Heavenly Bali - Final Update

Hey guys,
sorry for the long-postponed final post on Bali, Indonesia.
I was busy the whole week before and after Christmas and finally today get to spend some time on blogging, but would be busy for New Year too.

I cannot wait for New Year to come but I am also reluctant to let 2009 go.
What should I do? Well well, just hope that something good will happen in year 2010.
I also wanna take this opportunity to say,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Back to our topic today,
I gonna summarise the whole trip and as well as to tell you about the last 3 days in Bali.

Actually for the last 3 days in Bali, we did not go many places nor eat many foods.
We just hang out around house and the city as we talk about the past.
It was quite wonderful to think back what we have done for the past 11 months.

On the Sunday afternoon, we actually went to purchase more items, mainly clothes and pants.
Mostly are from Rip Curl, Quicksilver, Roxy. And we planned to cook dinner for our Balinese family, but unfortunately, the plan did not went on because of electricity breakdown.

Not only that, we also went for Bake/Fried fish at a restaurant.

It was quite ok but other foods are better than this. :)
That pretty much ended the whole trip.

Summarising the whole trip would be,:
It was an awesome trip because when you travel with friends, you will actually enjoy more.
but of course, except when you purchase things, haha! Going with family means you do not have to folk out money. :)
If anyone who yet to go to Bali, should start planning and book your tickets in advance.
It will a memory in your mind forever, an experience which you will never forget. :))

P/s: Any plans for New Year EVE?

Signing off
Chris

Santa Clause is (not) in Town

A very Merry Christmas to all my beloved readers!
Would like to say,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

As Christmas comes by, it also marks the end of another wonderful year.
But, it is the start of another awesome year!
May everyone be blessed with joy and fortune (lol).

To those who waiting for results to release, all the best and wish for Santa to give you a good result.

P/S: Had great countdown at friend's house. :)

Signing off
Chris

Heavenly Bali - Update 2

Well, I've been dragging this post for few days.
Couple days ago I was rather tired to actually come out with a good update.
Sorry about that but is just to have quality in what I am gonna post. :)
So, lets start today from Day 4 to Day 6. =)

Day 4
We was pursued by Marcell to go the mountains.
To do what?
Yes! To suffer. )

See the name of the place. Still not sure what is it about?
I will just let the photos do the explanations. *hahaha*

Edrei got stuck and the girl was having fun with him. :)


Look! It's so high that you need to look up with your head about 180 degree




Flying fox. :)


Ang helping SS Queen

The adventure was actually fun but tiring.
And some sustained a few injuries but lucky for me, I did not.
After the adventure, we headed back home to settle for the particular day.

Day 5
Today, actually rather unhappy about some matter. *try to guess what happen*
Morning, in order to wake the SS Queen, Marcell did this.

and the result is

If you can really see what is on Marcell's hand, its his dog. Ah Fok!
So, next time when you see someone sleeping and reluctant to wake up.
Use this method. :)

Our 1st stop for the day was SOTO!
SOTO is a kind of soup which available in Indonesia.
They are famous for it as well.
There are many variety of SOTO such as Soto Ayam, Soto Basok, etc
Unfortunately the shop that we went to do not have Soto Ayam.
Thus, we had Soto Basok.

Do you know what is Soto Basok?
It is a mixture of Sapi and Ayam. (Sapi = Beef)
Marcell did not inform us earlier, as some of us, particularly, CS, Edrei and myself do not take beef.
Nevertheless, while eating, i felt the beef taste in my mouth.
So, asked Marcell about it and he admitted.
After that, I practically did not take the Soto.
But the soup was nice. Should try if you go Indonesia. :)

While waiting for the food to come.

and after the meal.

On our way to our car, we saw something that really gave us a surprise.
That is bumping into a PROTON car in BALI. *but only saw 1*

Well well, it looks like someone supported our brand. :)

The plan for the day was to the Beach at New Kuta.
Here comes what I was disappointed.
According to the statistics, opps sorry,
According to Marcellino, the beach at New Kuta is a beautiful beach with beautiful ladies and beautiful sunset.
But when we reached the beach, Marcell was shock as well as us.
The beach is not as described and it is worse than any beaches in Malaysia.
Seriously, I am not extravangzing my story.

