I-Denpasar Diaries: Isikhathi se-adventure YANGEMPELA e-Bali enhle…!
Ngomhlaka 12 Oct 2023
U-Okthoba uyinyanga ebaluleke kakhulu ye-LittlePod futhi, ukuphawula uSuku Lwangempela Lwevanila Lwamazwe Ngamazwe, sithatha uhambo oluya engadini yethu yezithelo yamaphayona e-Indonesia. Uyathanda ukuza uzogibela? UPawulu ubhala konke.
Uthi bewazi..?
Njengoba sethule okokuqala i-National Real Vanilla Day ngo-2014, lona kuzoba unyaka wethu we-10 sigubha umhla ziyi-17 kuMfumfu!
Ngomhla ziyi-17 kuMfumfu, Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke LweVanilla Yangempela, usuku olubaluleke kakhulu ekhalendeni le-LittlePod. Ukusukela ngo-2014, lapho sethula okokuqala uSuku Lukazwelonke LweVanilla Yangempela, yilapho ama-LittlePodders ehlangana khona - mathupha kanye naku-inthanethi - ukuphakamisa i-toast ku-REAL vanilla, ukudwebela ukubaluleka kwe-orchid eyigugu iplanethi kanye nabantu bayo, futhi ngibonge kulabo abavikela amahlathi emvula lapho kutshalwa khona. Kusukela ehamba emhlabeni jikelele ukwethulwa kwe-IRVD ngo-2020, sigubhe lesi senzakalo esikhethekile e-Devon nase-London, kodwa kule nkwindla sizozwakalisa ukwazisa kwethu kubalimi be-vanilla mathupha njengoba sibheke Isitshalo se-LittlePod e-Bali. Ujoyine uJanet noDave e-Indonesia uPaul. Lena idayari yakhe...
NgoLwesihlanu, Okthoba 20th: Ngamazwi e-Terminator...
Ngihamba ngendiza yejethi. Angazi ukuthi ngizobuya nini futhi. UJanet ungicele ngeziphuzo izolo ebusuku ukuthi ngingathanda yini ukubuyela e-Bali. Hhayi-ke, uyazi… uma unikela! Sekuzophela, lokhu ukusa kokugcina kosuku lwethu lokugcina, kodwa yeka isonto esibe nalo lapha e-Indonesia. Senze okuningi kakhulu futhi savala umhlabathi omningi, nokho ingaphezulu liklwetshiwe.
Ukubuya noma ukungabuyi, lowo ngumbuzo. Ngokusho kuka-Arnold Schwarzenegger I-Terminator, Ngizobuya…
Bengingakufuni kanjani? Khohlwa okusobala - ukudla, isimo sezulu, indawo, ichibi. I-Bali imayelana nakho konke lokho, ngokuqinisekile. Kodwa lolu hambo olukugcizelele kithi sonke ukuthi abantu ababaluleke kakhulu, abanokuningi abangakunikeza ngakho, futhi abenza umehluko. U-Santika, uNoguh kanye neqembu e-Pita Maha. Ketut, Angus, I-Syiraz, Eka kanye nabo bonke esikhungweni sesimanjemanje lapho ama-vanilla pod ethu acutshungulwa khona. AbakwaMade, bobahlanu, uNyomam kanye nabo bonke abanye abalimi abenza umsebenzi omuhle kangaka emahlathini. Lokhu kumayelana nani. Lokhu yingakho ngingathanda ukubuya e-Bali ngolunye usuku.
Lolu hambo lufakazele ukuthi umsebenzi esiwenzayo e-UK UYI-REAL. Ukuthi abalimi e-Bali kukhona bethembele kithi. Ukuthi izinzuzo kukhona ephathekayo. Uma thina - njengabathengi baseNtshonalanga - sifuna i-REAL vanilla, abalimi base-Indonesia (nakwezinye izindawo ngaphesheya kwe-Equatorial Belt) kuthanda yikhulise namahlathi kuthanda zivikelwe, zilondolozwe futhi, ngempela, zibuyiselwe. Izinzuzo kithi sonke zizoba zinkulu, futhi konke kulula kakhulu. Isithombe esingenhla siyisibonelo esijwayelekile se canng sari, umnikelo wendabuko wama-Balinese Konkulunkulu kanye nesenzo sokubonga. Njengoba ngicwiliswa ilanga okokugcina namhlanje ekuseni, ngicabanga ukuthi yimina engingabonga kakhulu. Matur suksma.
