I am one of the believer that, your mind control everything. If you are able to manipulate your mind, you can basically get any feeling you want. Can be happy, sad, love, hate, etc. Now…. I think that I’ve done too much to myself…..

Few years ago, in my early days of working, I’ so eager to do any travel, business of personal. Sometimes I hate it when my friend retruned from a business trip, tell the story, bla…bla…bla… So, to avoid that, I do some mind manipulation, by telling that business trip is not fun. Later, I began to see all the bad things of business trip, as I wrote in one of my previous post.

Now… few days ago… I was given authority to decide who should go on a business trip. I should pick 2 out of 3, one of them is me. I was like very reluctant to go, although this is a new place I’ve never been before. For few days, I was thinking whether I should go or not…

Now… should I reverse the mind manipulation again?

Have you ever meet someone from your past, watching how they changes? Have you ever thought of things you would do or talk if you meet them?

This morning in the church, I sit close to someone from my past, my love of high school time. I saw her several times in the church, but today, I notice few things from her. She still act like she used to be, her style, the way she walk, her body movement, the way she act, her smile, etc. But, something is changing… she look more skinny.

Unfortunately… I have no time to chat with her. I would love to have a short chat, know where she lived now, whether she is married or not, how many kids she has, where she works, etc, etc.

People from our past are sure to bring back old memory, things that we remember, or things that we regret. As for her, she is my first love, a memory to remember, although we never actually dating each other due to one or another reason. Besides, in this valentine’s day, I have a girl which I love, and I know that she love me.

Happy Valentine’s Day…

Two mountain range depart us as we speed up from Padang Bai towards Nusa Penida. A few minutes later, Mount Agung shows his mighty form, as the biggest mountain of all mountain range in Bali. I look back for a few minutes, wathing how even the clouds was still below the peak of Mount Agung.

My last trip in Bali fulfilled its purpose: a mind refreshment. We have a great dives, meet new friends, doing crazy fun things, eat lots of foods… everything.

The dives in Nusa Penida and Menjangan island is awesome. Good viz, great coral reef and fishes. We even got a bonus by spotting a grey reef shark in Menjangan, something that, according to our guide, is rare. In Tulamben, although the Viz is not that good (around 10m), the excellent lifeform really make it up.

The land activity is also indeed very exciting. What else could be more exciting than watching your friend getting drunk and started doing weird things?Or driving in the middle of nowhere and, for few miliseconds, turning off your lamp, surprise you with total darkness?

Balinese food is also never dissapointing. Everything served with chili, chicken, pork, seafood. There are beancourt satay in Paradise Hotel, which taste very good. And also, don’t forget Jimbaran’s Seafood, the best you can find. And my friend showed us a Chinese food restaurant nearby the airport, which, to Bali standard, is excellent.

But…. on top of all….. what really mind relaxing is…. the beach. Three days watching the clear ocean, plus the unique aura of Bali was more than enough to fulfill my mind hunger.

One question though, given by my friend. Watching all your friend in the trip, can you imagine how they act in their office life? He…he…he…