My wishes

Sometimes I don’t understand why God give me this opportunity while I am not really expecting it. I never imagine that I will live in Bali for more than a month after 32 years of my life. When I was kid, I spent no more than 2 weeks for my school holiday in Bali. Now, I have an opportunity to stay in Bali for 6 months continuously. I hope I can learn lot of things out of my study purposes.

First, I hope I can build more strong relationship with my family as well as the extended family after almost 10 years married. Lucky me, I have the best parents in law in the world who make everything easier for me. I have no difficulty in communication with them especially for settling my accommodation and time arrangements.

Second, I am expecting to speak Balinese fluently within six months. However people sometimes laugh when I speak Balinese with a Javanese accent. I don’t mind, they laugh in positive perspective. I believe that I can learn more quick from elderly and kids who can’t speak bahasa well. This is a good challenge for forcing me to speak Balinese, otherwise we could not have the conversations.  

Third, I wish I have time to explore more about Bali particularly Denpasar city. Once again, my parents in law have a big role in this process. They provide me a new motorbike as my main vehicle for making everything goes smoothly and for exploring Denpasar city.

Last but not least, I hope I can meet my old friends in Denpasar like mb Wulan, Yanti, Mb Oka, Ayu, Anik, Mb Alit, Luh Nik, etc. Having them will be a good chance for me to rebuild our memories and relationship.

Apart from all those wishes, the most important wish is I can reach the 4 big purposes of IALF course: increase the language skills, knowledge in cross cultural, academic skills and higher IELTS score test. Om Avighnam Astu, I will.