bali pics

Our room

Dinner @ Mozaic...

Fav view of Alila Bali (ubud)

Golf at Handara

Bali... Finally I made it to bali

Day 1: 6th Feb

Singapore to Bali Ubud

Off we go... early in the morning at 430 to the airport... It was my first time to bali, so you can sense how very excited I was. after all the transit and the 1hr30mins drive from bali airport, we finally reached Ubud Alila. I was very impressed with how nice everyone was. It was good to feel so welcome.

Alila Ubud is a tranquil and secluded hillside retreat that sits high up on the edge of the rich green Ayung River valley in Bali’s central foothills. Blending contemporary design and traditional Balinese architecture, the secluded courtyards, spacious terraces and private gardens create an intimate feeling.

We had the deluxe rooms on the ground floor. With individual garden terraces and a back courtyard with an open-air bathroom and shower. The open air bathroom is my fav part.... it's like can see cannot see kinda feel.

And yes... all rooms are equipped with Apple ipod. Just plug it in and play.

The highlight of the trip is dinning at Mozaic.

It offers both out-door and in-door seating, excellent service and attractive presentation of Chris' creative cuisine. The menu changes daily. You can either order a 3-course Gourmet Dinner and choose your favorites from the menu. We took the Chef's Tasting Menus. Each consists of 7courses and there are three choices: either the "Classic" Menu Degustation, a "Vegetarian" or "Experimental" version offering delicious surprises with every single course. i had the Classic while ed took the experimental with wine paring for each course....

This is probably the best you can find in Indonesia. (MOZAIC is one of only two restaurants in South East Asia to be recognized by "Grandes Tables du Monde" – the second is LE NORMANDIE on top of the old wing of Bangkok's legendary Mandarin Oriental Hotel – and has also received the "Award of Excellence" by Wine Spectator for its wine cellar.) Truly unforgettable!!

Day 2
Went BALI HANDARA KOSAIDO COUNTRY CLUB for golf. Set off 730 in the morning and after 100mins of drive and 150 horning later... we reached. yes since the road is all one way there, the driver horn each time he overtakes a motorist or any vehicle.... so I figured it might be more than that... haha

Day 3
Spa and off to Alila Mangiss
Finally we are sort of back to civilization. The room has tv!! hahah...

Day 4:
Fishing... my fist catch ever!!... and spend the rest of the day lazing in the bed and room....

Day 5 : home......

My idol !

Jay chou!!!!!!!!! I'll be back for his next concert for sure!

Weekend in Macau

It's another "lost in reality" feeling holiday. Away from our everyday stressful lifestyle... it's a lifestyle of nothing but drinking, gambling, food and sex. Not that I induced intensively in any of those, but we all know these come hand in hand... Or rather more of a men paradise.

Many big niteclubs but din have a chance to enter any. Still waiting for ed to bring me one day :P Thanks to his fre who works in Venetian, we were very well entertained the whole nite :)

The joy of drinking...

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After a whole bot of Champagne and many more drinks later.... it sends you to dreamland.... sweet dreamzzzzz......

I've got curls...

I finally took the courage to go perm my hair with Cindy. It is only a very light perm but believe me, it’s a big thing to me. Not after what I been thru for my 1st perm when I was 14. I swear never to go that path again.. haha.. anywaz.. at least this is not as scary as I thought it would be….

Still I hate the agony of having to wake up earlier every morning just to style it… well gals… sigh wat can I say…

2nd concert in a mth

my very first jacky cheung concert...

2007.... 2008 !

It's 2008...
time flies! goodness how quickly everything just slipped by. Thinking back 2007 was a year of ups and downs. A lot of things happened that still seems fresh in my mind.

The worst down was losing pa. I cant believe it till now. Festive seasons seems empty without him, everything is just different. Images and memeories of him is still constantly in my mind. I dreamt a lot of him, each time he is always there with us, together in our family. I guessed at the back of my mind, it will be something that I will never let go. that is him being always ard for us. Just being there is enough.

Life is fair I think. You lose some, you gain some. One good thing of 2007 was meeting ed. He brings laughter to my life.

I am sure 2008 will be a fruitful and blissful year.

Palm Resort

My first golf game with ed. We survived without killing each other. haha

Ansley 3yr old b'day party

I tell you, this balloonist is simply amazing... he does the most amazing ballons... (spiderman, mermaid, snow white, elmo, micket mouse, flowers, etc). You name it, he does it.

so I waited.....
.... waited..... and waited...
.... waited..... waited...
.... waited..... and waited... .... waited..... and waited...
........
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@#% ............ waited..... waited...
...... ................. .....................................

