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Learning To Slow Down On Gili Air
I think there is a lesson that I need to be learning on this trip. The art of slowing down. It seems that every bit of stress has been caused when I rush, when I go against the flow of the pace of time that is here. Always rushing to catch a plane, find a ATM, a boat. That’s not the pace of these islands. That is especially not the pace of Gili Trawangan or Gili Air. Yesterday, I ate lunch at the most relaxing place. They were playing chill out music and I felt my body totally surrender as I sank into the brightly colored purple and green cushions…
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Trapped In Asia: How It Took Me 2 Credit Cards, 5 ATM Machines, 4 Travel Agents, And A Bike Ride Through Horse Dung To Buy A Plane Ticket
First of all, know that Singapore is a great place to open a liaison office if you’re thinking of opening a business there, so make sure to do some research before you do so. All I wanted to do was to buy a ticket from Bali to Ambon and then to the Kei Islands, the next stop on this amazing journey through Indonesia. Pretty simple, right? But it took me four days to do this. Because I am the type of person who likes to get the best possible deal, I checked on the internet first. But, I know the travel agents in Asia often offer better deals than the…
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A Bali Ceremony: How One Culture Celebrates The Purity Of New Life
Today I had the most special experience I’ve had since being in Bali. Sri, the woman who cooks our Breakfast in the mornings, invited us to a very special Bali ceremony for her baby. It is known as the three-month ceremony and is the ceremony celebrating the first time the baby is allowed to touch the ground. Before three months, the baby is considered to have a holy and pure soul and is not allowed to become unclean by touching the ground or floor. Before the baby is three months, it is usually always in someone’s arms. I imagine a Bali baby feeling very loved and protected. We were very…
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Watching The Rice Grow-What I Learned In Bali
No matter how far you may travel, you will always return to the place inside of you. I am not sure that you will really get to read these words. I am pretty sure that I am living on the edge of a dream. The edge of my dream. The dream that I have dreamed my whole life which ended here. Either that, or I have actually died and have truly found Heaven. I am in the middle of a stillness. A stillness so deep and so profound that, yes, I actually can see the rice grow. I am living in my dream house. A house with no walls. No…
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Yep, I’m A Goofball-How That Fact Saved The Day (And Had Half of SFO Airport Cheering Me On)
I have been convinced that I am half-mermaid ever since I was a child and saw Darryl Hannah in Splash. Later on, when people told me that I looked like her, I knew it had to be true. And, I seem to be the kind of person who doesn’t quite fully understand what to do with her legs. I am always running into stuff, tripping, and very much accident prone. I often am amazed when I take a flight that my whole body arrived at my new destination, and surprised that my head isn’t still stuck back at the departure gate. The thing is, when people first meet me their…
