tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30706940755609337742024-02-07T13:09:25.168+07:00SIN BBQSinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.comBlogger523125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-63435990574963287522014-09-20T23:02:00.001+07:002020-06-08T21:40:17.161+07:00selamat bule<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today my taxi pulled up at the traffic lights and the driver looked at another taxi beside us, pointed at a pudgy Dutch-looking thing sitting in the back, turned his head to me and giggled:<br />
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<i>"Same same you - bule"</i><br />
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Ensuring that I didn't miss spotting a fellow white person.</div>
SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-85009579640638946482011-11-02T18:10:00.005+07:002021-07-25T21:41:05.861+07:00Headaches<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span">I interviewed a job candidate today.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><b><u>Enthusiasm ...</u></b><br />
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Why do you want to change jobs?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>-- "</i></span><i>Sometimes my personality gives me headaches."</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><b><u>No means no ...</u></b><br />
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Sometimes you need to say no to a client, right?<br />
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Could you give an example when you said no?</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>-- "I was working on a project last year and our </i><i>client – she asked us to do all this work that wasn't in our contract. I said no, because it wasn't part of our contract."</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>-- "Well in the end she forced us to do the work for free."</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">So in the end you said yes?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>-- </i><i>"Yes."</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Me: Why didn't you say no?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>-- </i><i>"Because I was scared of her."</i></span><br />
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Me: "Any other examples of when you said no?<br />
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I started to giggle, strained it into a smile and he smiled back warmly.<br /></div><div><br /></div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-43282854935801944742011-11-01T18:30:00.005+07:002021-07-25T21:45:32.992+07:00Cry Babies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">There was an interesting contrast in the SMH today. </span><br />
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-50162731016702299732011-10-03T15:41:00.002+07:002020-06-08T21:44:41.576+07:00Leech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span">Today I'm interviewing someone who received his MBA in Finance from the <i>Simbiosis Centre for Distance Learning</i>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I imagine that once employed he will be hard to shake off, no matter where he is.</span></div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-67899759252360534132011-09-21T19:36:00.003+07:002020-06-08T21:48:42.795+07:00Audit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span">Garuda is Indonesia's flagship carrier. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">In 2007 it was banned from all European airports due to safety concerns. This was very embarrassing for Garuda (and for Indonesia) and they underwent a significant revamp of their aircraft, service and safety. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">In </span>2009 Europe let them back in.<br />
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Today a colleague sent me a link about <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10747334">the new Garuda</a>, where they are groping applicants to ensure no (explosive) breast implants. My favourite quote:<br />
<i><b>"She declined to be named, saying she was still waiting to hear whether she had got a job after the tests last month."</b></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">It reminded me of another recent in-flight incident: photos of a Cathy Pacific flight attendant blowing her co-pilot. Favorite quote this time is a headline from </span><a href="http://www.centurychina.com/plaboard/archive/3896596.shtml" target="_blank">China</a>:<br />
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Another favourite comes from the Virgin Atlantic crew member who thought he was using the internal communication system and announced "<a href="http://www.linkbuildr.com/wake-up-you-c-virgin-atlantics-new-slogan/">Wake up you cunts</a>" on the flight from Orlando. <span class="Apple-style-span">I tried to find out more information about this by googling the words </span>VIRGIN CUNTS ... big mistake on a heavily monitored work computer.</div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-28372651986407484722011-09-08T15:16:00.002+07:002020-06-07T17:41:02.404+07:00Rag Down<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today in WA Today:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><block>A 60-year-old car wash manager accused of groping a "chamois girl" and forcing her to perform a sexual act on him has been described by his lawyer as "desperately lonely and in need of love and affection."</block></i><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></dd><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Chamois sounds sexy. They should have called it a rag. People</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> steer clear of Rag Girls. </span><br />
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-17113626390132848682011-07-11T14:51:00.015+07:002020-06-08T21:51:28.642+07:00Awe-<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">It evokes images of her leaning against a pram and staring at red Toyota Prius. </span><i>"One day we'll own a car, too",</i> she mumbles to the baby.</div>
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They didn't update her photo, which reminds us how sad it is when <span class="Apple-style-span">a stereotype meets with a sticky end.</span></div>
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If she had been 2 aboriginal kids, the newspaper would probably use a stock photo of black kids defacing a building.<br />
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-46151672357641295782011-07-08T18:48:00.003+07:002020-06-07T02:46:04.162+07:00Please Come Back - But Not Yet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span">This afternoon, Basement Level, Wisma Mulia</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Restaurant Gulali used to be quite popular until a rival opened up a few months ago.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">This sign is so cute I could eat it. Less so the food.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Notice the "old logo" wording at the bottom? Also edible.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Overheard in the marketing workshop: <i>"Let's tell the customers that we're going to change, but make sure we still offer the same food."</i></span><br />
