Jakarta

[Ggekko2009]

Took grab to BART (Bar at The Roof Top) last night which is located at Artotel Thamrin. There was a live band playing but there was not much of a crowd that Thursday night. So, the hearsay about freelancers working there is not true at all. Anyway, the place was quite hip, more tailored towards the millennials with open area, pretty much like the Cloud lounge albeit at a much lower level. The cool air and low humidity makes this place a great place to chill out.

Anyway, I was able to strike up a conversation with a new, young, and very friendly waitress. She is from Bandung who just started work there three weeks ago and it was her first time to Jakarta, and was into clubbing and likes EDM. She offered me her WA info and asked me to bring her along the next time I hit all these clubs. Too bad I had already arranged myself a date (who am I kidding. An escort essentially and possibly with her good friend if her schedule lines up) for this weekend plus she had to work. Well there is always a next time. It is just amazing how I am able to easily build up this list of contacts for my future trip.

After a drink, I headed over to BATS (Bar at The Shangri-La). I have to admit that I had never been to BATS and just want to check out the place. My first impression of the lineup was a big Meh. The girls were definitely more mature than CJ. There were a few hot ones but in terms of quantity and quality, I think CJ's selection is much better. The only upside is that the live band was better and I think the drink was also slightly cheaper. It cost 150 K for a cocktail vs more than 200 K that CJ charges and also not get a watered down gin and tonic for that cover drink. One thing that I noticed is that girls outnumbered the guys that night. I didn't see many leaving with the guys in the bar that night. I even saw one girl trying to shake down an old white guy next to me for a tip. I asked him later what the damage was and he said about AUD10.

[Smoothy]

The lady sitaution was so bad that even that band couldn't keep me there. I bolted after about 10 minutes. LOL.

Special events there have hotties.

[Smoothy]

That is the way it used to be in the West before suffragette. The feminist movement has destroyed Western girls and the result is no one in the West is happy anymore. The proof is the so called Western Democracies can't even maintain their populations. Me: I can't wait for the day when I permanently escape and leave this Western cultural wasteland behind.

Those fanatical feminists are doing more damage to women than to anyone else. Supposedly the suicide rate among millennial girls is up 70% from the previous generation.

[Roger Sideways]

Visitong Jakarta next week for a few days, staying near Bintaro mall. Any recommed Massage plus establishments in the area? PM or reply here if you have any suggestions.

[NewImage]

Not sure how many on this forum are under forty, but that's the demographic I represent. By the time I was born, feminism was securely rooted in US culture. Growing up in school, that was just the way it was, there were so many. I had my share, and looking back, I deserve a medal for getting what I did in this society. It took a lot of work telling them what they wanted to hear, never saying the wrong thing, playing the waiting game, or god forbid you have a wandering eye. Then, I started traveling (once I had a chance to save up my pennies), and discovered places like SEA and South America. I remember my first trip to Colombia and saying, "Son of a *****, I was born too late!

Not trying to show off just inform others esp Westerners about what's possible.

Grew up in Western society but luckily had my fair share of experiences and some more due to a number of factors. Soon got the Asian fever.

Now am in a 10 year relationship with beautiful Asian lady (yes she's nearly 50 but looks 35) who lets this almost 60 year old travel and surely knows I must be enjoying myself when OS. She doesn't ask and I keep it very discrete. No, she works in a good job and pays her way but obviously I am the higher income earner.

If she asked me to give up my travels I would but she would probably never do that. She even encourages me to travel. Once I went with an male relative of her's to a MP overseas that caters for us type of gentleman- pretty sure he got full service. I thought it was a test so I acted surprised and didn't take up the option. This relative is married to a member of my partner's immediate family and he seems to be getting some enjoyment too, with knowledge of his spouse.

Now not saying this would happen in every Asian / Western relationship but it does happen. If you are stuck with one of those fugly feminist white bitches I pity you. But did you know YOU do have an OPTION. Don't you?

Just sayin'.

[Hilo77]

Making advances on another man's wife while he is away on business. Mongering may not be the most honorable activity but there is still a line to be drawn. You are the scum of the earth!

This is satire right? Tell me you are joking.

If you think hitting on a married woman is the moral line that may not be crossed, dude you are very naive indeed.

[Uncle Volodya]

the Indo band I saw at Eastern Promise was actually pretty decent. My only good memory of Eastern Promise.

The lady sitaution was so bad that even that band couldn't keep me there. I bolted after about 10 minutes. LOL.

[Banana Boi]

Their band not playing that night can't help. I think Sunday is the deadest night of the week everywhere in Jakarta.

