Fly to Seoul : Day 1 (Arrival Day)

annyeong haseyo...sorry for the late post update as i caught a bad flu and now still having a cough after back from korea...had to work from home on monday & tuesday...only yesterday managed to get back into office...it has been almost 2 weeks haven't set foot into office...but as promised, here comes the 1st post of our korea trip...

on saturday morning, pushed off from home at about 10.30am...my parents sent us to the airport as they are still around at my home & the fact that their car was much bigger...so was the best option to carry together our 2 big luggage while my mother-in-law was sent by my sister-in-law...arrived LCCT at about 11.30am...checked-in our luggage and while our bag was being weigh, total weight for 3 luggage was 54kg!....our luggage was supposed to be only 45kg...the extra weight was almost 9kg...an extra kg will cost RM40...so 40X8=320...crap!...so we had to divert some of the weight to our hand luggage...but then, it was still excess of 4kg...no choice but to pay for it...so RM160 for the extra weight...sighhh...lesson here would be, it's always better to have some room for extra weight...bare in mind that while booking or modifying booking in our airasia ticket itinerary, extra 5kg would only cost RM40 instead of extra 1kg for RM40 if u are already at the airport to check-in the luggage...lesson learnt here....

after luggage check-in, off we went to the boarding gate...this was our 1st time to fly with AirAsiaX...our flight number was D7 2682...we can see that AirAsiaX was much more efficient in terms of punctuality...boarding was earlier than mentioned and flight took off was earlier than scheduled...it was supposed to take off at 1.55pm but was earlier by about 10 minutes...we booked for in flight meal and each of us ordered the International Meal which i think was BBQ chicken blackpepper or something like that...was quite delicious but wasn't enough to make us full...so we made a separate purchase of sandwich and some bun...during the flight, played my sister's PSP that i borrowed while my wife & mother-in-law took a nap...i couldn't sleep...either i was too excited or i wasn't sleepy :P ....

after around 6 hours, we then landed at Incheon International Airport...local time was about 9.30 pm at that time...South Korea is GMT+9, so 1 hour ahead of Malaysia...as expected, their airport was as good as HK International Airport...was systematic and efficient...after collecting our luggage, we headed to the information counter and showed our hotel voucher slip...the information counter helped us to call the hotel and we just have to sit and wait for the pickup van come to pick us up...it was really convenient...after about 15 minutes, 1 guy came and approach us and told that he is the person that will send us to the Incheon Guest House...the journey from the airport to the Incheon Guest House was about 10 minutes only...was quite near...

we did not have to check-in...the guy brought us to the hotel and straight away gave us the key to our room...so we headed straight to our room without needing to check-in...was really fast and convenient...our room was really not bad...was spacious, had 3 single beds for the 3 of us, even had a hot plate to cook...the room was more than enough for a 1 night stay...couldn't have asked for more...the only downside was there were only 2 towels which were small towels & the mattress was a bit hard and u could feel the spring...other than that, it was perfect...oh, and also we managed to get a wifi connection from somewhere around there :P ....after a dinner cum supper where we had bread and some dried sambal ikan bilis, we went to bed to call off for the day...

next will be the post for our 1st day at Seoul...stay tuned...

Officially a Master Jedi

annyeong haseyo...juz back from South Korea this morning...wanted to publish this post before going off to Seoul, but was too rushed to do so...will post our Korea trip shortly after this...give me some time to compile it first :P...hehehe....

many significant events happened last year in my life...got married last year...went for 1st honeymoon last year...resigned from HP & joined AT&T last year...and, completed my Masters Degree last year!....hahahaha~...by right should have completed it 2 years ago but dragged it too long due to no time & laziness to complete my thesis :P....and on thursday, 2 days ago, i was officially a Masters Degree holder in Master of Science in Computer Networking during the UiTM 74th Convocation Ceremony...

my little sister couldn't join us due to she is having practical, so it's only the 4 of us....pushed off from home on thursday morning at about 7am...had to be there at 7.30 am!....hahaha~....reached the UiTM padang kawad at almost 8am...took the bus and straight headed to the convocation hall....luckily there were others who were also late...my wife & parents headed to the visitors seating while i headed to the graduates line up...as soon as i was there, put on my convocation robe, the line then moved and marched into the graduation hall...phew~....just in the nick of time...

my queue number was 407, so had to wait quite long before my turn to go up stage and face Agong :P....but luckily it was the 1st sidang...so it didn't took too long for the 1st day convocation to be over...then it was my turn to receive the scroll from his majesty, the Yang Dipertuan Agong, Tuanku Chancellor..."Menjujung kasih, Tuanku Chancellor"...went down from the stage, waited for the rest to complete, and the 1st day convocation was over...took several camera snaps with my wife & parents outside the graduation hall and returned the graduation robe to receive the official scroll & transcript...then off to have lunch and went back home...

