Jakarta Expat - issue 85 - the Future

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Dear Readers,

85th Edition | 16 Jan - 29 Jan 2013

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 Adietyo Randualas didiet@jakartaexpat.biz Finance & Admin Pertiwi Gianto Putri tiwi@jakartaexpat.biz Lini Verawaty lini@jakartaexpat.biz Contributors Terry Collins Jason Hue Sebastien Laurent Juan G. Leysner Grace Susetyo Hans Roosenboom Ken Runyon Eamonn Sadler Ario Triwobowo Julia Tchezganova Editorial Enquiries letters@jakartaexpat.biz Circulation Enquiries info@jakartaexpat.biz Subscription info@jakartaexpat.biz Events events@jakartaexpat.biz

Having visitors over the holidays is always a fun experience as you get to don your khaki shorts and be a tourist for a week as you escort guests around sights such as Borobudur Temple in Jogjakarta or the Monkey Forest in Ubud, which you have actually visited a countless number of times. This Christmas I experienced something from our visitors which I wasn’t counting on, and that was a reminder of the harshness that this city can sometimes be. It’s as though the longer you have lived in Jakarta, the more you are able to block certain sights and sounds out, and you toughen up, so to speak, accepting horrendous traffic, children begging by the side of the road, rubbish men and women pulling rickety old carts in the heaving rain with no protection on their feet, or a homeless kitten neglected on the sidewalk of a busy toll road, all as part of the norm. When did it become normal for these things to be part of daily life and when did we start to turn a blind eye?

Our first-time visitors to Jakarta were shocked by these daily occurrences and this was an eye-opener to myself as well, reminding me that these things should never be accepted as normal.

Children should never have to beg and should have the right to a free education, animals should be cared for better and rescue shelters more readily available (provided by the Government, not just NGOs), and traffic... well, needless to say

we should have better and more public transport and fewer cars on the roads.

Traffic should flow steadily; it shouldn’t take two hours to get from Kemang to Bundaran HI. Let’s hope the new Governor and his officials are doing things to turn some abnormalities around, providing a better quality of life for its inhabitants and the children of tomorrow. Indonesia is said to be one of the world’s emerging powerhouses, yet its capital is nearly in ruins; its arteries clogged with rubbish and its poorest with no hope for a better future. By saying this, I’m hoping for a positive reaction - let’s start with an idea to make a change in 2013, an improvement.

Let your resolution be carpooling to work, separating your rubbish at home, giving a book and something to eat to young beggars instead of change, and educating people you live and work with about the effects littering has on the environment. We can all do our part and live more consciously.

Here’s to a brighter future, starting with 2013, starting with Jakarta. 

Angela Richardson

in this 85 th issue: HEALTH HEALTH ISSUES OF THE PAST IN THE PRESENT? URBAN SPORTS PARKOUR INDONESIA OBSERVATIONS JOKOWI'S RESOLUTION: MUST REDUCE TRAFFIC LAWS & LEGALITIES THE FUTURE OF LAW AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA TRAVEL JAVA A WALK THROUGH MEMORIES OF INDONESIA'S UNDERWATER MISSIONS MEET THE EXPAT BOB HOLLAND

FACES OF JAKARTA NONONG AND BASIO THE STREET DANCERS FILM REVIEW THE ACT OF KILLING GRUMPY OLD MEN MY APOCALYPSE PERSONAL TECH & APPS FACEBOOK'S 2012: A BILLION USERS AND A SHIFT TO MOBILE LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT YOU HAVE CONTROL EXPAT GOLFER PITCHING WITH CONFIDENCE EVENTS CLASSIFIEDS & PROPERTY

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Health

Health Issues of the Past in the Present?

By Hans Rooseboom

I remember friends and family with small children regularly consulting their well worn copy of Baby and Child Care by Dr Benjamin Spock, first published in 1946 and selling over 50 million copies.

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similar book was first published in 1911 called Wenken en Raadgevingen Betreffende het Gebruik van Indische Planten, Vruchten, enz. (Tips and Suggestions Regarding the Use of Plants, Fruits, etc. from the Dutch East Indies) and was written by Mrs J. Kloppenburg-Versteegh. It was specifically meant to provide a DIY-approach to family health care. Families, that is, who would not have reliable access to qualified medical care.

The book comes with an Atlas containing 131 drawings of medicinal plants mentioned in the book.

In those days it was said: Child ill, check it out in Kloppenburg, which involved the following steps. First, one had to check the disease and symptoms in Part 2 of the book, from where one was referred to the prescriptions; Part 1, the botanical section, described the plants needed to prepare the prescription, and the Atlas, for clarification, provided illustrations of some of the plants and herbs used for the cure. Sounds easy, but it wasn’t, as the preparation did require a lot of dedication, precision and hard work. To chew the capitula of the giant legetan (Spilanthes oleracea, Jacq.) to soothe a toothache was, apart from getting the plant, fairly easy.

But the preparation of other medicines was not.

The book was, however, widely used and an absolute necessity because suitable alternatives were either not available, or of disturbingly low quality.

The author lost a daughter to typhoid fever. On the advice of the attending ‘medical practitioner’ she was, however, treated for malaria. The practitioner was later exposed as a charlatan. This experience and the realisation that medical care was in such a dire state, made Kloppenburg decide to deepen her knowledge of herbal cures, turn her hobby into a profession and put it all on paper for the widest possible distribution of its benefits.

When reading through the Tips and Suggestions it becomes clear that stomach and intestinal disturbance was one of the major problems faced by the inhabitants of the Dutch East Indies, as Indonesia was then still known. Nearly one-quarter of Part 2 is devoted to this disorder.

Surprisingly, few paragraphs deal with preventative measures. There is nothing on boiling drinking water and washing hands. The spreading of germs and contamination was to some extent known as servants were accused of being the main source of skin diseases and eczema, and a warning was sounded to not have the laundry done by an outside washerman in times of typhoid and cholera.

And as maybe could have been expected, there is nothing on hot present-day topics such as breast tumours, cancer, cholesterol, enlarged prostate and ED. But an interesting entry is appendicitis. Rather than advising an operation and hospitalisation, total rest and liquid food only is described, together with a medicine derived from the leaves of sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata, Nees): 20 leaves to be crushed in a mortar with a shot glass of water, strain through cloth and drink the liquid, daily.

This advice for non-surgical intervention is likely due to the then lack of hospital facilities and surgeons, and the poor state of medical care in general.

It should however, be emphasised that Batavia, in the time of Mrs Kloppenburg, was a place where marshes, stagnant pools and canals clogged with all sorts of refuse and dead animals, creating such pestilence and vile poisonous miasmas, becoming known as the Graveyard of the East.

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Nowadays, most of the old canals have been filled in. Jakarta’s 13 rivers, numerous canals and thousands of drains remain, however, clogged, but now with plastic bags, styrofoam and anything Jakartans—and that includes you and I— tend to discard.

It all washes into the rivers… A few years ago, during a Jakarta Flood Prevention study, it was found that cleaning and dredging of the rivers, canals and drains would reduce flooding by 60%.

Anyway, compared to the Kloppenburg era we are much better off, really, a lot better.

If your child is sick,

there is no need to concoct your own cure, there are many good paediatricians, and for general health care: SOS Medika, Global Doctors and many other clinics and general practitioners.

But don’t forget to take your vitamins!

HANS ROOSEBOOM Hans Rooseboom is a long term resident of Jakarta. He has visited nearly all of Indonesia's provinces and worked for many years in Ambon, Aceh, Manado and a number of smaller and larger towns on Java. He now enjoys a leisurely life, playing tennis most mornings and writing his blogs and other articles. He can be reached at hans_rooseboom@yahoo.com.

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Urban Sports

r u o k r Pa a i s e n Indo riwibowo

By Ario T .nu Latitudes d first on Publishe

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arkour, the trend that has become a lifestyle, originated in France. Parkour (or PK, for short) is an activity of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment.

No wonder this art of movement found its way to Indonesia, where obstacles are part and parcel of urban life. In the 2000s Parkour was one of the most viral and inspiring physical art forms worldwide. Parkour touched base in Jakarta around 2007, slowly developing into several regional sub-groups in other areas of Indonesia. Now, all over Indonesia dedicated communities practice the art of survival in a concrete jungle!

Parkour was introduced by David Belle, a Frenchman who shared ideas and conversations with his father. David’s father, Raymond Belle practiced parkour as survival training during his military camp days in Vietnam. David soon became curious in exploiting this so-called training his father referred to as “le parcours.”

Parkour was officially established as a movement by David and others under the name Yamakasi. Yamakasi released their first movie under the same title in 2001 and soon grabbed worldwide attention. In this fast-moving survival method, the males are called “traceurs” while the females are “traceuses.”

After the release of the movie, many people began exploring this unique way of movement. In Indonesia, the Parkour community took shape in 2007. In 2005, seven Indonesians decided to form a community through an online forum named Parkour.net. By mid 2007, these individuals agreed to establish Parkour Indonesia to gather all Parkour practitioners in the country. Soon after, regional sub-groups began to be formed in many cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Solo, Malang, Surabaya, Samarinda, Bali, Palembang, Medan, Makassar, etc. I had the chance to see one of those sub-groups in action, which is Parkour Jakarta, and have a chat with Pakour Jakarta’s Chief, Niki.

Parkour is a survival method, not an organized sport, or as Niki claims, “Not a form of sport at all”. It has no special rules or regulations. Parkour practitioners strongly oppose any kind of competition as you find so often in sports. The most important thing in Parkour is that you have to understand your physical boundaries, aspects of safety and never push yourself beyond your limits.

Even so, there are some basic moves such as running, jumping, balancing, climbing and rolling.

Parkour does not require any special gear or clothing; somersaults and back flips as you see in many videos are additional moves and in no way mandatory.

For those who are interested in participating or joining Parkour Jakarta, attend the weekly training every Sunday at 09.00 AM – 12.00 PM in Taman Kridaloka

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at Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta.

