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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Indonesia's Largest Expatriate Readership

Editor in Chief Angela Richardson angela@indonesiaexpat.biz

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writing about anything at all; a dream you had, how much you hate writing, how much you love your cat. This helps to at least keep your fingers writing, like a form of practice, if you will, and keeps the brain alive in the hopes that a synergy will reform between it and your fingers.

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“Writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all.”

Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems

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After nearly four years of doing what I do — writing fortnightly editorials and articles — I seem to have hit a complete writer’s block. It happens and I’m sure many of you will have experienced this in some form or another in your own lives.

Finance & Admin Lini Verawaty

Contributors Victoria Bannerman Gail G. Collins Terry Collins Tess Joyce Neil Little David Metcalf Francesco Ricciardi Simon J. Still Eamonn Sadler Intan Tanjung LL. Wing Kenneth Yeung

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After much deliberation and time away from my computer in an attempt to gain much-needed inspiration to write something interesting, I have decided to write about — wait for it — how to get over writer’s block!

When you face this strange inability to express ideas into words, it’s as though your brain was empty. Any thoughts that do come to mind seem to fizzle away into nothingness or sound absurd when attempted to be typed on the screen, coming across as stupid and pointless. One trick, which can be very helpful, is to spend time away from writing for a couple of days, focusing on other tasks at hand in an attempt to distract and even reboot the brain.

Another thing that works is just

Some people say that writer’s block is a way that your unconscious mind is trying to tell you that it is not interested in something you’re trying to write. Maybe I’ve been trying too hard myself to keep up with politics, remaining up-todate, and trying too hard to write inspirational pieces, that my brain is now on strike. This actually makes perfect sense!

Luckily, our writers haven’t been experiencing the same tribulations as I have and we have some very interesting reads for you.

Our featured story is about how Indonesia could avoid, should it arrive here, the spread of ebola

by practicing acts of common courtesy like covering our mouths when we cough or sneeze. Victoria Bannerman takes a look at President Joko Widodo’s fashion sense — an immensely popular topic of conversation. If you’re looking for some inspiration on a weekend escape from the capital, Gail G. Collins goes trekking in the Puncak Pass and Sentul Hills on our Travel page. If you’re hungry for healthy food, Tess Joyce shares her favourite vegetarian restaurants in Indonesia with us, so you can eat organically, healthily and consciously.

See, my writer’s block is becoming a distant memory. Enjoy this issue’s reads!

Angela Richardson Editor in Chief

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Featured Cover Your Coughing, Please!

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Meet the Expat Davina Stephens

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Food & Drink Vegetarian, Organic Restaurants

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Observations Crime Tsunami

Fashion Effortless: President Jokowi Shows How to Do Dapper

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Scams in the City Golden Goose Chases

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Travel Hiking The Hills around Bogor

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Worthy Causes The Batang Toru Forest

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Faces of Indonesia Sutiah The Tengger Farmer

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Light Entertainment Agony & Irony

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Sports MesaStila Challenge 2014

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Announcements

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Film A Roof for Street Musicians

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Music Tesla Manaf Effendi

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Events Business Directory Classifieds

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Cover Your Coughing,

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By Kenneth Yeung

Kenneth Yeung is a Jakarta-based editor

A young investment banker sat opposite me at a recent meeting in a Jakarta highrise building and coughed repeatedly without covering his mouth. I try not to be critical of the cultural quirks of Indonesia, but there’s nothing quirky about people coughing in your face.

I handed the banker a small pack of tissues from my bag, telling him that ebola and other diseases can be spread by coughing and sneezing. He cheerily assured me that he didn’t have ebola. Then a woman in the room, another banker, said she had read via Facebook that ebola was invented and patented by America so that vaccination companies could make huge profits.

Ebola is not an airborne disease — meaning it does not remain suspended in the air for long periods. It is generally transmitted by direct contact with a sufferer’s infected bodily fluids. Doctors say it can be spread by coughing and sneezing if infected droplets land on another person. It is not spread via mosquitoes.

Indonesia has the impressive pass rate of 99.5% for its national high school exams.

Despite such phenomenal cleverness, no one seems to be teaching people to cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough — preferably with a tissue or handkerchief, as many germs can also be transmitted by hand. Instead, there is an almost national obsession with masuk angin — the belief that being exposed to wind causes aches and pains, which can be remedied by having a coin scraped over the skin.

Anyone who watches local commercial television will be assaulted by noisy adverts for various “health” products, often involving an animated depiction of the medicine miraculously making the body stronger, the brain smarter or the skin whiter. Yet where are the public health awareness announcements? Well, there’s no revenue to be made by advising people how to minimize the spread of disease.

Ebola is the latest entry on the growing list of this century’s pandemic panics, which started with SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in 2003, then bird flu in 2004, swine flu in 2009 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012.

These health scares have not collectively claimed thousands of Indonesian casualties; hence there is some apathy toward ebola.

The leading causes of death in Indonesia are: stroke, tuberculosis, cancer, traffic accidents, diarrheal diseases, heart disease and diabetes. So why all the international panic over viruses? Because a pandemic could wipe out millions. The 1918 – 19 influenza pandemic killed anywhere from 20 million to 40 million people worldwide, including about 3 million Indonesians.

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More recently, Indonesia topped the global human death toll for H5N1 bird flu. The World Health Organization recorded 638 human cases of bird flu over the past decade, resulting in 379 deaths, including 161 in Indonesia. H1N1 swine flu had a greater global impact, causing 19,633 human deaths over a 2009 – 10 pandemic, though Indonesia had few fatalities.

Ebola was identified in 1976 in Sudan and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). It was named after a river and was originally transmitted to humans from animals, possibly fruit bats, which are thought to be its natural hosts. The current outbreak in West Africa is causing consternation because ebola has a high risk of death, killing up to 90% of those infected. By comparison, the fatality rate for SARS is 10%, swine flu 21%, MERS 41% and bird flu 60%.

Some dedicated conspiracy theorists believe ebola is a myth or was invented to profit from vaccines and by stealing Africa’s oil and diamonds. The sort of cretins who think the 9/11 terror attacks on the US might have been an inside job because they read somewhere that no aircraft wreckage was found at the Pentagon — even though aircraft wreckage was found there.

