Taken at 3am-ish Tahun ini adalah tahun ke-4 gw nyepi di Bali. Ketagihan banyak Nyepi di Bali. Tahun ini juga semua serangkaian Nyepi terasa kembali normal. Normal dalam artian, kegiatan yang berhubungan dengan Nyepi sudah mulai dilaksanakan secara utuh. Karena 2-3 tahun sebelumnya masih nggak 100%, kali ini jauh lebih meriah. Upacara dimana-mana. Jalanan ditutup, diputar, dimana-mana. Melasti yang bisa aja kalau kalian nggak tau ya "kejebak" macet. Gw nggak suka keramaian, tapi prosesi-prosesi kejutan yang gw nggak sengaja liat di jalanan tuh menyenangkan sekali. Riuhnya kerasa buat gw. Big offerings 2-3 tahun lalu, seingat gw ATM tuh tutupnya H-1 Nyepi tapi jam-jam sore. Tahun ini jam 10 pagi ATM udah mati semua. Tahun ini juga gw tiba-tiba perlu urus visa yang mepet Nyepi, dengan janji temu hari kamis. Hari kamis ini masih ngembak geni, kegiatan belum ada yang 100%. Kalaupun ada pasti bukanya di atas jam 10 atau jam 1 siang. Gw perlu print beberapa dokumen terakhir yang
Sanur
Technically, Denpasar is a big city. But nature around is fantastic. You can access almost everything that a big city can offer, but also you can be in nature as much as you can and it's only within walking distance. Well... a few minutes at least.
When I lived in Malang, it was also in one of the good spots. Though I lived only close to the mall where I usually buy things I need there. Took me at least 30 mins to get to the Alun-alun or enjoy city walking around the old town. It was only 4KM but took me 30 mins. 4KM here I can reach in 10 mins driving. I wasn't able to go to the beach anytime I want. Even if I want to go to Bromo, I still need to arrange the car a day or two before. The closest beach was 2-3 hours from home. Bromo, well... 3 hours I guess. So the closest open space was alun-alun.
People and dog watching in Sanur
I grew up in a small town where we don't have bookstores like Gramedia, let alone Kinokuniya. We need to travel to a bigger city like Surabaya or Malang only to get the books we want to buy. A little access to any open spaces like big parks. Though people can go to the waterfall an hour from my town, but my parents won't let me go because... the town is well known for prostitution center 😅 I kind of jealous of my husband childhood, he did a lot of things in nature. It's a privilege one can have.
I spent my childhood staying home and school.
What I meant was, people need a kind of life that we can enjoy nature after work (or any time we want). It would be ideal, to be honest. I can say that living in Denpasar is making me having this kind of privilege. Maybe you're having a hard time and just wanna release the tension by eating lumpia in Sanur for 5K 😌
Lumpiyang they said
That made me think "I want my kids growing up in a place like this." It doesn't have to be Denpasar but a place where (almost) everything is accessible and also very close to nature and open spaces. It's good.
We'll see. But that's the dream 😉
Speaking of, who still remember Denpasar Moon song?
mba pris takkira asli bali, ternyata cilikane malang tah? hihi iya ya...pas masih kecil kotaku di ujung kebumen dan ga ada supermarket...kecuali di kabupaten kota...jangankan gramedia apalagi kinokuniya deh...toko buku tuh kecil banget hihi..bahkan cuma ngandelin kios buku lawas di pojok pasar atau rental buat hunting buku...
ReplyDeletebtw iya juga ga heran ortu ga ngijining dolan suroboyo cz di sana deket gang dolly yes
dan baliiiii...betapa nyenengin sekarang dikau bisa stay di sana..ah aku hiriiiih...aku pengen everyday is a picnic day..aoalagi ubud huwaaa surganya bali...aku pas ke bali ngerasa kurang lama jadi pengen ngulang jalan ke ubud :D, aku cuma duduk duduk tak tentu arah depan monkey forest karena lagi halangan jadi ga bisa masuk dan berakhir nongkrong di starbak sambil ngadem...tadinya pengen ngicip gelato gelatoan tang warna warni rasa buah tapi akhirnya ngopi aja huhuhu...
Wong jowo aku iki yuk. Mung saiki urip nek Bali. Tibae pancen iyo, urip dek Bali = everyday is sunday hahahaha.
DeleteWahh ternyata sama aja ya orangtua takut anaknya iya-iya deket tempat prostitusi wkwkwkw padahal jg umur segitu jaman sekolah tau apaaa. Aku cukup polos untuk tau yg enak-enak 😓
Gelato yg di sini wajib dicobain mbaksiss. Enak2 murah2 juga. Favoritku gelato secret sih, biasanya orang2 belinya yg Masimo gelato. Aku jg blm pernah ke monkey forest mbak, takut dijarah barang2ku hahaha. Kami berdua nggak gitu suka monyet juga 😂