Why do cyclists act as if they own the road and behave obnoxiously when they get together in a group?
Flipping the bird at cyclists
Plumbing the depths with Eiger
I love the Eiger outdoor brand. Their products are affordable and often of good quality. A sandal I bought has lasted me years and looks like it will continue for at least another year or two. Damn comfortable too. But good as they are in making outdoor gear they apparently suck at customer relations. Here’s... Continue Reading →
Beware the normalization of floods by Anies Baswedan
Normal is when something happens often, becomes predictable and loses the power to shock, anger and spur people into action. The biggest danger that Jakartans face is the normalization of the widespread floods which is happening so often lately, I think about seven this year so far. Each time time it floods the same things... Continue Reading →
Who is responsible for the rise and continued presence of Siti you-can-get-pregnant-while-swimming-with-men Hikmawatty?
That Siti Hikmawatty is stupid is a given fact. What else can explain an official for the Commission for the Protection of Indonesia Children (KPAI), and supposedly a one-time academic, would say that women can get pregnant from swimming in a pool with men? Her stupidity is stupendous. In apologizing for her statement she said... Continue Reading →
Garuda’s Ari: when its OK to experience schadenfreude
Schadenfreude or, in English, epicaricacy, is mostly a guilty pleasure. That’s because it is the joy you feel at the misfortune of others. In the case of now-sacked Garuda President Director Ari Askhara, however, schadenfreude is a legitimate and just pleasure. Here was a man who lived a life of impunity, seemingly protected by the... Continue Reading →
The Rich and Patti Arguments over Rich Brian
Former US Ambassador who reinvented himself as the organizer of Supermentor, Dino Patti Jallal, has a point in the ongoing feud with BEKRAF chief Triawan Munaf over Indonesian Rapper Rich Brian where children are concerned. Children should not be exposed to obscenities. But the whole episode is not as clear cut as he makes... Continue Reading →
Erections galore but failure at maintenance remains the bane
Drive down Jalan Sudirman today and what do you see? You'd probably say you see workers putting the finishing touches on smooth, wide walkways flanked by generous islands of grass, in a process of tarting up Jakarta for the Asian Games that starts on the 18th of next month. What I see, however, is a... Continue Reading →
Tremble Facebook, Google and WhatsApp because the FPI is onto you
The FPI is known for many things but not exactly for digital or intellectual prowess. But no more. The FPI's Secretary General for Jakarta Novel Bakumin has a novel suggestion for the faithful to avoid those Satan-inspired search engines and chat platforms with good ole Indonesian ones. Novel imparted the information for the interview with... Continue Reading →
An actual story of Indonesia’s loss because of the LGBT madness
It says a lot about Indonesia today that when an employee of mine recently quit his job to apply for asylum in Canada on grounds that he's gay and feels discriminated against in Indonesia, they not only put him on the Protected Person's list as they usually do to asylum seekers - they classified him... Continue Reading →
Dumb and Dumber: From Alexis to 4Play
Not since Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels created the characters of lloyd and Harry in Dumb and Dumber has there been anyone as stupid as the celluloid characters as the present Gakbener Anis an and his deputy Sandi. Jakartans who had been used to the former Governor Ahok talk sense and being straight forward have... Continue Reading →
My Republic broadband sucks for me. What’s your experience like?
I few months ago we switched from Play Media as a broadband provider because their service sucked - the speeds got slower and there was no good follow-up customer service. We switched to My Republic because a friend had said that their speeds were rather good. What we found was worse. Not only did the... Continue Reading →
Breaking potential crisis: Telkomsel and its hacked website
Crisis Management Students: Fire up your twitter apps and browsers and train them on Telkomsel's website and their Twitter responses. Someone has hacked into Telkomsel's website and filled it with vitriol and animal references - and being generally lauded by netizens for doing so. Although hacking is a crime and should be condemned. The hackers... Continue Reading →
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