Wednesday, January 05, 2005
The Bali New Years Club Tour 2004-05
Written By: Johan Nasir
Starring: Nizz, Sheridan, Kean Au, Ratna, Sazzy, Johan, Endie & Roza.
Day 1
After a long wait at the airport, we were finally off to Bali on Air Asia.. Sazzy & I were giggling in excitement chanting Bali! Bali! Bali! said in the thickest Indian slang with our two index fingers twirling in the air (a tribute to Rafai), anticipating the fun while Dan, Nizz & Kean were already downing it in the plane. First of all, this is a partying trip, not a chill out, sightseeing, water sports or shopping trip. Sigh.. we are so gonna be in trouble. Airport drama at Ngurah Rai as our duty free items got err.. sorted. Slight drizzle but that couldn't dampen our spirits. We arrive greeted by the Diamond Star Hill Villa staff Wahyu & Bayu at the airport.. Really nice guys.
Arrived to a royal welcome at the Villa with flower garland, cold towel, etc.. all this just as we stepped out of the car!! Got ushered to our private villa. Omigodd!! I want my house to be like this! We have our in-house butler and driver at our beck and call 24 hours a day! There's our own private spa pool out back, intricate and beautiful Balinese decor, even each of the bathrooms are gorgeous! So worth it! Check out other hotel options and map.
12.30 midnight, we're dressed casually to hit the clubs & eat. Off we go with our driver, either Pak Kiwi or Agung, to give us a taste of Bali on the way to our destination Hu'u Bar in Seminyak. Ok, you know those breezy cool clubs at the beach with beautiful people living it up that you see in expensive advertisements. Yeah.. that's Hu'u Bar. Everywhere we turned, model looking people all around us that you're spoilt for choice. Ratna said the guys were mostly gays though. Hurray, more choice of ladies for us guys! The live band was soooo chill rockin! The vibe was jazzy with a touch of house on live instruments. It felt like we were one of the models blending in. Soooo wanted to stay..
Unfortunately, we were super hungry. So off we go with 'dude' to Warong Baku Dapa with Ratna & Kean having a perut lapar mood swing. Food!!.. Yummy! Stomach's filled.. it's off to Club DeJaVu.. Old skool house with and excellent mix of Underworld Born Slippy & Prodigy Firestarter and Club 66 (Double Six) for some funky breakbeat trance. We danced the night away. Not bad for a first night and it's a Tuesday?!!
Day 2
The day begins slow as everyone was exhausted and completely drained from first night of dancing till 6am. Woke up at 2pm so hungry! We're all dressed to go to watch the amazing sunset on deck chairs, Cafe del Mar style music with Jakatta & Sexual Healing playing at Ku dé Ta. DJ Glynn was around and spins there. Champagne, Strawberry's, Cigar, friends. What more can you ask for. This is paradiso. Seafood dinner at Menega Café in Jimbaran next!
Passed through all the roads and seeing all these shops selling amazing woodcrafts, tiles and other interior decor stuff just makes you wish you had a million bucks to shop and Bali up your home! So coming back. Home from dinner and chilled at the villa before heading out Hu'u Bar but it was closed so we went to Paparazzi to hook up with Apek, Jamal, Tasha & Tania. It's a bit like the old Bliss but more stylish. Next were back at Club 66 till 6am. Bumped into Jahl & Love who spins at Kama Sutra and was invited to have a jam with him on Thursday. Dan & Nizz stayed behind and ended up in the Club 66 pool and treated the security guys to breakfast.
Day 3
It was a chill out day. Spent the day lazing & lounging at the pool. Found Nizz sleeping outside under the tent. Sazzy & Ratna wanted to get a tan while I went for a swim with the rest. Nizz, Kean & Dan did a super Tsunami and the Flying Dugong. 6pm - Me, Sazzy & Ratna decided to go for a mini Spa & Balinese massage. It was awesome! So relaxed that we all came out like floating on air.
Got dressed and it was off to club Kama Sutra for my set. Nice place, a bit like Hard Rock concept with Live Band and all. The rest went to eat at Warong Made near Legian while I did my set. Managed to get the crowd moving and dancing. Found out from Love after I finished, that my set, along with the Live Band was actually broadcasted live On Air on Radio Kuta 106.0 FM all across Bali! I had played live out to the whole island and didn't even know it! Awesome feeling. Hooked up with the rest at M-Bar-Go & Fuel. Both RnB and house clubs directly across the road from one another. M-Bar-Go was a bit like Orange industrial set up while Fuel was like Bliss.
