So, let's talk first about Bali Holiday. It was pretty fun in Bali, the air is just filled with holiday mood. First of all, there are indeed a lot of Caucasians and non-locals in there. The place is set up in a sense that it gives the visitors a yin-yang balancing effect of traditional and modern. You can go see both traditional and urban infrastructure in there. Food there has a multi-national variety. There were also a lot of caucasians who decided to establish their residency and make their stay permanent. The locals were very nice people and they were always greeting you with smiles. But there was this one group/race of people who does not deserve the hospitality and the privileges that Bali can give you.
Anyway, that was that, so let's move on to the events that encircles my holiday. I went para-sailing, scuba diving and lots of shopping. First, parasailing was this brief 5-10 minutes of attachment to a parachute that was pulled by a speedboat over the Sea at Nusa Dua. At an elevation of what I can estimate of 50-100m, you can seriously feel wind/air resistance. It was like sitting on a convertible airplane. Well, the exact experience was more of sitting in the air with nothing but two velcro strap in tension around your waist. It was Awesome!! The view was exhilarating and for a moment I forgot about my phobia of heights, screw that!!!
Haha... technically, I went scuba diving first before parasailing. There was briefing before the actual diving just to establish some ground rules and methods that we have to utilize during the 1 hour underwater experience. Then it comes to swimsuits, weights, oxygen mask & tank and flippers. Cool right? yeap, it was that cool. Had taken a lot of photos of me underwater feeding fishes but I forgot where the CD was. So yah, i have to find it before I can share the pictures with you. Plenty of different type of fishes underwater, although we only went about 32 meters under the sea level. It was totally different from the simulation game that I had played on Wii, you can't touch the fishes cos they'll just freaking swim away the moment you tried to touch them. Again, I've experienced the second type of resistance, water-resistance. Actually, it was more of a viscosity, shear rate issues, etc. But I shall not go into detail.
Finally to shopping and food. Shopping wasn't that impressive, cos it was more of an event that satisfies my mom's craving of shopping. But the shopping was worth it cos I found a zebra striped pants that I really like but people just thought that it was distasteful. Who cares anyway? I think it was an awesome pair of pants!!! Haha.. Anyway, now it comes to food. Babi guling was also awesome. Aside from that I didn't really care about anything else that I ate cos they're not as kick ass great. Haha..
Back to LA, i was indeed sucked back into reality. So much for a hell of a holiday. School is starting and again I find myself constantly trying to improve. I want to retain as much information that I got from lectures. But one thing is for sure -- I am a hands on person. Sure you can force me to memorize that freaking formula and its derivation, but until the day I get to see the actual equipment and work with it, I can't picture it in my mind at all. So I do love hands on experience with equipments and machine, which is why I am taking the opportunity to take on my second senior project -- the PLC. I can't remember what it is, I can't remember what that's for, but I am building it. So I'm expecting to see a lot of things that I probably had not seen in my life and work on it. Trust me, by the time I'm out of this, I'll be like this kick ass PLC expert. I'll share more next time lah.
Lesson that I've learned today... Spend that extra effort to do things, when you are cooped up with a chore that you wished you just like to get done and over with, take a moment to breathe. See what is the extra inch that you can do and do it. It doesn't take your life, it doesn't hurt you, but by the time you finish, you'll accumulate an extra mile throughout the experience. Worth it? You be the judge...
