Whoooa!!! its been some time that I blogged. After Bandung, china and the mini house durian drama. Aduh, its been a real roller coaster ride for me and tomorrow I shall have some time for myself just to recuperate. Bandung was enormously fun. You can imagine a trip juz for shopping??? heaven right?? well that's what we had. To celebrate my mum's birthday, dad decided that we should go to the Paris of the east Bandung. With the limited cash I had to ask dad for some extra aid from dad. I guess you can imagine how the trip was for me hahaha.
The first day we went to Rumah Mode after checking in the hotel and some outlets outside of Rumah Mode. Good tip, don't go to Bandung during weekends. Jalannya macet or in other words you'll have to join the crowd of jakarta people shopping too.
wanna know why my bag has an x marks the spot??? the airport was so tiny that they had to check for narcotics in front of us so the narcotics doggy sniffed the cough syrup in mu bag and they ask me to open up my suit case for inspection...hehehe. Huge black doggy.
Some statue outside Rumah Mode that looks kinda cool
Tired Shoppers
I swear that is not meeeee, but you can imagine the happy buyers, well until the bill comes to the doorstep that's another story....
We were then faced with a problem...no taxis were coming and as the traffic jam began to get worse we made a deal with the mini bus (or van) driver to send us back to the hotel...and it was a reli cool to be driving in the angkutan kota these are some snapshots from the vehicle...hehehe
after a quick prayer break, we went for lunch and continued shopping till late night... continue for the next three days....weeeee, to good to imagine. Our hotel was on jalan riau aka jalan martadinata. Along that road was factory outlets like Heritage, cascade, the secret, terminal tas, branded club and many, many more. Well you can imagine the shops are like F.O.S and reject Shop like places. No bargaining involved and the prices are realy cheep. No cameras allowed inside so no pictures of the inside part. but here's outside branded club with the burberry design outside it....hehehe. Totally, comfy, they have nice changing rooms too, some like pavilion style.
The next day we woke up early and went to Pasar Baru. Its something like our pekan rabu in Alor Setar. Bazaar like shops where it'll test your bargain skills. Here is the best place to buy textile, telekung, blouses, wedding stuff, batik, and many bazaar stuff.
here is some pictures of my mum and my aunty shopping. Me and dad were more of the outlet people....XD
At the telekung shop next to a children's wear shop
The cool thing about pasar baru is if you're tired there these guys pulling food and drinks. So, you can actually sit down bargaining all you like then pick a drink and wait till the stuff come to you...heehee quite convenient huh???
The view of Pasar Baru from outside
after lunch we continued some of the outlets at jalan riau and then went to a cool place for dinner. It was ibu's birthday so we had a special dinner.
Food??? Gooooooood. Plus avocado juice....mmmmm.
Next day, we went to champlas walk. Nothing much but there is this good bag brand called Elizabeth. The building also looks interesting.
The bag quality is quite good, thing is people dont see it because its not available outside Indonesia. But the bags are really nice and price is a lil above average. After that we went to Jalan Dago where there is another road full of outlets too. Excited, excited....more shopping...by this time I had to rely on dad because I finished my cash already. *ooopppssss* hehehe
Then the next morning on the day we were leaving, we managed to go back to the branded club and stamp outlet to do some last minute shopping....yeahhh, spend-spend...this time I really had to cling to dad. *giggles* Gosh, am I that bad???
Well this is the hotel we stayed in. The location is good, beds are kinda too soft. Overall ok.
Well then it's time to bid farewell to Bandung. So we went to the airport via the hotel van...*coz we had many stuff* then were on our way back to LCCT. So wanna know what I end up in 4 days of shopping?? 2 T-shirts, burburry and A&F, 8 blouses mostly esprit, 2 Pierre Cardin jeans, one guess jeans, one D&G jeans, one A&F cargo pants, 2 sling bags and my baju raya material....weeeee, this is the true confessions of a shopaholic....hehehe. Dad has like 15 shirts and T-shirts, ranging from Tommy Hilfiger, burburry, and many brand names. My aunty??? heehee...I even lost count. I'm a lady that lurveees shopping....*happy dance*
