An Institution of Relaxation: Face Bar
Wednesday night at around 7pm usually means business for Face Bar. This cosy joint at the end of Jalan Kusuma...
Outreach
Linda the Tsunami Survivor
Linda’s story is somewhat of a reflection of Aceh itself, sad but uplifting. Her life was changed forever a little...
Dua Tangan Cukup: Mentari International School Kids Get their Hands Dirty
The students of Mentari International School, Jakarta have been busy cleaning up the areas around their school through several cleanup...
Inspiration Comes in all Shapes and Sizes: The Madura Library Project
Inspirational adults striving to make a difference in their communities are out there. Inspirational teenagers, however, are not as easy...
Indri Gautama, Owner of Royal Academy School
In this issue of Indonesia Expat’s Business Profile, we meet Indri Gautama. Indri is the owner of the Royal Academy...
Permablitz Bali: Making Circles of Seeds and Friends
On past weekends I’ve often woken up with a hangover – my day’s almost over and I’m feeling too lazy...
BuGils FC Soccer Sixes
Inspired by the FC Knudde Sixes tournament that ceased to exist many years ago, the friendly family titled BuGils FC found that Jakarta...
Stealing Democracy from the People
I first experienced an Indonesian election in May 1997. I was staggering home drunk from Blok M, South Jakarta, at...
Jakarta Rental Property Market
Indonesia continues to maintain the interest of international investors due to its large population and thus potentially large consumer market....
Adapt – The Content Expat
The key quality necessary to become a content expat is having the ability and openness to adapt. As people, we...
Honesty is the Best Policy
The British Fire Service uses an excellent and unique shift system to provide the British public with emergency cover 24...
A Satirical Guide to Indonesian Politicians: What are their chances in the 2014 Elections?
A while back I was watching this Metro TV program called Kick Andy and on it there was this impoverished...
2014 Indonesian Presidential Candidates
While we?re waiting for the legislative election results to come out, some presidential candidates have made announcements about their nominations....
Trisno the Mobile Coffee Seller
Trisno was far from surprised when Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle chairwoman, Megawati Sukarnoputri gave Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo the...
Dua Tangan Cukup: Ffrash Produces Home Furniture from Trash
Ffrash is a recently introduced interior design brand, with a social and sustainable character. Ffrash produces high-quality sustainable design furniture...
The Jungle School
Butet Manurung is widely known in both Indonesia and on the international arena for her SOKOLA initiative, otherwise known as...
Cheating on the Buses
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Transjakarta busway: a public transport system beset by financial scams. Even before...
The Surabaya Zoo: ‘The Zoo of Death’
A Concentration Camp for Animals Even in optimal conditions, zoological gardens, or ‘zoos’, are often golden jails for the imprisoned...
Indonesian Expat Entrepreneur
As an expatriate in Indonesia you probably chose to live here for a job assignment, or an extended visit or...
The Thin Light Blue Line
There are a number of things that I believe everyone should do before they die (other than “shout for help”...
The Gamelan Group: All Nationalities, Ages and Motives Welcome
As Pak Parno threads his way through the gamelan, he claps his hands to guide the tempo and calls out...