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Perth reflections


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Unspun managed to hightail it off to Perth for the Idul Fitri break. The last time Unspun was there was four or five years ago.

Perth is still a small, cozy city but there is a new buss to it. The economy is on the move, there is much building activity, lots of jobs to be found and its has reportedly become the second most expensive Australian city to live in, after Sydney. It is a beautiful city though, especiallywhen viewed from the 13th floor of an apartment in the Esplanade in South Perth, just across the Swan River from the city center (Above photo – and thank you Dr and Mrs Wong for allowing Unspun and frinds to use your wonderful apartment).
Unspun likes to travel because all sorts of questions pop up in one’s head as you see things out of the ordinary context, for example:

  1. Why is it that the half cups of water that Garuda provides, if sourced in Indonesia, have covers that are impossible to peel open? Doesn’t anyone select these cups according to user friendliness?
  2. Why can there be so much variety and quality choices at the supermarkets in a small city like Perth when you can’t have it in a big city like Jakarta?
  3. How is it that the Aussies can keep their cities clean, their roads paved and litter free when you can’t even get to do one of those in Jakarta?
  4. Why is town planning and the provision of parks possible in Perth and impossible in Jakarta?
  5. Why is the lighting in the Jakarta airport seemingly so gloomy and depressing? Did they not pay lighting consultants to do the job?
  6. Where does all the money for fiscal go to? Come to think of it what’s SBY doing about it two years after being in office?
  7. Why do residents in Indonesia have to fill in a departure card and retain the entry card when overseas? The whole world does it the other way around.
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3 responses to “Perth reflections”

  1. Kay Avatar
    Kay

    I got another Garuda puzzler: Outward-bound Garuda flights from Jakarta will hand out crap fake orange juice with the “food” box. Some liquid with minimal or zero actual juice, but lots of added sugar and coloring. But Garuda flights coming from other locations, say Bangkok and Singapore, are able to supply 100% real juice. Needless to say, every other airline in the region will give you real juice. What gives with the cheap shite Garuda dishes up out of Jak?

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  2. unspun Avatar
    unspun

    Kay: When such things happen in Indonesia its time to ask: who’s profiting from this shite deal?

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  3. reuben Avatar
    reuben

    Unspun – nice pic, let me guess – you were on your way to grab a coffee on the foreshore after visiting the zoo when you took it 🙂

    As a Perthite, I can tell you a few ways that we keep our city clean. First, we’re educated from a young age to understand environmental problems, and taught that littering is a serious one as it not only damages our environment but makes it look disgusting as well. Second, we know that if we are caught littering we will receive a severe penalty, but that if we don’t litter we will be able to enjoy a clean environment (the same goes for other forms of environmental damage). Perhaps most importantly, we take pride in our country and realize that we’re lucky to live there, and take responsibility for its welfare ourselves.

    While it may be easier for Aussies to put all of those things into practice, as they’re part of our culture, Indonesia could still stand to learn from them.

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