Met the owner Pak Anggara who chilled out with us and Tasha's gang. Then it was off to Paparazzi again and Club 66 to finish the night off. Pak Anggara brought us in thru the secret passage door from Paparazzi into Club 66 and avoided the cover charge. Now we're talking VIP. Fazura, Razman, Zaa & Azrin were there too. It was great as we met up with all the KL friends we've bumped into on our trip with the new Indonesian friends we met. Dan was a casualty for the night as he sprained his ankle from a surfing accident in the club swimming pool and bumped his head on a roadside stand roof selling cigarettes. Came home to the villa and the gang decide to head for the pool at 7am! What a fun trip this has been.
Day 4
New Years Eve. So much for shopping as everyone woke up super late & tired. Well no point going out as the major roads will be closed and traffic will be a nightmare. Endie (the other party maniac) & Roza, had just arrived. The plan? French food at Axiom and Fuel for a free flow session with Pak Anggara. Then to Ku dé Ta for a night at the Playboy Mansion (see pictures) by the beach for countdown and finishing the night at Club 66. Endie was so good looking that night that all chicks in Ku dé Ta want to have his baby. If only he could get it up. Oh pity.. pity!
We didn't end up in Fuel as planned due to road closure so we walked to Spy Bar for the countdown. We were behind our schedule as we got to the restaurant late and dinner was so so long as they served us Chinese dinner style but delicious. By the time we were done, it was 30 minutes to countdown and we went for the nearest option, Spy Bar. Good Music. Cute waitress, Jasmine. Got stuck in 30 minutes traffic to and back from Ku dé Ta only to find out that we couldn't get in as the place was too full with 2000 beautiful people. Even Camelia and Kak Maggie were stuck outside with us. We should have bought the presale tickets as suggested by Glynn. Sigh. It was amazing how the roads are so narrow and unplanned. Spirits dampened a bit, we headed to where else, Club 66. It was like a crowd standing in front of the stage of a rock concert at the entrance and we were in that mix for a while. Pak Anggara came to our rescue and brought us in after a while. Ok, looking back, a lot of things we planned or actually did could have been done differently but then again, no point in letting that spoil our fun.
Just a lesson for us and others to remember in future New Years Eve celebrations. It's going to be chaotic, keep it simple and get in to wherever you wanna go early rather than getting stuck in a mess of people and being turned away. We finally got in to 66 and it was super packed. Complete with bungee jumping at Rupiah 450,000! Awesome jumping moments. Three Arena’s with the heavy house set in the main room and the Breakbeat and Drum’n’Bass set outdoor by the pool and they linked up Paparazzi playing smoother funky and jazzy house, where we chilled to watch the sunrise with the breeze from the sea from the deck. Sazzy & Kean left for the villa while we stayed on and headed to 66 for a short while and DeeJay Cafe with Pak Anggara, Jamal & Tasha's friends, which was a dark underground club with heavy techno house. Tired at 9am we left for the villa. I lost Sazzy camera and all the beautiful pictures of New Year Eve. I don’t know how it magically disappeared despite constantly being careful with it. Sad and angry as hell. All those great pictures. Nizz joined Dan as anklet buddies. He twisted his ankle too.
Day 5
Woke up really late today.. So tired. Everyone was just so spaced out. Still feeling extremely miserable for losing Sazzy's camera. It was just a chill out day. We got dressed for New Years Dinner at the Villa. Yummy and got completely stuffed. We were off to Ku dé Ta & Hu'u Bar. Nice. Had to meet up with Seng at Hu'u and ended up there the whole night. Unfortunately, the band that played there on Tuesday was only playing for one night and they were from Jakarta it seems. I wandered off to Ku dé Ta alone just out of curiosity to catch one last great moment but it was closed. Sazzy went off with Glynn to Spy Bar for a while. It was a beautiful night. Back at the Villa again. Our earliest return for the night so far - 4am. Me & Kean went straight to bed while the rest stayed up and chilled out.
Day 6
Woke up early 10.30am to pack and get ready for a day of shopping. The rest continued to sleep in a bit more before they went shopping as well. A motorcyclist shocked me & Agung on the way to Kuta, when his bike went into a pothole and fell instantaneously while he was riding beside us. Hope he and pillion are ok. Started at Kuta Arts & Craft market near Matahari Square. Got some real bargains there. Then took a walk toward and up Legian Road and Seminyak where all the shops were.
