Land of Ong Bak - Arriving Don Mueang Airport, Bangkok from KLIA2, Sepang

Assalamualaikum. สวัสดี!

After a pretty long hiatus (?!?), suddenly I missed scribbling. Banyak cerita mau share tapi sekarang ni semangat mau update pasal my recent 'beli-tiket-ndak-fikir-panjang' trip to Thailand. My 'awesome-tangan-dibahu-mata-juling' trip to Brunei, aku simpan jadi pekasam dalam draft folder dulu.

The day before I departed to Bangkok, I did published an entry here. Saja, gatal; tripping mau kestau orang aku berjalanan. Ada orang cakap aku kecoh, baru pi Thailand pun mau update di blog. Pastu ada juga orang sentap, questioned why I didn't say much about this trip like I always did i.e trip balik 'kampung' yang memang selalu aku kasi liputan meluas.

Usually aku memang no comment when it comes to soalan cepumas tahap bingai tertinggi. Senyum jaklah. Aku bising salah, diam salah. Baik berdiri depan cermin, donned my KDress...pastu posing syok sendiri. Perlu praktis senyum sebab mau attend a good friend's Raya open house tomorrow. Surely akan ada super banyak sesi bergambar. Practice makes perfect; so they say.

Erk, motif sebut KDress? Hanyalah semata untuk tambah luap api jeles Mrs Smile. *lambai ratu*

Right, intro sudah ke laut keluar tajuk.

As I said before, tiket terbeli dalam keadaan separa waras. Promo. Murah. Cuti panjang. These three words synced quite well at that time. Lupa tengok kalendar apa kejadian on the dates that I chose to travel. Turned out, Ramadhan.

Mula² aku planned untuk terjah solo. Pastu Ms G yang kunun plan untuk travel with her cousin terpaksa travel solo juga sebab the cousin decided not to go. Cantik jak kena susun because suddenly Air Asia rescheduled most of their flights to Bangkok. They cancelled few flights & passengers were advised to either change the time or claim refund. Ms G's flight was affected. And so the rest is history. Ended up, aku punya teman bergerak di Thailand. Ada tukang gambar juga. Wooohooo!

Months before the trip, we were shocked by the news of Bangkok Shutdown. The condition there was a bit chaotic due to a number of life-threatening events happening in major cities; as the media reported. Bom sana sini katanya. Our government siap keluarkan surat pekeliling. People were advised to cancelled their trip. And my two friends JM & DJ; antara rela ndak rela, terpaksa cancelled their trips.

Aku yang hati batu ni pun mula² ada rasa risau; tons of things occupied my mind. But I followed what my heart says; macam biasa kepala-batu-hati-kunun-tegar. Ndak da kejadian ndak sedap hati or fikir dua kali whether to go or not to go. Ajal maut ketentuan Allah. Insha Allah, aku selamat. Gitu peringatan sama diri sendiri. I decided to just go. Macam kejadian aku pi Seoul, June last year. Time tu punyalah tegang keadaan di sana, siap ada ura² kunun North Korea mau lancar perang. Aku tawakal jak pigi. Alhamdulillah! Selamat pergi, selamat kembali.

Now back to my cuti² Thailand, we departed to Kolumpor a day before our flight to Bangkok. Stayed overnight at Angah's. Sahur pertama di sana. Our flight to Bangkok was late in the evening, makanya aku bersungkai dalam kapal. We safely arrived at Don Mueang Airport, Bangkok around 8pm.

29 June 2014

KLIA 2, Sepang

My first time departing from KLIA2...terus terbang ke Bangkok gitu. I fall in love with the new airport immediately after arriving from Kota Kinabalu. Lots of pastry shops! Bisa gila!

Dapat window seat. Bertabah jaklah. Tapi beruntung sebab view adalah superb. Senja di Bangkok. This was taken 20 minutes before landing. Gigih aku snapped sebab ada anak bulan Ramadhan. Walaupun kecil jak.

29 June 2014

Don Mueang Airport, Bangkok

We opted to just take the taxi to our hostel in Silom. Murah, cepat & selamat. Worry not, all taxi use meter. Because we asked the driver to take the highway route to avoid the traffic congestion, we had to pay for the tolls. But murah, still. 

Despite the long queue, we got to hop on our taxi in less than 10 minutes. Super awesomely fast service. 

Before datang Bangkok, punyalah berangan tinggi mak-enon to ride that pink taxi. Unfortunately, the green one stopped in front of our line. Paksarela hati untuk naik. Gitu!

Lub'd Silom

Ms G checking in at Lub'd Silom. Very cozy & affordable hostel. 

Map on the cement wall. Pretty smart. Nearest BTS Skytrain station is Chong Nonsi (Silom Line).

Read: Current situation. Ntahlah tegang macam mana keadaan before trip tu, but Alhamdulillah throughout our holiday there we didn't see any trace of demonstration. Be it in the city or in the rural areas. 

Penat belum habis, kena mendaki tangga to get to our dorm. Female dorms are located on the top floor. 

Didn't expect the dorm looks like this! Super like! I am a happy guest. High ceiling. Spacious dorm. Ignore yang berjuntai/bersangkutan di katil or on the couch. Itu harta milik guests lain. 

Mine was under her. Very comfy bed. Malam tu tidur terlajak. Sampai ndak ter-sahur! Lena sangat?!?!

Anyhow, Bangkok adalah super panas! Dry & hot to be precise. Petang tu masa beratur luar airport tunggu teksi, aku boleh rasa bahang masuk dalam kulit. In less than 2 minutes, I sweat like an oink. Ndak pernah kejadian si Err berpeluh sakan. Manik² peluh menghiasi muka. Manik ok, manik! Sebab ndak bertitisan jatuh. Lepas berehat di dorm, we went out hunting for food. Kedai makan di area Silom tutup awal. And that include the two Halal restaurants I intended to go. Lucky we found an Indian Vegetarian restaurant, maka di sanalah kami melantak malam tu. 

Aku cuma sungkai pastries dalam kapal, haruslah kelaparan saat tu. Perut sudah siap buat kolaborasi konsert dangdut & hip hop! Sikit masa jak lagi akan datang si Gastrik buat lawatan. Lepas makan, balik dorm. Mandi manda. Update itu ini (perlu!). Then tidur! Hooray! 

Perjalanan adalah a bit jauh the next day. And tiring for sure. Telan tenaga. Insha Allah, akan digagahi walau berpuasa. Rugilah kalau aktiviti ala kadar jak, bukan selalu datang Thailand. 

eryantierdabdulkarim