I can never catch the sun rise, not when my bed is extra comfy but at least...I wasn't late for breakfast despite it being my first and the last here :P
Kinda regret not waking up the past few days for these T_T They have so much food prepared for us but since my stomach was not awake (and I can't eat breakfast cause stitches), I only ate a few. I planned to swim after breakfast but the weather was chilly and I was still sleepy hence I gave it a miss. Sorry...sleep >>> swimming T_T
Laid on the bed after breakfast while listening to IKON's Apology (told myself that I need to stop stanning IKON esp Double Bs cause of some incident but sigh, I have a soft spot for them D:) and the next thing I knew, I was fast asleep. PBG betol la aku ni.
I was the last one to wake up and showered but thank goodness we packed the night before since we had to check out at noon.
#lastmirrorselfie #withmydamphair
After making sure that nothing was left behind, we finally bid farewell to...
Room 901 and the hallway,
The lift, the artworks hung all over the lobby,
as well as the kind doorman who never fails to open the door for us.
Thankyu for making our stay a comfortable and convenient one, Aston :) #featmysadface #cheytaklasadsangat
Last stop in Bandung before we endure the 3 hours drive to Jakarta..
The Secret Factory Outlet
There are soooo many Factory Outlets all over Bandung but so far, this posh building is one of the more outstanding one! It looks so high class with the long glass windows at the side of the building, even the interior is lovely!
Really gives you the atas vibes huh...but don't worry, the clothes they sell are veryyy affordable ;)
We only had an hour to shop since we didn't want to get caught in the traffic jam so we even had to give this cafe a miss! Their Martabak Greentea looks rather interesting to me ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S GREEN TEA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT but...idk if Martabak and Green Tea is a good idea or nah haha. Oh well, next time it is!
Stopped by a snack store and bought some snacks and drinks before continuing our journey to Jakarta~
"Rays from heaven" :')
I actually enjoy long rides so I don't mind the 3 hours ride unless I don't have my earpiece with me, then that'll be a different story >< Looking outside the window, with clouds and buildings passing by, I feel good. Unlike being in the cities; packed with tall buildings, there were only low, old and worn out rumah setinggan hence that's when you get to actually see how beautiful the sky is and the silhouette(?) of the mountains from far.
Pictures don't do justice, really.
It was one bumpy ride to Jakarta and I could feel the heat already >< When we reached Oma's place, we were welcomed with big arms :') I just woke up from nap so I was quite in a daze when I found out that we reached already so when she hugged me I was like "Uh *rubs eyes* where am I and who just hugged me?" xD
Time to part ways with Pak Ari since he had to go back to Bandung and continue working. Thankyu Pak Ari for bringing us around Bandung the past few days! Hope our paths cross each other again in the future =D
Oh and I just realized this...
ELF MANIA. Hahahaha. Sorry if some of yguys don't understand what this means heh
Since the last meal we had was a few hours ago, we were all famished so when Oma offered us to have lunch, we thanked her and ate it happily. (I didn't even get to take a picture of what was served but yang penting, sedap! ^^) As I was lazing around in the living room, trying to find things to do/entertain me, Tante asked if I wanted to join her and Mum withdraw some cash at a nearby ATM. I was like YES TAKE ME THERE I'M BORED :P Usually I'll irritate my bros but they were all alseep so mehh
On the way, guess what I saw!
(!!!)
Lotte Mart in Jakarta?! YES!!
I remember the last time I went to Oma's house, we went to Lotte Mart and I bought CHEESE TTEOKBOKKI so when I saw this huge Lotte Mart sign, I told both Tante and my Mum that I really wanna go there badly hehe and they understood me veryyyyy well hahahaha.
Well, it's a wholesale mart anyway, I'm sure my Mum has something to buy there too ;)
As my Mum and Tante were busy looking for groceries, guess who got REALLY excited when she sees this! (Both of them was like.."Ah tu die, Dayah nye tempat" :'D)
The thought of eating all the Halal korean food....YUMZ so I told my Mum to shop first while I bring the girls here to eat :P
CHEESE TTEOKBOKKI I'VE MISSED YOU!