Beginners fear not, as experienced Parkour trainers will supervise and explain how things work. If you wish to be a registered member, you have to frequently attend the trainings during a year, fill out a form, have two referrals from a friend and a Parkour Jakarta management member, and last but not least, fully show your commitment to this form of art.

Until this date, there are 47 registered members at Parkour Jakarta. Parkour does not discriminate, as they both have male and female members and participants of various ages. One of members for example, was only five years old! This also applies to your nationality. If you are a nonIndonesian, feel free to join Parkour Jakarta. At times people from England, Germany, Algeria and Brazil join training.

During training, don’t expect to instantly see and do any of the extreme moves seen in the videos or movies. As this training is also aimed at beginners, first the basic moves are taught, such as running, jumping (and landing) properly, rolling and balancing. Repeating these basic moves is equally as essential for beginners as for experts.

Normally, Parkour Jakarta trains at the Taman Kridaloka, but sometimes they practice their moves in other places in Jakarta, such as Taman Menteng, Tanjung Priok, Cinere, and Kota Tua. I asked Niki about their experiences using such public venues in the concrete jungle of Jakarta. “Yes, as you can guess, we stumbled upon some restrictions on some occasions. Usually there are security guards telling us that we are not allowed to practice there.

We respect that, as it is their right to forbid us to go there,” he explained. Aside from their weekly training routine, they also have two important annual events: the Jamming Nasional and the Urban Fest where Parkour groups from

all over Indonesia gather for joint training. Its location changes from year to year.

After seeing Parkour Jakarta train for three hours straight, I asked Niki about his expectations for Parkour especially in Jakarta and Indonesia. “I expect that we will have more participants and these participants will understand the true meaning of Parkour. Some people think that Parkour is nothing more than running around doing back flips in public view without any purpose at all, which is wrong. Parkour has a meaning; it is a survival method either to help yourself or others. For beginners, I don’t think I can give any other advice other than not to rush in wanting to do the extreme, and never get bored in training or practicing.”

If you want to know more about Parkour, don’t hesitate to visit their weekly training. If you don’t live in Jakarta, you can check the availability of regional communities on Parkour Indonesia’s Facebook Fanpage (see a list regional ofregional communities).

Have fun and stay safe!

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Observations

Jokowi’s Resolution:

Must Reduce Traffic

By Jason Hue

During the 2nd half of 2012, the whole of Jakarta was plastered with banners and posters of potential candidates all vying for Jakarta’s top position. The election had largely been a referendum on proposed solutions to the chronic traffic conditions - one of the major daily issues faced by Jakartans.

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he Capital’s citizens wanted a better future by voting in favour of Jokowi, who many considered as being the ideal candidate to bring about positive changes to the Big Durian. Jakarta badly needed a comprehensive integrated transportation plan for the future and this was exactly what he had promised. The highlight of the new plan was, among others, the long awaited MRT project. Now that he is put into power, it’s time to deliver.

predecessor (need I go on?). The idea for Jakarta’s own MRT was first put forth in the 1980s.

Executives, whether in business or government, are often judged by their actions in their first 100 days. Jokowi’s first 100 days as Jakarta’s ‘Numero Uno’ are almost up and the MRT project has yet to see the light of day. During the past few weeks, it was somewhat amusing to read about the constant changing of status for the MRT project. Headlines such as “MRT gets go ahead” were printed in yesterday’s newspaper followed by conflicting headlines of ‘MRT plans on hold’ in the following day’s paper.

The current snag lies in Jokowi negotiating with the Central government on additional funding.

Jokowi had requested that the central government repay a bigger portion of a $1.5 billion loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) that will be used to finance the MRT’s project and provide subsidies to cover the MRT’s operations.

Jokowi inherited the MRT project from his predecessor, who also inherited it from his predecessor who inherited it from his

Fast forward 20+ years, the commencement of the MRT project has been postponed again and again. Instead of speeding up the process to make the MRT a reality, Jokowi had put the plan on hold, pending the results of constant renegotiations with the various stakeholders, which are scheduled to be resolved by mid or end January 2013.

Another cause of delay is that Jokowi wants to renegotiate certain contractual clauses that hold the city administration fully responsible in the multi-billion dollar project.

Why should he put his neck on the chopping block when the cityowned enterprise, PT MRT, (which was established to implement the

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project) was not to be held responsible if something went wrong?

Feasibility studies have been conducted several times; all leading to the common conclusion that Jakarta does indeed need an MRT system to transport the masses. The construction of the MRT system would greatly benefit the citizens of Jakarta; provided the stations are at strategic locations and the ticket prices are reasonable. The initial planned ticket price was around USD4 (before subsidies) to cover the mammoth costs of the project. Jokowi believes the ideal pricing should be less than USD1, which is similar to other countries.

However, even at US$1 it may still be unaffordable to many as fifty percent of Indonesia’s population lives on less than US$2 per day. It should not be forgotten that the primary purpose of building the MRT is to transport all people, including those with lower income.

Therefore, the ticket price should be adjusted accordingly to consider those from the lower income group.

If everything proceeds as planned, the MRT’s first phase, which will connect Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta and the Hotel Indonesia Traffic Circle in Central Jakarta, will only begin operations in 2016, so it’s still another three years of growing old in traffic jams for you and me.

Apart from the MRT project, Jokowi also recently announced a plan to end traffic jams in Jakarta.

He planned to do away with the current 3-in-1 system and limit

vehicle access to certain city streets on alternate days based on license plate numbers. Under his proposed plan, cars with odd-numbered license plates would be allowed on the streets on odd dates and vice versa.

While it may seem mathematically possible to reduce 50% of the cars on the road, he probably did not take into account that the middle or upper class may have more than one car in their garage to counter this system. Therefore I don’t think the cars would be drastically reduced but end up greatly affecting those with one vehicle and whose livelihood depends on using that car for daily errands; such as the florist who can only deliver on even-numbered days because his truck ends with an even number.

The target implementation date is March 2013, so if your situation is like the florist mentioned above, either you purchase another vehicle with an odd numbered plate or get your motorcycle SIM today, available at a POLDA (district police headquarters) near you.

One of my new year’s resolutions for 2013 is to reduce my ballooning waistline by cutting down on late night suppers. I usually refrain from driving out to my favourite nasi goreng stall citing traffic jam as a reason. However, once Jokowi successfully reduces traffic jams in Jakarta, I may no longer be able to keep this resolution. Then again, a traffic-free Jakarta is something I have always dreamed of and I wouldn’t mind breaking my resolution if it materialises.

JASON HUE

A 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 Jason.Hue@bda.co.id

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Laws & Legalities

The Future of Law and Development in Indonesia

"In general, Indonesia continues to be one of the fastest growing economies and there are definite incentives to live and work here."

By Julia Tchezganova Some of the projects deal with solar power plants, access roads, toll roads, and hydropower. Under this plan, the expectation for infrastructure development investment for phase one (2011-2014) is estimated at USD 150 billion.

The Master Plan requires that the Government regulates and facilitates the goals of the plan. As a result, the private sector can become very involved in the process of joint dialogue with the Government in order to amend or remove regulations that inhibit investments or restrain the trade of goods.

However, while the Master Plan is rather ambitious and well-regarded, the Indonesian Government has to put in place reforms that deal with protection of property and the labour market in order to promote private-sector and foreign investment.

For example, it is expected that the Government will strengthen corruption eradication and implement regulations that deal with such property rights protections as intellectual property rights.

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aw and development is defined as a study of law and economic and social development that examines and analyzes how to utilize law as an instrument to promote economic development, human rights, and democracy.

This article intends to look at specific instances of the likely direction of Indonesian laws in light of recent commitments to promote economic development and human rights protection. This is important to consider for any foreigner with an interest in the future of Indonesia’s

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Protection of intellectual property rights is a rather significant concern in Indonesia and it is starting to get much-needed attention.

This is important because effective enforcement of intellectual property rights is critical to sustaining economic growth. business environment, including infrastructure development, green energy promotion, and investment strategies.

In 2011, the President announced the launch of the “Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Growth” (MP3EI). This Master Plan involves more than a dozen new infrastructure projects. The MP3EI concentrates on three main elements, including developing six economic corridors between the archipelago’s five major islands for energy-related development, as well as strengthening national connectivity and international trade, and development of national science and technology.

It is important to note that in April 2012, Intellectual Property Rights Arbitration and Mediation Agency (BAM HKI) was established in Jakarta. This shows commitment to better intellectual property rights enforcement and likelihood that there will be a more comprehensive regulatory framework in this area.

Another step in Indonesian development initiatives is related to Indonesia’s strategic plan to achieve a sustainable development plan that supports implementation of green economics, sustainable agriculture and forestry management, clean technology support, and green infrastructure development.

This is significant because it is now the time to pay attention to specific policies that include reforms of subsidies for electricity industries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, policy promotion of renewable energy, as well as incentives for industries that promote environmentally friendly products.

Last, it should be noted that according to “Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia Pacific 2013”, Jakarta is first in both investment and development in terms of commercial real estate. However, despite the growing economy, it is clear that operating conditions are still difficult when it comes to issues of rule of law and conflicts over land titles. As a consequence, when looking at Indonesia’s economic plans, it is likely that the Government will address these issues in the future by drafting laws that will protect the interests of all the parties involved.

In general, Indonesia continues to be one of the fastest growing economies and there are definite incentives to live and work here. The future, according to the many objectives set out by Indonesia and ASEAN, looks rather optimistic. There is promise of international cooperation, property rights protection, and commitment to environmentally friendly practices. It seems that Indonesia is definitely looking forward, however what remains to be seen is if the laws end up catching up with the ambitious development goals, becoming investmentfriendly, as well as a society that supports social protection. ■

Anything written in this article is intended to provide information only and is not intended to serve as legal advice.

