assalamualaikum.
well, honestly i did not went to dubai any time this year. in fact, i did not actually moved my butt a lot. i just do most of my works on a sofa sampai
kat maktab pun, i am almost lifeless. huh. senang jadi aku, tak merasa hidup semasa hidup. lol. bunyi macam tak bersyukur gila.
however, i do want to be one of those bloggers who tell stories about their vacations. i want to share my travelling experiences biarpun aku tidaklah berjalan mana. aku tanam bontot kat sofa. maka nanti segala bau kentut melekat kat situ. it's not gross. it's memorial actually. nanti aku mati, ada la tu orang nak hidu kentut aku. ewww. gross.
and my dreams up there walks us to the existence of this entry, visiting dubai. yelah, tak mampu aku nak pergi oversea every year kan. holiday pun memang tak arr nak pergi sana. well, aku pun tak bercita sangat nak melancong meninggalkan tapak kaki aku kat negara negara asing sbb nanti tukang sapu dia sapu gak bekas kasut aku kan *huh?*. prince charming ain't gonna track my kasut kan. memang tak arr. memang tak arr, memang tak arr. aku cuma berangan nak melancong with my own money nanti. travelling masa belajar di oversea ka. that kind of travelling. haha.
okay, dah jauh sangat dah menyimpang ni. so, this is my travelling experience ke Dubai, United Arab Emirates ye anak anak. FYI, i went here with my school mates aka seniors because this was an educational trip instead of a holiday vacation. i went there, representing my college for some english-based tournaments (debate, writing, quizzes). i would just re-cap all this throwbacks in one post because dah lapuk sangat dah. kalaulah ni kari ikan, dah lama dah berkulat membongak kari tu. maka kalau aku angkat lagi dia jadi kisah ujub pulak walaupun pergi school trip je pun tak seberapa. jadi, this is like, a summarized experience jelah.
"lama sangat dah ke hang pi dubai tu?"
well, haha. last year punya kari ikan la ni yang nak angkat balik. MUAHAHAH.
nampaklah kemarau akal tapi desperately trying to be a travelling bimbo. pheww.
dah, stop babbling. it gives out nothing.
bismillahirrahminarrahim.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (June, 2013)
so, this is the view of dubai. the main city, i guess. haha. yelah, kitorang bukan datang jenjalan kut tak mungkin nak travel satu dubai kan. technically we only went to some parts of dubai.
FYI, we stayed in Holiday Inn Express, Jumeirah. and the duration to get to the city (dubai mall, mall of the emirates, burj khalifa) from our hotel in jumeirah is like 45 minutes. yeah, the road is surprisingly very entertaining tapi aku kan, haha macam tak kenal *ok memang tak kenal pun obviously*, i am nocturnal. like a bat. i sleep la along the journey because on the night before, i was like, tidur lambat thinking if i am living in reality or dreaming. yelah kau jakun. first time kut pijak oversea tanpa family kan. hebak gak ah aku ni kiranya boleh survive lol xP
frankly speaking, aku sangat adore kebersihan jalanraya kat dubai. jalan sangat bersih and cantik gila. sumpah. i think, you can actually practice your visual imaginations just by seeing the pictures =D
FIRST DAY (:
what happened is, we actually have to be there for like 4 days tapi sir decided that we could use the opportunity to actually have some holidays. so we went a day earlier and we went home one day later. hahaha. memang perabis duit je lol.
the picture was us in dubai mall, we visited the aquarium sebab that was the first attraction we saw bila masuk mall. kat dubai mall ni la ada the largest tank in the world. we did have the photo kat atas tank tu (siap bayar Dhr125 lagi --') tapi malangnya we only have the hard copy so it's like impossible la for me to put it up here since i am lazy kan. haha.
dah kalau debate, mustahillah kalau aku je yang bukak case, jelaskan isu dan bangkang lawan kan ohoooo what i meant to say is we went there in team. i have my 2 male seniors dalam team aku and bersama seorang guru pengiring lelaki jugak -- which means yang i got a whole room for only myself. best gila sumpah. dah la bilik semacam nak kongsi kan. sama size ngan bilik dak dak laki tu. dorang berkepit dalam satu bilik tu 3 orang meanwhile aku boleh bergolek dari katil sampai ke pintu sensorang. muahahahah xD.
tapi abang botak kat bawah tu is a stranger.
and the biawak is very hensem so i have to give him some credit la.
ikan kat tepi tu untuk teman si biawak agar si biawak tak berasa keseekoran.
melihat pada gambars tu, i believe that you can conclude that the aquarium itself is so enlightening. ada jambatan gantung and a lot of mini monuments to have pictures at. to photo flicks memang heaven la if you like to take photos with such themes kan. seriously, puas melawat aquarium ni. the animals pun yang rare jumpa, maybe only for me kut. because i spent my days mereput di sofa rumah. waiting for 2015 to leave me cepat cepat. god, i want to finish school right now jugak T__T.
