Vivienne Kruger: Balinese Food
Vivienne Kruger first visited Bali on a week-long overland trip from Jakarta in 1993. For five years, starting in 1999,...
Lifestyle
Mainstreaming Disability Rights
During the last decade, Indonesia has experienced steady progress in an increase in per capita income and in poverty elimination....
Dua Tangan Cukup: Clean Up Kemang Day on Easter Saturday, 2014
On April 19th, Grandkemang Hotel (part of Mesa Hotels and Resorts) and Clean Up Jakarta Day joined forces to clean...
Using Advances in Medicine to Manage Scoliosis
SCOLIOSIS: When most patients are referred to us or they drop in to see us, they are usually informed that...
An Endangered Creature called Gambuh
If you have ever been curious about Indonesia?s Majapahit Kingdom, you might like to see a performance of Gambuh -...
The Free Spirit Runners of Jakarta
You know that feeling you have when you decide what you really need to do is shed those excess kilograms...
For a Walkable Jakarta: Safe Steps
Picture yourself walking from your office or home to the nearest ATM or minimart on Jakarta’s sidewalks; it would not...
A Giant in a Little Tiny Package
Geniuses live among us although seldom encountered. In our time, a true genius is nothing short of a mutant, having...
Meet Bernard Harrison
Bernard is the zoologist who ran the Singapore Zoological Gardens and Jurong Bird Park, also starting the world?s first Night...
Custom Bikes with Powerful Pipes
A compassionate heart beats under the leathers of a Harley-Davidson rider. When you ask guys who own Harley-Davidson motorcycles how...
Paulaner Bräuhaus: Guten Appetit!
The German state of Bavaria is not only known for its delicious Apfelstrudel and its namesake cream for dessert, it...
Phantom Pregnancies
Getting married and having children are essential rites of passage in Indonesia. So great is the pressure to produce progeny,...
Kids in the Kitchen
Small hands are a big help, and kids enjoy eating their recipe creations. Chubby hands held a measuring cup, poised...
The Silver Girls
Vanessa Campagnaro doesn’t so much walk into a room, rather at a touch over 6-foot 1-inches, she lopes. Following closely...
An Institution of Relaxation: Face Bar
Wednesday night at around 7pm usually means business for Face Bar. This cosy joint at the end of Jalan Kusuma...
John H. McGlynn – The Lontar Foundation
For much of the world, Indonesia is an exotic country next to Bali, and Java is where coffee comes from....
Dua Tangan Cukup: Mentari International School Kids Get their Hands Dirty
The students of Mentari International School, Jakarta have been busy cleaning up the areas around their school through several cleanup...
Permablitz Bali: Making Circles of Seeds and Friends
On past weekends I’ve often woken up with a hangover – my day’s almost over and I’m feeling too lazy...
BuGils FC Soccer Sixes
Inspired by the FC Knudde Sixes tournament that ceased to exist many years ago, the friendly family titled BuGils FC found that Jakarta...
Adapt – The Content Expat
The key quality necessary to become a content expat is having the ability and openness to adapt. As people, we...
The Convivial Lebanese Dining Room: Al Nafoura
Amidst the craze on new and trending Asian and European restaurants typically found in the Senopati or Sudirman area, one...