Tag: Schapelle Corby

• Beggaring Belief

    HECTOR’S DIARY His regular diet of worms and other (usually) non-religious fare The Cage, Bali Wednesday, May 31, 2017   FAITH is a personal compact between a person and his or her deity. The faithful, of any ilk, should be honoured for their commitment to a life beyond secular concerns and for the higher…

  8degreesoflatitude

  May 31, 2017

  America, Australia, Crime and Punishment, Global Politics, Indonesia, Indonesian Law, Islamic beliefs, karma, Politics, Pornography

  Angela Merkel, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Donald Trump, FPI, H.L. Mencken, Mussolini, Ramadan, Rizieq Shihab, Schapelle Corby

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Sep. 2, 2015

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Heading for the Hills Last year an unavoidable detention in Australia – its cause was medical, not custodial, in case any among the Diary’s more liverish readers might snigger and wonder – meant we were not among the 126, 000-plus attendees reported to have crowded Bali’s…

  8degreesoflatitude

  September 1, 2015

  Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Charity, Environment, Festivals, Indonesia

  Adrian Vickers, Andreas Harsono, Boob Barers, Chigozie Obioma, Christina Lamb, Delphine Robbe, Dog Culling, Emily Britto, Lempad of Bali, Lonely Planet, Man Booker Prize, Michael Chabon, Miles Franklin Award, Moshin Hamid, Mpho Tutu, Pulitzer Prize, Schapelle Corby, Sophie Laguna, Stella Prize, Steve Palmer, UWRF 2015, Waterman’s Awards

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Apr. 16, 2014

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences    Well, We Hit the Roof We got a lovely invitation from the new RIMBA – we think it still qualifies as “new” since it hasn’t yet been open for a year – to attend a svelte bash on Apr. 12 to launch its Unique Rooftop…

  8degreesoflatitude

  April 15, 2014

  General Interest

  Ayana, Bali Hotels Association, Bali Revealed, BIMC, Candi Dasa, Le 48, Pondok Bambu, Rabies (again), RIMBA, Robert Epstone, Sanglah, Schapelle Corby, SoleMen, Trucks and road rules, Unique Rooftop Bar, Vincent’s

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb. 19, 2014

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences   Let’s Hear No More of Her Schapelle Corby, celebrity jailbird by Australian media acclaim and blessed (though that’s hardly the word) with a scrofulous family, has finally been freed on parole. That’s a good outcome, far too long delayed but welcome nonetheless. The excessive jail…

  8degreesoflatitude

  February 18, 2014

  General Interest

  Bali development, Kerobokan K9s, Linda Coles, Lizzie Love, Majell Hind, Schapelle Corby, Smile Foundation