Today Kevin, the son of my wife's sister was admitted to the hospital. (With my permission, because I have to pay 
) We didn't have time to bring him, so my father in law et all brought him.
When we visited him in the hospital later, my father in law (50) was holding Kevin who had a drip attached to his little foot, while other family was lying around him (half asleep), and he was rocking Kevin in such a clumsy but gentle way, that it touched me in a special way. I can't explain, but this sight would not have been possible anywhere else, but in this chaotic, to western standards rather dirty hospital in Bali.
Later today Dewi came into my office, where I was listening to Bruckner (helps me to stay sane) and she said she wanted to know what I felt.
I said something about me being an reincarnation from the 19th century, and realized that when she asked me this, the smell of Baygon turned into the nicest perfume. Only in Bali people, only in Bali.
) We didn't have time to bring him, so my father in law et all brought him.When we visited him in the hospital later, my father in law (50) was holding Kevin who had a drip attached to his little foot, while other family was lying around him (half asleep), and he was rocking Kevin in such a clumsy but gentle way, that it touched me in a special way. I can't explain, but this sight would not have been possible anywhere else, but in this chaotic, to western standards rather dirty hospital in Bali.
Later today Dewi came into my office, where I was listening to Bruckner (helps me to stay sane) and she said she wanted to know what I felt.
I said something about me being an reincarnation from the 19th century, and realized that when she asked me this, the smell of Baygon turned into the nicest perfume. Only in Bali people, only in Bali.
