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Posted on January 9, 2021February 2, 2021

Long Press the Power Button to Restart

We had that experience when our laptop suddenly stopped working and all we could do was to press long the power button to restart. That's how I see the year of 2020. I didn't expect a drastic change of life in 2020 as we began the year but I did toy with the idea of …

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Posted on July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

Appreciating home in time of pandemic

"I'm thinking to renegotiate my contract so I can work part-time".  I said to my wife as we were about to sleep. It was around the end of February. All staff contracts were expiring in the following month and were being in the process of extension. My wife and I just returned from our two-week …

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Posted on April 7, 2020April 8, 2020

Just an ordinary story about I Wayan Geden

It was around 1950 and I Wayan Geden was already working at the Mental Hospital in the city of Bangli, Bali when he heard the opening of the Police academy. Geden, was the third kid among his siblings, all boys. There were five of them, but one had passed away. His elder brother was Ketut …

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Posted on March 25, 2020March 26, 2020

Lost Friends (2)

1st Part of Lost Friends Chapter 2 - Ais Manu "Are you not going to get the application form?" I asked.  "Nah, my house is near. I will just come back tomorrow.", he said. It was just past 1pm. But the day was already hot and dry. The three of us, Hans, Ais Manu and …

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Posted on December 28, 2019March 25, 2020

Lost Friends

I met a very close friend recently and what he said was quite funny but real. "As you get older, you start looking for your childhood friends." Faces of friends whom I was once close with came to my mind as the year comes to an end.  I've been blessed to have met so many …

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Posted on July 6, 2019July 11, 2019

Pancing Barat (Fishing Rod)

I know the title seems quite strange, but here is the story. This happened when I was at the second or maybe the third year of high school. We were chatting in between classes, or perhaps during a class that we wanted to go out fishing on Sunday at one of the beaches just outside …

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Posted on June 23, 2019July 10, 2019

First Day at Primary School

  There must be some weird soul out there who could remember their first day at school. I am one of them. I started schooling too early at the age of four years old. I think it was out of convenience than a necessity for my mother to send me to kindergarten because she could then …

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Posted on June 23, 2019July 10, 2019

Scar and Kali Oeba

I have wanted to write down all the pieces of memories before they are gone. I realise as I age, I start to forget things that have happened before. It’s a pity if there comes a time when I couldn’t remember anymore those things that were once important. This would be the first story. I …

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