http://blogm.jakartablokm.com The Reveller's Blok M Diary Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:03:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Boom time Way to go Preparing to leave the house on Friday evening I hear the growling roar and dull rumble of traffic in my street, and the thin shriek of distant whistles. This is a bad portent - it can only mean that south Jakarta is saturated with traffic, and ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/06/28/friday-27th-june/ Community spirit Good neighbours Most Jakartans have a love-hate relationship with rain - it may make travel difficult, but it does scour the air of its accumulated Nasties. The skies have cleared this week, so we're now back to Jakarta's regular cocktail of dust and exhaust fumes - and hoards of manic ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/06/21/friday-20th-june/ Chill factor A week to forget A lot of folk have complained about the week that's just gone by - its capricious weather, agonizing traffic jams that are bad even by Jakarta standards, niggling minor ailments, and a general sense of sloth and lethargy. So it is that I head towards the ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/06/14/saturday-14th-june/ Top Gun lite Grounded One of the best lessons I learnt when I started my Blokking career was, 'don't force it'. If you're just not in the mood, or feel a bit below par, leave the Blok alone for a night - it won't go away. I've known guys whose personal motto ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/06/08/saturday-7th-june/ A night at the movies Screen test One of the great delights of living in this amazing city is the availability of an incredible and exuberantly eclectic supply of films both old and new. Where else in the world can you stumble across a copy of Fritz Lang's Metropolis on ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/05/31/saturday-31st-may/ Food, glorious food One down, seven million to go Jakarta has an estimated seven million of them. They're tough little buggers, impossible to get rid of, and breed faster than rabbits on Viagra. No, we're not talking about that loveable little critter, your friendly neighbourhood cockroach - nor are we talking about ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/05/24/friday-23rd-may/ Streets ahead Late arrival I have a work meeting on Friday evening, so when everything's wrapped up I decide to head Blokwards for a quick drink and to catch up on the week's gossip. The northbound traffic is the wrong side of diabolical tonight, and it takes ages to reach the hallowed ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/05/18/friday-16th-may/ D'spatches from the front A man with a mission Rain and lethargy keep me at home this Friday evening - which is no bad thing in retrospect, as our intrepid correspondents in the Blok M Forums report to a man that it was a universally disastrous night down the Blok. Working on ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/05/04/saturday-3rd-may/ Special anniversary issue Five years on Five years, half a decade, a twentieth of a century - whichever way you cut it, that's a pretty solid slice of history. Back in early 2003 I'd scribbled down a simple guide to the Blok M bars and the Blok M girls at the request ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/04/14/saturday-12th-april/ Woe, woe and thrice woe! Shock horror probe sensation Aficionados of Private Eye - that great, and quintessentially English, satirical rag - will instantly recognize this spoof newspaper headline. And sadly, even allowing for the hyperbole, it applies to this Friday night in Top Gun. It's the tail end of a ... http://blogm.jakartablokm.com/2008/03/16/friday-14th-march/