Today is my birthday (!!!), this is why the mayor invited us to a private visit at the town hall (if you have believed this for only one second, stop reading this blog).The truth is, the IBM team was invited together with the local Rotary club to meet the major for an exchange session.
We summarized IBM's contribution in helping the development of the city of Bandung and more in general the West Java Province, and we had a question and answer session to get the major's point of view on the city issues and priorities.
Very very interesting meeting! A mix of political and (for us) cultural happening.
The highlight of the day, though, for me has been celebrating my birthday in Indonesia with this team. I could not serve better justice to describe the party night than copying Flavia's entry in the team blog.
... The best time of the day was the BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION of my friend, the lovely Italian SERGIO BERNARDI who makes me laugh every day!!! As a true Italian, he decided to spend his birthday night doing one of his passions: cooking! Two wonderful dishes came out: calamari pasta & zucchini pasta!
Sergio and his hobby: cooking!
Everyone helped out under Sergio's direction!!!
Even our Indonesian friend (and team translator), Prima, went to the kitchen!
What a result!!! Delicious!!! (the bottle is olive oil he brought from Italy)
Happy team with the wonderful dinner!
The surprise cake we bought!
"Selamat Ulang Tahun , Sergio!" = "Happy Birthday, Sergio!"
And
"Dua Puluh Lima, come on!" = "25.000, come on!", because he became
famous for this sentence after trying to bargain our taxi ride for
25.000 rupiahs!
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