Jalan-Jalan ke Jepun #1

Anda nak melancong ke jepun?? nak tau tips-tips mudah jalan-jalan ke jepun? wahhh...macam iklan travel agency plak..hahaha...i'll shre with you guys tips-tips sepanjang perjalanan dari malaysia (KUL) ke jepun (NRT). some easy tips yang i rasa berguna la jugak untuk mereka-mereka yang nak melancong or business trip ke jepun for short period of time.

anyway, for those who know me, it was a prompt decision to followed encik husband on the business trip to japan. actually tak la business pun. but encik husband went to japan to represent the country (oh well...malaysia la..) on green-technology-kinda-thing-i-couldn't-be-bothered-cos-i-want-to-go-shopping.

encik husband got the memo i think 2 weeks before the departure time where's yours truly dalam masa seminggu je kena decide nak ikot ke tak. and the flight ticket was bought 3 days before departure. how cool is that!?erkk...not so cool sebab ended up baju main campak je dalam luggage.

HELLOOOOO!!!!!JEPUNNN KOTTT!!

bukan macam pergi port dickson kalau tinggal barang boleh patah balik kan. but i always do this when i go overseas. #tips1: whenever you go overseas that require your passport and visas, dont worry much on clothing sebab kita boleh beli kat sana, but keep your eyes ultimately on passport/visa/creditcard/cash. ini kalau dah sampai kat airpot narita (jepun) pastu passport cicir kat airport KLIA lepas immigration check, whoishhh....haru hidup! passport tu menunjukkan siapa kita.

so i went there by Malaysian Airlines. one of the reason i pergi pun sebab tiket murah yang amat. tak caya kan pergi jepun boleh dapat murah?? murah...return tiket rm1500. hahahaha...*evillaugh* i rasa travel agency pun tak boleh dapat harga macam tu. com'on people, MAS?rm1500?? kalau tak pergi sila makan kuaci...kikiki... macam mana dapat murah??takde specific tips pun. i tengok online, KUL-NRT rm250, NRT-KUL rm750. gedebak gedebuk tax ape jadah semua jadi rm1500. i booked the flight for one day, esok bayar pakai credit card.

oh citer pasal credit card. dulu i rasa orang yang pakai credit card ni berlagak, mengader-ngader etc etc, bila dah masuk umur 27 ni, baru la faham kegunaan credit card. selain menyelamatkan diri daripada rugi banyak kalau kena rompak dahtu baru withdraw cash rm1500 nak bayar flight tiket (ehhh...sambung citer plak...hahah), credit card sangat membantu bila kat overseas. takkan nak bawak cash rm10000 pergi jepun. jap lagi kena soal bagai kat immigration sana. tak ke masalah? #tips2: sila apply credit card before pergi overseas. kalau boleh, cari credit card yang world wide acceptable, maksudnya satu dunia boleh pakai (provided diorang ada machine accept credit card la..haha...kalau takde nak swipe kat celah mane??kiki). sekarang pun banyak bank credit card diorang boleh pakai world wide. i own satu citibank credit card, and satu lagi cimb credit card. #tips3:owh, jangan lupa activate your credit card before pergi. call je nombor belakang credit card tu. "hello miss, i would like to activate my card for international use. i'll be going to japan.." nanti orang tu tanye balik bape lama pergi and dari hari ape ke hari ape, sebab diorang akan activate penggunaan kad tu on the mention dates sahaja. so kalau ada usage before or after the mention date, kira fraud la. senang kite nak monitor.

ok so make sure weather jepun macam mana, masa i pergi tu bulan july and it was summer. dalam 23 to 34 degrees so panas la. i memang bawak baju nipis2 jer, senang. oh MAS bagi bawak 30kg, so sila sumbat.

orait. siapa yang hantu sushi, boleh la kot bertahan makan sushi kat jepun. i ni memang bukan penggemar sushi, 2 tahun sekali kot makan. hahaha....so i bawak 4 cups of maggi, 2 bungkus maggi perisa ayam satu, perisa kari (wajib!). biskut munchys etc etc dalam 3 bungkus. ini bekalan untuk seminggu, dua orang. oh dengan 2 tin tuna spread ayam brand. settle bab food. not to forget, ini kan prompt decision, i rasa kalau sebulan before fly, mau bawak sambal bilis , sambal raden etc etc. hahaha....tekak melayu + tekak jawa, memang la!

eh anak i nanges la. got to go...nanti i sambung entry lain...stay tuned tau!!!!heee...sayonara!! (eh gelabah giler....hahaha)

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Berus

i have been reaching my few last days of confinement. lebih kurang dalam 5 hari lagi. and might be leaving tapi tak boleh cakap sekarang mana tau tak jadi but i really am hoping it will come true. definitely it is a dream come true kalau jadi. ahhaha..

oh last night, my parents came to my house sebab nak bawak me and baby sophea balik KL. so later that night, encik husband dah masuk bilik dulu baring2. baby sophea was with tok mama (her nenek). so i said to encik husband, "sayang...i keluar tengok sophea dulu k, u jangan tidur...". well, even baby sophea dah ada, i still want my husband to sleep with me. ahaha....baby sophea usually sleeps in baby cot, memang kitorang nak ajar dia tidur katil dia, but lately she had been taking that spaces on our bed. well, we enjoyed jer company by the way.