Nizz, Ratna and Kean had lunch at La Luccialo while Sazzy did all her errands with Dan in Pantai Kuta. I managed to get to Sari Club, Ground Zero, directly beside Pak Anggara's clubs, Fuel & M-Bar-Go. Found him in Fuel and had a fruity banana & watermelon mix drink with him. Wished I had more time to shop as I didn’t managed to reach the shops in Seminyak, as it was about 4pm already and had to rendezvous with the rest back at Matahari Square down in Kuta. Bumped into Mass, Liza, Kimi, Shezlinn, Azlinn and gang there. Rushed back to the hotel and repacked the bag with all the new stuff we bought as me, Kean & Sazzy have a flight home to catch while Nizz, Ratna, Dan had to check out of the villa and stay on for a couple of days with Endie & Roza. Said sad goodbye's to all the staff at the villa.
At the airport now. Bought Kicap ABC! Hahaha. Waiting to get on board. Sigh. Gonna miss you Bali but we will be back. Thanks for the great memories. Soon.
Note: No animals were harmed during this cool vacation. The Flying Dugong is still alive and well.
Written By: Johan Nasir
Starring: Nizz, Sheridan, Kean Au, Ratna, Sazzy, Johan, Endie & Roza.
Day 1
After a long wait at the airport, we were finally off to Bali on Air Asia.. Sazzy & I were giggling in excitement chanting Bali! Bali! Bali! said in the thickest Indian slang with our two index fingers twirling in the air (a tribute to Rafai), anticipating the fun while Dan, Nizz & Kean were already downing it in the plane. First of all, this is a partying trip, not a chill out, sightseeing, water sports or shopping trip. Sigh.. we are so gonna be in trouble. Airport drama at Ngurah Rai as our duty free items got err.. sorted. Slight drizzle but that couldn't dampen our spirits. We arrive greeted by the Diamond Star Hill Villa staff Wahyu & Bayu at the airport.. Really nice guys.
Arrived to a royal welcome at the Villa with flower garland, cold towel, etc.. all this just as we stepped out of the car!! Got ushered to our private villa. Omigodd!! I want my house to be like this! We have our in-house butler and driver at our beck and call 24 hours a day! There's our own private spa pool out back, intricate and beautiful Balinese decor, even each of the bathrooms are gorgeous! So worth it! Check out other hotel options and map.
12.30 midnight, we're dressed casually to hit the clubs & eat. Off we go with our driver, either Pak Kiwi or Agung, to give us a taste of Bali on the way to our destination Hu'u Bar in Seminyak. Ok, you know those breezy cool clubs at the beach with beautiful people living it up that you see in expensive advertisements. Yeah.. that's Hu'u Bar. Everywhere we turned, model looking people all around us that you're spoilt for choice. Ratna said the guys were mostly gays though. Hurray, more choice of ladies for us guys! The live band was soooo chill rockin! The vibe was jazzy with a touch of house on live instruments. It felt like we were one of the models blending in. Soooo wanted to stay..
Unfortunately, we were super hungry. So off we go with 'dude' to Warong Baku Dapa with Ratna & Kean having a perut lapar mood swing. Food!!.. Yummy! Stomach's filled.. it's off to Club DeJaVu.. Old skool house with and excellent mix of Underworld Born Slippy & Prodigy Firestarter and Club 66 (Double Six) for some funky breakbeat trance. We danced the night away. Not bad for a first night and it's a Tuesday?!!
Day 2
The day begins slow as everyone was exhausted and completely drained from first night of dancing till 6am. Woke up at 2pm so hungry! We're all dressed to go to watch the amazing sunset on deck chairs, Cafe del Mar style music with Jakatta & Sexual Healing playing at Ku dé Ta. DJ Glynn was around and spins there. Champagne, Strawberry's, Cigar, friends. What more can you ask for. This is paradiso. Seafood dinner at Menega Café in Jimbaran next!
Passed through all the roads and seeing all these shops selling amazing woodcrafts, tiles and other interior decor stuff just makes you wish you had a million bucks to shop and Bali up your home! So coming back. Home from dinner and chilled at the villa before heading out Hu'u Bar but it was closed so we went to Paparazzi to hook up with Apek, Jamal, Tasha & Tania. It's a bit like the old Bliss but more stylish. Next were back at Club 66 till 6am. Bumped into Jahl & Love who spins at Kama Sutra and was invited to have a jam with him on Thursday. Dan & Nizz stayed behind and ended up in the Club 66 pool and treated the security guys to breakfast.
Day 3
It was a chill out day. Spent the day lazing & lounging at the pool. Found Nizz sleeping outside under the tent. Sazzy & Ratna wanted to get a tan while I went for a swim with the rest. Nizz, Kean & Dan did a super Tsunami and the Flying Dugong. 6pm - Me, Sazzy & Ratna decided to go for a mini Spa & Balinese massage. It was awesome! So relaxed that we all came out like floating on air.
