Indignant

i was happily prancing around and dancing at our local pub legends on sat with two couples when suddenly i felt someone grab my butt. I immediately turned around and confronted to my surprise a very young boy. I yelled "what the hell do you think you are doing!" and he feigned innocence. i was really pissed off and walked back to the table to tell hubby and a friend who was there. Feeling totally insulted as soon as i told them what happened, i walked straight back to the boy and demanded an apology. before i know it, hubby and i were surrounded by a lot of the local boys and one particular one who just wouldn't shut up and probably aggravated the situation and i am not ashame to admit that my entire sensibility was thrown out of the window. that particular "young boy" fled from the scene whilst a local fisherman who is a friend of ours tried to break up all the screaming and yelling and kept telling me to calm down. I don't really know what hubby was doing except that i think he was going to hurt someone if any of them touch me. they were saying things like "go home" and stuff like "you are not welcome here" and "go back to your country"... my blood was boiling cos what the hell is that about? i think what made me really upset that night was that a guy friend of ours commented that i probably shouldn't be surprised cos i was wearing a pair of short shorts. I couldn't believe my ears. I was hurt by his words and he added, all the situation needed was a hand shake to sort out the matter.

When a tourist come to Bali, they seem a lot more forgiving about the manners and attitude of the locals. If i was his daughter or wife, would the same comments applied i thought to myself? We are all judgemental of situations when we don't know much about them... how funny i thought to myself. i swear to never be that way...

The only person that gave me any comfort that night and who stood up for me was hubby. I kept asking him was i wrong to demand an apology? it was hard not to punch anyone in the face especially when their face is just about few inches away from yours. but i know i be counting days behind the prison cell if i touch anyone here.

When we walked out of the bar and decided we had enough, that particular boy just wouldn't shut up threw another comment. And it started again! I threatened to call the police whilst some of the boys were trying to calm us down. The guilty one turned up finally and wanted to apologise but i reckon i lost it by then with all the flying insults and uncalled for comments. IF they think they can get away with being all testersterone i think they met the wrong girl.

We went to the police station after and when we tried to explain the police standing guard what happened, he laughed! I felt violently ill and emotionally explosive and told hubby let's go. Will speak to the inspector the next day...

i am still feeling ... quite indignant and yes disappointed too by the entire episode ... it's not even about being touched anymore, it's a lot more than that now.