Archive for the 'My Thoughts' Category

Pia Legong from Bali

A box on top of dining table looks not inviting. As I am not a huge fan of such snacks called ‘pia’ (something like dry cake) because bad taste brought by my friend from Semarang or Yogyakarta, so the box would not be touched by me unless told by my lovely wife. She said that [...]

Panduan Booking Hotel secara Online (agar tidak kaget)

Di era Internet sekarang ini, melakukan booking hotel bukanlah perkara yang sulit lagi. Dahulu kita harus mendatangi travel agent untuk melakukan reservasi, atau menelepon langsung hotel yang ingin kita kunjungi dengan menaruh sejumlah deposit uang sebagai tanda jadi. Kini segala informasi tersedia di Internet termasuk informasi hotel. Hotel yang berbintang haruslah mempunyai website sendiri, terlebih [...]

Finding Peace during Traveling

I was inside a church, it was an old church built around 1670-1680 and located adjacent to Santa Lucia Stazione at Venezia, Italia. That morning, I woke up early to prepare everything for my tour group and still had some time to spare before starting to explore Venezia (or Venice in English). When I walked [...]

About Ibu Gendut

A physical and gender-related words: “Ibu Gendut” (translated: F*t Lady) ever mentioned by Cinta Laura on her case against her old production company MD Entertainment, referring to a lawyer named Elza Syarief, mainly because Cinta Laura didn’t remember the lawyer name at the time of conversation. And today on Kompas (1-Feb-09), Sukribo comic strip also [...]

Singapore Banks in Indonesia (a.k.a Who owns Indonesian Banks?)

When Singaporean travelling around Jakarta these days, they will be feeling like at home country Singapore. Easily can they find Singapore bank’s logo in every corner of the city. As information, only 6 locally-incorporated full banks are operated in Singapore, each has strong fundamentals. But banks live in that tiny country must expand in order [...]

Singapore F1 Night GP: Boring and Lots of Accidents

Watching from tv currently, seeing F. Massa started from pole position but out of point, Kimi Raikkonen also misses 4 points, what else can be said. At last, we only see Fernando Alonso finish as first place, followed by Nikki Rosberg. In the last scene before trophy, you can see that a line of Singapore [...]

Pertamina to Launch BioPremium on August 17th 2008

Although it has been a while available at certain gas stations in Jakarta, BioPremium hasn’t found its place in drivers’ mind. The main cause is It has been difficult to find. So next week, Aug 17th, along with Indonesia Independece Day Pertamina will lauch BioPremium in a greater size and impact. This oil product is [...]