Charity

December 4, 2017

Born Free

HECTOR’S DIARY The Cage, Bali Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 His regular diet of diet of worms and other non-religious experiences THERE is a release, of sorts, in being relieved of the duty to write for a publication. You’re freer to write what you really think, in the patois of your choice, in Continue reading

Bali, Charity, Global Politics, Indonesia, Lombok, NGOs, Tourism, Writing

Climate change shamans, Cyclones, Deadlines, Donald Trump, Garuda, I’m an Angel, Lombok, Rain dances, Royal liaisons, Sex pests, Solemen Indonesia, Truman Capote, Volcanoes, Whingeing Aussies and Others
June 22, 2017

Hit Parade

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jun. 21, 2017 IT’S always good fun to read the local Bahasa language press, as well as informative. Some people like to criticise the media – well, no, everyone likes to do that – and that’s no less common in Indonesia than anywhere. One of the things about critics is Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Charity, Crime and Punishment, Music, NGOs, Writing

Bali Police Chief Petrus Reinhard Golose, Christina Iskandar, Cocoon Seminyak, Debbie Amelsvoort, Divas, Drug Raids, Jazz, Kerry Ball, Marzi Panne, Polly Petrie, Sea Breeze Mendira, Songan landslide, Vincent’s Candi Dasa
June 7, 2017

True Glue

HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Jun. 7, 2017 LONG-TIME Indonesia hand Keith Loveard has a fine column in the July edition of GlobeAsia, the Lippo Group business magazine. He wrote it on Pancasila Day (Jun. 1). It’s titled Pacasila and why it matters. He noted Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Bali, Bureaucracy, Charity, Indonesia, Islamic beliefs, NGOs, Public Administration, Rabies, Waste Management

Bung Sukarno, Deputy Governor Ketut Sudikerta, GlobeAsia, Keith Loveard, Pancasila principles, rabies, Ramadan, Terrorists, Udayana University, University of Minnesota, Wahabbism, World Oceans Day, Zakat Puasa, Zero Waste to Ocean Education and Demonstration Centre
March 29, 2017

PLN’s Best Day

HECTOR’S DIARY in the Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2017 IT was Nyepi yesterday (Mar. 28): Bali’s Silent Day. It is celebrated on the first new moon in March – at the same time as Indian Hindus mark their festival of Ugadi – and ushers in the Balinese New Year. It was then 1939 Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Bali, Bureaucracy, Charity, Indonesia, Rabies, Social Development

Bangli, Governor Pastika, Jembrana, King Salman, rabies, Tabanan, Traditional Dress, Zoonotic diseases
February 1, 2017

Seriously, Folks

HECTOR’S DIARY in the Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 WE had an interesting chat the other day (no names, no pack-drill) about Bali’s new tourism demographics and their effect on the five-star-plus hotel sector. Basically, it’s not good news. The emphasis on the low-cost domestic and Chinese markets is bringing in lots more people Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, Rabies

Be my babi, Fire Roosters, Happy Endings., Hotel room rates, Japanese Aid, MinYak, Rabies control, Rudi Suliawan, Sophie Digby
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
June 21, 2016

Gaia Waives the Rules

Hector’s Bali Diary His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences June 22, 2016 This seemed to be the consensus among the worriers, at least, those who observe ephemeral climatic events as a message from someone or other (and of course, themselves) about the dangers of human environmental iniquity. But climate is cyclical Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Australia, Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Social Development, Ubud

Australian election, Australian Sex Party, Bali Arts Festival, BAWA, Garuda, Governor Made Mangku Pastika, Mercy Corps, Miss Mermaid Bali, President Joko Widodo, Ric Shreves, Ross Fitzgerald, Surf2Save, The Melting Pot, Tolak Reklamasi, Tommy Michael Costa Rica, Tomy Winata, Ubud, visas on arrival, Waterman’s Week 2016
June 7, 2016

Go For It

Hector’s Bali Diary His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences June 8, 2016 It’s always fun to read Alistair Speirs’ little homilies in NOW! Bali. They seem to carry a reminder of Episcopalian morality, which isn’t strange, really, given that Speirs is from Edinburgh, the Sassenach capital of Scotland. My Auntie Lizzie Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Charity, General Interest, Public Administration, Sexual Health, Social Development, Tourism

Alistair Speirs, Australian tourism, Bali Children Foundation, Bali DIVAS, Bali NOW!, Bali Update, Bank Indonesia, Carlotta, Chinese tourism, Christina Iskander, Coca-Cola Amatil, Cocoon Beach Club, Condoms, East Bali Poverty Project, Hotel Dynasty, IKEA, Jocelyn Johinke, Polly Petrie, Quicksilver, Sydney, Timor-Leste
May 10, 2016

Keystone Kops

Hector’s Bali Diary, May 11, 2016 His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Exactly what went wrong on May 2, when the police arrived in strength at a location to arrest a French citizen, a man publicly known to be seriously mentally disturbed, needs to be fully explained. It hadn’t been explained Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Charity, Public Administration, Social Development, Tourism

Baggage collection, Bali Dynasty, Boeing 787, Brisbane Airport, Jetstar, Karl Marx, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, May Day, Ngurah Rai Airport, Paradise Property, Police actions, Qantas, Robert Epstone, Rubber bullets, SoleMen, Waterbom, Zappaz
March 15, 2016

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Mar. 16, 2016

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Keep them at Bay Made Wijaya, the go-to Bule for behind-the-friezes analysis of Bali society and what really makes it tick, has some very sensible things to say, in his latest Stranger in Paradise column, about the excrescence Governor Made Mangku Pastika and Jakarta business tycoon Continue reading

Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia, Politics, Public Administration, Rabies, Social Development, Tourism

Amanda Csebik, Association of Veterinarians Indonesia (PDHI), Badung Regency, Benoa mangroves, Deborah Cassrels, Ferry sinkings, Governor Pastika, Hat Party, International Women’s Day, Jewel Topsfield, Klungkung, Local Heroes, Made Restiani, Made Wijaya, Mike O’Leary, Muriel Ydo, Phantom Projects, Rabies Red Zone, Sydney Morning Herald, Tomy Winata, Tsunami buoys

About Me

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.