Opening conference and our first days in Jogja

After the arrival to Jambuluwuk Malioboro Hotel in Yogyakarta we have occupied our really nice rooms (we can call it our home for one month :) ) We were tired enough to have rest in the next half of the day. We have eaten in a local restaurant, every dish is new, and interesting. We try to stick to the grilled or fried dishes during the first week.

The next day was really demanding, all of us has suited up and we went to the University Gajah Mada (one of our client's location) to participate in the opening ceremony of the CSC program in Yogyakarta. The auditorium was full of people, mostly university students, and the speakers were from IBm Indonesia, from the Chamber of Commerce and from the Young Enterprenaurs Organization. The Sultan could not come, but our last presentation will be in the Kraton, his palace.

My team have delegated me to the press conference as a spokesperson of the team. The Indonesian press haven't asked any questions to me personally, generally the CGM of IBM Indonesia, Suryo answered all the questions in Bahasia Indonesia language.

Later on the day we had the chance to present ourselves to the clients (SAPDA, BAPEDA, UGM and the Tourism office).

In Indonesia, eating is part of every kind of social activity, so we had to eat all day long, because of that we decided not to take dinner :)

Funfact: Indonesia is a very peaceful nation, so they are never using knife for dining.

Today we went to a Public Library to play with 3-6 year old kids and show them IBM Kidsmart, a donation of IBM Indonesia. The kids were really active and they prepared a small show with local dances, storytelling and a small show with traditional musical instruments. Photos will come soon :)
A local journalist came to me and she made an interview about our assignment.

Traditional instrument performance in the local library

After that we had the chance to visit our client's the Tourism office's location and we have met with the whole body of the organization. It will be a challenge to accomplish the needs of the client, but Elisa, Nicole and myself will do our best to fulfill their needs to develop.

Elegant CSC team before the opening ceremony
Yuanyuan, Seth, Shannon, Antonella, Alberto, Elisa, Daniel, Claudia, Jibu, Nicole, Jay, Roger, Rosa