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Koko goes
to Bali, yippieeee!
Long time ago, I think I translated bits and pieces about Koko's travel
to Morocco, France-NY-LA trip or his lone bike-ride to Japan's secluded
mountains. But I don't know where I placed them ;___; Anyway, so he did
all this when Tak stayed home, eating sugoku umai yakitori at his
home's Japanese garden or travel in luxurious car with Takuro of GLAY
to Elvis' home. Anyway two, I find that Koshi's travel stories are much
more fun to read than Tak's (sorry, Tak!) because he has keen eyes and
memories and is great at recounting details. I hope Bewith will have more
of this in the future!
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Koshi's BALI adventure
Q What did you do in Bali?
K ...Eto ne, first I went to Mount Ubud. And then... I
did nothing else.
Q (laugh) So relaxed...
K Un. I did nothing because I was in the mountain area and it
was raining the whole time.
Q How about other tourist attractions?
K Nope, didn't go to those either. Read some books, went to the pool,
swam some... That's all.
Q I heard the sceneries are like Japan's rural area?
K Sou da ne. They have fields too but mainly rice fields. I heard
it's called rice-terrace. In short, it was mechakucha (= very) countryside.
But in the middle of all these, they built a big hotel. It was such an established
hotel yet so few customers. It was great. In Bali, if you go to destinations
which are within immediate range to the airport, like Kuta (beach) or
Legian (beach) or something, there are always soooo many tourists packing
those places. It has become a sea-resort centre, maybe like "Bali Ginza"
or something... Anyway, where I stayed there were so few people, it was quiet
and nice. During the nights, on top of the gigantic pool, they had set up a
bamboo stage where gamelan music was played all night long. But either
than that instrument and the sound of frogs, you could hear nothing else.
Q Very comfortable surroundings.
K Ii desu yo~. Afterwards I also went to the beach, but again,
I did nothing... Aaa! I rode on body-board!
Q You wrote that on the Q&A corner ne.
K Sou. I did that in Bali. Sugoku omoshirokatta. Riding
on the waves and guwaaaa it brought me back to the shore.
Q Was it good weather?
K Anone, it was almost always very clear in the beach, but for
sure, in the mountain area, the weather changed so easily and it rained very
often.
Q Did you eat nasi goreng ?
K I most certainly did!!
Q Yappari (laugh)... I heard it's oishii.
K Oishii. I think it's a taste that Japanese people like anyway,
no?
Q Do they put eggs too?
K Yep. Nasi goreng and also soto ayam... like a chicken
soup with noodle. That's also oishii yo~~~. But maybe I like nasi
goreng more... maybe. Ato, nandake naaa... Aaaa, mie goreng!!! Mie
goreng is actually yakisoba. But anyway, whatever I ate was oishii.
Basically everything, really.
Q Did you buy souvenirs?
K Eeeetoo... A statue made out of turtle's shell.
Q Is that a type of local handicraft?
K Nanka... there was a place where they sell just this type of
handicrafts and then there's another place where all they sell is paintings
of the town and stuffs. The statues were sooo cheap. Two for Rp 10,000 (rupiah).
Although they told me Rp 50,000 in the beginning...
Q (laugh) Did you bargain?
K Well, if you call that bargain... I said, 'I only have Rp 10,000'.
And afterwards, it's amazing how the price quickly dropped to Rp 10,000 (laugh)...
How do these people set the price? Anyway, the seller said very reluctantly
"Jyaa, ii ya" (laugh)...
Q So did you buy a guide book first and read it to compare things before
you went there?
K I went to Bali once long time ago. At that time, I bought a guide book
and I read through it quite carefully then... But basically, I didn't go around
that much anway. So in the end, carrying the book around was useless to me.
I did the body-board but it was right in front of the hotel by the beach.
Q Do you have real surfing experience?
K Fufufu... (laugh) I did that once. I also did wind-surfing.
Q Could this be before B'z debut?
K Looong before we debut.
Q So you actually like marine-boards?
K Zenzen. I only did them when I went to the beach sometimes.
After debut, we would go to Okinawa for campaign, even then I didn't go for
it.
Q Have you done body-board before this?
K Nope. There was no one else doing this but me in that place. Maybe
there were about 2-3 groups of people, but they were all sun-bathing.
Q No one else but you. What made Inaba-san go for it then?
K They have a board just sitting there. The hotel staff said to me, 'Why
don't you do it?' so I did.
Q When you go on private trips, do you think of good lyrics or melodies
when you look at beautiful sceneries? Or are you the type who can completely
forget about work when on holiday?
K Uuun... I did write some stuffs but I didn't purposefully think
of it. Ato wa... when I got back, because I had free time, I wrote some
things too. Maybe I'm both type... Un, yea I guess I would think of things
and note them down.
from: Bewith Vol.40 - December 1998
Some Indonesian words/tiny bit of helpful notes =p
Mount Ubud, Kuta Beach, Legian Beach = tourist attraction places
Nasi goreng = Indonesian fried rice, but it's so famous that people say
Nasi Goreng, like they'd say Sushi instead of Japanese rice-roll.
Mie goreng = fried noodle or yep, yakisoba
Soto ayam = clear chicken soup with lots of yummy goodies, sometimes
with noodles/clear noodles or rice. It can come as soto sapi (beef),
soto kambing (mutton) and so on.
Gamelan = a traditional Indonesian musical instrument made out of bamboos.
Rupiah = Indonesian currency; US$1.00 = Rp 9,400, AU$1.00 = Rp 6,500
OK, so the Bali trip wasn't as exciting as the Morocco one. At least he liked
the food. YAY for YUMMY INDONESIAN FOOD! That one point, I can guarantee! Waaaaah,
now I miss Indonesia a little bit!
Btw, this is totally random, but I just remembered reading a bewith when Tak just
got two dogs (maybe around LOOSE era) and he kept saying how he loved playing
with 'Kou-chan' (the dog's name is Kousuke! If I remember correctly =p) and the
most wonderful thing in his life at that moment was 'Kou-chan' =p
OOooh, to celebrate TMG1's album coming out TOMORROWWWWW (actually tonight
in Japan), here's some silly extra =p (I know ktulu wouldn't mind <3). Anyway,
I hope today's entry will make M-chan (and everyone else reading) less stressed!!
Think about holiday my friends!!!! Or if you can't have holiday soon, then the
money from the hours slaving away!!!! Or things you can buy with the money like
TMG1 !!!
B2: did you hear that TMG song?
Keen: no!
Keen: did u?
B2: yeah, it wasn't bad
B2: i think jack blades was singing it
Keen: wow
Keen: how's his voice
B2: much smoother than eric's
B2: unless it was eric and he's tricking us
Keen: hurhrr
Keen: it was TAK!!!!
B2: no! didnt sound constipated or froggy
B2: and it was very natural english kekek
Keen: roflz
Keen: it was enhanced and improved and tested TAK!!!!!
B2: could it be??
B2: new voice box?
Keen: wllz, he pays so much tax, the government will sign any application he
comes up with
Keen: including one for new voice box
B2: kakaka