The beach was full with wash-away slippers, wooden blocks, bottles (not sure what is it, most probably are liquor or drugs) and many other subjects that we should not find in the water.
This is due to the development at the area, the area really sucks!
So, as a last resort, because it was kinda late around 1730 that time.
We headed to the nearest beach available.
Nusa Dua beach. It was far better than the New Kuta Beach
But less supreme to the Kuta Beach.
It was high tide when we arrive, so we was limit to a small area of the beach.

After the beaches, we headed back home to refresh as usual.
The night, we went to a Italian restaurant for dinner.
We had pizzas, pasta and many more, even liquor for some.
Edrei ordered Tequilar (i'm not sure how to spell) and vodka

Each of us ordered different cuisine. The pizzas are actually hand-tossed.
And this is mine. :)

After dinner, the rest wanted to get some beer from Circle K.
So each of them, Kee Ang, CS, Marcell, SS Queen and Edrei got themselves 1 each.
While we heading home, SS Queen actually was high, just 1 bottle of beer.
We just cannot believe because she used to tell us, how many bottles she can.
Putting that aside, reaching home, Kee Ang, Marcell, Edrei and Marcell's dad had 2nd round.
This time, not beer but hardcore liquor.

Taking Jack Daniels mixing with Coke.
They finished half bottle of it by like less than 3o minutes?

Aftermath of the drinking,

edrei tried to switch off the lights. :) *he switch off and on again.*

That goes for another night. :)

Day 6
As Marcell's sister was back from USA, Aunt Nancy brought us to the hills again. Ubut (i'm not sure how to spell as well).
Ubut to have suckling pig nasi campur brunch.

We were lucky enough that we got places during the peak hours.
The places was full with tourists and locals.
That explains how delicious it is. Am I right?
But do not make the judgement at such early stage.

This is the famed suckling pig nasi campur in Bali.

Please note, if you are the type of person that dislikes onions and grinded cili.
You will not like this dish. As I was not really liking this dish because of the grinded cili.
It was not fully grind but partially, so when you eat it, you can taste the bitterness of the cili.
But if you like suckling pig, you will love it.
This is because the suckling pig was delicious. :)

After the brunch, we headed to Kuta Beach again!

The boys was enjoying the water and sand and the girl was enjoying spending money.
While we were in the water, the SS Queen actually spent 320K Rupiah.
She did 2 tattoos which are temporary and bought 6 feet bracelets.
2 tattoos costed 200K and the bracelets costed 120K.

Imagine given her a million DOLLAR would not be enough to spend for 1 day.

After the beach, we went back home. :) to rest after a day of travelling. :)

That pretty much ended the Bali Trip from Day 4 to Day 6.
Not to worry, we have another 3 days to post. :)

Till then,

Signing off
Chris

Heavenly Bali - Update 1

As most of you know, I went to Bali with my friends for 9 days
From 7th of December till 15th of December.
The trip was great, fun and enjoying! Everyone had great time there.
Speaking of enjoying, I am not enjoying right now as I had food poisoning now!
Of all time, today I got food poisoning. I wonder how am I gonna go work tomorrow. *worried*

Lets talk about today before going to my Bali Trip.
Woke up around 0930 just to try to install the pirated Cubase 4, that I bought from Bali.
But, it was a total failure, the disc was not copied successfully.
Nevertheless, I decided to go on with my plans and putting the installation aside.
Went for lunch with Kelz, but apparently, he do not have the keys to get out from the house.
So, while waiting for him to get his keys from his mother, I went to settle my stuff.
Around 1400 only his mother came back, so, we headed for lunch.

Was rounding the Bukit Tinggi 1 area for like 20 minutes as we do not know what to have for lunch.
In the end, went to Pandamaran, wanted to eat LALA Bihun, but closed.
So, ate Yong Tau Fu as last resort. But it was a terrible experience.
As my stomach was not well since morning, I ordered the soup-base.
Had few bites, then my stomach was giving me a strong "pinch".
So, went to toilet, thought I would actually 'Pang Sai' but then when I reach the toilet,
OMG!! Actually I did not want to 'Pang Sai' but vomit.
Everything I ate, all out from my body.
By the time I was back at the stall, Kelz finished his meal, so quickly we headed back home.

One word to describe how food poisoning feels.

SUCKs!

