Raw Kopi Luwak Beans

Ordered too much Luwak coffee aka Civet coffee
Originally from Sumatra Indonesia
For coffee lovers out there, you know Sumatra has the best Luwak :)
And also the most expensive coffee in the world!

Once you had it, you would want more!

I have 2 bags of 500gram, if anybody is interested please leave me your email add
I'll get back to you shortly.

Cheers!

Six months away from our big day

There are so much to do but so little time
I've been contacting many vendors for the wedding
Needless to say I have an unreliable wedding planner based in Bali
And yes, I'll be having two wedding events: My hometown and Bali
The island of god :)

I will sum up the stories after my wedding (About unreliable wedding planner)

Realizing how much things need to be done consumes me
Since I won't be needing much help from my planner,
I had to handle things my own
From F&B to Decorations and Entertainment (band and Photo Booth) to Wedding cake alone
I've had much fun learning to be my own wedding planner ;)
Sometimes it may seemed time is catching up,
But sometimes I felt the time is enough for me to settle everything
Now, that's a good thing!

So far, I've been lucky to have met good vendors and everything settled smoothly
(fingers crossed it will be smooth on that day itself)
Transactions/deposits went through smoothly as I hoped!

Thank god we are having an intimate wedding in Bali
I couldn't imagine what it would be like if you had more than 100 pax
Let alone 80 pax (Very intimate)
The fact that villas in Bali are very strict and that we were given a curfew
After midnight, there are no party allowed in the premises
With the existence of such rules, Villa is still a better choice compared to hotel/resort
Even though hotel/resort gives you less stress but the fact that you are given the privacy you need on you wedding day.

Last year we went to Ayana resort and there was a wedding event (outdoor)
Even though they blocked the premises, outsiders were able to watch and take photos
Something that some of you wouldn't like!
That is the reason why we picked villa

But bear in mind that if you picked Villa, you'd require to have a wedding planner
A wedding planner who will handle basically everything for you
All you need is a pocket full of "Greens" and a "YES" to everything he/she says

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When it comes to my hometown wedding (it will be in medan),
Things are slightly easier and simpler
Since we will be doing it in JW Marriott, our event manager helps us a lot
Compared to the planner in Bali... oh boy...! *pissed*
And also I'm not picky whereas my partner is pickier* than me!
e.g1: He needs the table to be rectangular instead of round
e.g2: He wants to have petals shower
Boy has some wedding issue haha!

The most important question and many were asking...
What about the wedding dress?
I've decided to get it tailored;
Something simple and nice to look at :)
I've had some tailored for my pre-wedding photoshoot too
I'm super excited to see what it will turn out
So, stay tune to see and if it turned out beautiful I'll feed you girls information about the dress.

Wish me luck and thanks for reading!

DHL Singapore

I've been waiting for my supposedly "1 Business day" iPad mini 2 that I got it online via Apple store
I thought everything would go smoothly and I'd get it on the 11 (I got it online on the 10)
DHL provides tracking system and so I waited for a day at home but no news except:

"With delivery courier"

Assuming that I will get the goods today! (11 Dec)
I gave up and called up DHL to know if they will be coming at all (Called at 7.10pm)
I asked the guy on the phone to find out and so he tried to call the courier
Without any luck, he did not pick up the phone calls so he left a message to the courier

I reminded him to make sure the courier calls me in order to get to the building
Only tenants with card are allowed to be in the building
It is absurd that courier did not even try to call me and just left!
In that case, DHL shouldn't state:

"Delivery attempted; Recipient not at home"

Fact is that I was home THE WHOLE DAY just for it!
They did not even attempt to call me
What is the use for apple store to ask for my phone number if courier didn't bother to call?
Courier did not even knock on my door to even say I'm not home

To make couriers and DHL at ease, they should improve their service
It is just a call away and they have to understand that we need to be home to receive goods
They can't just let us wait and wait forever at home
Worst part: I still didn't receive the goods after staying home all day long!

I hope tomorrow I'll receive it... seriously!

I want to go back to Perth (PART THREE)

Our last day in Perth was another beautiful day

Blue sky, Sunny day and wonderful day well spent

We checked out early from our place and decided to find the London Court

One of the attraction in Perth city

It was a little alley of London

Very tiny and it took only a minute to walk through it all

We didn't spend much time in there as it was pretty crowded

After checking through London court we went to the famous fish market!

 The Fish Market at Fremantle was very crowded

But I'd say not as crowded as the one in Sydney

It was easy to find a spot to sit but mostly under the shade with no sun light :(

It was pretty windy and cold with no sun 

I was on the look out for seat with umbrella!

