Pillow in de bag

Tioman Island 2004

2007-05-15T20:56:00.000+08:00

Seems like the only travel I had was travelling in my Photoshop and VCDs. This will change soon. NOW.

I visualize I'm going to places all over the world. One can dream...

Guess this place

2007-05-15T19:17:00.000+08:00

I was browsing VCDs of my travelling pictures and had a laugh on some pictures. Those pictures of people sleeping and you add in extra zing.. but I can't post them up else they'll kill me. :)

Instead, here's a night time picture.

Click on this picture to find out the answer

Penang trip > dinner & going back to KL

2006-06-27T20:56:00.000+08:00

We stopped by Tambun to eat seafood. The same restaurant tat T-Bone took us last time during the CNY last yr. I wanted to try the other more occupied 1 - sure delicious - but Jim was hungry & didn't want to wait.

The starter - fried food mixed with mayonaise - like in Kepong Baru - was delicious but $! RM17! The fish ok. Crab quite small. The seathing in shell quite sweet - according to Chai. It was ok.. Next time must try the other 1.

Bought some biscuit home for colleagues & family.

After tat, went home... actually dozed off on the way back.

Apparently, Singh decided not to go for the practice at 1pm. He asked Nat if still wanted to go to Penang Island for food but she tot we had finished eating already - & mayb she lost the mood & wanted to fume silently. They reached KL at 6+pm! What? So long?! They dropped by to take away food & check ATM. Huh...

Penang trip > lunch & going back to KL

2006-06-27T20:55:00.000+08:00

We actually went inside Komtar. Hah! All the times I had passed by Komtar (ok, about 4-5 times only), all I saw was dusty, old building tat looked haunted. But inside, it's quite bustling with activities - there was an exhibition on Pensonic products where a group of ppl were dancing in glittering red blue white costumes. It's like Kota Raya/Sg $. Only the majority races are Chinese. Saw some nice slippers - cute wordings - @ RM9.90! Bought the cornflower blue.. & wore it immediately. Had trouble remembering "scissor" in Mandarin (to cut off the plastic cord). Gestured with my fingers. Haha.

It was Golden's 1st time to Penang! We took his mug shot @ Penang Bridge. :)

Steve & Bear, as well as their gang were inside Komtar shopping 4 biscuits.. Bear kept tempting us, "Go in lar, go buy lar.." *Slap* "U all don't look also buy!" What?! We (girls) looked also didn't buy uh! Faster, faster walked out of Komtar - temptation...

Outside of Komtar, Chai guided us to eat somewhere ... in Macalister Road. But we weren't sure where, just tembak only. :P Ate chow kuey teow (lite coloured, with big prawns & egg), asam laksa (not so nice), curry mee (ok), lam mee (loh mein delicious gravy).

After we finished eating, Steve dropped Bear & they went away. Whoa.. lucky we didn't wait 4 them to eat lunch! So we asked Bear if he wanted to eat somewhere else or order there. He chose another place so we walked to the other side. We saw a huge map of Penang rite outside of the food shop! Why didn't we see it when we 1st came by? "Coz we just focused on the food, totally didn't c the map lo!" Chai reasoned. :)

At the other side, we passed by aromatic kuey teow. Decided to try it out. But Bear didn't order kuey teow, he ordered mee Jawa instead. Aiyo. He grimaced, "Taste weird." Passed to others to check the taste. Chai confirmed, "Mee Jawa like this 1."

I told him, "Mayb u r not familiar with the taste ma. Eat more plates lar, then u'll love it." LOL. Bear gulped.

Chai, the Hokkien gal, ordered 3 rolls of Popiah, 1 asam laksa. Not spicy tat asam laksa. OOoh, got Durian ice cream. 2 small scoop in metal bowl RM1. Jim ordered Durian ABC. Delicious! :D

3rd round! Where?

As Chai wanted to meet her Penang fren from USM, we still had 1 more hr to spend. Since it's Golden's 1st time, Chai said take him to a temple - Kek Lok Si. At the top of the hill. I think I had been there already. But not the highest point - where they put the huge brick of wordings (prayer?) & lots of carved pillars. Wah.. lots of traffic jam there.. Took some funny pics there!

There were 12 animals from the Chinese horoscope. So cute! Chai immediately wanted to take a pic with the snake. But there were a group of Caucasions & possibly a mix Chinese girl sitting on the snake. The guys, esp Bear, gawked & drooled at the mix girl - she was quite beautiful & sexy - wore a tube top only. Then we turned to see other animals & once we turned back, another group of young girls had stood on the snake. Bear took the camera & poised to take Chai's pic altho Chai still had to queue up. Meaning he was shooting the 3 young girls!

Then some1 in our gang asked, "Who wants to take with the sheep?" Chai announced, "All of u all larr!" Heheh. :D

After praying (just keep ur palms together & wish or b thankful), we went to the pillars & the guys posed with the huge thing. 1 pic for Bear was charged RM10. For the pic with the fly - on the side of Bear's mouth - was charged RM20! :D Dirty fello. He hadn't bathed since yest. No wonder the fly hanged out with him. Heheh.

At the bottom of the hill, we looked for 3rd round :) Cendol (ok only), asam laksa, drinks.. Too bad no coconut. But it had more ingredients than the asam laksa earlier. :) This was more delicious.. but no visible sardine fish.

As we were walking back to the car, we saw police! POLICE! Saman!!! We walked like normal back to the car, luckily there were only 2 policemen.. Cau tak fai, hou sai kai :) (run fast, better life)

On the way to Chai's fren's apartment, we passed by USM. Quite a nice serene uni.. looked new too, probably was painted. She bcame our tour guide & pointed at her 1st room, lecture hall, exam hall.. whoa, got exam hall somemore?

Since Bear hadn't bathed, Chai asked her fren if he could bathe there. Bear MUST bring a gift oh! 1st time meet fren, already use bathroom! :p

Penang trip - breakfast

2006-06-27T19:44:00.000+08:00

Didn't wake up till the next morning. About 10+am. Heard Chai, Jim & Nat's voices talking in the living room. Then Golden's voice. So I woke up too. To find Singh in our room!

I think I had an out of body experience. Or I woke up, sat up & then got back down to zzz. I saw Singh & Nat zzz on 1 bed. How could I hv seen tat when Nat was already awake in the living room?

Chai had gone out to walk around in the morning sunshine & cool breeze.. brought some drinks 4 our breakfast. & the 1 thing every1 didn't bring - toothpaste! :) The chalet - altho cheap RM200 per nite - is kiamsiap in giving free perks - only 1 free breakfast per room. Sam called me up to say she would give us her ticket coz they were late to Penang already.

Drank Sunkist orange juice. Eeek, tasted bitter after I had brushed my teeth. I ate several pieces of Oreo 1st. Then I drank Soya Bean Milk. Mm.. Oreo is better with milk. Chai said she bought HL Milk also. :) Yummm... I opened my Oreo & shared.

As we ate, we watched tv - the mid-morning match & flipped thru other channels of Mr Bean cartoon - where he was shopping for grocery & Pop. Also watched the violence of chimpanzee for sex - male chimpanzees are smart & violent: they can kill other males to bcome the strongest male to mate with any females they want. With so much violence in their blood/DNA, they don't treat the females with much respect. It felt like the females were being raped or played with. Shit! The narrator said male chimpanzee lives for sex only. Sex is the only thing on their mind. & the young are curious to educate themselves on the thrusts & err.. wat, I forgot. From up close.

T-Bone dropped by & told us his 1st nite with his wife. "I teman Bear at Steve's house. I came out & saw he wasn't zzz. Steve & gf were in their room zzz already so I teman Bear loo. We talked & watched football till morning. 34hrs no zzz.."

HA?! Bear so bad, u!!

Then his wife? "Ohh, she also zzz in her home." Wat lar!

He also showed us a bag of 4R pics from their wedding as gifts for guests. I wanted to take all the varieties - there were 5 I think. But better not la, 1 for each guest only. Chai & I took 2. Hehe. Very nice. :) Elegant & sweet..

When Jim saw me holding 2 pics, he screamed, "Why u took 2? So tamak!"

:p "Girls like these kind of things marr."

Chai said, "We want to use as reference for future also mar. Guys why take? U all also don't care 1 lar!"

Not tat guys don't care but they don't care much. Am I right or am I right? Unless u marry a hairgel-mirror guy...

Singh also had footsal practice for a tournament at 4/5pm? We checked out at 12pm. So ... if Singh were to make it 4 the practice, they would hv to leave at 12pm for KL. Nat actually wanted to walk around & eat sth in Penang. After all, we had come all the way... but if they went to Penang Island, they would definately b late.

So I followed Golden's car instead coz I definately wanted to eat Penang food :9 Jean followed them coz she wanted to rest early, scared we would hang out till late nite. But we wouldn't lar. Coz 2 of them also needed to work on Mon.

Penang trip - World Cup

2006-06-27T19:43:00.000+08:00

The guys & Jean wanted to watch football. Jim didn't mind mamak but Singh insisted on going to pub where "u pay to drink beer only nice." & they wanted big screen. We had passed by several pubs with tvs, tho didn't c any big screen. We asked Penangites.. they said there were lots in Megamall.

We also had to send back Crocroach to Chalet coz he wanted to go back to his hometown in Perak. On the way out to Megamall, we stopped by the pubs outside Chalet & went to the 1st big screen we saw. Cehh, it was just a projection. The gals, initiated by urs truly, checked the other pub next door. Got tvs but no big screen. The atmosphere was better - more football fans so we went inside.

Had Cafe Mocha to keep me awake. Didn't want beer. I don't like the taste anyway. Plus, it makes belly bigger... :p

Tat was the 1st match I saw. Argentina vs Sweden. At 1st I supported Argentina - they were tight & aggressive during 1st half. But in 2nd half, I supported Sweden already. The Underdogs.

Chai was soo good to massage my shoulders & back. heheh.. such good service :D Then Jean also massaged my shoulder a bit. Hoho! :D

During the break, the Indian DJ put on R&B/rap songs & didn't lower down the volume even when the 2nd half of the game started. Oiyo! Spoil mood! Even tho the music was good, most of the ppl there wanted to listen to the commentator & feel the atmosphere. We asked if the DJ could stop the music but the DJ didn't stop spinning black music.

After the football match ended, we headed back to chalet. The guys declared they would stay up for 2nd match. All 3 of them sat in front of the tv & glued themselves there. Us girls headed to our room to remove makeup.

Used Chai's Biotherm eye makeup remover - which couldn't remove all of my L'Oreal Double Extension waterproof mascara. When I wanted to brush my teeth, I asked others if they brought toothpaste. Nope. I went out to the living room to ask the guys. 2 of them were curled up on the chair/sofa, the other lied down on the bed. All sleeping! HAHAHAAH. So cha! :p

We took down the 2 single bed's errr.. mattress to make 4 thin beds. Each mattress for 1 of us. We girls said we wanted to chit chat but once we hit the bed, we too zzz... ahahaha.. :)

Penang trip - wedding dinner

2006-06-27T19:41:00.000+08:00

We didn't know there was even a swimming pool in the chalet! None of us brought swimwear. Bear said he would bathe 1st then jump naked into the pool. Uh huh. Every1 run!

Inside the dinner (school) hall, there was a band of 1 male lead singer, 2 lead female singers & a male keyboardist. Only 2 of them - the male lead & 1 of the female lead were visible from head to toe. The other 2 were half hidden by the cake & table. What the male singer lacked (accurate tone & wordings), he made it up in his swivel of hair & hips. The females voices are quite good but monotone in dancing.

