future brides... head to Bandung. the fabrics are about 80% cheaper compared to our shores. yes, of course.. the argument of cost effective comes to mind. do consider only when u get cheapo flight tickets to Bandung. as for me.. i was overjoyed. as i put my calculation side by side.. the same amount i would've spent on fabrics alone (bought in M'sia) is equivalent to my 11 days spending + all my (and caveman's) fabric + the tailoring cost. kewl innit. told ya its complicated when bankers get married *wink*
it became so affordable that i went crazy buying the fabrics that i could never afford back in KL. something that's worth RM300 per meter .. heh, i get to buy 4m of it! in Rups, of course. so affordable.. that i even made all my wedding dresses there! of course, it became even more affordable due to the following lines :
Me : Mbak, ada yang namanye Ika?
Ika : Ya saya mbak. mbak temannya sapa?
Me : Saya temannya *toot*
Ika : oh iya??! ooohhh udah dapat harga teman2 ni mbak! ga bisa harga wisata!
ngehngehngeh! further conversation reveals that *toot* is my mantan pacar.. ya.. harga jadi lagi murahh dong!! i never thought dropping name, what more an ex.. would do me soo good. *LOL* my ex & wife, bought & made her wedding dresss in the same store.. (Rumah Mode, Pasar Baru, Lantai 2). so he told me to check it out.. and name drop. teehee.
i honestly like Bandung, compared to Jakarta. i mean, for everything else.. Jakarta would be the shopping haven. but for me.. the fabrics in Bandung.. and the FO (think super Zara &MNG workpants.. and ofcourse.. Little Miss Tees!!!) are just my thing. its less hectic. its easy to get around. i mean.. im luv this place dude!
some would ask about invitation cards.. well.. think RM10 at a RM3 price. i kid you not. personally the cheapo ones.. are very cheap.. but ours looks much better. but then again.. maybe i didnt look hard enough. i mean for someone with TBA date.. its depressing enough to get your dresses months in advance *grin*.. what more cardS? hehehe!
oh yea.. we stayed at nini's niece's hostel. pretty neat with indoor bathroom & all. we actually crashed at her friend's room, as she had to be outstationed the whole week (they are med interns).. so we crashed for free. that was how i saved money. hee.
what else is good in bandung..? brownies kukus!!! go for it.. forget your diet! *LOL*
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Day 5 : Yogya, Yogya!!! (Part 2)
yes, i know this was a bit delayed. but its been crazy. ive been pretty lazy at work.. and now m just stressing out. this is not a good working year for me.
anyways..
we proceeded to Borobudur on day 4th (late afternoon).. and having missed the last bus to Borobudur, had to take a bus to Semarang. it dropped us in Muntilan.. where, by 6pm.. is a dead city. no bus. no taxi. nothing. all shops are closed. moments before arriving in Muntilan, we were joking about the only thing we havent took was the ojek a.k.a the motorcycle. well, duh.. that was the only thing left to take to proceed to the borobudur.
so the pak ojek took us to manohara hotel.. probably our only posh escapes in the entire 11 days. it is located smack in the borobudur compound. from the restaurant.. i can even see the borobudur. which explains why a lot of people said it was a long walk from the main entrance. sorta like walking to the middle of the angkor wat. but to us.. it was a brisk walk in the park *LOL*
we chose to stay here for the sunset. its the only way you can catch the sunset.. at 5am plus. by not staying in manohara, u had to wait for the park to open at 6am. but at the end of it.. we didnt catch the sunrise. it rained. boohoo.
but the borobudur was great after all. it was different from the angkor wat, only due to the surrounding. from it, you can actually see Mt Merapi. the view was fab.
we charter a mini van to go back to yogya, as we have a few stopovers planned. without charting a car, it is pretty impossible to go to kaliarung, kaliadem, and parangtritis (a beach in Yogya).. its just imposibble. under such short time that is. cos its just too far apart. kaliadem was a village in which was struck by the volcano. from there, you can actually see mt merapi. but alas, even at 3pm.. it was foggy. and we see nothing.
the only time we saw the sun was a sunset in parangtritis. the seafood was good & cheap.. and the sunset was very nice.
we took a train to bandung at about 9.45 pm. it was a long 8 hour ride, which i slept all the way. i was just soooo tired. and, i need to conserve some energy for my shopping sprees. which, starts in Bandung..
