touched down at 11pm last night. aladdin, our regular cabbie was on standby. i swear he gives top notch service. i mean, how often do you hop onto a cab that plays you jazz and michael buble all the way to KLIA? aladdin does that. and he brilliantly updates us on the latest news that was happening in KL. apparently, there's another little girl that went missing? hope it's not the replica of nurin's. so we've been using aladdin for most of our trips and plan to keep doing so for our upcoming trips - samui, krabi, hongkong and europe *happy*

anyways, i have not uploaded and edited the pictures yet for obvious reasons - fatique, big pile of laundry, plants that needed my TLC and heh, possibly indulging in good drinks, music and good company tomorrow - jason crimson's back and all of us are gonna do something.

we're on leave still. we woke up this morning and i wailed,

this is not baliiiiiiii :( :( :(

mr tay replied,

yes, but this is Casa De David. and we have 2 great pools as well :) :) :)

ahhh, the boy can be so cute at times. ok we're running off to taman tun to get our fix on auntie's great kon lou pan mee, pay bills and FRAME UP OUR NEWLY BOUGHT PAINTINGS!

can't wait to see them hung on the wall!

also, need to work on my paid posts, managed to grab a USD30 post while surfing at smelly internet cafe in bali.

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arrived at club med yesterday.

and you wouldn't believe how we got ourselves there. we had a huge luggage bag, a slingbag and a longggg package wrapped up with paintings that we bought.

from kuta to nusa dua, we hopped onto the bike and scooted all the way on the highway, dodging cars, huge trucks, buses and tons of other bikers - just the 2 of us setting forth towards club med, nusa dua.

there's something truly comforting in me wrapping my hands around his waist, poking at his bintangbeer-induced belly and banging our helmets at one another when crossing bumps and dodging potholes. this is when i truly feel that life should be as simple as this.

club med is honestly a lazy man's paradise. beautiful, but definitely overated.

i did archery yesterday and mr tay played soccer and scored 3 goals (+1 which he so generously gave the chance to the Swiss boy for a simple touch-in).

My aunt Jenny plans on renovating her home just in time for the New Year celebration. So, she has asked us, the relatives to recommend a good contractor to work on the renovation of the house. I did a quick search on the internet and found this great site that helps make home renovation chores a lot more easier.

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life is good here.

mr tay has great biking skills.

the weather is hot and sunny here. perfect.

second time to bali and nothing has changed greatly.

bintang beer is the shit - breakfast, lunch and dinner, it's bintang all the way.

*with love from smelly internet cafe in bali

David is planning to do a little makeover for his parent's place in Batu Pahat, just in time for the Chinese New Year celebration. One of the items in the must-do list would be to get new blinds.

I found that SelectBlinds.com has some very lovely blinds to choose from. Out of the wood blinds, faux wood blinds, mini blinds, and etc, we are particularly interested in the vertical blinds. Lovely collection they have there, I must say! And what's great is that they are currently having a SALE! I love the Premium Smooth Vertical Blinds, which are priced at $42.99 and after the price slash, it is at an affordable $32.25!

They also have a wide selection of shades and shutters in various colors and slate widths. These are the same blinds and shutters that are seen weekly on "Home Makeover".

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- bali bliss -
medium: graffiti, fb
inspired by: the immense anticipation of this trip since June 2007!

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departure: 201007 - 10.55am
hello, airport. we meet again :)

finally, the long-awaited trip has arrived.

despite having to go thru shit from club med malaysia, despite having to fork out an additional couple of hundreds to change the flight dates (mr tay's good friend's wedding), and despite we were fighting sometime last week (i actually tot of finding a replacement to go with :P) - we are finally good to go

tonight's gonna be packing time. i love to pack!
day 1 - what outfit
day 2 - pants? skirt?
day 3 - hair down? ponytail?

