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Forcing myself to complete the India posts before I fly off this Saturday for my annual MUST-VISIT-ONE-NEW-PLACE objective. Bobby was calling me lazy because there’s nothing new to read, friends asking why I don’t update my blog anymore… Err… errr… I admit lah, I malas + no motivation bah.

Anyways, back to Goa!
Saya suka sangat lah tempat ini!

The padlock of our humble little hut~

 
Basically.. they celebrate everything apart from death..
*choi! tai kak lai si!*

Some people prefer to rent kayak and row themselves into the sea to see dolphin. Since it was out first time, we chose the safe tourist way, get a boat.

Abang Agent bringing us to our boat.

Nah~

The other boats and kayaks waiting for the dolphins.

I don’t have any nice clear shot of the dolphins so don’t expect any photos of dolphins here ya. Maurina got some better one. So, after the spotting the dolphins, the boat man brought us to see some other islands in Palolem. Butterfly Island, Honeymoon Island *If you know what I mean* He told us that they would drop the tourists (couples *cough*) and picked them up 2 to 3 hours later. *MAJOR COUGH*

Of course, also got family doing the island hopping lah. I swear, the above photo was not taken intentionally focusing on the “peach” ah.

Back to our the beach~

 
Yummy breakfast while having my toes wriggling in the sand.

 
And back to our hut relaxing…
Such was our lives in Palolem… Sleep, eat, jalan, sleep, eat, jalan…

Ni nah… Kak Maurina doing laundry.

Uncle si Babe cari makan

And we were that close to them! Of course, I was there to protect her lah.

So sweet lahhhhhhhhh
I hope when I’m at that age, my husband still want to hold my hand and bawa jalan…. with passion of course. Don’t want those macam dissing type.

Got myself a dolphin ring here and an elephant pendant for Maurina.


We passed by this, and when pusing balik, we couldn’t find it anymore!
We wanted to makan there bah!


Blow… Horn….


A guesthouse named “My Soulmate”


Other hotel/guesthouse/huts that we passed by. Lawa, but quite far (as in compare to Cuba lah) from the beach.


Everyday also happy hours~


Went to the restaurant of the hotel next to us…. Bleurghhhh… not nice one the food! Sibeh limpeh not nice! We made a good choice of dining in Cuba all the time eh.

After the not so satisfying meal, we rent a kayak (because they ran out with the single one) and seriously, we.. or rather, I… have terrible body coordination! We were always spinning in circles sampai Maurina gave up and we took turns to paddle. Cannot both together, pusing pusing tu. Hehehhehehehehee.

And… for our last night in Palolem, what better than huge BBQ seafood feast again in Cuba!

The freshness from the sea
(Tapi nada katam…..)


If you notice all our dinner in Cuba Goa ah… you will realized that our seafood got bigger and bigger everyday! Hahahhahhaa!
We had red snapper (Big!), squids and prawns again. Puas eh!
We finished all of it don’t play play!

And while chilling by the beach admiring the fireworks, I realized I don’t have the room key with me! I searched high and low for it and last last, quickly dashed back to our hut. The key was there, hanging in the key hole…

*doink*

But the good thing was, none of our thing was lost or stolen~ Phew….

So I happily pranced back to the restaurant swinging the key ready to shout to Maurina that I found the key. And….. the stupidest thing happened! The straw tying the key went loose and the key flew away… I was walking on the beach that time, at night. With no spotlights or anything…

Mana itu kunci??????

FML kao kao!
Really stupid kan!

The chefs of the BBQ stand and also the staff helped me looking for the key with torch light but…. how can wor.. So in the end I went to the counter and they gave me another key, with no extra charge. Maybe they biasa guests hilang their keys already because they acted as if it’s very normal.

And that ends my posts in Goa.
Next, train ride to Mumbai!

I hope I can finish all the India posts within these 2 days lah.
Wish me luck.

Seriously, my week 20 was so awesome that I sometimes dread that maybe unlucky thing will come soon because you know… the balance of life dafuq.

