As one of Indonesai traditional clothes, kebaya is known widely and often wore in formal occasion or in party. Because the huge amount of interest for this clothes, kebaya are also slowly metamorphose, so that today there are many model that can be chose. Variance type of collar, sleeves, and kebaya cutting technique can became choices.

Jombang's Kebaya industry

 

In the old days, kebaya were only wore by older woman, but tthe model nowadays are very modern which is also perfect to be use by younger ladies. Kebaya can also be mix-n-match with pants or other skirts. Kebaya are no longer old style clothes like most people think.

The Kebaya industry in Indonesia has also developed rapidly. Now that most city in Java produce many kind of kebaya. These products are not only sold domestically, but also internationally.

Source: http://duniabelia.blogspot.com, www.eastjava.com

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The Duet of McLaren and Mercedes

The SLR Stirling Moss could be the last supercar collaboration between McLaren and Mercedes.

 SLR Stirling Moss

 

Cars that cause real excitement are rare. The variety in modern car manufacturing means a machine needs to be special to get noticed, and outstanding to become adored. But when you’re driving the SLR Stirling Moss, heads turn. Even around Saint-Tropez, where supercars are as common as sun tans, people point and stare at this mechanical marvel. 

This model is inspired by the car in which British racer Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia, the 1,500-kilometre Italian road race, in 1955. In winning, he set the record time, with ten hours, seven minutes and 48 seconds. Just 75 cars will be produced, and to accentuate the model’s links to the racing of a bygone age, each one will do without a roof, side windows and windscreen.

However, before ordering one, you should realise that all this power comes at a price. A price of some €900,000, to be precise. Current SLR owners, however, were permitted a sneak preview, and have been involved in the development of this new toy, evaluating its design since 2008, then excitedly taking the first road tests. As a result, many of the 75 new cars have already found their buyers. The rest of us can just watch and wonder.

Source: http://holland-herald.com/2010/03/ultimate-drive/

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Pudong: Rapidly-Developed Shanghai's District

Shanghai, the largest economic centre in China, has been known as a centre for commerce and for the blending of Western and Oriental cultures.  Today, Shanghai has set a new goal: to build itself into an international centre for economy, finance, and trade in the 21st century.  To reach the goal, they feel that it is vital to develop Pudong.  The Pudong New District is named for its location: east ("dong") of the Huangpu River, the last tributary flowing into the Changjiang (Yangtze) River.

 

 The overpass at Longyang Road

The Pudong New District covers 522 square kilometers and touches the Changjiang in the northeast, Hangzhou Bay in the south, and the Huangpu in the west, thus enjoying favourable conditions for the construction of a harbour and for water transportation.  It has a large area for further development, an advantage seen in few other coastal areas in East China.  Ten years of unremitting effort have greatly improved the infrastructure in Pudong.  The construction of the Inner Ring Road, Yanggao Road, the Century Boulevard, the No. 2 underground railway across the Huangpu River, the Pudong International Airport, the Pudong International Information Centre, the Waigaoqiao Power Plant, and the first phase of the Pudong Deep-Water Port has not only improved the investment environment but also helped form a modern new multi-function district with a foreign-oriented production.

To develop modern industries, Pudong will focus on high technology, including electronics, information science, bio-pharmacy, and new materials. Today, Pudong has a hi-tech district covering 60 square kilometers. The district has so far attracted Umore than 6,000 projects from 67 countries and regions, thus acquiring one of the densest concentrations of capital in the world.

Source: http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/info_and_tech/wheeling_and_dealing_in_shanghai.htm

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