One thing to remember in dealing with sociopaths like Luke Preece or Binsar Simorangkir is that there is a mask or persona which lies over the true self. One of the best fictional treatments of this bizarre duality which sociopaths present is the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by the Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson…
Most people will never have heard of TBI Palembang, and there is a very good reason. Like TBI Bali, it was scheduled to open in 2012 but it has never come to fruition. We have been to Sumatra 20 times in all. Diehard travellers, we have gone hiking in the Pasemah Plateau,…
In June 2012 signs of stress within the TBI became evident, especially to anyone adept at reading between the lines, when TBI announced (with an air of desperation) that it was time to show a wajah baru to the world. The question that this raised for us was pretty obvious. What was wrong with the…
108Jakarta.com, Kuningan – Memasuki usia yang ke 30 tahun, The British Institute (TBI) senantiasa memberikan kualitas terbaik bagi masyarakat seiring dengan berkembangnya kebutuhan akan bahasa Inggris yang terus meningkat. TBI yang telah berdiri sejak tahun 1984, menyadari akan perkembangan-perkembangan yang sangat dinamis dan cukup pesat. Tidak hanya melakukan beberapa inovasi terhadap program-program pelatihan bahasa Inggris, tapi juga melakukan…
Luke Preece is the most shameless liar I have ever met. No one else is in his league in his ability to debase himself by lying every time he feels it is convenient. Nothing he said can be trusted. Here is an example of the blatant distortions and misinformation that he and his crew of…
How come when staff and bills don’t get paid in Bandung it’s Scott’s fault, but when it happens in Kuningan it’s the company’s fault, not Cameron’s? This question came through today from a heckler. It is typical TBI nonsense, but okay we will bite and take it more seriously than it probably deserves. I have…
Towards the end of 2011 the owners of Menara Kuningan contacted TBI and told them that there would be a massive rent increase for 2012. They would have to pay a whopping Rp 700.000.000 rupiah more for the premises in 2012 than they had in 2011. For those not used to Indonesian rupiah, this amounted…
Over the next few days we wish to address a theme that has been somewhat neglected on this blog until now. The theme is that TBI has long been financially mismanaged, which partly accounts for its long-term ability to flourish. (The other reason is the mixture of toxic and even pathological personalities who have controlled…
TBI claims to be a ‘Go Green’ company, and it runs competitions for the kiddies on this theme, but like everyone thing else about these people, these claims turn out to be hollow. In fact in 2011, about 10 months before leaving TBI, I learned that Jalaludin Japri- who is one of the two surviving…
Back in April 2010 Jodi Shiek had values and morals. Or at least it seemed that way. The position of school manager of TBI Riau (then called TBI Jalan Jawa) was up for grabs. Her and Ratna had made an application to run it jointly. Ratna and her had been running operations for many years.…
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