Bali Today; Sarbagita

My night life is such messy lately. I've told myself many times to sleep earlier. But what happened was, I slept above 2 am everyday. The result surely as expected; I woke up late everyday. As today, after subuh praying, I wrapped myself under the blanket to against the cold from stormy raining outside. Bali is always raining lately.
So, here are my rundown today;

Kitchen Time
Kitchen is one of the most important part of home for me. Being in the kitcehn is one of my pleasure. While Dewi made coffee, I was busy with flour and stuffs making pancake. I only had 1 hour to do all morning routine before going for an appointment in Seminyak Square. Robert, a property agent was waiting there. Oh God, I would be late! He was waiting and I just finished my shower. I have 10 minutes to go before it' s late. I didn't want to create a bad image by being late.

First Appointment
It was bright and sunny when I was in Jimbaran. But wen I got the Airport Junction, rain started to splash me. It seem I will be late. It's three minutes to ten, and I couldn't ride too fast becouse of wet road. Too dangerous. Unfortunately, the street was very crowded until I got the Sunset road. As predicted, I got the Seminyak Square 15 minutes late and found Robert waiting anxiously. We directly headed to Robert's car and driving along the Oberoi street to Canggu.

Segara Bayu Villa, Canggu
Robert took me to see one villa on sale near the Canggu Club. Wow, it's just a very luxurious villa. And sure, the price is "lux' too. I like the living room, garden and wall. the wall is made of fiber glass that make you free up yourview to the rice field beside the villa. What make it good is a sliding wall covering the glass wall. So, you can close the view when you don't need it. The villa is equipped with the swimming pool and separated bedrooms with open sky shower.

Seminyak Square
After checking the villa, Robert dropped me at Seminyak Square where I was trapped by heavy rain and wind after. I like rain, but this time it make a strange pain in my heart. I couldn't stand to see that people back and forth with their family and their couple. I hate this insecure feeling!

I rode back my motorbike to Jimbaran once the rain stopped.
Pffhhhh....very tired today. Time to pemper myself with shoer time!

Bali# Green Shawl, Bead Bracelets, and Dialog Dini Hari

I was in  the art cafe Seminyak expecting Dialog Dini Hari, my favorite music group to perform this evening. Unfortunately they didn't perform as written in the schedule like I see from the cafe's website. However, the music group performing was great. While enjoying my Balinese Coffee, Mas Dadang, a lead vocalist of Dialog Dini Hari came to my desk and greeted me. I was surprised when he complimented my green shawl I bought three days ago. He thought that I got the shawl from somewhere in India.  He interested in having one. I directly tweet  green scarf and got some comments. Cepuk interested in having one too. Then the idea crossed in my mind; why don't I just post the picture here in case some of my friends are interested in having it and I can get it for them while I'm in Bali. 

So, here are some things that catch my attention during my wandering in Seminyak after working

Remember the girl in a green shawl in "The Confession Shopaholic"? But I think this shawl is way better.

The Print in the middle of the shawl

Since I don't have a mannequin to fit this shawl, I can only provide you this:) 

Here are also some wooden and bead necklaces and bracelets requested by Rizka;

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I found these art hand-painted bracelet in a small art shop in Seminyak Street. Rizka, which one do you like?

bead bracelet with dragonfly, dolphin, and key pendant

Di Bawah Pohon Kamboja; Hangat

Pada sebuah Café di depan pantai Kuta di sore yang hangat.

Saya duduk di sofa di bawah pohon kamboja dengan buku “Alchemist” English version di tangan. Novel ini saya dapatkan minggu lalu sehabis makan malam di Seminyak Square. Sebuah novel yang mengaduk-aduk semangat dan memaksa saya untuk percaya dan teguh.

Sesekali saya menyeruput orange juice dan kembali fokus ke novel saya. tiba-tiba saya merasa ada seseorang yang memanggil saya. Saya tidak mendengar nama saya dipanggil tapi saya merasa sayalah yang dipanggil di tengah hiruk pikuk kendaraan di jalan depan saya dan lalu lalang orang yang tengah euphoria dengan liburan. Saya mengangkat kepala mengalihkan pandangan dari novel saya dan mendapati seraut wajah tersenyum lebar dari seorang pemuda sebaya dengan saya yang berdiri di trotoar kira-kira 7 meter di depan saya. Senyuman lebarnya mencipta wajah yang berbinar yang dengan cepat menular ke ekspresi saya.

