DAY 4
I realized how sad I was waking up that morning. Only 1 more
sleep till my flight to Melbourne. 2 more days of being with the people I love
most in the world. But I was in Bali, the most incredible place, surrounded by
these people, and I could only be grateful.
For our final breakfast at Jaen, (I think) we had the Mie goreng, bircher (Cuz we couldn’t get enough of that!), and also Eggs Benedict. Simply delicious. Okayy with the eggs benedict, it was like their own ‘creation’ à poached egg with toasted hollandaise sauce. One of the two eggs were poached quite runny, and the other one was just set. I prefer the runny yolk, but some liked it set. Either way, I think it can do with a little bit more sauce, but the other condiments are nice!
My dad had to go to the notary, and since we were moving to
another hotel, we packed our bags and went with him. Me and my sister – for some
reasons – decided to stay in the car. Yep, under the heat of Bali. We survived,
thank God. It was so so hot in there. Even with the windows rolled down and the
air con turned on every now and then. Phew.
BUT what made us really excited was that we were heading to Lao
Ta. Porridge! ^^ Okay, so there was this porridge (or congee) place in
Semarang, but it closed down :( So Lao Ta is my go-to place now. We had the
minced beef-yolk congee, the seafood congee, greens, and cakwee :D YUM.
My sister wanted to buy new shoes – and she could only get
it in a particular store. So we visited the mall and got her the new shoes. We
also bought some pop corn in the mall’s cinema à
one of the best caramel pop corns I’d ever had. PERFECTION. Crunchy, sweet,
yummy.
Then it was beach time! :D We checked in to the hotel, had a
change of clothes, and went straight to the private beach. Everybody came along
:) It was quite cloudy, so it wasn’t too hot. Actually, it was not hot at all –
I didn’t get any tanner! But it was beautiful. Me and my sister got to take a
walk along the shore with my dad – who, of course, then walked super fast to
the point that we lost him and could not care more :p We drew some things on
the sand, and took tons of pictures. The tide was super low that day. There was
almost no waves on the shore; it formed like a small swimming ponds along the
shore. Lovely.
After the walk, I laid down for a while, put on some music
and read a few pages of (one of) my favorite book. Then we took a quick shower,
before heading to dinner at Bali Collection. We chose Bebek Tepi Sawah. It was
quite expensive, but so good! I had chicken, obvi. It was smoked and slathered
with some yummy sauce. I ordered a fresh coconut and got a HUGE coconut fruit –
blessed! The table next to ours ordered fresh coconut as well and got only a small
one, for the same price. But anyway,
then it was shopping time! With heavy eyes I went to the supermarket, looked
for some breakfast drinks, then we all went to Sogo and shopped some more. I
think I got two tees, but I left one in Indo, and only brought one to
Melbourne. It was a Giordano special edition tee – I’ll put a picture of it
some time :)
We drove around the Nusa Dua area, then headed back to the
hotel. Me and my sister hung out in our parents room for a while, watched TV
and lay on the sofa, before heading to our own room and fast a wonderful sleep
:)
DAY 5 :’)
The hardest day of the entire holiday. I don’t want the
holiday to end. But that day still present itself as exciting, so one didn’t
have the reason to just stand down and do nothing.
We rented 3 bikes – 1 tandem bike and 2 regular bike for
family of four :D We cycled around Nusa Dua, and spent around 30-45 minutes. The
seats were the most uncomfortable seats! Yet it was so fun :D I hadn’t cycled
in years, so it was refreshing :)
Then, my dad and my sister went to have breakfast in the
restaurant, while me and mom ordered the Asian Breakfast to have in the room.
We got fruit juice, coffee, nasi goreng, fresh fruit, and we also ordered a
side of sautéed mushroom. We bought a tiramisu coffee and some bread at the
supermarket the night before, and we have some of that as well.
Afterwards, we headed to the beach again :) Just like the
previous day, it was cloudy. But I didn’t wear my sun block this time – I needed
me my tan! So rebellious :p
Me and my sister took countless picts again, and walked to
the opposite side of the beach that day. But the wave, unlike yesterday, was gigantic!
They were almost vicious! X_X I braced myself to stand just at the tip of the
shore, to get some of the residuals of the waves. But one or two huge one did catch
me and my sister – and it was fun!
We didn’t get to lie down for too long on the seaside,
because we had to check out from the hotel. Very sad, but the adventure must
continue. We said goodbye to the hotel who had become – somewhat – like our
second home in Bali :p We’d been there for so many times, and it never failed
to bring smiles to our faces.
Because we had such a late breakfast, we decided to go
around the city first before grabbing lunch. My sister needed to exchange her
newly bought shoes, so we went back to the mall. (I couldn’t resist myself from
buying a choc waffle – YUM). Then we went to Discovery mall to park our car,
(check whether their Mark & Spencer had the food section, and it didn’t,)
and walk to Bubba Gump Shrimp :D
I’ve only been there once, although I did visit the one in
New York. To be honest, I think the food was average, but it was the atmosphere
and uniqueness of the concept that drew me and my family back here. We had a
selection of seafood and chips, calamari ring, and to finish it off, a slice of
the chocolate chip cookie-cake. Woot-woot! It took me and my sister back to
New York. We were sooo full but so happy. Oh, dad also got a complimentary choc
ice cream for checking-in on Facebook. Obvi.
We went back to our car, then moved to another mall (the
third one that day :D), Beachwalk. This was another ‘ritual’ that me and my
family did. We didn’t spend too much time there, though. We headed to Zest
Legian, to shower, pack, and had dinner in Jaen.
Then it was time to go.
We were all very quiet in the car. And thinking back to that
day, I started tearing up. I could feel that we e all wanted the day to be
longer, the vacation to never be over. But life must go on!
We parked the car (after circling the airport as we couldn’t
find the parking area), dad had to carry my luggage up and down the staircase
as we did not know where the elevator or the bridge to the main airport
building were, but eventually we made it. We hugged it out, I went in to the
check-in area, queued the long long que to the security and immigration gates,
then rushed to the boarding gate.
It was not easy, but I thank God that we’d had a beautiful
time together as a family, rediscovering this beautiful island that God had
made, and we’d spent our time well.
Now, second week into the semester, I’m already planning our
next vacation :p
It’s one way of keeping myself sane – and it will be wonderful
to have the time just for the four of us, hiding somewhere away from the ‘crowd’
:D
CHEERS!
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