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92nd Edition | 24 April - 7 May 2013 The recent news of the Boston Marathon twin bombing was of great shock to everyone. Two home-made explosives, placed in black bags and left on the ground, detonated nearly simultaneously near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Tuesday April 15th. Associated Press quoted a source close to the investigation as saying that the bombs consisted of explosives placed in 1.6-gallon pressure cookers, one with shards of metal and ball bearings, the other with nails. The bombs killed three – eight-year-old Martin Richard, graduate student Lingzu Lu, and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Massachusetts. Hundreds more were injured. This incident will no doubt change the way in which spectator sports will be organized and run in the future.

While watching and reading the news unfold, I heard the term ‘freedom fighter’ being used a lot. I have a particular itch whenever I hear terrorists being referred to as ‘freedom fighters’. To label these evil people with a term that sounds so celebrated actually gives them the upper hand and most probably puts a smile on their faces. Please stop doing this and refer to them as what they are: terrorists and murderers. Nobody has been freed by their actions; innocent people have lost their lives. Our deepest condolences to

the families of the victims and anyone who had to go through this ordeal at what should have been a peaceful, empowering running event.

In this issue we focus on the sports scene in Indonesia. We meet Gareth Rae, Captain of the Jakarta 10s Rugby team and a true loyalist to the game. A new contributor, Holly Abbe, introduces the first Coca Cola girl’s football team and gives you the info on how your young ones can get kicking. Jason Hue returns with a limerick on Indonesia’s badminton scene and Nithin Coca talks about Indonesia’s obsession with football in the West. With North Korea having taken such a spotlight in recent news, David Spinelli takes you on a tour of this mysterious country and survives to tell the tale! We hope you enjoy this issue and, despite the terrible traffic and terrible news we’ve been getting lately, I hope you can still get out there on the car free days over the weekend and feel the ground beneath your feet and the wind blow over you with some peace at heart.

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It’s not just oil and gas, English teachers and missionary types who like to call Indonesia home. Despite all the problems that plague football in this country, until recently we had two national associations and two

national teams, while now we have two leagues set up and two bodies claiming to run the national team. There are several footballers who may have been attracted to the islands by the money, but stay for the chaos!

Arema comes from the East Javan town of Malang, some two or three hours south of Surabaya. Their name comes from Arek Malang and they could justifiably claim to be the biggest club in the country. They have arguably the largest support in the country; season after season they boast the best average gate and are one of the few clubs that seem to reach out beyond the ethnic or geographical ties that bind so many people to a football club.

And for this season they boast a strike force of foreigners who have a combined age of just less than 100 years.

The granddaddy of them all is Keith Kayamba Gumbs who turned 40 years old last September. Kayamba hails from St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean and he has represented his country well over 100 times in a career that dates back to the late 1980s.

With more clubs on his playing profile than you find in an undoctored pack of cards, Kayamba arrived in Indonesia in 2007 when he signed for Sriwijaya Palembang. It was an auspicisious time to sign for the South Sumatra side as they were about to embark on a period of domination that continues to this day.

In that first season they won a Cup and League double, the first time in the professional era an Indonesian club

has managed that, and followed that up with back to back cup wins, the season opening Inter Island Cup and Community Shield before ending his time in Palembang with the league title last season. Kayamba lead by example with fitness levels way beyond his younger team mates and a professionalism that should stand as an inspiration to footballers.

At the end of the season Sriwijaya released him and Arema swooped, reuniting the genial striker with Rahmad Darmawan, the coach who started Sriwijaya’s trophy laden years. Now in Malang, Kayamba finds himself alongside two other strikers, vastly experienced and very prolific.

Christian Gonzales signed for the Singop Edan (Crazy Lions) ahead of the new season, as did Kayamba and is another familiar face to football watchers here.

Gonzales turns 38 in August. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and arrived in Indonesia in 2003 beginning his new life in the tropics with

PSM Makassar. The 27 goals he scored in 34 league games set the benchmark and in the 10 years since then he has averaged 25 goals a season in all competitions, making him the most prolific striker in the history of professional football in this country.

Without doubt he was at his most lethal with Persik Kediri when he played alongside the likes of Ronald Fagundez and Danilo Fernandez. In three and a half seasons he managed a phenomenal 124 goals in 127 games.

A barrel chested striker, former England international and Indonesian national team coach Peter Withe described Gonzales as "Mark Viduka (ex Leeds United & Australia) without the work rate"!

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Their name comes from Arek Malang and they could justifiably claim to be the biggest club in the country. They have arguably the largest support in the country, season

after season they boast the best average gate, and are one of the few clubs that seem to reach out beyond the ethnic or geographical ties that bind so many people to a football club.

Keith Kayamba Gumbs

Christian Gonzales

Alberto Goncalves



AnTOny SuTTOn Antony is a freelance writer based in jakarta. please send comments and suggestions to [email protected]

He is the archetypal predator. He is one of the strikers who does nothing all game, then finds half a yard in the penalty area and the ball is in the back of the net. It's little wonder when Indonesia allowed naturalized players the opportunity of pulling on the red shirt of the national team, Gonzales was the first to be called up and responded as only he knows how: with four goals in his first three games. His 19 games have seen him score 11 goals, though the current mess surrounding the national team has seen him not play since a World Cup Qualifier against Iran in 2011.

Compared to Kayamba and Gonzales, Alberto Goncalves is a positive young whippersnapper. Now aged 32, the Brazilian striker’s first experience of life in Indonesia was with Persipura where he was a prolific striker at the heart of their successes towards the end of the first decade of this century.

After a short breather in Indian football, he returned to Indonesia with unfancied Persijap Jepara before returning to Jayapura last season. At the beginning of this season, though he joined Rahmad’s revolution in East Java and has been prolific ever since, he scored 10 goals in Arema’s first 13 games - a number matched by Gonzales.

So far this season Arema are proving nothing beats experience. They are hanging on the coat tails of leaders; Persipura and their aging forward triumvirate lead the way with

24 of their 29 goals so far. Meanwhile the recently naturalized Greg Nwokolo has been limited to a mere four games and Malaysia’s top striker, their Gary Lineker without the potato crisps, has returned to his homeland on loan, a victim of both his older team mates and the chaos that surrounds the game here.

The Indonesia Super League is not half way through the season, but it is the older players who are leading the way and in the cases of Kayamba, Gonzales and Goncalves, it is an example they have been showing for several years. In the cesspool that Indonesian football often resembles, the achievements of these three, year in and year out, stand out as a way of how players can set a good example to all around them.

It could be argued these three strikers are keeping younger players out of the game, but the numbers don’t lie; there is no denying the ability of players like Titus Bonai, Yongki Aribowo and Patrick Wanggai but it is up to them to prove they can displace the older players. They are the ones who need to step up to the plate every week and make sure it is their names that are on the back pages and that it is their goals the TV channels replay continuously.

Football clubs chasing success don’t do sentimentality; they understand goals and success and in Kayamba, Gonzales and Goncalvez, Arema boast three of the best.



East Meets West

niThin COCANithin was born in San Diego, California to parents from South India, and has taken his international upbringing to the maximum, having lived and worked in the United States, France, Spain, Nepal, and currently Indonesia, where he hopes to play a role in protecting this country's amazing environmental and cultural heritage through education, policy and social activism. He can be reached at [email protected]

Rizal is doing well at school and his confidence is growing, week by week. Rizal and his friends from Red Nose Circus Class even put on a show at school for his teachers and school

friends. His audience, needless to say, was very pleased.

