The daily diary is more of a figment of my imagination that anything else. I shall follow the lead of the book i’m picking up from time to time at the moment, “A Bookshop In Algiers” where his diary entries happen once every couple of weeks and are in the main a quick detailing of his dealings with moody French writers escaping Vichy France. It puts me of mind to open up a small bookshop and printing house in Lembongan. But, as always, if only i had a benefactor .
I have taken to writing an imaginary balearic 12″ ep all about Lembongan and have knocked out 2 sets of lyrics already that have been shared with a producer musician in Hastings (where else!) I think he thinks i have lost my marbles.
These two are bound to be hits- I’m imagining a euro balearic pop vibe
Song 1 : Shazam me at the beach bar
Shazam me at the beach bar
I don’t know that song
Canaggu
Lembongan
Lombok
Gilli isles
&
Penida
Shazam me at the beach bar
I Love That Laid Back Vibe
Canaggu
Lembongan
Lombok
Gilli isles
&
Penida
Shazam me at the beach bar
Shazam me at the beach bar
Rocking The Beachside Sound
Shazam me at the beach bar
Canaggu
Lembongan
Lombok
Gilli isles
&
Penida
Song 2 : Get Me To The Ceremony On Time
Another day in Lembongan
Another day in Lembongan
Sun, sand & sea
But I’m late for the ceremony
Ancestors must have my testimony
Brother I need your scooter
I hear the crow of the rooster
I’m Late For The Ceremony
My ancestors must have my testimony
Another day in Lembongan
Another day in Lembongan
Sun, sand & sea
I’m Late For The Ceremony
It’ll be ancestor acrimony
Brother I need your scooter
I hear the crow of the rooster
Another day in Lembongan
Another day in Lembongan
2 more songs to be written, coming soon could be a top hit about roosters or manta rays
Talking of other species, i live with a number of other friends and made a new one last night.
There’s the invisible mice family, the not so invisible rather large rat that scurries around most of the night and then Gerald the giant gecko who makes great nightime entertainment if you turn on the outside lights to attract the moths and bugs. He’ll suddenly appear outside of a window and the show begins as he chases unfortunate bugs to their inevitable death. He’s not your common & garden mini gecko but as big as a forearm so those insects don’t have a chance .
Last night as I sat on the sofa making a podcast i heard a little croak that made me doubletake. Yes it was a rather large frog who had appeared out of somewhere and was happily hopping along. He / she knew exactly where they were going.. hopped along parallel to the sliding doors then made a sharp left and straight out into the night. I do hope that i have a family of frogs in the house that’ll keep the mosquitos at bay.
Yesterday whilst riding around discovering some more of the back roads of the island i came across two interesting pieces of architecture, both quite out of place and unexpected.
The first, i presume, is standard workers temporary living accomodation built all over the island to house those building luxury villas for the Bules. The colours made it very striking and worth a photograph
The second is a purpose built art gallery that i didn’t even know existed on the island.
