im back in spore in time to finish up term papers and memorise my script for tomorrow's presentation on "Uses and Abuses of Preservatives". ha.
jakarta was great not only cuz of andreas but also cuz i didnt have to think temporarily. sometimes you just need to stop thinking, even if you're thinking about thinking, don't. anyways, jakarta was so hot, not humid hot like here, just hot. it got up to 42 degrees celsius on my last day there. there's no such thing as drinking too much water there cuz the heat sucks up all the energy and you become so lethargic and stoned to do anything, let alone think. people drive like mad men and once you give way to someone else you're a dead duck. it was too congested and whoever planned how the roads run did an awful job so traffic jams are as usual as my getting bitten by fat mosquitoes (which by the way was all the freakin time if i didnt wear jeans).
bali was hot people galore. saw a japanese surfer dude who was oh so hot and dreas spent time ogling at other girls with barely there bikinis. haha. too commercialised, too touristy, too many touters. and the sand was soft and we ate dinner obviously at tanahlot on the beach with the sea breeze and seafood. you cannot not go there if you're in bali despite the fact it's catered specially for suckers like us.
i didn't like lombok cuz i fell sick and the resort we stayed in was a ghost town plus there were hardly anybody around and we were in senggigi which is supposedly the tourist populated town. so we upgraded our flight to business in order to fly back to jakarta earlier. we never want to fly economy again. hahah but as if we have a bloody choice.
there wasn't much to buy in terms of apparels, most of the stuff are imported from HK (where else) and once you've browsed in one store, you've basically seen all. so i came home without new clothes or shoes or bags, oh so unlike me. plus i didnt get to try my bargaining skills!
but at least the food was pretty good!
oh and andreas' brother has a number of pets but there's this one pet i especially like. she's a small goldfish named tornado cuz of the way she spins up to the surface with her tiny little fins. she's adorable. she sucks on your finger too if you put it into the water. haha. she's absolutely lovely. i dont like fish but i like tornado. oh and the blind husky called blanco mated with the retriever and they produced a weird lookin mix whose name ive forgotten and he committed incest by mating with his mother. haha.
so anyway, andreas is coming back early next month! :)