Author: Hans Saputra

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Bali Fine Dining – Kayu Puti at St. Regis

Kayu Puti is one of the best fine dining in Bali! It’s located in St. Regis Hotel in Nusa Dua. Pantai gerger to be precise. I love the entrance of this hotel. It looks like I’m entering jurasic park. The wall are huge. I went to the lobby and let the man park my car. The car park is quite far, so better to let them park your car. Passed the lobby, saw this really lovely villas on my right and left. I was asked if I want to take those golf buggy. I preferred walking in this beautiful place. About 5 minutes walking, we reached the restaurant Kayu Puti. The first thing I saw is the kitchen. It’s like the kitchen you see in TV serials.

We’re then seated in the private gazebo outside. The ambiance and view was sensational! We’re served with a long bread with different taste and oil in minutes. I decided to order their best menu Hot Experience. It’s mix seafood with lobster, squid, prawn, fish and some veges.

what can I say? it was THE BEST! Really love the seafood texture, soft but not too.. hard to describe.. Price is considerably great compare to what they offer..

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Sky Garden Club Bali (Ocean Beach Legian)

Sky Garden and Ocean Beach Club is a club with cheap drinks and good performances.

It’s been a while since my last visit to this club.. and I began to wonder since my 18yo russian neighbor keep talking about this club..

Last time, it was just a small venue.. with cafe in ground /first floor.. resto in second floor.. third and forth are disco.. crowd? so so..

Today, it is a really really exciting place! They manage to link the two building on the second and above floors.. it has more spaces now.. and more people of course.. packed! They are building some spaces behind I suppose.. more to come in months ahead..

The first floor is cafe or something like that.. I think they still selling sandwich like last time.. second floor.. resto bar and hip hop floor.. third floor.. rnb and house music.. forth deep trance music.. they’re all packed every day !!

The drinks here are cheap!.. At the gate, you have to pay 50.000 and you can get 2 beers!

Obviously.. this is a must visit club now if you are in Bali!

[updated 21.06.11]
Just visit this club again on last sat.. arrived there in about  12 am.. not so much crowd.. I still can walk around on the dance floor.. I could see the pole dance really close till I can see her hair haha.. I began to wonder a bit.. why.. But not long after that, people started coming and soon packed!

I paid 50.000 rupiah for the entrance.. and change to long island ice tea.. really love this ice tea.. the alcoholic taste really strong.. I decided to go to up to see more performances.. for you guys love to see performances..  you guys should go to third floor.. in the outdoor area with house / trance music.. this is where the most performances will be..it started with some dances, fire dances and ballet. I don’t know types of dances, but i noticed they were some diff dances even some of the dancer were the same. They were not like any crappy performances where you normally find in other clubs. They were pro! Really love the ballet performance.

these girl were among the ballet performers.

I love the vodka with juice + red bull! It’s like another girly drink at first, but it’s getting more exciting afterward. It was voted as favorite drink by one of foreign magazine (cant remember the name) in 2009. And it’s only 50.000 before midnite and 70.000 after midnite. Really damn cheap!

Cheap drinks and good performances are making Sky Garden n Ocean Beach Club differ from others. These make them packed every single day!

Smirnoff Vodka: Rp. 800.000,- (On special when bought it)
JW Black Label: Rp. 1.600.000,-

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Hacking Indonesia Porn Gambling Website Block

Have you getting sick of this internet blocking?

Yeah you are not alone!

I normally use Smart Telecom as my internet provider. I don’t get any blocks at all till now, so I didn’t really bother. But as I use WiGO currently as a trial user, I got really pissed. WiGo such a really fast internet provider which you can enjoy watch streaming movie without buffering. Coz of the blocking, I can’t access them!

