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Editor in Chief Angela Richardson angela@jakartaexpat.biz Assistant Editor Cecilia Forsman cecilia@jakartaexpat.biz Management Edo Frese edo@jakartaexpat.biz Sales Dian Mardianingsih ads@jakartaexpat.biz Marketing & Public Relations Silvia Forsman silvia@jakartaexpat.biz Distribution Dian Mardianingsih dian@jakartaexpat.biz Graphics Randualas didiet@jakartaexpat.biz Finance & Admin Pertiwi Gianto Putri tiwi@jakartaexpat.biz Lini Verawaty lini@jakartaexpat.biz Contributors Lily Akpuaka Nithin Coca Jason Hue Juan Leysner Hush Petersen Tria Rifki Hans Rooseboom Grace Susetyo Antony Sutton Kenneth Yeung Editorial Enquiries letters@jakartaexpat.biz Circulation Enquiries info@jakartaexpat.biz Subscription info@jakartaexpat.biz

In life we make choices and one of my main choices was to be a vegetarian. This isn’t so much for health reasons, although there are many, but more for my love of animals. I couldn’t kill a cow or a goat or even a fish for that matter, therefore I decided I would not eat them. Being a vegetarian in Jakarta is no easy feat. Asking what vegetarian options there are on a restaurant’s menu normally gives the response, “Ada salad.” Contrary to most people’s beliefs, vegetarians eat more than mere leaves and roughage. One of the funniest experiences I had when ordering food was when I called a pizza delivery and asked, “What other vegetarian pizzas can you do?” The response was, “We have beef mushroom.” I hesitated before I asked a question for which I was pretty sure I knew the response. “Is there beef in that pizza?” And the man on the phone answered, “Yes. Beef and mushroom.” These kinds of scenarios happen on a weekly basis. Once on a trip to Bandung, a waitress stared blankly at me when I asked what vegetarian options she had. She confusedly replied with, “Vege..?” I calmly ordered the mie goreng tanpa ayam, ikan, bakso or daging. In Indonesian you have to be very specific if you ask for a meal without meat. Saying tanpa daging alone will not get you a vegetarian dish as daging, although meaning meat, covers your red meats only. Ayam covers

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poultry, ikan for fish, and bakso, well, this covers any meat, possibly even rat, that has been blended up into a ball of meat-like substance. Many people are baffled by my choice and many even try to sway me back to eating meat, but I stand firmly by my morals and this is a choice I believe will stay with me for life. So, while I chow down on a carrot, we bring you ‘Gluttony’ in many more ways than one. Silvia explores some places to be gluttonous in Jakarta, including an under-the-radar spot serving the best pork in town, as well as where you can satisfy your sweet tooth with the most delicious red velvet cake in Jakarta. We have a new column, Scams in the City, by Kenneth Yeung, which aims to reveal the trickery and cons going on under our noses in Jakarta – please do send in your experiences if you feel you have been affected by a scam so we can share them with our readers. Nithin Coca also returns comparing the street food culture of Indonesia with the fast food culture of his home country, the United States of America.  Tuck in everybody! Angela Richardson

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4 Featured places to be gluttonous 6 Health Street food is fast food 7 Motivational Coaching Choices: striving towards prosperity or striding towards success? 8 History The sad story of pieter erberveld 9 Sights of Jakarta Ogoh Ogoh Parade in Monas Scams in the City 10 Meet the Expat Thierry le queau 11 Faces of Jakarta Taufan the strongest kid you'll ever meet 12 Travel chaiya 13 Online Communities Dreaming of another ultimate indonesian 14 Diving Bent in Paradise 15 Observations Rupiah redenomination 16 Personal Tech & Apps avoiding information overload 17 Property 18 Light Entertainment 19 Events 2o classifieds Spotted Pic

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Places to be

Gluttonous By Silvia Forsman

Gluttony is my favourite sin. Indulging in a calorific piece of kobe beef, an extra helping of bacon on your pancakes dripping with maple syrup or the bliss of losing yourself in a moist cake that could make a nun blush are pleasures I will afford to take should judgement day come. By no means am I promoting unhealthy living (too much of anything is bad) but excess in moderation can also be referred to as a treat. With that said, let us continue with places we can be a little naughty – once in a while.

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to please Frenchman. Fine French food is never cheap so taste has to make sense of the price and it certainly does in Lyon. Chef Thierry Le Queau, Executive Chef, has sinfully delicious signature dishes such as Pan-fried Duck Foie Gras, Grilled Lime Caught Yellow Fin Tuna Fillet and Pan Seared sea bass with langoustine. The Grilled Lime Caught Yellow Fin Tuna Fillet is prepared Confit Nocois style, infusing the flavour throughout the tuna, and comes with vegetables and lime zest. The Pan Seared sea bass with langoustine displays the naturally sweet flavours of the dainty lobster and the sea bass pan seared preserving its delicate flavour and flaky texture. Address: Mandarin Oriental, Jalan M.H. Thamrin, Jakarta 10310, Indonesia Phone: (021) 2993 8888

Desserts come at the end of a meal and marketed as the optional portion, which is why desserts are synonymous with gluttony. And if you are going to be bad, go all the way with the Red Velvet at Union bars-

siere, bakery & bar in Plaza Senayan.

The Red Velvet at Union is what you want when you are craving cake. Four layers of moist, spongy red cake sandwiched in between cream cheese frosting topped with caramelised nuts. Union has a two slices policy per person for Red Velvet, and if you’ve had a slice you know why. It’s moreish and begs you to finish every last bite even when your stomach says no. If you want more than two slices, you will have to call four days in advance for the magic elves in the kitchen to cook you up an entire cake just for you (you will not want to share it, believe me). Address: JL. Asia Afrika No. 8 Central Jakarta Plaza Senayan, 1st Floor Unit Sogo. Phone: (021)5790 5861

The Harvest specialises in European style cakes and pastries. My first introduction to The Harvest was a Christmas basket given to us at work. I chose Ginger Snaps and Chocolate Chip cookies. The Ginger Snaps were lovely, sweet but with that pinch of salt that really highlights all the tastes so sweet doesn’t turn saccharin. The Chocolate Chips went down with ease, I prefer the chewier variety although this is a nice crunchy version. Peruse through their cakes, cookies, ice creams and pastries on their website where you can add sloth to your sins with home delivery. They have a variety of cheese cakes to offer you; blueberry, strawberry, mixed fruit and chocolate. I’ve been told that The Harvest offers “the best cheese cake in Jakarta” because of the authentic creamy, rich cheese filling that it is a must for a true-blue cheese cake. The Chocolate Cheese Cake is on the heavier side but the fruity varieties offer a tamer treat. http://www.harvestcakes.com

Savoury Oasis Restaurant was originally the private residence of a Dutch millionaire and owner of tea, rubber and cinchona estates in 1928, situated in one of the few maintained Dutch colonial buildings that brings the rich 4

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past of Old Batavia to modern Jakarta. This elegant and beautiful restaurant also boasts a Rijstaffel menu which is a rarity in Indonesia due to the extravagance in price and quantity; pure gluttony! Rijstaffel means rice table in Dutch. It is Padang food served in an elegant and lavish way and the height of luxury in Colonial Indonesian Cuisine. Impeccably dressed ladies in traditional outfits bring out the expanse of dishes and set the scene that is fit for royalty. Oasis has six types of Rijstaffel menus that change weekly, VIP Menu A and B is priced at Rp. 496.000.-++ per person. Oasis is pricey and grand, but this is not an everyday restaurant; it is a place for celebrations and more than just a meal. It is an event and a showcase of the best Indonesian dishes cooked in the traditional ways without skimping on any ingredients or effort. http://www.oasisjakarta.com

For the western side of savoury French cuisine is a given. French cuisine is if anything fancy, elegant and opulent. Lyon in the Mandarin Oriental is said to have “the best French food in Jakarta” which I borrow from the words of a hard

ordinary nasi campur. For pork lovers, Nasi Campur Kenanga is an absolute treat but for those who don’t indulge in the other white meat, the options are quite limited. The nasi campur consists of char siu, roast pork, siomay, gohiong and satay accompanied with rice and a bowl of clear broth. The dishes are very reasonably priced and portions are very filling. The winner here is definitely the roast pork, thick juicy cuts with delicious crispy skin. If you’re in the area and are looking to satisfy your craving for a delicious plate full of pork and more pork, then head over to Nasi Campur Kenanga and eat to your heart’s content. You won’t be disappointed! Address: Grand Wijaya (Jalan Wijaya 2 Blok F/19), Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, Telephone: (021)7202 967

