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Alert! Ini entry budget macam blogger cun ada orang tanya skin care bagai.. Haahahahha


Balik Holland hari tu terpaksa review balik my skin care routine. Memang tk berkesan. Bukan la nk peloles sgt pn. Just wanna treat my skin a lill bit better this year. My 2017 new year sub-resolution.


I have to admit though. Iolls bukan orang yg disiplin jaga kulit bagai. Sometimes jeles and amusing jugak tgk org yg bole jaga kulit dengan persisten. CLEANSE, TONE & MOISTURIZE!!!! Susah sangat ke nak buat? Memang susah gak la..Hihih Selalu step 1 je yg buat. Step 2 and 3 diabaikan dengan alasan takde masa. Padahal MALAS!


Dekat Malaysia, my skin tk buat hal sgt. Biasala jerawat check in and out kadang2. Tapi I soon realised that my skin really took a toll on me while I was at overseas. Dia buat kerenah kt sana padahal masa travel obviously kita nak feel mabeles and peloles...


Last year during my Turkey trip, kulit tangan cracked horribly and kulit kaki keluar rashes macam cellulite. Click here for my tips for Turkey trip. Vaseline was like a miracle worker for me. As I got to know my skin a lill bit better after the Turkey trip, Vaseline worked like a charm. Tangan, kaki and even my lips got very dry when I was in Holland. Chapped lips was not doing us favour during selfie and all.


Tapi tetiba, kat sana ade lg satu yg jadi masalah nye.. I present...


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Ta-raaaaa

My nose menggelupas horribly there. That means satu je. Kulit kering la, ape lagi!!

Ni senyum bagai mase hit shutter. Bila check gambar balik.... FACEPALM!!! OMG!

So my new resolution, let's take care of our face and body better this year. Kene resume balik diet yg terbengkalai hari tuh. Wish me the a big fat luck k!! 

Terpedaya untuk try starter pack HADA LABO Hydrating set. Baru nak ngetest. Nanti kite review balik result dia k. For first time consumer like iolls, rase macam best!! Dui.....

Proof of onward travel

Hey u guys,


Okay dokey. This is a new one for me. Just a friendly reminder for uolls yg nak travel using our neighbouring airports. Senang cite yang nak travel tp tk guna KLIA.

When we went to Holland via Changi Airport, tkde banyak sgt masalah. In fact, masa pergi no problem whatsoever at all. Masuk Singapore using private transport pn tkde masalah. Risau gak kat Causeway tu dia nak check luggage yang bertimbun tuh. Tapi driver tu cakap kastam kat Causeway tu bile dah tau kite nak g airport selalunya diorg lepaskan sbb kt airport nnt diorg check lagi. So we had no problem masa nak pergi.


But, masa kat Schiphol Airport on the way balik, ada masalah plak. Rupanya airlines tk bole issue boarding pass pada non citizen yang tk ade onward flight keluar dari negara tuh. My Singaporeans uncle's family tkde masalah la. Coz sbb kami non Singaporeans, jenuh la dia mintak proof ktrg nak keluar dr Singapore macamana. So ktrg pn sibukla explain Malaysia tu dekat, jalan kaki pn bole. Tapi tk bole jgak sbb diorg nk tgk proof such as tickets or whatsoever. Iolls secara dah seram time tuh sbb iolls yg arrange utk transport tuh. Nasib baik I remembered resit pembayaran transport tu. Nasib baik gune travel agency ada resit. Nasib baik simpan lg gmbr resit dlm watsapp mase bayar RM900. Resit dalam BM je but nasib baik ade tulis destinasi. Kalau weolls hire transport persendirian, tak taula ape jadi. Mmg stuck kt Amsterdam lagi gamaknya.


Then, I keep wondering. Macamana kalau ktrg drive sendiri masuk Singapore? Macamana nak tunjuk proof ktrg akan drive keluar. So i did my research afterwards, mmg bukan salah airlines atau negara yg kita nak pergi tu. Tapi mmg rules diorg. Airlines yg issue boarding pass without any onward travel or flight akan kena fine yg sgt besar. So weolls learnt our lesson there. Leceh gak kalau tk lalu KLIA ni. Ada pros and cons la guna Changi. Dekat tapi leceh. KLIA pulak senang tapi jauh. Huhuhu


So a few tips for uolls nak travel, siap sedia proof utk keluar dr any particular country, Kalau guna private transport, make sure pandai2la suruh diorg issue resit or something. I read somewhere, for backpackers, ade tips suruh beli any cheapest flight keluar. Tunjuk tu as a proof. Terpulang kalau nk guna tiket tu atau tidak. It is up to u guys...


