A very old Dutch port from which the same style of boats have been built and used for hundreds of years. Surprisingly this is only 20 minutes from my home, and yet this was the first time in 4 years that I’ve been here… I plan to go back with my ‘real’ camera next time. (this was taken with a 4mp compact cam).Read more
Posts filed in: Jakarta
2 Live Crew for 5 Year Olds?
So the other day, my Chinese buddy invited me to his kid’s birthday party. Actually it was for his 5 year old and 10 year old (girl & boy respectively). Despite the fact that he’s obscenely wealthy, I had visions of a dozen kids screaming around a flaming birthday cake while the adults got buzzed up in the corner on the spiked punch. Um. Yeah. Wrong. Driving past the gated security in one of the most prestigious (and quiet) neighborhoodsRead more
A Story all too Familiar to Jakarta
I blatantly ripped this off of a post by fellow expat, Indcoup, but found it disturbingly true. She is thirty-two years old. Her real name is Darmasiah. She has five children and is a widow – or to be more accurate she used to be a widow. A year ago she married a builder’s laborer called Asmawi. They lived in a shack and their only possessions were a bedsheet and a rack for storing crockery. Four of the five childrenRead more
Getting Published – Kabar March 2006
As requested, here are the scanned pages from Kabar. I think many of you will recognize the images from my blog and/or flickr. If you’re in Jakarta, it can be purchased at most bookstores including Sogo, Aksara, QB, (and the airports), etc.Read more
Photos of Indonesia
From the discussions related to this previous post, I’ll take the time to answer the question here, so it doesn’t get lost in the mix. How about pictures of other islands in Indonesia? Seperti Sumatra, Kalimantan, dan Irian Jaya (They are not small and rich of cultures as well). And how about the one close to home? I havenÂ’t seen Javanese dancer and much of javanese cultures in your gallery (Seperti Tari Jaipongan dan tari bondan–those are popular too). …Read more
Protests Spread in Indonesia Over Caricature
Protests spread in major cities over caricature The Jakarta Post, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya Despite calls for restraint, protests intensified in the country’s main cities Monday over the publication in European media of caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Protesters in most of the cities decried what they considered the use of freedom of the press to justify insulting Islam. About 200 protesters from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in West Java town of Bandung threatened to conduct searches for Danish nationalsRead more