lately, i like to use the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, when i have trouble to listen what people on the line said, or to say something to people on the line via telephone.

the problem is, not all of the alphabet i know about radiotelephony alphabet, such as J, L, Q, S, X, Y, Z. but at least i know how to spell my name.

so i was searching on Google, using keyword: Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo, i found many links that help me. one of those link, there is a link that come from Wikipedia. so i found out that this kind of alphabet know as NATO phoetic alphabet or more formally known as international radiotelephony spelling alphabet.

but before read this article, i thought F was for Fanta, in fact F is for Foxtrot and M was for Mama. in fact, M is for Mike. haha!



so for helping me and all of you, i quote what has wiki said...

Letter	Code word	Pronunciation	IPA from ICAO (see below)
A	Alfa (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA) Alpha (ANSI)	AL FAH	ˈælfɑ
B	Bravo	BRAH VOH	ˈbrɑːˈvo
C	Charlie	CHAR LEE or SHAR LEE	ˈtʃɑːli or ˈʃɑːli
D	Delta	DELL TAH	ˈdeltɑ
E	Echo	ECK OH	ˈeko
F	Foxtrot	FOKS TROT	ˈfɔkstrɔt
G	Golf	GOLF	gʌlf
H	Hotel	HO TELL (ICAO) HOH TELL (ITU, IMO, FAA)	hoːˈtel
I	India	IN DEE AH	ˈindiˑɑ
J	Juliett (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA) Juliet (ANSI)	JEW LEE ETT	ˈdʒuːliˑˈet
K	Kilo	KEY LOH	ˈkiːlo
L	Lima	LEE MAH	ˈliːmɑ
M	Mike	MIKE	mɑik
N	November	NO VEM BER	noˈvembə
O	Oscar	OSS CAH	ˈɔskɑ
P	Papa	PAH PAH	pəˈpɑ
Q	Quebec	KEH BECK	keˈbek
R	Romeo	ROW ME OH	ˈroːmiˑo
S	Sierra	SEE AIR RAH (ICAO, ITU, IMO) SEE AIR AH (FAA)	siˈerɑ
T	Tango	TANG GO	ˈtængo [sic]
U	Uniform	YOU NEE FORM or OO NEE FORM	ˈjuːnifɔːm or ˈuːnifɔrm [sic]
V	Victor	VIK TAH	ˈviktɑ
W	Whiskey	WISS KEY	ˈwiski
X	X-ray or Xray	ECKS RAY (ICAO, ITU) ECKS RAY (IMO, FAA)	ˈeksˈrei
Y	Yankee	YANG KEY	ˈjænki [sic]
Z	Zulu	ZOO LOO	ˈzuːluː

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

finally, the LO's work is over.

i've been working for six days, shadowing the Arabian entrepreneur wherever he wants to go.
but those six days gave me some new experiences.
one of it is luxury.



with my formal suite which i wore it all the time for those six days, suddenly every people that i met always smile at me and greets me.















everyday around 8am i have to wait in the five stars hotel lobby.











after he ready, i took him to some places where he headed to by brand new Camry, include the professional driver.











waiting for his meeting, apparently he meets with some of important people in Indonesia, like Jakarta Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Commerce and Industry, and so on.

took him to the venue where the 5th World Islamic Economic Forum take place; Ritz Carlton Hotel. and for this, many things happens on me.

listening to the international forum that discussed about global economy.














first time dealing with Presidential high level securities.











and finally, first time to see the president with my own eyes!

when the Gala Dinner, all the guests already inside the ballroom. of course not accompanied by their LOs so we were waiting outside, along with the president's securities. when the president approaching, the securities made a human barrier to gave him a way. and the moment is come; the President along with Prime Minister of Malaysia, is passed by in front of us, maybe less than one meter from me. and watching the crowd and realize that a lot of us not his securities, he said,

Assalamualaikum!

without a conductor, spontaneuosly we answered together,

Walaikumsallam!

ahahahahahaha such a great moment! he greets us!

ah yes, the other luxury is, the LOs got a waiting room for those who wait their guests. and the waiting room is on Mulia Hotel, the five stars class hotel in Jakarta. but standard room i guess. but for me, it's my first time to stay in five stars hotel room. yeah you can call me lousy, but it's the way i am. haha!

but all those luxury, in a way can't make me happier than i was. it's just six days but in a way, i get sick of it. i don't know why. yeah i admitted that those luxury it's a such new experiences for me. but i don't enjoyed it. it's like,

"o yeah, formal suite, five stars hotel, high level securities, Gala Dinner, president, ok...so what?"

maybe those all are only material thing. which will not last until the end of time, isn't?
tell me, is there someone dine with president until they're getting old? do they always stay in the five stars hotel room all the time? are there someone who always accompanied by high level securities all the time?

those things makes them feel safe. those things makes them feel they got privileges. those things makes them feel like a high class people.

are those things makes them happy all the time?

and suddenly, i miss my three months of simplicity life in Taize....