Boxing Day Lagi!!

wahhh hr nih mmg wajib start wat kj!!! huh ble ntah nk g jpe supervisor nih??? hmmm neway ystrday went continue shoping-menshoping hahah... smlm keluar sorg2... hmmm stuff i bought:

NEXT long coat n 2 dress 50pound

REPUBLIC dress 22.49

Boots stuf ~10pound

Millies cookies ^_^

so thats all la... mungkin da x shoping da kot heheh (kononje) so kire2 dlm 150 gak abes for dis yr boing day... ditambah lagi ngan trip to turkey arond 300... phewwww!!!

Boxing Day & New Camera

wahhh finally its  a shoping time!! heheh... so x larat da nak tles njang2.... we went out around 10am.. not so many shops open yet... so pusing2 i bought:

scarf 6pound

necklace 10pound

ravel heels 22.50pound

new look shoe 10pound

bodyshop stuff 10.50

so tomorrow probably wanna go to NEXT at 5am hehe.... wanna find coat n pakaian2 merapu hahah.. last saturday went to see uncle andrew.. he gave me a new olympus camera.. yuhuuuu!!! so he knew my old camera was broken.. heheh.. tengkiu!!!

Final Day In Istanbul 22 Dec 2006

so everything has its end uwaaaa!! i luv istanbul already laaa... x mo balik cardiff!! cant face the courseworks the projects n coming exam huhuh..... so today woke up early 2nd person to wake up after fadh.. biase i'm the last hahah.. n today i'm d first to shower hehe.... bukan smngt nak balik tau takot kang klam kabut je sbb nk kuar awal huhuh..8am off to Kabatas by trem then take metro to taksim.. from taksim metro again to.... (do rmmber d place).. i slept in d trem.. ngantok huhuh.... nyenyak gak la smpai roz kn ketok kaki aku baru bangun hahah..arrived at around 9 to 9.15 then we walked jauh gle lbih kurang sejam tau!! huh dgn beg nye lagik.. we even do tawaf hahah.... dejavu bak kate albun hahah klakar.. n ade naik bukit gak.. aduiiii bnde yg paling ku lmah skali memanjat bukit huhuh..sampai2 tros ade bus.. again the Havas Bus taking people to Sabiha airport.. 9.50liras..about 30minutes prjalanan.... our flight is delayed for 45minutes phewww!!!..madot kate ade berita kat london fog gler so lots of flight cant land warghhh!! hopefully kami slamat la.. in d waiting area everyone is hungry yet everyone broke hahah... last2 kumpul2kan sume coins yg ade n we can only afford to buy a 'cekedis' for 5liras.. share ramai2 hahah..... rase cam survivor gle... n the balance coins munzir bagi sorg cket heheh cam duit raye je rase huhuh..

d flight take off at around 3pm turkey time arrived at luton about 4.45pm... warhghh da cuak smpat ke nk kjar bus kol 6.30 nih??? huhuh... n ALHAMDULILLAH selamat landing AMIN.. heheh..5.30pm barula bus bergerak ke Victoria... n traffic jem gle!!! huh mmg tiada harapan smpat naik bus canihwarghhh.. mintak tolong k.ira tgk2kan megabus n national express.. smpai victoria 7.30pm... no more megabus so cross finger try national expess.... gle panjang Q!!!!!berator more tahn an hour tau.... n d ticket is 19pounds.. ok la.... wahhh lega.... mule2 boys offer gak tdo MARA hostel mlm nih.. tp da x larat rase cam mmg nak balik cardiff teros nak habeskan letih hari ni teros huhuh.... bun tman kitorang other guys da balik dulu... baik bun blanjer kitorg samosa hehe... mmg klaparan yg teramat!!... bus off sharp at 9.30pm n tdo gle xhingat dlm bus hahah.. smpai cardiff about 3hrs later eventhough rase cam 3min je hahah.... tomorrow need to see uncle andrew at 11... 

4th Day In Istanbul 21 Dec 2006

pagi2 da kuar plan nak g Dolmabahce Palace but at last.... it was CLOSED!!! huhuh... malang sungguh but i believe pasti ade hikmahnye dan memang btol cause we went to Topkapi Palace after that n mmg need lots of time to see stuff in there!!

berlegar2 sebelum tiba di Dolmabahce Palace yg tutup huhuh... see the bridge behind me... d bridge connecting asea n europe..