Ok that's all... Buhbye...

Holland Trip Part 3 : Accommodation

Olla uolls...


Wow.. even I am amazed by how many entries I've been writing for the last couple of days. Bukan ape, nak share with uolls but most importantly as a travel log for me in the future. So I can remember the details of the journey. Dah makin berumur ni, my memory is not as good as I was growing up. So bear with me, ok?


Most of the days, weolls stay at Yuyul's. So mmg budget la kalau kita ada kwn or family yg stay kt negara tu. Because kami ni ramai sgt, we divide ourselves into 2 places. My family stayed at Yuyul's, while my uncle's family stayed at Hidayah's house, a few blocks from Yuyul's. Btw, Hidayah or Yaya as Zara calls her is Yuyul's colleague from UTEM. They went to Netherlands together 3 years ago. My family was really grateful to Yaya and her husband as Yuyul has a close friend with her there. We were really worried as she never stayed overseas before.



Staying at Netherlands ni nampak mcm best, but... diorg ni byk sgt rules. Ni yg slalu iolls baca tentang orang Belanda. First rule, tak bole buat bising dalam rumah. Ni sgt la betul.. So dipendekkan citer, we had to whisper and jerit2 in silence mase berborak dengan our loved ones yg dah lama tk jumpe.. What a bump kan??? Budak2 pn tk dibenarkan utk melompat2 so that org bawah tk dgr... Sian kan ktrg. Can uolls imagine our stay there?? Even, nak blender pn ada masanye, kalau tak silap 10 pagi sampai 5 petang je. Tak bole blender selain mase tuh. Takut menggangu jiran.. Sama mcm kalau nak renovate rmh. Drill walls and everthing ade certain time je bole buat. Weekend plak lain masanye.. Penatnye..



From what i learned there, org Belanda ni very family-oriented. Kat Enschede, susah nak jumpe party-goers. Pub mmg bukak tapi malam je semua kedai tutup. Pkl 5 dah gelap so kalau nak beli brg sebelum pkl 5. Iolls rase malam kt Pontian lagi "hidup" dari Enschede. Hahhahah



Weolls booked apartments at Den Haag and Amsterdam. Mata mcm terjojol keluar mase Yuyul bgtau harga mase booking tuh. Staying kt Amsterdam lglah mahaiiiiiiii. We decided to book apartments bcoz kalau book hotel pn lebih kurang sama. Rules no. 2 kt sana is duduk hotel tk boleh lebih org. Kalau kita cakap 2 org, 2 orgla yg bole stay kt situ. Kalau kantoi bole kene halau without refund!! Duduk Malaysia jgak best!!



At Den Haag (pronounce as "Den Hah", we book 1 apartment and 2 rooms for 3 nights and it costs us about 890 euros. Terduduk mula2 mase dgr harganye. Sbb dh terbiasa trs convert to RM. Last2 pasrah je lo.. Huhuhu At Den Haag, apartment is about 10 minutes walk to Den Haag Central. Tapi jalan kt Belanda ni kene hati2 dgn tram yg laju dan jalan raya yg terbalik dgn Malaysia. So iolls mmg pening kalau nk cross. Tak tau kete dtg dr kanan ke kiri. So mase cross any roads in Europe, please look at both sides ok!!



Back to the accommodation in Den Haag, diorg provide washing machine and also dryer. Siap bg detergent and softener lg. Ni mmg DAEBAK! Stove semua ada.. pinggan mangkuk pn ada. Kami mmg bawak pinggan n periuk sendiri dr rmh Yuyul. So not to worry, tinggal masak je.



Before iolls forget, TV kat Netherlands uolls kene pantau tau. Especially yg ade kids. According to Yuyul, jgn terkejut kalau mlm2 nampak bende bukan2 kt TV. Yg kerja ehem2 tu are considered profesional there. So diorg pn bole iklankan service diorg mlm2. Hihihih..