Claims that ebola was patented in the US are true, but the motive was not to unleash misery upon Africa or to make money from a vaccine. The US government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was in 2010 granted a patent for a strain of ebola known as Ebola Bundibugyo — whereas the strain currently spreading is Zaire Ebola. The CDC holds patents for various disease microbes so they cannot be patented by commercial companies that would then try to impose fees or lawsuits on researchers. The US Supreme Court last year ruled that naturally occurring genes are not patent eligible, which means researchers are less likely to be sued by big pharmaceutical firms. Vaccines for ebola are presently still in experimental stages.

The current ebola outbreak has been hitting Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, killing about 5,000 people. Further outbreaks have occurred in Nigeria and one case in Senegal. Indonesian doctors have warned there is a risk of the disease being transmitted through people travelling from Africa and the Middle East. Specifically, doctors said the virus could spread through the annual haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

The Religious Affairs Ministry in August declared it unnecessary for the government to issue a travel advisory about ebola to haj pilgrims. The ministry's Director General of Haj Affairs, Abdul Djamil, said any warning could cause panic so should therefore be avoided. Nevertheless, many pilgrims were advised of the danger of contagion.

ALTHOUGH EBOLA IS NOT KNOWN TO BE IN INDONESIA, PLENTY OF OTHER DISEASES CAN BE SPREAD BY COUGHING, INCLUDING FLU VIRUSES, THE COMMON COLD, STREP THROAT, MUMPS, MEASLES AND TUBERCULOSIS.

TUTUPLAH MULUT SAAT

BATUK Pakailah tisu untuk menutup mulut dan hidung anda saat anda batuk atau bersin.

Buang bekas tisu anda di tempat sampah.

Saudi Arabia has banned entry to people coming from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in an effort to protect this year’s approximately 2 million haj pilgrims.

Australia has also suspended entry visas for people from ebola-affected countries, resulting in accusations of racism and discrimination.

Indonesia’s new Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek last week said at least 72 Indonesians are working in the ebola outbreak area and should be monitored when they return, and quarantined if they have any symptoms.

The initial symptoms of ebola are fever fatigue, muscle aches, headache and sore throat. Next comes vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and sometimes internal and external bleeding. The early warning signs are also common for malaria, dengue fever and typhoid, so diagnosis of ebola has to be confirmed by lab tests.

Although ebola is not known to be in Indonesia, plenty of other diseases can be spread by coughing, including flu viruses, the common cold, strep throat, mumps, measles and tuberculosis. Common places for transmission of such diseases include shops, offices, public transport and schools.

Jakarta’s busway has stickers advising men not to grope female passengers. But there are no stickers advising people to cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing.

An increasing number of Indonesians, mostly women, are wearing disposable facemasks in public to guard against disease transmission and/or inhalation of polluted air.

Last week in a fruit shop, I observed a woman sneezing vigorously, uncovered, as she examined some apples, which then glistened with her spray of saliva.

Pakailah masker bedah untuk pelindung jika dibutuhkan.

Tutup batuk atau bersin anda dengan siku anda, bukan dengan tangan anda.

BERSIHKAN TANGAN ANDA

Sehabis batuk atau bersin cucilah tangan anda selama 20 detik dengan sabun atau air hangat atau dengan hand sanitizer.

CEGAHLAH PENYEBARAN BAKTERI!

President Joko Widodo’s call for a mental revolution has been hailed as a breath of fresh air. A good place to start would be teaching people to cover their mouths when coughing or sneezing, and to then wash their hands.

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MEET THE EXPAT

Davina Stephens

By LL. Wing

FROM THE VERY FIRST VOYAGES, PICTURES WERE FASHIONED FOR EUROPEANS OF THE FAR LANDS THAT THE SAILORS VISITED. SOMETIMES AN ARTIST WOULD SAIL TO THE INDIES AT HIS OWN RISK TO MAKE A LIVING BY PAINTING. THERE WAS A NEED FOR ACCURATE CHARTING, EXACT REPRESENTATIONS OF COASTLINES AND OF COURSE, PICTURES OF LOCALLY OBTAINABLE WARES. WE ARE NOW A FAR CRY FROM THAT TIME IN HISTORY, BUT WE STILL DESIRE TO KNOW WHAT WAS THEN AND LEARN FROM WHAT IS NOW. DAVINA’S CURRENT WORKS INCLUDE MARINE CHARTS OF OUR MODERN WORLD. HER KNOWLEDGE OF CARTOGRAPHY AND BIOLOGY IS EVIDENT.

Davina you are a second generation traveller and expat born in New Zealand.

After one year you moved to Australia.

Your mother was a keen traveller and your father was travelling around the world as a recognized, International Rugby Union player, representing the All Blacks and Wallabies. You came to stay in Bali at an early age and then left to pursue your desire to be an artist.

Tell us about your experiences and insights on your return to a ‘new Bali’ a decade later.

I came to Bali when I was seven years old.

I couldn’t imagine any other childhood at that stage and I was very comfortable in the midst of the Balinese people and their way of being; the aspect of extended families, and community was comforting, warm and familiar for me. Surrounded by the classic elements of tropics and sandy beaches it was a child’s fantasy island.

Here I am, still. But everything is not as we see on the surface. The images we conjure up of a place are an illusion. Searching for the dream; that’s an illusion. It’s the substance behind the paradise that’s so mesmerizing, shocking and provoking.

At age 15, I was going to a school in the Himalayas. This school represented children from all over the world and was in one of the most remote places I had ever experienced at that time. It wasn’t till later in life that I realized how profound a place it was and that it was an extremely exciting political time. The school still exists today.

That experience set my heart on India forever.

↙ From top to bottom: • Davina Stephens • 3D Carved frame painting Suhartos gang 1996 • I dream of Sulawesi

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LL. Wing is a NYC artist and writer.

I knew I had to continue my studies, as that was the protocol amongst my peers.

I decided that I wanted to do something related to art and attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. I knew that I could come out of there able to follow some type of career related to art.

In the late eighties I passed through Italy and got a job on the island of Sardinia, selling Balinese things at a friend’s boutique. I quickly learned Italian and made enough money to pursue my plan of studying in New York City. I finally got my head out of paradise and onto a bigger world.

In your earlier artworks under the series titled ‘3D Carved Frame paintings’, you set a precedent with the painting overflowing onto relief carved frames using bright colours. Now you have moved on to more subtle washes combined with woodblock printing. What brought about that shift?

As an artist I’m always striving to make my work interesting; not just for my audience but also for the sense of discovery involved in the creative process. I like to think that my art has a purpose and is not just a souvenir. The purpose is to make you think beyond what you see; to discover the metaphor within the work.

When I was painting the 3D carved paintings there was always a story involved.

