Jakarta Expat - issue 109 - Fresh & Funky

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109th Edition • 15 January 2014 - 28 January 2014

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4. FeatureD laSt ChanCe to See? 6. new travel DeStinationS beautiFul borDerS: the anaMbaS iSlanDS 8. traDition wae rebo: the Duality oF traDition & proGreSS in weSt FloreS 9. obServationS planeS, trainS anD other

perilS 10. FreSh DeSiGnS a tibetan Moon: ShaManiStiC inDie DeSiGnerS 12.. Meet the expat kiD barry thraSher 13. FaCeS oF jakarta DeDe the ojek payunG 14. liGht entertainMent two pluS two equalS 3.9996 16. SCaMS in the City MyStery MeatS

16. eventS 18. ClaSSiFieDS & property liStinGS

Dear Readers

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

I hope that this first issue of 2014 finds you well-rested, unwound and ready for a successful year ahead. It is so important to have time to break away from the stresses of work and everyday life to remember what is really important and to give us a new lease on life, so to speak, with a positive outlook to the future.

Just before the turn of the New Year, I was in a Bluebird Taxi having a chat with the driver about Jakarta’s future. He was very optimistic, pointing out that Governor Jokowi was bringing to the roads hundreds of new buses to replace some of the rickety old ones in operation today. This particular driver also stated how he was happy to see the Busway lanes being manned by officials, handing out large fines for trespassers, and he felt that things were certainly going to get better.

Returning from my break in West Papua, I have already started noticing some changes in Jakarta, which have filled me with a sense of hope as well. The Cassablanca flyover has finally been completed and is in operation, which hopefully will ease congestion in this very busy part of town. There are new rubbish bins downtown – red, yellow and green ones for people to separate their rubbish – located about 50 metres between each other. The bins may be on the small side, however to actually have rubbish bins available is definitely a great start, not forgetting the new anti-littering law, which could find you Rp.500,000 out of pocket should you get caught littering by plain clothes policemen. On Jl. Jenderal Sudirman you may have noticed that many trees have been cut down, which, although sad, is a sign of progress, as they are being cleared to make way for construction of the new MRT project.

I am also pleased to announce some very exciting changes that will be happening to our publications. As of February 12th 2014, Jakarta Expat and Bali Expat will merge into one bi-weekly publication titled Indonesia Expat. This upgraded title will be distributed all over Indonesia, from Sumatra in the West to West Papua in the East, with a print run of 15,000 copies per fortnight, 30,000 monthly. Content will include Feature stories, Meet the Expat interviews, Business Profiles, Travel pieces, Property news, Lifestyle, Sports & Health, Culture & History, Conservation news and more.

This exciting news expands our readership, which is great for our advertisers. Should you decide to advertise in Indonesia Expat, you will be reaching English-speaking readers in cities including Jakarta, Bali, Balikpapan, Bandung, Banjarmasin, Batam, Bintan, Bogor, Gili Trawangan, Jogjakarta, Lombok, Palangka Raya, Samarinda, Soroako, Surabaya, and even West Papua.

We hope that you are happy to hear of these upcoming changes and that, like the changes happening in Jakarta, they can all be seen as positive ones. Should you have any questions or would like to find out about Indonesia Expat’s advertising rates, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Here’s to a brighter future.

Angela Richardson

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109th issue



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The day before departing Jakarta for North Sulawesi, I witnessed two pickpockets attempting to flee from a crowded bus

terminal. Within seconds, they were caught by an angry mob and beaten savagely until some guards saved them. It was a vivid reminder that in Indonesia, petty theft is met with swift, sometimes deadly retribution. Grand larceny, on the other hand, when perpetrated by those in positions of wealth and power, is all too often accepted as normal.

I was going to North Sulawesi to visit Bangka Island. No, not Bangka Island located off Sumatra. Sulawesi’s Bangka is much smaller, covering an area of just 4,778 hectares. Part of North Minahasa regency, it is located on a whale migration path in one of the most marine biodiverse areas of the world. The island is home to about 2,400 people, most of whom make a living from fishing and farming.

Unlike Bali and Lombok, Bangka is not polluted by development and tourism. No one tries to sell you anything. There are no clubs, bars or golf courses. There are just three villages and the simple eco-resorts offering serenity, tranquillity and natural beauty.

Being at the epicentre of species divergence, Bangka’s waters offer spectacular diving and snorkelling. The island also has deposits of iron ore. Western mining companies have

avoided Bangka because it is protected under a law that prohibits mining on islands smaller than 200,000 hectares. Moreover, extracting the iron ore would destroy the fragile ecosystem, including protected dugongs and other rare marine life.

An American geologist on the island for a diving holiday tells me that mining Bangka would likely be unprofitable if conducted in an environmentally sustainable manner and local residents given appropriate compensation. “I’m in favour of mining in general, provided it is done responsibly. But only a rogue company that does not follow protocol and exploits all of the resources could make a profit on Bangka,” he says.

North Minahasa Regent Sompie Singal in 2008 issued a permit to PT Mikgro Metal Perdana (MMP), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Aempire Resource Group, to explore for iron ore on Bangka. The permit has been extended twice, despite opposition from the islanders. The concession area covers 2,000 hectares and in 2012 was broadened to cover “iron ore and other minerals”.

The permits were issued without an Environmental Impact Assessment (AMDAL), one of the key regulatory approvals required for mining projects. The AMDAL was later pushed through after the head of the local environment office was reassigned to another job. One member of the assessment team refused to sign the document, arguing the mining plan lacked a detailed engineering design. She also said that mining could destroy the

Last ChanCeto see?An unspoiled island off the northern coast of Sulawesi is scheduled for partial destruction despite a Supreme Court ruling that it cannot be mined. Local villagers and operators of the island’s five small eco-resorts face an uncertain future.

island, leaving the North Sulawesi capital of Manado more susceptible to tsunamis.

Bangka residents and the resort operators have taken legal action in an effort to stop the mining. Their first lawsuit was rejected by Manado Administrative Court in August 2012. They appealed to Makassar Administrative High Court, which in March 2013 ordered the mining permits be revoked. The Supreme Court in September 2013 upheld that decision. Yet the regent and MMP are determined to press ahead with the mining and a planned smelter, arguing they will create revenue and jobs.

Islanders have warned they will fight if the Chinese company tries to unload drilling equipment and excavators on their land. Minor skirmishes occurred last year, resulting in some locals being injured and arrested. MMP’s director, Yang Yongjian, has accused a non-government organisation of masterminding anti-mining protests in an effort to extort money from his company.

Pinehas Lombonoang, a resident of Bangka’s Kahuku village, says authorities should uphold the Supreme Court’s ruling, rather than protect the Chinese mining company. “Bangka residents are law-abiding people … but the government is not upholding the law. What’s more, police are protecting MMP, instead of enforcing the law and defending the people.”

elections

Religious scholar and human rights activist Romo Benny Susetyo says mining a protected island would set a bad precedent for the rest of the country. He suspects the mining issue is strongly linked to this year’s elections, as candidates need funding for their campaigns.

North Sulawesi Governor Sinyo Harry Sarundajang, who has publicly declared himself to be a “green governor”, supports the planned mining, although he has kept his name off the exploration permits. Sarundajang bends to whichever political wind is favourable. He has been a member of Golkar Party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and the Democrat Party. He is presently a candidate for the Democrat Party’s presidential convention, although just to make up the numbers. Four of the governor’s five children either hold, or are running for public office, something that requires a lot of funding.

Roads in North Sulawesi are decorated by a sea of billboards and banners, mostly for upcoming elections. There are also numerous banners exhorting people to avoid AIDS, drugs and drunkenness. But never once did I see a banner decrying corruption.

The local government’s spending priorities are glaringly evident. Senior officials are driven about in luxury cars well beyond the means of their salaries, while right outside the governor’s office there are massive holes in the sidewalk. Manado is becoming a traffic-clogged eyesore because of short-sighted urban planning. The city’s once beautiful seafront promenade and magnificent views have been replaced by a series of ugly malls built on reclaimed land.

Carte de L'isle Celebes ou Macassar, circa 1747 -1780. Bangka Island is located off of the very northeastern tip of Sulawesi. (Courtesy of Bartele Gallery)

This is about the future of Indonesia and what sort of country it wants to become.

Bangka villagers

Bangka Besar


Bangka’s oldest resort is Murex, which was founded by Dr. Hani Batuna and is now run by his daughter, Angelique, and her American husband, Danny. Then there’s Coral Eye resort, which also functions as a coral research laboratory, run by an Italian marine biologist married to a local fisherman. The other three resorts also have expat stakeholders.

The resort owners have been informed that dive tourism can co-exist with full-scale mining and smelting, but no one believes that. Like the villagers, they are hoping that someone in the central

government will force the provincial authorities to obey the Supreme Court’s ruling and the law protecting their island.

Ultimately, this issue is not merely about a small group of eco-resort operators providing holidays for mostly foreign divers. It’s not even about the lives of the villagers who will lose their land and livelihoods. This is about the future of Indonesia and what sort of country it wants to become.

Edo Rakhman of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment says allowing foreign companies to mine protected islands under

the auspices of regional autonomy is a threat to the national integrity of Indonesia. Coral reefs, which cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, require protection from irresponsible mining because they are the breeding grounds for fish that provide a livelihood and sustenance for millions of Indonesians.

