Life as a Driver on a small island

Most Balinese live in Bali their entire life but hardly been to many parts of Bali.

When I started driving tourists around, I was quite lost. I had no idea how to get to one place and another. So I was always on the phone with my cousin who worked in the hotel, who sometimes driving people around the island to make some extra income.

He knows Bali fairly well so he can direct me to the correct direction without me getting lost… well, even when I was totally lost in the middle of nowhere.

Of course my customers then asked me why I was always on the phone, or maybe they notice that I was lost.

My answers was quite standard, “The road changed.”

Alive and Kicking

It's been awhile since I last updated.

It's peak season and I've been working none stop. It is good though considering that money needs to be saved to complete the house.

Yes. The structure of the house is done. The roof is up! Next thing to do will be the flooring. That would mean later...

Considering the amount of work I'm getting recently, I am proud that Bali is still a paradise...

Baturiti

I've been here many times... and I still like it here. It's just so... peaceful.

Cremation

It's going to be the cremation of some one rich family from the village so they can do the cremation directly even the actual village cremation will be held next year for all of the dead in the village so we can share the cost together.

That's the way of the Balinese people do to reduce the cost of the cremation because it is so expensive. And we can do all things of the tradition and culture.

It's gonna be just one person, so I just come back to the village sometimes, because everybody have to do something else, like… working for a living.

Tomorrow, there will be a very big cremation in Ubud. It’s for the king of Ubud who past away two month ago. It's gonna be the biggest cremation we ever had. It's just great! All the hotel in Ubud are fully booked. Everybody (both local and tourist alike) wants to witness it.

I'll try to take some photo to share with you.

Home Sweet Home 2

The first stone had been put in place by the priest on 9th of July. The village is having some ceremony, so everybody is busy with their respective duty. So, the real work is starting next week.

Life's like that

Some French customer sent me email and booked me for my service. To locked down my time for them I have to turn down some of the other customers.

At the very last minute, they canceled the booking after we did all the arrangement.

Sigh... life's like that. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose...

Home Sweet Home

After much talking, surveying and advice from friends and contractor, I’ve decided it is cheaper to build a new house than just to fix the roof leaking problem.

I went to see the priest and he chose an auspicious date for me to start work. So we will start building a house from next month onwards, according to the structure of the old house but without the roof leaking problem. Hehehehe…

It may not be able to finish entirely by raining season (starting September), but at least I’ll solve the roof leaking problem.

I would like to thank my customers cum friend who helped me in many ways to make this happen. Thank you very much!

P.S. I will still fix the roof after I save more money :)