Difference between revisions of "Book Retired, Rewired - Living Without Adult Supervision in Bali"
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Although Retired, Rewired is literary narrative and the very first sentence asserts that the book isn’t about the nuts and bolts of living in Bali as a retiree, every episode gives more texture, nuance and atmosphere than any guidebook could ever aspire to. Even with all its light-hearted bantering, there’s an abundance of rock-hard advice and practical information buried in the text: tips on designing open and closed spaces, bathrooms and bedrooms; housebuilding; renovating old buildings; tropical landscaping; where you can get your Persian carpet professionally cleaned; the procedures, paperwork, documents required for the burial or repatriation of foreigners dying in Bali." | Although Retired, Rewired is literary narrative and the very first sentence asserts that the book isn’t about the nuts and bolts of living in Bali as a retiree, every episode gives more texture, nuance and atmosphere than any guidebook could ever aspire to. Even with all its light-hearted bantering, there’s an abundance of rock-hard advice and practical information buried in the text: tips on designing open and closed spaces, bathrooms and bedrooms; housebuilding; renovating old buildings; tropical landscaping; where you can get your Persian carpet professionally cleaned; the procedures, paperwork, documents required for the burial or repatriation of foreigners dying in Bali." | ||
| + | |Description of information id=“Retired. Rewired” menceritakan perjalanan Wheeler yang telah lama menetap di Ubud menjadi seorang sosok yang dituakan yang patut dihargai dan dipenuhi berbagai warna-warni. Wheeler mungkin lebih populer melalui nama pena “Ibu Kat” yang dipergunakannya untuk menulis kolom Greenspeak di koran Bali Advertiser. Ia juga telah menulis buku Bali Daze (2009), sekumpulan kisah pengalamannya menetap di Ubud selama enam belas tahun. Buku barunya ini yang berisikan cerita-cerita memikat dan bernas merupakan tambahan dari bukunya sebelumnya saat dia mulai merasa kerasan di negara angkatnya, membangun tempat tinggal, memberdayakan tenaga lokal, menjalani kehidupan sosial dengan tetangga-tetangganya dan berhadapan dengan perilaku-perilaku hewan-hewan peliharaan tak jamak dan hewan-hewan liar yang hidup di sekitarnya.... Walau Retred, Rewired merupakan suatu narasi dan langsung menyatakan dalam kalimat pembukanya jika buku tersebut tidak berkisar tentang kiat-kiat menjalani hidup di Bali sebagai seorang pensiunan, setiap episodenya menawarkan lebih banyak tekstur, nuansa, dan suasana melampau apa yang buku petunjuk manapun harap dapat lakukan. Bahkan dengan tukasan-tukasan ringan yang melimpah di dalamnya, terdapat banyak saran-saran jitu dan petunjuk-petunjuk praktis terpendam dalam buku ini: saran-saran untuk merancang ruang terbuka dan tertutup, kamar mandi dan kamar tidur; membangun rumah; perbaikan rumah tua; pertamanan tropis; tempat untuk mencuci karpet Persia secara profesional; tata cara, surat-surat, berkas-berkas yang diperlukan untuk menyemayamkan atau mengembalikan jazad orang asing yang meninggal di Bali.” | ||
|Link=Toko Buku at www.BaliAdvertiser.biz, https://www.baliadvertiser.biz/retired-rewired-by-cat-wheeler/ | |Link=Toko Buku at www.BaliAdvertiser.biz, https://www.baliadvertiser.biz/retired-rewired-by-cat-wheeler/ | ||
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Revision as of 10:34, 28 July 2018
- Title
- Retired, Rewired - Living Without Adult Supervision in Bali
- Original language
- Author(s)
- Illustrator(s)
- Publisher
- self published
- ISBN
- —
- Publication date
- March 21, 2017
- Subjects
- expat
- ubud
- Find Book
- Ganesha Bookshops in Ubud and Sanur and at www.ganeshabooksbali.com
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Description(s)
"Retired, Rewired is the story of long-time resident Wheeler’s journey to proud and exuberant elderhood in Ubud. Wheeler is perhaps best known for her popular Greenspeak column in the Bali Advertiser under the penname “Ibu Kat.” She is also the author of Bali Daze (2009), a collection of her experiences living in Ubud for more than 16 years. This new book of captivating and informative stories are addenda to that earlier book in which she settles into her adopted country, builds houses, engages local help, networks with neighbors and deals with the personalities of outlandish pets and random wildlife living all around her.... Although Retired, Rewired is literary narrative and the very first sentence asserts that the book isn’t about the nuts and bolts of living in Bali as a retiree, every episode gives more texture, nuance and atmosphere than any guidebook could ever aspire to. Even with all its light-hearted bantering, there’s an abundance of rock-hard advice and practical information buried in the text: tips on designing open and closed spaces, bathrooms and bedrooms; housebuilding; renovating old buildings; tropical landscaping; where you can get your Persian carpet professionally cleaned; the procedures, paperwork, documents required for the burial or repatriation of foreigners dying in Bali."
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