Wednesday 30 December 2015

Misadventures in Jakarta: It's Showtime!


We were in a bookstore, yes it's Gramedia but at a different location. You must think we love Gramedia but really it's because it's the only store that has books in English. Anyway, my children had finished reading the Lucky Luke books that we bought so it was time to stock up on more Lucky Luke books.

So we were in the bookstore when all of a sudden the loud speaker began blaring out loud music. Why on earth would they play loud music in a bookstore? A bookstore is usually a quiet place so people can read the cover and back cover and maybe a few pages in between to decide whether to buy a book or not. The deafening music didn't help in making that decision.

After a few beats there came loud clapping sounds. We looked around and saw that all the shop attendants were in a line and doing the same actions in what seemed to be a dance routine without moving from their spot.


Here is a short video of them. This was taken towards the end. We were too busy staring at them earlier to remember to take a video.

Are they putting on a show or are they exercising? My husband reckoned they were exercising. At specific times throughout the day, someone would put the music on and they'd all have to line up and exercise!? O_o

By the way, here is another green food. We saw these in the doughnut shop next door. Indonesians sure love their green flavouring!


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