Kaca mata is another pork haven within walking distance from Nasi Campur Kenanga. It offers similar dishes but with more of a Chinese influence. The nasi campur can be ordered with either hainam (fragrant rice infused with ginger, garlic and chicken stock) or white rice and comes with roast pork, chasio (char siu), chicken and boiled egg. The prices are reasonable and portions are quite Jakarta Jakarta Expat Expat · 27 February · 27 March - 12- 9March April 2013

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generous as well. The star of the dish is definitely the chasio garing madu - the combination of crispy and sweet will leave you wanting more. Address: Grand Wijaya (Jalan Dharmawangsa III Blok C No. 4), Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta. Phone: (021) 723 5228

After Dinner Drinks After your sweet and savoury, let us explore another side of gluttony with digestifs at Nip & Dram where an impressive collection of whiskeys are available. Single malts are their specialty. Macallan, Laphroaig, Oban and Glenmorangie are to name a few of the popular fine whiskeys on offer. My personal favourite, and known to be best whiskey available in certain circles, is Yamazki 25 year old Japanese whiskey. The smoothness and full flavour is simply superb. Over two ice cubes, just slightly melted, really brings out the sweetness and fragrance this supermodel of a whiskey holds. Yamazaki 12 years is a more affordable but still a fantastic choice which costs Rp. 2,800,000 per bottle. They offer whiskey cocktails as well, if on the rocks and straight are not to your taste. Address: The Landmark Centre II, Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 1, Ground Floor, Jakarta. Telephone: (021) 5790 3991

Coming Soon... Altitude at The Plaza by Luke Mangan is soon to be opening its doors. Altitude will be serving Australian contemporary cuisine. A cool 46 floors high and a promise of excellence from Luke’s reputation of restaurants that can be found in Australia, Japan, Singapore and even on the Pacific Jewel, Pacific Dawn and Pacific Pearl ships of P&O Cruises makes Altitude a very welcome addition into the food scene in Jakarta. It cannot be confirmed yet, but I do believe empirical evidence will prove Altitude to be a popular place to eat as if it’s your last supper. www.lukemangan.com/restaurants/salt-grill-jakarta  Jakarta Expat · 27 March - 9 April 2013

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Health

Street Food is Fast Food By Nithin Coca

Ubiquitous, cheap, filling, and, most importantly, delicious. Street food and Indonesia are often seen as one and the same. They are outside the shopping malls of Jakarta, providing a cheap alternative to western-priced fare inside for mall staff, tucked into alleys in Denpasar, in specially designated areas in Solo, always within a few minutes walk in any city, amazing for a country where nearly everything requires you to drive.

treet food is to Indonesia as boulangeries are to France. Unlike French bakeries, though, street food is relatively new to Indonesia’s culinary scene, and has been transformed into a national obsession. Its emergence coincides with rising diabetes, blood pressure and other health issues quickly turning into a crisis. Most tellingly, according to the World Health Organization, the adult obesity is now at 21%, one of the highest rates in Asia. The chief culprit? Unhealthy diets of greasy street food and sugary drinks. To understand the effects of street food in Indonesia, we need to go back to the 1960’s in my own country, the United States, when a transformation altered the way people ate food and, created a health crisis that has, today, reached epic proportions. The obesity rate in America was just 14%. There were no Burger Kings, KFCs, or Wendy’s. Instead, local restaurants served regional cuisine, and cheap, farm-fresh produce allowed many families to provide healthy, home cooked food for meals. This is not to discount rampant poverty and malnutrition in poor communities (which exists as a major problem in Indonesia today, despite urban obesity rates), but, on the whole, people were healthier. Things changed when, in the 1970’s, a chain named “McDonald’s” pioneered a new way of feeding people, providing identical tasting, fast, and cheap food that undercut family-run restaurants and even the home kitchen. The fast food revolution transformed agriculture (all those french fries come from one single type of heavily pesticided potato) and led to the development of massive, hormoneinjecting, cheap-meat cow farms. The result; an obesity rate that has nearly tripled to

32%, dramatically higher rates of heart disease and diabetes, all directly tied to increased fats and sugars in people’s diets. Fast food, and its health effects are a recent phenomenon, just as street food and rapidly rising obesity are in Indonesia. At the surface, street food stalls, often run by migrants and serving a wide variety of regional dishes; mie aceh, satay padang, bakso malang, don’t seem to resemble corporate fast food, but they are, in fact, very similar. Both are greasy, utilize low quality meat, are packed full of preservatives (including mono-sodium glutamate) and are cheap. A meal with a drink can be easily had for under 15,000 Rupiah, so low that many locals and expats alike take all their meals on the street, not finding the hassles of cooking worth it. Many American families are forced to do the same. The 2008 documentary, Food Inc., had a poignant scene, where a lowerclass Mexican-American family tries to buy produce for a healthy meal at a grocery store, only to find that it is more expensive than buying a meal at McDonald’s. The movie shows how the entire food system in the United States is built on providing cheap, low quality, chemical-laden products to mass consumers, and the devastating effects this has on human health, the environment, and small family farms. Today, Indonesia is undergoing the same process that America went through 50 years ago. Did you know that, on average, Indonesian farms use more fertilizer and chemicals than farms in America or Europe? Or that organic food is rare here?

Kehati, the organization that I worked for last year, funded a pilot organic farm near Jogjakarta, but, upon learning that there was no market for organic products in Indonesia, focused on exporting their chilies and dragonfruit to foreign markets; Australia, New Zealand, or Singapore. We often cannot imagine America without fast food – but only 60 years ago, that was what existed. Likewise, street food is a recent consequence of rapid urbanization, migration, and a food system that isn’t focused on providing healthy food. Foreign corporations are also to blame – where do you think the pesticides, seeds, and MSG is coming from? Europe, America, and Japan are profiting while Indonesians (and us) suffer. There is hope. Just as I avoid street food here, when in America, I avoid fast food, preferring to visit the growing numbers of farmers’ markets and local, organic restaurants, a response to the industrial food system. Indonesia once had a strong home-food culture, and it still does, outside of the big cities. The villages of Bali still have small rice paddies and time-honored family recipes for delicious local food. Traditional Sundanese in West Java, famous for their usage of raw vegetables, still have feasts at family gatherings. Unfortunately, the winds of change are blowing in the wrong direction. Judging from the crowds I see gathered outside the KFCs and McDonald’s in Jakarta, I wonder if the middle classes of Indonesia aren’t just going to trade one unhealthy, destructive food system for another. 

Nithin Coca NithinwasborninSanDiego,CaliforniatoparentsfromSouthIndia,andhastakenhis internationalupbringingtothemaximum,havinglivedandworkedintheUnitedStates,France, Spain,Nepal,andcurrentlyIndonesia,wherehehopestoplayaroleinprotectingthiscountry's amazingenvironmentalandculturalheritagethrougheducation,policyandsocialactivism.He can be reached at 2011@nithincoca.com

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Motivational Coaching

Choice

– Striving towards prosperity or striding towards excess? By Lily Akpuaka

hat if having more actually meant enjoying less? Welcome to the age of ‘Affluenza’ or gluttony, this disease is marked by patients doggedly pursuing more, more and more leading to symptoms such as excessiveness, anxiety and waste (not to mention debt)….