Some of the guests were rude enuf to read newspapers. I don't know if it's Penang's inofficial rule that if u r bored @ weddings, u can read stuff during the dinner..? To me, tat's really rude. Might as well don't come. But then Chinese wants face. :S

During wedding dinner, it's the perfect excuse to:
1. Sing bad karaoke
2. Get drunk
3. Shout as loud as possible
4. Show off ur kiasu - "I'm louder/yau ying than u!"

T-Bone's face was red from drinking alcohol. His wife was as usual, beautiful. Lucky T-Bone! Lovely Wife has porcelain smooth complexion. Her younger bro is tall, handsome & has gorgeous skin, red lips! Ooooo.. oooo! ;)

The food was nice. Surprisingly, I didn't feel very full. Usually, Chinese wedding dinner has at least 7 dishes.

After the dinner, we took pics with the couple. Bear went off to reunite with his frens, also our aquantainces but they are apparently very *2 fingers together* close & very delighted to c him. He joined tat group after dinner.

Penang trip - going back to KL

2006-06-26T16:11:00.000+08:00

Oreo

Apparently, Chai told me, Singh didn't know tat the other car was waiting for us & the map! Duh!

We had Oreo for breakfast, with soya bean milk (uh, I'm not supposed to take any soya - according to a health doc for Blood B), HL milk & Sunkist orange juice (bitter if u take it right after brushing teeth with toothpaste eee!). Chai & Nat tot I don't like milk but I always drink milk when I'm hungry & in a rush while working so I don't drink milk when I hang out with frens.

Penang trip for T-Bone's wedding

2006-06-26T15:26:00.000+08:00

Chimmy told me ShopMgr had asked him if I could still go to work on Sat & then only later go to Penang. I told Chimmy why she didn't ask me herself? NO WAY I would leave late on Sat coz the wedding was on Sat nite. Though I did apply leave till Mon. :P Need to rest mar, after 5hrs drive..

Nat told me they would fetch me from my place at 2pm. Later, Chai had told me to b ready by 1.30pm. I zzz till 11.30am & only started packing:

toothbrush
tongue scraper
Theraupetic AHA facial cleanser
Shu Uemura depsea moisturizer
Clindamycin tube for pimples - not tat I hv tat many already :D
towel
tissue
clothing
1 plastic bag to store wet/dirty stuff
makeup case
new black (fake) diamonte purse :) from Bonita
blue comforter from Ikea
contact lenses stuff
JS styling milk
Potato Chips & Oreo
water

Didn't bring any shampoo. Figured I could zzz with 1 nite of dirty hair. :p

At 2+pm, Chai called me tat she would pick me up from my house then we'd head back to Nat's house. Nat's Singh bf was just leaving his place from Cheras @ tat time. Chai was fuming! The dinner was scheduled at 7.30pm. The other car's occupant forgot to bring the map! So they had to wait 4 us! So every1 from our side would DEFINATELY b late!

So we watched Dance sth in Astro while waiting for Singh to reach Nat's place. But not in front of Nat's house coz he was barred by Nat's family. Actually they didn't know these 2 are still dating...

Surprisingly, when Nat's mom came home, she asked Chai, "Who is this girl?" Chai had still been hanging out with Nat & she always overnite @ their house. It is I who hadn't been to their house 4 a long time..

Since Chai & I knew we would be late - Nat's being early is being late at least 1/2hr - we made up our face, I changed to contact lenses 1st. Just a quick eyeliner to define eye brows @ the end, fill up some sparse brows, gray eye shadow (I would be wearing a black sleeveless top & pink skirt), very little bit of Maybelline blusher (or was it L'Oreal?), L'Oreal's peach lipstick - done.

Arhh.. but I was still in ok mood. Coz it's my holiday for suuuuuuuuuuuuch a long time! :D Chai was fuming inside, outside frenly. The couple probably didn't know Chai was angry at them for being so relaxed while we were definately going to b late. As Singh was driving, I didn't want to irk him.. lest he got into an accident or throw temper. I'd nvr know coz I hadn't mixed with them much. Some ppl drive faster when they are excited/angry/sad.

In 1 of the petrol-restroom stops, we finally met with the 2 other cars - Crocroach &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Jim's. Jim's gang had been waiting 4 1 hr, Crocroach 1/2hr. Singh was so driving so slow.. like there was all the time in the world.

Chai asked, "Who wants to follow Crocroach's car?"

I didn't want to... but I didn't want to b spotlite in Singh & Nat's car so I followed Crocroach lo. He didn't on radio but he whistled. Eeekk.. I don't like high pitch whistling sounds. So I asked if he had any music. He pointed to a closed compartment.

Took all the CDs (5 of them I think). Josh Groban's 1st album with liquid puppy eyes oooo.. Jars of Clay & a bunch of variety singers. Jars of Clay & another bunch of singers. Err... all Christian worship songs. The last album had a cute Jack Rusell Terrier on the cover. :) I put tat on, didn't know who the singer was. Uh.. it was.. those, I don't know.. I didn't llike the music so I changed it to Josh's album coz I didn't want to hear Gospel.

http://www.joshgroban.com/

Since he's still a devout Christian, I asked if he had watched Da Vinci Code. He did.

I: U believe the possibility?

Crocroach: Of course not la. It's fiction!

I: But it's based on the book.. author claimed it was real woh.

Crocroach: No la! Not true 1 la!

So we listened to Josh crooned in Italian - Crocroach said tat was the language. Whoa.. he knew Italian. I mean Josh Groban. I was sooo tired tat my eyelids kept dropping. Working in retail sales in a bz co does tat. Or mayb it was the on going engine sound as we rushed to Prai. Or the soothing music. Reallllyyy zzzz...

Following the map, we got lost after we followed the wrong petrol station to turn in! Penang road is.. quite, sth. It's not a 1 way street but the U-turn is not near when u need it.

As we were quite late already, we had to decide - dump our luggages @ chalet 1st or go to the dinner straight away. ~~Majority~~ Decisive ppl headed for checking in 1st. & watch some football while waiting 4 the other cars to arrive.

We found a school like area with lots of wedding flowers deco. It was just a showroom. Ceh!

The real wedding venue was at a school hall. The next block. :)

We were late. Among the latest. The dinner had just started. Sam was sitting there alone, just arrived. Eh? Where was her bf? She always call her bf, "My bf." Not by his name. As if he's just a status? Or proud tat she's in a relationship? She told him not to come coz he's not a social animal. No la, she said since he's not familiar with T-Bone, no need to come lar.

Tourism Penang

Malaysian suicide bombers @ Bali?

2005-10-03T13:50:00.000+08:00

I read with disbelief a politician's quote printed in NST about security in Malaysia is ok.

Aha. If it's good, then why did our fellow Malaysians bombed our neighbour Indonesia? Still, there wasn't enough proof to convict them b4 this. I don't know if they are the real bombers. But there had been so many bombings allegedly linked to them. Surely there are proofs if they are innocent or guilty?

Are the investigators from both countries/any country involved doing their best in co-operating and sharing info to solve the crime? It's a critical time for every1 involved, pls let there be peace instead of hate & war. V have to b braver to counter them, since they think they are invincible for God.

If Malaysians were the proven terrorists, our gov should take more steps in healing our relationships with Indonesians.

NST - BALI BOMBING: Work of three suicide bombers
NST - Two blasts killed 21, injured 85

Bali bombed again!

2005-10-02T14:08:00.000+08:00

WTH?! Stupid bombers! Getting msg across by suicide & killing others! Garhhhh!

I had tot of going to Bali again in the future! & this time, they bombed @ Kuta Beach! I had been to the lively beach. Shit, those irresponsible ppl who bombed any place! ~~If u just want to kill urself, go kill urself in the middle of the ocean or jungle! Don't hurt other ppl!~~

Previously, ppl were scared to go anywhere which had been bombed but sooner or later, tourism optimism returned. With Madrid, London & now Bali's 2nd time bombing, ppl would hv more fear than b4 to return to any place where it had been bombed coz it could happen again.

Suicide bombers likely behind Bali blasts - official

Damai Laut > got pics

2005-10-01T02:28:00.000+08:00

Drafts published with pics :)

Go to Sept archives

Damai Laut > till the pics come

2005-09-24T02:14:00.000+08:00

I'm changing the posted into drafts ... until I get the pics.

Damai Laut > cost of whole trip

2005-09-20T22:09:00.000+08:00

Salty dinner @ 1 of Kuala Selangor's seafood restaurant = RM18 (each person)
Steamboat dinner @ Damai Laut = RM10
Transport & tol = RM13

* if take [UC]'s Merc, transport would be RM20.
[S]: Not bad wohh, RM20 with driver & such good care (unlike [KW])

Total = RM41 only!

Of course, v should thank [F & male J] for the free accomodation, which they paid monthly..

Damai Laut > eerie journey back

2005-09-20T21:38:00.000+08:00

After eating so much, v still couldn't finish the salty food. By the time v left the restaurant, it was almost 11pm..

On the way back, [UC]'s car follow [KW]'s. Who took us to God knows where. V passed by several banana & kelapa sawit plantations.

K: U know, ppl say don't look at the banana & kelapa sawit trees at nite.

I looked out the window at the banana trees on my left. There r some cloth tied to the trees. Turn to my right, kelapa sawit trees...

It's psychology reaction tat when ppl say "Don't do [tat]", ppl would do exactly [tat].

[T] told us the story of the banana tree.

T: This guy, he was old, like 30 sth & still had no gf (sounds familiar?). SO 1 day, he confessed to his fren about it. His fren told him to tie a red string from a banana tree to his house door. At nite, 12pm, a beautiful woman would come for u.

This guy asked: Sure boh?

Best fren: Yes, must believe to try it!

So, this guy went home & did as told. He waited by the door with the clock ticking. He dressed himself with the best clothes he had. He waited... At 12.05am, he pushed the clock away. "Ceh, fooled me!"

He got up for a drink.

There was a knock. He stopped drinking, beer hanging up 1/2 way to his mouth.

Knock again.

His heart stopped. Could it be...?

He ran to the front & breathed in deeply. He opened the door. There stood a very beautiful woman with long shiny hair, porcelain skin, big glittering eyes, dainty nose & red full lips, ahh.. and a killer body in white sheer dress. Too bad there was no moon tat nite! He squinted at her.

He couldn't believe his good luck. He slammed the door in her face.

He leaned back against the door & breathed frantically. Soo beautiful, how to match her beauty?!

He opened the door again & saw the woman grinned, then slowly her skin melted! Yuck!

He slammed the door close again!

He opened them again.

Boo!

Were u scared? So were v. Not.:p

The road was like.. covered in mist, couldn't c the ending, there was no street light, only 2 cars - ours. So scary. Not a light in sight. No houses, shops or civilizations!

So relieved when v reached home :D

Damai Laut > Kuala Selangor's best seafood?

2005-09-20T20:36:00.000+08:00

Padi field... on the way back home in the late afternoon
It's a pretty deserted road, not many cars passing by

At that petrol station, I ran & sat in the front back in [KW]'s car altho I didn't want to, [M] didn't hv enuff space. She told [F] if [F] could move over to [KW]'s car & she agreed. Whoa.. anything for [M], tat [F].

[male J] fumed, I had taken his seat. He put his hands on my neck in an attempt to strangle me. I pulled 1 of his fingers 90 degrees backwards! Ha! He could sit with the lovebirds for a taste!

Again, [KW & male J] insisted on eating Kuala Selangor's best seafood. They had been there once - ages ago & couldn't remember even tho their frens had told them! Duh! & being stubborn head, they circled the big area for almost 1 hr. Due to the traffic jam & road fixing, v just sang Linkin Park.

I wished v'd just eaten any seafood / restaurant, anywhere. [K & T] felt the same too. Waste of time. It was dark @ nite already hoiyo, not daytime! By the time dinner was over, v'd reach Kepong at midnite!