JULIA TCHEZGANOVA If not found in the office, Julia can be seen falling off a mountain bike in Puncak or on her way to see an Opera in Singapore

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Travel Java

A Walk through Memories of Indonesia’s Underwater Missions

By Grace Susetyo

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ith a marine area of 93,000 square kilometres interlacing throughout some 17,000 islands, a good navy force should be one of Indonesia’s top priorities.

The strategic location sandwiched between two continents and two oceans means that Indonesia’s waters accommodate the traffic of numerous international submarines on any given day.

Moreover, Indonesia’s waters are rich with biodiversity, oil and gas reserves, and spectacular dive sites - it is hard to imagine how other countries could not want a piece of the pie.

Indonesian military personnel only have two bullets in border military trainings. Indonesian Navy has no patrol ships in neighbouring waters, whereas Chinese and African trawlers, backed by private military companies, are making lucrative profits on fish stolen from Indonesian waters.

Therefore, Surabaya’s Submarine Monument becomes one of the must-visit spots in the City of Heroes. “Monkasel”, as locals affectionately call it, is actually the retired submarine KRI Pasopati, turned into a walk-in museum.

There I met Sugeng, who served aboard this submarine in 19781989 as a navy personnel, and since 1998 as a tour guide. Sugeng has many memories on this 1,300-ton Whiskey-class Soviet submarine. As a young sailor, Sugeng used to go on three-month missions at a time.

There’s a glimmer in his eyes as he showed visitors around.

“This submarine wasn’t airconditioned, so it got hot in here when the submarine went underwater,” he recalled. “We would go without a shower for literally months because this submarine only carries 11 tons of fresh water.”

But even so, the 1959 Vladivostokmade Pasopati was advanced technology back then. Its features include propellers of torpedoes longer than an adult human, sophisticated controls and monitors that look almost like a scene from a steampunk film, powerful diesel engine chambers, nifty espionage equipment, super-efficient bunk beds, and a chemical carbon dioxide remover for recycling oxygen.

Sugeng’s favourite memory includes the 1979 Operasi Halilintar, which sent the KRI Pasopati to the South China Sea to prevent the smuggling of Indonesian resources to Malaysia and Singapore, and helped relocate Vietnamese refugees to the Pulau Galang Refugee Camp in the Riau isles.

The KRI Pasopati was then led by Captain Soentoro and Commodore Mardiono. Soentoro is famed for intimidating the military forces of Indonesia’s neighbours, including during the 1974 IndonesianMalaysian collaborative security operations in the Malacca Strait.

When Soentoro brought up the prospective role of the Pasopati in the operation, Malaysian Navy

And Indonesia only has two outdated submarines.

Whether in the future, Indonesian Navy will re-attain its past grandeur, equipped with an adequate number of high-tech submarines and earning the respect of countries that envy Indonesia’s wealthy seas, remains a question mark. Some say the chances are rather bleak, and understandably so.

Colonel Sidiq scoffed at the idea, perhaps to conceal his fear of Indonesian submarines penetrating Malaysian territory.

Soentoro took offense at Sidiq’s comments, but Mardiono calmed him down for the sake of good relations between the neighbouring countries. Nevertheless, Soentoro was determined to teach Malaysia a lesson. He then scared the Malaysian Navy by having the submarine travel under the radar and show up unannounced before the Malaysian convoys in Penang and Sabang.

“Back in Sukarno’s reign, Indonesia had twelve submarines like this.

Our navy was a mighty force at sea, and other ASEAN countries feared us,” said Sugeng. The submarines, known as the Hiu Kencana (“Golden Sharks”) were named after Javanese mythical armoury: Nagabanda, Trisula, Nagarangsang, Candrasa, Wijayadanu, Hendrajala, Bramasta, Cundamani, and Alugoro. Pasopati is the magical archery of the Mahabharatan hero, Arjuna.

“Now Indonesia has only two submarines. What a pity,” said Sugeng. “Out of the retired submarines, only Pasopati is salvageable. The rest have become old scrap metal.”

The remaining submarines are the 1981 West German made Cakra and Nanggala, which Sugeng fetched in Kiel while undergoing a six-month military training, followed by a 58-day homebound underwater journey. Even if Cakra and Nanggala are technologically ahead of Pasopati, they have been in service for 32 years.

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Asked if two submarines are enough to patrol Indonesia’s vast seas, Sugeng tittered sorrily and said, “Well, the men up there call the shots. I’m just a sailor, and a retired one for that matter.”

Military analyst Connie Bakrie says that building a good navy is an expression of a nation’s love for its homeland. The navy has everything to do with a country’s sovereignty and security.

“We all know that song: Bukan lautan, hanya kolam susu.” said Connie, quoting the lyrics of Koes Plus’s 1973 rock song Kolam Susu (“Pool of Milk”) which poetically refers to Indonesia as a maritime utopia blessed with abundant resources and calm seas.

“But this song underestimates the importance of the Indonesian navy defence,” she said, adding that Indonesia is blessed with the three things nations go to war for:

religion, resources, and trade.

Connie said that she was angry to hear President Yudhoyono say that Indonesia has “One million friends and zero enemies”, in his inauguration speech in October 2009. “Hundreds of foreign submarines are sunk in our waters.

And the waters of the Tanimbar Islands become the route of international submarines travelling between Indonesia and Australia.

The journey between Tanimbar and Darwin takes approximately eight hours. The waters have permanent natural gas reserves claimed by China and Japan, and US Marines are deployed there,” said Connie.

“How could one say that Indonesia has no enemies?”

But in the time being, the Submarine Monument stands steadfast by the romantic banks of Surabaya’s Kalimas River, offering visitors a walk through the Indonesian Navy’s glorious past and former sailors who would gladly tell of their good-ole’-day adventures patrolling the bottom of Indonesian seas. Whether you’re a patriot concerned with the future of Indonesia’s thalassic sovereignty, or a tourist looking to amuse yourself with the sights and sounds of vintage military technology, a visit to Monkasel would make an experience to remember.

Monumen Kapal Selam Jalan Pemuda No 39 (Next to Plaza Surabaya) Genteng Surabaya Timur Tel 031 549 0401 Open daily 8:30 AM to 9 PM Tickets Rp5,000

Connie said that the government seems to have no problem splurging on politics, but fails to adequately equip a professional navy that effectively defends the country, deeming it “too expensive.”

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Meet the Expat

Meet Bob Holland.

The avid Aussie Hasher and Deputy Director at AIPEG.

By Cecilia Forsman

You have been the Deputy Director at the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance (AIPEG) for the last three years. Can you tell us a little bit about what you do?

Firstly I should point out that my contract with AIPEG finishes shortly and whilst it will be sad to move on, I am looking forward to the prospect of a new adventure, whatever that might be. My reflections on the past three years are very positive about what we have been able to achieve, and similarly for AIPEG’s future with further assistance being provided in areas of finance sector stability, trade, tax and public financial management.

From a higher-level perspective, AIPEG is only one of many AusAID projects working throughout Indonesia, all with a focus on contributing to poverty reduction. In this regard I am one of many Australians and other foreign consultants who are privileged

mining and agriculture sectors. Furthermore I am encouraged by the new Australian initiative to focus on the region through its ‘Asian Century’ initiative, part of which is to encourage more Australians to learn Indonesian and participate in more studies at Indonesian universities.

You split your time between Jakarta and Bandung.

When did you first make the move to Indonesia?

I first came to Indonesia in 1982 to work on the Indonesia Australia Geological Mapping Project. This was a fantastic job, where, apart from my administrative support role in Bandung, I managed project logistics for six years in setting up field camps for surveys in remote locations of Kalimantan. Having come back to Indonesia in 2007, and working in Jakarta since, I am amazed at what seems to be lower levels of pollution, despite many more cars and motor bikes on the road. Whatever the reason – perhaps it’s all the newer cars and buses with lower/cleaner exhaust emissions – I’m glad to see the end of days when after spending an hour in Jakarta’s humidity you were covered with grimy black soot.

From your point of view, as someone who visits Bandung regularly can you give us some insider tips?

The best time to visit Bandung is during the week when traffic is less congested.

If weekends are the only option, then I’d suggest avoiding long weekends as these are extremely busy. If travelling from Jakarta, I suggest an early morning start using the toll road and when returning, avoid the late afternoon or early evening. The dry season (between April and September) is probably the best time to visit Bandung, but don’t be put off by the rainy season; it does offer a lush green countryside, and if bathing in any of the hot springs, the heavy rain offers a magical sensation and relief from the steaming hot water. The Gracia Hot Springs Resort, whilst comparatively more expensive than others at Ciater, is the most beautiful and well managed, with a good standard accommodation available.

to work with our Indonesian colleagues in undertaking the Indonesian Government’s ambitious reform program, with encouraging progress being made in many areas including AIPEG’s contribution to the economic governance sector.

Where do you see the relationship between Australia and Indonesia going in the future?

There is no doubt that Australia and Indonesia’s future destiny is closely linked by our close geographic location and increasingly an energetic approach to work together as a stabilizing influence in the region. Apart from the obvious benefits of closer trade and security ties, there is still much to learn culturally about each other, particularly from the Australian side where most Australians’ impressions of Indonesia are limited to what they have experienced in Bali. On the other hand lots of Indonesian students have visited Australia over a long period, impacting on many who now work in senior positions in government and industry. Looking forward I see the relationship broadening with significant collaboration growing in the services, 10

Concerning the shopping, there is no doubt that some bargains can be found, but I would not visit Bandung for just the factory outlets.

Apart from the fantastic restaurants, there are so many other attractions around – don’t miss Kampung Daun if you get the chance, or many other good dining and family fun things to do in Cisarua.

If interested in the heritage of Bandung, I suggest you join Pak Amor on the Bandung City Tour on Saturday mornings which provides a rich cultural history of early Bandung, starting from where the city was first founded, opposite the Savoy Homann Hotel in Jalan Asia Afrika. Other attractions include the street market at Punclut at the top of Ciumbuleuit, or visit the secluded waterfall at Curug Cibareubeuy near Ciater, or my favourite place to take visitors, Marabaya Falls, where you can follow the river down through the gorge to the Juanda Forrest Park at Dago Pakar.

