Alas, my last day. . .

I consider my retreat/vacation is resounding success. It's been a week since I'd been back and I am keeping my artistic and adventurer mindset close to my heart.

My last 1.5 days in Bali is spent being a tourist. I went to the temples and took lots of picture, just because I can. I went shopping for last minute gifts just because I want too. For a person who have been to Bali, it was quite uneventful. However, for a first timer, it would be wonderful.

For any first timer considering going to Bali, do the usual Bali tour of going to temples, artist studios, cooking class, shopping and bar hopping--it would be a wonderful vacation.

For those who are looking for a good retreat--spiritually and relaxing, Bali would feed your the spirituality you need whatever creed you are. If you like culture, then Bali is for you. I am sure there are places like Bali, but Bali has won my heart, besides it's only 4 hours on plane.

Now that I'm back at home and back at work, I am making a conscientious decision to keep up my batik and yoga. I just spent alot of money to upgrade my yoga membership at one of my yoga studio. Also, I'd been shopping, both on-line and going to stores, to find batik books and batik supplies so I can build my batik studio. I have I place for it already--the roof.

I went to Chatuchak, or JJ as the local call it, yesterday, the famous weekend market. Like my girlfriend, Kin Yeung, my college roommate who visited a few years back, called it "the world's biggest junkyard" full of lovely junk and cheap. That exactly what it was.

I really want to find local batik supplies, so since I'd been back I'd been shopping--buying books, researching on-line, buying supplies. That's why I went to JJ even though it's my favorite place. I'd rather go to the shopping mall or an art supplies store for things like this, but alas, there not even a decent art supplies store in town. So I went to JJ find find--and almost more- that I need.

I got myself paraffin wax, pots and pans, clothes pins, a few other stuff I may need but I couldn't find beeswax. That is for next weekend when I am planning to go get myself fabric paints, beeswax, cotton materials, frames, and brushes.

Oh, I almost forgotten, I singed up for art lessons starting in January. Although the class is large--6 people have already signed up (I'm hoping a few people will dropout by the time the class starts) but classes and workshops are few and far in between.

By next week I can prepare myself a small studio so I can do stuff there.