I wonder why most people here won’t queue?

So I'm sure we've all experienced it one way or another. It happens to the best of us in public restrooms, at ATMs, at the banks, at restaurants, on the road… yes, pretty much everywhere. The intolerable people who refused to queue. But you wouldn't think that it would happen at an embassy? Because surely it's a place where order is very much the norm. Well, I beg to differ.

This morning my husband and I were at the Turkish embassy to apply for visas. As we got into the waiting room, I saw a man standing in front of the visa window and others were seated as they wait for their turn. Immediately I thought to myself "how do we do this? Is there a line? How do we know who's next? Do we have to take a number? Hmm…" I get tense at situations like this. But my husband calmed me down and assured me that we'll go after all the ones seated down have gone. Still, I didn't like it one bit.

So this lady comes in with another man and sat next to us. They were tour & travel people, you know, the ones coming into embassies with stacks and stacks of passports. I'm thinking "she better not cut us." and what do you know? Even before I finished my thoughts she told the other man to chuck the passports at the window, as my husband was standing there waiting for his turn. Unbelievable!!! And the man did so and I was so furious. I mean hello!!!!! We were there first!!! Can't you see woman that we've been waiting forever for our turn as well???? Luckily the visa lady told them in a rather sharp tone to sit her butt down. And she finally did with a stupid grin on her face.

The whole point of this is why would you wait for someone to tell you off in front of other people? Isn't it embarrassing? But I guess it all comes down to the fact that most people here are not familiar with the concept of queuing. You must give them a number or rope them or write in big letters to "please queue" or finally, if all fails, shout at them. My advice is don't wait to be told off!! Have the common courtesy to queue wherever you are. If you don't know how, well don't you think it's about bloody time you learned it?! - Gwen Winarno

Anton Ismael - Fashion Testimonials

Photography Anton Ismael, Stylist Gwen Winarno, Makeup Artist Philip Kwok, Model Roberta
July 08 Sexy Edition

Nicoline Partricia Malina - Fashion Testimonials

Photography Nicoline Patricia, Stylist Kesya Makeup, Philip Kwok and team, Model Ayu
September 07 Swank Edition

Quirk It, Anniversary Madness

Review... Swankglossy visited the Gig, Quirk It, on their Anniversary Madness last Saturday Night. One of a kind talented Leo shook the crib with a style that pleased the ear. No pretentious crowd, original ambiance, cool spin and nice crib... Swankglossy highly recommends for the fresh and free characters to come. And on top Swankglossy would certainly hangs there gladly.
To make it perfect, and we know that this is out of Quirk It control, (just as a peaceful input) the bar tending division needs some schooling to do. We could not believe that they messed up our order not only once or twice but three times; didn't know the difference between Greygoose and Absolute, gave us cranberry instead of tonic and completely forget one of our order.
Quirk It! Madness it is with a mojo.

Jakarta Internet Connection

Although Internet Connection is getting better in Jakarta but not many of the provider offer real fast connection. Here, a list of some of the providers in Jakarta. The list is based on daily perception and real usage of opening site such as Swankglossy.com (1 fastest - 5 Slowest) :

1 Fast Net
2 Biz Net
3 Speedy

Please let us know the connection speed of your provider by commenting this post.

So where will you be this New Year's Eve?

Is 2007 a good year for you? Are you fortunate enough to plan your end of the year vacation? Where will you be? Can you feel Christmass vibe? Ho ho ho.... It is always good to be able to end this year with good celebration. Will you be in Bali, Singapore, Hongkong, Europe, Japan, Australia, or Jakarta? Please tell us... Often times, we forget that we need to celebrate and take time off from work... even spend a good quality time with family on the new year's eve is hard to beat...

image by www.sxc.hu

Crazy Taxis Drive Me Crazy

Oh gosh... those damn cabs in Jakarta!! Do they actually have their driver's licenses?? They drive like the road is theirs! What bugs me is that they have the attitude of "who gives if my taxi gets scratched" cos they don't love their vehicles the way I do (my car even has a name: Red Bitch). So when I'm like head to head with one of those cabs to get into a little space on the road, 90% of the time I lose cos I don't want Red Bitch to get damaged. All I can do is just honk and honk like an old women havin a fit. At least that makes me smile.

People... just honk.

image from www.sxc.hu by Akbar79

Let's Go GREEN!

Nafas suka sesak, sakit semakin sering, pasti gara-gara polusi. Lho kok Jakarta belum mau menjadikan kota ini Eco Friendly? Dari yang gampang saja, kurangi pemakaian kertas, gunakan bio bahan bakar, jangan bakar sampah sembarangan, mulai usulkan knalpot yang menggunakan emission control atau filter yang mengurangi polusi dari mesin, recycle, tidak buang sampah di mana-mana dan masih ada yang lain sih sebenarnya. Sensitif akan environment kita itu bagus, kan sudah banyak orang yang pakai mobil mewah di Jakarta, masa membantu membereskan ginian saja tidak mau?... Gimana kalau serentak satu hari kita promosikan Eco Jakarta?
Dulu Jakarta/Batavia cakep benar tapi kok sekarang babak belur. Gimana beberapa tahun lagi ya.

image by Gino Korompis Photography

Who is this in Swanky Town?

His works are well known in the media and entertainment business. Urban, alternative, young and fresh...

He started Trolley magazine, a leading Indonesian design magazine back in the days, designed Stage for bands such as Kings of Convenience, Nouvelle Vague and more...
Who is he then?....
He is Acong aka Sir Dandy the Original.
Be patient, more of his works are coming,
a feast to your eyes...
no doubt

Here is the place to get it ALL OUT....

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Farewell Kesya

We are glad that Kesya came and styled two of Swank glossy fashion pages. Her styling com bination was rad, rarely found in places like jakarta. Her landcruiser will totally miss her when she leaves indo and so will we... tx Kes

NEW Front Page

Introducing a new designed front page to ease navigation to every articles in S glossy. Now, you can go directly to the article you want and see the image of the article before you browse. On the top of the Sglossy.com page, you will see S glossy current issue cover, highlight, slide and navigation bar. On the middle portion of the page you will be able to navigate to each article in any of S glossy editions. On the left middle part of the page, you are able to subscribe to S glossy monthly Newsletter, search S glossy and participate in S glossy's Poll.
Please let us know what you think by replying to this post, we crave your opinions to make S glossy, your swanky magazine.

Fashion Spread

Some people have been lucky capable of doing fashion spread sponsored by a magazine. But questions arise as photographers are getting too comfortable doing it and quality begin to decrease. What does a good fashion photo spread consist of? Does it need to consist more of the artist's feeling? But then, how good can the artist pass his/her feeling to the audiences? Is photo spread more of an exhibition of an artist's talents or the magazine's style, or both?... What I usually think is that fashion spreads in a magazine have limits, they cannot go beyond or be different than the concept of the magazine. But can artists have limits? They should not. But may be if the limit is just in terms of concept, it is acceptable, but not in terms of what can the artists do. Some magazines that do not have strong concept usually confuse the readers. Its fashion spreads are usually not consistent with the concept or theme of the magazine. Sometimes the reason why they do not work is because the artist cannot deliver what he or she had planned and come up with different concepts. I know that some things are relatives but I am sure that there are somekind of good guidelines on doing awesome fashion spreads. Inputs in this topic will be appreciated.