Poniman and Ari (staff at PSSAT) arrived early at our hostels on Thursday morning. We realized then how much more we need to improve on our Bahasa. Fact: Indonesians speak really fast. Really fast. We actually had to ask them to slow down a couple of times because we just couldn’t catch what they were saying. But besides the semi-awkward communication, they were really gracious and took us on our first bus ride to PSSAT... an experience in itself. We officially start on the 13th so we have about a week left for R&R (always a good thing!). Pahlawan also took his first ride on a Yogya sepeda (motorbike) and more importantly, in Yogya traffic! It really is amazing how we manage to cross roads.. there is no system. Just look left, look right and RUN!
After lunching at PSSAT we managed to get our bank accounts set up and buy our SIM cards.. two pretty important achievements for only our second day in Yogya. A cab ride later and we were in AmPlaz (naturally Indonesian, it's an abbreviation of Plaza Ambarakmo) where we stocked up on some room supplies (matching bedsheets for me! kitchen towels for tante! pocari sweat for pahlawan! just to name a few) so our hostel rooms feel more like real rooms. We are here for quite a while after all, the Singaporeans in us need to make ourselves comfortable! Pictures of our newly furnished rooms will be posted soon :)
A very fulfilling second day in Yogya.. To new friends and great experiences!
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