Bali Vacational Rehab Escapades Part 2

Day 2... Sleepy day... Super good wifi makes a good chatting night yesterday.

My babes were not into the Barong & Kecak dances... Since it wasn't unanimous, I gotta let it be my Regret No. 2 -things not done in Bali.

Another journey to the North of Bali - slightly to the west. This time we went to Bedugul to see Lake Beratan. There are 3 lakes within some distances but it seems Lake Beratan is the most recommended one.

Then, tasik Beratan. It feels like heaven when you step in. The chilling wind & the beauty of the surrounding could easily make one feel at ease or rather peace. We got ourselves a speed boat ride around the lake. Pretty cool :P

Choco wanted badly to see Gitgit waterfall & we did since we had enough time to catch the sunset @ Tanah Lot later.

Gitgit waterfal is the highest waterfall in Bali. Some walking distances before reaching it. I was spell bounded by the view, of its existence.  My heart was racing as fast & as hard as the water from the hill. We were roughly 5-8 meters away from it but we were wet from head to toe.

The road up the hill was very dangerous. Make sure your driver prioritize safety. Narrow roads up & down the hill with hardly any barriers to protect each hill's banks. 

Tanah Lot. One of the best Sunset view in Bali. Amazing views separated in 3 locations. You could find yourself a comfortable seat on a mountain/rock cliff or at the beach site or at some boulders on the sea to watch the perfect sunset view. Mesmerizing location. I was in awe with the whole god-sent beautiful scenery & I wanted to get married right away. The sun set completely @ 6.30pm.

That very night I faced with some misfortunes. We booked this best western Kuta hotel; booked & paid to be precise. We were told that some internal communication went wrong & that they are currently fully booked. The fuck. They placed us to this Winna hotel & said that it was much nearer to the beach. Right!
Winna is not recommended as well. Lousy wife @ room. Worn out furnishing & the toilet was unacceptable for me.

Since the night was young, we decided to go around Kuta & search for some food. We bumped into a very loud cafe/pub where a live band was singing. Attracted to the band, I urged my gals to come along.
I was always told that Indonesian bands are good. Indeed they were very skillful.

We quickly walked back to the hotel since it was getting late. But please, take my advise, be extremely cautious. Something not so nice happened to us. It makes me realized as sweet as a place could be, evil lurks in all possible way.

KUTA BEACH FULL DAY TRIP on the next day.

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In Bali, you will see a lot of young kids riding motorbike, as young as primary school student. Gosh. With no helmet lagi. It seems that motorbike is their only choice for them to reach schools & whereabouts. Public transportation is rare.

Balinese are very ritual & they have a lot of believes too. 3 times prayers a day. Bamboo stick is a sign of good luck in each house whole.

Prayer statue will have its waist wrapped with black & white checkered cloth. I was told that it's a sign of good & evil, governed by god.

** Pending photo** Line too slow~

Bali Vacational Rehab Escapades Part 1

4 days & 4 nights duration.

A place I wanted to go since 2 years ago. Smart choice indeed. 

I was having some tough days prior to March 20th. I was rushing undone cases & chase acceptance while preparing all necessary to go to Bali. Since this is the 1st far away trip from Mas, me & my gals have no idea on the flight procedure. Anyhow, we made it on time to the airport with some ample time to spare. 

The long flight roughly around 2 hours plus was easy as we have so much to update with each other. We talk non stop until we reached Bali. My ears were tortured badly by the air pressure when the plane was about to land. I suspect throat ache has something to do with it.

Reached Bali around 9-10pm. We met our driver and headed straight to our hotel at Denpasar, Ibu Kota of Bali. This town is situated in the middle of Bali. Hence, facilitated us to move upward to North Bali for the subsequent days.

Once checked in, being new in town & still fresh from the flight, you wouldn't expect us to catch some rest.

So we went out to hunt for supper at 11am. Walk punya walk, nothing really catchy to us. We eventually ran across the road to a Malaysian Kopitiam!! LOL!!! Ran I said & to Malaysian food. There ain't decent restaurant nearby in walking distance & the traffic was horrific. The road was highly endangering & I must say, Malaysian pls be thankful for our traffic system. 

There we met a lady who was super nice & she found familiarity with us.

She was once in Mas, A Jawanese but currently married to Bali. :)

The night was pretty long as we took turn to shower, unpack stuff & plan some favourite route to cover.

The budget hotel named Pop; Harris hotel was highly recommended. It was slightly small but it was new & smartly designed to fully utilize space. Necessities were well covered. Big bed for us 3 to sleep comfortably~ none of us fall down from the bed though. haha.

8.30 am; the gals were ready to have breakfast. Well dressed & we were served with some Baliness simple & delicate food. 9 am sharp our driver came & picked us all up for a full day trip to north of Bali. 

On the way, we passed through Tohpati, Batu Bulan, Mas & Ubud where most art values are stored. These places produce Batik, woodcraft, silver & goldsmith & statues manufacturing. I wouldn't recommend you to drop by each location if you wish to save time for better view else where. A ride in the car was enough for you have a good look on these places. We did drop in to a Batik manufacturing house but it was boring. 

