August 5, 2003. Commercial kitchen consultant Carol Chia and three colleagues were having lunch in the coffeehouse at JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. Normally at the end of work trips, they would head straight to the airport for a flight back to Singapore. “But it was the first time we had half an hour to … Continue reading “Carol, get out”: Jakarta hotel bomb blast survivor recalls the voice that guided her to safety 20 years ago