Today has been super freaking long, literally.
I woke up around 5:30am to finish packing and to be ready by 6am when Tiar arrived. He printed out and brought my boarding passes for me which was really nice! I said my goodbye to Nana before Tiar, Tiur, and I left for the airport and it was so sad L she really has become a close friend of mine during my stay in Jogja.
Tiur and I rode in a taxi and Tiar followed behind on his motorbike. We met Sani at the airport and she brought Tiur and I a VIA Indonesia bag! I’m so happy lol. I then said farewell to Sani, Tiar, and Tiur and, again, it was so sad! Sani has been a terrific program director and Tiar a terrific assistant program director—they both have given me guidance and friendship during my stay here and I am so grateful. Tiur has been a fabulous internship partner— I was so glad when Tiar told me that she was going to be my partner. She has also become a close friend of mine during my stay in Jogja—I’ll never forget our warung meals, Calais runs, motorbike rides, internship shenanigans, or anything else! She even gave me a present before I left, but she told me not to open it until I get back to the U.S… I can’t wait to see what’s inside!
After I said goodbye to everyone, my trip back to the states officially began. I left Jogja at approximately 12pm and arrived in Jakarta at about 1pm. Then, I left Jakarta at about 4pm and arrived in Singapore at 6pm (jumped ahead one hour). Now, I am still in Singapore LOL. I really fucked up when I booked my return flights because I got confused about the time differences, but oh well. The Singapore airport is really nice. If I had to choose an airport to be stuck in for 14 hours it would be this one. I really should have jumped onto the free city tour when I got here though because now it’s too late… L now I need to definitely come back and visit Singapore because the tour looks really cool in the airport guide!
My flight is boarding at 7:55am and then I get to basically go back in time hahaha. August 11th is going to be a lonnnnggggg day…