...... #&*$@!........

I waited till the end of the nite, to finally get my spidey and my melody tatoo! hahaha... Yipppeeeee.....

Merry Christmas

Christmas @ Pan Pac Hotel (seafood BBQ)

First concert with ed... Kitaro!

Hairy crab

Hairy crab aka big binding crab (大閘蟹) or Shanghai hairy crab (上海毛蟹)

I have heard lots abt hairy crab and how delicious the roe is... how famous a delicacy in Shanghai cuisine and is prized for the female crab's ovaries. Obviously I had my hopes too high. Last nite, was my first time to savor this delicacy...

I really had my hopes too high, the roe is good but not enough to satisfy me. I thought I will have the orgasmically good feel when I bite on it, but alas.... it was indeed disappointing plus the fact that the meat is not at all sweet... (I also learnt that they are half fresh water as they spend most of their life in fresh water, but they must return to the sea to breed).

Half way while eating, I told my mum and ed that the roe taste more like salted egg yolk. :) It made ed's day cos he laughed non stop when he thought of how many salted egg he can buy with $60 (I got it at a good rate for $20.90 each thru some lobang from Tung Lok).


haha... so much so for my hairy crab. I think I was more intrigue with the crab surviving in my fridge for 2days and the noises they made.

Gummy bears

I swear I am eating too many gummy bears in the office lately...

Too much sugar makes me bloat towards my end cycle....

I am feeling like a balloon now.

Or maybe I am getting fat....

anyway; I should really give it all away, but to who? Who can I trust my bears with? It has to be someone who truly appreciates them... I hope someone just rob my office and steals all these bears away from me. :D

Sentimental possessions

Somewhere along the packing, ed brought over a new handphone which he bought early this year but have yet to use. It sat in my room for 2 weeks until I couldn't take it but took it to work today to fiddle with it. It was a Moto (not sure which model, cos I'm not a moto fan for one). Anyway moto phones always feel good in the hands.

I think I am rather tech savvy (at least to ed). I like playing with new gadgets and exploring them. So when I see a new phone all alone feeling lonely for months without a owner, it bugs me.... I kept asking ed when he is going to transfer his numbers over so he can start using it... but he simply dun seems too interested in it. Beats me, I would be so excited that I'll use it immediately once I get any new "toy". hehe

I think ed is a sentimental person when it comes to material possessions. I guessed he rarely change new things because he tends to developed sentimental feelings for all his stuff. So much so, that his hp is almost 4-5years old. And even if he changes it, he wont trade in or sell it cos to him it has sentimental values.

hmmm... hehe... so cute... somehow I felt good knowing that fact .... :P *wink wink*

Mac Spicy

ta da.... say halo to mac spicy fingers.... !

Your must be wondering what the hell? well... whoever says milk can dissolve chilli hotness in fingers... I guessed we have sort of proven that half right. :P

My dearest ed was helping mum cut some chilli padi and I am not sure how he did it with the chilli brushing all over his fingers... It was so hot and lasted for hours...! he couldn't bath (cos he can’t wash his face and everywhere else with his spicy fingers...haha ;) Washed many times and it didn't helped so he decided to try soaking in milk, so we made do with strawberry milk. hehe... it helped a little... :)

He swears never to touch chilli again. :D

Bedtime story

I smell prata

A sudden craving for teh halia one hot nite... so off we went to search for a prata shop nearby... came upon this corner shop ard kembangan area. Not too bad but their teh halia is really too 'gingery' and in fact a little too spicy. Ed came back grumbling that his hair smell of prata and true enuff, it really does... hahahaha... I had a good laugh seeing that "quite irritated" face. He swears never to go back.

Oh he's serious cos he brought it up again today.

btw since when cleaning of coins is "gay-ish"... hahaha.... It didn’t cross my mind at all... :D

B'day celebration

B'day celebration for ZL's bf (oh... husband to be)... looking at both of them and their pics... makes me happy. Maybe I guessed it's really comforting to know that one can find happiness again.... and I so glad she found someone who treasure her so much.

Well, I am also feeling as blissful as her now :P (chuckles)

Princess pinkie & Bubbles in Paris

Having fun in the room.... "nua-ing" after a full dinner...

honey=sweetie

Ed gonna miss bubbles

to Paris ...

