In Reply to: bali? posted by simy on Sunday, 9. July 2006 at 01:22 Bali Time:
It's a hard one because there are so many but this is right up there.
Maybe four or five years ago we were staying for a few days in Lovina at Aneka hotel. One day we had sheltered from the rain under a little bale on the beach with the beach sellers and had a chat. One little girl of about 3,I think, was sick. (Agin masuk) I told her mum I had a dress in my hotel that would probably fit the little girl and I would bring it the next day.
I had bought a few of these dresses in big W sale and I think so many of them were left over at the end of summer because they were gaudy in the extreme. Pink polyester with a bright pattern on the front, tee shirt style.
Well after lunch the next day we went out of the back gate of Aneka and a little figure came hurtling down the beach, fully recovered today, and ripping her dress off as she ran. On went the new dress nearly down to her ankles. She was so excited that she just couldn't keep still and was dancing on the spot. I said to mum maybe she could turn it up for her and she agreed that she would but 2 days later little Wayan was still wearing it down to her ankles. It turns out that she had never had a new dress before! (she was Wayan #5 not #1) She had refused to take it off for Mum to alter and had slept in it for the last 2 nights.