One of the memories that I vividly remember when I went to Jakarta is eating this! So I was really happy :') (obviously nothing beats the authentic ones but this is close enough jadi pengubat rindu)
They even have Lotteria fast food restaurant
as well as Angel-in-us Coffee which can be found everywhere in Seoul :') (Sigh I miss Seoul)
We didn't want the males at home to wonder what were we doing outside for so long so we decided to go home straight after that.
Goodbye Lotte Mart :')
Indeed, they were wondering where we were but they didn't asked further when they saw the fruits we bought! All of us gathered in the living room including the kids, snacking on fruits while watching (and commenting) this Indonesia Talent Show(?). When was the last time I watched Indonesian shows on the television ><
It was after midnight when Muhd and Ihsan finally woke up from their nap and decided to cook maggie xD I was still full from the tteokbokki and odeng so I just joined them since I couldn't sleep either.
INDO MEE & TEH BOTOL...YOU DA BEST.
While in the midst of watching Hulk...guess who decided to pay us a visit at this timing
A FREAKING HUGE COCKROACH!!!!
We were all trying our best not to scream since Oma and the rest were already asleep. Since we didn't know where the insect repellent was, we went to reach out whatever that was near to us that time and it happened to be a book xD But my loser bros missed the cockroach so it went running and hid itself under the sofa...which Ihsan was supposed to sleep at xD GOOD LUCK BRO...
Yusof family woke up late so we missed breakfast at the apartment :P #whatsnew #defnotamorningperson We were planless for that day but since we have yet to have breakfast, Dad suggested to go to Trans Studio Mall.
Breakfast was good! . We went to a food court that reminded me of Banquet and I didn't know what to get since I was so spoilt for choices - from Indonesian food all the way to Korean food ;)
In the end, I got myself a cutlet homemade noodle (aka banmian) where they actually knead the dough in front of me before making it into a noodle and boil it. The noodle was chewy and thick so it was filling for me. And the ice lemon tea is :9
Food rating: 8/10
However, my Dad was annoyed because every time we wanted to order, we had to use this Mega Cash card as they did not accept any cash. So we had to take turn ordering our food while waiting for one to finish using the card (and they only give you one card). My Dad hates stuffs that are too troublesome fyi hahaha.
Anyway, in case you are not aware, Trans Studio theme park & mall is opened by Trans Corp, who operates one of the largest channel in Indonesia, Trans TV, hence the name - Trans Studio. (credits to my Dad for the info lol) The headquarter is located at Jakarta so what are the chances of bumping into Rafi Ahmad (!!!!) right T____T (Rafi Ahmad is like my Luhan/Kyu/Gikwang/Mark/Jimin/Jungkook/Jae/Junhyeok/Seungyoon/Double Bs just that he is my Indonesian oppar hahahaha) My parents, who are a huge fan of Indonesian shows were anticipating if they happened to bump into any of the artists but nope, we didn't see one :P Ya right, like as if they'll come all the way here just to have breakfast at the mall and ride on the rides at the indoor theme park :P Ok maybe they could but do they even have so much time on their hands.
The boys went for (since all the girls were on period, well excluding Fatehah) prayers after breakfast so we went to wait for them outside Trans Studio and had Baskin Robins while waiting for them =DDD
MY FAV COTTON CANDY ICE CREAM ;AA;
Pak Ari asked us if we wanted to go to the theme park but we told him we had to wait for "the boss" aka my Dad if he allows us because well, he IS the boss after all :P
When the boys came back, we were still contemplating if we should go to the indoor theme park as we will be going to one in Jakarta on Thurs but since my Dad gave us the green light, we were ecstatic! The roller coaster outside the building is so tempting that I'll probably dream about riding on it if I gave the whole theme park a miss.