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-3237780828371595052011-07-07T23:43:00.006+07:002022-09-08T00:50:25.001+07:00Algunas Fotos Recientes - Los Cansados<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">This city doesn't need Ramadan to fall into a state of constant sleep deprivation.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I am very familiar with the storeroom at the back of my minimart and often help the staff rifle around for a fresh case of soda water. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Yesterday this was sticking out from the door. The storeroom is usually jam packed, so Sleeping Beauty must have removed those boxes to make room, or become bored during a soda water hunt.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>That'll do,"</i> he said as he nestled down into his makeshift swag.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Good to see that I'm not the only boss that this happens to.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The boss (centre back, grey shirt) is giving a speech to his 25 staff. None of them is paying attention to him. Not one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Look closely you will see that most are punching away at their Blackberries. The remainder are either staring off into space or cradling their chins in their hands with their eyes closed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Nearly every morning I see this chick taking a nap with her motorbike helmet beside her. I guess she's too junior to be trusted with the keys.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">This family was out for a Sunday lunch a few weeks ago and brought their uniformed nanny along to keep them from having to interact with the child.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This is an expensive restaurant for Jakarta, which is probably why </span><span class="Apple-style-span">they also carried separate food for the nanny - in this case a 50c cup of noodles. The waiter seated the guests, handed out menus and filled her cup with hot water. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nanny has started eating before the others have ordered but this is not rud</span>e because when the <i>nice</i> food arrives she will be busy feeding the child.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">It is not unusual to see a nanny sitting at a nice restaurant, surrounded by fine dining while wolfing down something from a local street stall.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The family will tell you earnestly that their nanny doesn't like western food, this food that they have never once offered her. They will tell you that she would be uncomfortable eating along with the family or using cutlery, this family who has never made her feel comfortable or offered her cutlery.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Sometimes Nanny and kids are banished to a kids' table. She stand beside the children and forks food into their mouths (she's quite adept with cutlery, as it turns out). Sometimes she is sitting alone at that horrible table next to the toilet, alert to a toddler emergency.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes the nanny has the world "Governess" embroided onto her sleeve and this adds a curious tension to the afternoon: that a children's choir could emerge at any point.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span">Banda Aceh, Aceh Tsunami Museum, May 2011</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">During the 90s and early 00' the t</span>ourist numbers in Banda Aceh started declining. Killing and kidnapping will do that to your tourism industry.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">In 2004 the tsunami hit and </span></span>Aceh was on the closest point of land to its epicentre. Most of its buildings and all of its infrastructure were wiped out. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">200,000 people died in this small province alone and </span><span class="Apple-style-span">every Acehnese lost several close friends and relatives to this tragedy. For this reason, tourists should be careful never ask a local about their experience at this time.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">7 years on, there is still little left of the town. Closer to the shore there are rows of pre-fab homes which were built immediately in the aftermath. These were abandoned for years while people overcame their trauma and superstitions oin order to move back to their former suburb. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Aceh's only museum was funded with restoration money and the visitors </span><span class="Apple-style-span">were all locals when I was there.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This inaccurate depiction of people fleeing the tsunami wave </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">is a popular stopping point in the museum. The </span><span class="Apple-style-span">girl posing in this photo probably had friends or family members amongst those plastic people.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I saw many girls smiling and draping themselves around this railing in a seductive manner; all Muslim and slutty like. I saw grinning people with thumbs up </span></span>and others making rabbit ears behind their friends' heads. I saw one guy mock fleeing from this wave, seemingly showing the plastic people how it's <i>really</i> done.<br />
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Another museum exhibit is of a local house and there is a long queue. The house shakes as it simulates getting hit by a tsunami -– and the queue can peer inside as you rehearse those final moments when your house is unhinged from its foundations or collapses around you. A crowd formed as we took our turn, people giggling and pointing in a that-white-guy-is-so-shit-at-tsunamis kind of way.</div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-66966670263778891462011-06-21T10:40:00.016+07:002021-07-25T22:35:52.607+07:00Brace Yourself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">In a developing country like Indonesia – whose economy collapsed after the Asian currency crisis of 1998 – orthodontic services were in short (or no) supply until recently and t</span><span class="Apple-style-span">he rich would have sent their children overseas for braces. As they still do for education.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Most families find it hard to afford orthodontists and their children have to go without. </span>Luckily Indonesians have pretty good dental hygeine and nice teeth, especially compared with the rest of Asia.</div><div><br /></div></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span">It is increasingly common to see adults wearing dental braces and many a Jakartan</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> smile is adorned with a row of metal.</span></div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-5895698712874710622011-06-12T23:48:00.016+07:002021-07-25T22:43:47.643+07:00Algunas Fotos Recientes - Las Compras<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I also like it when the punters wear these hats as they ride the bike. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b>3. Cocktail Menu, Bibliotheque</b></span></div>
