GRAAHHHH!!!!
10:07 am
Okay, I'm officially getting crazy.Things have been overly hectic at work since the office moved to Sanur. The construction work is still ongoing, the
A few updates that have been happening in my life this past fresh one week:
My sister was laughing her arse off when she heard the story, and so was Pam.
"I never saw any hotel rooms in Kuta that are rented on hourly basis," Pam said, "So Sanur must be the Bali-side of prostitution area."
I may need to research that. She might be right. I mean I'm not in the slightest doubt that Kuta is full of ayam's[1]. We saw a lot of them everywhere. But brothels, hmm... I don't think I've seen one yet here. Not as obvious as a sex-trade marketplace like in Sanur, at least.
Now that explains why the boarding houses are full! Those girls must have occupied them.
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[1] Ayam carries the connotation meaning of a young female prostitute. However, its literal meaning is chicken.
- My sister, Ita, has moved to Bali at the same time my boss was recruiting for a new staff to replace Carol (after 5 months I struggled doing two-person job!). She appeared to be the best candidate among the other 5 [I don't know how, my critical self thinks that her English is far from sufficient]. But anyway, congratulations to her. She started working on Monday (3 days ago) and so far she has shown a real motivation in learning what she should be doing at the office. It is not easy in the beginning, but I do appreciate her willingness.
- Fabio and Inga are moving to a big house in Sanur next weekend. It will be the same day Vincent arrives (YAY!!!!). So that means both my sister and I will have to get a (separate) place near the new office.
I think I could settle the first month living in this hotel/kost in Sidakarya, less than 5 minutes drive from Fabio's place. I actually liked a little house overlooking a rice field like 20 minutes from the new office. But it's really too far for Vincent to get to the expat area. While I think it is important for him to build his network in his first months here so that he can secure a job not long after he moves. So we agreed to take this full-service hotel for a month. Good deal for a short period, but not really in the long run. But I guess it is a better option. Then we can buy one-month time to look around for a house for us together. - This evening after work I drove Ita to Sanur area near the new office to look around for a boarding house for her. Amazingly enough, among the so many mushrooming boarding houses (Bahasa = kos-kosan), everything was full. And we were actually looking at the "city" side of Sanur instead of the seaside. My sister kept wondering why. I did not understand it, either.
We finally tried our luck in the seaside area. Ita found something that looked like a boarding house so she went in to see if there were a room available. I think I shouldn't waste time accompanying her there, but instead I checked out the other places nearby that looked like a boarding house. So I went inside this place next door that looked like a small losmen.
There was a guy with a well-built-body and latino-look curly hair approaching me and asked me what I wanted. I asked him if it was a penginapan (inn) and he said yes. Then I asked him how much it would cost if I was to rent it for a month. He said he was not renting rooms monthly.
"Oh, alright. It's like a hotel then. How much is it per day/night?" I asked again.
I swear he looked like he almost burst into laughing when he said, "We don't rent it on daily basis either."
I was stunned and confused.
"We rent rooms on hour-basis," he continued.
I stopped being dumb and the images of the places with the Sutra condom zone signs made me realise that I just stepped into one of the brothels in Sanur. I got so awkward and I prepared myself to run out of that place as soon as I could before he thought I could be recruited as one of their sex workers.
My sister was laughing her arse off when she heard the story, and so was Pam.
"I never saw any hotel rooms in Kuta that are rented on hourly basis," Pam said, "So Sanur must be the Bali-side of prostitution area."
I may need to research that. She might be right. I mean I'm not in the slightest doubt that Kuta is full of ayam's[1]. We saw a lot of them everywhere. But brothels, hmm... I don't think I've seen one yet here. Not as obvious as a sex-trade marketplace like in Sanur, at least.
Now that explains why the boarding houses are full! Those girls must have occupied them.
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[1] Ayam carries the connotation meaning of a young female prostitute. However, its literal meaning is chicken.
