Cynthia Foo

Hello Hello! I am back in Perth! Yay!
I spent one month away from home - 3 weeks in Bali. 1 week in Kuala Lumpur.
To be more exact, I wasn’t travelling around Bali for the entire 3 weeks. For the first 14 days, I was pretty much busy with Leaders in Training (LIT) and 55th IPSF World Congress. I’m not if I have time to get around and write about all the craziness in Congress. Oh well, will see aye? 

I checked in to another hotel in Sanur after the Congress.
I was absolutely amazed by all the Balinese sculptures.. Jesus, either Congress was too much for me, or it was just me, overly culturally shocked?

Everything was just so peacefully beautiful.
[Righty-O! Definitely GA overdose! ]

I went for a swim (finally) while I was waiting for my parents and grandma.
Daddy decided to tag mum and nan along to visit me in Bali. ^^ I feel so loved! (as usual)

The next day, we headed out to Pasar Seni Sukawati:

Daddy’s little girl.

The whole market was an eye-opener for me! The colour was rich, lotsa people, lotsa things to see and BUY!
I didn’t quite fancy the local peddlers who approached me and asked me to buy their stuffs. Argh. They were so pushy!

I had fun shopping with dad! Daddy is awesome!

We saw this:

Dad: Hueyhuey, I think you should buy one for Claudine..
Me: Daddy, please. Claudine only use the one with electric one, okay?

Mum and nan were laughing away. tsk tsk tsk.

I’ve been speaking in Teow Chew with nan for the entire trip. It was awesome - thank gawd to know I’m still able to speak good Teow Chew *very proud*

Just right before I’d gone crazy with Aussie dollars, I heard people calling my name “Cynthia! Cynthia!”

I turned around! Hey hey!!! Look daddy, mummy! They are my friends from Congress! Say Hi everyone! >.<
It is good to see some familiar faces in a 'new' world, don't you reckon?

I didn't manage to adjust myself in the hot and humid weather. Think: It was only 3 degree celcius when I left home!
I was so sick at the Congress - I had a course of Amoxycillin and Tamiflu (!!!) God, I might have survived the bugs, but I seriously got killed by the humidity!
Okay, maybe not. I am such a drama queen

Anyway, it is all good now. I'm slowly getting there.

Oh! Again! This is me, doing a customary Teh-Botol shoot

*happy*

You can’t claim that you’ve been to Indonesia unless you do the local drinks.. that’s include Bintang beer which I nearly overdosed on. *wink*

One hour hard work:

The total damage is less than less than AUD25!!

Okay. This is the thing. I was told that I must bargain! If I was offered a dress for Rp200,000.00 (so many zeros) Two hundred thousands, I could bring it down to Rp30,000.000 ! (thirty thousand)

So I did! Easy done. I didn’t bargain much either. Everything seemed to be effortlessly easy.

The moment I walked out the store, I did some calculation, converting the Rp to Aussie dollar.

OMfG!!!!!!

What the??? Are they kidding me? One dress for AUD3.5!!!

Damn it! I felt like walking back to the shop right away at that time. I figured out I need some floor mats for the house, too!

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