Then we headed to Goa Gajah Temple at Bedulu. Only then I realized that there's an entrance fee to every tourist spot. Those who wore shorts will need to wear a sarung into the temple; boys n gals.

Roughly about an hour of site seeing, we headed out & off we went to Mount Batur. Long ride to the hill but it was all worth it. You will be amazed by the view of the mountain & the lake while having lunch at the hillside restaurant. They served buffet, Rupiah 110K per person. It was said that the gigantic mount is still an active volcano mount & the last time it erupted was almost 100 years ago. The chilling wind was truly a welcome gift from the nature of Bali to me. March in Bali was hot n humid. So get yourself an UV protection every time you expose yourself to the sun. Don't say I didn't warn you. 

 Spectacular view :) 

We went to Luwak coffee production site on the way to Tegalalang. :) There were free testing for all sorta coffee flavours but Luwak coffee is @ rupiah 60K per tea pot. It was bitter & the way the provide the drink to us was very organic. If you know what I mean. 

Then we were sent to Tampaksaring temple if I'm not mistaken. Erm... nothing there la. But that was the place where I finally learned that Bali has this infamous notty lil dicky wood crafting~ WOW!! I'm impressed. 

Rupiah 10K to 60K for each dicky keychain depending on the location.

LOL!!!

Bali has over thousand of temples. A number of popular ones & each are individually special. I didn't feel attached to this visit but no denial that it's a beautiful temple too.

The next destination was to go to Tegalalang which is famous for its terrace paddy hill. It was green, high terraces & comfortable. Me & my gals were super excited to find a way to go down trekking. Being gals & excited, we were clumsy, clueless and senseless. LOL!!! We bloody care about the consequences, we hiked the paddy hills like nobody business. It was a lot of fun but dangerous as the hill was steep & nobody was around doing what we did. My advice, stay up at the hill or get a local to come down with u. 

It was adventurous I must say but the walk up to the heavenly stairs was beyond difficult. 

The last horrendous exercise I had was the journey to see Langkawi waterfall in last August 2012. 

Our driver was frantically looking for us as we just disappeared into the greens. 

We were so tired, we just wanted to go back to Hotel after that. It was close to 7pm when we reach the Hotel. Bali time zone was aligned with Mas. But much to the east. Hence, by 7pm, the sky was all dark. 

Im super tired & hungry.....

After some rest, we finally were ready for dinner. I even had time to catch American Idol on TV :P

We walked for some distance again, but failed to find something luring. At the end, we chose an Indian cuisine just across the road. The night was still young which makes it even harder for us to run across the road. I thank god that I purchase PA coverage prior to this trip. Something I told my besties to note that if anything happen to me in Bali, my mom will be covered for at least RM360K. So said la. HAHAHA

The food was good. Really. But having Indian food in Bali sounds ridiculously wrong. 

But the hell, it was delicious!

The end of superbly tiring Day 1 in Bali. :)

Bali is rich in culture & I'm very lucky to have come to this place after their main celebration named Nyepi. 

It's a celebration of silence. My driver ain't a Balinese & not Hindu. Hence, from what I learned from his saying is that this celebration come once a year. Prior to this day, strong believers will build a lot of scary ugly gigantic statues/dolls to represent evil spirits. Then days before Nyepi, they will burn these down & on Nyepi actual day, all Balinese will hide at home. It's a public holiday, where everybody is banned to come out from the house, to work, to switch on TV... basically, zero activity. Even airport will be frozen for a day. 

Anybody going against it will be lock up even tourist. So counter check this information & the exact date of this celebration next year before going there. This year it was conducted somewhere on late Febuary/early March.

So happen that some people chose to keep some of the figures & they are fascinating, classy art statues. I didn't manage to shoot each of them. Regret no. 1 in Bali.

Then I recall the fact that majority of Balinese are Hindu, but culture wise are much influenced by animism. History lesson came calling... LOL. History was my fav subject until Form 5 where Formation of Malaysia took place.

Kindly check the information righteousness as they were all unfiltered information I have collected from my Driver. I'm really too tired to check em out for the moment. 

:) I miss you already Bali. 

Had been loaded with work since I came back from Bali. 

Both old & new stuff. ATM lagi. 

Not that I don't wanna take leave or rest. Note that. I have no choice.

My mood was bad. I was rushing in and out for customer & all work matters. Time was limited. I was basically running in the office hoping to save the time to get things done. Tolerance level was on its brink of exploding I knew something was wrong when I started to talk like a bitch. Super ego craps I said. LOL.

Tomorrow is friday already. I can't believe I had already left Bali for 5 days. Sigh. I don't even have time to miss the view & the fun moment with my babes. 

Someone query me today. ATM colleagues - two men officers. What kind of man that I like? They have often been this way. I thought they ask related questions like this before. 

I thought for awhile... 

Did you watch twillight... expecting those uncle not knowing it...

*Oh yea... the dracula... she likes people who bites...

