Archives for the ‘Jakarta’ Category

Gudeg at Gado Gado Boplo restaurant in Casablanca, not recommended

By kurnia • May 26th, 2008 • Category: Food, JUST DO IT, Jakarta

Starving after my routine exercise at FF,  Oakwood, I stopped by at a Gado Gado Boplo restaurant in Casablanca. I remembered I ate in the same restaurant near Dharmawangsa square, at that time I ordered Gado Gado (Javanese salad). It was very delicious indeed.
As there were various food in the menu, this time I tried […]



Fuel prices up 30%, Angkot fares up 25%, no rise in Busway fare

By kurnia • May 24th, 2008 • Category: JUST DO IT, Jakarta, Journalism, Freedom of expression

I took a busway on Saturday following the government announcement that fuel prices rose around 30 %. The busway fare remained the same at Rp 3,500. But angkot fares up from Rp 2,000 to 2, 500. What is angkot? Angkot is a public transportation in Jakarta (and the whole country as well) comprising minibus and […]



Local brand D-One takes on giants in mobile phone market

By kurnia • May 20th, 2008 • Category: JUST DO IT, Jakarta

 
SANDRA DEWI WITH DG 518
Indonesian firm PT Sarindo Nusa Pratama on Monday launched its mobile phone brand D-One and three new mobile phone devices, aiming to take on the dominant players in the country.
The three new models are DG 518, SG 368 and DM 299.
“Designed in Indonesia but produced in China, we expect D-One to […]



Motorola W230, not just a cheap mobile phone

By kurnia • May 18th, 2008 • Category: JUST DO IT, Jakarta

Should you only have Rp 600,000 (US$64.5) in your pocket and you are required to buy a mobile phone, you might be left with few choices.
You might only be able to purchase a mobile phone with basic functions such as calling, receiving phone call, short message service (SMS) and storing friend’s mobile phone numbers.
But […]



‘Dragon Fly’ fails to make me fly to the moon

By kurnia • Mar 30th, 2008 • Category: Jakarta

Dragon Fly is located at the ground floor floor of Plaza BIP, Jakarta. The space is quite big. On Saturday, as I attended a mobile phone producer party, I observed that some visitors were foreigners but most of them were local people. Pretty girls and boys and of course sexy dancers were there […]



Wong jowo ning Jakarta kudu mampir ning gudeg pejompongan

By kurnia • Mar 22nd, 2008 • Category: Food, Jakarta

What does that title mean?

Javanese people should drop by to this small restaurant “Gudeg Yogya Pejompongan.” I found it by accident as I was about to take cash from an ATM in Benhil, Central Jakarta.



Wait for three more days.

By kurnia • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Jakarta, Journalism, Freedom of expression

There will be a surprise in three more days. Just wait…what’s it?  Win a Hotel? Apartment? Traveling to heaven?