Legoland Waterpark Malaysia Trip

I have never ever been to Legoland before and so i finally did, two weekends ago with my favourite bunch. Since some of them have been to Legoland before and they said that the theme park was more for the kids than the adults, we decided to go to the waterpark instead. We booked our 2 way transport and tickets to Legoland Waterpark through WTS Travel, you can head to their website here. (https://www.wtstravel.com.sg/index.php/theme-park) 

2 Way Transport + Legoland Water park tickets at $72

It was an early Saturday morning for me as i had to wake up at 0530am and head down to Singapore Flyer, where the bus will fetch us to Legoland. We had some tiny breakfast from 7 Eleven and waited for our tickets and our bus left the place for Legoland around 9-9.30am? Our journey from Singapore Flyer to Legoland was around 1 hour and a half? Cleared the customs(thank god it wasn't busy) and we finally reached Legoland at 11am. 

Just like any other tourist, we took some pictures at the "oh so popular spot" the entrance of LEGOLAND! After which, we had a proper breakfast at KFC and it was time for us to enter the Legoland Waterpark itself. And as always, yours truly, can never resist taking photos with all this Lego figurines, in front of the hotel, haha. 

 YAY! Another pictures of us in front of the big logo of the waterpark! Once we entered the park, we changed and head down to the pool! We started off with the lazy river and what we did was relax and play around with the lego that is floating around the water. After two rounds around the lazy river, we decided to try the slides and chill by the wave pool before we rest and relax again in the lazy river. Thank god for GoPro, we managed to capture some good moments while swimming and of course, there will be a video at the end of this post so yes, let the picture do the talking now...

(A picture with our mini creation with lego blocks, Thank you to the photographers around the pool for capturing this moment for us.)

After a good 4 hours dipping ourselves in the pool, it was time for us to wash up and shop at the Lego Souvenir Store, have dinner and head back home. I went a little bit crazy for the Lego Keychains and i bought one for myself, sister and my mum and oh, a water bottle for my sister. Lol, now that i'm writing this post, i should have gotten more of the keychain. We had our early dinner at Secret Recipe and it was a good dinner indeed! We had to be back at the bus pick up point by 6pm. The bus drove us all the way back to Singapore and dropped us at BIGBOX in Jurong East so it was a long train ride home for me as i stay in the east side so yes, it was indeed a great trip again with my lovely bunch. I kind of think that i have a name for our group, its called #GAYABEBAS (internal joke) haha.

Anyway, it is nearly the end of this post, what i can say about this trip is that....hmmm, it was alright for the waterpark, out of 10, i would rate it 8/10 mainly because  i kind of feel that Adventure Cove is still the best but you know what? The company for this trip made it better in every single way! Since its the holiday season, if you want to bring your family or kids for a short trip, i will recommend you to visit Legoland and Waterpark(if you havent) and oh, maybe try to stay a night or two at the hotel because it looks so cute from the outside, well at least for me! 

Alright, we have come to the end of the post and as usual, thank you Legoland Waterpark for the awesome experience! 

Thank you to my awesome bunch for making this trip a wonderful and fun one! 

"LEGOLAND CHECKED, WHERE TO NEXT?!"

And as promised, here's the video! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-bwMCR2kY

Love, Athirah. 

Bali Bali Bali! - Part 2

Continuation from my previous post.

Bali Day 2 

We started our day early on day 2 in Bali. We went to bed at 12am and woke up at 3am the same morning. Wondering why we had to wake up at 3am in the morning? The reason was because we had to drive up to Lovina Beach which is at the other end of Bali to see the dolphins....during the sunrise! 

The journey took us about 2 and a half hours so we reached Lovina Beach exactly at 5.30am and the weather at Lovina Beach was extremely cold! I just don't get it man! It's so hot during the day but during the night time, it's damn cold but whatever it is, i loved the weather in Bali! 

 Just take a look at the beautiful sunrise while we were on the boat to see the dolphins at Lovina Beach. This is by far the most beautiful sunrise i've EVER seen in my entire life and i'm not lying about this. Extremely beautiful! 

 What we were told by our guide on the boat was that, the dolphins will only appear during sunrise and on certain days, the dolphins will come closely to the boats and we can touch them but sadly, during the time i was there, the dolphins were a little bit too afraid of the boat engines. We got to see the dolphins just that they were like 5-10m away from us but aww the dolphins are so cute and it was my first time seeing a real natural ocean dolphin so yeah, haha excuse me.

This activity ended around 9.30 and it was just nice for our next trip up the waterfall and hot springs. We drove up for another half and hour and we went to this beautiful hot springs in one of the village. It is the Banjar Hot Springs and ugh, again, i must say EVERYTHING that has got to do with nature in Bali is god damn gorgeous!

 After visiting the hot springs we had to travel another 10 minutes down the road for the waterfall. I can't remember what's the name of the waterfall but i tagged it on my location area in Instagram so if you wanna find out, head on to my Instagram - aaaths. Okay, back to this...We had to walk down for the waterfall and what i was told is that we were on top of a hill and the temperature was like 23 degrees so it was a nice cooling walk to the waterfall. After 15 minutes, we were welcomed by the beautiful and tall(or should i say long) waterfall! It was majestically beautiful i just can't describe my feelings the minute i stepped my foot on the waterfall area.

