| Monkeys and the soap monster |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|12:28 am] |
They had great faces and little beards, even the babies. So cute, if you dont think about them biting.
Something stole our soap from the bathroom. It carried it up the wall and outside.
is this part of
1. Steal soap
2. ???
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| Lovina, Bali |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|05:16 pm] |
On the north coast of Bali a cluster of three villages has been collectively renamed as a resort town: Lovina.
The town itself is only 250m2, with a few hotels and shops clustered along the road through town.
If you speak Bahasa Indonesia, then its easy to eat at the cheap warungs (around Rp20 000 for two meals and two drinks) rather than the hotel bars/restaurants (Rp115 000 for smaller servings than at the warung) but if you want to drink alcohol, stick to the town/hotels.
The thing which struck me most is the difference between here and Kuta/Legian.
Electricity is not assured in many local houses, and a fridge or TV are huge status symbols, and will live in the front room of the house, so guests can see your prosperity.
We are happily paying 'tourist prices' at the Warungs, as under $3 for 2 meals/drinks is a bargain for us, and goes a long way here. Its awesome watching thier faces as they name the prices after you eat (no menus, its 'mums kitchen' style, food is served and you eat it) since they know that they can over charge, and are waiting for us to call them out :)
Things like that dont bother me, I mean its a tiny price to pay anyways, and sitting in their front room watching thier family and any neighbours who dont have a TV sit around to watch the news and soap operas, its an experience as well as a meal.
Then you get the scum in Kuta, who deliberately steal from you, and take ALOT of money.
We went to a money changer, as he was counting the money out, Steve was double checking. Then his friend comes up "you buy you buy" to distract me, so that they could pocket a stack of the money we changed. It was Rp200 000, which is ten meals in this town, and around $50 Australian dollars. Its a weeks wages in Malaysia, and enough to send a child to school for two months!
Sadly not only did he steal from us, but he stole from the Balinese, as we WOULD have spent that money in local shops. I could have bought some new thongs/sandals, as mine need gluing (geez that looks wrong written down) and the local prices for a replacement pair is too high, and I cant bargain down far enough. (the sandals originally cost me RM13, which is AUD$5. Im not paying more for just a pair of thongs.)
The black volcanic beach is unusual. Its hard to walk along the beach as there are people selling sarongs and jewellery who will chase you to just 'have a look'
Plus the beach is hotter than the road, due to lack of shade.
We are staying out at Karina Beach hotel. Its a smaller place, with bungalows, rather than rooms. The bathrooms are AWESOME!(we have photos) We are a bit further out of town, so its a hike to get there (only a 15 minute walk, but in 32c heat and humidity it feels like forever) but its also quieter. The owner Colin is from the UK, married to a local lady and has a 8 month old daughter who is an absolute cutie. He also organises properties over here, as lots of expats move to the area.
The Lonely Planet (from 7 years ago) lists loads of shops, hotels and bars that just dont exist anymore. On the walk to town we pass so many houses and former hotels/bars which are abandoned and dilapidated. Its high season right now, with Kuta/Legian nearly full.
I wonder what happened here to make such a large part of the town shut down. Apparently Colin was saying that they are opening an international airport here, and an international school, to make access easier to this corner of Bali. Hopefully it benefits the locals.
Colin is also interested in development for holiday makers with disabilities, this new airport would be great with disabled access, and he is planning a resort which is 100% accessible, with beach wheelchairs and chairlifts for the resort pool, as well as transport which is wheelchair accessible. The streets here are shocking for walking, let along wheelchair access.
The sound of the ocean outside our bungalow is making me sleepy. Lets hope I can get internet access tomorrow (Sunday) so I can post this :)
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| ebay scum |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|07:34 pm] |
I had to issue SEVEN invoices and lodged a dispute, to get paid by this idiot and now they have left negative feedback saying I charged double postage, when they purchased *shock horror* - two items!!! I even discounted that postage, since they brought two items! (so technically she paid 1.5 for two items!)
Grrr
So is there anyway I can get this negative feedback removed?
I had 100% positive before this jerk came along. |
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| Diving in Bali |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|08:03 pm] |
Has anyone done any diving in Bali?
We are looking for hotels and dive companies that dont cost a fortune.
Any advice?
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| ps |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|01:37 pm] |
theres excellent spam here about H1N1 (they dont really use the term swine lu) being transmitted by mobile phones/SMS.
I got a laugh out of it :)
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| Safe and hot |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|01:34 pm] |
Its triple Melbournes temperature here, and Im loving it!!!
We havent done much apart from sleep and walk, but we are heading to do touristy stuff today.
Hopefully we'll have our own internet by then, so we can book our hotels in Bali etc.
Next step is facebook for my mobile, the mobile phone companies are competitive here.
Except Maxis who are evil.
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| the next dr |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|01:46 am] |
Ive been referred to a new oncologist over here.