A campaign to save Bangka is attracting strong support in Jakarta, most prominently from singer Kaka Slank of veteran rock band, Slank. He describes Bangka’s islanders as heroes for having the courage to defend their land against powerful local authorities that are intent on profiting from its destruction.

The singer has set up an online petition which has attracted nearly 18,000 signatures.

If you want a holiday with a difference, visit Bangka and enjoy its beautiful reefs. It may not be around for much longer if the central government fails to protect the

country’s marine resources for future generations.

kaka Slank’S petition is at www.change.org/petitions/gov-sarundajang2014-bupati-sompie-singal-no-mining-on-small-

Kenneth Yeung is a jakarta-based editor

kaka of band Slank petitions to save Bangka Island


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new travel destinations by DIL A hADJu

Rizal's performance at school and his overall behaviour has improved a lot in the past school year. We are pleased to report that Rizal has advanced to 6th grade with good grades. His teachers and school

principal have noticed his progress and are making sure to encourage him and keep him motivate so that he can eventually become the architect that he wants to be.

On the far west island of Sumatra, bordering with several countries lies a regency of islands that is set to be

the stage for the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2014. Countries visiting Indonesia on this exercise include Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Burma, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, along with other Non-ASEAN countries such as China, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, U.S.A., and Russia. In conjunction with this naval exercise, the Indonesia International 2014 Maritime Festival is held to maximize maritime awareness, investment, development, and opportunity during this eventful occasion. This regency of islands is called the Anambas islands.

hidden Pearls: What to explore of anambas

The Anambas islands hold a total area of 46,460-metres square and 93% of the area is water-based. So do make sure you pack your swimsuit and sun lotion, because getting wet could be on the agenda every day.

During my visit, I conversed with the Bupati (local government head) of Anambas, Drs. Tengku Mukharuddin. “Anambas is a busy area passed by ships everyday coming from and to Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia. And so the local government is in close relations with the National Navy in keeping these borders in order”. There are currently 255 islands to monitor. Some are also kept safe by occupying companies, and some others are watched extra close for the beauty it beholds.

Amongst these beautiful islands is Bawah Island. So beautiful that in 2012 CNN.com named Bawah Island the best tropical island in Asia, winning over other islands from Thailand and Vietnam. Here you will find lush coral and colourful fish, consisting of species that you may not find anywhere else. This location would be the perfect opportunity to go scuba diving and explore the clear waters of the uniquely shaped island. If you plan on going here, it would be best to do so in the early morning since it can take up to three hours on a speedboat.

Another island worth mentioning is Durai Island. Durai is known for its long white sandy beaches and sea turtles conservation. If you’re adventurous enough and wish to catch a mother sea turtle watching over her eggs, camping out for a night could be very memorable. Do keep an eye out while you’re there because dolphins often pass by.

There are still many other islands worth exploring, but if you prefer to take a break from the speedboat, exploring the capital, Tarempa, for its local food isn’t a bad idea. Visit any of the local port restaurants and ask for Tarempa’s local fried noodles, braised in herbs, spices, and citrus. Accompany that with fresh grilled fish, local fried snacks, and coconut water, and you’ll have eaten a rich tasteful meal not soon forgotten. Visiting the local mosque of Jami’Baiturrahim or the mountain monastery of Dewa Siantan after your meal, may offer interesting insight on local culture.

travelling, staying Inn, and Getting around

Getting to this uncommon destination tends to cost extra effort, but is definitely worth the miles. The journey begins with a plane ride to one of the busiest cities of the Riau province, Batam. The tricky part is booking a flight to the next leg, in which there are still very few airlines available. One available airline is Sky Aviation flying out from Batam for approximately Rp.2,000,000 round trip. A propeller-powered plane is taken to Sumatra’s borders where we arrive at Matak Island, the only available airport in reaching the Anambas islands. As you arrive you may want to take notice of the bird’s-eye view of Anambas, feasting your eyes on the clear seas and lush green forests these islands have to offer. From Matak airport, minibuses are available to the island’s dock, where there are ferries sailing approximately 30-minute trips to Tarempa.

Arriving at the Anambas capital you are welcomed with rich colours, stores, local food, and busy market occupying the island

port. Visiting Anambas means having to stay for a minimum of four days – concerning hotels or resorts, there are several convenient choices on Tarempa Island and some are already located near the dock making it easy to travel to other islands. It would be a good idea to rent a boat and guide for the next couple of days to reach surrounding destinations during your stay.

Package tours are not yet available, therefore it is recommended that you have three or four companions during your visit in which at least one of them is fluent in the Indonesian language, as the English language is still quite unrecognized except for some of the friendly local government and navy staff. This will make matters easier concerning cost efficiency in renting rooms and a private speedboat. Information regarding hotels, scuba diving equipment for rent, boat or motorcycle rentals will not be too difficult because Tarempa is a considerably small town. A wide range of information can be obtained just by walking and conversing with the locals or stopping by the nearest coffee shop, or by asking your hotel staff.

Maintaining these Beautiful Borders

Anambas may not be as well known as Bali or Raja Ampat, but it is on its way. Several islands, including Bawah Island, have already been signed for resort development rumoured to be capable in competing with other resorts like those in the Maldives.

Ir. Iwan Kurniawan Roni, Head of Tourism in Anambas, shares current development of the islands “At the moment, the Anambas government works closely with Indonesia’s Navy in providing air and water transportation, especially now that we may soon be getting more visitors from the upcoming festival. In maintaining the natural beauty of our islands, we try to set up programs that in turn develop the local residents, as we did for Durai Island with its sea turtle conservation. We are also working with the National Marine Department

in creating more of these programs. We are currently preparing a conservation program for Bawah Island. Furthermore, we have also worked with non-government organizations, such as Gebrak (Garda Bahari Anak Kepulauan – Youth Islanders Maritime Vanguard) in 2012 cleaning up several islands and setting up waste management locations.”

Amidst all these efforts, Ir. Iwan Kurniawan Roni admits much work is still to be done further educating local residents, and regulating waste that is mostly caused by

passing by ships from neighbouring countries. Luckily enough the residential people are willing to learn. The government also welcomes any organization or institution for purposes of study or environmental program implementation.

Be amongst the first to experience the Anambas Islands in its untamed state, before anyone else does.

BeautIfuL BordersFind yourself in the unexplored international borders of Anambas

Indonesia is known for its rich natural resources and limitless ecotourism spots. Whatever your interest, you can find it in this country. Although Indonesia is famous for its breathtaking mountain landscapes, mysterious caves, and rapid rivers, some forget that it is in fact a maritime country filled with alluring beaches, coral reefs, marine life, and magnificent horizons. The Indonesia International 2014 Maritime Festival dubs themselves as a movement wishing to remind the whole world of that fact.

dila hadju Currently responsible for educational programs at an environmental communications consultancy, she is still a traveler, food lover, and adventure seeker at heart. and on top of that likes writing about it.

Durai Island

Anambas Island



a trek to the Past

The remoteness of the location made the visit a little pricier than what I was used to as a budget backpacker, but

friends assured me that it would be worth every penny. My visit in mid-December just happened to coincide with a ceremony officiating the renovation of one of the eight traditional houses in the village.

After spending a night at the coastal village Dintor, my partner and I hiked four hours up to Wae Rebo a couple hours before dawn. The 7.3-kilometre serpentine trail is suitable for beginner hikers, but nevertheless requires good stamina. The steep slopes are muddy in some parts and rocky in others, and are slippery when wet.

“The journey is supposed to be hard,” said our guide Martinus Anggo as we took a water break. “The old path used to be harder. If it weren’t hard to get there, Wae Rebo would be long gone.”

Martin, a native of Wae Rebo, owns the lodge in Dintor. He studied in The Philippines and spent years working in hotels in Labuan Bajo before returning to Satarmese Barat to help the elders of Wae Rebo revive the village’s struggling economy.

Wae Rebo natives claim to be descendants of pre-Islamic Minangkabau migrants from

West Sumatra 20 generations or about 1,028 years ago. The community, currently lead by Chief Alexander Ngadu, preserves ancient Sumatran animistic traditions that have mingled with that of Manggarai, West Flores.

a CuLture of PeaCe and CordIaLIty

Upon entering Wae Rebo, Martin presented my partner and me in the ceremonial house, and each of the elders shook our hands to introduce themselves by first name. After paying our respects to their ancestors, we came outdoors to watch a ceremony for blessing the materials for the renovation of the traditional house, and another for erecting the main pole of the house upon the foundation.

The community had started gathering materials for the renovation in November. The materials were collected from neighbouring mountains. In each location where wood was cut, prayer rituals were performed to ask for permission from the local spirits of the forests.

By mid-December, the materials were readily gathered in the centre of Wae Rebo. “Gathering wood from different places is like uniting people from different countries and nations - cultures, backgrounds, and personalities,” said Martin. “When people unite in one place, we must make peace among them.”

