Just a note or two here.
I am busy with school. My site stats are now more influenced by students returning to school looking for resources about Jakarta than porn addicts looking for “Javanese sex positions” (which was actually one search phrase used to get to my site believe it or not).
I am working on some [...] Read Full Story
I thought I never would live to see this in America. Tonight I watched a son of Jakarta present one of the great political speeches in American history. Remarkable and stunning.
Photo: Reuters [...] Read Full Story
Jakara_6
The Jakarta_6 video posted above was produced from photos and video clips taken in Jakarta in February, 2008. All photos and videos are from The Jakarta Urban Blog, some of which have been published here previously. I want to note additional credits: two photos from The Jakarta Post (the boy swimming in the garbage and ‘Merdeka’, I [...] Read Full Story
Photo: Reuters
From the AP:
8/23/2008
Obama introduces running mate Biden
By BETH FOUHY and CHRISTOPHER WILLS - 1 hour ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on Saturday as a man “ready to step in and be president,” and the newly minted running mate quickly turned his campaign debut into a slashing attack [...] Read Full Story
WHO IS NEXT
I would like to recommend the following web site to my readers called dropping knowledge. These folks usually have a very interesting opening page and the recent one is fantastic; a short video titled WHO IS NEXT. The slow motion apocalypse speeded up. Have a look. …>here
or watch it above… turn on the [...] Read Full Story
Photo posted in Curious Photos
IMAGES BETTER THAN REALITY: Fashion Styling Here and There is the name of a blog I recently came across. The last posting date is December 5, 2006, so it appears it author has discontinued further contributions. However, the idea that “images are better than reality” is quite a potent contribution in [...] Read Full Story
Hendra Setiawan and Markis Kido in the match (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Hendra Setiawan and Markis Kido, the best in the world
I watched this match “live”. Wow!
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Photo: Quiseng
Harimau Bali Terakhir
Satu kelebat berlalu
terngiang di telinga
gema kebisuan
begai bayangan angin
harimaun Bali terakhir
melangkah di kesunyian
pucat tagai sinar
bulan di siang hari
jejak demi jejak
diam dalam bisu
dalam kobaran puisi
pada Candi Pura Luhur
bagai nyala kelahiran
pada debu di sana
terlihat jejak si harimau
Thomas R. Belfield, Bali, 2000 Read Full Story
Jakarta, May 27, 2008 Photo: AFP
The Indonesian Declaration of Independence was officially proclaimed at 10.00 a.m. sharp on Friday, August 17, 1945.
As the 63rd anniversary of free Indonesia approaches perhaps it might be appropriate to review some recent history.
The curtain rises in the year of 1996.
The stage: Jakarta.
As in a Greek tragedy there is an odd but compelling [...] Read Full Story
Trans National Crime Centre, Jakarta, 2004
GFI is currently engaged in the design and construction of the Trans National Crime Centre (TNCC). The TNCC is a facility developed jointly by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI).
As I was scrolling through the Jakarta Post today, August 12, 2008, I came across this [...] Read Full Story
