Bloggers invited to visit Indonesia

Indonesian government will invite five foreign bloggers on a round trip to Yogyakarta and Bali as part of the Pesta Blogger 2008. The bloggers are from the United States, China/Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia. The blogging trip is a novel activity for the Pesta Blogger, the largest national-scale bloggers’ gathering in Indonesia. The five bloggers would start their trip in Bali on November 17 before going to Yogyakarta and Jakarta.



Terms and Conditions

Supported by Indonesian Ministry of Cultural and Tourism, we would like to invite several international bloggers from any country to come and have a trip to three cities (Bali, Jogjakarta, Jakarta) in Indonesia leading to the event.

We are looking for bloggers (travel bloggers) that can post their experience, photos, people they meet, basically blogging about Indonesia and Indonesian people, and join the event.

The period for this trip is between Nov 17 - Nov 22 2009 and this is the itinerary:

The blogging trip schedule is as follows:

1. Denpasar, Bali (Mon, Nov 17 – Tue, Nov 18)
2. Jogjakarta (Wed, Nov 19 – Thu, Nov 20)
3. Jakarta (Fri, Nov 21 – Sat, Nov 22)

All expenses for this trip (transportation, accomodation, F&B, etc.) will be covered by Pesta Blogger 2008 and The Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

If you are a travel blogger (or a blogger who habitually writes about travel/tourism) from Singapore, Malaysia, China/HongKong, Australia, and USA and is interested to participate in this program, all you need to do is to send us an email containing your:

* full name (as written on your passport),
* country of origin,
* gender,
* age,
* phone number,
* email address,
* blog URL, and
* a short paragraph on why you’d like to participate in this blogging trip.

Don’t forget to put PB08-BLOGGING TRIP as the subject of your email.

We will wait for your email until October 22, 2008, and we’ll announce the 5 selected participants on October 24, 2008 through pestablogger.com. [UPDATE: the Chairman Wicaksono told me they will wait until the first week of November]

Throughout the trip, you’ll be expected to blog about Indonesia as a travel destination and the cultural heritage of the country as well as the interaction you’ll be having with local bloggers’ communities in Denpasar, Jogjakarta, and Jakarta. The trip will end up with the Pesta Blogger event in Jakarta, on Saturday, Nov 22, 2008.

For further information please contact: Enda Nasution. | Email: enda.nst at gmail.com | YM: enda_001 | +62 813 9487 1625

Information extracted from budiputra. Thanks Rinaz for the tips to this news.

Space for Rent @ Flea-a-Lot

I'd received a ping from the team running Flea-a-Lot, thought some of you might be interested to take part.



Rental Packages
Package 1: $55/2 days
For those who intend to mend their booths through the day!
- 1 Table (4ft x 2ft)
- 1 PVC Chair
- Tentage

Package 2: $40/day + 20% sales commission
For those who do not intend to stay throughout the day!
- Shared Table
- Tentage
- 1 staff to attend to your stall from 11am – 6pm.

Special REBATES!!!
- 20% if products are environmentally friendly OR made of recycled material
- 50% if products are organic
*Items will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Special NOTE!!!
No plastic bags are allowed within the premises.
Official paper bags are chargeable at 10 cents per bag, and 100% of the funds collected will go towards the Bring Your Own Bag initiative.
You are allowed to pass on these charges to your customers

More details at http://www.fleaalot.com

PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME FOR MORE DETAILS. INTERESTED PARTY PLEASE CONTACT ORGANISERS DIRECTLY. THANKS!

Win 3 Macbook Air and Creative Vado Camera!

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Sell Your Wares at Downtown East EHub by nEbO

If you're a youth entrepreneur, blogshop owner, start-up designers or just someone who loves making pretty and cute things but has no where to sell them.

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inQbox-like units available for rental

Rental ranges from $60 to $220/month depending on size of box and position.



The location is at 4th level of Downtown East E!(hub), just outside of Cathay Cinema.

There will be 4 Units, 5 Push Carts and WoW! Display for the youth. The Units, Push Carts and WoW! Display are located outside Cathay Cinema with high traffic flow.

The objective of this project is to promote Youth Entrepreneurship and Youth Creativity. nEbO will be providing the youth with the following support:
- Affordable Rental (Non Commerical Rate)
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- Structural Support from nEbO(Renovation is done by nEbO)
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If you are keen to venture into your dreams and business, kindly call Garret @ 9685 7906.

Win Tickets to Anywhere with Tiger Airways!

If you've not heard, Ping.sg is giving away a pair of tickets to anywhere on Tiger Airways! Contest has been extended to one more week so there's still time for you to take part.



How to take part:

It's easy, all you have to do is write a blog entry about your most memorable holiday at your own blog and ping Ping.sg. Your holiday can be a real experience, or it can be fictional, it's up to you. It can be a text blog, an audio blog or video blog, it's up to you.

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For more details and contest requirements, please visit the contest page.

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