。。。半岛铁盒。。。

Had a dream about rats a few nights ago.... probably due to the fact that i saw the movie Rats 2 on tv....
Many ppl are afraid of rats... but i find them kinda cute what.... lol.... especially since i'm born in the year of the rats...
Rats must be smart little creatures.... as they are being portrayed in children cartoons...


Mickey Mouse

Jerry

Speedy Gonzales


Mighty Mouse


The Brain


Ratatouille


Well.... Err.... Not him.... He's just an example of a bad sperm....

The trip started early Saturday morning. Dragged myself out of the bed early in the morning, but was pretty excited..

We gathered at our office and set off. First stop was ceramic factory where we get to see how ceramic artifacts are being produced..


Everything was hand moulded and hand carved. And processed in high temperature ovens. After which the colouring will be added and depending on personal taste and preference, a layer of coating may be added to give the end product a shining or matt look.


After which we went to their shop to see all their end products. I bought an oil burner which can double up as a candle lamp which i feel is worth the money due to the complex design considering it is being hand made and ISO certified... Lol~ Yup... Their products are ISO certified..

We passed by a factory which makes ceiling tiles by chance.. Traditional technologies still being used.



And then we headed for some off-road action~!

Through forest, slopes, mud, down a flight of stairs, ran along the beach, through waters........




The waves came crashing right below our door...  The driver was pretty skilled, managed to siam the first few waves but eventually still got the wheels wet when we had to slow down to go up a steep slope...

Black gold stuck to my shoes..


My new pair of shoes specially bought for this trip.


After a quick lunch at a roadside soto ayam warung, we went to our colleague Komang's wedding at his kampung near singaraja.. Our main purpose this weekend. Our whole company went together to his kampung, which is located in North Bali, and rested the night at Lovina.. After we checked in to the hotel the little kids rushed to the swimming pool and jumped in while their parents frantically ran after them... Some of the guys went to chill on the beach, some went to the swimming pool, and some drank beer and chatted while waiting for dinner...

There was basically nothing to do at night over there........... so people started grumbling.....

But i decided to go to bed early because we are going to set off at 6am the next morning... We go on a different route from my fellow colleagues... They're going to do the normal Lovina activity: Chase dolphins in a spider boat, after which they will go to bedugul before making it down back to Kuta.

We on the other hand are heading over to Java to trek.


Sunrise from our jeep window... Drove onto cargo ferry to cross the straits...

I love these 2 photos taken from the ferry




We had another quick lunch at a roadside warung... Soto ayam again... Seems like it's the safest thing to eat.. Lol~

Destination: Peak of Gunung Ijen
County: Bayuwangi


Started off with gentle slopes.... But after the first 800m the slope was so steep my heart was beating at the rate of Mr Purple turned to full speed... Fuck man.... And there were men carrying heavy loads of sulphur down the slope to sell..... They were pretty friendly and always smiled and said "hello" to passerbys... One of the older men stopped and asked whether i wanna buy... I asked how heavy are those... He said, "90 kilos".... Damn... 90kgs...



The scenery just gets better and better the higher we go.... But the slopes were torturous.... I'm not even exaggerating....



Above the clouds...



The loads of sulpher...





My other favourite photo.                                       Yellow gold...





Smoking sulpher





Crater lake....

 

The journey downhill was much easier and we joked our way down... But it still hurts my toes alot because the weight were all focused on the toes..



Took a photo of the sunset on our way back... The journey back to Bali and all the way down to Kuta was so freaking far that i fell asleep, wake up, fell asleep again... several times... and we're still not even halfway there... Finally arrived at 10pm... Took a shower and went out to look for food....

Body started to sore the next day.... But it was all worthwhile... The scenery was truely breathtaking...

It was so long ago since i last went trekking/hiking... Back in Vancouver with Jia and Xia and Xiong i think... Hee...

Went for my first Hash last saturday... This time it was in Ubud. Started at 4.00pm, we walked through uphills, down stairs, through rice padi fields, crossed rivers, crossed bamboo bridges, up stairs, down slopes... seen the natural forest, vegetation, farmers working on their padi fields, cows, balinese girls with nice boobs showering in the river, village kids smiling and waving at us and shouting "helloooooo~", roosters running around...

