Property: Nightmare or Sound Investment?
Will Rogers (the actor, writer and real-life cowboy) said it best: “Don’t wait to buy land. Buy land and wait.”...
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Edge of the Ocean: Local Narratives of Marine Conservation in Raja Ampat
Expensive dive resorts and ecotourism seem to be the first things that come to most people’s minds at the mention...
Scams in the City: Property Pitfalls
A property agency in Jakarta has been scamming expatriates by renting out apartments for terms longer than actual leases. “Quality...
Architecture that Preserves Megacity Slums
The existence of slums within a megacity could be considered problematic, but there are ways to tackle this issue. Last...
An Appeal for Neil and Ferdinant
The phrase “this is a nightmare” is so often tossed around for events and occurrences that often have minimal impact...
Open Data to Make Huge Social Impacts in Indonesia
In recent years, the world saw a drastic rise in the open government data movement. Countries like Singapore, Korea, Japan,...
Honey Bee Honey: Beekeeping in Cibubur
Beekeeping, or apiculture (Latin: apis ‘bee’), has been practiced in Egypt for over 4,000 years. And collecting honey from wild...
Indonesian Critters
You don’t need to watch a scary movie to make your flesh crawl, as Daniel Pope explains. A fellow English...
Scams in the City: For Worse
Weddings, an essential rite of passage in Indonesia, remain a source of scamming and discontent. It was supposed to be...
Hammer to Fall: Property Ownership
It’s time to bring out the legal eagles for a look at expatriate matters What with various cable TV channels...
The Phenomenon of the KITAP
The KITAP: A blessing in disguise and the final gateway to Indonesia There is much to say and much being...
Educating a Nation: ProVisi Takes the Lead in Improving the Quality of Teachers
Teachers play a crucial role in bringing out their students’ potentials, yet many in Indonesia lack academic skills. Education consultant...
Bali’s Co-working Spaces
Those ready to abandon their uninspiring home or hotel desks for greener pastures will be happy to know that Bali...
Public’ response to new paid plastic bag policy
In a bid to reduce the production of plastic waste, as many as 22 cities in Indonesia have simultaneously witnessed...
Scams in the City: The Punisher
It is often said the Indonesian judiciary is rotten to the core. But there is one Supreme Court judge who...
Education is Life
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey (1859 – 1952) Psychologists will tell you...
Safe as Houses: Owning Property in Indonesia?
Expat bars in Bali are treasure troves of secret knowledge and hidden wisdom. It’s where the mysterious oracles live. If...
Yayasan Usaha Mulia Helps to Lift Indonesians above the Poverty Line
Quality of life is an issue in Indonesia for those living below the poverty line. Although some believe that the...
Scams in the City: Transgressions of Tolerance
Although some Indonesian transvestites are involved in minor scams, much greater evil comes from bigots who incite intolerance by preaching...
The Straight and Narrow
The neologistic acronym LGBT has been hitting Indonesian headlines this month, as the nation continues its ill-advised trudge towards good-time,...
It’ All in the Mind
Hypnotism – when defined as the act of putting someone into a trance and under your control – is not...