At Amsterdam, we stayed at Yays Zoutkeetsgracht Concierged Boutique Apartments. We booked 3 apartments for three nights also. But it cost us double than the one in Den Haag. Almost 1500 euros. Ni bukan mata je terjojol, jaw kami ternganga almost satu malam. Ade je hotel budget yang murah, tapi byk kat red light district. My mom is very cerewet about these kind of things. So we rather spend a bomb or else my mom is going to boikot nk tidur tepi jalan...hihiihi and i quoted her saying... Ewwwww!!!





Kapal dpn apartment owner diorg mmg tinggal dlm kapal ni. Kira dh jd rmh diorg ni.  Shiok kan? Ni mesti msk dlm bucket list nih.




Yays ni btl2 dpn canal. Cuma jauh skit dr Amsterdam Centraal. Its about a 10 minutes bus ride. Sgt cantik scenery... Macam bole tutup mata sebelah pasal regenye kejap. Lepas tu ingat balik dan meraung balik...hahhahaha


Lets talk about the most important thing while travelling....... Toilets!!


Toilets in Netherlands mmg tk shiok. Last year masa pg Turki, masih boleh tahan lagi sbb bidet toilet. Tapi like any developed countries kt dhonia ni, toilet diorg mmg bersih n very very dry... Sbb mmg tkde air, just toilet paper berduyun2. So mcm biasa, please prepare wet tissue bile msk toilet kt cni. For me, I used my portable water bottle beli kat daiso yg boleh lipat2 tuh. Isi air kt sink before msk toilet. Sgt berguna botol tuh. So u guys can imagine if u want to terbe..... kat cni, mmg masaklah!! Hahaha


Public toilet dia kene bayar 50 cents or sometimes 70 cents Euro. Selalunya nk masuk toilet ade gate/ Weolls kene masuk duit mcm parking machine tu and then br bole jalan. Toilet kt rmh pn tk byk beza...Sama gak tk ada tap air. Yg kelakar, kt rmh yuyul, toilet and shower plak jauh. Bukan sebelah-menyebelah. So lps ehem2... nak g cebok kt shower agak jauh la.. Hahahahhaha Pengalaman betul la.



Method of payment for both places in Den Haag and Amsterdam macam biasa.. Card cledet la waktu booking. For Den Haag, weolls just bg no card cledet mase booking, dh sampai kat sana br dia swipe card. Nak dijadikan cerite, yg dekat Den Haag tuh, my father's sim card ade problem. So bile swipe card kt machine, dia hntr tac no kt hp tk dpt. So terpaksa bayar cash. Cash allocated utk shopping terpaksa dilupakan... Uwaaaaaa


For Amsterdam, mmg kene bayar full trs mase booking. So tkde masalah kt situ, cuma dia block 300 Euros kt card kledet kite in case ade kecurian atau kerosakan thoughout stay kite kt sane. Kalau tkde ape2, dia pulang balik 300 euros tuh.


These pic mase kat Amsterdam yg Yays something2 tuh.. Nak sebut pn susah. Kat Den Haag tak dan nak amik gambar. Sampai je trs pengsan.

Deco style classic American.. Sgt tantikkk!! I loike!!

Ni yg iolls paling jakun!! 

Stove kat sane semua yg magnetised tuh. At Den Haag, we had no problem whatsoever with the stove. But... kat Yays ni stove dia terlebih moden sgt. Periuk yang kami bawak dia tak boleh detect. Jalan Amsterdam kami trs beli pan Tefal yg sgt murrrr kat sane. Balik excited nak masak trs terduduk sbb sama gak tak boleh detect. Pandai diorg nih.. periuk yg diorg provide tuh tkde masalah lak. Tapi sbb waswas kami mmg tak gune. Last solution, masak kat pan Tefal kami letak atas periuk diorg. Dah jadi mcm kukus lak. Tapi bolelah. Dah terdesak. Musafir style. Mee gorang jadi mee kenyal!! Hahahahah

Ok nak dido dido. Esok sambung kay.. Seee ya!!

Holland Trip Part 2 : Public Transport

So where was I?...