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day 6 - muahahahha. all the way to day 6! i likey loooonnggg hols!

mr tay kept reminding me to pack light. i'm known to be an auntie when it comes to packing for trips. the extra pants, the additional top, the glitzy one for ... who knows we might go clubbing?, the extra bubblegum pink and sunflower yellow panties, the extra nightwear to still look seductive while sleeping, the extra  bag to match certain outfits everything actually.

no shoes. am just gonna go with a pair of sandals and surprise myself (and mr tay)with more shoe purchases from bali  WILL HOWEVER PACK ADIDAS ISOGON WITH ME. 6 days without sports is like, putting on 10 kg for me and besides, club med has to have a nice gym, so why waste by not utilizing it :)

what else. toiletries besides the usual, mr tay insisted that we use the hotel's shampoo and condi, to save luggage space. no baby, not if i can help it. my Redken Extreme range is coming with me! with or without your consent

i wanna go parasailing this time around. no, i MUST parasail this time. i missed the chance back in phuket because they were charging insanely expensive. a huge fee for a mere 10 min fly. por-dah. i is no waterfish ok.

hopefully, i will be given a sail as nice and COLORFUL as the above. why? because it will make my pictures much more cantik and mr tay will be on standby as photographer. i swear, if he fails to capture good pics of me on the sail, he will have to fork out for me to have another go. wheeeeeeeee.... 

i have so many things to buy that i am afraid to make that list. so whatever comes to mind shall be bought then. top of the head now - chu's black vase, evil alex's bali kopi - ciggies (wtf! will forget this) - moet champagne (wtf also, will conveniently forget too ), some beaded sandals, paintings, bags, tops, accessories, hand-painted mugs - i am basically buying the whole island la ok.

BEBEK BENGIL! MUST EAT. the last time we were in bali, we somehow forgot to make a stop for this famous deep-fried duck/bebek. so this time, bebek bengil is on itinerary day 1. and same goes for Babi Guling. Sue, as promised, you will receive a call from me, all the way from bali, chewing and crunching the bebeks as we speak. she has had her share 2 months ago ok!

3 days at Kuta - Ubud - Jimbaran (hello seafood, we meet again) - Sanur
3 days at Club Med

ok, need to get back to The Itinerary planning else mr tay will throw a fit tonight. he is a bit anal about having a planned itinenary, doesn't like to waste time not knowing where to go when we're there. but it's ok, The Itinerary is planned with much pleasure by yours truly! i get to go wherever i want *gleeeeee*

we're renting a scooter for the whole 6 days. mr tay has a motorcycle license (surprise! i didn't know too till few weeks back), but hasn't rode one in yonks. so, pray that i'll make it back safely to report our second little trip to bali.

oh dear, i can't wait!

p/s:nice people of facebook, pls help me feed and pet Fat Luna while i'm away. the pig and i will be eternally grateful. and pls, can we make it a point NOT to send me anymore - slayers invitation, zombies invites, cause invites, and werewolves invites? and no, i do not want to join forces with you in counterstrike, your team will just have to shoot.blast.kill without me for now.

and rollypolly, i am afraid scrabulous has to wait till i'm back. don't quit halfway k, else you'll lose points or rather, don't quit else i'll have no chance to trash you! muahahaha.

ok. thankyouhaveaniceweekend :)

- dance with my baby -
medium: graffiti, fb
inspired by: a dream

It is always good to have a multi-cable cutter at home. You may never know when you might it to assist in some cable cutting and fixing. There are many brands of cable-cutter available in the market, however, the Klein-Kurve Multi-Cable Cutter has been a top choice amongst smart consumer, trusted for its durability and makes cutting cables and wires a walk in the park.

This genius multi-cable cutter is designed with three different cutting blades, double-dipped comfort grip and curved handles. The three blades consist of - an anvil cutter, a copper curved cutter and a steel cutter - can cut various types of solid, stranded and multi-pair cables, plus the tool can cleanly shear 6-32 and 8-32 screws.

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• Hardened steel precision-ground cutting blades for long life.
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• Mild steel cutter for conductors up to .080" (2 mm) diameter.- Curved cutter for solid and stranded copper wire up to 8 AWG, multi-conductor cable up to 1/2" (13 mm) diameter and coaxial cable RG-6 Quad, RG-59, and RG-62.
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Happy shopping!