Few days ago (19 Feb) I went to Bali by myself. It was the most spontaneous and instant trip I've ever had, thanks to the interview I was having on Monday. So I travelled to Jakarta by Cipaganti and arrived at the airport by midday. My flight was supposed to be on 2.05 p.m. but delayed to 2.30 p.m. so I arrived in Bali at around 5 p.m. local time.

Mom's friend, Tante Siska, fetched me up and drove me to Discovery Mall to see sunset, but after waiting for almost an hour it seemed that the sky was cloudy, so we headed to Jl. Padma Utara to check in at the Amaris Hotel. A moment after that, Mom had arrived at airport and we were meeting up at Plengkung Resto at Jl. Raya Kuta.


The next day, Tante Siska fetched us and drove us all the way to Ubud and back. We had lunch at Naughty Nuri's and headed back to Petitenget area for sightseeing. At 5 p.m. I was dropped at Bali Bakery for the interview.. which happened to extended into a very interesting chat with the boss' wife for 2.5 hours.

Mom and I got about an hour to get showered and picked up by Oom Irwin and Susan. We walked thru small alley and appeared in Niksoma Hotel, only to pass by to Blue Ocean, a beach front restaurant. It was really a nice pizza dinner I had, and such a fun but tiring long day, so we headed back to the hotel and had some rest.

On my third day, Tante Siska drove us again around Sunset Road, Glogor Carik, Pemogan, Gunung Sapotan and Kuta area to find me a place to stay. We had lunch at Belando (Betawi-Belanda-Manado) restaurant at Batu Belig area. It was such a tiring day on the road, but thank God we found a nice clean place at Jl. Kubu Anyar just before 5 p.m.


Tante Siska dropped us near Jl. Pantai Kuta so we walked to the beach and I spent about 1.5 hours sitting on the warm sand waiting for sunset once again. A girl called and asked me to join her, so we sat together and found out that she (Sary) was from Palembang and on a solo vacation there. I should've that kind of trip myself if Mom didn't change her flight and joined me instead.

Last day in Bali, we went for a little shopping for my new room's needs. We went to the house to put the stuff, then headed to airport for my 6 p.m. flight. Mom was continuing her vacation to Ubud to visit Tante Elvira, so I came back alone and arrived in Jakarta at 6.40 p.m.

Danni fetched me up and we went to Senayan City for my 8.30 p.m. travel to Bandung. We still got about 30 minutes to go, so we had dinner at 7Eleven before I got to go. It was another 2.5 hours of trip so I was way too exhausted when I reached Bandung a moment before midnight. Thank God, Andrew was able to pick me up and drove me home.

It was such a fantastic journey I had!


By the way I went to Soreang today to make a motorcycle driving license. I asked direction to Noven and he offered his company, so I fetched him and we explored the area together. It was such a shame that I didn't pass the practical test, tho I was one of the only two who passed the theory test. Anyway, we went back to the town and found it was raining hard and flooded a little here and there.

I dropped Noven back to where he parked his car and headed back to my area but I was starving so bad that I decided to have a late lunch at Buah Batu area. I remembered Richard is staying (and working) around there so I called him and he said he'd accompany me. So we went to Lotek Jl. Macan and had a simple farewell lunch.

It is amazing how God is taking care of me. He had prepared all those people to help me out for the past five days, from Tante Siska, Danni, Andrew, Noven and Richard. They were all beyond my expectations, that I was all prepared to do everything solo. But God had other plans on me, and His are always much better than we human can think about. Praise the Lord for He is so good!