“It’s very cool book, Buddy!” It’s very good! Katanya sambil mengacungkan kedua jempol dan tetap tersenyum.

“Yes, sure! So,  have you read it? saya membalas sambil tersenyum lima jari

“I did. Last week. But then I left it when I swam and someone took it” katanya sambil mengangkat bahu

“too bad!”

“It’s Ok. Since it’s a good book, she/he will get good things” katanya sambil tersenyum.

“Thoughtful!”

Dia tersenyum sambil memainkan alisnya dengan jenaka. 

“Ok, continue reading, I’m leaving” katanya sambil mengacungkan jempol dan melambaikan tangan seraya melangkah kembali menyusuri trotoar.

Tiba-tiba dada saya terasa hangat. Saya tersenyum. Rasa suntuk karena menunggu yang tadi sempat merajai tiba-tiba lenyap.

Hal yang sederhana. Seseorang yang asing memuji pilihan bacaan saya, senyuman yang tulus dan sore yang hangat.  

Ada banyak hal yang membuat orang terhubung. Hobby yang sama, pengetahuan yang sepadan, kesialan yang sama yang menimpa, kepercayaan yang sama dan nasib yang yang sama. Kali ini saya terhubung dengan orang asing yang bahkan saya tidak tahu namanya karena sebuah buku yang dia lihat sepintas sambil jalan.

Dengan langkah kaki ringan saya melangkahkan kaki menuruni undakan tangga kafe dan berjalan menyusuri trotoar. Sejenak saya merasa tolol. Seharusnya saya menawarinya minum dan mengobrol dengannya sejenak. Pasti bakal menyenangkan. Ah sudahlah, ada kalanya orang hanya singgah sebentar dan ada yang singgah dan tinggal.

Taxi biru pertama yang lewat saya cegat. Saya menghempaskan pantat di kursi Taxi dan dengan suara ceria bilang ke pak sopir;

“Airport Pak!

Sepertinya kekhawatiran saya akan suntuk menunggu di Airport tidak akan terjadi.

Jogja Jogja!

Tanggal 19 kemarin saya ke Jogja. Ini adalah kali pertama saya menginjakkan kaki di Ngajogjokarta Hadiningrat setelah sekian tahun tinggal di tanah Jawa. Padahal katanya kan Jogja itu jantungnya Jawa. Sebenarnya saya sudah lama berencana untuk mengunjungi kota ini. Undangan teman-temanpun sudah berkali-kali menghampiri. Sampai saya kemudian mulai membenci kota ini karena alasan yang sangat-sangat aneh yang disebabkan oleh Abang saya. Saya sampai harus dibujuk oleh Abang saya untuk pergi ke Jogja karena kalau tidak saya sudah keberatan sekali untuk test TOEFL ITP di Jogja. Dia sampai memberi saya alasan panjang lebar agar saya berangkat. Pakai menjanjikan hadiah segala. Aduh, kayak anak kecil saja ya saya.

Ketika saya di Jogja, saya tetap dipandu oleh abang saya melalui WhatsApp. Jadi, lumayanlah saya tidak terlalu sedih. Saya sampai jalan-jalan ke borubudur dan prambanan segala. Dan tetap dipandu oleh abang saya. Nampaknya dia khawatir saya tidak menikmati Jogja karena dia tahu benar kalau saya sangat membenci Jogja. Lumayan, saya merasa ada yang menemani. 

Awalnya, saya berniat mencari hostel murah buat menginap. Tapi teman saya, Nadi dan Mas nya meminta saya untuk menginap di rumah mereka. Senang menjadi tamu di rumah mereka. Saya tidak kesepian dan nelangsa. Ada teman sharing. They treat me so well. baik banget mereka. Mas bayu nganterin ke mana-mana. 

Payung Siapa?

