Travelling Blanket Going to UK (Part 2) ~ The arrival & market day..

Hehe.. Okie sambung... after the 13-looong hours in the flight.. we're finally arriving at the airport.. We're landing at the Standstead Airport.. Tapi balik, kena naik from Gatwick, sbb starting from 24th Oct, diorg tukar from Standstead to Gatwick.

Sampai je airport.. Coffee aromas were lingering around us..! What a good way to start our vacation! hehe..

Peace! While waiting for our drivers.. Which he charged us extra £40 for waiting for us, which we didn't asked for and die yang datang awai sape suruh? Dahla flight kitorang tiba on time if not earlier than schedule. bluuurrgghh... :( tapi malas nak gaduh, we just paid him.. sibbaik duit collection banyak lagi.. hehehe...

Dahla, we booked for car(s) to fit 10 of us. We even spelled out 8 adults & 2 kids.

Tapi, ade ke patut.. He came with 1 car.. tsskk.. of course tak muat dengan beg kitorang lagi.. aisshhh... luckily we rode on a second car, which the driver was much nicer & friendly. :)

but, we had to listen to him complaining on the govt.. which was ok for us. hehe.. :P

After around 30 mins or more, no.. i think it was nearly 1 hour, we arrived at the Tower Bridge Travelodge.. Letak barang, rehat, and all pastu we yang muda2 pegi kedai dekat dengan hotel tu.. hehe..

We're at Haydon Street! :D

Then the next morning, we went for our market day!

Us before hit the market! hehe..

Since our hotel was just nearby to the Petticoat Land Sunday Market... and it was Sunday... we went there first... Yeay!

Kat sini, banyak baju murah2 and souvenir yg murah... hehe...

Fridge magnet was sold at 1 pound each.. okla tu kan..

Pit Stop: Tempat tunggu.. hehe... Ted & papa dah tak larat jalan.. The girls masih meneruskan perjuangan.. I stopped as well sbb tak larat jugak.. hehe.. Meme tido! and Iman so cute!! :)

It was our first day... i dun buy much, as i was thinking ade banyak hari lagi... hehe.. but now i regret.. tak beli that nice trench coat.. huhuhu... ruginyee!! sbb the next time we came here dah tinggal 3 hari nk balik, so mcm rugi pulak nak beli.. Aisshhh... note to myself: next time, if u interested, just buy! hehe..

Dah beli lebih kurang... we went back to our hotel, rehat jap, performed our solat jamaa' and had a lunch... around 2pm, we went out again..

This time, kena naik tube! yeay! Our first Tube (or underground train) ride.. :)

We went to Notting Hill Gate... and heading to....

Portobello Market!!!

Portobello market ni sepanjang jalan... ade banyak kedai2...

First kitorang smpai kat antique session... Wahh.. really nice!

Comel kann!!! :)

And kat sini ade jugak the famous Poundland shop! (if you read the Mini Shopaholic)

Hehe.. kat sini u can get almost everything with only 1pound, ya'll! :)

Just at the beginning of the road.. It's a loong way to walk :D



Notting Hill Gate :)

Selingan...

My bro in law will be getting married next year in June!

So, i have to start now. 6 months from now.. can we make it?

Make what?

Make over me self! hahaha...

Oh yes... i'm devastating by looking at the UK photos.. hahaha.. that's one of the reason i've delaying updating the stories (other than overloaded work & penyakit malas) hehe..

So, lagi pulak, the wedding scream for baju kurung or baju kebaya or baju pahang..

So.. no.. i'm not going to let my self in this 70+++ weigh.. hahaha...

Cakap jer... last time, i supposed to diet for the UK vacation tapiii hancuuss... i only manage to lose 4 kgs which expectedly i gained back after even before i landed in Malaysia.. haha..

Tolonglah majin.. u have to do this.. :(

So, to not drastically or radically starving myself to death so that i can still be in the wedding ceremony. haha...

i started with no rice for 1 month and see how it goes.. hehe..

today is only my 2nd day... please pray for me ya! hehe :)

Later after 1 month.. then, i will start to reduce my food intake & hopefully will reduce some weight / fat before the wedding.

And i definitely miss wearing my wedding & engagement ring! Huargghh... hehe

9th Oct 2011 ~ Travelodge Tower Bridge, London, UK.

