Thursday, December 14, 2006 ♣
life in lombok
i'm back from lombok! hehe.. for anyone who didn't know, lombok is part of indonesia. =)
reply to tags first.
cons: haha good for you. i'm sooo envious of your job! you'll get richer in so much shorter time than other people. lol.
mr dzul: thanks mr dzul! all the best with yours too! (:
hup: i'll normally only bring back dvds that i like to rewatch quite often. hehe.. in singapore don't have a lot of space to keep these things. i'll probably bring back cars though. haha. anw, what kind of musicals you referring to? you want high school musicals that kind is it? i'm not sure leh, i have to check first. happy endings are ok i guess. but in some movies, some characters are better off dead. lol.
jieying: yes of course! haha. you take care too! =)
wenqi: haha don't be too jealous ok? next year at this time you'll be the happiest on earth too. hehe.. i miss you too! take care ok?
elaine: ok, if you organise anything let me know k? or if you need help with the organising i can help you! (:
sm: ok no prob at all! i'll search for those 3. =)
tat: haha i'm sure i can be better than you with a little bit more practice. lol. when i play with you next time i sure can beat you one loh. =p anw, which one is your more frequent blog arh? is the link on my blog the correct one？how come you don't update one?
ezzah: LOL i'm kinda expecting it actually. i think i can even guess correctly who's the girl. heehee.. anw it's ok. i have moved on~ apparently he's not as nice as i think he is.. >.< how come you know btw?? your EX-CRUSH the kaypoh told you is it??
ok, lombok is REALLY very beautiful! went for a 4 days 3 nights hols there.
1st day: reach in the evening so went for a swim at the nice swimming pool in the hotel. then eat dinner there too. food in the hotel is super ex man.. boo.. oh well. but it was too dark to walk out to find other alternatives and the distance is quite far too..
2nd day: went to see how pots are made with this special clay that can only be found 7 km from the pot-making place. wanted to try making one myself.. but my fingernails are long and i scared all the soil will go inside my nails. ewww.. the final products are really nice!! my dad was a bit impatient at the place so i din have enough time to browse thru all the souvenirs.. boohoo.. but i bought this newly-made small pot which i carve my name on and this cute 'kendi' (a place to hold water, sth like kettle). you insert water from below (turn the kendi upside down first) then turn it up again and pour the water out as per normal (from the mouth of the kettle). the water won't come out from below. really interesting huh?? (:
then also went to see some other historic places in lombok (i shall not bore you with the details) and end the day with going to this beach called 'Tanjung An'. the sand there is unique and is kind of big and round like a very small pebble, instead of the normal sand. i collected quite a lot of sea shells there too! they're very colourful and unique.. hehe.. quite happy with my findings. =)
3rd day: went to this place called 'gili air' where i tried SNORKLING. first time in my life! and wow man.. it's really fun and interesting and the scenery is really beautiful.. swim with all the fishes (i see dory from finding nemo!) and can see the colourful corals and sea anemone and stuff.. you really should try snorkling if you have the chance! =)
then went to this monkey forest where i fed the monkeys with peanuts. they're really cute and they will take the peanuts from your hands with caution. so cute~ and i think monkey kingdom also have hierachy and rules. like when i threw peanuts to the young monkey to eat, they won't dare to eat and they'll allow the bigger monkey to eat it instead. then the biggest monkey (prob the leader) won't eat a lot also. it'll just sit there and watch everyone. quite interesting to watch all these. hehe..
4th day: my plane is in the afternoon so i don't have much time to do stuff that day.. and it was only this day that i realise i can actually also do snorkling at this beach that's just beside my hotel.. what the!!! boohoo.. oh well oh well..
breakfast in the hotel rocks btw! it's buffet and i always eat so much! hahaha. ohh how i love the food! and each night when we get back to the hotel, i'll play cards (big 2) with my dad and my sis. what a blissful life. hehe.. i still need a lot of practice i guess.. we keep losing to my dad then my sis and i just take turn shuffling the cards. hmph. my dad is too pro la.
lessons learnt from this hols:
1. the next time you go somewhere, the first thing that you need to do is patrol the place and find out what kinds of things are available near the place you stay. don't rely too much on tourguides cos they usually don't tell you stuff that won't benefit them.
2. if you try snorkling, don't forget to put on sunblock. i completely forget abt the existence of sunblock and now my skin's kind of hurting and i'm rather burnt too.
you know sometimes it got me thinking.. i often wish i could go to australia, japan, england, blah blah to see these places. but i haven't even been to a lot of places in indonesia yet.. there's still so much to see and learn in my own country and yet i wish to go to other countries. hmm.. i wonder why.. haa..
anw, here's some interesting history abt lombok:
1. you cannot build a building that's more than 3 storeys. so basically every building there is usually only one storey or at the most 2 storeys. the hotels are not like the normal hotels. it's like resort kind. the room is like a small house that kind. pretty nice actually. you feel more privacy and you have this feeling that you own the place or sth. haha. so no need for lifts or stairs too. hehe.. in fact i think the only building with 3 storeys is the shopping mall there.
2. there are basically 3 kinds of suku (natives) in lombok. one of them is suku sasak and they carry out marriage by KIDNAPPING. so the guy will kidnap the girl in the night without the parents knowing. they cannot ask for the girls' hand in marriage from the girls' parents (which is what we usually do) cos that's considered rude, like the girl is some kind of property to the parents. really interesting how each different suku will have different ways of thinking and different tradition..
i can't rmbr much of the other facts and details actually.. haha.. you know how it is with me and short term memory.. >.<
oh but it's really quite sad to know that the tourist arrivals in lombok had been falling drastically since the bali bombing.. bali is very near lombok btw, tourists who go to lombok normally will go to bali first. it's like the people there suffer a lot, especially those who sell souvenirs to tourists cos not much people buy their stuff.. it's really sad to see them.. argghhhh, i hate terrorists ok! hmph.
oh btw, if you didn't receive xmas cards from me like you usually do, it's cos this year i didn't send them before i went back to indo. i've asked dear siew mooi to help me post somewhere nearer xmas time. prob around now. hehe.. so if you have received it, here's what you can do:
1. if you're nice, you can send one back to me. hehe.. (:
2. if you're not so nice (like you're lazy to buy stamps or you don't want to send card to me), you can at least let me know that you receive it? so that i know i didn't send to the wrong address or sth. maybe tag me or msg me? be nice ok! hehe..
3. if you're evil, you can just ignore the card and pretend it didn't exist. then i'll get the hint and won't send you xmas card again next year. (:
ok i think i blabber too much already. haa.. congrats if you make it this far!
RANDOMNESS!
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