Saya sempatkan sehari untuk jalan-jalan dulu menikmati Jogjakarta. Saya nggak mau jadi orang Indonesia yang durhaka. Makanya, saya mengunjungi Borubudur. Di jalan ketemu sama backpacker asal Taiwan, Si Wang. Sepakat jalan bareng karena destinasi kami sama, Borubudur dan Prambanan.

Wow, Amazing!

Karena antrian di Local Visitor Gate, setelah beli tiket saya diajak si Wang masuk lewat International Visitor Gate aja. Kasihan banget ya orang Indonesia, pintu masuknya biasa banget plus antriannya puanjaang. Beda dengan International Visitor Gate yang ada lounge nyaman dengan fasilitas free drink dan bonus pelayanan ramah dari gadis-gadis Djogja yang memasngkan kain batik di pinggang saya. Akhirnya, saya mengajak Wang buat nyantai dulu di taman belakang Lounge yang teduh sambil menikmati kopi.

Under my Umbrella ella ella ella e e e....

Saya mulai bisa menikmati tour saya. Borubudur memang magnificent and breath taking. Bayangkan, orang zaman dahulu banget sudah mampu membuat bangunan dengan arsitektur keren seperti ini dengan modal batu-batu doang. Pasti arsiteknya jenius deh. Ketika muter-muter di atas candi, hujan turun dengan lebatnya. Karena tidak berniat tour, saya lupa membawa payung merah marun cantik andalan saya. Si Wang sampai menawarkan untuk merobek mantelnya menjadi dua agar bisa berbagi dengan saya. Saya tolak dan memilih berteduh sambil jepret orang-orang both with my DLSR and Blackberry. Share foto lewat BBM sama teman di Jakarta dan cela-celaan mengenai selera foto saya.

Kleting Kuning

Selama Borubudur Tour, saya dipandu oleh abang saya lewat WhatsApp. Ngomel-ngomelin pula gara-gara saya nggak bawa payung. 

Prambanan Temple under the rain

Setelah puas berkeliling di Borubudur, sesuai dengan jadwal yang saya sepakati dengan Wang, saya mengunjungi Prambanan. Sebenarnya waktu kami masih cukup untuk mengunjungi Prambanan. Akan tetapi bus Trans Jogja yang akan membawa saya ke Prambanan selalu penuh. Hasilnya, saya sampai di Prambanan ketika loket karcis hampir tutup. Hujan yang cukup lebat embuat saya tidak leluasa mengambil foto. Akhirnya misinya menjadi 'yang penting sudah mengunjugi Prambanan'. Dalam perjalanan pulang saya kembali nelangsa dan marah ketika transit di halte Airport. Airpot ini memantik kembali kebencian saya akan Jogja. 

Suasana Djogja

Setelah TOEFL test, saya sempatin jalan ke Malioboro. Lagunya Aggun 'Malioboro' langsung berputar di otak saya. Sore yang mendung di Malioboro yang padat saya merasa nelangsa di tengah keramaian. Okay, I just don't get why people love Malioboro. Okay, perhaps I've set my expectation too high about malioboro. Atau karena memang pengaruh kebencian saya akan Jogja. Ketika saya cerita kalau saya sedang nelangsa ke banag saya, dia minta maaf karena telah membuat saya benci Jogja. Tapi rasanya saya harus mulai mengakui, jogja menyenangkan. Saya harus belajar untuk menghapus kebencian saya. 

Bali Holiday # Room, Balcony, Yard and Stuffs

Some of my favorite objects to shoot with my camera are room and stuffs, building and yard. I think I have an interest in architectural photography. Need to learn more about it. I just so happy when I capture them. Here are some pics I took;

I was in Ubud and got mad with the all expensive Hotel. I rode away to the Village and Found this very  comfort guest house with a cozy luxury room for very very cheap price. It has two big windows with an open view to the rice fields with the mountain as a background.

After a long walking around in Ubud, I and my Abang took our lazy time in this  Restaurant. The ambiance is just perfect! 

Kajane Kafe in MOnkey Forest Street, Ubud. I love both exterior and interior. 