As the date nears, expect to see growing number of Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid, or AC Milan jerseys in the malls

of Jakarta. Expect to see larger lines at already crowded Futsal centres. In fact, at bars, cafés, behind street vendors, anywhere where you see a crowd of mostly (but not entirely) Indonesian men, it is likely they are watching one thing.

A football match from the other side of the world.

At first, it seems a paradox. How did European Football become so popular in a country with its own rich traditions and sports, where finding flat, open land to play a game can be nearly impossible?

Not surprisingly, colonialism played a role. Javanese educated in Europe brought football back with them, and local competition began in the early 1900’s. Indonesia was, in fact, the first Asian team ever to compete in the World Cup, back in 1938 under the colonial moniker Dutch East Indies National Football Team, its only appearance. After Independence, Football’s popularity among all Indonesians only grew.

Football thus fits with the Indonesian propensity to adopt trends and fashions from abroad. There is an obvious colonial angle – look around the world. The sports most of the world plays, the most avidly followed teams are from colonizing countries. Some legacies die hard.

Still, sports are a global connector, and no sport has a larger following globally than football. In fact, fitting that early

World Cup appearance, today Indonesia is the largest football loving country in the planet, by default, as my home country, the United States, is fixated on American Football, India is hardcore Cricket country, and the biggest behemoth, China, has embraced Basketball.

The fact that many Indonesians spend so much time watching football made me wonder – what if things were reversed? What if Europeans or Americans followed something in Indonesia as fanatically?

It could be a local sport – sepak takraw perhaps, the bamboo kick volleyball game which still fires up rivalries in the Southeast Asian Games every four years – or badminton? Maybe something cultural?

Imagining the cafés of Paris showing the Ramayana Ballet performances at Prambanan Temple in Jogjakarta, or American sports bars playing matches between Indonesian futsal teams seem as preposterous as well, average westerners knowing that Indonesia is the 4th biggest country in the world, or, perhaps, what the major religions or dominant ethnic groups are. That is to say, reality is not something to be proud of.

The lack of knowledge between the developed world and the developing world is a huge barrier, one that globalization has perhaps changed the character of, but not the substance. This goes both ways. It is true that American music and cinema are popular throughout the world, but anyone who has seen any Hollywood films knows that what is depicted in pop culture is not often related to reality. Likewise, despite

how closely an Indonesian may follow Manchester United, it is doubtful he or she would be able to tell you one fact about the actual city of Manchester, England.

Nevertheless, sport is different from most media. It is a recreation, a form of individual effort, and as old as human culture itself. However, league sports, such as UEFA, or the National Basketball Association in the United States, are new phenomenon, more focused on marketing, commercialization, and profit. That is why, unfortunately, knowledge of league sports doesn’t translate into knowledge of culture and society.

This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. Pierre de Coubertin’s dream, when he founded the Olympics in the 1890’s, was that sport would take the place of war, provide a friendly venue for countries to compete in ways that wouldn’t result in deaths or ill-feelings. It was a noble goal. Unfortunately, de Coubertin didn’t foresee that sport would also become a tool of nationalism. Hitler used it to showcase Nazi Germany to the world in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and we saw something similar during the over-the-top extravaganza in Beijing just five years ago. Adding to that is that modern sports is ruled by another global trend, one adopted with glee by Indonesian youth – consumerism. Sport is a product, and

explains why the majority of those who watch football, never actually play it.

In an ideal world, sport would bring us together and provide a platform to share culture, identity, and ideas. I’ve seen first-hand, whether at a Futsal field in Kemang, or playing Takraw with children in Thailand, how sport allows us to communicate beyond the barriers of language, religion, and, ideally, gender.

One of my Indonesian friends runs a football jersey shop in Bogor. When I visited his shop for the first time, he was shocked that I only knew the names of a few male football players, and the fact that, in America, women’s football is far more popular than men’s. Nevertheless, he asked me to pick a jersey so we could take a photo together. Looking through the racks of advertiser-sponsored European league jerseys, I found one I liked, red, with no sponsors, just a logo on the right breast: Garuda, the winged, mythical Hindu national symbol of Indonesia.

It may be years before this jersey makes its return to the World Cup, but fans here will likely continue to follow their favourite teams abroad fanatically. Whether that translates into a better world, or if we will ever take similar notice of Indonesia from abroad, well, that may be asking for too much.

FootballFanatics andthe Idealof SportBy Nithin Coca

it’s only a few weeks to the European champions league Final, May 25th, and though it will take place far way, in london, England, and will involve no players from southeast asia, let alone indonesia, the drumbeat to the match will be clearly visible here.



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I resented obligatory physical exercise such as climbing ropes, vaulting over ‘horses’ and doing forward rolls. I never could, and never understood why they were so important. I much preferred a playground kickaround or fives, a forerunner of squash, using hands instead of racquets. The game originated, I think, at Eton, the nursery of prime ministers and archbishops of Canterbury. What is more important is that I discovered that in spite of my myopia I had good hand-eye co-ordination.

Later, at teacher training college where sports weren’t compulsory, I discovered that I was good at tennis, once taking a set off future Wimbledon winner Virginia Wade in mixed doubles. I also played field hockey, stool ball, the forerunner of cricket, and badminton at county level. Yes, I came to love sports.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Something else happened at the school I came to hate. Peter W., another former pupil at Charlton Manor although a year older, offered to take me to the Valley, home of Charlton Athletic Football Club.

He could have taken me to watch Millwall or Crystal Palace, two clubs just a bus ride away. However, we could walk to Charlton. I don’t remember the match, the score or who we were playing, but I do know that it was a rite of passage. Because it was a pleasant walk, one I could comfortably do on my own, I was temporarily ‘free’ from parental curbs and had joined another family, one united by an afternoon of emotional peaks and troughs.

The club has been variously known as the Robins, the Valiants and now the Addicks, a name commonly accepted to come from pre-league days when the players would treat the visiting team to a post-match meal of fish (‘addock) and chips.

Charlton is not a glamour club and the only times that I’ve seen them live on TV since coming to Jakarta have been when they were in the Premier League (1999-2007). Yet it prides itself as being a community, family orientated club. (Its Community Trust, which engages with 10,000 young people each week, has recently won the Football League Community Club of the Year award, previously won in 2009.)

My sense of belonging to that community

continues to this day through an online forum which connects us, whether we live near the Valley or, like me, far away.

Ketts was first taken by his father “a few days” before his fifth birthday. For the last 39 years he’s lived in Kettering, which is 67 miles (108 km.) from London. But he hasn’t changed his allegiance. He says: “Away games can be easier from here; I go to every game, home & away.”

Major Ken is now living “7,000 miles away, about as far west in Canada as you can get.” He was taken to the Valley by his grandfather “when I was old enough to walk there and back and not slow him down.”

So, ‘family’ connections are a key to football fandom. The current manager is Chris Powell, widely regarded as one of English football’s nice guys. He proved that in three spells as a player with Charlton and his appointment as manager in January 2011 which was greeted with great pleasure by we Addicks.

That he replaced another nice guy, Phil Parkinson, seemed somewhat unfortunate as the team were doing relatively well, albeit in the third tier. He has since been appointed manager of Bradford City, a fourth tier club, and this year lead them to the League Cup final. In so doing he’s brought a shared pride to the whole city: the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities no longer feel separate from the indigenous Yorkshiremen.

They lost the final to the far more skillful Premier League side Swansea, but the pride that comes from place remains.

Martin F., now living a long way from Yorkshire, said: “Bradford is where I came from, where my family came from, the place that defined me, and I remembered that where I came from you never forget your roots.”

