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Getting my Hands on Film Camera

In attempts to slow_myself_down_away_from_digital_life, I am getting my hands on film camera. Yes, the kind of camera where you need to put the film roll in and then start snapping. If you are lucky, the pictures will turn up good but if not then we let the fate decide. This is not my first rodeo on using film camera, but it definitely the first ever to buy the film and develop it using my own money. It is not cheap, which I know.  What can I say, it's an expensive hobby.  I used my first film roll to take photos of my favorite people. So it has more human than random pictures. It was on family event. After the last shot, I wanted to develop it before I flew to Bali but they had no lab. Luckily we have the lab in Bali. I developed and scanned the film in Ojisanfilmlab Bali. They're just a google away. They sell the roll as well. I had to tell the TSA to do the hand checking rather putting it through the scanner. They understood.  Cimol hides himself in his favorite spot ...

BaliSeries (3): Libur Lokal Lebih Banyak

Ini waktu galungan-kuningan di Ubud.

Pertama kali tau dari temen gw yang udah hijrah ke Singaraja duluan. Dia bilang dia ada tambahan sekitar belasan libur lokal. Lho kok bisa?

Orang Bali banyak kegiatan upacara dan hari rayanya. Bali punya kalender sendiri yang beda dengan kalender nasional, jadi udah bisa dipastikan mereka punya kalender Bali di tempat masing-masing. Dulu sering kaget kok hampir tiap hari ada aja upacara. Upacara ini keliatan beda dari kegiatan sembayang sehari-hari karena biasanya kalau sembayang harian bisa aja pake baju biasa, tinggal pakai selendang aja. Tapi kalau hari raya atau hari penting lainnya mereka pasti pakai kebaya lengkap dan bagus-bagus. 

Meskipun hitam, mereka punya agenda sendiri. Yang libur lokal ditandai dengan lingkaran merah.

Gimana gw nggak demen ngeliatnya? Bagus-bagus banget kebayanya.

Selain itu, persembahannya juga istimewa. Pasti gede, bukan canang kecil yang harian itu. Seru banget liat lalu lalang orang berangkat ke Pura atau kemanapun ke tempat yang mereka anggap suci. Gw demen banget liat orang-orang berangkat beribadah, apapun agamanya. Energizing gt lho liatnya. 

Nah yang sering kejadian adalah gw nggak inget itu libur lokal meskipun gw rajin liatin kalender. Sering kejadian waktu berangkat ditanyain "Kerja mbak?" Ya menurut ngana. Lalu disambut dengan pertanyaan lainnya "Emangnya nggak libur? Kan ini hari raya mbak" Mateng, hari raya opo iki?



Sering ke kantor waktu libur lokal. Ini ditulis saat Hari Raya Pagerwesi. Libur. Gw tau kemaren kalau ini hari libur, tapi kok ya pagi ini gw ke kantor juga. Kadang karena nggak cek kalender Bali, pas ke pantai tiba-tiba ada yang upacara. Itu seru banget ngeliatnya. 

Ini di Sanur

Jadi, orang yang kerja di Bali memang banyak liburnya daripada libur nasional. Meski beberapa perusahaan menetapkan libur hanya untuk pemeluk agama hindu, atau yang beragama lain masuk tapi setengah hari. Maka dari itu pertimbangan di satu tempat kerja harus ada orang yang beragama selain hindu untuk piket ketika libur besar agama hindu. I think it's a win-win. 

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