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~V.I.E.T.N.A.M
Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 6:30 PM

salam semua! :D

Alhamdulillah, telah selamat pun kembali ke spura :)
aniwae, the trip was so fun n fruitful..
n i recommend u all 2 g n 'have a look' in HO CHI MINH CITY
the environment is so much different from spore...
n if i were 2 rate viietnam... ill giv it 5 OUT OF 5~~HEHEHHEH

DAY 1
MON, 8 JUNE 09

LIKE I told u all , we need to reach TERMINAL 1 AT 6.15
last check in: 6.40a.m
my family r very punctual
though, we live in wdulands , we made it to airport n rched at 6.15 a.m
yeah!!! ~ applaude to us~~
so kite semua duduk one side n wait for e rest to come (the total of us going:13 ppl)
lepas tu kan, barely 5 mins later, my aunt came wif cousins lah
n Alhamdulillah, drg tak lambat
so we left wif 6 more ppl 2 wait
tunggu punye tunggu.. setiap minit dan detik berlalu
tup2 da 6.40 am
apalgi, last calling to check in la...
masa ni la.... semua pun cemas, panic... semua turned white!!! jantung ni da berdengup2 sey
apa nye tak.. we all take jetstar, so klu tertinggal, $ hangus
tak ble reschedule flight..
den all kip calling tis latecomers!! but dey nvr answered e calls la sey
so den we decided to call my uncle(hes nt going wif us)
u all noe wat hesaid? 'ouh, ni baru kua rumah"
wat???!!!!???
semua so shocked.. da cemas.. den we ask e supervisor in charge, ble tunngu jap tak
den tis man was so fierce.." kita tak ble tunggu ni, da cepat check in, kapal da nak tutp!!! cepat"
we all aper lagi, berpeluh2, keep praying supaya tak tertinggal flight
den.... at 6.55a.m , drg pun sampai..
apa lagi, bujang2 semua grabbed passport , lari pergi counter...(da mcm amazing race sey)
n u all noe wat ??...we r e last passengers to check in:/
tapi kan Alhamdulillah, the guy yg jage counter so baik.. we all relly owed him
supposedly kan, our baggage will only sampai pd waktu malam.. since tempat' kargo' r someting da tutup... tapi wen we go to the buggage belt.. beg luggage kite ade lah

den kan wen we da check in, gt one more prob lagi...
e gate D39 is damn far!!!
n kt monitor tu da tulis.."gate closing"
so bile da lepas 'custom'', lari..punye lariii
heheheh(i oso dunnoe how my granma n atuk lari.. cuz i tinggal kan drg kat blkg..hahahhahah!!!)
lari punyer lari..last nmpak kelibat D39... n yae we were e last passengers to enter e plane
lps kita msuk je terus kapal pun jaln... n u noe wat e pilot said, someting like tis lah...." e flight would be delay for a while... ... sorry 4 e inconveniece........wat..wat..let e latecomers to settle in...(hahahahah, malunyer!!!)

flight journey was 1 n half hour.den we jejak di HO CHI MINH pada pukul 8.20am (lewat sejam dari spura)
dari ataskan, Subhanallah.. scenery dia sunnguuh cantik sey...
apatah lagi, bile da samapi, sunnguh2 kagum dan bersyukur sampi juga kat vietnam
heheheheh

den immediately took taxi went staright 2 airport
took lunch first.. pastu aperrr lagiii.....
shopping!!!!!!
start dgn kedai topi pastu kdai baju..(borong baju rayee)
den pg kdai beg
okae.. vietnam ni accept us dollars...
so i nvr change to dong.. shopping pakai dollar je..sng kan
drg kat sana widely accept US dollars..
so bile nak tawar menawar tu mesti state clearly dolar r dong la
heheheh... den kan my first experience
tawar hat for 50,000 dong.. den i gav him 50us$
terperanjat semua!! hahahha
it was actual 3us$
hehehehehehe...

n yae, b4 terlupe flight balik kan ader prob ...
ader weird sound drg e flight
e plane kept jerking n jerkking....
semua senyap je tyme flight.. semua doa.. agar tak jad paper
takut la sey...
n ALhamdulillah,selamat juga mendarat @5.42pm .. waktu spura

