Honeymoon in Bali - Part I

We were there for 5 days from 25-29 November. We stayed at The Westin, Nusa Dua, hired a local guide to bring us around, had wonderful Balinese food and spent quality time together :)



This is our room at The Westin. The room is nicely decorated for honeymooners with chocolates, apples and flowers!



After checking out the room, we explored the nearby hotels. This is Laguna Resorts. This hotel has beautiful pools for guests to take a dip.



We thought of having lunch at The Laguna's Mayang Sari Restaurant, but it is only open for dinner. Nonetheless, we were served with complimentary tea time snacks. The peppermint tiramisu is lovely! In the end, it was a tad too late for lunch, haha.



On our first dinner in Bali, we eat out at the award-winning Balinese restaurant, Bumbu Bali. I found this restaurant on the internet before the trip. This is the authentic one compared to the one in Puchong, haha. This restaurant provides free pick-up service for diners staying in Nusa Dua area only.



Gan ordered the Sambal Udang, RM60. While I ordered the Ayam Betutu, RM35. It comes with 3 different types of rice, Nasi Kuning, steam rice and brown rice. Other than those, we ordered 2 drinks and dessert. The total came up to about RM150. The food was amazingly good, ambience was cozy and companion was lovely!



In the morning, we walked by the shore and enjoyed the morning breeze. Our tour won't start till noon. This is my second time to Bali and I forego Barong dance and Kachak performance this time. I have seen them and in my opinion, once is more than enough.



During lunch, we ate in the hotel. This is Ikan Restaurant and it's open from noon till late. Both of us had the Nasi Campur that has otak-otak, beef, chicken, prawn, vegetables and etc in it. This must be the most expensive meal we had. The total was close to RM300!



Our guide, Wayan, came to pick us from our hotel after lunch time. We headed to place like Uluwatu temple (seen here). It was really windy up at the cliff.



We walked further and our guide brought us to this amazing side of the area. Wind was stronger, view is pretty and the sound of the waves crashing the rocks was louder!



Later at night, we dined at Jimbaran. It was impossible to eat out by the beach because the wind was too strong at this time of the year. We had no choice but to sit inside the restaurant. We ordered a grilled fish in Balinese sauce and a sweet and sour prawn. We wanted but couldn't order more as there were only 2 of us. The total bill came up to about RM110.

Stay tune for Part II of the honeymoon :)

Another update

1. Canopies are up! Friends and relatives will be here tomorrow to savor all the goodies. Buffet starts at 7pm, be here early you guys! :D

2. The newly wed couple's room is nicely decorated by yours truly. It is really amazing! Worth every dime, hehe.

3. Makeup artist, photographer and videographer are all set! They will be on time!

4. Gowns for the actual day are ready, so is the accessories.

5. Must prepare myself emotionally. Be focused and alert at all times.

6. Arrgh, can't wait for our honeymoon! My much deserved holiday after months and months stuck locally.

p/s: Won't be updating for at least a week. Take care y'all, see you in December :)

Wedding banquet 15-Nov-08

These are only few of the photos taken on that night. I'm awaiting for more photos from John. To those who has more pics, please send them over! You have my email, if you don't, there's one listed here :D

Other than thank yous, I'd like to apologize too if the food was lousy, if you were seated far back, if the service was lousy, if the wine tasted funny, if I didn't say my hellos or simply because it wasn't upto your mark. Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless. At least, I did! Hehe...

That's all from me now. I'll update when I have the time again :)

Eating out: Pasta Zanmai

Pasta Zanmai is located in 1 Utama's old wing, right next to Carl's Jr. It mainly sell Japanese soba, although there is some rice bento too. Other than that, there are really nice beverages and desserts to choose from.


Shishamo, RM8

The shishamo is really fresh. It wasn't fried until dry, unlike some Japanese restaurant. Each fish is filled with gazillion roes. I felt the roe bursting in my mouth *slurps*


Agedashi tofu, RM8

There are 4 cubes of tofu, each topped with different condiments. The Kikkoman sauce really brings out the flavor *double thumbs up*


Beef Noodle in Curry, RM25

Dad ordered this and it tasted good. Beef's tender and the noodles was delicious in curry. Unlike other curries, Japanese curry actually taste salty and barely even spicy. Oh yes, it's brown in color :D


Ebi Ika Wafu, RM25

Mom had the seafood noodle soup. In it, there's squids, 3 large prawns and topped with fresh cut spring onions.


Goma Ebi Tempura, RM25

And I had the best of the lot :P This is noodle in sesame sauce with prawn tempura. The sesame sauce is something new and I never tried this anywhere else. It is an interesting combination and it went well with the noodle. Perhaps, I am rather adventurous. And this scores high! One of the must-haves in Pasta Zanmai.

Thank You!

Hi guys!

The wedding dinner went really well yesterday. I wasn't expecting a punctual timing but it did. All my guests arrived before 8pm! Can you belief that? It was really a wonderful surprise and I'm really thankful for their presence.

At about 8pm, we got ourselves ready outside the ballroom waiting for the cue to march in. As soon as we heard our march-in song playing, we slowly walked down the red carpet. At this moment, Gan was like a walking stick! Haha. Everyone was applauding for us but somehow, I couldn't hear it! I kept telling myself to smile, to look left and right and smile even more! Fortunately, everything well accordingly :D

Once again, my utmost gratitude to Amy, Adeline, Pui Kwan, Monita and Joe for taking care of guests registration; Nelson and John who wouldn't stop snapping photos; Chuen Hau for preparing the slideshows; Khiam, AH, Sun, Wong and Chuen who shouted their lungs out during toasting; friends & relatives whose names I didn't mention for helping us with the banquet; all my guests for being punctual; and lastly my parents who has raised and loved me all my life.

I thank all of you wholeheartedly :)


p/s: 1 wedding banquet over, 1 to go! Also, all proceeds will go to charitable organizations :)

More updates

Most preps are done for the upcoming banquet. Next thing I need to worry is the actual day and the so-called hen's night.



Luckily I got my sayang to design the invitation card for me. The invitation is now ready and waiting for its delivery time.



My next door neighbour is absolutely wonderful. She offered to get wedding favors for me, FREE! Thanks Aunty Za!