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2008年6月1日 星期日
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Red Square Jakarta, Stadium Jakarta, Alexis... The Best Nightlife, Bars & Discos In Jakarta
People asked us to create an English version of Crazy Night$ In Jakarta, our French blog where we try to uncover some of Jakarta's hidden nightspots. But the truth is our English sucks, and we don’t have time. So we found a compromise by making short reviews about 100 bars and clubs in Jakarta : The Jakarta One Hundred. Hope you will like it... please drop some comments if you have any suggestions and we'll add it to the page!
New features: We've added some photos for some of the bars, click on the name of the bar to see them.
For vocabulary: We call Techno Kota the head-banging music they play in some of Kota's clubs... sounds like spanish makina.
1001 or Seribu Satu or Thousand and One
(Hayam Wuruk, next to Stadium)
Classy, huge "one-stop entertainment nightclub", but not so crowded. The music is Techno Kota, except in the lounge where they have prostitutes from all over the globe. That’s why they call it an International Executive Club I guess, because we’ve never seen a foreigner there.
2nd Floor
(Kemang)
High school bar, really cheap. Music was Top 40 last time I came.
Absolut Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
One of the only bar in Jaksa with air-con. Lots of English teachers and journalists. Free pool table, darts, cheap beer, Premier League Soccer games on screen and always quite crowded by the same group of people. Nice.
Alexis Hotel
(Ancol, Jl. R. E. Martadinata No. 1 North Jakarta)
It’s not really an hotel, it’s more like a bordello. You’ve got a good club downstairs, The Play, with house/progressive music and sexy dancers, and a very select lounge/spa on the seventh floor, the Bathhouse, with girls from countries as far as Uzbekistan, Myanmar or Russia coming to entertain the patrons. Entrance fee for the Bathhouse lounge is Rp. 120,000, and no drinks included. Also a karaoke (I forgot the name), very nice, with flat screen TV and audio equipment suitable for outdoor concerts. Goddam expensive though, about Rp 3.5 million for 4 people.
Ali’s Bar
(Jalan Jaksa)
Bar of the african community in Jakarta .
Aphrodite
(Club Rasuna, near Pasar Festival, Jl Rasuna Said)
The bar caters to the expats living in Taman Rasuna. Always quite crowded, good food. English Premier League Football games and Fashion TV on one of the dozen plasma screen. Popular hang-out for Indonesian girls as well. You guessed why.
Asmoro (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jl Blora)
The most famous dangdut bar in Jakarta. Interesting if you want to experience something different in Jakarta. A bit dodgy and not so dangerous, just a few hundred meters from Plaza Indonesia.
"The first time you hate it because you don’t understand it. The 3rd, the place is yours and you are the queen of the dancefloor, requesting ‘kucing garong’." SZ
Athena
(Kota, near the canal)
Surrealistic club in Kota, on the border of the canal. Loud Music, very dark and apart from the waiters and the usual working girls, no customers.
Babyface (CLOSED)
(Sarinah)
It’s closed baby, and it’s better this way.
Batavia Disco (CLOSED)
(Hotel Batavia, Jalan Kali Besar)
Bats
(Hotel Shangri-La)
Very, very popular bar among expatriates. Easy to know why, counting the number of pretty girls. Live band, imported from Quebec the more often and playing Top 40 songs. A bit annoying because it's hard to talk and hard to find a place to seat. The entrance fee is quite expensive, around Rp. 80,000, but they will serve you a very large beer. Good to go on Sunday or Monday because it is one of the few places still crowded. Very tasty steaks at the restaurant.
BB’s
(Plaza Menteng, Jl Cokroaminoto)
Popular with european expats and the alternative crowd. Reggae/blues concerts. Tony Q plays on Friday nights, bringing along a large crowd of fans.
"Laid-back atmosphere, different from the rest of Jakarta's bars". SZ
Bengkel Night Club
(Semanggi)
Techno club, good sound system. One their website they consider themselves as the biggest nightclub in the world, with 15,000 people capacity. We really need to check then.
Bedroom
(Icon Commercial Building 4th fl Jl Kemang Raya 15)
Long time I haven’t been there. Club that looks like all Kemang's club, except they have kind of small beds, very cozy to have a drink and relax. Haunt of the high-school kids.
Betawi Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
Cafe popular with both expats and Indonesians. On Saturday nights, good live band, rock or reggae. It was used as a setting during the shooting of the sinetron Jalan Jaksa.
Beverly Hills
(Kota)
It might be a club where they might have strippers and it might be owned by the same guy who owns the Stadium, but we couldn't find the place. Anybody who went there is welcome to comment.
Beyond Lounge
(Jl Iskandarsya, in front of Pasaraya Grande)
Lounge/club with house music. We got kicked out for no reasons, just after buying four long islands, because a customer (apparently the manager of Dewa) didn't like us. I'm sure it's good though.
BFC Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
Outdoor cafe/bar in Jalan Jaksa, the street where you can find cheap hotels in Jakarta, with live music sometimes. Nice to drink a beer and talk to backpackers.
Bin's Club
(Lokasari Plaza)
Funny karaoke, but it has nothing really special compared to other Karaoke in Lokasari. Usual girls and fuck rooms upstairs.
Black Canyon
(Dharmawangsa square)
Quite popular salsa nights on Saturday nights. Otherwise, it's a regular bar. Doesn’t sell alcohol except beer.
Black Cat
(Senayan Arcadia)
Classy jazz Bar with very good live performances. The seats are not so comfortable though and it’s a bit too dark. Quite romantic.
Black Pearl Martini Lounge & Bar (CLOSED)
French club, or at least french owner. Used to be located in Permata Hijau and is supposed to move to Menara Satrio. The old place was expensive and pretentious.
Blowfish
(Wisma Mulia, Gatot Subroto)
The most popular club among the Jakarta elite. Lots of Chinese, lots of money. You don't really go to Blowfish to have fun, but rather to be seen. The music is good though, usually Rnb. Dubfire, one of the two Deep Dish, will play there on Dec 12th.
Blue Print
(Twin Plaza Hotel, Jalan S. Parman)
Club located on top of Twin Plaza, near Taman Anggrek. Nice view, nice sofa but a bit old. Doesn't seem to attract many customers apart from the Hotel client and a few working girls.
Bliss-Loft 25
(Menara Jamsostek, Gatot Subroto)
2 rooms, one with hip-hop and Rn’B music, the other one with house music. Very young crowd (16-20) but can be nice sometimes because young kids know how to party. Too many people throwing up though. Nice view on Jakarta by night.
Bugil's
(Taman Ria Senayan)
Very popular expat bar. Cute waitresses that usually end up marrying a customer. Live music and good atmosphere... It's a good place to meet new people if you're are new in Jakarta.
Bunker
(Classic Hotel, Jl. K.H. Samanhudi 43-45, Pasar Baru)
Cf. Classic Club (below).
Burgundy
(Hyatt Hotel)
Expensive drinks, but classy bar with live jazz music and businessmen.
Cafe Queen
(Jl Halimun)
Very local dangdut bar, the place is quite dodgy and can become really hot since it has no air-con. The entrance is a bit hidden, just a small door on a small street next to the Cafe Queen warung.
"When you’re bored of the loud head-banging music, you can relax eating apples or drinking es campur on the terrace, or call your friends from the wartel upstairs". SZ
Cazbar
(Mega Kuningan)
Expat bar, good for watching a football game. Free wi-fi.
Centro
(Dharmawangsa Square)
Good disco, though the crowd is a bit too young. Some good DJs. Gay nights on Sundays. One of Jakarta's most popular nightclub.
"Magic podium!". SZ
Cilantro
(Tower BNI)
Bars located in Jakarta’s highest tower. Live jazz band and really nice view. Perfect for a date.
CJs
(Hotel Mulia)
Hotel bar, therefore lots of prostitutes and foreigners. Live music and high prices. The bar underwent renovation, and became a bit more classy than it used too. Kind of Red Square-esque I think.
Classic Club (or Bunker)
(Classic Hotel, Jl. K.H. Samanhudi 43-45, Pasar Baru)
I went there after hearing of a club named "the Bunker"... enough to arouse my curiosity. It took me two months of investigations to find it. The bar is a whorehouse, a bit like Malioboro, with strippers and prostitutes (a lot of Russians and Uzbek). The patrons are mostly indonesians in their 30s or 40s, so the music is not the hippest you will hear in Jakarta.
Bar, lounge, billiard and dancefloor available. Place full of prostitutes from everywhere in the world. Big and strange sculpture. SZ
Club 36
(Jalan Labu, Hotel Jayakarta)
Nice small club, with house music and RnB. Topless Thai and Chinese dancers. Popular with the Chinese community. Always crowded.
Club Bulgary
(Jalan Hayam Wuruk, 72)
Opened at the beginning of November 2007, this club is 100% chinese. The lounge is quite small and doesn’t have a dancefloor. It looks like an old fashion cabaret, with baroque paintings on the walls, small marble statues, and an elegant red carpet. There is a live band during the week, singing Mandarin favourites. During the break, some (not so) sexy dancers entertain the guests. According to management, they go topless on week-ends. House music, the exact same as in Sun City. A bit pricey : 42,000 Rp. for 1 Bali Hai (no Bintang). The crowd is a bit old, mostly men above their forties, coming with their cumare or taking a girl from the bencong mamasan..
Comedy Café
(Pasar Festival)
A gay and lesbian bar. They have live shows, which can be quite funny because it's really non-pretentious. The deco is quite original, and everything is done by the waiters to make you feel welcome, including inviting you on stage and laughing with you. A good address to try at least once, preferably on week-ends. There is another Comedy Cafe in KTS, Sudirman as well, but we haven't tried it yet.
"Enjoy the folklore of an out-of-norm bar eating a meat-free cheeseburger". SZ
De Leila
(Gatot Subroto)
"Arab bar. Many waiters getting bored, arab music with prostitutes and rich middle-easterners dancing. Billard and Le Tour de France on TV. Surprising". SZ
De Tao
(Jalan Kebon Sirih, near Jalan Jaksa and Sabang)
Restaurant/Lounge/Bar: Not so crowded, but the design is nice, and it holds one of the best podium in Jakarta.
Diamond's
(Behind Mall Lindeteves, Jl Labu)
Karaoke and bar with topless dancers. Bordello. The elevator to go there is scary, with the wires all over the place and a pole right in the middle.
Dizzy Lounge
(Jalan Kemang Raya)
Kemang club - Some good DJs sometimes but nothing really special. Might be closed
Domares Pub
(Jalan Wahid Hasyim)
It's not very good... same as Sing Sing So
Watch the video
Dragonfly
(Menara Jamsostek)
Just underwent some renovations. It is much bigger than the old one, but there is almost no dancefloor. Good music, good crowd, but pricey. Good on wednesdays.
