Monday, September 1, 2008

Entertainment Frustrations In Indonesia

Since moving to Indonesia, we have discovered that entertainment here is very limited compared to Malaysia. Especially in a smaller city like Palembang, when you Googled "entertainment palembang", you will get either Novotel Hotel at Palembang or Palembang Square Mall!

It's true that Novotel Hotel is one of our sources of entertainment because we go the gym, swim and dine in that place. They also have a karaoke lounge and bar....one of the better hotels in Palembang.

Palembang only have 4 big shopping malls (Palembang Trade Center, Palembang Square, Palembang Indah Mall & International Plaza).

Recently we wanted to watch Beijing Olympics on cable TV but none of the cable suppliers have live broadcasting rights! My wife was truly disappointed as we thought we were able to watch this glorious global event live on TV but no!

I am a fan of the English Premier League (EPL) and used to watch live football matches from England last year on our satellite TV. But this year, all the satellite / cable TV suppliers and local TV got stripped of live EPL broadcasting rights and only one new sat TV supplier AORA TV has exclusive rights! I did not want to subscribe to this new service because it only has 7 channels!

What on earth is happenning?? I have been deprived of all my sources of entertainment and left with my slow 100mbps broadband internet!!

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