[J] kept saying: This is the right route. This is the correct route already.

Bah!

V saw the bright lights at the end of the road. Again. Looks so familiar, like yesterday :)

It was... A. Dead. End. Arrrh! :D Hahahaa! Karma unresolved? Did v learn anything from last nite? Nooooooo. The lights were at the other side... surely our Best Seafood Restaurant in a very small street was there?

V passed by a house hving bbq with lanterns, lots of kids playing. So merry :) & beautiful lights.

Also got into a really tight lane. V guessed tat was it! Lots of bright lights! :D

It lead to temples.

V saw an old aunty, a grandma probably. I unwind the window & looked at her. Then some1 said sth like she probably doesn't know & I asked back, I think it was [KW]: SO want to ask or not?

I turned back to the grandma: Aunty!

She grabbed her bicycle & quickly ran away. Yo, I didn't look like a criminal..

V U-turned back & asked another aunt, ok, sister coz she's probably only about 10 yrs older than us ;) She said: Follow the car in front & turn left.

OOoo.. v finally found it! 2 seafood restaurants by the waterside. Bright neon signboards. Not full house... [M] announced: Ooo I had been to this restaurant b4. 5 yrs ago! But I didn't know how to come here lar. Hehe.

The football fans wanted to watch tv, so v went in the larger restaurant. They had set menu with different prices. V got the RM180 set for all.

Saw the table behind us had coconut drinks! Coconuts! :D [M] & I wanted to share a coconut. [F] ordered for us... but she had mistaken tat v'd had 1 each. Probably coz she assumed she would share with [M].

The food. Wow. Fried egg with sotong, fried prawn + sauce, err dark, salty crab, vege, fried fish, jellies.. V had nvr had such salty dishes b4. All of them! All the waitresses looked underage. V did tell the waitress tat the 1st dish was very salty.

[S & T] wanted to complain.

Who is their manager ar?!
The waitress (in uniform) also looked like under-age. No need schooling?
But nowadays 15yo also can work already. Part time marr..
Why all salty? Never tested food is it?
Foreign worker cook 1 is it?
Hhaa.. afterwards call the cook out also, also 2ndary school kid! Hahaha!

Damai Laut > forgotten

2005-09-20T11:34:00.000+08:00

At 1 of the petrol station, some of us got down to buy drink & snack.

[KW] paid for water, I stood behind him. I bought a 100 plus, very thirsty!

When I opened the door out, [female J & S] said from [UC]'s car window: Get in. They already left.

I: No way ar! They r still here.

I looked at the space in front of their car. No car. Huh.

I stepped out further. Really gone!

The original car tat I was in, the 1 tat left me.
Remember this model & car plate!
If u ever date the driver, well, good luck.
I hope he treats his gf/wife differently from how he treated me.

Got in [UC]'s car. Lucky they hadn't left & they saw how negligent the other ppl r!!! So bad!!!

After buying 100 Plus, I was left @ the petrol station.
Somehow I just didn't get angry about it
but was reallllllly grateful tat this group took me in
hence my big smile-grimace. XOXO

V all said at the same time. How could they just leave without checking if every1 is inside?!

I: HmpH! Next time I'll drive myself!
UC: Tat not good enuff. U drive them to 1 petrol station & tell every1 to get out, then u drive away!
S: Make sure it's far away too, not KL or Sel!
LOL! Yeah!

[male J] only called [female J] after like 15 minutes if I were in their car! So caring! *sarcastically* Go die lar!

Pregnant [M] had a tough time, baby squirming.
Actually every1 squirmed in the backseat.

C de lack of space?
Front passenger [female J] had to lean fwd

So ... space-challenged. I'd get down the next stop. I had a greater time here than in the original car.

All the backseaters in the original car [T & K] did was flirting. I tried to sleep, at least feign sleeping. Front 2 guys were talking/quiet among themselves.

Then [K] discovered a msg from [T]'s Brunei steward, whom she had kissed last time. & she confessed to [K] tat she did kiss him. [K] got serious & said: U are also a player. DOn't complain last time about me playing others also!

T: But I didn't sleep around!

... so then, [K] checked every msg in her hp.

& asked: Who is this?

After the grueling session ended, [T] took his hp & asked: So, who is this?!

At the next stop, I sprayed water on [T]. She exclaimed: Wasn't me ar! I asked them where u were when the car moved!

Probably after awhile b4 any1 noticed..

Some frens!

& [KW] didn't even apologize when he saw me. I shouted: Left me! Never check 1 ar?!

Then only he apologized. Sounded just out from his mouth. Not sincere at all!

I'll tell their future fiances b4 they get married: U think carefully woooh.. they last time left me at petrol station without looking back!

[UC]: Wah, tat's why don't make any woman angry!

Actually I wasn't angry. More upset. But not much. Coz I don't place them high on my list anyway but still, it was a feeling & event I hope no1 encounters when travelling with 'frens'.

Damai Laut > lunch

2005-09-20T11:25:00.000+08:00

On our way back to the apartment for lunch, v stopped by The View.

@ "The View". Nothing much except golf course...
[T] wanted to pose with alphabet using body again (like in Singapore).
Do u c S-W-I-S-S (for Swiss Garden)?
Front: KW, F, S, M, female J, UC
Back: male J, K, T, MJ

[UC & female J] got out of the room & v tot they were dating outside in the hot sun. They came back in with maggie mee & Indo mee! :D

With leftover vege & food from yest, v cooked up mee .. ummm, it was delicious. V'd hv less hair by the time v reach KL, esp [S] & I who always eat maggie mee at home too.

There r so many flies! When [T] made choc shake using her bottle, the cap flew out & sprayed on her, floor & table. Eeee..

As v wanted to pack, v went back upstairs. [K] opened the door. In towel again. He moaned: Why everytime I want to bathe, the girls want to change or come in?!

Actually, they had a long time alone there already. Not planning to shower for 1 hr right? Get own room! :p

Damai Laut > beach & pool

2005-09-20T10:57:00.000+08:00

V passed by the swimming pool - it was opened yeah! :D

At the beach, v finally saw how 'clean' the sand & water were. There were some rubbish but not as dirty as PD 2 yrs ago. The water was grayish-green colour. Ulk.

[F]: Why don't want to jump into water?
I: Eee..water is soo dirty!
[F] bent her foot: No ak! C? I dipped my foot in, not itchy also.

Huh huh, if itchy so fast, that means the water is already damn polluted & poisoned!

There was some sort of a rope hanging from the tree, like a hangman's noose but it's longer to fit a kid's height. & [S]'s height :p [T] climbed on it like a m0nkey & had a great time being Jane.

She brought the feather metal ball - those played by Malay villagers, it was tough to 'accept' the thing to pass at 1st hehe. The most # of passing was around 7 only..

Football in a red feather ball

Straight guy 4 the queer guy

After a while, the pregnant [M] & [S] went to rest on the chairs facing the beach. I followed & it was cool.. then the wind blew strongly, it bcame so cold!

[K] bought 1 colourful kite to play but the wind wasn't continuous, it was tough to get it fly up in d sky... When the loverbirds dropped tat to play hopping, the ~~other lovebirds~~ [male J & KW] tried to fly the kite but it was so funny.

Jump, jump. Lovers' game there. 2 spotlights

The rest of us, sat on the chair & watched the show ;) Kekekek

Relaxing @ the beach...

Then, the remaining lovebirds had their hands on the kite. [female J] was pulling the string when it suddenly got stuck between the branches & those who had played tried to get it down. [female J] naughtily blamed it on her bf, [UC] but [UC] was being the sport, he played along with it & wasn't angry. Tat's wat love is... aha. [K] even threw the feather ball up & the feather came out. [T] screamed jokingly: Hey!!! Very $ 1 arrr! RM10 arrh!

The colourful kite brought by [K] was stuck in the tree...

[K] attached the feather to the metal again & threw it up many times. Somehow, it came out of the branches & [female J] breathed wif relief...

After v got the kite down, v went to the poolside. I applied sunscreen & suntan lotion generously. Some of them went to the other side's beach to play futsal. The pool wasn't deep, I could stand & the water reached my shoulder-neck only :)

nice... the breeze was blowing..

The sun was bright but it didn't feel like stinging when v were in Bali or Tioman. :) [male J] advised: U no need suntan lar, cannot get dark 1.

So hungry... but v had to wait for the lovebirds [T & K] swimming. [K] is amazing. He smokes once he wakes up, every free moment tat he has, during tea, lunch, breakfast, dinner, brunch, while watching tv, walking.. even at the poolside! Seriously, I think his lung is as dark as his dark skin.

Damai Laut > morning breakfast

2005-09-19T20:02:00.000+08:00

Ppl in our room woke up early feeling hungry!

The view from our room

V knocked on downstairs - every1 was sleeping, [female J] opened the door drowsily.

Heh?! [male J] who had announced loudly repeatedly last nite: I don't care, I'm going to sleep on bed!

V found him [male J] slumped on the sofa instead! [KW] was sprawled on the bed. Wat ahh had these 2 ma latt lou done?!

V took out sandwiches, which [S] had applied butter & since they were in the fridge overnite, they were frozen. It took longer to toast them. The coleslaw was nice too :)

[K] started throwing leftover breads to the m0nkeys outside & made "ek ek! Hi hi har har har hee!" More m0nkeys came & even some babies :) Cute! [M] peeled off the banana skin, I tot it was for the m0nkeys. She put the banana to her mouth & passed the banana skin to [K]! The m0nkeys grabbed the banana skin & bit it, then shared among themselves, then just glared back up at him. They r not stupid!

Daring baby? teen? monkey jumped up to our balcony for food
when others only stood in the ground waiting 4 us to throw food down

This time, [KW & UC] drove over to the Hotel. V passed by The View. It was a golf course, with lake & hill. Nothing spectacular.

Damai Laut > dream

2005-09-19T19:55:00.000+08:00

I just couldn't zzz peacefully. Too cold. Too hard. Sth was around. Felt like a young woman, in her twenties.. Damn! I wasn't quivering but it was irritating tat I couldn't zzz! I got out of the hard bed several times. To adjust the fan, off it accidentally - which was great! :D I couldn't c much in the dark. I flipped 1 of my sandals for safety against evil spirits. I'd zzz better.

Didn't know when, there was a sound from hp.

& I had a dream of [S] stroking my neck area and asked: How many bfs u've had already?
As if I were a playgirl! Huh!

Tat dream was so weird. Then I tot it could b that woman using [S]'s face in my dream. Uh...

Damai Laut > bedmates

2005-09-19T19:44:00.000+08:00

The delicate issue when going in holidays with couples & singles r: Who sleeps with who, in which room?

V had 2 couples: [female J & UC] & [T & K].

Altho the 'traditional' rule is females 1 room, males 1 room .. when u hv couples, they just want to spend te nite in each other's arms in the same piece of furniture.

[S] decided for the single females tat v'd sleep on the 2nd floor coz it was cleaner for the pregnant lady, [M]. Actually [M] was already sleeping on the Ground floor's bed. [S] & I walked up to 2nd floor, [T & K] were there. V knocked many times, called out - no respond. I knocked on the bathroom window as v were leaving. Then, [S] heard some1 called out while v were walking down the stairs.

[K] in towel at the waist.

Sure, it's normal for couples to take max opportunities to make out / hv sex, esp 1 tat is hiding the relationship. But I didn't feel bad interrupting their sex lives then, coz I wanted to rest. After all, v had already decided to leave them alone & got down. [T] probably didn't want us to think tat they were doing extra curricular activities. FGS!

Since [M] is pregnant, [S] & I took the wood bed. Oohh... hard, hard, hard! Lucky I brought along the Ikea blue wool cloth as blanket. The air-cond was cold tooo.. I really had a hard time zzz. Somehow, sth wasn't right.

