My Journey: Bali Day 7

5th March,Mon-I did my meditation at 7.30am and started to squeeze my luggage.Gosh!It's so packed!It's going to burst!So means NO more shopping!I have what I have!I'm happy and satisfied with my results.Get everything ready and took my breakfast beside the infinity pool.I enjoyed my last 1 hour in my homestay-Jati3.I love this homestay and I'll be back again for sure.Ketut came by at 9am and loaded my luggage in his car.Before we leave Ubud,we walked over to Art Cafe to say Goodbye to Eka.I'll miss everything in Ubud.

Ketut brought me to Tengalalang Rice Terrace.Great place to chill and enjoy the green scenery.I personally love Jatiluwih's view than Tengalalang.Good news about Tengalalang is you can grab some food here but not in Jatiluwih.We took another 10minutes ride and reached the local coffee plantation.There is a wood made bell that they will Gong it when there are guests.The local guide came to us and showed us around.There are lot of trees and varieties of plants in the plantation.We can see the process of how Luwak Coffee is made.The guide said Luwak will choose the best coffee bean and eat it.Its stomach cannot digest the coffee bean and it will be pooped out.The workers will cleaned the coffee bean after drying it under the sun.Below are the photos of Luwak,Fresh Coffee Bean,Digested Coffee Bean in fresh Luwak Poo Poo,Dried Luwak Coffee Bean to Cleaned Luwak Coffee Bean.It uses lot of time and effort in producing Luwak Coffee.That's why Luwak Coffee is so expensive.

Next stop we head to Bedugul and it's raining.So we missed out the boat paddling session on the beautiful lake.Other than the famous Bedugul lake,there is a Big beautiful garden filled with beautiful flowers here.Me and Ketut we both had a Great time jumping,running and snapping photos here and there like monkeys!We went to Lake Buyan.It's located just beside to Bedugul.It's a huge lake but nothing special there.

We took another 1hour to reach Waterfall Gitgit.It's a moutain road where people who has motion sickness,please take the pill that you need to take before getting to Waterfall Gitgit.A day before Ketut fetched me,he has a few Australian women that vomited all the way to Waterfall GitGit.Despite the super curvy road,this is a Must go attraction in Bali!Although it is really tiring to climb up and down but it's really worth the climb.I went to 3parts of Waterfall Gitgit.I highly recommend that you visit all 3parts as well.

Waterfall Gitgit Part 1-Throughout the way to the waterfall,there are lot of souvenir shops and little kids selling souvenir.They are averagely 4-6years old.Trust me,they are small in size yet superb aggressive!They will use their innocent eyes to convince you to buy a little souvenir from them.The Waterfall view is really Amazing!Check out my photos and you'll get what I mean.Once we walked close to the waterfall,there was a butterfly resting on my hand.No matter how I move the butterfly just stayed on my hands.I believe that it's a little fairy welcoming us and decoding some codes into my body.So I just allow it to stay.It flew off after a few minutes.My Crystals were so happy!I washed them with the cooling water and placed them on the rock to absorb the energy around.Me and Ketut continued Cam-whoring!I climbed over the safety barrier and took closer photos with the waterfall.You can try out but just be extra careful with your steps.

Waterfall Gitgit Part 2-It's about 5-10minutes climb to reach the top of the waterfall where 2 waterfalls collide.The energy there was tremendously Strong.(People who wanna know what did I experienced or saw there you may leave me a message.)Me and Ketut cant stand the energy,we left after a few photo shots.


Waterfall Gitgit Part 3-This part will be the lowest part of Waterfall Gitgit.It's a long and white waterfall.I was all wet standing 100metres away from the waterfall.You can imagine how strong is the water.Ketut needs to keep cleaning my camera lens to ensure that we can grab nice photos.We used continuous shot and he will turn around to clean the lens after a few shots.We kept repeating the process until we grabbed some satisfying shots.




We reached Singaraja and visited the oldest Buddhist temple..It's a combination of Buddhist,Taoism and Confusion.Surprise!Guan Yin is inside the temple!Well what can i say?Actually I nearly gave up in finding the temple,Ketut is the one that insist he'll find it.No matter where I go I'll see my guides.It's a calling from Guan Yin to meet her in the temple.I left some messages that Guan Yin guided me to write in the guest book.




