HOTEL MITRA

This is old hotel, but has renovated. There are new rooms (superior, grand deluxe and junior suite) and they still have old room (deluxe room). We tried to book superior rooms, but unfortunately for superior and grand deluxe rooms are full booked. Finally we booked deluxe room. Not a regret choice anyway, I love deluxe room. Even it’s an old style room but it’s large and has bathroom with bathtub. My son really loves soaking in bathtub. When he walked into bathroom and saw bathtub, he shouted “WOW!”. The size of bathroom is also quite spacious with marmer on floor and wall, like stars hotel bathroom. Floor at bedroom also from marmer. The hot and cold water also run very good. This hotel also has swimming pool, not big one but not small too. It’s located behind restaurant on the ground floor. Near the swimming pool, there’s shower with hot and cold water. So, after swimming my son can take bath there. Their foods are also quite delicious and not expensive. I tried Iga Kambing Bakar, and I like it. My son loved fried fries with cheese. We also ate Mitra Nasi Goreng, and we didn’t regret it. All were delicious.












Hotel Mitra
Alamat : Jl.Wr.Supratman No.98 Bandung
Telp : 022-7207245


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Moedik Itinerary 2013 :p

Yeaaahh!! Lebaran will be coming friends *dancing*. As usual, I will go to my hubby's hometown at Pamengpeuk (if you don't know where Pamengpeuk is, don't look at the map. Because you can't find it there too :D). Pamengpeuk is really faaaarrr faaaarrr away from Jakarta *lebay mode on*. It's located on West Java. To go there we have to go to Bandung --> Garut --> through montains, tea plantations, winding roads--> Pamengpeuk. From Garut about 3 hours (if traffic is smooth). You can find beautiful tea plantations all over the roads, but you only see 1 scenery (tea plantation). No house, no sign, no light, through forest. But don't worry there are only 2 turns : Left and Right. Eventhough the trip is quiet "wild", but I always expect this "mudik". Eventhough I will be queasy with the trip (through mountain and winding roads), but I'm really exciting. First : I do love holiday *yeay*, 2nd : I love Sundanese Foods, 3rd : Meeting family, 4th : love the scenery, beautiful tea plantation, montains, Garut City, and the most of all Beaches. Yeaaah!! Pamengpeuk is surrounded by beaches. The beaches are very beautiful, with white sands, clean water, rocks, background, fisherman boats, etc. So, here is our itinerary :

We will start from 2nd day of Lebaran (1st day is there will be family gathering at my mother's house)
09.08.13 : from Jakarta - Bandung - Garut - Pamengpeuk
We will have a relaxation trip (have a lunch in Bandung or Garut), enjoy the trip.
We hopefully can start from Subuh (let's say 05.00)
10.08.13 : Pamengpeuk (beaches)
Enjoy beaches, meeting family, and buy baso (it's a must!)
Talk about baso or meat ball, this baso it's really delicious hm... with kuah yang kental hm...
11.08.13 : From Pamengpeuk - Bandung
take a rest at Bandung, enjoying Bandung.
12.08.13 : Back to Jakarta
end of journey :)

Bismillah, I hope everything will be smooth. No heavy traffic, no problem with the car, we are healthy, and off course no problem with money!. I hope we can enjoy the trip. How bout you? How is your mudik? :)



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Amaroosa Hotel Bandung

My family was staying at Amaroosa Hotel on June 29. Hm.. it's been long time, I haven't got enough time and moment to write this review. But today, in this lovely Friday morning, after early breakfast for fasting, I wrote it. Overall, I like Amaroosa Hotel. It's not a big hotel, it's a small boutique hotel with no parking space, little swimming pool more like a fish pond, but very comfort room. First we will see lobby, small lobby with comfort sofas.



But there was no bell boy or anyone who helped us taking our bags to the room. After getting our cards as key to open room, we had to bring our bags to our rooms and no one showing us the way. Btw, since there was not enough parking space, so we had to use vallet parking service. Don't worry, it's free. But, just be patient waiting your cars came, because they had to take your cars. The room was really beautiful. The decoration was victorian style and comfort too. If you want to ironing your clothes, they also provide it.



This hotel also have swimming pool. It's decorated very natural. There's waterfalls, path with white sands and chairs.
But the swimming pool is quite small, it looked like fish pond. But we still had a great time. Kiddos as usually didn't want to quit.



