In this series we will look at the true story about Eny Engriyani, the current manager of TBI Kuningan. We have avoided covering her complicity with the TBI Mafia until now, though it was mentioned in passing by the teacher testimonial of former Kuningan expat teacher “Lipi”. In her 5 part report on TBI Kuningan…
The behavior of Nida, the newish School Manager of TBI Fatmawati, would be very peculiar in most contexts, but it is strangely typical of The British Institute. After all, pathological lying from Luke Preece has been his main contribution to the culture of TBI. Nida has probably been inducted into the culture of massive and…
Have you ever heard of an ESL school, or any sane company for that matter, create rumors of a vigilante attack on an unpopular manager of their own school as a way of improving their image? Well, down right bizarre as this sounds, it is what has happened at TBI Fatmawati in recent weeks! So…
Just a brief note about this blog. Last night we passed 80,000 views for the two blogs combined. It amazes us that every day 50 to 100 people come to this site and read a story or two. (The average reader will click on this site once or twice, giving us an average of around…
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…
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