Another spot to satisfy your appetite 😀 . Let’s see the nominations.

5. Singaraja Town Square (Taman Kota/Tamkot)

This is the place where I spent almost all of my afternoon for the last couple of months. From 4PM, plenty of Singaraja citizens comes to SiToS doing their afternoon jogging, yoga, gateball, wall climbing, soccer, or just hanging out with their friends, family, or on their own like I used to be.

There are many booth which has their own special menu, so one week isn’t enough to try them all. Oh, you can find these foods here that word every penny you’ll spend: Toast, juices, cappuccino, sausage, corn, meatballs, fried rice, Chinese foods, Belayag (my favorite Balinese food), fruit compotes, and many other.

6. The Other Places

Well, I can’t mention them all one by one since they didn’t pay me for the promotion. It’s not a paid review, okay!?!

• Adem Cafeteria (Jalan Gajah Mada, Near SMPN 1 Singaraja)
• DaDiDu (Jalan Cendrawasih, Near Kertha Usadha Hospital)
• Loving Hut (Jalan Surapati, Near the old BNI Bank building)
• Warung Bali (Jalan Ngurah Rai, Near the RSUD Buleleng)
• Mangga Dua, (Jalan Ngurah Rai, not so far from Warung Bali) never tried it
• Senggol Rama (Jalan Rama, beside Telkom building), night only *
• Senggol Mayor Metra (Jalan Surapati, in front of Hardy’s Plaza), day and night *

You got another places to mention? please leave a comment!

Note: Senggol is a kind of night market where all of the booth selling foods in an affordable price, but there are also senggol that opened during the day.

Continuing my last post about culinary spots in Singaraja, I’ll give you the rest of the list.

3. Depot Udayana

Newly opened and renovated place near the Ganesha Education University (Kampus Tengah Undiksha). In pink theme, they tried to show their freshness.

There you can find Chinese foods, chicken steak, beef steak, juices, soft drinks, fried fries, burger, and their new menu : Chicken Cola. I wonder how it taste.

Oh by the way, today I tried Tami Goreng and Chocolate Smoothies there while @mawmawmawar only got a bottle of Fanta.

Visit their Facebook Profile here: Depot Udayana.

4. Bakso Kaget

Located in front of the Rumah Sakit Tentara, Jalan Ngurah Rai, Singaraja. Here you can find unique meatballs. From the Bakso Kaget, Bakso Bakkar, to Bakso Celup (Bakso to go).

There are also burgers, kebab, Martabak Africa, and many other foods there. All the item are in affordable price for college student.

I went there for several times, but I only tried the Sausage Kebab, Chicken Burger, Jumbo sized Burger, and promotional Martabak. Maybe I should try the Bakso Kaget sometimes. 😀

Their official website: www.bakso-kaget.com.

Well, I’ll gather another list of the culinary spots in Singaraja, stay tuned!

Singaraja is a small town in the northern part of Bali. Although it small, it has all the things to survive here. The most important thing we need to survive in a town, especially if you are new in certain town, is the culinary spot. I will tell you the best spots to satisfy your appetite.

1. Penimbangan Beach (Pantai Penimbangan)

Also known as PP among Singaraja citizen. It is a local tourism spot where youngster hanging out with their friends, especially on Saturday Night when you’ll find that it’s hard to get an unoccupied table. Best time to visit PP is in sunset where you’ll find the true beauty of the beach. The common culinary you can find here are Roasted Corn, Toast, drinks (but most of them are non-alcoholic beverage). If you need place to enjoy alcoholic beverages, then Lovina is the best place for you, there you will find bars.

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References:
Photos: Sunset Pantai Penimbangan (my blog post from 2 years ago)
Map : jawara kampung

2. Bunny Burger

You love western junk food? Then you should try this one. You can order beef burger, chicken burger, spaghetti (I don’t know whether it’s carbonara or marinara), French fries, and more at affordable price.  After moved from the old location, now Bunny Burger is located near Pantai Penimbangan. It is about 100 meters before you arrived at PP.

