Category: NGOs

• Mountain Views

  HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious experiences THE CAGE Bali Jan. 8, 2018   IT was rather lovely, we thought, that Mt Agung should choose to see out the old year and bring in the new with another minor eruption. It placed immediately in perspective the claims of various luminaries in…

  8degreesoflatitude

  January 8, 2018

  Australia, Bali, Books, Environment, Global Politics, Music, NGOs, Ubud, USA

  Adagio for Strings, Andrew Ford ABC, Chinese tourism, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Idiot Aussies (and others), Platoon, Samuel Barber, Weird shit

• Born Free

    HECTOR’S DIARY The Cage, Bali Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017   His regular diet of diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   THERE is a release, of sorts, in being relieved of the duty to write for a publication. You’re freer to write what you really think, in the patois of your choice, in…

  8degreesoflatitude

  December 4, 2017

  Bali, Charity, Global Politics, Indonesia, Lombok, NGOs, Tourism, Writing

  Climate change shamans, Cyclones, Deadlines, Donald Trump, Garuda, I’m an Angel, Lombok, Rain dances, Royal liaisons, Sex pests, Solemen Indonesia, Truman Capote, Volcanoes, Whingeing Aussies and Others

• Who Let the Dogs Out?

    HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2017   EATING dog is something we would never do. It disgusts us, for all sorts of reasons. We also understand that this is largely a cultural issue. Eating man’s best friend is not generally a practice of people whose conditioning originates from what is now Europe.…

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  July 19, 2017

  Animal Welfare, Bali, Bureaucracy, Fine Dining, Food, Indonesian Law, NGOs, Tourism, Ubud

  Animal Welfare, Chris Salans, Dog meat, Farewells, Kerala Ceramics, Life-saving coffee, Lloyd Hassencahl, Marathons, Mozaic, School aid, Sky News, Tom Hickman, tourist cuisines

• 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…

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  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

• True Glue

  HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Jun. 7, 2017   LONG-TIME Indonesia hand Keith Loveard has a fine column in the July edition of GlobeAsia, the Lippo Group business magazine. He wrote it on Pancasila Day (Jun. 1). It’s titled Pacasila and why it matters. He noted…

  8degreesoflatitude

  June 7, 2017

  Animal Welfare, Bali, Bureaucracy, Charity, Indonesia, Islamic beliefs, NGOs, Public Administration, Rabies, Waste Management

  Bung Sukarno, Deputy Governor Ketut Sudikerta, GlobeAsia, Keith Loveard, Pancasila principles, rabies, Ramadan, Terrorists, Udayana University, University of Minnesota, Wahabbism, World Oceans Day, Zakat Puasa, Zero Waste to Ocean Education and Demonstration Centre

• Property Bloom

  HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other non-religious experiences The Cage, Bali Apr. 8, 2017 OK, so in Bali a property boom that will surely be unregulated – if it eventuates anywhere beyond the hype files of realtors – has about as much of a helpful impact as an algal bloom in fragile…

  8degreesoflatitude

  April 9, 2017

  Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Bureaucracy, Economic Development, Environment, NGOs, Rabies, Social Development

  All Fools’ Day, Aussie rules (not the footy), Beach dogs, Karang Beach, Property blooms, Sanur

• A Spicy Date

  HECTOR’S DIARY in the Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017   UBUD is the centre of much heritage and tradition in Bali. This remains its principal charm, which is offset only by its other role as a testing ground for the skills – or lack of these – of drivers of huge buses that service…

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  February 28, 2017

  Bali, Environment, Festivals, NGOs, Public Administration, Public Works, Random Thoughts, Sustainable tourism, Tourism, Ubud, Water resources

  Down Under, Fivelements, IDEP Foundation, La Niña, Men at Work, Navel gazing, Spicy dates, Water Rites