 

ye saya tau saya mmg matang hahah

thats the gate to the Dolmabahce Palace

we take Metro to Taksim.. 1st time naik metro in istanbul.. this is d newest one la between Taksim to Kabatas.. the other older ones look like tube in londn la..

Tibe d Taksim, Fadh go to buy her ticket, kiko,danial n munzir went to finf info about our tickets tomorrow to Sabiha airport... n me,roz n madot went to mc d to grab sum icecream hahah....nyumnyum!! 11.30 off to Taksim Metro balik take metro to kabatas again then trem to Islamabad... pray zohor n asar at Blue Mosque..we notice the azan is like Mekah azan... tau x yg azan sahut menyahut tu tp nih antara 2 masjid yg berlainan dan berdekatan la... hmm mearik... abes solat.. bertolak (berjalan) ke Topkapi Palace.. admission fee 10 lira... berbaloi sangat sangat!!! n ramai sgtttt rombongan dak2 skolah kat cnih huhuh.... n yg paling comelnye kalo brtembung ngan kitorg msti diorg sapa.. hello la hi laa.. even yg plig klakar ade yg sebut 'Konichiwa' hahah.. ape muke kami ade muke jepun ke?? heheh.... ade siap ngan tangan ala2 india lagik hehe... cute gle diorg!!

d main gate into d Topkapi Palace... sum parts are in construction huhh...

pokok aneh di kawasan taman at Topkapi Palace... ala2 batu belah batu tertangkop > pokok version heh

d 1st room we went to see... thats the guest room... even the guest room is VERY impressiv!! apekan pula bilik raja2nye huhuh... kalo dapat jadi guest pon da cukup gembira n mewah da rasenye... the bed only is like my room size!! waaa weee!!!

i think thats d library.. thers 300 rooms in total here!! kagum kan?? mmg luas gle tmpt nih n we didnt got d chance to pusing abes.. so advice for people wanna come ere.. make sure u peruntukan lots of time to spend here tau!! but theres different admission fees for sum different parts contohnye Harem (i don wat it is mbe the sultan room kot)

This is the most-to-see room!! barang2 Nabi Muhammad s.a.w tersimpan dlm nih!! byk sangat tau!! ade bekas yg tersimpan janggut n gigi Rasulullah.. but they are not opened.. i really wanna see it!! then pedang Rasulullah,... ade surat yg ditulis oleh Rasulullah pada raja mane ntah... so u can barely see la his handwriting.. impressive kan??? n lots more to see.. mmg rasa sayu gak masa berada dlm bilik tuh... n also there are the 4 khalifah's sword in there... n ade rooms yg menyimpan the treasures from zaman raja2 dulu2....CANTIK sangat!!!! sume jenis batu boleh tgk kat cni... dgn ukiran2 yg sangatttt halus!! biasela prmpuan kan suke tgk bnde cantik2 heheh... mmg berpinar2 mata tau... huhuh...

one of the 300 rooms

an area that facing the sea... very cold here!! n very nice view...

tmpat raja berbuka puase n melihat bulan d malam2 hari.. hehe romantik gitu.. ngeee 

bilik bersunat.. hehe....bersunat pon mewah gle huhuh

yeahhhhh Turkish kids  !! kawaiiiiiii!!! konichiwa!!!! hahah..  

everyone's hungry after walking in Topkapi Palace.. so next stop kebab restaurants in d middle of the Islamabad town... huh mmg kene cekik betol kitorang mase nih!! yelaa.. tgk menu kebab with rice is 6liras.. ok la sb sume da lapar.. but then he gave us salads as well yg bernilai lebih 2 lira... i thought the salads are included in d kebab price... so makan dgn senang lenangnye... so last2 kene bayar 9.50sorang.. gle!! tipu tau!! org x mntak pon salad tuh... ooo exclude halim la.. he payed MORE because the teas are on him heheh... halim blanje tea!!! tengkiu YB!! heheh.. d place is quite funny la.. it's very small macam tmpat main masak2 n d toilet sangat la pelik.. main letak dlm cupboard je ceyhhh...

thats wat we eat for 9.50liras uhuh.. after payed d 9.50liras we went to the nearest travel agent to get a deal for a turkish cultural nite .. we got quite reasonable price la 40liras for dinner n cultural nite... oooo ade kucing yg sangat comel!! mule2 takot tp last da ok main2 ngan kucing tuh!! best2!! rinduuu sgt nak main kucig hheheh/... ok off to Grand Bazaar at 5pm n arrived like 5.30pm so only got about an hour for shoping!! huh x logic sngguh!! huhuh....sbb 6.30 have to get ready to go to d cultural nite...