I used to block my office from any accesses to high bandwidth websites using proxy server. So I was thinking they doing it the same way. For me, this is the proper way to do it. It’s hardly hacked. I started thinking (just thinking) to get a cheap but fast virtual server to build a proxy. But before I do that, I remembered one project called Nawala Project, which currently use by Blackberry Service in Indonesia to do this blocking. The blocking is done by dns server. It’s a good technique for kids! I thought and hope that WiGO using the same kind blocking.

and what.. Well oh well.. Lucky me! Save my money! WiGO is using this type of blocking. I’m not sure with other ISP, dont have any accesses to them. Please let me know.

So how it works?
Computer is connecting using what it’s called IP address (e.g. 192.168.0.1). Dns server is used to translate the address into IP (numbers) (e.g. google.com to 74.125.39.99). So when you type google.com to your browser, it goes into dns server asking what the ip address is, and then go to that ip address asking for the page.

This is the only reason we need dns server. Since the blocking is done by dns server, we just need to change the dns server, don’t we? In one condition: WiGO is allowing it. WiGO can forward any dns connections to their dns server. English: we can’t change the dns server. But what a lucky day! WiGO don’t do that.

So, how it’s done?
Simple! Basically, just change your dns server to any public dns server. One of them is google public dns. Please follow their instruction how to use their dns server here: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html

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New Year Eve 2011 at Bosche Bali

Happy new year guys!

I spent this new year eve at this amazing club called Bosche. Its location is in jalan bypass ngurah rai, Tuban. It’s a complex of disco, karaoke and lounge. You won’t miss it when you pass the tuban high way. It’s huge! Obviously, this is one of the clubs you must go while in Bali.

After stuck and spent my new year count down on a traffic jam, I arrived around 00:30. The crowd was just perfect. We could still breathe!

We picked the table at the rear corner as we thought it’s going to make us a little out of sight while still enjoying the crowd.

Damage cost on NYE:
Table: 2.5 million inc a bottle of chivas + some softdrinks, 4 nye tickets to the club

Bottles: around 1 – 1.5 mil each, can’t remember exactly.

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Nirvana Restaurant – Peti Tenget

The price is right! This restaurant absolutely have the quality in the right price. I came to this restaurant last weekend, after reading some reviews on the internet.

I really love the food and atmosphere of this place. When we came in, we served with some fried peanuts and a little of margarita each. It’s just really nice so that we finished them in 1 second :). The staff then got us another little glass each, so nice.

In average, the main course is below Rp. 100.000 each. The special menu was mix grilled and mmm forget!. oh man, am I this old? We ordered the mixed grill and beef tenderloin, I really like the tenderloin, it’s tender and the herb sauce was really good. The mixed grill consist of tuna, chicken, prawn, chips and some veges. This on was ok, i mean no difference with other restaurants. If you are an orange lover, remember to order the fresh orange juice is really nice and cheap. It’s only Rp. 15.000! And don’t forget to order margarita since they give the tester for you hahaha. It’s nice!

The seats and tables was not too close to each other which gave us more space to relax. And it’s not too crowded. We could still talk at the normal db. It’s an outdoor place and the weather was just right when we were there. Live music made the atmosphere event better.

Let’s meet there next weekend.

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Government Should NOT Block Porn in The Internet

