Make Your House More Fresh with Plant

Nowadays, a house is not only a building, but have many function, for family living, as place to come home, pleasure, family reunion, celebrating some event, etc. The main use is for living everyday. To support this, house must have not only a phisical building but with many accesories, like kitchenware, houseware, and to make our house fresh, we need a green yard. A comfortable house can make us more comfort, relax, enjoy, make a positif think and so increase a productifity. A beautifull house is a combination of good building and a beautifull garden.

In the city, where air polution is high, the need of plant for house is very important. To cultivate many plant, we need a quality planters. Indoor planters for plant in the house, and outside the house, like terace, backyard, or garden, there is outdoor planters. There are a various quality planter provide by platerixchange.com. There are indoor planters and so outdoor planters.

This product is made from a quality stuff, designed as an unique artistic shape, it is the better choice for a planter purpose. You can order online by visited a decorative planters distributor, is dedicated to bringing the widest selection of high quality residential and commercial planters to the internet. Make your house, yard green, feel your house more fresh, comfortable. And enjoy the life.
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A Unique Mailbox for Your House

However in the information technology era all purpose can be handle by internet, like mail, but in some purpose there is something can not be changed. Like on sending a christmas card, birthday card, wedding card, invitation card, we need a mail service. To receive the mail, surely, we need a mailbox. An antique, artistic mailbox is a good for your house accessory.

There are many unique, high Quality and artistic residential and commercial mailboxes provide by mailboxixchange.com and can be order by internet. There are about 2500 type and model of mailbox and curbside decor products. I think all product is designed for art, with antique shape, and beautifull color, make this mailbox look so sweet. It can be an acessory to complement your front gate with a beautifull mailbox.

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Toward A Healthy City

Jakarta is the largest city in Indonesia. With population about 7 milion and 5 million commuter that work in Jakarta cause this city not only dense, crowded, hot, dirty, and so not health to living. Traffic jam is become a common looking on the street arround Jakarta. River with a disty brown water to. Is city with this condition is helath for living? I think not.

By WHO, (1992) describe the healthy city as a city that all project is rooted in a concept of what city is and a vision of what that is living, breathing, growing and constanly changing. A healthy city is one that improve its environment and expands its resourcess so that people can support each other in achieving their highest potential.

Many way is taken by Jakarta Goverment to reduce air polution, water polution, traffic jam, crime, etc, nut the result is still far from succes. May because so many problem is stuck Jakarta, like no way to solve a problem. As a capital of Indonesia, Jakarta become a central for many bussines office, national and multinational branch office, make this city is a source for money for many Indonesia Citizen.

So, when Jakarta is comfortable for living? May be need a long tim eto get this result. But, all have tro participate on pursuing this. It is not only a task of goverment, but all Jakarta citizen. What can we do? Throw a waste into a trash bin, dont't throw into the river. Obey all rule when riding. With our participation, and a good will from goverment, a healthy city will come true.
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Transportation in Manila, Philippines

As a capital city of Republic of Philippines, Manila become a dense city. As a big city Manila have many problem, once is traffic jam. In this post we will know about transporation system in Manila to provide a good transportation for it's citizen.

Transportation in Manila divide into some moda, Buses, jeepneys, LRT, and taxis are readily available for use in getting around the city. About 14 percent of the 158,810 km (98,110 mi) of roads in the Philippines are paved, this is in spite of the difficult mountainous terrain.

The most popular mode of transportation in Manila is the jeepney. As the name implies, it is basically a colorful jeep that looks like those used by the Americans during World War II. They have regular stops, as do buses, but will also stop if they are flagged down.

A modern transportation moda is LRT (Light Transit System). This moda is provide transportation in Metro Manila, Capital City of Manila. Metro manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) is the greater metropolitan area of the city of Manila, the national capital of the Philippines. Its residential population of 11,099,800 (2007 estimate) makes it the eleventh most populous metropolitan area in the world and the Second largest in Southeast Asia. However during the daytime its population well exceeds 16 million.[citation needed] Metro Manila is one of the three defined metropolitan areas in the Philippines, the others being Metro Cebu and Metro Davao.



The Manila LRT is the first metro system in Southeast Asia, built earlier than the Singapore MRT by three years. The system is not related to the Manila Metro Rail Transit System, or the Blue Line, which forms a completely different but linked system.

This moda is the fastest, cheapest way to go. Because of the fastest and cheapest, LRT become a favourite for tourist on travelling Manila. Metro-Manila, the metropolitan area of the capital of the Philippines is home to some 10 million people. A light metro system (Mass Rail Transit - MRT), which runs mainly elevated, is being developed.



There are about 4 line of LRT, LRT 1 to LRT 4. LRT 1 extension south 12km. The first phase stations are named (from Baclaran) Redemptorist, Manila International Airport, Asia World, Ninoy Aquino, Dr. Santos, Manuyo Uno, Las Pilas, Zapote, Talaba, and Niyog.

LRT 2. This line is elevated between Doroteo JosE (LRT 1) to Cubao (MRT 3) in Quezon City, and further on to Santolan in Pasig. It will run along Recto Ave, Magsaysay Blvd and Aurora Blvd.

MRT 3 (popularly called METROSTAR) runs elevated along EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Ave.) ring road (except Buendia station which is underground). The central section opened on 16 Dec. 1999, the southern section, which connects to LRT 1 followed on 20 July 2000. The total length is now 16.8 km, once the northern section is built the line will be 24 km.

