Posted by IndraPr on January 2nd, 2012 — Posted in happening, indonesia, event, travel
I spent the New Year’s eve in Bintan, Nirwana Garden Resorts in Bintan Resorts, Lagoi, to be exact, and spending the last day of 2011 shuttling (islands hopping, to be exact) between Bintan and Batam. Going through the change of year with mixed feelings, here’s the story.
Towards the end of 2011, I was informed that my brother’s family would be spending New Year’s eve in Bintan Resorts, and that my parents are going with them. And my mother specifically requested me to join them to celebrate the new year there. I then decided to go with my son Irza, while my wife and my daughter Inka are staying in Singapore.
My brother and his family and my parents arrived in Bintan on Friday (30/12). They took a flight from Jakarta to Batam, and then caught the speedboat from Telaga Punggur in Batam to Tanjung Uban in Bintan. There used to be a direct ferry from Telaga Punggur to Bandar Bentan Telani (BBT) ferry terminal in Bintan Resorts, but for some reason, the ferry service was not operational.
I and Irza left Singapore for Bintan on Saturday morning (31/12). We took the 9am ferry from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (TMFT) in Singapore, and arrived in Bandar Bentan Telani ferry terminal at 9am Bintan (WIB) time. This was when the bad news came in.
When we boarded the shuttle bus which would bring us from the ferry terminal to the resort, my brother called. He said that my mother fell off the electric bicycle she was riding, and she fractured her arm. When I and Irza arrived in the Nirwana Resort Hotel where we are staying, we immediately went to the hotel’s clinic to check my mother’s condition.
Going back to the hotel’s clinic reminded me of another unpleasant experience I had couple of years back there. When I was swimming on the sea with the kids, my foot was bitten by some kind of a poisonous fish, and I needed to spend couple of hours in the clinic to get the venom taken off my foot.
While the hotel doctor has tried her best to put a bandage for my mother’s arm, it’s not sufficient. The hotel clinic doesn’t have X-ray equipment, so my mother needs to go to the nearest hospital which has the equipment, as well as the specialized doctor who can further check her condition. Luckily, she has a friend in Batam who can arrange for an orthopaedic doctor to check my mother’s condition in Awal Bros hospital in Batam.
I then accompanied my mother and my father to go to Batam, after leaving Irza in Bintan under my brother’s care. We took a pre-arranged taxi to Tanjung Uban, from where we took a chartered speedboat to Telaga Punggur in Batam. From Telaga Punggur, we took another pre-arranged taxi to go directly to Awal Bros hospital’s emergency department.
My mother had her arm being X-rayed and the result was not good. She had three bones fractured on her left arm, and most probably would need to undergo operation. I was prepared to spend the new year in Batam when my father decided that he is bringing my mother back to Jakarta so that she can have better treatment (including operation, if necessary) there.
My parents’ Lion Air tickets to Jakarta was for the next day (1/1)’s flight, and I tried calling Lion Air hotline in Batam in a hope to change the tickets to the current day (31/12), but there was nobody picking up the phone. So we decided to go to Garuda Indonesia office located in i Hotel Batam, located near Nagoya Hill, to purchase new airline tickets to Jakarta so that my parents can fly to Jakarta on the same day.
Since my parents decide to go back to Jakarta on that day, I then had to go back to Bintan, and I needed to go back fast since the speedboats from Telaga Punggur to Tanjung Uban only operate during daylight. After sending off my parents at Hang Nadim airport in Batam and had a quick (very late) lunch at Singgalang Jaya padang restaurant there, I took a taxi to Telaga Punggur (Rp 65k). Finally I managed to secure a seat on a 4:30pm speedboat to Tanjung Uban (Rp 30k + Rp 7k tax). It was a bumpy ride to Tanjung Uban with choppy waters and a full-house boat with standing passengers.
My brother had arranged for a taxi to pick me up at Tanjung Uban jetty back to Nirwana Gardens, although I needed to wait for around 30 minutes until the taxi arrived. We had a brief stop in a sate Madura stall in front of the At-Taqwa grand mosque in Tanjung Uban, before arriving in Nirwana Resort Hotel, in time for the gala dinner and the new year’s countdown party.
It was one of the great countdown parties ever. Great gala dinner, and we also won one of the lucky prizes. Awesome live band, and great fireworks over the sea off Bintan during the countdown. But still, we celebrated the new year with mixed feelings, since at the same time, my mother arrived in Jakarta and directly checked-in to Fatmawati hospital.
