Bali - THE GALUNGAN Festival

THE GALUNGAN DAY (Held on March 18, 2009): Bali's most important festival is the Galungan festival.
The following photos are the offerings they use...

Bali trip - Day 2 (Plantations)

After Volcano, we went to see the plantations.
Coco, coffee beans, buah salak, rambutan trees and so on...
It was located at mountainside, so the place is quite cooling...
Drinking hot drinks in this type of weather, nice...

All of us


Antique kettle... My mom is still using this at home, but of course a cleaner one...


How their 'roast' the coffee bean


Again, I suspected this is another staff who was hired for the tourists to take photo...


Me 'grinding' the coffee beans... (Sorry for the blur photo, the tour guide took it, I did not want to 'hurt' him by asking him to take one more)


Coffee tasting session...
All these drinks are free, they hope you will buy from them if u find them good... (And we were those "water fishes", cos we bought some)
From top to bottom, Balinese coffee, coco drink, Ginseng coffee (chee sin, RP300,000.00 per packet of 30 sachet!!! Means RM100 per packet, Siow!), Lemon Grass drink, and Ginger tea.
We bought some coffee powder, and order 2 extra cup of Bali special coffee (RM10 per cup)

Bali - Day 2 (Kintamani)

Scenery of the active volcano and lake Batur
Next, we headed to Kintamani. (1 hour drive)
Almost everyone except the driver fell asleep during the journey. The roads are like Cameron highland's, with a lot of twists and turns around the hill corners...


Scenery of the active volcano and lake Batur

According to the tour guide, the volcano is still active. I was so kiasi, i was so worried that the volcano will spew anytime...



Bad timing to take photo because the volcano was covered by the clouds. The place is actually a highland, we like the temperature there...


Had buffet lunch there...
Lots of BABI products... Satay Babi - Limited to 2 stick per customers


View of the Volcano and the lake from the restaurant...

Bali trip -Day two (Celuk)

After the Barung and Keris dance.
Our next destination was Celuk - Gold and Silver at work. A place that the tourists' throat can be chopped easily (means they sell the things in a higher price to tourist). They claimed that all the silver decorative and jeweleries are all handmade, but i saw only one lady worker who was "making" the jeweleries...

This the the lady worker that I was referring to. I suspected she was hired for tourist to take photos only.


I think this is definitely not her work loh... shshsh.... Maybe I should not judge her like that. I am sorry...


I don remember the price. But I remember that they are selling a simple silver chain for USD100. With USD100 I think I can buy a pair of small gold ear rings or a tiny pendant...


I think this is a house and not a temple...
I cant really differentiate which is house and which is temple even after staying there for days!
They looked the same, it is confusing...


This is one of the window, I m impressed by their wood craving work!
Nice right?


Next - The Volcano.... Stay tunned!

Bali trip - Day 2 (First stop)

Barung and Keris Dance


The Stage


The so called Live Band... hehehe


It's the tail lah... What are you thinking, wuakakkak....


Wah! Bali Monkey knows how to pose with 'V' sign in front of the cameras


I donno what is it called. It is like our chinese lion dance...


Dear ah, I know u will kill me for putting this "fat" photo of u here...
I do not look good in this photo too (I hate my new hair style!!!), so dont get mad okay?

Bali trip - day 1

Back from Bali.
I had a great time! Spent whole week with my dear. We went to Melaka too. Photos on Melaka will not be posted so soon... stay tuned ya...

Day 1
Sign of arriving...
Spotted Volcano from the plane


Sign of arriving 2
Beach...


Kuta beach - the surfer paradise
Near our hotel, we stayed in Harris-Kuta-Resort
There was a bombing in 2004 @ Matahari which killed 20 ppl, the place is 15minutes walking distance from our hotel.


The hotel is only 4 stories...
Bali does not have tall buildings...


Another hotel view


Out welcome drink - orange juice. The hotel Logo is orange in color, their decorations also mostly in orange color. An Orange hotel...


Lunch is not included in out tour package on the first day. We found a Balinese-chinese stall near our hotel. We had our lunch there, found out that the owner of the stall speak chinese, therefore we had our suppers there on subsequent days...


Babi Guling - not the authentic one, we have no time to try the authentic one as it is very far from where we stayed, so we tried it in hawker stall only.


Bintang beer - Bali famous beer...

I am back...

Answer: Bali

Excited....