I will add more spots tomorrow.. keep tuning on my blog 😀

My timeline for 16 Oct 2011

12 Oct 2011 13:42 : ntar malem latian lagi.. hohoho

12 Oct 2011 17:03 : semoga hari ini semuanya lancar, dan tidak ada lagi perut anyang2an.. amiinn..

12 Oct 2011 17:25 : damn.. baru aja bkin status gtu, skrg perut bermasalah lagi.. grrhhh t(-.-t)

12 Oct 2011 22:30 : baru pulang latian, untung ga lanjut mencret tadi di tempat latian.. wkkwkwkwk..

13 Oct 2011 10:49 : is at home, meet my mom

13 Oct 2011 11:34 : gempa!!!

13 Oct 2011 13:27 : room sweet room

13 Oct 2011 16:01 : kerjaaaa

13 Oct 2011 21:07 : Nusa Dua Earthquake, The Funny, Pity, and Angry Side – http://j.mp/qrRdMV

14 Oct 2011 09:08 : di dpan pasar tingkat.. ngantuk…

14 Oct 2011 11:01 : kok saya..

14 Oct 2011 11:29 : jadi punya 3 KTP (ˇ_ˇ’!l)

14 Oct 2011 12:56 : having lunch at the beach.. keeping an eye to the see.. say me a port authority..

14 Oct 2011 14:02 : mendadak speed naik ke 70kB/s yay ヽ(´▽｀) ノ

14 Oct 2011 14:05 : mendadak turun lagi ke 0.5kB/s yay ヽ(´▽｀) ノ

15 Oct 2011 11:32 : daddy’s back

15 Oct 2011 13:22 : “dont call me when you’re lonely again,
when you’re lonely again” Ne-Yo – Lonely Again
| read the full lyric here http://j.mp/n2ubNb

15 Oct 2011 13:44 : Job ini membunuhku.. 5 bulan ini ga abis-abis revisi nya.. antara dosen yang lebay ato… >,<

15 Oct 2011 15:50 : seharian ini belum keluar kamar. Mari cari makan dulu sambil cari angin..

15 Oct 2011 18:15 : openly weeping

15 Oct 2011 18:29 : and then i stormed out

15 Oct 2011 18:50 : #np Giant Blue Head – OST. Megamind

15 Oct 2011 19:21 : #np Rejection In The Rain – OST. Megamind

15 Oct 2011 20:58 : yook hangout! am starving..

15 Oct 2011 21:26 : i was always spaced out

15 Oct 2011 22:25 : nulis sesuatu.. jangan nakal, aku pasti kembali.. 😉

15 Oct 2011 23:28 : Where Do You See Yourself In Five Years? – http://j.mp/nHDPbK

15 Oct 2011 23:51 : besok pagi latian di SMEA, yuk tidur dulu.
Gud nite, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite :*

16 Oct 2011 06:31 : laper… hohoho..

16 Oct 2011 10:55 : tired but fun.. ntar sore latian lagi.. baru nyadar kalo libur latian cuma hari selasa 😀

This question often asked by many interviewers to see if you’re settling for any position you applied, using it merely as a stopover until something better comes along. Or they could be trying to gauge your level of ambition.

But I’m not talking about any job interview tips right now. I often asked my self with this question.

You see.. now I’m sitting tight in front of my dad’s laptop, in my single room apartment staring at the only bottle of mineral water which I bought from the money I achieved from working as a freelance web programmer. What a career, huh?

Well, in the matter of fact, I got two big projects on going right now. I’m helping two last year students from an Informatics School here in Bali, coding their last assignment so they may graduate. You might think my wallet is fit enough to buy you a drink, well, don’t!

