EPL now on the new Aora TV, Serie A on TelkomVision

For you soccer football fanatics out there in Jakarta, you might must wonder where did the action go on your- still not a year- Astro TV. Turns out a new player in the pay TV market, Aora TV, has bought the rights of the 2008-09 season. The rates for getting the action without killing your bandwidth is going to be Rp. 1,7 million for a year and has to be paid upfront. If you decide to cancel the subscription before a year you are going to get Rp. 200,000 back. This service currently features only 12 channels, but has the History Channel and The Crime and Investigation channel for those history and crime buffs out there. According to an email I recieved from Aora TV, they plan to add on 50-70 channels between now and January. Those channels will include all of Astro’s channel plus some more interesting content not on Astro such as TV3 Malaysia and HBO SIgnature. If you can’t wait to cancel your Astro subscription and your less than a year in subscribing, it will cost Rp. 500,000 to cancel it. Plus to add on the burden of TV monopolying, Serie A, which last year was available on Free to air TV, now only is available on TelkomVision. Ouch!

Discount Guide #1

For all of you discount freaks out there ( you know who you are) that does not know about the credit card discounts in Jakarta (because u are to lazy to read the papers), either dining or entertainment here are some highlights of the best deals around:

- Blitz Megaplex (Grand Indonesia, Pacific Place, Kelapa Gading)- 75% with Mandiri Touch N’ Go card everyday

- 21 Cineplex- Buy 1 Get 1 with BCA

- Grand Indonesia Restaurants- Up to 30% off with UOB Buana

- Hard Rock E’X'- Buy 1 Get 1 with BCA

- Poke Sushi (PIM 2 and Grand Indonesia)- 50 % off with Mega ( Until 31 August)

- Crystal Jade Grand Indonesia West Mall- 50 % off with UOB Buana on selected items

- Krispy Kreme- 50 % off promotion extended

- Dabu- Dabu- 80 % off with Mandiri Everyday and Titanium card.

Free Pizza at Domino’s Pondok Indah (ex Toys R’Us)

If any of you were one of the lucky ones today to get FREE ANYTHING at Domino’s, yes that is true from 5.30 PM to 9.30 PM Friday, Be happy!. The U.S. based chain opened it’s first store in Indonesia on Friday and were giving its customers a wonderful treat. To make the news even better, the chain is going to open until 1 a.m. on weekends. The store is located in a small part of the now defunct Toys R’ US Indonesia in the Ranch Market complex. The prices (yes if you missed out) are lower than its American brother. I remember getting slips of Domino’s in the U.S. costing $10 a meal that consists of pizza and a drink. Here it cost Rp. 65,000 for the same thing. Here are the pics of the proof of the giveaway( I ordered more than that just to let you know!):

The proof

Jakarta Ocean Views

Sorry for the nearly month gap between posts but here are some pics of Jakarta’s ocean and The U/C Regatta Apartment Complex(10 Towers) . Got this when fishing a few days ago.