Uncharacteristically, we slept in yesterday. We didn't get moving until 11 am or so. We decided to go for a short bike ride before we had class at 3 pm. About 15 minutes in to our bike ride we found these, and Ilana insisted on getting a picture on one of them.
As we were getting ready to get back on our backs, a Balinese woman motioned to us to come towards her, using her hands and grunts. It was obvious she didn't know english, and we didn't know why she wanted us to come towards her, but we did; She gave us sarongs to put on, and took us in to the temple across the street, that we had not even noticed. It wasn't an especially nice temple, but the woman seemed very insistent that we walk around and take pictures. This was all inferred by more hand motions, and grunts. Finally she pantomimes holding a baby, and points to Ilana. After some confusion, we realize she is asking if we have any kids. We say no, and shake our heads, and she is appalled! She can't understand why we don't have kids! She pantomimes smoking, and points to Ilana. We shake our heads. She pantomimes drinking, and points to Ilana. We shake our heads. She pantomimes lifting weights, and points to Ilana. We shake our heads. She pantomimes running, and points to Ilana, and we nod our heads yes. This is very upsetting to our new fertility coach. She pantomimes animatedly that she should not run, not lift, not drink, not smoke, and not bike, so that she can have a baby. She then makes a small circle with her hands, and pretends to eat out of that circle with an invisible spoon. This totally confuses us. After she
repeats all of this advice, including the eating out of the circle, she insists we take a picture with her and Ilana.
As we are leaving the temple, she points at a coconut and makes the circle motion with her hands, and eats out of that circle with an invisible spoon. She was telling Ilana to eat lots of coconut, in order to have a baby.
After all that, we taught our last lesson at the youth center. It seems like we just got started! Along with teaching, we have been working very hard on a garden, which is doing quite well. The kids that we teach seem to really enjoy working in the garden, which is kind of awesome.
After dinner, we could see a lot of stars, which is unusual here at this time of year. Since it is the rainy season, it is almost always cloudy here, especially at night. We decided to trek a little bit out of town in an attempt to see more stars. We got to a spot on top of a hill which we though might be better, but ended up being the same as down in Ubud. But we started playing with the camera and long exposure times.
This was my first attempt at light writing ever, and it was the best of all the ones we tried last night.
This one we tried a couple of times, but could never get it quite right. This was our best attempt
And this was one we just thought looked cool. Those little points of light are stars!
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