2. Heading into Sogo for shopping… and couple massages!!! We had specifically told them that we wanted massages that “hurt so much they felt good”. Snickers gives me massages religiously – foot massages, hand massages, shoulder massages, even tummy massages – and so he’s set the standard pretty high with regards to what I like. And, like the first massage we got in Bali, it took some convincing on my behalf to get him to go for a massage. He doesn’t particularly like people touching him, especially when all that’s separating him from their hands is a pair of disposable panties that were frightfully ugly and inappropriately sized… hahaha. 3. Discovered a Starbucks in Bali and as much as I am anti-Starbucks, I gave in to my coffee craving and bought a cup. Bali may be known for it’s coffee but I was craving a iced-coffee and, well, Bali’s hot coffee just couldn’t satisfy me at that weak moment.
4. I have to laugh at the whole coffee thing here. Snickers and I love our daily cup of coffee together and so were sure to stuff some packs of Korean mocha coffee into our suitcase. Earlier on today Snickers offered some of our Korean coffee to the older couple neighboring our hotel room. They’re from Australia and have been coming to Bali every year for 27 years. They were more than pleased to accept our Korean coffee packs, they congratulated us on our recent marriage and then we chatted about things like children and differences between countries. We particularly focused on the topic of children. In Korea, Snickers is always tugging on the shoes of little ones as their parents cradle them in their arms, saying silly things to kids in stores, and tickling babies in strollers. I too am guilty of this but Korea is ok with it. If anything, Korean parents seem to be proud when random people show their children affection. I had warned Snickers about the foreigners in Bali though, telling him that Korea is Korea and things are different outside of it. My point was proven today when I approached the fruit table at the buffet. A little foreign boy was playing with the spoon I needed to use to scoop some watermelon on my plate. His father was standing nearby and so I waited, but his father totally ignored the situation, so I placed my hand on the back of the little boy’s head of blond curls and said, “Wow, you’ve got to be the cutest worker at this resort. Would you mind to give me some watermelon? Be sure to pick me out the most delicious too!” Instantly, the father turned around, grabbed the boy’s wrist and gave me a look as if to say I had done something so disgustingly wrong. I felt so embarrassed at his look but what was more embarrassing was that I dropped my plate. It smashed to a billion pieces and all my fruit went flying.
5. Snickers’ nose is peeling like there’s no tomorrow and it’s super cute but my hair, that I had just dyed ash brown before this trip, has gone platinum blond!
6. At Sogo, after we got our couple massages, we walked around to do some snack shopping. Snickers wanted to get a temporary henna tattoo and I scored a deal on getting my nails done.
7. For dinner, we checked out this rocking restaurant that raved about it’s live music and selection of all-you-can-eat BBQ meats. Snickers is all about the all-you-can-eats. He definitely eats more than his share of the bill and is definitely one of those customers that leaves the managers regretting the option. 8. The thing that was so cool about this restaurant was the fact that the male waiters walked around with massive chunks of BBQ meat. Snickers was given a card that was green on one side, red on the other side, so as long as he had the green side flipped up these guys with massive chunks of meat would randomly come to our table and slice of part of the meat unto his plate.
9. Turns out the live music that people raved about was what scared Snickers and I from ever venturing to that restaurant again, despite it’s over-the-top delish meat. I’m not too sure if this is an East Asia thing or not, because I saw that it was popular in Thailand too, but I see no attraction or interest in watching a man in drag sing on a stage. I’m not too sure if he… he/she… was a full on transvestite or not but it didn’t matter to us; he/she was scary. The table of Chinese men were loving it though.
Me trying to avoid the scary entertainment but trying to also take a picture of him... her... it?!
Boo to the scary entertainment. 10. Snickers scored the label “The Korean Monkey” tonight by a little Russian girl who had taken the same shuttle bus back to the resort. We spotted her looking at pictures on her camera of her trip to one of the local monkey forests and so Snickers thought he’d make a monkey face at her.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Why do so many people try so hard to be something or someone they're not?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
-- Judy Garland
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