It was evident through the humour, the caricatures and the nature of the collages.

All these would accumulate into a narrative of the time and place in which it was painted; always with a hidden implication of a ‘tongue in cheek’ or ‘twist of a knife’ meaning. I guess that explains why I am seen as a mimic whose work may at times offend, but just take one good look at me and you’ll realize it is just a part of the fun.

Let’s not take this life too seriously!

It can be seen throughout the themes in your paintings that you have not only an intimacy with nature, with Bali and the local people, but also an endless energy that comes from your surfing, kite surfing and your love of diving. Can you explain how you synchronize your interests and deal with the challenges present in your diverse lifestyle?

The biggest frustration for me is how to juggle time because I travel so much, mostly between Indonesia, India and now Idaho USA. I find it demanding to divide my time and I have come to neglect what used to balance with the tides; painting, surfing, reflecting. I look at the waves now and the surf traffic and I think to myself, I’d rather put my energy into studio time. I now take blocks of time for particular activities. One activity used to feed the other. I now have to choose my time to surf. My work flowed much better then. Now I feel some pressure, with the fast paced world we live in and a lifestyle that requires me to be in so many places. I am most happy when I can ‘tune

in and drop out’, so to speak. Always wanting to be somewhere you’re not is such a waste of time!

What are you working on now and what makes it important?

I think everyone is fascinated with the Balinese offerings. Like a sculpture these offerings are constructed from throngs of palm leaves. I am using images and characters from my old paintings, and setting them onto springs, and attaching them to the offering. These boxed sculptures are visual and tangible representations of a changing time. They are also an extension of the idea of the carved frame painting; the subjects and characters are exploding out of the artwork.

It is a bit like a nativity scene of ‘Bali today’.

You can see the affinity I have with Bali in these works and it brings out the desire to know more deeply the essence of the scenes, in all its traditions.

I think that these works represent a search I am on to define where I am from.

Sometimes I feel confronted with a crisis of identity but I realize that is part of what inspires me to create.

Davina is currently working towards an exhibit in the USA and commissions. To view works in Bali go to Warisan Living, Jl. Raya Kerobokan or Biasa Art Space, Raya Seminyak.

To get in touch: E-mail: davinastephensart@gmail.com Website: www.davinao.com

Jimbaran Bay: Charcoal Ink acrylic on rice paper

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FASHION

Being around glamour all her life, Victoria developed a sense of style that has led her to fashion styling, journalism and designing her debut collection. Email her at tori@toribannermanlondon.com

Effortless: President Jokowi Shows How to do Dapper

By Victoria Bannerman ↘

President Jokowi in his blusukan white shirt. Courtesy of Universitas Gadjah Mada

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can’t claim to be an authority on politics and some would say that what I do purport to know would only fill the cerebral cortex of an inebriated newt! My only wish is that a somewhat generously erudite soul would educate me on the convoluted intricacies and subterfuge of political machinations. What I do know is that whether democrat, republican, liberal, or labour, when it boils down to it everyone is concerned with image and how they project themselves to the world. So now that we have established how important image is, let’s get down to the business of the fashion of President Joko Widodo, aka President Jokowi.

The People’s Prince has been swept into power, and with high office comes the scrutiny of, amongst other things, his fashion sense and style. Living in an age where media and image is an ever important factor in the race of getting ahead, President Jokowi was not going to get off lightly.

Indeed at his inauguration, the man known as the Indonesian Obama lived up to his urbane reputation as he cut a dash, looking every inch the President in his dapper suit and red tie.

This compelling man has made an indelible impression on the world’s political stage and will win powerful friends in the process, whilst improving the economy and increasing patriotism in this multifarious and burgeoning nation.

In the nation, the simple white shirt has become associated with President Jokowi’s ‘blusukan’ (impromptu visits), rolled just up to his elbows, saying to all ‘I am simple’, and in terms of transparency, ‘what you see is what you get’. I am here to serve and strive to do it I will. ↗ The Wong Hangs with President Jokowi wearing his Wong Hang suit for the inauguration ceremony

Our rangy, discreetly handsome potentate has become an unlikely heartthrob hero, winning over the common man in the street with his “I am one of you” attitude.

His simple, less is more, no nonsense, get my hands dirty approach to get the job done is pretty much transmuted to his dress code. I suspect that this is part of his appeal and says much about his character.

President Jokowi seems not to be cut from the same cloth as other leaders, who, having started their lives from very humble beginnings would voraciously, rapaciously and rapidly embrace the trappings of their post, acquiring expensive threads and the attendant trappings.

President Jokowi was suited and booted by the clearly gifted, talented and successful Wong Hang tailors, a fourth generation run atelier suit-makers. They make all manner of garbs like funky tuxedos, trousers, suits, shirts and accessories; a one-stop shop for the man who wants to stand out in the crowd. They have created for the rich, famous and diverse, and their mission is to “raise” a generation of well-dressed Indonesian men. Of course, you will not be surprised to know that the materials they use for their designs are from none other than Florence, Italy, the home of exceedingly uber sartorial taste.

Fronted by brothers Stephen and Samuel, their contrasting tastes (in colours) brings about an eclectic feel to the brand, satiating all fashion idiosyncrasies. Each customer is special and unique and here you see the real meaning of bespoke! Consultations and fittings are precise to get it right. You can imagine the pride of the Wongso family and its ancestors to have had the honour of creating the suit worn by the historymaking People’s Prince.

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I admire the casual and approachable style of Indonesia’s new president. His love of plaid, batik and khaki shirts sets him apart and while many would expect a suit on some occasions, President Jokowi dances to the beat of his own drum. At the same time you feel that you can be part of his ‘normal elite’ club because his tone is easy, laidback, which men can relate to. His signature shirts, trousers and suits have been known to cost as little as under $50! This may not be the received wisdom of how a head of state should dress, but given time I am sure these simple choices will be amped up a little notch or two! It will be a must when invitations from heads of states start to pour in.

President Jokowi’s dressing is aspirational, one imagines that young people growing up in Indonesia will look to and respect him, given hope, if he can do it so can I. His meteoric rise will inspire generations to become whom they had once not thought possible.

Although we love our president’s unassuming sartorial style, the thought had crossed my mind of what it would be like to modify to his wardrobe with the occasional unexpected. I am thinking a little bit Brit cool with a European twist, giving him an Indo-Euro look! We could have what would be known as the ‘Jokowi Plaid’. A plaid shirt with contrasting but matching batik, lining the cuffs to show when the sleeves are up-turned and a felled seam of batik at the back, of course!

