my bali dreams

i dream of moving to bali next year. i need not elaborate on that since i think i've shared too much of this 'dream' in my other blog.

so i am planning a year ahead. my target month is june next year and as early as now i am looking for a house already. he's on a business trip in bali now and i asked him to check on this townhouse in kuta that i like. i want to stay in a 1-bedroom apartment with a dog. i want to live alone for a month and see how if i come back to singapore alive with complete body parts. this explains why i want a plant at home. big dreams start from little.

i know this is not another one of my 'african dreams' episode. two years ago i vowed to myself that i will do volunteer work in africa. pfft! africa my shit! look where i am now. i did my part and my application in plattenberg bay was accepted. the main issue was the money (and mother superior's approval.) i had to have much money to pay airfare and the food as well. the accomodation is covered by the organization. i could find a temp job there but i would still need a huge amount of money. obviously i didn't get to save. i spent so much on alcohol, plane tickets, breakfasts, dinners and havaianas. i had so many excuses--no money, i'm not ready to leave my comfortable life, africa's so far, what if i get sick there, mother won't allow, the alignment of the stars--all the reasons i could give for me not to actually go there. if i really wanted it so bad i would've found ways to raise funds and flew to africa right away, but no, i was lazing and enjoying the prestige of working in rcbc plaza where there's 4 starbucks and one coffeebean within the block.

moving to bali won't require so much money, 10 million rupiah is more than enough to feed myself for a month. 10 million rupiah is about 45,000 pesos. imagine you have 45,000 pesos and you live in camiguin island. you can have a free flow red horse party everyday, all day! seriously though, i think this is 'feasible' enough than my africa dreams. although the adopting a dog part is going to be difficult but i have already decided on it, i am getting a pet dog. i searched online and came across this website of bali dogs where you can help out by adopting a dog. my god, they all look like skinless hyenas! i want a cute furry white puppy. reading more of the website i realize these are stray dogs and some dogs are being sent to java to be eaten! haha! scary shit! my brother will surely be surprised he finds out i have a dog myself. i barely touched his dog named kyle, an obese black monster of a labrador (who's exiled to camiguin by the way because he drove my mother superior and neighbors crazy, he thinks he's the king of the world and barks like there's a terrorist attack going on the neighborhood!)

fine, my planning skills may not be as good as some people i know but hey, this is a good start. this time i know this dream is going to happen. =)


5 thoughts: thinking aloud.

1. i sometimes wonder why some people don't have childhood friends. everytime i hear people say they don't hang out with their childhood friends anymore i'd always ask "why?" and then i blab and brag about my precious high school kindergarten friends and that they're like sisters to me and how i love them so much. how about you? where are your childhood friends?

2. i notice my recent ex-men in the name of art and bom is on stealth mode on yahoo messenger. they don't want me to see them online. why, why, why?! (this is alarming, am i a bad person? lol!)

3. where are my two frisbees??? tuni and i bought two frisbees last year and those two kept us sober during daytime in boracay. i can't find them. i've brought all my beach paraphernalia all the way to singapore but i can't find them in my boxes. i know i brought them with me the last time i went home to camiguin and i'm sure i didn't leave it there. tomorrow i will be hitting sentosa with karen and mapet. and i need the frisbee to keep me away from hanging out at the bar.

4. how long can i go without alcohol? just a random honest thought without an honest answer.

5. how do you keep the love alive? hahah! okay, this is not a random thought. this is a line from the recent book i've read 'the choice.' in as much as i want to talk about how to keep the love alive, i think i have no right to even mention it. for one, i suck in keeping the love alive. maybe the abovementioned two stealth boys can tell you why.


i'm reading another book again 'i don't know how she does it' by some british writer i don't even know. i couldn't even remember where i got this book from. must've been from those $5 book sale at great world. not sure.

anyway. i'm going to sleep now. i'm still off tomorrow but i have a meeting at 10 at the shop with singapore airlines magazine writer.

goodnight beautiful friends!