Damai Laut > lantern walk

2005-09-19T19:07:00.000+08:00

Our steamboat had 2 flavours - bou soup which has kei ji (wolfberries) & hung jou (red bates); the other was spicy tomyam :p yummm..

At 1st the kei ji soup didn't hv much sweet taste, the spicy was really tasty :D [J & S] bought lots of food, prawn & crab meat sticks, eggs, wong nga bak choy, some green leaves, corns, fish ... the chicken was stale tho, smelly. Sooooooo full after eating!

V lazed around a bit, some watching the EPL (English Premiere League).. but some of us wanted to drive over to the beach/hotel while others wanted to burn off the Kalories. [S] brought last yr's Japanese lanterns & v walked all the way there :D The whole place only had us, except 1 or 2 random cars & bikes passing by.

My lantern's light was dim. Probably coz the paper was in pink, not bright yellow. The pattern was nice tho :)

UC, female J, S, male J, M, me, KW (back), T & K

Damai Laut - lantern walk.
C the yellow lantern - the brightest!
Mine was the darkest :(

According to the website, it would take 5 minutes walk from Apartment to Hotel. Haha haha! It took us about 1/2 hr walking (leisurely) in the only road!

[M] alternate between carrying the lantern & passing it to her 'maid' [F] & moaning, "Aiyo.. so far.."

V saw a signboard "The View". V could c patches of black, some grays in between. Mayb very dark navy too.. probably hills.

V discovered: [male J]'s into S&M.
He burnt the pack of candles in 1 go in his hand.
When the melted candle dripped onto his hand,
he exclaimed, "Wah, painful! Wahh..so syiok!"
Eeeeyea..

When v reached the hotel, v went to the swimming pool side. Maintenance Ooo :( Hope they would open it d next day...

Then v walked over to the garden to the beach. At the small gate of the stairs to the beach, it was locked with a sign "Closed." Yo.. if it were "Enter at own risk", v'd gone thru the locked gate haha!

Hanging lantern on the terbantut tree @ beach
It burnt itself at the bottom in the end tho. The Japanese lantern I mean.

A related species played with us @ beach.
Almost full moon kua...

So, v walked around tat area & found a way to the beach! :) Eyea! There were white things floating in the water. Probably rubbish. Yuck. The sand felt coarse! But not to the point of hurting our feet..

Some1 found 2 tyres & sat on it, bouncing up & down. [M]'s baby probably felt like he was in some kind of bouncing jelly then.

[M] floating in the sea... of sand

Funny, no star at all. The almost full moon was faint whitish...

When v got near the swimming pool, some1 discovered the ice cream. The seller complimented [T]: Orang Jepun kar?
[T] smiled happily: Bukan lar. Semua org Malaysia.
Seller: Ya kar! Mata cantik & besar?! Yg lain semua mata sepet, keciiiik!

?! [M & S]'s eyes r quite big.

V've walked so long & far from Apartment to Hotel tat v didn't want to walk back there... requested for driver but v had to wait coz the driver had gone out for supper. It was 11pm sth.

While waiting for our van, v sat at this spacious lobby, but not enuff chair for all of us.
[F] was checking sms feverishly. [male J] asked her for the EPL score.
No fan on altho the fan was above us. Very hot. Requested the hotel staff to on the fan & he obliged :)

When the driver drove us back to the Apartment, he drove like maniac. He hit a cat passing by, the van jerked to 1 side & they saw the poor cat hopping to the side. Poor thing! V'd look for it d next day..

Damai Laut > nite

2005-09-19T16:52:00.000+08:00

V got lost several times. Those men! Didn't know the direction but didn't want to ask. But then, by the time v got lost too deep, v couldn't find any1 around available to ask! It felt like rounding-up-the-hill like in Cameron & Genting Highlands without street lights! Some places felt like small street villages like in Bali... Scary coz it was dark & v couldn't find the apartment or even the signboard of Swiss Garden.

At 1 point, they were so confident tat they had found the place! Yahoo! V saw the bright lights at the end of the road. Dead end. It was a jetty. There was water, not sure if it's lake or river between us & the lights. Arrhh, so near, yet so far! There was a group of Malay family & they told us to go back out & take the other turn... Weird tat they were there, sitting on the road together as the jetty was closed. Mayb they hv private boat..

When v finally reached the apartment, v were so happy :D

V had 2 apartment rooms next to each other but 1 of it had some smell & aircond/toilet problem. The apartment sent a maintenance guy over but later v decided to change room totaly. So, v got 1 room at Ground Floor, the other at 2nd Floor on the same building.

Sooo hungry! Steamboat was being prepared by our chef, [S] :)

Damai Laut > in de bag

2005-09-19T15:04:00.000+08:00

This time, I brought very few items. It's quite inconvenient to pack when 1 is only staying overnite for 1 nite.

Facial cleanser, eye solutions, shampoo - found a small sample pack from Sunsilk which I didn't know was collecting dust & water in bathroom hehe, swimming stuff... didn't bring pillow over this time. Wanted 2 c if I could sleep in foreign places without it. I brought a blue cami & black shorts only. Underwear included of course :p

So, I had to rewear the clothes on the 2nd day.. Tat [J] who always complained about my physical appearance from specs to hair to clothes to the colours & materials (Get a life! It's not as if he's in the quality dept for fashion, duh!)

Damai Laut > on the way

2005-09-19T00:58:00.000+08:00

I didn't really 1 2 go 4 this trip... reasons I don't want to write here... Anyway, in the end, I joined in. [J & F] shared the membership payment @ all Swiss Garden & v get free accomodation for 3 days, 2 nites conseq. but v would b staying 2 days, 1 nite only. Wasted 1 nite!

V departed from my house at around 3.30pm coz some of us works 1/2 day on Sat. It was a normal temp day :)

As usual, [T] wasn't ready fully. But this time, v waited for less than 15 minutes only, which was a record! :)

Her ahem fren was waiting in his car, parked nearby.. After some mayhem @ her office where her strict & traditional father discovered she was sitting on his lap AOH (After Office Hrs), they both received a major verbal lashing.

So v headed to Damai Laut - without any map! Whoa of the organizers & drivers! Tot they were so clever! [male J] exclaimed: I tot [F] got print out mar!

Mostly while in the car, [T & K] flirted, laughed, coyed with themselves. I was like the wallpaper. Boring. In fact, it was annoying to hear [T]'s loud voice, giggling everytime K put on his imitation voice. So mostly I listened to the music, which was sad love songs, selected by [male J]. Doi! [T] repeatedly told him to change to "more popular Chinese & Japanese songs".. to which he sometimes obeyed. Often not. Both r bulls.

I finally asked [male J] to change to happier, holiday songs & after awhile only he reluctantly changed CD. I know he's broken hearted, but puh-lease!

In [KW]'s car, there was [KW himself, male J, T, K & myself] coming from KL's side. The other car had [M, F, S, UC, female J] from Selangor's (Sel) side.

As the Sel's side was departing later than us & didn't know the way to Lumut/the apartment, v had to wait 4 them somewhere in arr... where already ar?

3 of us ate wan tan mee with char siew & soup - which cost us almost RM5. Don't remember if it included the drinks. But it was $! Like KL. V saw 1 shop selling Garlic er.. Garlic sth, like pao, but it wasn't pao. Looked delicious. K bought 1 to share... smelled Garlic-ey but tasted a bit of Garlic only. *Blew out breath into palm & breathed in deeply* Didn't smell any garlic or bad breath.

KW said the street/shop is famous for those biscuits. V saw the $ was almost same as in KL. But the coffee packs were much more expensive by RM2-5!

I bought kai jai biscuit (chicken son - direct translation from Cantonese), also known as chick flavoured thin biscuit from Tai Chong Biscuits & Confectionery.
Price: RM2.50
Weight: 80gm
Made of: oil, sugar, wheat, flour, sesame seed, nam yue & onion

At Kedai Biscuit Hock Bee Tin, some of us bought kacang tumbok (crushed peanut candy)
Price: RM3.50 for 15 tiny packs
Made of: malt extract, ground nuts, sugar

Sinful sugar food, these :p for home.

The Sel's side departed about 1/2 - 1 hr later than us but they caught up with us @ highway.

[T] looked behind our car 4 UC's car.

I: They r @ our front already.
T: Har? So fast?
I: Yeah, cut us just now.
T: KW, why r v so slow?
KW replied wistfully, almost sad: Bcoz mine is not Merc...

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Unused

2005-09-19T00:55:00.000+08:00

The Bayview voucher must hv felt it was useless. I bought it, haze came to KL/Sel & it was the best time to go to Penang but no transport! Then, the haze went up North to Penang following the wind direction.. & then, bam! Expired on Merdeka Day!

Actually I felt it was very wasted of me to buy RM100 for the voucher & nobody used it... Won't buy such thing again unless I hv my own car ;)

Merdeka! (too late to shout now, I know)

Penang | Go, no go?

2005-08-17T20:27:00.000+08:00

Sigh... Serena's mom probably won't allow her to drive with me on the road - 2 females travelling to Penang. But she had been to Singapore, China & US alone. Funny mom.

This is also the 7th month where the Hungry Ghosts roam Earth. SF's mom is 1 very superstitious to the point of being paranoid: Cannot go outstation during this 'event' and other 'bad luck' months.

I got no car to drive alone & didn't hv free time to go anymore..

So I'm selling the Bayview Hotel voucher at RM99. I got it at RM100 from x-colleague.

70% discount on 1 room off published room rates or 5% discount off special promotional rates up to 3 consecutive nights. Subject to availability of room. For The Bayview Beach Resort and The City Bayview Hotel in Penang.

http://www.bayviewintl.com

http://www.bayviewbeach.com
Room rates for The Bayview Beach Resort

The City Bayview Hotel, Penang
Room rates are available at leftside navigation of http://www.bayviewintl.com

Say, u choose Bayview Beach, Family Hillview Suite which is RM 695.00

The amount u need to pay if it's for 3 nights consequtively = RM695 x 30% = RM208.50 only!!!

So the total amount u need to pay to get the 70% discount = RM208.50 + RM99 (for voucher) = RM307.50

Any1 interested? More details at ebay.com.my - ID: mystic_vulcan. Pls drop me a mail at daysnnitesofmj[at]yahoo[dot]com ASAP! It ends this month 31st Aug 2005.

Penang trip no more

2005-07-20T21:14:00.000+08:00

The hotel staff said they don't hv any std rooms available this weekend already... & the original reservation was made for 1 nite only! Ha?! I told the staff 2 nites.

:(

Anyway, since v didn't want to pay more for the Sun nite stay for family room - as the 2 engineers r not coming, v cancelled the trip already. *sob sob*

Next month lerr..

Aiyer, why like tat?

2005-07-20T11:56:00.000+08:00

Woke up to Serena's sms: Moi, can u online?

Online already. SF let the bomb out: The 2 onsite engineers may not be able to make it at all. If they make it, they'll only stay 1 nite as they didn't apply leave for Monday!!

WTH?!

Why didn't tell us sooner?! If the remaining 4 were to stay on Monday, the $ would b much higher. Insensitive assholes!

No more next time ask them!

Penang | Room rates

2005-07-16T13:42:00.000+08:00

With the 70% voucher I bought from Goh at RM100 - he said he got the membership at around RM1000 - not sure if it's true... Jimmy & Foo got Swiss Garden Hotel chain membership, hv to pay about RM160 per month, both for 3 yrs!! After tat or 30 yrs later, they can get free accomodation at any Swiss Garden Hotel in the world. Earth I mean.

So.. back to the Penang trip. These few days since 2 weeks ago, v had been counting the $.