Indeed.

How many Manchester United ‘fans’ can say that?

Recommended Reading: Jakarta Casual(http://jakartacasual.blogspot.com/) is written about

local football by Antony Sutton of this parish, an Arsenal supporter having been born in north

London. he says that “the best thing about indonesian football is the people, the fans that

you meet when you go to games.”

I first started wearing glasses when I was seven years old pupil at Charlton Manor Primary School in southeast London. These were provided by the then fairly

new National Health Service, along with a third of a pint of milk to drink at school and a spoonful of malt extract which, as much as I perversely liked it then, I now prefer in beer.

So, I was healthy, yet that I wore glasses meant that I wasn’t going to ever be a sportsman.

My semi-independent secondary school, founded in 1652, was a rugby-playing school. As I couldn’t see much without my specs, this was a no-no sport for me so I was sent on cross country runs. I hated them, but was once picked for the school team against another grammar school. I intentionally made sure that I crossed the finishing line just before a lad from the other school. I was never picked again, which suited me fine.

TErry COLLinSTerry Collins, co-author of Culture Shock! Jakarta, writes the Jakartass.net blog, now with Facebook page.

no, that isn’t a spelling error,but you’ll have to read on to find out why.i’M addIckted By Terry Collins



Coca Cola League

The sound of the referee’s whistle pierces the humid afternoon. Players bolt into action vying for the soccer ball. There is a solid

thud as a player’s cleat makes contact with the ball. The ball sails across the green field and is trapped by an oncoming player. In a shuffle of feet from the opposition, a minor battle ensues. A quick fake to the

right produces a victory on the field, as the player

maintains possession of the ball and sends it into the net. Score!

This may seem like a typical scene on any

soccer field in Jakarta, but for the Jakarta Football Association, it is actually quite new. You see, the players on the field aren’t boys, they’re girls.

The Jakarta Football Association (otherwise known as the Coca-Cola League) has been the premier private soccer association in Jakarta since 2005. During the first year, the league boasted 12 schools and 36 teams. Those numbers have grown to a staggering 60 schools and 209 teams in 2013. But the most exciting addition to the association? The inclusion of girls.

What began as an experimental change in 2012, was cemented this year as 19 girls’ teams joined the association. The teams are comprised mostly of school teams such as Jakarta International School, the British International School, and the Deutsche International School. But it also includes many Indonesian schools.

The inclusion of girls is positive for many reasons. Nora Trapp, a freshman at Jakarta International School, explains some of the benefits, “Since there aren’t a lot of opportunities for girls to play soccer, having girls join the Coca-Cola League gives girls from all over Jakarta more chances to compete. It’s also a great way to meet and interact with new people.” Indeed, before the Coca-Cola League included girls, the opportunities to play in Jakarta were limited to school teams (many of which have a short season) and co-ed teams with Jakarta Youth Soccer.

When asked about his experience coaching a girls’ team, Neil Prendergast responded, “Coaching 10 and 11 year old girls is brilliant. They are young enough to still be soaking up all the guidance and advice, yet also mature enough to accept that guidance and properly apply it.”

On May 4th the league will host their final soccer Gala. The BIS auditorium will be packed full of players, coaches, and cheering fans. The highlight of the evening will be when each winning team comes up on the stage and receives their awards. Joining them on the stage for the second year in a row, will be the girls’ teams.

When asked what it feels like to join the boys on the stage, 13 year-old Madilyn Abbe said, “It’s about time!”

And to that I can only add a huge thanks to the Jakarta Football Association and a very enthusiastic “Amen, sister!”.

Score!GirlS Join Jakarta FootBall aSSociationBy Holly Abbe

hOLLy ABBEHolly Abbe is a Jakarta expat. Last year she coached one of the “experimental” U14 girls’ teams, and this year she is assistant coach for the U16 Dragons A girls’ team. She also teaches High School English at Jakarta International School.



In this sick and twisted world, there is an elite group of the most sick and twisted countries. Adding a new layer of twistedness to the tragedy of the

existence of such countries, there are hockers of gawkers: those who are turning a profit on bringing shamelessly curious tourists to the edge of these tragedies. And then there are the tourists themselves: those who are willing to pay for the experience of going to the edge and gazing into the horror from afar, and yes, I am one of those people. I couldn’t resist the gravity of such an opportunity: go to the precipice of one of the greatest despotic horrors of our time.

The DeMiliterized Zone (DMZ) is a two-kilometer wide squiggle, generally along the ‘38th Parallel,’ which divides North from South Korea. It was established as part of the armistice agreement in 1953. To this day, the two sides are technically still at war. Within the DMZ is a very small section called the Joint Security Area (JSA). This is a common area managed by both the North and South, the United States and the United Nations, where all parties are present, brush shoulders with each other, share and provide security for a neutral meeting space. Despite all the “security,” people have been murdered inside the JSA. It is the site of the 1976 “Axe Murder Incident.”

Strangely enough, the DMZ has become a good, old-fashioned tourist attraction for both sides of the border. This made the defection of a Soviet citizen possible in 1984.

The tour started with boarding a yellow bus with a bunch of other people seeking the experience to look across the border, catch a glimpse of the horror and get the t-shirt. In mostly American good company, college-students, service men and women and random people like myself are drawn to the edge of tragedy. Many companies organize tourist trips to the DMZ/JSA, but this one is run by the United Service Organizations Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to

U.S troops and their families, so there was a very American, red-white-n-blue apple-pie flavor right from the get-go.

From Seoul, it’s a little over an hour’s drive. Our first stop: “The Third Tunnel”. After the obligatory mini-museum of dioramas and mannequin displays, we all donned our hardhats and descended into the tunnel. Dug by North Koreans then discovered by the South and walled-off. Should the North attempt to use a tunnel like this to invade, the tunnel could be flooded.

‘Exit through the gift shop’: Before getting back on the bus, the crowds were helplessly drawn into the first of many gift shops we encountered. Wearing make-up and fur coats, well-fed ladies picked through their choice of flavored junk foods while thousands of people starve on the other side of the border. The mind-boggling reality is almost impossible to stomach. And who am I to judge? I’m right there in the middle of it.

Next stop: an observation deck complete with coin-operated telescopes; our first real glimpse into North Korea. The atmosphere was careless, carefree and festive. The giddy tourists gasped at distant snow-covered mountains to the north. There it was, the other Korea, in the distant smoggy winter haze. South Korean soldiers pretended to not know English. Everyone wanted to have their picture taken with them and the backdrop of real-life tragedy. We could see “Propaganda Village” with its super-high flag pole on the other side.

Then things got serious: what we’ve all been waiting for. People were silent. We entered Camp Bonifas. This was the gateway to the JSA, where we, wide-eyed wacked-out wanderers, would be sharing the same air with real live North Koreans. We were ushered into a large theater and signed legal waivers then watched a short film of the history of the JSA which had no lack of good ol’ God Bless America and

twistEd tourisM:My brIef bruShwIth north koreatext & photos by Dave Spinelli

Travel



Food & Drink

Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea and the name of a restaurant chain operating outside of the fatherland.

I had no idea what to expect from a restaurant run by the infamous North Koreans complete with North Korean staff. I’ve always wondered why there were North Korean embassies and Ambassadors when emigration is forbidden and travel of its citizens are restrictive, but they do in fact have real live North Koreans living abroad. Some work for the Pyongyang restaurants, and we have one right here in Jakarta!