I was queuing at the bank when I saw 2 children playing some faking style to each other while their mum was being assisted. I was a bit shock. They were only like 8 and 6 years old. How come they know this such of things? is it their fault? is it their parents’? or is it the government’s?
Our government started to block porn sites about 1 or 2 months ago. Now they’ve been pushing others such as blackberry (bb) services to block as well so bb users cant access the site from their handheld. Currently only some operators block the site. Mine using AXIS is not being blocked.
What sites are actually blocked by the government? It’s a bit funny really. I’m not a porn maniac, but I know some well-known porn websites. And only 1 of them is blocked: playboy. Try hustler, redtube, puretna. These three are a lot more hard core than playboy, are not being blocked. FYI: I’m using telkom speedy. I don’t consider playboy as a porn website. It only shows boobs and to get more you have to pay and it’s expensive. Redtube, on the other hand, you see everything in one single click. And it’s not being block. So what are they really blocking? bull shit? it’s only a way to get more rating for the next election?
It’s either our government don’t know those websites, or they don’t want to block them. I believe they just don’t know these websites. They might be very religious people who put these porn as a taboo. They’re not allowed to see porn. How can they know if the website consists of porn? Wrong people for the job, they should employ me lol. Since they don’t know hustler which is the second top porn mags in the world, how will they know others? They just won’t know.
With the rapid of information exchange over internet and development porn website which is one of the biggest businesses in the world right now, it’s almost impossible to block all of them without scarifying other excellent sites. For example, just recently top indonesian artist were being charged because of their xxx video. This video was uploaded to youtube and stayed there for some days. I got the information over twitter and blackberry massager. Then more and more people started uploading the same thing. So is it right to block youtube in this case? Of course NOT! Youtube has been helping all of us for some interesting things such as tutorials, news, etc.
SO what I’m saying, blocking is just not the right solution for everybody. So it shouldn’t be done at government level which will affect all of us in the country. It should be done in smaller area such as school, home, etc. There are a lot of tools to do this. By default windows 7 has the facilities for doing this. It’s easy. The government can make regulations so that the head of the area responsible for this matter.
Internet is built on a platform of freedom of information. Everyone is free to get and give information. Without this platform, internet is nothing and won’t change our life as it is now. This information includes porn. Who needs porn? I do! And I believe lots of people do. For me, porn is entertainment and helpful in my sex life.
I don’t think porn is harm in any ways for people who understand it. Those who don’t might cause some harm to them and others. Another key is the knowledge. However, here in Indonesia, talking sex is considered taboo. We have to change that thought. Sex is one need of life. It’s like eating, drinking and place to stay. Everybody needs it, so why taboo talking about that? I remember when I took my first English lesson in Australia. One subject being thought is sex. Nothing seems wrong with that. It helped us to know about sex culture in Australia so we wouldn’t get kill haha. Yes we have to talk about sex more and more. I mean the government have to talk about sex more lol.
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Franchised minimarket from open competition perspectives

It’s been many news recenty about franchised minimarket being closed up by the local government. The reason is they have no license which seems a bit odd. There are plenty similar shops (non franchise) which I strongly believe have no licenses either. They has been operating in years without any problems.

Futhermore, from my experience, I can’t propose a license if I don’t have the actual shop. So in other word, I have to open the shop before applying the license. Again I strongly believe, since they are franchised minimarket which have so many branches around Indonesia, they know these licenses requirement better than anyone else in the business.

I am sure it’s not about the licenses. In fact, similar businesses in the area of minimarket scare they will get broke. Well it’s kinda true also. This issues have been propagated by someone for some reasons. Let’s leave them for now.

Let’s look at which will benefit more. Open competition always give lots benefit to end consumer. One good example is what happen in telecommunication market. Since Indonesia let others to compete with the only one company telkom, we have cheaper deal, good customer services and good quality of the products. More companies mean more jobs and more taxes. If we look at PLN, expensive, no customer services, quality? You bet! But now since Mr. Dahlan came in, it feels that they are on the right track. I’m one of his fans. Let’s us pray and hope!

Radius affecting by the minimarket won’t be so far since shopping in minimarket is not entertaining. In most cases, people know what they wanna buy before entering the shop and get out as soon as they find what they’re looking for. So let’s say 2 km radius. Outside this radius will find other minimarkets or shops to shop. So how many people do you thing will suffer? I don’t think it will be many. May be 2 similar shops within this radius. How many people will get the benefit? Plenty!

People around will get the benefit from the cheaper price and other promotions, shows, etc. Government will get more taxes especially the 10% PPN, VAT or GST. Mostly similar shops don’t pay this tax. And this tax should benefit more people somehow. Staff which normally local people get better training and opportunities to improve their career such as supervisor, store manager, area manager and so on.

