What the Hell did I do??!!

I succumbs to my inner evil desire =_=

I saw a Burberry bag that cost S$900!!! No discount lehhh.. heart pain lorrr, so didn't buy..

Instead, I bought this....

Thanks to IRENE YEOH horrr, I walked into all the branded boutiques in Ngee Ann today, including lining up to get into the LV boutique!! HAHAHAAHAHH.. recession? What recession??

If I ever get myself a LV bag or the S$900 Burberry bag, please check me in to a mental hospital. Something must be very wrong with my brains, or I'm super depressed.. I may just kill myself while hugging the bag!! HAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!

Video of Tim & Celeste's Wedding

Nice?? :)

Time flies lorr...

I got to know them when I was working in my 2nd company. That was in 2005 / 2006??

My greatest fear when joining a new company?? NO ONE LUNCH WITH ME!! HAHAHAHA!! Laugh all you want, but that's my weakest point.. hehehe...

Luckily for me, Kearin ajak me out for lunch on my first day, together with the rest of buyers, which include Tim & Celeste.

They had this grand story of how they were classmates in university, but didn't know that they were interviewing for the same job in the same company. It was a coincidence that they met again on their first day.. yeahhhhh riteeee... But all of us bought that story lorr... HAHA!!!

AND I was there 'sibuk-ing' trying to cari a BF for Celeste (by the way, the said guy is happily attached now, and have 'guo he chai qiao' liao. HAHAHAH.. hope he's reading this, coz he still owes me abalone!!).

Oh well... over the years (not many years larr.. I was there for slightly over a year only.. hehe.) we grew quite close, maybe due to the long working hours that all of us had to 'suffer'.. but having nice colleagues sure make things EASIER to bear.. :)

Many, many happy memories there, I did enjoy my short stint there. Busy, yes.. but enjoying every minute of it with the support & company of these great colleagues.

I wish the both of you, have a happy & blissful marriage. Remember 10 May 2009 should you reach a roadblock. It was a great day!

And Tim, remember your promise to me. I'm turning 35 soon.. ;)

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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This woman sooooo cute.. She said she accidentally got her hair stuck with a brush while blowing it, and had no choice but to cut it off. Then, she told her hairdresser not to cut ALL her hair off, since she had a hard time growing them to the current length. And soooo.. this is the end result.

SOOOOOOOOOOO CUTEEEEEEEE!!!!

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAH!!!!!

Ber Ber's Full Moon

Happy 1 month old, Ber Ber!!!!!

I went to Paradise!!! (PART II)

Sights & Sounds of Bali... Beautiful place :)

Kuta

I guess this is the main tourist spot. Lots of bars, restaurants and shops. I had my hair and the 'tattoo' done there, on the beach!! :)

The Bali bombing memorial

Shopping at Kuta is rather expensive, compared to elsewhere. But food prices were more or less the same.

Pineapple Fried Rice.

I had this at a nice cozy restaurant called Ketupat. We were actually walking along a row of shophouses in Kuta, towards the memorial. Then we saw a table with a menu on it (with the lightbulb hanging just above the menu! hehehe). It looked interesting, and we walked in through an open space and into a walkway. I didn't expect much at first, but when I walked in, I loved the decor of the place! There was a pool in the middle of the area, with tables around it. We chose to sit inside the restaurant though, coz it was a bit hot & stuffy. Food was good, with friendly staff. Just a bit slow...

Goa Gajah

This is loosely translated as Elephant Cave?? hehehe.. it's a temple of, I think..

The actual cave itself is very small, less than 5 mins and you're done. But I very sua, you see.. So stayed for quite some time around the area to take pix... :)


Kintamani

My so-called photography skills didn't do justice to the view that greeted us...

Beautiful, beautiful scenery. We can only watch it by the road side :S

We drove along a long & winding road uphill, to be greeted by this beautiful scene. Maciam a scene from Lord of the Rings.. hehehehe...

The place was really cool, almost like Genting. Sadly, our experience was marred by the local 'traders'. The moment we step foot on the paveway, a group of traders, mostly women and young children (they are the orang asli, as informed by our driver when I asked later) swarmed us with their 'wares'. Sarongs lar, pencils lar, trinkets larr.. and even ink 'tattoo'.

But then arrrr.. when we agreed to a price for an item, they would turn around and say the price they agreed on is for another item, the ones that we wanted are more expensive!!! That's like cheating lorrr!! That's why some of us ended quarelling with them.

My advise? Ignore them completely. They'll still pester you, but just walk away. You can get better deals for the same stuff elsewhere.

However, all said & done, they are just trying to make a living... Quite sad, really. I heard from our driver (from the villa, while on the way to the airport on the final day) that seafood is very expensive in Bali. Most families can't afford to eat them. The main food are pork & chicken meat. He added that he only bring his wife & 2 children for seafood @ Jimbaran Bay during his wedding anniversary, and he spends around IDR500,000 each time. It's considered as a luxury... We very ho miah horr.. everyday big fish, big meat...

Nice horrr...

Tanah Lot

MUST GO!!!!!