FEW INTERSTING FACTS OF HO CHI MINH CITY

  • no traffic lights, so jay walk (e motobikes will look up on pedestrians, so no woorriezz... tak matinyer :) )
  • most r motobikes roaming e streets
  • taxi fare starts from 12 000 dong(tak sampai 1us$ pn)
  • meter taxi lambat naik.. can enjoy very extremely cheap fares
  • most of them very polite, tak bnyak cerita n tak kancong mcm kita
  • their llives very relaxing, road tu mmg busy tapi life very relax
  • bunye horn sentiase kedengaran, baik waktu mahupun malam
  • dey horn bkn kerna marah tapi sebagai peringat" im cmg'
  • road drg takder system.. baik motor, cars n taxis, ble jln maner2, nak pusing maner2 pun ble
  • plus, drg ble sembrg nak jlan maner, n drivers semua respet each other
  • Ho chi minh ni macam geylang serai laamer.. road drg tak lah kotor sangat...(aku ble hidup kat sini)
  • yang pasti, lebih selamat dr msia
  • walaupun vietnam ni negara miskin, Ho chi minh ni developing rapidly.. sana sini construction. plus kan, airport drg cantik sungguh mcm changi airport!!!hehehe
  • ble bab tawar menawar, mestilah pandai..
  • klu drg tak nak turun kan harge, jangan mengalah... terus blah....nnti drg panggil balik(serius tau.. cubalah )
  • masyarakat islam di sana tak lah bnyak(minoriti jer).. kebnykkn beragama buddha
  • ader parkson dan bberapa kedai halal disaner.. jadi tak perlu risau
  • toilet di Parkson sunnguh bersih dan kering(bberbanding Malysia)n ader air paip untuk istinjak
  • rata2 melayu yang jumpe kat sane semua malysian
  • bnyk peminta sedekah n kanak berjualan2( kesian juga tau)
  • kebnyakkan brg2(beg, baju) harge dibuka @ us$8...tapi jangan worry..ble turun(klu pandai tawar) harge @ us$3-us$4
  • serious tak bedek tau! :D
  • BANYAK brg imitation di jual e.g adidas, Gucci, dan sebangainyer.. semua tampak original n cantikkk
  • baju2 adidas (t-short lelakkI) mcm2 color ade @ us$3
  • rata2 org vietnam semua badan 's' takder yang overweight .. r obese.... semua lawa2 n hansome..weeewit:P.. tapi kulit macam org melayu... sawo matang
  • bab minum air di sana pula, mestilah beli air mineral. air paip drg tak ble dimsak untuk dibuat minum. (tak selamt, hahaha)
  • jadi klu nak air panas, mesti beli air mineral den aru boils it. or beli dari pihak hotel. tapi kn mahal tau. 1 tarmus cost us$5.
  • cuaca..macm spura tapi tak la humid lyke here.. humidity ard 70%

KESULURUHANNYER: mmg enjoyable dan puas hati...

tempat yang sunggu menarik untuk diterokai... n di sana kan, u will feel secured n safe... :) plus, hati tenang dan minda pun ble detressed

insyALLAH WILL COME HERE AGAIN (tapi bukan dlm mase terdekat ni..heheheh)

nak explore negeri lain dulu.. hahahah :D

total expenses: us$200

us$1= $1.50

next destination insyaALLAH( NEXT YEAR): KOREA /BRISBANE

next time ni we all plan nak pg tempat yang tgh winter..

NAK MENIKMATI CUACA SEJUK..HEHEEH

btw kan, pg ramai2, very merrier tau.. n plus alhamdulillah semua sikit lbh kurang,pasal $ tak bnyak ragam..so sng travel ramai2

hehehehhe

In conclusion, pelajar2 semua.. bljr lah rajen2

ader $ tu simpan, jadi ble lah explore bumi Allah yang luas ni..

yang pasti ia...

membuka mata, hati dan minda anda..

kerna setiap negara ader keistimewaan yang tersendiri

baik negara miskin mahupun yang sudah maju...

jadi satu tips untuk semua..

jangan narrow down your choices.. kita sering berangan dan mengimpikan ke tempat seperti Paris, London lah, US, etc

tapi yang pasti..negara2 miskin etc Myanmmar, Indo , Vietnam,Thailand..dan sebagainya.. semua punya adat dan keunikan tersendiri.. sedikit sebnyak ia membuka minda dan hati kita.. melihat keadaan dan suasanna yang berbeda2

plus, ia juga memberi kita kesedaran Bahwa betawa bertuahnya kita.. yang punya banyak nikmat yang dikurniai Illahi..tapi selalu tak bersyukur dan sering merugut akan setiap kekurangan yang kite ader...

okalh..sampai di sini sahaja storytelling saya..heheheh :)

panjang cerita... da haus nii...

take care semua :)



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