you're the honey... to my moon? (part II)

Not sure what triggered my mat's sudden enthusiasm to gear up research for Maldives resorts (take note that we have not yet decided between honeymoon-ing in Maldives or Eastern Europe since our last discussion) but he's been bombarding me with names, links and amateur Youtube videos of people who vacationed in Maldives (which he says will give a better gauge of how the resorts actually look like, and I agree) over the weekend!

One of the resorts that he mentioned - and I took notice of - was Huvafen Fushi Maldives.

Pictures of the resort look luxurious and breath-taking (as with all other pictures plastered all over websites promoting other Maldives resorts actually lol) but I think none of the other stuff I saw on their website took my breath away as much as this:

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You can watch a "propaganda"-style (hahaha) video of the resort here.

OMGWTFBBQSAUCE SO CANTIK FOR WHAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT SIAK THIS ONE!!!!!

Half of the swimming pool is at the living room area ok!!! Bangun pagi can terus dive into the pool and have a quick swim. Kalau nak avoid the sun or dah boring look out to the ocean at the outer part then can swim over to the "indoor" part of the pool and watch TV while sitting or lazing in the pool macam badak berendam (the animal ye, not the kuih).

Shiok or what!!! Ok nah, some more pictures of their Ocean Pavillion room lifted off Google images:

And floor plan of the Ocean Pavillion:

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TOO GORGZ LAH PLZ.

Actually there's another reason why I very the cinta this Huvafen Fushi - it is also because of the fact that they have underwater spa facilities!!!!! WAH!!! NAK!!!

I might not like eating fish, but I sure as hell would like to be surrounded by fishes while I'm having a nice calming massage lol

But dah lah ok, tak nak excited lagi about the Ocean Pavillion after this because I don't think we can afford the rates if we decide to go with Huvafen Fushi (BOO TO HOME RENOVATIONS!!!) But will definitely consider getting another room (the Ocean Bungalow, maybe!) since their other rooms are no less luxurious and we quite like how they look! Plus that means I still get to go for underwate spa and massage kan???! :P

Another one of the gorgeous Maldives resorts that we're looking at is Ayada Maldives!!!

This lovely resort was recommended by Miza (Hi babe!!!), another long time online friend whom I've known since my Livejournal days and we've pretty much seen the development of each other's lives - when she was in a relationship, when she got engaged, when she got married, when she went on honeymoon (to Maldives WOOHOO), when she bought and renovated her flat and most recently, welcomed the newest addition to her family... and now she's the one who will see me go through the life stages that she has gone through the past few years! Hehe. 

Anyway, yes. Ayada is another one of the resorts that she recommended, and it is also very gorgeous, very luxurious... and expensive. Haha. But tengok!!! Tengok!!!

The 1st time I showed my mat, he exclaimed that he loved it and wanted to get this because dia nak play with that net thing. To the point that bila kita tengok at other resorts, his 1st remark will be "I tak nak yang ni, yang ni takde net" -___- Tak penting eh boy lu nak net net ni semua, lu duduk satu corner main dengan fish net sua.

So anyway... once again, if we do decide to choose Ayada, we will most probably choose a less pricier option like their Ocean Villa. Looks cosy enough for two of us, still looks very dreamy and relaxy (lol look at all the English teachers squirming in their seats) TE-TA-PI! Yang paling penting????? Their Ocean Villa tetap ada that net beside the swimming pool ye tuan tuan dan puan puan.

Oh, there's another Maldives resort that we've looked at called Conrad Maldives, and this is the one that has the underwater rooms and restaurant segala!!!

Very novel and sure to be gorgeous, I'm sure, but I don't really think this berendam underwater concept is my cup of tea (probably not our bank account's cup of tea either hur hur) because... macam rimas kan surrounded by water for most part of your stay? Tengok gambar memang lah breath-taking. Tapi kalau dah sampai sana and kena tinggal 5 hari 4 malam dalam air aku rasa aku terus takde breath langsung agaknya.

I also have another favourite choice - the W Resort and Spa Maldives!!! Their Ocean Haven is very cantik!!!!! HUARRRGGGHHHHH AIYAH, I give up lah nak squeal squeal lagi. Korang tengok lah sendiri.

My mat swears the only reason this resort is one of my favourites is because the architectural design is bulat bulat. Roof bulat, day bed bulat, swimming pool pun bulat. Ah ye, thanks eh. Tak susahkan kau, ape. Aku suka kau pun sebab kau bulat, ape.

Ok, yang this one belum habis research so belum look at their prices (Tengah takut mengigil ni nak tengok their harga, actually hahaha) but I would think the less pricier option that we can consider if we do want to stay at W Resort and Spa Maldives would be the Ocean Oasis. Ok ma, till got bulat bulat features! Hahahahaha.

Ooh, we squealed over the double-storey Ocean Pool Villa at Angsana Velavaru too!!!!!

(And yes, my mamat squeals as much as he giggles. Which is why we're always joking about how we're actually in a lesbian relationship lah kan hahahahaha)

Two freaking tingkats, y'all.

Unfortunately aku rasa benda yang kita boleh afford cuma mangkuk tingkats, y'all. 

Haiz. Pretty damn awesome to have a second level to feeling feeling look out into the vast blue waters and cari inspiration and ketenangan segala, kan?! But my mat tells me takkan ada privacy because the people sebelah sebelah boleh look over from the second level so no need to consider this one, no matter how lawa.