Next,we continued our journey searching for Melka hotel.The hotel that has dolphin inside their swimming pool.It took us another 15minutes to reach Melka hotel.I checked in and we discussed about our plan for tomorrow's trip.I booked my boat to visit the dolphins,booked my slots to swim with the dolphins.Yuhoo!Ketut told me that he had received the offer to work in an Italian cruise in Italy.I'm really glad and happy for him.Maybe we can meet each other when I'm in Italy on July.Ketut told me his plan after completing his contract in Italy.He'll be buying a car in Bali.He welcomed me and my family to come over.He'll be driving me around for free.Ketut is really a Nice guy and Great friend of mine in Bali.I really appreciate him accompanying me throughout most of my journey in Bali.Thank you God and angels for sending me such a good friend.

The day is getting dark.I took my dinner followed by a swim in the pool.After a full body massage I headed back my room for a rest.I'm so excited!Tomorrow I'm going to visit the wildlife dolphins out in the sea and swim together with the dolphins in the hotel swimming pool!YEAH!!!HURRAY!!!^^

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My Journey: Bali Day 6

4th March,Sun-The day that I got the most important message in my entire trip.1st thing to do in this morning: Meditation.The early morning message I got was Peace comes Faith.vice versa.I had toast,fresh papaya,mixed juice and omelette for breakfast.Today is a free & easy day with minimal plans.I decided to walk to Ubud Palace and Art Market from my homestay.I snapped photos and shopped along the road.Oh!It's located so near than I've expected.It's only 30minutes walk away from my homestay.If cut down the shoppings I guess,the walking will take less than 15minutes.What I've notice here was don't assume or expect in life,just take action and enjoy the process.As long as I'm in action,I'll reach my destination no matter how.

Visited Ubud Palace but nothing much that I got out from there.It's just a small and simple palace.Opposite the palace is the famous Babi Guling(Suckling Pig) in Ubud-Bu Oka.I dinned in for lunch and it's so Sedap(Delicious)!The meat's so soft,the spice was so delicious that it just made people want to take the next bite.I highly recommend Bu Oka Babi Guling!I'm missing the Babi Guling now~Anyone in Bali wana tapao for me?haha!


After filling up my stomach,it's shoppping time!While walking on the opposite road of Art Market,suddenly i heard:"Miss Sarah!Miss Sarah!"I was so shocked that someone called out my name in a place that I don't really know anyone.I looked around to find who's calling me.It's Putu!The poor Amadea hotel driver that was scolded by me on my 1st day arrival in the airport.He waved his hands with a big smile on his face.I walked across the road and greet him.He had his hotel guests here so he was waiting for them outside the Art Market.It's really nice to meet Putu here.After a few words with Putu,I continued my shopping mission in Art Market.I walked to the "rural" area in the market where not much tourist will walk pass and started price bargain game with the sellers.Trust me,always start with a very low price where after a few attempts of increasing in price,you can still get cheap bargains.I started with only 30% from the price that they offer.It's still early and most of the shops haven't sell out anything yet,they will offer very cheap morning price.They believe that the earlier they sell out the 1st item and the transaction went smooth,they will have good business later on for the day.Right after they receive the money,most of them will do this mantra "Bring in Good Business,Good Business.." while hitting the shop items with the money.Most of the sellers there were ladies,we had fun bargaining and laughing throughout the process.It's really a Fun game and it's like doing exercise with a bunch of women.Fun yet tiring!The shop was located so near with each other just like the bean curd boxes.I've been pulled to each shop to check out the items and help them up for selling their 1st item for the day.Morning price Morning price 30,000rph(RM10)here,30,000rph there and finally I'm down to my last 100,000rph for the day!My shoulder is feeling tired now where my big bag was filled up with all the shopping goods!It's so heavy!Then,I decided to walk back to my homestay to load my goodies.Once I reached my room,it was raining outside again.Well,my angels do know when to call me back home for shelter.Thank you angels.With 1million rph(RM340) I got 10 clothes,3 singlets,3 silk scarfs,2 big scafts,3 wood statues,3 deco plates,2 pendants,6 wood owl deco,8 Ole-Ole key chains and 10 flower hair pins.I'm satisfied with my shopping results.Wee~~^^

