On The Road Again
I’m on the road (or rather on a plane) again. This is the last leg of my travels for this project, I hope.
I’m going to Manado, this time not accompanied by our government counterpart. It was only yesterday that I realized how far Manado is. Jakarta to Makassar takes 2:20 flying time. And Makassar to Manado takes 1:30. If combined, it has the same flying time from Singapore to Manila!
Before this trip, I was in Cirebon with Savitri from the government. We stayed at Hotel Santika. The food is very good. I had grilled chicken in sambal matah. This sambal is delicious. It is composed of shallots, red and green chilli, lemon grass stalk, and lemon leaves sliced very thinly, sauteed in oil.
Delicious! Try this, with grilled chicken or grilled shrimps or grilled fish.
After dinner, on our way up to our rooms, there was this saxophonist and pianist playing at the lobby. They were playing old tunes with a jazz arrangement. They were good, but there was nobody to listen to them. So we talked
with them for a while, then requested “Summertime”.
The piano accompaniment was very good. While listening to this, my friend said she only knows the old songs of the
Bee Gees and the Carpenters. And then I suggested that “This Masquerade” fits their arrangement. So she requested this song to be played, and she sung.
Just for fun, at least she can say she performed at Hotel Santika in Cirebon! It’s good it’s already closing time, I have an excuse not to sing 