A big red sign with “Pyongyang” written in white lets you know you are at the right place. Inside a pink rumah makan on Jl. Gandaria rests a piece of North Korea. It’s no surprise that there was a lack of windows and when windows existed so did the metal bars diagonally welted on. There is room for three parked cars outside with one car parked leading me to believe that Rolf and I were not the only curious-georges today, or maybe the food is just good. We walked in and two ladies welcomed us in Korean, we spoke back in Bahasa as English was not an option based on the conversation we had making the reservation. One of the ladies wore polished and conservative office wear whilst the other wore a casual jean and shirt combo. They were polite, friendly and spoke in whispers. We looked around but we were the only customers there, the car must be owned by a staff member.

We were ushered to our table, trying to contain our excitement, looking around at what North Korea wants us to see or more aptly allows us to see. The decor was dated. There was a lot less red than I expected, just accents in the form of table clothes and knickknacks amongst beige wall paper and marble floors. There was a water curtain that was decorated with plastic shrubbery, a pleasant sight and a clever way to relax customers when they are in a room with no widows and flat screen televisions playing the Arirang Mass Games, with flashes of Dear Leader every so often, being watched by the staff at all times. The air of awkward prompted conversations of human rights and prejudice amongst Rolf and I.

We looked through the menu with great big pictures subtitled in English and Bahasa. We ordered a Mixed Mushroom, Roast Pork and Bibimbap. Then came four plates of something we hadn’t ordered. Our host told us these are our appetizers and named each dish, in Korean, as she laid them down. I tried a diamond shaped pancake that had strings of scallion and carrots which tasted great, much like Bakwan with extra batter, but far too oily. The radish Kim chi was julienned and had sesame oil with plenty of garlic. The soy beans stewed in soy sauce was delicious, my favourite dish of the day. We could hear our host running to serve our food when she knew we couldn’t see her, though running in heals is never a silent affair. She was back bearing more gifts of food and removing our empty plates. The Noktumuk was enjoyed by Rolf though I found it slimy, bland and did not want to try to like it after my third attempt had failed. Coleslaw was a weird surprise as it originates from The Netherlands/Germany and has famously planted roots in American cuisine but apparently it is an international favourite and part of North Korean cuisine. A plate with what looked like twigs tasted lovely, I asked our host what is was and she said “North Korean”, then I asked what vegetable it was, she then said “ubi”; tapioca stems presumably. The starters were generally flavourful, a good start.

The mains were hit and miss. The mixed mushrooms were a disappointment. The shitake mushrooms were a delight but the rest of ‘mushrooms’ had a resemblance to animal fat in texture and taste. It was inedible. The Roast Pork had a strong gamey flavour and the accompanying kecap was tasty. The Bibimbap was not very good. There was too much black bean paste which pronounced the pickled vegetables

and clashed with the egg. A salty and sour mess.

Being so quiet, I do wonder if the

rumours on foul play are true. It is pricey, amounting to Rp.466,000 for 3 dishes and 2 small Aquas but to get income you need people to come in; paying customers. It does beg questions of legitimacy and motive. But overall it was an interesting experience that I appreciate though I would not come back.

thE MystEry oF PyongyangBy Silvia Forsman

stoked the fears of a mass invasion by the North. After the film our orientation was conducted by a U.S. serviceman who was polished and professional except for his tendency to make insulting remarks about North Korean soldiers. This was the first of a few times we were instructed to make no gestures towards the North Koreans and to remain quiet within the JSA.

We then boarded a U.S. Army bus to be taken into the JSA. Such an incredible amount of time and resources provided by U.S. taxpayers by way of the U.S. Army: why does the U.S. government go out of its way to facilitate twisted tourism in a war zone? Puzzling to say the least. It’s a tremendous liability firstly, and that with a huge price tag.

After again getting strict instructions to not attempt to communicate with anyone across the border, we exited the bus, walked through the “Peace House” and filed out two-by-two onto the stairs overlooking a series of blue buildings on the border separating South from North. We were able to look over above these buildings to a similar set of stairs up to a similar building on the other side. At the top of the stairs was a lone North Korean officer standing attention and staring back at us. We were allowed to take photos of anything in front of us, the U.N. buildings and North Korean side, but we were prohibited from turning around and taking photos of the South Korean side.

Then came the climax, the one thing I really wanted to do: we walked down

the stairs and into the U.N. Conference Building. The building straddles the border. I was the first member of my tour group to walk in. There were three South Korean soldiers inside standing in “Rock Ready” attention, a modified Tae-Kwon-Do stance used by South Korean soldiers serving within the JSA. Then our American Army officer informed us that those of us on his left were technically in North Korea. The tour group was allowed to wander around, take photos, look out the windows, and luckily I was able to resist the North Korean mind-control and brain-washing. Eventually we all filed back onto the bus.

From there we went to an overlook where we could clearly see “Propaganda Village” and we were “surrounded on three sides by North Korea.” While on the bus we passed by the monument on the 1976 “Axe Murder Incident” site and the famous “Bridge of No Return.”

The last sight of the tour was boring in comparison: a train station that connected North with South. But the museum dedicated to the history of the JSA was fascinating. It details all the bizarre and sometimes horrific events that have taken place inside the JSA. We were hustled out the door, back onto the bus and on our way back to Seoul. The tour was over. There had been no dramatic confrontation, no breakthrough in diplomatic relations, no communication and not even any human interaction with North Korea. But now the tourists could go back home to their well-stocked refrigerators and warm beds. They had been sufficiently entertained and excited, much like a sad trip to a zoo.

DAvE SPinELLiDave Spinelli is a teacher/writer living in eastern Indonesia who has a fondness for unusual places.

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gareth, where do you come from and what brought you to indonesia?An interesting first question and I get a lot of stick for it. I am “British.” I grew up in Hong Kong, went to boarding school in England, my mother is Welsh and my Father is Scottish, so my allegiance goes with form and British cover the lot! It was actually my wife’s job (she is a teacher) that brought us to Indonesia and we are coming up to four years in Jakarta now.

how has life, as a third culture kid growing up in hong Kong, affected your perception of the world and where is home for you?I spent my first 17 years in Hong Kong which was a pretty great place to grow up in. I still call it “home” even though I have not lived there for 15 years. But I guess home is where the family have settled, which is Hinckley, England. Growing up as a third culture kid certainly made me aware of different cultures and backgrounds from a very early age. The buzz that Hong Kong provided made me want to sample what else was out there, just in case anything could top it!

you are the Captain of a rugby team here. how did you end up joining Jakarta Komodo rugby Football Club? Rugby is my number one passion so I did a bit of research whilst still living in the UK to see if I could play rugby over here once we moved. Luckily there was a small 7s competition on the day I arrived, so I just turned up, met some likeminded folk, had a run and the rest is history.

There seems to be a great sense of community and unity in the club, could you tell us about the team? That’s the great thing about rugby; it brings guys together like no other sport. Taking

hits for each other, touring with each other and ‘spilling blood in the same mud’ will do that to you. I think, at the last count, we had about 14 different nationalities representing the team, which is pretty cool and we all bring our own different twist and flavour to the club and get-togethers. We are a pretty close bunch and do a lot off the field together which involves the whole family. A lot of our wives and girlfriends have all become close through the club, too.

how often do you train and what does being part of the team entail?It is pretty social, but we try and train two to three times a week; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Mid-week is at JIS from 7pm and the weekends is out at Jagorawi Golf and Country Club from 10.30am. We also have a junior program that starts at 9am on a Saturday at Jags. Being part of the team just gives guys the opportunity to continue to do something they love, maybe travel to a few new places, take out some frustration (as we know Jakarta can provide the odd bit) and be involved in the most social club in Jakarta. I am sure everyone walks away with a lifelong friend too and the memories of an epic battle or a great weekend away playing in another Asian city.

