The holiday season is drawing near and if you would like to travel abroad for an unforgetable holiday, now would be the ideal time to start planning your trips.

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- 20 Oct -

first 4 days at kuta, ubud, seminyak and kintamani

aladdin picked us up at 8am. being the 'nenek' i am, we only got into the cab at 8.20am.

at the airport, we checked in our bags, bought newspapers and off for a McD's brekkie.

ok, pictures time.

: things you can do with a pen and the barf bag on the plane :

he was seriously ignoring me!!! let me tell you this - he was reading Honour Among Thieves by Jeffrey Archer for the 3rd time, after having never finished it successfully for the 1st and 2nd time. so me without a book, had to resort to self-entertainment.

i drew quite a lot of crap on My Barfbag (1st pic), Mr Tay's Barfbag (2nd pic) and a whole lot more of nonsense on Stolen Barfbag from Mr Tay's Left Neighbour. barfbag was stolen while he was sleeping, and got a smack on the hand by mr tay who went, 'oi, stop stealing other ppl's barfbags! what if he wants to puke???'

nah, he didn't look like someone who would puke on airplanes anyway.

ANYWAYS

we rented a scooter for 30,000 rupiah per day for 5 days. that was like, only RM 12 per day. the first time we were at bali, we rented an avanza but that was shared amongst 5 ppl so that was totally worth it. this time around with just the 2 of us, this scooter was perfect.

would be even more perfect if it was pink.

mr tay said, 'they don't have pink.'

bollocks. tons of mat salleh ladies were riding on pink scooters on the streets of bali!

so we got a yellow one. which was fine actually coz i like bright colors.

first stop: a place to feed them hungry tummies. went to this bar restaurant and,
helloooo bintang! it's been awhile!

beer has never tasted THIS gooooood

bintang beer - our staple h20 whenever we are at bali

my nasi goreng bali
if you notice in most bali menus, they serve their nasi goreng with crackers and satay babi (often with just 2 sticks)

my boyfriend's soto ayam

entrance to our hotel
booked 3 nights here as we extended our stay

dinner was at lovely ku de ta.
i loved ku de ta for its classiness, lightings and the option to sip your wine overlooking the beach.

photo is borrowed from the kudeta website here *click*

prices are a little steep though, but trust me, the view and ambience is totally worth it. with 2 main courses and 1 bottle of wine, our bill came up to 850,000++ rupiah, which was about RM340+. so ya, be prepared to pay the extra at ku de ta.

we had to come back to ku de ta, because it was THAT beautiful. our canon ixus just wouldn't do justice to it, as night shots are crappy so, if you want to see more images from ku de ta, pls visit the website.

in 2005, the group was at ku de ta :)

: 2005 :

: 2007 :

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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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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 :)