Instead of buying the tickets at the counter itself, we bought the tickets from a lady who I assumed is from an agency or one who gives discounts to foreigners(?). My Dad didn't want to go which left only 7 of us and everything costs about 100 SGD (14.30 SGD each) which is NOT EVEN HALF OF USS TICKETS -___-
WELCOME TO THE INDOOR THEME PARK (I realized I didn't take the entrance cause too excited >< Anw, it reminds me of Times Square in KL)
I am a SUCKER for thrilling rides so I realllly love them! Thank goodness most of my siblings are old enough to ride one (and surprisingly, Ilham and Fatehah weren't afraid, well except for the first ride, Fatehah cried hahahais) and my Mum...she loves riding one like me too so all is well =D
There were a lot of people even though it was on a weekday but I assume they were having some event cause most of the people there were wearing this "19 tahun ....." celebration t-shirt.
The GIANT SWING ride is awesome OMG
Even though the kids told us that they weren't afraid, we still rode on the kiddy rides because why not :P
Some of the streets reminded me of USS and I miss USS (mainly the roller coasters) already D:
There was one point of time where the queues for the rides were empty because the crowd who were wearing the events t-shirt were sitting down and having their break. Hehe, more rides, shorter waiting time for us!
For this ride, I had to give in to Ilham and let him drive because he wanted to :( Sigh why am I such a good sister.
Sempat pose sambil tunggu queue =D
It was raining by the time we wanted to take the roller coaster and since it was outdoor, we had to wait for the rain to stop :(
Super Heroes 4D was alright but the Transformer ride in USS is wayyyy better OMG.
The rain FINALLY stopped and as soon as we're done with our previous ride, we rushed to the roller coaster!! I realized that most of the staff who were in-charge of the rides will never fail to ask my Mum "Are you sure you want to ride this? Not scared?" and my Mum just had to scoff in front of them hahaha. Hello guys, my Mum is a daredevil okay :P
(Oh and the staff at the roller coaster is dayuum good looking ok he reminds me of this Indonesian actor I can't remember the name though hahahaha sempat eh cuci mata T_T)
HANDS DOWN TO ONE OF THE BEST ROLLER COASTER RIDE EVER!!!! THE FACT THAT IT WAS SO FAST (WITHIN 30S WE'RE BACK) AND HOW IT FREAKING REVERSE BACK MAKES ME FEEL SO JCAIOBCWIOVCWOICV. I KEPT ON SCREAMING OH MAI GAWT AND JUST LAUGHED WHEN I GOT TIRED OF SHOUTING :'))
Awesome right?! T_T #amIasadist #OTL
The roller coaster was our last ride...sadly...because it rained heavily after that :'( And my Dad was already waiting for us outside so we left the theme park with a heavy heart...
We didn't have any specific place for breakfast/lunch/dinner for the past few days - like when Pak Ari drove us around and we happened to see a place that caught our eye, we'll just go there. This time, lunner at Ayam Bakar Wong Solo IS JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
THANKYU FOR APPEARING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES WONG SOLO.
Nasi Ayam Bakar Kampung and watermelon juice for me!
The watermelon juice is so refreshing and idk what they put inside the juice besides watermelon that makes it so nice!? And the sambal belacan...and ayam bakar...excuse me while I salivate T_T
My Dad is so impressed with the food that he showed a thumbs up to this cute (T.T) waiter who was standing beside our table xD Before that, the cute waiter asked me where we came from and when I said "Singapore" he was like "I thought yguys were from Malaysia" hahahahais it's okay we get that a lot...everywhere xD (even in Korea please)
Food rating: 11/10 *thumbs upppp*
By far the best lunner we had in Bandung. We'll come again next time okay!!