It's high tide, we can't cross over to the temple.. wasted... :(

But nonetheless, the view was breathtaking!!!!

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.....

We had lunch there. Surprisingly good and not very expensive.. we had a great view of the temple from the 'restaurant'.


Uluwatu Temple

Lots of monkeys around!!

Make sure you hold tightly to your stuff!!! A monkey grabbed a lady's unbrella coz she was swinging the thing while walking!! And when our driver tried to retrive it, that monkey 'showed' him his two long and sharp teeth!!! Walau lorr.. so fierce!!!!

Ses Lee's bro act cute!!! :>

Actually, this place quite big. But it was a hottttttt day, so we tak larat walk too far. hehehehe...

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That sums up my trip. Worth a visit lorrr... My take is if you are not too choosy about the accommodation and don't shop a lot, I think you can do 4D3N under RM1k. Come to think of it, nothing much to buy lorrr...

But for the experience, try the villa. Lots of it in Bali (if you do not want to be too far off from Kuta, choose a villa in Legian / Seminyak area). Pamper yourself a bit larr.. All in all, I spent under RM2,000. Air-fare, accommodation, transport with driver for 2 days at 10 hours per day (airport transfers provided by villa), food, some HardRock t-shirts, some trinkets, tips and not forgetting, an in-house Balinese massage :)

Will definitely go there again. Fingers cross!!!

I went to Paradise!!! (PART I)

Back from Bali!!!

Summary of my trip : 13 - 16 May 2009, Wednesday - Saturday. Long post horr.. dun fall asleep lehhh....

Treat this as a reference if you guys are planning a holiday in Bali.. heheheheh.. one of the best part of holidaying is PLANNING for it. Try the forums @ TripAdvisor.com. Plenty of advice and you can post your questions there too!

The Journey

Took AirAsia from Changi Airport, Singapore. We left JB around 5am, and surprise, surprise.. no jam at causeway. We reached Terminal 1 by 6.30am and had breakfast there. Hang around till 8am for the check-in, as our flight was due for departure @ 9.55am.

There was a slight delay and we reached Bali 30 mins behind schedule. Same when we depart from Bali =_=

However, I was quite impressed with the plane. The first time I took AirAsia from JB to KL, the seat I had looked like it has seen better day! But this time, the plane looked new, and the seat was comfy! Hmmm.. happy, happy..

The Villa

After all the drama selecting the villa, we finally got the Garden Villa, managed by Serene Villa.

Upon arrival, a row of drivers were hanging outside the arrival hall, holding placecards with their guest's names. I was taken aback at first, coz there were sooooooooo many of them! hehehehe.. Finally, I spotted my name :)

Once we reached the villa, there were like 4 or 5 guys standing at our villa's doorstep and chanting, "Welcome to Bali", "Welcome to Serene Villa", etc, etc while taking our luggages.. It was all a blur lorrr...

The pool :)

One of them showed us around the villa, and at the end of it, reminded me to lock the wooden door in front, and I was like, "What wooden door??" You see, when we arrived, all I saw was people greeting us and ushering us to the villa with welcome drinks, until I didn't notice that we actually walked in from a door!! HAHAHHAHAHAAH!!! I must've looked so stupid!!!! :>:>:>:>

This is where we stayed - 3 bedroom villa. Serene Villa, Seminyak.

Overall, I was happy with the villa, but thought that for the money I paid (around USD400 per night) the villa could be better maintained. The service was excellent though. We had 2 persons preparing our daily breakfasts in the villa, a gardener trimming the grass and cleaning the pool DAILY and a security guard outside our villa!! I WAS TREATED LIKE A SUPER VVVVVVIP lorrrrr.... Man, love to go there again :)

The Driver

We hired a driver, recommended by a taxi driver we took on the first day, when we went to Kuta from our villa.

He looked like a honest guy, but blurrrrr lor... He needs to ask for directions alll the time!! HAHAHAHAHAHA.. but ok lar.. we not rushing for time.

The cost : IRD400,000 per day (10 hours). That's around RM140.00 for a car that fits 8 person. Super cheap lorrr (Exchange rate around RM1 to IRD2,850).

The Food

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!! Love love love the food!!!! And it's not terribly expensive either.

Apart from the first day when we had our lunch in a warung, and dinner at a foodcourt @ Kuta, we had most of our meals in restaurants. Total bill for 8-9 pax for 6 meals, (the driver joined us for 3 meals) @ IRD450,000!!

After lunch on the first day, we took 2 cabs to Kuta Beach @ IDR30,000 each. The moment I stepped foot there, I had my hair braided (IDR80,000) & hand 'tattoed' (IDR70,000) Hehehehe...

Nice lehhhh.... :>:>:>:>

We had dinner at an open-air food court in Kuta Beach. Food consist mainly of seafood like grilled squid, Assam fish, etc.

We also had Bebek during one of the lunches. Bebek is actually a duck dish

Looks dry, but NICE!!

We also had pork rib in the same restaurant that serves Bebek.

