Indonesia

February 3, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb. 4, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Tale of Two Statues The new style of Bali’s fixation with monumental ornamentation, as seen in the grossly huge and garishly illuminated nightly by circus-style flashing lights “monkey mountain” that has been erected at the junction of Prof Ida Bagus Mantra Bypass and I… Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Lombok, Tourism

Barbara Cahyadi, BAWA, Brazilian Lemon, Coffee, Hannah Black, Humane Society International, IFAW, Indroyono Soesilo, Lombok Guide, Monkey business, Ongky Wijana, Peter Duncan, Taman Restaurant Senggigi, Visa on Arrival, Vyt Karazija, Welcome to Bali, Wiwik Pusparini
January 20, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jan. 21, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Guys, Get Serious! A photo taken on Dec. 21 and displayed on Facebook this month of a 500-metre wide by unknown kilometres long stretch of garbage floating offshore from around Tanah Lot (it’s an important temple: might that resonate with any of the stumblebums officially… Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Bali, Indonesia

AMRRIC, Bali Animal Welfare Association, Christian Vanneque, Darwin, dining demographic, get unconnected, Governor Made Pastika, Greta Garbo, IFAW, killer packaging, Kim McCreanor, Maxwell Maltz, Ocean rubbish, poor Balinese, religious ceremonies, Sip wine bar, Sophie Digby, Tanah Lot, threatened mangroves, Yak Magazine
January 6, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jan. 7, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences BAWA with a Bang BAWA, the pre-eminent animal welfare organization on the island because of focused effort and the seminal role played by founder Janice Girardi in dealing with rabies when it broke out in Bali in 2008 – the disease is now… Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Indonesia

Adopt-Learn-Chat With a Vet, BAWA, jade richardson, Janice Girardi, Kecak Dance, Kuta Beachwalk, Legian Beach Hotel, Moazzam Malik, Plato, rabies, Scooby-Do dogfood, Sukiyaki, Taksu Restaurant, Ubud, Vyt Karazija, Writing Classes
December 22, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Dec. 24, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Art with a Frisson Two books recently given an Australian launch – at the University of Sydney – provide a more profound focus on the real Bali than any number of tourist-oriented creations. The real Bali is of course not found in performances of the… Continue reading

Art, Bali, Indonesia, Lombok, Music, Politics

Adrian Vickers, British Council, Christmas, DJ Mr Best, Greg Moriarty, Lempad of Bali, Liverpool FC, Lyndal Moor, Made Wijaya, Majapahit Style, Moazzam Malik, Paul Grigson, Peter Duncan, Rock Bar, Ross Fitzgerald, Rotary Club of Bali Kartika, Surabaya, Taman Restaurant Senggigi, Tourist numbers, Wiwik Pusparini
November 25, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Nov. 26, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Singapore Sling-off It’s been a while since we were in Singapore so we had been quite looking forward to getting back there this month. We had been amusing ourselves with thoughts about minding the platform gap again, but the MRT was full of very pushy people… Continue reading

Art, Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Lombok, Singapore, Writing

British initiative, Dimbulah Mountain Estate, Edwina Blush, Good Coffee, Great Burgers, Great Panjandrums, Incorrigible Optimists, Indonesian portraiture, Lasalle Investment Management, Napoleone Buonaparte, National Gallery of Indonesia, National Portrait Gallery Canberra, Stamford Raffles, True Autonomy, Yak Awards
November 11, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Nov. 12, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences She’s Off Her Face (Book) Susi Johnston, the long-term American expatriate whose situation in regard to the property she lives in at Mengwi is as disgraceful as it is well known, has dropped off the social medium preferred by gazillions of virtual chatterers. She has deactivated… Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Music

Australian Aid, Bar Luna Ubud, Courts, Dria-Raba, East Bali Cashews, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Greg Moriarty, Lawyers, Makassar Jazz Festival, Overdevelopment, Police, Property, rabies, Rotary Club Ubud, Sons of Abraham, Susi Johnston, Yothu Yindi
October 28, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 29, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Three Hearty Woofs It was interesting to read that when the Bali Street Dog Fund and other friends and supporters of BAWA gathered for the 10th annual Bali Nights fundraiser in Melbourne on Oct. 10, they raised record funds to save and protect Bali’s animals. It… Continue reading

Art, Bali, Indonesia, Politics

Bali Spirit Festival, BIMC, Bogans, Ecuador, Four Seasons Jimbaran, Ganesha Gallery, I Made Wiradana, jade richardson, Made Wijaya, Road works, Truman Capote
October 15, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 15, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Probability Prabowo People seem to be somewhat exercised over the coalition that failed presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has fashioned in the national legislature. Why this should be so is an interesting question. Indonesia is far from alone in being a democratic entity in which rival political… Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Politics, Writing

Amed, Australian funding, Bali Pink Ribbon, Celia Gregory, FPI, Joko Widodo, Marine Foundation, Prabowo Subianto, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
September 30, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 1, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Zesty Little Soup, Again This year’s Ubud Writers and Readers Festival kicks off today without the assistance of V.S. Naipaul, the Tolstoy of Trinidad, who withdrew from the program last month apparently dissatisfied with the quantum of perquisites set to come his way. Never… Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Writing

Bali Update, Batur resources, Homecoming, Made Wijaya, Spectator magazine, UWRF 2014, VS Naipaul
September 24, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Sep. 17, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences In the Picture Myuran Sukumaran, the British-born Australian who has been on death row in Kerobokan Jail for eight years awaiting a firing squad for his leading part in the infamous 2005 Bali Nine drug smuggling case, has been on show in Melbourne. Well, his art… Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Indonesia, Writing

Animal Welfare, BIMC Hospital, Curates’ Eggs, Defamation, Kerobokan Prison, Lizzie Love, Myuran Sukumaran, Precious Egos, Prison Art, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2014, Vyt Karazija, Yogyakarta

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.