Semarang, the Capital of Central Java province, island of Java.
January 20th, 2014.
After 36 hours of travel from San Francisco to Frankfurt then Bangkok, I arrived in Jakarta on January 18th. Our daughter Thalita and son Irwan are already at the arrival gate ready to hug me. Negotiated a taxi to the hotel for $20 (one hour ride) and arrived at the Artotel on Jalan Thamrin where we would stay for 2 nights. Our son Shindu who works at MetroTV as an online journalist joined us later that evening. The three of them had dinner together and I caught up with my jet lag in my room. Thalita and I stayed in one room and Irwan and Shindu in another. The next day they went to the historic Old Batavia while I made appointments to receive some friends from college. Indrawati Utomo came first, then Donnie Perdanawati, whom I hadn't seen in over 33 years arrived. We gathered in my room which is located on the 6th floor or called "Eddie Hara Floor". A floor dedicated to our college classmate Eddie Haradityohadi who decorated all the rooms and also the hotel lobby/restaurant with his awesome artwork. Eddie and I went to college in Semarang in the late 70s and had not seen him since 1980. Many of us girls like Eddie, not only because he's nice and a bit shy, but he was also different from the rest of the campus. In the most conservative environment, he was wearing a stud earing. The first time for me to see a guy wearing an earing. 33 years later and living in several different countries (Holland, USA, and now Switzerland), his earings are getting larger, and so is his fame. I surprised him on my check out as he checked in the hotel. We hugged at the lobby and caught up for 30 minutes. Our daughter Thalita was thrilled to have finally met the famous artist.
Semarang, the Capital of Central Java province, island of Java.
January 20th, 2014.
After 36 hours of travel from San Francisco to Frankfurt then Bangkok, I arrived in Jakarta on January 18th. Our daughter Thalita and son Irwan are already at the arrival gate ready to hug me. Negotiated a taxi to the hotel for $20 (one hour ride) and arrived at the Artotel on Jalan Thamrin where we would stay for 2 nights. Our son Shindu who works at MetroTV as an online journalist joined us later that evening. The three of them had dinner together and I caught up with my jet lag in my room. Thalita and I stayed in one room and Irwan and Shindu in another. The next day they went to the historic Old Batavia while I made appointments to receive some friends from college. Indrawati Utomo came first, then Donnie Perdanawati, whom I hadn't seen in over 33 years arrived. We gathered in my room which is located on the 6th floor or called "Eddie Hara Floor". A floor dedicated to our college classmate Eddie Haradityohadi who decorated all the rooms and also the hotel lobby/restaurant with his awesome artwork. Eddie and I went to college in Semarang in the late 70s and had not seen him since 1980. Many of us girls like Eddie, not only because he's nice and a bit shy, but he was also different from the rest of the campus. In the most conservative environment, he was wearing a stud earing. The first time for me to see a guy wearing an earing. 33 years later and living in several different countries (Holland, USA, and now Switzerland), his earings are getting larger, and so is his fame. I surprised him on my check out as he checked in the hotel. We hugged at the lobby and caught up for 30 minutes. Our daughter Thalita was thrilled to have finally met the famous artist.
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