Anyeong Noona

Anyeong! Noona was so FULL as she just came back from TGIF dinner with one of her gym-buddy. All her colleagues were still working at the office when she left but oh well, it's Friday people! Whee~~~

Life has been pretty tough especially on Wednesday and Thursday as Noona has to show her ass in the office until late to avoid scorn from fellow colleagues. Tough days make you thinking back to the last holiday that you just went. U_U. Back when Noona could walk alongside the beach in Bali. Well, other than beaches, you can also visit a lot of other unique attractions in Bali just like this special temple located on an island named Pura Tanah Lot. Just from the entrance gate alone, you can feel that this place is somewhat spiritual.

Anyeong! Wishing you all a happy 2017. How have the first two days of the year 2017 for you? Noona started the year by worrying about the future because oh well, the last day of the years is always filled with self reflection of what you have achieved and have not achieved in the year 2016. And you cannot help but feeling dejected for those unachieved goals, even thinking if these goals are ever gonna be achieved in this lifetime. In time of emo-ing like this, it's best to listen to the words of God and oh boy, we are not alone in this world since a lot of great characters in the Bible have experienced the same thing. Words of encouragement can be found in Hebrews 6: 9-15:

Better Things For You

"But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU." And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise."

  

If you want to listen to the sermon that Noona listened to get the above encouragement, you can go to this link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=prMSlPaeEEc

Woots, long start but since we are going into faith and patience mode to see good things happen in our life in 2017, how about started with some travel stories? Haha. Continuing on Noona's post about the awesome beach club named El Kabron in Uluwatu, Noona and her family had finally decided that they slacked long enough without doing anything so they started rumbling for the...MENU.

El Kabron Spanish Restaurant is located at:

  Jln Pantai Cemongkak, Pecatu, Kuta Selatan  

  Opening hours:

11.30AM - 11.30PM Daily

Anyeong! Noona just came back from an early New Year dinner with friend because apparently she was too busy to meet Noona over the New Year weekend (geez). Oh well, Noona should have accepted the fact that she should be grateful enough that someone is willing to make some time for her since she does not have that many friends. She starts to wonder if she should start socialising more in the year 2017. Or maybe she should start enjoying dating herself. After all, loving yourself is not really a bad thing in life, no?

Or maybe she should start spending more time with her Omma. Just like the last time she walked with her Omma at the sandy Legian beach in Bali. Omma always manages to wake up so early (like before sunrise kind of early) and hence, she would wake me up every morning during our stay at Padma Resort Legian to walk alongside the beach.

Despite having to wake up early, Noona enjoyed the walk alongside the beach. The sensation of stepping on the wet sands is just precious.

Watching the seawater comes and goes really have a positive effect on your soul. Noona can forget all about her heavy workload and life struggles for a moment when she's busy watching the natural movement of the seawater. If only she has an ipod playing Coldplay's songs right now but wait a minute, the purpose of this morning walk is to be closer to Omma and not to Chris Martin's voice. LOL.

Anyeong! What day is it today? Please don't tell Noona that it's already 2017. 

*taking phone*

Oh, it's the last Friday of 2016, which also means this is the last day Noona taking leave in the year 2016. Yikes. She can hear the calling of the paperwork from her office far far away *shudder*. To run away from reality, why don't we continue our flashback to Bali trip again? LOL. If you have not known by now, Balinese love to eat dishes which use pork as its meat base. So it's not surprising that there are a lot of restaurants selling pork ribs in this lovely island in Indonesia. But since there are so many selection, which one is the best? In order to find out more about the pork ribs competition in Bali, we tried to dig information from Wayan-ssi, our driver for the whole trip and he is even aware of the movement of good pork ribs chef from one restaurant to another. Since he sounds very convinced, we followed his recommendation to try out pork ribs at Iiga Warung. 

Anyeong! Noona can't believe that it is already Thursday and it's three days left before the up and coming 2017. Anybody excited for 2017? If it is very difficult to be so enthusiastic about the coming year, maybe it will be better if you have booked a trip in the first three months of 2017 so that you have something to look forward to. Since Noona has just come back from Bali two weeks ago, how about a trip to Bali? If you are not really into beach or summer vacation but you love to explore the cultural aspect of a certain destination, Bali has it too. Surprise much?

In fact, Bali has a cultural park named Garuda Wisnu Kencana which is located at Ungasan area near Uluwatu. The admission fee to the cultural park costs IDR 100,000 (approx. SGD 10). You will start your journey to the adventure of Garuda (a large mythical bird which is the mount of Wisnu, one of the Hindu gods) from the pond. If you come wearing shorts, you will be asked to wear a piece of cloth to cover yourself because the area here is considered sacred amongst the Balinese. Do note that women with period are not allowed to enter the temple area (upstairs near the Wisnu statue). The park staff will explain all of these information to the visitors.

This open area may be used occasionally for concert and event but that day, there were no on-going events so we merely took a few pictures and walk back to the exit so that we can continue on to our next destination. However, if you have more time on hands, you may want to check out the timing of the cultural performances held at the amphitheater which is located near to the entrance of the cultural park. Cultural performances like traditional Balinese dance (e.g. Barong and Kecak) and mini concerts are usually held at this amphitheater so do check them out at your own convenience. 

Anyeong! Noona is in her last break of the year 2016 and oh boy, she feels way rounder now. She should have gone to the gym today but it is the time of the month and well...instead of making the cramp worse, let's just stay at home and blog about her fun trip to the cliff restaurant in Bali, El Kabron.

Bali has everything to offer for tourists with different range of budget. This time, Noona and her family are ready to eat like peasants for the remaining days in December to try the high socialite's travelling style in Bali by visiting the posh El Kabron Spanish Restaurant & Cliff Club. What's so special about El Kabron?

Did Noona say that the swimming pool is designed kinda like an infinity pool? El Kabron is designed and constructed on top of a cliff facing the deep blue sea. A lot of diners are using the opportunity to get sun tan here at the pool area.