Bali Walking and EAting

Walking, eating and having fun in Bali.

Well, if you are walking, it’s fine because everything is at walking distance, or biking distance, but if you are walking the side walk, there’s one thing you have to know. The sink hole cover doesn’t really be there all the time or is put in properly all the time. So be careful. And the sidewalk is not even so walk slowly.

If you are biking, the road takes no prisoner, it’s a bit chaotic, so imagine you are in Rome, only that all the road is much smaller and more water hole and damages and you need to learn to swift between the letch literally.

As for accommodation, you can get a shitty stay home with no air condition that might not be cheap or might be cheap, depends on your luck. Or you can get like mine, 50 bucks a night small, really small hotel, not exactly by the beach, but close enough. Best of all, Air Cond, warm water(though need to wait a minute for it to get warm.), the room service is good, free motor bike service to head out, free drinking water, swimming pool, and you can park your rental right in front.

Or you can get anything in poppies, small, usually no air cond, and everything is right outside the house, cyber café, warong(food stall), and restaurant, and motor rental, and beach at walking distance….. (but poppies lane is a big area, depends on where you stay.)

Or you can take the villa out from the busy site of Kuta.

The night life does not start before midnight, cos before that everyone is still eating their dinner. Sports bar is available everywhere. The Aussies love them the most now for they are showing the best AFL. The unique thing about them is that, they are usually bar, lounge and karaoke together. And live band even available at some restaurant.

As for eating, there’s a lot of places and variety to choose from. Steak and western is usually more expensive, local food if it’s on the street or stall then it’s about 1 bucks each meal. Mc D and fast food chain about 3-5 bucks. And the most expensive meal you’ll have is the beach side seafood parlor or the swanky lounge, clock in from 50-150 a pop. So it’s your choice.

Oh yeah, remember to ask them to lay off the chilies if you can’t take the heat. Because theirs is hotter than jalapenos.

My Bali Trip.... Still got 3 days in!!!!

Been in bali for the past 4 days. Still got 3 more days to go.

Well, Bali is essentially a surfing island for the foreigner especially now for the Australian winter season.

It is a surfing Paradise. The closest to the airport is Kuta. Kuta is on it’s core divided into into 4 parts from south to north and segregrated into 3 section from east to west by the 3 main street.

South to North from Airport is Tuban, Kuta, Seminyak and Legian. Basically, these 4 areas are connected through the same beach, stretches out more than 10 miles of them.

And the section is typically separated by 3 main road.

The Beach side Jln Pantai Kuta, well, as the name suggest, it’s the surf turf. Then there’s the Jln Legian,(explaination: Jln is initial for Jalan, that’s street in indon.) which is essencially the party, boutique street. The least traveled street of them all is the inner most, Jln. Majapahit, this one is the road to artwork, and interior designer paradise, that’s the Art factory street. (Read below for more and cheaper area for furniture, sculpture shopping in Bali.)

Anyway of course for the local the island is divided into more areas than just the Kuta-Legian. But those others area are from those seeking tranquility. Because they are mostly paddy fields scattered with more skillful craftsman and refuge from the busy beach side. If you are looking for sculptor that can do wonders you can fine on the 3 small main street out of Kuta rounding the side of Ubud to Kintamani Volcano Mountain. This route is the only cultural route u need to take to understand Bali from the surfing paradise main character. The farming and the craftsman are the 2 part of Bali besides the mainly Ancient Hindus religion you can find everywhere.

So for most foreigners who come to Bali can enjoy the rest of the buzz besides the yoga and spa in the central surf spot Kuta. Beginning from Tuban Area, marked with the new and huge landmark, Discovery Mall, is the beginning for the surfing beach. Then you’d headed into Kuta. And then Seminyak, and Legian. If you want a fase lane through the area. Then you should go from the beach, literally. Because these streets besides the beach are scatter with quarters and hotels you need to zigzag through to get to anywhere. And the lane, especially those Poppies Lane Area is like beach side hawker on steroid, there’s miles and miles of narrow (and I mean one man’s waist length narrow lanes) cutting through it the whole area. It’s like walking through Venice hot summer on land. Fun for the surfers really, hospis, hotel, shops, restaurant, surfs shop, tattoo shop, food stall, all you can find in these lanes, just that if you don’t know your direction you could get lost in it, or hitting a dead end every way. (hint: follow the wall of the compound of the hotel or temple, you’ll always find a small alley to the other lane or the beach. Especially those that people and bikes are flushing out of them all the time.)

If you don’t like the chaotic, you can always choose Jimbalan. There’s great hotel, Villas to rent and isolated beaches, and best sunset view of the island, yet, to go anywhere and clubbing you’ll need to get a bike. Easily rented for you from anyone on the street, or you can hitchhike, locals are willing to help but some do ask for money when you arrive, so be….. a gents, tip the guy a 10k rupiah or something.

