post "holiday" syndrome

ok fine it was a business trip and not a HOLIDAY holiday, but it was in this really beautiful resort in bali (conrad hotel). although it was meant to be a series of meeting with our indonesian distributor and their dealers, nevertheless i can't help enjoying the very very blue sky and the wide wide WIIIIDE beach AND the neverending horizon~

when i reached there i realized how i miss bali (AND a holiday haha). i miss how green the padi field and how blue the sea there are...

anyways the meeting went according to the plan and even my new boss seemed to be in a very good mood albeit his habit of drinking just a lil' too much (it did contribute to his good mood though haha)

too bad i didn't have much personal time, after the series of meeting and talks we only had time to go to tanah lot. the scenery there was AMAZING~ it was great great GREAT! until it started raining. i think i totally jinx my trips to tanah lot, previously when i went there with my 2 other friends a couple of years back it rained too. this tanah lot actually is famous for its sunset since the sun will go down just behind the pura (temple) making it a somewhat postcard looking scene. o well maybe 3rd time's a charm? if i go there next time MAYBE it won't rain on me anymore? (stupid random probability bias haha)

during the last day my boss took the 1pm flight while i arranged for a 4.30 flight. he's going malaysia for another meeting while i'm returning to singapore. thought i would have enough time on my own to explore the kuta beach and do some last minute shopping~ so i hitchhiked one of my indonesian counterpart and her dealer to go kuta at about 12ish by a chartered taxi. she said she needs to go to the bookstore for 15 min to do a short market visit (which i'm fine with, hey it's just 15 min right) but NOOOOO the taxi driver got us LOST LOST LOST! hahaha! it was ironically funny coz we were going round and round this Jalan Gatot Subroto but we couldn't find the so called PLAZA. and btw bali has this regulation that buildings cannot be higher than the palm tree soooo the "plaza" was practically a 2 story puny building tucked in a corner somewhere. took us HOURS to find this plaza (which btw was so obscure that the locals living around the area doesn't know about its existent o_0)

in the end i didn't have time to visit kuta beach and my shopping plan went up in smokes. o well, at least i know 2 nice people at the end of the "city tour" (we were joking about that in the cab while we were lost). had to do my last minute shopping getting ripped off at the airport. told myself i'm helping out greasing the wheel of economy in indonesia by contributing my S$ at the airport hahaha~ :D

all in all i still enjoyed the trip very much. thought it was a great break from the normal yawn worthy meeting and everything. must thank my indonesian distributor for inviting us (me?) for the trip~ can't believe i was making such a fuss for getting dragged for this trip last minute about a week ago (haha!) see, sometimes we have to view things more positively, not every change is BAD and even when it doesn't go as your plan, there are those times when you'll gain more than your original plan! :)

i love bali, hope to be back soon!

the view from Conrad Hotel lobby




















what a cozy room




















the porch behind the room that interconnects to the main pool! (swimming trunks not incl. haha)




















look who i found crawling around in the bathroom! (he's MINE! *put in luggage! kekeke..)




















these frangipani flowers are everywhere in bali! so nice! :D




















tanah lot from afar...



























religious ceremony in tanah lot~




















more photos :)