*grin*
to be continued.......
anyways..
we proceeded to Borobudur on day 4th (late afternoon).. and having missed the last bus to Borobudur, had to take a bus to Semarang. it dropped us in Muntilan.. where, by 6pm.. is a dead city. no bus. no taxi. nothing. all shops are closed. moments before arriving in Muntilan, we were joking about the only thing we havent took was the ojek a.k.a the motorcycle. well, duh.. that was the only thing left to take to proceed to the borobudur.
so the pak ojek took us to manohara hotel.. probably our only posh escapes in the entire 11 days. it is located smack in the borobudur compound. from the restaurant.. i can even see the borobudur. which explains why a lot of people said it was a long walk from the main entrance. sorta like walking to the middle of the angkor wat. but to us.. it was a brisk walk in the park *LOL*
we chose to stay here for the sunset. its the only way you can catch the sunset.. at 5am plus. by not staying in manohara, u had to wait for the park to open at 6am. but at the end of it.. we didnt catch the sunrise. it rained. boohoo.
but the borobudur was great after all. it was different from the angkor wat, only due to the surrounding. from it, you can actually see Mt Merapi. the view was fab.
we charter a mini van to go back to yogya, as we have a few stopovers planned. without charting a car, it is pretty impossible to go to kaliarung, kaliadem, and parangtritis (a beach in Yogya).. its just imposibble. under such short time that is. cos its just too far apart. kaliadem was a village in which was struck by the volcano. from there, you can actually see mt merapi. but alas, even at 3pm.. it was foggy. and we see nothing.
the only time we saw the sun was a sunset in parangtritis. the seafood was good & cheap.. and the sunset was very nice.
we took a train to bandung at about 9.45 pm. it was a long 8 hour ride, which i slept all the way. i was just soooo tired. and, i need to conserve some energy for my shopping sprees. which, starts in Bandung..
*grin*
to be continued.......
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Day 1 : Surabaya
the lcct was packed with people.. as always. but being the 1st of feb.. airasia launched their first trip to s'pore. and the big bos was there. i shouldve brought my resume, along w/ my itinerary. hehe! my backpack was weighed at 7.1kg.. not bad ei? hehe!
my supposedly allrite flight was badly ruined by a group of pakcik2 gomen yg gatal.. when they're not talking politics.. its their dirty jobs behind their wives' back. at 1 point.. one of the pakcik (w/ a strong utara accent) was tellin the other om om (pakcik in indonesian) how he managed to fib his way w/ his wife when he came home late smelling of a woman's perfume.. "tadi ada orang semboq perfume kat mall.. kita mana nak tau tu perfume laki ka pompuan. dah tu.. lepaih la aku" followed by gatal laughs from the other om om. gile bodo la bini die to actually fall for that! and a few other things which just pisses me off. and they were like so loud.. and gatal.. and obscene.. and when they weren't talking.. they were snoring. like real snores!
arriving at the airport.. we took the shutter bus to bungurasih terminal bis.. to catch the very next bis (bus in indonesian) to probolinggo. came this om who sat rite next to us. and kept looking an smilin at us. we were like.. oh no.. not another om om. but turned out to be th nicest guy! our guardian angel was from Malang.. and on his way to the terminal to take a bus home. knowing we've never set foot in surabaya.. he offered to accompany us. not only that.. he took the same bus as we did (to probolinggo).. eventhough going to Malang would be off a totally different bus. he said he wanted to make sure we were safe. cheesy, i know. but he didnt even let us pay for his ticket. i learnt that he was in the navy like abah and has been working in the airport for almost 20 years. so he sees many wisata (tourists) gets ripped off.. and wouldnt want it to happen to us.
we reached probolinggo at about 4pm..tired.. hungry.. and had to take a mini van up to cemaralawang.. as there are no other transportation up to the village (being late). we paid Rp300,000 for the whole mini van.. only to be told by the driver (as soon as we';re outside the terminal) that he needs to pick up 2 more tourists. 1st day dah kena kapak. sigh..we couldnt wait to ask the other tourists how much did they pay for that trip (apparently also Rp300,000!!).
the trip up to cemaralawang was really tiring.. but scenic.. and cold! and it started to rain really heavily and scary.
upon arriving at cemara indah, we hooked up w/ other tourists.. to see how many others got ripped of. hehe. you see.. we were supposed to pay another Rp300,000 for jeep for the next morning sunrise programme. but we somehow bumped into Karin, a tourist from Holland who said she paid only Rp150,000 for the entire jeep (which,she paid in probolinggo). she got into a heated argument w/ the staffs of the resort.. and said that they were trying to rip us off. being tired.. and cold.. and mainly hungry (we didnt eat anythin but our big breakfast in mcd lcct).. we couldnt be bothered to butt in.
