Category: Crime and Punishment

• Statuary Declaration

  HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare Candi Dasa, Bali Wednesday, Jun. 28, 2017   TEN days in the blissful zephyrs, beside the azure briny you get in the better parts of the archipelago, can do you a power of good. Such a break provides time to read books – or […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  June 28, 2017

  America, Australia, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Crime and Punishment, General Interest, Indonesia, Tourism

  David Nicholls, El Kabron, Four Seasons Sayan, James Grippando, Kiran Desai, Music, Rose Madder, Titian

• 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 […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  June 22, 2017

  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

• Beggaring Belief

    HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other (usually) non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Wednesday, May 31, 2017   FAITH is a personal compact between a person and his or her deity. The faithful, of any ilk, should be honoured for their commitment to a life beyond secular concerns and for the higher […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  May 31, 2017

  America, Australia, Crime and Punishment, Global Politics, Indonesia, Indonesian Law, Islamic beliefs, karma, Politics, Pornography

  Angela Merkel, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Donald Trump, FPI, H.L. Mencken, Mussolini, Ramadan, Rizieq Shihab, Schapelle Corby

• So There!

  HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Saturday, May 20, 2017 THE Bali High Court has added a year to the sentence given to Australian woman Sara Connor, who was convicted over her part in the killing of Kuta policeman Wayan Sudarsa on Aug. 17 last year. The […]

  8degreesoflatitude

  May 21, 2017

  Bali, Crime and Punishment, Fine Dining, Indonesian Law, Wine

  Anniversaries, House repairs