I’m taking a break from my holiday right now.
Five days after Navin, Klara and Anya had left, I’m still recovering from the task of being a host and showing them around my country last week. It wasn’t just the pressure I put upon myself to present the best face of my country. Switching from the American/Western direct, straight to the point way of conversing to the Indonesian roundabout way, which emphasizes more on etiquette and decorum than efficiency took on a daily basis took a toll on me towards the end of the trip.
Not that they were difficult guests or anything. In fact, their flexibility and openness really helped a lot in terms of easing the myriads of planning done during the trip. Accommodating to 4 (and eventually 5 with Christina who joined us later in Bali) different individuals with different interests could have been hell. But they made it easy. I think we all pretty much got to do what we wanted during those 9 intense days they spent here.
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| At my parents' house during the welcome dinner |
By 50-50 I mean I believe that she does have some ability to read our energies, and see things that can’t be explained. There are some things she told me about myself that I've never shared with anyone. Yet, the rest she seems to fill out with some basic psychological profiling techniques; techniques she's mastered since she's met thousands of people who have come to her for all sorts of 'consultations': from love life, careers, whether one should start a new business, you name it.
I won’t reveal what she told them as it’s private of course. I can share some things she told me when I visited her with my mom a few weeks ago. She said that I can finish my degree by late next summer, around August or September 2012 if I wanted to. She also said that it is written in my destiny to marry a divorcee or widower, someone around 10 years older than I am. And that I’ll have many kids (because apparently I love children)...at least 3.
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| My mom's sweet and sour por |
The fact that it was the first thing we did as a holiday traveling group made the psychic visit particularly interesting. Here we were, 4 individuals, about to embark on a fun yet intense trip around Indonesia. Although we knew each other relatively well, there were personal things that Ibu Dewi revealed that, whether it's true or not, we probably wouldn't have revealed or discussed voluntarily to one another. It took us quite awhile before we stopped discussing the validity of some of the things she said to us.
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| In front of the house where I grew up |
After saying our goodbyes to ibu Dewi, we did a brief tour around Jakarta. We basically drove by some sites at the city center. On our way back to my parents' house, we dropped by the house where I grew up and where my brothers currently live. We had to rush back since my mom had organized a welcome dinner for our special guests. Among the dishes prepared, there were exotic items such as sea cucumber and shark's fin, and normal dishes like my mom's walnut shrimp with mayonnaise and condensed milk, and her famous sweet and sour pork. Later on in the evening, my brother Nelson took us out for drinks. That was definitely one of the highlights of the trip....seeing my two worlds coming together before my eyes.
The next day we left for Jogjakarta to see some famous Hindu and Buddhist temples in the area. We stayed for only less than 2 days there, since our priority was magical Bali with its gorgeous beaches and cultural splendor. The entry on Jogja is coming up a.s.a.p.
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| Anya and Klara looking gorgeous at the wine house |
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