>.< Deng!!!! LOL 

Yes, I like man like Edward. The unconditional love & sincerity to know, understand & care for the woman he loves. Of course the look, the height, the body (that shines), the hair, the talents counts la...

:) I wish I could loan times.... My Bali memories are smearing... & I've yet to post any bout it...

Uwarghhhh.....  Faster reach 1st of April pls. 

Oh... april fool is coming too. The last joke I wanna listen to is possibly

" I love you, hey I'm just kidding"

I swear I will give you a big tight slap on your bloody face!

Well, don't mess with a tired meow who haven't found a mate!

Roar!!! 

Happy Saturday

It has been too long... TOO LONG

since I last felt this happy. 

Non working Saturday is indeed much longer & relaxing. 

I declined to work today.

After being emotionally tortured for a long time, I wanted a break. 

Though my throat was still aching, I optioned for a K season. Quite random, no planning. Such urge that was irresistible. Had not been feeling this way since ages. 

The only one person that comes to mind was dear Joanne W. She is a perfect K date & she never once let me down.

She sing so well, she can be serious & wild whenever the song demands... Singing with her is like attending a vocal lesson.  

Many new songs were available, a lot of fun... It seems like I still had it but it's definitely dying. 

I know this is what I wanted to do. To perform. To sing. 

I need to fix this. Somebody gotta fix me. 

Thank you friend. You enlightened me & I enjoyed this weekend very much with your presence. 

You made singing fun again. 

Epic door banging & I'm really sorry for indirectly hurting ur lil middle finger XD

This will definitely teach you a lesson to behave in K room. LOL!!!

I just wanted every Saturday to be this good. 

Too much to ask for? 

You tell me maybe?

:)

I'm not Okay

I'm still not Okay

I'm gonna be Okay

I guess I'm going to be Okay

       I'm going to be Okay (/)  

I'm Okay

I'm more than Okay

Many wonder why I did this...or rather these? Pls don't ask as I myself have doubts in every actions that I have made. I question myself a lot & most often, regret over each step that I have taken.

As far as I'm concerned, there was logic & deep thoughts prior to any step taken. At that moment, it was the righteous thing to do. I didn't hold back & I did it. Deep down, I know why I did it.

My friend told me not to regret over stuff that I have did which has no way to undo. She asked only one simple question: Will you regret it if you didn't do what you have done?

I say I will. & So I did it. As long as you take the responsibility of the circumstances that comes along. Then why regret it?!!

I truly wonder if she should be psychologist or just continue with medicine & pick up mental specialist eventually. :) Love you Yon Lek. 

Now... What do I want? I want to follow my heart; ignoring the brain for good. Nope. Silly me... Never. 

Ikut Hati Binasa. 

I just did it that day. LOL. It sucks! It really sucks. 2 times in 2 months. Gosh. Embarrassing la Joanne. 

Seriously, I consider myself being really gutsy among my girl fwens, so gutsy it kinda verge towards silliness.

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I hope his persistence last cuz I will make him see hell before getting me to change my mind. 

I could give in, but it wouldn't be easy as you keep failing me. 

I'm looking forward to March ^^ Bali on the way~~~ 

1st CNY 2013

I guess it was a good start for the year of Snake. 

My hair was in good shape. My attire fits super well. Thanks to my new weight & controlled figure. 

No bad ass drama unfolded, yet.

It seems I could tell whether a day is good or bad by the way I manage myself in the morning. If everything goes in order & that I could look myself in the mirror feeling like a knock-out beauty, U bet I will have a fabulous day. 

This extreme confidence doesn't come everyday. So when it happens, I wouldn't waste a second to give myself several minutes of self-admiring period. 

I often remind people self assurance is very important. I live up to it. :)

You could call it a symptom of severe insecurity but yea, everybody has a way to deal with his or her problem. I consider myself pretty normal.

Sien ar... Being a good gurl is definitely not my favourite role. LOL. I can't wait for more fwens gathering in coming weekend. Night time comes unexpectedly sweet as I gathered 2 besties for a yamcha season. Random calls & dated. I have been dying to tell somebody about my current position. 

I must have done some good deeds in my past lives. Whenever I feel like clearing stuff off my chest, there is definitely someone to listen. They will not turn a deft ear or leave me unattended. 

Thank you girlfwens. Some good guy fwens are also helping me through this so I wouldn't be lured into making a wrong decision simply just because I don't wanna feel lonesome or unwanted. 

For that, I thank you. 

I could be a roaring leo feeling utmost superior handling certain issue. I could be referred to be someone people look up to when problem occurs. I could be a problem solver, advisers or ideas driven leader...I could be anybody you need but when it comes to relationship matters, I am clueless.

After some talks with my bff, I found myself terribly naive & gosh, plain stupid. Am I?

Hmmp, I'm too old to experiment it myself, so I got myself a collective sets of answers, advice & ideas regarding this issue. I kinda attended a course which for the 1st time, a number of lecturers against 1 student ratio basis. FOC lagi. What can I say? :P

Anyway, body clock readjust. The fun of staying very late at night & not sleeping... & the awfulness in waking up darn early in the morning feeling like a zombie. LOL

Priceless!!! :)