After kayaking around Hong Island, we continued our journey to another island – Pakbia Island, which is also part of the Hong Group of islands.

Some photos of many other small island while on our way there.

There’s quite a few mangrove trees I saw while on the way. I’m not sure if those are planted after the 26th Dec 2004 tsunami that hit Thailand or it has been there all these while. Mangrove trees are actually a natural and cheap solution to tsunami. It can help reduce the devastating impact of tsunamis and coastal storms by absorbing some of the waves’ energy

Pakbia Island is North of Paradise Island, and the last northerly island of Krabi jurisdiction bordering to Phang Nga. It’s also renowned worldwide for their beauty and unique scenery.

One thing you’ll definitely realize that it’s a very quiet island. You don’t see many other tourist hanging out at that island, the quiet atmosphere of the beach is much appreciated. Oh, it’s really a small island!

I saw a fire camp there, so, you could actually go there for camping!

I think it’ll be really great, but take note there’s no fresh water there and I don’t remember seeing any public toilets there too.

There’s even a swing there! Imagine a night at the beach, sitting on the swing, swinging slowly, under the moon light with him playing the guitar singing or humming with it. How lovely!

One thing that this beach stands out from any other beach is that there’s a sand-bar which connects the two island together.

I just found out that you could also arrange for your wedding there! The wedding ceremony shall take place on a beautiful white sand-bar connecting two tropical islands.

You’ll be surrounded by a stunning landscape, and a clear blue ocean.

The tropical sun sets against the silhouette of the incredible landscape. Wow! How nice! View this link for more information. Personally, I think wedding by the beach is the best! Of coz, on a nice clean beach, else it spoil the whole romantic atmosphere.

Oh yeah… the water are really clear there. I guess not many people hang out at this beach, which is actually a good thing. So it’ll remain clean and quiet.

We didn’t hangout there for long before we left with the long tail boat to the next island which is Lading island, which has more to explore coz it was hit pretty hard by the Tsunami in 2004.

After the Hot Sping in Klong Thom, our tour guide brought us to a-place-which-I-can’t-remember-the-name but it’s a rubber plantation.

We’re not there to harvest the latex but for elephant trekking instead!

Elephants are the largest living land animal on earth today and typically live up to 50-70 years.

Once we arrived, we saw water for elephant. No, not the movie “Water for Elephant” which stars Robert Pattinson.

It’s water for elephant to shower! We managed to see the handler bathing the cute and huge elephant. =) Then the elephant sun bath to try.

Oh, here comes our elephant and the handler!

If you’re wondering how we managed to get up to the elephant, we climbed up to the boarding tower and get to the seat on top of the back of elephant.

That’s me nervously getting to my seats with the help of my guide.

Woohoo~ Safely on the seat!

Finally boyfie and I are both on the seats on the elephant. Oh yeah, they only limit 2 people at once on the elephant and a handler, which I think it’s good so it won’t further burden the elephants.

Our legs rest on the rough and thick skinned of the elephant.

Here’s the butt of the elephant!

The handler sits on top of it’s head leading the elephant.

And our journey begins!

We were pretty excited and anxious of this journey with the swaying rhythm of the elephant’s footsteps.

It’s quite a rocky ride with each of the elephant’s foot step and we felt that the elephant walks pretty fast too!

Our elephant handler was really helpful by helping us to snap pictures of us enjoying the ride. But too bad I was just using my iPhone’s camera as something tragic happened to my compact camera.

But anyway, the memories are in my head. It’s my first time up close and personal with an elephant.

The 2 Matsaleh gals enjoyed their ride too!

Our elephant wanted to show how capable he/she is by trying to push one of the big log.

Then we got scared to death experience when it tries to commit suicide by banging the tree.

Nah…that’s all just joking. The elephant did no harm to any of us.

Our elephant was just pretty distracted and busy exploring with its inquisitive nose, probably sniffing for the best grass to eat. =)

The elephant stopped to enjoy his meal once awhile.

The Matsaleh gave the elephant a good rub.

And a kiss too~

Can you see that the elephant is so happy that it’s smiling?

After about an hour ride, it’s towards the end of our elephant trekking. We took a photo together with our elephant handler too.

After getting down from the elephant, we hugged and touched the elephant.

And of coz, a group photo and bought some bananas to feed the elephant before we left.

It’s quite an exciting experience which I will never forget. Elephants are amazing animal and the gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. They take many years for an elephant to grow and reproduce again. I don’t understand why people need to kill them for their tusk. =( Their tusks are used to dig for water, salt, and roots; to debark trees to eat the bark; to dig into baobab trees to get at the pulp inside; and to move trees and branches when clearing a path. In addition, they are used for marking trees to establish territory, and occasionally as weapons.