The next day (1/1), I and Irza took the 2:35pm ferry back to Singapore, while uncle Arief , auntie Via, Alif and Kayla went back to Jakarta via Batam using the same route: taxi to Tanjung Uban, speedboat to Telaga Punggur, taxi to Hang Nadim airport and then the Lion Air plane back to Jakarta.
At the moment, my mother is still warded in Fatmawati hospital, and currently is undergoing pre-op examination. She might be undergoing operation on her left arm in 3-4 days.
Mohon doa dari rekan-rekan sekalian untuk kesembuhan beliau.
Happy New Year to everyone!
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Posted by IndraPr on September 9th, 2011 — Posted in opinion, happening, singapore
Last Wednesday, I went to Swensen’s in Jurong Point (located in the B1 floor of the new Jurong Point 2 shopping mall) to have dinner with my wife and daughter. As usual, the queue is long, which is the norm since Jurong Point is one of the busiest shopping malls in west Singapore. I ordered an Arabiatta Penne while my wife and daughter ordered other dishes in the menu.
I noticed that the restaurant was understaffed, it was full house but only a handful of staff were servicing the customers. My problem started when my Arabiatta Penne never reached our table, even after my wife and daughter have already finished their meals! And it was very difficult to call the staff, we had to raise our hands several times just to get their attention.
Finally I managed to get a staff to attend to us, and I informed her that my Arabiatta Penne was not served yet. She then went back to the kitchen to check, and after another 10-15 minutes of wait, then my Arabiatta Penne arrived.
Another problem surfaced when we wanted to pay for the bill. Again, it was very difficult to get the staff’s attention for us to request for the bill. After more than 5 minutes without avail to get their attention, then I took the initiative to go to the cashier directly to settle the bill. When I arrived at the cashier, the lady was attending to another customer so I waited patiently until my turn to be served.
Another customer, a lady, came to the cashier, stood right next to me and immediately told the cashier her table number, and the cashier processed her bill and served her first. I was very irritated but still waiting patiently, presuming that the cashier would processed my bill after processing the lady’s bill.
And, guess what, the cashier simply ignored me and attended another lady, who stood on my left. I was angry so I decided to walk back to my table. The cashier seemed to notice my anger and she informed her manager, who then came to the table. I simply informed the manager that I wanted the bill, and then she processed the bill and I left the restaurant.
That’s it? No. Several steps after leaving the restaurant, I examined the bill and noticed that they have double-charged the Arabiatta Penne, it was listed as two instead of one. What the f*ck??? It seems that when I informed the staff that my Arabiatta Penne was not yet arrived, the staff thought that I wanted to order another Arabiatta Penne!
I went back to the cashier and asked them to fix this. At the same time, the manager and the cashier were both there so I informed the manager about the earlier incident. And the cashier still wanted to defend herself, saying that the lady on my left was actually coming first, so she had to attend her first. Then what about the lady on my right, which definitely arrived in the cashier later than me? Why the cashier attended to her first?
I didn’t want to argue further, so I just tried to keep myself calm and let them process the refund. They said they can only refund by cash, which is OK with me. After getting the money, then I just left.
And I will never visit this Swensen’s outlet again. At least, until they fix the queue management issue on their cashier, and until they hire more staff for the outlet.
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Posted by IndraPr on September 4th, 2011 — Posted in happening, singapore, greetings, event, community
It’s been a long time since I updated my blogs. :)
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Muslim friends a very happy Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1432H. Taqabalallahu mina waminkum, shiyamana wa shiyamakum. May everyone has a blessed Eid festival.
This year, I am celebrating Hari Raya Idul Fitri in Singapore. Actually, I wanted to go back to Jakarta for this year’s Hari Raya, especially since the Hari Raya gathering for my extended family and relatives in Indonesia was conducted in my parent’s house in Cinere, just south of Jakarta. Unfortunately, Inka had an examination last Wednesday, 31 August 2011, exactly one day after Hari Raya, so it was not possible to excuse her from attending school during the day. Especially, since she is now preparing for the PSLE examination for her to leave primary school by end of this year.