Travelling Blanket Going to UK (Part 1.1) ~ 13-hours journey

Hahaha... siap ade part 1.1.. :p

Travelling to UK last Oct was totally a new experience to me... A different 13-hours journey from previous journey (which was back in 1996.. haha that long).

First, it was with diff aircraft (MAS vs AA)... so the space (or is it because i was definitely bigger now hahaha) and the stewardess were def. different.. heheh... Yelah.. i still can't get over the stewardess thingy... Dun get me wrong... some of them are extremely nice.. huhuhu... (my dream next vacay: to travel in different aircraft)..

Second, back then i was travelling as a teenager... And now, i'm travelling with my lil baby.. So.. the idea of not sleeping the nite before travelling & to sleep/read throughout the journey is what i had to think as 2nd option not 1st option.. Since now, my first option is the baby! hehe...

Yeah. i'm that shallow... forgive me please.. :(

Masa hari jumaat before the flight tu, we were in hurry... We only reached Gombak @ 11.30pm (mama pun da ingat kitorg tak tido Gombak.. huhu).. Then, nak kena arrange barang lagi susun elok2.. dgn Iman taknak tido nya... so, end up tido dlm 2.30am.. Pastu kul 4am dah bangun balik nak mandi & siap2.. huhu... Lepas tu tido skejap on the way to LCCT and tak tido sampailah baby tido..

Luckily, baby tido soon after the take off. So, after take off, bla-bla-bla, letak baby atas basinet, makan skejap dah boleh tido...

Not-so-lucky.. baby only sleep for like 5 hours before bangun & taknak tido2.. huwaa... Hehe..

Ok, now.. things i had to keep in mind & to share with you, when travelling with baby / infant below 2yrs for more than 4 hours..

1. Have a seat at the first row.. If with AA, then invest some money on the Hot Seat..

Like us, we bought the Hot Seat and Alhamdulillah got the bassinet for both journey.. there were couple yg travel with us on the way back to Malaysia, didn't get the bassinet coz they're in the 4th row and because we had it first.. Mind you.. AA ada cuma 1 bassinet in aircraft at each "department".. so, kalau nak booking by inform cust services (which we did when we bought the tix), diorg akan advice to inform the air crew.. huhu... apadda...

2. Have a very good rest before the travelling day! Yupe.. coz, bare in mind, u're now have to manage 2 person instead of yourself alone.. hehe.. luckily Ted was there to take care together.. :)

3. Try to get nite journey.. sbb the baby will sleep most of the time.. hehe... mcm mase balik.. ok best gile.. smpt bace buku, eat our meal in peace, and get some sleep...

4. Feed your baby during the take off.. atau, paling tidak suruh baby hisap puting/soother. sbb mase nak take off tu kan nanti kite yg besar ni pun sakit telinga/tak dengar... baby lagilah... lucky, iman memang hisap puting.. sbb naik je plane, bg minum susu.. tapi tak sempat take off dah abeh dah susu.. so die hisap puting... Alhamdulillah, ok takde paper...

5. Book your seat near to the toilet.. Senang nak change diapers, wash their face and etc.

6. Brought some entertainment (if traveling with AA). Sbb baby akan cepat boring & need something to distract them.. Dahla dlm confined space, lagilah diorang akan resah... Huhu..

7. Try to have a flight yang ada transit... so, at least takdelah rase terperap dlm plane to for solide 13hours.. hehe..

Nasib baik, next year baby dah 2 yrs old. So, mmg kena beli seat for her... Hehe..

Nah, gambar baby comel tgh tido dlm bassinet... Hehe...

She's tall, so kaki tak muat! :D

Subhanallah... ini kat mane tah... cantikkan :)

Spotted..

Tau Sepah (Maharaja Lawak) buat ape dengan duit kemenangan diorang tempoh hari?

Hahaha... Ini dia.. bukak Bank..

Spotted: Along the way from Trafalgar Square to Oxford Circus, London... (tak ingat jalan mana)

ps: this is actually bank of Iran. :)

The Travelling Blanket Going to UK..(Part 1)

Hi there.. after quite so long.. baru ada semangat nak update on our recent vacation to UK... Well, we only visited England (most of the time at London) and to North Wales (Snowdonia etc).