We understand your wife has a small business in Bandung called the Bamboo Shack. Can you tell us a little about it, how did it start?

The concept of the Bamboo Shack was one of

those ideas that came up when talking with my wife, Riga, and friends over a couple of drinks in early 2011. Living in Dago and because of the heavy traffic, it was becoming increasingly more difficult to travel down town to buy imported foodstuffs not readily available in the markets or mini-markets - items like soft cheese, selected meats, small goods, etc.

In October 2011 the Bamboo Shack opened for business near the Dago mini-bus terminal. Apart from the Mini-Market, there is an internet café, coffee lounge and small tourism information centre upstairs. The Bamboo Shack customers include a mixture of expats, students, business people and local residents. In recent times it has increasingly become a regular meeting point and place to hang out for a cold beer or snack.

I’ve heard that you are also a Hasher. How did you first get involved and is it true that Hashers are a bunch of drinkers with a running problem?

I first became involved with the Bandung

Hash in 1982. Working for the Geological Mapping Project at the time, our Project Manager insisted that all team members should participate in Hash on a Monday afternoon to keep fitness levels up for field survey work in Kalimantan. Not a bad excuse, but I soon found out that the drinking club with a running problem was not an exaggeration.

In a book I produced a few years back, ‘History of the Bandung Hash House Harriers’, I traced the group’s history from when it started in 1974 with just a few expats gathering on Monday afternoons, to now where there are more than a dozen HHH clubs running (mostly walking) every day of the week. Recently I established another Hash group (BHHH+) with my friend Hendy, which gathers each Saturday afternoon at 3.30 for a run/walk around Bandung’s surrounding hills, followed by customary refreshments. For those visiting Bandung on weekends and who wish to join the group, regular pickups from the Bamboo Shack can be arranged at 3pm.

Despite its bad reputation in some quarters, the Hash is a fantastic way to meet people from all walks of life and to unwind. One aspect I particularly like about the Hash, despite its sometimes odd rituals, is the laughter – for a regular dose of fun the Hash is hard to beat.

Do you have any sage advice for young expats who have just moved to Indonesia?

My advice would be to let the waves crash over you and enjoy the wonderful adventures to be had in Indonesia. Living in Jakarta and other cities can offer you all sorts of entertainment, but I would encourage as many folks as possible to travel outside the cities and experience all the natural wonders and fantastic cultural attractions that Indonesia has to offer; whether it be travelling to the world’s best surfing locations on Nias, exploring fresh water caves on the south coast of Java, climbing majestic volcanoes, or some of the many attractions around Bandung, don’t hesitate - just do it. Having travelled to many parts of the world, I don’t think you will find a more fascinating country to discover, and the most welcoming and friendliest people on earth the Indonesians.

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Faces of Jakarta

Nonong & Basio the Street Dancers

Words and photos by David Metcalf

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onong and Basio, both 47 years old, are not your typical Jakarta workers. In fact, they don’t live in Jakarta but travel in from Cilicap on the southern coast of West Java hoping that a few kind motorists will enjoy their colourful costumes and traditional dancing and part with a few Rupiah so they can earn a living and continue to travel back and forth between the cities.

Whilst most expats complain about the traffic in Jakarta, for this couple it is a godsend, as they position themselves at key locations where the traffic is mostly at a standstill, performing the Jaipong, a traditional Sundanese dance. The dance was created in the 1960’s when President Suharto banned most forms of western music in 1961.

They own their dance uniforms but must pay Rp.15,000 per day for the hiring of musical instruments to lure the motorists into winding down their car windows.

They seemed to be fairly successful as in the 20 minutes I was with them they

received eight donations! Some days they will perform until late, as it is a very competitive business, and sometimes there can be turf wars, which is not very pleasant according to Basio.

The rainy season is a hindrance, as a wet and bedraggled street dancer does not have the same appeal for the motorists, so during these times they perform at the bus stations under shelter. Sometimes they get lucky and get contract work performing at circumcision ceremonies, birthday parties and weddings. Dancing is very much in the family as they follow in the footsteps of their parents and their 23-year-old daughter is also a very good dancer.

This smiling couple appeared very comfortable and happy with their job and really love performing. They are very honest, genuine people doing their best to survive in a competitive environment and a great example of people overcoming the odds, which is very much life on the streets of Jakarta. 

DAVID METCALF David Metcalf (Dayak Dave) is a professional photographer who specialises in photography workshop tours and cultural, adventure tours throughout Indonesia. Please visit his website www.davidmetcalfphotography.com and www.facebook.com/indodave

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Film Review

Joshua Oppenheimer

The Act of Killing

By Terry Collins

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” - Voltaire

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he movies I generally seek out are those with a superbly directed cast of gifted actors bringing to life a captivating story. Very rare, however, are those movies that leave you stunned, traumatised even, and unable to articulate anything about the cinematic experience just participated in.

On a recent Monday morning, I was invited to attend a secret screening of The Act Of Killing (Jagal in Indonesian), a film most of us in Indonesia will know of, yet have not been able to watch. Nor will we, except perhaps through illegal downloads once it is on general release everywhere but here in mid-year.

Its subject matter is the genocide of supposed ‘communists’, members and associates of the Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI) in 1965/6 in the aftermath of the takeover of Indonesia by Gen. Suharto, and the role played in the killings by ‘preman’, a word regularly defined in the movie as ‘free men’.

It was while filming The Globalization Tapes (2003), a participatory documentary project made with plantation workers in north Sumatra, that directors Joshua Oppenheimer and Christine Cynn “discovered that ... one of the military’s main objectives in the killings was to destroy the anti-colonial labour movement that had existed until 1965, and to lure foreign investors with the promise of cheap, docile workers and abundant natural resources.”

Killers and survivors continued to live in the same villages: the killers were the local power structure. By interviewing them and working their way up the heirachy, in 2004 they met Anwar Congo and Adi Zulkadry, leaders of Pasukan Kodok (Frog Squad) in Medan, the most notorious death squad in North Sumatra.

In their youth, the two older men had been 12

cinema ticket scalpers whose silver screen heroes were simplistic and manly: Congo’s hero was John Wayne. The film makers offered the two men, along with Congo’s overweight protégé and sidekick Herman Koto who, Congo suggested, could playact as the Spanish actor Fernando Sancho, the archtypical Mexican heavy in many spaghetti westerns, the opportunity to star in their own film.

Boastful about their killings, they agreed to re-enact their ‘techniques’ and certain incidents. Scenes switch between preproduction, the filmed clips, and then the discussion of them by the actorparticipants: “No, we did it this way.” And so we have a film within a film.

left, and they did, leaving several women and children in hysterics, perhaps reliving residual memories from their family histories.

An early scene sees them visiting areas of Medan trying to recruit locals who’d be prepared to play distraught women whose husbands and sons were being taken away to be tortured and killed before their bodies were dumped in Deli, the city’s main river.

With that support, it is little wonder that Congo and Zulkadry, who at one point is seen wearing a T-shirt with the word ‘Apathetic’ writ large, demonstrated little remorse.

In one area, Congo says that they wouldn’t find any recruits there because “this is a communist area.” Such banality and insouciance is commonplace for much of the film.

The final scene, though, may yet prove the true worth of this film.

Congo agrees to play a role as a prisoner about to be garrotted; there are two takes, after which he says, “I can’t do that.”

Among the print machinery of the Medan Pos, the newspaper publisher, Ibrahim Siruk, says that he’d decided who’d be killed: “My job was to make people hate them - and beat them to a pulp.”

This was eagerly done by the Frog Squad.

Congo takes the film crew up to the open roof area where he acts out how he would use a length of wire to murder his victims.

He explains that knives and bludgeoning had produced too much blood “which left a bad smell.”

These aging thugs are well-entrenched within today’s power circle and Congo is a hero to many. For example, the then North Sumatra governor Syamsul Arifin glowingly describes how Congo looked after him through his childhood.

(In 2011, Arifin was jailed for six years for corruption, causing state losses of Rp.102 billion (c.$103.3 million) whilst Langkat regent from 2000 to 2007) We see Congo fêted at an open air rally

by Yapto Soerjosoemarno, the leader of Pemuda Pancasila (PP), the paramilitary organisation with, it claims, three million

He then revisits the upstairs killing zone of the Medan and says, “I knew it was wrong, but I had to do it.” He retches once, twice, with his head turned away from the camera, and at the last he is seen standing alone, silent in contemplation. members. In 65/6, PP ran death squads for the Indonesian army, murdering thousands of alleged communists and Chinese Indonesians across the province of North Sumatra.

Soerjosoemarno, who in 1980 was ‘appointed’ by PP’s death squad leaders, then addresses the troops: “We have too much democracy - it’s chaos.”

At an indoor rally, PP is addressed by SBY’s then vice-president, Jusuf Kalla. He says, “Preman means ‘free men’. We need gangsters to get things done.”

Perhaps even more shocking is the arrival at the location of the re-enactment of a raid on a village harbouring ‘communists’ of the then Deputy Youth Empowerment Minister Sakhyan Asmara, dressed in his PP orange military-style uniform. He advised the amateur actors to show more realism. He

The version we watched was long, perhaps too long. Yet I couldn’t leave until the end when we stood up silently and went our separate ways, traumatised and unable in that moment to articulate what we’d just witnessed cinematically. As another reviewer has said, “The Act of Killing is a film that is essential and enraging, It begs to be seen, then never watched again.”

Websites: http://theactofkilling.com/ http://www.stopimpunity.org/page93.php

TERRY COLLINS Terry Collins is the co-author of Culture Shock! Jakarta and writes the Jakartass blog.

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Grumpy Old Men

My Apocalypse

By Sebastien Laurent

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he end of the world — that was a very interesting thing for me. I mean who can say, “I experienced the end of the world"? Certainly not my dad or God or who else? Even Barack Obama cannot say this!

