Jakarta, possibly the largest city in South East Asian with its 12 million population. A city that thrives on chaos and amazing "roadside entrepreneurship".
I have been to this place quite frequently.
My recent trip was supposed to coincide with the Manchester United visit and as all know their visit was cancelled.
What a great pity..Rooney for one will love this city..hmmm and when i was there i can sense the feeling of frustration and despondency of the city folks particularly those that have braced themselves for the football game.
The pragmatic ones and those people that i met feared the worst for the country now for it will be a longer while before the world looks up to Indonesia again as a place for business and pleasure.
The Indonesians do not deserve this maniac act for majority of them are hardworking and entrepreneurial lot.
Just take the Blackberry as an example.
Somehow the Indonesians has carved out a niche business sector for all users of Blackberry that spawned from unique downloads, accessories and all other kind of services.
So with some business meetings out of the way ,how did i spend my time this trip around? Well tagging along was the family so the usual routine lah!!
Hopping from one Mega Mall to another.
I though did take some time to savour some coffee at a Dunkin Donut outlet just across the road from JW Marriot where the mindless bombing took place.
Well, Jakarta will always be there despite this setback.
I believe for if anything that i always observed in this amazing but chaotic city is the capacity of its populace to endure not only at times for some the harsh living but also the patience and fortitude to smile as traffic jams, cancelled appointments and overly crowded places become an ordinary fact of life.
Pity Rooney he would love to taste a bit of the Jakarta scene , well there's always fish and chips outlet to fall back to if the spicy food is too much for a scouser's stomach.
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