One word: CRAP!!

No Quick End in Sight To Jakarta Blackouts


Ailing state electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) conceded on Thursday that it was in “a difficult situation” with rolling blackouts expected to continue to plague parts of Greater Jakarta for at least another month.

PLN has been struggling to meet the energy-hungry capital’s demand for power since a fire at its central facility in Cawang, East Jakarta, in September. Since Monday, large swathes of the city have been without electricity after a power station in Muara Karang, North Jakarta, overloaded. That failure, in turn, was caused by a breakdown in one of the transformers in a station in Gandul, Depok.

“With Cawang being inoperable, we’ve been channeling electricity from stations in Depok, Bekasi and Tanjung Priok,” said Purnomo Willy, general manager of distribution for PLN.

“However, the Tanjung Priok station has been undergoing scheduled maintenance since mid-October,” he said. “We’re afraid that the blackouts in Jakarta and Tangerang will continue until the end of November.”

Blackouts on Tuesday and Wednesday mainly affected North Jakarta, but other parts of the city were left without power for as long as five hours.

Ratna Budiarti, a housewife from Jati Padang near Kemang, South Jakarta, told the Jakarta Globe that her infant couldn’t sleep in the stifling heat, making for an extremely long and unpleasant five hours alone in her home during the blackout.

PLN had failed to inform the public about the blackouts, how long they would last or if they were expected to continue.

WIlly said that combined with an increase in demand in recent months, transformers and stations in Jakarta were prone to overloading, which could lead to further blackouts.

“I hope that the people of Jakarta will use less electricity, because we are in a difficult situation,” he said.

Willy said both Jakarta and Tangerang faced power shortages of between 16 to 70 megawatts for at least another three weeks.

Source: The Jakarta Globe

I was just designing a layout for my school project when this happened. Can be explained in TWO WORDS.

"Another quake!"

*runs out from the house*

A 6.4 magnitude quake struck southwest of Ujung Kulon in Indonesia's West Java province at 4:52, causing buildings to shake some 300 kilometers away in Jakarta.

The epicenter was 10 kilometers deep, said Suharjono, head of the seismology desk at the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

There is no infomation yet on damage. The quake did not pose a tsunami risk.

The tremor was felt at between II and IV MMI in Jakarta. This level is considered to pose a relatively low threat to buildings and other structures, said Suharjono.

Source: The Jakarta Globe (the article was updated after I copied it)

And I'm still dizzy...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 struck Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake was recorded about 33 miles from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra, which is home to more than 800,000 people.

Several buildings were damaged, Metro TV reported. People were seen running out of their homes and toward the hills.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a tsunami watch for Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia.

NOAA could not immediately say whether the quake generated a tsunami, but such advisories are issued when a quake has the potential to cause one.

On Tuesday, a magnitude 8.0 quake -triggered tsunami killed at least 84 in the Samoan islands and Tonga.

Source: CNN

This time, I don't feel the quake...(or maybe it's because I was asleep? *shrugs*)

Tsunami watch??? *hides*

Still in a couple of days, but... *shrugs* :)

I'm gonna write a bit about what's HOT here in Indonesia (other than the weather).

First, rest in peace, Mbah Surip. I don't know you nor I like your music much but you're important to the music industry in this country. (Don't know who he is, check this video. I'll be honest, the first time I saw the video was when I searched for it for this post. *facepalm*)

Second, about two days later (I think), W.S. Rendra, another important and influential person, died. He's a poet (or something like that. Not sure what the correct English word is.). His place was used by Mbah Surip, if people wants to 'see' him, before he was buried. (A bit creepy me thinks. He loaned the place then followed the loaner...)

Third...this one gonna be a bit long...Noordin M. Top, the most wanted terrorist in Indonesia (at least) was killed during a raid this morning. As much as I want to believe it (man, I hope it's for REAL), but some conditions mentioned in the news made me suspicious. One, is it really THIS easy to 'capture' this most wanted guy, or maybe because that it's been so long for him to be captured, it feels a little anticlimax that he was killed at his hiding place while he was hiding in the toilet? Two, I can't think of a bad guys/criminals who would identify themselves when the cops yelled and asked, "Who's in there?" by saying, "I'm Noordin M. Top.". If I was a criminal, I'd stay quiet, made them think the place was empty, or I'm gonna say anybody's name so I wouldn't get killed, and not my real name, the name that the cops been chasing. That's suicide (which is somewhat true because the guy, Mr. Noordin M. Top, was killed by the squad).

