LIFE JUNCTION

Have u ever been at the junction? Different path will take you to different destinations. But u didn't know what's waiting for you at the end of both roads. I am at that junction now. 

When people say, just do it and take a leap of faith, now I can relate. It does feel like leaping. It feels like taking a leap out of the building, or doing a bungee jumping without a proper rope, because I don’t know if I'm going to crash down so hard or bounce back with glee.

I know what my heart wants. But my brain is also busy doing calculation if that’s a rational thing to do.  It feels so confusing and scary. Scary for most part, for all the things in the future that I cannot foresee. But so does everyone, and that’s why life is a gamble. Should it be a gamble? Why can't it be a strategized calculated investment?  Hahah. Welp, even if you've planned your life soooo perfectly, there's still no guarantee that it will go as it planned. 

 

Well, for now, I think it is best to live. Yeah, live in the moment and choose what you think is the best for you and what you want at that moment. When there's 2 things in questioned, A and B, and you wanted A, but in the future I might regret A, because choice B might be more wiser for the future, well just choose the one that you want at that moment, because you'll never know if you're still alive to regret it in the future hahah. At least you die a happy man, choosing what you really want. It’s a very poor strategy for life, but yeah, unfortunately, I'm a gambler.

Let's roll the dice!

CUTI CUTI TURKI

HEYYOOO,

so today i'll be sharing about my holiday in Turkey, 

i went to turkey for about 10 days, and my total lost was only like 4k, including the flights,

Its quite cheap laa for me, cuz its 10 days and i went to several places, 

i covered istanbul for 5 days, cappadocia for 2 days, pamukkale 2 days, and 1 day in Bursa.

From Malaysia. it took around 12 hours to turkey if its a direct flight,
but i took Royal Jordanian Airlines, and i have few transits, one in Bangkok and another in Amaan.
it is tiring to have a few and long transit, but the ticket was cheap, so ai redhaa haha
being economical *cough cheapo cough* is more important than comfort hahahha
but hey, the good thing is you can explore their airport, and if your stopover is more than 8 hours, you are eligible for thier transit accommodation, so you wont be so restless waiting for the next flight

 

 Queen Alia International Airport, Aman

its a very nice airport, and they have free wifi so theres really like no problem transiting here

I just chill and watched some netflix :p

 

you can refer to this for the Transit Tour,

if you want to explore Jordan a lil you surely can, extra memoriess

I arrived in Turkey, but their airport have no free wifi zzz 

hahaha well theres free wifi, tapi kena daftar and all before you can use  it

so this post wont follow the correct timeline 

cuz im too lazy to rearrange the pictures :p

but iffff, and only if you are interested in my elaborated itinerary and cost, boleh komen dibawahh

saya akan buat post khas untuk tu, or maybe email it to you or something

i dont want to write it here cuz this post would be soooo longgg

and i have to make part 2 like the japan trip post, which i havent do it yet,

at this rate, i think you will never see that to ki o part 2 post hahaha

I mean, I stayed there for 10 days and took 1000 pictures sooo yeah hahaha

so ayuh bercuti ke Turki bersama Maryam *melalui gambar* *just pretend u're the one that took my picture*:p 

so i went there in March, its still winter, transitioning to Spring

so it is SUPER COLD

the temperature is like 7 degree celcius waktu tengahari, i die

i dont really function well in the cold, just wanted to roll up and become a sushi instead wuwu T^T

 i dont really fancy traveling in winter, but its my birthday, so terpaksa lahh haha

kan best kalau birthday bulan 4 waktu spring and the temperature is still chill but not so extreme hahaha

but if you want to at least experience Turkey in winter, and play with some snow okay lahh

when i went there, the snow in Istanbul had already melted away, its almost spring,

but theres still some in Bursa, so we went to Bursa.

we took the ferry from Isanbul and the journey took us about an hour. i slept all the way. 

and then took some bus, and cable car to get to the top of the Uludag Mountain 

 

 

kengkonon snowboarding leee,

padahal im too afraid to do it, cuz i might fall, and i dont like falling and i nyilu dengan snoww dia bunyui cit cit i dont know how to desribeee it but I just dont like how it feels, it feels like polystyrene
>.<

I spend most of my days exploring Istanbul there, i visited the blue mosque area for about 4 times,

so if im wearing different clothes but the same blue mosque, i dont change my shirt there, i just went there on different days haha

when traveling around Istanbul, i usually took the tram, its quite convenient and easy,

yang paling penting murahh. 

 compulsory picture when in Istanbul, its the blue mosque i think haha

well, there are thousandssss of mosque there, and they all look almost the same, so im confused a bit 

and this is hagia sofea according to wikepedia :

Hagia Sophia is the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral, later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in AD 537 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, it was famous in particular for its massive dome. It was the world's largest building and an engineering marvel of its time. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture"

 -quoted from wiki, i mean, wiki clearly know more than me haha

but the inside is reaallllyyyy breathtaking, 

sorry theres me blocking the view, but i am also breathtaking wut to do hahahah

 

when visiting Istanbul, I recommend you to experience the ferry, feel the breezeeee, and the birds,

you can actually give bread to the birds, and burung tu datang amik roti tu kat tangan kitaaa

I also went to Topkapi palace,

its the same area as the blue mosque and hagia sofea

Topkapi palace or the Seraglio, is now a large museum. In the 15th century, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans. 

