Extravaganca Hideaway - Philea Resort

Ingat tak first extravaganza trip yang aku post kat sini dulu...

This is the 2nd extravaganza trip tapi my 1st ever trip aku drive sendiri... well, of course accompanied by my sister and my boys. dah lama aku nak visit my BFF yang moved to Melaka sebab husband kena transfer ke sana and to check on her new-born daughter tapi tak berkesempatan. Takde geng... macam tak berapa konfiden je nak ke sana without adult company. Then, kebetulan kakak aku datang menyibuk..untung la die. 

I just take LEKAS, it's only 30 minutes drive sampai Senawang and then masuk PLUS. From there memang la jauh sikit around 1 hour gitu sampai exit Ayer Keroh... Not to say yang aku familiar dengan jalan Melaka tapi disebabkan aku ni pakar ingat jalan, so we found junction to Philea straight away. So easy... tapi tak masuk pun terus gi Taman Mini Malaysia. Nak masuk town, macam jem je. Malas la aku. KL jem, out of town jem..phuiii! Layan anak ler pi tengok umah2 di Melesia... masuk mcm saploh ringgit je. Huk aloh...kot2 dapat free drinks. Habok pun tarak...We actually missed a dance show. Biasalah tarian mokyong ke hape baru je tamat. Omagod...mmg frust. Tapi sebab nak kasi can anak2 aku amik aura, pi la lepak sat kat stage dia. Kekeke...

Only 4-5 housees je yang masuk. Umah penang wajb la masuk gitu... yang lain aku dah start malas sebab si Firas sikit2 restless sbb dok nampak fountain nun di tengah. Nak mandi le teww...keje lain tarak si kenit ni. Lepas dah puas tangkap gambar, kami pun keluar la pi makan sat kat cafe just right after exit. Malas nak makan kami bungkus asam pedas and nasi. Then akak aku nak redeem voucher KFC. Pi la beli pulak seb baik ada drive thru...maklumlah pemalaih. Baru la pi check in kat Philea...walllah. Mmg best la tempat dia. Unfortunately, kami dapat pavillion yg agak hujung. Tapi dekat dgn pool. Tercongget2 naik buggy macam nak tergelincir keluar. Kekeke... Aku mmg request for upper unit sebab from previous review, kalau lower unit macam ada bising sikit la. Ishhh...kang susah nak tido bising2 pulak. Whatever it is, the unit is sooooooooo nice. Ishh mmg best sangat la.. cuma aku tpaksa request baby cot. Ada twin sharing bed. Konon macam sorang tido ngan maktam, sorang tido ngan mummy. Turn out, dua2 nak tido ngan mummy. Adehh....mau aku tido atas lantai. Aku yang bayar weiiiiiiii.... So terpaksa la squeeze sana squeeze sini nak bagi everyone selesa. (well, of course la aku tak selesa dan dengki tengok maktam tidoqqqqq sorang2) Cisss... Once Firas dah terlelap aku angkat dia letak dalam cot so problem settled for a while. Sebab bila kul  bape dia terjaga nak naik kat mummy. Adehh, camnila jadi mummy yg gojes dan lovable. Ahaks...

Overall, mmg best kat Philea. The swimming pool is inviting, the steamboat is marvelous, the breakfast is great, the room is cozy and all of that the surroundings are peaceful. Worth the price... next time kalau pegi lagi I'm definitely gonna take the suite. Single-storey yang depan pool tu baru sempoi...unit tu a bit spacious and boleh kot bawak toto hampar kat lantai. Anak2, sila tido di bawah mami didi nak chatting loving2 gitu. Awww... Well, Agoda offers a good price instead you book straight from the hotel. Their price is expensive. My pavillion unit pun normal price dalam RM800++. Rather, I paid only 600++ including our dinner and all for 1 night. Ok la tu... (gulppp!) 

After check out, kami pegi la umah Fida. Soooo easy to find her house. Pakai Ipad je tak payah susah2. :D

We spent few hours kat umah dia. Had lunch together...tapi tak dapat nak tido sebab tak nak tempuh jem on the next day. Extended public holiday, believe me semua orang berpusu2 balik kg and bila sampai time balik town, damn it. Jem nak mampus...especially on highways la. Tak mau tak mau... Tapi sebelum betul2 balik, kami singgah naik Menara Taming Sari. Again, layan anak. I felt a bit tired tapi takpelah bukan selalu. Then singgah Philea again, my sis tertinggal jam and bracelet dia. I reached home around 11pm. Takut gak lalu LEKAS malam2. The highway is quiet and tak banyak kereta sangat. I just pray that nothing happen andd safe journey back home. Anak-anak letih, mak tam letih aku sorang je tak letih. Sampai rumah sempat mendobi...itulah namanya mak. Tak gitu?

