Spice of food and spice of life

June 22, 2006

Good afternoon people, you can see my lunch is fried tofu, hotdog and rice, I just cooked those in the house, the rice I bought it outside. After having lunch I fixed my things and go to the internet shop to report to Mara about what’s happening here, while chatting with Mara I also had the chance to see my parents and chat with them on line, I got quite sad coz I missed them, this is the 1st time I’ve seen them, I cried for a while, nakakalungkot talaga malayo sa kanila but I know sa umpisa lang ito, anyway 2 months is only for while, my dad said wag nalang ako titingin sa calendar para malibang ako, after hours of doing internet I went home to take a rest, Arta, my friend asked me if I wanted to join him in going to their temple to watch people pray and dance for their God’s, I said yes but we have to eat dinner first, I’m already starving, before going out, Arta pulled 2 pieces of sarong for me to use and wear coz I can’t enter their temple if I have no sarong, you can see on the pictures, Arta said bagay pala sakin ang sarong mukha daw akong Balinese talaga, then we went to have dinner, we went to a small “carinderia” where they serves only java food, I ordered fried chicken skin and intestines and some of the spicy shredded chicken meat, its really spicy, naanghangan talaga ako dito. After dinner we went to the temple which Arta is talking about, its about 30 minutes motorbike, quite far from the house, when we arrived I saw many people carrying offerings on their heads and hands, they really pray a lot. By the way their religion is Hinduism, most of the Balinese are Hindus, almost 100%, You can see in the picture, people praying, some have dance show which they offer to their God’s, I’ve witnessed also something like exorcism, Arta said it’s a “trans” The spirit of their God takes over the body of someone there and when the spirit is already on that body he can stab himself with a small sword without any blood or pain, kinilabutan talaga ako dito coz you can hear them shout very loud, nakakatakot kasi baka sakin pumasok yung spirit, mahirap ata yun, di ako marunong mag bahasa and ayoko saksakin sarili ko, hehehe.. Kahit sino daw kasing nandun pwedeng pasukan. Scary isn’t it? We also watched women playing gongs and men doing puppet show with characters of their God’s they’re just using real flame, no special effects. I also ate 4 pcs “sate” grilled pork, bbq for short. When were going back to the motorbike I asked Arta if I can have pictures with the Balinese women who are walking on our side, he asked them and they agreed to have a picture with me, they even wipe the oil on their faces, they really like to have a picture with a foreigner Arta said. After this we went back home and when we arrived at my house Arta decided to go home also coz its already late and he is sleepy already. I’m sleepy too that’s why this is all for now folks, see you again tomorrow, Have a goodnight…