EVENTS - Meeting BLIC - March 14m 2014

Dear friends

You are cordially invited to attend our next BLIC gathering.

It will be held

Date: Friday 14 March 2014
Time: as of 19h00
Venue: Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta (contact Randolph for address)
(T: 021 7278 8001)

Looking forward to seeing you.

Best regards
Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - BLIC - Jakarta September 27, 2003

Dear friends

I am pleased to inform you that our next monthly BLIC gathering will be held 

Friday Sept 27, 2013 as of 19 00 at the usual place [contact Randolph for more info].

Looking forward to seeing you.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - BLIC - Jakarta March 1, 2013

Dear friends

I am pleased to inform you that our next monthly BLIC gathering will be held 

Friday 1 March 2013 as of 19h00 at the usual place [contact Randolph for more info].

Looking forward to seeing you.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - BLIC News - Next event on Friday 9 November 2012

Dear friends

Please note that our next BLIC evening will be held Friday evening 9 November 2012 starting at 19h00 @ ask webmaster (instead  of the previously schedule date of Friday 19 October).

The highlight of that evening to be held at a private room at Koi will be a video presentation at 20h00 by our member Didier Gazelle about his recent train journey from Belgium through Eastern Europe and Russia to Asia.

Looking forward to welcoming you at this special BLIC event.

Please mark your calendars. More details to follow.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - BLIC News - Our next get-together - Friday Sept 21, 2012

Dear friends,

You are cordially invited to attend our informal next BLIC get-together.

 

Date : Friday 21 September 2012

Time: as of 1900h

Location : ask webmaster

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Best regards
Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - BLIC News - Another Win For BLIC Red Devils

Our Football Team did it again!

The BLIC Team won a Three Country Tournament facing expat teams from the Netherlands and Germany at the NIS Football grounds on Saturday 16 September 2012.

Our results : BEL-HOL 1-0, HOL-BEL 0-5, BEL-GER 1-0, GER-BEL 1-2 made us the Tournament's winners!

Congratulations to the Team and its Captain Xavier Matton. 

And our thanks to

-the handful of Belgians who came to support the Team

-Waffely Good for their generous contribution

-Katrien Soete for the photos. (more pictures in the photo section of the website)

The victory champagne, generously offered by The Dutch Ambassador, tasted so well.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - BLIC News - Invitation to a Football Afternoon on Saturday 15 September 2012

Dear friends

Football is back!

Our successfull BLIC Football Team, the Jakarta Red Devils, will be participating at a three-country tournament.

Our opponents are expat teams from The Netherlands and Germany.

Date : Saturday 15 September 2012 (see schedule below)

Official Opening : 15h45

Kick-off of 1^st game : 16h00

Venue : Football grounds of NIS (Netherlands International School) in Cilandak

(for address and map click http://www.nis.or.id/contact.html)

BBQ, beer and soft drinks will be served.

Schedule:

3.45pm	Official Opening Ceremony - with national anthems and flags
4.00 – 4.15pm	Netherlands	BELGIUM
4.20 – 4.35pm	BELGIUM	Germany
4.40 – 4.55pm	Germany	Netherlands
5.00 – 5.15pm	BELGIUM	Netherlands
5.20 – 5.35pm	Germany	BELGIUM
5.40 – 5.55pm	Netherlands	Germany
6.00 – 6.05pm	Award ceremony
– 7.00pm	Beverages and food

And those of you who wish play in our team may contact team captain Xavier Matton at webmaster

The Red Devils team looks forward to receive a big support from BLIC!

Please do attend and bring the families for an afternoon of sports and fun.

Best regards

Randolph

EVENTS - BLIC - Belgian National Day Friday July 20, 2012

Dear friends

BLIC celebrates Belgian National Day. You are cordially invited to join us!

Date: Friday 20 July 2012

Time: 19h00 onwards

Location: contact  / SCBD

Your RSVP would be appreciated.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - BLIC gathering Jakarta Friday June 29, 2012

Dear friends,

You are cordially invited to attend our next informal BLIC get-together.

Date : Friday 29 June 2012
Time: as of 1900
Location : contact

Our guests-of-honour that evening will be Jeroen and Cecilia Deberdt. Mr Deberdt will be succeeding Karine Maeckelberghe as Consul at our Embassy in Jakarta. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Best regards
Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - ART - Belgian Choreographer Arco RENZ in Jakarta (June 8, 2012)

Dear friends

After the two recent successful and well attended May BLIC events with the success story of our BLIC football team and the business meeting FIT BLIC, it is now time to turn to the Arts.

The Belgian choreographer Arco Renz will soon perform here in Jakarta:

CRACK Dance Performance
Date: Friday 8 June 2012
Time: 20h00-22h00
Venue: Gedung Kesenian Jakarta

This event is held in conjunction with the upcoming  Indonesian Dance Festival.