Anyway, the next day we went to Lading Island, Pakbia Island and Hong Island for kayaking! So, stay tuned!

After waiting for a year or so after purchasing the flight tickets during the promotion, it was finally the time to fly to the shopping paradise – Hong Kong.

I was pretty stressed up planning for this trip. As usual, Mr. BF doesn’t plan for the itinerary, it’s all down to me for planning the 5D4N city trip.

It was a crazy long queue during the check-in luggage with AirAsia at LCCT.

But lucky one of the staff told us that we could check in at another counter at the other side. Phew~~~ That saves us some time. I dun wanna miss my flight!

Yann Lee and Hui Wen came to LCCT as well, but they came wasn’t becoz of me(sad case). Co-incidentally, we were flying on the very same “auspicious” day which happens to fall on the 14th July in Lunar Calendar which is the Hungry Ghost Festival, but they were flying to Cambodia for their 3D2N trip. We had a short meal at Hot n Roll before we head of to our separate destination.

Yay! Finally can board the plane!

Whenever flying, I will always book a window side seat. Two things:-

First is that I get to enjoy the view, I never get bored of taking the photos of sunrise and sunset, and videos of the flight taking off.

Oh yeah… also nice scenery when reaching the destination.

Secondly, it’s becoz I get to lie against the side to sleep. Okay… probably this is the main reason I always take the window side seat.

When we were reaching Hong Kong Airport, we see the speedboats cruising the sea.

After 4 hours of flight, we’ve finally reached Hong Kong! I was extremely excited when I see these police dogs welcoming me working.

It’s just so cute seeing them  sniffing their nose off(totally exaggerated, he could be “snaking“, no one knows anyway) for illegal stuff. I wonder what’s their wage like, is it like 1 bone/hour?

The HK airport is quite a huge place, you can opt for a buggy service if you’ve got super lazy feet but of coz there’s some cost incurred for that.

Hm.. would you want me to show you around?

The queue at the Immigration is insane, probably it’s quite a great season to be there since it’s summer, and there’s summer sales as well.

But surprisingly, it wasn’t long before my turn to pass through the immigration.

My hotel is located at Yau Ma Tei, there are several ways to get there.

• Airport Express -> Kowloon, then take a bus/cab/MTR to Yau Ma Tei
• Cab

We opted for the first option coz it’s a lil cheaper and recommended by the staff at the airport. Then we took a taxi from Kowloon to Yau Ma Tei coz we didn’t want to go through the hassle of carrying all the bags in and out of the MTR. If you’re wondering what’s such a hassle of it, you should really know this. I bought 15kgx2 check-in luggage weight and it was overweight, but luckily, smart ass like us brought extra hand carry bags so we transferred some clothes to that bag.

(I know I know, we should travel light, it’s shopping paradise there and it’s summer!)

The Airport Express to Kowloon is HKD$90/way (RM37.04).

I kept the card coz it has the Toy Story character printing on it. I have Rex and Buzz Lightyear!

This is interior of the Airport Express train.

The speed of the Airport Express train is pretty fast, it took us about 20+mins to reach Kowloon. On the way, I noticed the many high-rise building like those I see in TVB drama.

I noticed more high-rise building. Some were really old, as if it’s haunted, who knows.

The journey to my hotel takes roughly half an hour(MTR and cab).

Finally, we’ve arrived at Casa Hotel.

The ambience and lighting of the lobby is really nice. It looks comfy, it is comfy!

Oh..the staff are really friendly and helpful too. No worries, they speak English. =)

I read through Tripadvisor and found many good review about this hotel so I booked through Agoda. I’ve written in the special request that we would want higher floor (this hotel is facing one of the main road) and that we do not want corner room (half superstitious especially we were int he Hungry Ghost month).

The hotel is just 5 minutes walk from the Yau Ma Tei MTR station so it’s really convenient to get to any where else.

Besides, Miu Kai is just behind our hotel!

Once I got the room key,I head up to my room immediately. Once the room door is opened, I couldn’t believe my eyes! The room is jaw-dropping small. I’ve read about the reviews saying the hotel room is small, especially the toilet (okay, most hotel rooms in HK are small anyway), but I’ve never expect it to be that small.

To my left is a very small wardrobe which I think it’s by far the smallest wardrobe I’ve seen in hotel rooms.

Beside the cupboard is a full body length mirror which is pretty big (by looking at the size of the room and the cupboard).

It’s good that they didn’t forget to have such mirror in room, coz vain people like me would wanna see from head to toe.

And u know, it’s good for cam-whore too.

Beside the mirror is a very small pathway to walk and right beside it is a queen size bed. There is no more space at the other side of the bed, it’s already the edge of the room, the wall.