I packed my luggage and took a short nap.It's really nice to sleep in the raining weather and in a quiet environment.6pm I decided to have my dinner and hang out at my favourite cafe-Art Cafe.The brownies with Vanilla ice-cream tasted so Nice!Perfect!I took some of the magazine and read it for the night.The magazines were outdated.The latest one was published in 2010.Flipping through the magazine and I got a message from the angels in this John Lennon's article.It was published in the year 2004.I saw the same lyrics that I have in my vision collage-Imagine.Well,I asked my guides,are you trying to tell me something with showing me this article and the lyrics.Out of sudden,the live band started to sing "Imagine there's no heaven..."Double confirmation from the angels?Suddenly my emotion just came up while listening to the song and I have tears rolling in my eyes.My angels talked to me and I recorded it down in my Samsung Tab Memo.

"We know that this is not an easy journey for you my dear.You are not alone.You have us with you always,as one for world peace and oneness Babe!Cheers!Love & Light!Stay happy and have a fun trip in Bali!You are watched and protected.You'll have a wonderful journey ahead!Bali will be the beginning trip of your portal work and it's just the beginning.There are much more adventures and exploration journey for you.You are Amazing just the way you are.(Then only i realize that the live band is singing Bruno Mars' Just the way you are)This song is dedicated for you to keep having faith and stay strong to continue growing and proving to the world that when someone really makes a stand for world peace and harmony,people can move mountains and walk a million miles to influence and touches people's heart.You'll be the example and leading star for all of the earth angels.Just keep having fun and bring joy to everyone that you pass by and bring a smile to everyone's face.You are the angel in their heart.Keep smiling and cheer up angel!We love you!From the heavenly lovely angels,not forgetting me St.Germain too.I wont be calling myself cute,but I'll say I'm a fun and funny guy that likes to joke around.I have my serious moment too!Hah!Have fun!Love you,Sarah!"

I felt relieved and peace after receiving the message from my angels.I chilled and got a new friend named Eka.She works in Art Cafe.She loves to smile and she's a very nice and friendly lady.We chit chat about life in Malaysia and in Bali.I really like my life in Ubud.I wanna come back again!If I am given a choice to stay in Ubud forever,I will!Can i migrate my whole family here?Does my Dearie wanna stay in Ubud with me?hahaha!I just love this place and the people here.They are just so simple,friendly and nice.I love Ubud!I will be back soon!^^

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My Journey: Bali Day 5

3rd March,Sat-It is raining out there and I've decided to sleep a little bit longer.Finally I woke up at 8am,had my breakfast and waited for my Ubud driver to pick me up at 9am.9.05am,a driver came and I asked for his name.His name is Agong.Agong?I told him in Malaysia Agong means King.He replied:"Yes,I'm from the royal family."This is surprising!I have a prince as my driver.Cool!1st stop we visited Ketut Liyer.When I walked into Ketut's house,I went "Wow,This place does exist!""Oh this,Oh that.."It's just like in the movie-Eat,Pray,Love.We were just 10minutes late and I got number 13.There were lot of people waiting for Ketut.We found a resting area,sat down and chit chat while waiting.Agong is a prince from Bangli.Now he's a normal citizen just like everyone else in Bali.So I asked him about the stories and information about Bali's royal family.Time flies and Ketut came out at 10am and started his reading for client No.1.It took more than half an hour.OMG!I'm No.13 means I'm going to wait for another 3-4hours?No way.So me and Agong we both went to the nearby Art Gallery to check out some paintings.

Next,we went to coffee plantation and Goa Gajah.Goa Gajah is a spiritual place but sadly the energy was scatted around.There were too many tourist around the place and it had affected the cleanliness of the energy.Balinese believe that the carving on the cave is done by human nails with black magic.There was a Buddha temple beside the Hindu temple but it collapsed after a thunder storm.There is a kind Pak Cik with "bloody" teeth helped me up in snapping some photos in the river with the fallen Buddha temple.I guess he ate Pinang that's why he has his "bloody" teeth.

