In the area of Sanur, a famous beach in Bali, there is an area in the southern end of Sanur that called – called the name of the S * m * w * ng. This area is unique in providing a house numbering.
There are some houses that have a common numbering plan with numbers and some are having with the additional digits numbering XX. Initially the author estimates that this occurs because the house numbering system that is solid and should be numbered with the additional letters.
Why just the letters “XX” is used, is there a relationship with the sacred meaning of the letter “X”?
The more curious, this afternoon (a week, 21 october 2007) the author tried to explore this mystery. With a little curious, the author tried to ask here and there, but just smile dikulum the author received.
With a little courage mustered by answering a curiosity, the author finally ventured into one of the houses are numbered “XX”.
The location of a highway lane, the house size was quite large, approximately 10-15 cars accommodated therein, the arrangement of this house garden neat to look like star hotel.
Entering the house, the author quite pleasantly surprised by the reception of the watchman’s house. “Own only pack out ..?”, Balinese dialect strong writer with a friendly greeting as she rushed to show the author of a luxury bungalow with a design that was not far to the left of the building that resembles a hotel front office is.
Authors frankly very surprised by this, as he tried to explain the purpose and the author’s arrival to the house.
The watchman’s house was surprised and seemed to hide a sense of fear as a writer’s identity issue. With a deft and then he said, “forgive me, mas here is not localized, there are no girls here…we just rented a room inn…”
“Mas please do not enter in the paper yes…”, he continued as pitiful. The author was trying to calm the atmosphere and try to convince that the author is not the security forces.
Fortunately the atmosphere gradually began to become intimate and relaxed. And writers, too overwhelmed by the atmosphere in the house rilek. At the end of the interview he had had a chance to offer additional service writer resembling house inn, and then had readers please shoot what was happening.
Finally the mystery was solved, unfortunately just not good when the author sent the results of this investigation to where the authors work as a freelance writer for this.