Monday, April 04, 2016

JACK! INSPIRING OTHERS TO CROSS CULTURES

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A symphony of Indonesian love  Not all festschrifts travel well.  Sometimes the contributors veer away from the subject, driving in anothe...
Monday, March 28, 2016

DEMOCRACY - GUIDED, ILLIBERAL AND STUMBLING

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Diehard myths threaten Indonesian democracy                    You have to know the past to understand the present. Astronomer Carl ...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

THE GREEN, GREEN WALLS OF HOME

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The Great Walls of Green                                                      Long before the Internet developed listicles of trite c...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

SEEKING A BOGAN-FREE ZONE

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Avoiding the ugly Okkers                                                      All nations get labelled.  However complex their culture, s...
Sunday, March 06, 2016

TOLERANCE NOT EXCLUSION

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BTW: It’s about respect, not recruitment Last weekend we missed a wedding.  Only distance and other commitments prevented our attendanc...
Friday, February 26, 2016

KRUPUK - THE TRIUMPH OVER CHIPS

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A bite-size problem                                         Eddy Suparman (pictured, left) agreed – it was a tricky issue so he’s not...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

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Polishing the Plin-Plan President       Jolly Jokowi - man of the people - as seen before his election                             ...