Just my opinion...

In the end, RIP Mbah Surip and WS Rendra.

And I really hope that the guy the cops killed is really the terrorist. *fingers-crossed*

Found this on local newspaper and somehow I felt like putting it up here, after last week's incident... :)
(Translated from Bahasa Indonesia by me. Mistakes are mine.)

Peace for Indonesia


Source: © Kompas
A number of young people from different backgrounds gather together to light a candle for peace in Indonesia at Jalan Asia Afrika, Bandung, West Java, Friday (24/7). Wax-candle is a symbol of concern from the young over the nation's security and safety, such as the bombing at the J.W. Marriott Hotel and the Ritz-Carlton, Jakarta, last week.

For Indonesia, and for the world...

Lagi kepikiran aja nih...

Klo ga salah kan sinetron 'Manohara' dah mulai tuh. Tadi pagi sebelom gw berangkat ke kampus, gw denger di acara TV yg lagi ditonton ma nyokap gw, klo tu sinetron udah ep 4. Nah, yg bikin gw gatel bikin ni post tu bukan soal sinetronnya. Tapi 'latar belakang'-nya.

Maksud gw...jadi mo terkenal n dapet duit banyak tu sebenernya gampang ya? Lo balik lah ke Indo dari somewhere, bikin scene gede2an soal something, klo perlu yg dramatis banget. Ntar lo kan dapet perhatian tuh, minimal dari media massa. Klo udah media yg maen kan masalah kecil bisa gwede tu. Udah deh, instant fame and success. Orang2 mah klo dapet kasus domestic violence, alias KDRT, ga mao kondisi dirinya tu kesebar kemana2. Lapor polisi oke lah. Malah harus itu klo lapor polisi. Tapi...emangnya media perlu ikutan ya??? Gw sih ogah. Bikin malu. Narik simpati sih iya, tapi tetep bikin malu.

Bagian entertaiment juga aneh. Udah keabisan ide cerita apa ya, ampe kejadian macem gitu perlu dibikin sinetron? Plus, ga ada tema laen apa ya yg bisa dibuat jadi sinetron? Kok keknya temanya kekerasan mulu. Well, mungkin si 'kekerasan' ga jadi main plot, but still...pasti ada gitu di dalemnya. *sighs*

Gw dukung kampanye-nya stupidthinker n dmwundip deh.

( Poster Kampanye 'Diet Nonton Sinetron' )

It's the first day of the month. If you could have one wish come true this month, what would it be? View 502 Answers

For some reason, I just gotta answer this one... :P

If I could have one wish come true this month, that'd be...to have a great, not boring, birthday. :D

Oh, and good scores for my finals... ;)

O-kay...

What's up with the cliffhangers, guys??? Trying to kill me?! :P

Three of the series that I watch already met the finale (that I finally able to watch after struggling with the download speed). And what I want after watching those three finales is throwing...anything to the monitor (which I'm glad I didn't do, or else I'm gonna need a new laptop).

( Spoilers for Bones, CSI:NY, and Numb3rs finales )

On to my weekend, so far. :D Still annoyed because for some reason my download speed isn't as fast as it usually do. I have no idea why. I usually use megaupload to download the eps, and right now I gotta wait until someone was nice enough to upload the ep to a local server so I could get some speed. *sighs*

But...when I went out to the mall last night, there were cars being showed. There were BMW 5-series and 3-series, Nissan (no idea what type they're showing because I didn't check), and...my favorite, Ford Escape ♥. It's the new 4x2 2.3L model (I think that's how to write the type *shrugs*). It's black and looked so awesome. Really. Looked better from looking at the website. :P

Imagine this car, in black... *melts*
( Cut for pic. Not too big though, but just in case )

Okay, that closes my Saturday. Now is early in Sunday, and I'm waiting for Flashpoint download to finish... *sighs*