This cafe was started in late 2005 by Aco, Ujang, Ape, and Sjamsu. Later, Rizal joined in. Then they started hiring a manager, Kate. This is a cafe of un-common sense, or so it was intended to. But they talk about everything. From time to time it is biased towards economics, but hey they have a life, too (or so they think).
A bit about them. Aco is a researcher and a lecturer in Jakarta. Ujang is a researcher in the US. Rizal and Ape are doing their doctorates in Virginia and Melbourne, respectively. Sjamsu is a staff of an international agency in its Jakarta's office. Kate is of course the manager who when in the mood, goes to school in Jakarta.
Oh, most of them are on Twitter, after a bit bored with Facebook. Aco is @acopatunru, Ujang is @ujangw, Rizal is @rizalshidiq, Ape is @ari_ap, and Kate is @katesalemba. (Sjamsu has so far managed to resist the temptation of "yet another soc med" -- poor guy).
Most of them are members of Nasional Somaykrat - a group in the Twitland that was formed as an alternative to the Nasional Demokrat. But by some strange mutation, the group's members, aka Somaykrats transformed into typo hunt freaks (and sometimes they go after twitter who mentions or RTs him- or herself). They even use a hashtag to call one another: #somaykrat as they catch a victim. Another group that many of the cafe dudes associate with is Forum Pembela Ikan Bakar or FPIb (not to confuse with FPI the troublemakers). Both groups seem obsessed with food. So if you are a typoid (no, this is not a typo!) or if you hate food pictures, avoid them. You've been warned.
Recently these cafe guys recruited a cute, innocent office boy named Sunaryo. Being a quick learner himself, Naryo is also now a twitter: @naryosalemba.
So see them either here or in the Twitland!
A bit about them. Aco is a researcher and a lecturer in Jakarta. Ujang is a researcher in the US. Rizal and Ape are doing their doctorates in Virginia and Melbourne, respectively. Sjamsu is a staff of an international agency in its Jakarta's office. Kate is of course the manager who when in the mood, goes to school in Jakarta.
Oh, most of them are on Twitter, after a bit bored with Facebook. Aco is @acopatunru, Ujang is @ujangw, Rizal is @rizalshidiq, Ape is @ari_ap, and Kate is @katesalemba. (Sjamsu has so far managed to resist the temptation of "yet another soc med" -- poor guy).
Most of them are members of Nasional Somaykrat - a group in the Twitland that was formed as an alternative to the Nasional Demokrat. But by some strange mutation, the group's members, aka Somaykrats transformed into typo hunt freaks (and sometimes they go after twitter who mentions or RTs him- or herself). They even use a hashtag to call one another: #somaykrat as they catch a victim. Another group that many of the cafe dudes associate with is Forum Pembela Ikan Bakar or FPIb (not to confuse with FPI the troublemakers). Both groups seem obsessed with food. So if you are a typoid (no, this is not a typo!) or if you hate food pictures, avoid them. You've been warned.
Recently these cafe guys recruited a cute, innocent office boy named Sunaryo. Being a quick learner himself, Naryo is also now a twitter: @naryosalemba.
So see them either here or in the Twitland!
