My friend and I visited the Indonesian Consulate here in Davao City. It is the only Indonesian Consulate in the Philippines while the Embassy is located in Manila. Consulate is a branch of embassy wherein it strengthens trade and arranges diplomatic task such as pertinent papers related to migration of people between two different countries. Embassy on the other hand, is the house of the Ambassadors, who represents their country to the National Government.
This showed that Indonesia and Philippines has a deeper relationship aside from the two international organizations such as the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) or the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines- East Asian Growth Area).
Moreover, when I had a tour in the 1000sq. meters, I realized that there was also a school for primary and secondary. The students were fifth to sixth generation of an Indonesian who were permitted to work or stay in the Philippines. Indonesian student would took six years to finish his secondary years unlike in Filipino students which would only four years. At the back of the school was the house of the Consulate General. Unfortunately, I forgot his name.
However, I took some pictures so that a reader of my blog would took a glimpse on what I also saw in that area. Furthermore, I will have to separate the “Prambanan Temple” and “Garuda” because these were the two pictures that attracted me most.
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