will i am's delayed diary

Dust It Swiped from williamnyk . Sprinkle pepper over hot soup, fried noodles and meat marinades to get a zing when you put it in your mouth later. But who would have thought that sprinkling something into your hair would give it a zing too? Well, I'm not talking about pepper anymore, but Schwarzkopf's Osis+ Dust It . On the shaker, it's described as a mattifying powder. You still do your hair as usual with wax or mud, and tsuz it up with the powder later. Surprisingly, the white powder adds volume to your hair and gives your hair shafts a lift! Magical stuff! Will it work down south too? :P

The Rebel Pirate Swiped from Osvaldo_Zoom . At my headquarters, there's this manager who's kinda like a loose cannon. Very capable. Very knowledgable. Can handle business and technical by himself. Clear of thought and strong of opinion. A devil on the treadmill. Unfortunately, he's eccentric and can be difficult to work with. His behaviour can be compared to a loanshark as the way he talks is crude and loud. Often uses weird nouns like niau kua ( bird melon?! ). I'll go so far as to say that he looks deranged and has a wild look in his eyes at times. Loves wuxia novels and frequently quotes them. I suspect he tried learning one of the legendary kung fu and got burnt out in the process ( chau foh yap moh ). The terrible thing is, he has taken a liking to me. For no reason, he would call my name, "William chai, William chai....." . Occasionally he would come ruffle my hair and remark about my round butt and expanding waistline. Once, he even hugged m

.Warung Ayam Betutu Gilimanuk. Swiped from seorangprempuan . On the last day of our trip, we got up early for a swim at the pool. Like in BKK, the pool water was salty. No cute boys joined us, just two ang moh women beached like whales at the deck chairs. Finishing up, we went for breakfast. Not much time was left, so we quickly did some last minute packing and KH even managed to squeeze in a quickie at bed's edge. :P. Pak Media was already downstairs waiting for us, so we quickly loaded everything into the APV and headed for lunch. He had recommended Ayam Betutu at a local shop-- Ayam Betutu Khas Gilimanuk , Tuban. Everyone was practically down to their last few thousand rupiah, so we blew it all on lunch. We ordered one Ayam Betutu , half a Bebek Betutu and some Satay Lilit . The poultry was quite nice, but super spicy!!! It went very well with white rice and balinese peanuts. By the end of lunch, my lips and tongue were numb. The skewers of meat were just average. Ki

Brotherly Love Swiped from Hammer51012 . Suddenly, my GTalk window pops up.... Pioneer Di: Koorrrrrrrrr.... 30 minutes later, an MSN chat window pops up... Prez Di: Koorrrrrrrrr.... Later in the night before I sleep... Kynz Di: Kor, not yet sleep ah? The occasional SMS. It's great being a kor . :P

I HEART Bali Swiped from williamnyk . Sun, sea and surf was the theme for our fourth day in Bali. At around 9:00am, Pak Media whisked us off to Turtle Island for some watersports. Turns out the price of activities there was quite steep when we compared the price to the day trip provided by the hotel, but what to do. We ended up with the glass bottom boat ( basically nothing to see, it was just a mode of transport ) and the snorkelling at USD30 per person. We took our gear and headed out without much of a talk about safety precautions. Took the boatmen some time to find a good location for us. After putting on the life jacket, flippers and mask, we jumped into the choppy sea. It was such a shock for me to be in such disturbed waters and the water was damn salty. Felt like a salted fish in a jar. I couldn't the hang of breathing and I kinda struggled for some time before I could properly look at the colourful fishies at the bottom. Not that many fishes, but there were more

Protect me from the germs! Swiped from J.C. Schroder . I've been wanting to blog about this since my flight back from Singapore, but it slipped my mind. Coming in from Denpasar, it was brought to my attention again-- MOH's stupid health declaration form. The content is quite standard really, except for one checklist item-- Are you arriving from a country with H1N1 local transmission as defined in WHO's list? How the f*ck am I supposed to have that bit of information? Stupid. Keep healthy people!

Open With Caution Swiped from williamnyk . Early in the morning, we headed out to Pura Taman Ayun , Mengwi. According to our guide, it was originally a small family temple for the royal family there, but it was slowly expanded to attract more subjects to come as to consolidate their political power. A beautifully-manicured green field can be found at the entrance, together with a fountain and a dais where the king used to watch military parades go by. Moving in past the main gates was a drum tower that gives a fantastic view of the grounds. The inner temple was surrounded by a moat. Moving around it, one can see many thatched, pagoda-like shrines ( meru ) to the mountain peaks. All of them had odd-numbered roofs, except for one which is said to house a spirit of a very capable prime minister who was at odds with the king. Before we made it past the split gate, my batteries died. The same problem that I had in Melbourone-- my charger can't charge outside of Malaysia!!! *&^^%$