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Wisma Bahasa Main Building is being Renovated, May 14 – November 30, 2012 - May 11th, 2012

We are sorry for the inconvenience. Wisma Bahasa Main Building is being renovated on May 14 – November 30, 2012

Dear All,

We would like to inform you that Wisma Bahasa Main Building, which is located at Jl. Affandi Gang Bromo No. 15A, Mrican, Yogyakarta, undergo a total renovation starting on Monday, May 14, 2012 until the end of November 2012. For the time being, we will move our office to a new building for about 6 (six) months.

Office Address and Phone Number during renovation:
Jl. Kompleks Colombo No. 41, CT V, Depok, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55281

Telephone:  +62 274 566892, +62 274 7478517, +62 274 7478518

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Melting Pots & Pot Boilers

If you are paying anything more than a passing visit to Yogyakarta you will soon become aware of its ‘melting-pot’ character. The area around the Wisma Bahasa – the north eastern part of the city – is where most of the major universities and other higher education

Dust from the Graveyard

I was washing my feet with a bucket of water from the well when I noticed that the door to the sprawling, deserted house was ajar. A few minutes earlier we had been inspecting the grave of the man who’d lived there. It had a splendid, well-tended headstone and his family tree

Dandruff, Djarum & Desire

If TV advertising were the only glimpse of Indonesian society that an interested onlooker ever had, it would certainly create a strange impression. Someone working or studying in Yogyakarta these days has 16 commercial TV channels to choose from*.  And, of course, the

Yogyakarta Calender of Events

Daily events in Yogyakarta.

Damai

Kembali kita tiba pada bulan ketika jutaan umat Kristiani di seluruh dunia berseru dan bernyanyi tentang ”damai di bumi”,  walaupun kita melihat kekacauan dan pertikaian di mana-mana. Damai berarti ketiadaan atau kebebasan dari kerusuhan, perang, dan semacamnya.

Gaji dan Korupsi

Dewasa ini persoalan korupsi tidak  pernah habis dibicarkan di mana saja. Apa itu korupsi? Menurut Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI), definisi istilah korupsi adalah penyelewengan, penggelapan, atau penyalahgunaan uang negar atau perusahaan dan sebagainya untuk kepentingan pribadi atau orang lain.

Jogja Java Carnival 2011 - October 21st, 2011

Setiap tanggal 7 Oktober masyarakat kota Yogyakarta selalu merayakan hari jadi kotanya, bertepatan dengan perpindahan Kraton Yongyakarta dari Pesanggrahan Ambarketawang ke kawasan yang dikenal sebagai Kraton Yogyakarta saat ini. Pada tahun 2011 ini, Kota Read the rest of this entry »

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Baju Koko - September 1st, 2011

Ketika bulan Ramadhan (tahun ini jatuh pada bulan Agustus) banyak orang memakai baju koko. Baju koko dikenakan oleh laki-laki, biasanya ketika pergi ke masjid atau untuk acara keagamaan. Seringkali kata “koko” diplesetkan Read the rest of this entry »

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