Dreams
(Mangga Besar)
Another crazy Techno Kota place in Kota. Empty.
Ds
(Blok M)
Bar with a secret room where girls do strip-tease for 100,000rp. They have wet shirt competition. Maybe the most trashy place in the Blok.
Inside DS's secret room
Dyna Pub (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Near Ibis Tamarin, Jalan Wahid Hasiym)
Very, very kitschy bar, near Jalan Jaksa. The deco is made of postcards from old Batavia, posters of naked women, wayang puppets... Music: Ask the owner whatever you like.
Eastern Promise
(Kemang)
Friendly, laid-back expat pub with blues/jazz live bands on Wednesday in the nice semi-outdoor “beer” garden. Pool, darts, free wi-fi, newspapers and books available. The restaurant also serves good value British and Indian food. Owned by Bartele.
Embassy/Balcony/Wonderbar (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Taman Ria Senayan)
Good club, with house/techno music and international DJs coming at least once a month. Expensive. Next DJs coming: Peter Kruder (23 Nov), Booka Shade (7 Dec). The Balcony, the club upstairs, is semi-private but is not really worth paying for it in my opinion, except to show off.
"This high class crowded house club upstairs (Embassy) has his stairs down to the hell (Wonderbar), a dark empty kind-0f gloomy bar. A good example of the two faces of Jakarta". SZ
Embassy 21st
(Jalan Wahid Asyim)
Very popular with Indonesians in their 40s, they have live music (old indonesian favourites and dangdut).
Emerald in Hotel G2
(Hayam Wuruk next to Stadium)
Club next to Stadium. The disco is on the 4th floor. After it closes, some people finish there until the ecstasy drops, since the music is exactly the same. Not a very big dancefloor, but many tables. Nice actually but not so crowded. It has posters of Jim Morrison or the Gun's and Roses, a bit surprising. It also has an hotel where you can take your date from Stadium...
Emporium
(Jl Pecenongan)
Nasty place...
Episode
(Ascott Hotel)
Confortable bar, very cute waitresses. Good deco. A bit empty though.
Everest
(Blok M)
Friendly bar
"The owner is nice and will do all for your pleasure. For example, he will let you access to the DJ room to plan yourself the music." SZ.
Exotis
(Mangga Besar Raya)
Ugly, dirty place, with Techno Kota and lots of prostitutes.
"A part of the waiters job is to propose to you ‘girls to fuck’". SZ
Fashion Bar
(EX, next to Plaza Indonesia)
Expensive bar and not so-good everything, only for those who don’t have Fashion TV at home.
Flanagan's
(Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jl Thamrin)
The irish-est bar in Jakarta, if not the only.
Fonta (CLOSED, replaced by M Bar)
(Blok M)
Very original, a bar with Techno Kota in Blok M. It looks like a Stadium miniature. I've never seen the place crowded.
Forbidden Citi
(Kemang)
Lounge in Kemang, has gay and classic disco nights on Wednesdays. Comfortable mattresses.
Fortune
(Jl Mas Mansyur, near Menara Batavia, and in front of Hotel Le Meridien)
Disco/bar always empty. The massage parlour attracts many people though.
Gillian's
(Plaza Semanggi, one floor below Inul Vista Karaoke)
Pool bar, with friendly waitresses.
Golden Crown
(Glodok Plaza)
Most popular disco in Kota these days for many Indonesians. There is one huge Techno Kota room and one lounge with live music and house/progressive DJ. Only serves Anker beer. Very mixed crowd, making it an interesting place to go: rich Chinese, Indian, middle class indos, some bules....
Grand Manhattan
(Hotel Borobudur)
"Has a good live band on Friday evening and a very friendly atmosphere, mix of chinese, hotel customers, prostitutes, Indonesians and expats. Sometimes empty, sometimes full. Bar as surprising as unpredictable". SZ
Hard Rock Cafe
(EX, near Plaza Indonesia)
Never been there... very expensive and everybody says it sucks.
"Hard Rock Cafe is not really in Plaza Indonesia but in the X center next door. But now I see my list also shows Plaza Indonesia. I used to go to HR when it was over the road in the Sarinah Thamrin Building and it was pretty good for a while back then in the early 90s, sometimes with excellent live music. I once saw BB King, with a table right at the front a few metres from the big man." Comment from Rak, from http://www.bycel.com/
Hailai International Executive Club
(Ancol)
The biggest disco in Jakarta, unfortunately playing Techno Kota and quite dodgy. Very strange opening hours, it seems to be closed most of the time.
Happy Karaoke
(Pasar Rumput)
"Strange karaoke, with 3 rooms in the middle of the market. Bad smell, hard fo find the DVDs with the music you like. Voted worst karaoke in Jakarta, but so funny... Opened only during the day." SZ.
Haze Karaoke
(Lokasari Plaza)
The only Karaoke open 24/7 in Kota. It sucks, the sound system is a disaster and they will try to overcharge you. But still, it is a good address to know if you want to find a place to crash after all discos are closed on Monday morning.
Heaven
(Dharmawangsa Square)
The most popular gay club in Jakarta. House/progressive music. Entrance fee around Rp. 50,000. Many foreigners.
Hot Pant
(Daan Mogot)
Techno Kota. A girlie and ugly club
Iguana
(Holel Menteng, Jalan R.P. Soeroso, Menteng)
Dangdut bar...
"Deco is OK outside with a strange balcony, tables under umbrella, breathing the polluted air of a big street. The inside is quite surprising, as a basic dangdut club". SZ
Jalan Tebet
(Jalan Tebet Utara Dalam)
An animated convivial street in Tebet. A lot of nice fast food restaurants. Good music. Young and relax atmosphere. Chicha on the pavement: Excellent and cheap. SZ
K7
(Jalan Kunir 7, near Stasiun Kota)
A very good place but unfortunately often empty. Good house music and techno in the 2 rooms, Ibiza and Colisseum. The Colisseum is a really huge, impressive room, that looks just like... well, the Colisseum. No so many girls for a Kota nightclub, I think it's an exception.
They have international DJs once in a while: Armin Van Buuren, Christopher Lawrence...
Kama Sutra
(Crowne Plaza Hotel, Jalan Sudirman)
New bar replacing the Retro Disco, opened on December 1st. I don't think they changed anything compared to old Retro, except they removed the podium, which was really fun... As we said when leaving the club, it's the kind of place you go once.
KSC 17 (Kelinci & Scorpion Karaoke and Dangdut)
(Jalan Garuda 17, near Golden Boutique Hotel, Jakarta Pusat)
"A wonderfull low-class dangdut-disco-karaoke. The place is under renovation but it is still opened during the maintenance. Enjoy a warm Anker while listening to bad dangdut in an enormous empty room with no aircon." SZ.
Kudus
(The Sultan Hotel, ex-Hilton, Jalan Sudirman)
Nice classy bar, popular with businessman.
La Forca
(Setiabudi Food Court, Jl Rasuna Said)
Pool Bar with very loud music. Live band sometimes, and cute waitresses.
Lintas Melawai (CLOSED)
(Blok M)
Not done yet but reports indicates it might be closed.
Lone Star
(Jl Blora)
"Dangdut place next to Asmoro, and exactly the same kind of bar, except it is less crowded and less famous". SZ
Mad Dogs
(Cilandak Commercial Estate)
Oh la la... Cilandak !! This is very far for us... but I’ve heard it’s a friendly place, with good food, pool table, beer garden and sports on TV. Very functional then, very not-french.
Magnum (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Mall Bellagio, Mega Kuningan)
Wine bar, very relaxing and upmarket. Very good selection of wine and cigars
Maha Bar
(Hayam Wuruk)
Massage bar. Therefore not really a bar. Exactly the same as Tin Tin.
Manggarai Railroad
(Jalan Latu Harhari, in front of Setiabudi water pump)
Open-air Toko Disko located on Manggarai Railroad and playing Techno Kota, 15 meters from the bencong. It's a bit muddy if you want to dance, especially during rainy season. Sitting on stools, young girls selling sexual favors for less than Rp. 50,000. Very, very gloomy.
Malioboro Executive Club and Spa
(200 meters before Millenium Disco on Jalan Gadjah Mada)
Oh my god!! The place is hot!!
M Bar
(Blok M)
New bar that replaces Fonta. It has everything a bar in Blok M should have, except the customers for now.
Memories Cafe (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jalan Jaksa)
The most popular bar in Jalan Jaksa. It has a live music band almost every night, playing a mix of favorite indonesian pop song and classic Top 40. The drinks, especially beer is really cheap, around Rp. 18,000/bottle, so you will meet many backpackers, english teachers and mid-class indonesians. Lots of gays and “professional girlfriends”, hoping to meet a boyfriend among the travellers.
“I had great nights there, but it’s deadly boring most of the times. You meet so many strange people it's kind of feels like being at a freak show there” TO
Melawai Hotel
(Blok M)
Famous for its 6th floor. Not sure it’s even a bar.
Millenium
(Mall Gadja Madah)
Very big disco, with extremely loud Techno Kota. The sound system used to be the loudest in Asia. It's probably still true. Lots of Chinese, drugs and girls there, but it isn't so dodgy or dangerous. Same owner as 1001, Mille's and Hotel Batavia.
Mille's International Executive Club (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Lokasari Plaza, 8th Floor)
Almost always open, there are two rooms. One huge with Techno Kota and one smaller, more intimate, with very good house music. Most people go there after stadium so it reallys starts early in the morning. The second most popular Kota club after Stadium I think.
Mille's at 3AM on Sunday afternoon...
Mistere (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Ritz Carlton, Mega Kuningan)
Bar of the Ritz-Carlton. Salsa on Tuesday and Friday night. And with a second room with good live music for Jakarta standards. High prices.
ML Disco (or Moonlight/Moonlite Disko)
(Hayam Wuruk)
The gay club in Kota. Dangerous, dark, damn hot and scary. Reports indicates they bought one unit A/C about a month ago to replace the fans.
Monggo Mas
(Hayam Wuruk)
One of the worst club in Jakarta. Completely dark, aggressive, loud Techno Kota, drugs aplenty and prostitutes everywhere. You have to try it once.
Musro
(Hotel Borobudur)
Disco under renovation. Used to be one of the only club opened during Ramadhan
My Bar
(Blok M)
Girls bar with house/Rnb music. 10 girls for 1 guy ratio. Gloomy. Come there late and drunk if you want to have fun.
"Broken mirrors on the dance floor". SZ
Neo Martini Lounge & Bar
(New Menara Standard Chartered, 2nd Floor, Jl Prof. Dr. Satrio)
Ex-Black Pearl Martini Lounge and Bar, Neo is the latest addition in Jakarta's nightlife scene. Aimed at young expats, we hope it can become an escape for those of us tired with Red Square.
