Bali-Blasted!

I've been Bali-fied and I loved it!
Ok...

Sounds corny?

Well... when in Bali, you really don't care how corny things are.

Firstly, because they do grow maize there.

Secondly, you're so lost and alien there that anything stupid said is really forgivable.

Day 1

At the beach with tons of 'business-people' around...

"Mam... manicure? I give you manicure, cheap cheap, come, I do sample..."

"Bead hair? Bead hair? I give you good price, you do"

"Tattoo? Many many pattern"

Except, we were really more interested in the waves...

So we waved those entrepreneurs away......
We visited the art market, which basically gave us the feeling of deja vu because every single shop sold the same thing.

You think at first that those beautiful and really colourful batik sarongs were made by some worthy indigenous woman... until you realise that those sarongs can be found at seasides all over the world.. then you realise that it's really some world-dominating franchise... -_-"

Day 2

This at the Batik factory where they do it all by hand...

Then after a real-life roller-coaster ride down the steep sides of a mountain, it was to the crater of a volcano that last erupted in 1993...

Agriculture there of course because of the top soil...

It was Geography in-action!

Then after million of hours in the car, we managed to get to another seaside for a beautiful sunset...

By the way... I think you can only get to the temple when the tide is low...

Day 3

Into the sea we went...

On a submarine dubbed 'The Odyssey'

Only 2 of those babies in the world and Bali has the only one in South.East.Asia
Beautiful!

I think our diver liked us...alot.

Then it was to a cliff you'd be willing to throw yourself off...

So gorgeous!

Throw yourself from the natural rock-diving-board and plunge into the endless blue that you can see through...

Day 4

This day was all shopping...

Well...

Can't say I loved it, can't say I hated it.

The Shopping Centres were totally humid.

I believe they call it energy conservation.

Gorged myself on A&W and Krispy Kremes though...

Nice...

Day 5

Ok... This day was probably the most adventure-like...
Don't be fooled by the padi-fields...
Uphill we went in an SUV

Downhill we came in a rubber raft!

White-Water Rafting!!!

It was FUN!!!

OMG!

Got quite badly scratched by a fallen branch, but hey, what's a few scratches for a life-time of memories huh?

Had so much fun...

Neck-aching now... honestly...

Owww...

Cam-whoring a little with Guni-face, co-star in almost all the pictures.

Risata... that's where we stayed...

I had good fun.

Certainly I'm more appreciative of all we have in Singapore.

Grateful for my family and my extended family.

There's so much more of the world to see...

I can't wait!

Don't let the little things get to you.

You go see a volcano, maybe take a stroll along a cliff...

And you realise just how insignificant everything else is.

What matters is how you take on the challenges in life.

See the Big picture.

Are those problems going to matter 10 years from now?

Now that's the reason people need to get away once in awhile.

They've got to be reminded why they're working so hard.

They've got to understand that there's life beyond their struggles.

They've got to know that life goes on and the whole world never does stop for you and you alone.

I'm grateful for everything in my life.

Perfect or not, it's all a matter of perception.

Heyy.... I've reflected without using a mirror!

I wonder what the next 20 years will be like......