Indonesia’s National Children’s Day was celebrated earlier this week on 22nd July and I would like to acknowledge all the children I know that have touched my heart and brought sunshine to my days and I would especially like to dedicate this day to a very special friend of mine, Indonesia’s youngest Fashion Designer, Rafi […] Read more »
A Heart of Gold – Ages Biola and Taman Suropati Chamber
If you live in Jakarta, it is easy to get distracted by the mess of the city; the mind-bending traffic, the corruption, the pollution, the mind-blowing poverty; it feels like a city that is about to self-combust while you can only sit and gape and wonder, who is doing anything about this mess? Does […] Read more »
Jakarta Fair 2012 Flora and Fauna at Lapangan Banteng
A brief visit in the searing Jakartan heat to Lapangan Banteng was a new and slightly strange experience for me…. after entering and walking through a beautiful section of native plants and colourful tropical flowers, which made me momentarily wish for a garden of my very own (the reality is I would kill the plants […] Read more »
Festival Palang Pintu “Jakarta Punya Gaye” – Jakarta Selatan
I love festivals in Indonesia and the past two weeks have been filled with celebrations throughout the city which has made for some great people watching, lots of laughs and a great dose of Indonesian culture! Last weekend was the Kemang Street Festival and Jl. Kemang Raya was blocked from car and motorbike traffic and […] Read more »
Beautiful Performers at Merdeka Square
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Ages Biola and Musical Angels playing Keroncong at Merdeka Square
Another random and magical day in Jakarta! I thought I was heading to Menteng Suropti last Sunday morning to watch musicians in the park and miraculously ended up at Merdeka Park with a new Dutch friend, Aniek, to watch Ages Biola and his lovely students playing on stage for the celebrations of Dalam Rangkan Pencanangan […] Read more »
Bright Communication presents ‘Lovelyness’ Book Launch at Grand Kemang
Congratulations to Joe at Bright Communication for another successful event at Grand Kemang! Share on Facebook Read more »
Pemilihan Abang None Jakarta Pusat 2012 at Senayan City
An invitation from our friend Abdul Qowi Bastian at Jakarta Globe to attend Pemilihan Abang None Jakarta Pusat 2012 where he was one of 30 finalists led to yet another evening of magic in Jakarta! Not aware of what the event actually was, I went along with a new friend Lynne from Korea who recently […] Read more »
JFFF – David Rusli ‘Sound of Harmony’ – 22 May 2012
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JFFF ‘Tidayu, Unity in Diversity’ by Singkawang Kalimantan Barat – 22 May 2012
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