After Goa Gajah,we head back to Ketut Liyer's house and TADA!Ketut is doing reading for No.12.We are just on time.I just waited for 5minutes and it's my turn.Ketut is wearing a yellow traditional outfit with sarong.When he smiles,I can see 2 of his remaining teeth.I walked towards him,he kept repeat the same sentence:"You are very pretty.."He asked me not to worry so much.Be happy,no crying.I'm very lucky in my life.I will be healthy and will live till 100years old.He kept repeating his sentences.The way he talked is exactly like in the movie.He said I'll find a handsome boyfriend,man and get married for the rest of my life,live harmony.I will have 2 children.2 is enough.Ketut stopped and look at Agong.he joked and said:"This man is handsome too,why not marry him?"Haha!He did his reading by looking at other parts of my body such as forehead,eyes,nose,ears,mouth,neck,shoulder,back,hands,palms,knees and legs.Well,I do not really understand all of his English,but i enjoyed myself laughing through the whole process.Ketut is just hilarious and he likes to make people laugh with his English.At the end of the reading,Ketut says:"Ketut old already.." and walked into his room.I felt like I'm in the movie.He did the same thing.If u watched the movie or read the book before,you'll understand what I'm talking about.I paid 250,000rph for 15minutes reading.I bet he is the richest medicine man in Ubud!He sees 25people in a day and everyone pays him 250,000rph per session.Majority of his clients are tourist and they came from all over the world to see him.He's a Trillionaire in Bali!LOL!Ketut walked out from his room and followed saying "Thank you.Good bye Alligator!"Just like in the movie he called Liz Alligator.Well I guess he's saying Arigatou which is Thank you in Japanese.Personally I think he tells everyone the same thing.In that 15minutes,I experienced that he is just repeating the same thing over and over again like what he usually tells others and in that 100% time,he did may be only 20% of real reading work.Things happen for a reason,I believe that he's helping people and some people got whatever messages that they need to know from him.

We had Nasi Campur for lunch and headed to Gunung Kawi.It's deep down the moutain so we need to walk around 10-15minutes to reach the royal tomb.The view was worth all the walking.The energy flow was very strong and I found a spot for myself to meditate.Now I know why I brought my portable mattress with me.I was wearing a Sarong and my crystals were the one that need to sit on it.I did some work together with my guides.In my mind eyes I saw white light flowing into my crown chakra and my body acted like a centre point to spread out the constant circle of white light.After the work,I went into autowritting mode.The summary of the message was to bring in more healers to heal Bali,regenerate earth's power centre to flow smoothly and function in a bigger wave.After downloading the message,I climbed all the way up back to our car.I prayed to the angels to help me up in climbing all those staircase.St.Germain popped out and said:"Told you to exercise and train your stamina.."I was going like"yea..yea..yea.."With the angels' help I managed to climb all the way back up.Phew~~

Next,we visited Tapak Siring Tirta Empul.Balinese does their prayers beside the holy water and they will jump in the holy water to take their bath.They believe that the water is holy because it came from the underground.The holy water act as healing water.

It was raining so i ended my road trip at 6pm.I went back to my homestay to take a bath and went for a massage.The message centre in Ubud really offers good price for massage.It's only 80,000rph which is RM33.80 for 1 and a half hour full body massage.After massage,I dinned in Three Monkeys restaurant.I highly recommend this restaurant in Ubud.There is a paddy field beside and behind the restaurant.They serve tasty pizzas and the soup tasted so Nice with the hot bread in the raining day.Nice food + Jazz music = Perfect match!

So i called it off a day.I enjoyed my Day 5 in Bali.One thing I realize was there is no prince charming.There will not be a perfect man in this world.Men are perfect because they are imperfect.This applies to women too.I had a good looking prince driving me around,accompanied me for the whole day,told me about royal family stories.Whatever status a person holds,it really doesn't matter.As long as I choose to see everyone through loving eyes and know everyone have their true self and the kind soul within them.Whoever can be prince and princess as long as I love them.I love you,people!^^

With Love & Light,
Sarah Lim

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My Journey: Bali Day 4

2nd March,Fri-A bottle of Bintang beer gave me a good night sleep till 8am in the morning.As usual I went to the Bistro to have my breakfast and head to the hotel Spa for March Promo,Balinese Blissful Massage.Today the girl who are doing the massage for me are from Kintamani.The place that i planned to stay for my last night in Bali.She recommended me to stay in Lakeview hotel.The staff there once again lent me their computer to go online,booked my hotel and print out the voucher.Yes,I got the hotel room in promotion rate again!Hohoho~!My Angels really know how to save my money and give the Best to me.Hotel for Day 8 handled!