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I remember the days when a Californian Mother Fucker was the cheapest bitch on the menu.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I don't know why they jacked up the prices but I blame Governor Schwarzenegger.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b>4. Laden With Stories, Traffic lights, Jalan Sisingamangaraja, Jakarta</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">This, a couple of days after the assassination.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">NowI regret not buying it. I would have whited out the "ING" added a comma after "UP" and a couple of exclamation marks after "LADEN".</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b>5. Save The Women And Children.</b></span></div>
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... for dessert.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">This dish is known colloquially as "The Sharon Tate".</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span">6. Wandering Around Ranch Market, Basement Level, Plaza Indonesia</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><u>Australia's Finest</u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">No one in Australia has ever heard of this product. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbDR1IkKPbTJLR070l4fbeu7lx2tvEn6bfdXtogbI3njbMrMffLg9ZfGjfD6ldGcOxQB4pawlTBPq4W9NOGtan8-JhAwrgmuEvq6_hJM9gw2ADIa4PoTokIXTQuyK8y7w5CKmNtsGl4KD/s1600/IMG01106-20110523-1507.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617377160108095042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbDR1IkKPbTJLR070l4fbeu7lx2tvEn6bfdXtogbI3njbMrMffLg9ZfGjfD6ldGcOxQB4pawlTBPq4W9NOGtan8-JhAwrgmuEvq6_hJM9gw2ADIa4PoTokIXTQuyK8y7w5CKmNtsGl4KD/s400/IMG01106-20110523-1507.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><u>Comme un poisson hors de l'eau</u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">These little guys live between the pasta aisle and the yoghurt fridge and </span>seem to be screaming "let me out".</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><u>By way of contrast ...</u><br />These little fellas seem much more content in the afterlife.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyg1c5u_EfGj7TwFaDeM6P7CsqvVRgLJIe_FQV71VbOfkB1fupE-baBtBFf6WTrq12xwPav_vorEUwQuNUyPUJIA6V5yLNjo_ZdkxsDJBjr0A4CsxaWP7m7FD7Nk9r3O6_ek0AW9iVxFp/s1600/IMG00923-20110503-2116.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617749941994494354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyg1c5u_EfGj7TwFaDeM6P7CsqvVRgLJIe_FQV71VbOfkB1fupE-baBtBFf6WTrq12xwPav_vorEUwQuNUyPUJIA6V5yLNjo_ZdkxsDJBjr0A4CsxaWP7m7FD7Nk9r3O6_ek0AW9iVxFp/s400/IMG00923-20110503-2116.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">It's nice to see entrails finding happiness in death, considering the things they are asked to do in life.</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span">7. Please Tell Me Which Honey Bread Am I - eX Mall</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The only <i>legend </i>here is that this scary dish is considered "Jakarta's Best Dessert". </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWvszpzXx_WTE0M4m9BfFqawkT6K24YvJydyqWTT5WI4SFZK4z1jHkvkM6NjyqDJWYxf3yR9hyphenhyphenHGvYg5yFY4xRJFOf6tTTJHQ81Vf7gXt9lzxYTQV45OP-anQnOuzEM__X329f2IyYmoy/s1600/IMG00918-20110502-1903.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617749929714134210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWvszpzXx_WTE0M4m9BfFqawkT6K24YvJydyqWTT5WI4SFZK4z1jHkvkM6NjyqDJWYxf3yR9hyphenhyphenHGvYg5yFY4xRJFOf6tTTJHQ81Vf7gXt9lzxYTQV45OP-anQnOuzEM__X329f2IyYmoy/s400/IMG00918-20110502-1903.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I don't know what this Honey Bread looks like. Or if it even exists. </span>I have never seen someone eat in there. Perhaps it's a myth. Or some kind of um legend. Get it now.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">8. Sticker Lifter, Home-Fix The D.I.Y Store, Plaza Indonesia</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">There is nothing remarkable about this plastic lever, except that it removes stickers from things.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFgP4bF1PQBTGX39dVRf3B8tiQ2rzgS8Z95imvpynsG0gnn2bFsOf03zOW2zav0pyNblVe5zTvNaqthsiDG7eQ3Jy3YWP6XDoZI8g53a44c3mY58FGTb3pZBd6CdJvfIgYdXezipBEqAy/s1600/IMG01150-20110608-2055.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617378012458515410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFgP4bF1PQBTGX39dVRf3B8tiQ2rzgS8Z95imvpynsG0gnn2bFsOf03zOW2zav0pyNblVe5zTvNaqthsiDG7eQ3Jy3YWP6XDoZI8g53a44c3mY58FGTb3pZBd6CdJvfIgYdXezipBEqAy/s200/IMG01150-20110608-2055.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 150px; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJhXhzds6ptMA9mkLBJIsWuD40U6xbN8rBDLfU6HNoiX-bmDFW8qnRU3fu_zg1f_bcWpXOBeYcoVf0LMpOw48XmQ3gkM6cYXo3zIuCrMVt2hdZherm4A_sE8xcGMOzNJlyPz0gk5-85lh/s1600/fatal+if+swallowed.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617378688490291698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJhXhzds6ptMA9mkLBJIsWuD40U6xbN8rBDLfU6HNoiX-bmDFW8qnRU3fu_zg1f_bcWpXOBeYcoVf0LMpOw48XmQ3gkM6cYXo3zIuCrMVt2hdZherm4A_sE8xcGMOzNJlyPz0gk5-85lh/s320/fatal+if+swallowed.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 146px; width: 320px;" /></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Oh. And it kills people.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Judging by the DANGER warning, one can assume that someone, somewhere, was done in.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The doctor explaining it to the next of kin:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>"He swallowed the sticker lifter and I'm afraid he didn't make it."</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">On the death certificate:</span></span></div>
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<i>"Cause of Death: Sticker Lifter"</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At the burial:</span></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The family frantically using their fingernails to remove the sticker </span></span>on the cheap tomb stone</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At the inquest:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>The judge orders the National Sticker Lifter Association to comply with strict new labelling regulations.</i></span></span><br />