C.. The room tat we needed would hv to fit 6 person! At 1st it was only Serena confirmed. & Samantha but she can't get day off on Monday so - it's not worth taking 1 nite stay lar as the max nite is 3 nites according to the voucher. I tot the voucher can be used on many rooms - ahh.. not the case. :( Serena also had asked some of her college frens & x-bf. Her (dont know current or not) E may come also! Whoa.. fireworks lor! Wonder if they would fight & spoil the trip. Or got live show.. Unfortunately, as we could only book 1 room, her frens wouldn't want to join - too packed - she said. Felt bad about it. But well, too bad. He (her x) left her 1st. His loss ahha!

I asked Serena for her credit card to book room. Actually I asked if she wanted to book it or give me her #. The gal who answered the call - I heard her name was Wanita?? Wanida? - she answered my call everytime I got thru, not the other Shirley, whom Goh told me to speak with - checked the availability & called me up the next day after I called to reserve. & no need to use credit card to book, only the member's #. Available! :D

The Family room is RM635

After 70% discount * 0.3
= RM190.50

According to the Wanita/Wanida? the price would be RM199.50 including tax.
Need to add 1 more bed for 1 of the engineers + 60
= RM259.50

Altho there r 6 of us, 3 of us skinny girls can sleep on 1 big twin bed :)
So, for 2 nites * 2
= RM 519

Each person pays only / 6
= RM86.50!

If they want to pay for the voucher too... (RM519 + RM100) / 6 = about RM103 only!

Cheap le?! :D Of course tat doesn't count food & transportation..

It's confirmed!

2005-07-13T16:34:00.000+08:00

Going to Penang on 23rd this month!!! :D Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Penang, here I come! (soon)

2005-06-28T13:46:00.000+08:00

Will b going to Penang sometime next month - gotta use the Bayview coupon b4 it expires in Aug!!! So far, only 2 gals replied wanna go. Disappointed with the rest of them (I had emailed them twice). No more.

If nobody else wanna go/reply, fine. We'll just enjoy urselves there.

2005-06-04T02:24:00.000+08:00

Vurgins jumping on bed. They had drunk some alcohol & some1 said about the word "bed". Next thing v knew, the female in white jacket asked the muscle guy, "U virgin?! U go jump on the bed to 'hoi jiong'!"

Traditional Chinese ppl believe tat when a couple get married, they must let boys (must be boys) to jump on their bed so tat they would hv LOTS of penis descendants. Hah! Bullshit to me! In the act of defiant, these 2 females (not sure V or not) jumped on bed & LOL & then fought like mad.

2005-06-04T02:22:00.001+08:00

our view..

2005-06-04T02:22:00.000+08:00

Zzz

2005-06-04T02:21:00.000+08:00

1st time to snorkeling. Scared to death!

2005-06-04T02:18:00.001+08:00

Almost cloudy

2005-06-04T02:18:00.000+08:00

Men on 3

Tioman 2004

2005-06-04T02:17:00.000+08:00

Lone turtle swimming nearby our chalet's.. cute :) too bad I didn't c it..

2005-06-04T02:13:00.001+08:00

Strawberriessssssss!! :D

2005-06-04T02:13:00.000+08:00

Where got flower? Sigh, fren said there were LOTS of colours of flowers. Liar! V got conned to walk up to the top :( So tired... painful... oooo ooo

Cameron Highlands

2005-06-04T02:11:00.000+08:00

The flavoured tea. Tasted like medicine or rose drink to me. I don't want to say bad things about Cameron Highlands but I've tasted better drinks. Ulk..

2005-06-04T02:07:00.000+08:00

Foam party. These ppl were crazy!!!

2005-06-04T02:06:00.000+08:00

Tall Xmas 3

2005-06-04T02:05:00.000+08:00

Ball of lights

2005-06-04T02:04:00.000+08:00

Lights @ uh the .. street

2005-06-04T02:03:00.000+08:00

O, this was somewhere, or sth like this place where the couple kissed (roughly). Totally not romantic or sensual - the way they kissed. Not the place. I remember v saw a toned muscled guy jogging with a Siberian Husky (fur trimmed short-it looked funny)!!! :P Saliva dropping......

2005-06-04T02:01:00.000+08:00

Slept in the train after the 1st day breakfast..

Singapore - Last day

2005-06-04T01:57:00.000+08:00

Extremely hungry on the last day, almost a few hrs b4 v had to leave Singapore.. ordered Japanese food. Only 1 of the ladies had eaten & then she rushed off to go shopping. The food was DELICIOUSSSSSSSS :p mmm mmmm

2005-06-04T01:55:00.000+08:00

The fancy pancy hotel that closed tables & chairs outside. Chuin. Nice deco tho. V got in another hotel for tea & Coke HAHA after searching for 7 11 for 1/2 hr to no avail.

2005-06-04T01:51:00.000+08:00

Clarke Quay. Rested here 4 awhile, feet damn tired. The other 1/2 split up & went to check out prostitutes at the Red Light District. Later, v walked to the other Quay..

2005-06-04T01:50:00.000+08:00

Who wants to c a BIG BIG BIG Durian? V were conned. Had nvr seen such a big durian b4 in my whole life. Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. the library's coool! Wished I had more time to read some mags & books there.

2005-06-04T01:48:00.000+08:00

The XMas Eve, now tat I think of it, it was yr 2002.. not 2003. Ah.. don't remember which yr it was. The yr tat they had fake snow laaa.. This was directly under that bridge.

2005-06-04T01:47:00.000+08:00

Beauties...

2005-06-04T01:42:00.000+08:00

At the park, nearby the beach. V saw a young couple - suspect: age 16? kissing hard at 1 of the big rock facing the sea. V passed by there 3 times in 2 hrs, they were at the same spot, cuddling & tongue-ing. :-O Guess wat word v were trying to make?

Singapore Xmas 2003/2?

2005-06-04T01:37:00.001+08:00

Dec 2003 Arrival @ Changi Airport, Singapore .. early in the morning, around 6sth I think. Some of us brought pillows

2005-05-24T17:36:00.000+08:00

Lucky Windchimes from Bali.

Bali | last day | back to Malaysia

2005-05-01T02:06:00.000+08:00

After tat, v packed & ... to the airport. Hungry. Bought 12 Dunkin' Donuts. [J & UC] went off by themselves without telling us that they would eat by themselves. Wat la..

The choc donuts were delicious ;) yumm..

Once v got into the plane, v dozed off & awake only when v touched down KLIA. Didn't eat anything at all!

Shopped at the duty free place. Bought lots of chocs!!!

[SK] & I agreed to take taxi home - RM? Forgot the price already but after spilt, it was around RM50. I got off at my place but the driver didn't want to deliver him to [T]'s place, which wasn't even 5 minutes away! So he got off & called [T]. [T] was watching American Idol, she told him that she'd come to fetch him after the show finished.

Later, bro came back with car & we sent [SK] to [T].

So tired. Took out all the clothes & put them into pail. I'd wash them the next day...

Bali 310305 | last day | Get some tan

2005-05-01T01:57:00.000+08:00

On our last day at Bali, we finally got to wear the sarongs that v had bought! :D

[S] smuggled a whole bag of breakfast breads coz on the way to Bali, we had nothing much to eat.

[M, S, Miao] & I sunbathed for 15 minutes! Ha! Applied Shiseido Sunscreen & Banana Boat's Golden religiously on whole body. Didn't think would get much Golden with just that few minutes under the sun.. but tat's ok coz too much sun can cause skin cancer. Felt a bit weird wearing bikini. [Miao] tried to apply sun screen on our bodies! ha! I pushed his hand away gently at 1st. Hahaha.. [M & S] LOL. If [Jim] saw, he would surely say, "Afraid ppl pok mung nei ar?" (Ppl take advantage of touching U?)

An uncle possibly Korean or Japanese ogled us. Wat a jerk!

The local ppl tried to sell their products by the compound(pic below), scary, they could really talk to u in 1 hr!

Then us gals & [SK] went off to sauna in the dark.. separately of course! Then, swam - they swam, I stayed on the ground of the pool & then v went in2 the sauna pool. The water wasn't hot but there were holes where sprays came out.

Peeked at the ppl sunbathing topless again..Ah, the handsome guy with toned body ooo hooo that v saw yest was with them. Gay? Most probably.. :(

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Sweet ...

Statues

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At the entrance of our hotel, this peaceful statue sits (as guardian?). There are lots of statues in Bali, related to their religions. Some scary, some mystical..

Scary statue @ Hilton Bali

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White flower

Some flowers found @ our hotel

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What's the flower called?

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Flower - wat's the name?

Bali 310305 | 5th | WAVES!

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most left (u can only c a dot) = [SK] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Bali 310305 | 5th | Wait!!!

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[SK] ran towards us & said, "Eh, wait for me!" He ran away ...

V were walking back to hotel when he came running in swimming suit (trunk?) & dashed into the waves. The 3 of us walked hand in hand coz v had played enuff

Bali 310305 | 5th | our beach

2005-04-30T16:54:00.001+08:00

At the beach - wahhh, such cool waves!!! AHHHHH! :D :O

[F] took lots of pics while we stood (tried to) there

Bali 310305 | 5th | Horse riding

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Some ppl riding horses near our beach.. oooo... V didn't try it coz hv to pay.

Bali 300305 | 4th | Suite! :D

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Once v got back to our hotel rooms, ahhhh jumped on the bed! Whooo ooooo! :D

[S] suddenly told me she'd room with me. Huh? Ok. [F] wanted 2 zz with [M] or vice versa. Not sure.

Now v understood why ppl come to Bali 4 honeymoon. Where u stay matters!

The mosquitoe net is more romantic than other rooms.. the bathroom has a 'natural rock' shower, bathtub that can fit 2 person ahemmm ;) 2 toilet bowls heheh.. Even the tv comes with a remote control. But the fengshui & arrangement of things still sucked.

Facing the big bed is a huge mirror. Next to the mirror is the tv, which if u want to watch tv on the bed, u hv to shift ur body... Our bathroom's door also couldn't be closed. The bathtub didn't hv the stopper but after calling 0, some1 brought the stopper over in about 30minutes.

Shower & bathtub

The bathroom

Can't resist posting another pic of the gorgeous bed! :)

Bali 300305 | 4th | Kuta

2005-04-30T03:49:00.000+08:00

[J] & [UC] recommended a big surfing/beach shop Surfer Girl. Checked out the display. Nice. No sale tho. Didn't want to go in.. but after walking almost all the shops, v got in coz disappointed - nothing much bought. Whoaaa!!! SO many selections of beach wear!!!

V found the bikini [S] & I tried yest nite but didn't hv the rite size. Here got the rite size! :D Like a madwoman, v checked out & flipped almost every item! :D

I found another white bikini top from Billabong! No bottom. Since I already hv a 2 piece, I figured I don't need stringy bikini bottom. Ha, my bottom has stretchmarks & looked asymmetric! :S Anyway, who sees my bum bum but me? :P

I really love the receipt! So colourful & happy..

Passed by the disco/pub bombed .. hoped I didn't c any body parts or dead spirits!!!

Bali bombing monument

All the while at Bali, sometimes I get down thinking about I had resigned & no job yet. It was time for break & try sth new!! B brave! Buying & wearing a bikini is 1 of the step. I rarely wear revealing clothes. Don't hv enuff confidence to wear cropped top (tummy) or show legs (dark marks from tweezing hairs)...

At Kuta, v agreed 2 meet at the McD's nearby Hard Rock Hotel at 5pm & take taxi back. But the lovebirds were late ahhh..

V hungry but not as hungry as [F]. She wanted 2 eat hotdog. I wanted too but they didn't look fresh. So the rest of us headed to the local version of 7 11 - Kmart or sth like tat. They hv branches everywhere! V got some chocs & food 4 flight morrow too. Speaking of chocs, shit! My stomach just grumbled!

