ETS (Padang Besar - Hatyai) : RM42.00 (child)
• ETS (Hatyai - Padang Besar) : RM76.00 (adult)
• ETS (Hatyai - Padang Besar) : RM42.00 (child)

Cable Car:
(Opening Hours: 9 pagi - 8 malam daily)

• Cable Car : 200 baht/ adult
• Kid below 150cm free

Chang Puak Camp:
(Opening Hours: 8 pagi - 5 petang daily)

• Elephant ride : 500 baht/adult, 250 baht/child (tak kira berapa umur including baby)

Transportation:

• Van (Padang Besar ke border Hat Yai) : 50 baht/pax
• Van (border Hat Yai to hotel) : 50 baht/pax
• Van (Hatyai to Padang Besar) : 1200 baht/van
• Tuk tuk (1st day) : 200baht/pax
• Tuk tuk (2nd day) : 400 baht/tuk tuk

Hotel:

• Lee Garden Hotel (near to Esso) : RM155.10 (3 days 2 night)

Sim Card Thai:

• 8 days internet package : 299 baht

Floating Market:
(Operating hours: 3.00 ptg - 9 malam : Friday - Sunday only. Weekdays tutup ye)


Kalau korang nak guna tuk-tuk pakcik mail ni boleh contact dia : 086-2916223



Rasa takde dh kut? Enjoy!!!

[Travelogue] : Trip to Universal Studio Singapore

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه,

We have chosen Singapore as our new year destination! Actually tak plan pun sebab mula-mula plan nk pergi Hat Yai on krismas tapi sebab krismas tu hectic gila dengan 2 kematian within a week (my uncle and my biras passed away) so we have decided not to go anywhere during Krismas. Last minute plan my siblings ajak pergi USS so kami pun apa lagi.. bonus plak kan. LOL. Ok here are some list that may help you guys out there yang plan to go to USS.

Kami ambil pakej ke USS. And this is the list:

Dewasa : RM 245.00
Kanak-kanak : RM 195.00

Pakej termasuk :-
📖 Tiket masuk ke USS
🍔 Meal voucher (5$) (adult only)
💵 Retail voucher (5$) (adult only)
🚍 Pengangkutan pergi & balik
📔 White Card

If sape2x berminat dengan pakej ni korang boleh visit this page :
www.facebook.com/pridestour


Pick up point dekat Tune Hotel Danga Bay. So kami decide untuk stay di Tune Hotel je memandangkan departure time pun pukul 7.30 pagi (awal gila nak siap budak-budak). and at the same time murah pun murah since my adik-adik nak hotel murah je kan. rate 1 malam dlm RM105. So total 2 malam dalam RM210 je.

So here are the pictures:

These transformer bottle are one of the attractions here. The cost of 1 bottle is about $26 around RM 79.00 each.

Komen sikit pasal USS, so far memang best la semua game dia compare to Disneyland Tokyo sebab disneyland tu more to kid. Cuma untuk pregnant mommies sangat tak digalakkan pegi sebab membazir je most of them memang tak suitable for pregnant mommies. yang famous plak tu tak suit. so mak-mak ni kena la layan anak tengok Shrek, and menda2 lain mcm budak-budak lain. tapi afterall, boleh pergi lagi la make sure anak pun kena lebih 122m keatas baru boleh fully utilised semua arcade. Hehehehe.


and here is the full maps. Make sure korang bawa sepanjang masuk USS to get more info.

Review Pre-School untuk anak : Little Caliph, Smart Reader & Brainy Bunch

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه,

Alhamdulillah, there are some feedback/suggestion from my cliques to share this into my blog. Sebelum ni saya ada share di my Facebook regarding this tapi cuma mungkin my FB tu private so only friends can view.