Tom Ford suits for men. ↗ Tom Ford will be opening a store in Jakarta in 2015

President Jokowi would have two or three rather expensive suits with one from the fragrant demi-god himself, Tom Ford. This suit will increase his wow factor, enhancing his overall look and raising his chutzpah in the nicest possible way. The second would

have to be an Armani suit — if it is good enough for Mr. Clooney and the Hollywood alpha male contingency, then it’s certainly good enough for President Jokowi.

And last but not least, a suit from the master class makers of bespoke suits, Saville Row, impeccably made to suit an equally impeccable man. We could even request for the lining to be a print of our celebrated heritage cloth. A couple of Churches brogues and some quirky cufflinks (Indonesian flag or ‘Jok’ and ‘owi’) and we are good to go. A couple of blazers and unusually simple ties for state visits, both abroad and at home, pleat front trousers in grey, black, navy and ‘pushing the boat out’ burgundy would complete the wardrobe of our man in the palace.

Talking to Indonesians, it is clear to see he is admired by both sexes. The general consensus is that he is “a simple person, with good ideas who will be able to implement good policies for Indonesia”, a “People’s President who is loved and respected”, “honest, hardworking and humble” and “we like the revolusi mental act — galvanising the youth of the country for the future”.

It seems that Jokowi’s sartorial choices will be scrutinised and discussed but what takes precedence is how imaginatively he will steer this vast country of 13,000 islands, 300 major ethnic groups, along with a passel of multi-religious throngs, not to mention the world’s most prolific nation of tweeters, to be an increasingly international player on the world’s economic stage.

Jokowi will in time take his place on the political podium amongst some of the best loved and enigmatic leaders and influential players, such as Messrs Lincoln, Kennedy, Obama, Gandhi, Mandela, Churchill, Mrs. Thatcher and Hilary Clinton. Appointing Indonesia’s first female foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, is not only making history but also showing that our new president wants to move into a new era of government and hope.

From shanty town to a palace. An epic journey taken by a slight, unassuming, heavy metal-loving People’s Prince has now become synonymous with hope and change. Indubitably a man for all seasons.

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Rolling tea plantations on the Puncak Pass

By Gail G. Collins

→ Forced urban dwellers like myself long to escape the confines, concrete and cars.

I'm always on the lookout for a quick trip that offers a breath of fresh air, and, if I'm lucky, a view, too. Sixty kilometres south of Jakarta’s city limits are a couple of easy getaways. Take the toll road to Bogor, and you can make a great escape into the country, where sensational scenery and cool climes await. It’s an oasis of unpredictable weather with 322 storms a year, so plan accordingly. Good accommodation is available for a weekend getaway, but weekdays are ideal for avoiding traffic.

The parasails whirled and twirled, floated, and then, glided to the landing base, where the tandem teams touched down.

Flora found in the Puncak Pass

Puncak means ‘peak’, and at 265 metres, Puncak Pass has stood as the most popular mountain destination outside of Jakarta since Dutch colonial days. We began our crisp morning with coffee and proffertjes or donuts at Puncak Pass Resort. Built around 1928, the historic hotel has a commanding view and makes an ideal base or, at least, a place to gird one’s strength with sweets and caffeine.

The hike starts nearby, approaching Gunung Mas Tea Estate from the rear.

This is a downward trek, skirting tea fields, where workers wear enormous pastel cane hats to guard against the sun and rain.

Some workers clipped with knives held in heavily gloved hands, collecting tea leaves in an attached plastic bin. When filled, this was dumped into larger sacks. Other workers handled a hedge trimmer-like machine that cut leaves from the bushes and sucked them into a hefty sack. The ladies giggled and waved at us, as they hauled these burgeoning bags to central collection points.

A beautiful white river in the Sentul Hills

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Another good escape is Sentul Hills, at the toll road’s marked exit. This trek averts the dizzying weekend slow-gos of the narrow town road beyond. There are many walks through the undulating landscape, and local guides, like our escort Encep or Id Guides, allow trekkers to simply take in the terrain.

Paths network the land, crossing creeks, which sparkle and splash over slippery stones. Bamboo bridges provide a bouncy way over rushing water. Up and down you go, so watch for slick spots on rock-paved grades in wet weather.

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Bogor JAVA

The trails wander from kampung to kampung, nipping around farm plots of banana, clove, lemongrass, coffee and vegetables, and then, pop up next to houses.

Our arrival in these spare, timeless villages felt intimate, as people quietly chatted on door stoops. As we passed, some children ↘ Trekking through plantations gives much relief from busy city life

Scarlet-leafed cinnamon trees border many fields, growing tall and trim. Gingers also sprout along the trail like fiery, spiked sculptures. Plodding through the terraced estate, a view of eternity emerged, beckoning for a breather and water break.

Even estate workers stopped and stood on this precipice, enchanted by the sloping foothills, fading into the misty distance.

Parasails often lift off from a peak-side perch nearby, lending a bird’s eye view of this emerald expanse and seeming, to hikers, like enormous birds themselves.

At the trail’s end, stop into an outdoor cafe for a cuppa. Perkebunan Teh Gunung Mas or Golden Mountain Tea Plantation produces B grade product, chiefly for export. The cafés offer two dozen types of tea — from blackcurrant to green to lemon — but only a couple of food choices.

As we finished our hike, the plit plat of rain came, and it felt good to wrap chilly fingers around a warm cup. This hillsidehugging hike logged in at eight, easy-going kilometres. Not a hiker? Guests are invited to walk among the tea terraces or a guided tour is available for a small fee.

Gail Collins writes internationally for magazines and has co-written two books on expat life. She feels writing is the perfect excuse to talk to strangers and know the world around her better.

For guides: Encep (0811 850 4319) and dguides.net

cheerfully called out, while younger ones hid behind their mothers’ skirts. Goats chewed their cuds in raised corrals, rice dried on mats, men wielded knives to peel cassava, and chickens scooted where they would, crossing the road for no reason whatsoever.

Jungle tracks burst out onto open spaces with verdant views across rice paddies.

Bending over, people plugged nursery plants into the mud or beat stalks to knock the grain free. Streams gurgled or bamboo irrigation pipes trickled to saturate the stepped fields. The scenes are timeless.

