adik's bachelorette party!!!

Future Bride's Name : Nurul Hafiza @ Adik

From : Negeri Sembilan

Wedding Date : 24/12/2016

Bridesmaid 1 (R) : Nurhayati @ Cik Puan Yati

From : Pulau Pinang

Bridesmaid 2 (L) : Syaheema @ Sye2 (Me!)

From : Johor

Party's Location : Lexis, Port Dickson

Date : 02/10/2016 (Saturday)

Participants : Just the 3 of us!

yati and i planned this party exactly 24 hrs before it took place through whatsapp! my selfies from the previous entry was taken when we want to choose the right scarves for the the bridesmaids. we already chosen one with the veil for adik. the reservation for the hotel was made maybe three weeks before (in order to get a cheap price, of course!) i baked a chocolate cake and yati decorated it.

the two of us arrived about 2 hours earlier before adik so that we could decorate the room. unfortunately, we could only checked in 30 minutes before adik's estimate time of arrival. we  did the decorating as fast as we could ad we even tried to stall adik by giving her our room number late when she asked for it. we even let her stand in front of the door for 5 minutes to finish our work!!!

she was very touched with what we did and even cried! being women, both yati and i cried as well. we took pictures and ate the cake before continuing with our outdoor activities. we went to the beach and rode on a boat which got all of us totally wet! we had dinner at the beach and went back to the hotel to freshen up before moving to our next agenda of the day, karaoke!!! we called it a day or night and went our separate ways the next day!

the 'party' was quite a success in my opinion because we successfully surprised adik! eventhough we didn't do a lot of activity, the time we spent together was priceless. our little gang is known as FYS for obvious reason. i knew these two splendid girls when i was working and the foreign worker department in HQ. eventhough, we've only known each other for around three years (adik and yati known each other for a much longer period actually, i just infiltrated into the circle), our bond is very strong! i'll updating on adik's wedding later...

INSIDE OUR HOTEL ROOM

aren't we all sweet?

bullying the future bride by feeding her extra calories

here we go, said adik

smile for the camera, gals!

please notice our scarves, hehe..

yup, it's too late to run.. i'm still single.. and we're bff..

AT THE BEACH

our efforts at charlie's angels pose

dry pose, before the wet ones

we didn't go for a banana boat ride, we just posed on it..

trying to get dry faster with the scarecrow pose

this one is my favourite picture, we all just laugh our hearts out!

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity ~ Khalil Gibran 

this one was taken before the boat ride, we were all still dry..

taken while still wondering what we should do

[kota kinabalu] day 1: monsopiad cultural village, lok kawi wildlife park, bukit kokol & kampung nelayan

12/09/2015 (saturday)

finally i could find the time to write this entry. i'm not busy or something like that. i just have to find the mood to write, hehe.. honestly, i couldn't remember this trip well. i will just it according to my fragments of memories. you could find the flight and hotel details (as well as the itinerary) here.

our flight is at 7:50am. someone (i don't remember who, but i think it might be my parents or my sister or even my brother in law, haha..) send yati, aisyah and i to the airport. we met fiza there. we dropped our luggage (already self checked-in by web), had breakfast and boarded the plane.

the four of us are vacationing again, yay!

once we arrived, our rental car was already waiting (fiza made the arrangement). we drove or actually fiza drove to our hotel. since it was still early for us to check in, we just dropped our things and went straight to our first destination of the day, monsopiad cultural village. we watched a couple of traditional dances, sumazau and the bamboo one. we even given a chance to try the sumpit, a long wooden blowpipe, from which poison-tipped or barbed darts are blown, used primarily for hunting. surprising or more to coincidentally, i was good at it. i popped two balloons with only one dart.

after that, we were free to roam the village. we went on the 'hanging bridge/suspension bridge.' the funny thing is, we thought the village we saw after the bridge is included in the tour. it turned out that it was a real village. we were told (kindly) to turn around and get back to the tour side. we were then given a tour to the 'house of skulls.' that was the end of our visit here at the village. oh, we also stumbled upon a wedding here. seems this place could be rented as a wedding venue.

sumazau dance

some of the attractions here

house of skulls

sumazau, sumpit and suspension bridge

our next destination of the day is lok kawi wildlife park. it felt like a kid again, going to the zoo fro the very first time. the park is not as big as the national zoo, but it still has its own charm. my favourite part here is watching the elephants. the calves are very cute playing with one another. and the next is watching the otters swimming playfully.

aren't the animals cute?

we went back to the hotel afterwards to properly check in and freshen up. then, we resumed our plan of the day by going to bukit kokol to view the sunset. i knew of this from the tripadvisor. i always use tripadvisor in planning trips. the drive uphills is quite challenging. luckily fiza is on good driver. when we arrived at the top, there's a restaurant there. we received quite a strange look from the people that were already there. maybe, it was because we were the only muslims (wearing hijab and all). we ordered drinks and snacks while waiting. and the waiting was worth it. the sunset was very beautiful. we also got a view of some people doing 'parachuting', is this even a word? huhu..

WOW!

finally, the EVENT that we've been waiting for, the EVENT that really bring us to KK is here!!! and that's it the 'seafood feasting' event. this event took place at the famous kampung nelayan. once seated at our dining table, we went to choose the meals we want from the water tanks. for sure, we chose the lobster (it costs us around RM130++) and several other seafood. our meal was accompanied by several traditional performances. after dinner, we did a little bit of shopping and called it a day!

a bit of the performances

so many options to choose from

us with our chosen menus

pic with the performers

it's shopping time!!!

ps: day 2 coming soon...