Note: I was going to post this article two months ago prior to moving to my home town, but I didn't. The main reason for this was because this move felt like a defeat in my life.
Hello, everyone. I went to a farm in the west Bali, picking some fruits and leaves for vegetables with my family. This actually for familiarizing my kids with a different situation from where we usually live in the city of Denpasar to a small town in west Bali.
West Bali is where I grew up. My parents were teachers, and now they are retired they take care of their farm and rice field. This probably what I would ended up being also. A farmer.
There were many different plants in our little farm. A guava fruit tree greeted us when we got there with a lot of ripe fruits on it. Some noni fruits were hanging next to the guava. We picked up some guava, noni fruits, lime, cassava leaves, and pandan trees.
My kids were not interested in the plants or fruits. I think they need sometime to get used to the new place here.
Here are some photos from the garden.
I grew up in the west of Bali island. I work in the capital of Bali, located in the middle Bali, it's about 2 hours drive from where I grew up. I work as a tour guide in the island, now with 5000 other tour guides who lost their job, I had to think of something.
On the mean time, there 11,000 Balinese who work overseas (especially in cruise line) who returned home to the island also lost their jobs.
Many of the poeple who lost their job tried to find something else to do. I know some friends of me start selling delivery food or anything they can sell, Some friends return to their home village and become farmers.
I think I am going to help my parents with their little farm. That's what I eventually end up with. Losing my job doesn't feel very bad for me this time. I think it's because I have hope in blogging on hive.blog or peakd.com and learning more about crypto currencies.
I just need to talk to my kids about the move. They will have to go to new shcool in the town, meeting new friends and so on. They resented the move because they will loose their friends. But we tried our best to give understanding my kids about the current situation.
One night my son (7 yo) asked while lying on the bed why we had to move. He hid his face on the pillow, but I knew he did not want me to see his tears. He said he did not want to lose his friends or teachers. Even when I explained he kept on saying he did not want to move. I promised him that I would buy him some toys (Bumble Bee Transformer). He didn't say anything but buried his face deeper to the pillow.
I hope things go well.