Wae Rebo:The Duality ofTradition andProgress inWest FloresThe first time I saw pictures of Wae Rebo, I was intrigued with the traditional conical straw houses in the picturesque valley in Satarmese Barat, Manggarai. Though I always knew that this special village would embody the duality of tradition and progress in West Flores, I was about to be surprised to learn what it meant in reality.

tradition by gR AcE SuSE T YO

Musicians of Wae Rebo


grace susetYo is a freelance writer, former TV journalist, and aspiring documentarist with a passion for Indonesian history and culture. now in her 6th year in Jakarta, Grace has lived in various countries and looks forward to exploring more places. contact her at [email protected]

Chickens and a pig were slaughtered as a sacrifice of peace for the spirits of the forests from which the wood for the house was taken. “That way, the spirits would return to their homes peacefully and let us use the wood for our homes,” said Martin.

The house’s main support pole is called molos, the same Manggarai word for maiden. When the molos wood is brought into the village, the same ceremony for welcoming the new wife of a Wae Rebo man from another village is performed. From the place where she originated until she reaches the village, the molos must not touch the ground. When rivers are crossed along the molos’ journey, a ceremony is performed to make peace with the spirits of the waters.

the duaLIty of tradItIon and ProGress

Martin’s generation is only the third to have converted to Catholicism. Before, the community’s resistance to Christianity was due to seeing other Florenese cultures die out upon conversion. After centuries of European missions, the community finally accepted Catholicism after receiving instructions from ancestral spirits to practice it alongside ancestral worship.

In the early 20th century, the Dutch East Indies government tried to ban natives

from living their “primitive ways” in Wae Rebo. The back-breaking access made it difficult for the government to control the area. “But the people of Wae Rebo are loyal to the ancestors, more than they are to the government,” said Martin.

At a glance, Wae Rebo seems to remain immune from the homogenising forces of modern Indonesia and globalisation. Village men proudly wear their bright-coloured Manggarai-style ikat textiles and batik headdresses as they tend to their plantations and livestock, or collect materials in the forests. Women teach their children local wisdom in the Manggarai language, cooking over firewood and weaving clothes for the family.

With one straw house able to house up to eight families plus a season’s supply of food, the village’s culture remains very communal. Other than limited electricity in the evening, there are few signs of modernity in Wae Rebo. Currently there are no schools, hospitals, cellular phone network, television and radio in Wae Rebo, though a children’s library is under construction.

Nevertheless, the people of Wae Rebo are relatively well educated and informed of the outside world because of its twin village Kombo in the lowlands. “Nearly all residents of Wae Rebo have a house in Kombo, and vice versa. The

census counts the residents of the two villages as one,” said Martin.

In Kombo there is a boarding primary school for Wae Rebo children, and in Dintor secondary school. Parents visit studying children on Saturdays and attend mass there on Sundays. After selling coffee and cloves in the lowlands market on Monday and shopping for their necessities, they return to Wae Rebo for the week.

“It’s like living in two worlds; a semi-modern world in Kombo, and the primitive world in Wae Rebo. In the lowlands I wear shorts, but every time I come home I wear the traditional attire. It happens automatically,” Martin explained.

Due to this double life in Kombo, Wae Rebo children today are exposed to television, pop music and culture, Bahasa Indonesia and some English. This relative ease of accessing mass media in the lowlands, combined with the growing tourism-based economy,

have also inspired some young Wae Rebo natives to travel to faraway places and pursue a higher education or work experience.

Nevertheless, for a native of Wae Rebo, home is where the heart is. “Karma awaits the Wae Rebo native who does not return home, usually in the form of an illness or misfortune,” said Martin.

A time of the year where travelling Wae Rebo natives are expected to be home is during the Wae Rebo New Year. Penti is celebrated yearly on November 16 to mark the beginning of the rainy season and pay respects to the spirits of the local wellsprings.

We left with a formal farewell in the ceremonial house. As we passed Kombo on the way back to Dintor, school kids at a modern rendition of the Wae Rebo house left their games in the yard and came to our minibus to say hello. A man from the ceremony in Wae Rebo was with them, now dressed in shorts. In my heart, I hope the children will faithfully follow their elders’ footsteps in living the duality of tradition and progress that make Wae Rebo the special community that it is.

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Molos ceremony at Wae Rebo


fresh designs by T E S S JOYcE

A TIBeTAn Moon:ShamaniSticindie deSigneRSI recently had a good, earthy chat with a couple of indie jewellery designers who showcased their work at the Brightspot market in Jakarta. Brightspot’s goal is to provide an outlet for local and international designers to present their innovative or original work to a receptive bunch of funky junkies.

All of Tarita Aurora’s creations in her jewellery range, Shamanistic Adornments, are produced by her own hands – each piece is original and unique and influenced by the natural patterns in nature. I was eager to find out about the philosophies behind Tarita’s craft.

I grew up in Sydney, Australia, from the age of 10 until I was 23, when I recently moved back to Indonesia. I grew up with a diverse group of super creative and out-of-the-box people in Newtown. We challenged each other to be original and constantly bounced ideas. I guess my principle of DIY has been greatly influenced by these guys. They silently taught me that each unique piece captures an original ‘soul’ or essence when made by your own hands. I also just really enjoy making stuff with my hands; it’s a meditative thing for me.

Are all of your creations inspired by the “Sky, Earth and Sea” and if so, how? Yeah most of my creations are inspired by designs found in nature, unaltered by human hands, so I try to flow with nature’s patterns. I gather bits ‘n’ pieces from all the places I’ve travelled around the world as well, not just Indonesia; and if I don’t get to travel, I usually get my friends to bring me back any bits of nature they can find from their travels.

You once posted, “Indie designers SHOULD support one another and settle differences with respect, clear communication and mutual understanding. We shouldn’t compete with one another, because no matter how ‘similar’ designs are, the unique touch will always prevail.” Is there a background story behind this?Not really, just a general social observation. It stemmed from commentaries from friends and customers when, for instance I’d be out at Brightspot and there would be another feather jewellery stall. The first impression would be like “Ooo there’s your competition,” but I never got that impression. I believe all creations (no matter how similar) are unique and regardless of how hard they try to copycat, the outcome will always be different. That’s just natural and I think that if we support each other with positive vibes and words of encouragement it will help us push towards honing and finding our own signature styles.

Please tell us about your background in tattoo design and art. I understand that you learnt about tattooing in Sydney. How long did you spend in Australia and did your journey there shape you in any way artistically?I was tattooing long before I did any other work. I did a short apprenticeship after high school, when I was 18-19 years old. Tattooing has been my original calling since I was around 14-15 years old, for some strange reason. I grew up in an artistic family, both in fine art and technical fields. My dad is an architect, my mom a painter, my cousin is a technical sport shoe designer, so I’ve been making scratches on paper since I was a little girl. I spent around 12-14 years in Australia, since I was 10. The awesome crazy artistic people in my hometown helped me push boundaries of creation and mediums.

While Tarita brainstorms on plans to produce a silver jewellery collection she is pausing the ranges, however her Shamanistic Adornment items are available to order online and she also accepts custom orders.

Indie designers Salvita DeCorte and Noran Bakrie also showcased their jewellery line, Zlaba, at the Brightspot market. Curious about their multi-talented backgrounds, I asked Noran about how these two artistic minds became conjoined to create Zlaba.

I’m a photographer and Sal is a fashion model, we met at work; I was shooting Sal in her homeland in Bedugul, Bali. We became friends afterwards, especially when she got a work contract in Jakarta so she moved in and we hung out more often. We get along in terms of art tastes, and I rarely find someone who likes the things that I like in this town, so one day we were eating sashimi and Sal told me that she’s been making jewellery and showed me her creations, I was stoked. It was about the sea. I’m all about the sea, I fell in love instantly. And I told her about my plans to make a jewellery line called “ZLABA”, it means the moon in Tibetan, and then it was Sal’s turn to be stoked because she said she is all about the moon. So there you go. The moon and the sea got married and gave birth to ZLABA.

Could you explain how your ‘Dead Sea’ jewellery collection is influenced by the Earth and nature? Dead Sea collection is one of the most personal lines that we have. Sal’s been collecting corals and stones from all the beaches she’s visited, from New Zealand, India, Lake Tahoe, and of course Bali. Each coral or stone is a piece of her memory, re-experiencing the time when she visited the beach - for others, it’s just coral, but for Sal, it is a piece of her.

Brightspot also featured designer Bonnie Natasha Arif whose goal was to create everlasting pieces that outlive trends for her clothes range “Ensemble”, as well as designer Martha Ellen from London who studied fashion in Jakarta - Ellen used traditional Indonesian designs such as ikat in her creations. The next Brightspot market is already being planned for April-May 2014. Finding unique, long-lasting, crafted items is not easy and hopefully more markets will be accommodating to indie designers. As Noran says, “We love markets like Brightspot - it is exactly what we want, to be that tiny shop in the corner with lovely jewellery and a shop assistant who you can always talk to about life.”

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tess joYce lives on an island in raja ampat at the moment. tess is a writer from the uK with a little boat and two paddles who enjoys exploring the seas and corals there.

Tarita Aurora at workShamanistic Adornments

Shamanistic Adornments

Zlaba -Deadsea


and handcuffed me to my seat. Just what were the regulations? Another option was to just stay strapped in until the inevitable happened and I soiled myself. Hopefully it wouldn’t sound like a bomb ripping through the fuselage, so severe was my bottling-up.