Further details and programme : www.indonesiandancefestival.org

For more on Arco Renz : www.kobaltworks.be

Best regards
Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - FOOTBALL - Germany Plus vs BLIC Red Devils 4 - 4

Contrary to the German Plus host team - that regularly plays together - the BLIC Red Devils were assembled for the occasion.  Because of an initial lack of players, the Belgian team furthermore had to borrow 2 German replacements.

Any bad omen was soon contradicted by a fast lead within the first 7 minutes of the game : Germany 0 - Belgium 1.  Whilst the Belgian team was the better of their opponents, both in the personal scrimmages as in field control, the game at first unfortunately appeared to turn to the favor of the Mannschaft.  From the 1 - 1 equalizer up to a 3 - 1 lead. 

A pressuring Belgian rally in the second halve however ended in a seaming draw score of 3 - 3, and this within a time span of 8 minutes.  Then the German team  succeeded in taking the lead that appeared to go for a final 4 -3  in our disadvantage.  But once again, the Belgian perseverance paid of and a dry conversion of a rightful and non contested penalty - in the wake of the game and just when it started to darken - did result in the overall end score of Germany 4- Belgium 4.

A friendly match - in the nice setting of the German International School in BSD - contested in a spirit of comrade with a worthy opponent showed that the sky indeed could be the limit for this Belgian team. 

Do not hesitate to visit the photo gallery (there are 2 photo series - 1 with courtesy from Randolph Wintgens and 1 from the Webmaster)

Photo Gallery - Previous Post

EVENTS - FIT - Doing Business in Indonesia (Jakarta May 22, 2012)

Dear friends

In line with this upcoming visit to Indonesia of an important delegation of Belgian business people organized by Flanders Investment and Trade (FIT), there will be an event to which I am pleased to invite the members of BLIC:

Date : Tuesday 22 May 2012

Time: 17h00

Place : Hotel Le Meridien,  Jl Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta.

The programme will begin with a formal welcome by the Belgium Embassy and FIT Brussels  followed by short presentations and round-table discussions on the subject of  Doing Business in Indonesia by Jakarta-based business representatives.

A formal reception will conclude this event.

BLIC members will have the opportunity to meet Belgian companies interested in exploring business opportunities in Indonesia while the members of the Belgian delegation can benefit from first-hand experiences of Belgian companies already being established here.

Important note: registration for this event is compulsory as there is a limited amount of seating and a confirmation of your registration will be sent by FIT with full details of the programme. As such, your RSVP should reach us latest by Friday 18 May 2012.

I would like to thank our Trade & Investment Commissioner and FIT/AWEX/Brussels Representative for Indonesia Ms Nathalie Surmont  for inviting BLIC to this event.

Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday 22 May 2012.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

EVENTS - FOOTBALL - BELGIUM vs GERMANY (Jakarta Saturday May 12, 2012)

Dear friends

You are cordially invited to attend a football game whereby the BLIC Red Devils will play the local GERMAN Plus team.

Date : Saturday 12 May 2012

Time : 12h00 Gates open ; 15h30 kick-off

Venue: football field of Deutsche Internationale Schule in BSD City.

More details in the herewith attached document.

Your families and children are most welcome too.

See you in full numbers to guarantee vocal support to the BLIC team.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

Viw Belgium Germany Football

BLIC - EVENTS - Next meeting Friday March 30, 2012

Dear friends,

You are cordially invited to attend our next informal BLIC get-together.

 Date : Friday 30 March 2012
Time: as of 1900h
Location : usual place - contact RW

Looking forward to seeing you there. ---

Two more issues:

1. I wish to make you aware of the recently started Newsletter by our Embassy. 

You can access it here in Dutch, French and English:
http://www.diplomatie.be/jakartanl/default.asp?id=47&mnu=47 
http://www.diplomatie.be/jakartafr/default.asp?id=45&mnu=45 
http://www.diplomatie.be/jakarta/default.asp?id=43&mnu=43

2. Please mark your calendars, since it is football time again.

On Saturday afternoon 12 May 2012, our own BLIC XI, aka the Jakarta Red-Devils, will play German Plus, a local German expat team. The match will take place at the German International School grounds (DSI) in BSD City, Serpong. It will be a family event similar to last year with food and drinks. More details will be sent to you in due time. ---

Best regards Randolph

BLIC - EVENTS - Next event Friday March 2nd, 2012

Dear friends,

You are cordially invited to our next BLIC get-together.
 Date : Friday 2 March 2012
Time: as of 1900h
Location : contact

Looking forward to seeing you again.

