Bali Bliss-Day 2

Breakfast & went out at 10am (bit late tho..)

First pit stop- Sanur beach.

Holiday Villa Diwangkara is just nearby, fyi.
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Then we made way to 'Ubud'.

Various arts villages are there and each village is specifically hancrafted a single type of products e.g. goldsmith, paintings, wood carvings or kites.

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Here, at 'Batu Bulan' village, where batik painting and weaving are their main industries.

We passed by 'Mas' where it is the center of silver and gold handicrafts. Those silver & golds are gained from other island but all the crafting are made here.

Drop dead gorgeous!

IRP4.8m...hm probably ard. RM1.7k.

Love this- a stunning arowana.

Handicraft shops are located all the way in Ubud but we're just passing by as we've no intention to buy any. But would suggest that visiting this area is a must!

We passed by kampung area & experienced locals lifestyle. Balinese houses were everywhere..and everything was so 'Balis',heh (will share those sceneries in my other post, k?) .
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Next stop -Pasar Ubud (the marketplace)

A place to shop for handicrafts. Tons of item.

Lets share some. Clockwise-handmade guitars & drums, 'unique' bottle openers (daku tak paham, byk betul mende nih, yg ashtray ada, keychain ada..mcm2 kaler lak tuh, ahah..tak daya...), women accessories and wooden kittie cats..(I'd finally forgotten to buy those cats on the sofa..huhu...)
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Next- we reach 'Tegallalang'. It is famous for its padi bukit (terraced paddy field).

But to me, padi bukit in Padang has better scenes. This is quite small unlike @ Padang : seluas mata memandang, so lagi cantik.

As usual, craft shops are all around.
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Next - Kintamani.
I'd slept on the way to Kintamani. Which means it took probably more than 1 hour to reach there.

Lake Batur, the largest lake in Bali.
Was told by our Supir, actually Balinese will placed dead bodies to the far side of the lake. Its part of either their culture or rituals where bodies were left there by the trees, scary huh?

Then tetiba teringat, yes, i watched it once in Discovery Channel of how Balinese 'buried' the dead.
And, if they're wealthy enuf, the bodies will be left afloat on the lake. Unique ait it?
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Mount Batur.

As told by our supir, the last explosion was in 1992 and it is still an active volcano.

View is from the resto; we'd lunch facing the mountain.

It was cooling there, its the best part of my trip, really. The view is magnificent, with the cool breeze..ahhh...it was all soothing!

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Pewut pun dah konyang, apalagaa...slept on our way to Tanah Lot. God knows how long the journey was. Or was it almost 2 hours? sorry, i left my watch back home & its kind of lazy to keep on looking at my hp's digital clock.

Ow, btw, theres no time difference btw Malaysia & Bali island. Its just that dawn is around 6.30am & maghrib at 6pm. By 7.30am, it was already sumting like 9am, damn hot!

Here we are at Tanah Lot

Or some may call it - 'Temple by the Sea' or perhaps a 'Floating temple'.

..and here's why..

See....see tones of manusia there, & a temple afar?

Actually it is currently low tide. If it is high tide, the temple afar will be an island by itself.
Imagine how beautiful its gonna be.
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Sunset at Tanah Lot.

We're by the shoreline facing Indian Ocean, therefore the wave is quite massive there.
In fact, in all beaches in Bali. No wonder lots of Australian went there for surfing.

Lepaking sambil membasahkan tekak.

'Es Teller' nye habis la plak...actually it is sumting like our 'ABC' here. We ordered air kelapa instead.
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It was around 6.30pm when we left Tanah Lot.
Back to Kuta & H couldnt wait for pampering himself with a massage.

Drop by for a spa suggested by Pak supir.

H opt for 2 hours massage, me - 1 hr massage & facial and 1 hr spa (lulur, mangir, etc), F&T-1 hr spa. For the whole 5 hrs service it costs us IRP270,000.
Or, after conversion, equivalent to around RM105. wallaaa...damn cheap!

(just imagine, si kenit tu pun kena lulur. But they're in different room. Bising gilos anak haku..especially time mandi susu...adoyai...sib baik takde customer yg marah, huhu..)

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Had late dinner at Plengkung. It was almost 10.30pm!

(ye la...udah spa nye pun sampai 2 jam, shower lagi..gedebak-gedebuk...mau tak dekat 3 jam kat situ).

Was damn dizzy during the dinner, tara mood mau ambil pic.

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Back to hotel at almost 11pm.

Thank u, pak supir...kesian dia, sampai mlm we all kerjakan dia.

Had a gudddd nite sleep, maklum la, i'm all pristine clean!, yihaaa....

Tido cepat, coz penat banget & pening kepala!!

Bali Bliss-Day 1

Yayyy!!!! holy-daying time!!!

In short- I love Bali.

Its kind of a unique people, culture & lifestyle. Too bad, 5d/4n is just not enuf for us to explore the entire island. We cant even explore the west Bali, and no island-visiting at all. Just run out of time., huhu.

FYI, it took bout 12 hrs non-stop driving to circle around the island. So, imagine, how big the island is.

Note- the infrastructure was not that good, the roads are all narrowed, thats another reason why it took 12 hrs.

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Here T, sitting next to me. Got lucky coz we occupied the whole row. maybe its just our luck coz theres 2 free seats next to H, so F moved next to him.