It was still raining and we were already tired from all the walking and screaming so we decided to head back to our apartment. Got the whole apartment all to ourselves since Tante's family left for Jakarta earlier in the morning as her daughters have school #bliss
But...last night in Bandung before we leave for Jakarta the next day :( Noooo.....just when I'm starting to love Bandung :'(
I can never catch the sun rise, not when my bed is extra comfy but at least...I wasn't late for breakfast despite it being my first and the last here :P
Kinda regret not waking up the past few days for these T_T They have so much food prepared for us but since my stomach was not awake (and I can't eat breakfast cause stitches), I only ate a few. I planned to swim after breakfast but the weather was chilly and I was still sleepy hence I gave it a miss. Sorry...sleep >>> swimming T_T
Laid on the bed after breakfast while listening to IKON's Apology (told myself that I need to stop stanning IKON esp Double Bs cause of some incident but sigh, I have a soft spot for them D:) and the next thing I knew, I was fast asleep. PBG betol la aku ni.
I was the last one to wake up and showered but thank goodness we packed the night before since we had to check out at noon.
#lastmirrorselfie #withmydamphair
After making sure that nothing was left behind, we finally bid farewell to...
Room 901 and the hallway,
The lift, the artworks hung all over the lobby,
as well as the kind doorman who never fails to open the door for us.
Thankyu for making our stay a comfortable and convenient one, Aston :) #featmysadface #cheytaklasadsangat
Last stop in Bandung before we endure the 3 hours drive to Jakarta..
The Secret Factory Outlet
There are soooo many Factory Outlets all over Bandung but so far, this posh building is one of the more outstanding one! It looks so high class with the long glass windows at the side of the building, even the interior is lovely!
Really gives you the atas vibes huh...but don't worry, the clothes they sell are veryyy affordable ;)
We only had an hour to shop since we didn't want to get caught in the traffic jam so we even had to give this cafe a miss! Their Martabak Greentea looks rather interesting to me ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S GREEN TEA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT but...idk if Martabak and Green Tea is a good idea or nah haha. Oh well, next time it is!
Stopped by a snack store and bought some snacks and drinks before continuing our journey to Jakarta~
"Rays from heaven" :')
I actually enjoy long rides so I don't mind the 3 hours ride unless I don't have my earpiece with me, then that'll be a different story >< Looking outside the window, with clouds and buildings passing by, I feel good. Unlike being in the cities; packed with tall buildings, there were only low, old and worn out rumah setinggan hence that's when you get to actually see how beautiful the sky is and the silhouette(?) of the mountains from far.
Pictures don't do justice, really.
It was one bumpy ride to Jakarta and I could feel the heat already >< When we reached Oma's place, we were welcomed with big arms :') I just woke up from nap so I was quite in a daze when I found out that we reached already so when she hugged me I was like "Uh *rubs eyes* where am I and who just hugged me?" xD
Time to part ways with Pak Ari since he had to go back to Bandung and continue working. Thankyu Pak Ari for bringing us around Bandung the past few days! Hope our paths cross each other again in the future =D
Oh and I just realized this...
ELF MANIA. Hahahaha. Sorry if some of yguys don't understand what this means heh
Since the last meal we had was a few hours ago, we were all famished so when Oma offered us to have lunch, we thanked her and ate it happily. (I didn't even get to take a picture of what was served but yang penting, sedap! ^^) As I was lazing around in the living room, trying to find things to do/entertain me, Tante asked if I wanted to join her and Mum withdraw some cash at a nearby ATM. I was like YES TAKE ME THERE I'M BORED :P Usually I'll irritate my bros but they were all alseep so mehh
On the way, guess what I saw!
(!!!)
Lotte Mart in Jakarta?! YES!!
I remember the last time I went to Oma's house, we went to Lotte Mart and I bought CHEESE TTEOKBOKKI so when I saw this huge Lotte Mart sign, I told both Tante and my Mum that I really wanna go there badly hehe and they understood me veryyyyy well hahahaha.
Well, it's a wholesale mart anyway, I'm sure my Mum has something to buy there too ;)
As my Mum and Tante were busy looking for groceries, guess who got REALLY excited when she sees this! (Both of them was like.."Ah tu die, Dayah nye tempat" :'D)
The thought of eating all the Halal korean food....YUMZ so I told my Mum to shop first while I bring the girls here to eat :P
CHEESE TTEOKBOKKI I'VE MISSED YOU!
