Who would have thought that I experienced fire in the building. This is my first time living in an appartement. Of course I never chose appartement when living in Indonesia because it’s a real high risk when the earthquake happen. But here we are placed in an appartement. What got me relieved the first time that we are in the lowest floor so if something happen we will be quickly evacuated. That’s what I thought. Until it really happened. We slept around midnight and abruptly woken up by the noise outside. I thought it was the drunk people just got back from night club or the restaurant next door was doing some deep cleaning. So loud that I had to wake up. My husband peeked outside and immediately said “fire brigade outside, you wait here!” I was just “am I dreaming or what?” I put on clothes, checked outside and saw a few of fire trucks. I checked the other side of the appartement and saw a few of police cars and ambulances. “Oh no, something serious...
Balinese woman - taken by husband in Ibu Susu cafe Karena sendirian dan penasaran, berjalanlah kaki ini menuju Blanco Museum. Seorang daku yang ga paham soal lukisan (mertua gw pasti demen kalo dibawa kesini), mendatangi sebuah museum yang berisikan lukisan (?). Ceritanya sih Antonio Blanco ini ke Bali sekitar tahun '52, kemudian Raja Ubud yang baik hati memberikannya sepotong tanah untuk dijadikan rumah dan studionya. Letaknya ya di tempat museum ini berada, di seberang Tjampuhan. Btw di Tjampuhan ini dulu si Walter Spies juga punya rumah yang akhirnya pindah karena udah terlalu "berisik" banyak pengunjung. Ubud ini sepertinya magnet buat pekerja seni banget (atau seluruh Bali?). Blanco punya anak 4 dan yang mewarisi bakatnya cuma satu katanya. Dan Blanco meninggal akhir tahun 90an di usia yang cukup tua, sekitar 80 sekian. Coba kalau mau info lebih lanjut soal Blanco bisa datengi web nya aja disini . Nah apa yang kutangkap dari melihat fotonya Pak Blanco ini...