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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... [read more]
The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... [read more] Blog: The Jakarta story - again..
Date: September 12th 2009
And the Jakarta story starts again! I arrived in Jakarta last week Wednesday (2/09) on the evening of the 7.3 scale earthquake which shook Western Java. Not sure yet if Im happy that I was safely in the air while it happened or not. I THINK I would have loved to feel what its like! ;) But I guess I will have to wait for the next one! hhh! Lucy, my new boss, was waiting for me at the ... read more
Date: September 12th 2009
And the Jakarta story starts again! I arrived in Jakarta last week Wednesday (2/09) on the evening of the 7.3 scale earthquake which shook Western Java. Not sure yet if Im happy that I was safely in the air while it happened or not. I THINK I would have loved to feel what its like! ;) But I guess I will have to wait for the next one! hhh! Lucy, my new boss, was waiting for me at the ... read more
