Jakarta

**Turgid** · 03-31-21 16:28

Originally Posted by MrChewsomtwat [View Original Post]

Can't believe you're comparing Geylang with Malio! Fishbowls full of average looking women who insist on condoms versus being in a bar with great music, naked or almost naked girls who offer BBBJCIM and BBCIM. It's not even close....

In all my visits to Geylang I never entered a fishbowl (read pre 2009).

**BJtemp** · 03-31-21 10:13

Originally Posted by Menteng [View Original Post]

As a foreigner, are you allowed to buy one, now?

If you are referring to the pandemic, right now I'm not going there, no. Probably after things settled down a bit but that should be just months way.

Based on my research foreigners are allowed to buy certain properties with strata title. Must adhere to a few small rules (capped % of units in one condo building sold to foreigners etc.).

**Menteng** · 03-31-21 09:46

Originally Posted by BJtemp [View Original Post]

I am thinking about buying a small apartment in Jakarta.

As a foreigner, are you allowed to buy one, now?

**BJtemp** · 03-31-21 08:18

Thanks for your info and view. South side is nice; should be more expensive. I don't live there permanently, but I go there often enough (used to be once a month), that I think it makes sense to set up a little home base. And especially I see there are many small apartments, maybe 30-40 sq meters, in very decent interior condition, under USD 50 K; seems affordable and with not much downside.

Can I ask, for those expats who live in Jakarta long term, what are there to do in Jakarta day in and day out, that you may want to live close to? Modern malls with air conditioning? Restaurants?

Originally Posted by IrishMongrel [View Original Post]

Mostly around South Jakarta. Kemang / Pondok Indah / Cilandak Areas. If you want to get away from the smog then there's Sentul, but that's a bit of a drag back into town. Personally, if I was to be living full time in Jakarta it would most likely be in the Kemang area.

**SmallBird** · 03-31-21 07:51

Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]

Very sad. The Malio club was the third best mongering I've had in Asia. After Geylang, Singapore, pre-2009, and Chang Ping, China, pre-2014.

Endgame everywhere.

**Irish Mongrel** · 03-31-21 07:48

Originally Posted by BJtemp [View Original Post]

I know we go anywhere there are good clubs. But is there any regions of Jakarta where expats congregate for work and for living? I am thinking about buying a small apartment in Jakarta.

Mostly around South Jakarta. Kemang / Pondok Indah / Cilandak Areas. If you want to get away from the smog then there's Sentul, but that's a bit of a drag back into town. Personally, if I was to be living full time in Jakarta it would most likely be in the Kemang area.

**BJtemp** · 03-31-21 07:36

I know we go anywhere there are good clubs. But is there any regions of Jakarta where expats congregate for work and for living? I am thinking about buying a small apartment in Jakarta.

**MrChewsomtwat** · 03-31-21 07:08

Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]

Very sad. The Malio club was the third best mongering I've had in Asia. After Geylang, Singapore, pre-2009, and Chang Ping, China, pre-2014.

Can't believe you're comparing Geylang with Malio! Fishbowls full of average looking women who insist on condoms versus being in a bar with great music, naked or almost naked girls who offer BBBJCIM and BBCIM. It's not even close.

Anyway,

I know several Malio girls who liked to hang out at CJ's in their spare time but with that bar currently not operating where are the girls? All on Tinder? Doesn't seem their style hence working in bars instead. Are any of the big spa's open? I want to get back to Jakarta ASAP. Travel / Classic open?

**Turgid** · 03-28-21 16:39

Originally Posted by EgyMongerNew [View Original Post]

Even the signs were taken down.

Very sad. The Malio club was the third best mongering I've had in Asia. After Geylang, Singapore, pre-2009, and Chang Ping, China, pre-2014.

**Egy Monger New** · 03-26-21 17:13

Originally Posted by MrChewsomtwat [View Original Post]

I love this place and was wondering if anyone knew whether it was open yet?

