Dearest all...

As you all semua tahu, mek kan baru jer kepulangan dari bercoti² Malaysia bersama keluarga katanya. Ke mana? Well, Langkawi sajork katanya sebab short notice. Kalau dah boleh plan awal² berbulan² bagai, mrasalah buat cam tahun lepas - eh, silap. Dua tahun lepas, ke Phuket and Pattaya; and then 3 years ago, ke Frankfurt and Paris (thanks to my family scheme waktu mek masih kat MAS) dan lain lain lagi kaedahnye. So since dah tak berkhidmat dengan MH nih, susah la nak dapat ticket price family scheme kan? Mrasalah jadik travel agent pon, bukannye banyak sangat dapat cikmurs, kan? Hiks! So, Langkawi pon, Langkaaaaaawi la kan. Walaupun ada niat pada awalnya either nak pi ke Pangkor or Phuket - tapi last², Langkawi sajork.

It's been a longggg time since my family dapat berkumpul like this - complete semuanya. Selalunya, BigbossDaddy (BBD) dengan BigMamMummy (BMM) will always berkesempatan nak go holidaying dengan Abang Long and Sista In Law with their 3 kids; and with my younger sister of course. Yang selalu MIA (Missing In Action) would either be; Abang Ngah (N) sebab he's in UK; or, ME, sebab mek either flying off somewhere or tak dapat cuti. So this time around, kesemuanya, cukup! All 10 of us! Complete. Tu yang buatkan BBD happy tu kali nih. I quote apa dia cakap..."When it comes to my age nih, jalan², shopping² semua nih, dah tak larat dah. Apa yang boleh buat bapak happy, is to see SEMUA dapat go for a holiday/ berkumpul together, and tgk anak² bapak happy, dan cucu² bapak have fun, and most importantly, mama tu seronok jugak. Tu ja yang bapak seronok sangat about this Langkawi trip..." Awwwwwww! Ain't that ol' fella sweet!? Tapi masalahnya - (well, not so much of masalah la kaedahnye kan) - mrasalah anak² yang bertiga nih (minus the younger sister of course) terpaksa share dalam pembayaran bilik hotel 3 malam itiew. Mujur tak proceed dengan Four Season - kalau idak, NANGIS! Dok Sheraton sajork pon dah nak pengsan mek nak bayar for 3 rooms for 1 night! Mujur lagi 2 malam Abang Ngah and Abang Long bayar, respectively la kan. Hiks! Tapi, bila pikir² balik, dulu² BBD ngan BMM bawak jalan² gi oversea here and there, tak penah berkira pun, kan? So mrasalah - mek sebenarnya, BANGGA - this time around, mek dapat sumbangkan hasil duit gaji mek / business mek, dan bayaq utk trip nih, even though utk 1 malam ja (tu tiga bilik tu oits! Suites lagik tu! NANGIS!)

HEY! Don't bermukadimah nih punya la berjela - bila nak start citer pasal trip nih tatau!? MUAHAHAH! Ok ok - so here goes nah... *sambil lightkan rokok mek - nak buat entry nih, kena sediapsedias rokok, ashtray, juice mek dan also pasang lagu. Baru ON! Hiks!


Kaedahnye, janji by 3.00pm, semua kena start gerak dan should be at the jetty point kat Kuala Kedah tu by 3.15 or at least 3.20pm, sebab boat/ ferry gerak at 3.30pm. Mek belik tiket tu in advance pagi tu, sebab tannak rushing kaedahnye. TAPI, TETAP rushing! Imagine yang time dalam citer HOME ALONE yang the family kena lari² sambil tarik beg bagai nak naik flight tu?! Ha - same kes. With my younger sister, and Abang Long - MEMANG SUSAH nak buat janji waktu tau! Kata 3pm nak kuar gerak dari umah - alih², 3.10pm baru gerak! Mau Abang N bawak kete cam pelesit, ikut kete mek yang membawak BBD ngan BMM bersama. Abang N naik dengan my sister with our driver and his friend (driver tu bawak balik kete yang Abang N bawak tu, kete BBM. And kitaorang mintak driver kiteorang tolong bawak kawan dia to drive back my car nanti. Why tak park dan tinggalkan kat jetty je? GILA!? Takmo la balik² kang, kete ke mana, ape ke mana. KAN!?) And then dah sampai, it was like 5 minutes before departure. Abang Usop ngan kawan dia dosi bawak balik kete BMM dan my car balik dah. Tapi Abang Long mano!? NAN ADO - belom sampai lagi. Mek dah kelam kabut dah. Kalau tak naik boat/ ferry at 3.30pm, the next one would be at 4.30pm! KOWSER lah! Habis nak sampai Langkawi what time!? And then nak pi hotel sepasal lagik? MATI LA WASTING SATU HARI ON TRAVELLING DAH, kan!? BBD cukup pantang kalau cam tu.