For the first time, during this year’s Hari Raya, we celebrated Hari Raya Idul Fitri one day earlier than my extended family and relatives in Indonesia. The Singapore government and MUIS (the Islamic council of Singapore), which is using hisab (wujudul hilal) calculation to determine the first day of the Islamic lunar calendar month, decided that this year’s Hari Raya Idul Fitri falls on Tuesday, 30 August 2011, while the Indonesian government, which is using rukyah (rukyatul hilal) system (by sighting the moon), decided that this year’s Hari Raya Idul Fitri falls on Wednesday, 31 August 2011.
We always follow (local) government’s decision in deciding which day for us to celebrate Hari Raya. Therefore, I and my family in Singapore celebrated Hari Raya on Tuesday, together with other Muslims in Singapore, while my extended family and relatives in Indonesia celebrated Hari Raya on Wednesday. I felt very awkward when I couldn’t call my parents and relatives in Indonesia after Eid prayer on Tuesday, because they haven’t celebrated Hari Raya on that day. I called my parents only on the next day, Wednesday, from the office, while my wife was at home and the kids were already going to school (and Inka was having her exam).
Fortunately, we have friends here in Singapore, mostly Indonesians living in Singapore, who celebrate Hari Raya together with us, so we don’t feel much the loneliness in celebrating Hari Raya Idul Fitri in Singapore. After performing the Eid prayer in Ar-Raudhah mosque, which is located just next to our apartment’s complex, I and family attended a Hari Raya gathering for Indonesians staying in Bukit Batok and surroundings, which was conducted in Parkview Apartments, Bukit Batok. We also attended a Hari Raya open-house event conducted by one of our friends in The Trevose, Dunearn. Actually, there was another Hari Raya gathering for Indonesians in Singapore, which was conducted in Woodlands, however we couldn’t attend the gathering due to time constraint.
The pictures during the Hari Raya gathering event in Bukit Batok can be found here, while the pictures during the Hari Raya open-house event in The Trevose can be found here.
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Posted by IndraPr on September 4th, 2011 — Posted in Komunitas Singapura, gathering, singapura
Wuih, sudah lama juga saya tidak meng-update blog-blog saya. :)
Mumpung masih suasana Lebaran, saya mau memanfaatkan kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1432H untuk seluruh umat Islam yang merayakan. Taqabalallahu mina waminkum, shiyamana wa shiyamakum. Mohon maaf lahir dan batin. :)
Tahun ini, saya merayakan Hari Raya Idul Fitri di Singapura. Pengennya sih mudik ke Jakarta, apalagi acara silaturahim dan halal-bihalal keluarga besar untuk Lebaran tahun ini kebetulan dipusatkan di rumah orang tua di Cinere. Sayangnya, Inka ada ujian di sekolahnya tepat di hari kedua Lebaran, Rabu 31 Agustus 2011. Tidak mungkin dong memboloskan Inka dari sekolahnya kalau pas ujian, apalagi dia akan segera menghadapi ujian PSLE untuk kelulusan primary school di Singapura.
Untuk pertama kalinya, di Lebaran tahun ini, saya dan keluarga merayakan Hari Raya Idul Fitri di hari yang berbeda dengan keluarga besar di Indonesia. Pemerintah Singapura melalui MUIS (Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura, MUI-nya Singapura) yang menggunakan sistem perhitungan hisab wujudul hilal untuk menentukan 1 Syawal, sudah lama menentukan Hari Raya Idul Fitri tahun ini jatuh pada hari Selasa, 30 Agustus 2011. Sementara pemerintah Indonesia, melalui Menteri Agama, yang menggunakan sistem rukyatul hilal (melihat bulan), memutuskan Hari Raya Idul Fitri tahun ini jatuh pada hari Rabu, 31 Agustus 2011.
Dari dulu, saya dan keluarga besar memang selalu mengikuti keputusan pemerintah (setempat) untuk merayakan Hari Raya Idul Fitri. Walhasil, saya dan keluarga di Singapura merayakan Hari Raya Idul Fitri pada hari Selasa, bersamaan dengan umat Muslim lainnya di Singapura, sementara keluarga besar saya di Indonesia merayakan Hari Raya Idul Fitri pada hari Rabu. Terasa janggal, setelah shalat Ied, saya dan keluarga di Singapura masih belum bisa menelepon orang tua dan keluarga besar di Indonesia karena mereka belum merayakan Hari Raya. Kami baru bisa menelepon mereka keesokan harinya, pas saya sudah masuk kantor, dan anak-anak sudah masuk sekolah (dan Inka sedang ujian).
