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Dentist Level? You Decide

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Hugo's style

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J-Woow!!!! Episode III

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Speed enforcement Jakarta

2014 Ferrari Berlinetta

Ferrari 458 GT3

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

LP720-4 "50th Anniversary" Roadster

LP720-4 "50th Anniversary" Grigio Titans

2014 Huracan

LP720-4 "50th Anniversary" Roadster

458 Speciale

2014 McLaren P1

Mclaren P1 - Ferrari 458 Speciale - Lamborghini Aventador LP700

RR Phantom Coupe series II Aviator Collections

The Four Musketeers

....Rudi,30, is a premium carmaker’s prime target. Tremendously wealthy and enthusiastic about supercars, he represents a growing market luxury carmakers do not want to miss out on.

“I love cars with big cc-engines because they spike my adrenalin,” Rudi, said in an interview during a Lamborghini customers’ gathering in Jakarta. “The supercars I drive symbolize how much I appreciate myself for all the hard work I’ve done.”

Indonesia will join ranks with China and India as a “wealth creation giant”. The amount of high net-worth individuals in the country will more than triple to 104,000 in 2015 from 2010, according to wealth management firm Julius Baer.

Surging riches have driven the appetite for luxury goods, including cars. Italian-based luxury carmaker Lamborghini has doubled its sales within the past four years in Indonesia, now Lamborghini’s third-biggest market in Southeast Asia.

LP 720-4

Thirty out of 200 units of the Aventador LP720-4 launched to mark its 50th anniversary have been sold in Jakarta. The hefty price tag of between US$1.250 million and $1.350 million has does little to dampen the interests of Indonesia’s rich.

“Our Indonesian clients are not only buying high performance and powerful cars but also the lifestyle. They are very loyal to the brand, not only the product,” said Sebastien Hendry, the head of operations for Lamborghini in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Not only a reflection of Indonesia’s burgeoning affluence, Rudi and others like him represent a new wave of rich consumers, whose emergence has been driven by the mining, plantation and stock market boom in the last decade.

Darwin Maspolim, the chief operating officer of Grandauto Dinamika, the authorized distributor of the British-made Bentley, pointed out changes in its customer profile over the years.

“Ten or 15 years ago, Bentley buyers were owners of the top-500 companies in Indonesia, the so-called old rich. But now it has changed a lot,” said Darwin during the launch of a new version of Flying Spur recently.

“Many of them are now successful contractors, lawyers, doctors, plantation owners, etc. They buy it not to show off, but rather to enjoy their lifestyles,” he added. And for some, one or two supercars is still not enough.

“Driving supercars can really up our social status. They boost confidence when meeting up with clients and help expand networks,” said Rudi, who owns 10 Supercars, including two ultra-premium cars — Rolls Royce Wraith and Phantom — which, along with his Aventador, are mostly used everyday....

RR Wraith

The Color of Jakarta

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:38:00 +0700

What will it look like when 11,200 people, including many expats, take part in the 5K Color Run as they are sprayed with colored powder while running?
One of the participants, Sinta Kusuma Dewi, said she and some of her friends from the Indo Runners community would dress up as brides for the uwntimed running event. “The theme is runaway brides. We will use colorful tutus, veils and wear big flowers on our head to make our run merrier,” she said on Saturday.
Sinta admitted she was interested in joining the event as it looked fun as she watched YouTube videos about Color Run events held in other countries.
The Color Run, which began in Tempe, Arizona, US, in 2012, has been held in over 150 cities in the US and 50 other cities around the world.
Color Run media relations representative Elizabeth Fang said that Jakartans were excited about the first Color Run in the country.
She said the President’s eldest son, Agus Yudhoyono, would join the event as he also liked to run.

Rolls Royce Jakarta 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:30:00 +0700

Ultra-premium carmaker, Rolls-Royce, plans to widen its reach to the country’s other big cities to further tempt buyers.

“We’re confident in the size and growth of the market here. Indonesia could be our largest market in the future,” said Dan Balmer, Rolls-Royce general manager for Asia Pacific.

Indonesia is currently the second top market after Singapore for Rolls-Royce, which recently rolled out its most powerful car — the two-door coupe Wraith.

