Wednesday, May 21st, 2008...4:49 am
Adinda Bakrie: Go to Hell
Not just to Adinda Bakrie, but also other "socialites" of Jakarta: stop being such an ass! Who the hell cares about your stupid 4 million Pashmina scarf beside your fellow brainless socialites?
Here’s what I heard from the grapevine, which I’ll take at face value: She is going to have 3 wedding parties, and 10 bridesmaid, and each of the bridesmaid will have a 5 million gown made for each party. Chalk it up at 150 million rups.
She will spend 30 million rups for each of the family members, and I sure don’t know what makes a family member, but even if it’s just 10 people (highly unlikely), that’d make it 300 million rups.
And get this: she will have Preston Bailey as her decorator - America’s preeminent decorator that has done Donald Trump and the likes. She will ask Wonbin (Korean artist) to sing or become MC or whatever. One plate at Mulia will cost US$300, which I really can’t imagine why. Would that consists lobster, shark fin soup, caviar, tiger bone, bear bladder, swallow’s nest, or what? I mean, a modest 2,000 guests would make it into $600,000, and I think it would be double the figure, and it’s just in Mulia. How much does this all stack up to, 10 billion rups at least? Just for one party?
And get this: her wedding dress will be carried straight from NYC, and will carry a price tag of $200,000. Yep! That much money would be enough to feed 30,000 people (?) affected by Lapindo mud for a week (?). Now Lapindo, that’s a company that’s majority owned by her father. And knowing her as a socialite, I’m pretty sure that it’s only for one of her three wedding parties, and the other two wedding gowns would at least cost half of that. I mean, she couldn’t be caught wearing the same gown twice, right?
Alright, I have to say this: All the facts I mentioned up above is not substantiated (although I do find this forum that talks about it). But somehow, I doubt that I’m off the mark by much. The question remains: why such insensitivity amongst the misery of Indonesian people? What’s even more ridiculous is her uncle’s position as the welfare minister. Yep! What a joke!
But OK, let’s be fair. Let’s say that Lapindo isn’t really responsible for the mud volcano, and it really is a natural disaster. Yeah OK, so they can afford it, and they are stinking rich. Fine. But to spend that much and actually be proud of it, and to spread the news around (and become the sensation of "socialite" magazines), that’s just abhorrent.
I am sure that there are many more stinking rich individuals in Indonesia who has a more, "relatively," humble wedding. I’m talking about 1 or 2 billion rups, of course. But at least they use some local vendors, though probably the most expensive ones available. At least we don’t hear about them incessantly. This Adinda Bakrie wedding, I’m telling you, is simply repugnant in so many ways. I mean, can’t they use some crazy expensive decorator from Indonesia, which would be 10 times cheaper than Preston Bailey? Or maybe call Delon instead of Il Divo? … oh wait, that might be a good idea after all. Anyway, a $200,000 wedding gown? You can get 20 Vera Wang gowns with those kind of money. What the hell?
And mind you, all these are amidst extreme poverty; increase in criminal activity; increasing gasoline price; increasing food prices; wages that cannot catch up to inflation; more unemployment; the homeless at Sidoarjo; and so on and so on. She, or perhaps her family, truly lacks empathy. They have no heart, they have no shame, and all they care about is how their precious precious wedding parties will be the talk of the "socialites" of Jakarta.
Speaking of which, I think we should ban those "socialite" magazines like "Prestige" until our country is better off. Better off as in, less wealth gap and GDP of $5,000 or something.
18 Comments
May 21st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
i totally agree with you.
i think that just shows how some people can be so selfish & careless to the surroundings.
their hearts (or better, in indonesian term: “hati nurani”) are shut-off.
if only they know AND realize that for just every thousands of US$ they’ve spent,..they could’ve seen HUNDREDS of big smile & immeasurable feelings of gratitude from those unfortunate people.
it’s way much better than trying to excel & compete in the latest most-trendy or most-expensive fashion or bags, that only will be replaced by another trend. so vain.
June 7th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
well, can’t help it. some people are bound to be like that. Just think of Aninda as Paris’s Indonesian counterpart.
