What a holiday?! - Part 3

Day #3:


Nothing much happened today. I didn't get to do any last minute shopping as most of the factory outlets are pretty far from our hotel.

Anyway, in the end of the trip, I bought a few tops and a pair of shorts. Also bought some clothes for my dad and sis. Oh yea, my mom bought "brownie kukus" which is steamed brownies. It's really popular in indonesia and so much more healthier than when it's baked. My mom brought back two of them. One was the original brownie kukus while the other was coated with chocolate topping. Simply d'lish! Yum! hehe! :)

No pictures in this post cuz I'm feeling lazy. Lol!

Our flight was delayed for maybe like 20 minutes..Haiz!

Well, that's the end of my Bandung trip. In conclusion, I still prefer Bangkok and Bali than Bandung. Haha!

What a holiday?! - Part 2

Day #2:

After my disappointment with my purchases on day #1, I was really hoping that today would be more productive for me. Must buy more things! :) We woke up early and got ready for some extensive shopping. haha! But before that as usual, I camwhored again! :p* love big mirrors :p *
Anyway, my mom and I had breakfast at the hotel and immediately head straight to "Rumah Mode". In my opinion, this place is the best and worth going to. It had loads of genuine branded items but also had some of the in house items as well. The place is big, air-conditioned, brightly lighted, had proper fitting rooms where you can try your t-shirt tops unlike other places that don't allow. Damn nice! Even the exterior was nicely decorated. Check out some pictures of the place here:
We arrived quite early and the place had not open yet, so we snapped some photos.
* Take #1- too high** Take #2- slightly better *
* Take #3- perfect! ** mommy's half closed eyes. ** beautiful landscape right? but i look terribly fat here. ish! *

Once the place was open, it was shop, shop and shop! I didn't even want to leave the place but my mom dragged me out. :( I saw so many clothes I just wanted to buy.

Next, we made our way to Paris van Java, a shopping mall similar to the Curve. There's no factory outlets but all genuine brand outlets, such as Roxy, Quiksilver, Crocs...They even had J Co. and Sushi Groove. We ate Sushi Groove for lunch and J Co. donuts for tea/supper.

* pretty decorations ** Look! they have a MU cafe (doubt Msian has one i think.LOL) *
*Donuts, donuts and more donuts! *
*tiramisu, choreo ( my fav :p ),banana rama, bla bla...can't remember the names.** J Co. even has yogurt ice-cream. Yum! *

We left after while and continued to look for more factory outlets. After a few hours of walking, we got so frustrated and demoralized, we decided to call it a quits. Give up la. Everytime we find a factory outlet, it turn out to be a disappointment as there were hardly any genuine branded clothes. Before heading back to the hotel, we stopped at a mall and had Pizza Hut. They have so much more variety of crusts than M'sia does. We tried their latest one, Cheesy Bites stuffed with cheese (of course) and ham. Not bad la..

* Cheesy Bites are oh-so-delicious but oh-so-very-filling. *

That's the end of day #2.

Day #3 to be continued.....

What a holiday ?!

Here's the post which I had promised earlier on about my short holiday trip to Bandung, Indonesia. So here it goes...

During my one week semester break, my mom and I went to Bandung. My sis was supposed to join us but due to work, she had to pass even though we had already paid for the airport tax and everything. Luckily, we got free tickets from AirAsia during their free tickets promo in January so my mom still can claim back the taxes she paid.

So why Bandung? Hmm...well, it's because they're supposedly to be famous for factory outlets selling branded items and since I haven't been there, we decided to go there...However, I have to disclose that it wasn't a good trip though. You'll know why by the end of my post. Lolz! I shall let some of my pictures do the talking because I'm lazy to write :p

Day #1:

We left for LCCT around 9 in the morning for our 11 something flight. Here's our ride!
AirAsia Indonesia. If I'm not mistaken, the flight number was QZ7592. It's a really tiny plane man..

Guess where I sat...If you can't see, it's the emergency exit seats. I was so worried if something were to really happen, I would have to open the emergency door. Luckily, nothing happened. Phew!!


Here's the view from my window seat. I love the fluffy clouds. I was actually imagining the scene from the series, Triumph in the Skies. Even their theme song was playing in my head. Lol. I miss that show so much.hehe!After that, I camwhored a bit with my mom..haha!* shyt! i've gone fatter edi *

Here's some other random pictures on the plane.*my bright and cheerful rainbow knit bag ** see those papers there? it's my OB notes. I brought them to read for my assignment. LOL! ** did you know that's a bag? Supposedly to look like some leather jacket. Lol! it's unique but I don't like it. so tacky looking *

Anyway, we finally arrived in Bandung after a 2 hour flight. I was super shocked to see their airport. OMG! it totally didn't look anything like an airport. It was WAY worse than our LCCT. It was practically a tiny building. There was no proper immigration counter and luggage collection place..it was so terrible I tell you. I had to practically push myself to reach for my luggage. So much for a good impression huh? Haiz...

After getting our luggage, we grab a taxi to take us the hotel. The taxi guy totally ripped us off just because we're tourist.. Damn pissed off!

One thing I was happy about was the hotel we stayed in. I'm so proud of my dad for working in the hotel industry. Because of that, he has friends working in different hotels around the world so we managed to get a 4 star hotel at a very low price. And we were upgraded too. The service was super nice man..The HR manager even entertained us. I felt like a VIP man..HAHA! :) Arion Swiss Belhotel was where we stayed. Definitely would suggest you guys to stay there. Very good service there. Here's the pictures of our room:
* nice room rite? hehe! *
* those are real fresh flowers okay? *
* compliment fruit basket/platter *

Immediately after checking in and everything, we went shopping straight away. Our 1st stop was Heritage. It's a factory outlet with loads of original branded clothes but they also had some fake goods as well. So you've gotta be very careful when buying. Most of these factory outlets are in big bungalows along the street. It was definitely very tiring cuz we had to walk, walk and walk just to get to another factory outlet. They were all scattered everywhere. Luckily I did some research and checked out the ones that are worth going to. So Heritage was one of them. At the end of day, I was actually pretty upset as I had only bought like 2 tops. I had too high hopes for Bandung. Haiz. :(


to be continued.....