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Wednesday,Apr 6 2005, 08:11:54 AMPART 66: Farewell to Another US Trainee & My...

  PART 66: Farewell to Another US Trainee & My Departure

 

 

 

JANUARY 8, SATURDAY

 

 

 

          Bayu picked me up from Surabay bus station and brought me directly to the restaurant where there will be another farewell party for their trainee bound to India (I’m sorry again I forgot her name).

 

          This was my second farewell to Aiesec University of Surabaya (US) members as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JANUARY 10, MONDAY

 

 

 

          “All my bags are packed I’m ready to go… I’m leaving on a jet plane; don’t know when I’ll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go…”

 

 

 

          Bayu, Fadil, Marshell & Fego delivered me to Surabaya International Airport which is just a 15 minutes ride from Fadil’s place. I got one more hour before departure.

 

          After checking in the airline counter, the Immigration Officer won’t let me in. He told me that I have to pay the Fiscal Fee of Rupia 1 Million (USD 117)!!!

 

          I called on Fadil to help me explain. We argued that I am a foreigner and fiscal fee is only for Indonesian. But he said that I stayed more than 6 months with KITAS Visa (Temporary Resident Blue Card) so I have to pay. Fadil said that a few months ago, they had a Chinese Hong Kong girl who stayed more than 6 months in Surabaya and left without paying any.

 

They checked all the references, books and laws inside the office because the man in-charge is not on-duty during that time. I said I’m running out of time, the plane might leave without me. So I ran to an atm to withdraw some cash (because I have no Rupia bills anymore, I have changed all in to US dollars already) and Fadil’s mother gave me USD100 which is no help also at this time. But I was happy that I can replace this “unexpected last-minute illogical bureaucracy expenses” with the money that Fadil’s mother gave me when I get back to manila to deposit it to my bank account.

 

 

 

          I left Indonesia with a slight grudge.

Wednesday,Apr 6 2005, 08:10:34 AMPART 65: Farewell to AIESEC University of...

PART 65: Farewell to AIESEC University of Brawijaya Malang
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JANUARY 7, FRIDAY ...

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Wednesday,Apr 6 2005, 08:09:03 AMPART 64: Al Akbar & Jawi Temple JANUARY 7,...

PART 64: Al Akbar & Jawi Temple

JANUARY 7, FRIDAY

This morning I was going to Malang. But first, Fadil brought me to Al Akbar, now the largest mosque in the whole Java next to Al-Istiq’lal in Jakarta. It was just a quick tour because this is my last chance to visit this holy site. I have seen it many times from a far when I pass by the highway to the south. But this time, I went up to the minaret (tower). ...

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can you text me 09267269366 thank you my friend i live manila .

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how are you friend ? we are making friend? i also catholic . i study english phililppine . my email: tangjinkun@yahoo.cn . god bless you .

Posted at 5/24/2005 12:27 PM
rizfrancis

ei! good 2 see u

Posted at 4/11/2005 3:32 PM
Tamara
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  • 23, Louisiana, United States

awww, such sad entries of people leaving.

Posted at 12/30/2004 11:55 PM
aBiGaiL
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  • 27, Sacramento, California, United States

thank you so much! that was really nice of u to say. nwei, take care!

Posted at 9/9/2004 1:02 AM
Joanna
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  • 21, Woodlands, Singapore

well..wad will come will come..dun fret abt it too much abt d earthquake..tk carez..yea?God bless... :)

Posted at 9/7/2004 9:58 AM
Cedric
  • Cedric
  • , California, United States

I've always wanted to know what's going on in the other side of the globe and your journals are definitely something worth reading. I haven't finished reading them yet though, but they're already offering me a lot of insight into Indonesia's culture. Impressive!

Posted at 9/7/2004 8:52 AM
lam
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  • 28, Hiroshima, Japan

yeah....its disaster!no matter how rich or poor r u...it will come if d time comes..!!of course we hope d least damages or dead is reported!omg....d wind is strong outside now!!!bcos of d typhoon..my tue-fri`straining was postponed to wed-sat!!sigh.......

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