A decision was needed quickly as I squirmed and clutched my seat cushion for dear life. I decided that in no way could I just let my insides surrender. Aside from having no change of clothing for the streets of Singapore, a city known for its stringent social regulations where you can probably be fined $500 for smelling like faecal matter, it would be unbearably humiliating and unpleasant. They might have to drop the plane’s oxygen masks.

Despite my crazed imagination – I saw myself being the culprit in a future episode of Air Crash Investigation – Herculean muscle and mind control enabled me to survive the plane’s ascent, my eyes fixed on the illuminated overhead seatbelt sign, imploring it to switch off. The moment it did so I tore off my seatbelt and darted down the still-inclined aisle, alarming some passengers, only to be horrified by the sight of two children walking ahead of me, about to occupy both toilets.

Did the galley beyond have some suitable receptacle at the ready? Would I make it that far? But I managed to barge between the children without giving them too many bruises and reach my destination with what can only be described, in all honesty, as the greatest blessed relief of my entire life.

And so back to the crowded economy train. No strapping in. No taking off and landing. No restrictions whatsoever on using the hole in the floor that passed for a toilet. The cheap street food I ate last night could do its damnedest. I was a free man. Unshackled.

And so it was with a mere chuckle that I leapt from my seat, skipped over the cardboard boxes, leap-frogged over the surly goat, skirted around some cages, sending a couple of roosters squawking, and made my way to the toilet. It was locked.

Trains, Planesand Other Perils

chain-smoked, even the goat, a problem alleviated by all the windows being wide open to the clattering of the wheels.

I could have avoided this discomfort by flying, railway enthusiasm aside. However, there was a critical reason why I had chosen to go by train, or more precisely to not go by air. That was my upset stomach.

In India it’s called Delhi Belly, so here it must be Bali Belly. All expatriates, unless they eat exclusively in hygienic hotel restaurants, get stricken with it. Street food isn’t refrigerated. It lies unprotected in the heat. Flies love it. I first got it from a plate of fried rice bought from a street vendor in Jakarta. I was new to the tropics. I was easy prey for the abundance of unfamiliar and thriving bacteria. For the next three days I couldn’t stray further than a thirty-second sprint away from a lavatory and for several months afterward the very smell of fried rice was traumatic.

The next time a tummy bug hit me, I was in a taxiing Garuda Indonesia aeroplane at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. We were about to take off for Singapore, where I went every two months simply to fly straight back to renew my Indonesian tourist visa-on-arrival. We were strapped into our seats, fully secured for take-off, the aircraft queuing for the runway. This was not the ideal time for an onslaught of bowel trouble.

It came suddenly, like a hammer blow. Within moments I was in an agony of constriction. I began to grimace, my white-knuckled fingers clawing the ends of the armrests. I broke into a cold sweat, stiffened, prayed to God, writhed, breathed deeply like a woman in labour. I focused insanely on letting nothing evacuate my body. I suppose that anyone watching would have interpreted my action as an intense fear of flying rather than an intense fear of crapping.

So here was the dilemma. I could unbuckle and dash down the aisle for the toilet, causing consternation inside the plane, an aborted take-off, making 380 passengers very pissed off with me. Or maybe I could hold on till actual take-off before making the dash. Maybe then we’d just continue on after the cabin crew had wrestled me out of the toilet

I commenced the trip back in 1997 at the end of a holiday in Bali, with a short ferry ride across the Strait of Bali

to the port town of Banyuwangi on the easternmost end of Java. From there I took the executive class train, with its airliner-style seating and plastic-tray meal service, to the East Java capital of Surabaya. Next, onward to Yogyakarta by economy class, with its wooden benches and bustling make-shift food stalls; and finally to Jakarta by business class, on cushioned seats cooled by oscillating wall fans.

The journey, lasting two days with a stopover in Yogyakarta, was pleasantly uneventful, with lots of time for reading and gazing out at rice fields. But for me, at that time, the paramount benefit was that trains don’t take off and land.

During the economy-class leg of the journey, it was always a surprise to be moving at all, since much of the time was spent stopped in sidings to allow higher priority classes of trains to overtake us. Economy class carriages in those days were bursting at the seams with activity. They were like mobile markets, with clamorous vendors streaming up and down the aisles, selling snacks and drinks and souvenirs.

Passengers sat everywhere, as did their luggage, consisting mostly of stacks of tied-up cardboard boxes and rolled-up matting. Animals abounded too, especially in my carriage. Most notably a goat, which teetered and tottered in the aisle, all the while looking cranky. Practically everybody

As a lifelong train enthusiast, I felt a great sense of achievement upon making the journey across Java by

all three classes of train operated by Indonesia’s state-owned railway company, PT Kereta Api.

observations by DANIEL P OPE

daniel PoPe is a part-time hedonist, residing mostly in Jakarta, where he still finds everything a bit of a rum do.

Practically everybody chain-smoked, even the goat, a problem alleviated by all the windows being wide open to the clattering of the wheels.


Where are you from, Barry? tell us a little bit of your background.My dad’s American, he’s from Detroit, Michigan, and moved here about 20 years ago and met my mum. My dad grew up in Detroit in its golden era, so he saw a better Detroit than what we see now. I was born here but I go back to the Midwest almost every summer.

this is our first interview with an expat kid, we’d like to know how you feel about being an expat kid? What do expats your age do for fun?I grew up listening to stories of how my dad socialized in his day where there was a strong community living without walls and everyone was friendly, teenagers could go wherever they wanted and had options on what to do; the world he lived in is markedly different from ours now. Living in Jakarta as a teenager meant being exposed to the magical social trifecta – school, home, the mall. Kids coming from the US to Jakarta observe this trifecta and would say “wow, this is very depressing and constricting”. Typically, after school, I’d go home or do my volunteering work. If I do go out with friends, it’s on the weekends and usually to the mall to watch a movie. Maybe, once in a blue moon, I’d go clubbing with school friends. So, to answer your question, you literally are restricted to the expatriate community you belong to, unless you break that bubble.

What about at school? What’s your circle of friends like?I’m a senior at JIS (Jakarta International School) and I pretty much grew up with people who are considered ‘third-culture kids’; everyone had a passport country as their identity. Initially that’s how we identified each other; the Brazilian kid, the American kid, etc. People used to regard JIS as an American school – American curriculum and all that – it simulates a very American environment in terms of how the social orders are; there’s the cool group, the jocks, what have you. I grew up with that sort of stigma that you have to fit in to a certain group. But once we hit high school, we had to forget about the social stereotypes, we had more important things to worry about like the SAT scores, our GPAs; that’s when the identity stereotyping started to fade away, we just became a community.

Why do you volunteer a lot when you can be out partying with friends? It goes back to the question of ‘what’s your philosophy in life?’ What are your priorities, your values, and what do you see as having a good time? For me, I like meeting new people and exploring new things. I’m not saying I don’t go clubbing and hang out with friends, but I think volunteering is something exciting.

What does volunteering mean to you? There are two types of volunteers; the first are people who volunteer to get a pat on the back and add points to their resume and college application – because college is always the end goal for high school kids. On the other side of the spectrum are people who volunteer because they like the thrill of meeting new people, and giving back to the community; whether it be by building houses, or collecting stuffed animals for hospital kids, or writing articles to raise awareness on certain issues. By doing these things, you are breaking the bubble, you are shattering the previously said ‘social trifecta’ of home, school, the mall. You essentially nullify those restrictions on you. No one put those on you, it’s all self-inflicted, so you’re the one who can break that. Go out and do something about it.

What’s GInDO? How did you start getting involved?GINDO is a really cool concept, actually. It’s essentially a community with shared values that want to participate in solving interdisciplinary social and environmental issues. JIS students went to the Global Issues Network (the GIN in GINDO) conference six years ago. They came back and explained how the conference was really expensive, and so what’s the point of that? Let’s spread that to the masses. So, we set up a domestic conference called GINDO so that local schools can get involved and broaden their horizons. Since then we’ve grown to about 500 members in 11 different schools. It’s entirely run by students of the participating high schools. We hold a conference every year with inspiring keynote speakers explaining about what they do and acknowledge what different organizations are doing and how you can help.

GINDO also hosts workshops where kids can learn how to make

hydroponic systems and implement it to their schools. Everyone gets involved and there’s tangible action; it’s not just all talk. GINDO adopts an egalitarian system, so there’s no alpha school responsible for the events; all the responsibilities are spread out equally between the schools involved. It works really well with teenagers – but I don’t think it works well with adults. I’m very hopeful for GINDO. The new element in GINDO, beside the conference and workshops, is ActionX where we shuttle out hundreds of high school kids to different parts of Jakarta and do community service in those areas - from cleanups, to building orphanages. That is the essence of GINDO; actually doing stuff. Again, when you’re involved in these activities, you are breaking that stereotypic social bubble, which is not something a lot of expatriate kids do these days.

What are your other projects?I also do something called Parlemen Muda, it’s like youth parliament; I’m one of the managing directors. Parlemen Muda is a Subsidiary of Indonesia Future Leaders (IFL). And we draft policies for youth aged 17-25 using the government’s model of legislations. I’m also involved in Model UN.

