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August 18th 2017

Published: August 18th 2017

Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better. Every day, in every way, you're getting better and better. So chanted the yoga instructor during shivasana (the time when you lie down at the end of a yoga session) as she clanged on her Tibetan healing bowls. My thought bubble pops: "Oh my god. I'm turning into an Eat, Pray, Love cliche. And I don't even like EPL. Jeff is going to have a f... Read Full Entry

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Siewch

About Me: I am a native of Singapore and a professional expat. Since leaving Singapore in 1994, my life journey has taken me first to Bangkok, then to Manchester UK, and then to the United States - starting with Los Angeles, then Honolulu, then Silver Spring, MD, and then back to Honolulu. I took some time off from work between July 2017 and March 2018 to travel and reflect (check out my Midlife Crisis Flashpacking series). I'm now back in the corporate world with a renewed attitude towards life and work. I plan to take another extended trip ... full info

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Cat Cafe

Momi jumped onto my lap!

Cat Cafe

Momi investigating the kitty smells on my backpack. She wasn't the only one. A white kitty - one that I presume to be the diva of the lot - ignored me multiple times but she had to mark and scratch my backpack!

Kecak Dance

Pura Dalem, here the performance was held.

Kecak Dance

The fire walker as he emerges from his trance.

Monkey Forest

Scary sculpture. Look at what is coming out of the crotch. I assume this is a witch in Hindu folklore.

Monkey Forest

Pictured here is a kleptomonkey with its ill gotten gains.

Grooming.

Grooming.

Grooming.

Temple within the monkey forest.

Monkey Forest

I believe the stone sculpture on the left is a fertility symbol.

Museum Puri Lukisan

Decorative doorway.

Neka Art Museum

This painting is oddly reminiscent of a poster that was all over my former workplace depicting a traditional Hawaii ahupua'a or land divisions that are mostly aligned with watersheds.

Neka Art Museum

Pretty door.

Ubud

Temple at Padang Tegal.

Ubud

Random collection of figurines. Sorry if the sunglasses on the Buddha heads offend anyone.

Ubud

Random art installation along a street.

Monkey Forest

Not easy to see here, but this was a pair of mothers with babies clinging to them.

18th August 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

EPL
I have to agree a little bit with Jeff on this one :) But hey, whatever works to relax and revive you is all that matters, right? And if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is...case in point, 'singing balls'. I shall say no more :)

19th August 2017

Siewch
Siewch

EPL
The main issue I have with EPL is that it (the film anyway, I can't be arsed to read the book) romanticizes Bali, and Ubud in particular. But yes, I was flirting with EPL territory this week. Good thing I pulled back. My distaste for kitsch usually sets me on the right path even when I stray :-)

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