Minigopoly - The Rules

The Inaugural Game of MINIGOPOLY

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It was the first time that this brand new scaled down version of OLIGOPOLY was ever played and its first ever CHAMPION is Ike from "Dewi cs" class.



Wednesday 09-09-09 (what a great date for this momentous occasion!) the competitors in the famous "laboratory rats" game, from left to right: Yeyen, Ika, Dewi, Ike and Donan.



MINIGOPOLY differs from OLIGOPOLY in the following areas: board size, number of properties, number of dice used, when salaries are paid, how taxes are levied, the system used for elections, what makes inflation go up and down. In terms of 'feel', the two versions of the game are very similar. MINIGOPOLY takes 90 minutes to play while a full game of OLIGOPOLY takes three hours. Six is the maximum - and ideal - number of players for both games.



Inflation was "4" at the end of the game so all Corporations were valued at $400,000, and all Marketing Companies were valued at $200,000. Ike won with three Corporations, two Marketing Companies and $3,900,000 in cash. This gave her a total of $5,500,000 in assets. If inflation had been "6" at the end of the game then Dewi would have won because she owned five Corporations! It was a close result. Well played everyone. And well played to Ike who is the Wisma Bahasa's Inaugural Champion of MINIGOPOLY.

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Idioms Ahoy! Why's he talking about Clouds?

Always on the lookout for those puzzling - but useful - idioms! It's a never ending task!

Here are three idiomatic expressions which mention 'cloud'.

• Every cloud has a silver lining

• To be under a cloud

• To have your head in the clouds

Have you ever heard any of these? If not, see if you can work out what they mean by reading the text below.

What a dreamer Mbak Tatik is! She daydreams about this, she imagines that. Sometimes the things she talks about are real. Sometimes they are not. When you see her staring out the window at nothing in particular, you know she has her head in the clouds. But actually some people at the Wisma are a little unhappy with her. Ari Wibowo came to the front office and asked about studying at the Wisma but Tatik had her head in the clouds and didn't persuade him to take the General Course. Yuan, Prima, Siwi - they were all angry with her. But she wasn't under a cloud for long. 'Mas' Ari came back the next day and asked for more information and Yuan, Prima and Siwi just so happened to be hanging out in the front office. So... every cloud has a silver lining!

Can you figure out what the expressions mean?

Try ... before you look at the explanations below!

Here are the definitions:

Every cloud has a silver lining - there are good things even in seemingly bad situations
To be under a cloud - to be under suspicion or to be out of favour
To have your head in the clouds - to daydream or to be unrealistic

News From The Wisma

Whatever is causing the trafiic jams, the fully booked hotels and general feeling of ecstasy and rejoice in Yogyakarta, one thing for sure is Demangan Baru is rocking with the news that veteran native speaker, Adrian B. Coen, has started using his brand new handmade leather shoes to work.

Speaking to a shoving, shrieking, shouting group of journalists, Mr Coen explained that the new shoes, made by his personal cobbler, KRT Hardjo Wikromo MSc, were size 44. He plans to use them every day and will teach a wide selection of Indonesians and other nationalities while wearing them on his feet.

As in the past, Mr Coen, 29 years old (always), angrily denied accusations of acute bromidrosis. He insisted that his sudden exits from countries like the U.K., Japan and Australia had nothing whatsoever to do with the deadly odours coming out of his last pair of shoes which he wore all the way around the world for a period of fourteen years.

His old shoes can now be viewed at the WB-ED. please make an appointment with Mr Coen's personal Shoe manager, mBak tatik.



















Detailed shot of one of the new shoes. When not being worn the two shoes are never allowed to be in the same place at once for security reasons.