Sex, Drugs and Other Diversions
If Jakarta is the city that never sleeps, not least because of the rousing pre-dawn call to prayer blaring from...
Outreach
Hero to Zero
“Oy! Elvis! It’s your round!” The words sent shivers down my spine. Not because I was in a pub with...
Yasirly : The Sewing Machine Man
Yasirly works away on his sewing machine as the trains go thundering past his little workshop in Kebaron Baru, oblivious...
Run for Fun, Run for the Kids
Running to some frees the mind and to others is a painful chore best avoided. Running on a treadmill indoors...
How to Know If a Scam Is a Scam Before You Are Scammed
As I sat in my Jogja hostel after another long day of slaving away in front of empty Word documents...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Green is not just another colour, these days everyone’s talking green; not US Dollar-green but green as a synonym for...
A Beer for a Stray
I had the pleasure of drinking myself to a better conscience as animal lovers gathered together on Sunday 2nd of...
Saiful : The Bird Seller
At 40 years of age Saiful knows a lot about the value of birds. He has been selling a...
Sheep Two, Sheen Zero
I had been in my local pub watching the now legendary 1979 Silverstone 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix and I was...
Bule Yogya
8 months ago, after my controversial column about Bali, I received some very nice emails from you guys. Thanks a...
Dian: The Plastic Bottle Collector
Dian’s story is one of survival. I visited her one morning in her temporary dwelling in Kampung Bandan near Kota,...
Sheep Two, Sheen Zero
I had been in my local pub watching the now legendary 1979 Silverstone 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix and I was...
A Ghost In The Backyard
It used to be a house in Menteng but had been converted to an office. In many instances, the old...
Indonesian Citizenship Concerns for Children from Mixed Marriages
The topic of mixed marriages in Indonesia is riddled with a considerable number of legal liabilities, regulations, and concerns. As...
Rosidin : The Mobile Broom Shop
Rosidin is a very happy man. He has a cheerful nature and takes great delight in walking the streets of...
Surviving Summer : How to enjoy being ?home? without going ?home?
Summer, the time of the year where the biggest event in the expat community takes place: the Expat Exodus. Most...
Right Place, Right Time
In 1987 I bought my dream car. No, it wasn’t a Ferrari or a Porsche, it was a five-year-old Mark...
Surfers Come Together to Rescue Uluwatu
If you were one of the reported 250,000 surfers visiting the Uluwatu cliff each year then at an initial glance...
Legal Realities of Indonesian Expatriates ? Land Ownership
When individuals move to Indonesia for the purpose of expatriation, the process usually involves a large number of personal and...
Bali Highs – Down to Up in Ubud!
Tired of Working? Wanting to Escape to Bali? This article explores the underlying traps of these two thoughts – and...
High Season Kick-Off Party
The high season kick-off party at the Legian 101 hotel is a definite good time for expats and visiting tourists...