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<b>conjunction</b>: <i>dari, daripada, kecuali</i></div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-47858713095860434572011-06-07T13:43:00.010+07:002013-04-05T13:00:03.262+07:00Mrs Brady<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/security/elderly-woman-loses-life-savings-to-indian-scammers-20110607-1fpya.html?from=smh_ft" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/security/elderly-woman-loses-life-savings-to-indian-scammers-20110607-1fpya.html?from=smh_ft</span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The only thing shocking about this article is that Edna, at 80, had access to $57,000. I mean ... look at her. Just <i>look </i>at her. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">If she has $57,000 then of course she's a sitting duck. I could shake that thing down for cash in 2 minutes with some smelling salts and a bag of compliments. Quack quack.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Edna should be thankful that these "Indians" didn't come over and knock her out. Or off.</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span">"Edna Sloan, 80, lost $57,000 to elaborate Indian scammers."</span></b></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span">It claims that Edna "lost" this money. This is not true. She didn't leave it on a bus. She didn't make choices on the ponies. She tossed it across the Indian Ocean like a hot potato.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span">It calls the Indian scammers "elaborate". There's nothing "elaborate" about telling Edna to keep her trap shut ... it's the oldest trick in the paedophile book. Moreover, Indian scammers should be ashamed of themselves for being a bunch of lazy amateurs with poor attention to detail. I mean ... Edna still has a large floral couch. And I see a microwave back there in the distance. A professional wouldn't have left a skerick. Elaborate my arse.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">How do we even <i>know </i>that the scammers were Indian? It is tempting to blame Indian telemarketers for all ills, but doesn't it all sound a <i>little </i>clichéd? Dennis was too quick to point his grimy little index finger at India. I wonder if Edna's immediate family was properly questioned by the police? What's to stop Dennis from using </span><span class="Apple-style-span">an Indian accent to scam Edna out of a few grand? He knows the target ... her weak points ... and the old girl would have been so thrown by the accent that she wouldn't even notice an accidental "Mum" from time to time.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">What are those documents she's holding? The transcripts of her bank transfers? Can't be. Look at the page on the top - it's not a bank transfer. Someone plopped some old bank statements into her hands for the photo shoot and Edna once again just did what some stranger told her to do. </span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>"Edna Sloan gave $57,000 to her son Dennis, an Indian impersonator"</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">But most of all I am suspicious of Edna. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">By the age of 80, people are either </span><span class="Apple-style-span">very rich or financially fucked. Edna's hair clearly proves the latter. So where did this money come from? And why was it sitting in a bank, doing nothing? This is the type of </span><span class="Apple-style-span">geriatric selfishness that would force her own children to take what's theirs. Just as God intended.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let this serve as a word of warning to Cheesel:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>When this happens to you old girl - and you mark my words it will - don't expect to be left there sitting on a luxurious floral couch, entertaining the media (and me) in a dated white twin-set. There will be no couch and no microwave. And no documentary evidence.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>You'll be left on a plastic stool, dressed in a ratty tracksuit, eating slops.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I can see it now.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>Cheesel, December 2009, Barbecue Restaurant, 47 Ma Mai, Hanoi</i></span></b></div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-16610897631470164282011-06-01T09:19:00.001+07:002014-09-20T22:15:39.346+07:00Sinking Ships<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The first one shows a woman sitting in her comfortable, happy home talking about her comfortable, happy marriage. Call her Sharon.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Watch it first ...</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>iklan resik-v manjakani - take 1:</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Apparently the translation goes something like this: after a couple of kids, the "lady muscles" aren't as elastic as they once were.<br /><br />That's where vaginal tightening ointment comes in. </span></div>
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The formula is simple. She knows that this impending marital friction will be her fault; or more accurately, her cunt's fault. Loose lips sink good marriages.<br />
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Queue ointment with acorn/hazelnut/Ferrero Roche hybrid as key ingredient.<br />
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As the animation shows - nay, proves - that her cervix has contracted back to a tidy V. The rubber proves that so has her vagina.<br /><br />"Spoil yourself, spoil your husband" and the marriage is saved.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br />The product name translates to "treating rehearsal vagina", although I imagine "rehearsal" is slang for "lazy".</span></div>
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This next one shows Sharon boasting to her friends. I could spend hours watching the one who applaudes vigorously ...</div>
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<b>iklan resik-v manjakani - take 2:</b></div>
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This next ad is more of a farmyard version. Gloria (a decidedly rougher version of Sharon) is ignored by her strapping, body-building husband. No doubt as to why.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">He tries to chase tighter tail until she rubs in a bit of Treating Rehearsal Vagina and Voilà! Her cervix contracts while her hair and clothes are transformed as well. The hubby runs back to her arms, only to find that she's flirting with a 12 year old Hell's Angel. I image her womb is looking tidier as well but they didn't animating that, so no proof.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">iklan resik-v manjakani - take 3:</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This whole thing - the ointment, the adverts, the story - could only have been created by men. Then again, they say the only people who hate women more than men do, are other women.</span></span></div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-79265540300954813952011-05-30T17:48:00.004+07:002013-04-05T13:08:03.101+07:00Bottom Of The Barrel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Me: <i>"Kurniawan are you in the office this morning? You can come to my desk for this call."</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">K:<i> "No. At home today."</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Me: <i>"Are you sick or something?"</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">It also <a href="http://sinbbq.blogspot.com/2011/01/word-in-her-behalf.html">reminded me</a> of when I first met Kurniawan, earlier this year. We were having lunch with J, one of our new consultants visiting from Singapore:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">K: <i>"We only wanted 3 and my wife is having the IUD for 6 years already then suddenly this. The IUD not working. It was working fine for 6 years so now after 3 boys we have a girl. You know even with IUD you can never be sure."</i></span></div>