Though ‘Affluenza’ is a supposed condition (coined by Hamilton & Denniss in a book on consumerism) it can kill its victims – wondering how? Think obesity, debt induced depressions and stress induced heart attacks, not to mention addictions. So for a disease that could ultimately end in fatality it is surprising the little attention it gets and why should it? With entire economies depending on its infected to keep them afloat its no surprise that the mighty do little to encourage prudence in the masses. What drives this strange new disease that is taking hold of our society? (Among other things) Choice; too much of it – and I will explain... (This example fits almost all scenarios involving options and choice) - What happens when people are offered a chocolate from a selection in a box? Most people scan the box of chocolates, mesmerized by all that choice – they look for that one chocolate which might taste fabulous, you pick it up hoping for a mind blowing portmanteau of cacao, sugar and butter (add nuts if you like). You pop it in your mouth and evaluate, concluding it wasn’t the miracle you expected you chastise yourself for ‘missing the opportunity’ and not choosing better a.k.a the other piece of chocolate that is peacefully sitting in the box minding its business. In ‘fact’ having tasted the first chocolate you are (now) convinced this new praline sitting there

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will taste ecstatic. Eventually, overwhelmed by curiosity, conviction or the need to make the ‘right’ choice you reach for the praline, for that ‘one’ chocolate that tastes better... and so the story goes. So in this case it’s fair to say life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you get and then trying to redeem missed opportunities, you want more and end up being excessive/ overindulgent. How much do you enjoy your chocolates if you spend time second guessing your choices, catching up with missed opportunities and eyeing other pralines in the box? Besides, second guessing your chocolaty choices and trying to catch up on missed chocolaty opportunities means your box of chocolate ends sooner (as you take more from it) than everyone else’s doesn’t it? Could it be that we (fuelled by a culture where instant gratification and overindulgence is enthusiastically marketed) get entranced by the titillation of possibility rather than the utility of options we have? Could it be that too much choice is too much of a good thing and this age of unusual abundance razzle dazzles us by presenting a lot of exciting options and distracts us from making meaningful choices? And if yes then what can you do to resist? What can you do to manage your ‘box of chocolates’ better? Perhaps simplify things, define what flavours/types of chocolates are your favourite because narrowing down your preferences automatically increases the probability of making the right choice. That said, choice isn’t a bad thing, neither is it wrong to strive to make life better – what I am asking is when does one cross the line? When does striving towards prosperity become striding towards excess? When does wanting more avalanche into overindulgence? And what are you doing to get yourself back from it – the excess I mean? Perhaps these questions are best left as food for (rather excessive) thought. 

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History

 Lithography of the Pieter Erberveld Memorial by Josias Cornelis Rappard, 1888

The Sad Story of Pieter Erberveld By Hans Rooseboom

here are a number of versions to this story. Depending on the narrator, the good people of Batavia were saved from a horrendous fate, or the matrix, the super system if you wish, rids itself of the awkward outsider and troublemaker. But whatever the twist given by the chroniclers, the storyline is simple: Pieter Erberveld was accused, convicted and executed.

He was the son of a German father and a native mother—some sources refer to her as a Christian Thai, while others maintain she was Indonesian. His father had come to Batavia and had started a leather tanning business. After having been appointed by the VOC (Dutch East Indies Company) as advisor on cadastral matters for the Ancol area of North Batavia, he became a landed burgher. That sounds better than it actually was, as in early 18th century Batavia, a freeman, however affluent, was about the lowest rung of the expat ladder. The estate of several hundred hectares was left to his son, the unfortunate Pieter. At this point we will need to separate the twists and follow them one by one. My sympathy goes to Pieter Erberveld, the victim of the powers that be, the powers that usually get what they want. So this is the sad story where Pieter Erberveld is made the victim. Governor-General Joan van Hoorn expressed the wish to purchase the estate Pieter had inherited. When he refused to sell his land, it was expropriated on the grounds that the papers were not in order. Simple. He must have protested loudly and persistently because, in the end, that is some ten years after the expropriation, the VOC finally got fed up and accused him of a conspiracy to oust the VOC, massacre all expatriates of Caucasian descent, and proclaim himself Overlord of Batavia. This coup d’état was supposed to take place on New Year’s Eve 1721. Apparently the authorities had been informed of the conspiracy by a slave from Erberveld’s own household, and they reacted with speed. Erberveld and his co-conspirators—Raden Ateng Kartadriya, a functionary from Banten, and Layek, a young man from Sumbawa—together with 17 others were 8

apprehended, tortured and convicted. The verdict was death, and in the case of Pieter Erberveld this was to be a rather protracted affair. He was drawn and quartered, and beheaded after his heart and other internal organs had been ripped out. His head was subsequently impaled on top of a wall erected in front of his old house, with the following inscription as a warning to possible sympathisers: UYT EEN VERFOEYELYKE GEDAGTENISSE TEEGEN DEN GESTRAFTEN LAND VERRAADER PIETER ERBERVELD SAL NIEMANT VERMOOGEN TE DEESER PLAATSE TE BOUWEN TIMMEREN MET SELEN OFF PLANTEN NU OFTE TEN EENIGEN DAAGE BATAVIA DEN 14 APRIL A.o 1722 In detested memory of the punished traitor Pieter Erberveld no one will be permitted on this spot to build, knock together or plant now or in the future. Batavia, 14 April 1722 That, of course, was the official line. But, for the past 300 odd years a fair amount of questions have been raised as to the actual full facts of the case. Also from the Dutch side, and even long before Indonesia became independent. The main question still to be answered (answers will not be found, by the way, as the relevant documents related to the case have been lost) is: why would Pieter Erberveld want to do that? More than ten years after having been defrauded by the VOC, suddenly planning mass murder... to get even! Another question waiting for an explanation is: would the authorities take immediate action on the words of a slave? And who was that slave anyway? The answer to the former is “probably not”. Bureaucracies, even those of private trading houses, are not known to make quick decisions, and here we are talking about the 18th century! People were used to life in the slow lane—a letter to HQ would take 6-8 months, a reply could thus be expected after one-and-half years. Wouldn’t

 Pieter Erberveld Memorial in Jacatraweg, Batavia

they be suspicious and want to check why a slave suddenly denounced the master? The information about the identity of the slave is even more confusing. One story is that the slave, Ali, wanted to marry Sarina from the same household, but the master, Pieter Erberveld, did not approve. It was said that Sarina was his own daughter and he didn’t want her to marry a slave. Another version is that she was his bed-warmer, and he didn’t want to lose her. Ali, angry and disappointed, is then supposed to have contacted the security apparatus, while yet another version maintains that it was Sarina who relayed the information... Again, why? Because she was not allowed to marry Ali who wanted to make an upright woman of her! Sounds implausible.

In Indonesia Pieter Erberveld has reached a semi-hero status and is used to illustrate the wickedness of the colonisers and the early efforts to gain independence. I myself see him in a wider and ongoing context: the limitations of the individual and the systemic power of the matrix. Think in terms of John Lennon’s Working Class Hero. ... “as soon as you’re born they make you feel small / by giving you no time instead of it all...” The Pieter Erberveld memorial was destroyed during the Japanese occupation, but the commemorative tablet with the inscription was saved. A replica can be seen in the Museum Taman Prasasti, at Jl. Tanah Abang 1. Check it out, it’s a wonderful experience. 

Hans Rooseboom Hans Rooseboom is a long term resident of Jakarta. He has visited nearly all of Indonesia's provincesandworkedformanyyearsinAmbon,Aceh,Manadoandanumberofsmallerand largertownsonJava.Henowenjoysaleisurelylife,playingtennismostmorningsandwritinghis blogs and other articles. He can be reached at hans_rooseboom@yahoo.com.

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Meet the Expat

Bonjour Thierry Le Queau. The French Executive Chef at Mandarin Oriental who began his career at 16 and enjoys bringing a new twist to traditional dishes. By Cecilia Forsman

create. Simplicity and elegance are the reflections of my creativity. Preciseness and simplicity is the hardest thing to achieve when creating dishes. Generally, when I go back home at night it’s very quiet. Over one or two hours I start to think about the seasons or moments of the day and I create a dish. You have to find the right coupling between best quality ingredients and well-cooked food. I want to find my own personal style and cook what is in my heart.

