Monday, June 25, 2007

瓦解了~

可能一开始就被诅咒了吧~

风的家庭,犹如风一般,已然吹散各地...

留下的,只是满目苍夷的落叶。

是枯了、干了、焦黄了的落叶。

看着这些落叶,心里不知怎的,悠然升起一种无限的惆怅,更带着一些些的遗憾。

看久了,这些叶片仿佛都成了一幕幕的画面... 若隐若现~

视线,也渐渐的模糊了。

突然,一股狂风把散布满地的落叶都吹起了~

周身,被漫天飞舞的叶子盘旋着。。。

可映入眼帘的,却是一幕又一幕,大家一起走过的日子。

有欢笑的日子,亦有悲伤的日子。

无数的争执,换来无数的拥抱。

由互相的猜测,到最后的信任。

回味着从前的一切,嘴角不期然的浮现了会心的一笑。

风~ 飘过了。

记忆,也随着落叶沉寂下来。

奇怪了~

视线,为何仍是模糊的?

触一触脸颊,才发现原来是湿的。

永别了~

我可爱的家庭。。。

Thursday, June 21, 2007

我才24岁罢了,请给我一点空间。。。

我知道我经常都会自嘲自己今年29岁,

众多的朋友也都笑说我像29岁,

而不认识我的人也真的认为我起码27岁以上。。。

我承认,我看起来的确是比实际年龄来的大。

但我不是。

一年~ 在短短的一年内,我经历了许多事。

身上的责任,也一天比一天重。

工作上,人们都把我当成老练的重量级人物~

相同的,也认为我懂得许多东西。

而自然而然的,对我的要求也高多了。

下属,都看着我如何应对种种的场面。

等着我摔倒。。。毕竟,我比他们都年轻多了。

上司/客户却在判断着我的价值。。。

看我是否撑得住。

但多数的时候,他们却都忘了我对这行业还非常陌生。。。

我没有他们累计多年的经验。。。

虽然在公事上能下决定的人是我,

但那并不代表我每件事都有足够的经验或理解能力去下判断。

我是个乐观的人。

或者说我是个会尽量让自己乐观的人。。。

但当我听到他人在别人面前把自己贬得一文不值的时候,

再乐观的人也会难过的。

更何况,所谓的“别人”是我的上司~~

我知道世上有许许多多杰出的人才、天才及能人。

这些人在年轻的时候就大有作为了。

再怎么艰难的困境他们都有办法应对、解决。

我时常被那来与这些人比较。

可是我想说的是,

我并不是那些人。

打从心里就不是。

我,充其量只不过是一个平凡的人。

没有特别杰出的地方,

亦没有什么才华、才能。

我,是很无能的。

我,才24岁。。。

饶了我吧。。。

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

巴厘岛 - 照片

呵呵~ 其实还有第四与第五天的行程还没写下,但事隔相当久了,我也没什么深刻的印象了,所以就以照片待字吧!

哦~ 忘了注明一点。。。

由于旅游胜地都是我自己去的,所以照片都是风景照!
我也不善于拍食物或人的照片,所以那些就由ed去刊登吧~

空空无人的沙滩。。。 可见得两次的爆炸案件对巴厘岛有多大的影响!


无敌夕阳!













Terrace Padi!




一个需要穿Sarong的神庙~


巴厘的舞狮


石雕


画廊



巨浪!


巴厘小道




我的住所!



迷你佛塔



佛塔边的公园


猴圈


水上寺庙














宫殿佛塔



木雕

与当地的沙滩小贩合照!

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Bali Day 3...

Last night, we went Bounty again.

The crowd was unbelievable. The music even more so!! I heard super HIT club songs from like seven years ago while i was still schooling in Australia. Man, THAT really got my blood pumping! And apparently, there were alot of people around my age, cuz when these songs were played, they went bonkers!

A funny thing occured while we were dancing though. Hahaha... there was this middle-aged man with a nice tattoo on his forearm who went talking to us about Wars, and Global Warming and Americans and Politics and Rainforests and Free Spirits.