so, seperti kebiasaannya, lahir sebagai seorang pelahap menjanjikan review restoran kalau pergi mana mana kan. haha xD.
so, after visiting the dubai mall, we berjalan jalan dalam panas, naik metro sampai nak senja untuk visit mall of the emirates yang besar gedabak tu. we didn't even had the chance to walk through the whole mall. it's even bigger than mid valley. memang kalau kau cakap kau tak puas masuk mid *tertakluk kepada aku jugak sbb aku orang kelantan*, memang kau akan rasa melukut di tepi gantang sangat kalau kau keluar awal mall of the emirates because i swear you're gonna need more than 4 hours to just walk around without buying anything. besar gila.
tapi, kitorang pergi mall of the emirates bukan untuk membeli belah since we're on tight budget actually. aku takdelah nak beli sangat barang2 kat mall sbb semua tu kat KLCC pun got maaaa. i was saving my bucks for souvenirs yang murah murah kat jalan jalanan sebab that one are the ones that we don't have even in Pavilion apatah lagi masjid india.
jadi, apa yang kami buat di mall of the emirates? kami makan! hahaha. sebab lapar gila. i didn't even ring a bell if we already had our meal or not on that day. sumpah tak ingat. masa tu dah dekat maghrib, gelap so we decided to stop at IHOP sebab our sir cakap it's on him. dah alang nak belanja tak main la makan food court murah murah kan. kenalah masuk kedai steak Dhr100 sekali suap muahahaha xD
those are our meals, batak bimbo gila so semua order steaks and chicken chop kan. air pun tak nak kalah. juices pulak ha. memang sir dah tak ah nak belanja makan len kali. satu malam je ambik kau sekali bil Dhr200+. haha puas hati aku boleh makan. kesah pulak aku duit sir lebur. sape suruh belanja. hahahahah xD
SECOND DAY (:
this was the actual reason why we got here. to bring pride to our maktab. haha. these are our debate pictures. we debated with 3 teams from the other side of the world. debate yang paling best bagi aku was with Hungary (first picture) because we have a handsome fella and a girl wearing short skirt xP.
no la, i really enjoyed the debate because they talked in a real english accent which impressed me a lot because i haven't heard one live before. it's fun, even if we lost.
let me introduce you to our opponents. the first picture was us against Hungary. the right one was us against Dubai and the last one (biggest picture) was us against Japan.
motif gambar japan paling besar?
sebab dalam tiga tournaments tu kitorang menang dengan jepun je. kejam kau hungary. kejam kau dubai. korang tak kesian ke kat aku yang tidak mampu berbahasa sefasih hungary dan selaju dubai. huhu. jepun gak baik. tapi yang hensem sombong macam hampagas. maka aku tak enjoy sebab tak de pun effort nak flirt ngan aku masa debate. kalah buat muka. lol. hahhahahaha.
*no offense to arabians because i speak very laju too.
whatever it is, we really had fun even if masa tu dah nampak sangat we could not make it to the next level. it was a sad truth tapi it's a truth that we have to accept, put in our bag and leave it at the dustbin depan rumah kak ton. hahaha tak sampai is it? TT__TT
it was the night of the second day, nampak tak kami masih dalam debate attire. aku masih pakai kasut heel dengan kemeja bawak blazer.
what is this place?
we went to a desert safari. the whole competitors were gathered there to experience dubai's desert. sumpah best gila pasir dia. pasir dia lembut macam tilam mahal. sumpah. bukan tilam lama tukar baru hou liao gama gama nooooooo. nehi nehi. boleh nampak kemeriahan kat gambar pertama where the jakun people from all over the world main golek2 atas pasir lembut tu. and the picture bawah dia was us dalam khemah yang provided. bawah lagi was the buffet table.
gambar besar atas was the entrance which i adore so much. it's plainly beautiful. imagine my wedding a arch macam tu. omagedddd cun gilo.
gambar besar bawah was us, sesampainya disana. perjalanan daripada main gate ke safari ni was like 15 minutes plus otak gegar gegar sbb jalan banyak obstacles. the vehicle was somewhat 4x4 (4 wheel drive) since the road was somewhat bumpy.
gambar kanan atas: encik unta's appearance!
