Starbucks price in four countries

This time, fun writing. No more serious stuff :p

As coffee addict, who doesn't know Starbucks? The famous coffee chain in the world. 

So what's the special thing about Starbucks that I want to write today is about the price. I've been to three countries and I want to compare prices in Indonesia, Germany and Australia.

In Indonesia, the small/short cup of Caramel Frappuccino cost Rp. 34,000 or A$ 3.6, while in Australia it cost  A$ 5.3! On the other hand, a Tall Caramel Frappuccino in Berlin cost 3.90 Euro or A$ 4.9!

Here is some hint for what size is Starbucks cups has: 

Short - 8oz
Tall - 12oz
Grande - 16oz
Venti - 20oz

What I've bought in Berlin was Caramel Frappuccino in Tall size, as shown in this receipt.

So lets summarise the result on a table.

No.	Country	SBUX size	Price (AUD)
1.	Indonesia	Short	3.6
2.	Australia	Short	5.3
3.	Germany	Tall	4.9
4.	Japan	Short	5.2

The Japanese's Starbucks price was contributed from a friend that previously visited there, she said that the Short caramel Frappuccino cost Y 420 or A$ 5.2.

Well, the not-so-surprising data is that Starbucks coffee price is relatively low in developing country such Indonesia. But in developed countries as shown on table above it is quite surprising that Starbucks price is relative cheaper in Germany than in Australia and Japan!

I think I want to drink a coffee, not iced-coffee, but a hot black coffee from my kitchen :q

Happy sipping folks!

PPIA Victoria Gathering 2012

Most abroad students like to meet and greet their fellow country students, and students from some countries has a creativity, created a group to coordinate, meet, sharing and other activities.

Yup, human is an social creature, although abroad is an individual-culture countries, we still like to meet individual from same country, language and city. Around weeks ago I'm lucky to have a quick view (sorry, only a quick view) in one of their gathering activity, the community name is PPIA Victoria (Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Australia cabang Victoria) or in English The Indonesia Students Association of Australia Victoria. 

The gathering was done in The Indonesian Consulate General Republic of Indonesia front yard, Queen Rd Albert Park Melbourne. 

This gathering begin with introduction from PPIA representatives from campuses in Victoria. 

There are also food stall like somay, pempek and many more. 

Also there art performance, mural and a mini concert. Some teens dress like an Indonesian elementary school, with red skirt and the short sleeve with OSIS badge on it.

The weather is cloudy, and a light rain occurred. But it doesn't make the guesses ran away. 

You can see the banner outside, behind that was the circuit of F1 Albert Park.

From my opinion, this activity is a great idea to gather up Indonesian students in Victoria, maybe the committee to improve the rundown, to make it better. (No hurt feeling guys :) )

Actually they have a bigger events at the first week of April called Indonation, its about charity night and they invite Andra and The Back Bone have a concert in Melbourne, and I'm totally forgot about it. damn -___-

Credit Card Interest Rate

Biar blog gue banyak yang baca, tentu gue harus ngasih ilmu yang berguna bagi nusa bangsa atau info yang berguna bagi nusa bangsa juga :p
So, gue kasih deh data bunga kartu kredit yang berhasil gue kumpulin dalam dua hari ini.
Note, kalo yang ada linknya, berarti data itu rasional n bisa anda cek sendiri. Kalo yang ga ada linknya berarti:
1. Gue tanya langsung ke cabang terdekat, atau
2. Penerbit kartu kredit ga nyediain info di website mereka n gue ga nemu cabang penerbit yang terdekat hehe.
Viel spaß beim Lesen.
Interest list:

Mandiri: 3,5%
http://www.mandirikartukredit.com/index.php/utama/terms.php

BCA: 3,5%  (in the website cannot be found)
http://pitoyo.com/mod.php?mod=publisher&op=viewarticle&artid=467

Citibank: 3,5%
https://www.citibank.co.id/IDGCB/APPS/portal/loadPopup.do?path=/promo/det/hit_bunga.htm&eOfferCode=CICHBLNAV

BRI: 2,85%  (in the website cannot be found)
sumber dari bertanya ke Bank BRI Cabang Jakarta Selatan

BNI: 2,95%
http://www.bni.co.id/KartuKredit/tabid/162/Default.aspx

HSBC: 3,5%
http://www.hsbc.co.id/1/2/personal_en_US/credit-cards/card-info/interest-calculation

ANZ Panin:         (in the website cannot be found)

BII: 3,5%; gestun: 4%
http://www.bii.co.id/index.asp?fl3nc=1¶m=c3Nob3c9c3RhdGljJnN1aWQ9MDAwMjAwMDAwMmE2

Permata Bank: 0%; 0,88%; 1,39% (there are many schematic interest methods)
http://www.permatabank.com/product/320/index.html

Standard Chartered: retail 3,59%, cash advance: 4%
http://www.standardchartered.com/id/personal-banking/credit-cards/classic-cards/en/

CIMB Niaga: retail 3,25%, cash advance 3,75%
http://www.cimbniaga.com/index.php?ch=gen_fee&pg=gen_fee_list&category=45:4

Note: all interests are in % per month value.

Culture war

2011, in Jakarta theres so many foreign artist concert, like in Java Jazz Festival, Deftones, Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne and many more. 
Gosh, wish i have a lots of money.
Dont forget about the KIMCHI Concert, consist of many Korean musicians sing their song, dancing held in 4th June 2011. 
Korean culture since i think 5 years ago enter Indonesia with the legendary "Winter Sonata" Korean drama. After that Indosiar found its viewers segment by playing K-drama like My Sassy Girl, Hotelier and many many drama titles.
Culture war? Yes! 
Dont forget other famous korean brands like Hyundai, KIA, Samsung, LG and Lejel Home Shopping. For Ssanyong, although its a koreans car brand, its engine used Mercedes-Benz engine.
Remember in the 70s, japan cars enter Indonesia and there was a riot named "Malary Tragedy"? the core of the story is about banning japanese cars in that time.
90s, remember the japanese drama? 
Or american drama like Beverly Hills 90210? Melrose Place?
Indias movies lined up in SCTV?
Vampire movies in Saturday morning in RCTI?
and in 2000 taiwanese drama F4? (sorry, i forgot The name) :p 
Dont forget the duet of Upin-Ipin from Malaysia.

How about our indonesian culture? Did our goverment promoted too? 
Yes, we have cultural mission went abroad, or did you remember about foreigners that studied our batik, gamelan and many of them?
Yup, we did!
Thats in the official ways, in "inofficial" ways, we had our musicians having concert abroad (Malaysia, Singapore or Hongkong).
In my opinion, this is the greatest culture war from our side. Some of the spectators are not Indonesians migrant workers.
Although the news is not so often, but still our musicians has a place in their fans heart outside Indonesia, shown as Indonesian musicians as nominees in Anugerah Planet Muzik, like this lonk below:
Happy reading.

http://rollingstone.co.id/read/2011/06/10/160712/1657767/1093/artis-artis-indonesia-meraih-nominasi-anugerah-planet-muzik-2011