General Interest
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HECTOR’S DIARY, Bali Advertiser, May 1, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences You’ve Got to Have Sole We gate-crashed a good meeting recently at the immensely comfortable – for superannuated diarists it is also immensely unaffordable – Semara Luxury Villa Resort on the Ungasan cliffs. Well gate-crashed is perhaps too strong a term: Robert Epstone of… Continue reading
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Insensitivity, Victimisation and Compassion
Originally posted on Borborigmus in Bali: This is a story of blind bigotry, injustice, denial, and a culture of blaming victims. It is also a story of wonderful compassion and tolerance. In September of 2012, a 14-year-old schoolgirl made an error of judgement that changed her life. She befriended a young man on Facebook, one… Continue reading
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The Dos And Don’ts Of Dating A Princess
Originally posted on Lottie Nevin – The Red House Diaries: Once upon a time there was a stunningly beautiful Princess called Lara Jonggrang. She was so beautiful and lovely that absolutely everybody wanted to get into her knickers. Voluptuous Lara lived with her mum, the Queen, and her dad, King Prabu Boko in the west… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Apr. 17
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences The Joke: 1 One looks for good news, in a diary such as this, so as to record – poorly no doubt in the eyes of many – the little illuminations that lighten one’s days on the Island of the Gods. Occasionally one is rewarded. And… Continue reading
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Dance me to the end of love
Originally posted on No Place For Sheep: Some months ago I wrote here about going to my husband, from whom I’d been separated for some time, after he’d suffered a massive stroke. With a bizarre assortment of clothes flung distractedly into a bag and no toothbrush, I took the train because all the… Continue reading
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Why waste so much if we love food?
Originally posted on Tom Benner Reports: Op-ed published in the Sunday Straits Times, March 24, 2013 Photo: Zakaria Zainal By Tom Benner Singaporeans tossed out some 675 million kilos of food in 2011, according to the National Environment Agency, a vast amount that exposes the casual attitudes and habits of living in a food paradise… Continue reading
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Originally posted on Lottie Nevin – The Red House Diaries: I arrived in Bali at 9am this morning after an early start. It’s now the afternoon, Buddha Bar is playing on the iPod, the smell of Nag Champa incense is filling the air, and until just a minute ago, I had a very handsome cricket… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Mar. 20, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Parodi or Parody: You Choose Anyone expecting considered application of justice – as in court decisions based on fair assessments and police arresting people on the basis of tip-offs rather than because of tips – would be well advised to forgo the dubious delights of attempting… Continue reading
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The Write Stuff
This is a lovely piece of writing by blogger David Horton (The Watermelon Man) Continue reading
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Ice Hole
Originally posted on All downhill from here: Now then, Gingold Minor, stop laughing at the back of class. I said Ice Hole. You see Mrs. Ha and I have been trying to agree on a hotel for Macau and the stumbling block is my refusal to pay HK$160 per day for wifi. It seems… Continue reading
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