What are the requirements to join the club and who is eligible?Everyone and anyone can join the club. It does not matter what skill level they have, age or sex. We just want to have fun, continue to grow the club and in turn grow awareness of rugby in Indonesia. We do ask that each member pays a small annual subscription to help us fund pitch fees, events, kit etc.

how long have you been playing rugby? I started playing at the age of four and I am now 32. Wow, 28 years, maybe I should be a little bit better than I am!

There is a big rugby event coming up, could you tell us about the rugby 10’s tournament? Are there any other events in the pipeline? A big one indeed. Every year the Komodos host a 10’s tournament on the first weekend of May. This year it is set to be hosted on the 4th of May out at Jagorawi. It is a huge day for the club and also for Rugby in Indonesia. There is really only two of their kind in Indonesia, with the other one being in Bali. The day is a fun packed, fast paced day with 20 teams from all over SE Asia looking to win the title. I think this year there are to be 63 games played over the course of the day. It should be some spectacle and it is free for all spectators! As for other events, yes a few in the pipeline. We host an annual golf day (texas scramble) each year in February and this year we are also looking to host a white collar boxing event. We just need some guys brave enough to step in the ring…

A little bird told me you were a skater boy, can you still do a kick flip and do you play any other sports? Classic! Where on earth did you hear that? Yes, I was a skater boy and loved it. I am pretty sure the kick flip is still in the locker if needs be. Sport is hugely important in my life and I will try my hand at most sports. I guess I now just play tennis, squash and golf on a regular basis, but will give anything a go. Oh and I am trying to surf, but not quite there yet.

Thank you Gareth. To get in touch, please email [email protected]

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Faces Of Jakarta

Last game of the season. Bases loaded. Two outs. Bottom of the seventh. Full count.

Gita Andadari, the star catcher on Lab School Rawamangun, takes a pitch she, and everyone else in the stands, felt was high and outside. Unfortunately, the home plate umpire thought differently. Strike three. Game over. Season over.

There’s no crying in baseball. But softball on the other hand, that’s a different story. And sure, Gita, who only started playing fast pitch softball two years ago, shed a tear. But she didn’t quit. That’s what sports have taught her, that quitting is not an option. And just because you weren’t the hero one time, it doesn’t mean you won’t single in the winning run next time.

That’s confidence. Something more and more girls who play sports throughout their high school years are embracing and embodying.

On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Gita was warming up for the Labs Blast baseball and softball tournament, which kicks off May 1. The 11th grader and a few of her teammates used the downtime brought

on by the national exams to get in some batting practice at Senayan baseball fields.

Gita›s parents support her love of sports wholeheartedly. Her father played basketball in high school so Gita was dribbling and shooting hoops as a kindergartener. In fact, the whole family comes out for the games; her mother, father, sister and grandmother. Gita looks forward to games and tournaments in Bandung, where she can bet on her extended family—cousins, uncles and aunts—coming out to pack the stands and cheer her on.

“Playing sports gives girls confidence,” says Gita. “I feel like a star out on the field, like an artist. Everyone is out there watching me. I think when a girl plays sports it gives her more energy and we›re not seen as being weak.”

Recently, baseball and softball have taken off here in Indonesia, a country normally dominated by football and basketball. Cable TV has made it easy for the latest generation of Indonesian sports fans to follow the New York Yankees, just as easily as Manchester United or FC Barcelona.

Gita represents the next generation of female athletes in Indonesia. Girls are no longer limited to badminton or swimming. Gita, who bats third or fourth in the lineup, believes softball gives her the keys to a whole new breed of confidence she would have never had were it not for sports.

Sure, in the classroom, when it came to exams and academics she could have gone toe-to-toe with any one of the boys. But now, with the promotion of sports programs aimed at girls, there is a physical matching on the field that brings with it self-assurance girls like Gita will carry with them the rest of their lives.

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Words and photos by Hush Petersen

huSh PETErSEnHush Petersen is currently on sabatical from the hero's journey. He loves sipping Budweisers, doing the crossword and judging people outside Ranch Market in Mega Kuningan. You should join him sometime.



FeaturedPersonal Tech & Apps

how cool is this? A soccer shoe with a chip.

Imagine that you can track your stats just like the professionals. The new Adidas miCoach technology brings new meaning to the phrase ‘giving amateurs the professional feeling’.

The first thing you need to do before you can use the miCoach software is to calibrate/set your miCoach chip to either your iPhone or computer. This is so you can link your miCoach chip to your iPhone or computer to upload your stats.

miCoach tracks everything from your distance covered, the proportion of that session that was classified as ‘high intensity’, your max speed, number of sprints and some nifty graphs that show your intensity and distance travelled at certain points of your workouts.

Game day situations can also identify where your hot and cold points are throughout the match. You can also look back on your past workouts, where you can see how the distance you ran and the top speed you achieved lines up with your past uses of miCoach.

My advice for those that have the technology is to track your performance over multiple games, review the content side-by-side and see if there are any areas that stand out. With several different Adidas ranges now featuring the option to use miCoach, it is becoming more of a viable option for players, although the average $260 price-tag for boots and a Speed Cell does still seem a little high and out of reach for most.

Soccer goal Line Technology

There has been a need for goal line technology in football, particularly as TV replays are showing, in retrospect, wrong decisions made by the referee. There are currently three options that are being looked at for football goal line technology.

In 2013, FIFA granted a license to third goal-line technology manufacturer, German firm Cairos, joining the Hawk-Eye and GoalRef systems for the rights of use at the 2014 World Cup and the 2013 Confederations Cup, both to be held in Brazil. For anyone who has seen their team robbed of a win because no such system is in place, it will not be soon enough. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has laid down four criteria that they want to see in goal-line systems:

• The technology should only apply to goal-line decisions.

• The system must be 100 percent accurate.

• The signal sent to the referee must be instantaneous.

• The signal is only communicated to the match officials.

A promising prospect has been a “smartball” loaded with a computer chip, jointly developed by German companies Cairos Technologies and the Fraunhofer

Institute for Integrated Circuits, an engineering research and software development company, along with the Adidas athletic clothing and shoe company.

The companies’ technology uses a network of receivers around the field designed to track the ball’s precise position in real time – including exactly when it has fully passed the goal line. That information would be relayed in less than a second to a watch-like device worn by the referee.

golf and gPS Technology

Golf GPS systems are rapidly evolving from only player enhancement to complete course management systems. The primary goal of a golf GPS system is to provide players with distances to all kind of features on the course and especially to the green they are playing. Some courses are better fit to use the capabilities of GPS than others. In order to obtain a satisfactory accuracy, the GPS receiver must have a non-obstructed view of the sky. This makes courses with lots of trees less suitable for golf GPS.

Two approaches can be distinguished: course-owned golf GPS systems and player-owned golf GPS systems. The only advantage of a player-owned system for course management is that golf GPS can reduce the time it takes to play a round.

This means that a course can accommodate more players per day, which results in higher revenues.

Course-owned golf GPS systems offer a lot more opportunities for the course management. Especially the systems with two-way radio-communication, which allow the clubhouse to be in permanent

contact with every group of players and to know everything that is happening on the course. Golfers can order food and beverages, while still playing, and the management can send useful information like weather-forecasts and even advertisements to the players

radar golf

Radar Golf has developed a U.S. Golf Association-conforming golf ball that contains a radio-frequency tag. The company’s Ball Positioning System (BPS) technology enables a golfer to find a “lost” golf ball via a Radar Golf Handheld device. The handheld device “beeps” when pointed toward the ball.

