2012 Archive

Five years in exile

Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Cibubur, Jakarta

This is to mark the fifth anniversary of my Asian exile. Cheers!

Rules and regulations

Monday, 27 August 2012
Epicentrum, Jakarta

There is a list of rules and regulations put up at our renovation project site, by the project manager. For example, work hours is between 08:00 and 17:00, smoking is forbidden, and those who break the rules will be punished according to procedure. Rules and regulations.

Buying marble

Thursday, 16 August 2012
Taman Rasuna, Jakarta

The last two days have been spent hand picking marble slabs and tiles from a warehouse in Cipondoh, Tangerang, to be used in our renovation project. Here is a summary of what was picked. – 33 slabs of “Balocci Ujung Pandang”, each measuring about 1.8 x 1.8 meters. To be used at first floor. – […]

Money changer

Thursday, 26 July 2012
Taman Rasuna, Jakarta

Just another money changing deal. Changing USD for IDR.

Picked up KITAP

Friday, 20 July 2012
Cibubur, Jakarta

I have just picked up my permanent residence card (KITAP) at my local immigration office at Cipinang. The whole process took four weeks and the cost for the KITAP is Rp 3,055,000.