DAY 2 - 15 OCT
At 8.15 while having breakfast we were told that we were leaving for KLIA at 0900 instead of 1030 as told the day before. Remember our flight was at 1.30. Thus began another round of shouting and arguing. To add salt to injury, only one coach turned up instead of two. Nevertheless, we were squeezed into the coach which finally left at 9.30.
To our horror at the MAS counter we discovered that 4 of us were not listed on MH 721. Aduuuuh pening. Our military training has thought us to react rationally in time of crisis. With soft persuasion, all the 28 of us eventually flew to Jakarta in the same flight. Alhamdulillah.
At Soekarno-Hatta airport we were met by Pak Sofiyan our travel agent. My first impression of him gave me the confidence that we were going to be in good hands for the rest of our stay in Jakarta.
The tour guide for the non-golfers, Pak Jais was one hell of a joker. Room keys were distributed at the airport which enabled us to go straight away to our respective rooms once we arrived at the hotel.
While all these were going on, 10 golfers who arrived the day before decided to play a private round of golf at BOGOR RAYA organised by Dato Hashim Yahaya. We were told the winner was Hj Maghribi. This tuan haji is a real buaya.
That night we had dinner at the nearby restaurant padang SEDERHANA. The purpose of the dinner was to get all participants together for the first time, to be briefed on the programme and most importantly to know from the ladies what they wanted to do for the next 3 days.
Through consensus, the ladies all decided to go shopping though there were whispers earlier that sightseeing should be included in the programme for the ladies. What a great relief.
The golfers were told that due to the cancellation of the KLM flight, the SIM tournament was to be reduced from three to the remaining two days of golfing at IMPERIAL KARAWACI and BUMI SERPONG DAMAI.
DAY 3 - 16 OCT
All 29 golfers participated in the first round of SIM JAKARTA at IMPERIAL KARAWACI.
This golf club could easily be graded as a 4 star facility. All the 8 flights were allowed to tee off at once on different tee boxes through the initiative of the many marshalls moving around the golf course. Thus we all finished our 18 holes at about the same time.
Result :
Yours truly had the worst round of 18 holes golf returning a gross score of 103. With the handicap of 16, his nett score was 86. Managing to beat only two 24 handicappers. SIGH. The pains in organizing this SIM has taken its toll.
Salam
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