Anyone for some sate kambing?

So last night I met up with my friends Irma and Pandu, a couple of romantics who love to cruise around Jakarta eating delicious things and finding new flavours; no distance is too far, not even macet total will stop them on the hunt for food.  They took me to this hilarious place near the […] Read more »

Fun Without Alcohol; Jakarta Style

Today when I left my house and walked out onto the street I heard the sound of someone singing out of tune in a microphone…no it wasn’t the mosque, it was Karaoke Kelinging (sorry about spelling).  I don’t know much about this phenomenon but it involves a VW kombi van, a small stage, very loud […] Read more »

Thinking About Democracy

“A society is democratic to the extent that its citizens play a meaningful role in managing public affairs. If their thought is controlled, or their options are narrowly restricted, then evidently they are not playing a meaningful role; only the controllers, and those they serve, are doing so.” (Chomsky, 1991, Deterring Democracy) Indonesia itself is […] Read more »