Holiday mood...
Yeah! I am going for a short trip (sort of annual family trip with dear and his parents...)!
Where am I going??? Answer will be revealed when I am back, ok? Stay tuned...

I have been in holiday mood since Monday.
I was checking out info on:-

• weather
• transportations
  
• interesting places to visit
• food
• exchange rates
• what to be aware of
• hotel
• history of that place
• Maps
• Nightlife

Two more days to go...
I am flying there with the red and white big bird...


Tips: I will be spending like a millionaire over there...

My sis rejected my request....sad....

Conversation with my youngest sister, the one who is 18 but look like 13.
The one who is a gal, but always being treated like a boy.


Gek Sei Ngo Lah !!!!!!
Asked a small favour from her, but she rejected me.

She is on holiday now, waiting for her SPM results, but works part-time (something like work from 5pm to 10 pm only). I saw her online yesterday, without thinking much, I asked her to log in to my facebook account, to play with my pet (I need more points to buy furniture :P). But she rejected me.

T______T

Gave her money, treated her nice food, bought her so many things, changed her diapers when she was young, bathed her, be her driver, and this is what i get in return...
Gek Sam ....

Authentic Korean food?

Dear took me to SOHO KL 2 weeks ago because I told him that I want to try authentic Korean food which is served with side dishes. I have not tried any 'proper' Korean food before this, only tried KimChi noodle from food court only, ya, I know what are you thinking (I am the katak di bawah tempurung). So, when we arrived SOHO KL, we saw this Korean restaurant, and decided to walk in. Ordered 2 bowls of noodles with warm soup, and one KimChi pancake. Did not order any drinks as cold water is served for free!

The interior design of the shop...
I forgot the name of the shop...
It was a bit stuffy. Dear and I started sweating even before we could finish our food.
I can't imagine when this place is crowded with customer steamboat-ing.
We were the only 2 customers in the shop, and it was during lunch time, so conclusion? - Food not nice....



No wonder we got so many things for free!
Got 7 banchan (side dishes) for FREE!!! Free cold water and free dessert too!



One of the homemade noodles with warm soup that we ordered...
I think I know why they call it warm soup, lol because it is tasteless, taste like warm water only. no salt, only eggs and some seaweed only. RM15



I donno what is this called, I call it KimChi pancake...
errr... not very nice. Maybe I am not a Korean food lover. But I love Kimchi noodle!!!
RM10



Total bill:
2 bowl of noodles x RM15
and
1 kimchi pancake x RM10
Total: RM40.00 (no taxes)

A "jia lat" girlfriend

T______T

Back to SG...
At work now... Today is not PH in SG.
Did not sleep well yesterday, thanks to the passenger (the jia lat gf) who slept at the lower deck (below me) in the train . She was talking lecturing her bf over the phone. I think she is a bit too much loh... Maybe she is fussy... or too sensitive... And the most important thing is, she did not consider that others cannot sleep when she lecture her bf happily...

Okay, the story is like this:
This lady is a Malaysian working in Singapore. But she does not travel as often as me :P
Her bf called her, informed her that he has already bought her the ticket she wanted (ticket from KL-SG). Then she started to make noise when she found out that the seat is not a single seat. Then she make louder noise when she found out that the seat is in the last row.
Hello, come on lah. It is already considered very lucky that she can get ticket. Really do not understand why she wants to complain.

Let me list out some of the points that she said:

• Do u know who is doing to travel?
• Do you know how tired is it for sitting in the bus for 6 hours?
• Do you know how uncomfortable is it if some one u donno is sitting beside you for 6 hours?
• You want to make me bounce my head by sitting in the last row?

Then, her bf must have saying some points, which I donno what was that. But, I guess the bf asked her to appreciate him for going all the way to puduraya to get her the bus ticket for her.

I know how difficult is it because I have been doing it every week! The traffic there is horrible, and have to double park there while waiting for the other person to go and get the ticket for you. Sometimes ended up stuck in the jam for hours...

And she continued this:

• You want me to appreciate you for getting me the seat in the last row?
• You want me to appreciate you for not getting me a single seater ticket?
• Why don't we switch place?
• Why last time everything you say OK, you can do it for me, now everything you say cannot, say not OK?
• Not every weekend ma.
  

Then I think the bf apologize over the phone, and she said this:

• Do you want to change? Or you are just saying it for the sick of saying?
• What 3 months? Then after that you want to say bye bye and go?