Alhamdulillah, kebersamaan warga Indonesia di Singapura membuat kami tidak terlalu merasa “kesepian” dalam merayakan Hari Raya Idul Fitri di Singapura. Di hari Lebaran tahun ini, setelah melaksanakan shalat Ied di Masjid Ar-Raudhah yang berlokasi tepat di samping kompleks apartemen, saya dan keluarga kemudian menghadiri acara halal-bihalal warga Indonesia di daerah Bukit Batok dan sekitarnya, yang dipusatkan di Parkview Apartments, Bukit Batok. Selain itu, kami juga menghadiri acara open-house Hari Raya seorang teman di The Trevose, Dunearn. Sebenarnya ada satu acara halal-bihalal lagi di Woodlands yang kami rencanakan untuk dikunjungi, namun ternyata waktu tidak memungkinkan kami untuk menghadiri acara di Woodlands. Seperti yang pernah saya tulis waktu pertama kali saya dan keluarga merayakan Hari Raya Idul Fitri di Singapura lima tahun yang lalu (wuih udah lama ya), Lebaran di Singapura ternyata tidak separah yang diperkirakan. :)
Foto-foto selama Hari Raya di Bukit Batok bisa dilihat disini, sementara yang di The Trevose bisa dilihat disini.
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Posted by indra on January 31st, 2011 — Posted in Pengumuman
Radio Komunitas Twitter Indonesia (RKTI) adalah sebuah radio Internet berbasis Shoutcast, yang awalnya saya buat hanya untuk menyalurkan hobi siaran saya dan sharing playlist dengan teman-teman di tanah air. Dulunya radio ini saya buat untuk teman-teman di IRC, namun karena dunia per-IRC-an sudah semakin sepi, akhirnya saya sharing playlist saya dengan teman-teman di Twitter.
Bagaikan gayung bersambut, siaran radio dengan DJ tunggal yang tadinya hanya seminggu sekali setiap Jum’at malam itu semakin banyak pendengarnya. Dan tidak hanya mendengarkan, banyak teman-teman di Twitter yang juga ingin mencoba siaran di radio itu. Akhirnya saya ajak juga rekan-rekan di Twitter untuk menjadi DJ dan siaran di radio tersebut.
Seiring dengan bertambahnya jumlah DJ yang siaran, radio tersebut pun semakin berkembang dan mulai semakin dikenal lebih luas di kalangan komunitas Twitter Indonesia. Di bulan November 2010, sudah ada sekitar 30 tweeps Indonesia yang ikut meramaikan kancah penyiaran di radio ini. Pada saat ini, berdasarkan jadwal siaran yang di-manage oleh rekan-rekan DJ dalam bentuk spreadsheet di Google Docs, tercatat sekitar 57 DJ yang pernah siaran di radio ini, walaupun tidak semuanya aktif siaran setiap hari.
Nama RKTI (Radio Komunitas Twitter Indonesia) pun diresmikan pada bulan Desember 2010, disusul dengan peluncuran situs resminya, http://rkti.net/ pada tanggal 24 Desember 2010, yang dibidani dan di-manage oleh Hedwigus (@hedwigus), salah seorang DJ RKTI. RKTI pun secara reguler mulai melakukan siarannya setiap hari selama 24 jam, dengan rata-rata 10-20 concurrent listeners setiap harinya. Jumlah pendengar tersebut belum termasuk mereka yang tidak terdeteksi jika mendengarkan RKTI melalui situs Shoutcast di http://www.shoutcast.com/, dan pendengar rekan-rekan IRC yang kadang masih suka mendengarkan RKTI melalui server radio lama yang di-host di Amerika Serikat, yang saya set me-relay server utama RKTI yang di-host di Singapura .
Mulai Januari 2011, seiring dengan pergantian tahun, RKTI mencanangkan untuk memberikan sajian dengan muatan tema yang berbeda dan regular per minggunya, termasuk salah satunya dengan meliput langsung kegiatan-kegiatan yang berkaitan dengan komunitas Twitter di Indonesia. Beberapa liputan langsung yang disiarkan oleh RKTI tahun lalu diantaranya adalah event Bancakan bersama DJ @nugrahadi, event FOWAB #4 All About Freelance bersama DJ @moyocatur dan event Bandung Enterpreneur Forum: Back to Blog bersama DJ @donnyreza.
