Johor Premium Outlet

So, after had so called 'fun' at Legoland, we pushed off to Johor Premium Outlet. Here, a lot of branded outlet shops; coach, esprit,  gap, dkny, la senza charles and keith, guess, well, you name it.

I was in the mood to shop but after looked around, I felt nothing. It's like... hmmm, I was not sure. It's just I was excited before I arrived here. I bought two items only.
Let me compare: for me, to shop in Bandung is better than to shop in here but you can dispute...

LEGOLAND Malaysia

Hi! Hi! Hi!
I insisted to go to Legoland Malaysia though people said it wasn't worth to pay.
I bought the ticket on the spot, the price was RM 140.

I arrived at 11.30, went to toilet and started to explore it right away.
The first ride that we tried was called 'Project X Technic'. It was extreme for the kids but not for adults.
Well here's the note that we need to underline, this amusement park suits the children 100%, so all the ride was basically can be played by the family.  This amusement wasn't that big either.
So yah, it was a little bit dull and yes I could relate why people said it wasn't worth to come.
However, if I have kids, it might be different.

Oh ya, this is the first time I go to the amusement park that provides a lot of surau (prayer room). Well, maybe because it is located in Malaysia?
Anddddddddddddddd, there were a lot of Korean family came here!!!!!! Jyeah! :p

Update: Restaurants we go... part 1

Hi!

I was thinking what I should write for today an my thought goes to food...

But I have no recipe to share so I decided to share about restaurants I often go with my family in Malaysia.

So, maybe you can find us having meal here:

1) SABA at Cyberjaya
My family is an arabic food lover, specially my parent.Before, they really like to go to SABA' because my brother lived nearby but now, it becomes a habit. If we have no time to eat within their visitation day, they will stop by to SABA before they go to the airport.
I rate this 4/ 5

2) Johnny's Stemboat at The Summit
With affordable price and yummy steamboat, my mum never want to miss steamboat-ing here. The sauce is unique, we call it 'Johnny's style'.
I rate this 3.5/ 5

3) SERAI at Empire Mall and Gallery
Serai is heaven. My family love the vegetables and the cakes here. FYI, my mum is a fussy person when it comes to cake and pastry because she does not like milk and cheese at all. But, the cakes over here indulge my mum's tongue.
I rate this 4.5/ 5


4) Sushi King and Sushi Zanmai at The Summit, Sunway and Fahrenheit
My mum is an antisushi. Sushi lovers are my brothers, my father and I.
For my younger brother, going to Sushi King is A MUST because there are no sushi king in medan :( and sushi king is at The Summit only (which my parent always stay there). For the taste aspect, sushi zanmai is better but to go to this place, we always need to queue up.
I rate this 4/ 5

EYE LINER, I use these two :)

1) MAC Superstick Liquid Eye Liner

2) Lancome

ps: this is only a subjective point of view, peeps

Hello KUALANAMU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

As it's been decided that Polonia airport would be closed on 25 of July and Kualanamu airport would operated on the next day, many people commented on it, including ME!
Deep inside my heart, I thought it would be postpone AGAIN because this issue was floating in the air since 2009 (when I about started my diploma).
Well, eventually, it WAS real. So, on 26 of July no more MES code, it's changed to KNO code.

On 2nd of August, I made my first flyt from LCCT to KNO.
It was a night flight and when I reached KNO, it rained. In the international arrival terminal building, it was quiet, and the immigration was like a mini version of KLIA (so please imagine by yourself!). The immigration process was real quick BUT waiting for the luggage was unpleasantly long. To make it worst, there were no trolley AT ALL. When a worker came with maybe around 5 trolleys, all the passengers were fighting over it. I only waited for a small luggage so it was fine for me.
After taking my luggage, I went out, someone was there to picked me up. So, we went to the parking straight away and I could tell you there were a lot of people that night, there were really a long queue just to pay the parking; it was about 20 minutes. Hmmphh.
I estimated the journey from KNO to my house would be 1.5 or 2 hours but alhamdulillah it was only an hour.

On 7th of August, I made my first domestic flight with my family; Medan- Palembang.
Our flight was 5.20 pm and we left home at 2pm (considering that it would be crowded)! But we're wrong. It took only 50 minutes from home to KNO.
In the departure building, I was fascinating to see there were a lot of shop would be open soon; kipling, cotton on, swatch, etc.
The waiting room was comfortable and wifi was really fast!

On 10th of August, we arrived at Medan from Palembang.
Again, we waited toooooo longggggggggg for the luggages however, unlike the international building, in domestic building, there was a lot of trolley.
My brother and I went to toilet when our parent was waiting for the luggage. The toilet was far from expected. There were 4 toilet cabinets in ladies room but only 1 could be functioned! ONE. Ok!
Finally, we also welcomed by rain and 2 hours long to drove to home.

