Went to catch the musical last evening. Everything about the show was good – vocals, acting, set… except the Aussie accent. A story with Chicago background but non-American accent (worse still, it has to be Australian), is totally unacceptable!
Had a good time overall. Only regret is that my legs don’t show on the photo. See how nice the (2nd) photo I took was!
Bali
Went to Bali with a bunch of colleagues/ex-colleagues last week. Energy sapping trip but fun – the company and I tried new stuff like jet ski and white water rafting even though I didn’t get to touch the oar cuz there were 7 of us including the instructor, so I just leeched on the rest. Plunging down the waterfalls was not as scary as I had imagined, fun in fact! Best time to visit is July-August because April is the rainy season. Didn’t manage to catch sunset over seafood dinner or Mt Batur (the volcano). But sunrise from our (so-called) presidential suite in a hotel in Nusa Dua was quite something.
Temples and more temples – Uluwatu (lotsa monkeys) and sunset at Tanah Lot.
Thankfully, sometime back I caught this on camera from my HDB window. Makes up for the regret of not seeing the sunset in Bali.
The nice villa with our own private pool in Seminyak, just don't mind the yucky breakfast and mosquitoes in the open bathroom. The menu never changed, so it was american breakfast with tasteless tea english breakfast and earl grey tasted the same) and coffee all the way. I like the exterior of the villa - here was our hamster friend caught in the pyramid style pavement.
Besides the trip, the flying experience with KLM was memorable. It started off with a flight delay. Announcement that they needed to defuel cuz the flight was originally bound for Amsterdam and affected by the volcano eruption in Iceland and they had to tell us only after we boarded the plane. We got off and found our way to the canteen where they offered the $6.80 food and pineapple juice only drink station. The noodles tasted like cooked rubber band and the pineapple juice was something I never had before and shall not have again.
On board the 2 hour flight, they only gave out the headsets long after we flew (and none on return flight cuz all headsets from Amsterdam). When it came meals, there was only menu A – beef and more beef. Forget about having PORK, not even my mom’s favourite fish.
11 of us and we were all seated on our own on the return flight, though it wasn’t a full flight. And I thought I couldn’t board the plane cuz my row number wasn’t indicated anywhere on the boarding sequence - no row 26.
My favourite shots:
The mickey mouse who reminded me of my ex-malaysian, now OZ citizen ex-boss. Her outstanding Stitch bag with the 3D ears that stick out.
Those “overly friendly” people who just won’t let me have my personal shot. Lots of passers-by.
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