 While waiting for the available sunny side seat

I was waiting on any available seat and after waited for a few minutes

Some people left and so i moved from one seat to another

Finally, I got the best spot!!!

We enjoyed the view and the sun

I enjoyed it with the food and a glass of hot Chai Latte

 Seagulls were EVERYWHERE!

They often took opportunity to steal your food

AS SOON AS you got off the table

They were as fast as lightning bolt!

 There were a few Fish market in Fremantle

I have to say that we enjoyed more of Sydney's fish market

Perth and Sydney has differences when it comes to fish market

Perth is more like a restaurant

(We went to Kaili's Fish Market)

Sydney is like a real fish market

They have simply EVERYTHING in Sydney

Sashimi, Oysters and a whole lot!

Perth has a very limited menu...

But we enjoyed the day just relaxing and chatting away

 After dunked down tons of fries, fish and prawns

We headed to the famous Kings Park Botanic Gardens

I have to say that we love it!

It was our few hours left in Perth and we refused to leave!

We drove up to the top and Kings Park is way too big to explore in such a short amount of time

So we decided to just find a spot 

Take some shots!

And nap...

What a comfortable grass to be on...

We didn't want to leave :(

It was really hard to leave Perth

We wished we had more time to do more things

I was very happy I get to taste such delicious food in Perth

Finally, I got to witness the amazing mother whale and baby whale

(Not up close but STILL)

Thank you PERTH and we will be back!

Hopefully not too long :D

P.S: I'll be needing a new pro camera to take even better photos!

I want to go back to Perth (PART TWO)

On our forth day we had a long drive to Margaret River for some wine and lunch

I made a reservation online when I was in Singapore

Just in case if it was a busy vineyard

The day was pretty gloomy with a lot of cotton balls in the sky

(As seen on photos)

After a long drive, we took a break and stumbled upon a herd of cows

There were many flies around them which I'm sure was pretty annoying to them

They were all facing back and as soon as we approached

ALL OF THEM...

Were staring at us...

It was pretty creepy 

It was as if they wanted to attack us but there were fences

And so we left the herd and found an old man selling coffee :)

An old man doing his business making coffee for riders ;)

We didn't stay long due to the crazy flies manifesto

Thanks for working so hard selling humble black coffee!

The sky was getting darker and cloudier when we arrived Voyager Estate

I was so happy we arrived (Finally!!!)

It took us around 3 hours or so just to get to VE

And I'm glad I picked VE and spent minimum 3 hours just in one Vineyard

The compound was amazingly beautiful with tons of roses around

It was also very spacious and not as crowded as usual vineyards we've been in Sydney

Rose petals were scattering around the grass 

If only the sky was blue...

Nonetheless, we enjoyed the scenery ;)

 We went to the restaurant for our 12.45pm reservation

I would say service in Voyager Estate wasn't pleasant

But I have the say the food was delicious with the capital D!

Voyager Estate provides ala carte and menu course lunch

(With/Without wine : Different price)

We weren't sure if we wanted course menu so they assigned us a two-seat table

The area wasn't as pleasant 

(We requested the corner 4 seater table but we were assigned elsewhere)

When we changed our mind after browsing through the menu

We decided to take course menu instead

They were pleased to inform us that we could move to the "Initial requested" table

I guess what you paid for gets you to move to a better table too...

And that's just awkward because we were from one table to another and another

Anyways, we were also given a complimentary sparkling wine

They were DELISH!!!

The course menu is called "The Discovery Menu"

There were 6 menu and we had so much fun tasting every one of them

We were also given a free postcard with every menu we had

Everyone of them has its own stories to tell

I've forgotten all the names but enjoy the photos!

Just by looking at them, brought me back to Voyager Estate again

We had 2 desserts!

One was from the menu and the other was complimentary

How amazing was that!!!

After our awesome lunch we decided to go to the front building to taste and buy some wine

The place was empty and we would like to have a taste some of the wine

The lady wasn't very pleasant and helpful

She took out 2 glasses of wine, pour one for my partner

But didn't pour one for me...

Despite the empty glass next to his glass

She asked me if I wanted one as well...

DUH!!!

When second wine came, she didn't even change nor wash the glass with water

She poured down the second wine to the same glass...

Why on earth would she do that?

Despite all these weird service, we bought 2 bottles of wine

All we could say: Hopefully VE can improve with their poor service

Apparently there were many complains with their services

Perhaps we are not the type of customers they were looking for...

To be Continued...