Bali - Day 7

So, on our last day in Bali, i was almost broke and still praying that my ATM card would work...more bad news..as i tried my ATM on 3 different banks' ATM machines, i was met with the same unfriendly message of "your transaction cannot be processed"...so i called Maybank again and asked what could be the problem..so i found out that apparently, the overseas banks detect the magnetic strip at the back of my ATM card and if my card was by any chance 'disfigured' at that part, then it won't be detected..thus not able to be processed...well, my card was already almost 3 years old..and with the weather in Malaysia, i'm not surprised if my card was 'disfigured' in any way possible...though i did use the same card in Phuket like about 7 months ago...

So that was that..nothing Maybank could do to help me get my money..and that's when i curse myself for not getting that credit card Maybank offered me before i came to Bali...well, too late to bawl over that by then...so i had no choice but to do something i really dislike doing..menagih hutang...well, i actually lent Becky some money for the trip before we came to Bali coz her salary was late...so since she could withdraw money from her card, so i asked her to return some money to me first lor.. good thing her salary was banked in already by then...so yea!!! still got money to spend...

So we proceeded with our plan for spa that afternoon...at this place called Galuh Bali Spa..where we were pampered for the next 3 hours...the package cost Rp 550000...quite a good deal since it included a foot scrub, Balinese and aromatherapy oil massage, body scrub and polish, flower bath and a choice of traditional facial or hair creambath...initially i chose the traditional facial..but as my facial started, my skin burnt as the girl applied the products on my skin..guess my skin was too sensitive...so i had to change to hair creambath instead...while i was getting my hair creambath, i saw a Japanese couple being made-up for their traditional Balinese costume wedding photos...i think the guy totally regretted agreeing to his future wife...i definitely wouldn't subject my future husband to such humiliation....

After a relaxing spa, we headed back to our hotel..we stopped by half way at a Billabong factory outlet...stuffs are definitely cheap...bikinis on 30-70% discount...but i didn't get anything coz was already low on budget...perhaps i'll shop more the next time round, hehe..









We had our last dinner in Bali at an Italian restaurant called Ultimo...along the main Seminyak Road..it looked very posh and cozy..food was fairly good...and the price was quite unbelievable...i mean, 3 of us had main course which included a steak for me, some chicken dish for Becky and a beef dish for Connie...plus drinks and dessert...the bill came up to only Rp 250000 plus...tax inclusive..that's cheaper than my spa...you definitely can't get that in Little Italy...the Zupa de Mare in Little Italy is already rm 22...the most expensive pasta in Ultimo which was the seafood pasta (with prawns, scallop and clams) only cost rm18...how's that for value for money? and the dessert which we had...White chocolate creme brulee...it was totally yummy!!!









So after a hearty dinner, we walked back to our hotel and had our last night swim...it was almost full moon that night...and i just floated on the water and gazed at the moon...it was really amazing...i was so going to miss Bali...sigh..i wished i didn't have to go back home...