Really want to have this wooden bowl. However, I confused where to put since  I don't have my own house yet:(

I don't mind to spend my time a whole day in this cafe. Spin cafe. Situated on  the high  cliff  with  a direct view to the clear blue water of Indian sea below make whatever meal or drink you have doubled it's taste. My favorite is Manggo Smoothie. It's the best mango drink I ever had.  

Wine at Oops Restaurant. Will get back there in the next  Holiday. Wanna dance salsa with Dewi!

Coffee Maker. Found it in one stall of Hello Asia at South East Asian Summit and Exhibition in Nusa Dua 

It was heay raining Last night. This morning, I got out the room with my camera wandering  in the Hotel yard. Found these flowers scattering near the statue. La Waloon Hotel-Kuta Bali

Bali Fashion Candid Photos

I was waiting Christian's departure when the idea hit my mind. Instead of wandering in the beach in a hot day, I went to Discovery Mall. I hoped that there will be crowd of people. Usually, dressed up people are back and forth in the sea front 'piazza' behind the mall. I wanted to do candid photo shoot. I knew, Korean and other oriental girls always appears in eye catching dress shopping in this mall when the afternoon come.

Unfortunately, there were only few foreigner visitor in the mall that afternoon. I only got few photograph. Here they are:

A corner in a Piazza with Pink Kamboja tree

I adore her mix n match. 

Like her Pose. natural

Celebrity Looks

Love that little girl's outfit. 

White and Soft gown

Blue Jeans bermuda is always tempting for me!

Good Shoes take you to good places. have it happened to you girl?

Oriental Lady

I got this shoot in swimming pool side in old Fourteen Roses Hotel in Jalan Legian. I was swimming when this adorable smiling boy passed by . 

The Pic of Bali LBH, Day 2; Padang-Padang Beach, Yeye's Warung

The breakfast was very good. I thought I had triple.
We found the motorbike rental near the hotel. I chose the red Vario for our ride exploring the coast.  We rented the motorbike for 5 days.

So, it's now the time to explore. As we've planned before, today is the time for visiting the Padang-Padang Beach. It's a calm and quit beach where Michael Learn to Rock made their clip for the "Someday" song.

I am always happy to ride a motorbike in Bali, especially riding along the coastal street along the hill.

I would like to spend the rest of my life here!! definitely!

After Catching!

The beach is situated far away down. It's like under the bridge!

Michael Learn To Rock made their video clip for the "Someday" Song in this Beach. 

 I celebrated being in the nice beach and clear water by swimming back and froth, laying on the sands, reading, and photo shooting. I swam until I got sore. 

The best thing for a tiring body in extremely hot conditions like this is a big glass of Orange Milkshake.

So, here we were, riding the motorbike bike climbing the hill, heading to the Blue Point of Suluban Beach. The ride took me to the top of the hill, where I found a small restaurant with a very nice outdoor space. We decided to stop and have lunch there.

The ambiance was very tranquil. There were no other visitors except us.
Yeye's warung is recommended by "The Lonely Planet" as a good place for travelers.

 I picked mango milkshake, Tuna Salad with balinese sauce plus carrot cake and ice cream as dessert. 

Tuna steak with Balinese sauce. Actually, the steak should be paired with steamed rice, but I chose chips instead

The Pic of My Bali-Late-Birthday-Holiday; Day 1

Hello people!

It’s been I didn’t post my travelling pic on my blog. Or I even never did it?

I did several times I think.

I always love Bali for the Holiday destination. Along the August to November, I visited Bali four times.

The Last visit was on November in a two-week-holiday with my Abang, Christian. The holiday was the Late-Birthday-Present for me. I was much occupied with the camera at the time since I’m very excited with my new camera and tried so hard to get good picture. Here are my captures;

The first three days we had staying in Amaris Hotel in Legian. It's a new Hotel managed by Santika Hotel. Both exterior and interior are very simple, even they didn't provide fridge for the standard room. The hotel is just like other hotel in Indonesia. I found no Balinese touch like the Hotels in Bali. Most of the customers are Indonesian. And as usual, Indonesian are always communal. They come in big group and cause crowded:)

One thing I like from this Hotel is the Breakfast. Yup, they provide super-combo-jumbo four types breakfast in buffet that you can take by yourself. You may take double, triple or try all the variety of breakfast available! So, Indonesian deh!