So, right infront of the bed by the wall is a very small desk with cups and kettle on top and a chair beside. The TV is attached to the wall of the hotel room. Below the TV is the ONLY and limited space for luggage, and it ONLY fits 2 large luggage.

Beside those spaces is a frosted glass door toilet(yeah…it’s kinda see-through, you can’t see the exact thing but u can the whole fade beige shadow of a naked person) which fits only a person. The basin and the toilet bowl is just side by side.

So, basically the only space for you to shower is standing right infront of the basin, the very same place you stand when u brush your teeth. Or probably you would want to sit on the toilet bowl and bath.

If you’re wondering how “big” this toilet could be, I can’t stretch both my hand straight in the toilet.

Yes, it is that SMALL.

So, that’s basically the size of the room. You get the idea. But never judge a book by it’s cover, I’m amazed by how comfortably I rest and sleep in this hotel. The lighting and probably coz of the simple yet modern design of the room makes a nice ambience.

Though toilet is small, you’d be surprised how nice a shower could be. Probably they use a good shower head and have a good water pressure system, that makes a shower pleasurable. Besides, you can admire your own body during the shower. There is a face mirror infront of the basin and a large full length mirror at the other side(beside the toilet bowl).

If my memory doesn’t fail me, the hotel cost about RM180/night, which I think it’s quite a reasonable price for hotels in HK.

Casa Hotel

Address: 487 – 489 Nathan Road, Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 3758 7777
Fax: (852) 3758 7766
Email: reservation@casahotel.hk

Website : http://www.casahotel.com.hk

Hehe..tell u something, I didn’t want to leave the shower room, I bathed till my skin are wrinkled. That’s how nice the shower is to start my day of or retiring from the long day out.

Wondering where I head off next? Stay tuned!

I can’t agree enough on how beautiful the paintings are in Bali. I’m not sure if those paintings are drawn and painted by them or it’s printed and they just need to fill in the colours. Whatever it is, they are just simply talented! 

I saw lotsa incredibly beautiful one sold at Sukawati and Tanah Lot, it’s just really amazing! I can never imagine myself painted it this nice! You know what’s the best thing of it? They always start of the price which we will never agree on buying and we can bargain till like 30-50% discounts! I was just wondering, how does one standout from the rest when all of them are that good and at the same place? Nevermind, as a buyer/tourist, we benefit from it though.

You’ll see lotsa painting of Pura Tanah Lot at Tanah Lot itself.

And other other paintings.

I specifically like these paintings due to the touch and feel of the texture of the paints. But I didn’t buy any of these.

I bought 2 paintings of another place which I’ve forgotten the name at about RM15 only.

Time flies and 3D2N at Bali was over. On the 3rd day morning, we managed to enjoy the wave of sea for a few hours at Kuta beach itself before packing up and Board the plane back to our home country. The few hours at Kuta beach is one of the most fun time in Bali. The waves are really strong that you could fall and roll at the beach. No kidding! I got quite a few blue-blacks from that!

My sandals string snapped when I was the airport, and I was forced to buy a pair of sandals at a very last minute. Thank god I found one which I find it ok looking and at a reasonable price. The price was actually about RM35 but I was out of cash. But believe it or not, I managed to bargain for the sandals for only RM30. Guess what? I’m loving the sandals now! It’s very comfortable.

We were very hungry and took a meal at the airport and almost didn’t manage to board the plane. We thought that the entrance to board our plane was nearby but it was like miles away(okay, I’m totally exaggerating this), we ended up running with our stomache full in the airport itself. It’s kinda funny when thought of it now.

Took a few photos of the cloud. Kinda like it.

This photos looks like it’s end of the world. Like something is happening soon.

This looks like there’s hope.

I was supposed to attend my friends wedding that night and I had to put on my makeup in the flight.

But due to unforeseen circumstances, I only reached home at about 9.20pm. I think the dinner also gonna end soon, so, didn’t attend the dinner in the end after putting on my make-ups. =.=”" So, I ended up cam-whore in my room. ^.^

Wow..you know what? I’ve finally finish with my Bali trip! Should I continue back with my Perth trip?

Bali is quite famous for its temple as they have many different big and small temples around. On the Day 2 of touring in Bali, we went to one of the most famous tourist attraction and important royal temple in Bali – Pura Taman Ayun (“Garden Temple in the Water”) which also means Temple of the Beautiful Garden. The temple is located at Mengwi, Bali. Here, you can really see the Balinese culture and building structure.

“The establishment of Pura Taman Ayun is related to the development of Mengwi kingdom in 17th century. A manuscript describing the birth of Mengwi kingdom called ” Babad Mengwi ” gives a description that the founder of the kingdom I Gusti Ngurah Putu after succeeded in extending his emporium he built Ulun Danu temple on the bank of lake Beratan, than moved his palace from Balahayu to Mengwi and built Taman Ayun temple. The date of construction is expressed on a carved door with chronogram reads ” Sad Bhuta Yaksa Dewa ” means 1634 AD.” – Info taken from BaliTouring.