thats how it looks like at the bazaar..gurls n boys berpecah..1st stop is tudung n shirt... i got an istanbul shirt for 10liras, small sisha for 8lira, green kashmira 8lira,some fridge magnets all together for 7 liras n blue eye earing for 10 liras.. mmg rase xpuas shoping 1hr.. but x nyesal sgt bcause at d we r leaving, many shops start to close already... balik hotel.... cuci2 muke rehat2 jap.. then the gurls got idea to wear our new pashmina that nite!!! hahah... da la i NEVER experienced wearing those kind of 'lilit2' tudung o my head tau.... take about 45 minutes to get ready.. n i ends up look like USTAZAH!! hahah.... mine is the most labuh cause i cant lilit too much rase geli2 kat tengkok hahah masalah betol so lilit cket je then biar je terjuntai2 yg slbihnye tuh ngahahaha.. mmg klakar n huduh gle!!... paling nampak berpngalaman madot n fadh.. terok gak aku n roz kene paksa nagn fadh suroh pakai gak hahah kelakar...

so here we are with our new pashminas!!! smpat bergaya.. perasan x munzir kat luar da panggil2 kitorg ven da sampai hahah..

close up... menggedik gle!! hahah!! 

so this is the place GAR (dinner n turkish show) .... the tarians diselangselikan dgn belly dancing.. heheh mmg power gler!! especially the second dancer.. fuhhhh mantap!! body masing2 x tahan huhuhuh.... ok matlamat baru hahah.. suda laa.. the last show was a man singging many songs in many languages!! even malay songs but old songs laa.. we lepaking here until 11.30pm

one of the tradisiona dance 

the sweetest n cutest dance ever!! ye itu adalah perut hahah!! 

went back to hotel.... start packing ... sob sob x mo balik!!!!!

3rd Day - We Went To Bursa! 20 Dec 2006

so as d title says, today we r not going to wander around istanbul like ysterday... we r going outside istanbul about 2 and a half hour trip to BURSA!!! yup yup bursa!... brtolak from hotel (d travel agent pick us up at about 8.40am by van - 1st time naik ven yg pntunye otomatik hahah... agak kejakunan cket wlaupun dr luar nmpk cam x amek tau pon ngahahaha .. we went across d sea to the asea side... so welcom back to asea heheh.. it takes quite long gak r smpai tertido2 dlm ven.... hmmm then we went on ferry to a town called 'yellw.... sumthing.. xingt huhuh.. about 30minutes prjalanan atas fery.. they brought us to d 1st stop >> turkish delight shop best gak.. n cheaper than ysterday r.. but again didnt buy anything hahah.. along our way to bursa main tekateki yg mrepek gle dr bun n kiko n dr beberapa org lagik.. selain main teka teki aku tdoje hahah....

ferry takes us from istanbul to BURSA.... (1st OTOMAN city)

arrive at bursa at bout 12.15pm.. Nieyl (pmandu plancong kami) kater bursa means 'green n city at d same time' hmm menarik... so 1st stop kami d bursa ialah The Green Mosque (name got from the green tiles use in d masjid) see above picture.. mmg kehijauan je dlm msjid nih.. we solat zohor n asar jamak n qasar in here.... noe wat??? amek wudhuk kat luar huhuh... skali tmpat ngan laki huhuh.... n d water was very cold!! like amek smayang kat cameron je rase.... n tmbah lagi it was raining in bursa at d time... so amek smayang dgn cara menyelit2kan saje air ke bahagia muka yg diselindungi tudung huhuh...  

thats outside the green mosque.... now we r going to LUNCH!! yeah!!!

thats our lunch!! ALEXANDER D GREAT KEBAB!!! yup2 seswai ngan namenye mmg awesome!!!! sedap sgt but a bit muak ar... tmbh lagi ngan vanilla custard desert nye huhuh... tp papepon makan kt cnih mmg best!!

old town street (kalo xsilap) like silk market r... but we only go to one of d shop... but not bad la d shop.. very nice interior n nice stuff in there... but i only bought 1 carpet bookmark worth 1 lira.... don no who is it for... myself mbe?? huhhuh....

thats d bookmark.... alas2 meja dia pon cun2 n lawa2 gak... d tudung as well!!

in d cabel car... foggy gak at d time... huh... nak wat cane naseb badan huhuh...