New China
(Kemang)
Popular bar with house/progressive music. Rp 60,000 entrance fee on week ends. Open till late (5am). Always quite crowded with university students.
New REM Maestro Dangdut
(Ancol, near Alexis Hotel)
"Another Dangdut bar in Ancol, a good way to escape the high class atmosphere of the Alexis when your are bored of it. Dance free in the middle of nowhere". SZ
New Stardust
(Last floor, in Sarinah Mall)
Funny club, the shittiest in central Jakarta. Large room with house music/Techno Kota. The pool bar is very old but OK because very quiet and cheap. Good view on the city.
Nine Muses
(on the way to Kemang)
Nice bar/restaurant, with some Live Jazz Band sometimes. Lots of gays and lesbians.
NR Live Dangdut
(Hotel Melati, Hayam Wuruk)
Dangdut bar in Hotel Melati. The ugliest bar I’ve ever done so far in Jakarta, by far. Seems like they started to renovate the place but stopped. Big rats in the entrance, toilets overflooded, dim lighting, ... it can be scaring!!
"Dirty hotel, dirty toilets, strange decoration… Has to be tried at least once !" SZ
Nuansa Permai
(Jl Labu)
Bordello, but also a venue for local dangdut band. Very local.
"The owner of this old and strange bar will encourage you to sing, clapping his hands, in order to make you stay longer". SZ
Nusabunga Cafe
(Jalan Wahid Hasyim)
4 walls, a cement floor and a ceiling: That's the less hip bar of Jakarta. The soft opening on March 92 brought local dangdut star Rhoma Irama for a 30 minutes set.
Oishisha Lounge
(Kemang)
Lounge bar, house/progressive music, cheap drinks and no entrance fee.
One Tree Bar
(Blok M)
Not done yet but knowing that it belongs to the same owner as Bugils and Cazbar, we know what to expect.
Oseki
(Jalan Cikini Raya)
Japanese karaoke owned by a mafia-like chinese guy. Try to avoid him.
Pasar Manggis
(Jalan Guntur)
Inside Pasar Manggis, you can find some little cafes, each with a loud sound system, a few tables, a fridge and some working girls. The patrons are mostly small income indonesians: My ojek driver goes there for instance. A very interesting place to discover if you are a bit adventurous.
"It’s a market during the day, and it becomes a very weird place at dusk, with prostitutes and Techno Kota or dangdut played loudly in small cafes improvised in the middle of the unsold fruits of the day". SZ
Pharaoh Pub and Karaoke
(Hotel Acacia, Jl. Kramat Raya)
Not done yet.
Pitstop
(Hotel Sari Pan Pacific, Jalan Thamrin)
Hotel bar. Nice live band on week-ends, mixed indonesian/bule crowd.
Public (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Taman Ria Senayan)
Well located club, near a small pond with quite many young/rich people and good house music. No entrance fee when we went there. If you don't mind the smell and the hot air, you can sit outside and talk because the music is not so loud there.
Pure
(Menaria Imperium, Jalan Rasuna Said)
One of Jakarta’s newest club. It can be a nice lounge, but for a club it’s a bit weird since the ground is rotating 360 degres on itself. Nice place, high prices. Better for having a drink or dinner than clubbing.
Raja Mas or Rajamas
(Jalan Hayam Wuruk, near Golden Crown Club)
Once a shitty kota disco, the place has just been renovated and I believe it’s now the most classy Techno Kota Disco in Jakarta, before Millenium, 1001 or Golden Crown. Very loud, there are 4 5-meters high speakers that will make you feel high even if you only had coffee. They are having special guests for their soft opening on the month of November : Agnes Monica (15th), Kerispatih (17th), Samsons (22nd), Radja (29th). Also has all the usual stuff for a one-stop-entertainment, including spa, karaoke, restaurant, etc... Beware because from the outside, the club looks terrible, but it isn't as bad inside.
Rasa Sayang
(Jalan Labu)
Small girlie club, with house music/dangdut/Techno Kota. Cheap drinks.
Red Square (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Senayan Arcadia)
The most popular expat bar in Jakarta, it actually really sucks on Friday and Saturday because it’s way too crowded. Best time to go there would have to be on Thursday night, when they have sexy dancers, pumping house music, people dancing on the tables and shows by the bartenders.
Best night spot in Jakarta if you're single male. Some prostitutes (more and more actually) but most girls aren't.
"Splurge : THE sexy waitress dancing on the table". SZ
Rich Club
(Permata Hijau Mall)
High class/Semi-private club with striptease/dancers.
Romance Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
Very small, intimate bar with lots of english teacher and other weirdos. One of the only bars in Jaksa with Air-con (with Absolut Bar). Cheap.
Safari
(Mangga Besar)
Trashy Techno Kota club in a dirty street of Mangga Besar. Be careful, the neon in the entrance is broken so the only sign you can read is " S.f..i". Most scary club in Jakarta according to drinking pal VL, but I beg to differ: Pasar Manggis or Manggarai is much worse.
Sands Executif Club
(Mangga Dua)
Big dark, loud disco near Novotel Hotel. Plays Techno Kota or live music. Has special "Funky House" parties on Sunday afternoon. Sexy dancers, apparently from China. It also has a spa and karaoke, opened until 2am.
Segarra (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Ancol, Pantai Carnival)
Cool cafe, very relaxing on Sundays evening.
Sing Sing So
(Jl. Wahid Hasim, next to Ibis Tamarin)
In a little strip on Jl Wahid Hasim, there are 4 or 5 bars with local bands singing old indonesian favorite. Funny. Sing Sing So is one of them, I forgot the name of the others.
Sparks Hotel, M n' B (Music and Bar)
(Jalan Mangga Besar)
The only place in Jakarta where I saw strippers going completely naked. (update 02/02/08: also in Ds, and Club 36 now).
Splash
(Kemang, near the McDonald's)
Cheap outdoor beer garden. Very popular, especially with the expat kids. Has shisha.
Sri Dewi
(Ancol, 300 meters before Hotel Alexis)
Very big dangdut place in Ancol, lots of prostitutes.
Stadium (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jalan Hayam Wuruk)
Best disco in Jakarta for me, extremely crowded on week-ends and for special events. It has four flours, each supposedly with different themes but it’s mainly techno played there. It is dark, big and possess a unique atmosphere. Drugs, prostitutes and other things are easily available. Just ask the waiters.
The owner of Stadium has a few other places, more specifically massage parlours and karaoke, namely Malioboro, Beverly Hills and Sumo.
Stix
(Park Lane Hotel)
One of the first Salsa bar in Jakarta. Good salsa/latino music live band. The crowd is above 30-something. Some working girls. Not been there in a really long time....
Sun City Luxury Club (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jalan Labu, 6th floor of Mall Lindeteves)
The newest club in Kota, very big and luxurious. It's starting to become really popular. House/progressive music and Live band during the week. Fantastic podium. Many chinese and many ayam. There's also a spa, a restaurant, a Hotel, a Karaoke, etc... Definitely a place to check !!
Super
(Jl Labu)
Super is super, according to SZ. Live band, hot beer, and massage parlours upstairs.
"You can also sing a bit if you like, encouraged by drunk customers who offer you Guinness and introduce you to prostitutes". SZ
Sydney 2000
(Hayam Wuruk)
Another huge one-stop entertainment in Kota, with pumping Techno Kota, girls and complete obscurity. Very agressive I thought. It's a nightmare to get out because the taxis are all crooks. So better you walk your way out until Hayam Wuruk...
Syuri
(Jalan Cikini Raya)
Japanese Karaoke. Very well decorated, it is really kitsch and funny. The mamasan are a bit pushy though and it can get annoying if you don’t want girls. Huge choice of songs : japanese, western and Indonesians mostly. A bit pricey.
Tiga Kuda
(Hotel Menteng II, Jl Cikini Raya)
Popular bar for middle easterners. Arab music but not only. Lots and lots of prostitutes. The entrance fee is 60,000 rp
Tiga Puluh
(Hotel Le Meridien, Jl Sudirman)
Bar with live band full of old prostitutes, a bit more hip-hop than CJ's and Bats. The crowd is more older and less funky than those of Bats and Cj's. Expensive and not really worth it. An old favourite of Jakarta's nightlife.
Today Country
(Lokasari Plaza)
"The Jakarta Far West. Wood decoration, lots of cows (prostitutes) caught by the Buffalo Bills (foreigners). Very loud techno, even at 4 PM on Sunday afternoon. A bit ugly".SZ
"Are you sure foreigners go there SZ?" TO
"Dear TO, yes there were 3 old bule with 10 prostitutes around last time I checked."SZ
Top Gun
(Blok M)
The most popular bar in Blok M, lots of girls and expats. Dirty podium. Pool table, live music, and always quite lively.
Top Ten Singing Hall
(Hayam Wuruk)
Apparently the defecation of the Top One Club in Daan Mogot. There is a large room with a live band playing Indonesian favorites, many prostitutes.
V2
(Jl Gadja Madah, 500 meters before Gadja Madah Plaza)
The bar is quite fun, a bit like the Play in Hotel Alexis. Sexy dancers and Live Band. A little bit too dark maybe.
Velvet
(Hotel Red Top)
Bar with live music and DJ on week-ends.
Velvet means purple
Vertigo/X-lounge
(Plaza Semanggi, 17th Floor)
Vertigo for Techno music, X-Lounge for RnB/Hip Hop. Used to be very hip but it has now lost some of its appeal compared to X2 /Blowfish/Dragonfly. Currently being renovated so we'll check the place again when it reopens.
X2-Equinox-Vintage
(Plaza Senayan)
The BIG club in south Jakarta. Amazing that despites the size and the price (around Rp. 100,000), it always manages to be completely packed. 3 rooms, RnB, House/Progressive/Techno and Lounge. Hosts International DJ's sometimes (recently Gabriel & Dresden, Benny Benassy and on November 16th, Above and Beyond). I don't really like it, too big for me.
Benny Benassi in X2
Zen Club
(Jl Thamrin)
Unofficial bordello. Expensive karaoke/spa for rich Indonesians/Chinese and discreet Expats. Entrance fee is 75,000 min. Amazing looking girls though. Sexy dancers, maybe topless, but I didn't have my glasses that day. Classy enough to bring clients (if you work in oil).
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People asked us to create an English version of Crazy Night$ In Jakarta, our French blog where we try to uncover some of Jakarta's hidden nightspots. But the truth is our English sucks, and we don’t have time. So we found a compromise by making short reviews about 100 bars and clubs in Jakarta : The Jakarta One Hundred. Hope you will like it... please drop some comments if you have any suggestions and we'll add it to the page!
New features: We've added some photos for some of the bars, click on the name of the bar to see them.
For vocabulary: We call Techno Kota the head-banging music they play in some of Kota's clubs... sounds like spanish makina.