"hola people, adina is so ringan when she was riding me and i love her sooo much."
gambar kanan paling bawah,
FOODPORN! hahaha
hanya boleh dinikmati dengan tumbersaran gambar peace xD
and balik malam tu keadaan berpasir, penat gila babun maka katil hotel pun turut berpasir.
sebab masa tidur, batu belah batu bertangkup berkecai pun aku tak heran.
and before we move on, bukti kukuh pasir lembut is....
hahaha jakun gila main pasir lembut. kat malaysia telan pasir boleh berdarah halkum. pasir dubai geletek urat tekak je. hohoho.
weh, jangan try telan pasir malaysia. nehi nehi
THIRD DAY -- THE NIGHT
well, honestly the activity on the day tidak menarik dan tidak sempat digambarkan maka aku share yang malam punya aktiviti jelah sbb banyak gambar.
of course la, sebab malam tu ball kut. mestilah gambar beriban kan.
well, FYI the ball was held at JWW Marriot Marquis Dubai. hotel sumpah cantik besar gila. memang puas pijak karpet lembut empuk tidur taknak bangun sampai lusa.
agenda pertama masuk ballroom ialah mencari sebanyak mungkin lelaki untuk mencetuskan kontroversi lagi, hahahha. apa barang ambik gambar dengan perempuan kan takleh buat skandal. hahahahahahahaha.
gambar 1 : me with japan, one of our opponents earlier.
gambar 2 : me with hungary, opponent jugak (kanan atas)
gambar 3 : me with czech republic leher panjang, stranger (bawah kiri)
gambar 4 : me with hollywood, stranger (bawah kanan)
gambar 5 : me with hollywood (sbb hensem gila), stranger, magician (tengah)
the guys were very good looking since most of them are wearing tuxes kan. huh, cair dalam aircond =='
gambar 1 : my teammates
gambar 2 : us drinking orange juice in the ballroom. this shot was amazing and hipsterly cool so aku masukkan.
gambar 3 : jimba jimba! maksiat belake.
gambar besar : me and my teammate, azrie merasa nikmat kerusi kat marriot yang super selesa.
gambar 4 : aku dan korea. padan muka gambar tak jelas sombong nak mampos. mentang-mentang kpop tengah in masa tu. pheww.
gambar 5 : podium marriot. bajet parliament debate.
gambar 6 : a magician was doing magic. cuba teka which country was he from?
gambars : foods! oh yeah makanan tak berat. tak seberapa. tapi those cakes were so delicious i cannot forget even one of them. i've tried them all just to feel full tapi ended wanting for more. serious sedap pastries dia.
plus, we got haagen dazs ice creams yang super best. free je makan berbekas bekas. tapi since aku senang brainfreeze i did not makan banyak sangat ice cream maka balik hotel aku terus meroyan sebab terliurkan haagen dazs. huhuhuh.
honestly, aku masuk dalam ballroom langgar ramai orang yang macam high gila menari nari. haha. i get it, they weren't sheltered as much as we are. that made me rasa macam gosh i was like almost in a disco and i was like dazed looking at them jumping jumping macam matyeh. geez. sumpah macam disco dah ballroom tu.
so, in case you guys are wondering how does my room really looks like, it is so wonderful. serious. tambah lagi aku duk sorang so everything was like -- i have no boundaries of having fun in the room. ko bayang ah lompat atas katil kut. pastu mengigau ngigau. haha. this was the room (:
the katil is queen-sized
(actually i am still confused about the actual description between queen and king beds. which one are larger? some said queen tho.)
apa yang kurangnya pasal bilik aku is,
batman on tv, speaking in arab.
pheww, memang aku faham sangat. menangis aku tengok ending kartun apatah.
wa ana habibi habibun *nangis* ya maulana alhakum kirin kurung bla bla.
sepatah haram aku tak faham.
tapi kat sinilah tetibe hati aku terbuka nak belajar bahasa arab (':
FYI, malam first kitorang sampai tu we're supposed to stay kat pejabat kedutaan punya homestay. tapi it turns out sir aku lupa nak inform kat embassy yang aku perempuan so i have to tumpang rumah kedutaan sana. that's why tidur tak tenang. bilik cannot kunci, rumah orang lagi. haha. tapi the service was so nice, seriously. thumbs up for the family (':
+ duit dirham ngan ringgit malaysia tak jauh pun beza. maybe just cents je kut
++ our tournaments venues are American University in Dubai and Modern Institute.
++ jalan kat dubai semua 1-way (:
well, i guess that's it. cerita lapuk kan. tapi masih terasa kerinduan dan kebanggaan dalam diri boleh bertapak sejauh ini. just debating, tapi sampai ke negara orang. walau kalau, tetap rasa gembira sebab mampu sampai ke merata dan mencari pengalaman.
segalanya, rezeki tuhan yang atur. sangat cantik, sangat molek. maka percaya pada-Nya. ada masa senyuman kan terukir sampai ke birai mata. dan kadang, mata mengalirkan airmata. ada duka ada gembira. semuanya, melengkapkan perjalanan hidup kita.
bersyukur + berusaha
then you'll understand the bitterness in some sweet moments.
and the sweetness in some bitter moments.
salam sayang <3
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