NOT exactly the kinda place where you find such people, and definitely NOT the place you wanna hear such things.

Ed and I went back to the INN feeling horribly exhausted. He slept soon after, but after taking me shower, i couldn't get back to sleep. So i read a book and finally slept about forty minutes after Ed.

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Next morning, we woke up at 10.30am. We were supposed to wake up early to catch a good wave, but BAH, we were too tired.

After breakfast, we decided to go surfing.

Half way down the road, my tummy went balistic on me. And then i had to walk ALL THE WAY back to the INN to shit, and then ALL THE WAY back to the beach again. I think going back and forth took me close to half an hour's time!

Anyhow, upon reaching the beach, I saw Ed sitting on a chair and just wasting his time away. Hahahaha... actually, i asked that he waited for me to return before he started surfing.

Just then, a guy with a book filled with tattoo designs approached me. I had always wanted to have a tattoo, but never the courage to do it. Since this was only a DRAWN ON tattoo which will fade after two weeks, i decided to go for it!

And they have SPIDER & WEB tattoo designs!!!!!!

Then it goes down to bargaining. I finally got a deal to do two tattoo designs for 40,000 rupiah.

The spider and the web on my left chest, while a tribal band design on my right arm. It was wicked!!!!!!

Thereafter, i had to wait for an hour for the tattoo to dry up. I killed that time by reading a book.

An hour later, I went surfing with Ed.

Yesterday, I had a teacher and I literally thrashed Edward at surfing. Today though, i couldn't even STAND without the teacher!!!!

So much for winning.

I was terrible at it without a guide. For one whole hour, i was only able to stand like FOUR times. Which is quite pathetic. Then another stupid thing happened. When i got up from the sea, i was lost. I didn't know which part of the beach i came from.

I had to walk to and fro for freaking TWENTY MINUTES carrying that god forbidden heavy nipple-wreaking Surf Board! And Ed had the balls to laugh at me when i relate my misery.

Anyhow, drained of energy and feeling a little miserable, i went to have some Sun-Tanning.

and i LOVED it!!!!!!

To feel the sun's heat on your body while staring at the bright blue sky with birds flying around and a sweet chilling breeze to cool your body down... MAN, that's LIFE!!!!

Then this guy had to come over and spoil my reverie by trying to sell me some foldable head rest. Something like a pillow, only its supported by wood.

He started at 100,000 rupiah, buti managed to buy that stuff off him at 15,000 rupiah. Wahahahaha... damn i'm good!!!

After a good deal of Sun-Tanning, Ed and I went surfing again. By then, my nipples were hurting so bad i didn't even wanna try touching it. Why does it hurt??? Thanks to that stupid SURF BOARD that is so rough, and me wanting to act macho by not wearing a shirt while surfing.

I had NEVER had my nipples hurt so bad. I think it hurts even more than when bitten...

Ooops. Scratch THAT.

Anyhow, the second surf session turned out to be a failure too. For both Ed and I. We then tried another type of surfing. Had heaps more fun with the other kind of surf board cuz its shorter and we're only supposed to lean on it instead of standing up on it.

It's getting dark already, so we got off the beach and Ed suggested we do a spa.

I was quite agreeable to it cuz i was kinda tired and exhausted and what better way to pamper yourself than by having a SPA?

We were so wrong.

The massage itself was good. In fact, better than the ones we had the first time. But then, the body scrub REALLY, and i really really mean REALLY, kill the fun.

First, i think they probably got their scrub lotion from Antartica, cuz it freaking COLD! As if the air-conditioner is not enough, they have to pour COLD scrubs on us! Then comes the scrubbing bit. Ed will probably tell you guys that he lost a LOT of bulu from doing it.

Hahahahaha... i second that. Truly, its EXCRUCIATING. Painful painful and then Painful. It hurts SO bad. Luckily, i forewarned her NOT to touch or even get anywhere near my nipple. I was afraid my nipple might just fall off my body. DAMN.