There will always be those snobs who think they are so cool by being such a huge brat, and there will always be people who would want to know what those snobs will be wearing for the next fall season.
June 12th, 2008 at 3:43 am
and if we actually dare to make those kind of comments, we´ll be labelled as “sirik tanda tak mampu”..how ironic..
June 29th, 2008 at 11:45 am
yeah, exactly. very very ironic.
but let them have it. That’s how a family fortune is sapped anyway. The destruction of family’s wealth always usually are done by messed up brats like Adinda here. But on the side note, one of the next generation of Bakrie’s family, Anindya Bakrie, the director of Bakrie Telecommunication (owner of Esia), is one humble and very hard working guy
July 28th, 2008 at 5:29 am
It is just so tragic, to see those people in Sidoarjo craving for food and a good place to live. Meanwhile, the Bakrie family are spending so much just for a ‘wedding’…
August 24th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Herewith, I join this agreement:)
Such an ironic interpretation for the sake of happiness, right?
October 6th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Andrian :
I don’t think Paris will do the same. I mean yeah maybe she would have a super big wedding, but she is smarter than she looks. She craves public attention and she wants everyone views her as a good person ( from what it may seems ). I am sure she will donate some money to the victims in the end..
Just my point of view..
October 21st, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Well, the money isn’t yours and frankly, you can’t tell someone go to hell because they have a lot of money. I read about this family business and how their grandfather (Achmad Bakrie) worked hard to start the company during dutch and japon occupation.
It was a worked and people should respect it. It’s always the way it is; people who make more will spend their fortune in unfortunate way as others might recall.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:38 am
How are you?, Give something to help those hungry people in Africa and India,
I made this blog about this subject:
in http://tinyurl.com/6p6lb8
November 27th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Hey..hey…That’s life is all about! I mean..You can not say “Hey..Why Bakrie can make such a party like this,but the people of Lapindo can not live happily because of them”. Ah! Forgot sake will ya! After all..that’s “Their” business with The LORD. Hell yeah.. I mean,you dont have the privelige to judge someone..Hey,take a look at yer self man.. What contribute have you done for our Great Nation “The NKRI”..?. Maybe the answer is you both don’t have a contribution at all.. SO why bother someone else fortune? It’s up to them how they want to spend their money and fortune. Grow up man! Stop making any useless comment! No offence bro.. Im not taking a side here..but what i see from your comments,yer just jealouss because they have a better life then we are. Let The LORD Judge them by HIS own will..
Cheers Bro!
November 28th, 2008 at 3:32 am
Let the Lord Judge? Should we let the Lord judge criminals and corruptors too? Well, just let the people of Sidoarjo languish in poverty and uncertainty… they’ll get their rewards from the Lord, right?
There’s something better that we can do. It’s called politics and public opinion. We should implement a much more progressive tax to provide for the needy & for education, as written in the INDONESIAN CONSTITUTION chapter 13 on Education, and chapter 16 on Social welfare, Pasal 34: “Fakir miskin dan anak-anakyang terlantar dipelihara oleh negara.” Which should become the responsibility of the minister of Welfare and social justice… WHOOPS, who was it again?
Yeah yeah, like Yosefine says… “and if we actually dare to make those kind of comments, we´ll be labelled as “sirik tanda tak mampu”..how ironic..”
December 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
well every one has opinion.. and my opinion is adinda bakrie i love you..
June 13th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
HELLO.. PARIS IS A DUMB BLONDE OKAY? WHAT TO COMPARE WITH ADINDA YOU ASSHOLE
June 13th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
i agree with Nieko.. don’t just talk about other people’s fortune! just try to improve yourself better than discussing about another people!
June 13th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
greg : i agree with you. in this world, only by hardworking will someone reach his fortune!
August 5th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
why adinda bakrie n whole family should go to hell..????
October 17th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Who the hell cares about your stupid 4 million Pashmina scarf beside your fellow brainless socialites? ==> by saying this, it’s obvious that u DO care my man..
November 11th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
touche lawyerboy, touche…
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