ready to go to d next stop.. d 1st stop got nothing except d fogs.... so we r going to the puncak!! yeah!!

see??? snowing dgn lebatnye!!!! best sgt wlaupon tgn dan kakiku kekakuan huhuh.... tu la pkai kasut tapak nipis2 lagik hhahah.. we walk through d snow to find a place to hv a tea for drink... 1st stop mahal 2nd stop ok we went in... i had a nescafe for 3liras... no wonder la its expensive here sbb atas gunung... i don no why there's people living on top of d mountain here huhuh.... dgn sejuknye saljinye... warghhhh!!.... but guess wat?? ade budak comellll sgttt!!! d boy that serve us rase cam nk bagik tips je tp x bagik pon huhuh... comel tau da la bdiri tegakje masa kitorg tgh minum... comel!! kawaaiiiii!!! .... huhuh dah2 .. abes panaskan badan semula.. turun gunung balik n went back to istanbul..... on d way back discuss bout next program... should we go to the hamam (turkish bath) or not... finally everyone decide to go yeah!! mlm nih brmndi manda hihi...i imagine its like a big hot pool mcm biase tgk dlm anime huhuh..... but its not like wat i imagine la sob sob....

9.15pm we r at hamam (CamBERLITAS HAMAM) ! before masok ke tmpt bermandi manda... we r holding the scrubber n token for massage hehe... it costs us 33liras for bath n massage....massage was bout 10 - 15 minutes but theres no limit for bath..it was a very good experience r!! recommended for people going to istanbul hihi... but i wont go there again r hahah.. rahsia kite berempat huhuh

d wat to men area... its a separate hamam....

we r leaving at 11pm..look everyone faces after hamam... huhuh fresh n wangi ngahahah... we stop by at d kebab shop near our hotel (d same one during d 1st nite)... i ate kebab for 1.25 lira only.. cheap kan??? then balik tdo.. letih!

2nd Day In Istanbul 19 Dec 2006

so its d second day now.... yeehaaaa... so today our plan was to walk around istanbul city... will go to sum hystorical places... places since 6th century!! yeah!! so woke up early n have breakfast in d hotel (d price for d hotel is include d breakfast) d foods are ok.. not bad la.. but its kinda not change every morning... tukar cket2 je.. but ape2pon ttp ok..

this is how it looks like in d morning in itanbul.. it really is a very busy city!! yelaa 17million people lving in istanbul.. phewww!!!

our 1st stop after taking a trem from Aksaray to Islamabad.. behind us is the Blue Mosque... tgk kiko dgn gaya poyonye konon2 tourist guide la tuh huhuh....but at least kiko mmbantu gak la... give us basic info bout places we go... makaseh!! 

behind me is the Aya Sofya 

Very BEUTIFUL BLUE MOSQUE!! kredit to madot yg mengambik gmbr hehe 

in front of the main gate to d blue mosque

in d middle of d blue mosque... bnde kcik kat tgh2 tuh rasenye tmpt amek wudhuk dulu2 but cant be used da skarang.. 

great architecture!! n design... dak laki kater dulu Imam xyah pkai mic pon da satu masjid bole dgr... btapa hebatnyer architecture itu... pantulan suara.. 

me n fadh inside d masjid... notice d lamp... sume lampu2 kat dlm msjid kat turkey cam rndah2... my theory is... for easier maintainance huhuh 

boy band hahah... 

another gaya poyo boy band.. nasyid la... kulit album hahah... but i luv dis pic soooo much!! 

best gler teh nih!!! i think its an apple tea!! wutever turkish tea mmg BEST!!... they charged us 2liras for each cup hhahaha... but i don who's paying huhuh...

our next stop.. Aya Sophya... best kan name dia?? hmmm all i noe is that dis church (used to be) was build in 6th century .. n it takes only 6years (i think) cause they used many slaves at that time to build it... i was very amazed by this building!!! mmg magnificient sgt2!!... but then in year bile ntah it was changed to masjid... n d only cross that they throw away are the crosses at d main gate.. cause in Islam cross is considered as geometry only... so dlm main bangunannye stil boleh nmpak banyaknye lagik cross yg dikekalkan.. tapi any faces (christian kan byk faces kan.. marry la.... etc...) dicover dgn plastic... so still d original church is preserved,,.... kagum2!! d admission fee is 10 liras n we also hire a tourist guide (bukan kiko tau)... kitorg bayar dia 10liras sorg for 2 places (aya sophya n d cystern).. mmg worth la hire pmandu plancong sbb dia cerita mcm2 sgt yg tersurat dan tersirat....best2!! mmg recommended!!

sum stuff u can find inside aya sophya... n theres one hole on one of the 'tiang'..dipercayai kalau masukkan ur thumb inside d hole then make a 360degrees pusingan sambil wish... then kalau ur thumb sweating that means ur wish will come true heheh... then sume org try... but yelaa kepercayaan karut je sume tuh... saje je for fun....

