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...
Observations
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...
Rice as Nice for Indonesian culture and its cuisine
Indonesian culture and its cuisine Indonesia’s local restaurants and roadside food stalls, known as warung in Bahasa Indonesia, can be...
Expat Insider 2021 Survey: COVID-19 Impacting Expat Life
InterNations, the world’s largest expat community with around 4 million members, has published its Expat Insider survey including more than...
Spirituality in Eid al-Fitr
Ramadhan will be over soon. Muslims around the globe, including Indonesia, will happily welcome Eid al-Fitr as a symbol of...
Digging Deeper on Cross Cultural Families and Culture Differences
“When feelings are valid, perception can still be unreliable”, is a quote I stumbled upon from cross-cultural marriage and parenting...
Bali’s Tourism Industry: Price Wars or Quality Wars??
Key stakeholders in Bali’s tourism industry are drooling at the possibility of the island reopening again. They’re thinking this will...
Mixed Marriage in Indonesia: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Mixed Marriage in Indonesia: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly On setting out to write about “mixed race marriage”,...
Mixed Marriages in Indonesia – A Fresh Look
Mixed Marriages in Indonesia – A Fresh Look It would almost be true to say that there are as many...
Mixed-Race Children: Finally, the Bali Kids Have Their Say Too
Probably now amounting in the thousands, this youngster community of having mixed parents living in Bali can finally have their...
Forever Foreign in ASEAN and what it means to be Pribumi
“You can’t simply decide to be Asian. You must have an Asian culture. This means, for a start, changing your...
Mob Mentality and Critical Thinking
Din Syamsuddin, a lecturer at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta and former Muhammadiyah chairman, was reported by the...
Robbery, Attacks and Injured Foreigners – Where’s the Justice?
NOTE: This story is told solely from the victim’s perspective. Other parties were not able to comment. Violence and robberies...
6 Reasons Why and When a Girl Ignores You
Any guy knows a situation when he wanted to contact a girl, but she ignored him for a while, and...
Housequake
When I first moved to Indonesia, more years ago now than I care to remember, finding a pad to live...
Do Not Pass Go Versions of Monopoly
The well-known board game Monopoly was released by Parker Brothers in 1935. In the game, players roll two six-sided dice...
Quality Costs – and Endures
Among the terms aligned with good urban design, like heritage preservation, planning and taste, there’s one that sits awkwardly: money....
Education and Patriotism
Education is an important instrument to enhance knowledge and instil values. The serious contemporary problems involving young people such as...
Going Back to School
The online learning saga has been too long with us, or so it may feel. It all started back in...