Pencarian sekolah untuk anak saya, Iman Hana Fakhira bermula Nov 2016. Sebab 2017 dia dah masuk 4 tahun. Saya memilih 3 pre-school as my favourite list iaitu Brainy Bunch, Little Caliph & Smart Reader. Here are my point of view:

1. Little Caliph (LC)

Apa yang best mengenai LC ni most of them adalah premis perumahan. Ada certain still operate dalam shoplot. Tapi saya rasa semua LC are moving towards premises. Saya suka LC sebab dia homely. Anak ni untuk tarik attraction diorg adalah tempat yang menarik such as ada playground outside the door. Time ni LC area rumah saya mmg premis perumahan so my 1st point dah ✅. Second is that even your child still tak diaper free you still boleh hantar anak kesini, they will guide ur kid towards diaper free ✅. Module pembelajaran berasaskan keagamaan. Sebelum bayar reg fee, principal akan terangkan all the modules, all the daily activities untuk full/half day student. So for LC, diorang akan ada 3x solat iaitu solat dhuha, solat zohor dan solat asar (bagi day care student) ✅. In term of fees, my first year hantar anak was RM1900+. Less than RM2k for only some cents. While monthly payment for daycare since saya anta anak fullday dekat school ialah RM440. Untuk halfday student RM270 if I am not mistaken. Tapi perlu diingatkan, setiap LC registration fee dan montly commitment tak sama. Depending on the area jugak. So for me its still affordable. ✅. Cut off time dia actually pukul 6ptg tapi boleh max extend until 6.30 petang baru bayar 

2. Smart Reader (SR)

SR ni memang popular. Dari dlu saya tau dia mementingkan English as a learning medium. Tapi area rumah saya ni takde SR yang berbentuk keagamaan. For your information, SR ni dia English module semata, tpi you all blh add on module agama tapi kena tambah duit skit la. SR yang betul2x agama based adalah dekat Shah Alam. The one and only Islamic base. Harga dia lebih kurang LC (untuk yang basic English module) dalam RM400+ untuk daycare. ✅ Tapi if you want to add Islamic module cost untuk daycare around RM500+ ❌😞. Utk halfday student harga still sama macam LC. They arent much different cuma saya tak berapa gemar sebab ada certain SR yang pakai short pant/skirts. Maybe depending on which module kut. Not sure. Atau mungkin depend on races. And a big no for me bila saya survey semua SR berdekatan rumah adalah type shoplot. Tak homely 😞❌Unlike LC, cut off time dia pukul 5.30. After 5.30 parent yang pickup anak lambat akan dikenakan charge OT. Ada lagi ke parent sampai rumah pukul 5.30 sekarang? I am not. At least paling awl pukul 6 akan reach sekolah anak. Jenuh la kalau nk byr OT je everyday. Hihihihi ❌

3. Brainy Bunch (BB)

Okay. Brainy bunch ni satu sekolah preschool yang agak berlainan daripada LC n SR. It is actually a Montessori type of pre school. Apa itu Montessori? Montessori ni dia lebih menumpukan kepada adab. Not only educations/english medium what not, tapi dia juga akan tekan kn on the adab. Tapi BB area rumah saya ni pun jenis shoplot. Tak berkenan ❌. BB ni dia ada 2 jenis iaitu kategori A dan B. And major different between type A and B of course on the premis la either its a house with compound (Type A) atau Shoplot (Type B). and masa saya survey, harga untuk type A around RM700+ DAY CARE. while type B harga dalam RM600+ HALFDAY. Its quite expensive for me la kan. So a big NO dah. ❌Then module dia pn lebih kurang sama macam LC la more to islamic. ✅. Tak tengok pulak cut off time dia berapa. Tapi around tu jugak la. (Sebab dah tgk harga almost sekali ganda so tak jadi nak tengok element2 lain). 

Ini gambar anak saya with her classmate. Ikutkan untuk satu sekolah ada lagi kelas2x lain mengikut faktor usia. She's the happiest girl here. hahaha. Thats my daughter.

Apa yang anak saya belajar sepanjang almost a year with LC. For a week dekat sekolah, amazingly dia dapat diaper free terus siang and malam. Within a week masuk sekolah. Within a month dia boleh hafal surah2x lazim seperti alfatihah, dan 3 qul. and currently dia dah boleh baca buku up to 3 words contohnya BAS, GAM, LAP bukan hanya based on 2 words. So its quite a miracle sebab sebenarnya hantar anak ke sekolah tak expect utk pandai membaca cuma boleh bagi pendedahan on the islamic part and also pendedahan persekitaran dan kawan luar dari comfort zone (family). Alhamdulillah, such a good progress. Guru kelas dia cuti bersalin and within that time berapa kali la kena layan anak rindu teacher dia. Meaning that memang cikgu dia memang bagus la kan sebab anak pun boleh rindu teacher. Adoila anak.

