Today is Hari Raya Saraswati or Saraswati day – a day dedicated to Saraswati, Hindu Goddess of knowledge. On this day all books are blessed in the temple and you’re not supposed to read. I’m cheating a bit but apparently computers don’t count :p It’s also a good job that my book collection here is [...]
Well I experienced my second earthquake here the other night (Friday 12th February), although everyone managed to sleep through it (it was the middle of the night) and I didn’t even know about it until Made’s sister told me. Apparently it was even stronger than the one in September that caused Made to run outside [...]
Well, 5 days ago was the year anniversary of the first time I stepped off the plane into Bali. In some ways I can’t believe I’ve been here a year, but mostly I feel like I’ve been here forever and my life before I left the UK and even my life when I was travelling [...]