Waisak is a holy day for Buddhists and is celebrated annually in Indonesia during the full moon in either May or June at Borobudur Temple in Magelang. Also known as ‘Buddha Day’, the occasion commemorates the birth of Prince Siddhartha in Lumbini, his enlightenment, and his passing in Kusinara in 543BC. I had been looking […] Read more »
A Little Bit of Cinta
It’s no secret that finding a man in these times isn’t easy. Popular culture tells us so and my friends agree. As young men lose their masculinity and spend more time shopping and hairstyling than women, as they turn up the collars of their pink shirts and embrace metrosexuality, as they are taught to be afraid of […] Read more »
The Hunt for Merdeka – Part 1
As I drive around the jam packed streets of Jakarta seeing babies on bikes without helmets, little kids picking up the trash, old ladies with bowls begging for a few rupiah, barefoot workmen digging up the roads, men pulling wooden rubbish carts with their family inside amongst the rubbish, shimmering mosques lining the streets, groups […] Read more »
My photo in The Sydney Morning Herald
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One Day in Jakarta…. Spirituality
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Idul Fitri in Jakarta
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Lebaran at Ragunan
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Mudik – Pulang Kampung
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Ramadhan in Jakarta!
Ramadhan is a confusing time if you are not a local in Jakarta. Firstly, just when you thought you were starting to understand the traffic a little – everything changes – the streets clog up at 4pm and stay clogged until 6pm when at last people have found their way to meet their gang to buka puasa […] Read more »
Blok M during Ramadhan
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