1001 or Seribu Satu or Thousand and One
(Hayam Wuruk, next to Stadium)
Classy, huge "one-stop entertainment nightclub", but not so crowded. The music is Techno Kota, except in the lounge where they have prostitutes from all over the globe. That’s why they call it an International Executive Club I guess, because we’ve never seen a foreigner there.
2nd Floor
(Kemang)
High school bar, really cheap. Music was Top 40 last time I came.
Absolut Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
One of the only bar in Jaksa with air-con. Lots of English teachers and journalists. Free pool table, darts, cheap beer, Premier League Soccer games on screen and always quite crowded by the same group of people. Nice.
Alexis Hotel
(Ancol, Jl. R. E. Martadinata No. 1 North Jakarta)
It’s not really an hotel, it’s more like a bordello. You’ve got a good club downstairs, The Play, with house/progressive music and sexy dancers, and a very select lounge/spa on the seventh floor, the Bathhouse, with girls from countries as far as Uzbekistan, Myanmar or Russia coming to entertain the patrons. Entrance fee for the Bathhouse lounge is Rp. 120,000, and no drinks included. Also a karaoke (I forgot the name), very nice, with flat screen TV and audio equipment suitable for outdoor concerts. Goddam expensive though, about Rp 3.5 million for 4 people.
Ali’s Bar
(Jalan Jaksa)
Bar of the african community in Jakarta .
Aphrodite
(Club Rasuna, near Pasar Festival, Jl Rasuna Said)
The bar caters to the expats living in Taman Rasuna. Always quite crowded, good food. English Premier League Football games and Fashion TV on one of the dozen plasma screen. Popular hang-out for Indonesian girls as well. You guessed why.
Asmoro (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jl Blora)
The most famous dangdut bar in Jakarta. Interesting if you want to experience something different in Jakarta. A bit dodgy and not so dangerous, just a few hundred meters from Plaza Indonesia.
"The first time you hate it because you don’t understand it. The 3rd, the place is yours and you are the queen of the dancefloor, requesting ‘kucing garong’." SZ
Athena
(Kota, near the canal)
Surrealistic club in Kota, on the border of the canal. Loud Music, very dark and apart from the waiters and the usual working girls, no customers.
Babyface (CLOSED)
(Sarinah)
It’s closed baby, and it’s better this way.
Batavia Disco (CLOSED)
(Hotel Batavia, Jalan Kali Besar)
Bats
(Hotel Shangri-La)
Very, very popular bar among expatriates. Easy to know why, counting the number of pretty girls. Live band, imported from Quebec the more often and playing Top 40 songs. A bit annoying because it's hard to talk and hard to find a place to seat. The entrance fee is quite expensive, around Rp. 80,000, but they will serve you a very large beer. Good to go on Sunday or Monday because it is one of the few places still crowded. Very tasty steaks at the restaurant.
BB’s
(Plaza Menteng, Jl Cokroaminoto)
Popular with european expats and the alternative crowd. Reggae/blues concerts. Tony Q plays on Friday nights, bringing along a large crowd of fans.
"Laid-back atmosphere, different from the rest of Jakarta's bars". SZ
Bengkel Night Club
(Semanggi)
Techno club, good sound system. One their website they consider themselves as the biggest nightclub in the world, with 15,000 people capacity. We really need to check then.
Bedroom
(Icon Commercial Building 4th fl Jl Kemang Raya 15)
Long time I haven’t been there. Club that looks like all Kemang's club, except they have kind of small beds, very cozy to have a drink and relax. Haunt of the high-school kids.
Betawi Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
Cafe popular with both expats and Indonesians. On Saturday nights, good live band, rock or reggae. It was used as a setting during the shooting of the sinetron Jalan Jaksa.
Beverly Hills
(Kota)
It might be a club where they might have strippers and it might be owned by the same guy who owns the Stadium, but we couldn't find the place. Anybody who went there is welcome to comment.
Beyond Lounge
(Jl Iskandarsya, in front of Pasaraya Grande)
Lounge/club with house music. We got kicked out for no reasons, just after buying four long islands, because a customer (apparently the manager of Dewa) didn't like us. I'm sure it's good though.
BFC Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
Outdoor cafe/bar in Jalan Jaksa, the street where you can find cheap hotels in Jakarta, with live music sometimes. Nice to drink a beer and talk to backpackers.
Bin's Club
(Lokasari Plaza)
Funny karaoke, but it has nothing really special compared to other Karaoke in Lokasari. Usual girls and fuck rooms upstairs.
Black Canyon
(Dharmawangsa square)
Quite popular salsa nights on Saturday nights. Otherwise, it's a regular bar. Doesn’t sell alcohol except beer.
Black Cat
(Senayan Arcadia)
Classy jazz Bar with very good live performances. The seats are not so comfortable though and it’s a bit too dark. Quite romantic.
Black Pearl Martini Lounge & Bar (CLOSED)
French club, or at least french owner. Used to be located in Permata Hijau and is supposed to move to Menara Satrio. The old place was expensive and pretentious.
Blowfish
(Wisma Mulia, Gatot Subroto)
The most popular club among the Jakarta elite. Lots of Chinese, lots of money. You don't really go to Blowfish to have fun, but rather to be seen. The music is good though, usually Rnb. Dubfire, one of the two Deep Dish, will play there on Dec 12th.
Blue Print
(Twin Plaza Hotel, Jalan S. Parman)
Club located on top of Twin Plaza, near Taman Anggrek. Nice view, nice sofa but a bit old. Doesn't seem to attract many customers apart from the Hotel client and a few working girls.
Bliss-Loft 25
(Menara Jamsostek, Gatot Subroto)
2 rooms, one with hip-hop and Rn’B music, the other one with house music. Very young crowd (16-20) but can be nice sometimes because young kids know how to party. Too many people throwing up though. Nice view on Jakarta by night.
Bugil's
(Taman Ria Senayan)
Very popular expat bar. Cute waitresses that usually end up marrying a customer. Live music and good atmosphere... It's a good place to meet new people if you're are new in Jakarta.
Bunker
(Classic Hotel, Jl. K.H. Samanhudi 43-45, Pasar Baru)
Cf. Classic Club (below).
Burgundy
(Hyatt Hotel)
Expensive drinks, but classy bar with live jazz music and businessmen.
Cafe Queen
(Jl Halimun)
Very local dangdut bar, the place is quite dodgy and can become really hot since it has no air-con. The entrance is a bit hidden, just a small door on a small street next to the Cafe Queen warung.
"When you’re bored of the loud head-banging music, you can relax eating apples or drinking es campur on the terrace, or call your friends from the wartel upstairs". SZ
Cazbar
(Mega Kuningan)
Expat bar, good for watching a football game. Free wi-fi.
Centro
(Dharmawangsa Square)
Good disco, though the crowd is a bit too young. Some good DJs. Gay nights on Sundays. One of Jakarta's most popular nightclub.
"Magic podium!". SZ
Cilantro
(Tower BNI)
Bars located in Jakarta’s highest tower. Live jazz band and really nice view. Perfect for a date.
CJs
(Hotel Mulia)
Hotel bar, therefore lots of prostitutes and foreigners. Live music and high prices. The bar underwent renovation, and became a bit more classy than it used too. Kind of Red Square-esque I think.
Classic Club (or Bunker)
(Classic Hotel, Jl. K.H. Samanhudi 43-45, Pasar Baru)
I went there after hearing of a club named "the Bunker"... enough to arouse my curiosity. It took me two months of investigations to find it. The bar is a whorehouse, a bit like Malioboro, with strippers and prostitutes (a lot of Russians and Uzbek). The patrons are mostly indonesians in their 30s or 40s, so the music is not the hippest you will hear in Jakarta.
Bar, lounge, billiard and dancefloor available. Place full of prostitutes from everywhere in the world. Big and strange sculpture. SZ
Club 36
(Jalan Labu, Hotel Jayakarta)
Nice small club, with house music and RnB. Topless Thai and Chinese dancers. Popular with the Chinese community. Always crowded.
Club Bulgary
(Jalan Hayam Wuruk, 72)
Opened at the beginning of November 2007, this club is 100% chinese. The lounge is quite small and doesn’t have a dancefloor. It looks like an old fashion cabaret, with baroque paintings on the walls, small marble statues, and an elegant red carpet. There is a live band during the week, singing Mandarin favourites. During the break, some (not so) sexy dancers entertain the guests. According to management, they go topless on week-ends. House music, the exact same as in Sun City. A bit pricey : 42,000 Rp. for 1 Bali Hai (no Bintang). The crowd is a bit old, mostly men above their forties, coming with their cumare or taking a girl from the bencong mamasan..
Comedy Café
(Pasar Festival)
A gay and lesbian bar. They have live shows, which can be quite funny because it's really non-pretentious. The deco is quite original, and everything is done by the waiters to make you feel welcome, including inviting you on stage and laughing with you. A good address to try at least once, preferably on week-ends. There is another Comedy Cafe in KTS, Sudirman as well, but we haven't tried it yet.
"Enjoy the folklore of an out-of-norm bar eating a meat-free cheeseburger". SZ
De Leila
(Gatot Subroto)
"Arab bar. Many waiters getting bored, arab music with prostitutes and rich middle-easterners dancing. Billard and Le Tour de France on TV. Surprising". SZ
De Tao
(Jalan Kebon Sirih, near Jalan Jaksa and Sabang)
Restaurant/Lounge/Bar: Not so crowded, but the design is nice, and it holds one of the best podium in Jakarta.
Diamond's
(Behind Mall Lindeteves, Jl Labu)
Karaoke and bar with topless dancers. Bordello. The elevator to go there is scary, with the wires all over the place and a pole right in the middle.
Dizzy Lounge
(Jalan Kemang Raya)
Kemang club - Some good DJs sometimes but nothing really special. Might be closed
Domares Pub
(Jalan Wahid Hasyim)
It's not very good... same as Sing Sing So
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Dragonfly
(Menara Jamsostek)
Just underwent some renovations. It is much bigger than the old one, but there is almost no dancefloor. Good music, good crowd, but pricey. Good on wednesdays.
Dreams
(Mangga Besar)
Another crazy Techno Kota place in Kota. Empty.
Ds
(Blok M)
Bar with a secret room where girls do strip-tease for 100,000rp. They have wet shirt competition. Maybe the most trashy place in the Blok.
Inside DS's secret room
Dyna Pub (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Near Ibis Tamarin, Jalan Wahid Hasiym)
Very, very kitschy bar, near Jalan Jaksa. The deco is made of postcards from old Batavia, posters of naked women, wayang puppets... Music: Ask the owner whatever you like.
Eastern Promise
(Kemang)
Friendly, laid-back expat pub with blues/jazz live bands on Wednesday in the nice semi-outdoor “beer” garden. Pool, darts, free wi-fi, newspapers and books available. The restaurant also serves good value British and Indian food. Owned by Bartele.