so boleh tengok banyak artifak dari zaman nabi semua adaaa

 

 

Imagine raja raja yang duk sini dulu, bangun tido to this view, 

crazyyy

and then we went for a stroll, get lost a little, and found thisss

midyeee, its oyster and they put some rice, squeze some lemon, nyumssss

 

 and its the starting of bloom season, by the end of my holiday, it already April, 

so i get to see some of the Tulips, sepatut nya lagiiiii banyak, they have tulip's carpet, 

tapi baru masuk Spring kan, bunga malu malu lagiii,

so i recommend if you wanted to see flowerrrss a whole lot of them, u shold go during mid-April,

 

 makan kebab after jalan jalan di taman

soooo cuz its my birthday weee

my boyfriend brought me to one of the  dessert restaurant

Hafiz Mustafa 1864

we actually have to queue a bit cuz theress alot of people there,

totally worth it, the food is gooood and the atmosphere is also A-classs gtuuuww

 

 

 happy birthday to me, ugh i hate getting old, but i love cake

and theenn, tetibe my boyfriend was like 

" hey, ade uber tunggu kita kat bawah, jom"

and i was like 

"nak pi manaa naik uber, kita datang sini naik tram"

rupanyaa dia bawak ke satu lagi restoren, its like a double surprise kekeke

its a roof top restaurantt, with the view of Istanbul

its super prettyyyyyy like a fairy tail okay lampu lampu bawah tu and all

the only downside is its winter, its super duper cold with the wind and all

aku nuck matiw kesejukan bzzz

SUPER COLDDD

I wont recommend for you to go here during winter, the restaurant provided us with blanket

but it is still sooo cold i cant feel my hand, welp, anything for the view, haha

like, LOOK at the viewwww, super pwettyy
totally worth losing the sensation of your hand for the view hahah

The next day, my mother and I went for a morning walk on the bridge that connects the Asia part of Istanbul, the air so fresh, my lungs loving it, :p

we went to the market and buy some fish and fresh veggies

I also went through cinematic experience, as in I go to the cinema haha

the cinema's hall is superrrr nice, look at that chair siap ada pasu bunga ape semuaa, 

we watched Captain Marvel, which is okay lahh, not that good, not that bad.

ive lost count of my day, but we went here, hahaha and using cable car

 drinking hot coffee in the chill weather on the top of the hill with this view, what could be better :')

and we also went to the grand bazaar and spice bazaar,

i bought some pistachio nut and souvenir for my friends,

tapi kena tahu tawar menawar, and cari tempat yang murah, 

kedai yang bahagian dalam bangunan is a tad bit expensive, i suggest you walk a bit, and go the shop bahagian luar, its cheaper than the inside, 

 went to Ikea for some meatballsss

and then visited the biggest mosque in Turkey, the Çamlıca Mosque

it is HUGEEE

the picture doesnt do justice for the mosque,

like you cannot see how big it is, but here are some picture that i get from google so you can see how big it iss

okay still tak nampak besar?

 come on, look at thisss, its hugeeeee, everything around it looks tiny

and the next day, we went to taksim

theres this classic tram and galata tower

and a cafe that sell the best burnt cheesecake, nyumss

 

 welp, it is still my birthday :p

okayyy, I think I pretty much already covered my Istanbul trip,

theres some places that i didnt jote down still, most of them is mosque, 

and several other museums, like, you really have to spend a lotttt of time in Istanbul cuz thay have a lottt of interesting places. 

sooo next, is Cappadocia and Pamukkale tripzzzz,

so we went to Cappadocia by flight, it took about 2 hour pewww

 we stayed at the hotel for one night in Cappadocia

 

 my mom hates my shades, dia cakap seperti minah rempitzzzz

so heres me trying my best to look as rempit as possible hahahah

 

swag enuff?

we hired a tour guide with a van for our trip in Cappadocia,
the distances between places to places in Cappadocia is quite far, so u definitely need a transportation. 

the Tour guide was very nice, he explained a lot of thingss but my mommy is to sleepy for it hehe

 

 

the view is super nice but theres no hot air balloon in the sight, T^T

cuz its windy and the weather prediction stated that its going to rainnn

maybe I have to go here again, just for the hot air balloon :p

like its cappadocia, people went there for the hot air balloonnnn

stopped at a floating restaurant for lunch, my mom is my photographer :p

and after touring around Cappadocia, we took a bus to Pamukkale,

it takes around 10 hours i think, tapi malam kan, okay lahh tidoo aje sepanjang perjalanannn

It looks like snow, but actually it's carbonate mineral left by the flowing water

It's harddd and my feet hurts a lot cuz its colddd

 

 theres also a colosseum here in Pamukkale,

and then we took a flight from pamukkale back to Istanbul,

On the way back to Istanbul from Pamukkale, 

my boyfriend made a surprise birthday celebration for me and my mom, cuz we both march babies hehe,

the cakes *a lot of them* were so niceee, but the experinces and memories are the sweetest <3 p="">

i would love to come here again, it really is one of the best holiday ive ever had,

makanan halal senang cari, you can get 4 season here like in europe,  but very muslim friendly as in senang cari tempat solat, makanan halal and toilet ade air (penting) hahah.

I highly recommend everyone to come hereee, like the picture dont do any justice of how beautiful the scenery there. 

so yeahhh, ade pape pertanyaan boleh diajukann. 

love love, 

me muah majaz