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Cerita Soundrenaline di GWK Bali by DeBroer Batax

Yaaaacchhhhh . . . \m/(-_-)\m/ . . . setelah menunggu lama akhirnya album Gerinda bertitel Pande Besi :) selesai juga setelah lama berkutat di studio photo :0 . . . xi..xiiii...xiii... just joke....
Gini ceritanya dude. . . .
Aku berangkat sama Dinand 'the thick stomach' , Ryan 'the butcher' , Donny 'the emo' , Jimmy 'the anarchy' dll. Peny brkt sama Rio terpisah berangkatnya.....(lagipula gak mungkin ntn brg. . . different fav bands gto) sedangkan Yolanda muvenktz gak bisa ntn krn chuck Rony gak selera ntn soundrenaline ( ??????? )
Singkat kata we are the brandals and the banditz brkt sore jam 15.30 wita, aku aza mkn ampe buru2 beli di Barokah . . . mkn ngebutz ampe gak bs nikmati mkn . . . tp soundrenaline harus dinikmati . . . .
Nyampe GWK macet man . . . pasti macet tambah lg calo2 nawarin tiket dijalanan. . . anak2 brkt tuch niat bgt bawa air suci 4 btl yg disamarkan campur lemon water uc 1000. Aku bw aqua aja disuruh polisi ganti kemasan ke plastik yg disediakan panitia, mungkin tampang gw yg biang rusuh bin chaos kali. . . Nyampe dalam wahhh rame bgt . . . maksudnya rame ceweq2 mooii dan spg2 a mild yahud abizzz . . .muvenktz gto . . .

Acara dibagi dalam 5 stage . . .
1. Stage Festival : 1 dan 2
2. Stage Lotus Pond
3. Stage Street of The Beat
4. Stage Street Theatre
5. Stage Amphitheatre

Stage festival buat yg musik rock dan sebangsanya . . . fesival 1 : ada Ardo delight, xxx, the sigit, the upstairs, KOIL, Burgerkill, J-rocks, sid, saint loco. . . festival 2 : kanan 5, seringai, nanoe biroe, kotak, peewee gaskin, the rocks, netral, pas, changcuters . . . tp acara berubah ubah krn ada grup yg kejebak macet jd di roll gto . . . makanya kacau dech liat schedule ama yg tampil . . . akhirnya ada yg direlakan gak ditonton krn ada yg bareng tampil di stage amphi dan lotus . . . stge lotus ada de' masiv, ari lasso, ungu, andra and the backbone, mulan jameela, nidji, GIGI, Slank . . . . . klo di Amphitheatre ada KSP, Goodnight Electric, maliq and d'essentials, Balawan n friends, ello, The Virgin ( we love u Dara . . .) and Naif . . . street theater cuma food stage dan street of the beat cuma ajang penonton main band, games guitar hero, air guitar competition, tatoo corner, photo corner, cigarette corner, piercing booth, mix your own music, merchandise dll. . . .

Aku cuma sempat ntn seringai satu lagu terakhir, lanjut ke the upstairs ( backing vocal so preety), nanoe gak aku liat . . . males ci . . .lanjut ke Kotak tp liat dr belakang soalnya aku cr posisi buat persiapan di stage sebelah ada Koil, begitu koil di panggil mc si Gading, subono java musikindo daughter (lupa namanya), ceweq bertato pemain extravaganza (lupa lg :) ),wahh langsung maju kedepan ya sekitar 15 - 20 meter dari stage . . . cool !!!! kostum si otong keren cuy....pake boot lg... main 5 lagu, penonton goyang semua dari depan ampe belakang . . . goyang high voltage (sound pake Marshall panitianya) seperti yg kmu liat Wan . . .lighting keren abiss... sela2 lagu ke 3 otong ngomong kayak gini : Kami band dari Tegal membawakan lagu2 dari Kangen Band . . .(fuckin shit Kangen Band . . .) dengan logat pantura. . .penonton semua gemuruh bersorak . . . !!! Kami kan band kaya . . . klo mo kaya ya ngeband aja . . . lanjut si Otong ( dasar tukang pOtong band kacang )... Lagu terakhir si Otong diluar dugaan banting guitar . . . . wah coba lempar ke gw ya drpd dibanting. . . . salut>>>

