Bali Holiday; Anomali Coffee Seminyak

My favourite coffee place, the corner shop in Jalan Laksamana Oberoi is temporarily closed due to the major renovation, that Iknow from the notice written in the wall. Ha, I've come down faraway from Bukit Jimbaran to have good coffee time like I usually do everytime I visit Bali. I decide to drive around Seminyak area to find other cafe when my eyes stumbled on a building just few metres from Corner Shop, the name written in a big block letter was "ANOMALI COFFEE". I've never heard this name before. I decided to stop and go in the building. 

Once I entered the buiilding, I directly fell in love with this place. It's a rustic style interior with big coffee grinder placed in the front corner that all open. Beside the coffee grinder, the sacks of coffee bean piling up in gunny sacks. The smell of coffee that spreading up in the room is like aroma therapy for me. The barista deck is placed in the center of the room joining together with the displays, cashier and the racks for the cakes. Some tables are lining backing the wall and some other higher long tables in the left sides are layed with the face to face lay-out. The walls are full of murals about coffee. It's a great place to escape with bunch of workload. 

The barista who acts as a captain in that coffee shop welcomed me warmly. He asked me whether I been in Anomali before. When I said no, he explain me a brief profile of this coffee shop. It's a coffee shop which serves a fresh own- grinded coffee on the spot which using local coffee bean from all over Indonesia. For you who live in Jakarta, this coffee shop has its brand in the city. 

Once I sipped my cappucino, I decided their cappuccino is as good as the one served by my favourite coffee shop in Jogja, Lagani Coffee. I always try either cappucinno or coffee latte at the coffee shop that I firsly visit. These two variants are my favourite ever. 

I ended up also buying a coffee tumbler as a souvenir from this place. I actually allocated that budget to buy a coffee tumbler from any Starbucks in Bali. 

My Bali Life; An Afternoon in Kuta Bali

Good Afternoon to ride

I,m alone and I enjoy my life

Brother and Sister

When the sun goes down

Mempertahankan tradisi

Di Bawah Pohon Kamboja; Hangat

Pada sebuah Café di depan pantai Kuta di sore yang hangat.

Saya duduk di sofa di bawah pohon kamboja dengan buku “Alchemist” English version di tangan. Novel ini saya dapatkan minggu lalu sehabis makan malam di Seminyak Square. Sebuah novel yang mengaduk-aduk semangat dan memaksa saya untuk percaya dan teguh.

Sesekali saya menyeruput orange juice dan kembali fokus ke novel saya. tiba-tiba saya merasa ada seseorang yang memanggil saya. Saya tidak mendengar nama saya dipanggil tapi saya merasa sayalah yang dipanggil di tengah hiruk pikuk kendaraan di jalan depan saya dan lalu lalang orang yang tengah euphoria dengan liburan. Saya mengangkat kepala mengalihkan pandangan dari novel saya dan mendapati seraut wajah tersenyum lebar dari seorang pemuda sebaya dengan saya yang berdiri di trotoar kira-kira 7 meter di depan saya. Senyuman lebarnya mencipta wajah yang berbinar yang dengan cepat menular ke ekspresi saya.

“It’s very cool book, Buddy!” It’s very good! Katanya sambil mengacungkan kedua jempol dan tetap tersenyum.

“Yes, sure! So,  have you read it? saya membalas sambil tersenyum lima jari

“I did. Last week. But then I left it when I swam and someone took it” katanya sambil mengangkat bahu

“too bad!”

“It’s Ok. Since it’s a good book, she/he will get good things” katanya sambil tersenyum.

“Thoughtful!”

Dia tersenyum sambil memainkan alisnya dengan jenaka. 

“Ok, continue reading, I’m leaving” katanya sambil mengacungkan jempol dan melambaikan tangan seraya melangkah kembali menyusuri trotoar.

Tiba-tiba dada saya terasa hangat. Saya tersenyum. Rasa suntuk karena menunggu yang tadi sempat merajai tiba-tiba lenyap.

Hal yang sederhana. Seseorang yang asing memuji pilihan bacaan saya, senyuman yang tulus dan sore yang hangat.  

Ada banyak hal yang membuat orang terhubung. Hobby yang sama, pengetahuan yang sepadan, kesialan yang sama yang menimpa, kepercayaan yang sama dan nasib yang yang sama. Kali ini saya terhubung dengan orang asing yang bahkan saya tidak tahu namanya karena sebuah buku yang dia lihat sepintas sambil jalan.

Dengan langkah kaki ringan saya melangkahkan kaki menuruni undakan tangga kafe dan berjalan menyusuri trotoar. Sejenak saya merasa tolol. Seharusnya saya menawarinya minum dan mengobrol dengannya sejenak. Pasti bakal menyenangkan. Ah sudahlah, ada kalanya orang hanya singgah sebentar dan ada yang singgah dan tinggal.

Taxi biru pertama yang lewat saya cegat. Saya menghempaskan pantat di kursi Taxi dan dengan suara ceria bilang ke pak sopir;

“Airport Pak!

Sepertinya kekhawatiran saya akan suntuk menunggu di Airport tidak akan terjadi.

Bali Holiday # Room, Balcony, Yard and Stuffs

Some of my favorite objects to shoot with my camera are room and stuffs, building and yard. I think I have an interest in architectural photography. Need to learn more about it. I just so happy when I capture them. Here are some pics I took;

I was in Ubud and got mad with the all expensive Hotel. I rode away to the Village and Found this very  comfort guest house with a cozy luxury room for very very cheap price. It has two big windows with an open view to the rice fields with the mountain as a background.