Since we were still jet lag (not me actually, it was my Abang), we decided not to go somewhere except spending the time sunbathing, reading, and playing with the wave in Legian Beach. When the sun was in its hottest heat, we let our stuff under the umbrellas and went to Circle K for some ice cream and Fanta Fruit puch (my favourite fanta ever).

One of my fave place in Bali. Having fresh soft drink while reading under the 'kamboja' tree.

I took this from the Circle K near the Pulmoon Hotel in Kuta

When the sum went down to the horizon, we left the beach for Shopping some t-shirt and daily need in Kuta Square.

Todays activity was ended with Dinner @ our favourite restaurant. Kinda small and very affordable restaurant which provide very delicious snapper fish and big big crab! I got myself Big snapper fish with sweet sour sauce completed with chips and salads.

Christian had a snapper too but with the difference sauce; butter and onion sauce.

fFor tomorrow, we've planned to go to the new beach we never visit before. I'll post the pic.

Alchemist, Banana Pancake, Personal Calling dan Bali

Pelan-pelan saya mengunyah banana pancake di mulut saya. Menu ini selalu menjadi pilihan menu utama saya ketika sedang berada di Bali. Bahkan kali ini saya mencombo banana pancake dengan scramble eggs, toast, fruit salad plus coffee au lait. Kalau saja abang saya, Christian saat ini ada di sini pasti dia sudah ngedumel sambil meledek porsi makanan saya. Dia pasti akan menggenggam pergelangan tangan saya sambil bilang ‘ you eat so much, but it doesn’t  influence your body at all. Where do all these food go?”. Biasanya saya akan tersenyum lebar sambil terus menyantap makanan saya dengan lahap.

Sesekali  saya menyelingi suapan pancake saya dengan coffee au lait yang kata abang saya menjadi lait au coffee karena saya mencanpur susu terlalu banyak.  Saya sangat betah berlama-lama di restoran ini. Selain harganya yang sangat terjangkau, hobi iseng saya terakomodir di sini. Ada banyak hal yang bisa saya komentari dari ramainya orang yang lalu-lalang di jalan kecil di depan restoran. Kadang  saya tersenyum, kadang kening saya berkerut karena berpikir dan kadang saya miris dengan apa yang saya lihat. Selain orang yang berlalu lalang, tidak ada perubahan yang berarti di jalan sempit tempat restoran favorit (karena murah dan enak) saya ini berada. Selama hampir lima tahun saya duduk di tempat ini paling tidak dua kali setahun. Dan dalam 4 bulan ini melonjak menjadi sepuluh kali. 

Toko-toko dan kios penjual souvenir di depan dan samping restoran masih sama seperti minggu lalu sebelum saya balik ke Malang dan kembali lagi ke sini, bulan lalu, dua bulan yang lalu, 7 bulan yang lalu dan 4 tahun yang lalu. Gadis-gadi yang menawarkan jasa pijat juga masih sama meneriakkan “Hello, massage please!” yang terkadang lesu. Kelesuan yang tercipta karena low session karena wisatawan tidak membludak seperti biasanya, yang artinya mereka harus berjuang lebih keras untuk menggaet pelanggan.

Memperhatikan semua itu membawa pikiran saya pada satu pertanyaan. Apakah mereka tidak bosan menjalani rutinitas yang itu-itu saja selama bertahun-tahun? Well, mungkin tidak itu-itu saja karena saya tidak tahu apa yang mereka lakukan di rumah mereka. Dari pandangan nanar gadis-gadis pemijat kepada wisatawan yang keluar masuk toko dan restoran, otak sok tahu saya bia menangkap sebenarnya mereka bosan dan ingin menikmati suasana berlibur seperti mereka dan juga saya. atau juga memimpikan bisa bertukar posisi dengan para wisatawan itu. Mereka menjadi wisatawan dan bule-bule itu menjadi penjaja jasa pijat seperti mereka.

