Good News From Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia is set to confirm an order for Bombardier regional jets in the next few weeks, most likely at the Singapore Airshow on 14-19 February. Indonesia’s flag carrier had been assessing both the Bombardier CRJ1000 and Embraer 190 for its 18-aircraft sub-100 seat regional jet requirements since early 2011. It decided on the CRJ [...]

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Community of Model United Nations of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) proudly present, 1st International Model United Nations in Indonesia coming soon in Jogja. The biggest model united nation (MUN) which ever held in Indonesia. The name of the event is Jogja International Model United Nations; JOINMUN. Why is Joinmun named as “International MUN”? Because the [...]

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Despite the sputtering global economy of 2011, most people around the world are optimistic that 2012 will be a better year, according to a new poll. Nearly three quarters of citizens in 24 countries questioned in an Ipsos/Reuters survey see a rosier year ahead than what they experienced in 2011. “This is the first glimmer [...]

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Aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) is to build 15 N-219 airplanes for service on so-called “pioneer” routes in Papua province, a company official said here on Thursday. “Work to construct the N-219 planes has already started with a prototypes expected to be completed in 2014,” PTDI technology and development director Andi Alisjahbana said. Andi [...]

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Saya masih ingat ketika adik saya dibelikan oleh ayah sebuah sepeda. Waktu itu, kondisi keuangan belum begitu baik, sehingga karena terbentur anggaran, sepeda yang dibeli pun bukan sepeda dengan merk terkenal, dan saya yakin harganya pun murah. Tanpa saya sangka, dalam kurang dari seminggu, sepeda itu sudah mengeluarkan bunyi-bunyian yang menandakan sekrup-sekrupnya kendor. Rantaipun kadang [...]

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Halo! Mari kita kembali ke salah satu danau terbesar di Indonesia, Danau Toba. Pernahkah Anda pergi ke sana? Jika belum pernah, sebaiknya Anda pergi ke sana suatu hari nanti. Karena bukan hanya danau yang akan mengejutkan Anda, tapi juga pemandangan sekelilingnya dan sejarahnya. Menurut wikitravel, Danau Toba adalah danau vulkanik yang besar seluas 1707 km [...]

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Celestine Jovanna Wenardy is no ordinary girl. In school, the 8-year-old learns her lessons quickly, and has received accolades for her performance in mathematics. But Celestine is also easily bored, and requires outlets to burn her creative energy, or large doses of books to satisfy her unrelenting curiosity. At age 3, Celestine started reading children’s [...]

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Alhamdulillah saya lahir di kampung… Paling tidak selama 15 tahun, saya merasakan tinggal di wilayah pegunungan yang dingin, pohon-pohon menjulang sangat tinggi, hijau, dan asri. Kampung itu bernama Wonosalam, di wilayah utara Kabupaten Sleman di Yogyakarta. Waktu kecil saya sering bertemu dengan kucing hutan (blacan), luwak, bahkan kelinci liar. Saya pernah merasakan “nikmatnya” makan jangrik, [...]

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Sejak Oktober 2011 lalu, komunitas Marketeers di 11 kota (Jakarta,Bandung, Surabaya, Medan, Semarang, Denpasar, Makassar, Banjarmasin, Manado, Pekanbaru, dan Palembang) bersama jaringan mitra media-nya memberikan input nama-nama mereka dari kalangan anak muda (berumur kurang dari 35 tahun), perempuan, dan netizen yang berpengaruh saat ini dan bagi masa depan Indonesia. Berlatar belakang sebagai profesional, entrepreneur, artis, [...]

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Hellooo everyone! See that picture? yup, Bali. never get tired of Bali. the beaches, amazing tourism spots, incredible people, and the sophisticated culture will always attract you. I won’t tell anything about that picture because honestly, i don’t even know what that is. i was really amazed when i saw it, so i didn’t have [...]

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