Detection range is 30-100 feet. The Radar Golf Handheld transmits a specific radio frequency signal that is received and reflected back by the Radar Golf microchip. The handheld provides a visual LCD signal strength display and pulsed audio tone feedback to the golfer looking for their ball.

And on that note I would say keep yourself fit with or without the help of IT!

JuAn g. LEySnEr Juan G. Leysner has lived and worked in Jakarta for over 10 years and is the founder of 2 db.mobi, www.2dbarcodesolutions.com

SPOrT i.T.By Juan Leysner

it development never stops and has found its way into sports, to make our life, during our games, easier and perhaps even better.

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After realising he knew nothing about indonesian football, and neither did people he asked, Antony

sutton decided to do something about it. he bought a sports tabloid, turned to the football

pages, took one look at all those incomprehensible names and thought, “this would be fun!” the

first year was spent learning the difference between persija, persiba, persita, persiwa and

persela. six and a half years later, jakarta casual is still the only regular round up of indonesian football in english language with a regular mix of facts, stats, trivia and irreverent comments all penned by a football fan who understands

logic is a distinct obstacle to understanding the machiavellian maneuverings that occur in the

smoky corridors of football power.

Jakarta Free Spiritwww.jakartafreespirit.org

this is a jakarta-based running group founded in 2002, which gets people together to run the

jalans (streets) and kampongs (small villages) of jakarta. jakarta Free spirit are also known to

be crazy enough to train for marathons held in singapore and other locations around the world. they run every saturday at 6.30 in the Zoo and every sunday they have a long run at 6.00 from mcdonalds kemang. besides that, jakarta Free

spirit have many other trainings, trail runs, races and other events! open to anybody to join, as

long as you enjoy running!



Its origins can be traced back to a game called Poona,

British soldiers felt it was fun when they played it in India,

So the blokes decided to bring it back to the land of Big Ben,

Where it was played for many years by children, women and men.

In 1873, the Duke of Beaufort invited guests to his mansion for a game,

It was on the Duke’s estate called ‘Badminton’ that the sport allegedly got its name,

The sport is played with a shuttlecock, there’s absolutely no need for a ball,

The downside is that you can’t play it by yourself if there is no opponent at all.

Indonesian superstars were aplenty, Taufik Hidayat and Rudy Hartono to name a few,

Talent and determination they had, and were often touted as the players to view,

They’ve won the Olympic Gold, Thomas Cup glory and other prestigious medals,

They returned home as heroes and at the airport swarmed by fans; boys and girls.

Sadly today the reign of Indonesia as a powerhouse has long passed its due,

Some players were disqualified at the 2012 Olympics for throwing a game or two,

They were found guilty of not giving their best and deliberately played to lose,

Match officials and spectators were disgusted, the latter responded with lots of ‘BOOs’.

What was once considered Indonesia’s national sport is starting to lose its popularity,

Many veteran players say that something has to be done quickly to avoid a sporting-calamity.

The interest in the game is waning and often lacks government funding and support,

With limited incentives, newcomers would rather play tennis or football than to take up the sport.

JASOn huEA milk bottle in one hand and a Blackberry in the other hand, Jason hails from neighboring Malaysia and currently resides in Jakarta with his better-half and chatty little princess. To get in touch email [email protected]

Badminton

Rhyme Time:Indonesian badminton By Jason Hue



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of the car, then two squirrelly men with torches and a comprehensive tool kit began to take the car apart looking for contraband, illegal drugs - high on the list I was sure. While I watched all the removable parts of my car being ripped out - dashboard, door trims, seats and all (Aha, the missing cheese!), they led my friend Sean off into a private room. When he emerged ten minutes later he did not look amused, and he gave me an unmistakable summary of his experience using the thumb and forefinger of his left hand formed into a circle, and his right forefinger thrust unceremoniously into it. Cavity search. I swallowed hard as they came to take me for my turn.

In the room two uniformed men ordered me to strip off and began meticulously searching each piece of clothing as I removed it. I was in no hurry for the finger and neither of them had even bought me a drink yet, so I undressed as slowly as I could from the top down, while seriously contemplating making a grab for one of their guns, ready to die in the ensuing struggle rather than face the humility of a probing digit. When I finally took off my shoes, the smell of my socks brought tears to my eyes. This was not surprising since we had been sleeping in the car for a week and to the best of my recollection this was the first time my feet had been exposed to air in all that time.

Embarrassed, I pushed my socks firmly up into the ends of my shoes to hide the stench. One of the hawk-eyed border guards saw me do this and assumed I was trying to hide

something, so he grabbed my shoes in theatrical fashion and slowly pulled out one of the socks. Before I could stop him he thrust his hand purposefully up into the end of the sock right in front of his face. The smell hit him hard and his face turned purple as he began cursing animatedly in a language I could not understand, then he threw the sock in my face in disgust. The tirade continued for a good 30 seconds and I assumed he was commenting descriptively on my personal hygiene and questioning my parentage, but I couldn’t be sure. I clenched hard as I imagined how he would wreak his revenge, but then to my surprise, and a great measure of relief, both the guards started throwing my clothes at me and motioned me towards the door. I guessed they had thought better of delving into my more delicate regions after the encounter with my feet.

Outside, Sean was sitting cross-legged on the floor sur-rounded by car parts and smoking a cigarette. He looked up at me and laughed. Apparently he had been joking about the cavity search and had just been trying to freak me out. He had been very successful and he was very happy. I was just happy I had decided against grabbing a gun.

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In the summer of 1984, a friend and I decided to take my beloved, but ageing Datsun 260Z, over into mainland Europe from England for a seriously low budget two-week motoring holiday. At the Dover ferry terminal, nobody

took much notice of two clean cut young men in a shiny sports car and we cleared customs and immigration in Calais with no problems. Two weeks later, after 600 miles around Belgium and the north of France, we had showered twice, washed our clothes once and not shaved at all, so we looked – and smelled – rather different. The Datsun was filthy and caked with mud after we had taken a wrong turn while looking for a camp site the night before and ended up in a freshly ploughed field, plus early in the trip we had misplaced a lump of Danish Blue and it was chucking up a hell of a stench from somewhere under one of the seats but we couldn’t find it. We had also ripped a very large hole in the exhaust pipe on a rock in the field so we turned a lot of heads as we roared noisily through the Belgian countryside on the way back to France.

At the Belgian/French border we drew more than a little unwelcome attention from the border guards. We were waved into a separate lane and invited to get out

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NigeriaN SweetheartUnlike most scams coming from Nigeria that rely on greed, the Sweetheart Scam preys on heart-strings to loosen purse-strings.

Scammers trawl social networking sites, looking for profiles of white male models, soldiers or even handsome oil workers, choose one, copy his photos – and any videos he may have posted – and then create an online alter ego. They can be British, Australian, Canadian, American or European. Often they pretend to be a widower raising one or two children. Many pose as soldiers or expats working in Africa, usually Nigeria or Ghana.

Once their phony identities are established, they hit dating sites and Facebook, seeking to woo wealthy single women, especially older divorcees and widows. The scammers may ask their new ‘girlfriend’ to send money for business, travel or medical expenses – claiming they cannot collect their salary while in Africa. Or they may pretend a credit card was stolen or lost, and that they are afraid of black people. Once a woman does send money, she will be asked to do so again and again. After a victim realises she has been scammed, she may then hear from another scammer (an accomplice of the first one) claiming to be a law-enforcer, who for a fee can recover all of the swindled money.