Embassy/Balcony/Wonderbar (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Taman Ria Senayan)
Good club, with house/techno music and international DJs coming at least once a month. Expensive. Next DJs coming: Peter Kruder (23 Nov), Booka Shade (7 Dec). The Balcony, the club upstairs, is semi-private but is not really worth paying for it in my opinion, except to show off.
"This high class crowded house club upstairs (Embassy) has his stairs down to the hell (Wonderbar), a dark empty kind-0f gloomy bar. A good example of the two faces of Jakarta". SZ
Embassy 21st
(Jalan Wahid Asyim)
Very popular with Indonesians in their 40s, they have live music (old indonesian favourites and dangdut).
Emerald in Hotel G2
(Hayam Wuruk next to Stadium)
Club next to Stadium. The disco is on the 4th floor. After it closes, some people finish there until the ecstasy drops, since the music is exactly the same. Not a very big dancefloor, but many tables. Nice actually but not so crowded. It has posters of Jim Morrison or the Gun's and Roses, a bit surprising. It also has an hotel where you can take your date from Stadium...
Emporium
(Jl Pecenongan)
Nasty place...
Episode
(Ascott Hotel)
Confortable bar, very cute waitresses. Good deco. A bit empty though.
Everest
(Blok M)
Friendly bar
"The owner is nice and will do all for your pleasure. For example, he will let you access to the DJ room to plan yourself the music." SZ.
Exotis
(Mangga Besar Raya)
Ugly, dirty place, with Techno Kota and lots of prostitutes.
"A part of the waiters job is to propose to you ‘girls to fuck’". SZ
Fashion Bar
(EX, next to Plaza Indonesia)
Expensive bar and not so-good everything, only for those who don’t have Fashion TV at home.
Flanagan's
(Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jl Thamrin)
The irish-est bar in Jakarta, if not the only.
Fonta (CLOSED, replaced by M Bar)
(Blok M)
Very original, a bar with Techno Kota in Blok M. It looks like a Stadium miniature. I've never seen the place crowded.
Forbidden Citi
(Kemang)
Lounge in Kemang, has gay and classic disco nights on Wednesdays. Comfortable mattresses.
Fortune
(Jl Mas Mansyur, near Menara Batavia, and in front of Hotel Le Meridien)
Disco/bar always empty. The massage parlour attracts many people though.
Gillian's
(Plaza Semanggi, one floor below Inul Vista Karaoke)
Pool bar, with friendly waitresses.
Golden Crown
(Glodok Plaza)
Most popular disco in Kota these days for many Indonesians. There is one huge Techno Kota room and one lounge with live music and house/progressive DJ. Only serves Anker beer. Very mixed crowd, making it an interesting place to go: rich Chinese, Indian, middle class indos, some bules....
Grand Manhattan
(Hotel Borobudur)
"Has a good live band on Friday evening and a very friendly atmosphere, mix of chinese, hotel customers, prostitutes, Indonesians and expats. Sometimes empty, sometimes full. Bar as surprising as unpredictable". SZ
Hard Rock Cafe
(EX, near Plaza Indonesia)
Never been there... very expensive and everybody says it sucks.
"Hard Rock Cafe is not really in Plaza Indonesia but in the X center next door. But now I see my list also shows Plaza Indonesia. I used to go to HR when it was over the road in the Sarinah Thamrin Building and it was pretty good for a while back then in the early 90s, sometimes with excellent live music. I once saw BB King, with a table right at the front a few metres from the big man." Comment from Rak, from http://www.bycel.com/
Hailai International Executive Club
(Ancol)
The biggest disco in Jakarta, unfortunately playing Techno Kota and quite dodgy. Very strange opening hours, it seems to be closed most of the time.
Happy Karaoke
(Pasar Rumput)
"Strange karaoke, with 3 rooms in the middle of the market. Bad smell, hard fo find the DVDs with the music you like. Voted worst karaoke in Jakarta, but so funny... Opened only during the day." SZ.
Haze Karaoke
(Lokasari Plaza)
The only Karaoke open 24/7 in Kota. It sucks, the sound system is a disaster and they will try to overcharge you. But still, it is a good address to know if you want to find a place to crash after all discos are closed on Monday morning.
Heaven
(Dharmawangsa Square)
The most popular gay club in Jakarta. House/progressive music. Entrance fee around Rp. 50,000. Many foreigners.
Hot Pant
(Daan Mogot)
Techno Kota. A girlie and ugly club
Iguana
(Holel Menteng, Jalan R.P. Soeroso, Menteng)
Dangdut bar...
"Deco is OK outside with a strange balcony, tables under umbrella, breathing the polluted air of a big street. The inside is quite surprising, as a basic dangdut club". SZ
Jalan Tebet
(Jalan Tebet Utara Dalam)
An animated convivial street in Tebet. A lot of nice fast food restaurants. Good music. Young and relax atmosphere. Chicha on the pavement: Excellent and cheap. SZ
K7
(Jalan Kunir 7, near Stasiun Kota)
A very good place but unfortunately often empty. Good house music and techno in the 2 rooms, Ibiza and Colisseum. The Colisseum is a really huge, impressive room, that looks just like... well, the Colisseum. No so many girls for a Kota nightclub, I think it's an exception.
They have international DJs once in a while: Armin Van Buuren, Christopher Lawrence...
Kama Sutra
(Crowne Plaza Hotel, Jalan Sudirman)
New bar replacing the Retro Disco, opened on December 1st. I don't think they changed anything compared to old Retro, except they removed the podium, which was really fun... As we said when leaving the club, it's the kind of place you go once.
KSC 17 (Kelinci & Scorpion Karaoke and Dangdut)
(Jalan Garuda 17, near Golden Boutique Hotel, Jakarta Pusat)
"A wonderfull low-class dangdut-disco-karaoke. The place is under renovation but it is still opened during the maintenance. Enjoy a warm Anker while listening to bad dangdut in an enormous empty room with no aircon." SZ.
Kudus
(The Sultan Hotel, ex-Hilton, Jalan Sudirman)
Nice classy bar, popular with businessman.
La Forca
(Setiabudi Food Court, Jl Rasuna Said)
Pool Bar with very loud music. Live band sometimes, and cute waitresses.
Lintas Melawai (CLOSED)
(Blok M)
Not done yet but reports indicates it might be closed.
Lone Star
(Jl Blora)
"Dangdut place next to Asmoro, and exactly the same kind of bar, except it is less crowded and less famous". SZ
Mad Dogs
(Cilandak Commercial Estate)
Oh la la... Cilandak !! This is very far for us... but I’ve heard it’s a friendly place, with good food, pool table, beer garden and sports on TV. Very functional then, very not-french.
Magnum (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Mall Bellagio, Mega Kuningan)
Wine bar, very relaxing and upmarket. Very good selection of wine and cigars
Maha Bar
(Hayam Wuruk)
Massage bar. Therefore not really a bar. Exactly the same as Tin Tin.
Manggarai Railroad
(Jalan Latu Harhari, in front of Setiabudi water pump)
Open-air Toko Disko located on Manggarai Railroad and playing Techno Kota, 15 meters from the bencong. It's a bit muddy if you want to dance, especially during rainy season. Sitting on stools, young girls selling sexual favors for less than Rp. 50,000. Very, very gloomy.
Malioboro Executive Club and Spa
(200 meters before Millenium Disco on Jalan Gadjah Mada)
Oh my god!! The place is hot!!
M Bar
(Blok M)
New bar that replaces Fonta. It has everything a bar in Blok M should have, except the customers for now.
Memories Cafe (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jalan Jaksa)
The most popular bar in Jalan Jaksa. It has a live music band almost every night, playing a mix of favorite indonesian pop song and classic Top 40. The drinks, especially beer is really cheap, around Rp. 18,000/bottle, so you will meet many backpackers, english teachers and mid-class indonesians. Lots of gays and “professional girlfriends”, hoping to meet a boyfriend among the travellers.
“I had great nights there, but it’s deadly boring most of the times. You meet so many strange people it's kind of feels like being at a freak show there” TO
Melawai Hotel
(Blok M)
Famous for its 6th floor. Not sure it’s even a bar.
Millenium
(Mall Gadja Madah)
Very big disco, with extremely loud Techno Kota. The sound system used to be the loudest in Asia. It's probably still true. Lots of Chinese, drugs and girls there, but it isn't so dodgy or dangerous. Same owner as 1001, Mille's and Hotel Batavia.
Mille's International Executive Club (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Lokasari Plaza, 8th Floor)
Almost always open, there are two rooms. One huge with Techno Kota and one smaller, more intimate, with very good house music. Most people go there after stadium so it reallys starts early in the morning. The second most popular Kota club after Stadium I think.
Mille's at 3AM on Sunday afternoon...
Mistere (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Ritz Carlton, Mega Kuningan)
Bar of the Ritz-Carlton. Salsa on Tuesday and Friday night. And with a second room with good live music for Jakarta standards. High prices.
ML Disco (or Moonlight/Moonlite Disko)
(Hayam Wuruk)
The gay club in Kota. Dangerous, dark, damn hot and scary. Reports indicates they bought one unit A/C about a month ago to replace the fans.
Monggo Mas
(Hayam Wuruk)
One of the worst club in Jakarta. Completely dark, aggressive, loud Techno Kota, drugs aplenty and prostitutes everywhere. You have to try it once.
Musro
(Hotel Borobudur)
Disco under renovation. Used to be one of the only club opened during Ramadhan
My Bar
(Blok M)
Girls bar with house/Rnb music. 10 girls for 1 guy ratio. Gloomy. Come there late and drunk if you want to have fun.
"Broken mirrors on the dance floor". SZ
Neo Martini Lounge & Bar
(New Menara Standard Chartered, 2nd Floor, Jl Prof. Dr. Satrio)
Ex-Black Pearl Martini Lounge and Bar, Neo is the latest addition in Jakarta's nightlife scene. Aimed at young expats, we hope it can become an escape for those of us tired with Red Square.
New China
(Kemang)
Popular bar with house/progressive music. Rp 60,000 entrance fee on week ends. Open till late (5am). Always quite crowded with university students.
New REM Maestro Dangdut
(Ancol, near Alexis Hotel)
"Another Dangdut bar in Ancol, a good way to escape the high class atmosphere of the Alexis when your are bored of it. Dance free in the middle of nowhere". SZ
New Stardust
(Last floor, in Sarinah Mall)
Funny club, the shittiest in central Jakarta. Large room with house music/Techno Kota. The pool bar is very old but OK because very quiet and cheap. Good view on the city.
Nine Muses
(on the way to Kemang)
Nice bar/restaurant, with some Live Jazz Band sometimes. Lots of gays and lesbians.