ULwesine, Okthoba 19th: Azikho izinsuku ezimbi e-Bali…
Ngibone lolu phawu ngenkathi ngiphuma ku-Ubud's Campuhan Ridge Walk edumile namhlanje ekuseni. Kuye kwabonakala kungokwesiprofetho. Ngehla namakhaza - okuxakayo uma kubhekwa izimo ezishisayo lapha - futhi ngilungiselela uhambo olunzima lokubuya olude nakakhulu kunohambo lwangaphandle, lokhu ngenxa yehora LESTHUPHA NEHHAFU LAPHO esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Dubai kusasa.
Naphezu kwakho konke lokho, kuye kwaba njalo namanje kube usuku oluhle. Woza ucabange ngakho, angiqiniseki ukuthi kukhona into embi e-Bali…
Ngahamba ekuseni. Izinsuku zokubuyela emuva ukulwa nethrafikhi yokuvakashela amapulazi e-vanilla kusishiye sonke sikhathele. Angilindele uzwelo, ngoba njengoba kuphawulwe esihlokweni esedlule, ukuba lapha kuyilungelo elikhulu. Kodwa akubanga amachibi angapheli kanye nezidlo ezishisayo kanye nokudla okungcono kakhulu okunikezwa yi-Bali. Woza ucabange ngakho, ngizodinga iholidi emva kwalokhu.
Manje wenza senza ngesikhathi sethu esikhululekile? Umzila oshiwo ngenhla wokuqwala izintaba, okokuqala, ukuvakashela eMakethe Yobuciko yase-Ubud ephithizelayo, isikhathi esincane endaweni yokuphumula elangeni nasechibini, futhi okuhle kunakho konke, Ikilasi Lokupheka lase-Indonesia e-Pita Maha Resort and Spa, lapho besihlala khona okumangalisayo. UJanet waze wakwazi ukuncenga uChef Noguh ukuthi alungise imenyu yakhe yendabuko futhi afake i-REAL vanilla evela ku-LittlePod kuzo zontathu izitsha - ezimnandi nezinongogo. Angiqiniseki ukuthi ubani ofunde okwengeziwe, thina noma yena…!
NgoLwesithathu, Okthoba 18: Uhlu lwamabhakede ahlanzekile, kodwa lungcono...
Ngisanda kubuya edamini. Ngenye yalezo ezingapheli - amanzi awela onqenqemeni, anokubukwa kwehlathi eliluhlaza ngale kanye nezitshalo ezishisayo nxazonke. Kukhona ama-lounger namathawula amasha, ilanga seliqala ukushona futhi kumnandi okungu-27°C lapha e-Ubud. Kodwa lena akuyona into engcono kakhulu engiyenzile namuhla.
Okugqamile kwanamuhla? Ukuhlangana nabo bonke abalimi ensimini yezithelo ye-LittlePod futhi bachithe intambama endaweni yabo. Ngichaze izehlakalo zayizolo 'njengohlu lwamabhakede amsulwa', kodwa lokhu kudlule kukho konke...
Sahamba noMade, safika kwaMade sekusele isikhathi sokudla kwasemini, sahlangana noMade, Made noMade. Konke lokhu kungase kudideke ngakho-ke sibabiza ngokuthi Made 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Saphinde saziswa ngabakwaWayans 1 and 2, Putus 1 and 2, Pan Moyo, Komang and Kadek, abantu abamangalisayo bonke. Kwenziwe (1) ngokuhunyushwa ngokwengxenye, ngaphandle kwalokho sasixhumana ngesiNgisi esiphukile kanye nokushukuma komzimba nokumamatheka okukhulu. Ulimi lomhlaba wonke lwe-vanilla yangempela. Sonke sazenza saqonda.
