I’ve heard about Bali before I was 7 years young. I was not visited Bali until 2004. I know nothing about Bali nor how to organize a trip. All that I knew was my budget, my leave balance and that I want to bring my mother with me to Bali. I started my research about Bali tour packages from best tour agents in the country. This including visiting agent website, collecting recent promotion brochures for updated price and get some feedbacks from forums in regard of the packages. I was not the first human being who did not use agency service, so I believe there are plenty of information I can…
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Bali came alive
Pertama kali gw alami bahwa Bali itu nyata yaitu waktu gw belon genap 10 taon. Pas bokap temen gw buka bagasi mobilnya, di dalamnya ada nyembul hiasan kepala penari Bali. Trus happily and proudly dia bilang bahwa mereka baru aja pulang dari Bali. The hiasan kepala Bali was so real to me! Until that day I only heard Bali and the Kecak dance from others or TV news presenter .. or popping up in my Social Science exam papers. One day I will go to the paradise, I promised myself. Sebelon itu tentunya gw pernah denger tentang Bali lewat guru kelas gw di pelajaran IPS. Beliau bilang bahwa orang bule…
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Cita-cita jaman dulu
Dahulu kala, di kantor bokap gw ada lukisan warna biru-ijo-coklat segede meja makan, yang bentuk nya kayak buah pala kena keprek. Dia bilang itu “peta dunia”, dan dia bilang kita ada di “Java”. Trus di rumah gw ada “bola dunia” didominasi warna biru yang biasanya gw dan adik gw suka puter-puterin kalo lagi pas bosen ato bete. (Waktu itu sempet bingung juga sih, napa juga itu kedudukan bola miring, tapi ini gak penting sih buat gw, jadi gak sempet ditanyain). Alkisah, bokap gw punya banyak temen bule. They just look so different from us and smell different, too! Menurut bokap gw, temen2 nya itu orang Amerika. Amerika itu ada di…