Thierry, where do you come from? Pays Bigouden, Finistère, Brittany, France What brought you to Indonesia, and how long have you been living here? I have lived in Indonesia since I joined Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta back in June 2009. I’ve been working in the business for 19 years now and Mandarin Oriental has always been a reference point in terms of luxury hospitality. I feel privileged to work for a company of that reputation and I have always wanted to live in Asia and discover its rich heritage of food and culture. When and why did you start cooking? What inspired you to become a professional Chef? Being around food inspired me to become a chef and I began my career at the age of 16 by becoming an apprentice in 1991. The freedom of creativity, it has an excitement through different experiences or sensations with respect to the product. With cooking I’m constantly in contact with nature every changing season. There were many people who have inspired me along the way and continue to inspire. My mother and grandmothers were my first idols. Through them I learnt my values, my strong work ethic and desire, the desire to do a good job and do a little better every day. My father was a fisherman, and this gave me access to the freshest seafood one can have and as a grandson of a Farmer, I was always in touch with the reality of 10

growing vegetables based on seasons and helping during harvest time. This built my understanding and fundamental base for the importance of the product until the final plating. I give credit to the three ladies for engraving these beliefs in me. On the professional side, Andre Doll, my apprenticeship’s chef mentor, gave me a solid introduction to the kitchen. He taught me almost everything I know today. Who have been your major influences? I worked with Adolphe Bosser, an inventor of nouvelle cuisine, at Bosser’s restaurant at Relais & Châteaux in Audierne. He was Sous Chef de Cuisine. Having trained under French masters Chefs Adolphe Bosser and Eric Scuiller, I have refined my techniques by working with Michelin-starred Chef Raphaël Rolland. Could you describe or define your style of cooking? My cooking style is more related to my country and region. I really like the classic way of cooking. We take care of our tradition in France, it’s very important. In my career I have worked with very classical and conservative chefs. I use some new techniques and products of course, but the food I cook has the same old spirit. The new style of cooking is not my style, however if necessary I am flexible. I like reinventing traditional dishes. It is in the local produce of Brittany that I draw my inspiration to

You are known for your unwavering demand for fresh produce, is it difficult to source fresh ingredients in Indonesia for French cuisine? At the moments yes, there are difficulties. But this is out of our control and I am maximising on the best local produce and product. For example, seasonal and local live fish or seafood guarantees the best quality. We also have to pay more attention to what ingredients we can get in our kitchens, so we have a role to play in regards to sustainability. We have to bring in a more sustainable manner and cook more contemporary cuisine to meet customer demands. It is not progress to be able to eat asparagus and strawberries all year round, biodiversity has to be preserved. You’ve worked with many Chefs in your career, what is your most memorable collaboration? I enjoyed all my collaborations! It gives you the opportunity to share, learn, and contribute from every level of the brigade, it’s not only one person. You must enjoy and be passionate about what you do; learn from and listen to every team member and contribute your strength to the team. Another element is patience. You need to stay with a team long enough to really learn and there is no fast track. Those moments have built my personality and professional career relationships. I want my team to learn from me to help them do their jobs better, because at the end of the day we define our success by how we did collectively as a group. I want to impart what’s important to me: respect for the food, commitment to our guests as well as

We have to bring in a more sustainable manner and cook more contemporary cuisine to meet customer demands. It is not progress to be able to eat asparagus and strawberries all year round, biodiversity has to be preserved.

building relationships with our suppliers. Working in the kitchen in fast paced, hard work and little room for error, how do you wind down after a busy shift? I usually swim or snorkel in my free time since I do not have an ocean close by. I like working out, exercising, and also spending time reading. What are your views on Indonesian cuisine, do you have a favourite dish? The famous beef rendang. I like classic food and Indonesian cuisine keeps their traditional dishes at their best by using quality ingredients and fantastic spices. As long that you respect the product, the food will be always at its best. Our cooks can see the individual, they can identify a personality behind it, and therefore understand the beef, how the beef is raised, who’s slaughtering it, the whole purpose behind it and all these different things that really make that full connection – that responsibility and respect for the food. What advice would you give to aspiring young chefs? 3 words: Patience. Be ready at every moment; prepare yourself for tomorrow. Chefs always want to be moving faster. I think it’s important to enjoy the moment; to accept and embrace the repetition of the job and perfect what you’re doing each day so you can bring it forward and use it as a solid foundation for building your career. Desire. You have to have desire. People say that you have to have passion in order to do something well but I don’t completely agree with that. Passion is important but passion ebbs and flows. We can be passionate about something one day but not the next. Desire equals success. Having a desire for something means striving for it on a daily basis. Determination and ambition are also important qualities in any field. Belief. A Chef also needs to take ownership of what they do, and never give up! It’s all about determination. Go in everyday and do a little bit better than the day before.  Jakarta Jakarta Expat Expat · 27 February · 27 March - 12- 9March April 2013

Jakarta Expat · 26 September - 9 October 2012

Faces of Jakarta

Taufan:

The Strongest Kid You’ll Ever Meet By Hush Petersen

aufan might be the strongest kid you’ll ever meet. He’s sevenyears-old now, but he’s been fighting leukemia since he was five. He won’t back down. His strength gives the other kids strength. Taufan is actually so strong he doesn›t have to stay at Rumah Sakit Cipto, in Salemba, anymore. Cipto normally houses anywhere between 40 and 50 children fighting cancer, leukemia and other critical illnesses. Tuafan only has to travel by bus with his mum from Bekasi every few weeks for chemotherapy. He drops in, stays a few nights, jokes with the nurses, wins over volunteers and then heads back to his friends and family before he has to do it all over again next month. What makes Taufan stand out is his undaunted outlook. He’s too busy living to worry about what could happen tomorrow. He’s never sad. He doesn’t complain. He smiles through the pain. But Taufan’s story isn’t a sad one. Taufan is out of the woods, his hair is growing back and he’s getting ready to enroll again in school.

would love to interact with volunteers willing to come by and spend a few hours, reading, chit-chatting and telling jokes. And luckily there are plenty of volunteer organizations looking for people who can give of their time. Organizations like Mary’s Cancer Kiddies, Yayasan Kasih Anak Kanker Indonesia, Three Little Angels are always looking for volunteers, ideas and energy. Another reason volunteering at places like Cipto are important is that volunteers give the parents a much-needed break from the overwhelming duty of caring for their children. Most parents, including Taufan’s cannot work because taking care of Taufan is a 24-hour job. Taufan’s dad used to be a driver, but lost his job when he had to take work off to travel with his son to the hospital. There are a million ways to give back, but what we don’t recognize is what we get while we think we are giving. Taufan has taught the nurses, volunteers, parents and other children at Cipto that there is nothing we can’t overcome, to smile at whatever life gives us and most of all to never give up no matter what life throws at us. 

There are dozens of kids like Taufan who

Hush Petersen HushPeterseniscurrentlyonsabaticalfromthehero'sjourney.HelovessippingBudweisers, doingthecrosswordandjudgingpeopleoutsideRanchMarketinMegaKuningan.Youshouldjoin him sometime.

Jakarta Expat · 27 March - 9 April 2013

Jakarta Expat · 26 September - 9 October 2012

Travel

Chaiya By Antony Sutton

ittle is known of the Sriwijaya Empire, a polity that in its prime spread its tentacles across much of Southeast Asia from Central Java to the narrow Thai peninsula. From its centre in Palembang, Sriwijaya controlled the strategically vital Melaka Straits, levying tolls on the vessels that traded between China and India. Long before business schools ‘discovered’ globalization, Asia’s powers and territories were very quietly trading among themselves while the West was still in the dark ages. For the best part of a millennium traders from India, China, Java and beyond had been developing their own economic community that relied on monsoons and stars, not ratings agencies and consultants. We are left with mere hints of Sriwijaya’s might. For example Borobudur, that mighty temple complex in Central Java that lay hidden by jungle for many centuries when power had waned, and now Java’s most visited historic site. While Sriwijaya may be synonymous with Indonesia, with a football team and an airline using its name, some of the few remaining relics from their era lie dotted around the small Thai town of Chaiya, some 640 kilometres south of Bangkok.

I head back towards town, relying on little more than intuition and my rusty knowledge of Thai script to find the other relics of an Indonesian ancestor. I get lucky and follow a signpost telling me the way to Wat Long. If Wat Phra Borom That is everything a Thai temple should be, ornate, colourful, cheery, Wat Long is nothing but a pile of bricks now isolated on a roundabout in front of a busy school.

With its narrow streets and tumbledown wooden shop houses, Chaiya seems an unlikely outpost of a mighty trading empire. Yet it is in the fields outside of the town that we can find scanty, teasing evidence of Sriwijaya’s glory. The town’s name is itself not without interest. Chaiya is not immediately Thai; opinion is divided on the origins with one camp suggesting a link to the Indonesian word cahaya, meaning light, while others believe it is just a shortened form of Sriwijaya itself. Nothing like an etymological mystery to whet the appetite in a new town!

I continue my journey down the lane that grows ever more picturesque as we leave the concrete and shouts behind and get swallowed up by green. The school children’s joyous screeches are replaced by the growls of mangy, flea bitten dogs, upset their own reverie is being disturbed by a new, and probably unpleasant smell.