(she reads the PPG book thruout the journey-gaya mcm la terel baca, haha)

The only setback of that 3 hrs journey was that theres a whole bunch of family(bout 10 or 12 of them) sat in front of us, where some of them got separated, sitting way behind them. So, the whole %$#@ ppl kept on prong-prang...prong-prang tak reti diam..& marching to & fro...really annoying lar..rasa nak lempang pun ada, haharr..

Adoyai..ni yg letih bila 'geng2' depa dah ramai ni kan. aduss..naseb la badan....

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We touched-down@ Denpasar at about 8.30pm.

Around Ngurah Rai Airport

The airport is quite big, probably abt the size of Subang Airport.

Since i've booked a 'supir' (driver)-he'd awaited us fr. the airport & brought us for dinner at 'Wang Solo' - love its food.

Clockwise-ayam penyet (or here we called it 'penyek'), sambal udang & sambal terung, ayam goreng & the resto-'Wang Solo'.
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Got lucky coz managed to ctc a muslim supir - note: restoran 'Babi Guling' (ooops) were everywhere in Bali. Where the population are 90% hindus in Bali, we gotta be careful on looking for the right restos.
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Our hotel - Vilarisi. Its located somewhere near the Legian street.
We arrived on Saturday night-or Balinese called it 'malam libur'.
No wonder it was sooo 'happening' out there ard. Legian St.
I'd always thot Kuta was the 'event-centered', without knowing that actually Legian St. are all jammed-packed wif pubs & discos, besides boutiques & stalls.
And one thing for sure, mat salehs were everywhere...probably as much as the locals.
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It was all so alived!
(Nasib baik pergi bersama handbags, otherwise, boleyy la join sekaki..ahahhhh...)
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My wallet was FAT. Everything were in thousands.
I'm a millionaire!!!!!..o' yeah!!!..
I dont have any problem to close my eyes....but as usual, slept around 1 am kut.
zzz..

Bali...here we come....

After weeks of hectic schedule, plus the frantic and chaotic fuss due to the house reno, we dont even realize that d-day is finally here.

I've booked this since May this year due to its reasonable prize at that time.

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So..here we will go!!

At first sight, bali has never been my fav. destination. I dont even bother. BUT, I'd just got excited of why those westerner are so into bali..balinese..etc..even those Hollywood stars!

Bali's wedding..etc..it makes me curious.

So..I decided to experience it for myself.

Lets see how it turns out..and whether it magics works on me, eh.

Pictures are all courtesy by google image. Havent been there yet!

Our flight, scheduled at 5pm tomorrow..b.a.l.i...here we come!!!!!!

Work In Progress Part 5

Yayyyy!!! Almost there!!

Finally managed to get the contractor to complete their job.

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The living hall

Am not gonna write a lot. Enjoy those pic.

Car porch.

Work In Progress-Part 4

Kind of buzy nowadays. Plus, the broadboad sucks more and more each days, especially at nite.

I've subscribe the broadband for almost 2 years now, but it just got worst. Guess more & more users so it kind of screw-up the coverage - does it?? just my wild guess. Maybe shd opt for fixed line instead.

Btw, a lot has progressed for my NP tho I'd fall in love wif one of the new hse somewhere there, but definitely someonelse's houses, hahah (as usual, apa yg org punya, itu yg cantik/best, ye dak?).

As the broadband is really sucks tonite, wif the kura2 lembap tahap cipan kat i.c.u, so as not to waste my precious seconds, i would only upload the latest progress on my masterbedroom.

tadaaa....

H has been busy following-up with the contractor so that the reno work could complete before we're going to bali. It's almost done, but lets see if they would able to meet the dateline i.e. this coming Friday.

A Friend is Le a v i n g

Another friend is leaving...

In fact, she sat just infront of where there're only 2 of us in a row.

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So....i'd presented her my masterpiece (the decorated candle below) as a token of gift from a friend. Feel bad coz the candles dont turn out as how I wanted, huhu..

As from the dept., we'd bought her the 'O

s Guide of Life' - a gud one i guess.

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As u can see, it was our signatures on all over the front page of the book, as for the rest of the mosaics.

Da....hope that u'll still remembering us. And all the best in what ever u're doing.

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Life is definitely more 'muted' without her around, as no other colleague around me, huhu.

By the way, i'd lotsssssss of assignments in hand...huhu..and i'll take my consecutive real soon. Perhaps I can finish most of it...by being 'muted' ??? eh?

iyo la tu.....

Finally...

Finally...managed to 'utilise' my 'wsx' number, huhu.

The number is only valid till 31st Oct. but somehow still able to secure it.

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Maka dgn itu, terbeli la jugak kapcai seketul..adeh..mahal jugak sih..i thot its only 3k plus..rerupanya nak dekat 5k jugak si kapcai ni ek?

Bought it from Jln Ipoh as theres only 1 outlet doing the business on Sunday. So I drove the car back to mum's & H rode the motorbike.

So, until today, terlepak la kapcai tu kat rumah my parents.

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Dan dgn itu, maka jadila kapcai ku kenderaan rasmi my dad utk gi surau...

Ntah bila la nak sampai 1000km for its first service gamak eh. After a week, it runs only for 'bout 18km, mau setahun kut, nak sampai 1k mileage..haharr

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Today- i saw a car with 'WTF' plat number..whoaaa....such a cool one, heheh...