We spent quite sometime near the waterfall and captured lots of photos and videos (i will link down below.) After a good 15 to 20 minutes at the waterfall area, it was time to proceed back to our hotel and so we had to climb up back to the starting point and OMG! It took me 15 minutes to walk down to the waterfall but it definitely took me longer to climb back to the top! It was indeed a good workout for me that morning. I was too tired the minute we got back to our car and the journey back to our hotel was 3 hours - the traffic in Bali is extremely busy but i like the way they drive in Bali. Its like you can just hon to the car in front of you and they'll make way for you. Try doing that in Singapore? You'll get f*** up man! Haha.


We spend the rest of the afternoon catching up with our sleep in our room and head out to Discovery Mall which is just 5 minutes walk away from our hotel and had A&W for dinner, walked around to do some shopping and we headed to Kuta Beach to see the sunset! After walking around Kuta Beach, we head down to Lippo Mall and i went to do a little bit of shopping at Hurley and Matahari. We head back to our room and rest for the day because Day 3 is gonna get exciting as we did the water activities like Parasailing, Jetski, Banana Boat and Flying Fish. If you wanna know more about my Day 3 in Bali, keep coming back to my blog and you will get to read it as soon as possible!

For the video that i v-logged, it is linked to my Youtube Channel so you can watch it here!

------> https://youtu.be/nBFEJRV8XGA

See you in my next post! 

Love, Aths! 

Bali Bali Bali!

When was the last time that i get to sit and blog about amazing stuff? Months ago i guess? Haha. Anyway, in today's post, i'm going to blog about my holiday trip to Bali one week ago. I've just started out with a new series on my Youtube Channel called "Take Me To (countries that i'm going). This series will be used for vlogs that i'll be doing during my holiday trips so that i can upload more videos on my Youtube Channel. As for the very first part of the series, i actually decided to film most of my time in Bali last week. There will be five parts to this Take Me To Bali post because if i were to fit in all five parts into one post...it is gonna be so lengthy and you guys will be bored by then! Lets start!

We planned for this trip back in late July this year. We actually had a lot of obstacles to go through to finalise the destination. The reason is because when we first started the planning, some of us aren't sure if we can make it or not or we can save as much money when the time comes. One of the biggest challenge that we faced in finalising the destination is that one of the volcanos in Indonesia was going to erupt soon so all flights that are travelling to and from Bali had to be cancelled. We booked our flight with Jetstar Airways and as days goes by, one by one, the flights to Bali get cancelled but thankfully, about two week later, the volcano erupted and everything was all fine. Meaning, our trip wont get affected! Thank god!

Since we do not want to waste any time in Bali and wanted the trip to be as productive as possible, we took the earliest flight to Bali by Jetstar. The flight was from 0405am-0645am on 25th of September 2015.  By the time we cleared the customs in Bali, it was already around 7.30am in the morning. 

Our hotel, Grand Ixora Resort, which is located in Kuta is around 10 minutes drive from the airport. We went to our hotel to check if our room was ready or not, unfortunately it wasn't so we decided to leave all our luggages at the reception and start with our activities! We had breakfast at one of the stalls around the street and we had Nasi Padang. I ate maggi noodles instead because rice was just too heavy for me that morning, haha. After breakfast, we drove up to Kintamani Volcano. The total journey up was about 2 and a half hours, including the traffic jams and whatnots. First stop, we visited the Tegalalang Rice Padi Plantation/Field. 

The view from the top was so amazing. The temperature at the top was soooo good that i kept on saying "omg if the temperature in Kuta is like this, i dont want to go home at all. Haha!" We then head on to Kopi Luwak Plantation and had a spread of hot and different types of Balinese Coffee. There was Lemon Tea, Ginger Tea, Cinnamon Tea, Chocolate Coffee, Vanilla Coffee and the famous Balinese cofee, Luwak Coffee. What exactly is Luwak Coffee? Google it for yourself! I had a love and hate relationship with that coffee! Loved it because of the sweet smelling aroma of the coffee, bad because of the powdered coffee that isn't filtered out hence when i drank that coffee, it feels like i have one big lump of sand coming down my throat! Yuck! But, i eventually bought one of the Chocolate coffee from the shop to bring home and drink! 

We had lunch at one of the restaurant opposite Kintamani Volcano and the view from the restaurant was just... MAJESTIC! I was in awe all the time! As this is my first time experiencing all these beautiful natural landscapes while travelling, i just couldn't concentrate on my food and all i wanted to do was to just take photos of the beautiful landmark. 

 Mount Batur - we actually wanted to hike that mountain during the planning of our trip but we decided not to because of the recent volcano eruption at Mount Raung. We decided not to take the risk but i wish i could hike that beautiful active volcano one day.

