My Random Life

Greetings from Seminyak, Bali. Well today is another cloudy day - 27 degrees and 84% humidity. Our dollar is hovering around 7,628 rupiah. Well today I am going to blog about this little vegetarian restaurant we found the last time we were here and we went to just recently. It specialises in "mock meat" dishes. Now for those of you that do not know what "mock meat" is - "mock meat" or meat analogue or meat substitute or faux meat approximates the qualities (texture, flavor, appearance) of certain types of meat. So really it is a food that looks and tastes like meat but is not meat. Buddhist cuisine features the oldest known use of mock meats. There are a lot of vegetarians that scorn "mock meats" but I am not one of them - to me the point is that I am NOT eating an animal when I eat mock meats - so that has to be a good thing right? Should I be sorry that I like the different textures and variety that mock meats allow me - I don't think so. I...

Greetings from Seminyak, Bali. Well another slightly cloudy day and the temperature is around 27 degrees with 87% humidity. Our dollar is around 7,698 rupiah. So I have just discovered True Blood - this truly awesome TV series is based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series (or also known as The Southern Vampire Mysteries ) by Charlaine Harris . Peter and I started watching Episode 1 last night and he got bored with it and went to bed but I ended up staying up until 6am - but only got to Episode 8!!! Still got four more episodes of the first season to go! Cannot wait. Before I get into the show - you have to listen to the opening credits song - it is fantastic. It is sung by Jace Everett and called "Bad Things". Checkout his MySpace site and have a listen...let me know what you think - kind of reminds me of Chris Isaak a little - great song. Okay so briefly it is a vampire story - of course you know I just LOVE anything to do with vampires! It is basically a love story betwe...

Greetings from Seminyak, Bali. Well today is just a little cloudy and around 29 degrees and 77% humidity. We just came back from lunch and it feels really quite hot - went for a bit of a walk and after half an hour - felt really really hot! So things are heating up over here! Our dollar is 7,723 rupiah - so pretty steady lately. Okay - just wanted to share one of my fave cartoons again! Here it is... Enjoy! Sampai Nanti Julie Franke

Greetings from Seminyak, Bali. Well the weather was a bit cloudy and way hot today - temperature was only around 28 degrees but around 79% humidity - it is starting to really feel hot when you go out! Our dollar is hovering around 7,777 rupiah - so still quite good. Well today I am going to share my photos of shopping for a novel to read. We went to breakfast at Lanai Beach Bar and Grille the other morning and it was great - blogging later on this one. But have noticed it before - hard not to - but this guy sells used books on his motorbikes just out front of the restaurants. I LOVE IT! How cool is that. Here is another shot and it shows a really good view of all the motorbikes lined up along the road here with the book stand (?) in prominent position. Here I am browsing - don't I look serious? So many to choose from! Scrutinising intensely here - if you know me you know I LOVE to read - I am one of those people that would intently read the cereal box in the morning if there was no...

Greetings from Seminyak, Bali Well today is another hot day - quite a few clouds around though - it is 27 degrees but the humidity is 78% - so it feels much warmer. Our dollar is hovering around 7,717 rupiah. Well have really been taken by some quirky things here lately and wanted to share them with you. Okay saw this walking back from Lemongrass the other night - I know this is not quirky but it is TOTALLY AWESOME! It is solid silver and deserves another piccie - so here it is up close! It is from Mario Silver - and they make all kinds of fabulous silver jewellery - but honestly this is the best thing I have ever seen! Okay, another shop we walked past the other night was this light shop - I know it is not strictly quirky but it sure is purty!!! Here is another shop that I just loved - the lights change colours - here it is in blue. And here it is in green - totally awesome - you just don't get that kind of effort in Australia for jewellery shops - this is one of the things that m...

Greetings from Seminyak, Bali Okay today weather is lovely but a bit overcast - it is around 29 degrees and 73% humidity - so feels quite hot today. Our dollar is hovering around 7,807 today - so pretty high. For those that know me, you know that I have a thing for 3D animation and renders - so I try to spend an hour or so every day just playing around with Poser 7 and getting used to it - I have had the software for a while but have not really had the time until now to dedicate a couple of hours a week to it. I find it helps me to disassociate myself from my other endeavours and get creative (or at least I hope I am being creative!). So I finally got up the courage to upload one of my images to one of the software sites I sometimes purchase off of and most often than not download freebie stuff! It is called Renderosity and it is awesome! So here is my image or you can view it at Renderosity itself by clicking HERE . Anyway back to the grindstone. Sampai Nanti

Greetings from Seminyak, Bali Today is a simply gorgeous day outside (a bit too bright on the tired eyes I must say) and 27 degrees and 77% humidity. Our dollar is hovering around 7,698 rupiahs and life is good. Well as you can see from my title today I am a wee bit hungover. Yesterday (okay the day before yesterday actually - started this then had to take a nap - ha ha) Peter and I celebrated 9 YEARS together - who would have thunk it! So of course we went out for a nice dinner together and had too much vino and vodka! We both got dressed up and decided to go to Lemongrass at Jln. Raya Seminyak 37, Seminyak. It is a Thai restaurant and quite nice inside. We have been here a couple of times before but not for a few years. So here is a piccie of the inside of the restaurant - forgot to take one of outside - sorry! As I said we both got a little dressed up - and I even WORE MAKEUP - OMG! And Peter got all spruced up as well - with a collared shirt and all! He looks very handsome I think....