Abis Koil stage sebelah nampilin peewee gaskin, wah males liat dan mendengarnya . . . selalu disambut penonton dgn jari tengah . . . anak2 gak sabar abis peewee yaitu Burgerkill di stage sebelah . . .makanya disorakin terus . . . begitu burgerkill muncul . .wah padat bgt yg maju . . .ce2 jg maju. . .bgt mucik menghentak, penonton little headbang sambil merangsek maju, akibatnya banyak yg keinjak kakinya (termasuk gw nginjakin kaki org2, gak peduli yg penting headbang ) kapok tuch ce2 kena dorong2. . . Ardi (ex Yolanda ) ikutan lari berputar bikin lingkaran sama penonton lain, sebagian penonton pogo bikin ruang ditengah depan. . . saking brutal tuch musik ampe the Brimob bw senapan guarding the stage . . . (but still in peace yooo) . . . semua personil Burgerkill headbang . . .crazy performance. . . .lagu ke 5 gitaris memprovokasi penonton supaya semangat buat lingkaran berlari . . . nekat . . .!!!!! lagu terakhir vokalis moshing ke penonton . . .crazy act in soundrenaline !!!

Tenaga abis rasanya setelah Burgerkill selesai . . . J-rocks grup dandan yg excellent skills guitar dan drum . . . pake acara lempar ratusan stick drum dan ember kecil buat mass percusions ke penonton ( termasuk aku dpt 1 stick . . .(gak antusias dapet stick)
setelah j-rocks ada pas band (si uq perform gerinda efek bunga api) the drummer is excellent perform and skill pake topeng hoki es si Jason. . . . . .!!! abis Pas langsung Netral . . . maen perkusi semua dan nyanyikan Garuda di dadaku . . . . .

Abis Netral, langsung pindah stage ke Amphi mo liat Naif eh ternyata udh lewat gara2 jadwal berubah . . .sial . . . .yg tampil malah si The Virgin ( lumayan si Dara mirip Mula ) ... Stage Amphi unik krn kapasitas 500 org dan gak ada batas antara penonton dgn pemusik . . .akhirnya kita2 pindah ke Lotus mo liat Slank, sblmnya GIGI main dulu . . . aaaaarrrggghhh udh mulai capek . . .Slank penutup pamungkas soundrenaline di Lotus dgn ditutup dgn pesta kembang api . . . aaaaaaarrrrgghhhh . . . . .capekkktz . . . . .tp puas udh lama gak headbang \m/(-_-)\m/

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More Bali pics

June 2005

Most of these are from Ubud, a small arty town in the centre of Bali. Beautiful.

                     

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Kuta, Bali. The final few days in Indonesia

We left Lombok for a couple of nights on one of the three small islands on the NW coast of Lombok. We stayed on Gili Air (pronounced 'ire') which is the nearest to the mainland. The day after we arrived we chartered a glass bottom boat with 2 crew for the day. Firstly we went to the 2nd island (Gili Meno) where I was dropped off as I wanted to visit the bird park in the middle of the island while Lisa went snorkelling. Then after a swim we headed to the third island, Gili Trawangan for lunch. We visited about 4 snorkelling locations around the islands and saw quite a few turtles, some very close by. Off the shore of Gili Air the fish would nibble at my feet which was an unusual sensation. They also swam to look at my hands a couple had a nibble at them too. That night we talked to the hotel people and they lent us a dvd player. I watched the movie "Moon". Watching a widescreen movie recorded in 5.1 on a mono 14" 4:3 screen wasn't quite an Imax-like experience but it's Indonesia so..

The trip from Gili Air to Kuta took 12 hours. Small boat to Lombok, van to the port, 5 hours on a huge car and truck carrying ferry and then a van ride to Kuta. It wasn't too bad all in all. We were expecting much worse, especially as it was pointed out to me, prior to the ferry departing they were playing the theme to Titantic.

We're now in Kuta, Bali for the last couple of days. Off to Singapore early on Sat morning for a couple of days then a couple of days in Malaysia before heading to the next semi-major leg being Vietnam. We'll start in the north and work our way south.

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Beauty of Bali is Balance

               

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A Manta Ray Encounter off the shores of Alila Manggis

(Image courtesy of Peter Voet)

One of our valued guests at Alila Manggis,who was passionate about Scuba Diving, recently wrote a review for us.

” Early November 2009 I came to Bali to do some diving.

The main thing I would have liked to see was the famous Mola Mola or oceanic sunfish which Bali is famous for.I knew I was a little late on the season for a sunfish encounter, but I didn’t mind.My view on diving is that one should not chase around species to see, nature will present them as a gift to you when the time is right. 

Living up to this philosophy staying at the Allila Mangis resort is not so hard. You can feel the pulse of nature throughout the place. Besides of that, the whole complex has the same Zen feeling to it as the one I look for while diving.

It is a place to come home to when you’re tired after diving and just relax.I was curious what nature would present to me this time.The first gift I got was the Mantis shrimp. This colourful small lobster is also nicknamed thumb-breaker. It got this reputation from being able to hit very hard with its small claws.While taking the picture I was very careful of not having the housing smashed. It was the first time I ever got to see the rare lobster.