The temple is surrounded by moat and I spotted some people fishing there.

ATTENTION ladies, please take note that if you are having the time of month, please respect and do not enter the temple. There is a board stating that clearly.

Another note, it is advised to dress appropriately before entering. But er…… I guess I kinda break that “rule”.

The entrance fees to Pura Taman Ayun is Rp3000 (RM1.07). Very cheap hor?

There is this very big hall which you will see. One of the staff explaining to tourist on the use of this great hall for occasions.

Upon entering, you will see a huge garden with a fountain by the side.

There is a Bell Tower (Kulkul) by the side where tourists can walk up to have a better view. This is also where the ceremonial drum used for summoning worshippers or to raise an alarm during crises is kept.

One of the shrine at Pura Taman Ayun.

Walk in further and you see the Candi Bentar which means split gate of Pura Taman Ayun.

Further down is the inner courtyard, covered by a gate which is Candi Korung (Covered gate). Accoridng to the staff there, the gate only opens every 50 years and there will be a big ceremony held.

But fret not, you will get to see what’s behind the gates though you can’t enter from the main gate. There is this path way by the side and you still get to see the building structure and shines there.

There is also a small gate at the side of the path way, but it’s lock too. I guess no one really can enter there. =\ Though they say no one can enter, I spotted a cat lying lazily under the shed there. Hmm..there’s an exception for animals?

The total number of shrines and pavilions in Pura Taman Ayun are 50 units. This shrines are not all dedicated to god or holy spirits but some are as ritual facilities, public hall, and decorations. In the inner courtyard comprises of 27 buildings of varying size and function.

Rows of bale or pavillion for court musicians, dancers and priests in the inner sanctuary at Pura Taman Ayun.

Rows of merus with ijuk black thatched roofing provides resting place for visiting spirits at Pura Taman Ayun.

Among them are the gods who dwell on Gunung Agung and Gunung Batur. An eleven-tiered meru (at the far end, in the right-hand corner) is dedicated to the rice goddess Dewi Sri.

There are many different tier of merus.

There are also many different design and sizes of shrines.

I find this shrine quite unique looking as if it has an anthenna built with it.

The designs of the shrines, merus, pavillions together with the craft design on it.

If not mistaken, this is where they have some prayers too.

I’m not sure why out of nowhere, there is this very skinny tall tree planted in the inner courtyard. Anyone knows?

According to the staff, if you feel disturbed, you can peel of a layer of the skin of this tree trunk and eat it. However, you must give an orffering before doing so. Otherwise… go think of the consequences yourself. Nothing comes free in life, you get it?

I find this picture nice.

That’s all for Pura Taman Ayun, hope you enjoyed it!

After jalan-jalan at Sukawati, we headed to Ubud to try the very famous Babi Guling (Pork Roll), also known as roasted sukling pig. Bali is famous for it’s Babi Guling where the roast pork are stuffed with the home-made spices.

On the way there, there are some ongoing proyek, and we were forced to walk by the small roads to Warung Bali Guling Ibu Kota.

You’ll be very much surprised at the crowd there, it’s packed! As I can see, most of them are tourists, we were pretty lucky as we got a table after waiting just for awhile.

We were really in luck, once we sat on the table, there was a fresh Babi Guling which was just roasted and sent to the warung. Okay, dun stare at the whole Babi Guling for too long, you will feel disgusted, really. The expression of the pig is like it was grusomely murdered.

The workers, I’m not sure if she’s Ibu Oka, uses a big knife and beheaded the pig expressionless and emotionless, these are really by years of experience I believe. I dun think I could even chop off a chicken’s neck. Then, she uses the knife to pick up the head of the pig and poses for the camera.

The pig have been roasted till crispy golden brown colour. My god, look at that tail, the more I look at it the more I feel disgusted with it.

After the head been chopped off, you can see the spices inside of the stomach area.

The pork will then be chopped and to be served to customers.

We were waiting patiently for our plate of Babi Guling. Can’t wait to taste how nice it is.

The prices of a plate of Babi Guling are roughly about Rp25,000 ~ Rp30,000(RM8.90~RM10.54) depending on what you order. The once I ordered is served with a piece of the roasted pork skin, some very tender pork meat, fried pork fats, and some vegetables with the spices of Babi Guling on top of it.

The portion here looks small cause I shared a plate with Mei Yin and I just took half the portion of it. I couldn’t finish a plate not only because I have taken some food at Sukawati earlier, but also because of staring at the whole pork earlier for too long. I tried not to think too much, chucked everything into my mouth, chewed it fast and swallowed it.