After the massage I checked out the hotel and head for Ubud.Somehow I have this thought of visiting Water Boom in Kuta.My guides told me it's not neccessary to visit there as I will only waste my time.I insisted to go with my way and paid the driver extra 50,000rph to just dropped by and have a look.We went through the traffic jam and when I get there I'm disappointed.There's nothing much for me to check out from the front of Water Boom.Well,my guides know what is best for me.Sometimes I just feel like it's fun to do things my way.This is a small matter so I think it's ok to play around but if I'm dealing with life changing decision,I'll surrender and go with my guardian angel's way.Dear angels,I'll be a good student.hehehe!^^

After an hour,here I am in Ubud.After searching for a while I've found my homestay-Jati Homestay.The walk way that leads to the homestay was so narrow that only motorbikes can access.I took a little walk and reached the homestay.The staff was preparing my room and I hang around the lobby area.I saw a few lizards around and I started to feel uncomfortable.Can I stay in this homestay for the next 3 nights?While I was worrying,the homestay keeper Putu came to me and asked me to visit my room.The room was really clean and facing the paddy field.My only concern was will the lizard appear in my room.Putu knew that I was uncomfortable with the lizards he popped out this question:"Do you want a swimming pool?"I went:"What?swimming pool?"I looked around and I did not see any swimming pool.Putu continued:"My boss has another homestay in Ubud,which is Jati 3.Do you want to have a look?It's a brand new homestay."Since I have a new offer why not I give it a try.Putu offered to fetch me over.We both walked towards his vehicle and I went No way!We are going to ride on a motorbike without helmet!With some safety concern and uncertainty I just surrendered and hop on his motorbike.It's Crazy!There were so many cars,motorbikes on the road,I just went Oh My God,Oh My God,Oh My God throughout the journey to Jati 3. It's not that far that i thought anyway.We reached Jati 3 and I just love this homestay.Everyone was busy with their own stuff,there were staffs that were doing gardening,doing their office work.I was amazed with the clean infinity pool in the homestay.I love the Balinese designed villas and rooms.Putu brought me back from my observation and he told me I'm so lucky that there is only a room left.We checked out the room and I said Yes.I asked Putu do I need to pay extra to stay in this room.Putu answered:"Forget it!My boss will pay for it.Just enjoy your stay here."I was so thankful to Putu and my Angels.Me and Putu we both sat at my room's balcony,I asked him where to go in Ubud and nearby Ubud.He wrote down in a piece of paper the name of the places.I popped out with this question:"Putu,Do u happen to know this 9th generation medicine man..."Putu answered instantly without me finishing my sentence:"Ketut Liyer?He stays in Ubud and it's just nearby this area."Bingo!My guardian angel asked me to read the book Eat,Pray,Love before I visit Bali and I didn't manage to finish it.They just gave me a clue-Ubud.True enough that Ketut Liyer does stays in Ubud.That means that I'll be visiting Ketut Liyer!Putu was so kind that he arranged my 3 days plan in Ubud.He arranged a driver at 300,000rph to fetch me the next day.

Once again I hop on his motorbike without helmet to Bebek Bengil(Dirty Duck) for lunch.Putu dropped me at the restaurant and headed back to Jati homestay to deliver my luggage to my new room in Jati 3.Putu was really a good man where he told me if I need transport in Ubud I can call him up at Jati's office and he'll come over to fetch me with his motorbike.Oww...so sweet!At that moment,I experienced that Balinese was really helpful and selfless.After finishing his sentence,Putu just drove off and this was the last time I saw Putu in my whole journey in Ubud.The restaurant was built so decently.There is a man made lily lake and a paddy field behind the restaurant.The bebek(duck) was so nice and crispy."Nice" price as well too though.I'll recommend people to try it out.