NR Live Dangdut
(Hotel Melati, Hayam Wuruk)
Dangdut bar in Hotel Melati. The ugliest bar I’ve ever done so far in Jakarta, by far. Seems like they started to renovate the place but stopped. Big rats in the entrance, toilets overflooded, dim lighting, ... it can be scaring!!
"Dirty hotel, dirty toilets, strange decoration… Has to be tried at least once !" SZ
Nuansa Permai
(Jl Labu)
Bordello, but also a venue for local dangdut band. Very local.
"The owner of this old and strange bar will encourage you to sing, clapping his hands, in order to make you stay longer". SZ
Nusabunga Cafe
(Jalan Wahid Hasyim)
4 walls, a cement floor and a ceiling: That's the less hip bar of Jakarta. The soft opening on March 92 brought local dangdut star Rhoma Irama for a 30 minutes set.
Oishisha Lounge
(Kemang)
Lounge bar, house/progressive music, cheap drinks and no entrance fee.
One Tree Bar
(Blok M)
Not done yet but knowing that it belongs to the same owner as Bugils and Cazbar, we know what to expect.
Oseki
(Jalan Cikini Raya)
Japanese karaoke owned by a mafia-like chinese guy. Try to avoid him.
Pasar Manggis
(Jalan Guntur)
Inside Pasar Manggis, you can find some little cafes, each with a loud sound system, a few tables, a fridge and some working girls. The patrons are mostly small income indonesians: My ojek driver goes there for instance. A very interesting place to discover if you are a bit adventurous.
"It’s a market during the day, and it becomes a very weird place at dusk, with prostitutes and Techno Kota or dangdut played loudly in small cafes improvised in the middle of the unsold fruits of the day". SZ
Pharaoh Pub and Karaoke
(Hotel Acacia, Jl. Kramat Raya)
Not done yet.
Pitstop
(Hotel Sari Pan Pacific, Jalan Thamrin)
Hotel bar. Nice live band on week-ends, mixed indonesian/bule crowd.
Public (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Taman Ria Senayan)
Well located club, near a small pond with quite many young/rich people and good house music. No entrance fee when we went there. If you don't mind the smell and the hot air, you can sit outside and talk because the music is not so loud there.
Pure
(Menaria Imperium, Jalan Rasuna Said)
One of Jakarta’s newest club. It can be a nice lounge, but for a club it’s a bit weird since the ground is rotating 360 degres on itself. Nice place, high prices. Better for having a drink or dinner than clubbing.
Raja Mas or Rajamas
(Jalan Hayam Wuruk, near Golden Crown Club)
Once a shitty kota disco, the place has just been renovated and I believe it’s now the most classy Techno Kota Disco in Jakarta, before Millenium, 1001 or Golden Crown. Very loud, there are 4 5-meters high speakers that will make you feel high even if you only had coffee. They are having special guests for their soft opening on the month of November : Agnes Monica (15th), Kerispatih (17th), Samsons (22nd), Radja (29th). Also has all the usual stuff for a one-stop-entertainment, including spa, karaoke, restaurant, etc... Beware because from the outside, the club looks terrible, but it isn't as bad inside.
Rasa Sayang
(Jalan Labu)
Small girlie club, with house music/dangdut/Techno Kota. Cheap drinks.
Red Square (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Senayan Arcadia)
The most popular expat bar in Jakarta, it actually really sucks on Friday and Saturday because it’s way too crowded. Best time to go there would have to be on Thursday night, when they have sexy dancers, pumping house music, people dancing on the tables and shows by the bartenders.
Best night spot in Jakarta if you're single male. Some prostitutes (more and more actually) but most girls aren't.
"Splurge : THE sexy waitress dancing on the table". SZ
Rich Club
(Permata Hijau Mall)
High class/Semi-private club with striptease/dancers.
Romance Cafe
(Jalan Jaksa)
Very small, intimate bar with lots of english teacher and other weirdos. One of the only bars in Jaksa with Air-con (with Absolut Bar). Cheap.
Safari
(Mangga Besar)
Trashy Techno Kota club in a dirty street of Mangga Besar. Be careful, the neon in the entrance is broken so the only sign you can read is " S.f..i". Most scary club in Jakarta according to drinking pal VL, but I beg to differ: Pasar Manggis or Manggarai is much worse.
Sands Executif Club
(Mangga Dua)
Big dark, loud disco near Novotel Hotel. Plays Techno Kota or live music. Has special "Funky House" parties on Sunday afternoon. Sexy dancers, apparently from China. It also has a spa and karaoke, opened until 2am.
Segarra (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Ancol, Pantai Carnival)
Cool cafe, very relaxing on Sundays evening.
Sing Sing So
(Jl. Wahid Hasim, next to Ibis Tamarin)
In a little strip on Jl Wahid Hasim, there are 4 or 5 bars with local bands singing old indonesian favorite. Funny. Sing Sing So is one of them, I forgot the name of the others.
Sparks Hotel, M n' B (Music and Bar)
(Jalan Mangga Besar)
The only place in Jakarta where I saw strippers going completely naked. (update 02/02/08: also in Ds, and Club 36 now).
Splash
(Kemang, near the McDonald's)
Cheap outdoor beer garden. Very popular, especially with the expat kids. Has shisha.
Sri Dewi
(Ancol, 300 meters before Hotel Alexis)
Very big dangdut place in Ancol, lots of prostitutes.
Stadium (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jalan Hayam Wuruk)
Best disco in Jakarta for me, extremely crowded on week-ends and for special events. It has four flours, each supposedly with different themes but it’s mainly techno played there. It is dark, big and possess a unique atmosphere. Drugs, prostitutes and other things are easily available. Just ask the waiters.
The owner of Stadium has a few other places, more specifically massage parlours and karaoke, namely Malioboro, Beverly Hills and Sumo.
Stix
(Park Lane Hotel)
One of the first Salsa bar in Jakarta. Good salsa/latino music live band. The crowd is above 30-something. Some working girls. Not been there in a really long time....
Sun City Luxury Club (One of Blog Jakarta Team Nightlife Favourite's)
(Jalan Labu, 6th floor of Mall Lindeteves)
The newest club in Kota, very big and luxurious. It's starting to become really popular. House/progressive music and Live band during the week. Fantastic podium. Many chinese and many ayam. There's also a spa, a restaurant, a Hotel, a Karaoke, etc... Definitely a place to check !!
Super
(Jl Labu)
Super is super, according to SZ. Live band, hot beer, and massage parlours upstairs.
"You can also sing a bit if you like, encouraged by drunk customers who offer you Guinness and introduce you to prostitutes". SZ
Sydney 2000
(Hayam Wuruk)
Another huge one-stop entertainment in Kota, with pumping Techno Kota, girls and complete obscurity. Very agressive I thought. It's a nightmare to get out because the taxis are all crooks. So better you walk your way out until Hayam Wuruk...
Syuri
(Jalan Cikini Raya)
Japanese Karaoke. Very well decorated, it is really kitsch and funny. The mamasan are a bit pushy though and it can get annoying if you don’t want girls. Huge choice of songs : japanese, western and Indonesians mostly. A bit pricey.
Tiga Kuda
(Hotel Menteng II, Jl Cikini Raya)
Popular bar for middle easterners. Arab music but not only. Lots and lots of prostitutes. The entrance fee is 60,000 rp
Tiga Puluh
(Hotel Le Meridien, Jl Sudirman)
Bar with live band full of old prostitutes, a bit more hip-hop than CJ's and Bats. The crowd is more older and less funky than those of Bats and Cj's. Expensive and not really worth it. An old favourite of Jakarta's nightlife.
Today Country
(Lokasari Plaza)
"The Jakarta Far West. Wood decoration, lots of cows (prostitutes) caught by the Buffalo Bills (foreigners). Very loud techno, even at 4 PM on Sunday afternoon. A bit ugly".SZ
"Are you sure foreigners go there SZ?" TO
"Dear TO, yes there were 3 old bule with 10 prostitutes around last time I checked."SZ
Top Gun
(Blok M)
The most popular bar in Blok M, lots of girls and expats. Dirty podium. Pool table, live music, and always quite lively.
Top Ten Singing Hall
(Hayam Wuruk)
Apparently the defecation of the Top One Club in Daan Mogot. There is a large room with a live band playing Indonesian favorites, many prostitutes.
V2
(Jl Gadja Madah, 500 meters before Gadja Madah Plaza)
The bar is quite fun, a bit like the Play in Hotel Alexis. Sexy dancers and Live Band. A little bit too dark maybe.
Velvet
(Hotel Red Top)
Bar with live music and DJ on week-ends.
Velvet means purple
Vertigo/X-lounge
(Plaza Semanggi, 17th Floor)
Vertigo for Techno music, X-Lounge for RnB/Hip Hop. Used to be very hip but it has now lost some of its appeal compared to X2 /Blowfish/Dragonfly. Currently being renovated so we'll check the place again when it reopens.
X2-Equinox-Vintage
(Plaza Senayan)
The BIG club in south Jakarta. Amazing that despites the size and the price (around Rp. 100,000), it always manages to be completely packed. 3 rooms, RnB, House/Progressive/Techno and Lounge. Hosts International DJ's sometimes (recently Gabriel & Dresden, Benny Benassy and on November 16th, Above and Beyond). I don't really like it, too big for me.
Benny Benassi in X2
Zen Club
(Jl Thamrin)
Unofficial bordello. Expensive karaoke/spa for rich Indonesians/Chinese and discreet Expats. Entrance fee is 75,000 min. Amazing looking girls though. Sexy dancers, maybe topless, but I didn't have my glasses that day. Classy enough to bring clients (if you work in oil).