In my opinion, the Babi Guling is totally overrated. From what everyone have said how famous and nice it is, I think it’s just so-so only, the skin was not even cripy, it’s quite chewy(Not sure was it just that pork, my piece of pork skin or was it actually meant to be like that). On our first bite, we have already thought of the Char Siew Siu Yoke Fan at Hock Lee, Damansara Heights. But anyway, since it’s so famous, just go and try it, at least make it like once in a lifetime experience.

 There are quite a few dogs around the warung. I guess it’s because it has good business there (as in many tourists feed them)

This is one pitiful looking grey dog layign around just outside of the warung.

There is also tiger-wannabe dog.

Both tiger-wannabe dogs were fighting for territory.

I also bought a bottle of Passion fruit flavoured drinks by Mizone from the store beside Warung Babi Guling Ibu Oka, you should try this. It’s quite nice and refreshing.

Our initial plan was also to try Bebek Bengil at Dirty Duck Diner, unfortunately we were so stuffed that we decided to put a stop. I kinda regret of not trying Bebek Bengil, I heard it’s really nice, much nicer than Babi Guling and it’s really crispy.

On the way back to our car, I spotted this creative looking van. It’s a van with bus entrance styled entrance, I repeat, it’s a van. It’s quite a common design over at Ubud as I saw quite a few van vehicle with the same entrance.

Did they design this by accident? As in accidental design discovery?

No, I’m not done with my Bali post yet, I’m just lazy to sort the photos out. ^.^

Here I am now, continuing my Bali post.

On the second day at Bali (24th July 2009), it’s time for jalan-jalan at Bali after taking our complimentary breakfast from the hotel. I’ll skip exactly where we’ve gone after that, not so important afterall, I’ll get to that after all the important points.

So, we went to Sukawati where it is famous for incredibly cheap stuff. I think I can spend my entire day there, not only because there are like zillion things to see, but oh-my-gosh, the people kinda “haunt” you there.

Once you step your foot at the urh..I consider it a marketplace, you will see a group of people storming to you like groups of fans seeing their favourite artist. Remember, you are not an artist there, but more like a choi-san-yeh(money god). All of them carrying their stuff on their hand and on top of their head persuading you to buy stuff from them, I find it quite a haunting experience. They will follow you wherever you go although you have tell them you are not interested.

Okay, one of the lady managed to persuade me to buy a white knitted hat. Not exactly that she persuaded me, but I find the hat quite nice and incredibly cheap! If I recall correctly, the open price she gave me was like Rp40,000 (RM14), Mr. BF managed bargain to only Rp20,000 (RM7). Wow, that’s like half the price! I bet if I get the hat in Malaysia, it gonna cost me about RM20.00 at least. By the way, behind me is a stall which sells their local fruit called Salak.

After buying this hat, another lady approached me and Carryse for a hat. I was like hey! I have already bought a hat. Guess what she told me? She told me to get another hat. My gosh, why would I need two same hat?

Carryse is even better at bargaining, she got the same hat at only Rp14000 (RM5). I really have no idea how do they earn money there.

You can see lotsa nice and great paintings there, I mean those people are like so talented! Too bad they are all cramp up there. I’m not exactly a person who is into painting but after seeing theirs, I just gotto get myself one.

Besides paintings, you can see them crafting some designs out.

We then took a light lunch over there too. My friends are like so crazy over the Bakso(beef ball) there, most of them ate two bowls. It cost only Rp5000 (RM1.80)/bowl. But I find it quite small bowl.

See the difference of size of the beef balls? The HUGE one a little different, there is a whole hard-boiled egg inside of it. I don’t eat beef, so don’t ask me how nice it is. I only tested the noodle and a little of the soup, but I could tell, it’s tasty!

Dun play-play, this dog is smoking. See the cigarette at it’s mouth?

Nah, of coz he is not smoking, it’s just some camera angle. But his is one lucky dog at Sukawati. Hm..I should say dogs around me while I’m eating are all lucky dogs coz I can never resist the pitiful puppy-eyed looks of them. Mr. BF ordered two bowls of Mie Bakso too, but 3/4 of the Bakso is fed to him, I only wanted to eat the noodles and Mr.Bf only wanted to try a little bit of Bakso. Byt the way, I call him Blackie ( I just thought of a name for him, Urh… I think it’s a him lah okay?)

I also tried their Indonesian Rojak which they call it Ketoprak. It is quite similiar to Malaysia Rojak, it has veges and tofu, but they added nasi impit and the keropok used is different. It cost Rp5000 (RM1.80). But nothing to shout about, I’d still prefer the Rojak at the roadside of Taman Tun.

