After bidding Mount Batur and Hotel Surya goodbye, we then headed to Ubud. Another amazing town that anyone who drops by in Bali should visit. Spending a night here is definitely recommended. Everything is away from the hustling and bustling of town life like Kuta beach.

On the way to Ubud we did make some detours and the first stop was lunch.

Gahhhhh just realized the photo colours are off. So much for batch editing -_-!

The best part of our lunch was that it was buffet style. So we kept eating until the locals gave a weird look LOL.

They had this crazy spicy sate that i kept taking but once the fella preparing gave me a stare, i stopped. Hahaha. We were just spoilt we the amount of food.

The building that we were at is built right at the edge. Check out the unfinished metal pieces sticking out. After lunch we drove to a nearby coffee farm where we were introduced to the animal that is incharge of making the most expensive coffee in the world.

The so called mobile coffee maker, LOL.

We were given samples of what they make in this farm, from different types of coffees to chocolate drinks. Noticed the cinamon in the cup? They use that to stir, how unique is that

Unripe coffee? ROFLMAO. This is where it all begins before it ends up in your cup of Starbucks or Coffee Bean.

Finally it was time for the most expensive coffee in the world to take center stage. Having one of the most kiam siap groups to date, we all ordered a grand total of ……… *drums roll*

ONE cup of luwak coffee ! HAHAHAHAHA

It was simply too expensive for us. More over it’s only a backpacking trip. So we all took one sip at a time and seriously, it look so pathetic. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

We then carried on towards Ubud and as we got closer we could the strong Hinduism architecture in ever household. In fact each house has it’s own temple and a priest would do prayers for each family. Super ganas !

We stopped by at a nearby temple and this is where devotees would cleanse themselves, something similar to cleansing in Ganges river.

After the temple we finally reached Ubud town. It’s a very quiet town compared to Kuta. I simply love their buildings. We were left to explore the town for half an hour and guess what we found ?

Babi Guling ! Sorry non halal for the next picture. I have always heard about this and finally we had the chance to try it out.

… and so what’s my verdict on Babi Guling? Over rated.

Probably we weren’t in the right store to eat it but i would take Siew Yok or Char Siew Fan anytime lol.

Keat Meng standing in front of the shop, hoping they would have a branch in Malaysia soon, lol.

We then checked into our hotel. Initially we were suppose to stay in a different place but last minute we were bumped up to this awesome cottage called the Sri Ratih Cottage. A huge leap from Sri Surya for sure. LOL. Everyone was excited seeing how the place was. I will write more in detail about this place in my upcoming entry

After giving everyone their room keys, we had our welcome drinks and zoomed off for dinner.

Each place we stopped was specifically chosen so that all of us had the chance to photograph something nice. So for dinner itself we had at Panorama Bar & Restaurant.

Before hand, i gave them our names as an assurance that we would be coming and seeing that majority of us are chinese or in fact all of us are chinese expect me, hahaha, they prepared for us chopsticks. Ganas sial.

Stay tuned for updates on my trip to Northern Luzon, Philippines. I have yet to publish my entries for Bali and here i am posting a video on Philippines, lol.

In the mean time, check out this competition by Munchy’s where an iPad could be YOURS by simply making a video not longer than 30 seconds. To know more, follow these simple steps

Step 1: Check out the MUZIC Wafer commercial or download the MUZIC Wafer track here.

Step 2: Got the feel for the jingle? Good! Now… shoot a video of you doing the MUZIC Wafer Jingle in the most creative ways imaginable. Your video MUST feature at least one MUZIC Wafer pack and cannot be longer than 30 seconds.

Step 3: Submit your video at http://www.munchysmuzic.com/ via the ‘MIMIC’ tab.

Step 4: Chill and wait. If our judges select your video as a Top 20 Finalist, we will notify you and put your video to a vote.

It doesn’t get any easier than this. 30 seconds is all you need to stand a chance to win these prizes ! J

Grand Prize x3: iPad 32GB
Top 20 Finalists: Munchy’s Hamper worth RM150 each

The contest starts NOW and ends 4 August 2010

MTV World Stage is BACK!!! Wooohooo! For those who have no idea what MTV World Stage is all about, it’s a live concert that features artists from around the world and this time it includes Tokio Hotel, Wonder Girls, our very own Bunkface and Katy Perry !

MTV World Stage 2010 will be held at the Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach on the 31^st of July 2010 at 6pm.

I am pretty sure now that I have mentioned the artists that will be here, you would be eager to find out how do you get yourself into MTV World Stage 2010.

There’s 3 easy ways to do so:

• You can get your exclusive money-can’t-buy passes by reloading RM50.

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OR

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So what are you waiting ?!!!!! Get your tickets now and attend the biggest concert of the year!

For those who are already going, see you there !!!

A couple of days after unboxing my Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM, i got it dirty and decided to clean it with water. Here is how i did it.

LOL, probably half of you would have left this site after watching that short video.

I received a packaged from Macau more than 2 months back and it has been sitting on my table for quite sometime without me realizing it. Upon opening the wrapper i saw the famous Canon logo and i got hysteric, wondering what could it be in the box.

After reading the description, i found out that it was a thermos flask  that had a ratio of 1 to 1 with the Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM. This was amazing as it looked identical to the actual lens. Even after removing the cap, i can mount on my DSLR but of course it doesn’t work.

Here are some pictures of unboxing the  Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM.

In eBay there’s something similar for Nikon ! It follows Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 with 1 to 1 ratio. How cool is that ?

It was during last year’s Zero Fare when we bought our tickets for Philippines. It was before we even left for Bali, Jakarta and Yogyakarta! Crazy i tell you !

I never had any plans to travel right after Indonesia but with the total price for return flight RM 45 flashing on my screen, who could resist ?!

That’s right, 45 ringgit for a return tickets to Philippines. This was way before Airasia hiked up the price of check in luggage. You can say that we were lucky.

In the Philippines, we will be joined by our local Pinoy Ambassador, Hannah !

As usual, i won’t be going to the typical places but will be going far up north, Northern Luzon where we will stop at Vigan, Laoag City, Pagudpud and finally at Manila.

This time around, my bag has been significantly lighter cause the clothes i am bringing are light weighted ala jersey types. We would be traveling in public buses in certain area so a light bag would be a good bag, lol.

My DSLR is out again. It has been hibernating for God knows how long.

Every trip, ever since Cambodia i have been using Crocs as my footwear. Not only is it comfortable but easy to try especially when it rains and after i wash it due to dust and sand. This is actually my third pair T.T For some reason, each pair goes missing either on the final day of my backpacking trips or the week after the trip. Hopefully this pair stays put with me and doesn’t walk off on it’s on.

Found a fantastic money changer in Equine Park. The rates he gave me were so much higher comparatively to Penang.

Passport check!

Flight itineraries check! We will be boarding 4 airlines during this whole trip; Airasia, Philippines Airlines, Cebu Pacific Air and Malaysia Airlines.

Those on twitter, feel free to follow the hashtag #php10

First stop, Tunehotels LCCT !