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My Experiences

The Singer Brothers

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About Friends

A Day in Kuta

[Kak Nissa, Anna and I at Warung Nikmat]

I started today a bit late actually, after a long night at Tulip last night. I woke up at midday, got ready and left the kost with Anna and Kak Nissa at 1.30 pm to Kuta area. We had lunch at Warung Nikmat and waited till Alex joined us, then we walked to Discovery Mall and went karaoke-ing at Inul Vizta for one hour.

We then watched the setting sun at the beach and walked to seafood hawker next to Kuta Bex. After that we walked again to Beachwalk and hang out at Starbucks till 11.30 pm, talking about everything from tattoo's philosophy, Indonesian history and mystical beliefs. We the girls gathered so many new knowledge from Alex indeed for he was sharing with us so many information and personal stories.

I just realized now that friends are investment. I am so lucky to have so many good people as my friends, and especially tonight I truly feel blessed to have Alex as my longest lifetime best friend.
Anna said that Alex is a bit similar to me; tattooed but has a good heart. I never thought myself as a tattooed person (because I think my tattoos are more like accessories, more of some art on my body not as any other people's tattoos) but Anna mentioned it like that.

At the moment I was reflecting myself in Alex's soul. Perhaps we do have similar souls--that's why we remain great friends since 10 years old (it had been 18 years now!) That's why we care for each other as brother and sister. That's why tho we lost contact for months, we still think and looking for each other's being.

Then I came to another thinking: how many other friends like Alex do I have--the one who care for me so much, smart and brilliant and open minded who can teach me so many things I didn't know before and who make me feel comfortable with? Maybe the answer is Joey. I have this very special place for Joey Jovan and Alex Samosir that is irreplaceable with anyone else.

The amazing thing about heart is that it is so flexible that it can extend for as many places for so many people in our lives as you wish. I still have some spared places for Andri Leonardi, Alexis Pompink, Alexandre Rafael, Eryandi Latief and Jeremy Christian. These are the guys who had been, are, and will always be my best friends no matter what. These are the guys who will never have love affair with me, tho we love each other so much--as friends.

One said that the 5 person who are closest to us reflect our personalities. Maybe that's why Anna said that Alex is a bit similar to me, and I've always think that I am the female version of Joey. I guess they have a little bit of me in them and I have a little bit of them in me. That's why we are close at heart with each other. Because we understand each other the most.

I have many girl friends also, of course. Rachelle Veronica and Cheryl Victoria were at the top rank last year and now I spend a hell lot of hours a day with Gusti Amanda. I still have many other names on list for girl best friends, but somehow it is different with guy best friends. I would cherish all guys who offer full friendship to me than those who try flirting one way or another. I don't mind flirts sometime, but to those who is being a friend will be kept in my heart forever.

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My Experiences

Random Reunions

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My Experiences

Tulip and Around

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My Experiences

New Mall and Theater in Bali

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Love Fashion

Haircut at Rob Peetoom

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My Experiences

My Kind of Weekend

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Interior and Architecture

This Room

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My Wish List

My Own

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About Friends

The Kambiangs

There was time when my best friends and I call those jerks as "kambiang". It is Padangese for "goat". We used the name because "anjiang" (dog) sounds too harsh and this rhymes with it. So to all guys we don't have respect to, we call them "kambiang".

So all the way I moved to Bali doesn't mean I don't meet the kambiangs. I meet even more of them and worse. This one guy I knew from ex-housemates is a manager in one of the expat supermarket--means he is educated enough and also should be a decent man. He isn't. In fact he tried flirting with me, and even I had ignored him for months, he is just getting worse, until his words became intolerable to me. I stopped receiving his calls ever since.

Another guy came from a friend's friend. I already told my girl friend that I don't want to add any more guy friends. I could see how it'd end: another kambiang in my life. And I am right. It wasn't the friend who was introduced to me, but his friend. They are all trying to get to be with you no matter what. Even if he thought I have a boyfriend already. Perhaps even if I were married, too.

I completely can't understand those men, those who are committed especially. These two guys have already wife and child. These two guys should know that they are NOT available. And here they were, trying to get to me and terrorize me by texts and phone calls. I am truly annoyed.

The fact is, people have this thinking that everyone who is in Bali is in such fun mood. They come here to "have fun" in sexual way and think all guys and girls are just the same so they just try make a move for that. I do not. These kind of people make me disgusted and upset, more like disappointed, but hey that's the fact here. I just have to accept that fact tho it gets me further from believing in guys nowadays.

In times like this, I feel so tired for being alone in this island. Having a boyfriend or someone to lean on would be so much a comfort. But apparently I am alone, so I need to protect and comfort myself. I need to be tough and keep my address a secret to most of people. It's tiring, but then again it is the reality I am facing. I just need to deal with it.

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Blogging Stuff

Happiness

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5 Whys

5 Whys I Was Happy Last Weekend

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Holiday Trip

Days With Mom

I had Mom came to Bali for two weeks. And it was fun, I felt so much energized for being with someone I love the most. So I let her wander alone about the city at weekdays when I was working and had the whole weekends spent with her. And there were two holidays while she was here, so I got more time with her.

So we went to Ubud for our first day off and went to Sanur at the second day. We drove by bike this time, and we chilled at Anjali for some coffee and stayed there until almost sunset. We ended the day at Bali Mal Galleria and I shopped for some kitchen stuff (tho I haven't the kitchen yet) at Ace Hardware.

At the next holiday we drove around Seminyak, Oberoi and Double Six area; shop to shop, boutique to boutique, and ended up at Goodys. We walked a lot, shopped a lot, ate a lot and chatted a lot. It was a really fun day for me, having those new dresses especially. LOL.

The next day, we went for massage at Pak Oles, Bypass Ngurah Rai. We had spoiled our bodies for an hour and went for bike riding to Jimbaran. We ended up at Balique and went back to Kuta area and went for 6 pm mass at FX Church. We had dinner at Ayam Plengkung and went to Ace Hardware at Central Parking to buy another utility for my kitchen stuff, which is an oven toaster.

My last day off was spent at the south side of the island. We went to Jimbaran, visited GWK, and spent the last minutes of sunset at Balangan beach. We did had the whole sunset until it was set and this made us really happy. We had dinner someplace around, shopped another souvenirs at Krisna, and went back to my place, put some stuff there and went for a tour around Umalas area to show Mom.

I am so happy and excited to have her here, but I have to let her go back to Bandung to deal with her stuff there, living her now different world. I also really missing my brother and sister now, but this is the way life is. We are going our own ways and meet up sometime. And for that short time of meeting, we have to cherish and live it up the most.