Chaiya is thought to have been a major port even before the rise of Sriwijaya. Vessels from across the South China Sea would call in at the port, even then a cosmopolitan entrepôt with a sizeable Indochinese population, unload their precious cargo, take on board a new load before returning home. In the meantime their cargo would be transshipped over land to Takkola on the west coast of the peninsula, before continuing its journey across the Bay of Bengal. Presumably the costs and perhaps dangers of travelling all the way down the peninsula by ship, rounding the southernmost tip of the Asian mainland near Singapore and the Riau Archipelago, before heading north through the Melaka Straits, were too much for those pioneer international business folk.

I had no luck tracking down a usable map of the area. My motorcycle guy dropped me a few minutes outside of town at the temple and, using my pidgin Thai, I was able to ascertain that the other sites of historic interest I had come to see were dotted along the road we had just come down, so I told him I would make my own way back. He seemed most disappointed. The Wat itself (Wat is a Thai word meaning temple), believed to be 1,200 years old, brings to mind the stupas of Central Java, Sriwijaya’s spiritual heartland. Three large Buddhist statues sit cross-legged just outside the entrance to the courtyard, looking magnificently beatific in their saffron robes, and strangely appreciative of the bottles of soda that had been left as offerings for them.

Many people visit Chaiya as a day trip from nearby Surat Thani, the provincial capital that is about a 45 minute drive south. The songthaews, public minivans, drop passengers in the centre of town outside the railway station where I was soon approached by a smiling, toothless motorcycle taxi guy offering to be my guide for the day. He certainly looked old enough to have been around when tribute was paid to Palembang, but I turned down his kind offer; though I did relent to have him take me to the famous Wat Phra Borom That. Chaiya, despite its historic importance, doesn’t get a whole lot of foreign visitors and 12

Finally I reach Wat Kaew. A more substantial ruin, Wat Kaew, translates as Old Temple, is thought to have been built around the same time as Wat Phra Borom That. This brick pagoda, again, similar in style to Wat Long and Batujaya, stands on a square base with porticos on each side; three of the niches house images of Bhudda subduing Mara while the eastern wall has an entrance to a chamber. A local legend suggests a riddle is carved inside the stupa, giving the location of a treasure trove. There is another famous temple just outside Chaiya. Wat Suan Mok is a popular place for westerners looking for some spiritual enlightenment through the Buddha’s teachings, but that holds no interest to me. The thought of Chaiya, tiny Chaiya, as a pivotal player in a regional economy connecting the Asian heavyweights China and India and its links to a seat of power in modern day Indonesia, draws me like a moth to a flame and makes it well worth going off the beaten track for. 

Antony Sutton AntonyisafreelancewriterbasedinJakarta.Pleasesendcommentsandsuggestionsto antony@the-spiceislands.com  surat thani map Jakarta Expat · 27 March - 9 April 2013

Jakarta Expat · 26 September - 9 October 2012

Online Communities

Dreaming of Another Ultimate Indonesian Holiday By Grace Susetyo

Being an archipelago spanning 5,248 kilometres over three time zones, Indonesia has thousands of destinations to satisfy the curious traveller’s senses. But it’s easy to forget that if your daily life in Indonesia mostly consists of swimming from meeting to meeting in the traffic jams of Jakarta.

f you’re like me, you’re probably guilty of spending many hours on weekends or evenings trying to plan the perfect getaway for your next long weekend or major holiday. Sorting through the web becomes overwhelming, so you post a question about it on Facebook and get comments from friends about some underthe-radar destination tucked away by the border or on an inland mountaintop. But instead of going there, you end up going to Bali for the couple hundredth time just because it’s more convenient to plan. As a self-proclaimed travel junkie who wants it all, I spend a lot of time online browsing Matador Network and Lonely Planet. My TV is mostly tuned into NatGeo Adventure or the Travel Channel. These are great places to find general inspiration, but not necessarily when Indonesia-specific travel ideas are what you’re looking for. And as much as I like flicking through local travel magazines, authentic stories about the “real lives” of “real people” in the inner pockets can be a rarity among the staple reviews of commercial resorts. In this digital age, many travellers turn to the social media for answers. Among these, one of the most surprising websites I learned about is Burufly. I opened the website to the shots of panoramic serene landscapes bursting with vibrant greens and blues, with smooth-sailing vessels leaving white ripples in the water. And from the captions I learn that they are to be found right here in Indonesia: Komodo Island, Lombok, Raja Ampat, and Mount Semeru. Established in November 2012, Burufly is a Jakarta-based social travel website that allows members to share high quality photographs of Indonesian travel destinations and interact over them. Its members currently number around 310,000 and growing rapidly. Like any typical social media website, Burufly members get a profile page and follow other members. Facebook and Jakarta Expat · 27 March - 9 April 2013

Twitter users have the option of logging in with those accounts and “social sharing” across platforms. Interactions on Burufly typically consist of uploading or following other members’ photos on the homepage, marking them as “mau” (I want to go there) or “pernah” (I’ve been there)—comparable to “liking” a friend’s post on Facebook—and commenting on them. One can also sort through destinations by filter and check out recommended travel routes, activities, or recent tweets about the place. Burufly is aimed at young urbanites between the ages of 20-35 who are “typical Bali-goers” but otherwise don’t go around much in Indonesia; instead favouring nearby convenient international getaways such as Singapore, Malaysia, or Bangkok. People from this crowd are likely to google Indonesia destinations and would probably end up on TripAdvisor, being recommended the various beaches in southern Bali, some luxury hotels in Jakarta, and shopping trips to Bandung. “But websites like (TripAdvisor) tend to lack local knowledge,” said Burufly founder Pete Goldsworthy. “Burufly aims to be a platform that offers decent local content. In this era of tweeting 140 characters or less, pictures get the message out. People get to see places other than Bali and become interested in East Java, Lombok, or Raja Ampat.” According to Goldsworthy, many travel sites are purely about hotels and trips. And yet travellers have hidden questions that only a local community can answer. Goldsworthy said that he intends to make Burufly a platform for such an organic process: a pure word-of-mouth exchange of travel information via the digital sharing of photos, without the interference of advertisements. Social network sites for travellers have been around for awhile: Couchsurfing, Wanderfly, and GoGoBot to name a few. But in the West, people are not as open to so much sharing. That’s why, despite being a native of Australia, Goldsworthy decided to base his business

here. “Indonesia is a much more open society, unlike Westerners who tend to be more guarded,” said Goldsworthy, who has been living and working in Jakarta since 2007. Facebook, which used to be—and probably still is—the most multifunctional of all social medias, has become a platform where groups can form and anyone sharing in its interest can join. But a picture shared on some “4WD Offroad Drivers Club” Facebook page doesn’t quite have the same effect as sharing on a travel site. You may notice the picture on your timeline, “like” it and comment, but you don’t remember it seconds later as you move on to the other stuff drowning your newsfeed. Goldsworthy said that the social side of Burufly is a twoedged sword. On one hand, it allows communities to form over shared interest in a particular destination. On the other hand, the website’s connection to local businesses means that members can conveniently plan their travels by booking hotels and flights from Burufly. For businesses, this also means new markets and opportunities. “It’s all about inspiration,” said Goldsworthy. He said he modelled Burufly to be a cross of Pinterest, which positions itself as a source of visual inspiration for its users, and Jetsetter, which promotes lucrative deals from international hotels and resorts by flaunting tasteful photography. Burufly’s quirks include repeating pictures

in under-populated categories, pictures that occasionally appear in the wrong geographical filter, and booking facilities that might not yet be available for more remote destinations. Nevertheless, with the current system and growth rate in place, these problems might solve themselves as Burufly’s membership and business partners start coming from more varied destinations. While Balinese destinations still make the top photos at Burufly, photos of other destinations such as Nusatenggara Barat and West Papua are also gaining popularity. Goldsworthy named diving destinations Togean Islands (Gulf of Tomini, Central Sulawesi), Anambas Islands (South China Sea, Kepulauan Riau Province) and Nias (off the west coast of North Sumatra), and as his personal favourites. There are many more exciting destinations to discover in this country. To me, browsing their photographs on a community-based website specifically geared for Indonesian travel sounds like a great way to start. 

