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Once upon a time, in a city called Jakarta, a little girl named Shannon invited all her friends to her birthday party held at the prestigious Mandarin Hotel. Shannon's school friend, Zachary arrived at the Hotel's main lobby and rode two sets of escalators up to the party reception table. Here he was greeted by two women hosts wearing enormous orange tophats. They ushered him through a portal decorated by Winnie the Pooh. Inside was an enormous room. Shannon greeted him, dressed like a princess in frilly pink. All the kids got a Winnie the Pooh clock as a present and a cup cake from Shannon. At the end of the room was a huge stage also decorated with the characters from Winnie the Pooh. A bulbous Winnie the Pooh and Piglet emerged from a side door and posed for pictures with Zachary, Shannon and the other children. Soon a strange man wearing funky glasses and spikey hair began to sing and arrange party games for the several score of children who had arrived at Shannon's party. After the starnge man, a couple of Indonesia television performers, Rio and Liddia Lau, sangs songs for the children. One of the songs was in Mandarin. The ponderous Pooh and Piglet cavorted with the dancing children. Unfortunately all of this seemed too much for three-year old Shannon, who cried and did not want to dance. The singing and dancing was followed by a massive banquet for the hundreds of guests. Just before the magic show, Zachary slipped out of the party eager to eat his cup cake.

Jerome