For the last three years I’ve been listening to all of my fake hippy bule (foreigners) friends here, especially the ones from Jepara, I must say, who were talking nonstop about this end of the world. At the time, I was already laughing at them about this 21st December story. They seemed to believe that there would be major flooding in Holland (which was already happening at this date), that the ice would melt in the North Pole (was also already the case), then some meteorites would hit the planet (which happens every day for millions of years), and scarier again, that we might all die on this date! That was the nicest part actually….

As I am extremely intelligent, I started to think (I don’t care if you don’t believe that I can think sometimes) and I finally thought, "Who cares if we all die?” I mean, if you are the only one to die, then of course people are sad (or supposed to be), but if we all die at the same time then the end of the world is kind of a super fun event right?

This is basically the end of the civilizations.

Of course we can have some regrets to not have achieved all that we wanted — to not be a celebrity or an important person who changed the “soon destroyed planet”. Myself I would have dreamt to be in the middle of a list like Napoleon, Mick Jagger, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Cleopatra, Derrick, Benny Hill or Bambi but I won’t. I will be on a list like Jean Claude Durant, Philippe Dupond, Sebastien Laurent and other very rare French names.

I will tell you my version — all this nonsense of the 21st of December only happened because some anthropologists and scientists misinterpreted a Mayan calendar that the Mayans themselves didn’t understand! The last "Mayanese calendarmaker" in a small Mayan town was too lazy to extend his perpetual calendar to the year 3024 and bing, thousands of years later, our brilliant scientists misinterpreted a cartoon on old stone… My God! I must say that I never believed the scientists. They all seem amazingly intelligent, they studied for decades and basically ruined their parents by doing this, but they always answer our questions in a way that we can’t even measure. I remember before the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogya, I was kind of concerned as it was snowing something which was not snow in the middle of the night on my roof. So I asked what the risk was to one of these young Einsteins. He answered, “It could be nothing or 10,000 times the power of a nuclear bomb.” I looked at him very impressed for three seconds. Then I thought that this guy had no brains at all. I also could say, in antiques expertise, your painting has a value of 25 dollars to 1 million dollars, but nobody would think of me as the most intelligent person on earth!

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bad omelettes. I immediately understood that these were some “natural fair trade ecological vegetarian magic mushrooms".

As I don’t trust this guy at all, I put the omelettes back in the fridge. One hour later I finished the second bottle of Bordeaux Saint-Emilion and everything seemed so beautiful. I was more at peace than ever. In one hour, I will be dead.

Anyway, after all those years I was ready to handle this date and was even a bit excited.

It’s not every day that we will all die! I am the least believer around and strangely on this day I was feeling that I was the only one concerned! All my “fake hippy Jepara bule friends” already gave up about the story (never believe a hippy, especially the ones who own businesses). So, I asked our maid, “Mbak Siti. Tomorrow holiday for ever ya?

Ha ha.” She looked at me and said, “Are you firing me?” Then I asked our satpam (security guard), “Mas Hendry, what are you planning tonight for the last day?” and he also answered, “Are you firing me?” Then I ended up thinking that I was the only one who had been corrupted by my Jepara friends. So I called one of them….

“Hi P. How are you? Are you ready for tomorrow?” And he replied, “Yes yes, your container is ready Seb.” Bloody hell. I was the most sceptic and finally the most naïve.

No one seemed to understand what I meant!

At this point, I was at peace. Everybody left the house at five and there were still seven hours to go. I was alone and decided

"I will tell you my version — all this nonsense of the 21st of December only happened because some anthropologists and scientists misinterpreted a Mayan calendar that the Mayans themselves didn’t understand!" to enjoy my last seven hours. I had two bottles of nice French wine, some “foie gras” (the expensive French paté that California banned instead of banning assault weapons). Then I waited and waited and drank and drank. I was not scared at all; I wanted to see an explosion or something big. That is the advantage of wine — a small event can seem amazing, so waiting for the end of the world was… formidable.

One of my neighbours is a very bad guy, kind of a thief, drug addict, not a reliable person at all. But still he is my neighbour and it was the end of the world. So I went to the front gate and asked Mas Agus, “What is the craziest thing I can do right now?” He told me, “Seb, wait a minute", and came back with something wrapped in aluminium foil. “For free the magic...”

I went back home and opened the aluminium present and found three small

I finally decided that I wanted to finish my Nutella pot, but when I picked it up in the fridge, I saw the aluminium package from Agus. Hmm…. After two bottles of wine, even three small bad and oily omelettes in my Indonesian fridge look beautiful. I hesitated for… eight seconds. Then I ate all of them in one minute. I sat on the terrace listening to some very bad French songs that I love — one called Je suis malade from Serge Lama. It means "I am sick" but the guy is talking about love sick. After 20 minutes, I was sick like hell too, but not in a love way! At 11.50pm, I was in my toilet trying to throw up the culinary works of Agus. It was horrible. Between two painful rejections, I checked my watch and at 11.59pm, I was thinking, “What a pitiful way to end the world!” Maybe one day, in 20 million years, some archaeologists will find me fossilized, half naked throwing up next to a very rare TOTO porcelain toilet. Even maybe this kind of sculpture will be sold in an auction or displayed in a naturalist museum!

The next day I woke up alive, with a big headache, and a very pale face, but the sun was shining. My conclusion is that life is beautiful, but please never ever listen to the hippies and the Mayans! They are a big bunch of liars! ■

SEBASTIEN LAURENT Sebastien is an antiques dealer.

To rant and rave at him email: sebastienlaurent@hotmail.com

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Personal Tech & Apps

Facebook’s 2012: A Billion Users and a Shift to Mobile

By Juan G. Leysner

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hat does the future have in store? Will mobile phones become smaller or bigger, will Android beat iPhone? Well your guess is as good as mine. What I do see, and therefore perhaps can predict, is that social networking will keep on growing in 2013. Facebook is still the biggest social networking site with over 1 billion users, but would it surprise you that in second and third place are Chinesebased sites?

In second place is Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, which is a free instant and video messaging computer program in China with 700 million active users accounts. In third place is Qzone with more than 600 million. An interesting fact is that Qzone was created by Tencent in 2005. It permits users to write blogs, keep diaries, send photos, and listen to music.

Twitter is in 7th place with 170 million users and Skype stands tenth with 145 million. There is in fact a difference between registered users and active users. Skype for example would rank 3rd, looking at their registered users which is almost 700 million, but only 145 million of these are active.

There was a time when SMS was the only cost-effective media to communicate asynchronously. Now a bunch of rich-media applications are replacing SMS with more attractive content such as pictures, video, etc. Thanks to iOS, Android, BlackBerry OS, and Windows Phone, those OSs are powerful but small enough to run on smartphones and tablet devices and consequently opened the doors for Social Networking such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Renren, Windows Live, Pinterest and many more. By the way, any idea how many social networks there are? I stopped counting at 350...

The smartphone and tablet shipments have been growing significant for the last five years, and it is still growing.

Vendors will ship more than 1.7 billion smartphone devices this year according to IDC they also forecast that by the end

of 2016, the total shipments for tablets will be 198.2 million devices. It is a huge market and you have to tap in one way or the other!

Facebook users began visiting the site more through mobile devices than on their computers. Facebook said it had seen mobile users increase 68 percent over the same period last year.

Mobile use gives Facebook the option to reach more aspects of users’ lives more immediately, and the social network has introduced several initiatives to make the most of the fast-growing platform. In the past year, Facebook has remade its main apps and revamped Facebook Messenger, introducing two new apps - Facebook Camera and Poke. The company still has work to do in figuring out how to better display advertisements on the smaller, mobile screens and has recently said it will concentrate on making effective ads appear in users’ news feeds.

The company is seeing its greatest growth in regions such as Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. In its last earnings report, Facebook said its number of daily active users had grown 28 percent from the same period last year.

Social Media in Indonesia 2012 was a good year for social media, with a steady and healthy revenue growth. On Twitter, Indonesia ranks 5th after the UK, Japan, Brazil, and the USA, and surprising or not Jakarta ranks number one on the worldwide city tweets list in front of Tokyo and London. With more than 175 million tweets per day Twitter is expected to see $259.9 million in revenue in 2012, up from $139.5 million in 2011.

Indonesia ranks fourth on the world ranking list of Facebook users.

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Facebook registered more than 1 billion active monthly users on Facebook, and is expected to see a revenue of five billion US dollars. Social media is exploding. All of these platforms have launched specific opportunities for brands to engage: Facebook brand pages, Twitter verified accounts and promoted campaigns, Pinterest’s newly launched business accounts, and YouTube’s brand channels. Of course, just because the opportunity exists doesn’t mean that all brands use these platforms to their full potential.

Popsci.com Popular Science has been a leading source of science and technology news since its inception way back in 1872. PopSci.com first came online in 1999, and in 2008 launched the biggest redesign yet: a new site built in Drupal that’s easy to navigate and chock-full of exciting daily content.

The new PopSci.com is also highly customizable, so finding the content you’re interested in is a breeze. With up-to-the-minute tech news, insightful commentary on new innovations, and even scientific takes on the hottest Hollywood stories, Popsci.com aims to be your first stop for what’s new and what’s next.

Whereas some countries such as Bangladesh, China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam are trying to ban Facebook and other social medias, Indonesia welcomes their first local spinoff called Kerren (Cool).

On 20th December 2012, PT CPE Indonesia launched a New Lifestyle Mobile Application to play a significant role in the Social Media market. The theme of launching is also interesting: “Are U Kerren?” or in plain English “Are You Cool?” The features provided by Kerren are Single Signed on (SSO), login chatting features such as “Kerren Obrolan” (“Cool chatting”), Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and MSN. Plus SSO to login social media features which are “Kerren Remboek”, Facebook, and Twitter.

Kerren also has Club features providing several widgets such as Music Store, Free Trading and Category, Mobile Banking, etc. Kerren is now available on Google Play Store, and by February 2013 on BlackBerry Market, then by June 2013 on iPhone AppStore. You can find more information on Kerren’s official website (www. kerren.co.id) or Facebook (Are U Kerren) or Twitter (@ AreUKerren).

