Bali Day 1 - 18 September 2009

My first time on a plane, flying across ocean... and it went to the awesome island called Bali. Bali is part of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim and yet almost 90% of Balinese are Hindu. That's why you can see a lot of Ganesha's and Buddha's face all around Bali.

Flight was at 9:50am. Reached KLIA main terminal at about 7:45am.

Almost everyone has arrived. Two went to LCCT because the taxi uncle sent them wrong way. Luckily they made it in time to check in. We fly by Malaysia Airlines.

Suaku, you may say about me, but first time flying, what can you say. I guess everyone who fly first time will take pics of clouds from above. The pics here looks like 3 animals to me..haha.

Since it's MAS, we had breakfast on board with a choice if roti canai or nasi lemak. We chose nasi lemak.

It actually came with a pink guava juice as seen on pics. And also 3 biji Ferrero Rocher and Jacker Wafer Biscuit(which has been taken out). The nasi lemak was nice. Small portion though but no complaints there as I had 3 pieces of cake at home, then had McDonalds breakfast at KLIA. Quite full. Haha.

Pics below is stewardess in action, serving breakfast to everyone.

We touch down at Bali at about 12:55pm. We were flying really close above the sea before landing as the airport runway is right beside the sea. Kinda a bit scary..haha.

Went through immigration without much hustle..long queue cos it's holidays. When collecting our luggage, the drama begins. We couldn't find 5 of our luggages. We had 21ppl coming to bali and 5 of them are missing, including mine, my gf's, my boss' and 2 of the boys. According to my boss, this is the first time the luggage is missing since they started flying around.

We went to lodge a report. They said the luggages were stranded at KLIA. Luckily there's another MAS flight coming to Bali in the evening, and they can bring the luggages along. They promise to deliver the luggages to our hotel in Ubud once they arrived. So we take our copy of report and leave the airport, with 7 of us without our clean clothes to wear for the whole day, hopefully. We leave at about 2:30pm to Ubud.

Reaced our hotel at about 3:50pm. Yulia Village Inn was located at Jalan Monkey Forest in Ubud. The road is full of shops on both sides, be it selling souvenirs, t-shirts, sarongs, restaurants, hotels, bungalows, spa and not forgetting the Monkey Forest.

We went to have our lunch at a nearby restaurant. Ubud Village Restaurant. Since it's about 4:30pm when we went there, we had a light meal as our supposed dinner was supposed to be at around 7pm...which was pushed back to 8pm. Pics below is one of their signature sandwich.

After that we went jalan jalan along the road to see if there's anything interesting to buy. Interesting view all the way and they sell interesting stuff also. After that, we went back to hotel. Bad news, luggages haven't arrive yet. Everyone else went to dinner with clean clothes. 7 of us went to dinner after bath with dirty clothes.

Dinner at Wayan cafe, only a few minutes walk from the hotel. We sit on the floor with coffee table, which is quite a tricky way to sit for my boss and also myself with long legs. Haha. Need to adjust the way i sit a few times. I had Wayan's Chicken Curry. It was good.

Oh. When we get back to hotel after dinner, we got news that the luggages have arrived in Bali, but not sure yet when will reach the hotel cos there were few others who share the same bad luck as us. If they are staying at Kuta or Nusa Dua area, they'll get it first. We're staying at Ubud which is in the middle of Bali, so, it's most likely that we are the last one to get it. And alas, we got it at about 11pm. Yay. Clean clothes.

Here's some pics of the hotel we were staying. Bed looks nice. And they are so kedekut giving only syampoo..no bath foam also. And 2 shower cap. And 2 mineral water.

Ok. That's basically first day at Bali. Will continue with day 2 later. For more pics, can check it out at my facebook photos.

Lazy

Ya, the lazyness kicked in :( Plus I don't have much to say anyway..

Goal fest in last weekend's BPL. Yossi showed why he's important by getting a hattrick against Burnley with Kuyt completed the 4-0 scoreline. Man City also get 4 goals as they passed their first test with flying colours against Arsenal, who only managed to reply 2. But that 2 means the last team finally concedes. High flying Spurs was brought down to earth by Man Utd. As quoted by Jamie Yeo(something like that), "1 man down, 1 goal down, win 3-1. That's why they are champion." Chelsea scored another last minute goal...I thought Stoke will pull out a brave draw. No big surprise in the other matches.