Fingers crossed I can get an appointment before we go overseas.
We leave in 9 days!!!
Happy to go, but so much to do first.
Exams next week, 5 days till thats all over.
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| procrastinating |
[May. 19th, 2009|09:20 pm] |
Im at that stage of the semester where I should just get things over and done with, but Im so busy and have been sick, it just hasnt happened.
*sigh*
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| todays viewed houses |
[May. 16th, 2009|04:20 pm] |
1 wertheim st Richmond 3x2x2
good, room sizes, formal dining space, backyard
master has awesome walk through robe to bath (ensuite)
BUT no built in robes, all bedrooms and both showers upstairs
63 Rushall cres Fitzroy north 4x2x1
Really nice place
2 bedrooms upstairs, master has awesome walk through robe to bath (ensuite)
Downstairs toilet for guests
Separate dining room lovely (also can be bedroom)
BUT
4th bed is actually dining room
3rd bedroom is quite small
2nd bathroom upstairs though
hole in fence to building site next door. Dogs safe?
66 Neptune st Richmond
no parking
bedrooms TINY
only one bath
9 Medley st sth Yarra 3x2x0
No parking
street is tiny!!!
17/183 kerr st fitzroy 3x2x1
warehouse place
No yard for dogs
60 units in the warehouse!
95 kent st Richmond 3x1x2
Only one bath
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| i wish |
[May. 14th, 2009|05:28 pm] |
i had the motivation to work on my last two assignments, im too sick to do anything other than bitch about how sick I am.
and haunt the internets. |
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| home sick |
[May. 13th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
im sick.
and im whinging lots.
my throat and ears have just exploded with grossness.
no warning, cept for being a bit tired.
now im so broke, cant afford to have time off work, but im too sick to go in! even if i didnt care about spreading germs, my balance is shite and im all dizzy.
*Sigh*
wish me healthy thoughts
ps. hope we get the argyle st house.ppleeeeeeeaaaase gods please!!!????!! |
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| things are good |
[May. 10th, 2009|08:59 pm] |
Not working as much, which means I can start to relax, but we will be broke.
Ill update soon I promise, but need my study time tonight. |
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| my meals list for the week |
[Apr. 19th, 2009|05:35 pm] |
cos I need to make a list, I might as well post it up.
Monday
Lunch out
Dinner Roast chicken & salad ($15)
Tuesday
Lunch sandwiches (bread $2 silverside $2 salad)
Dinner
Wednesday
Lunch sandwiches
Dinner
Thursday
Lunch
Dinner - out
Friday
Lunch
Dinner
Saturday
Burritos at home (Mince $5 veg $3 $2 tortilla)
Dinner Drinks
Sunday
Lunch
Dinner
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| musings |
[Apr. 1st, 2009|09:43 pm] |
Facebook. Is it rude NOT to add every person you went to school with, even if the last time you spoke to her you hit on her? Like I SERIOUSLY 'lezzed' onto this girl,(Long story) and now we are facebooke friends.
hmmmm
my &&*#(&$#*(&$#*$^&@^#@$*&*^%$#@#$%^&*( house.
I get an email from the mental case running this place, saying that the girl who came to view the room yesterday complained that the house was filthy and the bins were overflowing.
What have *I* been emailling you about for the last 2 months, stupid bitch.
If there is a god (or karma) she'll get some nasty std, then hit by a train or something.
A serious waste of skin.
This time next week Ill be in my new clean house with two surrogate furbabies.
and i hate assignments. I *&*(& pay for the ^&*^&*^% semester and then change my mind the next day. So now Im stuck studying(not wasting the cash, or getting bad academic mark)
needs sleeeeppssss
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| update for my stalkers |
[Mar. 5th, 2009|07:02 pm] |
Finally have my finger out with posting our itinerary for June/July.
So if you are planning on stalking us we will be flying:
(MEL) Wed 24 Jun 2009, 0045 hrs --> KLIA Wed 24 Jun 2009, 0700 hrs
(5 Nights in KL)
KLIA Mon 29 Jun 2009, 0940 hrs --> Bali (DPS) Mon 29 Jun 2009, 1240 hrs
Bali (DPS) Tue 14 Jul 2009, 1535 hrs --> KLIA Tue 14 Jul 2009, 1835 hrs
(we will try to change this to be there for the 11th July Wedding)
(5nights in KL, with Pa and crew)
KLIA Sun 26 Jul 2009, 2300 hrs --> (MEL) Mon 27 Jul 2009, 0850 hrs
Pa hasnt booked his flights yet, Dave is taking care of all that.
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| mARcH gOAls |
[Mar. 2nd, 2009|07:53 pm] |
1. FIND AN APARTMENT
2. get to my ideal measurements (I havent any scales to weigh, so just using the tape measure)
3. Pay off half the credit card
Not TOO unattainable :-)
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