An Institution of Relaxation: Face BarGabriella PanjaitanApril 8, 2014August 23, 2017 by Gabriella PanjaitanApril 8, 2014August 23, 201701404Wednesday night at around 7pm usually means business for Face Bar. This cosy joint at the end of Jalan Kusuma...
Adapt – The Content ExpatIndonesia ExpatMarch 25, 2014January 21, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 25, 2014January 21, 202111076The key quality necessary to become a content expat is having the ability and openness to adapt. As people, we...
Honesty is the Best PolicyEamonn SadlerMarch 25, 2014August 23, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerMarch 25, 2014August 23, 20170765The British Fire Service uses an excellent and unique shift system to provide the British public with emergency cover 24...
2014 Indonesian Presidential CandidatesJosefhine ChitraMarch 24, 2014August 18, 2017 by Josefhine ChitraMarch 24, 2014August 18, 201701523While we?re waiting for the legislative election results to come out, some presidential candidates have made announcements about their nominations....
Dua Tangan Cukup: Ffrash Produces Home Furniture from TrashAngela JelitaMarch 24, 2014October 20, 2017 by Angela JelitaMarch 24, 2014October 20, 201701051Ffrash is a recently introduced interior design brand, with a social and sustainable character. Ffrash produces high-quality sustainable design furniture...
The Thin Light Blue LineEamonn SadlerMarch 11, 2014August 11, 2017 by Eamonn SadlerMarch 11, 2014August 11, 201703087There are a number of things that I believe everyone should do before they die (other than “shout for help”...
Vapers Speak Out!Angela JelitaFebruary 25, 2014August 11, 2017 by Angela JelitaFebruary 25, 2014August 11, 201711643John Duffy, 46 years old, UK “I started vaping a few months after suffering a heart attack at 45. This was...
The Topic of CancerAnastasia IkaFebruary 25, 2014August 11, 2017 by Anastasia IkaFebruary 25, 2014August 11, 20173 563The ramblings of an anti-smoking expat based in Batam I detest smoking. Starting with the basic ritual of taking dried...
Participatory Flood Risk Management: What the common man in the street can doHans RooseboomFebruary 11, 2014October 20, 2017 by Hans RooseboomFebruary 11, 2014October 20, 201701330It wasn't unexpected although it has happened many times before. But still, when confronted with the swirling mass of brown...
Dua Tangan Cukup: Pak Alfredo Cleans Liang BeachAngela JelitaFebruary 11, 2014August 11, 2017 by Angela JelitaFebruary 11, 2014August 11, 201701009Dua Tangan Cukup (Two Hands are Enough) is a movement started by Clean Up Jakarta Day which encourages actions to...
MRT: The Key to Reducing Jakarta’s Chronic CongestionDonny SyofyanFebruary 11, 2014May 23, 2021 by Donny SyofyanFebruary 11, 2014May 23, 202104408Starting October 10, 2013, the first phase of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), a monorail-based transportation system, began works in Dukuh...
A Home Away from Home at ChristmasAnna Maria HalkiotisDecember 16, 2013August 16, 2017 by Anna Maria HalkiotisDecember 16, 2013August 16, 20171974Ever since I could remember, I loathed the atrocious winters of New York City, regardless of the fact that the...
Muster of Endangered Birds Set Free in East Java National ParkAmita SharmaDecember 2, 2013August 16, 2017 by Amita SharmaDecember 2, 2013August 16, 201701600FNPF?s wildlife rescue centre at Tabanan in central Bali - one of only seven such centres in Indonesia - provides...
Twitchers in Town ? Birdwatching in JakartaAntony SuttonDecember 2, 2013August 16, 2017 by Antony SuttonDecember 2, 2013August 16, 201702066It?s hard to imagine Jakarta having any wildlife at all, let alone any birds. The city authorities, after all, do...
What You See is What You Get?Seamus McElroyNovember 18, 2013January 27, 2024 by Seamus McElroyNovember 18, 2013January 27, 20240769 Myths, truths and reality Men outlive women because they do not bear children, which is an enormous strain on...
On Heroes, Animations, and Man’ Quest for HonourGrace SusetyoNovember 18, 2013August 16, 2017 by Grace SusetyoNovember 18, 2013August 16, 201701566On Heroes Day (November 10) I decided to visit the Hellofest Anima Expo and find out what heroes young Indonesians...
Resource Rich – Language PoorTerry CollinsNovember 8, 2013August 16, 2017 by Terry CollinsNovember 8, 2013August 16, 20170865In 2007, Indonesia was the first country to enact legislation, Law No. 40 of 2007 concerning Limited Liability Companies, making...
Fostering a Cleaner Community for BusinessGrace SusetyoNovember 5, 2013August 16, 2017 by Grace SusetyoNovember 5, 2013August 16, 201701427Waste management seems to be a perpetual issue in Jakarta and Bali. When beaches, streets, and other places of interest...
Dead in the WaterSeamus McElroyOctober 22, 2013August 16, 2017 by Seamus McElroyOctober 22, 2013August 16, 20170963It was a long wait. Six years between Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports on the state of our...
Save Wildlife, Save OurselvesTerry CollinsOctober 21, 2013August 16, 2017 by Terry CollinsOctober 21, 2013August 16, 201702181And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the...
Jakarta’s Climate Change: Wet to Dry and Dry to WetJason HueOctober 21, 2013December 16, 2022 by Jason HueOctober 21, 2013December 16, 202201748The experts are now 95 percent certain, as opposed to 90 percent before, that the observed warming of the planet...