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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: Halex on July 06, 2011, 12:04:08 am
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We are having a lovely time here in Bali, weather sunnyand 31 most days. Relaxing, eating lots of spicy food and looking forward to class in a couple of days.
Lots going on in form, have had a quick look. Miss my TM, must say first time ever I would be happy to whip something up on holidays. A friend has mine while I am here so it's being well loved.
Hally
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Glad you are having a great time, Hally - very envious here in Melbourne - we're going for a scorching 13 degrees today! Relax and enjoy the rest of your holiday
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Thanks, we will. I must admit friends say it's really cold in Perth too, lucky I escaped just in time.
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Good to hear you are enjoying yourself Hally, how's the recipe hunting going over there. Any tips from the chefs yet?
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The pastes they make over here are the key ingredient to all their dishes, so hoping to get some re ipes at the cooking class
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Yes Hally it is cold here in Perth at the moment. Was 3 degrees when I was taking my son to school this morning. Enjoy the warm weather and the cooking school - should be great fun.
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You are certainly correct about it being cold here Hally. Monday was -0.4 at Jandakot so it would have been cold at your place. Enjoy yourself.
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Hally, have a great time and enjoy the sun and cooking class.
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Thanks everyone, we are having such fun and the weather is beautiful
Every morning at breakfast the serve a different tea, today I had lemongrass and cinamon, very nice. I like to try the different teas.
I must admit we are laughing at some of the europeans who keep getting up earlier earlier to grab the best sun lounges, I think they must set their alarms as they are not with kids.... Gosh the stress they put themselves under to there first. We care up early with DS, they must have very little sleep
It cracks me up, the race was big today, I went fir early swim at 8 and most dun lounges had towels, books etc but no people.
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Glad you are having a great time Hally, we leave on Sunday morning, we are staying in a villa we have a chef so I might be able to get some tips from him as well as my cooking class.
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Continue to enjoy your hol Hally and Yvette you must be chomping at the bit - enjoy your break as of Sunday :) :)
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Don't know what it is about people wanting to be first for anything Hally. When DH could no longer work as a butcher, we did a couple of trips on trains and buses with a pensioner club (us being by far the youngest people in the group) and we were always amazed at how they all wanted to be first on the bus and first off the bus. As soon as the bus stopped they were up, trying to get their cases from the racks and on this particular day, the bus driver realised there was a puddle of water right where people would be stepping off so he decided to move the bus back a bit. All those standing went this way and that and they were lucky no one broke any bones. These trips were a real eye opener - we only did 2 then started doing our own thing
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Same thing happened in Thailand when we were there this year. Even witnessed an arguement over who had reserved the sunbed first and how they had had the same one for x amount of days. I say if you're on holidays, just let it all go.
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Yvette, you are going to love it here, looking forward ton hearing about your cooking lessens etc. At least you won't witness the towel episodes, it's actually quite funny.
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JD &twutterpad I know it cracks me up, I swim laps in the ,mornings or power walk, I am out by 6.30, I said to Cameron as a joke I should put a towel on all the hotspots and sit back and watch them all. It is silly some beds today had no-one there for overv2 hours, it's rude, use it or leave it I say.
I just can't understand we have 2 beautiful pools here, we have one from our room, loads of space and it's a 5 star hotel so it's not like anyone is slumming it anywhere...
Anyway enough, loving the food
Hally
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Glad you are haveing a great time Hally. Keep relaxing and enjoying yourself. Can't wait to hear how yosur cooking classes go. Have you managed to get to the cookware shop that was mention on the forum awhile back?
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No I had a look at it on the Internet and too expensive for me, plus you get lazy here, just nice to relax and do nothing for a change. :) :) I am really good at that
Hally
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Forgot to mention, the towelscare heating up. By 7.55am all gone around the pool and nearly all gone at the beach too!
Apparently you can tip the pool boys to get you a chair..... Also last year a Russian hit a dutchman as he was in his spot!!!!
I just watch and laugh.
Must go to get happy at happy hour
Hally :) :)
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So do you just sit on your backside Hally waiting to pounce on a vacated lounge?
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No JD I am very lucky at the moment. I am up early exercising some days, plus cam has befrended this family of 4am they get us beds as the kids want to be together, also this lovely Irish couple always get us a spot just in case, so between us all we always have a good spot. Telling DH when he arrives that it is sun lounge war here, when he arrives all friends will have left, but we will probably spend more time at our own pool or the beach pool.
It is very entertaining to watch.lol ;D
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when we went over as a family my DS used to get up early to reserve me a little daybed hut (don't know what they are called) around the pool. We usually go over with friends, so to have the daybed was a great meeting point and we had at least 1-2 people laying there all day, and sometimes about 8. I always feel like the Queen of Sheba from my vantange point ha ha, and know how funny it is to observe the poolside antics. I think the staff should be like the parking inspectors and have some mark that if its not removed after 1 hour then the towel will be removed, but the Balinese are not people confrontational at all.
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I remember the last time I was in Bali there was a lady who couldn't swim so she had a snorkel & flippers in the shallow end of the pool whilst her husband/partner tried to teach her how to swim. Then there was another lady and her mother who hired some locals to babysit the child whilst they laid on the sunbeds all day long. It's so interesting how people act on holidays! I spent more time in the pool than on the sunbeds as I'm quite fair and I hate being even slightly sunburnt (which only takes a couple of minutes for me!)
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Cp I love the day beds, you have to pay fir them here, it would be murder if they were free.
People watching is such a fun pass time.
I went out walking at 6.30 and towels were everywhere, people must set ther alarms and then go back to bed
Another beautiful day here in Bali, but I must say I am really missing my TM
Hally
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Have posted a recipe, it is fairly basic but didn't have EDC book with me so someone mightbwant to add speeds and temp to recipe.
I made this on the course and we went to the restaurant last night. It's very very nice
Hally :)
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I'm sure there is enough information there for people to work out the times Hally - it is only for the rub so speed 8 until the right texture is achieved would be my suggestion. Sounds nice - the recipe is here (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=6742.msg89166;boardseen#new) guys.
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JD to the rescue. Someone take that cape of herm she nneds a rest..Lol ;D ;D
Don't think Judy will ever rest up
Please do try the recipe, it really is delish, we had it with rice and some veggies in a co nut milk. Will post more recipes when back home next week
Hally
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Keep enjoying your holiday Hally.
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Thanks Cookie! Lazy day at pool.
If I could have my TM here and my 2 cats. DH,DS and I would never leave...
Hally
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Today is our last day, we fly home to cold Perth tomorrow. DS very sad about leaving, but school tuesday and DH has to work to pay for our next trip.LOL, poor DH
So looking forward to using my TM, have to steal it back from a friend who has had it fir 3 weeks, but she has bought one now, so hoping she will part with mine with a smile. She hates cooking but loves the TM.
Had a great day at water bomb park yesterday, then had a lovely spicy pork curry, had coconut cream in it but the spices were a very different flavor to Thai green curry, have to see if I can find the recipe.
DS had a Tour of the kitchen here at the hotel, I was having a massage so missed out!! And then he was only interested in where the food was stored and speaking rubbish to the head chef, oh what a waste!! Then was told he could have anything he liked and he chose ice-cream, you just can't trust a 7 year old.LOL need to train him better.....
Hally
Hally
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;D ;D You should have supplied him with a notepad and pen Hally, then he may have come back with a padful of recipes. Never send a
man Crown Prince to do a woman's job ;)
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Crown prince def needs more training.......
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Then he can embarrass you by saying "My Mum wants me to................"
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Mmmmm we will have to work on that....