That warm, fuzzy feeling

On October 29, 2008, in home life, thoughts of singapore, by cea
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Was stepping out of the shower this morning when I finally began to appreciate something that I had brought over to Bali from Singapore: the bath and face towels from Aussino that were given as a departure present two years ago from colleagues at my last job posting.

The softness of the face towel as I pulled it across my face, and the warmth that enveloped me as I wrapped the bath towel around me were absent from other towels that I own.

Made me wish there was an Aussino outlet somewhere in Bali so that I can go out and get five more of these towels!

 

Pura Nusa Dharma

On October 27, 2008, in beach, domestic help, nusa dua, photograph, pura temple, by cea
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Currently, I am at home with only my infant son, his nanny and our domestic help as the hubby is in Jakarta until Tuesday for some business meetings.

So to make sure that I do not end up holed in the house during the entire time, I decided to visit the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) Cultural Park, which is less than five minutes drive from our house in Jimbaran yesterday.

However, upon arrival at its gates, we discovered that the entire place was only accessible for attendees of the 1st Asian Beach Games‘ closing ceremony.

Since we were already out and primped for an evening of wandering, I decided on the alternative of Nusa Dua.

First stop: the beach, as I have never stepped on Nusa Dua beach before. The sight that greeted us was a beach filled with people, more specifically, the locals. There were families with children, groups of friends, and couples all splashing around in the water or sitting on the sand having a picnic.

This is not a huge surprise as I had seen on a previous occasion how Jimbaran beach is covered with locals on a Sunday.

So we strolled down the beach to reach this small protrusion:

On arrival, the nanny tells me that there is a temple on it. Since the domestic help, Antonio and myself have not seen this temple, we decide to head up.

Approaching the entrance:

Pass this statue as we walk in:

Continue on until we arrive at this plaque:

I did a Google search for information about this Pura Nusa Dharma, but perhaps it is a lesser known and unimportant temple as all I found is this map, where you can see the temple is indicated on the upper and smaller protrusion on the right.

Anyhow, I proceeded to take a few more shots of the temple.

Pathway leading from the plaque to the entrance:

Part of the temple through the locked gates:

Turning 180 degrees round from above, to see the view from the temple:

 

These pictures were taken as recent as October 19, when we stopped at Roberto’s favourite Indian restaurant in Ubud for an early dinner. We have no idea what they are building but whatever it is, the wonderful view of the rice field will be blocked by yet another row of buildings.

The construction:

The farmer working on one of the remaining plots just behind the construction:

The rest of rice field hidden behind the Indian restaurant:

 

A familiar logo

On October 18, 2008, in Uncategorized, by cea
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Spotted along the Bypass Ngurah Rai, just before the turn to Benoa when travelling from Sanur to Jimbaran: a small reminder of Singapore.