After my lunch,I walked my way to Monkey forest.I really love the natural environment and energy here.There were lots of monkeys all around the forest.I was very aware with my own belongings because I was told that the monkeys will snatch tourist's belongings and climb up to the trees.In order to get back the belonging,tourist will have to buy peanuts from the guard and trade the belonging back.Well,I'm over worried,till the end I did not see anyone's belonging was snatched,neither do mine.What I saw was some of the tourists bought bananas and the monkeys climbed over the tourist to grab bananas.I walked around and spent 2hours in the forest looking at the monkeys and talked to the local guards.I've been told that there are 600monkeys in the forest.How to identify good monkeys,bad monkeys,married monkeys,single monkeys etc.I observed Monkey's lifestyle in the forest.I saw how a mother take care of the baby,some were enjoying family life,monkey fights.I'm fortunate enough to see a live show of how monkeys make love and how do other male monkeys express their jealousy.One of the guard walked towards me with some fresh rambutans.The monkeys ran over to the guard,raised up their hands and gave him the "Please,give me one,please,please..." face.Everyone of them got their rambutan and I have 1 too.

After waving goodbye to the guards and the monkeys I walked myself back to my homestay.It's only a 10minutes walk and there are lots of shops to do shopping.While I was walking towards my homestay,I passed by this neighbourhood house.From far I saw there were 2 kids trying so hard to pull a puppy out from the gate.It seemed impossible to help the puppy.The puppy's head was stucked in between the gate and the floor.The puppy was crying out of pain.I tried lifting up the gate but it doesn't seem to help.I quickly prayed to the angels to please safe this poor puppy.Suddenly the kid's mom came out asking what's going on and we were distracted for a split second.When we focus back at the puppy,it's already free from the gate!Amazing!It's a Miracle!I believe that angels gave us their helping hands!What I realize was I can call upon for angels help with any situation.What I need to do is just ASK and angels will work out the miracles.

I reached my homestay and decided to take a swim in the pool.There was no one there and I did some work with the environment to charge and exchange energy.I allow myself to surrender and float in the water.I saw white lights spreading out from my body and I absorbed the energy from the environment into my body.After 10-15minutes the work is done.

I took a bath and it's already dinner time!Where and what to eat tonight?This cafe right in front my homestay's walk way caught my attention-Art Cafe.It's very nice decorated and I just fall in love with it.It's a very relaxing environment.I decided to take my dinner here and enjoy the live band performance till the shop closes.I went online with wifi and I found out that my friend Jelvy was in Bali too!This morning I just thought of her and I have a feeling that she might be in Bali.I got my question answered.Yes,she is.I just need to trust my intuition.My friend John commented in my Facebook status where he said in Bali,time is not working.I totally agree with him.In Bali,no one cares about what time is it and what day is it.This is what I Love about Bali.

10.30pm It was raining and the walk way was so dark.I called for Archangel Michael and my guardian angels to protect me.I can hear the frogs and it's so dark that I cant see the frogs clearly where I'm so afraid that I might stepped on them.It's really a very unique experience.The sound of the frogs here are like the yellow rubber ducky.Uek Uek...It's really weird and funny.It's very quiet in Ubud.I shield up my room with white light and added an extra semi white light shield to cover my bed.St.Germain stood at the left side of my bed and said:"Sarah,you are just so funny.You've shield up the whole room with whilte light and you know that we are here with you,you still add up with this extra layer."I replied,"I don't care,as long as I feel comfortable."St.Germain just gave me a smile on his face and I fell asleep.Zzz....

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My Journey: Bali Day 3

1st March,Thu-Once again a beautiful morning where i prepared myself and visited the hotel Bistro for breakfast.I enjoyed having breakfast alone and today Angels brought some special treatment for me.The staff offered me sausages that was not in the breakfast menu.The restaurant does serve the best baked potatoes ever!Yummy!^^

Ketut picked me up at 9am and we started our Ketut village visiting trip.Ketut told me it will take 3hours.So i slept in the car.During the whole journey I kept ask him,how long will we reach?His standard answer was another 30minutes.My God,end up we took 4 and a half hours to reach his village.@.@

We stopped by a few spots before his village.2hours after we left the hotel,we reached the magnificent rice terrace-Jatiluwih!It's the largest rice terrace in the whole Bali.The scenery was really breathtaking.The weather was cooling and air was so fresh.Every breath that I took it felt like purifying my soul.

