Posts about Indonesia

First trip of 2012

Thursday, 19 January 2012
Taman Rasuna, Jakarta

On Friday 13th January, the first trip of 2012 was made as we flew from Jakarta to Denpasar on Garuda Citilink (seat number 13E and 13F) to attend a wedding in Uluwatu on Saturday. The usual arrangements to rent a car from our contact in Bali was made. Rp 150k per 24 hour period. We […]

First day of 2012

Sunday, 1 January 2012
Cibubur, Jakarta

This is to mark the first day of 2012. We were at Epicentrum Walk just a stone’s throw from HQ when the year shifted. There was a great firework show at midnight, courtesy Bakrie. Fireworks at Epicentrum at midnight. Video clip: Fireworks at Epicentrum at midnight. Happy new year!

Last day of 2011

Saturday, 31 December 2011
Tendean, Jakarta

I am writing this to mark the end of 2011, which has been a relatively uneventful year for me. In 2012 I am hoping to obtain status as Permanent Resident of Indonesia. Seen in Epicentrum on 16 December. Update: View from the apartment at 15:12 on 31 December. We went down to eat at an […]

Three pull-ups

Thursday, 17 November 2011
Cibubur, Jakarta

It took several months until I was able to do one pull-up, but it took only 6 days to advance from one to two consecutive pull-ups, and even three, which I did today.

Monitoring a shipment around the world

Thursday, 17 November 2011
Cibubur, Jakarta

I thought it was quite interesting to monitor a shipment I was arranging here the other day. 21,000 km and nine countries in five days. Quite a trip. Monitoring a shipment around the world. Monitoring a shipment around the world.