Hehe.. 10 of us went there for a good 18 days. Yeay! Hehe... And this is a budget vacation on our own without a travel agents, big thanks to my Sis Angah for her arrangement and everything. :)

Why does this vacation entries called "The travelling blanket Going to UK"?

This is the reason...

Lil Iman's blankie... sape ade gambar pegang blankie dpn Buckingham Palace ;p

Hehe... This is her pet blankie.. hehe... like bantal busuk.. mana-mana pergi mesti kena bawak blankie.. or else.. chaos! ada 1 time i forgot to bring the blankie mase tidur gombak rumah my mom.. abeh malam tu kena carik blanket yang kainnya fleece like this blankie. i had one mase before kahwin dulu, but dah lama tak pakai blanket tu berhabuk. iman dahle senang lelah, so takleh pakai. Nak balik rumah, eventhough 20 mins je was a no-no sbb time tu dah pukul 12am.. hehe.. pastu nasib baik Ute (my lil sis) ade blanket yang kain fleece yang lembut... barulah baby dpt tidur.. Aisshh demand.. salah saper? Salah mummy suke sgt tengok Jon & Kate Plus 8. Ada anak diorang yang suke blankie... hehehe... jadi mummy rase best nak bg iman ade blankie.. ;p

So, that's aside.. kite nk citer pasal our UK trip.. hehe..

Our trip was during autumn... so cuace memang on off.. hehe.. kejap sejuk giler 5 degrees.. kejap breezy sunny day dalam 18degrees.. heheh... and Ted siap kadang2 pakai t-shirt biase jer.. cheh... eksyen.. hehe.. yelah, among us dia jer yang smoking.. so of course la rase panas kan... even time tidor pun kadang2 panas.. (ehem.. jgn pikir yang bukan2 k.. ;p) hehe..

We hit the land of Harry Potter on the 8th of October eve.. around 3pm camtu.. OMG.. i can still remember the coffee aroma masuk je pintu airport... huhu.. we were quite concern not able to pass d imigresen.. sbb there were 10 of us and we're staying for 18 days... takut diorg igt kite nk migrate lak sbb parents ngan cucu sumer ade.. hehe... nak pulak some people before us ade yang kena tunggu tepi... fuuhh!! Alhamdulillah, luckily Angah had prepared all the documents in one file so senang nak tunjuk kat org tu itenarary kami & everything... And she interview us a little to see whether we could speak in English (i think lah)... after like 5-10 mins nye chitchat we're allowed to get through... with "Thank you.. Enjoy ur holiday" by the lady.. Tq :)

Alhamdulillah, even kat imigresen counters pun we all can see muslim officer wearing a tudung.. Nice :)

Owh... percutian yang kena tukar banyak tempat adalah sangat memenatkan... And we left a bag full of key-chain and fridge magnet! Aduihhh.. ok... times out.. gua nak pegi makan & bekerja. hehehe :)

Chicco Baby Carrier (i hope so)

Hehe.. i wish this is the name lah... hehehh...

Okie.. we're letting this go....

Boleh pakai kat belakang (Like encang) or kat Depan (mcm dukung)

The amazing part is.. kalau kite letih nak carry baby, we can just put the carrier down and baby will be like sitting on a chair... Siap ade safety harness..

So senang kalau nak gi travelling tu kan... hehe...

Feature:

1. Ada small pocket beneath it utk simpan pampers/brg baby...

2. Boleh duduk cam kerusi

3. Boleh lipat flat masuk dlm boot (jimat space)

4. This thing is for baby yang boleh duduk smplah ke parents dah tak larat nak carry... hehe..

Reason to let go: Baby dah super 11 kgs, so mmg tak larat dah nak carry.

Price to let go: RM 50

Condition: 7/10.

Sape nak sila comment ya. :)

Still need to Keep Calm & Carry On...

Huhu... i'm still need to Keep Calm & Carry On..


Not only once.. but i've loss count how many time that i need to chant these words before i bursted into tears... Damn! i really need to move on.. not only because i'd spent 18 days communication-less, but because i had enough with this 'thing'.. huhu :(






Really wish i'm currently at the 7-hours-later-place.. huhuu...

Ntah... now.. i basically don't have motivation to do anything..