Indonesian President Jokowi's son graduated from ACS International and hopes to go to SMU

Indonesian President Jokowi flew Garuda Indonesia economy and took selfies with his kid's friends.

Martino Tan| November 22, 11:27 AM

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi", and First Lady Iriana flew into Singapore in an economy-class flight to attend the high-school graduation ceremony of his youngest son, Kaesang Pangarep, yesterday.

Kaesang, 19, had completed his International Baccalaureate at the Anglo-Chinese School (International).

Jokowi told the Straits Times that he sent his son to school overseas to help him become more independent. Jokowi shared that his son told him last year that he wanted to study at the Singapore Management University (SMU).

According to Jakarta Post, Jokowi's Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto said that the couple flew Garuda Indonesia economy class, attended by a few personnel from the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres).  Indonesian embassy spokesman Simon Soekarno said that the first couple stayed one night at the junior suite at Hotel Mandarin Orchard, which is near Kaesang's school.

Rappler, a social news network, said that Kaesang blogged about his lack of love life, where he described the painful experience of being turned down by girls, describing his heart to be "as fragile as kerupuk (fish crackers)".

Kaesang did not understand why why he kept on failing, and had received responses like: "You're too good for me" or "Let's just be friends" or "I want to focus on school for now".

Will this eligible 19-year old hunk be walking around SMU campus in the next four years?

#KitaJugaBisaAlay

A photo posted by Kaesang Pangarep (@kaesangp) on

  Kaesang

Materialistic ladies need not apply, as Kaesang is now on a meager pocket money allowance given by his mum.

In his blog a few months ago, he shared that he "very rarely take the MRT [subway] because it is more expensive than a bus ride. And that's fine so I can save for my future girlfriend".

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Top photo from Ir H Joko Widodo Facebook.

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