The truth is, this job is killing me. I got to face the same project for 5 months now while the payment is made when the project begun. Even, I’m not sure if I could pay the rent for next month. But, um.. This is the career I dreamed.. To be a great professional programmer along with my friends, building a new start up company in this little town, Singaraja City.

But there is always a but in every dream job. Yes, I have to make a better living first.

As I’ve planned from years ago, I got to work on a cruise ship for at least five years, collecting money from my own hard work as a waiter or something else to support my family, send my little brother to a better school, at least Smansa Singaraja as I went 5 years ago. And he must go to a better university than his older brother and sister could go.

I have got my opportunity to work on a great cruise ship with high paying rate among other cruising company. But before I sign up for the cruise ship, I must join an 8-weeks class in Cikarang. The thing is, they (the agent) said that they will call me next year, around January to February to inform me that I will get my class a month after. So, it’s not quite clear when I will get the job.

There’s a conflict here. If I continue working as a freelance web programmer, I wont able to support my family or even my self, But this is my dream job.

Else, if I succeed on board the cruise ship, I could support my family and might having a long-term saving to open a start up IT company and go to IT School here in Bali while watching my unborn kids playing in my dream house with my dream wife. But I will lost my coding ability because of vacuum-of-coding for at least 5 years.

Of course I don’t wanna loose those opportunities and wind up being homeless person and the most unlucky person among my fellow friends. Well, such an easy though decision.

Pagi ini gempa bumi berkekuatan 6,8 SR mengguncang Pulau Bali. Pusatnya di sebelah barat daya Nusa Dua dengan kedalaman 10 KM. Gempa susulan pun sempat terjadi dan membuat panik warga. – andiim3 news

I went home this morning to visit my parents, but I only met my mom at the store (Bondalem Market, North Bali) because my Dad was still working at his office (Education Department of Tejakula Sub-district, North Bali).

I was having a conversation with my mom when the earth quake happened. Fortunately every body were remain calm while evacuating their self outside the building.

The funny thing was when we heard the guys on the local radio (Megeguritan Program on RRI Singaraja) were freaking out and we heard them saying “ada gempa..!” (en: “there is earth quake!”) and they left the station running some Tetabuhan (traditional music, a.k.a Gamelan) on air. Few minutes later, there was a lady on the radio asking for apology and announcing that the program will be ended shortly, and as the substitute they played more Tetabuhan until the next program hour. Dude… they freaked out..

So pity, there were some building broke because of the quake near the epicenter. And from the news I heard, there are some people got hurt because of it. Luckily the BMKG didn’t give us the Tsunami Warning.

But beside the funny and the pity side of the story, there are some people got angry after it happened, including me. 0_o But why?

You know, Indonesia as a large nation, has a lot of cultures and five different religion which are mostly teaching the same ideas, and it’s all the thing about goodness. But there are some “oknum” (a person in a certain capacity, with negative connotation) who spread negative opinion across the social network saying that the earthquake happened this morning in Bali is because Balinese do the “Maksiat” (violation of the God’s Law). Quoting the original source in Indonesian:  “Bali Gempa krn byk maksiat”. What the F..??? one source of the bad commentary: take a look at the comments on this page.

If it was happened because of the maksiat, how about the earthquake happened in Jogjakarta few years ago which destroyed a lot of houses and buildings and took many lives? How about the earthquake in Aceh which gave them a great Tsunami and took thousand lives and many more lost taken by the tide? How about many more natural disasters happened in Indonesia? How can you judge it? are you the Almighty God?

As we know, Aceh, Jogjakarta, and Bali are very religious territory. How could we say the disasters happened there were because of the bad things?

People who said so are the narrow-minded persons who connect the natural shifting of the earth to their unwell short-learned-religious which resulting the bad thought.

By the way, I love what Julia Perez said on this page: www.metrotvnews.com.

I’m sorry for what I said, I’m just a Balinese who got mad if there’s anyone messing with my beloved island.
t(-.-t) fuck off, you damned guy!