Thursday, December 14, 2006

shall post pics of e villa i stayed in..

door of my rm

my rm

on e wall outside my rm

jus outside my rm

bathrm of my parents (gt oudoor bathin area)

my parents' rm

private pool

12 dec

woke up early to go c dance performance.. tat is 1hr drive from Desamuda Village.. its a dance performance based on e story of Barong... n abt a fight btwn gd n evil... i don quite understand wat is gg on durin e play but some of e characters were quite cute.. oh.. n those playin e backgrn music look realli sian except for a drummer... his actions v funnie n cute.. n e one playin recorder looks like a toad when he blows his recorder.. haha..
then stopped to c silver smith.. e stuff nt v nice n v ex.. S'pore de nicer n cheaper.. so nv buy anything altho e prices can b negotiated.. stopped a while to c lots of ducks..all of which are brownish or blackish.. n on one of e fields near e ducks.. lots of smoke can b seen.. slash n burn.. then stopped again to c art gallery..n as i gt off e minibus, i banged my head again... think i too tall le.. haha.. i lost track of how many times i banged my head.. tink last counted was abt 4/5.. at e art gallery, my dad keep pointin out tat e paintings were nt nice n fake.. which i agree.. all of us can do Balinese art.. lol.. e art pcs all too abstract le.. breathed in lots of smoke at tt place.. lucky no asthma probs..
then gt into e minibus.. breathed in lots of exhaust fumes.. coz its nt airtight.. it was dam disgustin..then on our way up a hill... gt a lorry.. its exhaust is visibly black.. v smelly.. chokin.. e driver of tt truck chao irritatin.. don let my driver overtake.. -.-"" n my older sis kp scoldin e driver of e truck stupid.. haha...i was just busy coverin my nose n tryin to breathe .. went to eat at hill top.. v nice, scenic but cold.. e food there is ok.. altho gt a lot of flies n beetles.. beta than yest de.. b4 enterin e restaurant, a lto of ppl crowd arn to try n sell their items, they a bit like e flies like tt.. no matter how u say no.. they still come after u..
went to c e sacred well.. soo sad it was rainin.. ppl go there to purify.. they sort of bathe there naked.. n oh higher frn.. is where e president or vp stays.. they look down.. can c e ppl there bathin.. naked?? perverts la.. then went to a market place.. a bit like pasar malam.. v crowded.. n as i gt off e minibus.. bang head again.. didn buy anything.. nth nice.. went back villa.. play pool.. my white ball kp gg into e hole.. dam pissed.. coz i too tired le.. then my dad play against me.. i was leadin.. then had to go n eat dinner le.. so didn finish game.. on e way back. encountered a shoplifter.. female de.. a lot of ppl went after her.. accordin to my grandfather, they will beat shoplifters up.. really big commotion...

the barong
the monkey

active volcano...

my dad n mum.. wif my dad tryin to hold down my mum's flyin hair(so sweet)

the sacred well.. wif a guy purifyin

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

11 dec cont'

went to c lots of monkeys n fruit bats.. e monkeys were runnn all over e place.. n we, aka me, my dad, grandfather, bro fed e monkeys..e rule there is jus feed don touch e monkeys.. e monkeys grab hold of hands like wat my younger sibs would to my dad's fingers.. v cute.. my sis was jus screamin n tryin to dodge e monkeys.. lolz.. n once... a monkey tot she had some peanuts n grab hold/ tug lightly on her pants.. then she jus scream n shriek tellin e monkey nt to pull her pants.. will drop... haha.. i lauffed till i wan beng ... dam comical.. n her shrieks r chao high pitch.. cnfm higher than mine.. n a monkey tried to climb my dad.. haha... a bit scary.. n he nearly gt into a fight wif e leader of one of e monkey's kingdom.. coz he wanted to shake e monkey's hands.. lolz.. n there r 3 kingdoms there.. n over 500 monkeys..

e bats were huge.. n they all hang on e trees.. n fan themselves usin their big wings to keep cool
then went back villa.. then younger sibs pester me to play pool wif them.. then my dad joined us ate dinner.. yumz.. (PS: e onli clean place wif clean toilets is in Desamuda village... all other places... were gross)


a monkey holdin my dad's finger

monkey fight!!

monkey approachin my older sis.. e one wif red slippers.. haha.. she screamin for it to get lost

king of one of e 3 kingdoms

PEANUTS TIME!!

a monkey n her baby.. (e baby is e darker coloured de..)

e happenings of e last day will b updated at another time.. nd to snooze for a while b4 gg out ltr.. nitez!

11 dec cont'

made a temp stop to c a buffalo..

another temp stop to c lots of chicken farms

stopped to eat lunch at a disgustin restaurant.. stupid driver.. lolz..e food was dam salty n gross.. n on top of tt there were lots of flies.. it was a buffet thing... when we went to take e food.. we discovered tt e flies were settling on top on e food.. or rather they had landed on e food.. n e workers there were swattin e flies.. after they killed e flies that settled on e food, they juz pick up e dead flies n fling them away... -.-"couldn eat anything... lose appetite, n e food nt cheap lo... abt s$12 per person.. -.-" so er xin.. n their plates n bowls gt layers of dust de.. e onli good thing abt tt restaurant is tt it has a nice view.. but tts it le..another temp stop to c a huge fruit bat n iguana tt is reared by one of e localswent to c a lake near e top, v cold but beautiful, chao mei de scenery, n i literary walked e plank.. lolz..there is wooden plank leadin out onto e lake.. was walkin on tt.. v shaky coz of all e waves/ current..camera crank out.. lol.. nice effect tho.. TIME TO CHANGE CAM!!!!=P

on e way down e hill, saw thick smoke... some ppl burnin thigns, cld b rubbish or plants.. e smoke entered e minibus tt we were travellin in coz its nt airtight... smelly like anything.. nearly suffocate..

11dec

my younger was kind of sick.. had food poisonin or smt.. throw up twice n had e runs.. but nth serious.. so she, my mum n y "grandmother" stayed behind in desamuda... while e rest of us go sight-seein...today.. my grandfather chartered a tour guide.. its some sort of feedback thing n business for him.. coz he is accessin e places e tour guide is bringin us to, to c if he wans to sign a contract wif tt tour agency.. took quite a bit of photos...

1st stop: Tanah lot temple
my dad bought postcards from one of e sellers there.. one had approached my dad.. offered 30,000 for 30 postcards.. but my dad don wan.. then another one approached.. offered 40, 000 for e same stack.. then my dad offered 20,000.. then e lady tried to up to 30,000.. but my dad insisted on 20,000.. then e lady w/o missin a beat agreed.. she said,"just for u, 20,000Rp" lols.. my dad zai.. 20,000Rp is less then S$4, S$1=5650Rp

my grandfather n sis

my sis n i

beautiful sceneryn its chao cold/ windy

my dad n bro

e temple is behind me.. accordin to guide.. he said at high tide.. e land i am standin on will b covered n onli e temple will b seen which looks like a boat in e sea

e tour guide's hand shaky?