Burufly http://www.burufly.com

Grace susetyo Graceisafreelancewriter,formerTVjournalist,andaspiringdocumentaristwithapassion forIndonesianhistoryandculture.Nowinher6thyearinJakarta,Gracehaslivedinvarious countriesandlooksforwardtoexploringmoreplaces.Contactheratg.c.susetyo@gmail.com

Jakarta Expat · 26 September - 9 October 2012

Diving

Bent in Paradise

By Angela Richardson

f you’re a certified Scuba diver, you know this scene too well; floating around beside a beautiful underwater wall abundant with vibrant coral, getting up-close and personal with a timid pygmy seahorse, or holding on and feeling the force of a strong current blasting over your face as you watch sharks and schools of barracuda in a feeding frenzy in the open waters above you. The opposite of this scene, however, which most divers won’t experience in their lifetime, is the one I’m sitting in now: under 18 metres of atmospheric pressure in a hot, humid and claustrophobic hyperbaric chamber.

reputable, the results were to the contrary. It is always best to do some reconnaissance work before you plan a dive trip and ask fellow divers for advice on trustworthy dive operators. Of course we are all responsible for our own actions but naturally, when you are new to an area, you trust your local guide, putting your lives in their hands and following blindly. Adrienne Jo Salcau is a PADI certified Divemaster and guide, and one many have come to trust. “I never take divers past 30 metres unless they’re very, very experienced,” she tells me as we discuss my dives at Nabucco. “First thing is a check dive so I can assess their skills. I don’t bring unfamiliar or inexperienced divers right into current or deep dives. If I’m doing four dives in a day, 30m is the absolute max and should be done first, then each dive should be shallower and I always, always do a safety stop. Being a dive guide involves a lot of things, but the main priority is safety.”

The dangers of diving in Indonesia are not heard about as much as the joys are. Naturally, we try to focus on the positives rather than get bogged down with the negatives, and why worry about getting the infamous ‘Bends’ until you’ve actually got it? Unfortunately, there are dangers to diving in Indonesia, which, if all dive outfits were to practice safe management and responsibility, could be significantly avoided. I am told through the voice on the intercom inside the chamber to take a five-minute break from the oxygen mask. This is my third, and hopefully, final day inside and when resurfaced from this dry dive, total time spent will have been 12.5 hours under pressure in an attempt to alleviate the nitrogen bubbles which have built up in my body after a dive trip to East Kalimantan. Treatment at Jakarta Navy Hospital’s Hyperbaric Centre consists of an examination by one of the Navy doctors, followed by a certain number of hours in the chamber at the relevant pressure table for your condition, combined with pure oxygen treatment for the most part of your stay. The most common misconception of decompression sickness is that it occurs when you resurface from a deep depth too quickly. The truth is that you can actually get this painful sickness coming up from a depth of only six metres. Divers put their lives into the hands of their equipment, however my dive computer did not enter a decompression dive alert, and many other divers who ‘got deco’ can vouch for me on this. Alejandro Septien has been diving for 20 years and has not once had any problems. He is now sitting beside me in the chamber for treatment of Type I DCS. “I don’t understand how this happened,” he tells me. “I always follow the rules!” Alejandro, a Mexican expat and new to Jakarta and Indonesia, was diving around the idyllic island of Bangka, and on this occasion had to rent all his gear from his local dive operator, including a dive computer. “I did 14

Diving in East Kalimantan by Ria Qorina Lubis

 Survivors of decompression sickness with the staff at The Hyperbaric Medical Centre, Jakarta.

all my safety stops, didn’t do any deep dives, and didn’t drink the night before, but a few hours after I had ascended, I started to feel a pain in my back. Initially I thought it was from the strain of carrying the scuba equipment, but after two days when the pain moved to my legs, I knew something was wrong.” In Alex’s case, the gauge of the rented equipment was off, causing him to do his safety stops deeper than planned. Dr. Padma, the Chief Navy Dr. at the Hyperbaric Medical Centre in Benhil insists that at the first sign of decompression sickness, attention must be given immediately. “There are many factors which can lead towards decompression sickness, including not getting enough sleep, consuming alcohol or being physically tired,” she explains. “If you have any tingling sensations, pain in your body, visual disturbances, vertigo, fatigue, lethargy, or a feeling of confusion, come to our hospital for a consultation immediately.” The sooner you treat symptoms, the more chance you have of fully recovering. After treatment you are also told to rest, drink a minimum of three litres of water a day, not fly for at least 72 hours and, should you live on a high floor in an apartment, take the stairs or go up in the lift very gradually. If you have insurance with Divers Alert

Network (DAN) then your treatment will be fully covered, however for many, decompression sickness can cost thousands of dollars, and more importantly, your life. Rendra Herthiadhi, Banyu Biru Explorer founder and DAN Instructor, believes that a common misconception is that dives within a No Decompression Limit or within dive table range are 100% safe. “This is not the case,” he tells me. “Generally dives conducted within NDL should be safe, but DCS could still happen and hit an unlucky diver.” According to DAN statistics, five people’s lives were lost to diving in Indonesia in 2011, of which bodies were recovered, and at least 39 recreational divers were treated for DCS in Indonesia. “Whilst many of these were for mild cases of DCS, several were of a very serious nature, requiring urgent assistance,” Rendra adds. In stunning East Kalimantan, our dive operator at Nabucco Island Resort were irresponsible by allowing maverick dive guides to continue to work, even when they were aware of their negligence; escorting tourists down to depths of 40 metres without mentioning this in the pre-dive brief and ascending carelessly without proper safety stops. Regrettably the owners of the dive resort were not willing to take any responsibility for their reckless guides. Although their dive outfit come across as

Diving is a wonderful sport and pastime, which brings us closer to the curious wonders of the underwater world and its inhabitants, but we cannot deny the dangers involved and must remember that we are merely guests in the ocean. Allow more time between dives, do fewer dives per trip (it’s not a race), always do safety stops and come up slowly, allow a minimum of 24 hours after your last dive before you fly, and ensure every dive guide provides a proper brief, which you stick to. Don’t allow yourself to become a statistic and may you never have to sit inside this hyperbaric chamber to save your life. 

Rumah Sakit TNI AL Dr. Mintohardjo (Jakarta Royal Navy Hospital) Jl. Bendungan Hilir No. 17, Jakarta. 021 5703081 Ext. 176/326 Direct line to Hyperbaric Medical Centre: 021 5732221 Jakarta Expat · 27 March - 9 April 2013

Jakarta Expat · 26 September - 9 October 2012

Observations

Rupiah Redenomination:

Rumour or Reality? By Jason Hue

or slightly more than USD100; we all gain instant access to the Rupiah-millionaire’s club. But that may soon change as the Indonesian government has announced plans of the Rupiah redenomination next year by introducing new bank notes with 3 zeroes omitted. If the bill is passed, as is expected, Bank Indonesia has said it will need one to two years to introduce the concept to the public and explain how to adapt accounting and information systems. Based on the central bank’s initial plan, the redenomination policy is separated into four stages; namely preparation, dual label procedures, the removal of old currency and finalization to ensure that none of the old currency remains in the financial system. Indonesia`s Rp100,000 banknote is the second highest currency denomination in Asia after Vietnam`s 500,000 dong note. Such high denominations have long been a source of amusement to foreigners. I’ve had friends who would often take a picture of their dinner receipts just to show off to others that their meals in Jakarta came up to 6 figures. A redenomination policy could only be successful if it was implemented at a time when a country possessed both stable inflation and strong macroeconomic fundamentals — as Indonesia has at present. Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indonesia highlighted that redenomination was part of the government’s efforts to comply with regional economic reforms to coincide with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. Meanwhile, the Finance Minister stressed the importance of intensive nationwide socialization and education sessions to ensure that the currency redenomination would not create misunderstandings as many have a negative perception and unable to distinguish between a ‘redenomination’ with ‘devaluation’, which has occurred several times in Indonesia’s history. Under a currency-devaluation, a currency is slashed, but prices are not adjusted accordingly, hence reducing purchasing power. On the other hand, a redenomination will only reduce the