Even the signs were taken down.

**MrChewsomtwat** · 03-26-21 14:05

Originally Posted by MasBule [View Original Post]

Delta is open and has been for a few months, with Covid protocols, at least the one at Harmoni is. Has a big sign out the front, free rapid testing before a massage, the wet massage there is legendary.

Normal massage is open already, like Bersih Sehat, but you'll be hard-pressed getting a handie there.

Karaoke establishments and bars are preparing to reopen, if positive news from the Governors office about the next PSBB review and easing of restrictions, on the 22nd March.

https://voi.id/en/bernas/38657/karao...-ready-to-open

A friend told me Banten (BSD Tangerang) has already opened massage and karaoke. Doesn't surprise me, they had resto's open when Jakarta didn't during the first lockdown.

I imagine some of these places, sitting in dust and dirt and darkness, will be overrun with rats and mosquitos. Some might need a good cleanup. I actually saw one last week, with doors open and looked like a final renovation underway.

Might take a few weeks for the word to get out to the kamungs of Indramayu and Tasikmalaya and the girls returning.

You will soon be able to fuck yourself crazy at all the old usual haunts.

I love this place and was wondering if anyone knew whether it was open yet?

**MasBule** · 03-16-21 06:26

Delta is open and has been for a few months, with Covid protocols, at least the one at Harmoni is. Has a big sign out the front, free rapid testing before a massage, the wet massage there is legendary.

Normal massage is open already, like Bersih Sehat, but you'll be hard-pressed getting a handie there.

Karaoke establishments and bars are preparing to reopen, if positive news from the Governors office about the next PSBB review and easing of restrictions, on the 22nd March.

https://voi.id/en/bernas/38657/karao...-ready-to-open

A friend told me Banten (BSD Tangerang) has already opened massage and karaoke. Doesn't surprise me, they had resto's open when Jakarta didn't during the first lockdown.

I imagine some of these places, sitting in dust and dirt and darkness, will be overrun with rats and mosquitos. Some might need a good cleanup. I actually saw one last week, with doors open and looked like a final renovation underway.

Might take a few weeks for the word to get out to the kamungs of Indramayu and Tasikmalaya and the girls returning.

You will soon be able to fuck yourself crazy at all the old usual haunts.

Originally Posted by Mrdurden [View Original Post]

Hi guys, I'm a Jakarta newbie, have been searching on Google maps for massage spas but many of them are shut down.

Looking for a massage with happy ending. Can't order outcall because I'm with my gf (she's on her period).

Is my best bet to go to a hotel spa, since they're less likely to be shut down?

Do all hotel spas offer happy ending, or should I target 2-3 star hotels, or 4-5 star hotels?

I am located in the Central Park (Grogol) area, if that helps.

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.

**Papae Noel** · 03-09-21 04:37

Yes, been using the full version of Duolingo. It does have enough challenges for me, but still not everything I would like to have, such as grammar drills. Occasionally I will listen to YouTube language videos. But not actually watch the screen, so I can write out in Bahasa each phrase as I hear them. Now considering a Netflix subscription so as to watch movies with bahasa subtitles.

**Cucumber** · 03-03-21 20:19

Originally Posted by Goferring [View Original Post]

Actually you will be well ahead of many others. I learnt both formally through classes and informally through work and girl friends. I waited six months before doing the classes and already knew the basics of grammar and had a smattering of vocab...

I recommend installing the app Duolingo on your phone. If you really want to learn the language and spend 1-2 hours per day on the app, I think you will learn a lot really fast. It is dynamic, fast paced, understands what you haven't learned yet (based on your errors) and tailors the teaching to that, many of the exercises are easy to get through but still teach you something. If you forget to practice, it starts reminding you. It should lay the perfect basis for real conversational practice. They have a free version, but the paid version is a bit better and does not cost that much. I have no connection with Duolingo or financial interest in promoting them, just think it works really well.