Some scammers try to cover broken English by claiming: “I type fast so I make lots of spelling mistakes and ignore grammar.” Real professionals use voice-changers and webcam video footage so they can talk to their victims.

Sexy ScottiSh SoldierA Nigerian named I.K. Awkuzu living in Jakarta created a Facebook account in which he posed as a Scottish soldier named John Danny, stationed in Afghanistan. He befriended several older Indonesian women online and claimed that Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had given him billions of dollars in cash and jewellery. Victims were informed they had been sent a gift box containing $5 million and jewellery, but they needed to pay Rp.60 million to get it through Customs. After paying, the women would be asked to transfer an additional Rp.150 million for final clearance. Police say Awkuzu reaped Rp.2 billion in one year before he was caught in 2011.

richard KeNNethSoNAn Indonesian woman named Risa lost Rp.23 million to a scammer who posed as an Englishman with the ridiculous name of Richard Kennethson on Facebook and other sites. He aggressively wooed Risa via Yahoo Messenger (YM) and promised to visit her. Then he announced he had been posted to Nigeria for seven weeks, and sent her his mobile number and a copy of his fake e-ticket to Indonesia. Kennethson claimed to have been offered a government contract worth $180,000 – but he needed to pay an administrative fee of $1,700 to get it ratified. Risa transferred the money via Western Union. Then she was asked to send another $800 for finalizing the contract and did so. The day before Kennethson was due to depart for Indonesia, he did not appear on YM. The next day he sent a message saying he needed $600 to cash his $180,000 cheque. Risa realised she was being conned and held on to her money. Kennethson’s name still shows up like a rash all over social networking sites. Online news portal detik.com was tricked into believing the scammer’s photos and name were genuine, when it wrote about the case in an article that began “Pria bule penjahat (White male villain)”.

willy‘Jenice’ lost Rp.14 million after she fell in love with a scammer using the name Williams Jones on tagged.com. He claimed to be a widower living in Manchester with his one child. Their relationship blossomed over YM. After a couple of weeks, Willy announced he had sent her a package containing jewellery, laptops and cash, some of which he would use during a planned vacation to Indonesia. Three days later, Jenice received a call from a fake courier, instructing her to pay Rp.14 million to secure delivery of the package. She borrowed the money from a friend and transferred it via Western Union. Next, she got a call saying the package’s contents may be mistaken for terrorist funds, so she should transfer Rp.17 million to get it through Customs. Jenice contacted Willy for advice. He urged her to borrow more money and haggle over the fee. At that point she realized she had been duped.



“g” options plus. full aero pack-age, twin rear captain’s chairs, rear dvd player, full factory wood trim, upgraded stereo/dvd sys-tem. Additional 17” alloy wheels with khumo all season tires. purchased in january of 2012, it’s a 2011 model with just 14k km. and in perfect condition. cost new over 280 m ir , Asking just 245m idr. like new condition. kemang 7883.7747 or sms @ 0853.1079.8940

For sale: 2012 new model kawa-saki ninja 250r just 6 months old with 500 km. mileage. brand new condition. Available with. over 12m ir in custom options includ-ing bridgestone hypersport tires, yoshimura exhaust, kn free flow air filter, upgraded hel s/s brake lines, levers, driven grips, custom fender eliminator, led lights, and custom graphics. will sacrifice for 56m ir or also available returned to stock condition for 47m ir. call jeff in kemang @ 7883.7747 or sms @ 0853.1079.8940

automotivesnissan serena for sale by expat family. dark grey ct model, bought in 2010, with reversing camera, synthetic leather seats, dvd player with tvs in back, curtains. 48,000 km. south jkt area. email [email protected]

classic mercedes 280s 1970 for sale. this stunning beauty will be sorely missed. in abso-lute top shape, interior, exte-rior and engine all redone last year. Asking 100 mln. contact m a r n i x @ s a m - m e d i a . c o m , 08121057072

For sale: new model toyota inno-va g luX 2.0 gAs Automatic. this is the hard to find g “luX” edi-tion which has all of the popular

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newly furnished apartment for rent at hamptons park (pondok indah). description: 56sqm - 1 bedroom - 1 study room - 1 kitchen - 1 toilet - 1 living room. At: tower b - penthouse floor - unit b. price: us$ 1,500.-/month (negotiable) - min. 1 year. please contact: 081288129280

land For sale at bangka - kemang. 1500 m2 land suitable for townhouse. strategic location in jl bangka, near kemang, south jkt. free flood, secure enough, because the land location around luxury home with security portal. if you build a cluster houses, your house will have double security gates. for serious buyer, please call me at 0812 820 80081 (mr ahmad)

378 817. +62 (0)878 3858 5656. [email protected]

houses for rent in kemang, cipete, cilandak, pejaten, pondok indah and kuningan. big garden, swim-ming pool, complex. 4-5 bedrooms, us$2000 - $7000. please call or sms to madam heny: 021 988 61136.

gArden residence dAgo villAge, bAndung. “living at home that elegant-ly blends comfort, health, environmental, and sustainability and personal well-be-ing” start from idr 1.966.000.000 for 328 sqm of land and 150 sqm of build-ing. For further information please click www.riri.agent.co.id or phone number +6287 884 881 882

1 office, 1 Fitness room, reception hall, big garden and pool. Facility include elevator and standby genset. suitable for vvip family. rent: usd 12,500/mo.. inquiry: Agus~padua property Agency +62818131152

2 storey house for sale cilandak ra-gunan, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, pool, ideal for young family, secure street. contact peter 08161909706

holidAy rent. For a weekend or a few days out of stress, busy live. come to yogyakarta with your fam-ily or friends and let us serve you in the heart of the city but very quiet, peaceful kampung atmosphere be-tween prawirotaman and kraton, many bars & restaurants around. reservation: tj sakti. +62 (0)274

petra jaya mandiri, pt. brand new luxury house available for rent in bukit golf-pondok indah. land area 1600 sqm, 2 storey bldg + basement, 4br’s, 1 of-fice, large reception hall, big garden and pool. Facility include elevator and standby genset. suit-able for vvip family. rent: usd 13,500/mo. inquiry: Agus~padua property Agency +62818131152

luxury house available for rent in bukit golf-pondok indah. land area 1580 sqm, 2 storey bldg + basement, 4br’s,

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houses for rent in kemang, ci-pete, cilandak, pejaten, pondok indah. big garden, swimming pool, complex. 4-5 bedrooms, us$2000 - $7000. please call or sms to mad-am heny: 021 988 61136.

holidAy rent. unforgettable family holiday in yogyakarta is a kind of soul hunger. villa bogenville, a private villa of 3 bedrooms in town with spacious tropical garden and clear water swim-ming pool is a perfect answer. reser-vation: tj sakti. +62 (0)274 378 817+62 (0)878 3858 [email protected]

discover villa gamrang. experience our hospitality and the complete pri-vacy of your own beach house. villa gamrang (cisolok beach, 4 hours’ drive from jakarta) is designed to of-fer guests a wonderful and luxurious holiday with beautiful and natural sur-roundings. stylish interior, several out-door terrace’s, sea view, spacious gar-den, swimming pool, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, complete kitchen, cable television, internet. idyllic place for cou-ples or one or two families. staff and in house catering available. Attractive prices starting from idr 1,150,000 per night. most of our guests visit us again. reservations. www.villa-gamrang.nl or just mail us [email protected]

sunrise house (homestay with ho-tel style design); new build and lo-cates at sudirman cbd, few minutes from four season hotel; contact (081586238622); monthly rate net usd 400 up; daily or weekly available; Facilities; a/c, wifi, swimming pool, fridge, hot shower; fully furnished, roof garden, lift. Facebook : sun rise house