So disebabkan saya rasa service bagus, pembelajaran bagus, progress anak pun bagus, so kami decide utk teruskan sekolah yang sama untuk Fakhira 5 years old. Good luck untuk pencarian sekolah anak 🌝

Pengalaman Mistik di rumah sendiri

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه,

We had a mystical experience starting few months ago. Actually we didnt realize that it was "something" until the thing is becoming closer and closer and at one point kedengaran suara from nowhere and you just imagine that. To go further, ingin saya nyatakan bahawa perkongsian cerita ini bukanlah untuk tell the whole story/nk menunjuk/nak naik rating reader or what so ever. but it's more to my life journal this might be my experience or maybe as our turnover of everything.

We've moved in a week before puasa. And before move in memang panggil ustaz untuk pagar the whole house. The first thing happened was bunyi tarik kerusi/meja everyday during sahur. At first ingat orang atas bising, then pikir balik orang atas ni Singh takkan diorg nk bangun pagi sahur kan. Okla kitorg senyap je and thought that rumah atas must have "something". Still keep positif.

I'm currently at my 18 weeks of pregnancy. Before this memang rasa tak sedap badan in which I just thought that it was a "night-sickness". Everytime lepas asar badan rasa berat, letih, lenguh, sakit kepala sangat-sangat, and bear with me, I sleep early than anyone else in the house, kadang-kadang pukul 9 dah tidur. and minyak angin tu jadi peneman setia sebab sakit kepala kadang-kadang takleh tidur selagi takde minyak angin. ok. still positive that it's my kinda "sickness"

After one point, bunyi tarik kerusi/meja yang selalu kitorg dengar tu bertukar macam tarik katil/almari pula. You can differentiate between tarik kerusi/meja atau tarik something big. Ok we still positive fikir rumah atas ni suka betul alih2x barang.

Then one day, I discover that my son dia ada satu bau busuk yang amat dekat mulut dia. At first we thought that ada gigi dia rosak, in which bila check2x balik NONE! This is him.

Then I've asked my babysitter, and she said that Hidzqi tak gosok gigi sebab takde ubat gigi. Hilang maybe. Then kami still fikir positive. Esok bagi ubat gigi and berus gigi baru. Balik rumah pengasuh pun still sama. Bau tetap tak hilang. I guess ada dalam sebulan juga bau ni. UNTIL LAST WEEK, I found out that badan dia juga no longer bau baby. It's just bau busuk tu melekat sampai ke the whole body. Then kami hantar bedak, sabun and shampoo baru but the smell is still the same.

Until one day, at around 12 am, my son tiba-tiba menangis (just imagine anak korang menangis lepas terkepit pintu), and he run into my husband and grab kaki husband kuat-kuat and when my husband dukung dia seems that he saw 'something' and dont want to turn back. Dan kami still POSITIF. A day after that incident, our routine is still the same, solat berjemaah Maghrib sama-sama and after bagi salam, my husband asked me "sayang bercakap ke time tgh solat". and I was like, SHOCKED. My husband dengar ada suara tegur dia "slow sikit" and it happened twice. and we realize that 1-2 weeks before this my son had a weird behavior bilamana he loves to sleep on our way back home lewat petang, and he will be hyperactive late night and seolah-olah main dengan "someone".

And at that time we don't think it's funny anymore. None of us have a positive thought that moment. Then we asked ustaz to come to our house later then. 11.11.2017 when ustaz came and "berubat" for I guess for my son. But it turned out to be more than that. Jari tangan/kaki my son bergerak2x bila ustaz berubat. in which he was sleeping at that time. dan benda paling mengejutkan bila mana one of our room is locked before ustaz datang. At our first positive thought that Fakhira lock the door sebab dia mengaku dia tutup pintu bilik tu. But rationally after all that happened I presume that the door was locked by itself. My husband tried to open the door but fail (since all the spare keys ada dalam bilik tu so we couldnt open the door). My husband korek a small hole just to open the door since ustaz dah ada di rumah.

The moment that bilik was unlocked and ustaz masuk tiba-tiba seluruh badan ustaz pun meremang. And he said that it was something on the picture that we've hung up on the wall. It's actually an old antique photos with a tulisan wafaq that we actually thought that it was tulisan Jawi. You google yourself what's wafaq and what's actually the meaning of that.

