The Rupiah nearly touched a new level of Rp 12,000/USD, levelling at Rp 10,700 before bouncing back to a Rp 10,500 following the Bank Indonesia’s intervention. The JSX also fell to around 940 and quickly bounced to 1000 level. There are few important market conditions that were observed:
-Oil hovering at USD 70/barrel
-Tomm is end of […]
Archive for August, 2005
Economic Crisis Part II?
Published by August 30th, 2005 at 5:19 pm in politics and current affairs. 0 Commentspromise and commitment
Published by August 29th, 2005 at 12:09 am in life in general and general. 2 Comments i was preping for job interview and that involved anticipating different sort of questions that might come up. the behavioural question is one of the trickiest. so there is this one question i lost my night sleep over:
what is your weakness?
obviously, the answer could be plain honest and simple, reflecting who you are. […]
Rupiah, the Indonesian currency is the second worst performing currency in the world for the past three months, following Zimbabwe. The recent breach of Rp 10,000 psychological level will have lasting impact on the business confidence, despite many government officials saying otherwise. The govt can only do what the govt will always do: reassure the […]
in the past three days, i have received invites to use google Talk. ok people… i already have it, not as a stand-alone chat program but integrated with my Trillian pro (using jabber plugin). i have problem connecting to the server for unknown reason. i kept disconnecting and reconnecting. that might be the reason why […]
Some young australian travellers in various neighbouring countries don’t seem to appreciate the heavy penalties attached to anti-drugs laws (red - overgeneralisation is intended). the recent arrests of two young australians in two different parts of Indonesia might reignite the debate that instilled the fury of majority of Australians over Indonesian treatment for the Corby’s […]
the end of NARAL?
Published by August 19th, 2005 at 7:55 pm in politics, current affairs, general and america. 0 Commentsthe recent debacle over NARAL’s attack ad on Robert’s nomination is a clear sign that the pro-choice movement will do anything to protect Roe v Wade. Even in his resignation over the controversy, David E. Seldin, NARAL’s communication director, defended the ad with a ‘100 percent accurate’ disclaimer. McElroy, the editor of iFeminists.com, a well […]
PEACE… (finally)
Published by August 16th, 2005 at 12:20 am in politics and current affairs. 0 CommentsThe Government of Republic of Indonesia and The Free Aceh Movement have finally signed a peace accord (an MoU).
The separatist movement has been going on for three decades and this might be the final chapter. No details of the MoU have been released to the public but it was understood that it would have include:
-the […]
everytime the ‘haze season’ hits malaysia and singapore (and most part of south east asia), it reminds me of the ‘O’ level malay exam when i was in singapore. ‘Jerebu’ was the malay term for haze, something that i had never heard of. the funny thing was, i didnt find out the meaning until after […]