Bulan ini, RKTI juga meliput secara langsung acara StartupLokal Meetup v.9: Acquisition: take it or leave it bersama DJ @kokonic, interview dengan The Hermes team bersama DJ @rsenapati dan @hedwigus, serta acara WordCampID 2011 di Bumi Sangkuriang, Bandung bersama DJ @donnyreza. Di acara StartupLokal Meetup v.9 yang menghadirkan Satya Witoelar dan ceritanya mengenai akuisisi Koprol oleh Yahoo!, RKTI mencapai rekor jumlah pendengar sebanyak lebih dari 90 orang!
RKTI juga mulai menyajikan tema acara reguler setiap minggu-nya, seperti sajian tema cinta, diskusi tentang sepakbola, hingga sesi lagu-lagu drama Korea dan sesi Galau After Midnight. Para DJ RKTI juga mulai bereksperimen untuk melakukan siaran bersama melalui Yahoo! Messenger dan Skype, yang sangat berguna untuk memudahkan para DJ melakukan wawancara jarak jauh di RKTI.
Pendengar RKTI bisa me-request lagu selama ada DJ aktif yang mengisi radio dan bisa memutarkan lagu pesanan. Untuk memesan (request) lagu, pendengar bisa mention DJ yang sedang bertugas melalui Twitter. Informasi mengenai jadwal acara dan nama DJ yang mengudara akan diumumkan melalui akun Twitter @RKTI, yang secara reguler di-update oleh rekan-rekan admin RKTI: @rasjawa, @akuiniobenk, @hedwigus, @rsenapati, @donnyreza dan saya sendiri.
RKTI bisa diakses melalui URL streamingnya: http://r.rkti.net:8000/listen.pls dengan menggunakan Winamp, Windows Media Player, iTunes atau player favorit lain di komputer Anda, ataupun dengan menggunakan player di gadget handphone Anda. RKTI bisa didengarkan dengan menggunakan smartphones Blackberry, Android dan iPhone. Beberapa tipe smartphone Nokia terbaru juga bisa mendengarkan RKTI. Radio streaming RKTI juga bisa diakses dengan mengaktifkan player yang ada di situs RKTI, http://rkti.net/.
Jika Anda ingin memberikan masukan atau feedback untuk RKTI, jangan sungkan-sungkan untuk mengontak saya melalui e-mail ataupun Twitter. Anda juga bisa memberikan komentar di artikel blog ini. Oh iya, jika Anda juga tertarik untuk ikut siaran di RKTI, silahkan kontak saya. So far RKTI menganut sistem keterbukaan, siapa saja yang berminat, bisa untuk siaran di RKTI. Syaratnya hanya komputer yang dilengkapi dengan headset dan microphone, serta koneksi Internet yang memadai untuk streaming.
Yuk, mari kita beramai-ramai mendengarkan RKTI. 
Jangan lupa, follow akun Twitter RKTI untuk selalu memantau siapa DJ yang sedang siaran, atau topik apa yang sedang dibahas di RKTI. Sampai ketemu di udara.
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Posted by indra on October 7th, 2010 — Posted in Tak Berkategori
Beginilah kalo para tukang Internet diskusi tentang poligami. :P Diambil dari diskusi di komentar foto seorang teman di FB. 
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JRH: Minta penjelasan tentang poligami ?
AR: eeeh borokokok…..
ASA: J, poligami itu apa multuple network gitu ya maksudnya…..
JRH: Itu kayak 1 connector RJ45 dikasih switch 48port …kali yee……udah ah, A marah nanti 
RI: Sunnahnya 4 Port Pak, kalo lebih kasih RJ45 yang lain… ini cablenya yang cat 5 apa cat 6 ? kalo cat 6 … ah syudahlah.
JRH: Aa, jangan mau diboongin, itu bukan ajaran agama tapi itu ajaran IEEE.
AR: wakakakak paraah yg pada komen ketahuan tuh takut A protes weeek 
ASA: J dan M emang parahhhhh hehehehe kabur
RI: yang 48 port ya Pak ? saya sih portnya baru 1 :P. itupun kadang blinking.
JRH: hahaha sebulan blinking berapa hari ? SLA-nya ga tercapai donk…. belum setup rendundancy ?
JAR: Paraaahhh… Sebaiknya jangan 4 port dalam satu switch, suka collision. Kalau memang perlu 4 port, masing-masing port beda vlan dan beda switch, trunking aja. Lebih managable dan nggak ada collision.