I went for the long trip straight away, which to my opinion is worth it because it is more challenging. But having not been exercising for so long my thighs and calf muscles almost gave way during the last 1km.... The whole trip was around 6km.

At the end of the walk there is free flow of mineral water, beer and soft drinks for consumption at your free will.

I slept real early for the past 2 nights...

So here i am with stiff thighs... but it feels real good to get my heart pumping again!

http://www.bali-hash.com/

朋友在网上看到后贴给我看的。我还是第一次看到这方面的分析，呵呵呵...



最佳运动员：射手座 ­
最容易嫉妒： 射手座
射手座 — 最怕失去行动自由、怕被叮咛 ­

射手座：贪玩第一名，糊涂第一名，可爱第一名，勇于尝试第一名，心无城府第一名。 ­
最有肚量：射手
最爱往外跑：射手 ­
最不重视纪律：射手
最喜欢交朋友：射手

人人都说射手座是感情的骗子，对爱情不尊重，只追求片刻的快感，是花心与冲满欲望的象征。射手座是大孩子，天真与善良，遇到爱情时，可能让人感觉不认真，付出的比谁都少。可是，知道吗？射手座很想爱，却也很怕爱！刚开始他们只是慢慢的付出，谨慎的爱，好怕自己会受伤。可是在一句一句的爱，一天一天的相处下，射手座把带刺的防备丢掉，开始不顾一切的去爱他们所爱的人，在别人眼中，只是射手座为了达到某种目的而作的行动。可射手座不介意，他会在自己幸福的想象中陶醉，希望对方能感受自己的爱，想对方觉得与自己一齐是幸福的。

在射手座爱上了一个人，他会把自己放到最后。有苦自己承担，可能会因为吵了一场小架而不开心，却也是最快认错，无论谁的错，他们都会包容，知道吗？射手座会因为深爱一个人而原谅他的背叛，会因为你的一句话付出很多。他们爱玩，在玩的同时，也希望把那一份好心情带给你，射手座是乐观的。

乐观与忧愁：射手座人的内心不是外表看上去那么乐观的，因为喜欢看的远，容易担忧的事情也就多，在他们的字典里，即使现在好，也不一定代表未来好，有时候很多人觉得很好的一个工作或一个伴侣，他们很轻易的就会放弃掉，可能只是因为一个毫不起眼的小原因。所以，这样的外在表现，就让人们觉得他们不喜欢被某件事情或某个人束缚住，追求自由的，没有压力的感觉。

现实：常说射手座是追求梦想的人，但往往忽略了他们现实的一面，算计起来不会比处女座差哦，只是更高明更隐藏罢了。射手座人的梦想是必须建立在现实的基础上的，一般他们很少谈及自己的梦想，而是实际的去做一些向梦想靠拢的事情。如果可以借巧力完成的事情，决不会多花一点工夫。所以有时候射手座也容易给人耍小聪明的感觉。可是，不得不承认他们完成的还满不错。也许终其一生，他们都在考虑怎么巧妙的做一些事情，花最少的精力去达到最好的效果。所以，很多射手座看上去让人们会觉得很懒，但是其实他们的大脑可没有停下过思考现实的事情。

拒绝低俗：几乎所有的射手座内心都是骄傲的，其程度绝不亚于狮子座。只不过他们不会显现在脸上，外在的表现总是随和的，恰当的。可是内在有着极强的自尊心，敏感也情绪化。因为射手座人心中是骄傲的，所以他们拒绝低俗，不喜欢任何俗气的、粗鲁的事或人。如果可以，他们希望一切有关的事物，都是优雅的、高尚的，值得品味的。而真正能让他们觉得值得交朋友或谈恋爱的人是很少的，虽然表面上他们是很随和的。

