Post Wedding Trip - Bali P4

We literally stayed in the villa for 4D3N recuperating & clocking more than 8 hours of sleep everyday! My body felt as if it had been pushed to its limits for the last few months - overseeing renovation, work trips, hectic schedules and wedding preparations. The break came in timely and we have rested well for the past few days. It was time to move on to another villa that I've booked for our 2nd part of the trip.

I still stick with my usual Indo fare while Leecher reverted to egg omelette.

Lazy Leecher nua-ing after breakfast. So, to get his fatty ass out for some exercise, we decided to explore the villa while waiting for our driver.

Let's go!

The master bed room lies behind these glass doors. You can open the doors and be greeted by the garden right in front.

Flowers and statue can be found all over the compound.

The pool, which Leecher complained that it was too small, lol!

Leecher, with my itinerary in his hands. Our friend here has a habit of not knowing where he is staying or which flight he is catching when he travels with me. Wait till he pissed me off and I'll just leave him alone by the roadside, lol!

Heading towards Ubud!

It was a 2hr journey, so I got bored and started to take random pictures of my nails - they have grown so much in just a week.

The driver drove us to the destination and stopped at the end of the road. The road was narrow cars couldn't pass through.

We got out of the car and waited for someone to pick us up.

The guys from the villa came in their motorbike to pick us up.

Our villa for the 2nd part of our trip! The Samara, located in Ubud, is not directly accessible by car, that's why guests will enjoy pure tranquility and no pollution.

Welcome drinks & cold towels to freshen us up.

The helpful staff took care of our luggages. I wonder how they can balance those luggages on their bikes?

There are only 6 rooms in the whole compound, independently coupled on a different terrain level, which contours the natural design on the rice field. All rooms are double rooms, equipped with satellite TV (much to Leecher's delight!)

Sweet surprise when we unlocked the doors! The staff prepared this specially for us knowing that we were on honeymoon *touched*

Indoor bathroom

Outdoor shower - allows you to shower to the harmonic melody of crickets and whatsnot.

I'm beginning to like my stay here already! *throws confetti into the air*

The Samara
Jalan Kajeng 80571, Ubud
Bali, Indonesia
Phone: +62 821 4489 7484
Email: info@thesamara.com
Web: www.thesamara.com

PicPrints - Candles

Candles burning @ Notre Dame Cathedral.

Dinner Date with Kenneth & Fionn

A quick post before I head for the airport in a few hours time to fly back to SG. Was in BKK for work & wanted to extend my stay to venture outskirts to explore, but decided to go back home for daddy-in-law is celebrating his bdae this wkend :) Taking a break from blogging about the Bali trip for there were too many pictures to be loaded :p A date with Leecher (eons ago!) for a day of feasting!

Leecher brought me to try out this yong tau fu stall in Orchard. He used to frequent this stall when working part-time @ Robinsons. There was a wide selection of ingredients available, but as we went after lunch hours - most of the items were sold out. Hence, we can only make do with what was left. Nevertheless, I love the dip of sweet chilli sauce & sesame seed! The eatery has limited seating, so avoid peak hours.

Yong Tau Fu
Cuppage Plaza, 1st Floor (corner stall)

Leecher went shoe-shopping @ Taka. Goodness, guys' shoes are so expensive! Actually, I think all of guys' stuff are expensive. Thankfully, Leecher don't shop a lot, heehee! More space in the wardrobe for me!

Adjourned to TCC for afternoon tea, which consisted of mini sandwiches and scones. I'm sure they would have revamped their afternoon tea set by now, and I think the quality has also improved. Then again, it largely depends on which outlet you patron.

TCC - The Coffee Connoisseur
435 Orchard Road, Wisma Atria, #02-18
Tel: 6733 6597

Dinner with Kenneth & Fionn~ Been a long while since the 4 of us got together, but still full of jokes and laughter! We wanted to try Tampopo, but the queue was horrendous! There were around 15 groups of pax in front of us, so we continued walking when I heard someone calling my name. Turned around and lil bro was in the front of the queue! *eyes lit up* We joined him and managed to get 2 tables! Yippee, but I ended up footing the bill for lil bro's meal - kena "carrot-headed" again!

Tampopo Ramen
391 Orchard Road
B2-33 Takashimaya Shopping Centre
Tel: 6235 2318

PicPrints - Reflection of our apartment

I was waiting to cross the road across our apartment when I chanced upon this on the ground.

Post Wedding Trip - Bali P3

Tuesday! Gosh, I feel like I'm counting down to the days of the week, wishing that time would accelerate to Friday, then praying that time would come to a standstill during weekends. Well, God is fair - everyone of us have 24 hours a day & it would depend on how each one of us make use of the time we have on hand. Recently, I find it increasingly difficult to manage my time to allocate to the activities that I wanna have :( I've been going out less often with friends ever since I came back from my trips and I dislike that feeling! Time for some adjustment! Maybe, I just need Leecher to share some of my workload :p

Indon breakfast to start the day :) Nasi goreng & maggi goreng, with fresh fruits and juices - all in the comfort of the villa *likes*

Sunny weather - in fact, the weather was fantastic during the whole of our trip.

To head out or not?

On second thoughts - looking at the fiery sun - think we better not.

Drinks & snacks to accompany us while we read. In fact, it was so peaceful and quiet that I almost fell asleep.

Time for a swim :) Well, I am a non-swimmer, so I just go and 泡水 and have some fun *self-entertainment*

Time for our afternoon massage!

Heading out of the villa to the spa centre.

The compound is located on a slope and our villa is at the bottom of the slope, but nevertheless, the pavement is still pretty steep.

The sun blazing fiercely! We explored the whole compound trying to look for the spa center, but we couldn't locate it :( So we went back to the villa and rang up Lisa. She told us their spa centre is mobile, haha! They will come to our villa for massage session.

The masseurs arrived at our doorsteps and moved the lounge chairs into the living room.

All set and ready for massage!

Flower bath thereafter :) The masseurs must have exerted all her strength for I suffered from redness all over my body.

After a 2hrs massage & flower bath later, we were all fresh and ready for dinner :)

On whatsapp with the bro & sis group :)

Almost time for sunset. Initially, we wanted to venture out to Jimbaran Bay for dinner & sunset. However, the journey will take around 1hr - so by the time we reached, it will be dark. So we decided to just nua inside the resort and prepared our own dinner.

Chef Leecher preparing our (maggi mee) dinner.

I contributed by pouring drinks :p

Then, I took my own drink out to chill by the pool first, lol!

Toss Toss & it's done!

Getting ready to soak our feet in the water while we have our dinner by the pool :)

Cheers with Fanta, one of my (fave) drinks.

Simple meal cooked by Leecher.

Enjoying the lovely sunset .... love the pink hues of streaks decorating the sky. A sight that take it for granted every day.

Though this Leecher sometimes irritate the hell out of me, I'm still thankful that I found him.

xoxo, till the next post :)