At next morning, we had breakfast. The variety of breakfast was so so. There were somay, baso, jamu, salads, juices, fruits, spagetti, potato, nasi goreng, chicken,meat, vegetable, and bakeries. The taste was so so (IMO).



That's little story from our last vacation. I hope I have chance to review another hotel.


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Family Gathering @Bandoeng

My father's birthday on May 15, 2013, Alhamdulillah he's 73 years now. I wish he always at his best condition, healthy and happy :) We celebrated his birthday on May 24 - 25, 2013 in Bandung. Thanks to my sister, he booked us hotel rooms at The Summit Siliwangi Hotel. It's nice hotel, located on hectic Jl. Seram (near Jl. Riau). We planned to go floating market Lembang, the new famous place in Bandung. We went from Jakarta from 7.30 morning time, but traffic jam along the way, so we arrived in Bandung 11.30. We canceled our plan to go to floating market, and our first stop was Bancakan. Bancakan is famous Sundanese Restaurant in Bandung, located on Jl. Trunojoyo no. 62 Bandung, next to Sambara Restaurant and about 300 meter from Gedung Sate.. As usual, the food was very delicious and always be crowded, there was long queue until front door. Alhamdulillah, we got the table. But, unfortunately the price was not so cheap like before. After our stomach were full, we went to the summit oasis hotel located on Jl. Seram (next to Hotel Anggrek Gandasari). It's a new hotel. The room is clean, spacious (compare to other hotel with same level). We rent 4 rooms. Thanks GOD, we already booked rooms days ago from Jakarta, because the hotel was full booked. After check-in, we played bubbles at hotel's garden. I also tried it :) Hehehe..


playing bubble with kiddos at hotel's garden

Around 4 o'clock we went to Jl. Riau, shopping sight seeing at the FOs. I only bought 1 t-shirt for my son. Before going back to hotel, we eat mee and meatball at Bakmi Semar - Naripan. That's all for 1st day.

2nd day, we started with breakfast at hotel. The breakfast is soo soo, with prasmanan style. They had kwetiau, chicken, fried rice, vegetables, fried potatoes, bubur for main course. They also had pastries, not many, small ones, milk for sereals, juice (syrup) and fruits (melon, papaya and watermelon). Around 9 o'clock we went to Cisangkeuy, kids were riding horses and delman. Lunch at Cisangkeuy, sate and drink yoghurt. Before going back to Jakarta, we stopped at Anak Kecil (FO for children). Around 2 o'clock we off to Jakarta. So, bye bye Bandung...

Alhamdulillah we had so much fun and also broke. My son can play with his cousins, we had chance to gather around with all family, my parents, sister and brother. I hope we still have chance to have family gathering again. Amin.




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Family Trip (Spore)

Alhamdulillah, bisa menikmati jalan2 ke Spore dengan keluarga kecilku dari tiket Air Asia yang sudah dibeli dari setahun lebih 3 bulan yang lalu :D. Awalnya, banyak banget kendala2 beberapa bulan sebelum hari H. Anak yang sakit, gw yang sakit, masalah kerjaan, suami gw juga ribet sama kerjaannya, de-el-el. Rasa2nya kayaknya ini tiket mo di-angus-in aja deh, alias ga dipake. Tapi Alhamdulillah, rencana jalan2 ke Spore-nya berjalan lancar, dan super duper berkesan. Dari perjalanan gw ke Spore sebelum2nya, perjalanan gw kali ini sangat sangat berkesan. Sampe2 gw tuh sedih banget pulang ke Jakarta, masih berasa di Spore. Dan perasaan itu ga cuma dirasain oleh gw, tapi juga oleh suami dan anak gw. Suami gw bilang."I woke up in the morning, but my soul still in Spore".Kalo anak gw, dia lebih prefer di Spore daripada di Indo.

Gw : Brar, seneng ga jalan2 ke Spore?
Abrar : *ngangguk2* seneng
Gw : Brar, seneng di mana? di sini atau di Spore?
Abrar : di Spore

Kenapa? Kok kayaknya lebay banget ya! Padahal cuma ke Spore doang. Here are the reasons :
1. Alhamdulillah, dari awal gw dateng, menginjakan kaki di Spore, orang2 Spore yang gw temui ramah2. Gw cukup amaze, soalnya sebelum2nya orang Spore, kurang ramah. Dari tukang Taksi dari airport, bapak2 Cina yang baik, ramah, dan bisa bahasa Indonesia. Naik MRT, selalu dikasih tempat duduk (Alhamdulillah punya anak kecil :D). Kita lagi foto2, ada orang Spore yang menawarkan untuk take the picture. Terus, gw yang namanya turis, bolak-balik nanya jalan or kereta, dan mereka selalu ramah untuk menjawab pertanyaan2 gw. Sampe2 tuh, gw udah dikasi tauk jalannya, terus salah jalannya *Dong dong banget ya :D* sampe dikejar sama orangnya untuk ngasi tauk jalan yang bener. Alhamdulillah *di poin 1 aja, Alhamdulillah gw sampe 3x* hehehe..