BahBQ di PD

Memang nasib tak baik betul...tulah orang tua2 selalu kata (aku lebih refer pada mak aku), jangan seronok sangat dok gelak mcm langsuir tak hengat, kukik2...nanti menangis. Actually, benda tu selain daripada betul atau kebetulan, mmg dinasihatkan pun jangan kita selalu over gembira, especially gelak yang terlampau. Kata mak aku, nanti keras hati. Baik ibu..kuturut perintahmu!

Ahad lepas, aku berangkatlah ke PD. Trip 2 malam dikurangkan menjadi 1 malam aje. Cukuplah kot sebab semalam tu pun penat macam nak mati. Aduhai...apa yg penat sangat aku pun confuse. Mak aku nak tak nak terpaksalah ngikut, takkan nak tinggal. Hihi... janji kekonon kul 8 berangkat dari rumah. Puihhh...kul 8 baru terhegeh2 sidai kain, kemas umah.. Mimpi la wei nak keluar awal dah beranak pinak. Disebabkan dah miss nak saing ngan Cik Intang, aku & mr fathul pun decide pergi sendiri, lalu LEKAS which is sangat dekat dgn Seremban. 20 minit ajeww... maklumlah highway belakang rumah, sedia duit bayar tol sudah! Dan memandangkan kami pun dah bertolak awal daripada Cik Intang yang juga konon2 nak keluar awal tapi jadi lambat, aku ingat kami singgah rumah MakTok aje (ex babysitter Farihin) tak jauh dari lokasi banglo percutian. cewahhh....mcm millionaire aje bunyinya dahal gi situ pun orang ajak.

Al kisah si maktok ni amatlah aku sanjung dek kerana jasanya menjaga Farihin masa baby. Aku rasa dalam 8-9 bulan jugak dia jaga, then dia stop sebab nak pindah PD dan tak larat katanya. Aku suspek...eh silap respek maktok ni sebab sangatlah berkualiti servisnya. Baju baby siap dia basuh tangan tu...and byklah lagi tertib2 yg kita rasa anak kita akan selamat dlm jagaannya. Luv u la maktok. Wpun aku tak nak susahkan Maktok nak bagitau dia kitorang datang, aku tpaksa juga la inform nanti kang takde rumah pulak. Maktok ni bukan apa, kalau orang nak datang haa mula la kelam kabut nak buat tu buat ni. Dahal aku je pun... dia dah la ada high blood pressure so aku tanak dia panik and then sakit. No No No... aku bgtau kata nak dtg with my mom and family.

masa lalu Highway Lukut, aku terbaca satu emel aritu pasal jambatan bunian. So aku ckp kat mr hubby, nanti kita ushar jambatan tu betul2. no horror feeling at all tapi memang pelik le jambatan tu mati at both end of the bridge. pokok2 je penuh... tp logic sense aku mengatakan yg sebenarnya ia lebih pada future planning. kalau le dikatakan tu bunian tu ada, buat ape la nak seberang jambatan. makhluk halus ni lain sifatnya dengan manusia. setakat nak seberang, maybe dia boleh pejam mata je, teleport ke ghaib ke terbang ke ape2 la. so it makes more sense than perlu siapkan jambatan khas utk org bunian. kelako pulak bunyinya... sampai rumah maktok, rupa2nya dia dah prepare utk goreng mee. which is mmg favorite aku masa kami berjiran dulu. slurrppp kenyang giler...slps beramas mesra dgn maktok, kami pun menuju ke banglo abas tu lepas confirm lagi 2 team dah sampai. ecehhh mcm bolasepak plak. agenda pertama keceburrr....masuk kolam. budak2 le seronok, mak budak takde seronok mananya. masuk kolam, bila naik berketul2 badan sebab baju basah. wahahaha...malu I tauu

Well, mmg seronok sekali dua kala lepak ngan opismate camtu. masak memasak wpun dapur mcm hampeh... bbq lamb/chicken kat pool yard, bedal durian and macam2 ler. tapi malangnya, banglo tersebut dilanda bah bila hujan lebat turun x henti2. cittt...aku yg menyedarinya. mmg kul 4am aku dah terjaga, tapi masa tu belum hujan. aku tido2 ayam je balik then sempatlah dengar bunyi kilat/guruh tanda hujan. suddenly aku terbau bau busuk yg amat sgat wei. busuk longkang...cisssssss aku buat dek je sebab maybe longkat kat luar tu sumbat kot. tp makin lama bau busuk tu makin kuat. aku bangun, then tkejut sebab mak aku tegur. Busuknya, kata mak aku. Aku ckp maybe bau longkang kot.  Siap mak aku suruh tutup tingkat padahal tak pernah bukak pun tingkat tu. Aku pun bangun jenguk ke luar, tengok level air dari tanah tu mcm dah naik. Terdetik di hati aku, aikk banjir ke...sampai bergegas bangun. Kelecak, kaki aku terendam dlm air. Haha ye ke bunyi mcm tu..tergujat la aku. Mak aiiii banjir oooi dlm rumah. Apalagi berlari randuk air le cari laki aku kat atas. Bila sume org dah bangun, paling risau kereta la sbb makin lama air makin naik. anak2 aku tak sedo diri...mak aku pula stuck kat katil. bila air naik, aku papah mak aku suruh naik atas sebab dia nak solat. wpun sakit kaki, digagahkan juga diri. tak lama lepas tu air surut dgn panatas, syukur alhamdulillah. risau keta beb, buat nya terendam tersadai terburai teroverhaul, mampusssssss! Allah SWT masih sayangkan kami. :D so slepas insiden tu, baru dapat tau mmg kalau hujan lebat sgt boleh naik air. seb baik kolam tak kena sebab tinggi. banglo sebelah siap air kolam dah coklat. hahaha...nasib badan!

