Jakarta Wine Expo – CANCELLED?
Having posted one of my public service ads, for the Indonesian Wine Expo in Jakarta, which was said to start yesterday and end tomorrow, I went along today.
I don’t usually go to things I advertise like that -there are too many.
But since I had to visit the embassy re a new passport today, it seemed (April) foolish not to enjoy a 5 minute stroll down Sudirman and check it out.
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Visions of a dozen sample tastings spurred me on, so I was chagrined when the security guy at Sampoerna Square told me it was CANCELLED!
Oh, well,another ten minute walk to Plaza Semanggi, get a bit of shopping, then home. The shopping was okay, discounts on eggs and ironing spray or whatever that stuff is that my ironers use.
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- But when I emerged – torrential rain!
I sat on the bench outside and lit up.
After a while, two local girls, equally stranded, joined me. New friends – Murni from Mampang, her little sister Lia, from Blok M.
We chatted happily for an hour or more.
Time thus spent is never wasted!
PS I hope nobody else went to the cancelled wine expo -rumour is it may happen in September!
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