Busy week. Feel dead on my feet. Should be thanking God it's the weekend.... but nooooo.

Feel like killing some of my coursemates. Brutally. Slowly. Painfully.

But I got things to be thankful about too..... like the glorious, glorious back day (ooh hurts so good). And this Sunday morning I was up at 5.30am to go off for a round of practice shooting. Juuuust got back, and I'm off to work again at the gym at 4pm. But the shoot turned out pretty okay... to be honest I wasn't really feeling sexy today and kinda flopped it. And wardrobe malfunctions... =.= GOD. I really, really wasn't a 100% today and was rather embarassed and ashamed about that.... and fuck, was I cranky and tired..... But thank you Rahul, Danny and Selvan who have been so understanding, patient and kind! And putting up with all my bitching and complaining!! I admit... I wasn't a very easy person to work with this morning. x.x

OKAY moving away from that.... here is the continuation of my Bali pictures. Yay.

Coming down Kintamani... Dewa stopped us at this beautiful coffee + spice farm.

Cocoa trees! They harvest these beans and actually make their own chocolate coffee!



Oh and by the way... did you know Bali also produces the world's most expensive coffee... the kopi luwak??


That's the civet cat sleeping in it's enclosure. Basically kopi luwak is made from coffee beans that have been passed thru the civet cat's digestive tract. So these civets are fed the coffee beans... their droppings are collected.... and....... yeah.

Costs 350,000 rupiah (RM126) for a small cup, man. NO JOKE.


The serene, park-like paths of the farm


More cocoa trees


Coffee beans!! Yummeh.


Coffee beans, cocoa beans, and vanilla pods. Don't they smell delicious!


They roast the coffee beans the traditional way too.


At one of the gazebos for the free coffee tasting session. Had to chance to sample some special Balinese coffee, which does have a very unique and distinct taste. Oh but no kopi luwak la... that expensive shit want give you free meh? Lol.


Another civet that was up and pacing around


After the coffee farm we dropped by Tirtha Empul, or the Holy Water Temple.


That clear water is NOT filtered tap water, for your information. It is clear water fresh from a spring. Amazing how clear and clean it was! You can see right down to the bottom!


What Ernie described as "a perfect shot, except for the flers bathing at the back..."
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Well it could've been worse. Least he's not scratching his ass, kan.


One of the temple stuctures


And this is the magnificent source of the holy water.... a crystal clear, bubbling spring. And strangely... there were these little birds all swooping above the water... touching it lightly every now and then.... and they never seem to fly off beyond the spring!


Where the water bubbles out of the earth... forming little "clouds" at the bottom. Quite a sight to behold... photos don't do it justice AT ALL.


And even further on the way is Tegallalang, famous for the paddy terrace sceneries. Unfortunately we were visiting at a wrong time - they were just planting the seedling, so it's not the beautiful lush green as it was during my previous visit.




Ubud Market! Where I did my shopping... got my mom her beaded sandals... and more silk nightrobes for meeee!!!

And one local guy said I reminded him of Manohara (the Indonesian model who married the Malaysian Kelantanese prince)...... LOL.... Like, awwww..... :)

And yes there were more comments about how strong my "husband" is.....


At the end of the day, we treated ourselves to an absolutely generous dinner. This place called Obonk in Kuta, which Shaz recommended, serves up pretty good Western fare for rock bottom prices!!!


This is my half-eaten crispy steak. Lol. And.... it costs only RM3.60!!!! Steak for RM3.60!!! Like wtf!!!


And Ernie's beef ribs... for only RM10. Good stuff too!! You tell where where in Malaysia can find beef RIBS that cheap?? Haha... we were ordering all we wanted!

And on to Day 3....


Breakfast again at our cosy hotel


Taking some pix around the lobby while waiting for Dewa


View of the hotel beach from the lobby.




And the lawn... a live bongo band actually plays there from time to time!


The pool




Ernie reading the papers. Lol.


On Day 3 Dewa brought us to Taman Ayun - the Royal Family's temple. This is the lawn where you have to walk up quite a bit before reaching the temple.



VERY precarious and narrow steps up to the watchtower. Many places of the temple were sealed up, and tourists could only look inside over the walls.






Beautiful structures.... like something out of, I dunno, Indiana Jones?? Lol. XD








Throughout this entire trip..... that pose has been painfully overused. :P


Yep. Sayang and all his posing for the locals.

More pix soon!