Kembul Bujono

After a rather tiring and frustrating Wednesday afternoon we were treated to a very special evening. The special evening wasn’t because of the afternoon we had had. It was already planned, but it put a good cap on what could have been a little bit of a downer of a day.

Our entire team was invited, as guests of the hotel, to a dinner of kembul bujono, a traditional Javanese dining style. The table was beautifully set and filled with many bowls of a variety of Javanese dishes. Before we ate there were a few words of appreciation from several people - the IBM Indonesia Corporate Citizenship manager, the IBM Asia-Pacific Corporate Service director, the general manager of the hotel, the Prime Minister of Surakarta

and another manager of the hotel.

The manager of the hotel said it would be nice to hear from one of the CSC team members about our stay…then, without much hesitation he called on me. I spoke for a couple of minutes and hope I did justice to summarize our stay, our joy and our gratefulness to everyone at the hotel.

The food was glorious. Unfortunately, I wasn’t that hungry. I mostly ate rice covered in a coconut soup. You can’t go wrong with that! Following the meal we were entertained by a traditional Javanese dance and that was followed by a cold coconut water palate cleanser.

After the wonderful meal from the hotel we were treated to another special tradition by Aban and Ibad, two of my CSC teammates. They had made arrangements with the hotel to be able to make traditional chai at the pool bar. So, we all went to sit there and visited for a little while before the chai was ready. It was a little different than what I know chai to be, but that was not surprising. American chai is much sweeter than traditional chai. It was quite tasty. We stayed at the pool bar for quite some time before I headed to my room for the night.

Tomorrow is a big day…stay tuned!

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