Unless there is a good female lead singer this would actually be a bonus for me since I am not a fan of live bands, although the Indo band I saw at Eastern Promise was actually pretty decent. My only good memory of Eastern Promise.

[Smoothy]

Sunday night is ladies night too right?

It's not only ladies night, it's man's night. Everyone gets in free on Sunday night. It's still the deadest night of the week. Their band not playing that night can't help. I think Sunday is the deadest night of the week everywhere in Jakarta.

Tahi Lalat is a mole

Probably a dangdut song about this, there is for everything else.

I did a search and there are some dangdut songs about tahi lalat, but only bad ones, unfortunately.

[Smoothy]

I heard that BART (Bar at The Roof Top) located in Hotel Artotel Thamrin Jakarta has a lot of freelancers there. Anyone has any intel of that place? I just looked into Google Maps and it looks like a place for the millennials.

I have never been there, but I like millennial girls. I am looking forward to your field report.

[Menteng]

Tahi Lalat is a mole, so wouldn't that be grain de beaute in French Menteng, sorry my French is pretty rubbish.

I've got a feeling the girl said or meant malu malu kucing tahi lalat. Malu2 kucing is someone who isn't shy but behaves shy and in this case is found attractive with a mole. These are Malay Simpulans (knots?) or idioms.

Probably a dangdut song about this, there is for everything else.

I have considered ¨mole¨ but I thought that that word is used to describe something bigger than the dot / spot on the face (beauty spot? And in Indonesian the word then would have been ¨tompel¨ or ¨tembong¨. Well, anyway, being an Indonesian with a foreign passport, doesn't mask my poor knowledge of the English language, so you are right.

[Ggekko2009]

I heard that BART (Bar at The Roof Top) located in Hotel Artotel Thamrin Jakarta has a lot of freelancers there. Anyone has any intel of that place? I just looked into Google Maps and it looks like a place for the millennials.

[Offshore Swell]

You guys seem to have upped the standard of your conversations in the last couple of weeks. It makes a pleasant change from listening to the details of so and so's latest enema which we seem to all too often hear. Full points to Ggekko2009 for his report on Golden Crown, It presents another side of Jakarta which can be exhilirating fun. And we don't always have to score miss universe. It's great fun listening to the fails as well. OS has had some good nights in that place and just like reported. The girls are so adept at cajoling obat out of you and then flipping you off before returning for taxi money at the end. And you want to see the look on their face when you refuse to give them taxi money. There was one thing at Mille's that used to hang around looking to rip off bules, OS called her snake eyes as she had one of those classic Javanese faces. OS made the mistake of taking her back to the hotel one night and man could she complain about the size of OS's big thing, ended up getting rid of her but also giving her the agreed 1 Mill which was stupid as she was rorting it right from the start.

Couldn't help but laugh at the bules with the ugly wives. My Indonesian wife and I are always laughing about this. Take your time boys and couldn't agree more with Goferring's assessment on how to maintain appearances. "Stay away from the girls darling" she will say. "Yes of course" OS will reply and then roar off in a cloud of dust on his way to North Jakarta. Some of the best advice I was ever given was deny, deny, deny!

Keep up the good work.

[Uncle Volodya]

It's amazing how insecure even the most beautiful and successful (ex) bar girl is. They require constant attention and compliments and are never satisfied when they have "made it". For many, this takes the form of ongoing affairs outside an otherwise successful marriage or relationships where the flow of "gifts" verify that they are still beautiful.

I guess its understandable when the only asset or ability you have is your ability to draw attention. They often have no other skill set.

Yep this was pretty much my experience with BATS when I was on town. Only saw two girls I would do there in 2 trips. Both were real hotties and ended up taking them on multiple occasions. I later caught up with both of these girls at CJs an I think that is where they spend most of their time.

The rest could appropriately be described as hags.

CJs was much better and it seemed to be picking up with hotter girls before I left town as the holidays began to wind down. No wall to wall hotties or anything like that. Btu there will be 4 or 5 that are extremely doable and even one or two gems.

[Marky1]

The talent at BATS last night was pathetic. There wasn't one girl I would have taken home even for free. Old hags. BATS had an Indonesian band rather than the normal one so maybe that was why. But very disappointing. When I walked out to get a taxi, there was a women who had to be over 50 years old asking me to join her in her taxi. For her to even make that suggestion leads me to believe that at some point some other guy was actually interested in joining her. Give me a break.

I certainly hope that no guy is giving girls like any I saw in BATS last night more than 500 k if they are taking them home. Those type of girls should be paying us.

Sunday night is ladies night too right?