“In overall potential, we are confident about this market in the longer term. There’ll be bumpy roads, but Indonesia’s potential will become larger than Singapore,” he said.

The Most Dynamic and Powerful Rolls-Royce in History

Equipped with a twin-turbo and 6.6-litre V12 engine, the two-door coupe Wraith is being touted as the most powerful Rolls Royce ever.

Balmer declined to comment on how much the model would be sold for in Indonesia and how many units the firm aimed to sell. But in Europe, the car sells for as low as €245,000 (US$332,500), while in Singapore it is priced at S$1,258,888 ($1.01 million) and in India at 46 million rupees ($743,800), Reuters reported.

With the exception of its chassis, every Rolls-Royce is made by hand at its Goodwood plant in the Sussex Downs region in the southeastern part of England. Vivek Vaidya, Frost&Sullivan deputy president for automotive and transportation practices in the Asia Pacific, said that strong economic performance in Indonesia would continue to boost demand for ultra-premium cars. However, the country did score rather low when it came to infrastructure and general sense of security compared to its regional neighbors, particularly Singapore, which might disrupt its outlook.

Wraith Jakarta

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:14:00 +0700

I would like to thank Indonesian students and alumni from US top schools such as Stanford, MIT, Harvard and UC Berkeley share their study-abroad tips and experience.

IOpening top tier American universities in Asia is a fascinating idea. Singapore has initiated a Yale-National University of Singapore (NUS) pact this year. A number of other ventures followed: John Hopkins-Nanjing, NYU-Abu Dhabi and Princeton in Beijing.

Harvard, MIT, Yale and UCLA are among the most popular names for many, just like Lamborghini for a car or Louis Vuitton for a purse. We love to shop for a brand and feel good wearing the brand name that makes everyone’s head turns.

We enjoy it because it works for attention. But, I do not know if we can get around this attention-grabber aspect of it and are willing to stick our heads out beyond this silhouette to see the bottom line for a better deal. That’s a million dollar question.

Opening a top-tier US university in Indonesia is purely a market-driven decision. It is nothing less than a typical business decision between the economic elite and the target university. Academically, there is no way that Harvard or MIT will be able to make Harvard-Jakarta or MIT-Jakarta even similar to Harvard of Cambridge or MIT of Cambridge, respectively, in that matter.

The academic platform that sits on the basic principles and values that drive these universities to excellence will not be the same. Academic freedom and core values underlining the principles of these universities will definitely differ from what will be in their replicas in different countries.

The freedom of expression and the liberty to think provide the US university system with unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable and challenge the impossible. These values will be severely impeded due to local problems, such as a repressive government in Singapore in a Yale-NUS case or chronic corruption mentality in Indonesia.

Because of that, instead of getting Harvard University of Cambridge, what Indonesians will end up with is the Indonesian version of Harvard. We have seen these values tweaked for marketing purposes, although this action has created some concerns and generated fiery debates among the faculty members within the host universities.

Many American academics worry they will not be able to get the freedom of expression that is guaranteed in their original institution. To what extent the chronic corruption mentality will affect university management, faculty members, students and their interactions remain to be determined.

The superiority of US top universities is built on freedom of expression under competitive academic atmosphere. How will these core principles survive under the cloud of chronic corruption mentality?

It will require a plethora of change to nourish these necessary conditions. It is certainly a complicated process. If that is the case, why not concentrate on improving national universities, such as Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and others?

Higher education problems in Indonesia are due to inefficient bureaucracy and management, strong governmental control over staffs and faculty members, low teaching and research quality, poor competition rate, weak student selection system, inadequate funding, inefficiency in academic development for faculty members, low control in protecting academic transcripts over the counterfeits, low discipline and motivation, and lack of innovation.

The intertwining nature of these factors clouded with a systemic corrupt atmosphere leads to beliefs that small incremental changes may not yield any significant effects on overhauling the university system. Politicians who want to make a quick fix to these multiple decades-long problems are looking for a potentially easier way.

This is one of the reasons why the idea of opening a western university surfaced recently. If the deal can go through, it will be a high case attracting national attention, important for his/her political gain. But as of now, it lacks detailed preparations and studies.