am now officially a Masters Degree holder, finally!....Alhamdulillah, thank God...

stay tuned for my Seoul vacation trip post coming up next...

entering adulthood ep. 7

annyeong haseyo~...got to pick up my korean asap...hahaha~...was quite a while haven't jot down a new post here...well, nothing much up lately but this month will definitely be the most busiest month of the year for both me & my wife...lots of plans & activities coming up this month...

the recent weekend me & my wife went to Rembau, Negeri Sembilan to attend one of our university friend's wedding, Umi Aisyah a.k.a aai...and by the way, you'll be seeing this similar sort of post more often this year as more and more of our friends are entering their adulthood this year... :)

pushed off from our home at around 11 am and meet up with a few of the gang at the Seremban R&R...then continued the journey towards Rembau...a little bit about aai, she was my ex-coursemate and ex-officemate...so basically known her for quite a while already, plus my wife also knows her as early as 1st semester degree studies as they were staying in the same hostel...so the both of us knew her for almost 7 years already...wow~...it's that long...

after about an hour, we then reached the wedding reception at about 2 pm...as soon as we arrived, met with a few of our old friends, took our seat and enjoyed the meal...the dishes were quite nice but must admit that the nasi minyak was splendid...regretted that i didn't took more...and was shy to had a second helping :P....after the meal, it's photograph session time...

after almost 2 hours at aai's place, we then took off to head back to kl...but before that we went to have some cendol at the famous Leman Dawi's cendol...RM2 for a bowl of cendol and unlimited refill, it was quite a good bargain...the cendol was okay, will give about 3 stars out of 5...wasn't the best but was okay...

after about 40 minutes there, it's time to hit the road back to kl....was quite a nice short trip to hang out with friends...really should do this more often next time...

anyway, congrats aai on your wedding...



stay tuned for my next post...

Late brunch @ Cheechah Kota Damansara

the next day after Bown's wedding, on Sunday, me & my wife went to Kota Damansara to have our late brunch...we went to a restaurant called Cheechah...my wife bought a voucher thru milkadeal, http://www.milkadeal.com/ (the nuffnang advertisement on the left pane of my blog, plz click :P ) entitled for TWO Tapas + TWO Beverages + TWO Side Dishes at Cheechah Cafe at the price of RM19.90 instead of RM46.60 (dun really know what Tapas is)...on top of that, the both of us also ordered a main dish each as we were starved at that time...the dishes were really delecious and the place was quite nice...

can't really remembered the name of each of the dishes...i'll let the pictures do the talking...but for the 2 main dishes, we paid them for RM25 including tax...the portions were big, so we were really full that we did not even had diner that day...for those who would like to try them, Cheechah is located at Kota Damansara, 11 PJU 5/4...u can just google it...

Hot mocha & Ice honey lemon


Side dish 1


Side dish 2


Main dish 1


Main dish 2


Tapas 1


Tapas 2


Tadaaaa~

entering adulthood ep. 6

the recent saturday, me & my wife went for a wedding reception at Bagan Serai, Perak...it was the wedding reception of my ex-coursemate & ex-housemate, Hazrin a.k.a Bown...pushed off from home at about 8.15 am, went to fill up the petrol & car tyre at the Caltex and proceed to pick up a friend of mine, also my ex-housemate, Jaar at Puchong...hit the road at about 8.45 am to meet up with the rest of the gang at the Rawang R&R...had breakfast there and after about half an hour, it's time to head straight to Bagan Serai...however, we did stopped at a couple more of R&Rs...reached Bown's wedding reception venue at about 2 pm...when we arrived, it looks like the reception was almost over...probably the big crowd came earlier...

as we arrived, we went to meet Bown first and then only proceed to have our makan...the dishes were okay, not bad...as long as it can make me full :P ....after our meal, we chilled and had some chat among ourselves, took a few pics for about an hour...after that, we head to the Taiping Lake to have a photograph session which was the outdoor session with the newly weds...the lake was quite beautiful and nice...really nice to walk around in the evening...was quite fun having the photograph session with our friends...was really a good oppurtunity to spend the weekend outside of KL...after almost 2 hours of photograph session, we then headed to the Taiping town to have something to eat before heading back to KL...

Cenkoi who was one of friend was a local at Taiping and he brought us around Taiping...he was also my ex-coursemate & ex-housemate...Bown took him as his wedding photographer...we then went to a restaurant called Doli...if you're somewhere at Taiping, dun miss to have Doli's fried kuey teow...out of 5, i would give it 4...so, something worth to be tried...the place was packed & full...we had to wait for half an hour before our order arrives...i had fried kuey teow special while my wife had the normal fried kuey teow...the evening meal was on Bown as an appreciation token for attending his wedding and joining their outdoor photography session :P....after almost an hour and a half there, it's time to hit the road heading back to KL...

congrats Bown on your wedding!...

till next time...stay tune....