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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 19, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Let’s Make a Mess of It We do try very hard – really we do – to find little political or bureaucratic triumphs to lighten the load of otherwise observing serial dysfunction and give us something positive to write about that has emerged from government. But Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, July 8, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Nice Little Ding-Dong Australian Consul-General Majell Hind’s residence at Sanur was transformed on the evening of Jul. 2 into a micro-gallery to showcase cultural synergy between Indonesia and Australia. The show was curated by Micro Galleries, which works with artists globally to create visual art that crosses Continue reading
2015 European Stone Festival, 2015 Waterman’s Awards, Bali Animal Welfare Association, Batik, Benoa mangroves, David Metcalf, Dog Culling, Donald Trump, Gamelan, Kendi Kuning Seminyak, Kuta Beachwalk, Mike O’Leary, Museum Kain, Nirwana golf, Ongky Wijana, Sandy Evans, Sumatran tigers, Tomy Winata, University of NSW -
HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jun. 10, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Let’s Get Nauti It is Ratty, in Kenneth Grahame’s wonderful 1908 children’s fantasy story Wind in the Willows, who reminds us that there is absolutely nothing better than messing about in boats. As a theory, this is quite possibly an incontrovertible statement. As a practise, if Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, May 13, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences The Full Farce of the Law Sometimes a diarist in the Pancasila Archipelago finds himself wishing he were Archie Clark-Kerr, the British ambassador in wartime Moscow famous for finding himself grateful for any little shafts of light that came his way from heaven. He memorialized one Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY, Bali Advertiser, Apr. 15, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Line in Their Sand Developer tycoon Tomy Winata, who rose from street ice-pop seller to become one of Indonesia’s richest men and whose substantial and rightly recognized philanthropic ventures include helping the poor and saving Sumatran tigers (and protecting mangroves; we kid you not) is Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Apr. 1, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences In a Word: Tosh Proposals lately aired that would further limit the number of foreign workers in Indonesia are sensible. As a medium- to long-term strategy they are surely free of any downside. Though that would be in the context of the further development of the Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jan. 7, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences BAWA with a Bang BAWA, the pre-eminent animal welfare organization on the island because of focused effort and the seminal role played by founder Janice Girardi in dealing with rabies when it broke out in Bali in 2008 – the disease is now Continue reading
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