Saya percaya bahwa sebenarnya semua orang mempunyai mimpi yang tinggi dan ideal untuk dirinya masing-masing. Buktinya, coba tanyakan kepada anak-anak TK atau keponakan anda yang sedang lucu-lucunya. Pasti mereka semua mempunyai cita-cita. Dan saya yakin kita semua pernah di sana, bergembira dengan cita-cita tinggi kita yang sepertinya akan mudah saja diraih. Itu sebelum terkontaminasi oleh pengaruh pesimisme terhadap realitas hidup dan prejudice orang-orang dewasa di lingkungan sekitar kita.

Cita-cita kita pelan-pelan terkubur karen akita diberitahu bahwa tidak semua yang kita inginkan akan tercapai. Kita diingatkan untuk tidak bercita-cita ‘terlalu tinggi’ karena akan menyiksa diri kita sendiri. Kita disuruh untuk melihat si Budi anak tetangga sebelah yang pernah bercita-cita tinggi  tapi sekarang stress karena cita-citanya tidak tercapai. Akan tetapi kita tidak disuruh untuk menengok si Iwan anak tetangga sebelahnya lagi yang sukses mampus dan berbahagia karena konsisten mengejar cita-citanya.

Lama-kelamaan cita-cita itu terkubur semakin dalam karena kita takut dengan konsisten mengejar cita-cita kita akan menyakiti orang-orang yang kit acintai; keluarga, sahabat, ataupun kekasih yang hatinya terpaut dengan hati anda. Padahal seharusnya cinta adalah energi. Kalau saya, saya yakin bahwa orang-orang yang saya cintai akan bahagia melihat saya bahagia karena saya menggapai mimpi-mimpi saya.

Paulo Coelho dalam novel fenomenalnya, Alchemist, menggambarkan dengan indah bahwa semua orang mempunyai keinginan yang disebut “personal calling”. Personal Calling adalah cita-cita atau keinginan setiap manusia seperti yang saya ceritakan tadi. Orang yang setia mendengar personal calling-nya akan menggapai personal legend; kejayaan dan kebahagiaan. They live happily because they live their life to the fullest”. Since they did all their best to achieve what they really want, they have nothing to regret.

Ada banyak orang yang mengubur personal callingnya dan berpikir bahwa penerus keturunannya bisa merealisasikan mimpi itu. Maka muncul lah orang tua yang memaksa anaknya masuk sekolah tertentu dan kuliah di jurusan tertentu untuk menggapai mimpi itu. Padahal anak-anak mereka bukan robot, mereka mempunyai personal callingnya masing-masing. You can put them in the best school in the town, but they have their own toys and interest.

Tugas orang tua adalah member masukan dan pertimbangan atas pilihan anak dan mensupport si anak jika apa yang di aimpikan memang hal yang positif.  Jangan sampai unrealized willing anda dibebankan kepada orang lain. Realisasikan sekarang selagi anda masih bisa. mumpung anda masih punya energy dan polusi pesimisme belum mencemari karena bisingnya suara-suara prejudice di sekeliling anda. Listen your heart, follow your personal calling!

Senada dengan “the Secret”, Melalui Achemist, Paulo Coelho juga mengatakan “ when you really want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it”.

Kopi di cangkir saya sdah habis. Banana pancake sudah tandas. Gadis-gadis pemijat masih berteriak “Hello massage”. Saya semakin yakin untuk mengikuti personal calling saya. Saya tidak ingin ketika saya tua nanti, saya mengutuk hidup saya karena berhenti berusaha merealisasikan “personal calling” saya.

PS:

Maaf, saya jadi terkesan menggurui. Mungkin karena efek kebanyakan makan banana pancakeJ 

Bali, 20 November 2011

It's Feeling Stupid!

It was long time ago my friend, Irma suggested to watch this movie, but I never realized it until my sister copied that movie to my laptop with a gazilion words telling that the movie is so me. They said that I'm a shopaholic so that I need to watch this movie for curing. Lol. I've questioned myself many times whether I'm a shopaholic or not. And the answer was a big big no. I like to do window shopping (and yes, shoping some times). I do shoopping when I'm in a very stucked with my job (or yes my feeling some time). And note it; I only shop when I found a very sexy and nice jeans from Levi's or nudie. And yes, very sexy bermuda or undie (undie is human right anyway. That's why I always wonder when there is a man with a daddy-used-to-be-white undie under their pants. Oh, come on, get enlightment guys!). And also very good fragrance. Okey, I'm too much about this part. It's just a personal side of me. We will not discuss about it.