Oh! We arrived at Schiphol Airport at 2.45 pm (local time). Quickly, we lined up to chop chop our pasport. FYI, Malaysian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 164 countries and territories including Holland, ranking the Malaysian passport 12th in the world. Bangga tak? Bangga tak? Hihihi So we dont have to apply the visa beforehand. Ini hanya utk social visit tau. Other than that, mmg kene pergi embassy diorg kt Malaysia. Kalau tk silap, kite bole stay kt sana up to 90 days.


But nevertheless, do not take anything for granted. Tak rugi pn buat preparation or look for any tips before u go into a particular country. So I did look for some tips nak masuk Holland. If you are not with a travel agency, make sure print out a travel itinerary. This is to ensure smooth business la org kata. Immigration officer tu akan tanya what is ur business here. So senang kalau ade itinerary. Kalau backpackers, print je online itinerary tuh. Kalau nk ikut, ikut. Kalau tak ikut suka hatila kite nak jln mane2 kan.



Alhamdulillah, we encountered no problem entering Amsterdam. Security dia pn tk leceh sgt. Yuyul was there welcoming all of us. But our journey did not stop there. We need a 3 hours train ride to reach her district, Enschede. But Schiphol Airport ada train stop dia sendiri. Very convenient for all the frequent flyers rite, Rite below Schiphol, we took a train to Enschede.


Public transport kt Holland mmg tip top. From the train to the buses and tram, mmg very efficient. Kita bole tau lg brape lame bus or train sampai kt stop kite. Even dalam bas, kite bole tau brape lame nk sampai kt stop kite. Our designated and FOC guide, Yuyul said we just have to download the app in our phone to review all journey singlehandedly. Kalau Malaysia macam ni, dari dulu je iolls naik bas g skolah... hihihi


















































Feeling ala ala New Yorker!!




Yg pic ala2 American subway ni is Amsterdam Centraal, basically u can go anywhere. Nak naik train, bus or tram, semua bole dr sini. So if Amsterdam is your next travel destination, book a hotel yg dekat ngan Ams Centraal.


This is the picture dr depan Amsterdam Centraal. Sgt ramai org kt cni. 





Yuyul bought all the train tickets online. Murah sikit. Ada tourist suka beli season pass. But for us, macam rugi jer.


For online tickets, just scan the code at the gate at the station. It even bears our names on the tickets. Bear in mind though, keep the tickets with u all the time. The ticketmaster will check up on u at the least time u expect it.



My family is definitely not the backpacker travellers type. Jarang pakai public transport kt negara org. In fact, kat negara sendiri pn mcm tk reti pakai...hihihi But we love the public transport here!! So convenient, nak bwk masuk basikal boleh.. stroller bole... wheelchair bole... tp yg takut sikit pets pn bole. So dont be alarm if a K9 board the same bus or train with u.. Hahahha


Iolls give 7 out of 5 stars... Good job, Hollanders!!!

Holland Trip 2016

3rd - 13th December 2016 was what I call my yearly medicine. Yayy I safely made it home... safe and sound. Hahaha i was really thinking about making it home safely rather than arriving there safely.. Selangkah di hadapan la sgt!!!. Cikgu Johor jer yg bole paham ni!!


Don't get me wrong. I really enjoyed my stay there. It's just travelling with your whole family is a new thing for me. I mean with 10 adults and 3 toddlers are huge to me!! Parents diorg rilek je... Mokcik dia yg histerical and OCD skit.


So kali ni weolls travel tk pakai pakej.. obviously! Flew with Qatar Airways bcoz every passenger is entitled with 30 kg baggage. But the downfall is, we have to transit at Doha. Thank God it was not a long transit. KLM provides a non transit flight to Schiphol International Airport but with only 20 kg baggage. Seriously... 20 kg?? My luggage plus the winter coat were almost 12 kg!! So terpaksa pilih Qatar..


A straight flight would take about 13-14 hours to Amsterdam. So ktrg lg la lame!! Dr rmh Pontian right to Yuyul's house took us almost 24 hours. We flew via Changi btw. Coz my Singaporean uncle and his family joined us on this trip.



