Bolu by Rima

Monday, May 20, 2013

Insert Sad Face Here

Why?

After a LOONNNGGG discussion with my future-travel-partner-in-crime, ~~Kat Von D's Cousin~~ Helga, we both decided to not volunteer with BAWA Bali (read my earlier post here).

Why?

The Rabies vaccine that is required cost a BUTT LOAD of ~~travel~~ money. It's a series of shots (3!) and each shot costs about $280 (and according to the travel pharmacist, that's a discount!) That's Bungee Jumping money!

So Helga and I discussed that we rather each bring MORE supplies/stuffs that BAWA needs along with us to Bali. So I emailed Kim from BAWA and she responded me with things they need...

Hello Rima

That is sad news, but very understandable, the vaccines are very expensive!

Thank you so much for offering to bring us donations - every single one helps us out so much.

If you are going to get toys then please get hard rubber ones, the cloth type spread disease. And clip collars are so much better for Bali dogs that buckle ones.

Old towels are the best type of bedding, old towels are soft and absorbent - new ones take several washes and sometimes they get chewed after the first use!

Dog bowls - oh my, we always need dog bowls. Metal ones, Bali Dogs chew these up like they are rubber so you can imagine what they do with plastic ones!

If you like you can also purchase us items once you arrive in Bali. We always need rice, chicken, eggs, bleach, washing powder, liquid soap, dry dog food, cat food etc. all of which you can purchase easily in Bali.

Thank you so much for trying to volunteer with us. If you would like I would be very happy to give you a tour around our clinic so that you can see our work in action. You won't be able to touch the animals but it will give you a sense of the type of work that we do - and you will get to see where your donations are going. If you would like this then please let us know the date and time you would like to come - we only do clinic tours by appointment.

Look forward to hearing back from you.

Warm Regards

Kim

I'm happy at least I can tour the place and see them in action. They also take monetary donations via their website. AND if you show proof of donation to me, I will mail you a jar full of madeleines.

SETARRA, yours is coming up this weekend :)

Thank you fellow fur friends.

Rima

JM's Detox Water

Imagine this girl screaming at your face...

via tumblr

Oh lawd.

Anyways, that fine lady up there has a Detox Water recipe that claimed to help you lose up to 5lbs in excess water in 7 days... Bloated? Try it.

You will need:

60 oz of distilled water
2 tablespoon of lemon juice/water
1 tablespoon pure cranberry juice (unsweetened please)
1 bag of Dandelion tea

Put it in a jar, let it fuse in the fridge and drink up thru out the day.

I used the Yogi DeTox tea. It does have an acquired taste, but it's not too bad. I sweetened mine a bit with stevia and it's pretty fresh on a hot day.

I like pretty water so I added frozen strawberries and some mint leaves. It does make the water/tea taste better & fresh.

This recipe is all over Pinterest and I've read some blogs and they claim that this water works. I'm pretty intrigued on trying this for a week, since I feel bloated all the time.

I will let you know on an update!

hopefully-bloat-free,

Rima

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Happy 5 years to Us.

5 years ago, someone kissed someone and the following day they both went out on a date and watched Iron Man and had fish tacos and Coronas.

5 years later, someone kissed someone and when out on a date and watched Iron Man 3 and had Tapas, a Bellini, a Mojito & a Caipirinha.

Yes. The Pillow and I celebrated our 5 years of being together over the weekend, starting from our first date. It was a "friendly" date back then... or I should say "hang out". We started sllllooooooooooowwwww... Took our sweet time to finally make it official (that was like 2-3 years after our first date)... But being crazy me, I count our ~~first hangout~~ first date to be the Beginning of Rima & Rob.

Anywhoo... We watched Iron Man 3 at the Grove in LA. Who said that you can't be in love with 2 Roberts? Evani would understand.

via tumblr

Plus how FIERCE was Pepper when she smacked that bad guy with her Morphed Self. HAWT. Super loveeee the movie. It was nice to see Tony Stark's acting a little human at the end. And I was giddy when I saw after the credits, "Tony Stark will Return". Aw yea. I hope for realz. I can't wait til Avengers 2 starts.

Since we both miss Barcelona, we decided to dine in for some fancy Spanish food. We head on over to SLS hotel in Beverly Hills and ate at The Bazaar for some tapas and cocktails.

Food was delish. That avocado ceviche roll was to die for. Yum. The ambiance was lounge-y like... so you are surrounded by the young (or old) Hollywood people and of course the Kardashian-esque crowd (if you know me, I am not a fan). They also have a dessert lounge which we just browsed around after dinner because we were just plain ol' stuffed (the dessert at the Patisserie looks awesome). The service was good and the decor was unique.

Caipirinha was made at table side. Pretty awesome.

The place was filled with pictures and old books

Now my ONLY complaint about SLS Hotel was their Valet service. For $14, you would expect some great service, right? NOT! It was a Valet from hell. Ok, waiting for your car to come, let say, for 15 minutes, should be fine, right? How about almost 2 hours?!?! Yes. We waiting for Rob's car to come for almost 2 HOURS! 2 effin Hours. It was almost 2 AM and we haven't gotten our car! Yes, I know it was crowded as fuck, but then to find out that the Valet Duder said that they couldn't find our car because there was a glitch in the system is pretty ridiculous. Homegirl here was not happy. Plus, it's not like we live close-by Bev Hillz, ja kno.

Valet Duder felt so bad he gave our $14 back. Whatever. Rob felt bad he told me just to sleep on the way home. Haha.