Kwabe sekulandela uhambo, ku-zip egudla ithrekhi yehlathi elishisayo ngemuva kwe-moped ukubona imivini ye-vanilla echumayo, etshalwe kusukela ezitshalweni zangempela i-LittlePod ezazihlinzekwa kuyo yonke leyo minyaka edlule, kanye nekhofi, i-durian, imangosteen nokunye okuningi. Ukubona uhlelo lwe-polyculture Olwenziwa (1) lapha e-Bali lubonakala luyimpumelelo kwakuyinto eyivelakancane ngempela, kuyilapho ukudla ukhukhunathi usanda kuphuma esihlahleni kwakuyi-icing ekhekheni (futhi angiwuthandi ngisho ukhukhunathi). Amadamu okubhukuda? Bayishumi lesenti. Lokhu kwakuyizinto ezake zaphila.
ULwesibili, Okthoba 17: UJanet uyadansa, futhi uthethelela uhambo lwethu...
Kwaba njalo-ke. Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lwevanila Yangempela. Umcimbi omkhulu. Isizathu sokuthi size ngale ndlela kuleli sonto. Eqinisweni, ayizange iqale kahle kakhulu. I-jet lag bengicabanga ukuthi ngizoyishaya ngoMsombuluko? Lokho kwabuya kwangiluma, okusho ukukhala kwe-alamu okuphuthumayo kanye nesiqalo esisheshayo. Nokho kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, kube uhlu lwamabhakede amsulwa.
Cabanga ngalokhu: Ngike ngabona i-vanilla orchid eyigugu. E-Indonesia. Emvinini. Ngokuqhakaza okugcwele. Njengoba le mbali entekenteke ihlala amahora angama-24 nje kuphela, leli kuyilungelo elikhulu ngempela...
Eqinisweni, lonke uhambo kube yilelo kanye: kuyilungelo elikhulu. Okufakiwe kwale dayari, ngokuyinhloko, kube nokushayisana ngolimi ngokwendalo yakhona. Kodwa ungagqolozela isikhashana nje, ukuba se-Bali futhi ubone izinto esizibonile namuhla? Akukabi ngcono kakhulu futhi ngalokho angikwazanga ukubonga kakhulu. KuJanet. Ku-LittlePod. Kubo bonke ababambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi omuhle kakhulu, oletha uguquko, ekhaya naphesheya.
Ngike ngaya epulazini le-vanilla. Ngike ngahlangana nomlimi wevanila – igama lakhe nguNyomam. Ngifunde okuningi ngokwabelana ngemoto noMade. Ngichithe isikhathi nozakwethu be-LittlePod lapha e-Indonesia - u-Ketut, u-Eka, uSyiraz nabanye, izinsizwa mina (kanye noJanet mhlawumbe ngisho nangokwengeziwe) esizithande kakhulu. Ngihlunge imiyalezo evela ku-LittlePodders emhlabeni wonke futhi ngakhunjuzwa ukuthi kunokusekela okukhulu kwesikwenzayo. Ngike ngambona uJanet edansa namhlanje kusihlwa (uzodinga bheka ku-Instagram yethu uma ufuna ukwabelana ngalokhu okuhlangenwe nakho). Ngakho-ke, isikhathi sokunambitha? Akungabazeki ukuthi i-IRVD 2023 iluthethelele uhambo lwethu!
NgoMsombuluko, Okthoba 16: Kungumsebenzi onzima, kodwa othile kufanele awenze…
Isibankwa asingitholanga. Noma i-jet lag. Amahora ayisithupha aqinile futhi ngizizwa ngingumuntu futhi. Isidlo sasekuseni esihle kakhulu se-Balinese singisizile ukuba ngibeke izingcindezi zokuhamba kanye nobunzima ngemuva kwami namuhla ekuseni. Kungumsebenzi onzima, kodwa kufanele umuntu awenze.
Izithelo ezintsha zasezindaweni ezishisayo, iyogathi negranola, ukwatapheya namaqanda, nezinkomishi ezimbili zekhofi le-Balinese futhi sengikulungele ukuhamba. Ngibhala lokhu ethafeni, ngizama ukugwema ilanga lasekuseni (sekuvele kungu-29°C) futhi ngiziba iqoqo lezintuthwane ezinkulu eduze. Akusekude ukuba ube uMsombuluko ojwayelekile...
Manje yini eku-ajenda namuhla? UJanet uthi kufanele siphumule, kodwa nginomuzwa wokuthi kufanele ngiphumule abanye sebenza ngikhona. Ichibi liyasicela, kodwa sinesenzakalo esikhethekile sokuhlela, Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lwevanila Yangempela, kanye nohambo lwakusasa oluya ensimini yezithelo ye-LittlePod vanilla, isigamu sehora noma kanjalo ukusuka lapha. Yilokhu okumayelana.