nominal value of the rupiah and leave the exchange value unaffected. The Finance Minister said that a currency that has too many digits brings complexity to calculations and economic transactions, potentially causing mistakes and ineffectiveness. A redenomination of the Rupiah could also help boost international trust in the credibility of the rupiah. Bank Indonesia has backed the move for various reasons; including the need to simplify accounting standards to the national pride that would supposedly be restored through a lower nominal currency value. At present, the exchange value of rupiah against the US dollar is Rp. 9,700 creating an impression of it being amongst the world’s weakest currencies. So, if the government’s plan proceeds, USD1 (based on current exchange rates) would then be equal to Rp. 9.70 creating a boost of national pride, as it doesn’t seem that the nation is lagging too far behind the major economies. During the proposed transition period, new bank notes with 3 omitted zeroes would enter the market and prices of goods would be labelled with both the old and new Rupiah rates. Old notes would later be recalled and replaced by new notes. Since Rp. 100,000 would be redenominated to Rp. 1,000 this would mean that there would eventually be two kinds of Rp1,000 notes in circulation during the transition period; Rp1,000 (old) and Rp1,000 (redenominated from Rp100,000). Proper education and socialization is required so that the general public and tourists who may have trouble differentiating the redenominated bank notes from the existing ones are not handed on a silver platter as easy prey for con men trying to make a quick buck. I’m all up for the redenomination of the Rupiah as I too get confused when there are too many zeroes in a transaction (6 digits are already too much to handle for a bird brain like myself ). A redenomination would save me lots of time as I do not have to check, recheck and triple check on my online banking amounts before hitting the ‘Send’ button. 

JAson Hue AmilkbottleinonehandandaBlackberryintheotherhand,Jasonhailsfromneighboring MalaysiaandcurrentlyresidesinJakartawithhisbetter-halfandchattylittleprincess.Togetin touch email Jason.Hue@bda.co.id

Jakarta Expat · 27 March - 9 April 2013

Jakarta Expat · 26 September - 9 October 2012

Personal Tech & Apps

Avoiding Information Overload By Juan Leysner

Do we face over-indulgence and over-consumption of information technology? There is a study that shows that over one third of people feel overwhelmed by technology today and are more likely to feel less satisfied with their life as a whole.

hile the younger generations are often accused of actively adhering to this technology-based lifestyle, the study showed that 38% of 10-18 year-olds claim to feel overwhelmed, an even higher percentage than the 34% of 25-34 year-olds who felt the same way. So the question is: How do we cope with all this new technology without going crazy? I guess that in the end it will be common sense that will safeguard you from being put in a mental institution. When trying to keep up with which of these new applications you should download, keep and use, and which ones you should ignore. If you are dealing with stocks you will download very useful applications that will keep you updated on the development of those stocks, but there is so much more out there that could make your life easier and perhaps even save you some money. I live by one rule which helps me to find, download and use the right applications needed; all the other ones will fall in the category of ‘nice to have’.

Rule number one: Must have

didn’t want to bring it, and his answer was that he had no idea of the volume and costs of shipping all his goods. So before the removal experts come he wanted to get rid of some stuff. I informed him of this great application that would help him to calculate the total volume and he will also be able to select multiple moving companies to request quotations in order to find and get the best offer. This application called “MoveMatch” will do this in four simple steps. Step 1: Select moving companies from the area you are moving to/from or self storage firms where you want to store goods. Step 2: Optional to do the survey yourself. This will take around 8-20 minutes and will save you time and money. Step 3: Complete the simple questions to enable the selected firms to offer a more accurate quote. Step 4: Find an overview of your RFQ before you send it. It is the ideal removal or storage assistant.

My definition for rule number one is that it safes time and/ or money.A few weeks ago a friend asked me if I wanted to have some brand new bicycles and other things, as he was moving back to his home country. I asked him why he

 Step 2 image Background info about moving & storing goods

Allrecipes.com Allrecipes.com is a global social networking service and forum, which encourages users to post recipes, comment on and make changes to existing recipes and search for specific recipes. It also allows users to create recipe blogs, vote on pictures of finished dishes, and receive awards based on their submissions and results. As of 2010, Allrecipes.com was the most-visited online community for food and cooking, with over 16 million visitors per month and more than 40,000 available recipes. Allrecipes.com has 18 international sites around the world providing insights into the kitchens and cooking passions of home cooks everywhere!

added photos to receive quotations directly from your chosen moving or storage companies or to calculate how much space (m3 or ft3) you have to rent at a (self ) storage company. To make sure you are making the right choice, MoveMatch also has handy tips and checklists so you know exactly what to expect when moving or storing goods, saving you time and expense. An additional advantage is the option for self storage. Use the app to add or remove items easily at any time and ensure that you are not renting too much storage space. Go to iTunes or the Android market for your free download. Search the web for applications that can help you to make decisions, cut costs or save you time in the task that you are about to execute, and even if you think there is no such application, give it a try and you will be surprised what your search query will show you. In comparison with the applications that I consider ‘Must Haves’ and the so called ‘Nice to Haves’, the Nice to Have apps will last longer on my device as some of the Must Have applications are either job and/or task related. As soon as the task is done, there is no need to keep that app from taking up my device’s internal memory and consequently I will remove them, whereas playing a game while waiting for a meeting to start never gets boring.

Foodpanda.co.id Discover great food every day with foodpanda. Ordering food online should be fuss-free, fast and fun. Banish the pain of cooking and cleaning up! Enjoy a variety of cuisines at your home or office with over 390 restaurants across the city of Jakarta. With just a few simple clicks, foodpanda helps you to easily order food over the internet. Steaming hot food is conveniently delivered to your home or office. Simply enter your area, select your restaurant and pay upon delivery. Your food is on the way!

On that note I would say, use the right application at the right time. 

This user-friendly app on Android & iOS helps anybody with moving or storage plans to calculate the volume or weight of household goods room by room quickly. Work out the volume of goods in each room using the simple checklist to find out exactly what volume of goods needs to be moved or stored. Use this information and optional

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rolling their eyes. And what might drive Pommies to hysterics could very well drive Ozzies to drink. And even if EVERYONE thinks you’re funny, it still doesn’t guarantee you a place alongside Jason Byrne, Bill Bailey, Ross Noble or Emo Philips.

Completely Unfunny By Eamonn Sadler

n the early days of the Jakarta Comedy Club we were lucky enough to catch some of today’s comedy superstars on their way up the ladder to fame and fortune. The headliner for our first ever show in April 2001 was Jason Byrne, who is now the biggest selling act of all time at the biggest comedy festival in the world, the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Jason has also released three best-selling DVDs, hosts his own radio show and has appeared in multiple TV shows and movies. In July 2001 we also had the great fortune to catch comedy legend Ross Noble on his way to the top. Since then he has become a household name in Australia and the UK and has a massive following of fans all over the world. Over the last 12 years we have presented three of Channel 4 UK’s Top 100 International Comedians – Bill Bailey (No. 7), Ross Noble (No. 11) and Emo Philips (No. 77). Not bad for a tiny little comedy club in the middle of nowhere. But what is it that makes a regular comedian break through from the professional comedy club circuit to the hallowed halls of comedy fame? One thing is for sure, it’s not just being “funny”. Comedy is so subjective, and what might have one person rolling on the floor could very well leave another person

The only common factor I have noticed that sets people like Jason, Bill, Ross and Emo apart from the crowd is being “different”. I can’t say different in what way, because it is extremely hard to describe, but I CAN tell you that “different” is the equivalent of “memorable” in this context. We have many regular customers who have been coming to the Jakarta Comedy Club since the beginning, and very often after a show and a few Bintangs we will get to talking about the acts we have had here over the years. It is usually the same few names that come up, and invariably the person who remembers the NAME of and act remembers a PART of the act - a particular gag will stick out in the person’s memory for some reason. I believe these gags stick out in people’s memories because they are different AND funny, not just funny. The other thing that makes the gag different is of course the way that it is delivered. If Jason Byrne used an Emo Philips gag for example it wouldn’t necessarily work because they each have their own unique styles. So a funny and different gag, delivered in a unique way, is what people remember. Comedian Paul Ogata is a Japanese American from Hawaii, and his unique and hysterical routine about Japanese culture is one everyone who has seen him remembers – but it wouldn’t work for any other comedian. So “different” is the key factor for me that can lead to fame and fortune for a comedian. But not necessarily. We have had

many different and funny comedians at the JCC over the years, but only a handful have become famous. So success in the comedy business, like in almost every other business, is about hard work, having a product that is unique or different in some way, and a hell of a lot of luck. People often ask me who my favourite comedian is from the past 12 years, but I can’t answer that without offending somebody. The vast majority of the comedians we have had here have been an absolute pleasure to be around and we have only ever had one or two acts that “bombed”. Great jokes or rehearsed acts are one thing and can be hilarious, but the funniest things I have heard in my life have been said on the spur of the moment or “off the cuff ”, with no rehearsal and no planning. These comments are made possible by wit and quick thinking, and they are for me much funnier for that reason – and they are “unique” and “different” because nobody has ever said them before. The trouble is they are generally only funny at the time and “you had to be there”, so there is no point in me sharing any of them with you. The only remotely funny thing about this article is the title, and it’s only funny if you are a fan of Monty Python, and even then it’s only slightly funny because it’s unexpected. And then the irony; an article about comedy that isn’t funny. Har-de-har-de-har.