Flying off to Paris tonite... :)

My 4the time there, yet I have a long list to do things...
- sit by the cafe along Champs Elysées, have a cuppa, read a book and simply relax away the morning...
- find my fav mussels rest.
- eat lotsa oysters....
- indulgence in French pastries, visits their famous tea rooms.
- go mad shopping .... !

Will be seeing my nephew too in finland. hmmmm... wonder if I know how to carry him. haha.

btw... I'm already starting to miss ed.

Month of Sept

Been exactly a year, it was sometime this time of the year that we got news of Pa's cancer. I still can recall how sudden it was. sigh... Just a year and so many things happened and changed. I really miss pa. :(

In fact Sept has never really been a good month for me in the past few years. Just hope this year's Sept will pass smoothly. :)

Counting down to Friday ...

Princess pinkie and me... we're finally going to Paris... in just 4 days. :) Am I excited? YES!!! Am I happy ? YES...! finally a holiday ...but... I sure will miss my ... ...

"I got something to tell u" - A new quote

I ate the whole weekend.....

3pm : ya kun eggs, tea and kaya bread

5pm : imperial treasure dim sum tao bao by Ed. (chicken feet, super good custal bun, char siew bun, roast pork, rice roll, )

6pm : bee hoon at Evelyn’s hse. (Supposed to be hse warming but i was so late... hehe)

730pm : pot luck at Gloria & Sean's place

1230am : roti prata

3am : finish the left over of this afternoon dim sum

7am : Bak Ku Tei
(Why would I even wake up that early? haha... cos my bro was supposed to go for the army half marathon, so ed volunteer to fetch him there .... so off we went for a morning drive plus bfast!)

Crystal Jade

It was my first dinner with Ed fres.... @ crystal jade palace. yup his fres (2 couples with their kids), very nice and definitely loving families.

they questioned abt how we met and when we got together... haha... Ed actually remb the date and me... at the back of my head somehow got the date wrong :P ok... i'm really not very good with dates and such :) But he's really sweet... hehe...

Bonding

Finally my detox is over! yipppeee.... Ed bought me to cheese cake cafe at 1130pm to celebrate. I was pleasantly taken aback during these few days that he has been so encouraging motivating me all the way, putting up my whim and hunger cries... my fantasing abt food, and to think that he entertained all my tots... haha.

That nite was a start of our bonding session.

Almost there, hang on...

I'm 2.5 days into my detox (juicing) prog.... the only thing that is constantly in my mind is FOOD .... !! I cant help thinking what I'm going to eat on friday... haha... goodness.... i'm dying.... not from the hunger but the craving..... :P (I'm drooling now)... ...

Ed told me he support me by eating fruits for lunch during my detox... silly cow is so sweet.

Weekend of sweetness

Another weekend fly passed so quickly. It was so sweet that I just want it to go on and on. At this moment, I just cant help smiling and laughing. :)

For now sweet dreams, sleep tight & dun let the bed bugs bite, if they bite squeeze them tight so they wont come another nite…

To finland, hopefully soon...

We have suddenly decided to fly to finland to visit my sis, since at this time, we figured that she will really really be happy to see all of us. But man, the tics are atrociously expensive! It simply way off…. 2.6k for a return!! Hopefully can source for cheaper tic. Plan is that I will give up 3 days in paris to fly over to fin to see her…. Tat is if I can find a reasonably priced tic from paris to fin.

Ed is really the sweetest, he really tried most of the website to find out the price for me

A start

Supposed to meet princess pinkie, jon and ed for dinner at sunset bar & grill, but was cancelled last min. So ended up with junk food at east coast hawker. by then it was super late dinner at 11pm. i felt terribly bad that ed had not eaten so i confessed that i had 3 spoons of chicken rice n few pieces of chaw siew. ok that was enough for him to suan me for the next few hrs... hehe...

Picked princess pinkie up from work and went choco factory again (twice in a week). Dropped her home as she was fast asleep the moment she stepped into the car.

My friday started with a walk at east coast and long talk into the nite till early wee hours... a very fulfilling nite. :) I ended the nite with a very happy feeling and also a saying, "never give ur partner a chance to doubt the r/s"...

Love flying ?

Flying all the way to paris, touch down and catch the next flight back... all just to take the plane back wtih someone.? hmmm... i wonder... is it pure maddness or sweetness? I figured, it is the latter...

