Local dating app for polygamists makes waves online

Polygamy has long been a subject of controversy in Indonesia, so when online dating website-cum-application AyoPoligami was launched, it quickly caught the attention of internet users.

Launched on April 12 this year, AyoPoligami came equipped with, as its name implies, a polygamy-related feature: a column in which a member could disclose their marital status along with a disclaimer of their spouse’s permission to be polygamous.

Elma Adisya, an intern at web magazine Magdalene, came across the application while writing an article about the effects of polygamy on children. Her published article then went viral, resulting in users, such as Miranti Adelia, downloading the app.

When Elma tried the application for the first time, she found that AyoPoligami was dominated by male members.

Jakarta’s attorneys battle it out beyond courtroom in lawyers ‘Olympics’

Jakartan lawyers have gone beyond the legal courts to formulate winning team strategies in the sports arena during the annual Legal Consultants Friendly Games (PPAKH).

Entering its 23rd year, private law firms in the Indonesian capital once again gathered to compete in their annual sporting event, which opened on Aug. 27 and will run every weekend through Oct. 28. 

Sandi Adila, 34, a lawyer with Mochtar Karuwin Komar (MKK), the law firm hosting this year’s games, said the event was first established in 1994 by three law firms as a kind of “Olympics” for lawyers to keep employees physically active. 

“The idea at the beginning was that as lawyers, we are busy and mostly sit behind a desk in our day-to-day work. Sometimes there isn’t even time to exercise,” Sandi, who headed the 2017 PPAKH committee, told The Jakarta Post.

How to ask for a raise (without getting on your boss’ nerves)

Talking about your salary with the boss can be a very sensitive subject, if you don’t approach it properly. As with any professional discussion, wait for the right timing and plan ahead.

So, what’s the best way to ask for a raise?

Check your company policy

Every company is different. Some give regularly scheduled raises, such as once every semester — every 6 months — while others provide raises at yearly intervals. Check if your company has a salary policy for giving raises on a regular basis, or only during a good turnover.

If your company gives scheduled raises, rest assured that you will receive a raise periodically. The problem arises when the raise doesn’t meet your expectations. Employees always demand a higher raise, while employers tend to be conservative.

How to be fair? Check the inflation rate. If the inflation rate is 5 percent, for example, and your raise is also 5 percent, this means that you haven’t received a raise. If inflation is 10 percent, however, then it means you got a 5 percent raise.

Salt Cathedral: Colombian tribute to the mother of miners

Colombia is famous for its aromatic coffee, cartels, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Shakira, but have you heard of its salty cathedral?

The place was called Zipaquirá, a mountain town where Nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez finished his secondary studies, only an hour away from Bogotà.

I took a bus from the Portal del Norte terminal in the northern part of the Colombian capital, then stopped in the main avenue of Zipaquirá.

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