iram maisarah: My Honeymoon

So the story begins with, purchasing the flight tickets. Well it started two months before I get married. My mother insisted me to go for my honeymoon. She said, it will be a perfect time after your wedding day and don’t take so much time before your real honeymoon plan, she also said the feel won’t be same if you go a month or a few months after your wedding as she never went to a honeymoon during her wedding.

So, I decided to visit Indonesia as it is easy to find halal food. My first plan was Bali or Lombok, but as time getting shorter, the price getting higher, therefore, I looked other places that within my budget. Lastly, Medan has been my destination of my honeymoon adventure.

Dalam masa dua bulan sebelum kahwin, I searched and read about Medan’s attractions. What I know Danau Toba is the main attraction and a must visit place. Namun begitu, dengan budget yg ciput and very particular about the budgets, kami did not purchase any hotel in Danau Toba and hoping to get cheaper price through walk in booking. But, my flight ticket on the first day was 2.50 p.m,

and it is our first time in Medan city, so I think it’s better for me to book a room when we arrived, yelah, baca dalam review, kebanyakkan teksi awam diorang suka overcharged karang nak mencari hotel lagi, buatnya semua penuh so kami booked J.W Marriot hotel for the first night. yelah, konon2 nya honeymoon,nk juga merasa duduk hotel mewah sikit (kononnya). Waktu di Indonesia adalah lebih lewat satu jam, maka kami tiba pada pukul 3.00 p.m waktu Indonesia, the funny story before kami selamat tiba di Medan adalah, by 12 p.m dah kami menaiki LRT sehingga ke KL sentral, sampai di KL sentral kami naik Shuttle bus harga RM11.

Perjalanan memang smooth pada mulanya. Kami tiba di KLIA2 pada pukul 1. Kami scan boarding pass, tapi boarding pass tak menunjukkan gate masuk. Tapi en Shahrul cakap, xpe, nnati kita tengok dekat screen. Bila kami tengok screen untuk semua flight, owh, belum buka lagi,maybe boleh solat and makan dulu. Kami pun bersantai-santai membeli makanan, masa tu pukul 1.50 p.m. and after beli makann, jam menunjukkan pukul 2, jom kita pergi tengok lagi sekali screen tu, ajak en shahrul, bila kami tgk, eh belum buka lagi lah. Hurmm, lambat pulak bukanya. So I decided nak tanya dekat kaunter. Ada lah dalam 10 minit beratur, by the time sampai dekat kaunter dah pukul 2.15, org tu check kan gate kami, with serius face, staff tu cakap, dik, gate ni nak tutup dah pukul 2.35 ni, kalau nak naik jugak flight tu ,kena berlari ni. Our face was like (jaws drop) . kitorang pun apa lagi , berlari tak cukup nyawa weeh, encik shahrul heret beg, and I was holding the food. Tak pandang kiri kanan dah, lari terus. Boleh pulak passport en Shahrul stuck masa scan tu, belum pape lg, I throw already the water we bought, yela karang kena tahan ke apa plk,take times some more. Semput weh..dah la lama tak exercise, tetiba kena exercise, and as you know, KLIA2 tu jauh kot gate dia. Dah la semalam kenduri, tapi dengan semangat yg tinggi nak pergi honeymoon, akkhirnya sampai jugak kami dekat gate tu, or tu siap lambai2 suruh cepat, tp dia ckp sempat lagi,fuuuh..lega lepaas dia koyak tiket tu..bila masuk, alamak tak dapat duduk sesame dalam flight, redho je la. Tp pelik sangat, dalam plane tu, macam xpasang aircond, I was so worried, xpernah2 naik flight panas bahang macam ni. Normal ke tak normal ni,huhu..tp tengok org lain macam rileks je, so kita layan kan je la, perjalann pun xlamakan. So bila flight take off, dalam 15 minit mcm tu, plane tu dah makin sejuk, ceeyh,budget nya air asia, aircond pun nak kedekut. Alhamdulillah, selamat sampai Medan. Bila kami sampai, I dah baca review2 mcam mana nak ke medan city, either by car, train or bus. Tp masa tu macam xboleh nak percaya dengan semua I decided to take their train, tp mahal weeh, 100 ribu rupiah seorang. Jd ttotal damage sini 200 ribu rupiah.

the train

minum teh jasmine dulu, minuman wajib bila dtg Indonesia

in the train already, are you ready syg?!! this is not your typical holiday,hihi,awal-awal dah kena berlari pecut. :P

Bila sampai stesen medan, kami Tanya guard dekt situ untuk ke JW Marriot, dia cakap lumayan juga kalau mahu jalan kaki, kena naik taksi. Jadi kami pun turun jalan la ke luar stesen untuk cari taksi, nasib kami memang baik, betul dekat depan tu dah Nampak BleuBird taksi. So kami terus ke situ and arah kan ke J.W Marriot. Total taksi ke hotel 22000 rupiah. Sesampai di hotel, macam terkejut skit sebab, taksi kami dihidu oleh anjing sebelum masuk, kemudiaN bonet dibuka. Lepas turunkan beg, beg di scan and kami pun kena lalu pintu scanner. Memang ketat security diorang. Sesampai di hotel, kami makan, restkan diri, and bersihkan badan.

Malam tu kami keluar quite late, sebb masing2 tertidur kepenatan. Bila keluar, semua kedai dah tutup, jauh jugak kami menapak nak mencari kedai, tapi semua dah tutup.

Tetiba tengah jalan tu en Shahrul ckp, eh yang, tu ada signboard KFC arah sana, jom pergi tgk, tp malangnya, kami mnapak dan menapak, xjumpa pun kedai yg masih buka. Kami patah balik malaui jalan yg sama. Kemudian en Shahrul pun bersuara, yang kfc tu ada delivery 24hours la dekt signboard tu tulis. I was like, yeke, jom kita minta tlg staff tu orderkan nak. Ok lets go back to our hotel. Sesampai di hotel, kami Tanya dulu staff situ, bisa buat delivery KFC tak, and they said YES!. And I asked can you called KFC from your desk. And he said, owh you may call the KFC from your room. Owh my god, that is great isn’t it?? Tapi one thing yg tak best JW Marriot Medan ni, internet dalam bilik kena bayar, hotel mahal tapi kedekut internet. So kami lepak2 dekat lobby search pasal kfc menu and we go upstairs and ordered it. Berbelit jugak lidah nak ordernya, tp last2 kami Berjaya!! En Shahrul order set super combo apa tah, tapi ada 2 chicken and ada nasi and air tin pepsi. Before dia datang, orang yg ambil order tu Tanya dulu, mahu diberi wang nya berapa. Mula tak faham, lama2 tu baru faham, kita nak bg duit berapa time tu, diorg nak siap2 bawa baki wang tu..So dlam 30 minit akan sampai dia cakap. Dalam 30 minit macam tu, operater called ckap delivery dah smpai, en shahrul pun turun and ambil makann tu.sampai2 terus terjah makann,hhihi. First time en Shahrul ckp mkn kfc ada nasi macam ni. Hihihi. And I ordered nasi bento apa tah and begedil sekali. Total bayar 81 500 rupiah.