After a long walking around in Ubud, I and my Abang took our lazy time in this  Restaurant. The ambiance is just perfect! 

Kajane Kafe in MOnkey Forest Street, Ubud. I love both exterior and interior. 

Really want to have this wooden bowl. However, I confused where to put since  I don't have my own house yet:(

I don't mind to spend my time a whole day in this cafe. Spin cafe. Situated on  the high  cliff  with  a direct view to the clear blue water of Indian sea below make whatever meal or drink you have doubled it's taste. My favorite is Manggo Smoothie. It's the best mango drink I ever had.  

Wine at Oops Restaurant. Will get back there in the next  Holiday. Wanna dance salsa with Dewi!

Coffee Maker. Found it in one stall of Hello Asia at South East Asian Summit and Exhibition in Nusa Dua 

It was heay raining Last night. This morning, I got out the room with my camera wandering  in the Hotel yard. Found these flowers scattering near the statue. La Waloon Hotel-Kuta Bali

Bali Fashion Candid Photos

I was waiting Christian's departure when the idea hit my mind. Instead of wandering in the beach in a hot day, I went to Discovery Mall. I hoped that there will be crowd of people. Usually, dressed up people are back and forth in the sea front 'piazza' behind the mall. I wanted to do candid photo shoot. I knew, Korean and other oriental girls always appears in eye catching dress shopping in this mall when the afternoon come.

Unfortunately, there were only few foreigner visitor in the mall that afternoon. I only got few photograph. Here they are:

A corner in a Piazza with Pink Kamboja tree

I adore her mix n match. 

Like her Pose. natural

Celebrity Looks

Love that little girl's outfit. 

White and Soft gown

Blue Jeans bermuda is always tempting for me!

Good Shoes take you to good places. have it happened to you girl?

Oriental Lady

I got this shoot in swimming pool side in old Fourteen Roses Hotel in Jalan Legian. I was swimming when this adorable smiling boy passed by . 

The Pic of Bali LBH, Day 2; Padang-Padang Beach, Yeye's Warung

The breakfast was very good. I thought I had triple.
We found the motorbike rental near the hotel. I chose the red Vario for our ride exploring the coast.  We rented the motorbike for 5 days.

So, it's now the time to explore. As we've planned before, today is the time for visiting the Padang-Padang Beach. It's a calm and quit beach where Michael Learn to Rock made their clip for the "Someday" song.

I am always happy to ride a motorbike in Bali, especially riding along the coastal street along the hill.

I would like to spend the rest of my life here!! definitely!

After Catching!

The beach is situated far away down. It's like under the bridge!

Michael Learn To Rock made their video clip for the "Someday" Song in this Beach. 

 I celebrated being in the nice beach and clear water by swimming back and froth, laying on the sands, reading, and photo shooting. I swam until I got sore. 

The best thing for a tiring body in extremely hot conditions like this is a big glass of Orange Milkshake.

So, here we were, riding the motorbike bike climbing the hill, heading to the Blue Point of Suluban Beach. The ride took me to the top of the hill, where I found a small restaurant with a very nice outdoor space. We decided to stop and have lunch there.

The ambiance was very tranquil. There were no other visitors except us.
Yeye's warung is recommended by "The Lonely Planet" as a good place for travelers.

 I picked mango milkshake, Tuna Salad with balinese sauce plus carrot cake and ice cream as dessert. 

Tuna steak with Balinese sauce. Actually, the steak should be paired with steamed rice, but I chose chips instead

The Pic of My Bali-Late-Birthday-Holiday; Day 1

Hello people!

It’s been I didn’t post my travelling pic on my blog. Or I even never did it?

I did several times I think.

I always love Bali for the Holiday destination. Along the August to November, I visited Bali four times.

The Last visit was on November in a two-week-holiday with my Abang, Christian. The holiday was the Late-Birthday-Present for me. I was much occupied with the camera at the time since I’m very excited with my new camera and tried so hard to get good picture. Here are my captures;

The first three days we had staying in Amaris Hotel in Legian. It's a new Hotel managed by Santika Hotel. Both exterior and interior are very simple, even they didn't provide fridge for the standard room. The hotel is just like other hotel in Indonesia. I found no Balinese touch like the Hotels in Bali. Most of the customers are Indonesian. And as usual, Indonesian are always communal. They come in big group and cause crowded:)

One thing I like from this Hotel is the Breakfast. Yup, they provide super-combo-jumbo four types breakfast in buffet that you can take by yourself. You may take double, triple or try all the variety of breakfast available! So, Indonesian deh!

Since we were still jet lag (not me actually, it was my Abang), we decided not to go somewhere except spending the time sunbathing, reading, and playing with the wave in Legian Beach. When the sun was in its hottest heat, we let our stuff under the umbrellas and went to Circle K for some ice cream and Fanta Fruit puch (my favourite fanta ever).

One of my fave place in Bali. Having fresh soft drink while reading under the 'kamboja' tree.

I took this from the Circle K near the Pulmoon Hotel in Kuta

When the sum went down to the horizon, we left the beach for Shopping some t-shirt and daily need in Kuta Square.

Todays activity was ended with Dinner @ our favourite restaurant. Kinda small and very affordable restaurant which provide very delicious snapper fish and big big crab! I got myself Big snapper fish with sweet sour sauce completed with chips and salads.

Christian had a snapper too but with the difference sauce; butter and onion sauce.

fFor tomorrow, we've planned to go to the new beach we never visit before. I'll post the pic.