Bali Log date: 10.29.2011 - On appointments and promises

Let's see, how do I start this?

Appointments and Promises...

when you don't really know what to say, start with yourself 
(someone said that to me, or that is just what I think how i should write)

So, me as a person, make appointments only when I know I can attend it, and always tried to be on time.
But as we all know, some people are just not that punctual, or doesn't really bother to look at the time.
Waiting has been part of my life, not really bothered by it, but sometimes it could be a drag.
And not to mention the last minute cancellation (or as my friend Prima said "Last second cancellation").

So yeah, I tried my best to be punctual, and give people heads up when I'm running late (as it was how it's supposed to be when you make an appointment with another person or party). So, when the other person or party suddenly went out of reach and didn't give any notice, I tend to get frustrated or sometimes my imagination wandered aimlessly. Maybe I can even write a book about that alone already, a sort of thriller-fantasy on why people are running late. Haha...

Next on the topic, promises.
In my younger years, I made a lot of empty promises, to people, friends, lovers, family, and even to myself.
Now, I still do, but much more less frequent (Really nic, much more less? your words are contradicting each others). So, yeah... I learn to get all the variables (thanks to my full of calculation friends) and get more and more thoughful, before decided to say something that might alter other people life (or at least how they think about me).

This has its positive and negative side. The positive side is, I make less empty promises. I don't say things that I don't know I could fulfill or not. The negative side, well... people might think that I am too indecisive, that I don't know where I stand (which I really don't at the moment). So two sides of a coin. That's Life. I am still trying to get it balanced. The old easygoing-self against the new thoughtful-self is on a battle for life.

So, what do you think?

Do you value people's time when you make an appointment?

Do you have that much variables (thoughts) before making any promises?

Let's think about it while we still have time for ourselves...

But, not too serious, because life is just something for you to live through,
and "time you enjoy wasting is not wasted" - John Lennon














Cheers...
Niki

Daily Log in Bali 08.14.2011 - Happy Sunday Hunting

 Log Date: 08.14.2011

Hello GOOD MORNING SUNDAY!!

A quarter to seven in the morning I woke up and got ready. I packed up all the stuffs for today plan, morning photo hunting at Puputan Square. Took my breakfast to go, bring a couple of cameras, and some more cameras for different purpose.

I drove out to the Sunday morning traffic, roads with bicycles and less car. I did drive a car though. Got to the square at a quarter before eight, eat breakfast, and load up my Gakkenflex Camera. Met my friend there, and start walking around the square to take pictures. Went to the corner where there is a playing ground for the kids. The morning air was cool, and the people are cheerful. We took some shots, walk around and took some more.

After that, we went for a walk, to the Badung market, my friend said she just love markets, for no reason. I like walking, she love walking, she said. We went around the block and talked along the way and ends up back at the Puputan Square. Sits down at a spot with tree canopy, talks about stuffs, and time goes by, I had to go somewhere else, and so does she. So off I go to Sanur, promised to meet someone in McDonald’s for some business. I started to feel dizzy because of my lack of sleep, but manage to go thru. Oh yeah, I was suppose to meet this person along with a friend of mine, which cancelled because of sudden work.

After the meeting, I realized I was hungry, I was already in the car, but I decided to go back to the restaurant to order some lunch, with Fries. I ate and took care of some business at the same time. And then, went away to meet my friend who cancelled the meeting before, only to get cancelled again at the last minuteJ.

So, I went to find some photo lab to process my films. Went thru 3 photo lab and called my friend after to get to the right lab, who gives the best price for processing and scanning the films. I talked to the store owner, Mas Dodi. They sell analog and Lomo cameras. And expired films too. While waiting it to be done, I got a text that my friend was back at the square, so I said I’ll come over and keep her company then. I walked from the photo lab (it was at walking distance, really) and saw her spacing out. She just had a bad news. She didn’t believe that I walked. Asked me like ten times that I am telling the truth, and still she was in doubt.

She finally accompanied me back to the photo lab, to be sure that I walked from there. Along the way, we passed through a museum she likes to visit when she was younger, her kindergarten, her alley, her elementary, her favorite convenience store, and reach the lab. The photos were awesome. The photo she took with my camera was also exceptional. I drove her back to her bike, stopping at the bank for some transfer. And then I went back.

I called my double cancel friend for the third time meeting chance, she asked to get some dinner together at Kuta, and so off I go. Waiting for half and hour past the meeting time, she arrived with her boyfriend, and we ate nasi pedas. We went back to her place to talk about some stuff we’ve been working on. I was kinda tired at the time we were there, but we discussed it and got into a conclusion. Had coffee (my second one today) and after that I went home. Found out that my aunt isn’t back yet.

So I freshen up and get ready to sleep. She got back a while after, we talked about our day, and then we burn say some prayers to my late grandpa. We burn some offering. Now I am totally beat. Good night. Today was extra great. Happy Sunday ;p

time capsule

Did you know that you dont have to get into some sophisticated machine to replenish your long lost memory?

Well, I didn't mean you could remember every crisp detail of everything in the past, but just parts that matters maybe?

Writing is enough to engulf you in some sort of emotional and sentimental phase. The words seems to jump out and became visions of every little things, fragments of life that has passed thru you.

Reading greeting cards and papers with someone's handwriting saying things that matters the most at the time, even some 10 years ago of schedules.
It sure does the trick for me.

 Maybe I'm just that too sentimental person, or is it unavoidable for us human being, to be drawn to some state after seeing things that has been keep for a long time ago. suddenly bringing out all the good and bad memories that we somehow forget, thru the flow of time.

Its not like we're living in the past, but then again, the past are what made us ourself today. So, I would like to remember some details of it, in every move I make, in order not to fall or leap into the same spot again.