!!wHEn my lOvemark becomes liFe size!!

i want 1 of those manz..

yeah..when irrationality…impulse…impractically sets in…

project :: r!ch fArmers ii :: to the farms we GO!!!

a rest day for everyone!!
the 2 divers-in-the-making had a tough time in class…
today will be a perfect day to go out and play…

our bff rai is back from his break as well..
a perfect day to go to take a drive up to ubud…
i am always impressed by his sense of direction in ubud…
thou i am usually good with orientation, ubud is 1 place where almost all roads look the same…all the junctions and roundabouts look the same…and the long stretches of roads that seemed to be endless scares me sometimes…

aren’t we all excited about going to ubud?…
yeah…we were getting all animated in the car..

bye bye!!!
wish you can come with us!!
amazing he’s always so smiley and happy everyday…
i am sure he gets his bad days…hope our presence make him feel better.. 🙂

simon seetoh…
resting his mind and soul for the food that’s going to blow his senses…

nate getting roasted…
trying to cover almost every part of himself…
rationing his flesh for the rest of the trip that is to come…
with more sun…. 😛

“mei lai yan qu”…

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!….

new game on the way…
to capture the most bizarre things the people can carry on the bike…

the snackosaurus…

the women who takes care of all the food that comes to our tummies…
all awaiting for the babi guning to arrive…

boys and their toys..

may the babi guning be all tasty for our tummies!!

“i love babi guning too!!”

*bleah*

rai…
who never fail to take great care of us everytime we are there…

it’s “hot”!!

so fake!!…i can’t believe that this is real…

the woman says … “$1!! $1!!”…

the woman says … “$1!! $1!!”…

the woman says … “$1!! $1!!”…

the woman says … “$1!! $1!!”…

i am sorry i spook him when i stick my head out of the car with my camera..

beautiful…
period.

another “xiao bai”…

batu simon…

it’s strange there’s a little green island in the middle of almost nowhere…
like everything around it just got burnt off..

i took a shot of him taking a shot of her…

rai bond..

“how did i look?”…

while no one’s looking…

no one can get sick of such a beautiful place…
which is constantly changing…
it already looks different from the last time we were here…
the chilly wind is still nice.. 🙂

keeping his eyes on the road..

while i keep mine on everything else…
i was spotting the different things people were doing walking just by the sides of the roads..

sports class? i am sure many were hoping for a ride…

sorry..i didn’t mean to spot the men at the end of the river…
the ducks interest me more..

hoping the holy water will bless them…

getting dressed to get our blessings too…

the sand in the “pond” was actually bubbling….apparently it’s some spring beneath..

wHy do mOths dRink eLepHants’ tEars?

hmmm…
i guess i will find out soon after reading it…
(no index!!)

i saw the title and had to buy it…
even without reading the synopsis…
guess a book title (even though it may sound stupid) does have its appeal sometimes…

ok i admit…i am a sucker for packaging…
i think the elephant is cute..hahaha..

project :: r!ch fArmers ii :: sLacker’s uNited

the day mona and i decided to forsake the cold waters where the molas live…
and just idle our day away…

well..the ideal holiday isn’t it…
no rushing…
no hurry…
own time own target…

wandering around aimlessly can be quite a challenge and an adventure too..

kris and nate were in class…
simon is out there hoping to ‘shoot’ some molas..

the rashguard…
eventually nate did need a rashguard…
our dear therapists ervin had told us that the wetsuit will be too tight and not so good for his back…
best to listen to the expert..

every new diver will get a graduation “medal”…
started with mona…
i was really happy that she made it through the course by herself!!
we had already planned to carry the “tradition” to kris…
guess nate will get 1 too…
so..the rashguard it will be…
at least that give us an objective for that day..hahaha…

besides doing our laundry and drying some “salted fish”..

i will go for it if they are for rental thou..
(comes with free passenger? 😉 )

mobile store..

mona’s eyes were spotting the weirdest and the smallest things around this trip…to imagine that she was still seeing slightly double vision once in a while just some months ago right after her lasik…

beautiful sanur beach…

beach boys and beach girls…
little children who grew up by the beach…
who are so used playing with whatever they have..whatever they can find..

tide going low..

look like green plastic..

i always like the idea of dogs going into the water and have some fun…
almost feels like a natural thing for them to do…
this will be it..when i have my dalmatians or goldies… 😉

nice deco mr crab…

run before the tide runs too low!!..

need some xmas pines?…

the tide is still running low…
yes…lower than this…leaving more boats on their toes..

tanks will always weigh like tanks…
even if all the divers have suck them dry..
funny they look like they are lining up some torpedoes…

human’s faithful helper…
always..
*hugz*..

it’s amazing what these children were doing…
they were building a little sea creature enclosure just on the sand…

that’s one of their “exhibits”…

collecting more things for the enclosure..
the brave little one…who picks up almost anything he sees without even really finding out if ther

1 of my favourite kind of starfish…
it just looks so bloated!!

