Returning to Malaysia was a great feeling, especially when you know that on home ground, no matter how sick you get, you still have friends to watch over you. Pineh sent me to the airport and stopped along the way to pick up a name plate with my name etched on an authentic Balinese crafted wood!!! Thank you, Pineh! It has been such a joy to see the crater of Batur with you! You let me learn things about the earth, the mountains and the people that I would never have known otherwise.
He treated me to Nasi Campur in Kedewatan before dropping me at the airport where I met Azlee (co-founder of Chiaroscuro.net) and wife who were heading home too.
Being away for a week and then another week before that has certainly taken a toll on my body. For some strange bug has invaded my system and since having gone to the Healing Station, I was given charge of Captain Anti Biotic, Sergeant Actifed and Private Paracetamol for 5 days. They were to fight on my behalf while I sought rest in Slumberland.
Bali had been a cultural experience for me and I wish to be able to see more of life in the central plains and eastern highlands of this exotic island. Ubud had been so named because the Dutch couldn’t spell Ubat (medicine/cure), which had been the beliefs of Balinese as the confluence of three rivers resulted in waters that provided miracle cures for all ailments in those times. People who drank of the waters experienced miracle healing.
I guess one week is appropriate to recharge and come back with a renewed inspiration to churn out pieces for my work so to Pineh, Padram, Made, Komang and Ketut (friends I made in Bali), thank you for a wonderful time and a piece of your history that you shared with me that will forever be etched in my memory….
That looks like a cabbage patch..can’t you fing a Pumpkin patch instead?