Best Couple of All Time
11:01 pm
A practical way to record your lovelife story.40 years from now, I won't have to buy a rocking chair
Not quite my style, but this one I like. The video is cute. :)
By Carla Ardian.Denpasar - The convicted so-called terrorists accused for killing 202 innocent people
H*******E
7:44 pm
How do you read these?F**kD**nS**tFuck? Damn? Shit? Not that hard to figure out, is it?So why do people
Picture courtesy of different media.An Indonesian rich muslim cleric has triggered a heated debate
Meet the Boys
3:48 pm
Felix.Do you remember Felix? Some of you have met him these past few years. He is the nice Dutch guy
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!So you think it's going to be a super happy post about you, Sheila? Maybe,
Europa Park
7:19 pm
Listening to: Hey Sexy Lady - Shaggy---Vincent and I enjoyed our Holland trip and we wished we could
A Weekend in Amsterdam
3:19 am
Eating: Microwaved chicken wings---Last weekend Vincent and I went to Holland. I did not quite plan
Je ne parle pas Francais
8:35 pm
That's the French sentence I remember the most. I trained myself to say that over and over again before
Watching: Family Guy 1st Season---I'm still having a hard time believing that I'm in France. The first
12
2:52 pm
12 has got to be the theme of the trip.First of all, I decided to take a travel minibus from Denpasar to Surabaya (on the 29th evening), which took 12
So this Vincent guy called me on Sunday asking me to go out with him. But at the time Corinne (the internee from Hogeschool INHOLLAND who used to work for CDU) was visiting and I had not seen her for like what... 6 years? So I had to turn down the offer. He sounded disappointed but I really wanted to spend as much time with Corinne as she was staying here only for a couple of days. And of course when it was weekdays again, I could not accompany her as I had to work.
And then Monday he called me wondering if I were available. Again, I had to turn that down because Corinne was still here. She was present when I got the call, and she felt bad that I had to miss a date chance because of her. But hey... you can't have too much possibility accompanying your friend after a six-year absence!
I promised him I'd see him on Tuesday evening, though. And I kept my promise.
After that first lovely date, we grew fond of each other VERY much that we felt necessary to meet every evening after I finished work. I really had a blast that week! He introduced me to his extended family (15 in total). Every one of them is nice, though I had to really struggle to communicate with most of them. Out of those 15, only 3 speak English (hieeehhh!!!!!)
But anyway, in short, I had a wonderful 5-day time with Vincent. Then at a party on Jimbaran beach in his last night here, he looked at me on the eyes and said, "Je t'aime."
The world was splitting up in two and I felt like I was pulled down to the core of earth. But I struggled to climb up and said,
"Really?"
Oh come on, was that the best thing I could do??? But I really didn't expect it to come out from him that soon!
He looked very convincing and replied, "Yes."
That's the scene I remember best by the way. The moonlight fused with the beach lights reflecting on his face... The white wine I'd been drinking all evening.... The yellowish, orangish glow on Vincent's face and eyes... But I guess what happened next was I smiled and kissed him. [Vincent, if you read this, confirm it please. What was my response???]
But I did declare my feeling a bit later that night. And he left the next day for Strasbourg with a hope from his side and mine that I would return the visit in about 2-month time.
Which is about now.
So yes, my dear friends... I'm leaving for France on the 31st of July and will be in my lover's arms the very first day in August. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!
How could I not????
And then Monday he called me wondering if I were available. Again, I had to turn that down because Corinne was still here. She was present when I got the call, and she felt bad that I had to miss a date chance because of her. But hey... you can't have too much possibility accompanying your friend after a six-year absence!
I promised him I'd see him on Tuesday evening, though. And I kept my promise.
After that first lovely date, we grew fond of each other VERY much that we felt necessary to meet every evening after I finished work. I really had a blast that week! He introduced me to his extended family (15 in total). Every one of them is nice, though I had to really struggle to communicate with most of them. Out of those 15, only 3 speak English (hieeehhh!!!!!)
But anyway, in short, I had a wonderful 5-day time with Vincent. Then at a party on Jimbaran beach in his last night here, he looked at me on the eyes and said, "Je t'aime."
The world was splitting up in two and I felt like I was pulled down to the core of earth. But I struggled to climb up and said,
"Really?"
Oh come on, was that the best thing I could do??? But I really didn't expect it to come out from him that soon!
He looked very convincing and replied, "Yes."
That's the scene I remember best by the way. The moonlight fused with the beach lights reflecting on his face... The white wine I'd been drinking all evening.... The yellowish, orangish glow on Vincent's face and eyes... But I guess what happened next was I smiled and kissed him. [Vincent, if you read this, confirm it please. What was my response???]
But I did declare my feeling a bit later that night. And he left the next day for Strasbourg with a hope from his side and mine that I would return the visit in about 2-month time.
Which is about now.
So yes, my dear friends... I'm leaving for France on the 31st of July and will be in my lover's arms the very first day in August. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!
How could I not????
Him.
8:52 am
Alright, to meet the readers' demands.... Here is the shortened story of how I met this guy I dare
So I'm....
4:48 pm
.... in love.That's the only explanation why I have been idle from blogging for so long now. So much to tell, so little time to write, so confusing to
Sexual Abuses in Indonesia
9:10 am
By Carla Ardian. [Writer’s note: Actually I wanted to write about this sooner when it was still fresh. But these past 4 weeks I’ve been facing some
Ana
8:59 am
These people live in a village with hay roofs close by the central tourism area -- which is not like
watching: National Treasure tags: politics---The government of Indonesia is finally to issue the Cyber Law after two years going back and forth
