Kopi Luwak: Indonesia's rich cup or 'crappuccino'?

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Monday, February 21, 2011

(CNN) -- If you are a coffee lover you might be tempted to pay for a cup of the most expensive coffee in the world. Indonesia's velvety tasting brew, Kopi Luwak, gives new meaning to rich coffee. It can cost up to $50 per cup. "The supply is very [...]
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top ten chart music ( billboard) in this week

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Saturday, February 19, 2011

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New E7 nations 'will overtake G7 by 2050'

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Friday, February 18, 2011

The G7 group of rich nations will be overtaken by an "E7" bloc of emerging economies by 2050, presenting a major challenge to a swath of Western companies and workers, according to research published today. The collective size of the economies of the [...]
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INDONESIA , AMAZING COUNTRY

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Saturday, February 12, 2011

Indonesia adalah negara kepulauan terbesar di dunia yang mempunyai 17.508 pulau terbentang sepanjang 3.977 mil antara Samudra Hindia hingga Samudra Pasifik antara 6 °LU - 11° LS, dan dari 97°BT- 141° BT serta terletak [...]
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Facebook launches pages redesign

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Friday, February 11, 2011

Facebook has wanted to redesign Facebook Pages ever since it launched the profile redesign.  -- Facebook has begun rolling out a full redesign of Facebook Pages. The changes will make the Pages look and operate more [...]
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Who Circumnavigated The Earth First?

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Thursday, February 10, 2011

At school we were taught that the first man to circumnavigate the earth was Ferdinand Magellan (Fernao Magallhaes in Portuguese, Fernando de Magallanes in Spanish) in 1521. Being killed in Mactan, the Philippines on April 27, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan [...]
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Chicken and Egg on Rice

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Ingredients (Serves 4) * 1 boneless chicken thigh with skin* 1/2 onion* 1/2 loaf kamaboko,(white fish paste)* 8 eggs* 1 cup /200ml dashi stock* 3 1/2 tbsp soy sauce* 1 1/2 tbsp sugar* [...]
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Tofu Salad (encore)

Posted by Srandil Mandala

setelah nonton your japanese kitchen on NHK , nemuin resep yang kelihatannya gampang dibuat . berbahan dasar tahu ( padahal gag suka tahu .weeekkk) .ini sejenis pecel indonesia . tapi versi jepang .hahahaha . . .check it [...]
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New7Wonders keeps Komodo, but removes Ministry of Culture and Tourism from official role

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Monday, February 7, 2011

New7Wonders today announces the following important decisions concerning the participation of Komodo in the Official New7Wonders of Nature campaign: 1. Voting for Komodo continues as an authorized Finalist in the Official [...]
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The Interchange Skyscraper

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Sunday, February 6, 2011

Special MentionThe Freeway Interchange Tower seeks to reclaim the “throw-away” land often left in the wake of massive highway junctions, typically an abandoned, unattractive space at the center of maze-like crossings. [...]
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Water Purification Skyscraper in Jakarta

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The city of Jakarta, Indonesia, was originally designed in the confluence of thirteen rivers which were used for transportation and agriculture. The largest of its rivers is The Ciliwung River, which has been extremely [...]
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Asia’s Best English Newspaper?

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The Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence (SOPA) has recognized the strength of The Jakarta Globe’s [...]
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Yes, Harrods Will Be In Jakarta, Sir!

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When I visited London sometimes in 2008, I managed to enter Harrods store, a super-elite department store on Brompton Road [...]
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Modern Cities Of Indonesia

Posted by Srandil Mandala on Saturday, February 5, 2011

When I was still working in Jakarta, I lived somewhere 30 km away from the city center, where trees and greens were completely [...]
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Indonesia Eclipses UK On Facebook, At Last

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Indonesia, a Southeast Asian country that has nearly tripled its number of Facebook users over the past year, has finally [...]
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Bali, The Best Island In Asia Pacific

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Kompas reported on Bali as the best island in Asia Pacific according to a Hong Kong based magazine, DestinAsia. It’s such an [...]
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