Rugby World Cup and Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts

1) Remember how in Sec school or JC when we took MCQ papers and had to shade those nasty little boxes with a 2B pencil. Well, those are called optical mark sheets. It marked by a special machine attached to the computer. Very easy to use and very fast and efficient. Error rate of 0.5%, took only one human being to churn out answers for 250 scripts in less than half an hour. Cool huh..... Well, it aint cool when the school only has one of those machines and it BREAKs down just when the exams are in. What a joke! Where's all my taxes going to? Sigh......

2) Starhub Digital Cable!
Ok, so I'm a new convert, slow but at least i got it already! I love the Discovery Home and Health. Downsize me!!!! Its a great show. I wanna be on it. Anyone knows how? I love it how some of those overweight people go for a surgery and lose weight so quickly!!! I mean, whats the point of dieting and exercising? Check out AFC, its sooooo incredibly boring except for out local Makansutra programmes. They should have runs and reruns of Jamie O and Nigella forever, that would keep the viewership up!

3)Rugby World Cup!
Adopt me All Blacks!!! I can be the ALL BLACK mascot...... wah hahahahah... ok, after my 12pm suntan in Bali, Chao tar is one of the best terms to describe me. Rugby is such a cool game, the guys really really go out to get the ball, I mean they whack, chase and hug each other all at the same time. Talk about team bonding! Compared to soccer,where there is a lot of pretense and juvenile pushing and referee challenging, this holigan's game, played by gentlemen (rugby) is full of heart and soul.The passionate hakka or war dance before the game is as intense as their desire to win. I have only one word for soccer..... koo niang...... Wah hahahahaha

4)Relax Urban Haven
Aiyo! That place was like a nursery! THe ambience for a facial is awful! the therapist was talking on the phone while massaging my face! NO face mask used of course! SHe was scolding this kid who refused to wear shoes and it was a nightmare! I was more tense than relaxed..... at the sound of a child's voice! I mean, people actually have to get away from children to chill out and here I am, paying good money for a facial with a kid! If I wanted to chill out with kids, I just have to drop by my cousin's house for 5 mins and I would be satiated for days! Never will I go back there again. Its in Kensington, at Serangoon Gardens by the way.


5) Singapore Women's Weekly Turns 10!
Oh How i love the magazine..... Congrats! I'm a faithful, addicted fan!

6) Coconut Oil
Have you read abt the miraculous benefits? I neednt say more! Google it!

7) Silk Air Flies to NEPAl!
Man!!!!! It brings Kathmandu and EBC closer to home! Yeah right, as though I'll ever trek there. Hey bro mabbie you can go to Nepal?The babes there are sooo pretty.....!

8) Google Earth
I'm soooooooo hooked on it. I travel the world in the comfort of my home. ITs sooooo cool!

9) Did I mention I bought a Canon Selphy?
I Print Print and Print and Print and Print and Print.... you get the idea.... Good buy!

10) Dempsey
Jones the Grocer! Over the hill, over the limit, account bursting, bank breaking grocery shop! But its sooooo cool.... they have the all natural pink sea salt.... the saltiness bursts in your mouth with just a pinch of it (there are samples) they have all sorts of stuff, middle eastern candy, great cuts of meat, sauces,jams, chocs, pasta...

Culina: Another upmarket, Angmorean grocer. So check it out your self

Ben and JErrys!! Great decor!


Restaurant Review
Lei Garden, Cantonese food
Food rating:
Eggtart 11/10, the bestest bestest bestest ever! ir was small enough to fit in your mouth and the pastry simply melted when it touched the warmth of a human mouth! Graciousness..... lovely loveli lovveeellleeee

Char Siew Bao: 8.7/10 The filling was juicy with sauce made from good stock and the meat was so so good..... puts many GuangZhou resturants to shame. The dough of the pau was so soft and springy...... heavens!!!!

Liesha tangyuan: 9/10 THe warm black sesame paste just oooooooooozzzzzzzed out with one small bite and the glutinous ball is so soft and springy...... you have to try it......

Ee Fu noodles: 8.8/10 Well fried and simple yet flavourful. the green chilli is an excellent accompaniment.

