Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Hope to celebratory drinks raises spirits

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Hope to celebratory drinks raises spirits

Mariani Dewi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 12/24/2008 10:49 AM

Christmas and New Year's Eve partygoers, sobering up to the gloomy reality of a shortage of alcoholic beverages, could soon find relief in reports that container-loads of drinks are on their way from Tanjung Priok Port to hotels, restaurants and bars across the city.

Mugi Harjo, general manager of supplier PT Pandawa Mas, said stocks were trickling out of the port, where 50 containers full of fresh supply have been detained for failing to clear customs and excise.

"It's not as much as we would have liked, but the supplies are starting to come in. We're hoping to have them in time for the Christmas and New Year festivities," he said.

The company is rationing its limited stock to buyers, with many forced to wait in line for delivery.

The Sultan Hotel is one of them. Herman Kartaamidjaja, food and beverage director at the Sultan, said his hotel had seen very few deliveries recently.

"We can't get any spirits. But we've managed to hunt down a few bottles of wine from different suppliers," he said.

As the hotel prepares to host New Year's Eve celebrations, it has fallen back on last year's excess stock to serve to an expected 1,500 customers.

"We're lucky we bought too much last year and now have some leftover. We've rationed the selling to leave some for New Year's Eve. We hope it's enough, but the selection is very limited," Herman said.

Stocks have been running dry over the last few months, with hotels, restaurants and other entertainment establishments thirsting for fresh supplies. Individual buyers - including expatriates -- are also leaving empty-handed from retail outlets, despite being willing to fork out more money for their favorite drinks.

"They're just gone. All I can get is local beer. I like it, but I want more selection and I want a taste of my country's local flavor. I wonder what's really happening," a Japanese expatriate told The Jakarta Post last week.

According to the city's official news portal, beritajakarta.com, 50 containers loaded with alcoholic beverages have been held up at Tanjung Priok Port since early December on suspicion of falsified invoices and the drinks being illegally imported.

The reported release of the drinks through the customs checkpoint comes after successive talks between state-owned sole importer PT Sarinah, and hotel operators, the customs and excise office and the industry office. No official statement has been released to the media about the suspension or the release of the drinks.

The city, meanwhile, is gearing up for the year-end festivities. As of Dec. 19, the Jakarta Tourism Agency has approved 131 New Year's Eve events registered by 91 entertainment establishments across the city.

They include 43 hotels, 17 bars and pubs and 10 nightclubs -- all of which list alcoholic beverages in their drinks menus.

Arie Budiman, head of the tourism agency, was upbeat the establishments would get their hands on fresh supplies in time for the parties.

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