Kuzwakala kuwubuwula kancane, njengoba ngibe se-Indonesia isikhathi esingaphansi kwamahora angu-24, kodwa ngizoya ensimini nginomuzwa ongcono kakhulu wabantu nendawo, lesi sikhathi esifushane ngokwanele ukuba ngishintshe imibono yami nge-Bali - izinto ezibonwayo, imisindo kanye nephunga konke kungeze ekuqondeni kwami futhi kwanginika ukwazisa okusha ngempilo yasesiqhingini. Kulesi sikhathi esilinganiselwe enginaso lapha angikwazi nje ukuklwebheka, kodwa ubuhle ngibheke ngabomvu ukukuthatha konke. Kungumsebenzi onzima, kodwa othile kufanele awenze.
NgeSonto, Okthoba 15: Siyakwamukela e-Bali…
Izindiza, izitimela nezimoto. Ngike ngangena - noma ngaqhubeka - kuwo wonke lawa mahora angama-28 edlule. Ufunde lokho ngendlela efanele. Ingqikithi yesikhathi sokuhamba endlini ngendlu, ikhaya nehhotela bekuwusuku lonke nobusuku (bese kuba okunye okuthe xaxa, ngesilinganiso esihle nje).
Uma sicabangela amahora angu-28 okugcina ngaleso sikhathi, akufanele kusimangaze ukuthi cishe ngikhathele kakhulu ukuthayipha kusihlwa - noma ntambama noma mhlawumbe ekuseni, noma ngabe kuyini. Izikhathi eziningi engiziwele kule mpelasonto zingishiye ngibambe ongezansi…
Amadayari awazibhali ngokwawo, noma kunjalo, ngakho-ke kunesikhathi nje sokuvuselela okusheshayo nokungena. Intuthuko enkulu yangeSonto? Ngise-Indonesia – kanjalo noJanet noDave.
Sisanda kwabelana ngamapuleti ka-Nasi Goreng (isidlo esiyintandokazi sase-Indonesia) kanye nezindaba zokuvakasha, ngoba amashejuli ethu ahlukahlukene awazange alingane, ngakho sahamba ngokuhlukana, sidlula e-Dubai ngenxa yami ne-Singapore kubo. Yomibili imizila ibonakale ijezisa ngakho-ke kufanele sonke silale kahle e-Indonesia namuhla kusihlwa. Kodwa sizokwenzenjani? I-Jet lag yinto engalindelekile futhi ngisanda kubona isibankwa esikhulu sicasha odongeni lwegumbi lami lokulala. Siyakwamukela e-Bali…!
NgoMgqibelo, Okthoba 14: Kude kude, ndoda...
Nali iqiniso elithakazelisayo nge-Indonesia: Ayisekho nje eduze. Kungumthunzi ngaphezu kwamahora angu-11 kusukela ngikhiye futhi ngaphuma endlini namhlanje ekuseni futhi indiza isanda kushaya. Hhayi eDenpasar, uyaqonda, kodwa eDubai. Bali? Lokho kusazodinga amanye amahora ayisishiyagalolunye nemizuzu eyi-10 emoyeni, ingasaphathwa eyamahora amathathu noma-kancane alandelayo engizowachitha lapha e-DBX.
Lokhu kungase kusho okusobala, kodwa iphuzu elingenakugcizelelwa ngokwanele. I-Indonesia ikude…
Lolu wuhlobo lohambo esingeke sikwazi – futhi esingaluqali – njalo ngenxa yezizathu ezemvelo, ezokuziphatha, ezokusebenza kanye nezezimali (phakathi kokunye) futhi isinqumo sokuhamba ibanga elide kangaka akusona esithathwe kalula. Kodwa ithuba lokuchitha isikhathi nabalimi kanye naphakathi kwezivini ze-vanilla, ukuqinisa ubungane obudala nokwenza obusha, nokuqhubeka nokuhlwanyela imbewu (impela) okufanele - uma isikhulile futhi isivuthiwe - ibe yinzuzo kwabaningi, lihle kakhulu ukuthi ungaliphuthelwa.