Best regards
Randolph

EVENTS - BLIC - Next meeting Friday Jan 27, 2012

Dear friends
You are cordially invited to this year’s first BLIC event.

Date : Friday 27 January 2012
Time: as of 1900h
Location : contact / Jakarta

In addition to our regular monthly get-together, 2012 will also feature:

--- BLIC Goes To Bali - a BLIC trip to Bali in March or April, jointly organized with our Belgian friends on the island
--- a BLIC football game (our bondscoach Stefan van den Hende is lining up an opponent to our own successful Belgium XI)
--- a golf tournament.

More details to be provided soon.

In case you have any further suggestions for other initiatives, please do let me know.

Looking forward to seeing you again.

Best regards
Randolph

HAPPY NEW YEAR - New Years' Greetings from BLIC

Dear friends

2011 was a good BLIC year. Thank you for your BLIC support!

We held seven regular events plus a Belgium National Day dinner, a memorable football game and one golf tournament.

And our recent and well attended Christmas Dinner, enhanced by fine food and generously donated door prizes by some of our members, turned out to be a very joyous evening.

I also wish to thank Ambassador Tanghe and the Embassy staff for their support over this past year.

My best wishes to all of you for a happy New Year 2012! Looking forward to seeing you again in big numbers at the upcoming BLIC events in 2012.

Best regards

Randolph Wintgens

REMINDER - BLIC X-mas Dinner (Dec 14, 2011)

Dear friends of BLIC

This is a reminder that you are cordially invited to attend a special BLIC Christmas/Year End Dinner.

Date: Wednesday 14 December 2011

Time: 19h00 onwards

Place: contact

The Management of the venue has prepared a special 3-course set menu for us:

• Chestnut Cream Soup
• Christmas Turkey with Vegetables and Mashed Potatoes
• Christmas Pudding

It is priced at Rp150,000++/person. (full story hereunder)

CHARITY - Used Books Collection (till Jan 29, 2011)

Dear friends

We have received the message below which may be of interest to you. It is from:

• SAHABAT ANAK, an organization that provides education and encouragement to Jakarta's street kids and
• TAMAN BACAAN PELANGI , which establishes small libraries for children in remote villages in Flores, NTT.

BLIC members may have some used books to donate. It is for a good cause.

Thank you and best regards -Randolph

DRIVE BOOKS, NOT CARS  is a completely volunteer-driven project designed to raise awareness for Sahabat Anak and Taman Bacaan Pelangi

A few friends and I started it last September. This is the second drive.We are not looking for cash, but instead we would love your support. I know you know tons of people out there. Just tell them about what we are doing. Spread the word.

We are collecting all the English-language novels and Indonesian-language children's books we can get our hands on. On Jan 29th 2012 after we collect all the books from the 60 drop boxes around town we selling them back by opening in Jakarta  the biggest secondhand bookstore outside Ex during Car Free Day.

We collected over 5,000 books last time around and raised more than $3,000 to fund scholarships here in Jakarta and open libraries in Flores. Every rupiah goes to the kids. W know of no other organization or initiative here in Jakarta that can say that. We don't have a budget. We pay our own way during meetings. Every cent goes to the kids.

The drop boxes are located at: :The US Embassy /Erasmus Huis /The Australian Embassy /Japan Foundation /Kinokuniya Plaza Senayan / Kinokuniya Plaza Indo / Kinokuniya Cilandak Town Square /Bagel2 / Bagel Kemang /Habibie Center Kemang /40 Starbucks locations / Plaza Indonesia /Setiabudi Building / BNI’46 / Skyline /Gandaria City / Hayam Wuruk Plaza /Kemang Square / Kemang Sky /PIM 2 / Cideng /Plaza Senayan /Kamome /GKBI /FX Sudirman /Pacific Place /Sampoerna Strategic Square /Rasuna Epicentrum / Tomang Raya /Cityloft / University of Indonesia /Senayan City 1 /Mal Taman Anggrek / Citraland Mal / Central Park 1 /Oakwood / Grand Indonesia /Pasaraya Grande /Citos /Tebet /Emporiu Pluit / Pluit Village /Pluit Junction /Formula 1 /Bandung Indah Plaza / PVJ  / Cihampelas Walk / UOB / Plaza Semanggi  / Grand Indonesia 2 /Kemang Village

EVENTS - BLIC Christmas Dinner (Dec 14 - Jakarta)

Dear friends of BLIC

You are cordially invited to attend a special BLIC Christmas/Year End Dinner.

Date: Wednesday 14 December 2011

Time: 19h00 onwards
3 Set menu's ad 150.000 IDR pp (no drinks included)

Place: Info

Please come in big numbers and bring your families.

Looking forward to seeing you.

RSVP, please!

Best regards

Randolph (email)