A blog series about my in-country assignment to Makassar for IBM Corporate Service Corp. Follow along https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/ #ibmcsc #teamindonesia3 We are on house arrest. For two days. Per IBM Security’s advised, we need to stay in the hotel for our safety and security. There had been demonstrations in Jakarta and Makassar, and students are participating […]
A blog series about my in-country assignment to Makassar for IBM Corporate Service Corp. Follow along https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/ #ibmcsc #teamindonesia3 Work from Hotel. That was our status yesterday, and I guess it would be the same for today. ABV advised us to stay in the hotel because of the demonstrations happening around the city (due to […]
A blog series about my in-country assignment to Makassar for IBM Corporate Service Corp. Follow along http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps/ I can’t believe I am still up at this hour. I had coffee (and shrimp, squid and Gado Gado) from Red Bowl where Cheryl and I “worked”. We worked on the presentation for tomorrow and sort of organize […]
I learned new words/phrases last night. But they are not the ones which you can use in daily conversation. I don’t want to share the things and the phrases my team and I learned last night. I would rather that you learn it from the locals than in my blog. 😉 Anyway, we had Japanese […]
A blog series about my in-country assignment to Makassar for IBM Corporate Service Corp. Follow along http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps/ Bon Jovi. The Beatles. Pink. Oasis. Katy Perry. We had them last night. We did Karaoke! I did Karaoke! Although it is pretty popular in the Philippines (think Red Box), I am not really into it, but I […]
A blog series about my in-country assignment to Makassar for IBM Corporate Service Corp. Follow along http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps/ Pizza! That’s what we had last night, after almost a week of eating Indonesian Food. My tongue is literally on fire! It was a productive day yesterday, I think. We had a meeting with the Vice President of […]
Blog written on 3/11/2012 at Hotel Kempinski, Jakarta, Indonesia Follow along at http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps/ A lot. A lot has happened today. This is our last night in Hotel Kempinski and no one wants to leave the place. I suddenly dreamed of being an Expat who always stays in luxurious hotels and do business; but then again, […]
It is less than two months, and I will not be surprised if one day I will find myself heading to the airport and boarding a plane to Indonesia (no, actually to Singapore). The original itinerary I received is that I will land in Singapore first, spend two hours there, then take the plane to Jakarta. […]
Taking a break from work to blog about this – it is our second call meeting with the Indonesia Team, and I am glad to get to the office 15 minutes before the scheduled call because during the first meet, I was 5 minutes late. Thank you to heavy traffic caused by Christmas Rush. I […]
Yes, you heard the title right. Unfortunately, I am not flying with an entourage, wearing a sash and waving to the crowd and press people. And nope, you wouldn’t see me in two-piece, but I might do alot of Question and Answer interviews in the next few months. And yes, I am hoping for a […]
Hello, I am Ruth.
This is a personal blog where I write about my travels, little adventures, and current fave things.
For business proposals and love letters, emal me [email protected].
Read More