First of all, my best friend 48 came back for a super short holiday. Not really a holiday la, she came back to visit her sick grandma. But still, I felt that I already untung that I was able to see her after 1.5 years we last met.

Oh ya, before that, I had a great fall while taking my casual stroll around the neighourhood…

It was really really bad…. And the story behind it, you would laugh when I  told you how Badd (my kanasai friend) poured antiseptic to the wound and how loud I yelled in Wisma Yakin!

A week later…

The scabs had all came off now leaving really ugly scars. Need a lot of whitening ni!

Celebrated our 8th Paktohversary. This time we opted for something different. Instead of picking a nice restaurant, I whipped up a meal from scratch because he complained I hadn’t made him sushi for a long time. (It was.. 7 years ago)

The menu, Deep fried soft shell crab, bacon wrapped scallops (these two I super proud of myself) and the rest… the usual stuffs.

My best friends who layan-ed my silliness.

We were sitting on the big rocks and I plucked a leaf and did that green mustache thing. They laughed and I forced them to do the same too! I was like, you guys so sweet lah, always layan me one, not afraid of sia-soi-ness and SL murmured cheh, andang sia-soi don’t know how long liao lah when you (me) around.

True friends huh.

   
Steamboat at my place.

Went to Modesto (in Batu Bersurat) with the Garden Circlings because Pingko said she wanted to belanja us because she just got her first pay from the new work place. Was very disappointed at the food, like seriously seriously super very the disappointed!

(They have a page in the menu dedicated to vegetarians as above, but those with red stickers are currently unavailable. Bagus ihh!)

Turned out the dinner date was actually a secret plan plotted by Bobby to propose.

Hhahahahahha!

Full story later. Because I don’t have any photos with me.

It felt so unreal…. I was yu-mou-lun-chi (dunno dafuq was I saying) after the proposal and did a super sia-soi thing. I yelled, showing my finger, "I’M FINALLY ENGAGED!!!!”

Thank you for the lovely surprise my dear fiancé, esehman!

I said it earlier and I’m going to say it again, dear 48, you sibeh lucky to get involved in the proposal hor. Hahahhahaa. But really lah, it was like a super bonus for me that she was there during this important moment of my life. Dear God, you sibeh nice to me lah. I promise you I will  .. okay, cant think of anything to promise. Nevermind lah, next time ya.

Made this infinity dress yesterday (tutorial over here) and love the result so much! Though it is a little too short but still, at least it looks wearable! I only measured and cut, mom did the sewing because I am really bad with the sewing machine when it comes to this lycra fabric.

There, my week 20 in summary.

Everyone… fine, not everyone, knows I’m not a huge fan of cakes but one particular online bakery really caught my attention lately. Not really lately lah, but we’ve been loyal customers ever since the very first order. There’s a huge variation of flavours to choose, the punctuality she has on delivery time, and of course, the designs!

It all started from Sheepy ordering her anniversary cake.


Well, her nick is Sheepy, needless to say, she is a huge fan of sheep.

Then another colleague of mine ordered this. *points above*

I was really amazed by the Chinese characters! Hello, this is coming from someone who can’t speak, read, write Chinese one wor. I think I ask Bobby writes his own Chinese name also cannot.

Nisa’s Tiffany & Co. (box only) cake because we couldn’t afford the real thing dafuq.

 
Bibi’s prayer cake.

Vky’s Princess cuppies

And her wedding cake

 
Z’s lovely pinkish Chanel Cake (don’t play play)

Didie’s Polaroid cake with our photo!

And lastly, Sheepy’s birthday cake this year.

She wanted a topsy turvy cake and so I contacted Midori Icing Cakes, told her what I wanted for Sheepy, found an image and decided on the flavours, viola! The bottom layer is crunchy hazelnut and the upper layer is red velvet! How awesome is that!

And the price…… la la la la la ~ Just put it that way, we are super happy with it and seriously, Midori never lets us down!

See more of her work at https://www.facebook.com/midoribakery and be amazed.

p/s: This is not a paid ad. I just thought that it will be nice to share this because we all love her cakes very much.