In addition to the expectation of producing high quality graduates, the hope is that this model university will spur up the competitions among the top native Indonesian universities. If the top native universities are expected to respond to such stimuli, however, they have to be of the same nature, or at least in the same direction. That means certain basic elements on how these universities are operating will need to be changed.

Without major policy changes, such expectation is purely delusional. Without a clear framework on how this world class university will stimulate widespread changes, this idea will only be viewed as a tool to seek a short-term gain and class legitimacy.

The question becomes: Is this the only alternative to make a big change that could define a new Indonesian generation?

If policymakers are willing to go that far, i.e. bringing in and adopting the entire operating system of the top tier US universities home, then they need to re-program the way they think toward the Indonesian native university system.

There are fundamental differences between the US and Indonesian universities on how they operate. Let’s bring up one trivial aspect as a start. Most of us know that in the US, each faculty member or professor has the liberty to pursue his/her academic career virtually in any universities anywhere in the country as he feels fit based on his credential tracts in a competitive process. Regulations, such as “equal opportunity policy,” are put in place to guarantee that the process is fair and sound. Since only the most talented professor in the field will be selected in this process, the university will consequently be composed of combinations of highly skill professors. As a result, university competitiveness increases.

In the Indonesian state university system, only a few are capable of moving to other universities to pursue their academic dream if they can successfully attain the release letter from the university president or rector (known as “lolos butuh”). This letter is an effective tool to keep lecturers locked in place, but diminished the flow of change and opportunity and minimized potential contributions for the formation of highly competitive universities. This policy was an instrument adopted by the New Order regime to establish state universities across the nation and is practically unchanged for 40-50 years. In many cases, this letter has often been severely abused for various purposes by top university administrators.

If everything associated with Harvard (i.e. American system) will be fully adopted, why are small adjustments like the one we just discussed not possible? This is only an example that through small changes, Indonesian universities can be jump-started to become more competitive.

This is not to suggest that every principle of Western universities must be adopted unconditionally into the Indonesian system, but it is also unnecessary to re-invent the wheel. The authority should be open-minded to any possibility that can help the native universities, ready to strike a balance between the core principles introduced by developed countries and local values.

Opening a top-tier US university in Jakarta, therefore, should not be viewed as the only option available to create a significant change in the Indonesian education system. Whether or not the idea of opening Harvard or other top universities in Jakarta is a viable option, it is clear that now is the time for Indonesia to overhaul its current higher education system to meet the need for this generation for a newer and brighter Indonesia.

Native of Malang, East Java, Herry Utomo earned his PhD degree from Louisiana State University and currently is an associate Professor in LSU. His formal expertise is in Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Genetics, and Breeding. He has published more than 120 scientific publications in various journals.

Java Jazz 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:54:00 +0700

How Indonesia, and Jakarta in particular, became such a hotbed of jazz is one of life’s great mysteries. Whatever the reason, in its short 8-year history, Java Jazz has become a huge happening, attracting A-list superstars and jazz royalty – no mean feat given the travelling distance involved and Jakarta’s image as a chaotic, overcrowded madhouse. For this, we have to thank a certain Peter Gontha, festival organizer and a mean jazz musician himself. From virtually nothing, Java Jazz has mushroomed into one of the world’s largest Jazzfests in the most unlikely of places.

Java Jazz at a glance

Kicking off on 1st March 2013 for three nights, Java Jazz is not just a refuge for pipe smoking trad-jazz purists. You get a little big band bebop, mambo, acid jazz, ska, reggae, gypsy jazz, RnB and everything in between. It all takes place at the Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) in the Kemayoran district, a sprawling complex of aircraft hangar style venues and smaller halls. There are over a dozen stages playing host to big epic shows and intimate jamming sessions with that smoky bar room vibe.

Some big names have graced the stage at JIExpo over the last few years, including Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Jason Mraz, Roy Ayers and George Benson. A star-studded line-up for 2013 includes funksters Spyro Gyra, New York Voices, Kenny Garrett, Bob James and like every year, a couple of surprise A-listers. There are around 100 different performers expected, roughly split down the middle between international acts and Indonesian jazz bands. Indo-jazz is slowly creeping into the mainstream with a lot of up-and-coming acts on the scene and don’t be surprised to see unplanned jamming sessions between unheralded local jazz musicians and big-time western acts.