'Hussein n Othman' d largest gold handwritten.. mmg besar sgt! n theres another 2 i cant remember who..

mimbar.. with 2 biggest candles i ever seen on each side

outside d aya sophya... tmpt amek wudhuk rasanye.... 

next stop >> The Cystern.... cool gle tmpat nih!!! mmg seswai utk menenangkan fikiran.. byk sgt ikan kat dlm air..  

lepas habes pusing2 d cystern... pmandu plancong tuh(cant rmmber her name).. bwk kitorg g tgk sejadah.. actually her cousin shop la.. but d sejadah doesnt really look like d usual sejadah we are using... its more like carpet with different sizes... wool carpets... n d price also 'kebaboom!!' huhuh... rasenye kedai tuh seswai utk nak jual kat org yg nak wat bisnes carpet je... d cheapest we can get is 40 pound.. n d carpets look nice as well la.. mule2 sume org da cuak sape nak bli carpet nih?? huhuh... bt at last it ends up only me, fadh n halim je x beli hahah... saya org miskin x mampu huhuh....its not like i don like d carpets... ya they are very nice n i like sum of them but jus do have d interest in buying... mbe bcause of d price la... kalo 10 aku beli hahah!!... abes berjual beli.. kitorg g makan kat kdai kbb.... sedap sgt!! mbe kitorg lapar sgt kot hehh.. kiko n munzir g carik travel agent for trip to bursa tomorrow.. then solat zohor jamak with asar kat masjid berdekatan.. then off to d travel agent ... ling murah dapat 35pound... mmg ade terjadi sedikit selisih paham la.. smpai org tuh pon cam da bengang je huhuh... but at last we all agree la with d price n tomorrow we are going outside istanbul to bursa!! yeay!! they said bursa is cold la.. mbe snowing... weeeeee!!!

berlegar2 di bandar istanbul... nak g carik tomb... jumper gak akhirnye.. tomb ape ntah x ingt tapi ade byk.. mcm sultan2 dulu2 la.. then off to find d kamal attartuk statue..tapi x jumpe pon .. last2 end up kat Topkapi Palace tapi da tutup... yela mmg da malam.. 

beautiful houses seen along d street behind aya sophya.. rumah2 dia bawah kecik then start mmbesar huhuh.. pelik... n byk sgtttt kucing yg comel2 n gemok2 blaka kat cnih!!! best geram!! tp penakot laa...

we end up here... suppose jumpe attartuk statue.. bijak betol tourist guide kite (KIKO) huhuh... thats behind of d aya sophya... senja version..

we stop by at d oldest shop producing TURKISH DELIGHT... hmmm mmg nyummy nyummy!!! makan byk sgt turkish delight free hahah.. mcm2 rase n bentuk ade.... cam usus pon ade huhuh... tp mmg sedap tp mmg maniss sgttt..... n again i didnt buy anything hahah..

at d restaurant (sefood restaurant) we ate fish with rice. kentang.. ape ntah lagi.. but it worth 10liras... mmg very worth it laa.... marve
llous food!! sambil makan smbng2 pasal kat KMS laa... hahah... best2!! mengimbau kenangan silam.... lame gak kitorg lepak cnih..

see the reflection of madot.... spot madot!!

n tadaaaa.... our last stop for today!!! SISHA!!!! heheh.... dis is my first time trying this thing.... sisha sambil lawan dam team boys vs team gurls... we lost sob sob ....sisha tu ade 2 perisa strawberry n apple.... ntah aku pon xtau mane satu yg lagik best huhuh... main isap je....really enjoyed d nite laaaa... FUN sgt!!! lupe sgala krja2 ku yg bertimbun d cardiff tuh huhuh.... mule2 mmg terbatok2 cket r... lame2 baru maintain huhuh... but i still cant hembus pakai idung lagi la hahah... kn blajar lagik huhuh...so today ksimpulannye was really fun!! walaupon mmg penat shari suntuk berjalan.... best2!!!! rase nk stay teros kat istanbul heheh...