There's something inside me too that ustaz discover that I also need a treatment. and the conclusion was that me and my son ada benda suka pada kami and benda menumpang. My son there are 2 of them. Suka utk ajak main. And its from the outside. And for the photos, it's like a "penunggu" di rumah kami. Kami terus bakar gambar tu. A day after berubat, I can feel that whole of my left hand rasa lenguh sangat, dan ada benda bergerak2x dekat bawah kulit and it's like ada benda cucuk2 dekat hujung nadi. and mulut dan badan my son dah hilang bau busuk sekelip mata up until now dah bau baby balik. Allahu Akbar 😞😞😞😞

and that moment I realize that whatever thing I dont even take into a count before, macam benda2x mistik ni, saya terus berserah pada Allah rupanya memang betul wujud. Allahu akbar. My son pula seems tak berubah, still with his tidur lewat and nak main malam2x. and late that night dia main cak-cak. before that main siap cakap "jom". Allahu. Kami decide untuk berubat for the second time and this time around memang direct pergi kepada guru kepada that ustaz. After that rasa ok sikit but kami tak kata kami percaya ustaz, ustaz juga pesan sebelum berubat we need to solat hajat dan istikharah dlu minta Allah bantu. dan Kami suami isteri buat solat hajat mohon pada Allah bagi petunjuk seadanya dan bantu seadanya.

Pengalaman ni banyak ajar kami. Terutama me and my husband. Bunyi tarik kerus/meja/almari/katil itu bukanlah dari rumah atas tapi sebenarnya sedarlah bahawa bunyi itu datang dari rumah kita. Antara dunia kita dan dunia "dia". So kena beringat. Jangan balik dekat maghrib, Jangan keluar sampai lewat malam. Bila keluar malam jangan leka untuk baca apa2x doa sebelum masuk rumah. Amalkan surah al Ikhlas 3x dan ayat kursi dan hembus kiri dan kanan. Selipar make sure muncung menghala ke arah keluar rumah bukan arah masuk rumah. Rumah kalau boleh biar terang dan buka ayat quran sepanjang masa. Kalau boleh solat pada semua bilik jangan bagi bilik tu "kosong". Suami isteri kena kuat, sebab benda macam ni suka bila kita lemah. Bukan hanya ayat Quran, kita sendiri sebagai hamba Allah, minta direct pada Dia, sentiasa mengaji dekat rumah, make our home alive with ayat-ayat Allah. Mohon perlindungan Allah. Solat sekusyuknya jangan tinggal even 1 waktu pun, inshaAllah. Segala semuanya datang dari Allah. Kena tetapkan iman. Percaya bahawa memang ada makhluk lain selain kita. Semoga Allah pelihara kami sekeluarga. Amin ya Rabbal Alamin...

[Travelogue] : Tokyo Part 6 - Gotemba Premium Outlet

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه,

Salam reader!

Our third day at Tokyo, we are moving to Gotemba. Actually plan nak pergi Fuji direct tapi sebab fuji is only Fuji. Meaning that there is no other entertainment nearby instead of just Fuji. Kalau buatnya pergi Fuji tapi Mt Fuji tu menyorok disebalik awan kan dah rugi kan. So from Gotemba you still can view Fuji.

Dekat Gotemba ni there is one outlet called Gotemba Premium Outlet. Its like a JPO la. Tapi banyak butik yang aku tak tau pun dekat sni. Tapi seriously murah la beb. Cath Kidston wallet you can grab dalam RM115 je at that time ada less 40%. Jam swatch if you buy bulk of 5 jatuh dalam RM60 per pieces. Murah kan?

Sementara tunggu train ke Gotemba. It takes about 3 hours journey from Oshiage Station to Gotemba Station 

This is a Gotemba Station. Macam station keretapi lama je

Di sini la tempat kitorg tunggu bas. There are free buses to Gotemba Premium Outlet so amik je bus pergi sana. Our airbnb is just 500m from Gotemba Premium Outlet

This one keadaan dalam bus free. hahahaha. 

Arrived at our stay. Solat and makan dulu sebelum ke GPO

Arrived at Gotemba Premium Outlet.