Oh, and for Thanksgiving we all went out on Saturday night to Hazara, a really nice Indian restaurant in Menteng. Too bad we had to work on Thursday and Friday. Well, I'll try and get some more pictures up here soon. Ta ta!
Monday, November 26, 2007
Bunny!
Ok, so a few days ago, I came home from work, and saw a creature dart into the garage. I thought it was a rat or something, but the next day it was on the driveway. So, now in addition to the stray cat, we have a bunny. It somehow knows to go to the bathroom door whenever it poops. Real cute.
Oh, and for Thanksgiving we all went out on Saturday night to Hazara, a really nice Indian restaurant in Menteng. Too bad we had to work on Thursday and Friday. Well, I'll try and get some more pictures up here soon. Ta ta!
Oh, and for Thanksgiving we all went out on Saturday night to Hazara, a really nice Indian restaurant in Menteng. Too bad we had to work on Thursday and Friday. Well, I'll try and get some more pictures up here soon. Ta ta!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
11/17
Just saw a movie last night, "Enam", a typical Indonesian horror film. Now, I've never walked out of a movie before, but it was just so horrible that after about half an hour I just had to. The plot was that there was a group of amateur filmmakers who rent a house that burned down a few years ago, to film their debut. They're going for a "Blair Witch" type of film. Anyways, the guy that rents it to them warns them of a ghost or curse or something.
Anyways, the ghost looks like just a woman in a sheet, it's not scary, and just like every other Indo movie, it's shot with a handicam or something. When I told the office girls at work, they're like, "oh, what do you expect? It's an Indonesian movie." I've never seen such apathy towards movies, and that's why nobody Stateside has ever seen an Indonesian movie. They all suck.
Well, tonight is David's going -away party at Toscana, a REALLY nice Italian restaurant in Kemang. I went there a few weeks ago, and they have a to-die-for spaghetti carbonara with REAL bacon, not smoked beef.
Anyways, the ghost looks like just a woman in a sheet, it's not scary, and just like every other Indo movie, it's shot with a handicam or something. When I told the office girls at work, they're like, "oh, what do you expect? It's an Indonesian movie." I've never seen such apathy towards movies, and that's why nobody Stateside has ever seen an Indonesian movie. They all suck.
Well, tonight is David's going -away party at Toscana, a REALLY nice Italian restaurant in Kemang. I went there a few weeks ago, and they have a to-die-for spaghetti carbonara with REAL bacon, not smoked beef.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
11/13 A video clip of Margonda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wev0jdbLrjQ
A neat little video someone shot aboard an angkot. He starts at roughly across the street from the entrance to my complex, and drives down Margonda towards Jakarta. At about 1:30 you see Mal Depok on the left. On the right is where the new ACE Hardware opened, with an Index Furniture store.
About 2:02, on the right is Apotek Melawi, a big drugstore. You'll notice that the angkot (that's the little blue minivans) stop pretty frequently to pick up passengers. This causes all sorts of traffic jams. They will stop anywhere that there isn't a cop and pick up of let off passengers. The charge is only Rp.1,500 (9,000 is a dollar, for reference) and that can get you down the road a few kilometers. Longer distances charge more, but I don't know how they calculate it.
At 2:56, on the left, is a warung tenda, a tent food stall. Very cheap food, but you run the risk of getting some sort of stomach bug because the hygiene isn't very good.
Around 3:53, traffic stops; It's near the entrance to Pesona Khayangan, the other side of my complex. You can see the Pizza Hut sign on the right at 4:25. The motorcycle turning around, that's the break in the median that lets you cross the street to go into the complex.
At 4:37, you can brielfy see on the right, the windmill for Holland Bakery, a bread and cookie shop.
At 5:21 (blink and you'll miss it) on the left corner of the screen you'll catch a glimpse of a pink building, that's DC Billiards. Then you see an arm go in front of the camera, that's someone paying for his fare.
Well, that's as far as I got before my connection died. Anyways, if you keep going, there's a traffic light and a road that goes to the right, but keep going straight, and there's Detos on the left and Margo City on the right, with TB Gramedia (book store) just after Margo City. A little further down, and U.I. (the Univ. of Indo.) is on the left somewheres, and work is on the right. Well, gotta get going, planning classes and whatnot. Bye!
A neat little video someone shot aboard an angkot. He starts at roughly across the street from the entrance to my complex, and drives down Margonda towards Jakarta. At about 1:30 you see Mal Depok on the left. On the right is where the new ACE Hardware opened, with an Index Furniture store.
About 2:02, on the right is Apotek Melawi, a big drugstore. You'll notice that the angkot (that's the little blue minivans) stop pretty frequently to pick up passengers. This causes all sorts of traffic jams. They will stop anywhere that there isn't a cop and pick up of let off passengers. The charge is only Rp.1,500 (9,000 is a dollar, for reference) and that can get you down the road a few kilometers. Longer distances charge more, but I don't know how they calculate it.
At 2:56, on the left, is a warung tenda, a tent food stall. Very cheap food, but you run the risk of getting some sort of stomach bug because the hygiene isn't very good.
Around 3:53, traffic stops; It's near the entrance to Pesona Khayangan, the other side of my complex. You can see the Pizza Hut sign on the right at 4:25. The motorcycle turning around, that's the break in the median that lets you cross the street to go into the complex.
At 4:37, you can brielfy see on the right, the windmill for Holland Bakery, a bread and cookie shop.
At 5:21 (blink and you'll miss it) on the left corner of the screen you'll catch a glimpse of a pink building, that's DC Billiards. Then you see an arm go in front of the camera, that's someone paying for his fare.
Well, that's as far as I got before my connection died. Anyways, if you keep going, there's a traffic light and a road that goes to the right, but keep going straight, and there's Detos on the left and Margo City on the right, with TB Gramedia (book store) just after Margo City. A little further down, and U.I. (the Univ. of Indo.) is on the left somewheres, and work is on the right. Well, gotta get going, planning classes and whatnot. Bye!
Friday, November 2, 2007
More vacation pictures
Ok, so more pictures from vacation. This is out front of a Batak museum (Bataks being the native people here)
Same area, me in front of the King's Grave
Me posing by a waterfall
More to come. Also, Halloween Party pictures!
Same area, me in front of the King's Grave
Me posing by a waterfall
More to come. Also, Halloween Party pictures!
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