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Treasure Hunting

 Early 18th century print showing a sea battle between Dutch galleons and small local sailing ships belonging to the Sultan of Bantam. Courtesy of Bartele Gallery

Plunder Vs Ethics for Shipwrecked Treasure By Kenneth Yeung

Ancient shipwrecks on Indonesia’s sea floors have become just another resource to be plundered – often resulting in the loss of archaeological evidence that could have shed light on early trade routes and the arrival of foreign culture and religion. Contrary to common opinion, the oldest wrecks are not only Arab merchant ships, but also local vessels from the Sriwijaya Kingdom, likely sent on trade missions to China, India and elsewhere.

alayo-Polynesians were among the world’s earliest master boat builders, travelling to China from at least 300 AD. Their influence could be seen on later ships in China and even as far as Kenya. After 1100, the Chinese began to dominate regional sea trade due to their efficiency, and they were later followed by the Europeans. Based on old shipping records, there are about 200 undiscovered Dutch wrecks in Indonesian waters, and probably more from local, Chinese and Arab vessels. Some treasure hunters claim there may be 24,000 unexplored wrecks, while one official from the Culture Ministry puts the number at 500,000. With a single wreck potentially containing artefacts worth millions of dollars, unscrupulous operators pay local officials to turn a blind eye to looting. This is immensely frustrating to scientific divers and archaeologists who obey the stringent regulations to obtain excavation licenses. Accessible wrecks are located at depths up to 60 metres. Most of the shallowest ones have been looted. Sonar imaging can detect large objects on the seabed, but sunken ships are often spotted because they serve as artificial reefs, thus attracting fish. Some sites have been damaged by fishermen using explosives to catch fish. According to a Navy source, former president Suharto once ordered the bombing of wrecks off Sulawesi because they had attracted yellowfin tuna and in turn, illegal fishing vessels from the Philippines. British treasure hunter Mike Hatcher gained notoriety in 1984 after he blew apart the wreck of the Geldermalsen, a Dutch East India Trading Company vessel that sank off the Riau islands in 1752 with cargo including Chinese ceramics and gold. The treasure was auctioned in 1986 by Christie’s in Amsterdam for about $20 million. Indonesia received nothing from the proceeds. The government was embarrassed because a Navy patrol had caught Hatcher but gave him three Jakarta Expat · 27 March - 9 April 2013

days to finish his plundering and leave. In response to foreign plunder, the government in 1998 established the National Committee for Salvage and Utilization of Valuable Objects from Sunken Ships (PanNas BMKT). The committee now comprises representatives of 16 government ministries and the National Police and Navy. Salvage companies wishing to excavate shipwrecks must apply for a license from PanNas BMKT. Once permission is obtained, representatives should be aboard the salvage vessel to ensure everything is catalogued and nothing is stolen. The artefacts are sent to a warehouse, where the government’s team selects the most unique pieces – purportedly for preservation as national heritage treasures. The remaining treasure is then to be sold by auction, with the proceeds to be split 50-50 between the salvage company and the government. Indonesia’s museums aren’t brimming with treasure. Many of their antiquities are fakes, while some recovered treasure ends up in the private collections of politicians, tycoons and security officials. Jakarta’s Maritime Museum at Pasar Ikan in Sunda Kelapa is nothing special. Under a 2010 law, anything on the seabed older than 50 years is deemed Indonesian heritage and not allowed out of the country. One company was denied permission to recover a huge cargo of rubber from a vessel that sank after World War II – because the rubber became a national heritage item. The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage bans the commercial exploitation of underwater sites. Indonesia is not a signatory. The government lacks the resources to guard shipwrecks and is unwilling to finance excavations. German oceanographer Fred Dobberphul, who serves as the scientific director of a maritime exploration company, has been involved in some of the most significant excavations in Indonesia. Most famously, the Cirebon Wreck – a local vessel that sank off West Java in about 970 with

a cargo including Chinese ceramics and Islamic objects. It was discovered by fishermen in 2003 and excavated by a local firm and foreign partner over 2004-05. The salvagers complied with all regulations and brought archaeologists aboard to examine the wreck and artefacts. But in March 2006, Dobberphul and a French colleague were arrested and accused of violating the 1992 Law on Cultural Heritage. Police denied that a rival salvage firm with political connections was behind the arrests. The two divers were released after five weeks and the case was later dropped.

representatives on board. The Cirebon Wreck operation cost about €5 million and netted treasure worth an estimated $80 million.

Items from the Cirebon Wreck reveal that Islam reached Indonesia much earlier than historians had previously thought. Among the artefacts were rosary beads with Arabic lettering and a stone mould used for making amulets with Islamic inscriptions.

Lesser shipwrecks in other countries have spawned museums, books and big business from tourism, but Indonesia seems unable to tap the vast potential from its maritime heritage. There are some fascinating tales to be told, such as the Forbes, a British privateer running opium and weapons between Calcutta and Indonesian islands. It went down off Belitung in 1806 with a load of jewels, coins and weapons, while its Scottish captain went on to have many more adventures.

Dobberphul informed authorities of five more wreck sites but his applications for licenses were denied because of a moratorium on excavations. Three of the sites are now completely looted. The diver also witnessed a wreck that was bombed during a dispute among rival looters. “I like to be scientifically and archeologically accountable. But I cannot get approval to do my work, and meanwhile this looting continues,” he says. Some looted artefacts are allocated to police and military officials as “gifts”. Only the small-time plunderers are ever arrested, while their financiers remain above the law. In past salvage operations, Dobberphul hired foreign and local archaeologists. His local divers are paid Rp.10 million a month and given insurance. Looters earn much less and risk getting decompression sickness (which can cause paralysis and death) due to a lack of education and safety standards. Dobberphul is trying to establish a local scientific diving training centre. An excavation, not including boat hire, costs about $120,000 per month but depends on crew size, depth and other factors. The salvage firm must pay to get government and Navy

Dobberphul was also involved in the Belitung Wreck – an Arab dhow which sank off Sumatra’s Belitung Island in about 862 while returning from China to Arabia. The wreck yielded the world’s oldest cobalt blue and white underglazed plates, but Dobberphul’s favourite personal find was an intricately decorated solid gold goblet. It is now in Singapore’s Sentosa Museum.

Rather than focus on history, the government seems content to allow powerful people to amass vast private collections and traders to sell artefacts abroad. The best alternative to looting would be controlled commercial excavations, with an emphasis on archaeological examinations. Archaeologist Horst Liebner, a former advisor to the Maritime Ministry, laments the lack of national appreciation of Indonesia’s ancient nautical achievements. He feels the Dutch suppressed this maritime heritage for political reasons and is hopeful that pride can be restored. 

KENNETH YEUNG Kenneth Yeung is not a treasure hunter.

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Batik Belanda Exhibition @ Erasmus Huis Jakarta. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 - Thu, 04 Apr 2013 Location: Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav. S-3, Jakarta Selatan 12950 Batik Belanda is actually Indonesianbatik,withmotifsthat have been influenced by Dutch culture.BackintheDutchcolonial era, many Dutch citizens who stayedinIndonesiafellinlovewith Indonesianbatik.However,they wantedcoloursandpatternsthat were more familiar to them. So, theycreatedDutchandEuropean flowerpatternsandimagesoffairy tales with more cheerful colour to its fabric. From 8 March - 4 April2013ErasmusHuisproudly presents the exhibition Batik Belanda from Time to Time in collaborationwithJakartaFashion Week, Museum Tekstil Jakarta, Galeri Batik and Ms. Asmoro Damais. www.erasmushuis.org

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