Oh yeah, not to forget, you can Pie Susu at one of the shops at Sukawati at only Rp1000 (RM0.35). It’s similiar to egg tarts, but it’s condensed milk instead of eggs, and it is really thin.

I’m a fan of condensed milk, so I kinda like it, but I would think it will be much nicer if it is thicker. It’s worth trying, really. Where can you get a tart at only RM0.35?!

I think I wanna start Google searching for Pie Susu recipe already!

Sleepless night. I’m just way too excited right now for my Bali trip. To be honest, I’ve just managed to kinda finish pack up my stuff today. I’ve been starting to pack since yesterday from 8 something till 11 something, but it wasn’t done, I couldn’t make up my mind on what clothes I wanna bring and I ended up chit-chatting online and not bother about it. Oh gosh, I juat hate the packing and un-packing stuff from the baggage. That’s what I hate the most for travel… Argh..I still can’t make up my mind on what clothes to bring. My friend always says that it looks like I’m either shifting house or bringing my whole wardrobe altogether.

By the way, if you do not know yet, I always create a checklist for packing before each travel.

Nah… My luggage for 3 days 2 nights stuff.

These are the stuff in my luggage :

- 2 sets of sleeping clothes
- 1 dress
- 3 short pants
- 9 tops
- Lingerie (innerwears, dun simply think)
- 1 slingback
- 1 pair of walking shoes
- 2 camera chargers
- Nokia handphone charger
- Pinky bag (some of my facial stuff together with make-ups)
- Umbrella (in-case rain)
- 3 sun-blocks (1 waterproof for face, 1 normal type for face, 1 waterproof type for body)
- Purple Bag ( This is like a doraemon pocket which me and Mr. BF couldn’t live without while travelling)

These are the stuff in Purple Bag.

These are the stuff in my Pinky Bag.

By the way, there was some prediction by a software engineer months back about Earthquake will happen on 22nd July and causes a Tsunami which will hit Bali. I guess it’s safe to go since I receive no news of earthquake in Japan yet as of this moment. Perhaps, I should be more worried about possibility of bombing or H1N1 rather than Tsunami.

Ok, I’m starting to feel my eyes hurt now, time to rest now. Oh, Bali, here I come in a few hours time! Ciaoz guys.

I realize my Day 3 at Perth took me so long to write after so many post after my Day 2. Actually I didn’t wanna write much bout this. I’ve even wrote this 2 weeks back and kept in my draft till now.

Coz it’s sad.  M i s e r a b l e .

That’s all I could recall of.

So, Day 3 was the day that we were suppose to rent for a car for the road trip. But before that, we followed/accompany Alvin to car workshop to checkout what’s wrong with his car and the pricing. But that was pretty fast.

Then, Alywin needs to split up as he have some personal things to do that moment so we (me and Mr.BF) followed Alvin instead to look for a car. So, we headed to Bayswater Car Rental at Fremantle looking for a Corolla Sedan (we call it Altis here). Unfortunately, it was all rented out. We then asked if they could help to check if there is Corolla Sedan at Perth city or Subiaco and guess what?! They call us to call to the place by ourselves. OMG… I din expect this kinda service. I was expecting them to offer the help to call to other branch instead.

So, we called to Subiaco branch and there’s 1 last Corolla Sedan left and we drove there ASAP. But, more bad news to come. We couldn’t fulfill the requirements. VERY CONFUSING. They have different rates for the age group of below 25 and 25 and above. So, we tried registering using Mr.BF’s name. But we will need a credit card which both of us doesn’t have (we dun believe in using credit cards, we believe in CA$H), so we tried using a ATM card which also function as a debit card instead but will need to pay more deposits. But the stupid darn ~@#$%^&()-=_)(*&^%$#@!~ debit card payment just couldn’t get through the payments no matter how small the amount is. There is definitely something wrong with it, it’s giving a few different errors. We were so desperate and called back to our local bank helpdesk which didn’t provide much of help and say there is no problem with the card. WTH?! I was so prepared to lodge a complain for that cause actually I’ve tried booking air flight tickets last time using it but can’t get through the payment also.

By then, there were another couple waiting for the same darn car! We were getting more desperate and try seeking help from Alvin, unfortunately, he couldn’t meet the requirements as well. We can pay all the CASH they want for the car rental but we can’t coz they need a valid credit card or a debit card with a valid license. Now we know that MONEY CAN’T BUY EVERYTHING!!! So, we contacted Alywin to rush to Subiaco ASAP as the couple is still waiting for us and the shop is closing soon. Oh yeah.. did I mention there were 2 assistant there, assistant A was quite arrogant and rude(not the customer servioce which I’ve expected), assistant B was polite and nice. Thank god assistant B was the person assisting us and was kind enough to allow us to drag more time.