SUPER GOOD!! It was tender and juicy, with a hint of sweetness.. YUM YUM!!!

But I can't remember where's the restaurant located. The driver told us this is the best recommended restaurant that sells Bebek. It has individual 'huts' for each big table lorrr... very very spacious place. However, the service a bit sucky. No one brought us to the table or hut, we had to walk and look for one ourselves. The when we saw one that we wanted, a waiter shouted at us from afar that the hut was reserved. He then told us to take another hut, which is further in.

Around Bali. The rice field is located in the restaurant itself.

The place was VERY spacious lorrr.. so we need to walk a bit in. Then when we were about to enter the hut, another waitress raised her voice at us, saying that another guest had booked it!!! KNS lorr..

I screamed back at her saying that her colleague asked us to sit there, and that she can check with him if she's not satisfied. I would not have been so irritated if they had been a bit more polite. Thank God the excellent food more than made up for the sucky service. Maybe their business too good liao lorrrr...

For the 2nd night, after all the sight-seeing, we went to Kuta for dinner again. This time, we walked along the road and walked into a restaurant called Ketupat. There's a pool in the middle of the restaurant lehh.. Prices are reasonable but service a bit slow. But the staff are wayyyyy friendlier and apologetic.

Another place that I recommend is the Jimbaran Bay seafood stretch. We went to the driver's friend's restaurant. Can't remember the name again... hehehe...

Seafood dinner by the beach - a MUST go


The menu


The FOODDDDD!!!!


Dinner @ Jimbaran Bay

Total bill for this seafood dinner @ IDR1,076,000 for 9 pax!

That's all for today. Will post the sight-seeing entries tomorrow :)

Congrats, Tim & Celeste!!

10 May 2009, Sunday - Tim & Celeste's Big Day!!!!

Kearin and I drove to Celeste's place in Yong Peng on Saturday. We shopped a little (bought a baju kurung there for RM50.. hehehheh..) and had buffet dinner at her house.

The pretty bride and handsome groom (note that I didn't say beautiful bride, coz I'M beautiful, not the bride!! HAHAHAHAHA)

The groom's entourage - buey steady! They just sat around waiting for time to pass, REFUSING to play along with the bride's sisters!! KNS! Tim very suey to have friends like them! HAHAHAH!!!

The groom's entourage - remember their faces ok!

Anyway, after they got in the first round, all the sisters rush into the bride's room. And I alone was outside.. second KNS! So..... me alone fending off dunno how many guys. Luckily I've got a loud voice, and a violent nature... hehehehe... By the way, if any of you see me shouting in youtube, please let me know horr..... HAHAHAAHAHAH!!!!!

The bride & groom again.. at niang jia

Then hor... after the morning ceremony, we headed off to the groom's place at Kahang. Those heng tai arr.. drive like they're racing in F1 or something lorr... You know how winding the road from Yong Peng to Kahang? My meter was showing I'm going at 120 - 130 lorrr.. and I have difficulties cathing up with them!!! Third KNS!!!

The bride & groom... at the groom's jia

Anyway, after ALL the drama, we proceeded to the school hall for the luncheon. Kahang is not a very large town, the only place that can accomodate 30 tables was the school hall.

This is the first time I used plastic cutleries (including the bowls & plates used to serve the dishes!!) in a wedding banquet! HAHAHAHAAH!!!!

I sat with the groom's sister and her family. Her hubby kelakar larrr... I think he also scared of me liao, coz I kept beating him... and force him to take pix with me.. hehehehehe...

Back at the groom's place, the bride SUPER bo liao coz the groom peng liao..

And here's the proof...

And I took the opportunity to kao sua him!! HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Can't wait for the JB reception on 30th May! :)

Baby Bernice

Baby Bernice arrived on 22 April 2009

Soli soli... I think everyone should know liao.. hehehehe..

Congats Vince & Moni!!!

Planning to De-stress can be very STRESSFUL lorrrr...

I've been planning for my Bali trip for quite some time liao..

Once I've confirmed the date, I made the flights booking immediately and that's when my nightmare started..

Before I booked the flights, I went through some websites that introduced Bali in general, and I decided that I WANT to stay in a villa, with a PRIVATE POOL :) Even if I don't use it, looking at it will make me happy :) :) :) :) :) :)

ANYWAY... I emailed some of the villa managements to check out the availabilities and rates. Guess what.. THEY ARE ALL FULLY BOOKED LORRR... my 1st choice, 2nd choice AND 3rd choice.. super walauuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!

Finally, I settled for Villa Tania in Seminyak, which looks very luxurious too. It cost USD$400 a night for a 3 bedrooms villa with private pool.

I've sent them the credit card confirmation, and the next day, the management replied that the villa owners don't like the idea of having 8 Adults and an infant staying in their villa!!! SUPER DUPER KNS LORRR!!!!!!!!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I'm jinxed or what???

=_=

So now, the latest plan is to stay in a villa next to them, the Serene Garden Villa.. slightly cheaper. But I hope it the holiday itself will turn out well... sighhhhh...

Pictures look nice though.. hmmm.... :)