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-45636398995050276892011-05-12T12:35:00.000+07:002011-05-14T03:23:05.294+07:00Google Google Google<span class="Apple-style-span" ><br />Gmail just popped up with this when I pressed the send button.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oYvxwwfDZ5j_mjEE15-Swln446t_-5EPTaI6JEkxFGrT1KxBEFG9j3yw6Milmcm2a9HQ0NlTDNZTwqxG8fzz2tjwyNWxsRAVoum45wa1cWViV7hWfk-yUpN2RDprtN3zeJB7N9c-WBNo/s1600/google+message+attached+files.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oYvxwwfDZ5j_mjEE15-Swln446t_-5EPTaI6JEkxFGrT1KxBEFG9j3yw6Milmcm2a9HQ0NlTDNZTwqxG8fzz2tjwyNWxsRAVoum45wa1cWViV7hWfk-yUpN2RDprtN3zeJB7N9c-WBNo/s400/google+message+attached+files.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605699163143848434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 104px; " /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >They were right. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >And I was impressed.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-3205952007207554262011-05-09T17:12:00.007+07:002011-05-19T16:25:11.920+07:00Oh So Pretty. Vacant.<div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >There are <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/private-sydney/americas-prettiest-little-girl-20110509-1efac.html" target="_blank">no words</a> to describe America's most famous child circus performer, whose repertoire is as vast as it is popular. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Her </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Vegas showgirl routine must make</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> the paedophiles go wild - especially now that </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Justin Bieber is a bit long in the tooth.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >This is <s>it:</s> <s>dolly:</s> her:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9TBiZmFxBIzeJJaesqXpXuPE0OQ1X83P7k5VLBVjerk-1GyDTBWrpqDjm4y3zaTafTasaU1tkqdbOP2LNWW4MZup83r5fINB-MvFpD2VlpOeYOYOrBKEC9yxA2G9I_e1HXIbHv3kDNgu/s1600/eden_wood_729-420x0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9TBiZmFxBIzeJJaesqXpXuPE0OQ1X83P7k5VLBVjerk-1GyDTBWrpqDjm4y3zaTafTasaU1tkqdbOP2LNWW4MZup83r5fINB-MvFpD2VlpOeYOYOrBKEC9yxA2G9I_e1HXIbHv3kDNgu/s320/eden_wood_729-420x0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604660043351033746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">I don't see a "showgirl" here.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> The make-up is way too funereal. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">I only see a pillow and a noose. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" > Because JonBenét Ramsey wrecked it for everyone.</span></div></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-46964251349147314402011-05-03T15:18:00.000+07:002011-05-03T15:18:00.375+07:00Fontaine, Je Ne Boirai Pas De Ton Eau<span class="Apple-style-span" >The mystery is somewhat solved.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >A body was <a href="http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/womans-body-found-in-hotel-indonesia-traffic-circle-fountain/438870">found in the fountain</a>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >And it wasn't mine. Still doesn't explain the continued military presence. </span></div><div><br /></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-32978101458920261812011-05-03T14:42:00.003+07:002011-05-03T22:34:21.684+07:00Best Thing About Murdering Osama No 1<div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" >We all went up a notch on the "FBI Most Wanted" list.</span><div><br /></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-20506112112083691972011-05-03T12:15:00.002+07:002011-05-03T12:18:01.218+07:00Free Lunch<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><div>I've just had my first refusal for lunch.</div><div><br /></div><div>We were looking out the window at all the military and my colleague said it was probably a tip-off from intelligence that something was going down.</div><div><br /></div><div>I shared my fears about being the only visible foreigner working in this building. I also joked that it's not safe to have lunch with me. He laughed loudly before gently refusing my invitation.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"Oh no Anthony I'm not having lunch today I think."</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Sure.</div><div><br /></div></span>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-24112536903210242402011-05-03T09:29:00.008+07:002020-06-08T22:01:09.637+07:00Le Chair à Canon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-69843050869411685392011-05-03T00:20:00.001+07:002011-05-03T00:21:36.092+07:00Reprisals Reschmisals<div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Not looking forward to <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/indonesia-predicts-reprisals-against-western-targets-20110502-1e58l.html" target="_blank">this</a> at all.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Wish me luck.</span></div><div><br /></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-27079066267601284642011-04-20T00:44:00.012+07:002011-05-04T11:01:35.309+07:00Más Fotos Que Las Algunas<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><b><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >1. Over At The Frankenstein Place, Plaza Indonesia</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >There is no bookstore anywhere near this sign. </span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >I walk past it every day and know the area well. </span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></div></span></div></span></div></b></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b>The arrow points directly into a clothing store. And said clothing store is <i>not</i> called <i>Lifehouse Bookstore </i>(which wouldn't have surprised me).</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; " ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDUF_3JClktUjMGLGxCF6nAyIcx992H1X7q2zJMR5hRJmRp7vb3PZzFZMwmzyoEI_YdFjQeZerE0sc3vVnTzibP1Q9JKr-b93Fgt6uyTAOWW8DP0QBp1yxBIvg510yL1i_2XzGcfrPAXC/s1600/arrow+to+nowhere+IMG00746-20110415-1424.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDUF_3JClktUjMGLGxCF6nAyIcx992H1X7q2zJMR5hRJmRp7vb3PZzFZMwmzyoEI_YdFjQeZerE0sc3vVnTzibP1Q9JKr-b93Fgt6uyTAOWW8DP0QBp1yxBIvg510yL1i_2XzGcfrPAXC/s400/arrow+to+nowhere+IMG00746-20110415-1424.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597352647180019138" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; " >Moreover, there is no <i>Lifehouse Bookstore</i> listed in the Store Directory.<br /></span><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDUF_3JClktUjMGLGxCF6nAyIcx992H1X7q2zJMR5hRJmRp7vb3PZzFZMwmzyoEI_YdFjQeZerE0sc3vVnTzibP1Q9JKr-b93Fgt6uyTAOWW8DP0QBp1yxBIvg510yL1i_2XzGcfrPAXC/s1600/arrow+to+nowhere+IMG00746-20110415-1424.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>I blame the cleaner. The cleaners in this mall are very easily distracted. They as much time stopping and leaning against the mop, as they do on the mopping.