Tickets

The predominantly local Indonesian crowds disprove the theory that jazz festivals are low key affairs. It’s a generally young crowd who like to make some noise and for the big name performances, it can almost resemble a heaving mosh pit. Over the three days, over 100,000 fans show up. To get a piece of the action, you can book tickets online – day passes cost Rp.300,000. and entrance for all three days will set you back Rp.550,000. This allows you access to all performances, except for one or two ‘headliners’ which this year include English soul divas Joss Stone and Lisa Stansfield.

If you don’t want to fork out your hard-earned Rupiah, there is another way to get your fix of jazz – completely free! Each year Java Jazz takes on a small army of enthusiastic volunteers to help out with merchandising, promotion and best of all – ‘performer liason’. It’s a great way to enjoy music for free, give something back and have fun. You also get to go to the special volunteer post-festival wrap party.

Each day during the festival, a number of international and Indonesian performers conduct music clinics for mere mortals like you and eye to learn a few riffs or beats. It’s an intimate, informal affair where fans can ask questions, learn a few musical tricks and even join the pros on stage for a quick jamming session.

How do you feel now?

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:26:00 +0700

Super Trofeo World Final 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:57:00 +0700

Lamborghini Club Jakarta goes to Bali 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:59:00 +0700

Pertamina Energy Tower

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 01:50:00 +0700

Pertamina Energy Tower a new consolidated headquarters created for the Indonesian state-owned energy company, by SOM, will rise more than 500 meters above Jakarta as a new landmark on the capital’s skyline.

Pertamina Energy Tower is the world’s first super-tall tower for which energy is the primary design driver. The rounded top revealing a ‘wind funnel’ that will take advantage of the prevailing winds and increased wind speeds at the upper floors to generate energy. In addition the tower’s curved facade will mitigate solar heat gain throughout the year.

A sustainable development, bringing together 20,000 employees on its innovative, dynamic campus.

Following SOM‘s holistic design approach that integrates architectural design, structural engineering, and sustainable engineering services, the development will reduce water demand and target zero discharge while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 26% by the year 2020 and generating 25% energy from renewable resources by the year 2020.

“Located in Jakarta’s Rasuna Epicentrum neighborhood, the iconic campus will serve as a city within a city, blending together living, working and playing while serving as a model of sustainability, efficiency, and collaborative workplace design. A 2,000-seat auditorium for lectures and performances and a public mosque offer vibrant public spaces and communal meeting areas, while a central energy plant will serve as the energy production hub for the campus—a literal and figurative “heart” from which energy and services will be distributed. The “Energy Ribbon”, a covered walkway that provides sun and rain protection and generates energy through photovoltaics along its roof surface, links the campus, spanning across land bridges and gardens to create an array of accessible public spaces.”

Pertamina Energy Tower Facts:
Project Completion Year: 2020
Site Area:57,512 m2
Project Area:495,000 m2
Number of Stories: 99
Building Height: 530 m

sneak peek

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:40:00 +0700

Coming soon...

Ferrari Club Jakarta goes to Bali 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:45:00 +0700

..speaking of gold,We got Aventador gold plate in da house...

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:07:00 +0700

Let them eat dust?

As if the Lamborghini Aventador's V12 engine, top speed of 217 mph and 700 horse power weren't enough, The owner went and covered the entire vehicle with gold.

And yes, it's only for extra $550,000. If King Midas had a car, this would be it.

to be continued...

Super Asia Series 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 03:20:00 +0700

Presented by Automobili Lamborghini and Blancpain the Super Trofeo Asia Series 2013, saw a spectacular start at the Shanghai International Circuit. Returning to the track chosen to inaugurate the Super Trofeo Asia Series held last year, the second round of the Super Trofeo Asia Series 2013 took to Kuala Lumpur’s Sepang International Circuit. The race weekend, held late last June, saw a new level of diversity, welcoming two new Malaysian teams, celebrated Korean actor and singer Ryu Si-won and for the first time, two female competitors.