And on that note I would say, “I am Kerren. Are you?”

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

Blibli.com Established since 2010, Blibli.com is a social commerce website that integrates the concept of e-commerce and social media for the people of Indonesia. Blibli allows people to interact, share information, read reviews and recommend quality products making shopping decisions all the more easier.

With an impressive selection of products - ranging from computers, mobile phones, clothing, watches, toys and games – the list is almost endless and you’re sure to find whatever you’re looking for at bargain prices at Blibli.com

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Light Entertainment

You Have Control

me when the time came for me to fly the glider he would say, “You have control” and I would need to answer, “I have control” before he let go of his controls and vice versa when I gave control back. Like most safety procedures, very sensible when you think about it.

By Eamonn Sadler

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few years ago I went for glider flying lessons with a couple of friends and I can safely say it was one of the best and most frightening things I have ever done voluntarily. We arrived at the gliding club on a sunny Sunday June morning and met our instructor Bob, who was dressed in a one piece flying suit and obviously a fan of Top Gun. He walked us round the “aircraft” (which didn’t take long because it was tiny) and patiently and precisely told us what all the various parts were called as he lovingly stroked each one in turn. After a safety chat in the club caravan in the middle of the airfield we were back outside in the sunshine and eventually my turn came to get strapped into the front seat of the dual control training glider for my first lesson. Bob was strapping himself into the instructor’s seat behind me when the first problem became apparent; I am six feet four inches tall and 90 kilos and the student seat was clearly designed to take someone much smaller.

My head was pressed uncomfortably against the top of the canopy and my shoulders were touching each side. I could barely move. Bob didn’t seem concerned so I put up with the discomfort and listened as he told me what all the controls were for and went through the words of command. Bob told

Moments later we were noisily gathering speed across the bumpy airfield behind the tow plane and I was seeing stars as my head banged against the canopy. As we left the ground for the smoothness of the air I was seeing double, but the pain suddenly became worthwhile as we soared into the majesty of the clear blue sky above England and all I could hear was the rushing of air. It was a truly spectacular experience and the view of the earth getting smaller and smaller below us was simply breathtaking. After he released the tow cable and the tow plane peeled off for home, Bob snapped me out of my wide-eyed revery with a string of serious-sounding instructions over the intercom. He refreshed my memory about what the pedals were for and what the joystick did, and reminded me that the joystick should be moved slowly and smoothly at 90 degrees to the right or left in order to turn smoothly. Then he told me he was soon going to give me control and that I should not move anything until he told me to. He asked me if I was ready then said, “You have control!” I took a deep breath and replied, “I have control!” Bob let go and nothing happened as I held all the controls firmly in position. Then he spoke to me slowly and carefully, in a tone you might use to talk a five year old into handing over a loaded pistol. “Now... when I say ‘turn’.. slowly... move the joystick... gently to the right...

and remember what we said... at 90 degrees... OK..?” I said, “OK” and he said gently, “Ok... turn...”

Unfortunately my elbows were tight against the sides of the cockpit so it was impossible to move the joystick across at 90 degrees. My arms had also become slightly numbed from restricted circulation, so as a consequence I jerked the joystick forward and to the right in a sharp and uncontrolled motion at roughly 45 degrees and sent us into a sudden and extremely steep high-speed dive. I heard Bob shout a very loud, “I have control!” and I instinctively replied ************k!!!!” which I knew was not the prescribed response but it did seem appropriate in the circumstances.

Bob calmly saved our lives and after a few more lessons I was able to fly and even land the glider, but not before a couple of near misses with the strangely magnetic club caravan in the middle of the airfield and one close encounter with a herd of cows in a deceptively similar field closeby. If you get the chance have a go – but it’s easier if you’re under six feet tall. 

To read more by Eamonn Sadler, go to www.eamonnsadler.com To find out more about live stand-up comedy in Indonesia please e-mail jakarta@thecomedyclub.asia text or call 0821 1194 3084 or register at www.thecomedyclub.asia

The Winner of last edition's Name the Celebrity is Philip P. from Jakarta.

See you and a friend at our next Comedy Club!

SEND YOUR ENTRY BY TEXT TO:

0811 999603

Last Edition's answer: Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly on the set of High Society in 1956.

ACROSS 1 Noisy and lively (10) 7 Producing fruit in abundance (8) 8 Shift - wheel - round (4) 9 Pleat in garment (4) 10 Extreme greed for wealth (7) 12 Translator (11) 14 Female performer (7) 16 Truncheon (4) 19 Famous college (4) 20 Time without end (8) 21 Sayings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (10)

Can you name these two famous people?

DOWN 1 Cap (5) 2 Unlawful (7) 3 Slight argument (4) 4 Recuperation (8) 5 Declare - total (5) 6 Shopkeeper selling food (6) 11 Search for gold (8) 12 Provoke to action (6) 13 Note lad (anag) - with claws (7) 15 Wash out (5) 17 Target range (5) 18 Nuisance (4)

{ Answers in the next edition! }

*Answers for Edition 84

Across 1. Bohemia 8. Sincere 9. Transit 10. Eremite 11. Set to 13. Nonentity 15. Entrechat 18. Inlet 21. Epistle 22. Density 23. Promote 24. Delight Down 1. Bitts 2. Heart 3. Misconception 4. Astern 5. International 6. Gemini 7. Heresy 12. Eden 14. True 15. Exempt 16. Tailor 17. Heeded 19. Lying 20. Tryst

This Edition’s Quiz: THE JAVA JAZZ FESTIVAL QUIZ Scan the barcode and answer the 10 questions correctly for a chance to win one of two prizes: Two daily passes to Java Jazz Festival 2013, on Friday 1st March.

Two daily passes to Java Jazz Festival 2013, on Saturday 2nd March.

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Congratulations to Diah Iswari for winning a Rp.300,000 voucher for Face Jakarta! Enjoy!

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Expat Golfer

Pitching with Confidence!

By Ken Runyon

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ne of the most difficult shots in golf is the pitch or lob shot, especially from close around the green, and amid the ‘sting of battle’. Let’s say for example, your ball lies off the green, only 25 yards from the pin. Normally you could get up and down easy with a chip and a putt. The only problem this time is that a sand bunker lies between you and the green. To make matters worse, you have only 15 feet of green to work with due to the relative position of the pin. In tournament competition, this delicate shot requires nerves of steel and would test the most seasoned of touring professionals. It is characterized by high trajectory, a soft landing and just the right amount of roll. Good luck when there are seven skin carryovers riding on the outcome of this shot. “Inside the leather” and it’s all smiles and high fives. Blade it thin into the bunker and your partner files for divorce!

Here’s a swing tip that will help you in any pitching situation and especially in the one described above. “Pull it, don’t flip it.” Pull the handle of the golf club throughout the entire swing. Often in pressure situations, a player can become ball oriented, ‘hitting’ at the ball instead of swinging through and past the ball. Adding unnecessary wrist and hand action only complicates matters. I recommend the following: take your normal backswing and allow your wrists to hinge naturally.

On the downswing, as you turn, you should feel pressure on the hinge formed by your wrists and hands; allow this pressure to remain constant throughout the swing. Do NOT try to ‘release’ it by any manipulation of the hands or wrists, especially a flipping or casting of the club with the hands. As the body turns, the club is pulled along the swing path. Centrifugal force will release the club through impact with the ball and not by any helping activity or manipulation of the wrists or hands. Just keep turning through and past the ball. Instead of hitting at the ball, the ball simply gets in the way of a complete swing. Try this pitching technique at your next practice session, it really works.

Until next time, hit ‘em straight!

KEN RUNYON Ken is a former Caddy now living a Cinderella Story in Jakarta. You can find him on Facebook at Accel Junior Golf Academy or email at kenrunyon01@gmail.com

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BUSINESS & NETWORKING

BritCham January’s Business & Social Gathering. Thu, 31 Jan 2013. Location: TBA on RSVP Located at the heart of a vibrant city-centre hub, voted our most popular business networking platform, this is an excellent opportunity to exchange views, solicit information, and seek out business opportunities. Entrance Fee: * Member (with booking): Rp. 220,000 * Member (walk-in): Rp. 250,000 * Non Member (with booking):Rp. 350,000 * Nonmember (walk-in): Rp. 380,000.

How to register?

Email events@britcham.or.id www.britcham.or.id

ICCC JANUARY BIZTRO Thu, 17 Jan 2013 Location: TBA on RSVP Join us for a night of networking and fun. Catch up with friends and business acquaintances over food and drinks. Everyone welcome!

Contribution: * ICCC, Calindo & CWA Members : Rp. 150.000/person * Non-Member: Rp. 250.000/person Membership forms available at the door:* Individual Membership (Rp. 500.000,-/year) * Corporate Membership (Rp. 5.000.000,-/year) RSVP : iccc.secretariat@gmail.com Web Site: www.iccc.or.id

Professional Women Group at BritCham. Thu, 31 Jan 2013.

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Location: TBA on RSVP More Information to follow.

Entrance Fee: * Members: Rp. 150.000 * Non Members: Rp. 200.000 BOOK NOW! events@britcham. or.id.Email: bisnis@britcham.or.id www.britcham.or.id

InterNations Jakarta January 2013 Weekday Event. Thu, 17 Jan 2013. From 7pm - 9pm.

Location: Downtown Bistro HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013. The InterNations team in Jakarta is delighted to announce our first exciting social event for 2013.

A special InterNations drinks package for the event as follows: * Rp 200,000 for Albatross Members & * Rp. 300,000 for Basic Members. For non InterNations Members or those who have not RSVP’ed and whose names are not on the list, you will need to pay Rp 350,000. This price is all-in for 2 hours of white/red wine, beer, vodka, gin, soft drinks & aqua from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

DOWNTOWN BISTRO will also be providing a dinner buffet. We do hope you can join us! RSVP through the InterNations www. internations.org/jakarta-expats

One Last Tour Swedish House Mafia. Sat, 19 Jan 2013.

