Farewwell party
on Really Out There Experience (Indonesia), 16/Mar/2010 23:40, 34 days ago
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25 February 2010 Today saw most of the nurses working in and around the hospital kitchen preparing food for my leaving party. Another group were preparing es buah a mixed fruit drink with a base of coconut juice so a couple of the men had been scaling the palms to get enough coconuts. The guys were also involved in carrying all the benches from out patients to the area where the party would be held. The turnout for the party was amazing and there was a MC. I was invited to speech first then there was a presentation of the most amazing piece of ikat– local woven cloth, more speeches of thanks, then photographs with various groups of hospital staff and then prayers before the food. Then the inevitable drinking and dancing which went on until about 02:30. It was an amazing event and very emotional to think so many people cared enough to work so hard to make it such a good event or turned up to wish me well.