At the beach, there was a religious festival where a group of locals wearing white top walked toward the beach top (stage). There was a duck tied. Poor thing. I suspect it would b sacrificed.. :( Do u think it knows?

Talk about sexy to pray. Bali women wear sheer lace kebaya & tank top with sarong. Some even wore bra underneath the white lace. They wear thick make ups, even young girls. The guys are covered from neck onwards.

Bali 300305 | 4th | Where are the cheap good stuff?

2005-04-30T03:47:00.000+08:00

Later in the afternoon, v walked Kuta town & got separated. [J] had to catch his flight back home - he was the only 1 going home early coz not enuff leave & he is just starting 2 work at [C]'s co.

& also, v were told by the hotel staff that they tot we would all check out tat day! They had given our rooms to other ppl & suggested if v would like to move to another hotel of theirs (2* only)?

"No way," [F] told them.

It was their mistake anyway, so they offered to upgrade us to Suite! :D Wah, the Suite has 1 large white bed WITH romantic mosquito net! 1 smaller single bed at the other side, a tv with remote control, 1 large bathroom with a bathtub, shower stall, 2 toilet bowls! Our normal room didn't hv remote control 4 tv uhhh! Now v knew why ppl hv honeymoon in Bali!! :D ;) Couldn't wait 2 come back 2 the room!

At Kuta (again), v browsed lots of sequined & beaded slippers & pointed shoes, bags (some fake branded), sunglasses, beach wear, bum wear.. Hunt for magnets failed miserably. The 1st souvenir (big) shop v walked into, they sold pieces of carvings, photo albums, weaved aunty bags which [Miao] fought with [M]! I remembered [ML] told me to buy deco pieces of carvings 4 her but they didn't look too inviting. She said she would pay me back but .. I wasn't sure wat she liked. Besides, most of the carvings r either couples making out or Gods or weird looking fellows or enormous cock.

I found the Bali kitties with bell at their necks! So, tat was where [TK] bought the kitties 4 all of us at our dept.. mmm.. I checked out the $. Rp5000 for 4-5 ah! Arrhh! So cheap ahh!! The keychains that I had bought were around Rp5000 for each uh! Tat cheapskate [TK]! But I quite liked the green kitty I chose :)

At my prev cube at old office, I put animals - a mouse with zzz hat & buttoned shirt (no pants or underwear tho. How 2 check if the mouse is female/male?) tat was given by [S] for belated XMas, [TK]'s kitty & [SF]'s brown patch eyed doggie with smiley face. The mouse was the biggest tho in reality, mouse is the smallest animal among these 3. [CK] said they must b fighting. I defended my furry frens, "No ak! They r buddies!"

Somehow, sometimes the mouse's shirt comes off. Don't know who fingers itchy undressed my mouse... Probably sex-maniac at office.

Bali 300305 | 4th | Sunbathing

2005-04-30T03:45:00.000+08:00

[SK] was the 1st to swim this morning. I was too lazy to swim, besides I still hadn't found my bikini oooo. Not tat I really wanted 1 but oh, every1 here wears bikini!

After breakfast, [M] & [S] went to zzz! Pigs! [F] & [J] walked around & somehow after I had my nature call back at own room, I saw them hanging out nearby the swimming pool, lounging. They beckoned me to look to my right side.

WHOAAA!

2 Caucasions sun bathing! 1 of them applied suntan lotion on the other.. Both females? Did they wear bikini bottom? I squinted my eyes. [J] confirmed they did. Hahha, tat was wat he looked ah! So... topless sunbathing! 8-)

I remember the last time I saw topless ppl (live ones) was at Singapore. That time, was... XMas & they were LOTR ppl (shorter).

"Miao should come here n c!"

V looked around for him & there he was strolling lazily towards us. He reminds me of Garfield. Eat, zzz, 1/2 opened eyes. The only thing that can make him wide eyed = sex/sexy girls & food. We nudged nudged.

They looked like they have great bodies. Really admire such ppl. So daring. So au naturel...

Q: Would u sunbathe nude?

I definately will NOT in my mindset now. Who knows? Mayb when u go to nude beaches where every1 is buck naked, u'd do the same too. [A], a bit chubby but funny guy who used to work at the same co as mine said he had jumped into the sea naked with his buddies when he was in Australia. He said it was cold. Ulk. Can't imagine tat. Wait. Imagined that. SKIP!!! *** shudder***

Bali 290305 | 3rd | Earthquake again?!

2005-04-30T03:44:00.000+08:00

Saw the tv showing Asian Earthquake. Tot they were still talking about (yet another) tsunami.. But it was actually ANOTHER NEW earthquake here in Indonesia! V didn't feel anything at all from Bali, thank God! The tv showed ppl from the islands & nearby places evacuating their homes & cause massive jams to higher places. They were afraid of another tsunami as the earthquake happened offshore Banda Aceh.

Surprisingly there wasn't continuous video clips or news about the tsunami on the Indonesian tv channel. Instead, CNN & BBC were talking about it almost non-stop everytime v flipped channel. Mayb coz they r the news channel... but those International channels didn't hv any video clips at all at first. Later they showed the same video clips as the local tv station.

When v got back to our own rooms, I saw there were 4 miscalls from home. Then a sms from father: GOT EARTHQUAK NOT? IS EVERY1 OK

Replied & assured them here was ok. All safe.

Home called! Shit! I only had a few more ringgits & 1 bar of batt left! I picked it up, knowing I too hv to pay the call.

I: I'm ok. V r ok.
Father: Ok arr.. Ok.. V felt some here. *Yelled at others: What want to say to her?!*
..
Father: Buy some chocs back. Tat's all. When come back?
I: Ooo ok. *thinking: just want me to buy choc only, not sth serious?!* Wed/Thurs back.
Bro: B careful, they expect another coming soon to Indonesia.
I: Arh?! Ok ok.
Father: Eh-

Line cut. No more batt.

Called others 2 warn them just b alert in case anything happened. [F] said her sis said she felt it too.. way back to Penang.

[S & M]'s room wasn't answered after sometime but [S] finally answered (annoyed), "Matt yeaaaaa? Wan 2 sleep ah!"
Told her.
She mumbled, "Mmm." Hung up.
Later, [M] called & asked, "What? Say lar."
I: Nothing much la, go back zz lar.
[M]: Tell lar..
Told her briefly: My bro said they predicted another earthquake soon, just b alert in case anything happens.

Somehow I wasn't sure who called who, who spoke with who. I think [M] called us but [F] answered. But [S] said [F] called them many times. Dunno leh, I was tired too.. Hope no more earthquake & tsunami..

Bali 290305 | 3rd | [S]'s belated birthday

2005-04-30T03:41:00.000+08:00

After v bathed @ the hotel, v went 2 [S] & [M]'s room 4 supper. & [S]'s belated birthday party! Called & tried 2 wake up [SK] but he was konked out.

Don't remember who, think it was either [Jim] or [Miao] who said she was fat a bit compared 2 last time. 1 thing about some ppl is they can't take any negative comment about their weight/physical appearance. Some of they will ask every1 about it & then answer their own questions.

I used 2 b ok, telling her the truth: She was thin.

But she rarely believes me, saying I lied to make her happy.

Hey, she wears size S, sometimes XS & she can wear children clothes! Me? I wear M or L. So wat gives? Anything bigger than me is a bit bigger la. Anything smaller than me is THIN!

So after learning my lesson - It doesn't matter what u say, ppl will think wat they say is the correct 1. So, if she thinks she's fat, no one can convince her she's not. Unless tat person is some1 she regards highly.

[S] kept saying: Don't want to eat aaaa... Fat aaaaa...

Yeah, yeah. She ate a lot!

Bali 290305 | 3rd | Things v bought

2005-04-30T03:35:00.001+08:00

I bought many sarong - yellow, pink, black & blue sarongs with threading. [M] had earlier bought the same pattern in blue but she fell in love with pink so she bought another 2 more - pink & red. I tot of giving the amois 1 sarong each.. Both of us [M] & I wanted 2 find magnets which has "Bali" but couldn't find nice & cheap ones. When v found them, they were ALL GRABBED by [Jim] 4 his colleagues! Arrhh!

[J] had bought a helmet earlier where v bargained for sarong, keychains, magnets & souvenirs. [Miao] bought the most souvenirs from miniature musical sets, statues? to keychains and even sarongs!

Bali 290305 | 3rd | The most romantic dinner/beach @ Bali

2005-04-30T03:34:00.000+08:00

Later v went to the most romantic beach @ Bali.
candlelight dinner @ beach

It started 2 drizzle but v still wanted 2 sit outside. The staff put 2 huge umbrellas out for us but it rained harder & v were forced 2 run back inside. :( Hot & steamy inside. Smokey too. All the (fresh but dead) seafood were fried. Delicious!!! [SK] ordered alcohol & got red.

Bali 290305 | 3rd | Hilton Bali whoaaa

2005-04-30T03:27:00.000+08:00

Later v checked out other hotels - waahhh, cities have so many beautiful hotels! Bigger hotels than ours! 5 & 6 *!!!

Look at this:
Hilton Bali - Dragons at the front lake

[M]: Where would u like to sit on the dragon?
I: On the front! On top of Loong Loong *evil grin*. (Loong Loong is some1 [M] knows but I don't know but I've heard of him being a guy that a lot of ladies chase uh huh)

Usually guys like that r either very gentlemen or playboys or sweet-tongues.

Hilton Bali - apartments facing lake

Bali 290305 | 3rd | The other side's temple

2005-04-30T03:15:00.000+08:00

Very hot ahhh!

Got coconut drinks! :) ahhhh *relaxed*

Walked over to the other side & found another:

SK waving at the other side. The beach has dark gray sand! But it's not accessible from here. Unless v jump over & die down there.

Gray sand, big waves

Steps! To go down! But v dared not go down more than 2 steps... chicken.

V said aloud: Change pose lah!

I would like to post [M]'s many poses of 1 hand out, mouth opened to show the world how beautiful Bali is, but I am afraid she may hit me later & [F] would get mad (at me). ;)

I would like to post [Miao]'s rapist, slimy look but I wouldn't want him to blame me when he can't get any decent gf ;)

Also like to post [SK]'s 007 pose but ah...

Bali 290305 | 3rd | Temple @ sea

2005-04-30T03:07:00.000+08:00

After yest's experience, v wouldn't want [Jim] 2 drive & us to sit so many hrs. Only wanted 2 go near near places :) For our butts & backs sake.

The entrance has LOTR-like VERY tall cravings. There is a hall for meditation or events...

Entrance

This temple is very special coz u hv to wait till sunset - when the tide goes out, then u can walk on the beach to go to the temple. During daytime, the temple is separated from the main land.

As the day was around middle of the month, the waves were high. I had already told [F] not to get days during full moon after the Redang trip with company...

Bali 290305 | 3rd | Sarong vs Shorts

2005-04-30T03:01:00.000+08:00

After breakfast, v changed into bikinis (I into top swimsuit, no bikini yet), wrapped with sarong. [S] lent me her navy blue sarong given by [E]. I totally forgot to bring any sarong. I still had 1 from HP at office.

So excited, nervous about wearing sarong! V tied it like a halter dress :D

But [F] scolded us 4 being so cheap & inappropriate. V would b going to temple. She just lied on the bed & closed her eyes while v changed back to normal attire - spaghetti top & shorts. I say, the sarong covered more but ... it was kinda inappropriate to wear beach clothes to temple.

Later, I told [J]: Just now v wore sarong but [F] said it wasn't ngam to go temple in sarong.