The view at the top was just too amazing plus the cold weather, makes everything so perfect. Perfect for selfies and group photos! Its a must to come and have your lunch here. No regrets! After a heavy buffet lunch, we drove back down to Kuta and it was time to check in to our rooms! Our hotel is located near Kuta Beach, Discovery Shopping Mall, Lippo Mall and the airport. So it was damn easy to move and get around! 

We had a 2 hours rest because the last sleep that all of us had was about 24 hours ago. Yes, i did not sleep before the trip! We ended off our day one by having dinner at one of the local Ayam Penyet restaurant that our driver drove us too and the food was good that i did not manage to capture any photos because i was just too hungry to do so! Heh (: After dinner, we went to the grocery store and bought drinks, cup noodles to stock up in the mini bar in our room. That's the end of day 1! 

Stay tune for the second part of this post as i travel and adventure more things in Bali! As for now, enjoy reading this post and watch the vlog that i did in Bali here! 

https://youtu.be/9gtYsQvc7eU

One Day Johor Trip

Hi there! Another blog post this week for all of you.

The last time i stepped into Johor was earlier this year. If i'm not wrong, it is the Desaru Trip back in January. You can read the blog post here! Desaru Trip With Family 

So i was telling my mum few weeks ago that maybe we should make a trip up to Johor for a day just to go......SHOPPING!!!!! 

And we did, last Saturday. 

First thing first, there won't be much photos in this post because i didn't manage to capture any photos while walking but i only managed to snap some photos of our delicious food that we had in Johor! Let's Start! We left our house early in the morning at 10am and took the train to Bugis. Oh,just incase if you're wondering, we went to Johor by bus this time round instead of driving. It is my mum's first time entering Johor by bus. We took the Causeway Link bus from Queen street(near bugis) The fees for the bus to Johor is $3.30 for Adults and $1.50 for Children. Since it was a Saturday, there was quite a crowd at the bus terminal, but thats okay because the frequency of the bus is less than 15 mins every single time. 

We reached Singapore Customs around 11.30 and thank god for Biometric entry for Singaporeans because it saved us a lot of time! We didn't have to wait that long. Took the bus again to Malaysia's Customs and then that's when....THE WAITING GAME START! We queued up for 45 minutes just to get our passports chopped. This time round, we decided not to shop at our "usual shopping spot" we only went to City Square and Komtar JBCC which is...just beside the Malaysia Customs!(ok, you Singaporeans should know it by now) Since we already went through a long wait at the customs, mum decided to eat at a nice restaurant and my friend recommended us to try StoneGrill. 

What exactly is StoneGrill? At first when my friend explained to us how it works, i didn't quite get it until i enter the restaurant. Apparently, you choose your meal, like normal just that, everything that you ordered will be cooked on a stone. Mum ordered the Chicken Tom Yum noodles, my sister had the 9 pieces fresh prawns and I had the New Zealand Sirloin Steak. *drooling while i type this* The portion of the food is so huge that is was sooooo satisfying! The steak was just nice, the noodles was marvelous, the scallop was nice too! YOU GUYS SHOULD JUST VISIT THIS RESTAURANT if you ever go to City Square. StoneGrill is located at B1 just infront of Auntie Annie.

After a delicious meal, we started to shop like cray cray! First stop: H&M! Yes, some of you may say this "why shop at H&M in Malaysia when there's one in Singapore?" The reason is because...the prices are much more cheaper when you convert it to the exchange rate when you change your money $$$. I didn't went as crazy at H&M this time round, i only bought 2 tops because i was saving up for something else...(keep reading) We walked around the mall and entered the Factory Outlet Store (F.O.S) but nothing caught my eye. We then proceed to Komtar JBCC. It was my first time visiting the mall. There's just soooooo many shops that i love such as Victoria Secret, Chanel, Sephora,Bath and Body works and more! We visited Sephora, Bath and Body Works, M.A.C and (my new found favourite store) Brands Outlet!!! All the clothes there are sooooo pretty and of a good quality but i didn't buy all the clothes that i like because i only brought like RM300 only? I'LL BE BE BACK SOON BRAND OUTLET! 

We ended off the trip by having late dinner at McDonalds because we are left with RM21 at that point of time! We took the bus back to Singapore and it was a very good day indeed! I will definitely come back to shop and shop till i drop soon after i come back from my Bali Trip. Hehe! Oh and yes, i vlog during my trip and you guys can go and watch it here! I'll leave down a link below! I will also do a haul video next so stay tune! 

VLOG #3 - One Day Johor Trip

Thanks for reading! 

Love, Errah Athirah 

Rynne's 19th Birthday

Celebrated Rynne's 19th Birthday last weekend with my three favourites girls. We decided to keep the surprise a secret from Rynne. We all said that we wont be able to meet her on her birthday to celebrate it because all of us are working...especially me because i am on a full shift on that day. Haha, sorry Rynne!

I've vlog-ed on the journey to rynne's birthday suprise so i will leave a link down below to the video and you guys can go and watch my very humble editing that is nowhere near the professionals, haha. It's been so long since i've typed in this manner. Just typing this way to all of you...

I will let the pictures to the talking and of course, the video! Counting down the day to BALI!!!

#excited #athstraveldiary