Disasters
The recent state of events that have plagued Indonesia made me rethink several misconceptions I had before arriving.Truth be told, Jakarta city is certainly not as dangerous or dirty or polluted as non-visitors make it out to be. It has been close to 11 weeks since my initiation to this city and things have been turning out pretty well. The worst that has happened will probably come under the category of 'cussing'. Cursed by taxi-drivers. No biggie, I just feign ignorance. Why listen to things you don't want to listen to?
I digress.
The earthquake, the plane crashes, the mud slides, the flood and the deluge of sandcastles that will soon appear in the forgotten slums of Jakarta.
My students asked me, 'Miss, is this the end of the world?'.
Hell, no! Or, I hope not.
But, this is the thing. I find myself reacting half of a second slower than I would if these disasters happened back in Singapore.
Jakarta Post, Indonesia's leading English language paper coverage of the recent earthquake: 2 pages.
The Straits Times, Singapore's only English language paper detailed enhanced 24 colour photospread coverage of the recent earthquake: 8 pages
Uh-huh.
And then I say, perhaps after a few more months, I would probably stop my rapid fire change of conversation topics.
posted by Poot @ 7:33 AM
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