ASA: Ini ngomong apa sih? Aa Gym apa ***net? Jadi bingung :p
PW: di tol tadi katanya ada series collision ya? :-p
RI: @Kang Mas J, Terima Kasih atas berbagi pengalamannya… Pak S… mainkeun…
ASA: Ini kok semua RJ45…..portnya manaaaa xixixixixixi : lebih parah. Dah ah kerja lagi, konfigur lagi
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Posted by IndraPr on August 27th, 2010 — Posted in happening, singapore, indonesia, information
Indonesia’s Communication and Information Technology Minister, Tifatul Sembiring, shared his analysis on Singapore and its relationship with Indonesia, through his Twitter account.
According to Tifatul, Singapore’s history is inseparably related to a figure of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister and current minister mentor. On year 1959, while Singapore’s gross national product (GNP) was US$400, Lee had a vision of the GNP to have a 60-fold increase to US$24,000 by 1990. And in 1995, Singapore’s GNP was US$20,000, nearly reaching the target.
Tifatul said that he had the opportunity to have a direct discussion with Lee twice, and at the age of nearly 90 years old, Lee is described by Tifatul as “still smart”. Tifatul asked Lee on how he built Singapore, how is Indonesia’s future competitiveness, the role of China, India, Japan and South Korea, and Lee answered his questions with excitement.
Singapore is like a mini-Indonesia, multi-ethnic with Chinese majority, and Lee said, they are being “engineered” to interact with each other. As a small nation without natural resources, they have to invite people to do business in Singapore. That’s why they must have an airline with the best service, referring to Singapore Airlines (SQ).
According to Lee as quoted by Tifatul, the society have to be disciplined, there have to be certainty on law, which is enforced strictly. No smoking by law, a ban on spitting, and death penalty for drug traffickers are just the examples. There’s no democracy in Singapore, opposition is just a complement. As what Lee said, they don’t want to take the risk of political turmoil, they have to be stable. As a result, investors are streaming in.
Tifatul asked Edward Lee, a former Singapore’s ambassador for Indonesia, on what is Singapore’s modern vision. Edward replied: “Vision Hub”. Tifatul asked what does that mean, and it was explained to him that Singapore has to become the central (hub) of businesses. We (Indonesia) might be rich in oil, gas etc, but they have to be sold via Singapore, resulting in the price to follow MOPS (Mean of Platts Singapore). We might have Bali, Lake Toba, Singkarak, Maninjau, Bunaken, Senggigi, Bromo, Sentani, but visitors will have to go through Singapore, using Singapore’s travel agents.
With main businesses on finance, banking, insurance, telecommunications and trade services, and with a population of 4.5 million people, Singapore’s foreign reserves reaches US$ 120 billion. In 2005, Singapore is Indonesia’s biggest foreign investors. They are now harvesting the result of their expansion strategy (Tifatul used the term “tebar jala” in bahasa Indonesia) to neighbouring countries.
Therefore, Tifatul concluded that we have to learn from history. A crisis will not be resolved by simple amok and flag burning. There have to be “smart moves”. He’s referring to the current crisis between Indonesia and Malaysia, pertaining to the arrests of Indonesian maritime officers by Malaysia’s police.
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Posted by indra on July 9th, 2010 — Posted in Kejadian Terbaru, Obrolan Santai
Para alumni Bemonet akan mengadakan acara reuni pada hari ini, Jum’at 9 Juli 2010, jam 18:00 di Urban Kitchen, Pacific Place, Jakarta. Acara reuni ini diprakarsai oleh salah satu alumni Bemonet yang juga sekarang terkenal sebagai pakar telematika paska video heboh para artis, Abimanyu Wahjoewidajat, dan dedengkot Bemonet yang juga mantan sysop Barong BBS yang merupakan pusat node Bemonet, T.A. Coen.
Selain Abi dan Coen, beberapa Bemonetters lain yang sudah konfirmasi akan hadir diantaranya adalah Harry Sufehmi, pasangan Kuncoro Wastuwibowo dan Enggar Dwipeni, Kukuh TW (kurang tahu apakah Gunawan “Wawang” TW mau ikutan juga?), Boyke Bader, Hilarion “RiO” Suharjo, Eko Prasetyo dan Indra K. Hartono. Sementara yang mungkin (“may be”) hadir diantaranya adalah Heryudi Ganesha, Derry Santoso, Jerry Djajasaputra, Catur “Joko” Sudiro dan Marcelus “Celloz” Ardiwinata. Johar Alam juga katanya “may be” hadir karena waktunya bentrok ama acara ulang tahun Detik jam 19:00.
