Our Internship Story in Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
in Singapore and Manila
Hello, we are from LSPR Youth Diplomacy Community and this is our internship story!
This academic year 2019/2020, we have finished our internship duty at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Singapore and Manila, Philippines. Our journey started from 2018, when we were busy looking for available vacancy at the embassy. Luckily, we got accepted by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Singapore and Manila, so we splitted into two teams. Astried Azara Lukman and Karen Erven Ohara went to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Singapore on August 2019, while Salsabila Andi Akil, Fransisca Aletha Sari Sugiyatno, Sarah Roasina Tamaria Tobing, and Jerica Michelle Chintiago went to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Manila on March 2020.
Astried and Karen started their internship program on 5th to 30th of August 2019. At the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Singapore, Astried was placed in the Economic Affairs and Karen in the Social and Cultural Section. They worked on many tasks, such as data inputs, criticizing local newspapers regarding an issue in Indonesia, handling some major events in August, such as Eid al-Adha and flag ceremony on 17 August 2019 as well as the 74th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia.
Left to Right: Karen and Astried at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Singapore
On the other hand, Salsabila, Fransisca, Sarah, and Jerica started their internship program on 2nd to 16th of March 2020. At the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Manila, Salsabila was placed in the Economic Affairs which her task was to monitor and gather information regarding Indonesia’s economic movement,; Fransisca was placed in Protocol and Consular Section dealing with legal issues related to passports and visas of Indonesian citizens and Filipinos who wanted to visit Indonesia, Sarah was placed in the Deputy Chief of Mission, which her duty was to input some data regarding embassy official memo,; and Jerica was placed in the Political Affairs dealing with political issues between Indonesia and the Philippines.Our internship period supposedly lasted until 27th of March 2020,however, due to COVID-19 issues, the period had been shortened just until 16th of March 2020.
Left to Right: Sarah, Jerica, Fransisca, and Salsabila at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
in Manila
There are a lot of valuable experiences that we got during our internship at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia. We can directly feel how diplomacy runs between two countries, especially between Indonesia and Singapore, also Indonesia and the Philippines. Therefore, we would like to express our gratitude to all who have supported us in this journey, especially LSPR Youth Diplomacy Community and LSPR Careers and Employability Centre.