It was 3.28pm (ROUGHLY leyyy!) when Abang Long sampai with his family and a friend who will be driving his car back to AS. HA, time tu la - semua pakat lari nih!!!! Like, HEY FERRY! WAIT FOR US! Mek pon lari² tak hengat nih - and finally sampai kat depan ferry tu, AS THE LAST 10 pax to board the ferry, boleh? Masuk jer dalam ferry, as usual. Takkk pernah nak berubah lah ferry² nih. I mean, as you masuk the ferry (bahagian tengah) you either dapat seat forward cabin, or aft cabin. So tgh² tu cam like, tak der mende la kan - DANNN kat situ lah semua pakat boh beg² bagai semua sampai nak jalan pun susah. Dan bile mek tgk keadaan cam tu, mek terpikir. WHAT IF ade emergency. All these bags akan jadik obstructions to the emergency exits and stuffs, kan? But - what the heck. SEMUA PAKAT CAMPAK begs kat situ! Semua dok ada... let me see... 8 bags katanya! Mati lah time balik dah jadik 10 bags, KAN!? HAHAHAH! So dah settled pasal kes beg, DAH MAI PROBLEM tempat duduk. Seating config. was like, 5 in a row. Mek dah hamek elok² dah 2 row, for 6 adults and 4 kids. ALIH² waktu kami dok sebok² tgk seat numbers and checking and what not, ade sorang abang muka firashat nih, brani mampos carut N ngan mek..."Nih, tak dak sapa ikut nombor aih! Pi la duduk tang mana² pun..." Kurang ajaq betui aih! Sesuka hati kauuu jer kan!? Terus N carut nih, skeaping Malay London nih, carut bagai - mek dah nak join carut jugak when Along said lantak lah - pi la duduk memana pun. As a result of that, BBD ngan BMM ngan my sis dok sekali. Along's eldest and second child duduk row lain. N duduk row tang mana tah. Along... erm, owh yes, dia duduk dengan his two kids rasenye. Sister in law mek duduk ngan their youngest girl tu, and me? HAIYAK! Me ended up duduk last row. BISING nak mampos dengar bunyik henjin boat! HAZAB! Mujur abang duduk sebelah mek yang berjeans ketat dan berbulge mampanz yang candiew tu ado. Hiks! MATI LA MEK!

The journey was like 1 1/2 hours rasenye (kalau naik flight, mrasalah less than 35 minutes ye ke dok? Hiks! Masalahnya, ade ke AOR - LGK!? PEN - LGK ade la. Heheheh...). Dah ler nan ado Business or First Class kan, dah tu, HAZAB lah! Dengan bau kepam dan ombak very der bergelora - mujur ade abang sebelah mek tu - leh mek cucik mata tgk celah kangkang dia berlapik jeans ketat itiew. OPPS! Tapi dia duduk sebelah kiri mek. Sebelah kanan mek pulak, ade la satu couple Chinese nih - haiyoh! PONG PRANG PONG PRANG bising - dok MOO AHHH MOOOOW AHHH! Apa yang MOWW AHH MOW AHH tu pon tatau!? Mek berjaya tidoq setengah jam - dan lepas tu, mek sebok bersms dan bercalling² dengan Belle dan Volks - walaupun reception cam hanjeng! (yer lah, what do you expect? Tgh² laut maaa? Hiks! Mati la nak access Yahoo! Mail melalui hp mek pon, SEKSA lah GPRS cam siut! Kan Belle!?)

Selepas sejam setengah meredah ombak dan onak laut bergelora, akhirnya, sampei la jugak ke Pulau Mahsuri - Langkawi! MEK GIRANG! By the time sampei, dosi kul 5pm lelebey. And lepas disembark, heret beg segala bagai sampai ke terminal, mek terkejut. Wah! Terminal dosi berubah wajah. The last time mek sampai ke Langkawi was in 2001 or was it 2002 before mek buat flight international dan sudah tak kenal LGK Airport, kan? HAHAHAHAHA! Apatah lagik JETTY KUAH!? Haiyoh - mek tak hengat bila last time mek jejak kaki ke Jetty Kuah. Yang penting, macam² ado dah! Starbucks pon ado - curlast! So anyways, sampai kul 5pm tu, cuaca ala ala mendung² manja. Bole? HEHEH...