Alvin got some urgent things need to attend and we feel paiseh too dragging him into this for hours and ask him to leave first and we’ll handle from there. So, we tried to settle it but unfortunately we had to let go the car in the end and leave the place as they’re closing already. And this is the darn car that we’ve been trying to get whole day!!!

Nothing to do, the 2 of us wander around the street like puppies got lost of their ways in the city road. Our stomach started to growl and we stopped by V|C for food.

You know ladies washroom have those vending machines which you can get a sanitary pad for RM0.60 . There you can get chewable toothbrush which I bought 1 too but haven’t test it until now.

The men’s washroom lagi shiock. They have the vending machine for condom and stimulator which states that it’s the real thing and not a gimmick. Is there any fake ones?

Condom @ AUD$2.

Stimulator @ AUD$1

Hm… If any guy was there to get a gal for a last minute one night stand, he can get the necessities(incredibly cheap too) and head directly to hotel, dun need to stop by any convenience shop also. So convenient…

Glanced through the menu and saw Smoked Salmon Pizza, it sounds nice and we ordered for that.

And this is what we ordered – Smoked Salmon Pizza.

WTH!@!@#@$@$ It totally looks different from the pizza which we always eat. This is so…er…so HEALTHY? Basically, it looks like a few pieces of smoked salmon with some sour cream or whipped cream with some chopped tomatoes on top of a round medium size pita bread coverred with some un-cooked fresh leaves sprinkle with a little bit of pepper, it doesn’t look ant bit like the typical pizza I’ve always eat elsewhere. That’s the healthiest pizza I ever tasted. Wait a second, should I even call it pizza? There’s no CHEESE at all !!!!!

Seriously, I felt so gloomy and so wanna cry at that time. Then, Alywin came to us by cab and we’re suppose to leave together, but that smart cab left without waiting and I can’t remember why Alywin left after that( I think my food just arrive haven’t finish yet). So, left us again like 2 wandering puppies at the street. By then, most of the places are closed and we just continued to walk after the food.

Then we saw this statement on one of the shop’s door written with what time would the “doctor” be in.

The doctor is not our doctor which we would visit when we’re sick. It’s a doctor that we would like to visit if we have a bad hair day.

So, we passed by a hospital and there was this huge park opposite of it. We went for a stroll and thought could ask some passerby/joggers/patients if there’s any nice food around the corner. So, we asked a family and the conversation goes like this:

Mr.BFM : Hi mate, we’re a tourist here and do you know if there’s any nice food or cafe nearby which is walking distance?
Father of the patient : Er… you can try the hospital. There’s cafeteria there.

Mr.BF turned and look at me, I looked at him eyes wide open and almost jaw on floor… What a suggestion? Dun he have a better place to suggest than a hospital?!

Father of the patient continue : I’m not local too, I’m just here cause my son is checked into this hospital.

So, that explains all? I dun think I would ever suggest anyone specially tourist to eat at the hospital… I dun think it will ever cross my mind.

Forget bout the food, we took a deep breath and sat at the bench trying to enjoy the air, the smell, the wind, the green, the scenery. We randomly took some photos.

See…there’s a bird at the park.

Then, it is joined by another bird, a crow at the park.

But this is a good moment for me cool down myself and think of what I’ve missed out in life like what do I want in my life… Then I spotted a few dogs running and playing fetch at the park, that’s when despair momentarily vanished, and wonder took its place. You know how much I love dogs right?

The first dog’s tail is black whereas the body fur colour is brown. Dun you think the tail looks fake like it was glued to his body?

Ahhh… I missed my Suki the Soukei Terrier so much. Wonder how was she at the moment. Was she angry at me that I’m away from her? Does she miss me?

I’ve always keep this favorite photo of her in my mobile phone as if she follows me whenever I go. I’ll always see this photo whenever I’m in the car waiting, in the office, anytime, anywhere, even when poo in toilet. Oppps….too much detail here.

Then, we continued our walking journey till we reached a Stadium. I do not know what’s the name of this stadium but it says Home of Football.

And that was bout the time for sunset. The scenery looks really nice.

Bout that time, Alvin came to the rescue, then he brought us yao cheh hor around The Univeristy Club of Western Australia to see their nice building design. Wow… University building also look so nice, go to class also more semangat.

Alvin offerred us to have dinner together at his place, but Lorraine and him only have the dishes enough for 2 portion so we went and tah pao some dishes.Then we rushed back to his place soonest possible and they prepare a nice home cooked food. It has certainly brightened up my day. Thanks Alvin and Lorraine for the delicious dinner. Hope to meet you guys soon again. =)

Oh yeah… Check this out.

Tell me, is it a horse or a cow? I certainly think that it’s a cow.

On the earlier post, we went to quite a few places on the first day itself. After a good rest, we prepared for the night.

