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Holidays in Hell: Bali's Ongoing Woes
By Andrew Marshall / Bali
The annual monsoon transforms Bali. Rain sweeps across slumbering volcanoes. Moss thickens on ancient temple walls. Rivers swell and flush their trash and frothing human waste into the sea off Kuta Beach, the island's most famous tourist attraction, where bacteria bloom and the water turns muddy with dead plankton. "It happens every year," shrugs Wayan Sumerta, a Kuta lifeguard, who sits with his love-struck Japanese girlfriend amid dunes of surf-tossed garbage. So why, in early March, did the Bali authorities warn tourists that swimming there for over 30 minutes could cause skin infections? The lifeguard tenderly strokes his girlfriend's naked leg. "I guess some people just have sensitive skin," he says.
Itchy ocean? Just add it to Bali's growing list of seemingly intractable problems: water shortages, rolling blackouts, uncollected trash, overflowing sewage-treatment plants and traffic so bad that parts of the island resemble Indonesia's gridlocked capital Jakarta. And don't forget crime. In January, amid a spate of violent robberies against foreigners, Bali police chief Hadiatmoko reportedly ordered his officers to shoot criminals on sight. You've heard of the Julia Roberts movie Eat Pray Love, which was partly filmed in Bali? Now get ready for its grim sequel: Eat Pray Duck. (Read about Bali's travel boom.)
Most of Bali's woes stem from a problem that rival resorts would love to have: too many tourists. In 2001, the island welcomed about 1.3 million foreign visitors. Ten years later — and despite bombings by Islamic extremists in 2002 and 2005 that killed 222 people, mostly Australian tourists — the island expects almost twice that number. And there are millions of Indonesian visitors too.
Hotels, shopping centers and restaurants are springing up everywhere to accommodate them. The cranes looming over Kuta are building at least three malls and a five-star hotel. But the less glamorous stuff — roads, power lines, sewers, parking spaces — often remains an afterthought. "The infrastructure is not keeping up with the development," says Ron Nomura, marketing director at the Bali Hotels Association. The island's lack of reservoirs, he says, is a case in point. "Can you believe there is this much rain and we don't have enough water?" (See "The Best of Asia 2010.")
When it comes to Bali, newspaper editors have a seemingly bottomless stock of "Paradise Lost?" headlines. Its rich Hindu culture is so distinctive that many people mistake the island for a separate country rather than a province of the world's most populous Muslim nation. That Bali's tourism industry has survived terrorism attacks and a global recession is a cause for pride. But amid unchecked growth and a creaking infrastructure, it is also a source of complacency. "It's like Bali is slowly committing suicide," says local journalist Wayan Juniarta.
Bali's Governor I Made Mangku Pastika knows it. In January, he issued a moratorium on new construction in certain built-up areas, and later warned that his lush birthplace might turn into a "dry land full of concrete buildings." Pastika is popular — he investigated the bombings as Bali's then police chief — but his moratorium isn't. "Some people says he's trying to slow down Bali's growth," says Nomura. "That's not necessarily true. What he's looking for is more responsible growth."
He probably won't find it. Nobody I talked to reckoned that Pastika's measures would influence who built what where. Bali's spiritualism might be a bewildering blend of Hinduism, Buddhism and animism, but the island's planning code is simple: if you build it, they will come.
And on the way, they'll get stuck in traffic. Complaining about the congestion around the airport or in tourist areas like Kuta is now one of Bali's newest pastimes. Even in Ubud, the seat of the island's art and culture, once sleepy streets are clogged with buses carrying Chinese tourists, who visit the island in ever greater numbers. Vehicle ownership on Bali is rising at an annual rate (12.42%) that far outstrips the growth in new roads (2.28%), according to government statistics. "Traffic will get worse and worse," I Made Santha, Bali's traffic chief, predicted in February.
Equally damaging to Bali's prestige is the perception among some expatriates that the island is increasingly unsafe. Lusiana Burgess, the 46-year-old Indonesian wife of a retired British pilot, was robbed and killed in her North Kuta home earlier this year and her murderer remains at large. An Australian woman awoke in her villa to be gagged and assaulted by four thieves. Then an American man was stabbed during another robbery attempt in Kuta. A week after that, police arrested and — following an apparent escape attempt — shot dead 34-year-old M. Syahri, from the neighboring island of Lombok, who was suspected of robbing a number of foreigners.
The statistics actually show a slight decrease in serious crime from 2009 to '10. But Chris Wilkin, a former oil-company executive from the U.K. who retired in Bali six years ago, remains uneasy. "It was very quiet when I moved here," he says. "It wasn't a big attraction for the criminal classes. Now, with the boom, word has got round that there are easy pickings to be had."
Wilkin, whose Indonesian wife rents villas to expats and knew Burgess, believes the threat of violent robbery will discourage foreigners from leasing properties in remote places. Investing in CCTV, intrusion alarms and bedside panic buttons may only "give a false sense of security," he says. Recently, Wilkin accidentally set off his burglar alarm. Nobody went to investigate, not even the private security guards in his own complex. (Read "Indonesia Arrests Cleric Linked to Bali Bombings.")
Expat anxiety hasn't dented Bali's popularity among its core visitors, the Australians. And why should it? Officially, the Australian government still advises its citizens to "reconsider your need to travel" to Bali due to a "very high threat of terrorist attack," yet more than a hundred flights arrive from Australia every week. The dangers to new arrivals are those commonly faced by tourists everywhere: dodgy food, motorbike accidents, and — as a sign at my Kuta hotel suggests ("No Jumping from Any Balcony into Pool Is Permitted") — beer-fueled misadventure.
A new terminal at Bali's shabby airport is due for completion in 2013. But unless other infrastructure is improved, this will serve only to channel yet more tourists onto a critically overburdened island. For now, however, such doubts are largely forgotten in the rush to cash in on the Bali boom. "Goodness shouts, evil whispers," runs an overused Balinese proverb. But money talk.