By the time she was almost done, i was almost dead.

What a torture. Definitely NOT something i had in mind when i decided to do a SPA.

After the SPA session, we went to have a dinner. That's at 10.00pm already. So here i am now, updating my blog on my third day in Bali.

Think i'm gonna hit the bed soon. Very tired.

So guess here ends my Third day.

Two more days to go... Sob Sob...

Till then... Cya!

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Bali, Day 2...

Woke up at 9+ this morning. Probably should have woken up later, but i couldn't seem to fall back asleep.

After washing up, I had the little breakfast prepared by the INN. Nothing fancy, just a cup of coffee with a banana sandwich.

Soon after, Ed woke up and had his breakfast. We then decided to visit a shop before my pick-up van arrives for the tour. The reason we absolutely HAVE to visit this shop was because Eddy spent more than HALF an hour bargaining for 5 shirts. He even went so far as to BEG them.

Man... that's just wrong. Like i mean bargaining is one thing, but BEGGING??????

hahahaha... ok, i better not say anymore, cuz if it weren't for his begging, we wouldn't have gotten the price we were getting now.

Anyhow, i went back to Inn to wait for my pickup truck while Edward went surfing. Surfing the NET that is. Hahaha... I suppose that's when he wrote his blog.

Soon after, the Van arrived. There was the driver, the tour guide, and a British Couple. Couple minutes later, we picked up yet another British lady. So all in all, there were the 3 English and the 1 Malaysian - ME.

Along the journey, we managed to chat quite a bit. I was REALLY impressed with the place the third lady has been to! Ok, i should say the Couples are named Matt and Amy, while the last traveller we picked up was called Alexandria. She told us to just address her as Alex.

Alex has been to Germany, Middle East (4 states), America, Mexico, Turkey, France, Thailand, Australia (every single state in australia), Indonesia, Norway, Greece, and many many more places. Best thing is, she is only 27!!!

The first place we visited was the Royal Palace/Temple. Can't really remember the name. Will write it out once i have the photos posted. They had some performance there, with Kebaya costume in Bali Style. Nothing too interesting.

Next, we went to a temple that appears to be floating on the water. It was BEAUTIFUL!!! There were many people around, but i managed to take quite some nice photos. Will load it up once i'm back in Malacca.

Spent quite a while taking photos there, and then we were off to the next destination.

The Van is an absolute TORTURE. The air conditioning isn't working, and its freaking 34+ degrees out there! Its like a free sauna, only we REALLY REALLY didn't want a sauna then!

Oh, they actually grew Strawberries near the Water Temple place. Its sort of like near a mountain region, so the temperature is pretty low. Something like Cameron Highlands. The strawberries taste sweet!!

We were supposed to have Lunch, but non of my British mates felt hungry. As expected of a nice and well-mannered Asian, i said, "Yeah! No Problem! I'm not that hungry anyway." Which was basically a fat lie.

Next, we went to Ed's cousin's temple. The Monkey Temple. Nothing too amazing, just loads of irritating monkeys that tend to snatch things from you. And they smell. Eww~~ Hahaha, Alex was terrified of Monkeys. While walking along a pathway, a monkey decided to feel her ass, and when its hand touched her, she screamed SO loud!! Hahahahha... everyone around just broke out laughing.

Our next destination was a Rock Temple. So named because it was built on a rock. Yes yes yes... i will upload the photos once i get the chance so you know wht i'm talking abuot. Supposingly, this place is SUPERB for watching the sunset.

Too bad it was REALLY cloudy. Doesn't spoil our mood though. We sat in an outdoor cafe there atop the rocks, and managed to chat for more than an hour! I find British to be really humourous people! They are so fun to be with!!

That basically ended our trip. So we headed back to our respective hotels. It was 8.00pm by the time we reach, and Ed was mighty pissed cuz i told him i would be back at aruond 5.00pm. hahahaha... How was i to know right?!?!??!?!?!?