Champions League starts today. The race to become the European Champion is on.

Friday, I'm going to Bali..yay. Don't look for me until the next Wednesday. Will write a diary and put it here, just for a guide if you want to go next time. Hopefully can catch good pics. Sorry I dun have those high tech digicam... only normal Olympus camera.

Here's some jokes for u guys..

Miracle at a Gas Station...

Sister Mary, who worked for a home health agency, was out making her rounds visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas. As luck would have it, a gas station was just a block away. She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas.

The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned.

Since the nun was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car. She looked for something in the car that she could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient.

Always resourceful, she carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gas, and carried the full bedpan back to her car.

As she was pouring the gas into her tank, two men watched from across the street.

One of them turned to the other and said, "If it starts, I'm converting."

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A Summer Skirt Situation...

As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, a lovely looking woman became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.

Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg. She tried to take the step, only to discover that she couldn't.

So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step

Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg.

With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step.

About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus.

She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and yelled, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!"

The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we was friends."

Drunk at a Bar...

In the middle of a huge metropolitan city was a skyscraper where at the top was a bar. At the end of a particularly hard day at work Jim went up to the bar to let go the stresses of that day. When he got there, there was already a man sitting at the bar drinking a particularly vile looking drink.

This strange man said "watch this" and proceeded to walk over to one of the large windows lining the wall. He then picked up a chair and smashed out the window and stepped out.

He started falling toward the ground turning end over end and right before he hit the ground he stopped and proceeded to drift up. He floated back up through the window and went back over to the bar.

Jim looked at the bartender and said "I'll have what he's having!"

After a few rounds of the drink, Jim stumbled over to the window and fell out. He fell all the way to the ground and landed with a loud SMACK.

The bartender turns to the mysterious man and says "Superman, you're such a jerk when you're drunk!"

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BPL action over the weekend is normal. Gerrard snached a late win for Liverpool at Bolton. Man Utd got away with a win over Arsenal thanks to an own goal by Diaby. Arshavin scored a wonderful goal though. Lennon fired a stoppage time goal to keep them 4 win out of four to join Chelsea at the summit. Man City continued to have another clean sheet as Adebayor scored his third league goal as in many games.

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Daddy Action...
A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a living.

"Tim, you be first," she said. "What does your mother do all day?"

Tim stood up and proudly said, "She's a doctor."

"That's wonderful. How about you, Amie?"

Amie shyly stood up, scuffed her feet and said, "My father is a mailman."

"Thank you, Amie," said the teacher. "What about your father, Billy?"

Billy proudly stood up and announced, "My daddy murders people, steals from them, and drinks."

The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to geography. Later that day she went to Billy's house and rang the bell. Billy's father answered the door. The teacher explained what his son had said and asked if there might be some logical explanation.

Billy's father said, "I'm actually an attorney. But how can I explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?

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What is the most popular song in the radio now? I listen to radio a lot when I travel. I listen to "I Got A Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas everyday. Caught the same song played at 2 different stations at the same time for a few times. Chances of 3 stations playing the same song? Well, almost. 2 stations played I Got A Feeling and another playerd Boom Boom Pow. I''m sick of the songs already. Another popular artist that I frequently heard on the radio is from David Archuletta. I think I listen to all his songs everyday. But the songs that I look forward to at the moment are You Belong With Me and The Climb.

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Holy Jokes!

A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!"

His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means?"

The son replied, "I do know!"

"Okay," said his father. "What does the Bible mean?"

"That's easy, Daddy..." the young boy replied excitedly, "It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.'

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There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country.

"Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk.

"Only the Ten Commandments." answered the lady.

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"Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."

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A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn't find a space with a meter. Then he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: "I have circled the block 10 times. If I don't park here, I'll miss my appointment. Forgive us our trespasses."

When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer along with this note "I've circled this block for 10 years. If I don't give you a ticket I'll lose my job. Lead us not into temptation."

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There is the story of a pastor who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: "I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still out there in your pockets."

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While driving in Pennsylvania, a family caught up to an Amish carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humor, because attached to the back of the carriage was a hand printed sign:

"Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass. Caution: Do not step in exhaust."

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Still haven't have any update to my stories...sorry.