Well, to get around, I’m the walk stop slow warming kinda guy, so I walk all the way. Take the taxi to the mountains (it’ll take me like all 7 days of my vacation if I were to walk there. And damn it’s cold up there, get a sweater.) The most common thing people do is rent a bike. The fuel is cheap, just a 100 dollars deposit will then you are free on this great paradise, some even come with surfboard holder bars. (it is after all a surfing island.)

Tuban is the best place for me, Cheap, 3 mins walk to the beach, none of the chaotic bike and cars on narrow lane crossing and honking and most of all, peace and quiet.

Oh if you are thinking about safety?! Believe me, no one is gonna rod a half naked man or woman thinking you got a million(even in Rupiah)in your pocket.

and for the tattoo, don't do something you'll regret that will last a lifetime. Find someone that's experience and sterilize before anything. Don't go for the too good to be true cheap....

After reading some articles from my last Blogazines

After doing this for the past 3 years, reading back on all the articles that we have written, i realize that the Blogazine today are really different in feel from my last blog. on my previous blog http://perfectlifestylemag.blogspot.com/ it's really vibrant. it's really personal, life like, many interaction and many self examination.
realizing that somewhere when i lost my great friend, i've lost a partner in crime in all this. the passion have lost a little bit.
i don't conduct anymore interview. one because the chaos, the schedule, the heart is not there.

back then the last year is a hard one to pass. because i've lost a left arm and the half of my heart. i became afraid to look past the possibility of knowing new people and losing them all over again.
but throughout the years, i've learned none of that meant anything significant if i don't stand back up again.

so i try to reexamine myself again now. where am i at. there's a pretty good balance. i got rid of half my debts. and the rest is on a manageable steady payback. one down. so 2 to go.

i'm not in a bad place. my relationship with my family have tremendously improved.
my friends are getting closer. and i can let go a little bit more.

work is still work, or should i say just work. there's no more bother there.

i think i am in a good place.

probably gonna start those interview appointment again.
it is hard to understand how it got to this stage.
but something just happen and you are led to here by all means.

and i am very at peace with what i got what i'm gonna get and really balanced and blessed. and with his blessing i'll continue what we started.

Gay, Straight, Bi..... I really don't give a fiddler f**k. life is good. I'm happy. and that's it

I was asked the other day whether I’m Gay or Hetero.

I'm happy, Life is good, and I have no desire, obligation, urges, eagerness to explain myself or identify it.

In the good old days I’ve told a lot of people I’m confused, and some time later I joked that I’m bi-sexual. Eager to answer or please.

All of that comes from an insecure teenage self, not fully understanding myself (mind, body, and soul) and giving in to others opinion and say what people think of me as I am.

So in the tradition of forgiving, and forgetting the past and moving forward, I am older and wiser, lesser doubt, learning more. I’m not confused, and I’m not your typical kinda guy.

I’ve dated women and guys. Both are great and all fun. And they are the past, my past.

My sexual encounters have only been with girls so I dun have any other kind of experience to compare with and I have no intention to compare any kinda relationship I have with and other relationship.

The fact is that I dun care which gender as long as it’s an honest and healthy relationship.

We human being judges too much. Some make it such a big deal. One girl told me: “So now I’m not only competing with my kind, I have to compete with the whole damn world?” Wait, who say that it’s a competition? You are the only one now that I am giving myself to, there’s no other, only you.

I’ve only dated one person at a time. Truthfully and wholehearted. It hurts when breakups happen but that is no excuse to dump yourself into self guilt and not move forward. There really are a lot of people in this world. Regardless of ages and gender, they are all fascinating people. So why not give yourself a chance, and share that love? And give yourself a break. Trust yourself. Believe in your soul. They are all good. Let yourself be loved. You are loved. You just have to open up to it. As in age, one of my friend met a great guy and he said he is too young, -10 years younger-, “but who cares?” you love him, he loves you, so you are the mature one in your work, he is the mature one in his idea and energy, that’s what you love him for and that’s what you want now. So we will change. For the better with time. Just go with it. The other one girl said, the man is too old. Goodness sake, you have dated guys younger than him and they are not in your range of intelligent and here’s a guy, 14 years older and mature, takes care of you, love you as any younger guy would and could. So why compare? Go ahead, take the leap. Yes it is scary. But ain’t life just about that? Taking chances and live?

and the No8 campaign?! all of that is a simple humanity statement, regardless, we are gay, straight, Christian, Muslims, Black, White, Asian, all is no excuse for hatred.

~~~ Andrew Phibbs

Crab, I mean real Crab. My mouth si severly injured by now.

Having eaten these delicacy for 3 round in the past 5 days. My mouth is offically out of service. because the tongue, the mouth are all damage from scraping too much crab shell.

and if I have another crab this week, I'll have a cholesterol attack.
HAHA!

Enjoy your dinner tonight!!

oh on the side note, Official sources says, Charlie Sheen is totally out of the picture of Two and a Half Men, and Steve Carrell is officially off the Office Duty Roaster!!!! Farewell, Good Boss! urgh.~~~~~~~~~ HAHAHA!