Muslim World Biz @Jakarta - Travelog Day 3

The Conference day

Morning of the 3rd day (5:40am)

Didn't go to the gym since we need to be there earlier due to unfinished work because of the poor time management of organizer and contractors. After had a heavy breakfast, we move to JCC and this time around, it cost us Rp22k due to no traffic-jam @ macet.

The first design of booth

When we arrived, the security does not allowed us to enter from behind. Well, we were promised to get the tag during dinner but it turns out not. So we need to go to front desk and registered as exhibitor. It seem that both organizer (from Malaysia and Indonesia does seem to have a good communications). I asked for extension from Malaysian and they requested me to request from the other side and when I goes to the side, they requested me to ask from the side and I get bored. After a while, I left and when straight to our booth to setup.

And as usual, the work is not completed yet. Too many plastics, papers, etc.. THEY DID NOT CLEAN UP many booths.

This time, it took us 1 hours to setup the complete booth. And had to use tape to ensure the bunting does not fall down. After a while, we change the setup again.

The first design of booth (my colleague)

The second design of booth (my colleague)

The morning session was quite slow and not many visitor or trade visitors coming. Our boss drop by for a while and then joint the conference. Not feeling well he said due to food poisoning.

The boss :)

Jaz the organizer from Malaysia

The boss and me :)

Lunch time

Aaaa lunch time ... but no one from organizer told us that there was lunch (free) provided. Not just lunch but many events. We were questioning on the agendas and events. There is no announcement or anything to indicate something. But of course, all malaysian are family (1Malaysia), hence we share any information we heard with each other :).
So I went for lunch with representative from Perak Government and meet with few Indonesia which from the Jakarta Chambers of Commerce. Discuss about few things and they first thought that I importing workers from Indonesia as I mentioned 'tenaga' to them until I mentioned the electrical power supply (elektrikal), then they understand and starts to keep quite due to unmatched business... hehehehe

Where is the Indonesian Utility, Transportation, Manufacturing?

Selling cloths too???

For the first day, there are not many visitors. In fact, many others like us feel the same things and until now, we are not clear of the organizer's planning. If we and other manufacturing based or services based company felt that way, it should be fine but rather all the exhibitors including State government of Perak, Melaka, Kelantan, etc and also traders and supplier in food, fashion, and educations felt the same as us too.

Our booth was visited by few asking about the product and it is damn difficult to explain about our product to ensure the Indonesian understand. Here, some of the word should be in english and some should be in malays. For example, Electrical Power System = Sistem Tenaga Elektrikal and so on. Some of visitors confuse of the word Network and they thought that we are either telecommunications company or networking company like Jaring and TMNet. So, the choice of words, they way we explain, and lots of things need to be change. This simple due to that none of visitors are in our industry.

Mr Iqbal... boss friend

However, as time goes by, we have three visitors that may have impact to us or at least could bring business to us. The first one is of cource, the Chief Minister of Melaka State Government, Dato' Seri Ali Rustam. He request us to participate in Halal Hub, Solar Valley and also present to them. Another visitor request to be our supplier and also request to present to some minister and another last visitor is a contractor whom which to built Mini-hydro and power plant and query us if the system able to monitor the plant and mini-hydro. Well, as business, I will not says NO :) .. although I'm not really confident with our own ability :)

Brother maizi and his junior at MRSM (few years ago)

Explain about power system to Exhibitor from Kedah

 Duta Muslimah Sejagat

Around 4pm, I went around the exhibition to see other exhibitors and to see if we could find partners or what ever good for the company or myself. And yes.. I did found it, that is the beautiful model of so called 'Muslimah'. Did took some pictures of them :).

The Other Exhibitions :)

Took some pictures of other exhibitors that goes along with the theme 'Food, Fashion, Fund, and Education' :)

End of Day 1 of Exhibition

Around 5pm, after looking at few exhibitors from Malaysia packed up their goods, we did the same. After all, there are no visitors after 4pm and all of them that drop by are exhibitors too. We took a taxi and back to hotel. The traffic is worst as usual and this time, it cost us Rp40000.

After reaching hotel, we were surprised by our boss condition. He told us that he had to call a doctor due to food poisoning. But yet, he went to have dinner with us and his friend, brother Iqbal. And may be Allah want to test him, he almost felt due to 'tersadung kaki. hehehe... but still continue walking with painful leg :) ..

We have dinner at a restoran and I choose to ate Burung Dara + Nasi which actually Ayam dara. Wow, the chillies is damn hot and spicy. Just a tick on finger and you will felt the power. Had to move lots of the chillies to eat.

After that, we went back to our room and that's end up my third day of the trip.

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