Location: Eco Park - Ancol jakarta, Indonesia Tickets: Ibiza (VIP): Rp. 1.000.000 Miami (Regular): Rp. 500.000 Info: +62877 77 888 375 | +6221 2926 1877 | 88 www.rajakarcis.com

Bloc Party live in Jakarta Wed, 20 Mar 2013. Location: Tennis Indoor, Senayan Jakarta Ticket Box Jakarta: Pizza E Birba, Plaza Indonesia, Gandaria City, sentral Park Ticket Price: * Festival : IDR 490.000 * Tribune : IDR 390.000 Hotline : 0811 460 467 www.rajakarcis.com

THEATER

The Jakarta Players Club Presents Godspell Fri, 15 Feb – Sun, 17 Feb 2013.

Location: Music Republican Theatre - Jl. Fatmawati No. 8 The Jakarta Players Club is kick starting 2013 with Godspell directed by Keith Allerton!

Show times:Fri, 15 Feb at 8pm (1 showing). Sat, 16 Feb at 4pm and 8pm (2 showings). Sun, 17 Feb at 2pm and 6pm (2 showings) Tickets: Adults: Rp. 150.000 Students & Children: Rp. 100.000 Limited seats! Book your tickets now at jak.tickets@yahoo.com

PHOTOGRAPHY

CHARITY

MUSIC & FESTIVALS

Love Garage 2013 Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Fri, 01 Feb 2013. Location: EX Park, ex Plaza Jl. MH. Thamrin Kav.28-30, Jakarta Pusat Ticket Price: Festival: Rp. 450.000 www.rajakarcis.com

Java St. Andrews Society Charity Ball. Fri, 25 Jan 2013.

Location: TBA on RSVP Java St. Andrews Society extends a warm invitation to join them at their annual Burns Supper For more information or to book tickets, please contact: Alison Watson * Phone: 0812 3234 088 * Email : aecwatson@hotmail.com * Phone: 081310230347 Email: thethompsons@cbn.net.id

ENTERTAINMENT

Jakarta Comedy Club Presents Jeff Innocent & Jinx Yeo. Sat, 19 Jan 2013 – Sun, 20 Jan 201301-10. Location: The Ac and Qi dine & lounge Saturday 19th January @ FEZ Kemang, Starts 8:30pm * Prepaid Price Rp300k (before Jan 19th) or pay on the door Rp350k * Prepaid Membership Cards on sale NOW at FEZ Kemang. JCC members 20% discount at Kinara Indian Restaurant * Bank Transfer available for Prepaid (ask for details) SUNDAY 20th January @ AC Starts 6:30pm * Prepaid Price Rp300K, (before Jan 20th) on the door Rp350K * Prepaid Membership cards on sale NOW at Mambo Bodega (Open 10am - 8pm every day) Next door to 20

Eastern Promise, Kemang Raya 5. * Bank Transfer available for Prepaid (ask for details) ALL ENQUIRIES to jakarta@ thecomedyclub.asia or SMS to 08211 1943084. www.thecomedyclubindo.com

Flores - Volcanoes, Dragons and Ancient Culture by Dave Photo Tours. Sat, 20 Apr 2013 Sat, 27 Apr 2013.

Location: Flores Indonesian born professional photographer Ferry Tan and Bali (Kiwi) resident Dayak Dave Metcalf, will be leading a fascinating cultural/photography trip to Flores and Komodo in April 2013.

This trip will give participants a fascinating experience of traditional life in a small village high up in the mountains of West Flores in some of the most stunning scenery in Indonesia. The six day Flores adventure will be followed by a Komodo excursion for 3 days on a live aboard boat and an opportunity to photograph these amazing creatures and learn more about this fascinating part of Indonesia.

For more details including costs etc. contact Dave at davidmetcalf3@mac.com www. davidmetcalfphotography.com www.davidmetcalfphotography.com

SPECIAL EVENTS

Jasons Grand Opening Fri, 25 Jan 2013 Location: Jl. Ampera Raya 22, Jakarta Selatan Join us as we celebrate the Grand Opening of Jasons Gourmet Supermarket! For the better things in life – Where food meets style.

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Send in your classifieds to ads@jakartaexpat.biz Have something to sell? Looking for something to buy? Looking for staff?

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AUTOMOTIVES

Expat sadly sells his 1965 fully restored original Vespa 150cc. New painting, new tires, last service 15th Dec. Very economic and good

Sentul Mediterania 1, within a golf course, 3 story house 360 m2, 7 rooms, 3 bathrooms, western style kitchen, 10 x 5 m swimmingpool, double garage & carport, USD 1200:- / month. Call 0816 909 354

Villa Damee. Beautiful 3 bedroom Villa located in a peaceful,quiet and serene setting 10 minutes from Ubud. This is the real Bali authentic experience as the villa is situated in the Pakerisan Valley and surrounded by ancient temples. Newly listed the owners are willing to offer special rates for Kitas holders.Can be rented as one or three bedrooms,so ideal for couples or a family. Please contact Dave Metcalf at info@villadamee. com or visit the website for more info http://villadamee.com

to drive in Jkt. All papers are legal.

My name is Efendi 35 y.o i'm looking for a job as a driver in south jakarta. i drive all kinds of cars. Please contact me on: 08888300010 or 085775271357 Discover Villa Gamrang. Experience our hospitality and the complete privacy of your own beach house.

Villa Gamrang (Cisolok beach, 4 hours’ drive from Jakarta) is designed to offer guests a wonderful and luxurious holiday with beautiful and natural surroundings. Stylish interior, several outdoor terrace’s, sea view, spacious garden, swimming pool, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, complete kitchen, cable television, internet. Idyllic place for couples 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 villagamrang@gmail.com

Asking price 17.5jt. Can be seen

JOBS

any day. 082260360408

LOOKING FOR WORK SUZUKI ESCUDO XL-7, A/T, 2005 is for sale- AND AVAILABLE MARCH 1 !! 82,000KM - Great condition and well maintained. $12,000 Contact Steve at: +62 858 1482 8919 for Information/details.

PROPERTY Houses for rent at Kemang, Cipete, Cilandak, Pejaten Barat, Pondok Indah. Big garden, S’pool, Complex, 4-5 bedrooms, U$ 2000

FOR RENT. It’s one house you’ll want to call home. 5 bedrooms, nice garden & pool at Cipete.Close to International School. Contact : 08111892881

MT. Haryono. Apartment/studio fully furnished. 1 small office, small living room, 1 bedroom. Cozy place. all NEW. 24hours security. swimming pool. 3.5 millions/month. Min one year. Riris: 081325679666 and for some photos email ririsklatak@yahoo.co.id

- U$ 7000. Phone: 0816859551 081287488717 e-mail: nantha_realtor@yahoo.com

Yogyakarta: Villa Bougenville with 3 bedrooms, swimming pool, private house for butler and spacious garden 7 are. for sale. Can be used private or holliday rental. Contact Dewi 0274 7474 168 / 0274 3015 961 e-mail: detto8382@yahoo.com

Bangka Island, Pangkal Pinang ·For sale workshop 290 m2 + ·internal office 40 m2, ·1,000 m2 walled yard, ·house 70 m2 + fish pond + generator house, · 4 anchor winches

Nanny / Cook. If you need a nanny for toddler or cook (western and asian food), call me 0888 02340074. Available for the job during the day from 8AM to 5PM, from Monday to Saturday. Pls contact: uppy - uppy@hotmail.com

Native persian speaker lady is looking for home-based job. Have Bs degree in industrial engineeringsystem analysis with good english and Ms office skills. Please contact minhagh@yahoo.com Lombok. Luxury beachfront villa.

For holiday rental. 3 Suites each with k.S bed, Spa bath, tropical shower. Wi-fi, cable television.

English speaking staff. Promo rates available. Ph: +6281246400246. www.vervevillaslombok.com

CONDITIONS: • Personal classifieds : free of charge | 50 words max • Commercial classifieds : Rp. 100,000 | 0 - 50 words

: Rp. 200,000 | 50 - 100 words • Property listings are considered as Commercial.

• For adding an image / company logo in our printed issue another Rp. 150,000 needs to be charged.

JOB IN JAKARTA. As my girlfriend lives in Jakarta, I would like to find a job there. I am 36, have 3 degrees and specialised in marketing and export/sales. please contact fabrizio_lai@yahoo.it

If u need more than a maid, someone you can trust with your kids, your home, well educated, able to cook, ride a motorbike, even drive a car.

Maybe u will need me. Single, 37 years old Indonesian Chinese.Pls feel free to ask for more information to theodora.lita@yahoo.com or add my pin 2A79D352

English speaking helper/nanny (20-35 years old) required in Dharmawangsa area. Live in/Live out with family of 4 (infant and 3 y/o). Top dollar paid for an English speaker (salary negotiable). Text details to 08111846367

INTERNATIONAL, DOMESTIC, LOCAL, OFFICE MOVING, STORAGE ... Call Francois 085 8838 98678, email: francois@safeway.co.id, or Lanny 081 3166 61874, email: lanny@safewayrelo.com www.safewayrelo.com “RELOCATION MADE EASY”

Classical Piano private course; visiting students at Kebayoran Baru, SCBD and Kemang only. Indonesian citizen, English and French speaker.

Interested?

Please contact: Ms. Awinta Sarasono (awinta. sarasono@gmail.com) 08562202078.

VIJAY AC SERVICE. Good clean ac service.Satisfaction guaranteed.

Service all type of air conditioner. Air conditioner problem ?? Just call us: 081364335515, 021-94366566, 021-32855887. Jl. Sunter karya selatan III blok a 3 no. 14 Sunter podomoro. Email: suraj_8800@ yahoo.com

Available freelance nanny for evening and weekend. My number 081288064551

VACANCIES Looking for an experience maid / cook and driver? I'm returning to Canada and am looking for a new home for my maid / cook and driver. My maid / cook has worked for me for 2.5 years and for an Indian family 1.5 years prior to that. She can cook western, Indian and Indonesian food and is very hard-working, reliable and honest.