National day

Had a national day celebration with an orgasmic scope of awfully chocolate ice cream with ed. Yummy. I finished mine in record speed and was longingly starting at his. haha... he shake his head and with the very cute look gave me a scope. :P hahahaha ... wat a pig i was.

The dinner was disappointing though. The so called very good japanese ramen at gallery hotel was ok, not as good as it shd be. As usual after dinner we went coffee at choco factory with princess pinkie. She kept bugging abt me and ed and told me that ed n me might just end up being really JUST buddies since there dun seems to be any progess after so long... haha.... well, i said just take it slow...........

too many late nite is ...

Feels like a friday to me, so glad tomw is national day. I swear I'm getting old... late nites takes forever to recover.

I must be too tired... dozed off immediately once i reached home at 7pm. must be the tirness, that i had nightmares of big roaches chasing me!!!!!!!! :@ gave up napping and finally dragged myself out for super later dinner at midnite.

Wonders of chocolates ...

Chocolates can make a person happy with one is down, or happier when one is already happy.

A black yet not so black Monday

A bad day at the stock market... STI dropped to the lowest in 3mths... Looks like it's time to have a long rest for me, more of a cold storage for the time being. well, money can always earn back...

I texted Ed to see if he is ok. And surprisingly he was extremely sweet that day or rather he suddenly became more expressive, sweet and concern. haha.

Oh had my belated b'day celebration with Ker, We had northern indian and my goodness, it was yum!! the tandoori chicken is one of the best so far i have tasted.






Shahi maharari will now be my fav Northern Indian. I am already starting to miss the mango lassi. hehe....

Tatoo shopping

Went tatoo shopping with lao shi + wife + daughter. ofcos he drag Ed along. Having only slept 3hrs +, I felt we were like zombies walking ard far east, didn't talk much as we seems to have left our brains at home in bed. haha.

Enjoyable & Engaging 13hrs

6am drive to changi ...

Beautiful sunrise ...

Enjoyable and engaging 13hrs = 2movies (Perfect Strangers and The simpsons movie), Dragonfly, Café Del Mar, The Cheese Prata Shop, Changi beach.

"Fantasy" nite

I reckon he must be feeling down this week due to the market condition, so I came up with fantasy nite to cheer him a little....

fantasy nite …… of movies. (wot were you thinking..... ) haha.

Magic in the air?

A sudden turned of events from friends to … still friends... but closer. I dun know wat. It’s a strange feeling, a comfortable feeling. Is it the magic of au jardin? Beats me? I think there seems to be something, yet it’s far from near.

Proud parents :)

My nephew

Yippee...... I've offically upgraded my status.... to Yi Yi ! I'm so happy :) we can all celebrate our b'days together next time. Mine is 23, baby is 26, and sis 29, all month of july.

Such a pity, he's so far away, i cant carry him... soooooo cute.....!


Born: 26.7.2007
50cm 3.23kg
Arrived safe & healthy (& wailing)


1.5days later; sleeping on daddy's chest...

B'day dinner @ Au Jardin

I thought I will spend a quiet bday at home this year.... i really dun mind cos as i aged bday are no big deal. so it does came as a surprised 2 days before my bday, Ed msg me asking me if I'm going to treat them dinner (cos it's a trend in their group to have bday treat from the person), so I say ok and fixed a day next sat to have crabs. I also jokingly ask if he is going to date me. And to my surprised, he said ok he'll buy me dinner at Au Jardin.

I was totally ignorant abt that place initially, never heard of it before (ok I am swa ku). Not till princess pinkie told me how grand that place is and how it’s meant only for couples and many special and memorable celebrations were held there. I got a little concern after that cos it also means that it must cost a bomb… so I told him on the day itself, to go somewhere else and is the thought that counts. But he assured me that it is really not a date, just take it as an experience.

So here we go... ended up having a fantastic dinner at Au Jardin. It was totally enjoyable. I really really had a good time.



A little abt Au Jardin:
Au Jardin means “in the garden” in French. It is set amidst the lush greenery of the gardens and was created to resemble Relais et Chateaux restaurants in europe. Located in an elegant colonial house in the middle of Singapore's lush Botanic Gardens

The ambience is simple and elegantly understated--linen-clad tables, dark wooden floors and an overhanging chandelier.

Our table was located at the upper level, at the glass-paneled balconies overlooking the gardens.