Does your family support what you do and help?They don’t necessarily ‘support’ in a coddling way, but rather they’re doing laissez-faire parenting where they give me guidance but also autonomy; it’s very empowering.

What grade are you in? We heard you’re continuing your studies abroad soon?I’m a senior in high school. I’ve applied to some schools in America and was just deferred from Brown University. I’m looking for schools with a small student-teacher ratio. I’m considering taking a global liberal arts program.

Do you have a motto you live by?Do what makes you happy and make that your thing. If you like to skateboard, then do something with it; raise awareness by skateboarding across the city. If you like to paint or draw, that’s great, you can auction your artwork for charity. Find your passion and people around you can help; just start doing your part.

meet the exPat Kid by g AbR IELL A PANJA I TAN

Meet

barry thrasherThe expat kid who’s not at all a kid. His

forward-thinking attitude drives him to

realize his dreams and not just talk the

talk. This eloquent 17-year-old likes to

keep himself busy with volunteering for

humanitarian and social causes. Jakarta

will need to fill a void of a good presence

when Barry leaves for college next year.

It goes back to the question of ‘what’s your philosophy in life?’ What are your priorities, your values, and what do you see as having a good time? For me, I like meeting new people and exploring new things.


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For as long as there have been umbrellas, there have been ojek payung. Every time the skies open over the Big Durian, thousands of unorthodox entrepreneurs like Dede take to the streets offering their umbrellas to citizens looking to stay dry.

Statistically, Jakarta receives an average of 400 millimetres of rain in January, and as little as 92 hours of sunlight during the first month of the year. That means entrepreneurs like Dede, who claims to be 19 and a high school graduate, have plenty of chances to hold out their umbrellas to strangers looking to stay dry in exchange for a nominal fee and a little bit of conversation. And while some may refer fondly to ojek payung as the umbrella children of Jakarta, the truth is that depending on the time of day, ojek payung is a lot like the game Monopoly, everyone can play, from ages eight to 80.

Here’s how ojek payung works: As soon as the sky darkens and it starts to rain, everyone with an umbrella and a thirst for cash rushes to the entrances of office buildings or the front doors of one of the 177 malls in Jakarta, and offers up their umbrella for as little as Rp.10,000. Customers take shelter while the ojek payung follows faithfully behind, stepping in or over puddles depending on their age and attention level. Once satisfied customers reach their destination, they reach into their wallet and hand over crisp purple or green bills. Most times the ojek payung shakes the rain from their hair and thanks them with a nod before scampering off to scoop up another customer. Hours of business depend, of course, on the boss - mother nature.

Bleeding hearts might worry that ojek payung, who usually range from five to 15 years of age, are at risk of getting sick from exposure to the elements, but just like a lemonade stand or a paper route, ojek payung are simply intrepid industrialists, looking to make a little money on the side. Jakarta is famous for its entrepreneurs, whether it’s the 3-in-1 jockeys or the gentlemen selling krupuk (prawn crackers) or water amid the toll road

gridlock.

“Everyone I know is an ojek payung,” says Dede. “It’s simple. We wait until it starts to rain and then we find a spot to help people get wherever they are going without getting wet. Everybody wins.

But is Dede worried about masuk angin (catching a cold)? “No,” he says with a shy smile. “A little rain never hurt anyone. Plus, this is a chance for me to make money. Normally, I shine shoes outside the Ministry of Education. If it is raining, there is no one who wants their shoes shined. I always pack an umbrella during the rainy season.”

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I like to tell people I am numerically dyslexic. When I look at a page of numbers, for example a spreadsheet, all I can see is a load of numbers lying around saying nothing to me. My eye simply falls to the bottom right-hand corner, then, if it likes the number

it finds there, it slowly works its way back up the sheet to see where the number came from. As it does so, the numbers seem to jump to attention and start talking. Then I don’t understand what they are saying so I ask my accountant what’s going on. Then I look confused and I ask if we’re making money or losing money. I think this is caused by lack of interest more than anything else. I’m fairly sure I have the mental capacity to be better at maths (or “math” for the Americans) than I am, but I am just not interested. I prefer words.

But I am fascinated by what can happen with numbers. There are disputes, laws and absolutes that seem impossible to the average idiot (like me). For example, what would you say if I told you that .9999 (recurring) is equal to one? Most people would say I’m proving how mathematically challenged I am. Let me try to explain the argument; what is “one third” expressed as a decimal? It’s .3333 (recurring), right? And three “thirds” added together make a whole “one”. Multiply .3333 (recurring) by three in the same way and you get .9999 (recurring). So .9999 (recurring) is equal to one.

If I cut a cake into three equal pieces and gave three people one piece each they’d each have 33.3333 (recurring) percent of the cake. If all three people gave their piece of the cake back to me, I would again have 100% of the cake. Not 99.9999 (recurring) percent. What’s really fascinating is that great mathematicians from all over the world debate this issue over and over again. How can there be any uncertainty in math(s)? At the root of this debate is the concept of infinity. That’ll keep you glued to your computer screen for a few more hours (and for once it won’t matter if somebody catches you).

How about this: Imagine you are on a game show and you are told that one of three doors in front you has a million dollar prize behind it. The other two doors have nothing behind them. You must choose a door. After you have chosen your door (but not yet opened it), the host will open another one of the doors, show you there is nothing behind it and ask you if you wish to stay with your first choice of door or switch to the other closed door. Either the door you chose or the last one of the three definitely has a million dollars behind it. What would you do? Stay with your first choice or switch?

If you’re like me you’ll think it’s a 50 / 50 choice, assume there’s a reason why they want you to switch and stick to your first choice. But we’d probably be wrong. The fact is, if you stay with your first choice you have roughly a one in three (33.3333 percent) chance of being right, but if you switch you have a roughly two in three (66.6666 percent) chance of being right. So, you are twice as likely to win the million dollars if you switch. Google “Monty Hall problem” for an explanation. Amazing and completely counterintuitive.

If you knew and understand all of the above already then you are a real smarty pants and you probably got beaten up a lot at school. There’s always .9999.

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Devout Muslims are supposed to refrain from eating pork because pigs are deemed haram

(forbidden). But thanks in part to corrupt behaviour by the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), some producers of bakso (meatball soup) have added pork to their products and sold it as genuine beef.

Beef started to become unaffordable for many Indonesians three years ago, when the government slashed import quotas in a move that it claimed would support domestic production. Consequently, companies wishing to import beef had to pay bribes to corrupt officials from the PKS, as it had strong influence with the Agriculture Ministry.

The artificially high price was passed on to consumers. Hence some bakso makers cut costs by blending pork and chicken into their meatball mixes. Bakso itself is not exactly high cuisine to begin with, as it is rarely made from prime cuts of beef. Like the cheapest sausages, these chewy grey balls are likely to contain ground up hearts, tongues, eyelids, ears, snouts, spleens, testicles and other bits of offal.

Two years after my visit to Israel, I was working as a junior chef in a restaurant in the French Alps, where I observed the truth of the maxim that “what the customer doesn’t see, the chef gets away with”. This meant that a steak could be dropped on the floor or sneezed on or worse, yet still get served to a diner. Similarly, consumers in Jakarta may be none the wiser after consuming bakso made from rat and/or pork. Likewise, fish and shrimps raised in sewage ponds may taste fine from the plate.

Most of the bakso sold in Jakarta comes from street vendors, the majority of whom do not go to the expense of obtaining halal certification from the Indonesian Ulemas Association (MUI), the country’s top Islamic authority. Such a certificate costs about Rp.2.5 million and requires renewal. Anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International Indonesia, has in the past accused MUI of taking bribes to issue about 10% of halal certificates.

MUI wants to further protect Indonesians by setting up a halal certification system for all medicine. In 2009, MUI declared

the use of GlaxoSmithKline’s meningitis vaccine haram because it had been developed from a porcine enzyme. The following year, the Health Ministry halted the distribution of the vaccine. Fortunately the government has so far rejected the proposed halal certification for medicine.

Authorities rarely test street food for forbidden substances. In addition to scares over rat meat and pork, there are occasional reports of bakso and tofu testing positive for illegal preservatives, such as borax and formaldehyde, neither of which do much good for the body. Beef in some markets has been found to contain heartworm. High beef prices and bad press have caused many bakso vendors to go out of business.

The government has played down concerns that some of the beef being imported into Indonesia might come from cattle injected with a potentially carcinogenic growth hormone. The Trade Ministry insists there is nothing to worry about because the beef imports have been examined by the Agriculture Ministry and declared halal by the MUI.

During the annual Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan, the Health Ministry’s Food and Drug Control Agency (POM) conducts inspections to ensure that vendors are not selling expired foods. They never seem to reach a couple of my local supermarkets, where fruit and vegetables of advanced age and weevil-infested rice are kept on the shelves. POM in September issued a statement warning that “irresponsible persons” were misusing the agency’s name to request “donations” from businesses.

Most supermarkets print the date of packaging on their plastic-wrapped fruit and vegetables, though after a few days, some simply replace these with newly dated stickers to make old produce appear fresh.

