Yogja, Round 2

After spending a short weekend in Singapore to decompress, Jeremiah is now back in Yogjakarta and ready for Round 2 of his Bahasa Indonesia training. Jeremiah would like to thank those who met up with him over the past few days. Thanks for providing a listening ear and for taking the time of your busy schedule to meet up. Jeremiah is also thankful to those who indulged his craving for Japanese food and is amazed by M, who guessed his craving for Japanese food. You are the best =) Terima kasih!

On a side note, the cabin crew did not have any immigration cards and customs forms on board during Jeremiah's flight from Singapore to Yogja. They were only distributed at the immigration counter in Yogja upon touch-down. The scene at the immigration counter was a tad hilarious.

At the line for foreign passports holders (who were mostly Singaporeans), the line was quite long. However, everyone was busy filling up their immigration and customs forms, with bored immigration officers at the counters looking bored from waiting. After helping an elderly Singaporean lady and her family get the necessary cards and forms, Jeremiah figured that the immigration officers would not give a hoot if he did not complete the departure segment of his immigration card and customs form, so long as the arrival section of the immigration card was completed. Hence, Jeremiah completed the arrival segment, mentioned aloud that he had completed the documents and was quckly ushered to the front of the line. The immigration officer at the counter behaved as predicted. Jeremiah managed to clear immigration quickly and after which he then completed his customs form. When he left the airport, he could still see people filling up their forms.

Local knowledge is important =)