Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Ramayana hotel,kuta







after a little bit of confusion over the hotel booking,we were quickly ushered to our respective rooms and were told to have our breakfast at the restaurant. apalagi..what a lot of food! unlike the breakfast buffet we have over in m'sia,the food was plentiful..crispy bacon as in babi bacon because 90% of balinese are hindu. Even in jakarta,crispy bacons are served at the buffet table even though it's a muslim country. anyway,if you want to eat lots & lots of bacon for breakfast,go to denpasar. oh ya,our rooms were very nice and doria & hubby got to sleep in a bedroom with bed complete with mosquito netting ..kibong..
our hotel,ramayana is highly recommended for people who like to shop,look at people passing by.
plenty of shops,even marks & spencer is just down the road in a mall,coffee bean and plenty of spas.security is tight,so feel safe. everybody that passes by goes through some security checks. we shopped til 10pm..kuta is just waking up..mat sallehs everywhere. now,i know why the mat sallehs love to go to bali..people esp in kuta are courteous & hospitable. hardly saw any old taxis in denpasar. their vans & taxis which look like our recently launched blue proton sagas are a lot decent looking. they are everywhere waiting to send you from point a to point b.






Cubaan.....

smiles back on our faces after makan at orchid hotel
pak nyoman counting heads before leaving for the hotel.
pak nyoman dragging my bag

a blur pix of bali as the plane was descending
Cubaan or blessing in disguise,that's what I called it when we found out that our flight's schedule was retimed when we were checking in at the RBA counter. The flight to Denpasar was retimed to 5.40 sunday morning. So,how or what are you going to do about 8 ibu-ibu who were trying to 'santai & libur' in the island of the gods,i asked the staff. (btw, i'm typing with my left hand cos my right hand is in great pain..will tell you later about it)Awda semua akan dibawa ke orchid hotel.....blah..blah.wait at the money changer counter and in a few minutes a driver will fetch all of you to spend the night at orchid hotel with dinner provided,said one of the staff. true to her words, we were fetched,given dinner & our rooms were nice. i saw the smiles back on the ibu-ibu's faces again after given the unexpected hospitality by rba. mind you,it's not easy leading a group of ladies but praise God,all of us have this spirit of:ngak apa, bisa di aturrr,dong!
by 2.30am,a wake up call was made by the hotel staff and at 3am,about 80 of us,stranded passengers bound for denpasar were driven to the airport and 3/4 of the passengers were orang putih.
the flight to denpasar was smooth,the weather was fine and by 8am,we landed at ngurah rai airport,bali. we were worried about the unexpected. would the officials be like the ones at the airport in jakarta? surprise..surprise & thanks be to God who answered our prayers,the officials were courteous and God sent us a very nice tour guide,pak nyoman & a careful driver. If you can drive in Bali,you're definitely a very good driver.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Bisa di aturrrrr,nong!

