2010 Archive

Residence permit and other paperwork

Thursday, 12 August 2010
Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta

I am now the happy and proud owner of a one-year Indonesian residence permit, and below is the detailed procedure I have been through the last couple of weeks. I have followed the regulation to the letter and haven’t had any problems. 11 July. Flew to Singapore. 12 July. Applied for Visa Kunjungan in Singapore. […]

Eventful weeks

Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Singapore

The last couple of weeks have been quite eventful: 14 June. Ellen and Uno arrives in Jakarta, from Oslo and Trondheim respectively. 15 June. Fitting of clothes for the wedding. 16 June. Wedding rehearsal. Dana and Christian arrives in Jakarta from Oslo. 17 June. Walks in Kebon Raya botanical gardens, Bogor. Mass in the evening […]

Bicycle trip from Cibubur to Kuningan

Monday, 31 May 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia

I’m soon moving from Cibubur (East Jakarta) to Kuningan (South Jakarta), so therefore yesterday morning I rode my bicycle to the new place, an apartment block. It was a nice trip along mostly small roads and alleys. The 27 km distance took 2.5 hours. GPS track log. I followed small roads… …as well as big […]

Celebrating 1000 days since emigration

Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia

Thanks to a faithful reader of whereisrune.com, I was just reminded about the huge symbolic importance of this day, which otherwise would have just been another anonymous and rather ordinary day: It is now exactly 1000 days since I had the pleasure of boarding a flight from Oslo, Norway, bound for a warmer and more […]

“Kopaja” bus ride

Saturday, 1 May 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia

A bus ride from Sarinah to BEJ (the stock exchange building) on “Kopaja” (Koperasi Angkutan Jakarta). Rp 2000. Kopaja bus driver.