ANALYSIS CONTENTS
1. Find an English reading text or passage in the newspaper or magazine that consists for more than 10 paragraphs, the determine; a. topic sentence each paragraph; b. the main idea each paragraph; c. conclusion each paragraph.

a. Topic sentence each paragraph
Paragraph one: The annual monsoon transforms Bali.
Paragraph two: Itchy ocean? Just add it to Bali's growing list of seemingly intractable problems: water shortages, rolling blackouts, uncollected trash, overflowing sewage-treatment plants and traffic so bad that parts of the island resemble Indonesia's gridlocked capital Jakarta.
Paragraph three: Most of Bali's woes stem from a problem that rival resorts would love to have: too many tourists.
Paragraph four: Hotels, shopping centers and restaurants are springing up everywhere to accommodate them.
Paragraph five: When it comes to Bali, newspaper editors have a seemingly bottomless stock of "Paradise Lost?" headlines.
Paragraph six: Bali's Governor I Made Mangku Pastika knows it.
Paragraph seven: He probably won't find it.
Paragraph eight: And on the way, they'll get stuck in traffic.
Paragraph nine: Equally damaging to Bali's prestige is the perception among some expatriates that the island is increasingly unsafe.
Paragraph ten: The statistics actually show a slight decrease in serious crime from 2009 to '10
Paragraph eleven: Wilkin, whose Indonesian wife rents villas to expats and knew Burgess, believes the threat of violent robbery will discourage foreigners from leasing properties in remote places.
Paragraph twelve: Expat anxiety hasn't dented Bali's popularity among its core visitors, the Australians.
Paragraph thirteen: A new terminal at Bali's shabby airport is due for completion in 2013.


b. the main idea each paragraph

Paragraph one: The annual monsoon transforms Bali.

Paragraph two: intractable problems which happen in Bali.

Paragraph three: the amount of visitors who visit Bali.

Paragraph four: The infrastructure is not keeping up with the development.

Paragraph five: Some arguments from newspaper editors who have a seemingly bottomless stock of "Paradise Lost?" headlines.

Paragraph six: Bali's Governor I Made Mangku Pastika knows about so many problems which happen in Bali, but the are no representative way to solve them.

Paragraph seven: Bali's Governor I Made Mangku Pastika knows about so many problems which happen in Bali, but the are no representative way to solve them.

Paragraph eight: Some traffic problems which happen in Bali.

Paragraph nine: Some criminal actions happen in Bali.

Paragraph ten: The statistics actually show a slight decrease in serious crime from 2009 to '10

Paragraph eleven: The example problem which come from Wilkin, whose Indonesian wife rents villas to expats and knew Burgess, believes the threat of violent robbery will discourage foreigners from leasing properties in remote places.

Paragraph twelve: Expat anxiety hasn't dented Bali's popularity among its core visitors, the Australians.

Paragraph thirteen: the writer’s critics about some problems which happen in Bali.

c. conclusion each paragraph
Paragraph one: The annual monsoon transforms Bali.
Paragraph two: Bali's growing list of seemingly intractable problems.
Paragraph three: The amount of visitors who come to Bali year to year.
Paragraph four: The infrastructure is not keeping up with the development in Bali.

Paragraph five: Some arguments from newspaper editors who have a seemingly bottomless stock of "Paradise Lost?" headlines which based on the problems which happen.

