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[Rainman]

Originally Posted by patpat

hi, any 1 know is there a good hair saloon near the below address? i need to have my hair cut. but will need to travel to JKT tomorrow...
JL.Jend. Sudriman

ROMEO for HIM salon
Jl Mangga 1 blok 2-ZZ, Tanjung Duren Jak-Bar
telp 56965021-22

[darren2]

All Brothers , I'll be gng jarkata this weekend for 3 days , this is my 1st trip there ,got any good ( happenning )hotels to recommend? and any local chinese FLs cont. or OKTs cont? pls PM me.

Thks

[KatoeyLover69]

Report from The Straits Times (Singapore) dated Saturday 31 December 2005 :-

Bomb Blast Kills 8 in Indonesian Province

By Abdi Mari
Associated Press Writer

PALU, Indonesia (AP) -- A bomb ripped through a crowded meat market in an Indonesian province that has been plagued by sectarian violence, killing at least eight people Saturday and wounding 45, officials said. Many of the victims were believed to be Christians.

The bomb went off in a slaughterhouse that also sold meat directly to the public in the town of Palu on Sulawesi island. It was packed with people buying pork for Saturday night's New Year celebrations, said Brig. Gen. Oegroseno, the police chief of Central Sulawesi province.

The bomb appeared to be a homemade device, he said, loaded with ball bearings and nails to maximize the number casualties.

"The explosion was so loud, I couldn't hear for a couple of seconds," said Tega, a resident who lives nearby and uses only one name, like many Indonesians. "I ran out of my house and saw bodies lying around."

Television footage showed police carrying bloodied bodies into ambulances. One man, apparently unhurt, was holding his head in his hands and screaming. Hospital workers and intelligence officials said at least eight people died and Oegroseno said another 45 were wounded.

Authorities had repeatedly warned in recent days that al-Qaida-linked terrorists were plotting attacks in Indonesia over the Christmas and New Year's holidays, prompting the government to deploy thousands of troops to guard churches and places where foreigners gather.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono condemned the blast, and urged police to investigate whether it was linked to other attacks on Christians in the province earlier this year, said his spokesman Andi Mallerangang.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, and most people practice a moderate form of the faith. But attacks against Christians have increased in recent years amid a global rise in Islamic radicalism.

Central Sulawesi was the scene of fierce battles between Muslims and Christians in 2001 and 2002 that killed about 1,000 people, and violence has flared anew in recent months. Christians make up about half the population in Sulawesi.

In October, unidentified assailants beheaded three Christian high school girls in Poso, east of Palu. In May, two bombs in the Christian-dominated town of Tentena killed 20 people. Police have questioned several suspects in those attacks, but have not formally brought charges against anyone.

One Christian clergyman said Saturday he was losing patience.

"Whenever an incident takes place, senior officials ask us to tell the people to remain unprovoked," said Rinaldy Damanik, leader of the Synod Churches of Central Sulawesi. "When will the authorities be able to reveal the barbaric perpetrators in the province?"

Security officials and former militants told The Associated Press in recent interviews that terrorists linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network were behind the renewed attacks on Christians on the island.

Jemaah Islamiyah, which has ties to al-Qaida, has been blamed for a series of bloody bombings in Indonesia since 2000, including two strikes on Bali that together killed 222 people, many of them foreigners. It is also accused in Christmas Eve church bombings five years ago that left 19 dead.

Maj. Gen. Firman Gani, the Jakarta police chief, said last week that Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists might use the holidays to retaliate for the November death of bomb-making expert Azahari bin Husin, who was gunned down in a police raid.

On Christmas Eve, bomb squads searched for explosives at churches in the capital Jakarta and its satellite cities, where thousands gathered to worship. Security forces also tightly guarded dozens of churches on Sulawesi.

Originally Posted by ThunderPriest

Been reading this thread for a while and figured I should contribute to all mongers.

Great FR bro!! Two thumbs up. I really missed Jakarta, haven't been there in 2 months.

Belated Christmas and Happy New Years to bro ThunderPriest and everybody in this forum.

[Mightaswell]

To all cheonging brothers in Jkt, Have a great 2006. After a break of 7 years, I will shortly be resuming my travels to Jkt and hope to be able to have a beer or two with you guys whenever I'm in town.

All the best,

Hello forum

I am fairly new in Jakarta on business... dont know the place well, dont speak Bahasa, and have only ventured to the Hotel Melawai or picking up at CJs (which was not worth the money)... can anyone give me any recommendations on where to go?

hi folks

fairly new in jakarta, dont know the place well and dont speak bahasa.. only been to hotel melawai and pick up at CJs.. any recommendations?

[Martini-Fan]

Originally Posted by Tiger

hi folks
fairly new in jakarta, dont know the place well and dont speak bahasa.. only been to hotel melawai and pick up at CJs.. any recommendations?

RTFF

[meatlover]

Originally Posted by ThunderPriest

...Friday Night - Sydney 2000 ... settled for IDR 700,000 for both of them for the night and we went back to the hotel..

Pardon me .... Meaning Rp350K for one LT ... This kinda price available in JKT meh?

[Rainman]

Originally Posted by meatlover

Pardon me .... Meaning Rp350K for one LT ... This kinda price available in JKT meh?

Yes.... Even 200K also have if fish from disco...

[meatlover]

Originally Posted by Rainman

Yes.... Even 200K also have if fish from disco...

Thanks for your input RM. Will be in JKT next week, most prob staying at Novotel at Mangga Dua. Which disco (w/o mami system) do you recommend for FL hunting. Have been to Stadium but most of the ceweks are under the mami there.
Thanks,
ML

[Mightaswell]

Originally Posted by meatlover

Thanks for your input RM. Will be in JKT next week, most prob staying at Novotel at Mangga Dua. Which disco (w/o mami system) do you recommend for FL hunting. Have been to Stadium but most of the ceweks are under the mami there.
Thanks,
ML

Hi bro meatlover,
I'm also going to Jkt this weekend and staying till Thursday. I'll probably be free on Sat nt and Wed nt. Fancy meeting up for a drink? I'm staying at Shangrila.

[meatlover]

Originally Posted by Mightaswell

Hi bro meatlover,
I'm also going to Jkt this weekend and staying till Thursday. I'll probably be free on Sat nt and Wed nt. Fancy meeting up for a drink? I'm staying at Shangrila.

I'll be on a evening flight from SG-JKT on tuesday (17/1), no prob for me meeting you on wednesday (18/1) night for bir and of cos FL hunting.

[Mightaswell]

Originally Posted by meatlover

I'll be on a evening flight from SG-JKT on tuesday (17/1), no prob for me meeting you on wednesday (18/1) night for bir and of cos FL hunting.

Haha! Any other bros interested in joining up?

[Rainman]

Originally Posted by meatlover

Thanks for your input RM. Will be in JKT next week, most prob staying at Novotel at Mangga Dua. Which disco (w/o mami system) do you recommend for FL hunting. Have been to Stadium but most of the ceweks are under the mami there.
Thanks,
ML

U can take a cab to Golden Crown or Sydney 2000.... If u hv more time. Go to Millis at Gajah Mada Plaza....

Happy been a fish... U were surely get hook up by the girls.. Thus I suggest u take your time....

Lolz