Wah, kayaknya bakal seru banget nih reunian. Sayang saya nggak bisa datang, karena sedang tidak berada di Jakarta hari ini. Beberapa Bemonetters yang memastikan tidak dapat hadir diantaranya adalah Priyadi Iman Nurcahyo yang katanya lagi di luar kota, Eko Juniarto yang katanya lagi di luar pulau (Lombok, tepatnya), saya yang lagi di luar negeri (Singapura, tepatnya) dan Gerry Santoso (kembarannya Derry) yang lagi di luar benua (Australia, tepatnya).
Semoga sukses acara reuni-nya, guys! Good luck and have fun. I wish I can be there as well. Ditunggu foto-fotonya.
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Posted by indra on June 29th, 2010 — Posted in Informasi, Komunitas Singapura
Selama saya tinggal di Singapura, saya jarang naik Garuda Indonesia untuk pulang ke Jakarta. Alasan utama adalah harga. Harga tiket Garuda Indonesia cukup mahal dibandingkan maskapai penerbangan lainnya yang lebih “budget”. Kalau untuk pangsa pasar Singapura, Garuda Indonesia adalah airline kedua termahal setelah Singapore Airlines untuk penerbangan Singapura – Jakarta.
Itu sebabnya, saya dan keluarga lebih memilih alternatif penerbangan lain seperti AirAsia, Lion Air dan Jetstar (Valuair) karena harganya bisa jauh lebih murah, walaupun memang tetap tergantung kapan kita membeli tiket dan apakah waktunya peak atau tidak. Apalagi sejak jalur penerbangan Singapura-Jakarta dibuka (open skies), beberapa maskapai penerbangan lain yang lebih semi-budget (walaupun ngakunya full-service airline) seperti Sriwijaya Air dan Batavia Air pun berlomba untuk melayani jalur ini.
Namun, sekarang kelihatannya Garuda Indonesia sudah mulai berbenah. Menghadapi kompetisi yang kian ketat dari maskapai penerbangan budget dan semi-budget tersebut, Garuda Indonesia di Singapura memberikan promosi harga tiket murah untuk warga negara Indonesia yang tinggal di Singapura. Promosi ini tidak berlaku untuk warga negara asing. Informasi lebih lanjut mengenai promosi Garuda Indonesia tersebut bisa dilihat disini.
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Posted by IndraPr on June 26th, 2010 — Posted in problems, technical, microblogging
If I’m accessing Koprol via its mobile interface and go to Home, when I click the “Older” hyperlink to see the earlier timeline for the first time (to go to page 2 of the timeline), it’s working properly. But when I click the “older” hyperlink for the second time (to go to page 3 of the timeline), I see very old updates (around 7 days ago) instead of the earlier timeline.
The problem only happens if I use my mobile phone to access the mobile interface. If I use my laptop, I don’t encounter the same problem.
Not too sure why. Is it my mobile phone’s browser issue? I’m using Opera Mobile on my HTC HD2.
Update on 27 June 2010, 10:30hrs SGT: I have performed further troubleshooting last night, upon getting some advice from Daniel Armanto, one of Koprol's bosses. It seems that the problem only happened if I'm using SingTel's 3.5G connection. When I switched to my wi-fi connection at home, I didn't encounter the problem, despite it's connected to the same ISP, SingNet in this case.
Thus, I'm convinced now that the problem is not on Koprol's server nor on my mobile phone's browser, but it's most probably my 3.5G Internet service provider issue. Looks like it's SingTel 3.5G's proxy issue?
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My mother had her arm being X-rayed and the result was not good. She had three bones fractured on her left arm, and most probably would need to undergo operation. I was prepared to spend the new year in Batam when my father decided that he is bringing my mother back to Jakarta so that she can have better treatment (including operation, if necessary) there.
Since my parents decide to go back to Jakarta on that day, I then had to go back to Bintan, and I needed to go back fast since the speedboats from Telaga Punggur to Tanjung Uban only operate during daylight. After sending off my parents at Hang Nadim airport in Batam and had a quick (very late) lunch at Singgalang Jaya padang restaurant there, I took a taxi to Telaga Punggur (Rp 65k). Finally I managed to secure a seat on a 4:30pm speedboat to Tanjung Uban (Rp 30k + Rp 7k tax). It was a bumpy ride to Tanjung Uban with choppy waters and a full-house boat with standing passengers.