Got dressed and it was off to club Kama Sutra for my set. Nice place, a bit like Hard Rock concept with Live Band and all. The rest went to eat at Warong Made near Legian while I did my set. Managed to get the crowd moving and dancing. Found out from Love after I finished, that my set, along with the Live Band was actually broadcasted live On Air on Radio Kuta 106.0 FM all across Bali! I had played live out to the whole island and didn't even know it! Awesome feeling. Hooked up with the rest at M-Bar-Go & Fuel. Both RnB and house clubs directly across the road from one another. M-Bar-Go was a bit like Orange industrial set up while Fuel was like Bliss.
Met the owner Pak Anggara who chilled out with us and Tasha's gang. Then it was off to Paparazzi again and Club 66 to finish the night off. Pak Anggara brought us in thru the secret passage door from Paparazzi into Club 66 and avoided the cover charge. Now we're talking VIP. Fazura, Razman, Zaa & Azrin were there too. It was great as we met up with all the KL friends we've bumped into on our trip with the new Indonesian friends we met. Dan was a casualty for the night as he sprained his ankle from a surfing accident in the club swimming pool and bumped his head on a roadside stand roof selling cigarettes. Came home to the villa and the gang decide to head for the pool at 7am! What a fun trip this has been.
Day 4
New Years Eve. So much for shopping as everyone woke up super late & tired. Well no point going out as the major roads will be closed and traffic will be a nightmare. Endie (the other party maniac) & Roza, had just arrived. The plan? French food at Axiom and Fuel for a free flow session with Pak Anggara. Then to Ku dé Ta for a night at the Playboy Mansion (see pictures) by the beach for countdown and finishing the night at Club 66. Endie was so good looking that night that all chicks in Ku dé Ta want to have his baby. If only he could get it up. Oh pity.. pity!
We didn't end up in Fuel as planned due to road closure so we walked to Spy Bar for the countdown. We were behind our schedule as we got to the restaurant late and dinner was so so long as they served us Chinese dinner style but delicious. By the time we were done, it was 30 minutes to countdown and we went for the nearest option, Spy Bar. Good Music. Cute waitress, Jasmine. Got stuck in 30 minutes traffic to and back from Ku dé Ta only to find out that we couldn't get in as the place was too full with 2000 beautiful people. Even Camelia and Kak Maggie were stuck outside with us. We should have bought the presale tickets as suggested by Glynn. Sigh. It was amazing how the roads are so narrow and unplanned. Spirits dampened a bit, we headed to where else, Club 66. It was like a crowd standing in front of the stage of a rock concert at the entrance and we were in that mix for a while. Pak Anggara came to our rescue and brought us in after a while. Ok, looking back, a lot of things we planned or actually did could have been done differently but then again, no point in letting that spoil our fun.
Just a lesson for us and others to remember in future New Years Eve celebrations. It's going to be chaotic, keep it simple and get in to wherever you wanna go early rather than getting stuck in a mess of people and being turned away. We finally got in to 66 and it was super packed. Complete with bungee jumping at Rupiah 450,000! Awesome jumping moments. Three Arena’s with the heavy house set in the main room and the Breakbeat and Drum’n’Bass set outdoor by the pool and they linked up Paparazzi playing smoother funky and jazzy house, where we chilled to watch the sunrise with the breeze from the sea from the deck. Sazzy & Kean left for the villa while we stayed on and headed to 66 for a short while and DeeJay Cafe with Pak Anggara, Jamal & Tasha's friends, which was a dark underground club with heavy techno house. Tired at 9am we left for the villa. I lost Sazzy camera and all the beautiful pictures of New Year Eve. I don’t know how it magically disappeared despite constantly being careful with it. Sad and angry as hell. All those great pictures. Nizz joined Dan as anklet buddies. He twisted his ankle too.
Day 5
Woke up really late today.. So tired. Everyone was just so spaced out. Still feeling extremely miserable for losing Sazzy's camera. It was just a chill out day. We got dressed for New Years Dinner at the Villa. Yummy and got completely stuffed. We were off to Ku dé Ta & Hu'u Bar. Nice. Had to meet up with Seng at Hu'u and ended up there the whole night. Unfortunately, the band that played there on Tuesday was only playing for one night and they were from Jakarta it seems. I wandered off to Ku dé Ta alone just out of curiosity to catch one last great moment but it was closed. Sazzy went off with Glynn to Spy Bar for a while. It was a beautiful night. Back at the Villa again. Our earliest return for the night so far - 4am. Me & Kean went straight to bed while the rest stayed up and chilled out.
