Season Culture and Shopping!
Located in central Bali.
What you can find in Ubud are scenic rice fields, small villages, art and craft communities, ancient temples, palaces, rivers and very happy tourists. =)
We stayed in the very awesome hotel called the Green Fields Hotel and Bungalows, within walking distance to BBDDD!!
Rise and shine!
Comfy day bed at the patio.
Bought this gorrrrrrrgeous dress from Body and Soul in Kuta for only RP120,000 (RM40). A must visit shop! They have the most beautiful sundresses at such cheap prices it makes your grandma smile. The shop is everywhere! Just ask aorund. =)
And the patio overlooks the green paddy fields. How awesome!
It’s a shopping day! We were going to Ubud Market to practice our bargaining skills.
Passed by a lovely cottage on the way.
Bali has a lot of stray dogs. No offense but they all look kinda ugly and they definitely don’t look like… dogs.
Most of them look like hyenas.
Some like horses
Some like tigers
And on very rare occasions, you see the Polardog.
Must must must come to this place for shopping! And remember to haggle the price to at least 1/3 the original price they give. Whatever sold in Ubud is actually sold double the price elsewhere (Kuta, Seminyak), so this is the time for you to buy all the cheapskate souvenirs for your friends (i bought mine in the airport and it’s three times the price).
Learnt my lesson!
Ubud is most famous for paintings.
I was looking for something that goes gorgeous for my apartment but they don’t have any cottage paintings.
Something like this! Anyone can tell me where to find (cheap ones)?
A lot of cocks.
A lot of chicks.
Colorful! 
Everybody who goes to Bali comes back with Giraffes!
I heart giraffes. I brought two back with me.
Okay the price i paid wasn’t the lowest but Icy don’t be sad, because i saw the exact same giraffe sold in a furniture shop in PJ priced at RM159. Be happy!
Kenny and Cheesie statues.
Balinese are really fascinated with penises aren’t they.
A bat!
Eh… wrong rotation.
Should view liddis.
Gua Gajah!
These are the only two pictures you can see a complete Icy face.
Stone carvings.
(ya this is a caption to elaborate his expression)
Puri Saren Dance
Is the exact same story as Kecak dance. Just much slower. Yawn.
It really intrigued me how the dancers all have the exact same expression–their eyes pried opened to maximum, lips curved at such an impossible angle it looks like a cross between a forced smile and a constipated face.
But it’s really amazing cuz they look exactly like this.
At night we went to Warung Enak for dinner.
Before going back to rest.
Next up: Season Paddy Fields
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:43 am
mm sometimes wonder y do u censor icy’s face out? 0.0
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:47 am
She wants to remain famously anonymous!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:53 am
wow.. rili nice pics u have here..
“Whatever sold in Ubud is actually DOUBLE the price of elsewhere (Kuta, Seminyak)” >> means more expensive or what? i tot u wanna say “HALF the price” izit? or maybe i’m too shallow to understand it..
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:10 am
wtf. pardon me. It’s late at night. I meant to say “Whatever sold in Ubud is actually sold double the price elsewhere”
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:19 am
Why got Polardog one! WTF only you can find something like this.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 am
Wow… You took alot of nice photos~!!! ^_^
Bali… a nice place to visit too…
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 am
I spotted a Tasmanian tiger!
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:34 am
Nice dress!
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 am
LOL. Your brushing teeth very funny.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 am
where to stay? Ubud or Kuta?
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:57 am
funniest description of the dancers…hahaha…
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 am
OMG! Bali is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo colourful. and I loveeee the hotel you stayed in.
btw, that is one huge bat
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Ubud market is so worth going. I’m into all things ‘home furnishing’ (hence my blog: howshouse.com) and there you can get loads of wood furnishings for cheap. Great place for bargaining (use the walk away trick, they’ll always call ya back). Many local home stores sell their wares here for a markup of up to 1000% seriously. i bought a wood sculpture for rm12 and found that it was sold here for rm160! no kidding
[howshouse.com]
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
haha,yea..walk away trick is da best!!!
it does work seriously..
like 1 time i went to pasar seni…
then saw this guess handbag very glittery n nice..then i keep staring at it..like wan to buy
then i walk away..then the seller begin to bargain for me,lol!
and yet i didnt buy..haha.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Your pictures are nice! Taken by who? you guys have an official photographer following you?