Then the great Barracuda came along. The large predator fish measured at least one and a half meter in length. I could come very close to it, an unforgettable experience.

 As if this was not enough, we stumbled upon the rare Ghost pipefish. This very small creature mimics seaweed in order to mislead fish hunting for it. I had seen this rare creature before, but the clear waters of Bali offered me my first opportunity to take a good picture of it.

 At that point the 2 most spectacular encounters were still up nature’s sleeve.

 First I was totally amazed by an encounter with an enormous school of Trevally fish. The school moves around like a chaotic system. Watching is was like being in a nature movie. It cannot be believed how happy I felt.

 Then it was time for the cherry on the cake. An encounter with the one species one has to see to believe it is for real. I got to dive with Manta Ray.I got to see 3 of them together and I got to see them really close. It was like seeing bionic stealth fighter planes going over my head… simply amazing.

And what about the Mola Mola ? I guess it wasn’t time for me to receive that present yet.

But I will get back to Bali again for that one; maybe time will be right then, maybe not. That next time Allila Mangis will be my home again.”

Peter Voet, October 2009.

For more information on arranging Scuba Diving whilst at Alila Manggis res@alilahotels.com

For more information on Alila Manggis http://www.alilahotels.com/manggis

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Eat, Pray, Spa at Karma Kandara

Start 2010 in an insightful and health conscious way with Karma Kandara’s ‘Eat, Pray, Spa’ day on 6th January 2010.

A day of Balinese healers, teachers & masters from Balinese tarot card readers to reiki and tantric yoga, interract with Bali’s most revered healers and masters in traditional crafts.

Schedule

8.30 am | 60 minutes yoga with Agus at Temple Lounge USD 20++ per person

10 – 4 pm | Book a 2010 taro reading with “Yani the tarotman” 2 hour reading | USD 60++

11am – 12 pm | Balinese Herbalism & Remedies – spend time with Erika Dewi, an icon of Bali’s spa culture, uncovering the mystery & history of the Balinese healer, herbs & remedies. Includes herbal drink, body scrub and body wrap demonstrations and discussion.

6 pm | Reiki Initiation – learn the art of self-healing with Made Warmana USD 20++ Made Agus

About the Experts

Yoga instructor, Made Agus, has been working with Karma Spas since the start – inspiring both staff and guests in the amazing practice of strengthening the body internally and externally using breathe with movement. Agus has trained in both India and Bali and walks the yogi path with authentic passion and zeal. His teaching comprises of an energizing blend of vinyasa flow and core strength movements as well as still meditation and occasional chanting.

Yani Yani the Tarotman is famous for his somewhat psychic card readings. Spending time with Yani is said to be rather exciting and insightful. Yani has consulted all over the globe including Brazil, Hong Kong, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. His sessions last for at least one or two hours.

Erikia Dewi Balinse-born Erikia Dewi is one of the most respected trainers in balinese indigenous treatments for spas around Bali and beyond. During this session she tells the story about the history of the balinese healer and uncovers how they combine physical touch with healing and herbs. As well, she describes various common herbs and demonstrates how one can easily make a traditional healing herbal drinks, body scrubs and wraps at home.

Made Warmana Balinese Reiki master is Made Warmana who is also famous for his Rainstopper energy work around the island. Made will lead you through a set series of postures that assist one in learning about the art of self-healing through positive energy. Once learnt, reiki energy can be accessed at anytime and can be useful in rebalancing self and others – particularly helpful for alleviating stress, headaches and calming children. Made has instructed all karma spa therapists in Level 1 and Level 2 Reki which they infuse into their healing massages.

For more information or to book in advance +62 361 848 2200  or res@karmaresorts.com

For more information on Karma Wellness

http://www.karmakandara.com/karma-wellness/

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Behind the Designers Interview Series: Kimarie Designs, fair-trade jewelry pioneer

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Bali 4 Seasons-This was my Honeymoon suite and where we were married.

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Arrival in Bali

Eleven and a half hours after leaving Auckland I arrived in Bali. It was 33C with a light breeze. I had a visa and therefore didn't have to queue with all the others in the VOA (visa on arrival) queue.

The driving is crazy. Cars and motorcycles overtaking each other with little regard to lanes or even one way streets.

The hotel is nice with plenty of tall trees, a pond, captive birds and a pool all in a large courtyard area.

We walked to the site of the 2002 Bali bombing. There are dances there every night of Galungan.

Today is the last day of Galungan holiday. Many businesses have been shut so it'll be interesting to see how busy it is tomorrow.

We have bought air tickets to Maumere on Flores island for the 25th. We may spend the next few days in central and northern Bali.

     

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