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the philippine mission of the philip-pines to AseAn is in need of gener-al Assistant, newly graduate, female indonesian, must be responsible, efficient and with or without experi-ence. kindly send your resume' to

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lookin for workwith over 23 years experience as a project / development director on various high profile construction / development projects, including 5 star hotels & resorts, residen-tial & commercial high-rise (up to 70 Floors), retail malls, mixed-use developments and infrastructure projects in Asia, middle east, eu-rope and Africa, working directly for reputed contractors, consultants as well as developers and owners, i’m currently looking for an opportunity in Asia, preferably indonesia, in a similar role / capacity, either by di-rect employment or on consultancy basis.For further information, track-record and or curriculum vitae, please email: [email protected]

expat seeking a challenging full time management position. 9+ years experience in luxurious prop-erties (hospitality industry). highly motivated team player with excel-lent interpersonal and communica-tions skills. 0812 3738 9374 (javi-er). [email protected]

we are looking for a full time per-sonal driver. if you are in good health, have a good driving ex-perience, references from previ-ous employers and can speak some english, please email me on [email protected] or call on 085773884360. irina. thank you

servicesbahasa indonesia lesson for expats at your house or office,given by ex-perienced instructor.letter of recom-mendation available. please call pa chairuman 0812 1037 466 or email: [email protected].

would you like to speak indone-sian better? just contact my cell phones +6287782010028 or +622193813708 and email to [email protected] for details

new in indo, busy hours but want to learn indonesian language contact [email protected] for more info learn indonesian language in weekend

bahasa indonesia lessons for expats given by experienced in-structor at your house or office. please contact pak chairuman on 08121037466.

international Freight Forwarding and project specialists. your solutions for shipment of personal effect / house-hold and commercial goods, let us take care of your problems. direct, weekly consolidation container to eu-rope destination, Australia, Far east and usA. it is our business to support your business. pt. vli – pt. voyage lo-gistic indonesia. bellagio office park,

oug Floor no. 19-20. kawasan mega kuningan. jl. mega kuningan barat iX kav. e4.3. jakarta selatan 12950 – indonesia. tel. : 62 21 300 66 569, Fax. : 62 21 300 66 559. e-mail: [email protected]

need flexible courses? want to study privately at home, office or in a class? we open bahasa indonesia class at the American club. pri-vate classes available for bahasa / english/ mandarin. Qualified teach-ers & excellent materials. 021-68888246/0813-85590009. [email protected], www.sibschool.com

we give tutoring services throughout international students. we provide tutor in all subjects including math-ematic, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, Accounting, bussiness, chinese, French, bahasa indonesia, etc. For primary, secondary (igcse/myp), senior high, ib (sl/hl), A level, sAt and also for students who want to apply for simAk ui.- tutor comes to your house- tutorial is explained in english- we make sure we match you with the right tutor. *Available! holiday pro-gram of tutorial. plan and book your holiday tutorial today. discrete private. jl. joglo no.34. ph. 021 7888 9523. hp. 0821 3600 8800 (mr. Asep). [email protected]

private classical piano lesson for children and Adults. teacher willing to come to your place for the lesson (for south jakarta area). well experi-enced in teaching piano for children and adults and music theory as well, also provides the Abrsm examina-tion that internationally certified, if you are interest, please contact 081317


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experience staying at a beautiful origi-nal antique javanese joglo villa in the foothills of mount merapi. joglo Ago is a three double bedroom villa with gardens perfect for a weekend retreat from the hustle and bustle of city life. in close proximity to mount merapi and borobudur temple. visit www.jogloago.com for more information, or call indah 08123563626 (owner).

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welcome to jakarta! if you haven’t already discovered the expat web-site, come visit. you’ll find a wealth of practical information for newly arrived expatriates in our extensive database of articles. medical, housing, school-ing, social life and more are covered in great depth. living in indonesia, A site for expatriates www.expat.or.id

medical evacuation health & life insurance. let us diagnose your needs. contact paul beale, mobile: +62 816 137 0663, office: 021-5220990 e: [email protected]

scan your books to read them on the go!!! pt. megaenviron is specialized in scanning books even without remov-ing the book bindings (non-destructive scan). other services include scanning documents, photographs, films, and slides, data entry, managing documents and database. contact: charoen san-pawa, mobile: 0811-930-3744, office: 021-632-6667. e-mail:[email protected]. www.megaenviron.com

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introducing Aperitivo restAu-rAnt e lounge. your new venue in town. A classy place for: birth-days, weddings, parties, seminars etc. enjoy our Fresh italian cuisine & of course our signature 1m long pizza. come & visit us: Atrium mulia (telkomsel bld), lvl g. jl. hr rasu-na said, kav10-11, kuningan, ja-karta 12910. For info & rsvp: +62 21 5289 2304. +62 811 9202 713

For sale - 3 bunnies, with hutch, Free! peter 08161909706

iphone 3gs 8gb for sale...only used for 4 months..still in warranty and with box. price: 3.1 million. contact: 08119403176

selling a ca. 1920/1930 upright pi-ano made by the huntington piano company. good working order and in tune. beautiful sound. $1,500. call 081311572865.

Full size pool table. murrey rafflesia, 9 ft, all mahogany, very beautiful pur-ple fabric. in great shape except for some colour faded spots on the fab-ric. 6 cues and all balls included, plus full snooker ball set. new price 40 mln, asking 25 mln. contact [email protected], 08121057072

garage sale. various items for sale including 1962 vespa with side car, teak tables & chairs, mini laptop, queen size bed, occasional chairs and more. contact donna on [email protected] for more info.

For sale unique life size bronze horse price: 12.000,= euro. For sale antique piano price: 9.000,= euro. For info please contact: 08 1317007775 mr. danny

For sale! record management & Filing systems. dataplan is a fire-proof filing system for large quanti-ties of plans and drawings vertically hanged in a metal cabinet. the sys-tem ensure safe filing of important drawings, preventing against tears, wrinkles, curls, and folds. Asking price rp.2.5 juta. please call 021 7190087 for more information.

sale moved out of town a collec-tion of old paintings, chinese ce-ramics, old teak wood cabinets, beds, chairs. immediately contact 081318747770

boX children’s magazine parents’ choice Foundation gold Awards. excellent stories that capture your child’s imagination. A personal magazine your child looks eagerly to read explore & learn monthly. beautiful artworks by renowned il-lustrators. 3 boX series for age 3 to 12 years old.obc tel: 021-70184788 email: [email protected]

looking for: do you have too much unused stuffs? do you want to go back to your originat-ing country and want somebody to buy your stuffs? we buy used goods like furniture, electronic, clothing, sport equipment, house-hold, bag, shoes, etc. contact: 081319342224 (christi)

beautiful French violin by gustave villaume fait a nancy 1928 numer-ote 172 with certificate of Authen-city by j.j. rampal luthier expert pres la cour d'appel de paris. price us$ 10,000 (negotiable). For in-quiries send email to [email protected] or call 087781066110.

FOR SALE • Various table lamps from batik • Various storage box from batik • Car seats • iPod Nano • Books • Wine bottle stand • Ca-ble tray/management • Set of scu-ba diving bcd and regulator. please email us at [email protected]. we live in cilandak

For sale: unique painting birma (April 2009). Artist: kyaw kyaw. 5000 usd. more info: 08111490400

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