Luna Bar

If you want to go to a nice & relaxing place for some drinks, Luna Bar will be the right pick. They have 2 sections. One is at the pool area which is without air conditioned and another area is with air conditioned.

I went there last week and they were having some renovation works at the pool area. So the only place I can go to is the air-conditioned section. The ambience here is gorgeous.


I was sitting at a place where I had a good view of the KL tower. :)

The seats were comfortable. You can just lie down, chit chat & enjoy your glass of wine. :)

Banana chocolate cake

If you're a chocolate cake lover, you must try the Banana chocolate cake at Zang Toi's cafe. This cafe is in KL(Sg Wang) for years already. I've been patronising this place since the college days. :) They've just opened an outlet at Parkson, Pavillion.




Do try out their unique drinks.. like the one I ordered. Mango Sprite with ice cream.

The yummy Banana chocolate cake with ice cream! :D

Tanah Lot, Bali

Another famous place in Bali which is a must see is Tanah Lot which means "Land in the Middle of the Sea".

Why is it called Land in the middle of the sea? It's actually a temple built on an off-shore rock. During high tide, the rock area is flooded with water and when it's low tide, you'll be able to walk around that area freely.

I was there in the evening and it was low-tide. So I get to roam around that area freely without getting soaked in water.

The picture above is taken from the stairs at the big rock leading to the temple.



In my attempt of taking the above pics, I got all wet due to the strong waves. :D

Uluwatu, Bali

Uluwatu cliff is one of the highlights of my trip in Bali. The best time to go there is in the evening so that you'll be able to catch the sunset. When I was there, it was quite cloudy and I only managed to catch the cloudy sunset. :P

You have to wear long skirt/long pants(proper dressing) in order to enter the cliff area because there's a temple on top of one of the cliffs. If you dont, you will then have to wrap yourself with a 'Sarong' which they provide you for free. You've gotta return it before you leave of course. :)

Isn't the view in the above picture superb? You get to walk till that end and below is the view I get from there.


There's nothing much you can do at the cliff obviously apart from taking pictures, more pictures and moreee pictures and of course enjoying the view as well. :)

Bali - Kuta Accomodation

I've done quite a bit of research on Bali. One of it is accomodation of course. After reading many forums & reviews, I've decided to stay 2 nights at Kuta & another 2 nights at Ubud.


Kuta

At Kuta, I stayed at Bali Sorgawi Hotel which I think is rated 2 star. I don't really care about the star rating. What is important is the cleanliness and the location. The location of this hotel is pretty good because it's located along Jalan Legian and it's within walking distance to all the pubs and restaurants. There are different types of rooms to choose from. I booked the standard room which is at USD25 / RP240,000 per night which includes breakfast.

The hotel provides free pick-up from the airport as well which is great. I'll then save on taxi fare. :D

Below is a picture of the standard room. The room is average considering the price that I've paid. Don't expect to get comfy beds yeah.. :P


The bathroom with basic amenities

The swimming pool.. Nice rite?

The gym..

For breakfast, I get to choose from a few selections. Can't really remember what they have in the menu apart from fried noodles and fried rice.

I like the fried noodles. Taste quite good.

I did not try the fried rice though. I find it a bit too filling to have that for breakfast. :)

Recharged....

I've been really really busy with work lately... :( and for all the hard work done, I shall reward myself with a trip to ....

Cool huh... :D

I was in Bali for 5 days from 21st till 25th March...

I needed a break to rejunevate myself and I think Bali is the best place to do so (which is also within my budget) :)

Stay tuned for more updates on my Bali trip... :)

Hugeeee orange

Guess how big is the first orange?

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It's bigger than my fist!





This orange was from my mum's friend's orchard in Cameron. Malaysia boleh too :) ehehe

Gong XI Fa CAI!

Gong hei gong hei!

My first Angpow for this year was from my parents. Xie xie!

My favourite dish during CNY , "Yee Sang "

I crave for Yee Sang once in a while but only get to eat it during Chinese New Year. I still remember few years back, I was in UK during CNY and I asked my mum to keep some Yee Sang for me till I'm back :) I thought this is a famous dish for all chinese. Apparently it's not. It's only famous here in Malaysia & Singapore.

This is the Yee Sang... my favourite :) nyum nyum!

My mum decorated the house with many oranges...

I used the greeting cards and made these.. :) Nice??

Happy Chinese New Year!!! Gong Hei Fatt Choy!!

It's the Year of the Rat and I would like to wish everyone....Gong Xi Fa Cai!!! It's the CNY season again where everyone sends greeting cards to one another. Do you still send greeting cards?? Or are you using a cheaper version of it.. the virtual card.. or just a sms greeting..??

My dad received many greeting cards and some of the cards are really unique.

Card No 1. - This is a 2 in 1 card.. A greeting card + a calendar.

When you fold it, you'll get a standing calendar. Cool rite?



Card No 2. - This is also a 2 in 1 card.. A greeting card + a bookmark calendar



At the back of the card, there's a mini calendar which you can tear it off to become a bookmark. Very creative. :)

Card No 3. - Another 2 in 1 card.. A greeting card + a bookmark
What is so special about this card?A bookmark.. I can remove the round metal and use it as a bookmark. Nice nice!

Card no 4. Another card which has the same concept as card No 3.

"PhoToshoooot" @ Taiping Lake Garden

My new Ixus 860 camera has many functions. One of it is Foliage. You will have to set your camera to Foliage mode if you were to take lots of greens... Being very excited with my new camera, I set out on a photoshoot outing to the Lake Garden @ Taiping. That's the best place I can think of to test out my camera's Foliage function.

Can you tell the difference btw the below pictures taken with the Foliage mode and the auto mode?

The more greenish pic is the one with the Foliage mode. :)

Some pictures taken around the lake.

Camwhore a bit of course....

See Kate in action....

When we were about to leave, a group of monkeys came.. There were about 20-30 of them.. Scary man...

At the end of the day, I'm pretty satisfied with the pictures taken with this camera. You can't compare it with other SLR or SemiPro cameras of course. Cannot fight with those la.. haha :)

Happy New Year 2008!!!!!

Wishing all my friends a fabulous year ahead!!

I was at Tao lounge @ Auto city, Butterworth for the new year countdown.

Goodbye kiss to the 2007 snowman..

Fireworks to welcome 2008!!!! Whoohoooo!!!!