One the coolest things about living in Bali is that you can get to meet celebrities, well…mostly are Indonesian celebrities.
I met Ello and one of the members of a group named Tangga (don’t know his name), while walking around Kuta.
I also met Sari Koeswoyo who was once very famous in her early age as a singer and actress, while eating Bakwan in Bakwan Surabaya, Denpasar.
On another occasion, I met Ferry Irawan while shopping in Centro.
Also, when I was having dinner in Warung Italia about a month ago, I met another Ferry (don’t know his last name), one of the members of a boyband called Coboy who was once very famous when I was still in high school.
When I ran across celebrities, I usually just stayed calm and pretended like they were just ordinary people.
So I was never like got over excited, took my pic with that famous person or anything like that.
I guess it’s just not my nature.
However, the most impressing celebrity-meeting moment for me was when I accidentally met David Blaine in DreamLand.
Yeah…you would probably said…David who???
David Blaine is a famous street magician in the US and I’ve seen him many times on TV. His performances were always impressive coz he did it on the street, with the people he met on the street…just like that.
His acts might not be as spectacular as David Copperfield’s, that’s why he is less famous, but then again, I think he’s doing something more realistic, that’s why he’s so impressive.
About 2 weeks ago, I went to DreamLand with some of my friends.
I was always afraid of swimming on the beach that was why I decided to sit on the beach chair under the shade of a big umbrella while watching my friends went swimming.
The wave was pretty big and it gave me another good reason not to swim.
It’s not that I can’t or don’t like to swim coz I can swim and I do like going swimming but only in the swimming pool and not on the beach.
While I was enjoying myself, I saw this guy with his friends, sitting on the beach chair just about 1 meter away from where I sat.
He face looked like he came from middle east country and as looked at him, I had this weird sense.
His eyes were sharp, dark and mysterious but he was strangely good looking.
Another thing that I couldn’t help but noticed was the tattoos that he had on his body.
However, the tattoo that really got to me was the big cross tattoo on his back.
It wasn’t only big but also beautiful & skillfully done.
So I dared myself and decided to approach him and asked if I was allowed to take picture of the tattoo on his back, saying that it was very beautiful.
At that time, he was about to put on his T-shirt.
He didn’t say a word, just looked at me with his sharp eyes, turned his back and lifted his t-shirt and showed me his tattoo.
And so I took the pic, quickly said thank you and got back to my chair and to my friends who were just finished from swimming.
A few minutes after that, he & his friends left.
Just as he walked away, one of my friends said….”Oh shit, isn’t that David Blaine??”
I was like gasping for air and couldn’t believe myself…no wonder he looked so familiar?
I was speechless for a moment but then thankful for having the chance to take the pic of his tattoo.
David Blaine….I love yooouuuuu!!!!