And then kiteorang hamek kerete yang dah dibooking terlebey awal oleh Along. Took two cars - Mazda MPV ngan Nissan Sentra. Not bad aih! And for RM150 and RM100 respectively for each car, kirenye, not bad lah kan. Hiks! Dah habis load bags semua, settled payment bagai - terus meluncur kiteorang menuju ke Nibong Bay, just somewhere off Padang Matsirat. Took us nearly 20 minutes to arrive. Sempat la menjenguk tgk keadaan Langkawi yang makin pesat membangun - no more tanah tempat jin bertendang dan dibawah sumpahan si Mahsuri for Padang Jarak Padang Terkukur katanya, kan!? Curlast sumpahan! Mek sker! Hiks!

Sampai² jer kat Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort tu - mek ternganga kejaps. Cantikkkk nyeeeeee! Wooowwwweee junior juice! Hiks! Suasana very der tenteram dalam hutan lipur! Cantik sundal! Beachnye pun not bad - private beach la kirenye. Masuk² jer lobby, mek dah spotted something - or was it someone. HEHEHE HAII! BELLBOYNYA NAMA FAIZ, not bad aiiih!!!!!!! *sambil jeling² manja katanya kat Faiz yang pandang mek tapi terus toleh - KEKWAT LEY!? NANTI KAU! Tunggu malam nih! OPPS!
Service wise, Sheraton dah menunjukkan it's 5 Star service as soon as kitaorang jejakkan kaki ke lobbynya yang grand itiew. Spacious and very relaxing, siap diservenya kami with savouries and also lemonade! Curlast! Tapi mek prasan tak semua guests yang baru nak check in diaorang serve. Maybe sebab diaorang bukan Starwood Hotels Preferred Guests checking into their suites la kot, kan? Tarkik lah. Janji, savouriesnya (I think it's Tuna Savouries) very der lazarts sekals! MEK SKER! Dan yer, mek rase memang sebab kiteorang amek 2 suites and 1 connecting deluxe room tu, ke sebab kiteorang Starwood Hotel Preferred Guests, membuatkan kami boleh sign and check into our rooms, tidak perlu ke counter check in ok! Duduk kat lounge tu, staff dia sendiri datang mintak mek signed the forms and what not. MEK SKER! And while depa dok sebok process the check-in, dan my family sebok dok mengunyah savouries sambil hirup lemonade, mek sempat snappy² lagik!

And then, the best part. Kiteorang amek 3 bilik. 2 suites and 1 connecting deluxe sea-facing room. Kaedahnye, 1 suite and 1 deluxe connecting tu, kat block 11. And one more suite, beach-front tu, kat block 15! NAH HAMEK KAU! Siket punya jauh dipisahkan. So mek ngan N, amek yang suite kat block 15 tu. And Suite and Deluxe room kat block 11 tu kiteorang kasik Along and family with BBD and BMM and my sister. Senang. At least kalau nak berkumpul, N and me could just go to their rooms, kan? APA yang best partnya? Heheheh - nak travel from block 15 to block 11 - nak jalan? MAU nye korang penat! JAUH sundal! Kawasan hotel, VERY DER HUGE dan landscape yang cantik, buatkan ko malas nak jalan! Unless ko plan nak cikcur dengan staff², kan? So elok la jalan. Tapi pun, why bother, when they prepare kan safari-like transport for everyone to travel within the hotel compound? Seriously uols. Just dial 1, and then cakap nak pick up. Less then 5 minutes, pick up sampai, ha, habaq la nak pi mana pon. Dia bawak pi. SKER NYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kereta² hotel guests, sampai ke main entrance, lobby sajork. And park sitiew sajork. Nak bergerak dalam area resort tu, either hang jalan (kalau rajin la kan) OR, naik jer transport tu, yang dipandu oleh abang² candiew - most of them. HEHEHEHE! Pandai la hotel nih depa pilih worker! BAGUIH BEBENOR!

