Areas of Manchester

Thinking of where to live in Manchester? below you can find brief information about each areas that I would consider to be popular places to live and they are not too far from the Universities:
1. City Centre -
2. Castlefield -
3. University (oxford rd.) -
4. Rusholme -
5. Green Quarter -
6. Salford -
7. Northern Quarter -
8. Fallowfield [...]

Grocery Shopping in Manchester

In Manchester, we have many choices for grocery shopping. Of course, this depends on several factors such as: budget, location, and product availability. Below you can find several choices in which many Indonesians in Manchester do their grocery shopping:
General Grocery
1. ASDA – this is absolutely the most popular destination for students and professionals alike. aside [...]

Nottingham Festival 2009

On June 13th, 2009, 32 friends from Manchester chartered a coach and traveled to the annual Nottingham Festival. This festival, popularly called “nott-fest” is the biggest event in the UK for all Indonesians as it is a day where all Indonesians in the UK can meet and get to know with each other.
through out the [...]

PPI-GM Basketball Team

This year’s basketball team achieved quite a success in several events, including Nottingham fest 2009 where they snatched the runner-up title as well as at the Asian Games 2009.
apart from the competitions we participate in, ppi-gm-ers also like to play basketball every now and then just for fun and as an effort to get together [...]

Indepedent Film Screening: Cin(t)a

On June 2nd, 2009, PPI-GM held a Screening of an Indonesian Independent film Cin(t)a. Adi Panuntun, who is the producer of this provocative and strong film about differences in race and religion in Indonesia, actually happens to be a Master’s Student in Newcastle.
Adi and his Sembilan Matahari crew conducted a roadshow of the screening throughout [...]