Make a weekend of hiking the hills. A host of possible accommodation, from hotels to bungalows with hot springs in Sentul, are available. Sir Stamford Raffles described Bogor as “a romantic little village”, and though the city has grown, its charms remain. When the need to breathe deep takes hold, the simple effort of walking releases tension, like a fiddlehead fern, leisurely uncoiling its frond. You are at ease and one with the landscape.

Martine Casagrande, 360° Life Prosperity Coach, who has hiked there for years, said it best, “I feel the lack of rushing and absence of individual responsibility and stress. I feel the essence, emanating from the forest and people, still moving to the beat of a seemingly forgotten drum. I not only take in the stunning scenery, but also the relaxed and humble nature of humanity there. For that short while, I too am part of nature and the people that belong there.”

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FACES OF INDONESIA

SPORTS

MESASTILA

Endurance

2014 RAIL-TO-TRAILS

By Neil Little

IMPRESSIVE is what immediately springs to mind as the first finishers cross the line after a gruelling 60 kilometre endurance run across four of East Java’s highest peaks — Mt. Merbabu, Mt. Andong, Mt. Telomoyo and Mt. Gilipetung. The preparation of mind, body and equipment to complete such an event claims respect enough — add an impressive first place finishing time of 12:58:07 and even non-sports fans should respect the achievement.

The MesaStila Rails-to-Trails, first held in 2012, has certainly grown up since inception. In 2014, organizers returned with the trademark 13-kilometre distance along the Magelang railway track, finishing up with a short trail run back to the MesaStila resort. The longer 21.1k half-marathon, crosses an

finisher crossing the line in 16:35:00 — respect! The event also doubles as a point qualifier towards The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®.

The MesaStila Endurance+ 2014 Railsto-Trails caters for all. 262 participants joined all three events in 2014 with ages ranging from just five to 64 years young.

Although tough, a generous cut-off time makes completing the 13k doable for all levels of fitness. Participating in the half-marathon for the second time, I can confirm the run to be one of Indonesia’s toughest. But nothing worth doing was ever easy and the challenge is more than rewarding enough. It’s by no means an overstatement to call the event one of, if not the most, picturesque runs in Indonesia.

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THE TENGGER FARMER Words and Photo by David Metcalf

Sutiah is a real mountain woman. She lives in a small village high up on the edge of the Tengger massif, a spectacular area including Mount Bromo and five other volcanoes. Sutiah is no stranger to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, having experienced many during her 70 years living in the area. Her life is a simple but happy one, she told me while I spoke with her in front of her small, weatherbeaten, but comfortable home.

“The soil is quite productive in this area and I am able to grow many vegetables such as potatoes, corn, cabbages, onions and soya beans,” she explained.

The Tengger people are real survivors and Sutiah is no exception. They have managed to stick to their Hindu beliefs despite the dominant influence of Islam in the area, and still hold ancient traditional ceremonies each year, such as the Karo festival. Sutiah explained, “During this time we make sacrifices to appease the spirits of the volcanoes. We believe very much in this, as it can make the difference between life and death.”

Sutiah has two children who live nearby and it is clear to see they are a very closeknit family, with strong connections to the land and their ancient heritage.

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The soil is quite productive in this area and I am able to grow many vegetables such as potatoes, corn, cabbages, onions and soya beans.”

The Tengger are a very friendly and hospitable folk and remind me a little of the hobbits in Lord of the Rings; very comfortable in their simple homes, a strong sense of community and, despite the environmental challenges and ever present threats of volcanic eruptions, will continue to survive for thousands more years, I am sure.

David Metcalf (Dayak Dave) is a professional photographer who specialises in photography workshop tours and cultural, adventure tours throughout Indonesia. (www.davidmetcalfphotography.com)

additional 8 kilometres of undulating paddy fields, jungle trails and kampung paths. Both runs start at the historic Ambarawa Train Station and take in spectacular mountain views with terrain challenging enough for all — for some the terrain proved too much on the day and more than one toko kopi benefited from participants searching for a more chilled alternative.

The MesaStila Endurance+ 2014 was a new introduction to the Rails-to-Trails programme. A field of 79, from as far as the USA and Belgium, signed up to tackle the 60-kilometre mountain course.

Starting at 22:00, participants strap on headlamps for the first eight hours of the endurance run, adding another degree of difficulty. The night and day ahead challenges athletes with more than 3,100 accumulative metres of mountain trek and trail running, rivalling fellow Indonesian endurance runs across Mt. Bromo and Mt. Rinjani in Lombok.

Of the MesaStila Endurance+ 2014 starters, just 11 finished, the final

Getting to the MesaStila is easy, with flights to Semarang or Jogjakarta from all over the archipelago. International flights to Jogjakarta also make this run possible for the weekend travel warrior arriving from Singapore or Malaysia.

Both Semarang and Jog jakarta are approximately 1.5 hour’s drive, Jogjakarta being the slightly longer option. The folks at the MesaStila will sort this for you, no sweat.

Accommodation is available at the MesaStila in beautiful colonial style, or during the event you can bunk down with other runners in the dormstyle accommodations, specially set up to house the overf low of runners and spectators for Rp.500.000/night including breakfast.

On a final note, the MesaStila offers one of Indonesia’s finest spa experiences, so be sure to book in. The unique on-site hamam also offers a weary leg remedy not to be missed.

↙ Jalanan stars with their director and producer Daniel Ziv

Intan Tanjung is a contributing writer for national and international publications on the Bali's lifestyle, culture and as a popular travel destination. She loves the beach culture and the fantastic tropical way of living as well as the amazing proliferation of art.

screening. When we met, they gave us their warmest greetings and big smiles, and soon we got engaged in an intimate conversation talking about their new exciting life, including visiting countries overseas when joining the film festivals, and becoming ambassadors in Jokowi’s presidential election. Titi also told us about her role in teaching at Wimar Witoelar’s school, such an impressive achievement for her after those years struggling with her studies.

But the life they have now is not an overnight success that has made them

A ROOF FOR STREET MUSICIANS

transfer to a dedicated BCA account he set up for this purpose. In total, they are trying to raise $50,000, which he thinks should be just enough to buy them modest houses in low-income neighbourhoods of Jakarta.

He plans to get a house not just in the form of shelter, but as permanent freedom from rent, debt, danger and homelessness, with a legitimate land certificate so it cannot be taken away from them. "I plan to deposit the certificates with a third party — my Indonesian partner production company that also doubles as an environmental

Jalanan shows an inspiring story of the three characters who dare to take charge of their own destinies and refuse to be viewed as victims of social injustice.