It took us another one and a half hour to reach Perkutatan Beach.This is my favourite black sand beach in Bali.The perfect match of black glittering sand,clear sky,blue sea and the white waves.It's not really well known as a tourist spot so the beach is really natural and clean without any activities around.It's the Indian Ocean.The waves were really strongly hitting and covering the rocks.The sea water just splashes and covering all over the rocks.Ketut drew both of our names on the sand and we took some photos there before we leave.

Wave goodbye to Perkutatan beach,we continued our journey to Ketut's village.Throughout the journey I saw a lot of Balinese lifestyle.Students walking their way home after school,women works together with the men to build houses etc.At last we reached Ketut's house.His parents were so welcoming and his dad went into the jungle to pick us some fresh coconuts.I asked Ketut about their life in the village.They built their house on their own.They have chickens running around the compound of the house.I can see tangerine tree,coco tree,coconut tree,vanilla tree,salak tree,banana tree,papaya tree,mango tree and many more fruit trees around the house.When they do not have any food,they will pick these fruits to fill up their stomach.If they want something else to eat,they will sell off the fruits or chickens in the market and use the money to buy their food.What shocked me the most is that the family ate "Kijang"(Monkey) before.Ketut told me it's the best Kijang soup ever!My God!@.@..I saw there were 2 birds in the cage.Out of curiosity I asked Ketut how did they catch them.He told me the whole story.This is how they catch the birds.First they will walk into the jungle and listen carefully whether there is any bird chirping or singing.After confirming that there were birds around,they will walk back to their house to grab a cage with bird inside it and go back to the spot.They will climb up the trees and place the cage on a strategic spot.Then they will grab a stick,apply "lengket"(Super Glue) on the stick and place it beside the cage.They will hide somewhere where the birds cant see and wait till the birds to appear.When the bird in the cage started singing,it will attract the birds around to come close to it.Once the bird rest on the stick,Gotcha!The bird couldn't free itself from the stick and at this point of time,the hunters will appear and bring the bird home.They uses oil to release the bird from the stick and place it inside a cage,continued by feeding it with banana.Different birds they sell at different price.They sell one yellow bird at 100,000rph which is around RM34.I saw this green bird and I asked:"how about this?"Ketut replied:"Kaya already!Rich already!We can sell at 1Million rph!"It's about RM340.To them,they can survive for a few months with that money.I reflect back RM340,in many cities people might spend it for 2weeks,a week,5days,2days or maybe in an hour.They were so happy with the 1Million rph and they thank God for this gift.

What I realized was God provides sufficient for everyone in this world.Although they are poor but there are food around their living place.If I were to live in this environment will I survive?My answer was Yes.I realized that it's the conditioning that human gave each other that we are insufficient in many aspects in life.We need a career that provide us bigger income,higher position,bigger house,bigger car,branded handbags,we need more and more.There is no right or wrong answer,at this point of my life I really experienced that God do provide sufficient for everyone.I am the one who is defining whether I have sufficient or insufficient.I Thank God for providing me all I need and all human kind's needs.God gave me more than what I need.I'm really grateful to God.This is one of the lesson that i treasure most in this Bali journey.

Next stop we went to Gunut Bolong.We drove through this tree bridge where 2 trees collides.We called it off a day and we took our 4 and a half hours journey back Seminyak.I slept through the whole way.That's how tired I was.I had my last walk in Seminyak and bought a Bintang beer for the night.Before heading back my room,I dropped by the reception counter,asked for the receptionist's help to call up and confirm my Ubud room for the next 3nights.I had a great chat with the Duty Manager and the receptionist.It was a Wonderful day with Beautiful scenery and people.

My Journey: Bali Day 2

29th February-This date only appears in every 4years.I'm so into my holidays until I do not remember what day is today..Tuesday?Wednesday?Thursday?This sounded like a good news to me where at last I can live my life without knowing the date and time.Anyway it was Wednesday.

