It’s back to life in Bondalem. Roosters calling, pigs oinking, cats purring, dogs barking, neighbours talking and kids playing – oh and the attack of mosquitos. I definitely knew I was back. It was another sleepless night – a very broken sleep. It’s the bed, the awful heat, and the surroundings - its Bondalem. I just can’t get comfortable when it comes to sleeping. I do, on the other hand love everything else about Bondalem – cosy village with lovely people, cheap and tasty food and the Bali Mandala. I woke up blogging with my naughty noodles (the best mi goreng) being fed into my famished tummy. Naughty but nice. The girls and I spent the morning lazying around. We didn’t get up to much at all. We weren’t bothered to even tan at Bali Mandala. This says a lot about the weekend away – the car rides really drains our energies and the heat ain’t helping either. We sat and laughed in the courtyard, blogged and pretty much chilled all day till it was time for school.
Due to the heat, I didn’t feel like having a proper lunch. Instead, I got the fruit salad. *mouth waters*. It was good as always. I was content and I got my fair intake of fruit for the day.
At school today, Komung Eddie decided to do a games day and utilize the games we bought from Ubud. The students were split into two groups – boys and girls. Both games were in Indonesian and relates to looking after the environment, aiming on educating the students with regards to recycling, prevent pollution and proper disposal of waste. The girls started off with a few rounds of snakes and ladders – I sat with them and explained the rules and aim of the game. I couldn’t read the messages on the game board and had to ask the students to read it out and translate it to me. The girls had a great time playing the game. In order to incorporate some English teaching, they had to count in English each time they moved their tokens and I frequently asked them how to spell the numbers and the words ‘snakes’ and ladders’. After a few rounds, the boys and girls switched games. The second game was a longer game and was more difficult for me to understand why they had to move forward or backwards when they landed in a box that had text. The only thing I learnt was how to read ‘move forward’ and ‘move backwards’ in Indonesian. The students were really into the game and each time they landed in a box that instructed them to do something, they would all read it out aloud in Indonesian.
When the second group of students arrived for the next class, they had already known to form groups of girls and boys and were waiting patiently on either side of the classroom. The games were really entertaining for the students and they had a great time playing and learning about the environment at the same time.
Arriving home, we found Potok in his trunks only giving München a bath. It was very awkward but funny at the same time. München takes a bath everyday because it is just too hot during the day – best of all, he loves a bath.
I had a very little dinner tonight – Tipat. The peanut sauce is so good with the rice cakes and vegetables.
I finally started reading ‘Hotel Keroban’ – the notorious Indonesian jail in Kuta. People from the public are allowed to visit the jail to have a little tour around. You pay a very small ‘entrance fee’ – something like 20,000 rupiahs ($2.12). Did you know? An African male got busted with drugs stuffed in a DEAD BABY whilst attempting to enter Bali? It is so disturbing to learn that people are so desperate that they can go to that extent to smuggle drugs. Reading the first few chapters was very interesting but I know the stories in the book will just get worse. There are some dangerous and ruthless murderers who share a cell with party goers (foreigners) that got busted with one or two ecstasy pills at a party. You can already imagine how corrupt and twisted the justice system is in Indonesia. There is not a system to segregate hardened criminals according to the level and severity of the crime committed. I really do feel sorry for some of the criminals being crammed up in tiny cells with some notorious convicts. I’m already hooked on the book. Like always, I had München chilling with me in the courtyard while I read the interesting novel.
Good night world.
XOXO