Ngakho uhambo oludumile luyaqhubeka. Kusemuva kancane kwehora lokuqala ekuseni, sekungu-32°C ngaphandle kwetiyela, kuyilapho ngaphakathi kwetheminali, ngidinga ukuphumula ngaphambi kokuba umlenze olandelayo uqale. Imayela nemayela futhi kancane ngesikhathi, ngisondela eduze ne-Indonesia. Kukude nje.
NgoLwesihlanu, Okthoba 13: Lokhu kuzwakala njengesandulela...
Ake sixoxe ngosuku. Yebo, uLwesihlanu. Yebo, umhlaka-13. Cha, akulona ishwa. Empeleni, okuphambene nalokho. Angikaze ngibe ngomunye wezinkolelo-ze futhi umuntu angacabanga kanjani ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ntambama njengobuhle kanje? Ilanga lasekwindla liyakhanya, ngigcwele futhi ngilungile, futhi amahora angama-24 kusukela manje, ngizobe ngingaphezu kwamafu nasemoyeni – ngibheke e-Bali.
Ikhalenda le-LittlePod elilenga ekhishini lingitshela ukuthi Isonto Likazwelonke Lokubhaka liqale namuhla. NgoLwesihlanu zingama-13, kuzwakala kufana nebika. Uhlobo oluhle, kunjalo ...
Kuhle ukucabanga ukuthi njengoba sithatha uhambo lokuya e-Indonesia - indawo eshisayo lapho kutshalwa khona i-vanilla - ibutho lababhaki abasekhaya lingase lifinyelele imikhiqizo yalo eyintandokazi ye-LittlePod futhi liqale ngenqwaba yamakhekhe, amakhekhe kanye nokunye okudaliwe okuzogubha ngakho uSuku Lwangempela Lwangempela Lwevanila.
Indiza yethu ephumayo ingase ibe ngomhlaka-14, kodwa sizobe singena esimweni cishe kusukela ngesikhathi indiza yethu isuka phansi. Ngemva kokungena ku-inthanethi namhlanje ekuseni, sibe nentshisekelo yokuqaphela ukuthi imenyu yesidlo sasemini yakusasa endizeni ihlanganisa i-Vanilla Profiteteroles yophudingi. Uma lokho kungelona ibika, angazi ukuthi kuyini!
ULwesine, Okthoba 12: Ilungiselela ukuthatha uhambo...
Akuvamisile empilweni ukuthi ungene ogibeni. Nokho ngilapha, ngipakisha isikhwama futhi ngilungiselela i-Bali. I-Indonesia ilindelwe futhi izingcingo zehlathi lemvula. Izindawo ezikuyisa kuzo i-LittlePod, eh?
Ngingaphezudlwana nje kwamahora angu-48 kusukela ngiye esikhumulweni sezindiza futhi, kumelwe ngivume, ngizizwa nginovalo oluncane. Angikaze ngihambe kanjena isikhathi eside futhi ngike ngafika e-Asia, lesi sikhumulo sobusuku obubodwa e-Hong Kong ngo-2006 ngisendleleni eya kwi-honeymoon e-Australia…
Yini okufanele ngiyipakishe? Kuyoba kushisa kangakanani? Ngizofika kanjani ehhotela? Kuthiwani ngolimi? Ngizophatha kanjani ehlathini lemvula? Abalimi bazongenzani ngami?
Eqinisweni, injabulo idlula zonke izinkathazo futhi, ekujuleni, angisakwazi ukulinda ukufika lapho. Yeka ithuba leli. Yeka ukuzidela. Njengoba ngibe ne-LittlePod kusukela ngo-2015, ngicwile embonini ye-vanilla, kodwa leli kuzoba yithuba lami lokuqala lokuhlangana nabantu abanakekela lesi sitshalo somlingo, nokuzibonela ngawami indawo emangalisayo ekhuliswa futhi ekhuliswa kuyo. Ukusuka esitshalweni kuye kwelinye, lokhu okwenziwayo kuzoqedela umbuthano. Kuyoba kuhle kanjani ukukuqopha konke lapha...
Uyathanda ukulandela i-LittlePod e-Indonesia? Qhubeka ufunda Paul's Denpasar Diaries ukuze uthole izibuyekezo ezivamile futhi uqiniseke ukuthi landela i-LittlePod ku-Instagram…!