[M] saw [F] standing at the back, a few steps up. [M] whispered, "Don't talk so loud. [F] at the back." I glanced back & saw [F] looking at us. Wat 2 b scared about? It was the truth maaa.. I was only talking about facts.

Took pics in front of the hotel :) [S] got some kemboja again. [F] warned, "Those r ghost flowers uuuh!"

Yeah wo... now that she said it, I just remembered. I looked around. There were some pots of kwai fa too. These flowers attract dead spirits - according to some Chinese ppl. Not sure if it's superstitious or real...

My family used to have a big pot of kwai fa. Coz it sound RICH. My father loves $. He loves it more than any1 & anything, except himself. But after hearing my maternal grandma (now in heaven or reborn?) said it was bad, v never had kwai fa again.

In fact, my mother had no green thumb. Anything she tried to plant, it died sooner / later. Mayb it's the bare porch. Too strong for a small pot of plant. Or the plant had absorbed too much negativities from the house & around.. I always think a home should have some greenery - short neat grass or small plants at the side or front. Not bare tar. Ulk!

I love the red-gold umbrella at the front.

Bali 280305 | 2nd | Lost in the estate

2005-04-30T03:00:00.000+08:00

After dinner, some of us (all girls, except [F]) wanted 2 look 4 swimwear - bikinis! :( when most of the shops were closed b4 9pm.. oooo...

Yest & most of today, v girls sat at the back (except [F]). So this time, as v got back into the car, I shouted, "I want to sit at the front!" [M] followed the shout.

So, v got up to the 2nd level hehhe... [F] & [SK] sat at the back. So HAPPIE :D

[F] warned, "Na, now I can't read the map & c the road, u guide [Jim] home ar."

[M] yelled back, "OOOK!" Hehhee..

[Jim] said, "I should know how 2 go back larr."

But v got lost into strange places, padi fields, different buildings, homes... the "real accurate" map that v bought wasn't tat "real accurate"!

I suggested many times, "Why don't v stop somewhere & v (I meant [M] & I) change place with [F]?" Nobody wanted that/stop. [S] kept replying, "No need. Don't want lar." Felt she was blaming me in her eyes 4 getting all of us lost. Hey, if u know the way, why don't u say sth? If u didn't know, u can't blame other ppl too!

V just kept turning, U-turn... v were somewhere in the estate. Far from civilization..

Finally found a police station - Polis (Bahasa Malaysia) = Polisi (Bahasa Indonesia)! Phew... *relief* All of us got down except the last row - some of them were zzz, some fuming. [Jim] slammed the door. Uh huh. Not all could go down anyway, coz our van had extra 1 person. Illegal.

The police were quite helpful but they had another case to handle so v waited at the bench. Heard some sounds. Like meowing. It wasn't [Miao].

I asked [Jim], "Eh u angry ar?"

Jim: No ak. Just ahghhhh frustrated *combed his hair with his hands*

I repeated his advice 2 me: Stress urself also no use. Why make urself feel bad when it wasn't ur fault tat v got lost?

Jim smiled. Caught with his own words.. He realised how smart he is.

V wanted the direction 2 go back to our hotel but the police told us 2 wait for awhile, 1 of them would guide us back. The police were really nice about it :D THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE FRIENDLY & HELPFUL CANGGU POLICE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! Meant 2 write a letter/email to Bali/mayb their police but forgot... Working in Customer Support/Service made me realise how normal it was to give excellent service but how hard 2 get a compliment.

Accompanied by Polisi to go back to hotel

V promised [Jim] a full body massage.

After all of us bathed, v dozed off.

-:o Totally forgot about massaging [Jim].

Bali 280305 | 2nd | Dinner @ Kuta

2005-04-30T02:59:00.000+08:00

Got to Kuta 4 dinner.. wanted 2 eat at the restaurant that 1 of the locals recommended but the waiter said brusquely, "No space," and went off somewhere. Nobody even looked at us or told us to wait 4 awhile or sth. BAD SERVICE. Noted most of the customers were Caucasions. Hmph!

V walked further up.. & saw a huge swing in front 1 of the cafe. [M] & I sat on it & swing... :)

"Nice leh?" I asked [M].

She nodded & smiled big big. :D Just last week only I had swing @ [N]'s park.

But [F] didn't want 2 eat Indian food so v walked further ... & went back 2 this cool decorated place in dark woods, red lanterns, huge glass/mirror which hid the cooking area. 1 of the pretty waitresses handed a Japanese language menu 2 me. :P I look Japanese heh?

A Diploma lecturer once tot I was a Japanese. I have a Chinese name tat when pronounced, sounds like Japanese but has nothing to do with the Japanese. I had nvr checked out the family tree but I don't think I have Japanese blood... The only Japanese words I know are: mushi mushi, hana maki, Kimura Takuya, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Iciban, karaoke ;) ;) Hideki! kampai, sushi, tempura, eh? Komene, mmm.. tosai? Er, tat's Indian. Cho to ma te! Cho to ma te! :D Ko ni chi waaaa... *bow* Na ni? I also learnt how to say I love u from [SC], x-colleague who learnt Japanese but I don't know where I put the words already...

This restaurant has Western food mostly. 3 of us [M, S & I] decided to share the food - tiramisu & pizza. The tiramisu was soured, the waitress told us 2 choose another cake. Pizza was nice.. Not sure how the other food fared coz others didn't offer theirs, except [SK]'s.

Bali 270305 | 2nd | Lite snack

2005-04-30T02:57:00.000+08:00

my tomato soup with bread (ugh)

It tasted yuck! It had some breads on it, the taste was like vomit. Eewww... Still I didn't want 2 waste it so u c it was almost finished till I cannot tahan.

So bored waiting 4 them 2 come out.. [UC] suddenly flipped out his notebook. WHAT?! He had notebook all the while & didn't take it out?! The couple took huggy pics wif the nb & put on current Top 10 Mandarin songs.

I accused [Jim], "U hv't passed me Lee Hom & David Tao's CDs!"

He defended himself, "U didn't remind me?!"

I retorted, "I did huh!"

"Next time remind me again lar," he waved it off.

It was getting late & 1 thing about Bali - there wasn't enuff of street lights. So v had 2 get going coz the road was narrow & winding & curvy too.

Bali 280305 | 2nd | Found: Hot spring!

2005-04-30T02:41:00.001+08:00

Hot water spring

V saw the water was dirrrrty - couldn't c the base of the pool. I tot it was in a natural pond, but they made it into sections of pool. If u want privacy & cleaner hot spring, u can pay more for a round swimming pool. It had massage services too - [Jim] was really enthusiastic about the massage but they had 2 beds only... After seeing the water, I had no more mood to soak myself in the hot spring. Still, after coming so far, I dipped my feet into the pool. It wasn't too hot, just warm :) Careful not to slip inside..

[Miao] changed into swimming trunks -eeek, so much hair on the stomach - & jumped into the hot spring. He complained, "Not hot keh?"

V pointed to the lion's head (or sth like tat) where the water was pouring out. He swam over to 1 of those & gave thumbs up. Miao...

[M] & [S] beria-ria wanted 2 sink into the hot spring, they went outside back 2 buy the sarong. V got up the restaurant - the only group 2 eat there & ordered some food. I ordered tomato soup:

Bali 280305 | 2nd | Buffet vs Meal

2005-04-30T02:41:00.000+08:00

So, v decided to share the food. Looked at the menu for sometime. Some of them wanted buffet. Compared the $. Eeaaah, buffet $ was more economical, almost same price wat with separate meals!

Buffet place - traditional music (live) but no customers except the couple

After tat, v looked 4 hot spring & got lost! Finally found 1 & had 2 pass by a small street selling thin string bikinis & sarongs. Saw some shops with small monkeys chained. Kesian. Why did they keep them? To pick coconuts?

Monkey. While browsing the pics that [Miao] took, most of the pics of this animal wasn't clear as it was moving around. Now I know it's a he.

Bali 280305 | 2nd | Where is the Hot spring???

2005-04-30T02:35:00.001+08:00

Today [F] was going 2 take us to c mountain views... It was way up North of Bali. The view was ooooo. V had to ooooo coz he drove so many hrs & v had to sit in the car for soooooo long. Actually the distance was quite short but as Bali road is just 1 lane, some 1 way only with dangerous stunts on the road, it took longer than for the same distance in KL. OOo good old Malaysia with highways...

[Jim] drove around 3 hrs to reach this place.. he drove more than 7 hrs that day. Some of us even tot he was angry when v got lost at nite. He was bored, frust driving - the only 1 who has International passport, v were bored of sitting. This is on the way to the mountain top, to find hotspring

By the time v reached the moutain/hill, it was drizzling.. V got down 1/2 way to find food. 1 of the local guy suggested to us that v eat at the restaurant there. There were restaurants further up too but [F] was afraid that the food wasn't nice. Oiyo, nvr tried how to know?

The mountain & lake

The statue & view of the mountain and lake, outside the empty restaurant

Dark clouds.. rain!!!

Bali 280305 | 2nd | Everywhere, there must be at least a temple

2005-04-30T02:33:00.000+08:00

The next morning! :D I was the last to get out of the room I think hehehe.. [S] & [M] were the 1st to wake up. Probably coz [S] was the 1st to zzz, tat pig!

The only couple in our group, [UC] & [J] sat in another table at the corner. Frankly after Hatyai, Thailand, I really don't like hving 1 couple travellling with a group of single frens. But [F] really liked [UC] to come.. mmm? [J] was like the so obedient housewife, fetching plates of food to them. Huh! Lucky [UC]. Frankly, it's MCP of him! He should at least help out to take the food maaaa. But if [J] willingly takes the food, who's there to complain?

Religious festival

Everywhere there's always a religious festival in Bali. Almost every street has a temple, if not more ... lots of women in white laces, belt & sarong walking around. Crazy motorists came out suddenly from left, with no light indication to turn right on the other side of the road. [Jim] could hv heart attack driving. It takes skills, man. Skills. :D Luckily it was [Jim] driving. I totally trust him. No choice la. No other has international driving license! He said it was surprisingly easy to get the license. No need to do any tests. Just tell the counter, pay with photo .. voila. Kao dim!

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | Bad fengshui

2005-04-29T22:10:00.000+08:00

[M] called me 2 come over as she couldn't zzz & was scared. She tried to wake up that [S] but she was zz like a pig. Wouldn't buldge. [F] was bathing so I couldn't leave the room.

Then v found a football/Sports channel. [F] called out to [Jim], "OI, GOT FOOTBALL AHHH!!!" Both of them r football nuts. [F] called [Miao] 2 come over & watch it too so the 2 guys came over.

I dozed off..

Somehow in the middle of the match, [F] went over to [M]'s room to accompany her.

[Jim] woke me up to close the door. Eh... aiyaaaa zzz so good, disturbed me! Called [F] groggily if she wanted 2 come back else I'd lock the door. She had fallen zzz there in [M] & [S]'s room & came back.. nite.

I remembered to put my slipper upside down but [F] shut off the bathroom's light. V only on the light opposite our beds, with a huge mirror.

Seriously, the hotel rooms didn't follow Feng Shui rules. Mirror facing bed. As if v wouldn't wake up in the middle of the nite & c ourselves at the mirror but tot it was sth else! & the left bed too has another mirror! Doiii... Window also face the bed..

Normal room, mirror facing bed

Window facing bedside. The bed's actually made of heavy log so v couldn't shift the beds else 3 person can zzz in 1 room

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | Long wait 4 dinner

2005-04-29T22:08:00.000+08:00

As it was late & our rented van would only come morrow, v decided 2 eat at the hotel. V were the only ones eating there. No. Wait.. there were other ppl at the dining hall but there was no table for 9 of us, so v had to sit at another side of the hall. There was 1 big table for all of us.

