General Interest
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Hector Revealed
The squawking cockatoo has outed himself, by invitation but reluctantly since he and limelight are not a good match. This Q&A from the Siapa column in the Bali Advertiser of Aug. 3, 2016, may perhaps interest some people. Richard Laidlaw: Bali Diarist Richard Laidlaw was born in Britain towards the end of World War II… Continue reading
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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
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A Load of Buluh
Buluh Abu Kacang is Made Wijaya, who used to be Michael White, an adolescent student of Sydney, before he dropped out ahead of finding time to actually drop in, and parlayed this feat into a successful Bali-based career as a landscape gardener. Over the many years since he has acquired considerable and valuable knowledge of… Continue reading
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Here’s a Tip
Hector’s Bali Diary, Apr. 27, 2016 His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Now that the issue of destroying Benoa Bay so that rich people can get even richer is at the forefront of the public mind, and is the subject as it should be of robust dissention, it’s time to… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Dec. 23, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Christmas Story This week we observe the official birthday – though of course its date is wholly notional – of one of Islam’s leading saints, the nabi Isa al-Mahdi, whom Muslims also honour as the Messiah. In the Christian rite, it is Christmas, the… Continue reading
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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
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Nov. 25, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Blacklisted It’s official. The Diary and Vulcan, god of the underworld and chief patron of volcanic excess, are no longer speaking. Vulcan has been blacklisted. Until further notice, even if we should by chance fly over one of the spectacular mountain vents that lead down to… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Sep. 16, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Serious Disagreement In the 1992 movie The Last of the Mohicans there’s a lovely standoff between Hawkeye the frontiersman and the rather regimentally doltish British Major Duncan Heyward in which Hawkeye says, “One day, Major, you and I will have a serious disagreement.” It’s a… Continue reading
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