Day One in Bali

Today is June 16, 2006, my first blog and very first day to leave my beloved country the Philippines, have mixed emotions now, sad and at the same time excited to meet other people, explore new cultures and places..Inside Singapore airlines – I’m sited at the left side of the plane, parallel to the wings, that’s why I can see the movement of the wings as it glides in the clouds…cant move freely on my chair, why? Because I’m in the middle of 2 Asian women, on my left is from Jakarta, she has a filipino husband, on my right is like an old maid, I think she’s Chinese, I didn’t talk to her coz I’m afraid she might have the wrong impression of me.Singapore lines has great entertainment for its passengers..Every back of the headrest has a tv monitor, around 6.5-7 inches wide.What’s funny about this, is that I don’t know how to turn it on, specially the controls on my left arm rest. It came to a point that a crew approached me and asked why I called for helped. I said I dint call her, I suddenly realized that a while back I was pressing all the buttons on the controller a while back, hahaha, That’s what caught her attention..Back to the t.v. and controller thing, you know what I did to operate that stuff?I waited my seatmate to open hers so I can copy whatever she’s doing, hahahaha..The FOODFood tastes good and also its served hot, I had bihon, muhlach’s ensaymada, coffee, fruits for dessert and orange juice also.Singapore AirportIts amazing, where can you find an airport with free amenities? Its all here, free internet, X Box games, free movies, you can also take a nap, spa, gym, Restaurants name it you got it.. wala ng hahanapin pa, they also have the “travelator”sa sobrang haba ng airport nila mapapagod ka maglakad, I tried it and masarap sumakay, im just wondring why other people who ride it still keeps on walking, kaya ka nga sumakay dun para di ka mapagod maglakad diba? Medyo mabilis din sya kaya when I stepped sa dulo na medyo nasubsob ako, buti nalang wala ako kasunod, airline crews are also friendly and accommodative. Sexy pa ng mga stewardess… hehehehe…FoodThe food is ok, sa dami ng choices di ko alam kakainin ko, they have Mcdonalds, Burger King, of course nag scout ako ng heavy and cheap, meron ng mga ganun sa pinas, so I ended up eating chicken curry with beansprouts and kangkong…The curry is ok, bago sa panlasa ko kc sobrang anghang, sa manila iba ang curry, ditto may spices pa na kahalo di ko ma explain ang lasa pero masarap sya it costed me 7.05 singaporian dollar, di nako bumili ng drinks coz may baon akong 1 liter na water hehehe, tipid tipid talaga…Denpasar airportDisappointed ako here, first, ang tagal ng pila sa immigration, nagpabalik balik ako coz may form palang pipirmahan pa, then wen the time im getting my baggage sa carousel may kumuhang porter, I thought kaya nya kinuha kc he wanted to help me, after nun he is asking me to give him a dollar, as in galit pa sya, of course di ko binigyan sabi ko ako nalang magtutulak ng cart ko.. sira ulo ba sya.. pinoy ata to, wais…Balisani padma hotelIt took me about 25 min to get here, mabait naman yung sumalubong sakin, very acomodative.. taga java sya, Joey is his name, kwento sya about bali and java ng konti…he’s asking if I wanted to have a simple tour sa bali syempre alam ko may bayad to pero di naman ako umoo.. I just get his calling card para di mapahiyaFirst night in baliWala ako makitang mura na makainan, the cheapest is around 200-300 pag na convert sa peso, kaya I ended up eating chippy and 1 bottle ng beer dito sa room , which is called “Bintang” Lasang pale sya, ito nalang dinner ko para makatulog ng maayos. Pagod kc sa byahe, t.v. here ndi maintindihan kasi bahasa ang language konti lang english, BBC news lang ataThat’s it for the day, ill sleep na para magising ng maaga, saying ang breakfast…