Took a shower, then we went for dinner. STupid crap shop. It looks so small and tiny and cheap so we thought we can have a cheap meal there. Turned up it cost the two of us a total of 45,000 rupiah!!! RIP OFF!!!!!!!!!

So, now here i am, typing in the internet cafe. Edward's done and i had better go now before he gets mad again. Hahahahah...

Oh, i'll remember to stuff some sand into Ed's mouth tomorrow if i remember. We're going surfing again tomorrow, YAY!!!!!

BALI, Day 1...

Departed for Bali on the 1st of June from LCCT at 10.55am.

The plane arrived 25 minutes earlier, which was good, but then i almost got a heart attack when i landed!

See, when you arrived, there are several overhead signboards directing you to the place where you're supposed to register. And there it shows "With Visa" and "Without Visa". All of a sudden, I remembered i didn't do any Visa at all and i was like CRAP!!!!!!!

Luckily, i got auto-roaming on my mobile, and i called up my cousin to check, and this is what i got...

"ASIAN COUNTRIES NO NEED VISA LAR!!!!!! STUPID!!!!!"

Bloody Great start to my Bali Trip.

Upon entering the Arrival Hall, I was having a hard time finding Ed, cuz you know, he's not that tall and outstanding looking. Anyhow... i did manage to catch him, and soon we were off to the "INN".

It wasn't as bad as he said it would be. I mean its a room with 2 beds, a toilet, fan, lights... that's enough by my standard. No hot water though... >.<"

Next thing we know... we were off to the beach. Had some noodle thingy with beef balls. Kinda nice. And then this Edward bought me this STUPID JAGUNG that SUCKS to the MAX. I wanted to throw it, but the people there said its ill omen to throw corns away.

So, i reluctantly gulp the WHOLE corn down. Only to find out that they were making fun of me!!! and this bloody Ed knew it all along!!!! GGGGrrrrr.....

Anyways, while sitting enjoying the nice sea breeze, a group a ladies came to me. First, they inspected my finger nails and toe nails. Then they offered to do manicure and pedicure (however you spell it) for me, at a price of 200,000 Rupiah!!!

Thank god for Ed, he bargained the price for me. So i ended up paying 50,000. Felt like a King though~ HUahahahahaha...

Thereafter, I decided to go Surfing. Ed prompted me to do it actually, cuz i wasn't really ready for it. Then again, i thought~ What the Heck, just do it!

So, paid 80,000 (again, thanks to ed for barterring) to learn how to surf.

It was AWESOME!!!!

THe minute you were able to stand on the surf board you felt as though you were riding the waves. Never would i have imagined it being so thrilling!!!

Its fun to watch Ed though. Hahahaha.. he can NEVER, and i mean NEVER, manage to stand on the surf board. ALWAYS get flung over. HUahaahahahah.... Felt good to beat him.

Having exhauted ourselves, we decided to pamper ourselves by going to a body massage.

Although the lady who massage me was petite, MAN SHE CAN MASSAGE!!!! She had the strength of a bull!!!! I was literally squirming while she was doing the calve of my leg. Damn she was good!

Hahaha... pity Eddy. He asked for a guy but that guy was more of a wush than the girl! Serve him right!! Cuz they said they had only one guy who were able to do the Body Massage, and without even ASKING me, he said he WANTED the guy to massage. Muahahaha... Dai Sei!

Dinner time, we happen to chance by a tour agent, so she recommended me to take a trip to several places tomorrow. I'm gonna do it alone with some other travellers, cuz edward's already been to those places, so i'm kinda excited too.

Later that night, we went clubbing in a place called Bounty.

We were kinda excited at first cuz there was a foam party that was going on. Thing is, the so-called "party" comprises of only 8 people or so people. Kinda pathetic for a foam party.

Disappointed, we went upstairs to their common clubbing area. It was JAM PACKED with WHITES!!! Hardly see any Asians there! Again, it turned out to be quite a bore cuz neither me nor eddy was really into it. We were exhausted from the body massage and surfing session.

We decided to call it quits at 2 plus am.

So that pretty much concludes my first day in Bali!