In Reply to: 3 Smedles Ultimate Adventure (or so I th posted by Smedles on Thursday, 17. October 2013 at 17:54 Bali Time:
We're surely sorry to hear your trip to your Soul Country was cut short but it seems your usual direct approach has pulled you through this crisis 'a challenge not a problem'; In Bahasa you can say to Balinese "Bukan masalah, ini tentangan saja' and they immediately get the point.
You can pick that I'm a Bahasa Indonesia speaker and indeed I'h halfway into Basa Bali sane Mider also, for sins in a past life-:((
Whatever stage your learning is at, you are welcome to contact me on ryanrok@bigpond.com for an amount of typed notes, from basic to advanced, as a small 'thankyou' for your happy, philosophy on Bali, its people and general comments.
Remember it's always'au revoir, never good-bye' to The Island of a Thousand Temples and we are all waiting to hear from you again when you'll be in full chirp. You probably don't realise it yet, but the Plane leaving Bali has a very long elastic trap attached behind it, which pulls you back continually: would I lie?
Selamat Menikmati Balimu.
Peter T. Ryan. ( Ex-TAFE Lecturer in B.I)