Sempat lagi aku n Firas mandi seround, sebelum kami blah sebab mak aku dah tak sabar2 nak balik rumah. penat wei... apapun, mmg syok pi PD wpun kena banjir. yang penting semua selamat. balik umah apa lagi terkelepet dan mendobi je la jawabnya. pic2 di bawah disnap oleh photographer yang tak profesional langsung. bear with the flaws okeh bebeh...

Vacation & Birthday Celebration

It's quite some time that I ignored my dear blog. I don't intend to be one of those listed bloggers in mag such as In Trend or whatsoever. If I just happen to have some space to write, I will do. It's not everyday work I should submit definitely.

It's the initial of April 2011. How time flies... Firas now is already reach his 7 months old. He's so cheeky, cute lil boy who didn't give me much problem in his upbringing. Maybe it's too early to conclude but during first 6 months, he's so easy to handle. Thank to Allah SWT. Remember my last entry of how he managed to roll over? He's now on crawling stage. He's probably will take his first step before his first birthday, I guess. But who knows...

I just came back from a vacation. Not a luxury 5-star paid vacation, but I'd like to call it a family vacation. I always want to have a private vacation alias honeymoon where only me and my husband involved. Only us. However, planning on this love-vacation usually end up going with your kids. I don't know others. But, I'm dying for our private time without our kids. And at the same time, I have this feeling of leaving them with granny. I feel guilty. Hehe..should I be feeling that? I know. I definitely will have my moment someday and I look forward for that. Badly.

So, this family vacation went to Kuantan, Pahang. We actually were entraped to join this membership of vacation club. Now that we had our entitlement to expire very soon, we decided to finish it off. And Kuantan was our choice. Why? Swiss Garden Resort & Spa Kuantan is one of the best hotels i've stayed. The location is not really far from the uptown. Facilities provided are good and what I love the most is their games room/tupai kids club. Entertainment for both parent & kid. Everything's there. The beach is nice & yet private. The food is quite delicious. Although our entitlement does not come with breakfast, but I was presented with an offer of having breakfast buffet at only rm40 for 2 adults & 2 kids. We had our lunch usually from outside as well as dinner. I always crave to go to their Samsara Spa to having the whole body treatment from massage, milk/mud bath, hair treatment and all that. Next time perhaps.

The best thing when you go a vacation with family is to see joy and fun from your child's face. Farihin was clearly had fun & enjoy the trip exactly the way he wanted it to happen. Swimming pool is the ultimate attention there and he couldn't resist to jump in it anytime. He's such an excited kid and we understand. Firas? :-D  Pictures speak louder than words.

Hehe...what a bless to see them this way. I love them so much.

Oh yes, I also went to boutique Zleqha to collect my dress. I fell in love with the zobeida dress. It's white and smooth looking. Pleated and have buttons from top to bottom. So beautiful. Since I'm a plus size, buying ready made is impossible. I'm lucky to have the owner, Kak Lin was able to take order. She's actually an architechtural's grad from State and love fashion so much. She's inspired to design for muslimah contemporary clothes as a statement that Muslim can also dress fashionably and at the same time remain in modesty. Trust me, all the collections are awesome. My jaw dropped to the floor (exaggerating) when witness the designs in live. My wildest dream is to grab the whole summer, spring, winter collections but I know that would be financially-impossible. Haha...had to eat salty fish after that. So, those who have family - vacation is not something you really need but personally, why not? It doesn't need to be expensive and burden your pocket. A one day trip or one night stay is enough to have quality time out of your comfort boundary.

Today is my husband's 32th birthday. Know what? I pretended to forget his birthday. I didn't verbally wish him. Only on facebook that he may not notice at all. The thing is, I really my beloved's special day. This year, I don't buy any gift for him. I will later. Since I got nice birthday present so it's not fair for him. What I love to do is a surprise that involved only 4 of us (now 4 after Firas was born). So, lunch time I had this help from friend to buy a cake for my husband. It's a cheese cake with durian and vanilla filling from Secret Recipe. I know how much he loves durian. I abandon old boring typical chocolate cake. I also may blow some ballons and make a birthday banner on my own. I want him to be surprised and most of all; HAPPY. Wish me luck.

I need to go for the preparation. Bye.