So anyways, lepas dah settled semua kat lobby, semua gerak ke block 11 dulu. N and mek joined sekali dulu. Later² baru kami gerak ke bilik kiteorang. Sampai² jer kat suite BBD and connecting with Along's Deluxe, haiyoh! SEMUA like - macam, HAIYOH! Terkejut nih! Besau gile biliknye! Mek dan sister in law mek dok gelak² nih - "AWAT DALAM INTERNET NAMPAK CAM KECIK!?" Hahaha! Tu pon nak amik 3 suites pada mulanya. Mati lah kan!? Satu suite jer, including an entire living room tu, boleh fit us all 10. Tapi masalahnya, hotel policy noq. Plus, comfort for everyone - tu yang malaih nak berkira dan tetap amek 3 bilik tu. Besides, amek 3 bilik, breakfast complimentary bukan setakat utk 6 adults (2 for each rooms), bahkan, 4 kids tu pon dosi FOC! Kalau hotel lain, MRASALAH 4 bebudak tu pong kena bayao, kan!? Hahaha...

Ok - lepas dah jadik PEGHAK utk setengah jam, N ngan mek decided nak balik siap² kat our suite before kuar for dinner. And N pulak, dinch mau naik transport. Nak jalan pi ke lobby, then, baru amek transport hotel tu. ISK! Sepasal pulak nak berjalan. Tapi ok lah - get to see the restaurant for breakfast tu, the poolside and beach also. Not bad la. Baguih jugak yer hotel Tun Mahathir nih, kan? OPPS! Nanti mek citer pasal Tun and the hotel and the pepper spray kes dalam entry yang seterusnya kot, nah? Tu pun, kalau ingat! HEHEHE...

Bilik kitaorang, me and N, slightly smaller dari suite BBD, but definitely bigger dari Along's deluxe. Which made N ngan mek terpikir kejap - awat yang kami tak kasik Along amik this room and me and N pi duduk deluxe room tu je? MUAHAHAH - kami looked at each other waktu masuk ke our suite tu, and then tersengih and N macam dah tau tau mek tgh pikir pasal kes tu, terus cakap... "OWH WELL..." hahahah dan kami terus tergelak. Tapi our gelak terstopped katanya when we saw the bed was not 2 queen size beds - it was actually 1 KING size bed! MATI LAH letak bantal kat tengah² sebagai pemisah waktu nak tidur nanti, KAN!? HAHAHAH volks SIAL! Gelak kat mek when mek citer kat phone! Mati la carut incest, KAN!? Hahahahah!...

So anyways, lepas dosi siap² bagai, kiteorang terus jumpa BBD and the rest semua kat lobby by 8.30pm, and then drove ke KUAH again for dinner. Gila lah - mek dok budget dinner kat Kuah tu waktu SECOND NIGHT! Perlu ke dah sampai ke hotel, patah balikpulak dinner kat Kuah!? HAIYOH! That Along ahhhh! Hish!

But dinner was supperb! Kat this restaurant seafood, just blakang Bellavista Hotel kat Kuah tu - excellent! THE MEAL lah yang mek cakapkan nih, bukan hotel Bellavista yang persis tempat melepaknye jin jin tanah! Keji la hotel tu! Anyways, hehehe... nothing much nak cakap pasal dinner malam tu sebab it was, hurm, susah la nak terangkan. Tgk jer la gegambaq! Memacam kami order. MATI LA DIET dianjakkan ke August 1st katanya, kan!? Mek kan ikut nasihat Mak Hayam Lolex - DIET bila at home. Bila pi travelling, DIET pon CUTI gak! Hikhikhik! KAN!?

Lepas dinner, kiteorang balik, and terus lepak dalam bilik dan main jimrami, bole? Tapi main sat jer lah sebab dosi lewat dan semua org mengantuks, due to the long journey bagai semua, kan!? So nevermind - mek yang masih tak ngantuks tu, continued pi jalan² tgh² malam buto nih pi ke gym/ fitness center dia la (curlast, operates 24-7 katanya!), pastu jalan² kat beach, lobby, pusing² kat pool, LOBBY (motif nak sebot LOBBY sampai dua kali? Make that 3 times now! LOL!) and then... erm... BALIK bilik dan tidur. OPPS! Yer ke? Entah lah - hehehehe...

Oklah - tu jer liputan utk DAY 1. Nantikan entry DAY 2, nah? Nak enjoy more pics of DAY 1 di Langkawi, gi la ke http://lealaurielle.fotopages.com or simply click HERE to proceed directly to the entry kat fotopages itiew, nah? :D