Over the past year or so, I've been joking around with Sara calling her my 'manager' because she's been trying to convince me to go back to Indonesia with her. I went 7 years ago and though it was a fruitful life experience, I can honestly say that I didn't have the greatest of times. I don't think I ever made it a secret either. Whenever people asked me if I would go back, I often said I wouldn't. Not so much because I was treated poorly or anything, I think the people that invited me last time tried the best they could to give me the most positive of an experience. Circumstances just made it difficult for me to fully enjoy it. When Sara Choi decided that she'd start competing in a drift series down in Indonesia, I was all for it. I'm always gonna root for one of my closest friends. She planned to spend a bulk of her time down there to practice and train to be a better driver but there were definitely times when I think she felt homesick and wanted her friends there. She brought it up a couple times and at first, I wasn't really trying to go. Just because mainly I'm pretty busy as it is with a loaded travel schedule and I had this preconceived notion that I wouldn't have much of a different experience if I went back. But some time went by and it seemed like Sara was really enjoying herself down there and wanted me to see it for myself so I told her if she wanted to plan it out for me, I'd bring some of our other friends down there too and we'd make a trip of it...
She agreed and took on the task of essentially becoming my manager for all Indonesia-related activities. Since I was in Japan already, it would be easier for me to fly down to Jakarta. Sara was already going to be in Tokyo as well so it all just made sense. Yasu was open to a new adventure and my good friend Kenneth Li from Wekfest decided he wanted to go see the country as well. We all just went into it blindly trusting Sara knew what she was doing and boy were we pleasantly surprised! I don't recall a time where I've ever been more taken care of in another country and everyone there from Garage One were so incredible. Did I mention also that we had the legendary Manabu "Max" Orido and Maaya Orido with us on this trip too? What a wildly fun and random trip this turned out to be!!...
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