Setu Babakan (Small Lake Babakan), Jagakarsa

Setu Babakan is located on Jalan Babakan Kelurahan, Srengseng Sawah, Sub-district of Jagakarsa, Municipality of South Jakarta, Indonesia near Depok. The 32 hectare lake is surrounded by the Betawi Cultural Village, which is an area devoted to the preservation of the indigenous Betawi culture. Due to us visiting during Ramadhan when most of Jakarta is […] Read more »

Ramadhan Fashion Show at Pasaraya, Blok M

Pasaraya Mall in Blok M has been host to special Ramadhan Fashion Shows over the past few days and I attended two shows on August 9 which showed the colourful creations of the following designers: Oky Wong / Nunik Mawardi / Nefrin Fadlan / Lisa Reza / Rudy Chandra / Ali Charisma / Agnes Budhisurya […] Read more »

Cranberries at Java Rockin’land…..

There is something really special about seeing a band that you loved when you were a teenager and had pretty much forgotten since they dropped off your radar as time went on. When we saw that the Cranberries were playing at Ancol, we knew that we had to go. If only to reminisce about life […] Read more »