My mom saw the news that on 12-13 August, it was really jam, so on 14 of August, my flight to Kuala Lumpur was 11.00 am but I left home at 7.00 am. You know how many minutes did it take? Only 45 MINUTES.
Oooohhhhhhh, to go to airport was unpredictable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However, the toilet in international departure was really fresh, clean and comfortable.


Ehm, so yeah, that's my story of KNO. Personally I proud of the brand new airport, however, there were still some unfinished works. We still need to maintain a good service to give a better service. FIGHTING KNO!

Perpustakaan Kuala Lumpur

Due to assignments, I needed to read a looottttttt of books, journals and articles.
I took initiative to go to Perpustakaan Kuala Lumpur with the hope that I could find more resources compare to Uni's library.
Well, nothing's different for the books except for the environment. It was way comfortable and peaceful.

Tampak depan

Sebelahan sama galeri Kuala Lumpur

Vending machine

My favourite photos -> Taken by Me Part 1

Baby penguin!!!

Yummy pizza for lunch.

Well, can I wait for him here?

Visiting Mbah Marijan's hometown

I miss THIS tomyam!

MEDAN, 4D3N, What can you do?

Hello:)
Ujung bulan Maret, temen temen aku berinisiatif mengunjungi Medan, so here was my plan as a tour guide :

1) Kamis malam
Jam 22.00 sampai rumah, makan, tidur. (Eh, ada ngerumpinya dong dikit)

2) Jumat
Jam 8.00 semua udah rapi dan sarapan. A must try breakfast di Medan itu adalah lontong dan nasi gurih kak umi, jadi ya itu menu sarapan kami. Tapi, temen-temen ku nggak makan lontongnya karena kepedasan (FYI, they can't handle spicy).
Abis sarapan, off we went to BERASTAGI.
Di Berastagi sekitar pukul 11.00, kami ke kuil yang baru dibangun (Ini juga pertama kali aku ke kuil ini, hihi).
Abis dari kuil, kami memutuskan buat makan siang dekat Pasar Berastagi. Menunya: Baso dan Nasi goreng. Temen temen aku ketagihan minum Fruit Tea.

Pemandangan di Gundaling

Nah, yang ditunggu tunggu adalah Shopping!!! Kami ke Pasar Berastagi dan menghabiskan waktu satu setengah jam. Semua pada sibuk mengagumi barang- barang yang dijual, and of course, akunya jadi juru tawar.
Berastagi itu kan terkenal akan dinginnya, tapi saat siang hari tetep aja terasa panas, walaupun nggak seterik matahari di Medan.
Setelah shopping, kami pergi keliling Berastagi dan sekitar (Gundaling sih, maksudnya), pukul 14.00 kami check in hotel.
Orangtua ku ngasi usul supaya tinggal di hotel M, karena kami anak- anak muda dan kalo nginap di hotel M, gratis masuk ke so called 'amusement park' nya. Abis check in dan leyeh leyeh di kamar hotel, kami berinisiatif turun ke Sibolangit.
Sibolangit itu berada di antara Medan dan Berastagi. Kami turun ke Sibolangit dan keliling keliling di The Green Hill, tapi nggak masuk ke Hillpark nya karena mereka nggak mau.
Hillpark itu sebenernya amusement park dan lebih besar daripada yang di hotel M.
Dan tanpa diduga duga, mereka mau makan KFC. So, ya, kami makan KFC. Perbedaan KFC di Indo dan di Malay ya pasti menunya, di Indo ada perkedel, puding, dan terutama NASI.
Gossiping sebentar dan kami balik lagi ke hotel.
Nah, ini dia, rencanyanya kami mau duduk duduk di dekat swimming pool hotel dan order 'pisang goreng' (they were craving for pisang goreng) tapi karena ada miscommunication sama chef yang jualan pisang gorengnya, kami akhirnya pergi ke kamar. Jam 21.00 aku udah K.O dan tidur.