Fried Carrot Cake: 8.9/10 A subtle hint of fragrance adds to the exquisiteness of this dish. CAN I BE AN OFFICIAL FOOD REVIEWER????????? excellent excellent excellent..... if it came with a complementary sauce, I'll gladly bump up my rating to 10/10.

Ambience: Classy!
Price: Pricey but it was a treat! Double the yumms!

Happy Mooncake Festival.... Can you see Chang er and the Rabbit?

Bali Lagi

Hey Brotha! Great to hear from you again! Here is more of Bali to entice you! Weather was hot from 12-2pm. Unbearable! So its wise to stay indoors or chillout at one of the backpacker inns. You can always go for a spa or a foot massage.

PLaces to Eat in Bali
1) Dulang Restaurant
Its right next to Matahari Restaurant. ONe of the best places for Banana juice. The creamiest ever. I had the beef salad with eggplant and it was yummi!
Ambience was nice.

2) Sendok Restaurant
Its along the stretch of Kuta Beach Club.Cheap and the portions were huge! Try their nasi campur.It came loads of great stuff.

3) Warung Wulon and Treehouse Cafe
Many of these tiny restaurants have this banana goreng, or pisang goreng as we are more familiar with. Great stuff with honey or vanilla ice cream and another banana juice.

One thing to clarify, its not banana smoothie, its really banana juice. They just blend the bananas and some ice.

4)Many places along Poppies Gang 1 and 2
There are tonnes to restaurants, warungs, cafes, etc along these two which are full of Ang moreans ( you know like SIngaporeans so... Ang Moreans.....Learnt this from a student)



5) Indo National at Legian

PLace was recommended by Lonely Planet (LP) but wasnt very fantastic. Run by Aussies.



Shopping

Everywhere there are shops! There is this mall called Discovery Center with Krispy Kreme Donuts (tonnes better than Dunkin) THey gave each of us a whole donut as a sample. IT was hot and ooooohhhh so goooooddd....... not surprisingly we whacked like 6 diff flavours. Each is damn good!


Lots of Pasar Senis (agglutintation of shops selling t shirts and beach wear), some really expensive shops selling designersstuff etc

Kuta Beach

Sunset in Kuta




Kecak Dance by the Cliffs of Uluwatu
Banana Juice at Indo-National



Beef Salad with eggplant at Dulang

Bali

Bali

Wonderful place to chill out and bum by the beach.

Here are some highlights of our trip

1) Stayed at the hotel with the bestest pool view of Kuta beach. I neednt say more. Mercure Kuta was a pool on the fourth floor which overlooks the sea and i tell u it is the bestest place ever! Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! Just a tiny road away from the best and right next to Hard Rock (whose rooms arent that hot)

2) Surfing

And I dont mean just bodyboarding! We really took lessons to ride the wave! Just dont imagine the hawaiian pipes and huge waves but it was damn fun! Push yourself up, jump up and place one leg in front and look like a surfer! Thats it!



3) Shopping!

there are very few people, according to the locals, the tourist number has dropped after the 2002 bombings. Shopping was good, practice my bahasa with an indonesian twang and a big bright smile and enjoy bargaining. You win some you lose some but have fun! A spag strapped knee length cost abt $7 sing. A sarong for about $2-3. Coffee is a good buy!

4) Uluwatu

We went to watch the Kecak Dance at Uluwatu. Its right by the cliff simply breathtaking. Lets see if I can upload a shot video of it here.

Kecak Dance at Uluwatu, Bali

5) Food!

Bali has plenty of food! My favourite is the banana juice that is everywhere! Bali is known for their Nasi Campur, Mie Goreng and Grilled Seafood. Super good and cheap!

6)Babi Guling

Apparently there is this very good place near ubud so we hired a car and went out to check it out. It aint as great as Sitoh or Bourdain claims. Its at a place called Warung Ibu Okra. Give it a miss i would say!

Travel Details

We took Valueair and the whole trip of 5 nights with hotel transfer and one halfday tour and hotel with breakfast is $600 per px. Highly recommended to go and chill out. When I was there, I completely left my typical work mode behind and chilled out! IT was superb! Valueair is superb too! They have comfy leather seats, which are more comfy than the normal airlines, serve some food and give you a place to sit, so you dont have to scramble like other budget airlines.