So so so.. More advantages than the disadvantages right? Let’s the market be free and open.. It will benefit more in the LONG RUN.. One more thing, please KICK that someone arse

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Beware of phone scam sht in Indonesia

I’ve nearly been a victim of phone scam JUST NOW. fak!. Nearly twice this single month. These thief are around and doing their phone scamming more and more often.

First attempt was when I wanted to sell my car. I put advertisements on some papers. I put on saturday and sunday. And then the next saturday sunday. I think in my second or third week of advertisements this guy texted me saying that he was from the newspaper company named Bali Post and a doctor from Jakarta interested in buying the car and asked me to call that doctor.

So I called the doctor. The doctor said he would be in Bali in the next 2 weeks and needed to settle some things as well as car. He did some negotiations with the price. Everything seemed so right until he said he was going to transfer me a 5 million deposit without even looked at the car. I started to wonder. But what the hack, I gave him my bank account number.

An hour later, he called me and told me that he transfered the deposit and asked me to check. I checked using internet banking.. nothing. He insisted me to go to ATM machine to made a complain together. He was worried about his money being lost. This time I knew that this was a fakn scam. A friend of mine was a victim of this ATM phone scam. He was told to press some numbers in the ATM which later he found out that his money gone being transfered to someone.

The second scam which just happened this morning. A guy called me yesterday to made an order of some plywoods. FYI: I am selling building materials. He asked to delivered the order tomorrow and he was ready to made some deposits. Same story repeated.

Some says when you go to ATM, you’ll somehow follow his instruction. It’s like being hypnotized. Really? I’d love to try some times. But I need to move my money to my wife account before that. Just in case I’m hypnotized. kakaka.

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Bounty Club Discotheque – Foam Party – Muscle Man

Every friday and saturday night Bounty Discotheque performs a special show. Muscle men, break dance, fashion show are some of them. They also has a special party.. FORM PARTY.. I was too damn late to take the form party picture.. there was only one man left in the form box .. Next time I’ll take a better shoot..

Bounty is a really typical balinese discotheque: no aircon, a lot of light, open air, hip hop disco, most people drunk, wet wet wet, famous arak cocktail and beers. But this is why you go to Bali for! Every night this place is packed except in raining night.

Bounty club is right behind Paddy’s Club. There are 2 bars in the entrace walk featuring live rock band. Guests are allowed to sing on the stage. Sometimes I heard the guest was a lot better than the singer.

Bounty itself is a two floor disco. First floor is where the foam box is. It’s a closed air space. There are seldom any people here of course except when the foam party started. The second floor is the open air disco. It’s packed every night. This is where the performances are.

For Indonesian, we have to pay 50.000 beer fee for the entrace. For foreigner is free. If you are Indonesian but you look like Japs super star, you can pretend that you are foreigner. Just be sure to wear your bikinis 🙂 *joking*

This place is really happening. I really love their drunken crowd!. I really recommend you guys to go to this place.

Google Map: -8.718231,115.175042.

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Night of Christmas 2009 at Paddys Cafe – Legian Bali

Paddys Cafe (maps: -8.718295,115.174956) is always my favourite destination for every night gigs. I went to Bounty behind Paddys Cafe at around 12.00 AM. It was empty. This is the first time I went to Bounty and empty. Only very few people inside. I guess the rain might be the reason, or all went to church? hmm..

I were there till about 1.30 AM and the crowd started to come. I got those Bounty Specialty Cocktail with Arak Attack (Traditional Balinese Alcohol). You’ll feel something after the third “big glass”. It only costs Rp. 50.000,- per big glass. Not even $6.

I decided to go to Paddys Cafe after feeling a bit drunk. Maybe because the place is smaller than bounty, it looked a lot more fun at paddys that night.

The most I like about paddys is everyone was DRUNK!

If you are in Bali, you should go to this place. The one and only in Indonesia. It’s a real Balinese typical disco. There is no aircon and mostly about 99% are drunk oz. OZ OZ OZ. I luv OZ!