Jakarta Mall Tour, Indonesia

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Indonesia

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Back to School

Sunday was spent lazily checking out the hip and happening malls around Jakarta. But before we did all that, Lora showed me the school where she teaches grade 2 students, Sekolah Mentari.

Her classroom was very big and colorful (Lora is an artist after all!) and was very reminiscent of  the classroom I used when I taught prep boys at Ateneo Grade School ten years ago. Hers is just much bigger though. Like she said, it is her  happy little kingdom and she’s the queen. She even has her own toaster & small pantry! ^_^

 

How Grand is Grand Indonesia?

Jakarta Arrival & Visit to Taman Safari , Indonesia

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Indonesia

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Diary Entry March 20, 2009 11:45 pm

I’m here sitting on my designated seat in an airplane that’s bound for Jakarta. I am trying to calm myself down, given the fact that I just had my period which makes me an emotional wreck, at the moment, listening to some random songs on my ipod and missing Peter a whole lot.

Earlier today, I thought I can handle traveling alone. Well, I guess I am surviving it coz I’m here right now typing these words while  I am 3000 feet above ground, right? But it’s not as easy as it looks. When I asked Peter to rationalize why I am on the verge of panic earlier this evening, he replied that it’s because I was so used to having him around anytime, anywhere. He’s been my partner in  everything, especially when we’re traveling. He’s been my baggage boy, my guide, my yaya (or is it yayo?), my driver, my bodyguard,  my best friend, my hubby.  Peter is definitely my all-in-one package kind of man. I feel simply lost without him…

 Diary Entry March 26, 2009 at home

 I am proud to say that I survived all that. Thanks to my girlfriends Lora and Jowi for showing me a great time around Jakarta and Bali. I will definitely come back with Peter in tow. ^_^ 

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Good bye Manila, Hello Jakarta!

I arrived at around 12 m.n. of Saturday, March 21 in Jakarta (which is an hour behind Manila time).  Lora and her foster father, Tito Milton picked me up at the airport. Landing in Jakarta for the first time didn’t make me feel like I’m in a foreign land at all. For one, the weather feels pretty much the same as Manila(hot and humid although they told me that it’s not even summer there yet) and the people pretty much looked the same as us Pinoys, being Malays and all.

JM let me use his room for two nights. Thanks JM!