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2008年4月19日 星期六
长平：西藏——真相与民族主义情绪
拉薩事件发生以后，小道消息迅速传开，但是国内媒体照例噤声。连续几天，各家媒体上都只有西藏自治区负责人的简短通报和谈话。通报中，对于事件的描述只有一句：“近日，拉薩极少数人进行打、砸、抢、烧破坏活动。”相当于一个标题新闻。民众从谈话对達賴集团的严厉谴责中，已经知道此事非同小可，自然愿闻其详。依循过去的经验，很多人通过境外媒体来获取更多消息。此时，几个揭露境外媒体虚假报道的帖子和视频却在网上流传开来，很快就酿成了一场中國民众愤怒声讨西方媒体的网络事件，出现了一些命名为“反 CNN”、“反BBC”、“反美國之音”的网站。
根据网民搜集的材料，包括德国、美国、英国和印度在内的一些国家的媒体对拉薩事件的报道中出现了明显的事实错误。从新闻职业规范来看，有些错误非常低级，甚至有刻意误导的嫌疑。尽管有几家媒体进行了道歉和更正，但是失实新闻造成的伤害既成事实，难以得到中國民众的谅解。跟任何虚假新闻一样，这个伤害首先指向媒体自身的公信力，一万个真实也挽救不了一个谎言。在此事的后续报道中，在将来的其他重大事件中，倘或中國媒体同样不能自由报道，而境外媒体又变得面目可疑，那么真相从何处来呢？
一些揭露境外媒体虚假报道的网民宣称，他们要用行动让世人看到拉薩事件的真相。这个说法逻辑不通，因为他们的行动只能让人看见西方媒体报道不实的这个真相。拉薩究竟发生了什么？大多数中國人看到的只有政府在封锁消息几天之后统一发布的新闻。对于任何来源单一的垄断性新闻发布，我不敢说它是假的，但是也不能确认它是真的。事实上，境外媒体大多称之为“中國政府精心编织的真相”。随后政府组织外国记者赴藏采访，他们的报道大多也没有翻译过来。由于声讨西方媒体热浪当头，即便翻译过来也没多少人相信。
愤怒仍在扩散。尽管“反CNN”网站声明，“我们并不反对媒体本身，我们只反对某些媒体的不客观报道；我们并不反对西方人民，但是我们反对偏见”，但事实并非总是如此，很多网民走到了相反的方向，甚至一开始就站在相反的方向：他们并不真的在乎新闻的客观公正，而在乎媒体本身的立场；偏见未必是不能接受的，关键是看你偏向哪一边。如果真的站在新闻价值的立场，那么他们就不会仅仅揭露西方媒体的虚假报道，而且应该质疑中國政府对消息源和国内媒体的双重控制。毫无疑问，后者对新闻价值的伤害更甚于前者。正如已经发生的事实，对个体媒体虚假报道的矫正相对容易，几个耐心细致的中國网民就可以做到；对新闻控制的抗议面对的是国家权力，全世界都徒唤奈何。
一些中國民众已经看到，虚假报道和偏见并不是最可怕的，只要有一个开放的舆论环境，允许充分的揭示和讨论，它们就有走向真相和公义的机会。这次网民对于境外媒体的成功反击，就是一个很好的例子。最早发现问题并及时反应的，是海外的中國留学生。他们制作的揭发图像在BBS上自由流传，也在Youtube这样的著名网站上火热播放。假如这些网络媒体都受到限制，那么揭发进程就会遇到很多困难。
这些虚假报道对新闻价值的最大伤害，在于让很多人进一步放弃了对客观公正的信赖，而选择了狭隘民族主义立场。他们从中得出结论说，普世价值都是骗人的玩意儿，只有国家利益的你争我夺。他们甚至以此为依据说，撒谎也是一种“国际惯例”，从而对自己身边或者历史上的谎言予以谅解。当然，一些人本来就是这样想的，这次媒体事件让他们又找到一个证据，从而去对别人宣讲而已。
但是我也看到，有很多中國人借此机会进行了更广泛的讨论和更深入的思考。他们发现，西方人对中國的偏见，源自一种居高临下的文化优越感。那么应该警惕的是，汉人在面对少数民族时，有没有这样一种由文化优越感而导致的偏见呢？西方人对中國的歪曲报道，源自不愿意倾听和了解，沉迷于萨义德说的那种东方主义想象，那么我们对少数民族又如何呢？如果我们以民族主义为武器来反抗西方，那么怎样说服少数民族放弃民族主义，加入到主流的国家建设中来呢？達賴喇麻要求政府对他重新评价，那么他到底是一个怎样的人呢？除了官方的定性之外，能不能允许媒体自由讨论以进一步揭示真相？
本文作者长平，资深媒体工作者，曾任《南方周末》新闻部主任，《外滩画报》副总编辑，现为《南都周刊》副总编辑。
来源：南方都市报
根据网民搜集的材料，包括德国、美国、英国和印度在内的一些国家的媒体对拉薩事件的报道中出现了明显的事实错误。从新闻职业规范来看，有些错误非常低级，甚至有刻意误导的嫌疑。尽管有几家媒体进行了道歉和更正，但是失实新闻造成的伤害既成事实，难以得到中國民众的谅解。跟任何虚假新闻一样，这个伤害首先指向媒体自身的公信力，一万个真实也挽救不了一个谎言。在此事的后续报道中，在将来的其他重大事件中，倘或中國媒体同样不能自由报道，而境外媒体又变得面目可疑，那么真相从何处来呢？
一些揭露境外媒体虚假报道的网民宣称，他们要用行动让世人看到拉薩事件的真相。这个说法逻辑不通，因为他们的行动只能让人看见西方媒体报道不实的这个真相。拉薩究竟发生了什么？大多数中國人看到的只有政府在封锁消息几天之后统一发布的新闻。对于任何来源单一的垄断性新闻发布，我不敢说它是假的，但是也不能确认它是真的。事实上，境外媒体大多称之为“中國政府精心编织的真相”。随后政府组织外国记者赴藏采访，他们的报道大多也没有翻译过来。由于声讨西方媒体热浪当头，即便翻译过来也没多少人相信。
愤怒仍在扩散。尽管“反CNN”网站声明，“我们并不反对媒体本身，我们只反对某些媒体的不客观报道；我们并不反对西方人民，但是我们反对偏见”，但事实并非总是如此，很多网民走到了相反的方向，甚至一开始就站在相反的方向：他们并不真的在乎新闻的客观公正，而在乎媒体本身的立场；偏见未必是不能接受的，关键是看你偏向哪一边。如果真的站在新闻价值的立场，那么他们就不会仅仅揭露西方媒体的虚假报道，而且应该质疑中國政府对消息源和国内媒体的双重控制。毫无疑问，后者对新闻价值的伤害更甚于前者。正如已经发生的事实，对个体媒体虚假报道的矫正相对容易，几个耐心细致的中國网民就可以做到；对新闻控制的抗议面对的是国家权力，全世界都徒唤奈何。
一些中國民众已经看到，虚假报道和偏见并不是最可怕的，只要有一个开放的舆论环境，允许充分的揭示和讨论，它们就有走向真相和公义的机会。这次网民对于境外媒体的成功反击，就是一个很好的例子。最早发现问题并及时反应的，是海外的中國留学生。他们制作的揭发图像在BBS上自由流传，也在Youtube这样的著名网站上火热播放。假如这些网络媒体都受到限制，那么揭发进程就会遇到很多困难。
这些虚假报道对新闻价值的最大伤害，在于让很多人进一步放弃了对客观公正的信赖，而选择了狭隘民族主义立场。他们从中得出结论说，普世价值都是骗人的玩意儿，只有国家利益的你争我夺。他们甚至以此为依据说，撒谎也是一种“国际惯例”，从而对自己身边或者历史上的谎言予以谅解。当然，一些人本来就是这样想的，这次媒体事件让他们又找到一个证据，从而去对别人宣讲而已。
但是我也看到，有很多中國人借此机会进行了更广泛的讨论和更深入的思考。他们发现，西方人对中國的偏见，源自一种居高临下的文化优越感。那么应该警惕的是，汉人在面对少数民族时，有没有这样一种由文化优越感而导致的偏见呢？西方人对中國的歪曲报道，源自不愿意倾听和了解，沉迷于萨义德说的那种东方主义想象，那么我们对少数民族又如何呢？如果我们以民族主义为武器来反抗西方，那么怎样说服少数民族放弃民族主义，加入到主流的国家建设中来呢？達賴喇麻要求政府对他重新评价，那么他到底是一个怎样的人呢？除了官方的定性之外，能不能允许媒体自由讨论以进一步揭示真相？
本文作者长平，资深媒体工作者，曾任《南方周末》新闻部主任，《外滩画报》副总编辑，现为《南都周刊》副总编辑。
来源：南方都市报
2008年3月26日 星期三
其人生应如何评价
华为员工张立国坠亡前在博客称创业心累
张立国生前在博客中写道
“含泪离开了我的妻子和七个月大的女儿，心情复杂，生活需要我继续打拼，需要我开创自己的事业，需要我每个月都要挣钱养家，不得已，又回到了深圳……虽然还是租房子住，每天去挤公交车，甚至为了省钱去做免费的bus，受司机的白眼和冷嘲，但我还是回来了，回到了我熟悉的深圳，热爱的深圳，不管受到什么样的苦处，我都要忍耐下来，认认真真地做好每一件事，去挣每一份辛苦的钱，我都要一如既往地打拼下去。”
“……我这个人有些闷的，典型的技术人员的性格，做事稳健而有条理，理智多于激情，这样的性格不知是否适合创业，但我还是不得已选择了这条路，不管风雨如何，都要走下去的……我独自走在创业的路上，没有扶持，没有帮助，没有关怀，一个人，毅然地前行，前面是否有锦绣的鲜花和掌声，我不知道，我只知道，北极星那一点点的光辉，是我前进的方向。在路上，只为了尊严地活着，在路上，只为了相亲相爱的人，在路上，只为了亲亲的宝贝……”
生活在现在社会压力真是很大，还是不要给自己太大的压力才好，拼尽全力就是为了爱你的和你爱的人幸福，但是结果却令他们更加难过和悲伤，不管怎样，好好活着就是对亲人的最好安慰了……
张立国生前在博客中写道
“含泪离开了我的妻子和七个月大的女儿，心情复杂，生活需要我继续打拼，需要我开创自己的事业，需要我每个月都要挣钱养家，不得已，又回到了深圳……虽然还是租房子住，每天去挤公交车，甚至为了省钱去做免费的bus，受司机的白眼和冷嘲，但我还是回来了，回到了我熟悉的深圳，热爱的深圳，不管受到什么样的苦处，我都要忍耐下来，认认真真地做好每一件事，去挣每一份辛苦的钱，我都要一如既往地打拼下去。”
“……我这个人有些闷的，典型的技术人员的性格，做事稳健而有条理，理智多于激情，这样的性格不知是否适合创业，但我还是不得已选择了这条路，不管风雨如何，都要走下去的……我独自走在创业的路上，没有扶持，没有帮助，没有关怀，一个人，毅然地前行，前面是否有锦绣的鲜花和掌声，我不知道，我只知道，北极星那一点点的光辉，是我前进的方向。在路上，只为了尊严地活着，在路上，只为了相亲相爱的人，在路上，只为了亲亲的宝贝……”
生活在现在社会压力真是很大，还是不要给自己太大的压力才好，拼尽全力就是为了爱你的和你爱的人幸福，但是结果却令他们更加难过和悲伤，不管怎样，好好活着就是对亲人的最好安慰了……
2008年2月18日 星期一
Meet Joe Black
Meet Joe Black welleschan 发布于：2006-06-05 19:46
一部灵感来自于一九三四年的电影“Death Takes a Holiday”改编的作品，台湾译作“第六感生死缘”，另有一个精致的译名“情约今生”。遭遇BRAD PITT有一半的原由是为了“燃情岁月（LEGENDS OF THE FALL）的大名，DVD片长约3小时，讲述“死神”来到人间，他决定带走ANTHONYY HOPKINS演的富豪之前，跟他亲身体会凡人的生活。