One of the memories that I vividly remember when I went to Jakarta is eating this! So I was really happy :') (obviously nothing beats the authentic ones but this is close enough jadi pengubat rindu)
They even have Lotteria fast food restaurant
as well as Angel-in-us Coffee which can be found everywhere in Seoul :') (Sigh I miss Seoul)
We didn't want the males at home to wonder what were we doing outside for so long so we decided to go home straight after that.
Goodbye Lotte Mart :')
Indeed, they were wondering where we were but they didn't asked further when they saw the fruits we bought! All of us gathered in the living room including the kids, snacking on fruits while watching (and commenting) this Indonesia Talent Show(?). When was the last time I watched Indonesian shows on the television ><
It was after midnight when Muhd and Ihsan finally woke up from their nap and decided to cook maggie xD I was still full from the tteokbokki and odeng so I just joined them since I couldn't sleep either.
INDO MEE & TEH BOTOL...YOU DA BEST.
While in the midst of watching Hulk...guess who decided to pay us a visit at this timing
A FREAKING HUGE COCKROACH!!!!
We were all trying our best not to scream since Oma and the rest were already asleep. Since we didn't know where the insect repellent was, we went to reach out whatever that was near to us that time and it happened to be a book xD But my loser bros missed the cockroach so it went running and hid itself under the sofa...which Ihsan was supposed to sleep at xD GOOD LUCK BRO...
Yusof family woke up late so we missed breakfast at the apartment :P #whatsnew #defnotamorningperson We were planless for that day but since we have yet to have breakfast, Dad suggested to go to Trans Studio Mall.
Breakfast was good! . We went to a food court that reminded me of Banquet and I didn't know what to get since I was so spoilt for choices - from Indonesian food all the way to Korean food ;)
In the end, I got myself a cutlet homemade noodle (aka banmian) where they actually knead the dough in front of me before making it into a noodle and boil it. The noodle was chewy and thick so it was filling for me. And the ice lemon tea is :9
Food rating: 8/10
However, my Dad was annoyed because every time we wanted to order, we had to use this Mega Cash card as they did not accept any cash. So we had to take turn ordering our food while waiting for one to finish using the card (and they only give you one card). My Dad hates stuffs that are too troublesome fyi hahaha.
Anyway, in case you are not aware, Trans Studio theme park & mall is opened by Trans Corp, who operates one of the largest channel in Indonesia, Trans TV, hence the name - Trans Studio. (credits to my Dad for the info lol) The headquarter is located at Jakarta so what are the chances of bumping into Rafi Ahmad (!!!!) right T____T (Rafi Ahmad is like my Luhan/Kyu/Gikwang/Mark/Jimin/Jungkook/Jae/Junhyeok/Seungyoon/Double Bs just that he is my Indonesian oppar hahahaha) My parents, who are a huge fan of Indonesian shows were anticipating if they happened to bump into any of the artists but nope, we didn't see one :P Ya right, like as if they'll come all the way here just to have breakfast at the mall and ride on the rides at the indoor theme park :P Ok maybe they could but do they even have so much time on their hands.
The boys went for (since all the girls were on period, well excluding Fatehah) prayers after breakfast so we went to wait for them outside Trans Studio and had Baskin Robins while waiting for them =DDD
MY FAV COTTON CANDY ICE CREAM ;AA;
Pak Ari asked us if we wanted to go to the theme park but we told him we had to wait for "the boss" aka my Dad if he allows us because well, he IS the boss after all :P
When the boys came back, we were still contemplating if we should go to the indoor theme park as we will be going to one in Jakarta on Thurs but since my Dad gave us the green light, we were ecstatic! The roller coaster outside the building is so tempting that I'll probably dream about riding on it if I gave the whole theme park a miss.