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From left to right: Titi, Ho and Boni

→ It was a busy night at the Yoga Barn Ubud, when my fellow journalist friend and I went last month. We didn’t come for a yoga class, but for the screening of Jalanan movie held as a fundraising program to give the casts a permanent home.

The screening was the fifth one to be held in Ubud, said the director and producer, Daniel Ziv, but people were still enthusiastic to come and packed out the temporary open-air theatre located in the backyard of this yoga studio. Nadya Hutagalung, an Asian celebrity was also there.

This award-winning documentary tells a heart-warming story of three street buskers, Bambang “Ho” Mulyono, Titi Juwariyah and Boni Putera, serving as protagonists of their own life story. Everyday, they jump into public buses to entertain people with their amazing voices and guitar performances, in the hopes of being able to collect small change from generous bus passengers to go towards their daily meals.

These marginalized people have lived the life no one should lead. Boni has made a sewage canal bridge his home for over 10 years, Ho had to experience getting thrown in jail during a raid for buskers and received an uncomfortable treatment from the officials, and Titi struggled to balance study, work and family while trying to finish her education in a special school for drop-out pupils.

But don’t expect to watch a tragic dramatized self-pity story of the poor, which is often presented by media in Indonesia. Jalanan shows an inspiring story of the three characters who dare to take charge of their own destinies and refuse to be viewed as victims of social injustice. For a movie that brings up heavy issues like poverty and politics, Jalanan is very entertaining. For 107 minutes, audiences will be entertained with colourful scenes, stirred with lots of music, funny

jokes and empathic moments of them while struggling to survive in a city with no mercy.

This epic, witty, and thoughtful movie has successfully touched the hearts and opened the mind of audiences from many different levels of society. In Indonesia, Jalanan has become one of a few documentaries that could make its way into commercial cinemas (which was ironically played in Jakarta’s most exclusive cinemas — a contrast for a movie that brings poverty as its theme). It also has received close attention from government institutions such as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and Governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), who personally hosted screenings and made it a tool to educate his officials to conduct more humane approaches when dealing with marginalized people.

In international scenes, the movie has received tremendous amounts of acclaim and has won several awards in international film festivals, including Busan International Film Festivals, and recently Best Documentary at Edmonton International Film Festival, Canada.

Back to that night at Yoga Barn, Daniel Ziv introduced us to the stars of the movie, flown in from Jakarta to give the audience a surprising performance at the end of the

rich quick (Ziv said that documentaries don't make that much money in Indonesia).

Despite getting wide acknowledgement, tonnes of exposures and many opportunities, these three buskers are still struggling to get by.

“A film doesn’t fix lives, but it can bring acknowledgement, which for many of these people is really all they ask. But I'm still concerned about their long-term future, because their current fame, and even the opportunities, won't last forever,” says Ziv. “Assisting them financially seems logical, but I’ve learned through years of experimentation that handing them money — as in cash — never works.

Putting a roof over their heads will give them a home they can own and that remains an asset throughout their lives, which seemed the most responsible, lasting way of doing that.”

“Every time we have a Jalanan event, like a screening or concert or when I give a talk, audiences ask how they can contribute to making a difference in the lives of the film's three characters,” he says.

He then encourages people to read about their housing campaign, either via the film's website (jalananmovie.com) or their Fundrazr website page (www.fundrazr. com). People can contribute either via the Fundrazr website or in Indonesia via direct

NGO — so that the buskers cannot be pushed into pawning off their property no matter how intense the pressure may be from those around them."

The Yoga Barn fundraising screening has succeeded in raising Rp.9.9 million, adding it to Rp.168 million, 33% of the total expected amount. Jakarta’s Governor Ahok himself has donated Rp.50million for these guys.

“Boni, Ho and Titi are dear friends, and they are my partners in creating something really fresh and different that wasn't there before, and I think that's been transformational for all four of us. I want them to be happy [in the future],” says Ziv. “[I hope the house can be] something that will be theirs to keep. A place they can live or rent out or raise kids in. While they will always be responsible for their fate and need to continue working hard and acting responsibly, I wanted to do my part in helping them move forward in life.”

To give your support, visit www.jalananmovie. com/housingfund or Fundrazr page www. fundrazr.com/campaigns/dgEM6. Donations via bank transfer can be made to PT. Akarumput, BCA KCU Denpasar, Account no. 0402659210.

Donating $50 will get you a Jalanan DVD!

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MUSIC

Terry Collins is the co-author of Culture Shock!

Jakarta and writes the Jakartass blog.

TESLA MANAF EFFENDI

By Terry Collins

soundcloud.com/ tesla-manaf-effendi distributed album proved to be his most successful. Gamelan meets Pat Metheny is a simplistic description given the many twists and turns, the melodies supplied by a ‘regular’ group of guitar, drums, bass and soprano sax, sliding across the gamelan providing rhythmic power. Tesla says that the music tells the story about humanity’s connection with nature.

with my players. Their personalities, the way they play, the way they communicate and the way they speak ... bringing the best out of them will have a good effect on my music.”

I haven’t asked Tesla why his parents gave him that name, but it fits the latest guitarist to have an international release of his music on MoonJune Records.

Was he named after Nikola Tesla, “the greatest geek who ever lived?” A geek is someone who obsesses and Nikola's brainwork gave the world alternating current electricity, radio, radar, X-rays, hydroelectricity, wireless communications, and the modern electric motor. That his patents were taken by Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi, who got immensely rich while Tesla himself died in poverty, is historical fact.

Tesla & Agam Hamzah

That is important to him. Having been raised in Bekasi, the city on the eastern border of Jakarta, he moved seven years ago to the Dago mountain area of Bandung. He says, “Living here makes me aware of the beauty of nature; the way it talks is the most inspiring of God’s messages.”

One’s first impression when meeting Tesla Manaf is of a young boyish imp, forever jumping around flashing two finger salutes — for victory or Jokowi, I'm not sure — with a wide captivating grin. Yet that belies a complex character, someone driven to achieve what he sets his mind to. As he openly admits, he has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Recently turned 27, Tesla says he has been obsessed with music since he was five. His father's choice of music was progressive jazz-rock; complex, richly detailed music from the likes of , Gentle Giant, Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP) and Soft Machine.

At nine, he took up the guitar and piano, and for the next ten years focussed on classical music. He soon realised that he could interpret the music of others.

However, in 2007, the genre’s patterns and rules frustrated him and he began to explore the many traditional music forms in the nation's archipelago and the world of jazz, a language of self-expression.

