Jakarta ...meeting IBM Indonesia

Wake up early and went to the swimming pool and swim my usual 30 lanes! Great to have a pool almost as big as I am used to! And next to my bed!

Swimming pool of "Four Seasons"

At breakfast I met the majority of the team, except for Nitin, who was still on the plane this morning. Also Waya and Danny our local ABV hosts were there. When I shake hands with Waya we realized we were swimming together before breakfast, not being aware that we would meet later.

 

After Breakfast David & I arranged our flights to get out of Bandung at the 23rd of March so that we don't have to worry about that one anymore.

The national monument is not far away from where we booked the flight so we visit that. It was full of school kids, visiting the monument. You even can go up, but there was a queue for at least an hour or so as the card seller who approach us told. He explained there is a museum about the Dutch time, which elicit

a reaction from me that I am Dutch.  He immediately started to talk Dutch and quite well actually. His grandmother happened to work for the "Nonnenklooster". I expected to meet people who still speak Dutch, but definitely not on the first day.

A girl at the monument

After visiting the monument we went for lunch before we went back to the hotel to change to go to the IBM office. The office is located in the center of Jakarta at Plaza Indonesia, an shopping mall with shops like Versace, Louis Vutton and more big brands. They are located there since 2010.

View from IBM

At the IBM office we met Ibu Hartini, Ibu Santi, Bapak Tan  & Bapak Kiki from IBM Indonesia who welcomed us and explained about the program for the first and the last day. We got a tour through the IBM office. Never thought to need to go to Indonesia to see a real IBM data center.

IBM Indonesia office

Our team in front of the centennial wall in the IBM office

At the end of the tour through the office we had a chance to meet and talk with the IBM Country Manager of Indonesia Bapak Suryo. He explained a bit more about doing business in Indonesia, telling some stories and what is expected from us. The was great to meet him.

Than it was time to go out for dinner. The food was great and although it was not officially called like that it looked like an Dutch rice table. We had all kind of dishes. I had my second Sirsak juice of the day. Great drink!

It was a great day, hard to imagine that we have to start working on Monday. It still feels like a holiday. But that will change soon, I guess!

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