November 11th, 2016
Henry had already prepared everything to leave his hometown Medan city and reached his destination the Bali island of which he called as his promised haven ever since he found his life as a gay in his hometown would be perilous and catastrophic against his opposed family and even the society.
Henry was desperate and still missed his parents. But however he didn't have any choice after long time of discord with his parents in the house. He was dissatisfied already with everything at his Medan city and the most important thing was his status as a gay.
Then he discovered back his old teenage dream about the so called Bali island as once it was considered by Henry as an island full of exotic things and he once dreamed to go there and start a new life at there. But Henry once discarded it away due to his loss of favor against that subject ever since his late senior high school time.
Henry wasn't an academic one who was graduated from any domestic prestigious universities, even from abroad. Once Henry wished to have his academic graduation at one prestigious university in Singapore, to obtain his architect degree.
But disastrous thing befallen his dad's finance and since then the family suffered a terrible family crisis for years, even until Henry graduated from high school with very mediocre distinction and of course the school fee problem Henry must encountered all the time with the school admins.
Henry started to work as a sales assistant for his mom selling clothes and apparels at marketplace near his house of which the mom rented a small kiosk there to establish the business ever since his Dad's financial crisis. Henry did never complain about anything and he did his job eagerly with only small salary from his mom.
For first years of his career with his mom, Henry enjoyed it as he didn't need to worry anything about his future. He earned just small amount of salary by working with his mom in the store, but however Henry remembered to always saving money and he saved all his salaries for his future. Since Henry still lived with his parents in the house, so his daily life's expenses were free from his parents. Thus Henry was in his really comfortable zone hence.
But gradually Henry was fed up with his routinity, though he still wanted to follow his mom. It was worsened after Henry discovered himself infected by his growing desire and his loneliness tortured him as an individual craving for a soulmate.
It didn't matter how much Henry appeased his growing desire by watching gay porns via online until late night and did subsequent things just to cool down his burning desire. He grew envious and disgruntled because of his status as a queer individual in Medan city is never reciprocated by the whole society, especially by his own family.
Henry finally realized his own destiny after another unpleasant momentum struck him at the last year of his cooperation with his mom in the store. It blew his entire comfortable zone really hard and right to his comfort seat, so that Henry felt like he was thrown up high to the sky and then falling hard down to the ground.
Henry lost his last job from his mom's business according to his own will and not because he was forced to resign his mere job from his mom. During Henry's jobless period of time, he was astrayed and had no life purpose. Since Henry was an introverted guy, he didn't has many friends and it was worsened after he got his queer identity matured and demanded him for a real queer affair from queer peoples, not from the straight peoples.
It was until his old teenage dream about Bali island reappeared again during his mental crisis. Even if his parents were initially disagreed with Henry's plan to leave the house and seeking for another new life at there, but however Henry did never give up until the time has come eventually.
Henry struggled hard just to win the favor from his parents to let go of him pursuing his new life at Bali island. It took many months until finally Henry earned his sanctioned departure by his parents, just to escape from his past life and his hometown, just to start another new one at Bali island.
Both of his parents were quite desperated though Henry wasn't a little kid anymore. He was considered a young adult already and was fully responsible for his own life, detached from his parent's intervention. Henry only got a really short time already with his parents and family for the last time before he left away for long time.
It was then a last dinner with his parents at one Japanese sushi restaurant and Henry enjoyed it as the last dinner his parents could offer to him before he would live really frugal and full of hardship during his survival phase after he settled down his life at Bali island.
His only one good friend was asked by Henry to visit him for the last time and gave him a proper farewell before they separated and possibly never reunited once more after separation. But Henry wasn't sad for it, so do with his friend. Henry's feeling was half excited but also half desperated. His parents warned him with so many advices and Henry just accepted those as last things his parents can give to Henry.
Henry only slept for few hours before he woke up and prepared himself to reach the airport of which the distance was faraway and remoted from Medan city. Henry's
transportation to reach the airport quickly arrived at 4AM, because Henry's plane was supposed to leave Medan city at 6AM morning. Henry bided his last goodbye to his mom, while his dad was still aslept and Henry didn't want to waking up.
Henry reached the airport after an hour of journey via car transportation and he was confident, even if that's his very first time he traveled alone without anyone assisted him. His decision was firm already and he didn't even look back as he walked straight into the airport for his flight procedure.
The departure gate was opened after Henry got his flight document verified and Henry awaited inside the airport's departure hall for his flight to Bali island. It was the last morning sun and sky from his homeland Henry saw before he entered the gate into the airplane and took his own seat as procedure.
Henry kept pondering about what would he do after reached Bali island. Henry had already prepared his staying place and it was a boarding room which was already reserved by Henry before the departure day. The first place Henry chose to stay for a while was Tuban, Kuta at Badung Regency of Bali island.
Hence that time Henry was really alone and he convinced him to stay strong, no matter if he must encounter lot of troubles in the end. Kuta was just like Henry imagined since first time and there were beaches like Henry thought prior.
Henry's first days were mostly spent at the beaches along the Kuta's sea shores and he visited Kuta Beach frequently in hope that he could find something to do as his job. The most memorable moment was when the first boarding room Henry hired really had has bad ventilation and the air inside the room was very suffocating.
Subsequently, Henry didn't sleep well for a night long until he quickly went to seeking for an electric fan as his makeshift ventilation device. The electronic store was located quite far from his boarding room and Henry reached there in exhaustion just to buy an electric fan. Thus that became Henry's first hardship at the beginning of his new life at Bali island.
Henry tried hard to befriend some friends he could trust and he got few of good peoples those finally became his saviours during his hardships at Bali island and seeking for a job. First Henry tried to be an itinerary hawker selling cheap bracelets and trinkets to the wandering tourists at the Kuta beach, until he stopped due to a bad incident Henry didn't want to remember anymore.
Poor Henry realized his bad lucks and he was very desperate. But however he tried hard to cover up his misery when talking with his parents via phone call. Henry didn't want his parents worried him and he tried hard to stay strong as well as covering up his miseries for his own sake. But however there came a really helpful and virtuous saviour of Henry's own eventually after Henry got bullied and fooled by those nasty scoundrels he met at Kuta Beach vicinity.
Henry met a young Balinese native of whom Henry trusted him as his pious savior and his spiritual mentor. That guy was named: I Putu Made Sidakarya as his traditional Balinese name or just simply 'Made' for short. Henry was accepted cordially by Made Sidakarya and his mom as a good friend in his house at Kuta and Henry thanked them much for their kindness.
Hence Henry's long story in seeking for a new life at Bali island has begun. Henry was still doubtful, though his decision was firm for not retreating back home in case of he failed to establish his plan for his new life he sough after.