Back!
We were back last Sunday. It was lucky as we landed at around 5 pm and typhoon Krosa didn't start until around 9 pm and lasted until Monday night. It was heavy rain and wind on Monday and I think it was even worse than typhoon Wipha, although we didn't receive any alert in the airport about this typhoon.
Jakarta was very nice as usual. Waking up late, free days without meetings and appointments, free to do things that you feel like doing for the day. Just the getaway I need. I finally met my new niece (she was born on March this year), met some old friends, catch up of what's going on in the last 10 months since I got home. A lot of things surely have changed in there. You will see more malls happening in Jakarta, theaters have been upgraded to luxurius design but yet cheaper ticket price to beat the black market DVDs, busways (project from old governor Sutiyoso) are now everywhere in Jakarta, causing nothing good but even more traffic jams and people are complaining about increase price of consumer goods. For the last, I actually fear that economic crisis will soon hit Indonesia again soon as I was actually home during the Ramadhan month and I saw less and less people in the food court and restaurants during the breaking of the fast. In the years when I was still living in Jakarta (min. 5 years back), I remember that I had to queue long before I could actually get any sit to eat. Now it is like, come anytime you want! Shops were also not full with people although they've received their Idul Fitri's bonus and supposed to rush to buy new clothes for the festive season. I have to say that I don't have a good feeling about this.
Now I am back in Shanghai. I've managed to go through my first week back at the office. Still the same old shits, lots of emails to answer, meetings to attend, hardly find time to actually sit in my desk and really think of my work. I started to regret buying that return ticket to Shanghai!
One good thing though, we have finalised all tickets and hotels for our holiday in December. Now we need only to apply for the entry visas, in my case, I will need 4 new visas stamped in my passport! The joy of being Indonesian!
Jakarta was very nice as usual. Waking up late, free days without meetings and appointments, free to do things that you feel like doing for the day. Just the getaway I need. I finally met my new niece (she was born on March this year), met some old friends, catch up of what's going on in the last 10 months since I got home. A lot of things surely have changed in there. You will see more malls happening in Jakarta, theaters have been upgraded to luxurius design but yet cheaper ticket price to beat the black market DVDs, busways (project from old governor Sutiyoso) are now everywhere in Jakarta, causing nothing good but even more traffic jams and people are complaining about increase price of consumer goods. For the last, I actually fear that economic crisis will soon hit Indonesia again soon as I was actually home during the Ramadhan month and I saw less and less people in the food court and restaurants during the breaking of the fast. In the years when I was still living in Jakarta (min. 5 years back), I remember that I had to queue long before I could actually get any sit to eat. Now it is like, come anytime you want! Shops were also not full with people although they've received their Idul Fitri's bonus and supposed to rush to buy new clothes for the festive season. I have to say that I don't have a good feeling about this.
Now I am back in Shanghai. I've managed to go through my first week back at the office. Still the same old shits, lots of emails to answer, meetings to attend, hardly find time to actually sit in my desk and really think of my work. I started to regret buying that return ticket to Shanghai!
One good thing though, we have finalised all tickets and hotels for our holiday in December. Now we need only to apply for the entry visas, in my case, I will need 4 new visas stamped in my passport! The joy of being Indonesian!
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