3) Sabtu
Sabtu pagi kami sarapan di hotel. Menu was good and we enjoyed our breakfast. Nah, rencanyanya jam 10.00 kami mau ke amusement park hotel M, tapi 2 temenku bilang mereka nggak suka amusement park dan nunggu aku dan temen aku yang satu lagi, di kamar hotel aja. Jadi ya, aku dan seorang lagi temenku aja yang pergi.
Amusement park di Hotel M itu kecil aja, permainannya pun nampak simple. Tapi jangan underestimate wahana- wahana nya deh, karena ternyata cool juga! Aku malah ngerasa lebih enak ke sini daripada ke Hillpark (bagi orang yang suka main wahana yang cukup extreme).
Cukup puas di amusement park, kami check out hotel dan pulang meuju Medan.
Well, rating untuk Hotel M: 3,5/ 5.
Facilities were good but the hospitality was quite low.
Nah, jam 12 kami udah sampai Medan dan langsung meluncur ke ASLI. ASLI ini toko oleh oleh dan terkenal oleh brand nya yang lucu- lucu, kayak: Teng teng, Ting Ting, Pang pang.
Abis dari ASLI, kami ke SUN Plaza, nah ini sebenernya aku mau ngajak lunch ke Cambrige City tapi temen- temen aku request mau makan Pizza Hut, dan di Cambridge City nggak ada Pizza Hut.
Untungnya Pizza Hut nggak rame banget, dan alhamdulillah, temen- temen aku puas banget makannya. Again, Pizza Hut di Indo dan Malay berbeda. Dan untuk bandinginnya, buat aku lebih yum yum Pizza Hut Indo.
Abis makan, apalagi kalo nggak window shopping. Kami muter muter di Sun Plaza cukup lama dan akhirnya nge- froyo di Red Mango.
Abis nge- froyo, sekitar jam 16.00, kami pulang ke rumah. Mandi dan leyeh leyeh.
Jam 19.30 kami ke Merdeka Walk, makan di Nelayan sampai jam 22.00
And the best part, kami sempet ngeliat couple berantem di depan pintu gerbang utama Merdeka Walk. What a beautiful day to end!

4) Minggu
Balas dendam, kami tidur sampai jam 10.00. Makan siang di AYAM PENYET MONGINSIDI. And they really love it!!!!! (They said its their best meal so far in Medan). Abis itu, ke Suan Bakery untuk beli kue lapis dan ke Bolu meranti untuk beli bolu. Terakhir, ngopi- ngopi di Dr. Koffee sebentar.
Dan akhirnya abis maghrib, kami langsung ciao ke Bandara untuk pengerbangan terakhir ke KL.

Well, you want me to be your guide? :)

Recent trend: Sekolah Alam.

Dear all, aku udah agak lama sih denger  dan baca tentang sekolah alam, tapi akhir akhir ini agak lebih terfokus karena salah seorang saudaraku ingin memasukkan anaknya di salah satu sekolah alam Jakarta. Nah, karena aku ini bergelut di bidang pendidikan, dia tanya- tanya pendapat aku deh(cieh..).

Setelah browsing (aku hanya browsing sekolah- sekolah alam di Indonesia, bukan international ya), aku melihat bahwa sekolah alam ini konsep utamanya ialah 'back to nature' or 'learn with nature'. Nah, tujuan utamanya ialah akhlak atau behaviour; jadi ketika individu bersahabat dengan alam, individu itu akan mengerti bagaimana untuk menjaga dan melestarikan alam. Dan jika individu bisa bersahabat dengan alam tentu aja itu akan mempengaruhi akhlak atau behaviour individu tersebut, kan?

Yang membuat aku kaget, ternyata sekolah sekolah alam yang ada di Jakarta itu banyakan yang berbasiskan Islam. Sebelumnya aku pernah baca di salah satu majalah tentang sekolah alam di Bali yang kerennnnnn banget terus ada foto orang bule nya (yang membuat aku berpikir bahwa tenaga pengajar nya ialah orang asing.

Aku sangat mendukung sekolah alam di Indonesia, tapi aku hanya memberikan pesan kepada orangtua bahwa akan lebih mudah bagi semua pihak (guru, murid and orang tua) jika orangtua dan sekolah mempunyai visi dan misi yang sama. Jangan hanya karena ikut- ikut atau coba- coba. #BenerLoh #DoThink.

Puisi: HATI

HATI

Hati, ku mohon padamu untuk bertahan.
Karena hari esok masih menanti.
Hati, ku mohon padamu untuk sabar.
Karena matahari pasti akan terbenam.
Hati, ku mohon padamu untuk kuat.
Karena ketidakpastian adalah hal yang semu.

Hati, jangan engkau pupuk kebencian.
Hati, jangan engkau tanam kegundahan.
Hati, benihlah keikhlasan.

Walau pedih,
walau perih,
walau sakit,
meyatulah dengan pikiranku,
ingatkan ku pada IKHLAS itu.
 
 

Why so hard? #inconsistent no.3

Some people might not know this, but I AM A PLANNER.

I tried to change this habit because sometimes it annoys me so freakinnnnn' much. Recently I was really stressed out because most of the things not went as I planned.
Pfffiuuhhhh!