Paragraph six: Bali's Governor I Made Mangku Pastika knows about so many problems which happen in Bali, but the are no representative way to solve them.

Paragraph seven: The island planning is simple; if you build it, it will come.

Paragraph eight: Some traffic problems which happen in Bali but there is no problem solving.

Paragraph nine: Some criminal actions happen in Bali which happen almost to foreigners.

Paragraph ten: The statistics actually show a slight decrease in serious crime from 2009 to '10, but it is different with the fact.

Paragraph eleven: The example problem which come from Wilkin, whose Indonesian wife rents villas to expats and knew Burgess, believes the threat of violent robbery will discourage foreigners from leasing properties in remote places.

Paragraph twelve: Expat anxiety hasn't dented Bali's popularity among its core visitors, the Australians.

Paragraph thirteen: the writer’s critics about some problems which happen in Bali.

2. What does the whole text tell about?

The whole text tell about some critics about Bali; in addition, as a tourism destination; however, there are a lot of intractable problems which happen there; water shortages, rolling blackouts, uncollected trash, overflowing sewage-treatment plants and traffic so bad that parts of the island resemble Indonesia's gridlocked capital Jakarta, crime and also unsolved infrastructures developing.

3. Find some unfamiliar words in the text then find the meaning in English and Bahasa!

assaulted: sudden violent attack/ diserang
bottomless: very deep/ berdasar
bewildering: confusing/ bingung
clogged: become blocked/ buntu
discourage: take away someone’s hope or enthusiasm/ mencegah
dented: hollow place in hard surface made by something hitting it/ penyok
gagged: something put over someone mouth to prevent them from speaking/ muntah
leasing: contract for the use of land, a building, etc into return for rent/ kontrak sewa
murderer: person guilty of murder/ pembunuh
overburdened: forcing others to do something/ dibebani
rush: move or to do something with great speed, often too fast/ buru-buru
shabby: in poor condition/ lusuh
stabbed: push a pointed weapon into someone/ menusuk
suspected: not to be relied on or trusted/ dicurigai

4. Find at least five types English grammar in the text and rewrite the sentences!

Simple present tense: The annual monsoon transforms Bali

Direct speech: "It happens every year," shrugs Wayan Sumerta.

Simple past tense: Bali police chief Hadiatmoko reportedly ordered his officers to shoot criminals on sight.

Simple continues tense: Hotels, shopping centers and restaurants are springing up everywhere to accommodate them.

Simple present perfect tense: That Bali's tourism industry has survived terrorism attacks.

Simple future tense ( negative): He probably won't find it.
Conditional: if you build it, they will come.
5. What can you learn from the text?

From the text about we can learn that we should be wise to receive some critics from others, if all are true as well as we can see the fact “ Mulat sarira”; we should think again how to solve it; not to against the news with some bad justifications; in addition, refuse all the fact which written on. Furthermore, Bali is one of the famous tourism object in world; what will happen if Bali is getting worst than now, with many problems happen? will we just stay on our chair and see it happen?

6. Are there any advise you got from the text that can be applied in your daily life?

Yes there are some advises which we can apply in our daily life such; as how to balance our needed with our environment, keeping our culture because it is the cause why the visitors come not to the big infrastructure, be wise to receive critics from others “ Mulat sarira”, togetherness to solve some problems.
7. Create 10 questions from the text and must be followed by the answer.

a. What are the problems which happen in Bali?
Water shortages, rolling blackouts, uncollected trash, overflowing sewage-treatment plants and traffic so bad and criminals

b. Why the lifeguard warn the tourists swim not more than 30 minutes?
Because some people just have sensitive skin.

c. Who is the actress ever come to Bali for film shooting?
Julia Robert

d. How many visitors come to Bali in 2001?
It is about 1,3 million foreign visitors.

e. The main idea of third paragraph is?
The amount of visitors who come to Bali year to year.

f. Who is I Made Mangku Pastika?
He is Bali’s governor.

g. What the name for Bali this year?
Bali last lost paradise or Holidays in Hell: Bali's Ongoing Woes

h. What kind of accommodations you can find in Bali?
Hotels, shopping centre, restaurant, etc.

i. What the others problem besides trash that bali has?
The infrastructure is not keeping up with the development.

j. What is the topic sentence of paragraph 13?
A new terminal at Bali's shabby airport is due for completion in 2013.

8. Write comments about writer’s style based on the text he or she wrote!

The writer style is concerned in how conducts the controversial problems; moreover, he wrote his logic arguments based on the fact which happen in Bali along the passage, he expressed them with some critics in each paragraphs; moreover, some concrete data too. However, we as a reader feel the critics doesn’t strong enough because that can be so different with what happen in Bali now; in addition, it looks like a sensational searching to blooming his article.


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