My driver has also worked for me for the last 2.5 years and expats for the last 20 years. He knows Jakarta and the places expats like to visit very well. Please email me at newmaid2013@gmail.com if you are interested or have any questions.

Can someone recommend a good Nanny who is experienced with newborn babys and speaks English? Recommendations would be very welcome. Please email to ankepaw@yahoo.de or call 0811 9003738.

Ideally, we would like to employ someone who has been with another expat family. So if you are heading home this Dec/Jan and would like to help find your existing staff another job, please contact me at staff2704@gmail.com

SERVICES

Scan your books to read them on the go!!! PT. MegaEnviron is specialized in scanning books even without removing the book bindings (non-destructive scan).

Other services include scanning documents, photographs, films, and slides, data entry, managing documents and database. Contact: Charoen Sanpawa, Mobile: 0811930-3744, Office: 021-632-6667.

E-mail:charoen@megaenviron.com www.MegaEnviron.com

Professional Bahasa Indonesia tutor one on one or in group.

Price Rp. 250.000/session.

Ready to come to residences or offices around Jakarta. For more info contact 085775341946/ kampoongbahasa@gmail.com

We help visitors who visit or plan to visit Bandung. For Guest Rooms, transportation, or anything that we can do to help visitors while staying in Bandung. Contact me if you have a plan to visit Bandung. We will make your visits enjoyable.

Contact me: 0818485054 (XL) or 08219101650 (Simpati)

Teaching bahasa indonesia for jakarta expat. You can contact me on 085697692508 JAKARTA EXPAT­­­­ · 1 ­ 6 January - 29 January 2013

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Place a Classified Ad and get results!

Send in your classifieds to ads@jakartaexpat.biz Have something to sell? Looking for something to buy? Looking for staff?

Selling property? Or need a place to live? Why not place your classified ad with Jakarta Expat! Your classified will be placed once for 2 weeks online and once in our printed version which has a circulation of 15.000 copies bi weekly.

CLASSIFIEDS ARE STILL FREE! Send in your classifieds to ads@jakartaexpat.biz Next issue deadline: 23 JANUARY 2013

Irons Rp. 600k. Ben Hogan Apex Forged Irons RP 2,000k. Polygon Monarch 3.0 mountain bike 1,200k, Nikon D70S Rp 1800k, Nikon N90 Rp 700k, High-end Nikon lenses, plus more items. Semanggi Area.

H/P 085885462962. E: mma. moodi@gmail.com

Traditional Massage.

Hotel/ Apartment 8am - 6pm. SMS: 0812.80.929359

AndieStuff Web Design Studio: Need a Company Profile, E-commerce, Online Shopping & Product Catalogue websites in a week or two? We can do it for you.

Visit us at : www.andiestuff.net Email: info@andiestuff.net. Call: 085647778967, 081901011177

A basketball coach (U-18) is available to train your team professionally. I have official license to coach from PERBASI (Indonesia Basketball Federation).

I have collected a lot of trophies during my five years’ experience as a coach with three different high school basketball teams.

Contact me at 0817878099 (Fernando)

Car for rent: Kijang Innova 2012 Silver Manual Just 20.000 Km For Expat family. Rp. 6.000.000/M Nego Phone - 0816859551.

Traveling? Let us help you! As your partner in business, we aspire to provide service standards that are faster, more accurate and more reliable. Contact us now to assist you for all your travel needs. PT. Amazing World Explorer T&T. Kemang Square, 3rd floor unit III12. Jl. Kemang Raya no. 5. Phone: 7179 4722 - awe.tours@gmail. com

Bahasa Indonesia class starts on 14 January 2013 at the American Club.

Private also available for Bahasa / English / Mandarin. Qualified teacher & excellent material 021-68888246 or 0813-85590009 www.sibschool.com

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Have the Coolest Party With BINTANG PARTY EXPRESS. We deliver and serve Bintang & Heineken Draught beer to your door, just email to: party_ express@yahoo.com or dial 759 24611 or +6285715587548

Is your New Year’s Resolution to look for a meaningful community involvement? One of the richest aspects of the expatriate experience in Indonesia is the many opportunities for involvement in the clubs that flourish in the expat community. Check out the extensive listing of “Expat Community Organizations” at Living in Indonesia, A Site for Expatriates www.expat.or.id

The best tantric massage in town for relaxing, come to your place, hotel, and apartment. Please call: 085850343351

Medical evacuation health & life insurance. Let us diagnose your needs. Contact Paul Beale, mobile: +62 816 137 0663, office: 021-5220990 E: paulbeale@gms-financial.com

Interested in sight seeing and culinary tour in Bandung with experienced driver in new toyota Avanza? Call n make reservation at 0816600550 or (022)4218072

OTHERS ARE YOU IN PAIN? WANT TO FEEL BETTER? At our wellness center, Lifestyle Chiropractic, our American trained professionals have helped 1000s of practice members: improve sleep, decrease back/ neck pain, eliminate headaches, when all else failed. even avoid getting sick/flu with better immunity, more energy, improved breathing, less brain fog, decrease stress! Just to name a few. Call now and mention the Jakarta Expat to receive 50% off initial consult and first treatment. www. lifestylechiropracticjakarta.com 08111041881 / 021 7203769

For sale S4. The Traktor Kontrol S4 from Native Instruments is the ultimate full-sized digital DJ controller and provides everything you need to start DJ-ing right away plus a whole lot more. DJ TechTools' founder and controller expert Ean Golden designed the S4 from the ground up with a focus on ergonomics, work flow and professional feeling controls.

This attention to quality, detail, and functionality make the S4 the number one Traktor Pro DJ controller (a highly competitive title!), and has proved a favorite among discerning professional DJs, serious home DJs, working mobile DJs and innovative controllerists around the world. Barely used, bought at 9.5mil Rups. Selling this b’cause want to buy an s2 instead.

All equipment still inside original s4 box. +62811826748 or email djmikey81@gmail.com. Selling for 8.5jt nego.

Expat needs a dog cage for air transport. Large size for a Golden Retriever (European size 40 kg) Contact: 081315725315 AUSTRALIAN sports lover special.

Satellite receiver, coded for FREE TO AIR and LIVE broadcasts of Nine Network Australia’s Wide World of Sports rugby league (NRL) competition and Summer Cricket.

Includes parabola and 37” TV,

CONDITIONS: • Personal classifieds : free of charge | 50 words max • Commercial classifieds : Rp. 100,000 | 0 - 50 words

: Rp. 200,000 | 50 - 100 words • Property listings are considered as Commercial.

• For adding an image / company logo in our printed issue another Rp. 150,000 needs to be charged.

$2,800 ono. Low mileage red Honda Jazz Vtec-S, immaculate condition, Rp125j ono.

HP 08111493063, 085246040077.

LOOKING FOR: do you have to much un use stuffs? Do you want to go back to your orginating country and want somebody to buy your stuffs? We buy used goods like furniture, electronic, clothing, sport equipment, house hold, bag, shoes, Etc. Contact: 0813 193 42224 (CHRISTI)

Tango Lesson for a Bargain@ Kuningan. I need to gather 10 people for the Tango class @ Kuningan so we can get a bargain for January 2013. Weekday after 7pm. Please email me at facobasten1984@ gmail.com for further info.

Yoga Holiday in Bali with Devi Asmarani and Sandra Bicker March 9-17 at Seraya Shores, a boutique beachside resort, and Nirarta Center, a retreat site on a river valley at the foot of Mt. Agung.

Deepen your yoga practice, and explore nature in unspoiled East Bali. Special rates for Indonesians and Expats. Contact dasmaran@ indo.net.id for further information.

GOLF. Ping G15 Irons 4,5,6,7,8,9,PW like new with Ping Golf Bag, Rp. 4,900,000. Callaway Bobby Jones Irons (blades), 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,PW, Rp. 700,000. Ben Hogan Apex Forged Irons (blades) 4,5,6,7,8,9,PW. RP 2,500,000. Semanggi Area. H/P 0858 8546 2962. E:mma.moodi@ gmail.com. Mirza Mahmood Ahmad.

H/P +1 703 627 1995. Skype: mirzaahmad

• Commercial Deep fryer (Like they have in KFC or similar) gas fired.

Free standing.

• Commercial under counter fridge.

2 door about 1.8m long Both stainless steel in perfect working condition.

Best offer accepted. Pondok Indah.

Call Stewart. 081219551142 for photos n details.

• 2 x professional speakers. About 150 cm x 150 cm.

• 1 x professional sound mixer.

Includes cabling etc.

Best offer accepted. Pondok Indah.

Call Stewart. 081219551142 for photos n details.

Miniature Schnauzer puppies, born 21 Nov. 2012 looking for their new loving home. Colour : all black, salt & pepper and black & silver. Puppies come vet checked, vaccinated, regularly wormed and microchipped/ tattooed. Both parents are imported from Australia with American champion bloodlines, Am.Ch. Repitition’s Standout ( one of the USA's top producing males).

This is the first & only litter for these parents and they are raised in a loving home environment. The price is 15 Mil IDR, location Bandung, West Java. For further information and photos, please call/ SMS :Asty 0813-13572133 or email : benstella02@gmail.com

Ping G15 Irons with Ping Golf Bag, Rp. 4,200k. Callaway Bobby Jones JAKARTA EXPAT­­ · 16 January - 29 January 2013

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Would like to sale our family car that we bought in 2012 for Rp 175 mio OBO. Here are the specs: Black metallic Innova type J 2.0 2012, manual transmission, fuelgasoline, tax for 2013 has been paid exp until 16 January 2014, double blower aircon, CD player, middle seat has been changed to captain seat. Call/sms 08112263421 or email kikizakiah@hotmail.com

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