Selected the 4-course Table d'Hote menu. Ed is really such a dear to remb that I love Foie gras! So naturally the course includes that. Wow I must say the foie gras is absolutely divine! Orgasmically good. Haha.

this place is all about ambience. It tells the other person that he/she is special enough to be brought here.

Candle light gives a warm ambience to Au Jardin

Happy 31st to me :)

I'm 31 !!! older and wiser :)

Bao Bao is going Paris too

Yes yes yes...!!! I can finally shout... "Paris here I come!!"

And I can finally say:
bonjour, comment allez-vous ? or even maybe ... voulez-vous dormir avec moi ? ;p

Princess pinkie, bao bao & moi; we're all so excited.

The correct mix

I m always intrigued with new things. I love the thrill of discovering, the excitement of not knowing what’s ahead, the lingering feeling of anticipation, and the challenges. Yet when it becomes overly challenging, I run. So the concoction has to be just right.

Nice sunday

I watched Harry Potter. The show was alrite, but becos of all the recent talks abt Transformer, HP sort of gotten mellowed out in a way. But it's different, it's still a must watch thing. It's a fantasy, that i felt I had grown along with all these years.

Well, the company was good :) i really enjoyed the movie. It was just sweet. Dinner company was good too, esp with Princess pinkie and mr designer. Nothing could go wrong. Like Princess pinkie had said, hope there is more to come. :)

Are we sucker for good looks?

This is often the question we debate abt. I often asked myself this ....

“Can I date a ugly man? a fat man? a balding man? a short man?”

Often we jokingly bitch abt how shallow a man can be (although there's somewhat a little truth in it :P ), going for a gal with a pretty face, big boobs, long silky hair, long legs... But then again, we all know most men are visual animals, which clearly also explains why comics are often read by guys. Cos most of them rather see the story rather than forming it in their mind.

Ok I should not generalize here... cos most of us are in some ways sucker for looks too... it's just a matter of how much we can compromised for.

I have been asking myself this as well... I guessed I am not really really particular abt looks, all I asked for is just pleasant looking. Clean clear complexion is impt to me; oily face is a major turn off. I can trade good looks for presentation any day. I am a sucker for how well the person can carry himself. The way he speaks has to be confident with a certain type of air. (I do not need PERFECT English or someone who talks like a lawyer). Intelligent communication is impt, and when I mean intelligent I do not necessary means academically smart.

so do I see myself dating a man not within my standards?? … If yes… but to wat acceptance level? Am I shallow too in some ways... ??

Just very different

Had a short meet up with an old school fre tat day....

I think there are instances that clearly shows how different 2 person can be. At the end of it, I was thinking to myself, non wonder back then even in sch we hardly talked in the lecture, cos we're really different. Actually before the meetup, I was also thinking to myself abt this, but I thought aftter so many years, we must have changed a lot too, and maybe the gap and the differences have narrowed....

ok I was so wrong... and I just hate to say this, cos princess pinkie will just gimme that "see i told u" LOOK.

I dun know how to say exactly how different we. Back then even in school, he's the very guai and studious type. Always attending lecture, taking notes, sitting somewat in the front 10 rows. and me... I'm always late, if not sleeping in class, even if awak I'm dreaming, talking... etc... and definitely in the last 3 rows.

As for now, the differences started when he sat down, so I just started chatting and the thing that surprises me is his reply to me is all chinese. (ofcos I was talking to him in english). The whole thing start to feel weird, the more we talked the more alien we are to each other ... I just acted normal, and tried turning to princess pinkie for help. obviously she isn’t very much of a big help, though I know she tried after a long long while.

After that meeting, he didn’t msg me too! hahahah... he must have felt we're world apart. Although that is the truth, I start to Q myself; Is my expectations way too high?

Just friday

It's Friday, the long waited day of the week. I have no plans, so decided to go drive some balls after work (hopefully not drive myself frustrated). The thing abt golf is you constantly fear you'll loss your swing once you stop for a while, even a short while.

Have made arrangement to go meet an old fre from my poly. Found each other in friendster.

Lately outings with mr dbs is getting super boring. He's such a whim, complains abt everything and it is getting on my nerves. I dun remb anyone who can complain non stop abt everything.

3am

Mum and Wai kinda almost freaked out when I drove them to the airport on Sun early morning, 3am.... yes 3am, yet... Duhz.... :P goodness it is so stressful driving or am i plain idoit when it comes to wheels.... :D