so dah baring2 kat katil tu, encik husband said, "sayang...pergi gosok gigi dulu. nanti sophea ikut tak gosok gigi before sleep..". well, *rollseyes*. and im too lazy to brush, so i said to him, "sayang....gosokkan gigi i boleh??i penat la....". well, im lazy like that. hahaha...so he went to the bathroom, and me not facing the bathroom was busy merenung nasib at the other side.

suddenly he called me, "sayang....cepat la...kate nak i berus kan gigi u..". tiba2 i rasa terharu, awww so sweet husband i nak gossokkan gigi. dalam kepala dah berangan esok kalau sakit tak boleh bangun, husband sanggup gossokkan gigi i. sweet sangat...

so i cepat2 turned myself over, and to my shocked, memang sweet sangat dia nak gosokkan gigi i, he was holding that stinky dirty berus jamban!!!! amboihhhh...kuang ajaq sangat...hahahah!! sanggup tu bangun semata nak angkut berus jamban tu...well, husband i memang sweet sangat!! *telangkupmukakatbantaljeritkuat2*

he definitely suka make fun of me. according to him (which i agree to disagree), gigi i besar. gigi i besar or gigi dia yang kecik??gelabah sangat. whatever.....

so the entire night before we went into bed, we were laughing like esok bukan Monday and ada orang tu kena kerja (pastinya bukan i!). hahaha.....it was a happy night for me. i wonder what my parents think of us laughing like orang gila, during my confinement. not a naughty one, though. hehehehe...

writing here making me missing him more. oh, baby sophea tengah tidur. haritu bertukar hari, she quite meragam sikit. nangis here and there a bit, and nak orang dukung. but now, alhamdulilah she's doing great. tidur by herself and tak sempat nangis, i already know bila dia nak susu, tidur, and change diaper. i watched a lot video on why baby cry etc etc. it helps!! ;)

okla, ade masa lagi nanti i'll update. banyak nak share lagi nih....

The Day Sophea Was Born

i haven't tell you (or a record) of a story of how baby pie a.k.a baby sophea was actually born, kan? hikhik...fret not, it wasn't much of a dramatic side. i guess i am lucky (alhamdulilah!) that i get pregnant after 3 months married, i don't have serious morning sickness that, i can count of how many times did i threw up (3 or 4 times??), and delivering baby sophea was easy as 1, 2, 3. but after the delivery, during confinement was tough. tough as in i thought i can never be a good mother to baby sophea. but again, i managed to pull myself together to be strong for her.

the DAY!
i memang selalu akan bangun at around 4.am to urinate. kate pun pregnant. when you are pregnant, toilet is your ultimate best friend. so anyway, i masuk toilet, look at my panties; ok nothing unusual there - wee-wee and when i washed it down there, the water looked kinda red (red as in blood color). it was 5 days before my due date, so i guess "this is it!!". although i dont feel any pain or whatsoever, but deep inside my heart i know she's ready to see the world!

waking up daddy
i took almost 10 minutes to wake up encik husband. im quite worried whether is he ready?? and also i taknak dia like super terkejut and ruin everything...hahaha. so i took my own sweet time brushing my teeth, combed my hair, and tukar baju. then only i kejut him. and oh yes, dia memang terkejut. hahaha!! he changed into sweater and jeans like super fast and a second before we were out of our bedroom, he said,

"sayang....sempat tak i gosok gigi??".

haha...lawak gila. of course la boleh sebab i bukan sakit pon.

driving to the hospital
the weather was calm but chilled. maybe bukan sejuk mane pon but the nervousness yang i rasa makes it like sejuk gila. apparently, encik husband pon rasa. traffic was so clear. takde sebijik kereta pun, so i guess it was a smooth driving. tak sampai 30minit kitorang dah sampai hospital.

at the hospital
ada sorang abang je tengah tunggu wife dia kot. no nurses at the counter that i had to ring the bell. after registration and all, i was admitted. the nurse put on a machine to monitor the baby's heartbeat and also to check upon my contraction. according to them, there were a mild contraction but i don't feel a thing.

the doctor had to breaks my waterbag, then only i felt the contraction. i was ready in the labour room at around 6.45am. had a 30minutes contraction, and at around 8.15am baby sophea was born. my servix had already opened by 2cm when i first came in. when i was in the labour room, the doctor said i was already opened by 6cm. then it was 9 cm, and when my doctor (my specialist) came into the labour room, i was ready for a push.

the push
it was easy, but it wasn't as hurting as what people said. tapi, setiap orang ada rasa sendiri, setiap orang ada sakit sendiri. in my opinion, labour pain wasn't that bad, and we (women) boleh je atasi sakit tu. serius rasa dia macam sembelit jer. the hardest part masa nak keluarkan kepala baby tu jer. but it wasnt that bad pun.

i dont take any epidural nor taking that laughing gas. i memang taknak sebab i nak experienced sendiri sakit bersalin tu macam mana. and i did it!! and i am so proud of myself!

my husband
husband was with me all the time. in the labour room, he recited the yasin for my easy delivery. he hold my hands with every contraction i had.he helped me with every push i've done. if it wasn't him, i'll be all alone not knowing what to do. he is my strength and i thanked god for lending him to me. i need him. and i need him alot. when baby sophea was out, he azan-ed her. it was a sweet moment looking at both of them. and i started to love both of them so much from then on.

see??

no jerit2 onee....hehehehe....anyway, confinement was tough. nanti kita cerita la the experience. but now im okay and fully recovered. i baca banyak ayat ni untuk kekuatan.

"lailahillah anta subhanaka inni kuntu minnazzolimin..."