I woke up when the sun rises.I got myself ready and went for my breakfast.The restaurant staff were really friendly,polite and nice Balinese.The supervisor is from Ubud and he gave me a lot of information for my stay in Ubud.After a Nice breakfast, I went for Spa and Massage!I'm so fortunate to enjoy the February Promotion-Shirodara Spa and Massage with 50% discount on the last day of February!The guy who told me about the hotel with dolphin came back to me when i visited the hotel spa.I made up my mind and booked my Day 7 hotel room with Melka Excelsior Hotel.The staff allowed me to use their computer to handle my bookings online and printed out the voucher for me.Everything just went smoothly!Day 7 Hotel settled,Now,Spa time!I really enjoyed the Balinese full body massage.It's so relaxing.It was my 1st time trying out Shirodara where they continuously drips aromatherapy essential oil on my third eye for 15minutes.It was really warm when it dripped on my forehead.As a clairvoyant I saw very clearly in my mind eyes the whole process of third eye cleansing.I felt like I had a brand new third eye when the process ended.The Spa session ended with Herbal Flower bath.I'm like dipping myself in a flower pool~Wee~~^^..I Love the ginger tea that they served with a piece of cookie.



I was in my relax mode until the clock caught my attention.It's 12pm already!My driver is waiting for me at the reception area!Oh No!I rush my way to the reception area and i saw this guy facing back to me with a black cap,black T-shirt,dark skin sitting on the sofa.The bell boy went:"Miss Sarah,this is your driver.He has been waiting for u since 11.30am."The guy turned his head and said:"Hi,Miss Sarah!"He's a young Balinese,23years old,nice,polite and shy.His name is Ketut.You'll be seeing his name quite often because he's my driver,body guard,photographer,meal buddy,travel partner,my student and a dear friend of mine in Bali.I'll share with you how did all of this Great things happen.Ketut told me that he's still learning English and he's not fluent in speaking English.I encouraged him to speak as much as he can and I'll be practicing English and teaching him with Malay translations.Fate brought both of us together to have the maximum Fun in Bali!

First stop we went to Ku De Ta beach and Petitenge temple.Ku De Ta beach is a place where it's nice to chill and have sunbathing.After a few photo shots,we proceeded to Seminyak's Famous Warung Made(Ma-De) for lunch.Although it's the 1st time me and Ketut met each other but i insisted that he have his lunch together with me because I get the chance to try out 2 dishes instead of 1.(That's how demanding I can be..Hehe!)We ordered Nasi Campur,Friend Rice and we shared the food.Something caught my attention throughout our journey,which is Bakso carts.The cart looks the same,they sell the same food and they seem not bothered by whether there will be competition among each other.There was this 1 straight 500 meters road with 4 Bakso cart.I came out with this idea of calculating how many Bakso carts we can see along our journey.Here we go,1..2..3......

We reached our next destination-Dreamland Jimbaran!It's a Beautiful white sand beach!I just love it!But is was really very very Hot!We continued our journey to Padang-Padang beach and we stopped by Ulu Watu temple.Amazing Seaview from the cliffs.There were monkeys all around the place.Check out the complete version of photos in my facebook.A picture speaks a thousand words!We visited Geger beach next and they are building the largest hotel there.

We reached our last stop at Jimbaran beach for the famous sunset.Before walking into the much more affortable Melasti Restaurant I took my Bakso dosage!Me and Ketut we both ordered only coconut and coca-cola.We got the front sit for sunset.While waiting i pick up a flower and place it on my ears just like Balinese does.I did my sand artwork and kicking the sea water.Ketut started to learn how to snap nice photos with my camera.We fooled around till the sun set.It was really Beautiful.Ketut caught a photo with a dolphin inside!Check out the photo below!I visited Jimbaran before on November 2011 so i knew how overly priced their seafood is.So we just paid for our drinks.We chit chat throughout the Macet(Traffic Jam) and get to know each other more.Ketut described his Kampung life and I asked him whether can I visit his Kampung the next day.He was so welcoming and just said SURE!We end our journey with total number of 29 Bakso carts!Bare in mind that we started calculating after lunch.To me,Bali is like a Bakso land.Haha!

I reached the hotel and went to the spa to collect my flowers for my own night time flower bath.In the morning,the staff told me that it will cost 50,000rph but ended up the night shift staff gave me the flowers for free.Although is was a long day but everything went smoothly and I enjoyed myself with my new friend.I'm anticipating for tomorrow's Bali Village day!YEAH!I am so grateful to my lovely dear angels that make it a wonderful Bali Day 2!