I had pleasant experience in replacing the stolen driving license at Kantor Pengurusan SIM, Daan Mogot. Committed with the “clean government” intention, they forbid “calos” (the middle men) to enter the premise, hence I need to arrange this myself. Learning from the tip from internet, I came very early at 8 am, and guess what,…
Category: Snapshots of Indonesia
Monas from Bank Indonesia Tower
Monumen Nasional (“Monas”), the landmark of Jakarta, as seen from 25th floor of Menara Radius Prawiro, office of Bank Indonesia. I had meeting at the central bank office today, and I was amazed with this rare viewpoint of Monas. In the evening, this looks even better, I believe.
The Football Pitch at Jakarta Highland Gathering
This is the football pitch we use to play for 6-a-side competition. Located at the centre field of the event, we shared the pitch with other sports events such as rugbies, and traditional ‘heavies’ throw. You can see at the background corporate sponsors tents which sell foods, drinks and promotional stuffs.
Jakarta Highland Gathering 2011
My office (Royal Bank of Scotland) sponsors the annual Jakarta Highland Gathering event. An event which features traditional highland (Scottish, Irish, English) games and customs. One of them is Scottish bagpipe music competition, as played by one of the contestant from Malaysia here. I don’t know how to appreciate such music, but interesting stuffs nonetheless.
Matah Ati: Standing Ovation!
All dancers, producers and crews show up at the end of the show, milking the standing ovation from satisfied audiences. Had successfully performed in Esplanade Singapore couple of months ago, Matah Ati came to Jakarta and had 4 shows in the row. All shows were sold out! We were lucky to get last minute tickets…