Day 12: Independence Day of Indonesia

Happy Independence day 72th Indonesia! Although I have been so far away, Indonesia always be my home. I do love Indonesia so much, no matter what.

Today, 17^th August is the independence day of Republic Indonesia. I went to the embassy of Indonesia in Bangkok to join the independence day ceremony. Unfortunately, when I arrived there, the ceremony had been finished. Long traffic jam had failed my agenda. But it is okay. I still met a lot of people from Indonesia. It was very nice moment when we meet others who are from same country with us in another country, especially in special day like today. It feels like home. It feels like we are a family. Of course, we are Indonesia. Furthermore, I also met my friends from VRU (another participants of SEA Teacher batch 4^th who are assigned in VRU.

The VRU squad

We also walked around Bangkok together. We had a lunch at food court of Platinum mall that served halal food. And you know, the food is very delicious! After that, we bought some souvenirs and clothes. Some Thailand souvenirs are sold quiet cheap there. We walked around Platinum mall until 4 pm. 

Photo of us in Platinum mall

For return to go home, we decided to use the train. It was my first time to use the train in Thailand. We only need to pay 37 baht to get the ticket that would bring us to Mochit station. When we are in the train, we can see the outside view that is very beautiful. We can see Bangkok city from the window of train. It was so nice!