Food scams in Jakarta pale in comparison to problems caused by legitimate grocery businesses. The rise of minimarts offering sugary processed foods has been accompanied by a surge in diabetes and plastic litter from food packaging. If you care about your health, buy some fruit. Whereas if you order bakso, what you don’t know won’t hurt you – if you’re lucky.

and international participants are expected to join. Following the race, there will be a festival with music from gugun blues shelter, health workshops, lifestyle products for purchase, massage, games and many more. Kids are welcome to participate in the Fun bike event that will benefit a charity. e-mail [email protected] for more information on how to register for the race and venue details or call (021)2664-5000.www.jiexpocriterium.com

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1st propcon golf 2014 monthly tournament. 16 January 2014 propcon golf club’s monthly tournament will commence at 6.30am. the tournament is free for members of the propcon golf club. trophies and lucky draws will be available for participants. the tournament will take place at the soewarna golf club, cengkareng.

for reservation and further information, call lia on (0821)220-80919.www.propcongolf.com

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Seven days nyepi bali photography tour. 26 march – 2 april 2014david metcalf (dayak dave) is hosting a photography tour once again; this time in bali for the nyepi holidays. to-gether with mark rayner, this seven-day photography tour is designed to not only teach and improve your photography skills, but also to challenge you in the application of the theo-ries of photography. nyepi is an important day in the bali-nese calendar, where the days before and after nyepi is a time of vibrant festivities and co-lourful music. dave and mark will take you to some of the non-touristy places in order to get great shots of the raw, nat-ural balinese beauty. there will be wildlife photography, imag-es of balinese dancers, as well as photos of the vibrant and colourful side of the island.

contact dave for more info on [email protected] or call 08111331255.www.davidmetcalfphotography.com

holi water Festival will be a playground where guests will have fun with colourful powder sprays and water guns while the djs play their beats. it will be a supremely colourful rave party and a large-scale battlefield for some good old water gun fights. guests are encouraged to bring their own water guns and form their own teams. the event will take place at senayan’s parkir timur (east parking lot).

to get more detailed information, email [email protected].

Sport

the color run. 26 January 2014 claimed ‘the happiest 5K on the planet’, the color run is making an appearance in jakarta, completing its asian tour lap. this 5K is not an ordinary run where runners keep track of time; it’s a leisure jog/walk in which you get sprayed by multiple colours for each 1K you go through. it’s a big-scale, colourful event in which anyone can participate. the color run will start at senayan’s parkir timur (east parking lot) at 7.00am. runners can form a running team or go solo. you must run with a white shirt that will, by the end of the run, be ‘decorated’ with lots of colours. running fee is rp.225,000 for ages 2+ (children below two can run for free).

to register and for more information, visit www.thecolorrun.co.id or email [email protected].

Ji eXpo criterium. 25 – 26 January 2014 the jakarta international expo in Kemayoran is inviting you to attend the ji expo criterium; a massive cycling event supported by the uci (union cycliste internationale). this two-day race at the ji expo arena will include a wide range of categories of cycling competitions; races for 51+ age range, youths race, kids race, women’s only race, and the most interesting men’s open, which will be a night race. local

Celebration

cilandak rotary australia day at kristal hotel. 26 January 2014the cilandak rotary club is hosting a celebration for australia day at Kristal hotel. it’s the perfect sunday afternoon activity to take part in for oz natives and friends. the festivities will be held from 11:30am to 4:00pm. this celebration is the rotary club’s effort to raise money for the less fortunate. events for the day will be suitable for all ages such as best dressed competitions for all the bruce and sheilas, raffle draws, auctions, as well as games and full access to the swimming pool for the kids. plenty of food and drinks will be available for purchase.

kristal hotel is located at Jl. terogong raya no. 17, cilandak and can be reached on (021) 750-7050. to rSVp, contact [email protected] or check out their facebook page on www.facebook.com/cilandak.rotary.

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Java Jazz festival. 28 february – 2 march 2014 possibly the city’s most anticipated music event of the year, java jazz is back, offering many artists from multiple sub-genres with the same root; jazz. For its 10th year anniversary of bringing worldwide jazz music to the big durian, java jazz Festival is presenting top-shelf names such as jamie cullum, natalie cole, allen stone, and past java jazz performers to liven up the town with good music. this year java jazz will be held at prj Kemayoran. day tickets are sold separately to the special show tickets.

to purchase tickets and for more details, go to www.javajazzfestival.com or call the hotline on (021) 968-10022 or (021) 968-10023. You can also email [email protected]

holi Water festival. 8 february 2014 jakarta will be having its own holi Festival celebration. the

What’s a Jewish dilemma? Pork at half price. That was one of the first jokes I heard during a visit to

Israel about 20 years ago. Some producers of beef products in Jakarta have experienced a similar dilemma. A

kilogram of beef in the city sells for around Rp.100,000, whereas a kilo of pork costs closer to Rp.50,000.



250m2, 4 br + study , 3 bath room, semi furnished. pls call mr yohanes (owner) 081 6856 544 dan 081 18 222 19.

houses for sale at pondok in-dah, jl. pondok hijau, land area 294 sqm, 3 storey building ±500 sqm, and jl. alam asri, land area 236, 2 storey build-ing ±350 sqm. both houses are brand new, swimming pool, semi furnished. negotiable. call owner: reza 0821 240000 72

executive apartment for rent. permata gandaria, Kebayoran baru. security, facilities, privacy, locationx3, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath-rooms, maid room, 142m2, classi-cally furnished, close to gandaria city, blokm. our home away from home seeks caring and discerning tenants. us$1800/month, min 1 year rent plus bond. pls contact gary 08111083623 [email protected]

For sale : beachfront land in belitung 17.700m2. prime loca-tion near lor in resort. main road access. land allocation for hotel/villa. direct owner : 0812386658. see picture at https://belitungbeachfront.shutterfly.com

1. For rent apartment bellagio mansion mega Kuningan, 3 br + 1 study room, 198 sQm, Furnish, private lift, please call for in-spection : 0815 8765938.2. For rent apartment bellagio residence mega Kuningan, 3 br, 184 sQm & 106 sQm, Furnish, please call For inspection 0815 8765938.

houses for rent at Kemang, ci-pete, cilandak, pejaten barat, pondok indah. big garden, s'pool, complex, 4-5 bedrooms, u$ 2000 - u$ 7000. phone 0816859551 or 08170093366

88office center situated in Kota casablanca, Kuningan business area. we offer virtual office ser-vice, office space rental, meet-ing facilities, security 24 hours video surveillance, office assis-tant service and etc. the special rate to be offered at pre open-ing period. m : 0816 1780 4516e : [email protected] : www.88office.co.id

discover villa gamrang. expe-rience our hospitality and the complete privacy of your own

automotive

avanza for rent! i have a black toyota avanza car year 2013, manual,want to rent for rp 3.500.000/monthly or close with this rate. please email me at : [email protected] if interested.

property

cozy house For rent. location : 10 mins drive to senayan city, 30 mins to sbcd and gandaria city house information : land/ building : 145m/ 189, total floor : 2 bed room : 1 (1st floor) + 3 ( 2nd floor) + 1 for maid (1st fl) bath room : 1 (1st floor) + 1 ( 2nd floor) + 1 for maid (1st fl) electricity : 3600 watt, water : land water + pam, phone line : - , car : 1 Facilities; 2 beds ( in 2 different room ) + 1 for maid, tv cabinet, book cabinet 2 air conditioners, 1 air fan, water heater, cable tv ( First media), Kitchen utensil (some) little garden. please contact: [email protected]

strategic and luxurious land house at Kemang For sale beau-tiful land house at Kemang, south jakarta. land/house: 800m2/500m2, 5 bad room, 3 bath room, 3 waitress room, swimming pool, big carport. price 17m. serious only: call me 0812.82080081, Fauzi. other

when you choose to stay at the Kuningan place, you'll find it's ideally situated in the heart of jakarta. 100m from epicen-trum walk which consists of restaurant,cafes, supermarket, cinema and the famous blue grass restaurant and bar. mnc hospital, plaza Food Festival and setiabudi-one are also within walking distance. For your day-to-day errands, there are grocery stores, local busi-nesses and easy transportation to the rest of the bustling area. the apartment is set with vi-notti sofa set and 32" tv, fully equipped luxury amenities like gourmet kitchens equipped with beautiful granite counter tops and stainless steel appli-ances, sleek bathrooms with toto vanities, spacious closets and plenty of storage space. you can also enjoy a host of spec-tacular features like a state of the art swimming pool, fitness center with yoga room, resident lounge and landscaped court-yards. to make your stay even more perfect, we give you com-plimentary wi-fi service with 512mb speed, 75 cable chan-nels and once a week cleaning service if you rent for 1 year. the apartment is available for rent now! [email protected]

a new boutique hotel in prime location of legian beach for rent. 10m away from the beach. 72 deluxe rooms (44 sqm), 1 junior suite (100m), 2 executive room (125 sqm) and presidential suite (300sqm). rooftop pool and bar, gym, spa, restaurant, function and meeting room. For more info call/wa: 0818.070.26269

villa damee - your luxury stay in the rice fields in a traditional village, 10 mins out of ubud. 3 bedroom villa, breakfast in-cluded, private pool sleeps 6 people, welcome drink, villa cook, 5 full time staff, 24 hr se-curity, complimentary escorted village tour and local river walk . villa damee, br Kelusu, pejeng Kelod, ubud, bali. bookings – www.villadamee.com tel: 0813 53486791 – stephanie brookes and david metcalf | e: [email protected]

house for rent in pondok indah area, land 200m2, building

view pictures shown at http://jual-rumah-tanah-kemang-ja-karta.blogspot.com

a new boutiQue hotel in prime location oF legian beach For rent. 10 m away From the beach. 72 deluxe rooms (44 sQm), 1 junior suite (100m), 2 executive room (125 sQm) and presi-dential suite (300sQm). rooFtop pool and bar, gym, spa, restaurant, Function and meeting room. For more inFo call/wa: 0818.070.26269

houses for rent 2 nice houses 2 storey, one large join pool, beautiful garden, 24 secu-rity compound, no cement wall between houses in the com-pound, approx 500 m2 house with 1,000 m2 land, located at jl.margasatwa raya, 10 minutes to cilandak commercial estate, @ usd 2,500,- to usd 3,000,- per month with min one year lease. if interested (no broker/agent), call owner 0811180605