the other tourists who were in our mini van is a couple from the UK.. law grads.. taking time off to travel before they start working. we also met some from surabaya.. which, only this girl named dewi was really friendly. her friend & dewi's boyfriend, i think, were really snobbish.
we settled in our tiny room and snuggled in our carpet look a like selimut *grin* and called it a day.
n m really glad we did the budget in the spread sheet. cos it makes our job so much easier. you see this is what happen when a QS goes on a trip with a banker.. cost cost cost! *LOL*
in total.. on the first day we spent :
Bus from Surabaya Airport to Bungurasih Terminal: Rp30,000
Bus from Bungurasih to Probolinggo : Rp20,000
Mini Van to Cemara Lawang : Rp100,000
Food : Rp20,000
TOTAL : Rp130,000
Wee!! we were totally within budget! i will be loading in on the actual cost of the 11 day trips. cos as we were doing our costing.. it was so difficult to get em from many2 sources.. i hope my ramblings will help many who are thinking of doing this java backpacking..
my supposedly allrite flight was badly ruined by a group of pakcik2 gomen yg gatal.. when they're not talking politics.. its their dirty jobs behind their wives' back. at 1 point.. one of the pakcik (w/ a strong utara accent) was tellin the other om om (pakcik in indonesian) how he managed to fib his way w/ his wife when he came home late smelling of a woman's perfume.. "tadi ada orang semboq perfume kat mall.. kita mana nak tau tu perfume laki ka pompuan. dah tu.. lepaih la aku" followed by gatal laughs from the other om om. gile bodo la bini die to actually fall for that! and a few other things which just pisses me off. and they were like so loud.. and gatal.. and obscene.. and when they weren't talking.. they were snoring. like real snores!
arriving at the airport.. we took the shutter bus to bungurasih terminal bis.. to catch the very next bis (bus in indonesian) to probolinggo. came this om who sat rite next to us. and kept looking an smilin at us. we were like.. oh no.. not another om om. but turned out to be th nicest guy! our guardian angel was from Malang.. and on his way to the terminal to take a bus home. knowing we've never set foot in surabaya.. he offered to accompany us. not only that.. he took the same bus as we did (to probolinggo).. eventhough going to Malang would be off a totally different bus. he said he wanted to make sure we were safe. cheesy, i know. but he didnt even let us pay for his ticket. i learnt that he was in the navy like abah and has been working in the airport for almost 20 years. so he sees many wisata (tourists) gets ripped off.. and wouldnt want it to happen to us.
we reached probolinggo at about 4pm..tired.. hungry.. and had to take a mini van up to cemaralawang.. as there are no other transportation up to the village (being late). we paid Rp300,000 for the whole mini van.. only to be told by the driver (as soon as we';re outside the terminal) that he needs to pick up 2 more tourists. 1st day dah kena kapak. sigh..we couldnt wait to ask the other tourists how much did they pay for that trip (apparently also Rp300,000!!).
the trip up to cemaralawang was really tiring.. but scenic.. and cold! and it started to rain really heavily and scary.
upon arriving at cemara indah, we hooked up w/ other tourists.. to see how many others got ripped of. hehe. you see.. we were supposed to pay another Rp300,000 for jeep for the next morning sunrise programme. but we somehow bumped into Karin, a tourist from Holland who said she paid only Rp150,000 for the entire jeep (which,she paid in probolinggo). she got into a heated argument w/ the staffs of the resort.. and said that they were trying to rip us off. being tired.. and cold.. and mainly hungry (we didnt eat anythin but our big breakfast in mcd lcct).. we couldnt be bothered to butt in.
the other tourists who were in our mini van is a couple from the UK.. law grads.. taking time off to travel before they start working. we also met some from surabaya.. which, only this girl named dewi was really friendly. her friend & dewi's boyfriend, i think, were really snobbish.
we settled in our tiny room and snuggled in our carpet look a like selimut *grin* and called it a day.
n m really glad we did the budget in the spread sheet. cos it makes our job so much easier. you see this is what happen when a QS goes on a trip with a banker.. cost cost cost! *LOL*
in total.. on the first day we spent :
Bus from Surabaya Airport to Bungurasih Terminal: Rp30,000
Bus from Bungurasih to Probolinggo : Rp20,000
Mini Van to Cemara Lawang : Rp100,000
Food : Rp20,000
TOTAL : Rp130,000
Wee!! we were totally within budget! i will be loading in on the actual cost of the 11 day trips. cos as we were doing our costing.. it was so difficult to get em from many2 sources.. i hope my ramblings will help many who are thinking of doing this java backpacking..
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