Marching OrdersDaniel PopeDecember 15, 2015 by Daniel PopeDecember 15, 20150613 An army marches on its stomach and so does an English teacher, as Daniel Pope found out. Despite my earning...
He Who Laughs LastEamonn SadlerNovember 30, 2015November 30, 2015 by Eamonn SadlerNovember 30, 2015November 30, 20150776 In the winter of 1990, I was working in real estate in London with my business partner, Steve Collins. One...
App Fap: App-Based Transport SolutionsSimonNovember 16, 2015November 16, 2015 by SimonNovember 16, 2015November 16, 20150808 New application-based transportation solutions are taking Indonesia’s jammed boulevards by storm. Last time out, I gnashed my teeth at the...
Filling the GrillEamonn SadlerNovember 16, 2015 by Eamonn SadlerNovember 16, 201501645 In the early ‘90s, I was working in sales and marketing at the Sari Pan Pacific Hotel in Jakarta. Our...
A World of TraditionEamonn SadlerNovember 2, 2015November 4, 2015 by Eamonn SadlerNovember 2, 2015November 4, 201501673 I love traditions. Family traditions, national traditions, anything that is traditional in the true sense of the word. I guess...
Proof that Not Refusing to Save the Planet Might Not be a Bad IdeaEamonn SadlerOctober 29, 2015 by Eamonn SadlerOctober 29, 201502068 Most people will be very surprised to learn that the world’s population of polar bears has shrunk by almost 60...
Catching a FlickIndonesia ExpatOctober 3, 2015August 4, 2017 by Indonesia ExpatOctober 3, 2015August 4, 20170756 I like movies that are either funny or true, meaning I don’t generally see the point of letting precious minutes...
A Person, Another Person and a Third Person Walk into a BarEamonn SadlerSeptember 7, 2015August 4, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerSeptember 7, 2015August 4, 201701157 Political correctness has become part of everyone’s lives over the last couple of decades. Everyone now needs to be very...
Fun With WeaponsDaniel PopeAugust 21, 2015August 4, 2017 by Daniel PopeAugust 21, 2015August 4, 201702148 Daniel Pope contemplates whether a foreigner could get away with murder in Indonesia. My local hangout in Jakarta in the...
The Greatest Show on EarthEamonn SadlerAugust 21, 2015August 4, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerAugust 21, 2015August 4, 201701120 By the time you read this the biggest and oldest comedy festival in the world will be over (or very...
Booze BluesSimonAugust 10, 2015August 4, 2017 by SimonAugust 10, 2015August 4, 20170833 The price of alcohol in Indonesia continues to soar into the stratosphere as new import duties are introduced. I’ve...
Fetch the Fava Beans and a Nice ChiantiEamonn SadlerAugust 10, 2015August 4, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerAugust 10, 2015August 4, 20170731 Where I come from people never die. Before you rush to buy a house next to mine, I don’t mean...
Nothing NewEamonn SadlerJuly 13, 2015August 4, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerJuly 13, 2015August 4, 20170558 When I went to Istanbul recently, I was eager to submit to the full tourist experience and immerse myself completely...
Real HeroesEamonn SadlerJune 26, 2015August 4, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerJune 26, 2015August 4, 20170533 I’ve never been a fan of those works of fiction that portray super muscular, superheroes performing amazing and noble feats...
When All About You are Losing TheirsEamonn SadlerJune 15, 2015August 4, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerJune 15, 2015August 4, 20170629 Near the end of World War II, an American B24 bomber was shot down by the Japanese over North Borneo,...
Incredible JavaEamonn SadlerJune 1, 2015August 6, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerJune 1, 2015August 6, 20170563 Very few people are fully aware of the huge impact Java has had on the world as we know it...
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Daze of SummerEamonn SadlerMay 18, 2015August 8, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerMay 18, 2015August 8, 20170752 The summer of 1976 was the hottest and driest in the UK since records began, with the months of June,...
The Boys are Back in TownEamonn SadlerApril 20, 2015August 16, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerApril 20, 2015August 16, 20170599 April 2015 marks the 14th anniversary of the Jakarta Comedy Club and I am pleased to announce that on April...
The Great North-South DivideEamonn SadlerApril 6, 2015August 16, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerApril 6, 2015August 16, 201701260 I will not mention the name of the city in the north of England where I chose to go in...
The Old HandsEamonn SadlerMarch 23, 2015August 23, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerMarch 23, 2015August 23, 20170564 There is always kudos in the amount of time you have been doing something, a kind of “seniority of time”,...
See You in 2015!Eamonn SadlerDecember 1, 2014October 20, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerDecember 1, 2014October 20, 20170802 November 2014 was the busiest month the Jakarta Comedy Club has ever had. We had four events in 15 days,...