Mika Kagoshima from Japan and Rally Marina from Indonesia

Indonesian man became the world's first owner of the new iPhone 5S

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:42:00 +0700

Jimmy Gunawan became the first person in the world to buy the new Apple iPhone 5S - but without much of the effort put in by technology fans elsewhere.

the 33-year-old graphic designer only had to stake his place outside Apple's shop in Sydney 20 hours before it opened.Time differences mean the Australian market was first to pick up the new phone, which was launched around the UK at 8am.

Jimmy, who bought one phone for himself and another as a present for his mother in Indonesia, said: "Last year, I got here around the same time and there was already a queue of about 20 people."

Within minutes of picking up the phones, Jimmy was being swamped by congratulations from technology fans around the world on social networking site Twitter.

"Thanks all for support!" he tweeted.

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:51:00 +0700

Pictures Taken Exactly At The Right Time

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:29:00 +0700

Epic pics

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:21:00 +0700

Here are 20 pictures that you look at and just say to youself “Holy Sh!et!”

Amazing Fish With Human Teeth Feasts On Male Testicles.

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:04:00 +0700

It’s called a Pacu fish and it can weigh as much as 55 pounds and until recently only lived in remote parts of the world, that is, until today. This toothy character was found in Lake Lou Yaeger in Illinois! Experts say someone may have dumped the fish in the lake from a home aquarium and they began to breed. OK! Cancel my swimming day!

So what’s so special about this fish? Are you crazy? Look at her teeth! The fish was caught by a fisherman who thought he had caught a piranha. Biologists have said that the pacu is known to go after, as in “bite” the testicles of male swimmers, a bite that can result in great injury.

A British fisherman, said that pacu is known as the ‘ball cutter,’ and that in 2011 two fisherman died from blood loss after a pacu bit their testicles in the water.

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:55:00 +0700

This new sculptural piece by artist Eric van Hove might take the cake for labor-intensive automotive art. After receiving a Cda-Projects Grant the artist headed to Morroco to create V12 Laraki, an excruciatingly detailed Mercedes V12 engine built from 53 materials that were hand-forged from 35 master craftsmen from various regions in Morocco.

Nine months in the making,V12 Laraki began when van Hove dismantled a mercedes engine and then set about creating faithful reproductions of every single component, some 465 parts and 660 bolts made of casted copper. Contracting with artists around Morocco the engine was made with white cedar wood, high Atlas red cedar wood, walnut wood, lemon wood, orange wood, ebony wood of Macassar, mahogany wood, thuya wood, Moroccan beech wood, pink apricot wood, mother of pearl, yellow copper, nickel plated copper, red copper, forged iron, recycled aluminum, nickel silver, silver, tin, cow bone, goat bone, malachite of Midelt, agate, green onyx, tigers eye, Taroudant stone, sand stone, red marble of Agadir, black marble of Ouarzazate, white marble of Béni Mellal, pink granite of Tafraoute, goatskin, cowskin, lambskin, resin, cow horn, rams horn, ammonite fossils of the Paleozoic from Erfoud, Ourika clay, geometric terra cotta with vitreous enamel (zellige), green enamel of Tamgrout, paint, cotton, argan oil, cork, henna, rumex. In case you were interested.

While the engine is of course not meant to be functional, the piece acts as an incredible testament to Moroccan craft, as well as a fascinating amalgam of natural resources and materials found in the region.

Best Rollercoaster Souvenir Photos Ever... :))

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:40:00 +0700

Here are 10 of the best rollercoaster souvenir photos ever and in the entire universe and for all time….

Alicia keys will perform in Jakarta

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Wed, 4 Sep 2013 21:51:00 +0700

Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys is scheduled to perform in Jakarta on Nov, 29th 2013
Keys’ performance at Skenoo Exhibition Hall in Gandaria City, South Jakarta, is organized by Java Musikindo.
Java Musikindo chief Adrie Subono said Keyes’ second concert in Jakarta would run for at least 90 minutes.
He said the ticket price range would run between $100 and $350.

“We will release 800 festival tickets during pre-sales,” Adrie said, adding that tickets had been on sale since Saturday.

New York of Asia

Harrison ford,everybody!!

noreply@blogger.com (Mikey R.) — Wed, 4 Sep 2013 20:46:00 +0700

Starwars Ep-V: The Empire Strikes Back

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