[S] found some kemboja flowers to put on our head. She heard females put it on the right, males on the left.

V ordered almost all the food 2 b shared. Almost all the main meals hv chicken. No guessing what v would eat eh? Also ordered ice creams - banana spilt & another plain 1. Waited 4 ages - 1/2 hr I guessed - for the food to arrive!! Water glass also slow! Hooiyoo, terrible customer service! When the ice cream arrived, v ate like hungry ghosts.

[F] took some pics of [M] & suddenly looked up asking, "Eyea.. wat's that sth black next to u?" She showed the camera to her & I peered over but couldn't c the pic b4 they deleted the pic. Spirit?

The food was delicious!! Each main meal is separated into 3-4 parts - rice, chicken & other vege/meat & gravy. :P After dinner, v went to our own rooms. V checked out the tv - about 20 international channels from France, UK, US, Australia, Germany... & of course Indonesia. There was even a Hong Kong costumed-drama showing! *surprised* But later, as v listened closely - it was in Malay! Ah, Indo language. In fact, all the other countries dramas/movies were dubbed. Which makes the conversations corny heheeee! Mayb coz the original scripts were corny ha!

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | roommates @ Grand Balisani

2005-04-29T22:02:00.000+08:00

It was quite a long, winding, narrow road to our hotel. Wahh, it was nite already by the time v reached our hotel which looked small with yellow/orange lightings. Lots of statues.

Grand Balisani @ nite

V walked up the stairs to the lobby & checked in. Since [ST] couldn't come, there were only *counting...* 9 of us. 4 guys, 5 gals. [F] immediately got into [Miao]'s room!

I got a room opposite [Jim] & [SK] but wailed, "Nobody zz with me ar?"

[S] & [M] wanted 2 room with each other but originally & [F] still said they better not zz together coz both r blur case ppl. [F] told [M], "I zzz with u lah." [M] retorted, "I zz with [S]. Come come.." they ran off to the only room left, at the back dead end, far away from our rooms. Err, me how arr? I scared zzz alone oh. I asked 1 of the guys to room with me, no choice. Then [F] came over to room with me.. *Sigh with relief* But poor [Miao]... his room was away from ours too... But since I just met him, I didn't hv that much sympathy 4 him as [F]. :P

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | Touched down Bali!

2005-04-29T22:01:00.000+08:00

The Bali airport is quite small, larger than Berjaya @ KK (Kota Kinabalu) & there were lots of locals waiting at the gates calling their customers. Our ride was booked under [M]. Our drivers took us to our hotel - Grand Balisani at the outskirts. How outskirts??

[F] & the driver chatted all the way about tourist spots as she was our unofficial tour guide. :D Heheh, lucky us, v didn't hv 2 research on great places to visit, v just sit back & relaxxxxx ;)

The driver said v could bargain 60% on the market & street items. 60%! Not 50% wheyyy.. :D

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | So hungry inside plane :S

2005-04-29T21:58:00.000+08:00

I took out my choc bars & v shared among ourselves. Wanted 2 pass some to [J] & [UC] but they were sitting further away at the back, probably wanted a honeymoon feel & away from boisterous us.

But v couldn't stand the temptations & finally gave in, [S], [M] & I shared a Maggie chicken flavoured I think coz later v would eat seafood. Or was it mushroom flavoured? [SK] had delicious tom yam ... oooo the soup was delicious! & $$$!

As usual, ppl with camera took pics of ppl zzz.But I am not going to post it online for privacy hahhaha :P

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | Checked passport valid?

2005-04-29T21:51:00.000+08:00

Bad news strucked. As v were checking in our luggages, [ST] was told by the AirAsia attendant that her passpost wasn't within valid duration. Less than 6 months. Arhh?? Shit!! V took her to the info counter & tried to get more help. They gave us Indonesia's embassy # but they were closed 1/2 day on Sat! Shiiiiit! V asked the local counter again, they said they can let her pass to Bali but don't know if Indonesia will send her back here. :( Ooo so she called [C] but no reply from her. Probably zzz...

As the airport announcer said Last call, v reluctantly checked in ourselves. Told, begged her to come & meet us morrow/Mon. V'd wait 4 her. Wasted leh, she had paid about RM700 for hotel & plane flights... sigh..

With heavy heart, all of us got into the plane. Really hungry! But the food $ wasn't worth it. RM4-5 for a cup of Maggie mee. Huh! But ooo the food smelt so damn good! Looked at clouds to block hunger. V got the seats near the wing & I sat near the aisle so I couldn't c much..

Gorgeous blue sky

Clouds & wing .. so peaceful. Wat a beautiful world.. zzzz *yawn*

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | Old fren

2005-04-29T21:50:00.000+08:00

When v got to the airport, the others were already there. They were [F], [M], [S], [J], [UC] and [Miao]. [F], [M] & [Miao] work together at 1 of the major tv broadcasting network in censorship. V complain to them whenever a kissing scene is cut haha! [F] & [M] used 2 b housemates too b4 [M] got married. I had seen [Miao] b4 once at GSC MidValley but I had totally forgotten his looks. There were a lot of their colleagues then & they just appeared like a blur shot to me.

This [Miao] once got sms from [M] but he didn't know who smsed him so he asked back: Who r u?

[S] took over [M]'s handphone & sms/flirted with him haha. It was so funny the way [Miao] would replied MANY times just to find out who (apparently) has a crush on him! :D

But now [S] is seeing my primary & 2ndary classmate, [L]. So she's always telling other guys that she is berpunya (taken) already, u got no chance.

Actually the trip was supposed to be with [YN], my 2ndary classmate but somehow, due to delay & non-action on some1's part, v only got the same plane but not the same hotel. & ours were higher $ :( [S] nearly wanted 2 back out coz she said she was tight on $.

[YN] saw [ST] & greeted her. Surprised! She was wearing a cap & baggy sports clothes. I tot she was more to those fashion-conscious type from her long-time ago posted photos. Closer look - yep, she had done sth to her eyebrows. She always had clear smooth skin, sth I no longer hv.. but I actually couldn't recognise her at 1st & when I did recognise her, she was too far away already.. V used to b best frens in Form 2. Or 3. The 3 of us - [CC], [YN] & I were always together, sharing gossips, news on celebritites, studies, Sweet Dreams & SVH (Sweet Valley High) story books. Somehow she got mad at me but I had no idea why then.. I appologized profusely but she was still mad.. somehow our frenship didn't get back to as good as b4. Coz I also liked to mix with [O], some1 that [YN] hated.

Bali 270305 | 1st eve | delayed

2005-04-29T21:41:00.000+08:00

[Jim] got his good fren [Gold] to take us to the KLIA airport on Sat. [ST] said we could use her sis's car & we just needed to pay RM10 each person for petrol. On the day of the departure, my father offered to fetch us to the airport FOC. Surprised, surprised! Coz my father's face gets black when he needs to fetch me even from KTM station to home sometimes.

The ~~tra~~ - I always take train hehhe - plane's flight was at 4.20pm I tot. It was actually 4.40pm but only later I found out about the real time from [Jim]. Or mayb I had misheard from [M] about the time. I tot of departing at 12pm from our area but [ST] smsed that she & [Jim] had to work 1/2 day! What?! The earliest we could depart was at 12.30pm.

Haha! Knowing her, there was NO WAY she could make it. Plus, the traffic jam from KL? Or the jam on the way to KLIA? Die larr, if we were late!! :((

Felt angry too coz this is not the 1st time we could be late.

When I reached her house at 2pm, she was upstairs - showering! I knocked once. No answer. I got back downstairs & waited along with [SK] & [Jim]. Father didn't want to come down or park the car inside the balcony, he just sat there (probably fuming) inside his car. It began to rain...

[Jim] too told me to chase that woman. I retorted, "U chase lar! Just show sth & she'll b shocked & rushed 2 come out ahhaha!" Or she could just freeze in the bathroom.

God!!! It was terrible waiting 4 slow person. Esp when timing is crutial. If I didn't get into the plane on time, I'd never go out with her travelling again! Felt like slapping & kicking her out of the bathroom. Already knew tat day hv to catch plane, still mo mo!

I got upstairs again & told her to hurry up. She replied, "Don't hurry me." Bitch! Every1 was waiting 4 u, how long 2 u hv to shower? Tat spoilt phrase "don't hurry me" made me even angrier. Damn!!! Arghhh!

I got down again. [Jim] said, "Why get so angry? Why make urself suffer bcoz of sth stupid of bad that other ppl do? If u make urself angry, u could get cancer.. (or sth like tat)"

Mmm.. the wind was blowing, drizzling rain. True, true.. I got calmer...

Koh Samui!

2005-04-26T14:46:00.000+08:00

S asked if we amois want to go there, she had some promotion or sth...

I remembered a phrase from don't know whwere, mayb from my own mouth ;P

Live while u can, go where u want. Don't think of the $, u'll go there whn u hv more time, $ ...etc

Oooo I remember now! From: www.dreamsalive.com newsletter!

So I said yes!

Go to Gunung Dato' (Negeri 9)?

2005-04-26T14:42:00.000+08:00

T asked if all of us wanted to go there. Last time they had beent here & x-colleague of mine had praised the place, "Very nice place, climb high high then when u get there, there's waterfall!"

Ah ha..

With my (low) stamina rite now, I dont want to sweat so much & get muscle pain. I'd rather swim. Ok, float. I wish I have access to a swimming pool alone - I can wear the floating vest haha!

This weekend is some holiday - Labour day. To me everyday is a PH (Public Holiday) coz I am not working now.. Any1 want to hire me to write articles about hotels/resorts?

Food sites

2005-04-01T12:17:00.000+08:00

Foodnetwork | Recipes

Gift Shop Cafe

Things I bought in Bali

2005-04-01T11:35:00.000+08:00

Chocs!!!
1. Droste Pastilles Chocolade Coffee Cream RM13.20 x2. I gave 1 to cousin/neighbour. Bro had reminded me to buy souvenirs esp for cousin coz he always help us fix PC. B4 I went 4 Bali, he kept telling me not 2 buy anything, just enjoy. Then 1/2 way, he changed his mind & told me 2 change more $ coz I would buy lots of things there. Doi..

Recipe > http://www.droste.nl/pages_en/fun_recepten.php

2. Baci Delicious Hazelnut Chocolates RM20.00 which has fortune for each choc..
Nestle European Chocolates - Baci

Nestlé European Chocolates - Perugina

Mom tot each Baci looked like a nipple. Bro tot they are shaped like shit. I didn't think anything of the shape. Just popped 1 into mouth after pulling out the plastic-paper.

3. Hershey's Kisses Cookies 'n' Creme & Creamy Milk Chocolate with Crunchy Cookies RM9.00 x2 Mom loves Hershey's esp cookies.

Hershey's Kisses

4. Gold black Praline RM8.70 I had never tried this b4..

5. also bought a yellow wrapper choc with cornflakes - forgot the brand - that was delicious!!! :p melt in the mouth.. with bites! Bro loves this more than Baci

Apparel
a RP20 000 light cotton with embroidery halter top - I like the embroidered colours very much, feels like holiday!

Souvenirs
1. 15 Wish-maker windchimes with colourful threads

2. 10 Bali surf boards. 2 of which I hv 2 give to M coz she promised she'd get some souvenirs back home.

Nah, they r key chains. Searched 4 nice & cheap surf boards fridge magnets with "Bali" but couldn't find any. The 1 shop we found, J had already grabbed all the stock :(

3. 2 big butterflies magnet which I wanted 4 self, then tot, mm.. better give to amois SF & S. I found a packet of feathers shaped into butterflies - that was really pretty & sweet with gold dots but it was RP30 000 each packet, which has 5 butterflies magnet. Too $.