Aiyoh...
I pity the bf ... Got such a "sai lei" girl friend. Donno how to appreciate what ppl do for her. She said it is very tiring when sitting in the bus for 6 hours. Hey, I am doing it every week, if you don't like to sit then mar sleep loh. Don't like to sit, then fly...
She said she will hit her head if she sit is the last row, at first I thought okay, maybe she is very tall. But who knows this morning when I saw her, she is barely 5 feet. Maybe only four feet eight nia.
She said it is not comfortable when a stranger is sitting beside her for 6 hours. I think the stranger (like me who sleep above her) will feel uncomfortable instead, because she snores so loudly at night! Okay, let's say she does not snore, but she will still disturb others by talking on the phone.

Behtahan......

p/s: I hope someone will appreciate that I travel every weekend... Cos I never complain that much...

Mc Donalds Extra Value meal for lunch...

Had Mc Donalds for lunch.
I ordered Mc Spicy EXTRA Value Meal ~ SGD5.00 per set!!!!!

Value meh?
SGD5.00 * 2.4 = RM12.00 per set.

Malaysia's Mc Donalds Value set is only RM5.95 per set, but I don't think they have Mc Spicy for Value meal lah...

* This is how I live in SG lah, everything convert!!!

Okay. I know I shouldn't convert.

I normally don't carry much cash with me when I am in SG. I think maximum is 50 dollars...
I had 5 dollars in my wallet today (I was aware of this since yesterday, but I insisted not to go to the bank because I know I still can survive for another day with this 5 dollars), and I used up that 5 dollars for my lunch, and it means I don't even have a single cent in my wallet now. Got to go to the bank to withdraw some money tonight. I don't really need cash in SG, as long as my Ez-link card (Similar to Touch n Go, mainly used for transport fare) is topped up with some credits. If lets say I need to buy food later, I can go to any 7-11 or Mc Donalds, I can pay using my Ez-Link card. Cashless transactions...
Worse comes to worst then mar use credit card lor...

Spending Ringgit is more enjoyable compare to spending in dollars...
One more day to go......

Happy Birthday Ah Teeng!

Happy 18th Birthday! Wah! You 18 d ar? But why still look like 13 one? lol
May all your dreams come true!
Hope you will not forget your "dai kah jeh"
Hope you will always remember the "dai kah jeh" who cooks for you, changed your napkins when you were young, drive u here and there, give u pocket money...

I wonder will u cook for me, change my "BAO DAI YAN"(Adult Diaper), drive me here and there and give me money when I grow old one day...

I still remember this conversation:
Me: Ah Teeng ar, I so sayang u now, next time when i am old, will u take care of me?
Teeng: When u r old? I donno whether I am still alive...
Me: ....... *speechless*

Time flies...
I suddenly feel old...

Happy Happy 18th Birthday!

Canadian Pizza

Happy Belated Birthday Madhan Dennis!!!
No birthday cake for him, but pizzas for everyone in the office...


Ordered 6 pizzas for the price of 3!


One of the pizzas - Chicken Tandoori


BBQ chicken wings - Not as nice as pizzahut's


Potatoes Wedges - KFC's nicer...


I had three pieces of pizzas, 2 chicken wings, and 2 wedges...
On my last piece of pizza, I found hair on it!!!



Total bill - SGD$117.20 (6 pizzas, 2 cokes, 2 sets of chicken wings, 2 sets of wedges)

Conclusion?
I still prefer Pizzahut!
Btw, I am going to try Monaco Pizza or Pizza Uno this coming Saturday.
So, there will be another Pizza review next week! Stay tuned...

James 番左黎啦！

James is back!!!
Met him at Mid Valley last Saturday.
We (me, James & CCW) had early dinner together @ Gurney Drive in The Gardens.

浸过咸水的JAMES,打扮都晤同左......
讲话都似香港佬......
皮肤依然滑溜溜，不愧是Bioterm的代言人......
就来三张的他，还好FIT, 一点肚腩都没有，羡慕死人......


Asam Laksa. RM8.00 (small), RM12.00 (Big)


Prawn Noodles. RM8.00 (Small) RM12.00 (Big)


The restaurant is big, environment is good too, but no crowd....
Food standard: so so only.


James, 好开心你番左黎，祝你心想事成！ 工作顺利！