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Tesla does: “Metheny inspired me. He influenced me in many ways, both in his music and the way he spoke and thought.

However, back in 2011, I was frustrated at being labelled as ‘Indonesia’s Pat Metheny’.

Don’t take this the wrong way; I still love Metheny, and my favourite album is The Way Up. But just because I was using his Ibanez Pat Metheny series guitar, which I’ve now sold, doesn't mean I played like him.

“I have my own sound, and that’s what I’m trying to tell audiences. I am who I am, now; a person who plays his own music.”

Back in 2011, he released It’s All Yours, which featured Mahagotra Ganesha, a Balinese art unit of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). This self-produced and

It’s All Yours has been re-released this year on the Demajors label. It will also be half of his upcoming international release on the MoonJune label. Much of the work he put into creating the soundscape of that project came from his study of such classical composers as Debussy, Bela Bartok and Krzysztof Penderecki. He has now taken that process a step further with A Man’s Relationship with His Fragile Area, the other half of the album.

“It affected me a lot; especially the details.

Precision and symmetry are a very important beginning to my own music. I often analyse the notes, rhythms, and the drama of each song. I like to create music which will take people into various kinds of emotions, playing with their hearts and minds at the same time. The same goes

At a recent showcase of the album in the Rolling Stone Café in Kemang, Jakarta’s enclave of the wealthy, I noted the following about The Sweetest Horn from the album: it opened with a whistleable marching band nursery melody played on descant recorder with a drum beat, joined by skittering drums, then guitar and clarinet playing as children do, until they combined to build an echo of an express train which gradually comes towards a halt: a guitar lead pastoral theme takes over, but with underlying menace from the bass….

This is music which repays relistening; each track, a neo-classical experiment, may confuse at first, but as it gradually comes into focus sense is made.

“Honestly,” says Tesla, “I do not know where my music will bring me to. I just keep creating, keep playing, keep inspiring my listeners. It may be a cliché, but I just love what I do and I will stand by it till the day I die.”

He’s a man driven by his obsession, a geek maybe, yet not only at one with himself and his muse, but also at one with nature.

It was a gift from God, he told me.

FOOD & DRINK

9 WARUNG Jl. Lodtunduh, Ubud, Bali (in front of Tanah Tho Gallery) Telephone: 0817776768 (Thony) E-mail: warungsembilan@yahoo.com Facebook: 9 warung

VEGETARIAN, ORGANIC

This is one of my favourite places to visit in Bali for vegetarian food — cheap, wholesome, with a large variety. The restaurant was founded by Thony and offers a selection of white rice and three vegetables for only Rp.9,000 — perfect for anyone in Ubud who is looking for a bargain lunch. Thony, a Buddhist from Jakarta and all-round happy person, treats his guests like family, and we began to visit his peaceful restaurant every day — the walls are covered in photos of Thony with his newly-found friends. White, red and yellow rice are served along with a choice of: tempe orek, corn perkedel, bean sprouts, spicy

boiled potatoes and many vegetables. My favourite dish included a tofu cake made with cabbage, egg, chilli and onions — the recipe was made by Thony and Komang, who created this restaurant with their bare hands in 2013.

Alongside the food, Thony also hosts workshops, including t-shirt painting and cooking classes and a selection of his ceramic creations are on sale in the restaurant. Aside from taking care of Bali’s street dogs, he also organizes stress management courses in Jakarta.

RESTAURANTS BA LI

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JA K A RTA

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JO GJ A K A R T A

By Tess Joyce

→ Although Indonesia is a great place to find vegetarian food with plenty of soya bean options and vegetable side dishes available in a nearby warung, its cities have been lagging behind with their varieties of organic, ethically-sourced food. In Jakarta, most consumers favour cheap, tasty meals without considering the wider impacts of their food on their health and the environment (unsustainable mono-cultural farming methods have had huge impacts across Borneo and Sumatra, resulting in large-scale deforestation). Many restaurants use palm oil, geneticallymodified vegetables and that devilish flavour enhancer, MSG. But a growing number of individuals are becoming concerned about their food and are establishing joints which support local, organic farmers, providing homely, vegetarian meals for consumers across Indonesia. Here is a selection of five veggie restaurants from Bali, Jakarta and Jogjakarta.

ANNAPURNA Jl. Tandakan No.7, Sanur, Bali Telephone: 0361 286770 E-mail: crewbaloo20@gmail.com

MILAS

Brand-spanking new, Annapurna is doing something bold - the food in their restaurant is paid by donation and the place has a great community feel. After eating, guests are invited to relax and enjoy the music of the restaurant’s founders — Ben and Krishna — who regularly jam with their band, the Mangrooves. The menu includes delicious veggie burgers, including lentil curry, oyster mushroom or tempe fillings and a selection of jamu and tea drinks are served. The food is simple and homely and breakfast includes scrambled tofu on toast with French-pressed coffee.

From the Sanskrit name meaning ‘full of food’ Annapurna was the goddess of nourishment — fitting with this theme, the walls are decorated with paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses, as well as murals painted by artistic friends.

On the first of November, Annapurna will be hosting the event Art Party Bali, inviting musicians, poets and artists to share their work in an inviting, creative space and all proceeds will go to the Cahaya Mutiara Foundation.

BURGREENS Jl. Flamboyan No.19, Rempoa, Jakarta Website: www.burgreens.com Telephone: +62 8788 200 5070 Opened last year by a young group of environmentallyconcerned entrepreneurs, this vegetarian burger joint has blossomed — scoring first place on TripAdvisor for best Jakarta restaurant. The social vibe of the place is further encouraged by the Burgreens team who are actively involved in promoting healthier, sustainable lifestyles by visiting organic fairs and events including the Organic Green and Healthy Expo in Jakarta. They also have plans to start meditation classes with Reza Gunawan, husband of writer Dewi Lestari and are producing a small variety of vegetables in their backyard.

Founded by Max Mandias and Helga Angelina, I recently visited their restaurant and was invited to try a selection of three mini burgers with bean, mushroom and spinach-chickpea fillings.

The prices are worth it — this restaurant is changing the way consumers in Jakarta think about their food. Sustainablyfocused and locally-sourced, Burgreens offer oat milk, zucchini noodles, raw cacao balls and sweet potato chips and their helpful menu outlines the raw, vegan and gluten-free options.

