Bandung's tips - randomly

mana yg close dgn ai sure tau ai br balik from bandung. went there 5/1 - 9/1. boleh tahan lama gak. dah macam bibik pulang ke kampung. mmuahaha. wanna update about that but seriously takde masa. pic pon xsempat nak transfer. balik je cuti, dr sendiri tak bape nak sihat n keje yang amat la menggunung. lagi pulak nex week akan outstation seminggu. lagi la superb bz. have to finish everything before fly. so, here are some tips yg aku boleh bagi before mak update full story keh! tips is based on my xprience. its may differ from others.

1) tukar duit - its better u change ur Rupiah kat Malaysia. u will get more here compare klau tukar kat sana. lagipon kat Malaysia ni money changer bersepah. easy to find. kat Malaysia, ai recommend tkr kat Sg. Wang. currency is better compare to others. tapi if malas nak bersesak2 n jammed giler kat that area, aku tukar kat Mid Valley. rate ok. tak banyak beza dgn Sg Wang. kat Bandung, money changer is not easy to find. kat pasar baru ada 1. tp rate mmg jauh beza dgn kat Malaysia. kitorg pegi kat Jln Dago. lupela nama die. but the place is proper one. ala2 bank tp bukan bank. its money changer. sgt systematic.

2) money withdrawal - kat Bandung CIMB adalah bersepah. Maybank pon ade tapi tak sebanyak CIMB. so, agak2 tak cukup duit, boleh withdraw. dont worry BUT u have to informed CIMB Malaysia. its better before u fly, u make a phone call to CIMB to inform that u will withdraw some money from ur acc. am not sure bape charge yg akan dikenakan. u can check with ur bank.

3) credit card or cash? - is advised to use ur cc. u save more xtualy. because the rate is lower compare if u change ur RM to Rupiah. majoriti Factory Outlet (FO), u can use ur cc. kat Pasar Baru, bukan sume kedai. kedai yg besar2, yg ade outlet 3 ke 4 biji, leh la swipe. yg kecik2 tu ngak bisa ya.

4) converter - xtvt shopping akan lebih smooth if u prepared converter. some people will use calculator or handphone. ye lah handphone sekarang kan dah canggih. siap2 ade converter. but for me, this manual paling senang. takyah nak tekan2. terussss tengok. senang. nak buat tawar menawar pon senang. lagipon boleh lipat2. senang bangat.

5) hotel - for me, my bandung's trip bermotip shop till u drop bukan utk berhanimun. maka tak perlu lah nak hotel 5 star. if u have budget, takpelah nak spend more on hotel. but for me, if i have xtra budget, i will not spend it on hotel. rugi. baik spend kat shopping. its because hotel tu just utk mandi n tido je. most of the time adalah untk shopping. mcm ai, dr pagi sampai ke pagi memang tak lekat kat hotel. kua bershopping menghabiskan duit. kata jutawan kan. mmuahaha.

6) supir/driver - nak gune supir or not depends on the individual. if u first time datang, maybe better amek supir. so senang nak berjalan. just tell ur supir where u want to go. so u dont waste ur time nak tunggu taxi or angkut. but if u first time datang Bandung but takmau guna supir pon bisa. for me, Bandung ni selamat utk berjalan2 compared to Jakarta. lagipon FO ni dekat2 je. if lain kali nak dtg bandung lagi, mayb ai tak guna supir kot. but if u use supir, bagus jugak xtualy. especially if u memang nak shopping kaw kaw. coz u no need to carry ur thing kan. setiap kali shopping, terus bg kat supir then dia akan letak terus dlm mobil nya.

7) makan - sila tinggalkan program diet anda if u come to Bandung. rugi besar weh kalau diet. kat sini makanan die sedap bangat n murah giler bab* hokeh. i gain weight when i came here. sekilo hokeh berat gue naik. sila pegi makan di tempat mahal n xlusif coz even kat Bandung tempat tu xlusif giler n selalunya golongan elit yg dtg, tp stil dlm category murah giler if dah convert to RM. n for those yg tak tahan pedas mcm aku, kat sini makannya pedas. so, be carefull with ur "cili" intake. serius pedas giler. memang pedih perot aku.

8) barang2 personal - sila limit kan barang2 yg nak dibawa dari Malaysia coz konpem u will shop a lot in Bandung. mcm ai, masa pergi my luggage tak sampai 10 kg pon tp bile balik dan dan jadi 25 kg. naseb memang dah booked 25kg for luggage. if u fly with Air Asia, sile lah pre-booked ur luggage lebih2 sikit. korang memang akan shopping kaw2 la kat sini.

9) simcard - its better to use sana punye simcard coz cheaper. serius murah. call Malaysia murah giler. berhati2 mase nak beli simcard. jgn kene tipu. for SIMPATI simpack harga just Rp20000 je. mula2 kitorg nak beli, org tu tipu. maybe dia tengok org luar dia jual Rp60000. so, kitorg bg duit kt supir mintak tolong dia belikan.

10) plug adapter - wajib bawak coz socket kat sane adelah berbeda dgn di Malaysia. kalau tak, batery handphone kong, takleh nak calling2. batery camera kong, takleh nak posing2. if terlupa bawak pon takpe, pergi je mall kat sana n beli lah.

11) shopping bag boleh lipat - sila lah bawak kalau ada. senang. dah jimat space dlm luggage masa nak datang Bandung. ai mmg bawa beg kosong type boleh lipat2 ni coz i know i will shop a lot of thing in Bandung. beside that, beg lipat2 ni amat berguna especially kat Pasar Baru. korang konpem akan memborong kain2 n telekung. nak pegang kat tangan memang tak larat la. so, bag ni la yg berguna. lagi besar lagi senang. lempar je sume masuk dlm 1 bag.

12) airport tax - sila simpan Rp 150000 siap2 utk airport tax. jangan ko belanja tak hengat dunia sampai duit nak bayar tax pon dah takde. 150k for epot kat jakarta. for bandung, ai xsure la.

13) tips - kat sana memang fofuler bg2 tips ni. so sediakan la duit kecik banyak. macam ai, ai tak bg tips dlm rupiah. ai give RM. lg besar nilainya n ai nak jimatkan rupiah. lagipon kalau rupiah sikit sangat. kesian kat diorang. dah tolong bawa kan beg2 yg berat mcm batu tu. takkan nak bg Rp1000 je.

14) travel itinerary - sila print siap2. kalau x, susah. ni pon ai dpt tips from others. if u dont have travel itinerary, they will charge u about Rp300000. banyak weh. print kat opis, free je. hahahaha.

ni tips yang paling penting sekali. before berangkat tu banyak2 kan la berdoa supaya tak dihasut oleh saiton yg direjammmmmm. hahahaha. kalau tak, memang korang akan shopping banyak2 menghabiskan duit. perginya sebagai jutawan, pulangnya terus muflis.