6 legged one…
doesn’t really help to get it faster…

super small crab!!

looks like hair from the sea…
the green just looks unreal…

does the day really have to end?..

i wish my dalmatians or goldies one day can lead as much a carefree lives as everyone here..
or maybe i can get my “balinese” dalmatians or goldie from 1 of the strange worded ad in the classifieds..

offering to the sea…
almost any time of the day…
it’s hard not to be appreciative living in a place like this…

playtime all the time!!

n!ght liFe **

a different kind of night life…
the frogs that didn’t care about my existence..
yeah..i don’t even know if they can see me..

he looks like an alpha male..

i never thought i could ever see a frog sing…

i got my camera right next to their eyes…
with flash or without flash..

they had no movement..
no response..
no reaction…

project :: r!ch fArmers ii :: sUbMerged

time to get into the water!!

yeah…before we even get there..let’s try to survive the boat ride without a sea sick pill..
well…there’s only 1 survivor among us…

beautiful morning at sanur beach..
this time we went with blue season who has some strange guarantee for mola mola..
did they keep it in their backyard?
or pocket size plastic version like nate’s?

good morning to beautiful sanur..

miss german chick on divemaster training…
sorry i can’t make out how to spell her name though she has a nice sounding name… 😉

boat crew getting ready the offering for the sea..
wish us a safe journey ahead and back…
mola!!

mr gadget sure looks like an octopus himself with all that toys..
simon-puss… 😛

batu smiley

will miss ng consider eating a pink cauliflower?

project :: r!ch fArmers ii :: mOOn p!es laNded..

mid autumn festival
aka as lantern festival…mooncake festival

another occasion to celebrate in bali…(no..we don’t miss home at all)

we thought it would be fun to bring some friends into the garden of this beautiful place in bali..and to share a little tradition as well. moon cakes and lanterns….(we used up the pomelo with the vodka the previous night) have some tea while appreciating the new full moon.

and yeah..we are still trying to figure out the exact story about the fairy and her bunnies..

project :: r!ch fArmers ii :: wHen eV!L unfolds…

it was simon’s birthday that first saturday when we were in bali..
evil plans have been made way too long before..
unknown to him…
with all the wonderful help from our beautiful friends in bali as well…
and no matter how many times he had talked about going for a feast at massimo before and during the trip…all of us simply act blur..

erm…no..this is not the birthday boy..
but 1 of our accomplice..

happy birthday simon!!

nodding to a bucket of kfc..
who resist fried chicken??…
at least not me… 😛

pizza powerpoint presentation…

yes…the beautiful couple in bali..
who were there to help us through so much during this trip…
thank you for everything menyun and ervin!!

our cutest guy kedah!!…
who cooks and cleans for us…

weird things start to happen when you have too much to drink..
something we all are expecting..

when the food runs dry…

when there was too much cake to eat…

when the bar opens…
and na-than has his little assistance..

project :: r!ch fArmers ii :: before the sun goes down…

*yawn*…
waking up in a difference location sure makes a big difference..
i bet even my morning breath smells better… 😉

i have different air..
i get to sleep in a different bed…
snuggle under a different blankie with some different pillows…
wake up to a difference piece of the blue sky..
i am in a different part of the world now..

how cool is the invention of the plane?
almost like a teleport if you sleep through the journey…

it hasn’t been too long ago since i was here…
for some strange reason, the gap in-between then and now was bridged..
it didn’t feel like there was a gap at all..
it feels like yesterday…and today…

my love beyond reason in bali…
the familiar place with familiar faces..
maybe these are the things that closed up the time gap in-between…
the familiar feeling back in a place that still has much for us to explore..
every time i am here…i leave with new dreams and hopes..
new opportunities that my bff*-s and i think of exploring..

where am i? where are we?…new neighbours?

dear fancy toast…i am back..

we love fancy toasts!! we really do!!

extra space for fancy toast?

“saint” simon..

“saint” na-than (with the indian slang)..

the perfect country for a siesta anywhere…anytime..

r..i….g..h……t….

fancy drink seller…

the evil eye…ready for the evil plan when the sun sets..
unknown to the others..

project :: r!ch fArmers ii :: we are on the way…

we are on the way..
we really are…
and we have long wanted to be…

the gurus…

the newbies…

the last we see of this quite sickening place..(aka home)…

soldiers landed…
the gurus in the frontline..
project rich farmers ii is officially ON..