Instead of buying the tickets at the counter itself, we bought the tickets from a lady who I assumed is from an agency or one who gives discounts to foreigners(?). My Dad didn't want to go which left only 7 of us and everything costs about 100 SGD (14.30 SGD each) which is NOT EVEN HALF OF USS TICKETS -___-
WELCOME TO THE INDOOR THEME PARK (I realized I didn't take the entrance cause too excited >< Anw, it reminds me of Times Square in KL)
I am a SUCKER for thrilling rides so I realllly love them! Thank goodness most of my siblings are old enough to ride one (and surprisingly, Ilham and Fatehah weren't afraid, well except for the first ride, Fatehah cried hahahais) and my Mum...she loves riding one like me too so all is well =D
There were a lot of people even though it was on a weekday but I assume they were having some event cause most of the people there were wearing this "19 tahun ....." celebration t-shirt.
The GIANT SWING ride is awesome OMG
Even though the kids told us that they weren't afraid, we still rode on the kiddy rides because why not :P
Some of the streets reminded me of USS and I miss USS (mainly the roller coasters) already D:
There was one point of time where the queues for the rides were empty because the crowd who were wearing the events t-shirt were sitting down and having their break. Hehe, more rides, shorter waiting time for us!
For this ride, I had to give in to Ilham and let him drive because he wanted to :( Sigh why am I such a good sister.
Sempat pose sambil tunggu queue =D
It was raining by the time we wanted to take the roller coaster and since it was outdoor, we had to wait for the rain to stop :(
Super Heroes 4D was alright but the Transformer ride in USS is wayyyy better OMG.
The rain FINALLY stopped and as soon as we're done with our previous ride, we rushed to the roller coaster!! I realized that most of the staff who were in-charge of the rides will never fail to ask my Mum "Are you sure you want to ride this? Not scared?" and my Mum just had to scoff in front of them hahaha. Hello guys, my Mum is a daredevil okay :P
(Oh and the staff at the roller coaster is dayuum good looking ok he reminds me of this Indonesian actor I can't remember the name though hahahaha sempat eh cuci mata T_T)
HANDS DOWN TO ONE OF THE BEST ROLLER COASTER RIDE EVER!!!! THE FACT THAT IT WAS SO FAST (WITHIN 30S WE'RE BACK) AND HOW IT FREAKING REVERSE BACK MAKES ME FEEL SO JCAIOBCWIOVCWOICV. I KEPT ON SCREAMING OH MAI GAWT AND JUST LAUGHED WHEN I GOT TIRED OF SHOUTING :'))
Awesome right?! T_T #amIasadist #OTL
The roller coaster was our last ride...sadly...because it rained heavily after that :'( And my Dad was already waiting for us outside so we left the theme park with a heavy heart...
We didn't have any specific place for breakfast/lunch/dinner for the past few days - like when Pak Ari drove us around and we happened to see a place that caught our eye, we'll just go there. This time, lunner at Ayam Bakar Wong Solo IS JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
THANKYU FOR APPEARING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES WONG SOLO.
Nasi Ayam Bakar Kampung and watermelon juice for me!
The watermelon juice is so refreshing and idk what they put inside the juice besides watermelon that makes it so nice!? And the sambal belacan...and ayam bakar...excuse me while I salivate T_T
My Dad is so impressed with the food that he showed a thumbs up to this cute (T.T) waiter who was standing beside our table xD Before that, the cute waiter asked me where we came from and when I said "Singapore" he was like "I thought yguys were from Malaysia" hahahahais it's okay we get that a lot...everywhere xD (even in Korea please)
Food rating: 11/10 *thumbs upppp*
By far the best lunner we had in Bandung. We'll come again next time okay!!
It was still raining and we were already tired from all the walking and screaming so we decided to head back to our apartment. Got the whole apartment all to ourselves since Tante's family left for Jakarta earlier in the morning as her daughters have school #bliss
But...last night in Bandung before we leave for Jakarta the next day :( Noooo.....just when I'm starting to love Bandung :'(
Hidayah Yusof, 22, Singapore