Back to the "confension of shopaholic". I love the charachter of Rebecca Bloomwood. One schene that I really like is when ... And Luke were in the Gala Dinner. And Bloomingwood told the big boss of a big bank that his bank is very boring. Everyone on the spot was shocked of that bare words to the boss. She suggested to put the umbrella in front of the bank window and give the discount for administration payment to attract the customers. Surprisingly, the bank’s big boss like the idea. What I got from that short dialogue is about little things that usually forgotten. A feeling.

Putting umbrella is aimed to give a customer a good feeling so that they'll be attracted to come to the bank. And the sale or discount give the feeling to the customer that the product is cheap eventhough in logical thought it's not that cheap. These feeling enhancements lead you to the trance condition and then lead you to buy without thinking. It works that simple.

Last month was my birthday. And Christian, my lovely Abang come for a late birthday present. We have had a holiday together. He came along with a very nice book for another present. I felt in love with the book in a first sight. I spontaneously loove the book becouse of the cover's colour; shocking orange. It attracted me to directly open the first page and started reading. I'm sure if the book got a bad colour I would not that interested and enthusiastic to read. And in addition, I was happy to read becouse it was a birthday present. It's about the feeling.

Another story. I and my Abang was bored with the hotel we had been staying in for days. We intended to change. So, there we were, on the motorbike finding the comfortable hotel. The first hotel I stopped, I directly said no becouse the waiter didn't give me even a single smile eventhough the hotel got cheap price. The waiter's response lead me to a bad feeling. Instead of thinking that a hotel got a pretty cheap price, I walked away becouse I did,t feel confortable. Believe me, there is no single normal person in this world want to stay in a free hotel with everyday unconvenient and uncomfortable feeling. It's about feeling. Little things with big effect.

This morning we were sitting for breakfst in the swimmingpool side after an exhausting trip to Ubud a day before. The waiter got us two big white ceramic pot of coffee. One teko for each. A pot contains of about five cup of coffee. The coffee directly wiped away the bad feeling I have about the hotel becouse they provide a not really nice shower room. I was mumbling about it. But these pots of coffee enhance the hotel level from bad to the not so bad.  

Yesterday, we had been in Ubud for a quick visit. Staying there in the what people called a heart of Bali a two days and a night. The accomodation we got was more then expected. A small-six rooms cozy guesthouse with very well arrangement backyard and a big balcony with a free view to the paddy fields and of course with lot of kamboja trees, my favourite flover ever. More then anything, the owner knows how to pemper the customer so well. It's like the popped-up famously boys band lyric which I don't like becouse I'm not into boysband; I know you so well or in singaporean version, I know you so well lah.  Actually the gusthouse didn't really put us as a upper-ordinant or superior position. They consider us as a friend. The owner talked to us like a friend. She tried to build the feeling of being a friend. Small things that lead me to volunterily wanted to promote this guest house. So guys, If once you visit Ubud, do stay there in Kudos Guesthouse. Situated in the top of the hill in the middle of rice field make this place is the best accomodation to enjoy the peace ambience and feeling of being Balinese. It's not so far from Ubud Palace and Rio Helmi's photography gallery.

If you are a boss in a company or a leader in an organization, you can create the comforty feeling for your people by saying thanks to appreciate them, saying sorry if you think you put them in unconvenient situation, taking them to a coffee shop once, or gifting them a chocholate or your homemade carrot cake for the one or who you feel supported you in your work. Simple and appliable things with the gig effect; you'll get a loyal and productive employees. Let them know that you are care. Put them in a good feeling.  

These idea is a common dayly little things that effect big things. Tom Peters proposes in his Little Big Things that 'the toughest part of this message is that to do much with the idea, you need an attitude. For me, attitude is, putting others in the way you want others to put you. That's all.

Double Six Beach, 11-11-11