As many would know I had not told our friend I was coming to Bali and in fact had told him a good friend (female) of mine was coming instead. Well after a few comments from the said friend that led me to believe he was perhaps planning the arrival of the future wife I decided to tell him that it is in fact myself who is coming. His reaction was far from what I had expected. His response was "ooh" followed by but is your friend still coming? He sounded really disappointed. Gee I'm glad I told him today and didn't just surprise him as planned. Think I would have been quite upset to receive that reaction when he discovered it was me.
Perhaps Balinese don't react the same way to surprises as we do!LOL
Balibabe