Day 6
Woke up early 10.30am to pack and get ready for a day of shopping. The rest continued to sleep in a bit more before they went shopping as well. A motorcyclist shocked me & Agung on the way to Kuta, when his bike went into a pothole and fell instantaneously while he was riding beside us. Hope he and pillion are ok. Started at Kuta Arts & Craft market near Matahari Square. Got some real bargains there. Then took a walk toward and up Legian Road and Seminyak where all the shops were.
Nizz, Ratna and Kean had lunch at La Luccialo while Sazzy did all her errands with Dan in Pantai Kuta. I managed to get to Sari Club, Ground Zero, directly beside Pak Anggara's clubs, Fuel & M-Bar-Go. Found him in Fuel and had a fruity banana & watermelon mix drink with him. Wished I had more time to shop as I didn’t managed to reach the shops in Seminyak, as it was about 4pm already and had to rendezvous with the rest back at Matahari Square down in Kuta. Bumped into Mass, Liza, Kimi, Shezlinn, Azlinn and gang there. Rushed back to the hotel and repacked the bag with all the new stuff we bought as me, Kean & Sazzy have a flight home to catch while Nizz, Ratna, Dan had to check out of the villa and stay on for a couple of days with Endie & Roza. Said sad goodbye's to all the staff at the villa.
At the airport now. Bought Kicap ABC! Hahaha. Waiting to get on board. Sigh. Gonna miss you Bali but we will be back. Thanks for the great memories. Soon.
Note: No animals were harmed during this cool vacation. The Flying Dugong is still alive and well.
Song: Let Me Love You
Artiste: Mario
Mmmm ..... Mmmmm.... Yeah....Mmmmm....Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Mmmm...Yeah....Mmmm..... Yeah, Yeah
Baby I just don't get it
Do you enjoy being hurt?
I know you smelled the perfume, the make-up on his shirt
You don't believe his stories
You know that they're all lies
Bad as you are ,you stick around and I just don't know why
If I was ya man (baby you)
Never worry bout (what I do)
I'd be coming home (back to you)
Every night, doin' you right
You're the type of woman (deserves good thangs)
Fist full of diamonds (hand full of rings)
Baby you're a star (I just want to show you,you are)
You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Baby good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby you should let me love you, love you, love you
Listen
Your true beauty's description looks so good that it hurts
You're a dime plus ninety-nine and it's a shame
Don't even know what you're worth
Everywhere you go they stop and stare
Cause you're bad and it shows
From your head to your toes, Out of control, baby you know
If I was ya man (baby you)
Never worry bout (what I do)
I'd be coming home (back to you)
Every night doin' you right
You're the type of woman (deserves good thangs)
Fist full of diamonds (hand full of rings)
Baby you're a star (I just want to show you, you are)
You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Ooh Baby good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby you should let me....
You deserve better girl (you know you deserve better)
We should be together girl (baby)
With me and you it's whatever girl, hey!
So can we make this thing ours?
You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Baby good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby you should let me love you, love you, love you
[repeat til it ends (about 3 times)]
Let me love you that's all you need baby
The lyrics are © copyright their respective owners.
Artiste: Mario
Mmmm ..... Mmmmm.... Yeah....Mmmmm....Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Mmmm...Yeah....Mmmm..... Yeah, Yeah
Baby I just don't get it
Do you enjoy being hurt?
I know you smelled the perfume, the make-up on his shirt
You don't believe his stories
You know that they're all lies
Bad as you are ,you stick around and I just don't know why
If I was ya man (baby you)
Never worry bout (what I do)
I'd be coming home (back to you)
Every night, doin' you right
You're the type of woman (deserves good thangs)
Fist full of diamonds (hand full of rings)
Baby you're a star (I just want to show you,you are)
You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Baby good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby you should let me love you, love you, love you
Listen
Your true beauty's description looks so good that it hurts
You're a dime plus ninety-nine and it's a shame
Don't even know what you're worth
Everywhere you go they stop and stare
Cause you're bad and it shows
From your head to your toes, Out of control, baby you know
If I was ya man (baby you)
Never worry bout (what I do)
I'd be coming home (back to you)
Every night doin' you right
You're the type of woman (deserves good thangs)
Fist full of diamonds (hand full of rings)
Baby you're a star (I just want to show you, you are)
You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Ooh Baby good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby you should let me....
You deserve better girl (you know you deserve better)
We should be together girl (baby)
With me and you it's whatever girl, hey!
So can we make this thing ours?
You should let me love you
Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need
Baby good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love's supposed to be
Baby you should let me love you, love you, love you
[repeat til it ends (about 3 times)]
Let me love you that's all you need baby
The lyrics are © copyright their respective owners.