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: bold; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: bold; display: inline !important; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">I walk through this mall on my way to work. </span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></b></span></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></span></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></span>Each morning at least 3 cleaners will stop and pause in my honour. The process starts long before I pass them: as the cleaner sees me coming far in the distance ... she or he will abruptly halt, lean, stare and make eye contact ... as I get within striking distance they smile while slowly nodding and saying "Pagi Pak" </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span">("</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Good morning sir"</span></div></div></span></b></div></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span">) ... </span></div></div></span></b></span></div></div></span></b></div></span></b></span><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: bold; display: inline !important; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >this gaze is maintained as I pass by and it feels like parental supervision.</span></div></div></span></b></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >When it first started happening I assumed these cleaners just hoping to see the fat white cunt slip over. Now I realise it's standard Indonesian politeness. <i>"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Vietnam anymore."</i></span></div></div></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Back to the sign. One of these cleaners probably just plonked it down a few weeks ago while supervising a passing office worker. She must have moved on to some other task and never came back. Or, given that the Lifehouse Bookstore sounds like a Christian shop this could be a new style of terrorism, where the infidels are left dazed and confused.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>2. Starbucks, Plaza Indonesia</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Indonesians avoid conflict and have a very roundabout way of giving an opinion, using copious amounts of small talk and <a href="http://sinbbq.blogspot.com/2011/03/intermezzo.html" target="_blank">metaphor</a>.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Nevertheless, surely there are nicer ways to provide feedback.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R7b2Oxn76bbqmnnW_vc-Kd_WMszT8V_F8PbPy8YQrZVxbxNjB2PPS6wLT3WMkSb-aLKabU_dWpw3C_455vkJ_X2nLjXQxfJg2gwUKCTH0PplERViZD5RbcInlzgwylhFdKO3KGyRRT1D/s1600/Fotos+IMG00743-20110411-1125.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R7b2Oxn76bbqmnnW_vc-Kd_WMszT8V_F8PbPy8YQrZVxbxNjB2PPS6wLT3WMkSb-aLKabU_dWpw3C_455vkJ_X2nLjXQxfJg2gwUKCTH0PplERViZD5RbcInlzgwylhFdKO3KGyRRT1D/s400/Fotos+IMG00743-20110411-1125.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597352642062221170" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R7b2Oxn76bbqmnnW_vc-Kd_WMszT8V_F8PbPy8YQrZVxbxNjB2PPS6wLT3WMkSb-aLKabU_dWpw3C_455vkJ_X2nLjXQxfJg2gwUKCTH0PplERViZD5RbcInlzgwylhFdKO3KGyRRT1D/s1600/Fotos+IMG00743-20110411-1125.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>I'm not sure if this sign is directed at the chef or the farmer. Probably both.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>3. Baby On Board</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >This all looks so creepy. I felt I was Angelina Jolie as I walked passed it.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tyUUWlvxn434gH_UQHOGCKC52-OKjv5wqIN2gLajUoJ7QXzxb0Q0RC_BUKgyIynbz3efwM8DOloOW-UrfvReUAaqKiwtVD4gNSWNfyGrrgMQSvO2gFRyKYCxOMag5yCRUmyeS2wtKxLJ/s1600/Fotos+IMG00730-20110402-1908.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tyUUWlvxn434gH_UQHOGCKC52-OKjv5wqIN2gLajUoJ7QXzxb0Q0RC_BUKgyIynbz3efwM8DOloOW-UrfvReUAaqKiwtVD4gNSWNfyGrrgMQSvO2gFRyKYCxOMag5yCRUmyeS2wtKxLJ/s400/Fotos+IMG00730-20110402-1908.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597352638219711698" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div></div></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; " ><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><br /></div></div></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Romania Angelina, not Africa Angelina.</span></div></div></span></b></div></span></b></div></div></span></b></div></div></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tyUUWlvxn434gH_UQHOGCKC52-OKjv5wqIN2gLajUoJ7QXzxb0Q0RC_BUKgyIynbz3efwM8DOloOW-UrfvReUAaqKiwtVD4gNSWNfyGrrgMQSvO2gFRyKYCxOMag5yCRUmyeS2wtKxLJ/s1600/Fotos+IMG00730-20110402-1908.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>4. Tattoovertising</b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >For one, this inscription is bullshit. Everyone knows that wings are useless for carrying things (Twin Towers, anyone?).</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Or that a tub of chicken wings will make you heavy (man boobs, anyone?).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5czmQQtUELLCXTpV1GgjkwqlUX5_fiEs9YG-15J_HzfLXG66A3k6qhLTdQIr-xw7IgYIVxeu0WuJiA_sMYuj3jRAj47i0Fyp2shGWVgh06QqtHlG0rniuxR3TFxBD483yLVxk1Ew50j6d/s1600/Fotos+IMG00716-20110327-1354.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5czmQQtUELLCXTpV1GgjkwqlUX5_fiEs9YG-15J_HzfLXG66A3k6qhLTdQIr-xw7IgYIVxeu0WuJiA_sMYuj3jRAj47i0Fyp2shGWVgh06QqtHlG0rniuxR3TFxBD483yLVxk1Ew50j6d/s400/Fotos+IMG00716-20110327-1354.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597352630503098770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: bold; display: inline !important; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: bold; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="font-weight: bold; display: inline !important; "><div style="font-weight: normal; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span">This tattoo may be the best that this parlour can offer. </span></div></div></span></div></span></div></b></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></span>It can also be used as a warning sign: like a gangrenous stump on a cigarette packet.</span></div></div></span></b></div></div></span></div></span></div></b></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >5. Hati-hati, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prambanan" target="_blank">Prambanan</a>, Yogyakarta</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Why do I love this sign? Because it's so careless.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDugLYL_XSwnX7SoaxuRjrYP7mSRacCkPnTFh0rvc5HFjp3dEe7oI_BUtIaEUNuYjQ_5QzQrfB8HLdav9Df0wM3-PKiBtgyJEIenau3qBgCNO4h8YEAc7ts0mVLpSPQi4t8cCLIiIfj2RB/s1600/hati+hati+IMG00789-20110422-1635.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDugLYL_XSwnX7SoaxuRjrYP7mSRacCkPnTFh0rvc5HFjp3dEe7oI_BUtIaEUNuYjQ_5QzQrfB8HLdav9Df0wM3-PKiBtgyJEIenau3qBgCNO4h8YEAc7ts0mVLpSPQi4t8cCLIiIfj2RB/s400/hati+hati+IMG00789-20110422-1635.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598595718770035490" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>"If we don't know how to put up a sign properly, good luck on our stairs. "</i></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>6. Adisucipto Airport, Yogyakarta,</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >A lot of cheap Indonesian ice creams in here but not a single Magnum.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIcYQawjfBxlTXP_RUdvfTEA6eGIMVfhU3pExQ7vZkx0lI00UNJ00gKnxXE8ukTPTHwK5-M5zyaRDEwj0X6NDdsEUfFbfYrmdOl1os8OdQgCj9jefFx0f40X6TebG7rpWNmpQsBQGNmf-/s1600/no+magnum+IMG00782-20110422-1418.