多情：很多人说射手座多情，尤其是男性。其实在射手座人的心目中，对于爱情确实有理想化的倾向，和他们谈恋爱，是一件高难度的事情。他们非常讨厌俗气的人，所以你不能很物质或喜欢谈钱，但是他们又很现实，所以你不能一文不名，各方面也必须有一定的实力。物质与精神，你必须平衡的刚刚好，才让他们觉得你值得去爱。或者，你有足够的神秘感，可以让他们不知道你的缺点在哪里，而盲目的爱你。一般，当然是没有完美无缺的人的，所以，可能象金牛座这样永远会让射手感觉捉摸不透的闷闷的人，会非常吸引他们；或者象双子那样，足够机智，懂得察言观色，捕捉他们的情绪，才会让他们感觉到爱情的甜蜜。一般射手的感情模式是，第一阶段，你们还不熟悉，他（她）爱上了你，非常热情。第二阶段，你们逐渐熟悉，而他（她）开始龟毛，整天挑剔你的毛病，无论是背地里还是当面。如果你有幸通过他（她）的挑剔过程，基本挑剔出的毛病为零或者你把缺点保密的非常好；那么进入第三阶段，他们就又是忠诚和热情的爱人了。但是基本能通过第二阶段的人非常少，所以有了射手多情一说。其实射手对恋人的挑剔，是源于对爱情的挑剔，对丧失自由感的恐惧。

射手座人的人生，往往是幸运的，因为他们是聪慧的、明朗的、通透的。与众不同，也许是他们终生追求的梦想，希望每一个射手人，可以找到他们的梦想！
 
人们总觉得射手座的世界很快乐，可是呢？射手座难过时没有人知道，他不想让别人可怜自己，射手座不坚强，可是很善良。在你难过时哄你开心，让你有依靠，分手后，他会哭者去想属于你们俩幸福的回忆，也不想爱的人因为同情而勉强和他一齐。他比谁都希望自己爱的人快乐幸福，却常常忽略了自己，全身都是伤也笑着告诉你，我很好不用担心。

在所有人看到他的笑容以为他没事，却不知道失恋对射手座有多大伤害，华丽的外表下有一颗脆弱的需要别人了解和安慰的心。知道嘛？你的一点关心，心思细腻的射手座会记得你对他的好，把自己的爱毫无保留的送给你，射手座是不被了解的，可他们不会怨谁。他们会傻傻的认为，让我承担吧，别让别人也受到伤害。所以，不要让快乐的射手座痛苦，别让他们最有魅力的笑容成为掩饰痛苦的伪装，认真爱射手座。你会知道射手座的爱，是充满泪水的

Back from dinner. Some white thrash dude sitting at the table behind thought we were laughing at him and his stupid jokes. Eventually, humiliation turns to hostility and he started shouting "what are you looking at? Damn i hate asians". He does look stupid alright. The same kind of social lowlife that comes to our country, get drunk, start fights and think they own the world. It is social lowlife like this that disgraces their country - Australia. Makes me think twice about the real meaning of the term "Down Under". In order not to ruin our holiday we decided to treat him like a mad dog. Try doing it in Bali. I will kick your ass.

It is times like this that remind me of the term "visible minority" in other's country. Fucking hate it.

A sparsely populated little city...

Enjoy a little peace and tranquility..















Do you like to look at clouds drift by the clear blue sky?

Simple beauty in life....

And so, after a couple of days without internet, we have finished our work at the AIME 2010 in Melbourne and moved to Sydney, and now we're in Parramatta, 40 mins drive from Sydney... =)

Before i flood this entry with photos i have to say... Sydney is really filled with Asians, man... Lol~


AIME 2010

Pirate ship outside the convention center / Korean tea tasting session at the convention

Team Indonesia

On the night of the convention we flew 2.5 hours to Sydney. Sorry Lian, couldn' t get to meet you this time round due to the timings and stuff... If there's chance maybe i'll come here again by myself.. Lol..

We stayed at Meriton serviced apartments at World Tower. We got 63rd floor with SUPERB view of the surrounding...





The apartment comes complete with living room, kitchen, laundry room.... Much more cozy than hotel i must add...

