Bureaucracy

July 5, 2016

The Sisyphus Factor

HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, July 6, 2016 The retreat of the resources sector is apparently hitting the accommodation and pembantu sectors in Jakarta, as well as business generally. For a country such as Indonesia, just as for Australia, depressed demand and sinking prices for commodities hit Continue reading

Bali, Bureaucracy, Business, Charity, Fine Dining, Food, General Interest, Indonesia, Wine

Alexsander Martins Paim, Arief Wicaksono, Brexit, Casillero del Diablo, Marian Carroll, Mike O’Leary, ROLE Foundation, Samantha Coomber, Vin+, Waterman’s Week 2016
May 24, 2016

Ordure of the Day

Hector’s Bali Diary His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences May 25, 2016 News that Bali’s beaches are the repositories of sewage is hardly novel, and it’s not by any means confined to the Legian beachfront, where the latest discovery by those who should ensure it doesn’t happen has stirred up a noisome Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Bureaucracy, Business, Death Penalty, Environment, Indonesia

Aceh, Alcohol, Australian Sex Party, beach follies, Beach pollution, Capsized ferries, drains, Legian, Rodrigo Duterte, Ross Fitzgerald, Rottnest Island Surferfest, Runaway deer, Surabaya, Sweania Betzeba Delisa
January 19, 2016

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jan. 20, 2016

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Modern Times There’s been an outbreak of nostalgia for the “old Bali” recently, one of those periodic episodes where everyone puts on their rose-tinted glasses and peers back into the past, fondly recalling what they think they remember. Ah, the old days! Things were so Continue reading

Art, Australia, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia, Social Development, Tourism

Capitalism, Country Road Picture Framers, David Bowie, Gordon Gecko, Governor Pastika, Hindu culture, Jesuits, Karl Marx, Litterers, Made Kaek, Manipulative rubs, Phil Jarratt, Sarah Bowes, Smokers, Steve Palmer, Western mendicants
December 8, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Dec. 9, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences You Could Cry Animal fan Rhonda Lepsch has for two years run a great operation called Jet Set Petz – the name came from the jet ski operation in which she’s involved at Tanjung Benoa near Nusa Dua – but it will soon be Continue reading

Bali, Bureaucracy, Charity, General Interest, Indonesia, Indonesian Law, Politics, Public Administration, Rabies

Bali veterinarians, Dharma and Karma, Hindu rites, Indonesia Air Asia, La Gazette de Bali, Mike O’Leary, Nominee property, Rhonda Lepsch, ROLE Models
November 10, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Nov. 11, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Eastbourne Option There is a fine line between farce and tragedy in both the thespian tradition and in real life. This is a worldwide phenomenon, granted, but it does seem especially prevalent in Bali and indeed more broadly throughout Indonesia. Witness the recent travels of President Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia

Aussie Visas, Censorship, Farce v Tragedy, Fawlty Towers, Melbourne Cup, ROLE Models Dinner, Volcanoes
October 27, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 28, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Peace Off There is a debate under way over Bali’s branding as a destination. It’s probably less tiring to whicker about that than to act firmly to curb the growing list of demerits that stand in the way of Bali being any sort of destination: Continue reading

Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Environment, Food, Indonesia, Politics, Writing

Benoa Bay, Frankfurt Book Fair, Icarus, Janet DeNeefe, Lombok sand, Mangroves, Rugby World Cup, Scotland, Tomy Winata, Tourist slogans, Ubud Food Festival, UWRF, Zainul Majdi
September 1, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Sep. 2, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Heading for the Hills Last year an unavoidable detention in Australia – its cause was medical, not custodial, in case any among the Diary’s more liverish readers might snigger and wonder – meant we were not among the 126, 000-plus attendees reported to have crowded Bali’s Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Charity, Environment, Festivals, Indonesia

Adrian Vickers, Andreas Harsono, Boob Barers, Chigozie Obioma, Christina Lamb, Delphine Robbe, Dog Culling, Emily Britto, Lempad of Bali, Lonely Planet, Man Booker Prize, Michael Chabon, Miles Franklin Award, Moshin Hamid, Mpho Tutu, Pulitzer Prize, Schapelle Corby, Sophie Laguna, Stella Prize, Steve Palmer, UWRF 2015, Waterman’s Awards
August 17, 2015

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

Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Economic Development, Economy, Tourism

Adithio Novielo, Alcohol, Ayu Swarie, Beef Bans, Lestari Art Space, Sanur F estival, Volcanoes, Vyt Karazija

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Former journalist now confined by age and indolence to blogging about this and that, now from Western Australia, previously from Indonesia (that’s the 8 degrees in the title) and before that, Queensland. I don’t do a newsletter so ignore that prompt below.