Bali and Balinese

yup..i've been to Bali last weekend and it was an amazing experience that i would never forget. In my opinion, Bali and Balinese is like India and Indians, its just that, Bali is nearer and Balinese looks like Malays no matter what their religion is. and yes this is quite confusing once we were there, though i already knew about it. if you're a Muslim tourist a wise thing to do is ask if you are not sure about anything. and surprisingly Balinese is a friendly people. They live in harmony despite the differences in their believes. and it proves that it is not impossible to happen here.( all we need is love).
Our trip is very compact because we had only 2 days to visits all the interesting places where a normal tourist would take about a week to finish. we don't even stop to had lunch or dinner. most meal we had is while on the move. Most of the place we visited is actually their temple since Bali's 3.5 million people are mostly Hindu's. but their temple has been localize to their surrounding and culture , differents in what we see in Malaysia. This is when i tried to bring back the memory in History of Architecture. i also asked my Indian colleague about their religion and custom and I found that its quite similar to the Balinese Hindu's. My mom's is skeptic about visiting other religions worship places but I'm more liberal about it. i remember our family trip to Sri Lanka, we actually visited none of their cultural heritage. I think its a good thing to learn about other people culture and custom. You might be surprise of how delicate and interesting their ways of life is.

One of the interesting about Bali that is soooo much different in Malaysia is that they dont have road bullies, everyone drive their vehicle in a relax mood. According to a friend of a friend who studied there, even while you are riding a motorcycle, you can just simply hang your bag at the handle w/o worrying someone would snatch it. And you know what, i don't have to worry about a thing while crossing the road, even a blind man wouldn't need any assistant to do it. Cars would automatically slow down and give way for the pedestrian to cross the road. Totally different!!

About our visits to the temple, visitors need to wear proper clothing to enter, and for women who are having their periods are forbid to enter the temple (macam masuk masjid!) it was so happen i was the only lady who is eligible to enter all the temple but i accidentally enter the last temple we visited without knowing about it and the strange thing was i felt a lil' cold shiver and the heart beat faster. memang la cuak tahap dewa lepas tu..wawawaw..trusin guer bacain surah Yassin (separuh jalan je sempat)......baru lega.....gagagaga

Anyway, we manage to do everything Bali there and I'll consider this trip a success!!!