We travelled through time with the “Back to the future” car and drop off at the very famous, should-not-miss-visiting-place in Perth called King’s Park located at western edge of Perth, Western Australia central business district.

It’s such a wonderful place specially at night… There were many families and friends picnic at the park, or bring the portable chair just to enjoy the scenery, the trees, the grass, the air, the wind, the atmosphere there. There’s more, my friend say if you’re lucky enough, you can spot couples doing XXX there. =,=”" . Totally destroy the scenery. Coz the place is meant to be very flora(trees and grass) and it’s very disrespectful as it’s a war memorial place as well.

Anyhow, we din get to see the “acts” on that day. So, it left me with a very good impression of the place.

Let silent contemplation be your offering at the State War Memorial precinct.

 I was told that the flame of this fire never goes off, I wonder how it stays light up forever then. Around this are like stadium concrete place for people to sit surrounding this. It has been said if you whisper to the concrete wall, the other person sitting far opposite can hear you, and you guys can communicate with each other. We tried but it didn’t work though, we ended up shouting to opposite person instead of whispering. Let me know if you tried and it works, perhaps I’ll try again my next trip to Perth, hopefully.

Kings Park War Memorial

We dun mean to be rude or disrespectful, just our playfulness and curiousity of how a missing character makes such huge impact difference to a sentence.

The spectacular scenery at night at Kings Park.

Stairway to Heaven Moon. It looks like it has stairs which leads to the moon.

The reflection light on the Moon looks like a super big LED torch light shining on Perth Water or Swan River.

We were trying to zoom in to the Moon see if we’re able to see anything there. Referring to legend, maybe can see Chang-Er there.

Then we zoom in to the water to see if we’re able to see anything in there. This somehow gave me the feeling of locating a big mutated fish-like creature in the water.
 

You know, like in the movie The Host or also known as Gwoemul. So, I was actually expecting something like this.

 

Photo with a cute and friendly Schnauzer at the Park…But it turns out to be like green-eyes monster.

The tree trunk is even smoother than my skin but it has “freckles”.

Told ya~ Every where limousine. If I stayed there perhaps I could own one in the future… I mean the chances of owning is much higher. Price of a Camry is only roughly RM60k. Cheap huh?

There were a bunch of pertty gals who looks like they’ve just finish attending a beauty pegeant having fun celebrating there. Of coz, they arrived in limousines, yes, 2 limousines, so it’s about 12 pretty chun chicks. Dun play play, the limousines are like super long cars.

We then headed to Alvin Toh’s place for party gathering, a friend of Alwin.
On the way, we spotted this police car/van. Dun do silly things k? Later get lock-up inside. I wonder how it feels sitting in there.

There we are, Alvin’s place is at one of the unit at first floor.

With Alvin’s lovely housemate, Lorraine, lovely name too.

I really wonder how they could live under the same roof. Coz there’s no lock on room doors, and worse still, there’s NO LOCK in toilets! Imagine if it happens that your housemate is some psycho pervert. @.@ But anyway, it’s all about trust too, right?

Took a group photo with newly met friends there. It was kinda weird, coz most people bring their friends there which the host(Elvin and Lorraine) have not met them before. So, most people doesn’t know each other there. It feels more like attending those social networking event, but it was great that everyone get along well.

Cheeky photo.

After the gathering, we headed to one of the clubs at Metro City, Northbridge. I’ve forgotten the name. But totally felt like I was in one of the many clubs in Kuala Lumpur instead due to the amount of Asians there. But the DJs and dancers on stage are ‘mat salehs’.

This picture somewhat look so wrong and weird.

We left the place when we were all tired and Alvin was drunk. Not far away from the club there’s a police car nearby. So, better dun drink and drive, even if you have drank and you think that you’re fully awake and sane. Else you might end up with a ticket.

Headed to “Tong-yan Kai” (Chinatown) for supper. We ate at City Garden Chinese Restaurant. It seems more like a dinner instead of supper to me. Usually supper would be light, but this is quite a heavy supper for me.

We orderred Hot Plate Tofu.

Fried Calamari.

Chicken. I’ve forgotten what’s the name of this dish, it was a little sweet and sour, but it’s not called Sweet and Sour Chicken or Thai style Chicken.

People there were so nice and friendly, one of the guy sitting next to our table saw us taking photo and he offerred his kind help to take a group photo of us. How nice =)

Alvin was still drunk at that time and we managed to capture video of him crapping a lot too, his word pronounciation are mostly off that time. But, I dun think I’m sharing out that video. Maybe next time. =)

That’s my end of 1st day at Perth. It was fun, exciting but tiring day coz have been here and there the whole day. We wouldn’t want to waste time resting at home of coz.

Next up – We visit to zoo wildlife park. That’s just so awesome!