Viewing deck / Sydney Tower from our apartment



Chinatown @ Sydney / Market City

Sydney Entertainment Centre / Chinese Botanic Garden

Road Sign / Our apartment from ground level (the sky blue and black building in the middle)

Random display of art

LG IMAX Theatre


My biggest goal for this Australia trip - To see real-life Kangaroos and Koalas!

So, here we are at the Sydney Wild Life World!






Two of my personal favourite photos of the day.. I name them Peak-a-Boo and Universal Prayers.



Check out kangaroo jack! They're so chilled...  I can totally picture them wearing cowboy hats and smoking cigars... There are 10 of them all lying down under the shade... unfortunately, all 10 of them appears to be males... So i didn't get to see mummy kangaroo carrying her baby kangaroo around in her tummy pocket...  =(    And they really do seem like they enjoy scratching their balls...

C'mon mates, if they are all males, how are they gonna mate, mate?

The most dangerous bird in the world - Cassowary

Wallaby from the kangaroo family / Wombat digging a pit

And... Koalaaaa~~

So cute laaa~! So sleepy...



Butterfly encounters

Did you know there are mermaids in Australia? / Darling Harbour where couples hang out at night

Queen Victoria Building aka QVB / Circular Quay

DJ @ Harbour Bridge / DJ @ Sydney Opera House

They say if you havn't been to Harbour Bridge and Opera House, you havn't been to Sydney.


Some mates climbing the Harbour Bridge / I've tried Coopers and Carlton in Melbourne, this time it's Crown beer.

Retro elevator in QVB / I love the colours and architechural designs

QVB / Sydney Town Hall

St. Andrew's Cathedral

We decided to watch Avatar 3D at the Events cinema Gold Class

The back and footrest level can all be adjusted for maximum shiokness + the 3D effects + Good Sound System.... Love it! That's the kind of experience going to the cinema should be, otherwise i'ld be better off watching dvds at home... Each ticket was AUS$29.99




Is it weird that i find Neytiri highly attractive even though she's a blue creature?



I realised that spending money in Aussie is faster than drinking water, man... Expenses are scarily high...

这次旅程让我再次重返城市，再次体验城市生活。这种感觉让我觉得好熟悉，却有点感伤... 都市里的人步伐非常快，很多时候对我们身边的人都只是擦肩而过，两个人之间的缘分可能就只有在这短短的两秒钟而已。有多少人真正懂得停下脚步，看看周围，看看身边的人，看看自己。突然脑海里响起陈楚生的歌...

“有没有人曾告诉你我很爱你
 有没有人曾在你日记里哭泣
 有没有人曾告诉你我很在意
 在意这座城市的距离“

让我感触很深的一首歌，在一个夜深人静的夜晚，在一个陌生的城市...

Our super-sized taxi for the five of us... The meter jumps damn fast man!

Looking out of the window of my room

Bird's eye view

Crowne Entertainment Center

Horse Cart on Elizabeth Street

Elizabeth Street

Chinatown on Little Bourke Street

St Paul's Cathedral



Federation Square



Flinders Street Station







Hey... Macam Singapore River what~!



Melbourne Aquarium





Melbourne Exhibition Center - What we are here for... But who cares~! Lets party first!

Singapore river at night




Melbourne's weather is around 17 degrees... Pretty cooling... Frankly speaking it looks like a combination of Vancouver + Singapore... It's pretty multi - racial and weather like Vancouver, with some architectural resemblance with Vancouver and Singapore.

It feels good to be back to civilization... Even though experiencing a little reverse cultural shock.. I have almost forgotten the last time i actually needed to walk................. Haahaahaahaa!

Went to check out the casino in Crowne Entertainment just now.. Now back in the room trying to adjust to the time difference....

Going to check out the exhibition center tomorrow... so... going to take a shower now before i go to bed...

Ciao!

And so... Here i am in the lounge of DPS airport waiting for my flight to Melbourne, Australia. Garuda is delayed... Yet again... Haiz... Already normal...

I'm finally going to Australia, the first time in my life... Lol~ Kinda suaku, i know...

Oh well... Pretty excited....

Hee... Hope there's time to do some sight seeing...

Alright.. till then... Laterz..