MRT 4 running northeast from Doroteo Jose/Recto into Quezon City connecting with North Ave. Stn. on line 3, with 20 stations have been completed by 2007.


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Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok, the capital of Thailand Kingdom, in thai called as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, is the 22nd most populous city in the world. Bangkok province or the areas bounded by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), has a registered population nearing 7 million people, and the Bangkok Metropolitan Area.

Which covers five provinces surrounding the capital province in the central region of Thailand registers a little over 10 million. However, like many large cities, the city has seen a great flux of immigrants who are not properly listed in the city's administration. The population is therefore much more realistic in the band of 15-20 million.



An elaborate network of canals known as khlongs gave Bangkok the nickname "Venice of the East" at a time when most transportation was by boat. Today, nearly all of the canals have been filled in and converted into streets. While many khlongs still exist with people living along them and markets often being operated along the banks, most are severely polluted.[7] A notable khlong market is the floating market in Taling Chan district. Through downtown Bangkok runs the Khlong Saen Saeb, which has a canal boat service, the most extensive of which is the Chao Phraya Express Boat with as many as thirty stops along the both banks of the Saen Saeb. However, there are limitations as the further north the route is the farther apart the stations are, impeding the ability of this water taxi to function as a true mass transit system.

Roads

Several elevated highways, newly rebuilt intersections, and many partially finished road and rail projects dot the landscape around greater Bangkok, but have done little to overcome the notorious traffic jams on Bangkok's surface roads as private vehicle usage continues to outstrip infrastructure development. Many city residents complain that they spend more than half their waking day on the streets on an open-air city bus.

Bangkok also includes many shopping and business roads like the Sukhumvit Road which includes highrise business buildings, apartments, and shopping malls, Sukhumvit Road is where many foreigners like to come shopping. The Wireless Road or Thanon Wittayu include the Stock Exchange of Thailand and many business buildings like the All Seasons Place Complex which includes the Conrad Bangkok, a shopping mall, and many other business offices. The Thanon Khaosan or Khaosan Road is also well-known by foreigners. One of the popular shopping roads for teenagers is Rama I road, which has the Siam Paragon, Siam Square, and the Siam Discovery Center.

Bangkok may be known as one of the worst cities in the world for traffic, but it has built an expressway or second-level road on almost every road in the city center, and there continue to be plans for new expressways monthly. The government has also tried many times to improve the state of the traffic in the city center, which can sometimes take an hour just to move one kilometer.[citation needed]

Rail systems

In 1999 an elevated two-line Skytrain (officially called BTS) metro system was opened. The remains of a failed elevated railroad project (the Hopewell project) can still be seen all the way from the main railroad station out towards Don Mueang Airport. Due to the Asian financial crisis of 1997 construction was halted and the concrete pillars were left unused.



The MRT subway system opened for use in July 2004. The MRT connects the northern train station of Bang Sue to the Hua Lamphong central railway station near the city center, while also going through the eastern part of Bangkok. It connects to the BTS system at BTS stations Mo Chit, Asok, and Sala Daeng. Many stations have various designs and concepts with many to install retail shops and transit malls to draw more income from commuters.

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Busway and Our Bad Attitudes

We have a mass transit rapid system call Busway (from bus way, bus have priviledge to drive on its/own way), operated by transjakarta corporation. As a new mass transport, this transport is being polemic at beginning. Yes, the build of busway project i scaused a long traffic jam in many area of jakarta.

Jakarta, the big and dense city, with minimum good public facility have to strugle with its citizen increase and increase. So, a good mass rapid transportation is a must. We have a busway now. Its a good start. But we see on many palce, bus way is not only BUSWAY's way, but every body way. They may be city car, bus, motorcycle, and all private car. Its become a question, whats is bus way for? If anybody can driven by, and no punishment will come.



Gatot Subroto-Mampang street

Jakarta is crowdwd, right, overcrowded, but its not a reason for as to hit a public law. Bus way is designed to make a mass bus, comfortable bus, rapid bus. Idf everyone can use its way, what is the different between bus way and other city transport?



Busway is the begining. But if we dont change our atitude, other good project will get same result: fail.
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save Our River

After some East and Central Java region have been swap by Bengawan Solo River, we nedd to re-think about river management in Indonesia. Yes, Indonesia, a tropical country with tropical forest and river, with high rain debit, must have high knowledment about how to make our nature safe.

Bengawan Solo, the longest river in Indonesia, from wonogiri to Gresik Surabaya. To safe bengawan solo is about safe people from wonogiri to surabaya, so a plan is about management all section of bengawan solo, not partial management. Water is transported from one side to the edge, from higher place to the down.

A Jakarta, with many river groove, have high risk flood because of river and nature mis-management. Did you see, how many river in Jakarta is clean? I think only Kalimalang river is the cleanest river arround Jakarta. Lets see ciliwung, the most popular river, because every year send flood to jakarta.

If you see at Manggarai watergate you will see a ton of rubish float and fulling the water, so you can't see anytghing but rubish, waste.

The question is, when Jakarta ready to free from flood. Jakarta, tha capital of the Republic of Indonesia, a country with more than 200 milion peoples, the bigest country in SEA. Its a pity. Bad Transportation with bad diciplin roder, bad city bus, bad public facility, bad attitude.

When, or Like Ebiet say Shall we ask to dancing grass?
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