2. Jalan2 di Spore sangat nyaman, belum lagi pohon2 besarnya, transportasinya yang gampang, ter-oganisir dan nyaman. Selama di sana gw selalu pake Bis, dan MRT. Kebetulan banget gw nginep yang depannya halte bis. Bis dan MRT, yang selalu tersedia dan ga bikin kita lama untuk nunggu. Alhamdulillah, jadi inget kereta di Jakarta yang selalu telat dan lamaaa :D *but I Love Indonesia*.

3. Banyak tempat2 wisata yang gratis :D Alhamdulillah gw dan suami lagi kere :D jadi kita cari tempat2 wisata yang gratis. So, kita ke Esplanade, Merlion statue, untuk numpang foto2 sambil liat2 pemandangan. Terus kita ke Garden by the bay,itu juga gratis-an. hehehe... Tapi bagus tamannya, swear! Vivo city lantai 3, tempat main anak2. Anak gw demen banget sama air, ga bisa liat air ngegenang dikit langsung nyebur. hehehehe... Terus, ada playground2 yang gratis juga dong pastinya! :D Sampai di Bugis Junction, anak gw seneng banget main air di situ. Ke pulau Sentosa, cuma untuk numpang foto2 di Universal Studio. Sekali lagi GRATIS! hehehe...

4. Makanan yang enak dan halal. Hari pertama kita makan di Lucky Plaza ada ayam penyet, ayam bakar di lantai 3. Namanya ayam President. Hm.. it's tasty! Harganya : SGD 6.50, ayam goreng/bakar + tahu + tempe. Kalau mau pakai nasi ada nasi tambah SGD. 1.50 (gw lupa untuk 2 atau 1 nasi). Terus kita makan di Texas Fried Chicken, dan rasanya sama seperti di Texas Fried Chicken di Indo (kata suami gw lebih enak + lebih besar ayamnya) Harganya : SGD. 8 untuk 2 ayam + 1 small mashed potato. Dan yang paling enak makanan Padang di kampong glam, sumpah enak banget, SGD 5 untuk 1 nasi + 1 lauk + 1 sayur. nyam! Selain makanan yang dibayar, gw juga ditraktir sama temen gw yang di Spore. iih... Nita dan Nico, you're rocks!

5. Ini yang bikin paling berkesan banget. Gw ketemu temen gw dan suaminya yang kerja di Spore. Ih seneng banget deh!!! Temen gw ada project di Spore, jadi dia pindah ke Spore. Suaminya juga kerja di sana. Seneng ketemu orang Indo, seneng bisa ngobrol2 sampe malem. Alhamdulillah, temen gw dan suami pulang kantor masih nyempet2in untuk ngobrol sama kita. Ga kerasa waktu berjalan sangat cepat, udah malem aja. Udah gitu, mereka welcome banget dan very nice. Kita ditraktir makan malam, dijamu di apartemennya hari pertama dan ditraktir makan di luar hari kedua. Dan anak gw juga seneng sama tante dan oom ini :) Temen gw ngasih coklat2, keripik2 untuk anak gw. Anak gw yang demen ngemil makin happy dong! hehehe..

Overall, we really enjoy the trip. Sekali lagi Alhamdulillah :) Here are some pictures :




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Entering New Year 2013 with New Spirit