A friend, Doria Tangkun,ninga kami ke Bali, did some last minute plan on Tuesday evening & by night,she smsed to me saying that she & hubby would be going to Bali as well together with another couple. They flew to Kuching this morning & tomorrow,they shall be taking the bus to Pontianak & from there,they shall take a flight to Bali,stay at the same hotel as ours,i.e Ramayana Hotel, & Jakarta & back to Pontianak & then Kuching. Apuuu!! Amat bendar cik puan tu. Kala ke cuti,ko iya..and enggai ke ngining kita. Asai ke RM1444/- per person,package ari Pontianak by Air Asia...4 nights Bali,2 nites Jakarta & 2 nites Pontianak. That's a very good price...
Nya meh update bala cikpuan-cikpuan ke ka raun. Tadi nukar duit baru ga aku ninga tudah uchuku madah: Wai,ti bisi meda kain batik ke kena bala indu Bali betanda,meli ka aku siti,ko iya. Sinu ninga.... Enda kala enda ampit madi ku nya ti aku raun,bisi belama ole-ole di bai aku ke iya.
Bala sekeda lalu minta beli T shirt Hard Rock Cafe,Bali......What!!!! with 1.3 million rupiah,where got enough?
Oh ya..lupa enda ingat forgot to mention about the Hard Rock Cafe,Jakarta T shirts incident. Maia aku ke kala ke Jakarta way back in 2002 & 2003,aku bisi meli T shirts hard Rock Cafe,kira ke 12 iti. Maia aku check in bag aku ba airport, enda mukai-mukai,di asoh security guard ke scan bag di buka bag aku. Peda iya dia maioh T shirt,iya pan alu minta. Ambi dia meh,ko aku. Ulih aku ngambi 2 iti,ko iya. Au,ko aku. Suman gamal iya ngambi T shirts..Biasa,Ibu.
Arap ke enda nama-nama meh tu ila.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Give me the money. Money or your life? Those are some of my favourite phrases. Another one is: No Money No Talk....cheh..money..money ..money.How I wish the 1 million Indonesian Rupiahs that I have in my hands were/are actually RM1 million. Just think what I could do with each piece of the RM100,000. The first piece would go to the St. Columba's New Church building Fund. The next note would be used for taking a trip to you know where. The other piece would be allocated to some priests be they Roman catholics or Anglicans. Never ever forget the priests..think for a second, who would be around when one is dying..giving you the last sacrament or annointing you with oil. Okay,the other RM100,000/- I would spend on some 'poor' friends who are in dire need of taking a good break from their uchu..say,.take them to Fantasy Island,wherever that might be. Let them have a body spa and not worried about having to cook & get the uchu ready for school. The rest would be used for breakfast at 2020's or dinner at Tg Seafood or at Tamu,Saberkas on Fridays & Saturdays. How much do I have left now? Not much but at least I made some people happy. Say, if you Warren Buffett,Carlos Slim, Bill Gates,Lakshmi Mittal,etc happen to read my blog, please send me a cheque for RM1million so I can make some people & myself happy. It's not asking too much..not even a fraction of your wealth.

DAP

Tukang gambar tu patut diberi course photography dulu...enda nemu endar ngambar..kelalu tumu di click ke iya. Ti kita ulih zoom gambar tu,dia kita ulih meda siko penyukong DAP ngepai bala ke mansa ngena bendera DAP. Pelaba ke aku Operation Room sida DAP ke ngimbai kedai enda jauh ari Columbia Asia. Maioh endar bendera enggau 3 buah rocket ke baka ka angkat ke langit. Rindu diri meda sida billboards & posters of the 2 parties belaban ke jako.

Meli ai buah anggur

Bala kita ke sigi diau di Miri nemu kita nama utai bisi di jual urang ba kedai tu,iya ke seberai market babi cum market pisang. Maia deka ngintu Gawai,kira ke tengan pun bulan lima,rindu diri meda bala 'Ai ban' bebeli enggau berangkut sida 'ai tabuk';bekotak-kotak. D udah mupuk meli peda aku,kena iya nyibur bala urang di Samu tu,kini.Tu tadi bisi kawan datai ari KL,minta aku nganjung iya ngagai kedai ke nyual 'ai tabuk' munyi ko bala anak agi mit suba.
Dua kotak Peter Vella dibeli iya. Nya ga penguntong diau di menua Miri,ti nyawa enggau duit bisi di anjung ngirup. Itok ke sida 'arak masam' munyi ko sekeda urang Samu tau ke arak urang indu,ko sida...enda tentu ka ngirup arak masam nya sida..kelau-kelau atau bai ngirp wine,ko sida ke hard core drinkers. Nyadi aku rindu meri sida ngirup wine laban enda rua,siti, enda ngasoh mabuk siti (unless consumed in one too many langak).
"Berape harga Peter Vella satu kotak? Saya punya adik selalu beli di sini. Ada special price kah? Boleh kaseh discount?" ko iya ke ka meli wine.
"Aiya..titak lapat wo! Untong titak manyak..jual sama lu RM70/- lah Biasa saya yual RM75/-. Saya kaseh lu discount lima linggau lo." ko apek.
Uji kelala kita sapa ke melakang ke camera. Iya enda nemu aku ngambar iya.




Friday, February 29, 2008

Smoked Salmon

Sorry ya...not smoked salmon..how I wish.....they are smoked tilapia & manyong...equally nyamai. Dip fish meat in soya sauce heavily laden with chilli & onions. Yummy!
If anyone is interested to buy smoked fish,let me know. A friend is doing the 'salai-menyalai' business. Prices of smoked fish range from RM15/-per kilo to RM18/- per kilo.