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J+ online: Music festival to feature blue, the moffats
This week, we’ve compiled four shortened versions of the articles published at Life channel on thejakartapost
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This week, we’ve compiled four shortened versions of the articles published at Life channel on thejakartapost.com. If you are keen to read the full articles or want to look for more interesting lifestyle pieces, complete with photos and videos, pay a visit to the Life channel in our website. However, for quick access, download QR scanner application in your smartphone and scan the codes display next to the articles.
Seven ways to prepare for your first surfing experience
Ready for your first surfing experience? Congratulations and welcome to what could turn out to be a lifelong passion.
Before we get started, let me say that you should never, ever try surfing for the first time on your own. You need to take an introductory lesson, go to a surf camp, a surf school or at least be with a more experienced surfer. Also, all surf schools and camps will have the equipment ready for you, which means that you can turn up in your bathing suit for your first lesson. We won’t give you any tips on choosing a wetsuit or a board, because all this will be provided during your first lesson.
Without any further ado, here are seven ways you can prepare for your first surfing experience to make sure that you have the time of your life.
Eat lightly
Usually, surf lessons are held in the morning, and it’s recommended that you eat a light breakfast — something nutritious that won’t weigh you down. Oatmeal with nuts, some plant or low-fat milk is ideal.
Surabaya museum of death highlights Indonesian funeral traditions
A museum in the East Java city of Surabaya aims to enlighten people about Indonesian funeral rituals and their correlation to other fields, including the economy and culture.
The Ethnography Museum and Death Studies Center is located at Airlangga University’s (Unair) School of Social and Political Sciences in Surabaya.
Upon entering the museum, people may smell a certain scent that may remind them of kemenyan (incense). But Toetik Koesbardiati, the museum’s management head, told The Jakarta Post that it was actually aromatherapy. “We use it to protect the museum from bad smells,” Toetik said. “We also use incense sticks, but not for rituals to summon spirits.”
Singapore Airlines officially relaunches Singapore-New York direct flight
Singapore Airlines officially relaunched a non-stop Singapore-New York route on Thursday.
Flying the new Airbus A350-900 ULR (ultra-long-range), the SQ22 flight departed from Changi International Airport, Singapore, at around 11:37 p.m. local time and landed at Newark Liberty Airport on Oct. 12 at 5:29 a.m. local time.
The flight to New York covered a distance of approximately 16,700 kilometers and the journey took around 17 hours and 52 minutes, making it the world’s longest commercial flight. The flight was faster than the estimated time of 18 hours and 45 minutes.
Blue, The Moffats to headline The 90’s Festival in Jakarta
The fourth installment of The 90’s Festival, a music festival slated for Nov. 10 at Gambir Expo Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, will be full of nostalgia, with British boy band Blue and Canadian group The Moffats headlining as international artists.
Indonesian acts include Sheila on 7, Java Jive, Lingua, Be3, Bunga, Kidnap Katrina, Iwa K, Sweet Martabak, Protonema, Dian Pramana & Deddy Dhukun (2D) and Cherry Bombshell.