Tahun 2012 sudah kita lewati, saatnya untuk mengucapkan selamat datang pada tahun 2013. Sudah banyak hal2 yang mengagumkan terjadi di tahun 2012, dan gw berharap tahun 2013 lebih bersinar lagi. Banyak keinginan yang belum tercapai di tahun 2012, saatnya untuk semakin bersemangat dan mencoba peruntungan kembali di tahun yang baru ini. Alhamdulillah, sampai saat ini gw masih dikelilingi oleh orang2 yang gw cintai, terutama anak2 yang sehat dan super duper aktif (sedangkan gw semakin tua, dan semakin lambat :D). Orang tua yang sehat, suami yang Alhamdulillah masih setia dan selalu mendukung setiap langkahku dengan penuh cinta. Keluarga yang akur. Teman2 yang hebat. Alhamdulillah gw masih mempunyai pekerjaan, masih di tempat yang sama semenjak lebih dari 11 tahun yang lalu :). Rumah yang masih memberikan kehangatan, karena ada orang2 tercinta di dalamnya. Alhamdulillaaah, semuanya karena rahmat dari ALLAH SWT. Pe-eR yang paling utama, resolusi di tahun 2013 untuk terus menundukkan kepala, mudah2an selalu diingatkan untuk terus bersyukur, berdoa dan bermunajat kepada sang Ilahi. Selain itu, gw juga ingin semakin bermanfaat untuk orang banyak. Bismillah.. mari kita sambut tahun yang baru ini dengan spirit baru. Mudah2an harapan2 kita yang belum tercapai di tahun lalu, bisa tercapai di tahun ini. HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!

Perusahaan tempat gw kerja, selalu meliburkan pegawainya untuk menyambut tahun baru. Seperti biasa, kita libur 1 minggu yaitu : 2 hari sebelum tanggal 31 dan 2 hari setelah tanggal 1. Maklum deh perusahaan Jepang, liburnya pas tahun baru. Sedangkan lebaran atau natalan kita ga ada libur. Liburan tahun baru kali ini, kita ga ke luar kota, cukup di rumah dan sedikit ngesot ke apartemen bokap gw di Green Pramuka. Meskipun kita tidak punya rencana liburan ke luar kota bahkan ke luar negeri, tapi kami sangat enjoy. Liburan dikelilingi oleh orang2 tercinta, anak, suami, orang tua, keponakan2an yang lucu, kakak2 dan iparku. Alhamdulillah, it's more than enough. Meskipun pasti akan sangat2 lebih menyenangkan lagi apabila almarhumah adikku masih hidup. Tapi gw yakin, adek gw sudah berada di tempat yang lebih baik dan lebih indah daripada kami di sini :) Tuhan pasti menjaganya dengan sangat baik.

Libur tahun baru kita:
Tanggal 30 Desember 2012 : Suami gw balik dari Bandung tempat dia kerja. kakak gw dan keluarganya nginep di rumah orang tua gw (tempat gw tinggal juga)
Tanggal 31 Desember 2012 : pagi2 kami (keluarga kakak gw, bokap-nyokap, Rayya dan keluarga kecil gw) pergi ke apartemen bokap, berenang dan lanjut anak2 main di playground. Siangnya kita makan di pondok gurame dekat rumah. Kakak cowok gw dateng, bersama istri dan anak2nya. Rumah orang tua gw makin rame, anak2 semakin semangat bermainnya :D Sore-nya keluarga kecil gw (gw suami dan Abrar) belanja susu Abrar di Carrefour Cempaka Putih, lagi2 tinggal ngesot dari rumah :D. Setelah belanja, kita makan di A&W di sana, Abrar sudah tidur. Gw makan berdua suami, hm.. nikmat. Meskipun cuma restoran cepat saji, tapi makan berdua sama suami, seperti dinner diterangi lilin di tempat yang romantis di tepi pantai hehehe... Malam itu, saya dan suami nonton TV di kamar, liat pertunjukan akhir tahun di stasiun TV Nasional sampai count down and Happy New Year 2013.
Tanggal 1 Januari 2013 : pagi2 gw, nyokap, Abrar dan Rayya (anak alm. adik gw) lagi2 pergi ke apartemen bokap. Anak2 main di playground, ada tempat main pasir2an dan kita bawa skuter untuk mereka main di taman. Abrar met new friend, her's name is Alexa (Echa). Siangnya, keluarga kecil gw, bokap-nyokap dan Rayya pergi ke rumah Uthi (mertua kakak gw), adik ipar kakak gw ulang tahun. Ada makan2 keluarga. Kakak gw dan keluarganya juga ada di sana. Malamnya saya dan suami nonton TV di SCTV, "Kapal Kertas" dan "Malaikat tak bersayap". That's our romantic moment. Abrar sudah bobo'.
Tanggal 2 Desember 2013 : Pagi2 banget suami gw udah siap untuk kembali ke Bandung, bekerja kembali mencari rezeki yang halal untuk kami. Sedihnya :( Sampai ketemu 2 minggu lagi ya sayang.

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