2-bedrooms apartment in the 18th taman rasuna Kuningan. Fully furnished, near embassies, international hospital, business district. epicentrum shopping center within walking distance. Facilities including swimming pool, convenience store, cafe etc. 24 hours security. park-ing space available. us$ 1200/month contact: [email protected] or call +62816767542

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A Taste of the HolidaysThe holidays are over and the city resumes its busy pace. Cars and motorcycles continue to roam the streets of Jakarta; getting places is that much harder now with the hustle and bustle of the Big Durian’s traffic. It’s only common to still have that longing for a little taste of the holidays; like the warmth of quality time with the family, great meals and a relaxing surrounding.

Those qualities are available to you through the good people of Hotel Borobudur. Hotel Borobudur offers a weekend-long leisure arrangement to overcome your thirst for a taste of the holidays, even after it has passed. The Family Weekend Party Time at Hotel Borobudur is an opportunity for your family to get together and experience all the entertainment that a weekend getaway has to offer, right in your backyard; at the heart of the city.

Hotel Borobudur is one of the oldest hotels in Jakarta. Even so, the newly-renovated Hotel is still a favourite. Hotel Borobudur — a legendary hotel thought to have fallen into obscurity by some — is a grand establishment that has brought its name back to the top! The hotel’s traditional touches — the greeneries and temple miniatures, among others — are matched with a modern, high-standard service and facilities; ideal for your weekend getaway.

Every weekend in whole year of 2014, guests are treated with the special Family Weekend Party Time offer that will have you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated for the week to come. There is a wide selection of activities to choose from that will have you and your family entertained for the whole weekend. What better way to start your weekend than with relaxing and falling into a blissful state with massage treatments on offer at Klub

Borobudur executive clubhouse. For those who prefer a more active weekend, the hotel also provides a complete sports facility, with an Olympic-sized pool, jogging tracks, indoor and outdoor tennis areas and, of course, friendly, well-trained staff to go along with those amenities.

The lush green garden area is an outdoor section not to miss. Sit back and unwind in the garden while kids take part in activities like fun face-painting, magic shows, cupcake baking classes, and outdoor activities at the children’s playground. Family Weekend Party Time is tailored to everyone’s needs to complete the recipe for a good weekend.

Room rates are also available at a special price. Enjoy Hotel Borobudur’s luxurious rooms (including breakfast for two) for two nights for a price of one night; that comes out to just Rp.1,600,000++ for a Superior

Room, Rp.1,800,000++ for the Premier Deluxe room, and Rp.2,200,000++ for the Executive Room for two nights. Your little weekender(s) — below the age of four years old — can stay at the hotel with you for free. For this special price you also get two free access passes to the Sunday Kids Activities at Bogor Cafe from 11.00am to 3.00 pm. A little hint; don’t forget to try the well-known — and supremely delicious — oxtail soup at Bogor Cafe. A wide selection of delectable food and beverage from Hotel Borobudur’s other restaurants, such as Miyama, Bruschetta and Teratai, are also served daily for guests to enjoy.

Forget the usual mall excursions to fill up your weekend; Family Weekend Party Time at Hotel Borobudur is a one-stop solution for your family time, dining and relaxation needs over a weekend. Start making your reservations and a get a taste of the holidays with Family Weekend Party Time at Hotel Borobudur.

Hotel Borobudur | Jalan Lapangan Banteng Selatan, Jakarta, 10710 - Indonesia | Tel : (021)380-5555 or (021)383-5000 Ext. 74009-74013 | E-mail: [email protected]


beach house. villa gamrang (cisolok beach, 4 hours’ drive from jakarta) is designed to offer guests a wonderful and luxurious holiday with beauti-ful and natural surroundings. stylish interior, several outdoor terrace’s, sea view, spacious garden, swimming pool, 4 bed-rooms and 3 bathrooms, com-plete kitchen, cable television, internet (wiFi). idyllic place for couples or one or two fami-lies. staff and in house cater-ing available. attractive prices starting from idr 1,400,000 per night. most of our guests visit us again. reservations. www.villa-gamrang.nl or just mail us [email protected]

houses for rent in Kemang, cipete, cilandak, pejaten barat, pondok indah. big gar-den, s’pool, complex, 4-5 bedrooms, us$ 2000-$7000. please call or sms madam heny: 085212655150 or 02198861136.

looking for fun expat to join 3 males in kuningan house. very big, furnished, great location, large pool and took us a long time to find. rent is year upfront $800 per month. please send me a message on 083875377583 if you are inter-ested. [email protected]

apartment for rent spacious 3 bedroom apt ( 238 m2 ) on ground floor overlooking garden in low-rise residence with swim-ming pools and fitness center in sudirman area near Four sea-sons hotel. hp:081315665760.

jobsjobs available

Full time and part time vacancies are now available for experienced english language instructors for corporate courses around jakar-ta. competitive rates and travel allowance are offered. please send your cv to [email protected]

pembantu needed! duties: cooking and cleaning. monday - Friday (live out). Family of two - one adult and one teenager in Kemang. must be okay with two friendly dogs. call or sms ber-nadette: 085-776-405198

looking for pa for ceo. the position's primary role is to provide executive and personal assistants support to the ceo and other senior management

as required. - candidate must possess at least a diploma, sec-retarial or equivalent - english native is a must - at least 4 years of working experience - must be willing to work in bali - Kuta area - ability to work in fast paced dynamic environment and under pressure. email your cv to [email protected]

looking for work

ibu mursi maid with more than 2 years experience is looking for a new job (we are leaving jaKarta) very professional and good worker she will help you every day with smile and she speaks english phone contact : 083872042085, reference [email protected]

skillful, hardworking & multitasking excellent english. an indonesian female single with over 10 years experiences in secretarial and admin. need a job urgently. pls contact dety (081380301180 [email protected])

im looking for extra income by teaching indonesian/japanese to expats. (saturday & sun-day only),for south jakarta area only. amy: 75b07077/[email protected]

looking for an ideal job as a recruiter in indonesia. motivated, flexible and experience in life and work. speak dutch, english, german, basic arabic. please contact [email protected]

are you looking for a part time nanny in south jakarta - age 20-35 - speak english - refer-ence preferrable - 2-3 times a weekday - saturday occasionaly - afternoon to 6-7 o'clock (nego-thiable) please sms 08111806010

maid available to worK on sundays and public holi-days. ibu tuti is a friend of my earlier maid and has many years of housekeeping experience working with expatriates she is currently working in central/south jakarta for an expat from monday through Friday. howev-er, in order to support her fam-ily, she needs additional income and is happy to work on sundays and public holidays. if you wish to reach her, please contact her directly on +62 8138 541 7069. she speaks fairly good english and would be able to provide references, if required.

Services

this saturday art class provides a safe and fun environment for your child to imagine and cre-ate. we seek to inspire children into the world of art from a young age! classes are designed for children from ages 9 to 13! For more information please visit our website:www.michelle-worthartstudio.com or drop us an email [email protected]

need bahasa indonesia tutor in jakarta area ? the meetings can be held at your home / office / public places at your own convenient time. call me ricKy by phone/whatsapp 0817 6055511 or by mail : [email protected]

conceived in the city of manchester, uK, now residing in jakarta; light within productions provides services across the spectrum of video production, including corporate videos, induction videos and promotional videos. we produce video explainers and animated marketing videos that inform and entertain. convey the benefits of your business, product or service. illuminate your target audience with a light within production. contact us at [email protected] or visit lightwithinproductions.com

australian psychologist, recently living in jakarta - an experienced expat, mum and child psychologist lydia is available for online counselling and therapy. expat issues, teenager and family issues, as well as learning disability issues - adhd, autism, etc visit www.childpsychmum.com

hello, i'm herry a professional airport handling at soekarno hatta intl airport. if you need assistance like Fast track im-migration, check in, transit etc

for arrival & departure, please contact me at +6287808522300 / +6281317927009 / bb pin 2a3a60b2. thank you for your attention. best regards.

