General Interest
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser July 24, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences And So to Amed It’s a great little place, and decidedly easier to access from South Bali since the splendidly named Prof. I.B. Mantra By-Pass was (finally, mostly) duplicated. We hadn’t been to Amed for nearly two years and were keen to see how the… Continue reading
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Why Do Parents Insist On Killing Their Kids In Bali?
Originally posted on Borborigmus in Bali: I don’t really understand why some Balinese parents are so hell-bent on killing their kids here. Oh, they don’t do it deliberately – in many ways they care for their children in a way that far surpasses child-raising practices in westernised countries. But they allow them to ride motorbikes… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, July 10, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Trafficking in Chaos The Bali government deserves the wake-up call it got recently from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, which said continued improvements in public transport were needed to tackle traffic congestion and “not damage the image of tourism on the island”.… Continue reading
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Accent the Positive
TRIPWIRES A Traveller’s Working Notes Marseille May and June 2013 In Anglospeak, it’s Marseilles, pronounced as if to claim that one’s dear old mum takes part in the Fastnet races, or the Sydney-Hobart. It is in fact Marseille, pronounced Mah-say. The city is as deserving of appropriate diction as Paris (Pah-ree), Lyon (Lee-ohn), Orleans (Aw-lay-ohn)… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, June 26, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences May the Farce be with You A month in France is a useful reminder of one’s European heritage. That is, specifically European, not “Anglo” as this is understood to encompass English-speaking British-North American-Antipodean culture. French farce, for example, holds great value beyond mere entertainment for Anglos… Continue reading
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Taking the medicine – shock and Awe in the Amazon
Originally posted on Passionfruitcowgirl: If you were sick, I mean really, and happened to be abandoned on a sandbank in the Amazon, would you trust a chain-smoking motorbike mechanic with a fetish for vomit and a blunt machete who turns up out of nowhere, stinking of cigarettes and says, I can be helping you if you drink thess! Deep in the… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, June 12, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Quirk a Day The best part about writing a diary is that you can be as quirky as you like. It is thought, or used to be thought before energy drinks laced with high-octane caffeine came along and fried everyone’s brains, that an apple… Continue reading
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Voodoo in a Pinstripe – Kingdom of the sick #1
Originally posted on Passionfruitcowgirl: After the announcement last week of Angelina Jolie’s ‘decision’ to remove her healthy breasts because of medical advice, and the trillion-dollar industry that is benefiting from her influence, I decided to publish a little story from Sydney in 2003, when I was told I was terminally ill and would never walk… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, May 15, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences It’s Tough at the Top Governor Made Pastika has faced some tough challenges during his term as Bali’s elected leader (today, May 15, is the gubernatorial election and he’s running again, vying for a second term) which have in some instances not been because… Continue reading
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