Now, back to our main topic, HEAVENLY BALI!
Today, I am going to update only from Day 1 to Day 3. :)

Starting with DAY 1
Since the day before departure, Kee Ang came to my house to stay overnight, we went for Bah Kut Teh for breakfast.
Only 3 of us, My Dad, Kee Ang and I.
After the breakfast, we headed to the Airport for departure.
When I reached the airport, I was shocked to see, the departure time for Denpasar (BALI) was 1255. I was like, WTH! *noob rite*
But after that, I checked the flight number, lucky, it was not my flight. *relieved*

We check in early, about 2 and a half hours because we have nothing to do in the Departure Hall.
CS being smart, brought us to the Satelite Terminal where else our flight gate was in the Main Terminal.
But, it was good for some friends as they have not tried the AEROTrain.

As a treat from the air-stewardess, because the flight was not even 40% full, and business class was empty. This is what we got. :)

Speaking of air-stewardess, there is 1, she was so sporting.
During our meals, CS and Kee Ang ordered some Red Wine.
Here comes the funny part, CS requested ICE to go with Red Wine.
Normally, we do not take Ice with Red Wine but CS always do.
That is his habits, i guess.
So, the air-stewardess was actually surprised after CS asked for it.
Then she said, we do not serve Red Wine with Ice. It is not the usual way to drink it.
But, CS insisted on having the ICE, so the air-stewardess just accept his request.
Before she leave his area, she said this to CS,

'You have no standard'

*Kee Ang and I burst into laughter after that.*

We actually reach our destination on time.
But when we was out at the Arrival Hall, our host: Marcell.
Was not there holding a card nor standing in front of the door.
We was like, looking for him.

'Where is Marcell? Do he knows that we have arrived?'
After that, i started to call his mother's phone.
Nobody pick up. Oh shit, that was what appears in my mind. *trembled*
But actually, he was there waiting, but was sitting down at the roadside.
So, we cannot see him as it was getting dark.

our bedroom :)

After settling all our baggage in Marcell's house,
we headed for supper at the Market.
Sounds dirty? But it is not as dirty as our market!
They kept it clean after the busy day of transactions.
Had Nasi Campur aka Balinese Nasi Lemak.

this is how they prepare :P

After the supper, we headed back home to rest.
There goes Day 1 of the trip. :(

DAY 2
We went to jalan jalan around KUTA.
KUTA means town? *if i'm not mistaken*
Was at this famous mall, Discovery Mall aka Centro of Bali.
Do you know something? Malls in Bali are actually open-air?
Something similar to NuiZeXui in Ara Damansara.

After the mall, went to have tea-time at some place under the trees.
Was 1st introduced by Marcell as the 'Satay Penyu' (Turtle Satay)
But later on, he explained why is it called Satay Penyu.

This is because the satay used to use turtle meat as primary meat.
But as turtles are endangered species, they change to Pork.
It was delicious. But having to eat it too many, will feel a little uneasy. :)

After filling our precious stomach, we went to the Beach!
KUTA BEACH, the beach I love the most! *awesome views*

the sand are actually glittering under the hot sun. :)






try zooming this photo, you can see something interesting. *not suitable for under 18.*


Introducing, MARCELL from BALI! *LOL*


The SS Queen: A shemale Mermaid.








Sunset at KUTA BEACH. *lovely*

There goes our beach, we headed home to refresh/clean ourselves.
Had dinner then supper after 30 minutes.
Marcell's mother, Aunt Nancy, bought Terang Bulan.
It is something like Apong Balik in Malaysia but with Cheese.

Bought 4 boxes and finishes 3 boxes in less than 30 minutes.!!!
After having our supper, we played some cards. *usual activities even in college*

Day 3:
It was actually rather little photos to post on this day.
We went to WATERBOM, a water theme park in Bali. I should say, the one and only water park.
We played lots of things, and i can't remember all well.
Just that, 1 of it, I was off my tube at the end of the slope. *idk why*
and another was Bomberang with Xiao Ern.
Due to her weight *slim*, we nearer flew out from the track.
Lucky I am still here blogging today. *wow, was dangerous*

That practically ends the Day 3.
Oh yeah, we had black outs. I will talk about it on the next update on Heavenly Bali. :)

For now, I end the update till here.
More interesting, exciting and funny photos ahead. :))

Signing off
Chris