Coping with the Loss of Loved Ones during the Festive Season
Christmas is just around the corner and it is bound to bring back feelings of loss and deep yearning for...
Observations
2021: Another Indonesian Year of Living Dangerously
While COVID-19 dominated the news in 2021, hundreds of Indonesians were killed by landslides, floods, and accidents throughout the year....
Quick Grub
When I was new to Indonesia and ordered a hamburger in a squalid Jakarta street-side restaurant, it was as if...
On the Outside Looking Back Aspects of The Pandemic In Indonesia
As an Indophile stuck in Australia during the pandemic, I’ve had a hard time making sense of what’s happening over...
Indonesia – Some Insights for Visitors
Let’s begin with some basic insights. First, Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world. And, as the Australian...
How Some Europeans Thrived During the Japanese Occupation
Should President Joko Widodo model any of his “Ten New Balis” tourist attractions on the mountain resort of Sarangan in...
Expats’ Cultural Confusion – Adapting and Accepting
You have moved to a new country, unpacked your boxes, decorated your new home, and then, when everything is set...
Are Carbon Offset and Environmental Service Incentives Saving the Environment?
The perspective is from Kalimantan’s local community. Carbon offset is currently starting to be promoted as an effort to offset...
Literature and Immigrants
Having been elected the 45th president of the United States in 2017, Donald Trump sparked further controversy as he imposes...
Splashing Out on Culture
Can history be used to coin cash in a country where citizens would rather tramp malls than museums and reckon...
Roll Out the Barrel
“I do not live in the world of sobriety,” remarked Oliver Reed. While most of us wouldn’t sink so permanently...
Students and Mental Health during Online Learning
The case of a suicide of a high school student in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi, some time ago during online...
Holistic Healing and a New Economy
The world feels like it’s been turned upside down, dropped off a cliff, then kicked around a car park for...
Crazy Rich Indonesian Criticized for Bathing in Milk
Stupid attention-seeking antics are packaged as big news, diverting the Indonesian public’s focus from important political issues, such as whether...
Young Entrepreneurs and Politics
Once an election is approaching, we will spot many large billboards along the road displaying faces of the candidates ready...
Embracing Solopreneurship, Ditching the Nine to Five Working Hours
Although the traditional nine-to-five grind provides timely paychecks, streams of benefits, and overall stability and security, many are choosing to...
Welcome to the Experience Economy
Today, brands are not controlled by organisations, but live in the hearts and minds of customers and are shaped by...
Independence Day and Collective Amnesia
The Republic of Indonesia is now 76 years old. Those who turn 76 mean that they are in the ageing...
How I Got Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Indonesia
Kenneth Yeung explains how it took a few attempts to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Indonesia. In recent days, the...
Epidemiologist Predicts Indonesia the Last Country to Be COVID-free
An epidemiologist from Australia’s Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, has predicted that Indonesia will be the last country to emerge from...
Preserving the Past to Pay for the Present with Lily Jessica Tjokrosetio
It all happened long before Lily Jessica Tjokrosetio was born, so her wishes are fantasies, things she might have done...