剧中的“死神”好似不晓世故的小孩哦，尝花生酱上瘾，开董事会旁若无人的扫荡茶点，渡假中充满对人间的好奇，至于医院那场戏只在生老病死面前，提到的那句“死神与赋税”真的让人无可奈何，死神才恢复展现了他另一面。几天游历人间，跟着“父亲”面临了事业的危机，家人的亲情，回忆了曾拥有的美好时光，最初的开始，一对男女偶然相遇小咖啡馆，感觉是在讲一场爱情；分手时候，一步步，互相错失的回头，正感叹过客的“聚散匆匆，不必相送”；紧接着就是遭遇撞车，唯有接受造化弄人，一切流逝得如此突兀且轻微。甚至不及回味咖啡的苦涩与香甜。
终了从月光照耀下的石桥慢慢走来的“Joe Black”，“女儿”在撞见“死神”的真情流露，狭路相逢而生的“迷乱”。场面充斥着让人不知所措的茫然，现在的你牵着遥远的他的手。自然想起“大话”里的尴尬，“周”，“朱”，“莫”饰演的三人也曾隔世的“迷乱”，第一次面对“大话”有隔着几百万光年里迷失的感觉，相遇先后原来还是左右着彼此的感觉。同样用别人的躯壳去爱抚一个貌似自己所爱之人的女子。对象和原我到头来都是虚假。“死神”得知女子只是爱上了自己借来的躯壳后；目睹父亲与家人了无遗憾的告别后；今生今世已领悟了人间真情但无法越过的他流下了第一滴泪，再次遭遇“燃情岁月”中的杀手锏祭出，让人不禁要问：“你是死神，又怎能如此流泪？”
故事另一条线围绕着“父亲”遭遇公司并购的抉择，在得知自己时日无多之后，想起那句古话“人之将死，其言也善”来。生命弥留时可以推开挡着你面前的犹豫，发现另外一个自己。片刻的温情流露，是向家人摆脱冰冷的旋涡的时候，才顿悟往日的隔阂今生再粉饰掩饰是如此断续难言 。从“沉默的羔羊”（The Silence of the Lambs）到“情约今生”。霍普金斯老而弥坚的演技魅力。面前这位长者凭借其如火纯青的言行举止，再次毫无争议的令人折服。可能人们为遭遇“死神”的爱情动容，但一定也为父亲的从容“云彩挥去却不去，赢得一身清风”而感动。
遭遇亲情，经典几乎都被导演马田伯斯特藏于生日宴上，告别的那桥段甚至掩盖了生命致词的精彩，父亲面对女儿的离别，不同以往的只是他明知再见无期，却平静的轻轻嘱咐，是怎奈生命中的承受之轻？全然不知的女儿最终对着重生的PITT缓缓哽咽吐出的那句：“可惜…你不曾见过我父亲。”明白与他已隔世今生，怎样止步于此的承受之悲？
遭遇爱情，很多人喜欢用平凡去解释浪漫，愈质朴愈纯粹，褪去今生虚幻易逝的那层包装，只等那季节里的容颜如莲花的开落，即使这世界已不是我所能了解的生活，少年时希冀年轻时的心Meet Joe Black，总以为有大把的青春挥霍，有一场无需用投资报酬率来计算的爱情，即使死神总带着冷漠的表情，等你怎么样离开也不再有我所预知的结果。只许含蓄而内敛的牵挂，似一朵静静的睡莲认真等待一种感觉，道别再等，也未如愿即是叫做浪漫。
尾声那场烟花寂寞依然，回忆郁积在遥远的天空中，瞬间的繁丽化作深深的空泛，在那瞬间绚烂的背景下，消失的足迹，“那就是人生难以言喻……”来得安去也写意，一句世间沧桑已囊括其中。
HI~你还记不记得那年那月，Meet Joe Black。
流年
爱上一个天使的缺点 用一种魔鬼的语言
上帝在云端 只眨了一眨眼 最后眉一皱 头一点
爱上一个认真的消遣 用一朵花开的时间
你在我旁边 只打了个照面 五月的晴天 闪了电
有生之年 狭路相逢 终不能幸免
手心忽然长出纠缠的曲线 懂事之前
情动以后 长不过一天 留不住 算不出 流年
哪一年 让一生 改变 遇见一场烟火的表演
用一场轮回的时间 紫微星流过 来不及说再见
已经远离我 一光年
一部灵感来自于一九三四年的电影“Death Takes a Holiday”改编的作品，台湾译作“第六感生死缘”，另有一个精致的译名“情约今生”。遭遇BRAD PITT有一半的原由是为了“燃情岁月（LEGENDS OF THE FALL）的大名，DVD片长约3小时，讲述“死神”来到人间，他决定带走ANTHONYY HOPKINS演的富豪之前，跟他亲身体会凡人的生活。
剧中的“死神”好似不晓世故的小孩哦，尝花生酱上瘾，开董事会旁若无人的扫荡茶点，渡假中充满对人间的好奇，至于医院那场戏只在生老病死面前，提到的那句“死神与赋税”真的让人无可奈何，死神才恢复展现了他另一面。几天游历人间，跟着“父亲”面临了事业的危机，家人的亲情，回忆了曾拥有的美好时光，最初的开始，一对男女偶然相遇小咖啡馆，感觉是在讲一场爱情；分手时候，一步步，互相错失的回头，正感叹过客的“聚散匆匆，不必相送”；紧接着就是遭遇撞车，唯有接受造化弄人，一切流逝得如此突兀且轻微。甚至不及回味咖啡的苦涩与香甜。
终了从月光照耀下的石桥慢慢走来的“Joe Black”，“女儿”在撞见“死神”的真情流露，狭路相逢而生的“迷乱”。场面充斥着让人不知所措的茫然，现在的你牵着遥远的他的手。自然想起“大话”里的尴尬，“周”，“朱”，“莫”饰演的三人也曾隔世的“迷乱”，第一次面对“大话”有隔着几百万光年里迷失的感觉，相遇先后原来还是左右着彼此的感觉。同样用别人的躯壳去爱抚一个貌似自己所爱之人的女子。对象和原我到头来都是虚假。“死神”得知女子只是爱上了自己借来的躯壳后；目睹父亲与家人了无遗憾的告别后；今生今世已领悟了人间真情但无法越过的他流下了第一滴泪，再次遭遇“燃情岁月”中的杀手锏祭出，让人不禁要问：“你是死神，又怎能如此流泪？”
故事另一条线围绕着“父亲”遭遇公司并购的抉择，在得知自己时日无多之后，想起那句古话“人之将死，其言也善”来。生命弥留时可以推开挡着你面前的犹豫，发现另外一个自己。片刻的温情流露，是向家人摆脱冰冷的旋涡的时候，才顿悟往日的隔阂今生再粉饰掩饰是如此断续难言 。从“沉默的羔羊”（The Silence of the Lambs）到“情约今生”。霍普金斯老而弥坚的演技魅力。面前这位长者凭借其如火纯青的言行举止，再次毫无争议的令人折服。可能人们为遭遇“死神”的爱情动容，但一定也为父亲的从容“云彩挥去却不去，赢得一身清风”而感动。
遭遇亲情，经典几乎都被导演马田伯斯特藏于生日宴上，告别的那桥段甚至掩盖了生命致词的精彩，父亲面对女儿的离别，不同以往的只是他明知再见无期，却平静的轻轻嘱咐，是怎奈生命中的承受之轻？全然不知的女儿最终对着重生的PITT缓缓哽咽吐出的那句：“可惜…你不曾见过我父亲。”明白与他已隔世今生，怎样止步于此的承受之悲？
遭遇爱情，很多人喜欢用平凡去解释浪漫，愈质朴愈纯粹，褪去今生虚幻易逝的那层包装，只等那季节里的容颜如莲花的开落，即使这世界已不是我所能了解的生活，少年时希冀年轻时的心Meet Joe Black，总以为有大把的青春挥霍，有一场无需用投资报酬率来计算的爱情，即使死神总带着冷漠的表情，等你怎么样离开也不再有我所预知的结果。只许含蓄而内敛的牵挂，似一朵静静的睡莲认真等待一种感觉，道别再等，也未如愿即是叫做浪漫。
尾声那场烟花寂寞依然，回忆郁积在遥远的天空中，瞬间的繁丽化作深深的空泛，在那瞬间绚烂的背景下，消失的足迹，“那就是人生难以言喻……”来得安去也写意，一句世间沧桑已囊括其中。
HI~你还记不记得那年那月，Meet Joe Black。
流年
爱上一个天使的缺点 用一种魔鬼的语言
上帝在云端 只眨了一眨眼 最后眉一皱 头一点
爱上一个认真的消遣 用一朵花开的时间
你在我旁边 只打了个照面 五月的晴天 闪了电
有生之年 狭路相逢 终不能幸免
手心忽然长出纠缠的曲线 懂事之前
情动以后 长不过一天 留不住 算不出 流年
哪一年 让一生 改变 遇见一场烟火的表演
用一场轮回的时间 紫微星流过 来不及说再见
已经远离我 一光年
2007年12月4日 星期二
Day. XXX who knows.
Bersama Bintang lyrics
With Star
senja kini berganti malam
Day now change to night
menutup hari yg lelah
close the tired day
dimanakah engkau berada
where are you
aku tak tahu dimana
I didn’t know where
pernah kita lalui semua
We’ve through all
jerit, tangis, canda, tawa
Scream, cry, joke, laugh
kini hanya untaian kata
Now only the series of word
hanya itulah yg aku punya
Only that I have
reff:
tidurlah selamat malam
go to sleep, good night
lupakan sajalah aku
just forget me
mimpilah dalam tidurmu
have a dream in your sleep
bersama bintang
with star
sesungguhnya aku tak bisa
actually I cannot
jalani waktu tanpamu
pass the time without you
perpisahan bukanlah duka
farewell isn’t a sorrow
meski harus menyisakan luka
although should remain hurt
With Star
senja kini berganti malam
Day now change to night
menutup hari yg lelah
close the tired day
dimanakah engkau berada
where are you
aku tak tahu dimana
I didn’t know where
pernah kita lalui semua
We’ve through all
jerit, tangis, canda, tawa
Scream, cry, joke, laugh
kini hanya untaian kata
Now only the series of word
hanya itulah yg aku punya
Only that I have
reff:
tidurlah selamat malam
go to sleep, good night
lupakan sajalah aku
just forget me
mimpilah dalam tidurmu
have a dream in your sleep
bersama bintang
with star
sesungguhnya aku tak bisa
actually I cannot
jalani waktu tanpamu
pass the time without you
perpisahan bukanlah duka
farewell isn’t a sorrow
meski harus menyisakan luka
although should remain hurt
2007年11月27日 星期二
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