Been talking about going to some places for awhile now. Finally, Joe booked us (Joey, me, Al) to go to Bali taking advantage of the Air Asia free 500k seats promotion. He called on Wednesday morning at 8:30am to get confirmation from me, and I agreed instantly. Why not? Afterall, I have 6 months to save money for that trip! So it is now confirmed. We are to go to Bali this coming October.
I am all excited to go to Bali again. The last I was there, it was good 3 years ago with my ex-company for company trip. I almost drowned at Kuta Beach together with 3 of my other colleagues (Veron, Mei, and my boss, Fel). We were fooling around at the shore, the next thing we know, we passed the red flag. And before we can react, the waves came over us and took us further into the sea. I swam as fast as I can to the shore, but the waves outbeat me. (Then I thought: I should have built up my stamina in swimming!!!!) After much attempt to stay on the surface but failed, I was drinking too much seawater, and couldnt lift up my head. I thought I was drowning. My mind was blank. I was thinking : “I think I am dying.Is this how a dead person feel before they die?”. Suddenly, I just lift one of my hand up. Next thing I knew, I was pulled by a surfer who came to us for rescue. He took me on the surf board and I just relaxed on it while he ride us back to the shore. When I was back to the beach, I realized Mei made it back, but the rest is still in the sea. She was crying while hugging me hard. Thanking god that I am save. I was still, blurred. But I know alot of people are at the beach then, standing and looking into the sea. Mei keep saying: ”Shit.They are still in there!” *eyes welled with tears* 15 minutes later, the surfers got the rest of us back. Later that day, I got to know that Fel had to hold on to Veron, (who dont know how to swim) cos she was drowning. He told us that if the surfer didnt come in another 1 minute, he had to let go Veron or both of them would have drowned together.
Apart from superb view,memorable times and places to visit in Bali, that drowning incident was a painful experience for the 4 of us. That somehow brought us together for awhile. But when we came back to Malaysia, it didnt hold us long. The incidents changed some of us alot. Mel and Veron resigned after 6 months of the incident. I guess some of us was in trauma. After that company trip, there are no longer any company trips for us. Boss always said we are tight of budget. In actual fact, I think he is afraid one of his employee died during the trip. Bad Bali experience.
Thinking again, what happen if Fel, our boss died in there? I think we would have come back to Malaysia jobless. Hah. That will be wonderful. I resigned from the company last year after finding him didnt keep his promises to his employees. I wonder why he changed so much too.
Well, that was 3 years ago. This year, I wanna break that fear. I want to go back there and enjoy myself.
Next post: Things I found that will be nice to visit on Bali.
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