A Bottle of Wine and a PlayroomBartele SantemaMay 21, 2012January 21, 2021 by Bartele SantemaMay 21, 2012January 21, 20210595In Eastern Promise (EP) we now have a playroom for kids. During recent trips to New Zealand and Australia, I...
Not Losing Their ReligionKenneth YeungMay 21, 2012September 6, 2017 by Kenneth YeungMay 21, 2012September 6, 201701604How many people know there’s an Indonesian god at Jakarta’s oldest Chinese temple? And who knew the city’s oldest church...
Literary Works Capable of ChangeAntony SuttonMay 7, 2012September 5, 2017 by Antony SuttonMay 7, 2012September 5, 201701081Take an ambitious businessman drunk on being so close to power, a media baron who uses his political acquaintances to...
Culture Shock-Jakarta-SydneyDachlan CartwrightMay 7, 2012September 5, 2017 by Dachlan CartwrightMay 7, 2012September 5, 201701930My wife Srie and I, normally resident in Indonesia, recently spent four months in Sydney where our son is studying....
Alcohol and IslamIndonesia ExpatApril 24, 2012November 10, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatApril 24, 2012November 10, 20213 1802During one period of my years in living in Jakarta, a favorite activity was my weekly visit to Pak Trisno,...
‘Bintang, Anyone’?David E. ParryApril 24, 2012April 17, 2024 by David E. ParryApril 24, 2012April 17, 202406310Indonesia’s Most Loved Beer and the History Behind the Label A holiday spent in Indonesia most likely revolves around a...
Dying For a DrinkKenneth YeungApril 24, 2012May 18, 2023 by Kenneth YeungApril 24, 2012May 18, 20233 4168The Indonesian government claims that its high taxes on alcoholic beverages discourage heavy drinking but the reality is that many...
The Mad Tuk Tuk ChallengeSilvia ForsmanApril 10, 2012September 6, 2017 by Silvia ForsmanApril 10, 2012September 6, 201701110First Published on Latitudes.nu Picture the scene : You’re riding your bicycle along a dirt road near Prolit village near...
Benny & MiceAntony SuttonMarch 27, 2012September 6, 2017 by Antony SuttonMarch 27, 2012September 6, 201711886My Indonesian language skills have never been that good. I struggle to put three or four words together and when...
Aesthetically Pleasing Green Buildings of JakartaDaniel NewcomerMarch 27, 2012September 6, 2017 by Daniel NewcomerMarch 27, 2012September 6, 201702311A general awareness of green buildings in Indonesia, especially Jakarta is still not well organized due to people’s assumptions of...
Delicacies for the Daring DinerHush PetersenMarch 15, 2012September 4, 2017 by Hush PetersenMarch 15, 2012September 4, 20171725It’s hard to put your finger on what makes Ben Hil (short for Bendungan Hilir), right at the heart of...
Restaurateur’ TourYvette BenningshofMarch 14, 2012October 23, 2017 by Yvette BenningshofMarch 14, 2012October 23, 20170735“Order in! One Ceasar Salad, one onion soup. Followed by one Salmon, pink, one Angus Tenderloin, medium rare, truffle mash.”...
Of Spice and ProfitAntony SuttonMarch 14, 2012May 3, 2020 by Antony SuttonMarch 14, 2012May 3, 20202 872Nearly half a millennium before the world, slowly getting connected by grainy black and white TV images, was entranced by...
Bandung ? A Variety of Rich Culinary ExperiencesKate WillskyMarch 14, 2012September 4, 2017 by Kate WillskyMarch 14, 2012September 4, 20174 1409Every weekend thousands of people from Jakarta travel to Bandung to visit the many factory outlets and dine out at...
A Self-Help Model for Aid that Really Works: The East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP)Clayton BondFebruary 27, 2012September 4, 2017 by Clayton BondFebruary 27, 2012September 4, 20171779When writing about aid projects words like ‘uplifting’, ‘inspirational’ or ‘downright bloody fantastic’ rarely, if ever, enter the vocabulary of...
Going Nowhere Fast – Can Jakarta Learn from Bangkok?Antony SuttonFebruary 27, 2012September 4, 2017 by Antony SuttonFebruary 27, 2012September 4, 20172 1729Bangkok’s new international airport may look like the result of a kindergarten class having too much free time with the...
Rafi the DreamerTasha MayJanuary 30, 2012August 8, 2017 by Tasha MayJanuary 30, 2012August 8, 201711423Rafi Abdurrahman Ridwan is a nine-year old hearing impaired boy from Jakarta with a vivid imagination and big dreams for...
Bye Bye Bunnies, Enter the DragonsKenneth YeungJanuary 17, 2012August 8, 2017 by Kenneth YeungJanuary 17, 2012August 8, 201701829As the Year of the Rabbit nears an end, hundreds of expatriates in Jakarta’s Chinatown are preparing to return home...
Floods of ExcusesTerry CollinsJanuary 16, 2012August 8, 2017 by Terry CollinsJanuary 16, 2012August 8, 201701360Floods by Pablo Neruda The poor live on low ground waiting for the river to rise one night and sweep...
Resolutions ? At Least Make it InterestingHush PetersenJanuary 12, 2012August 8, 2017 by Hush PetersenJanuary 12, 2012August 8, 20170475When it comes to New Year’s Eve parties, there are only two corners of the room: The corner where some...
Run, Scott, Run !Angela JelitaJanuary 12, 2012August 8, 2017 by Angela JelitaJanuary 12, 2012August 8, 201705661,250 kilometres in 25 days, from Bali to Jakarta, running through the sweltering 32 degree Equatorial heat and 75% humidity,...