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIcYQawjfBxlTXP_RUdvfTEA6eGIMVfhU3pExQ7vZkx0lI00UNJ00gKnxXE8ukTPTHwK5-M5zyaRDEwj0X6NDdsEUfFbfYrmdOl1os8OdQgCj9jefFx0f40X6TebG7rpWNmpQsBQGNmf-/s400/no+magnum+IMG00782-20110422-1418.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598595725025274370" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Unilever must be tickled pink with the results of their Indonesian advertising spend.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >7. Suits and Ties and Porn and Violence </span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >This sign appeared on a wall at our office, next to the area undergoing renovations.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsO_W5FZpuOkPTj-_XCOpI3vBBrOyqBD7b-GJeOkzfdq7VI5wb2YAdLMcMVz8pprKsDnYmQqUkVc0UlWFHpJV-XNhyphenhyphenY4EEuP-0Hi5NJ5gvLpV8FiL39bbf4oLFZye00V2MMQA5lHvQamr/s1600/explicit+IMG00771-20110418-1824.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsO_W5FZpuOkPTj-_XCOpI3vBBrOyqBD7b-GJeOkzfdq7VI5wb2YAdLMcMVz8pprKsDnYmQqUkVc0UlWFHpJV-XNhyphenhyphenY4EEuP-0Hi5NJ5gvLpV8FiL39bbf4oLFZye00V2MMQA5lHvQamr/s400/explicit+IMG00771-20110418-1824.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599083055797814290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Patience my arse. This is a pervert magnet.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div></b></div></span></span></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-7876522575409301302011-04-15T11:05:00.009+07:002011-04-20T19:05:29.861+07:00Algunas Fotos<span class="Apple-style-span" ><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>I blame my Blackberry for the poor quality of this montage. Nevertheless ...<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span">1. Semen all over Jalan Sutan Syahrir</span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; " ><div><span class="Apple-style-span">"Semen" is the Indonesian word for "cement" and t</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span">axis in Jakarta advertise it on signs above their number plates. </span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nWOEKYQwI8zuGJswbAN_I4RiUFOfneiyK1Ij5UXHIE570q2_kfLe4sGdvPC2M7gVxcvO87SPPsHs9ix5BEqdr119a_AKG9zC_L0xpY4ZLcZXWsXyjJQqxFMw9qN1exOwxISKkww0d0L8/s1600/Fotos+IMG00680-20110322-2021.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nWOEKYQwI8zuGJswbAN_I4RiUFOfneiyK1Ij5UXHIE570q2_kfLe4sGdvPC2M7gVxcvO87SPPsHs9ix5BEqdr119a_AKG9zC_L0xpY4ZLcZXWsXyjJQqxFMw9qN1exOwxISKkww0d0L8/s400/Fotos+IMG00680-20110322-2021.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595658217596817314" /><br /></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">I chuckle every time I see it ... because whatever way you look at it ... it's a funny thing to </span><span class="Apple-style-span">advertise on the back of a taxi.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br />Who is buying all this semen? That's what I wanna know.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >2. Out of the Woodwork: Sogo Department Store, Plaza Senayan</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >How many shop assistants and security personnel does it take to sell a single dvd player?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The answer to that question is ... drum roll ...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>"Itwilleventuallytake9"</i>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_R6Uj9m6FJisOGDwUa68sE3ovJhDqiv2A_NGj_DuewoSj2ENrJoNIX6YmR0JvAdW5XRdgYmhwCbMf7daUYIiEkG9VQq5ouSVmtNG82EUXiuXGff8L4lZVAQzJVC0ZzgSehVpzexnDkGV/s1600/Fotos+IMG00676-20110319-1622.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_R6Uj9m6FJisOGDwUa68sE3ovJhDqiv2A_NGj_DuewoSj2ENrJoNIX6YmR0JvAdW5XRdgYmhwCbMf7daUYIiEkG9VQq5ouSVmtNG82EUXiuXGff8L4lZVAQzJVC0ZzgSehVpzexnDkGV/s400/Fotos+IMG00676-20110319-1622.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595658206437574754" /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The above sales process was kicked off by a single, rogue Sales Assistant. He was</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> Squite capable of handling all aspects of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span">DVD Player purchase, even when it became complicated by a sub woofer and a set of speakersit.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Nevertheless, back-up soon arrived. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Various other Shop Assistants started appearing from nowhere. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Most of them would pace around a bit before settling on a spot to stand. They remained in place staring at the goings-on, making eye contact and smiling. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I got the urge to start feeding them.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe1kHJxqwaQIjl6nhUW68eGn3ULlZOXC1kUb5sNloGcHfMzowTHb47NoG3lT1wk4tUldA6XD3TezGTVU2cpzSQqEhMA6S3yj_gtYRt0sDqLVG0nHC4JcWwv5mFHOlXlvPe-hZPenE6lsH/s1600/ping+pong+clowns.png" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe1kHJxqwaQIjl6nhUW68eGn3ULlZOXC1kUb5sNloGcHfMzowTHb47NoG3lT1wk4tUldA6XD3TezGTVU2cpzSQqEhMA6S3yj_gtYRt0sDqLVG0nHC4JcWwv5mFHOlXlvPe-hZPenE6lsH/s400/ping+pong+clowns.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597629965045859682" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >When you buy something large in Jakarta you don't have pack it up. You don't have carry it. You don't have to anything it. People do all that for you. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">You are even free to in a bit of window shopping around the mall and they will trail behind you, lugging the purchases. I don't quite have the heart to do this, but I know 2</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> girls at my gym who wouldn't have an issue. They take their maids with them to the gym. The maids stay a few steps behind, </span><span class="Apple-style-span">carry their gym bags to the lockers, </span><span class="Apple-style-span">while the girls trot ahead gossiping and supping on Gatorade.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >2 friendly peasants in khaki uniforms appeared from nowhere to pack, carry and stalk what had turned into an expensive home theatre.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >So really it was 11. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >3. Plaza Indonesia - Obligatory Nanny Shot.</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >The nanny stays back (10 steps) to babysit the balloon while the child enjoys quality escalator time with its parents.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRP_HJsahRa2qoSKvV2_qPyz0t4yW0x7yhb9dvju24SfuPiSVDhTyyDRRLUb7eAzii8rdW7GQ88GD_JAp6sK6uxd2TzTyveU77w5Bt4z_DeXdftJlmAJ0ChlXAiuvC4UPWcY5-zW1otWUw/s1600/Fotos+IMG00647-20110308-1349.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRP_HJsahRa2qoSKvV2_qPyz0t4yW0x7yhb9dvju24SfuPiSVDhTyyDRRLUb7eAzii8rdW7GQ88GD_JAp6sK6uxd2TzTyveU77w5Bt4z_DeXdftJlmAJ0ChlXAiuvC4UPWcY5-zW1otWUw/s400/Fotos+IMG00647-20110308-1349.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595658201522340066" /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >4. Hacky Sacks: Mall eX</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >When current affairs, terrorism and retail advertising come together the results are breathtaking.