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
BTW,so funny ah the dancers..all same muka oly.-_- no defferents…
that kind of cottage painting cheap cheap ah…i think taman tunn gt alot paintings there wor,but duno cheap or not. Ikano also have a painting shop. or i paint u one,lol…
why bali so obssess with dick?…..no real dick around? or a voodoo thingy.-_-
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Hi cheesie.
I’m a loyal reader of ur blog. Also an illustrator. How much budget u have in mind for a cottage painting? And what size? Maybe I can help? Haha.
Maybe some ppl there worship dick? O_O Like those carve out statues
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
None of the dogs can compare to your Cheddie, ya?
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
cheesie, which room type u guys stayed at green field hotel?izit the ‘bale pesamuan’?
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
opps..ok, my question sounds weird.. =P
which room type did u guys choose?izit ‘bale pesamuan’?
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
are u sure the polardog is a stray one?!
it’s so chubby…
and quite kawaii in a beary way…
^^
oohh..
all this time i tot u had a grudge on ICY…
LOL…
sorry~~
my stupid mistake
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
pretty stuff! awesome paddy sceneries…like very back-to-nature atmosphere..can’t wait for more of these pics.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
how much is the giraffe? i saw one approx. AUD25.
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
bali bali omg i’m missing it so muuuuuuuch!
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
The polar dog is very ugly
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
My preference is if people don’t post pictures of me online wtf…
but if DIE DIE also must, then censor my face lar …
so yeah, Cheesie censors my face because I ask her to. Same as I did with Coconuts.
Apa ni conspiracy theory all lar?
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
sorry again~~
SORRY!!!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
@ariescandy: haha.. aiya.. no issue.. must censor lar, cause I look like those dogs that Cheesie posted LOL!
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 pm
How funnyeh you put up those stray dogs… but i see the first dog like in bad state?
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
*LOL* at warung enak’s pic
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:32 am
ya loh, the dogs damn gross right T___T when i went thailand the dogs were ALSO mix-bred until i can’t recognize what creatures they are !
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 am
How did you bring back the giraffes? Check in?
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 am
What a great experience you had. Well, you learned quickly about the price. One third may sounds silly but it is true, especially as the seller tend to also give significantly higher price to foreign tourists. They have at least three categories, local Balinese (those do not speak Balinese fluently), Indonesian (from other provinces), and foreigners.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 am
hi, pretty dress.. can u tell me whr it’s from?
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 am
Keju: why! you also found a lot of *ahems*
Reiko: i know!
KY: you take a lot of interest in animals nowadays. Mournful you didnt get to go Wild Live Party is it.
Ying bin: thank you!
Simon: teethee. (omg im so punny)
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 am
Amy: must stay in these two places!
lyn:
Miss Bimbo: yes yes! all the hotels are cheap and awesome!
howshouse: but you really have to be very brave la. Icy and i very soft hearted one not good on our wallet.
evelyn: aiyooo didnt kena marah ke
sheryl0202: me, kenny, chris, icy can all take awesome pictures!!!
evelyn: but they dont sell the ones i wanted
ashley: oooh you mean you design for me?
jam: waaa cheddie is not a dog. she is a superdog. haha
shereensaw: bale bulan!
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
ariescandy314: maybe no stray hor. But they do look very ungroomed.
dj: on the way!
syu: i paiseh to tell!
penny: but very fat!
nyx: you gorgeous a bit sayang to blur ur face
boon kheng: ya lo kesian
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
ahlost: its expensive. dont eat there.
devina: true la. i wonder why the dogs look so diff
kevin: yes yes
Seminyak Villas: thank you for the info! And nice website
girl: see this is exactly why i insert the info but seems like nobody reads it! I have the exact answer for your ques in this post go search!
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
It’s time for me to re-visit Bali…….
July 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am
I really like this post :). Wat cam ur using?
July 4th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
The bat looked as if he was holding a wand. Very Harry Potter-ish -___-|||
July 7th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
hahaha… yr photos are too beautiful, makes me miss out reading it
thanks!!
July 26th, 2008 at 12:34 am
oh the dancers are trained to have such expressions. it’s really tiring for the eyes. but it’s part of the dance culture. =))
so beautiful! i wanna go for a short trip too. bleh.