- relaxing massage for women in jakarta - therapist from in-dia, trained in the 'art of touch and pleasure' - service at your home in your privacy - For more details, visit http://pijat4wani-ta.blogspot.com - message [email protected] or to bbm pin 7a42e9dc - 50% cash back offer, in case you don’t like the massage !

spanish tutor. learn spanish at your place with an experienced spanish tutor from spain. most of my students come from in-ternational schools (jis and bis). please call me (raúl) 082110502786 email: [email protected]

traditional massage come your place 7 am - 8 pm sms : 021. 9609 7388

we are government approved and certified lender our company do offer funds ranging from person-al to industrial financial services to interested persons or compa-nies seeking financial support for a negotiable interest rates as 3% chance to clean his apartment, start or boost your business with funds from our company funds is given in pounds (£), dollar ($) and euro (€). so now borrow; in-terested persons should contact us for more information, contact by email: [email protected]

photography training with an award-winning professional photographer part 1 "getting the best From your digital cam-era" seminar saturday February 22nd 9.30 am – 4.30 pm part 2 "hands-on practical photog-raphy" workshop sunday Feb-ruary 23rd 9.30 am – 4.30 pm

venue: south jakarta spaces filling fast! contact maria: 0816976707 [email protected]

Frustrated homebrewer? malt and hops available. email: [email protected]

"learn bahasa indonesia fast at your office / place/ house /. Flex-ible time. contact: 0811 899 864 or sinta.permadi@ yahoo.com

massage for woman jakarta. traditional massage service for woman. - rp.150rb per hour. - experienced and professional 30 year old indian male thera-pist. - service at your apartment in your privacy. - make your booking at [email protected]. - 50% cash back, if you are not satisfied with the massage

spanish tutor. learn spanish at your place with an experienced spanish tutor from spain. most of my students come from international schools (jis and bis). enjoy discounts for intensive courses during christmas break. please call me (raúl) 082110502786. email: [email protected]

need a massage ? u can con-tact me on brambley78@gmail.

com. aam massage sensation, more satisfaction. come to your place, hotel and apartment. ameey 081293804401 phone service 24 hours, for expat only!

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

For employers looking for an english course for their em-ployees. From a very trustwor-thy female who had grown up for 12 years in the u.s. and has years of experience teach-ing in prominent international hotels and multinational com-panies. reasonable prices and various programs such as busi-ness and conversations. call 081584109845

your pathway to 2nd year at university overseas. ac-counting? Finance? marketing? management? media & commu-nication? it? mibt jakarta cam-pus provides programs that al-low you to enter the second year of university overseas. located in a bright new modern building with facilities that support first-class teaching and learning ac-tivities, mibt jakarta facilitates



your transition from high school to university level education in australia and other countries. special direct pathway to dea-kin university. For questions about mibt jakarta campus or to request a brochure, please contact us at 021 29022285-89 or visit our website at www.mibt.or.id

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, photo-graphs, films, and slides, data entry, managing documents and database. contact: charoen sanpawa, mobile: 0811-930-3744, office: 021-632-6667. e-mail:[email protected]. www.megaenviron.com

bahasa indonesia class in janu-ary 2014 at the american club. private & in-company training also available for bahasa/eng-lish/ mandarin. Qualified teach-er & excellent material 021-68888246 or 0813-85590009 www.sibschool.com

bahasa indonesia lessons for expats at your house of office given by an instructor with 15 years of experience. letters of

recommendation available upon request. please call pak chairuman on 0812 1037 466 or email [email protected]

i'm teaching piano and every-body's welcome. i can teach to your home (private). For all ages 3 - 60. besides normal people, also give music therapy to special needs (autism, slb, hyperactive, old people). asry-na 08578 24 64 801 (sms)

looking for an art and craft tu-tor for your kids?(english speak-ing tutors) more info www.doo-dleacademy.blogspot.com

very good private english and bahasa indonesia teacher in surabaya. if you really want to learn bahasa and vice versa just dial 085218880017 or add pin bb 29356da0 with ms. vina. she is very good teacher for children and adult

othersFor sales i full set of premier cabria drum set. 2 x floor toms 1 x 12” tom hi-hat double Kick for the bass. cymblas, splash and bell. all stands needed to make this into a great set of drums. owner is leaving town and needs to sell quickly. please call – leon - 081294646273.

dvd collection for sale over 2,000 dvd's action, drama, siFi, horror, thriller, comedy complete collection only 2 mil-lion call john 08176 691552

dell vostro 1500 laptop for sale. ram: 3gb. processor: 1.8ghz. size: 15'inch. price: 1.800.000 idr. phone: 08119403176

we are a leading company dealing with ssd automatic chemical solution for cleaning black money and any color of defaced currency is available in our laboratory worldwide. our s.s.d automatic solution is also used in the cleaning of stained bank notes with anti breeze quality, bills like usd,euro,pounds and other local currency. [email protected]

affandi, indonesia’s greatest contemporary painter, went to europe in 1977 to receive the dag hammarskjoeld peace award. in belgium affandi spent many months studying the etching, litghograph etc techniques and produced a col-lection of graphics works. they include nearly 100 subjects, each a limited series, with from 12 to 200 strikings each with subjects ranging from self portraits to street scenes in india to a paris cafe. most are black & white, with certificate. now available at dharma mulia galleries--as well as antiques, tribal art, textiles, weap-ons etc. jl. ir. juanda (cipu-tat raya) 50, 7 days, 9-5, tel 0811824302

For sale old gold collection of sumatra, ladies rings fastened with ruby stones and emerald stone, there are also earrings, and rings men saphiere blue stone, gold layered bronze sculpture, holy old teak bed, ceramic china 60cm blue and white jar shape and painting works of hendra gunawan old, hofker, widayat and other old paintings, serious contact, 081318747770

down sizing sale Kate spade new york large cobble hill leslie black shoulder handbag, price 2 mio new Kate spade new york lainey grove court green satchel handbag, price 3.5 mio charles & Keith black shoulder handbag, price rp.400,000 bcbg generation pink cocktails/ party dress, size 2, price rp.350,000 sandra darren black yellow white dress, size 6, price rp.300,000 new vibrant butterfly rainbow tutu skirt, price rp.150,000 new vibrant butterfly pink black tutu skirt, price rp.150,000 wonderkids pink greyish blue sneaker, toddler 3-5 yrs, size us 10 eur 27.5, price rp.80,000 skechers twinkle toes pink glitters sneaker, toddler 3-5 yrs, size us 9 eur 26.5, price rp.70,000 baby trend nursery center playard, deluxe havenwood, price rp.1.5 mio moby wrap baby carrier, born Free chocolate, price rp.500,000 children's place bow headbands, 2 packs (6 colors), price rp.100,000 white yellow blue infant caps (3 pieces), rp.100,000 children’s place safari changing pad cover, price rp.60,000. pictures are available at http://www.

flickr.com/photos/99122069@n07/sets/72157639061937214/ if you are interested, please contact me at my mobile 0812 2240 1946 or email [email protected]

sale - selling my 100% new swarovsKi watch. a beauti-ful gift to end the year! please contact me for pictures, 08121175559

learn French the easy way - with a native speaker private lessons, tutorial & remedial, For people of all ages. modem teaching methods from an experienced, dedicated instructor. available at : ji. rs. Fatmawati no. 52 wisma subud no. 22b cilandak barat jakarta selatan 12430 please contact: phone. 021-7690216

unique collection Klm huis-jes for sale. complete with book. special. more info: 08111490400

child's size guitar for sale! classic guitar suitable for a child under 14, in a nice soft sided case 350,000rp Kemang. recently restrung. sms or call 08121004980 for photo

stamps collection from indonesia and other countries for sale. please contact hans at [email protected] or call 08891514823.

nano 2 Face spray. buy now nano 2 spray. For orders and info: 081317722271

we're leaving jakarta in 3 months and are selling a lot of stuff; mostly custom designed, minimalist style teakwood furniture. most items are about 7 months old only. available for pick up in march. photos at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/lizs-moving-sale/802596539766881 contact: [email protected]

cares seatbelt harness - replaces a car seat on planes 500,000idr. this is a small harness that transforms a plane's lap belt into a 5 point harness that you can use for little ones on planes in place of a car seat. never carry giant car seats through the airport again,this folds up small enough to go in your pocket. Faa approved. also great for kids who like to squirm out of lap belts! retails for $70. alie 0812105 4872

personalshi, am theresia dyah. For those who wants to learn bahasa indo-nesia, especially for the expatri-ates, don't be hesitate to con-tact me. i will teach you bahasa indonesia. here is my number #082111005582# or you can contact me through mail [email protected]. i am waiting. see you.

hi guys, i've been an expat driver for almost 8 years, my last employment with austra-

lian family, they leave jakarta on september this year, call me on 08567121155

good morning. my name’s hendra, i’m looking for job as a driver, this is my number 085885900687 / 081311338774

looking for job as personal as-sistant. Female with 17 years experience in multinational companies. excellent english, computer literature, admin skill. dynamic, independent, dedicated, loyal, honest. willing to travel. interested in my cv, pls contact +62 81319191851, e-mail: [email protected]

r&b singer/songwriter looking for band. 25-year-old female lead singer from california, used to play in hollywood and surrounding areas, in search for an existing band in need of a vocalist or interested sessions musicians (bass player, drummer, and guitarist) with a soulful/r&b inclination to play at jakarta’s top spots. send an e-mail (preferably with a sound clip or a link to video) to [email protected].



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