I presume every citizen wants to have a swanky country or at least city. There are already many cities that are full of style. Just on top of my head i can name Tokyo, London, Paris, Havana, Prague, Casablanca, Stockholm, Venice and more. If we can state islands, they are Hawaii, Bora-bora, Bali, and again more others I don't know. It is frustrating if we are living in a place that is ugly. We will always ask how can we make our country/city/place swanky, won't we? Do we even have any plan? Isn't it nice to have a beautiful country and cities you are proud of? Or is this an impossible dream? Does Indonesia need a swanky doctor? Oh the good thing is that Indonesia have Bali, a very swanky island, indeed. At the moment, I live in Jakarta and it is raining hard. Flooding, bad traffic, pollution, uneducated citizens are definitely factors that prevent it to be a swanky city. Though I have to be real, I still have a dream and energy to try to make Indonesia a swanky place to live and love, of course with the help of lots of people. The old city of Jakarta is actually a gold mine, it can be a real swanky area where old colonial buildings can be turned into something really cool. But I don't know why not many people want to make it nicer. I know there are small amount of people who tried like, Graham who promote the area with Cafe Batavia and others who reportedly were unsuccessful in doing it. I would try to do all my best to make the effort to change. I will later list what kind of things that can help this city to become swanky in my next writing. Getting back from Prague definitely inspire me to come up with few swanky actions...
Let's keep our hopes high
More photos of Prague at Travel Pack Your Bags Swankglossy February 08 Edition
Text and photo by Gino Korompis @ gino.korompis@sglossy.com
03 February 2008
Is Your Country Swanky?
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29 January 2008
HERESY
I think believing in God is one's mutual beliefs right?. Rights that we attain as we are born into the world. I never wanted to try to contradict to these meanings but what about these people, and why are they so interesting?
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24 January 2008
Looking for a Djembe Instructor or Expert
Swankglossy.com would like to find out if anyone know if there is anyone in Indonesia or Jakarta who is a djembe Instructor or Expert. We would like to organize a drum circle. Thank you for the support.
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21 January 2008
I wonder why most sales people here treat you like crap?
The other day I was shopping for Christmas lights at a fancy supermarket chain in Jakarta. I wanted some plain white lights and found a box of the kind that I was looking for.
At the cashiers, this lady rung me up and while she rung me up, one of the supermarket staff offered to check the lights. So while he was checking the lights for me the, cashiers girl had already swiped my card. Then it turns out they weren't even the lights I wanted. The lights were star-shaped, not at all the plain ones they had pictured on the box. So I went back to the lights section and found another box and I opened to check and see if they were the plain ones. Luckily they were and so I rushed back to the cashiers.
Then I asked the staff if I could exchange it. And as soon as I mentioned the word "exchange" all the staff gave me the dirtiest look, especially the cashier girl who had rung me up. It was as if my request was something unheard of. It's just a major no no!! Disastrous!! Catastrophic!! I thought to myself, good God, what's so difficult about exchanging an item. I guess it was such an inconvenience for them. And the cashier made it a point and showed me how annoyed she was in doing the whole transaction. So I apologized and apologized again. But note, there wasn't a single apology from them for the box that I took with the star-shaped lights or for swiping my card even before they checked the lights? Yet still, no smile, no "don't worry miss, we'll sort it out", nothing. Well bloody hell woman!!! Aren't you the one who rung me up and swiped my card whilst the other staff was still checking the lights? What happens if all the lights are dead, and that was the last box of lights? Shouldn't you have waited until the guy checked my lights to see if they're working or not before doing that?
Whatever happens to the saying "customer is king?" I guess such thing doesn't exist here. Sales staff would rather "ha ha he he "with themselves and if you are desperately looking for something and ask for their assistance while they're chatting with each other…. Oh… don't even try. That's like committing a sin.
Perhaps it's a good idea for you sales people out there to start treating your customers like king. After all, we might be less inclined to come back and visit your store again, ever. Just think about that. - Gwen Winarno
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18 January 2008
Swanky Eye - Submit your Swanky Writings or Work
Now, you can post your writings to Swankglossy.com . We welcome any good writings that can be associated with Swankglossy.com , such as swanky shop review, restaurant review, hotel review, fashion news, fashion story, travel destination, swanky spot, events and other swanky works. We will review your stories or work and if they fit, we will publish them. You can send them now to swanky eye sglossy.write@blogger.com
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17 January 2008
Understanding Electronic
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Nicoline Patricia Malina - Fashion Testimonials 2
Photography Nicoline Patricia Malina, Stylist Kesya, Makeup Artist Philip Kwok & Team, Models Julia, Wardrobes Iwan Tirta - January 08 Original Edition
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