Elehhhhh. Sudah lah. Cakap jelah takde net tu pasal tak nak. Chet.

Ok lah guys, since I need to go for lunch soon, I'll leave this blog entry hanging dulu ok. Got some more resorts that we've looked at yang dia punya cantik pun yaaaaa ampun!!! Kalau mata aku ada perut, memang dah kenyang dan dah boncit aku rasa.

you're the honey... to my moon?

We recently realized that in our kesebokkan to put our wedding together and finding alternative ideas segala, we haven't really planned for one other major thing...


... our honeymoon terbengkalai lah seh :/

We've set aside the budget, and we've briefly mentioned ideas to each other once in awhile but we haven't really made up our minds on where to go! Our chosen destination will most likely be somewhere really safe, tried-and-tested routes segala because my mat is not exactly the adventurous sort (I cannot seem to make him want to agree to try bungee jumping - I LOVED the experience - but I'm really, really, really hoping he will layan my karenah and go skydiving with me one day!!! Before our tulang dah reput, at least. Kalau tulang dah reput baru nak skydive nampaknya so long and farewell my friend lah jawabnye.)

[Side story: I think my adventurous streak has tremendously mellowed down over the years, probably because I'm in a relationship with a super boring scaredy cat who worries excessively about all the what-ifs, and his pessimism has rubbed off on me somehow + I watch and read (and get too heavily influenced by) too many crime documentaries / stories for my own good.

Did you know that in my teens, I used to dream of backpacking all around Brazil? That was until I watched Turistas, and that movie freaked the bejeezus out of me ok. Didn't help lah kan crime investigation and forensic science shows (both betul and bedek shows) like CSI pun selalu ada portray Brazil as a country teeming with thugs and all the bad stuff e.g. CSI Miami: Horatio in Brazil...

... maka tamatlah riwayat niat aku nak backpack ke Brazil. Amin.]

One of the reasons why I'm having difficulty putting my foot down as to which destination I really want to go to for our honeymoon might also be due to the fact that I grew up in a family that didn't spend on holidays - the only countries I've ever travelled to is Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia - so I'm very overly jakun about this whole travelling hullabaloo that I cannot decide which countries to travel to first!

Let's look at the honeymoon options that my mat and I have mentioned a few times to each other before, and we'll work it out from there:

Maldives

The only beach destination that we've seriously considered before is Maldives - we have quite a number of friends who went there for their honeymoon and came back with glowing reviews. (Will blog more on this when I  have more details!) Another 'pull' factor is the fact that the main religion in Maldives is Islam - hoi hoi hoi assalamualaikum, sedara! Hur hur hur.

We've looked at Boracay, Phillipines before for one of my birthday trips (we ended up going to Phuket, Thailand) but somehow Maldives seems like a more exciting option for honeymoon, yes? Might have to re-look at our research on Boracay again and see where that leads us.

Korea

Have mentioned why there is interest to go to Korea here before!

While I'm keen to go Korea (sebab nak stalk TOP from Big Bang pastu kahwin lari dengan dia), I'd prefer to go to Korea for something other than honeymoon - maybe break-from-work holiday trip? Anniversary trip? Birthday trip? Not really as a honeymoon ah, although I might be more open to this option if we add in a quick beach trip after that ala what my friend Ika did for her honeymoon - she and her husband went to Korea for a 5D4N stay then flew to Bali for a 4D3N stay before coming back to Singapore.

I quite like the idea of visiting two countries at one shot and am starting to toy around with such an idea - maybe this is something we can explore? Ending off with a beach holiday destination (provided the first destination is not a beach holiday one) sounds quite tempting!

Will have to calculate how much more that will cost us to see if it's worth it first. Maklumlah... ni semua bayar pakai duit yer my friends, bukan bayar pakai rambut atau bulu dada yer.

Eastern Europe

The reason why we have the idea of travelling to Eastern Europe for our honeymoon as mentioned here!

If there is one place that I really, really want to visit in the whole wide world, it is the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - but now I'm not so sure whether I want to make that our honeymoon. After going through the options in my head, a beach destination for our honeymoon seems to be the best bet since both of us are huge fans of beach holidays and I would want to sit back and chillax after membanting tulang for the wedding preparations segala, instead of walking around to shop or to see historical monuments, stuff like that.

I guess our ultimate choice will also depend on the quality of travel deals that's going to be on sale at the upcoming awesome Natas Travel Fair 2013!!!

(Source: Singapore Expo)

Woohoo! Quite excited to recce for honeymoon deals at Natas Travel Fair next! Don't think we'll book any deals at this upcoming travel fair - we're under the impression that they'll usually hold one early of the year, and another one at the end of the year, so we're targeting to recce deals and prices at this upcoming February one pastu end of the year punya baru kita will book, in shaa Allah. Itu pun depends lah kalau the deals are attractive enough - kalau tak, we'll just have to book our honeymoon on a separate occasion.

Nampak nampaknye, kami berdua sudah bersedia untuk mara ke peringkat yang seterusnye yer tuan tuan dan puan puan. Jangan terkejut, jangan terperanjat, ini semua memang natural yer - Lepas dah puas pergi wedding exhibitions, pastu pergi travel fairs pulak, then esok lusa pergi furniture fairs, then after that kalau ada rezeki, terus serbu babywear exhibitions pulak. Heh heh heh. Jumpa anda di sana!