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This was the last day in Batam. In the morning I swam in the pool, had breakfast and shopped at Sally and Marina Store. I bought 2 bottles of parfum at Sally (Rp270.000 dan Rp130.000), 2 pieces of Crocodile T-shirt (Rp350.000 dan Rp450.000) and a Phillip Charriol belt (Rp2.100.000). I also visited 永记 (Yongkee) Restaurant to have an early luch after put the stuff at the hotel. I paid Rp33.000 for a bowl of fish soup and a cup of coffee O. Coffee O is a jargon in Batam and the surrounding area means hot sweet coffee without milk.

The afternoon was the trip. I checked out. I did not pay anything because it was the committee's responsibility. At 11.30 a hotel taxi drive me to Hang Nadim Airport. It cost Rp95.000. With a delay about 40 minutes flight GA153 (BTH-CGK scheduled 13.10-14.45)then brought me to Sukarno Hatta Airport. I had time to do ash salah in a musala and enjoy rotiboy (Rp7.500) and a cup of black coffee (Rp20.000)at a counter. A good wifi atmosfeer in the counter had spoiled me much. Finally, with a delay again of about 30 minutes flight GA244 (CGK-SRG scheduled 17.00-18.00)brought me to Ahmad Yani Airport. I checked out from the airport at 18.50. Rahutama picked me home.

In the evening almost all of television stations continually transmitted the encirclement of a house in Kedu Kabupaten Temanggung. The house was believed to be a hide of Mr Noordin M Top, the most wanted terrorist in Indonesia. About a company of armed policemen had been surrounding the house. Their firing was heard occasionally.