Ni iolls punye.. Blm makolls n ayaholls lg.. Mcm nak pindah!! Sling bag tu as a safety precaution. All money and travel documents should be in there. Pegi mane2 mmg iolls letak sebelah dpn badan. Bukan tk percaya kt orang kt sana... But being cautious is not going to kill us rite.. or even cost us a single cent! Pickpockets are everywhere.. even rite under our nose. Last year during Turkey trip I just used my backpack.. But I remember how scared I was if there's anyone standing near or behind me. So this time around, I felt a lill bit safer.


I drove to my sister's house in Rini Hills and we took a private van to Changi. It cost us about RM900 pergi dan balik. Sounds expensive rite but it saved us a lot of hassle. Tak payah pikir nak parking kt Changi. Parking at my relatives' flats pn tk bole gak. So we went to Changi by a Starex van. Very easy bcoz we dont have to turun mase kastam Singapore. Kalau van biasa kene turun mcm naik bas. If I'm not mistaken, van cost about RM800. Murah skit.























Dui Malaysia.. Dui Singapore!!









Food masa pergi macam tk best.. Maybe bcoz it was a very early flight, It was 2.45 am flight, they did not provide heavy meals for us. 2 kali makan tp light meals and a chicken sandwich. Luckily for them, sbb rase excited nk pergi, tk sgt rase lapar. Balik lain citer..huhuhuh








Transit at Doha for about 2 hours. Singapore - Doha dpt seat 3 4 3. Basically kalau seat uolls A / B / C uolls akan dpt window seats. D / E / F / G uolls akan dapat middle seats. J / K / H uolls akan dpt the other window seats. Just being informed by my uncle there was no I in the seats. Mcm superstitious belief kut,  I dont know... maybe. Macam tingkat 13 selalu takde kan.. Same kes la nih..


Singapore - Doha took about 7 hours. Iolls mmg plan tk nak g toilet dlm plane. Hahhah.. Siapa suruh duduk paling hujung??? Blame urself!!! Hahaah Mmg suruh my dad duduk kat aisle sbb bladder dia mmg tk strong walaupun sbnrnye dia nk duduk tepi tingkap.. hihihih


Bagus gak transit ni.. Sampai je.. terus pg restroom and ehem ehem.. n smpt solat subuh kt Hamad airport. Alhamdulillah masa pergi, rezeki kami sbb aircraft tu dpt land kt main terminal. Ni conclusion dr last year mase pg Turki. Kalau aircraft mendarat kt main terminal kt Hamad Airport, kite tk perlu lalu transit screening. Trs keluar kt terminal n terus cari next gate for ur next flight. Hari tu Allah permudahkan urusan kami, Dia tahu perjalanan kami masih panjang hari tuh. Alhamdulillah!!


But kalau aircraft uolls land bukan kt main terminal, then u kene alert skit. Especially bile mase transit cpt.. maybe 1 or 2 hours apart. Slalunye kene turun aircraft and naik bus to the main terminal. Sampai sana kene lalu security screening, walaupun uolls transit. Kat sini yg lama dan leceh skit. If uolls remember my incident at this particular airport. Click here to read Tips Melancong Ke Turki Part 2


On the way balik, aircraft kali ktrg land kt luar main terminal, mode gelabah trs ON balik sbb ktrg transit 1 hour je.. Sampai kt flight semua org dh masuk. Tapi syukur ade pengalaman masa pergi Turki. Masih lenggang kangkung nk msk flight and smpt pg toilet dulu. Hihihi Cabin crew tu plak yg cuwakk.

















Doha mmg cantik!!! 1st time dpt tgk Doha waktu awal pg. Kalau tk mesti malam land or take off from Doha.





Doha - Amsterdam took another 6 hours. Seats kali ni 3 3 3. My brother in law tk dpt duduk row yg sama. Kene ke row belakang. But lebih selesa skit. Leg space pn besar skit from previous flight.


Then...... finally... after travelling for more than 15 hours... iolls saw these..


Tadaaaaaaa!!!













Macam kt Pontian je kan... hihihi Jauh beno my expectation of Amsterdam mase sampai. But actually mcm KLIA gak. Tourist mesti hek elehhh ni ke KL??? So I was like Hek elehhhh ni ke Amsterdam??? For obvious reasons, airports mesti la jauh dr bandar kan.. Hek elehhhh!!! Ape lerr..hihih

To be continued...