New Day, New Friend(s)
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| me and my new friend at my other new friend's café |
Today I was having lunch at the local warung tegal near my home. Because it was packed I had to share the table with other people I sat in front of a woman with short hair who came just few minutes before I did. She was commenting on the sambal I had on my plate and who knows it would be the small key that opened a door to many, many unexpected things?
So we talked about many things about light topics that lead us to talk about work and the employment with foreigners in Bali. We talk about so many things that we already changed spots for 2 times: a newly open Elgin Avenue café and her room--all nearby in one street. It was started to raining so I dropped her by bike and she invited me in so we continued talking till 8 p.m.!
This is really a record for me to talk with a total stranger for 8 hours (the longest hours was 7 with Mas Ado whom I knew from my aunt 3 years ago). The thing is, she is 15 years older than me (which was about the same age with my aunt and Mas Ado) but the conversation flew like a river. I didn't get to work on my articles today but I think it's worth it. People say knowing someone is a chance, but getting friends with them is a gem.
And just yesterday I made friends with the Elgin Avenue owner, a young 20-something woman who cooks really good food. Her boyfriend brew the coffee and together they own this small urban look Australian-style café just in front of my kost. They are lovely couple, really nice people and they get engaged with their customers.
It's just about few days before I have to move out from here and now I got to know two neighbors here (who are really fun to chat with). Made it just harder to decide to move, right? Well I can also take it as a reason to come back to this area, since I love this Mertanadi road so much. It's just how random life in Bali can get. You get to know people from everywhere, anywhere. We can never really guess God's plans for us, right?
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