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRP_HJsahRa2qoSKvV2_qPyz0t4yW0x7yhb9dvju24SfuPiSVDhTyyDRRLUb7eAzii8rdW7GQ88GD_JAp6sK6uxd2TzTyveU77w5Bt4z_DeXdftJlmAJ0ChlXAiuvC4UPWcY5-zW1otWUw/s1600/Fotos+IMG00647-20110308-1349.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfN9BW2kWfMvyJw6PNysST5qJCdJ5pysa8LjdYhhLseYw4NVET5ThjrRKc5-8_OJaRgaT5L8zLbEzgdSBFJVXzlbWCl-WPF5VCSvyq5XftmZkGejddN1bjtahshTqnJWr6UJfqHhq7tjo/s1600/Fotos+IMG00679-20110322-1947.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfN9BW2kWfMvyJw6PNysST5qJCdJ5pysa8LjdYhhLseYw4NVET5ThjrRKc5-8_OJaRgaT5L8zLbEzgdSBFJVXzlbWCl-WPF5VCSvyq5XftmZkGejddN1bjtahshTqnJWr6UJfqHhq7tjo/s400/Fotos+IMG00679-20110322-1947.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595658195738498994" /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I wonder if it draws a crowd when they cut them down?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >5. The new keyboard</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >If you look closely at my recent key restructure, it is a little nauseating.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PG8TNAb2sNXliD8rupnZ0xWC_f8zdHf5mYhXxw8M22qkc-8iZEPkbAJdPzU40kUUSm0aWEWBVGZwLIYx_f5W9XG1WoAgY1zFhM10URqhtvdLl-Kjzwh2oL9ouYJUCrY4yYE-8rNRQVFW/s1600/fotos+IMG00620-20110210-0018.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PG8TNAb2sNXliD8rupnZ0xWC_f8zdHf5mYhXxw8M22qkc-8iZEPkbAJdPzU40kUUSm0aWEWBVGZwLIYx_f5W9XG1WoAgY1zFhM10URqhtvdLl-Kjzwh2oL9ouYJUCrY4yYE-8rNRQVFW/s400/fotos+IMG00620-20110210-0018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596830928639170562" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >6. Smoking Lives</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Marlboro is the proud sponsor of many an event in Indonesia. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJKO4OHOA4ag-DUiuKH6Ow5O1ESQsqxL-MTOei3DO29ZPSxsgPIQ7BGAeUDuQMjabHoZyaJ63U9NdtEzZubnB0Q-oHBzvaZb-XkSDF7iT_Bjekgecemkbv3HfBfWmOLgEUcGsWOIktD5u/s1600/fotos+IMG00672-20110319-0213.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJKO4OHOA4ag-DUiuKH6Ow5O1ESQsqxL-MTOei3DO29ZPSxsgPIQ7BGAeUDuQMjabHoZyaJ63U9NdtEzZubnB0Q-oHBzvaZb-XkSDF7iT_Bjekgecemkbv3HfBfWmOLgEUcGsWOIktD5u/s400/fotos+IMG00672-20110319-0213.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596830937755612642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >It's quite strange how quickly this type of thing has come to look ... umm ... quite strange.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >7. Sunset cocktails at Ku De Ta, Bali</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuv78h4lHQ2zqV0F40_LMT8EtL3LJBDTN0uJwnb6DW3olsuqn3PoDz2YE5fIwlXTl1aq-bWYA2gzPm1pbKQNeMVznlZikFl835RSXjqcUdKaWw8waGgVQZVVtsHDEc8Pf1ExpPjPkW0Sd/s1600/Fotos+IMG00706-20110326-1819.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuv78h4lHQ2zqV0F40_LMT8EtL3LJBDTN0uJwnb6DW3olsuqn3PoDz2YE5fIwlXTl1aq-bWYA2gzPm1pbKQNeMVznlZikFl835RSXjqcUdKaWw8waGgVQZVVtsHDEc8Pf1ExpPjPkW0Sd/s400/Fotos+IMG00706-20110326-1819.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596830940980248338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP82nRJd-_os69-parpmUPuJZMgPaCzkbBBevL3MnJArNCbfyVNop1fPRo2JC27vZ9AKFqOX5Si6xjH07KgPXWem_AfKEGjd-DoGduZLOM_bnt4nR9j1e2rs0tX6aAbddRsYQxZ9ei_Lym/s1600/Fotos+IMG00704-20110326-1818.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP82nRJd-_os69-parpmUPuJZMgPaCzkbBBevL3MnJArNCbfyVNop1fPRo2JC27vZ9AKFqOX5Si6xjH07KgPXWem_AfKEGjd-DoGduZLOM_bnt4nR9j1e2rs0tX6aAbddRsYQxZ9ei_Lym/s400/Fotos+IMG00704-20110326-1818.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596830937591484162" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >8. A wall of baby</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I don't know what creeps me out more ... Justin Bieber himself or people I know who have never heard of him. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">They pretend not to care about such fads, but these same people end up tapping their feet and humming along to "Baby" at the gym. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">How can you protect yourself if you're not informed?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFN1TLjcaOKnqzTsxyh26tD26Ug2oGm2ba2M5Mt6arWeufBUUksy7YuIVvDUylleUrf6fI-HRdfFYLaWZFEFxUDG2_8VNB2-LTF0tzt1cVj__nkhbkqVKbkGTCJ9rK24o0iSHuzhwIN7kw/s1600/Fotos+IMG00675-20110319-1556.jpg" target="_blank" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFN1TLjcaOKnqzTsxyh26tD26Ug2oGm2ba2M5Mt6arWeufBUUksy7YuIVvDUylleUrf6fI-HRdfFYLaWZFEFxUDG2_8VNB2-LTF0tzt1cVj__nkhbkqVKbkGTCJ9rK24o0iSHuzhwIN7kw/s400/Fotos+IMG00675-20110319-1556.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596830933414714482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >This bookshelf had 5 books dedicated to Bieber - 3 biographies, 1 photo montage and an autobiography. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Juzzie must have many a tale to tell. He's coming to Jakarta this Saturday night to share some of them with the world's 4th most populous country.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070694075560933774.post-48592230068444426672011-04-01T13:13:00.007+07:002011-04-18T13:01:37.996+07:00Praise You Like I Should<span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/chaos-as-security-guard-possessed-by-monkey-spirit/432839" target="_blank">This article</a> explains little about Fika's motivations, but does explain </span><span class="Apple-style-span">why last night's traffic was so bad.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span>I'm quite fond of Fika, I have to say. And </span><span class="Apple-style-span">I have such a clear image of last night:</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><blockquote>... his colleagues form a dark blue uniformed cluster around the base of a unsecured ladder. You can see "SECURITY" embroidered boldly on their backs as they <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">inspect the tree like a bunch of gormless twits</span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">... a mob of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">chanting</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> monkey disciples provides a fitting soundtrack.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span">... one of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span">guards gets inspired and climbs halfway up the ladder to toss bananas, like a vertical version of Horseshoes. A banana eventually gets stuck on a twig and the ladder wobbles as he descends, gingerly.</span></blockquote><blockquote>... the traffic groans to a standstill and morphs into a long, thin carpark.</blockquote></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">It's Monkey Madness!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Jakarta is not a tourist city but there is always something interesting going on, with or without Fika. Take <a href="http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/man-traumatized-after-9-hour-ordeal-in-mosque-toilet/431771" target="_blank">this other story</a> for example, which is Also Good.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div></div>SinBBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925401867009387363noreply@blogger.com4