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BALI AGAIN (2010)

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We had a good time in the 1st half of our trip to Bali with Deb, Sung-Sook, Diane, and her son, Didier.  We were cleansed and blessed by a spiritual leader at a Hindu Temple Ceremony.  They also gave us holy water from the 108 different Hindu Temples in Bali, to spread/sprinkle on our guesthouse, when we have our opening ceremony there later in early 2011.  We had good food at some of Bali's more famous eateries, such as Ku De Ta, Hu 'U, Zanzibar, Made's Cafe (pronounced Ma-Day), Blue Canyon Coffee (where we had coffee with Rod), Italian, Japanese, just to name a few. Diane is a wealth of information on Bali, so we just followed her.  We also met Sam and Andrea on their motorbike on the way back to their villa from surfing.  Our villa in Seminyak had four bedrooms, each one costing 40$, with daily breakfast, including fresh daily baked German bread.  We walked on the beach for a couple of hours, and we ate seafood on the beach in Jimbaran and spent part o...

AFL GRAND FINAL GALA 2010

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Funny thing happened TODAY .  I went out into the backyard, and saw the head of a mouse.  Turns out my cat left it there and ate the body.  It's cat culture to leave the entire kill, or at least a portion of it for the master, namely me.  I also had a great Triceps, back, calves, abs, and gluts workout this morning. Turns out I didn't go out on THURSDAY NIGHT after all.  I am committed to keeping in shape, and with the AFL Grand Final Gala and the Thursday night party only two days apart, I couldn't justify it.  Anyways, my waistline is thanking me now. SATURDAY I skipped dinner on FRIDAY , in preparation for the five star hotel champagne buffet breakfast.  It was pure Australian fare; oven baked tomatoes, beef and chicken sausages, an egg and juice station, hash browns, bacon, bread, fruit, baked beans, but for me, the cereal corner was the main treat.  I had Raisin Bran and All Bran mixed together, and man, it was good.  I don't...