“Imagine jumping out of a skydiving plane and discovering your parachute doesn’t work. What memories would flash before you?

Then finally the parachute opens. How differently would you act when you landed?”
Most of us would swear on the spot to start right now making the most out of life, each day a 5 Star event.
For many that would include improving relationships, living healthier, looking for a happier environment to live in.
Can someone tell me why we would have to jump from a plane first for this process to kick in? The opportunity is at hand: Corona. Stay healthy, re-evaluate, act.

Of course, you are suspicious where this is going, written by a property guy in Bali. But sometimes even politicians and real estate people get it right. All irony aside, If you are still ‘out there’ meaning not living in Bali yet, do yourself the favour – ask yourself - what is it which is holding me back? You see, in almost each of these monthly reports I try to raise awareness towards the benefit of living / investing near Ubud.
Sometimes I meet someone who bought land/property in Ubud, after having been nudged a little bit towards this step.              Nice, I never had to go to the other side of the street. Instead at times, we’d been looking for a coffee shop to talk a little.

Yesterday we had French guests at home. Pizza and Sangria made from this terrible juice they call Hatten wine. But with quartered red grapes and lime and peppermint and not forgetting a shot of rum it was ok. They were living and working in Haiti, Cuba, Bordeaux France (hmm, great wine). Now having been ‘only’ 12 years in Bali, Sayan, Ubud. (compared to my 20) “Going back?” they said, “wouldn’t dream of it.”

There are still plenty of Ubud-related issues we have not yet looked into, such as what scientists tell us about how many years we can extend our life through living healthy and doing so in a pleasant, safe, and healthy environment.
Which price tag should be put on any such day gained?       Question:
“Would you kindly sell me a day or two of yours for, let’s say, for 10.000 Dollar a piece? Did I just hear: ”no deal!?”

Why are 3 out of 5 Australian millennials, (the young and upcoming generation) putting their money into property investment, instead of buying stock, gold, or a flash car? Most of these youngsters, fresh out of university, or in their well-paid office jobs, are understanding today more than our parents, uncles, siblings, and ourselves combined, about monetary issues. Thanks, Google!
(They say google is a smart app. This is a myth. Recently I asked Google Translator, how
"Je ne sais pas" is translated, and it replied: "I do not know").

Just wanna highlight again: If someone is arranging for The Good Life, and by doing so, turns this also into a smart investment, what do you call such a person?
The word genius comes to mind.

… here you’ve reached the end of reasoning for today. Because much out there looks sad, just have a walk on Legian or Ubud’s Monkey Forest Rd, - I feel like better telling silly jokes now -

Quick and before I forget, I just remembered when years ago a Korean student was asking at a bus station in Brisbane: “Ho lo mo?”
He probably wanted to know ‘how much longer until the bus comes.

Well, “Ho lo mo?” until we know when this worldwide economic disaster is ending? It cannot be a universal medical catastrophe when last year on this planet fewer people died compared to the years right before covid.

Only need to know when so that at least we can plan ahead again.

And if there is no Covid-end ever, so be it. Call it nature taking its course, but we sure need to know, based on present knowledge, when restrictions will be lifted, so that we can focus again, right?
… and to know when the opportunity to buy property at reduced prices ends.

No mo serious today.

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He’s not breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls 911. “I think my friend is dead!” he yells. “What can I do?”
The operator says, “Calm down. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.”
There’s a silence, then a shot. Back on the phone, the guy says, “OK, now what?”

A punk walked into a barber's shop and sat in an empty chair.
"Haircut, sir?" asked the barber.
"No, just change the oil, please!"

A married couple is sleeping when the phone rings at 3 AM.
The wife picks up the phone and, after a few seconds, replies, “How am I supposed to know? We’re 200 km inland!” and hangs up.
Her husband rolls over and asks, “Sweetheart, who was that?”
“I don’t know, some dumb chick asking if the coast is clear.”

I got the strangest recording when I called Telkom Indonesia the other day.
It said, "You have been connected to the correct department on the first try. This is against company policy. Please hang up and redial."

Oh yeah, and a correction of outdated information, with apologies: In May I wrote that average price reductions for properties in and near Ubud are about 15% because of the present glitch in the economy.
We just checked the numbers: It is now close to 20%. What are you waiting, what are you waiting for?

And ending today on another silly note -
Statistic says: The average of the human population has one breast and one testicle.

Ok, that was indeed silly. Maybe next month you find better value here, see you then?

Yours truly,
Ray
For the Team of UbudProperty