Rhyme Time: Indonesian Badminton
Its origins can be traced back to a game called Poona, British soldiers felt it was fun when they played...
Lifestyle
Score! Girls Join Jakarta Football Association
The sound of the referee’s whistle pierces the humid afternoon. Players bolt into action vying for the soccer ball. There...
The Mystery of Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea and the name of a restaurant chain operating outside of the fatherland. I...
John Hardy
Meet John Hardy, Jewellery Designer and Co-Founder of the “Greenest School on Earth”, the Green School in Bali. From bamboo...
Earth Art
The word Earth is synonymous both with the Globe, the third planet in our solar system, and the stuff...
Putting For Effect (continued)
In last month’s instalment of the Expat Golfer, we focused on putting, the physical aspects of putting, the grip and...
Rice Is Nice, But…
“White rice is lacklustre, lifeless, tasteless and irritating to prepare; brown rice is flavoursome, wholesome and easy to prepare”. Maud...
Bent in Paradise
If you’re a certified Scuba diver, you know this scene too well; floating around beside a beautiful underwater wall abundant...
Places to be Gluttonous
Gluttony is my favourite sin. Indulging in a calorific piece of kobe beef, an extra helping of bacon on your...
Street Food is Fast Food
Ubiquitous, cheap, filling, and, most importantly, delicious. Street food and Indonesia are often seen as one and the same. They...
Choice ‘Striving towards prosperity or striding towards excess’
What if having more meant enjoying less? Welcome to the age of ‘Affluenza’ or gluttony, this disease is marked by...
Food for Thought
In this 21st century, Bali is rarely referred to as a paradise. Aldous Huxley in the mid-20th century wrote a...
Adventures of Rexy – pilot, polo player, surfer, entertainer, entrepreneur – nice guy!
Westerners living in or visiting Bali think Balinese parents are irresponsible because they allow their children to ride motorbikes...
Patterns of Harmony in Digestive Health
Weight management is an ongoing issue for the health care profession worldwide. Today’s fast paced lifestyle needs plenty of discipline...
True Gluttons
In Bali the purist embodiment of Greed, one of the most ancient and reviled of the Seven Sins, is found...
Beep Beep
Last night I had the experience of a lifetime as far as taxi drivers go. I stepped into a...
Jazz Lives
As a jazz fanatic it was a privilege to be at the Java Jazz Festival this year. Held for the...
S.L.A.M Dunk the Funk
Sky Lounge at Mercure, S.L.A.M, is on the 19th floor of the newly opened Mercure Simatupang. Slam is in a...
Putting for Effect
Not enough is written about the putting game. I say “putting game” because putting is an entirely separate discipline to...
Olivier Pouillon: Bali Recycling
In the mid-1990s, Olivier Pouillon saw a young child die at an illegal hotel dumpsite. The experience left a deep...
The Environment – From the Insides Out
If the outsides are a reflection of what’s going on inside, what does your environment/space say about you? Our actions,...