WARUNG BUMI Bumi Langit, Jl. Imogiri-Mangunan km 3, Desa Giriloyo, Wukirsari, Imogiri, Bantul Email: mail@bumilangit.org Telephone: +62 274 85 72 121 Website: www.bumilangit.webs.com

Jl. Prawirotaman IV No.127B, Jogjakarta Telephone: 0274-7423399 As a community centre with good connections with local organic farmers, Milas also organizes educational programs, has a library and hosts an organic market every Wednesday and Saturday from 10am – 1pm with fresh produce from organic farms. This delightful restaurant is very popular, scoring first place on TripAdvisor for listed restaurants in Jogjakarta. Its menu includes my favourite dish (and secret obsession) — tempe burger complete with french fries or stir-fried vegetables and home-made tomato ketchup.

Guests sit down on lesehan-style mats surrounded by zodia plants to keep away the mosquitos. Milas also serves deliciously healthy Javanese jamu drinks, including the tasty es smoothie Jawa made from bananas, tamarind, coconut milk and palm sugar.

Main courses include the flavoursome biryani made with onion chutney, cloves, raisins and pineapple, a selection of nasi goreng dishes and other familiar Indonesian meals, as well as western food like pasta, pancakes, tempe steak with onion gravy and salads. Their small shop sells a collection of jewellery, recycled paper books, honey and organic nuts, grains and other food items.

Situated up in the rocky forests of the valleys outside of Jogjakarta, Bumi Langit is a permaculture farm which was founded by Pak Iskandar and his family. Permaculture was a science developed in Australia in the 1970s by Bill Morrison, using functional design systems which mimic nature, reducing the impacts on the environment. Bumi Langit produces its own gas from methane generation, composts its waste and uses solar panels and recently they opened a café which overlooks the valley and the city of Jogjakarta.

Sitting in the warm energy of the farm, guests can choose from a small selection of organic dishes — the farm only sells locally-produced food, encouraging its visitors to think closely about where their food comes from.

The menu includes kambucha (fermented tea made with microbial culture), nasi goreng, fresh farm-made

breads (made with local flour), jams and honeys, and my favourite — markisa syrup — perfect with a glass of ice for a hot day. Ibu Dar once showed me how she prepared the probiotic keffir susu sapi in her kitchen which filled the air with a warm, buttery aroma. Goat and cow milk is also used to produce milk, butter and cheese. Keeping extra healthy, only unpolished, organic rice is served.

Warung Bumi also does catering for parties and has four vegetarian packets, all prepared by Ibu Dar.

Tess Joyce is a writer from the UK. In 2009 a collection of her poetry was published in India; the book was a collaboration with an Indian writer.

She currently lives with her husband in Indonesia.

Her writings have appeared online for OFI.

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OBSERVATIONS

Crime Tsunami

By Simon J. Still

It was with a certain amount of selfcongratulation that we use to talk of our social evenings in Makassar. We were able to leave a bar on our face at midnight, fail to remember how we got to the next, refuse eyewitness accounts about throwing up in an ashtray in the third, then kiss the bed we awoke on just because it was our own, and always find our wallets and phones still nestling in our crumpled trouser pockets.

Makassar, at the turn of the millennium, was a safe sprawling kampong; low-rise, interspersed with fields and brimming with “Hello Misters” and many a quaint “**** *** mister”. It was not used to foreigners. There was only one McDonald’s until Bali and the only people who liked us were the police. You could drive anywhere in South Sulawesi without fear of ‘the sting’. Show an officer a long-expired library card instead of a license and the worst outcome would have been a Rp.20,000 tip (actually, this still holds).

Now, if we could fast forward time, we’d see the low-rise pantai (beach) being dwarfed by steel and scaffold, rendered looking like a bad game of Tetris for all the misconceived and shockingly coloured high-rise hotels. Progress. Unfilled complexes and office rises came next. They blight an area that was once reclaimed land-become-swamp; an ornithologist’s xanadu and monitor lizard’s smorgasbord.

The Metro Road that connects the pantai to this Tanjung Bunga ‘flower park’

commanded stunning views of the islands to the west and mountains to the east.

But then the road broke. Was fixed, broke, fixed, broke, etc. Now it’s a concrete skidpan walled with breezeblocks, graffiti and advertising about how wonderful all the development is. Progress.

Left along a wide river, before the hideous and empty mall, is where I used to live — a gated complex under siege.

I fled because a little further along is ‘the pung’; a bit like the hood, except the narrow gangways don’t facilitate driveby shootings. Going the other way past the hideous mall and over a picturesque estuary is Barombong, or bandit central.

It’s in the sticks but leeches off the city like a malignant kidney. So time has moved on. The city is all grown up.

Progress. In the face of imported labourers, bandit country, the pungs and myriad new bike gangs being edged out of the city, we’re in trouble. No one parties late anymore. Brace yourself for possible incredulous chuckling.

All in the same Metro Road area, Friend A has always been hapless. Every house she’s lived in has been burgled twice. She laughs it off like the weather now. But friend B who house-shared with her didn’t find it funny; even less so after having her childhood gold necklace ripped from her neck while on her Vesper, and less funny when her whole bag was lifted from her bike on the Metro Road. Friend C really didn’t like it when, returning along the

Metro Road one night, bikes surrounded her boyfriend and her and pillion riders fired poison metal bolts for fun. Friend C was rather drunk and didn’t realize what had happened until dismounting by the security post outside the ugly mall and seeing her boyfriend pierced like the French cavalry charge at Agincourt. With hospital treatment, it took him a week to deflate.

Friend D was boxed in on a bicycle, four against one, and asked to hand over her bag at knife-point. It had everything in it. Friend E was similarly accosted and lost all. Now these are just friends over the last year. Then my wife was tailed and managed to shake the bike bandit by pulling into an aunt’s house along the same road. And it doesn’t end there. It turns out everyone we know has had, or knows someone who’s had, multiple incidents in this area. And then there were friends F, G and H. F and G, an expat couple, were riding home one evening. H was trailing thirty seconds behind. Again there appeared two bikes with four knife-wielding assailants bent on robbing F and G. H then appeared, headlamps blazing and horn quacking like Ghost Rider on a scooter.

The young assailants got skittish and made off with only F and G’s bike key. A relief, as I lease them their bike. And then F reported to the police.

Here is a fun quiz where you have to guess the policeman’s responses during the crime report.

“I would like to report an attempted robbery on the Metro Road.”

A. “Certainly sir. Step this way and I’ll get the forms.”

B. “Please wait a long time while I forget to find someone competent.”

C. “Please pay us some money to do work.”

“Is crime a problem here?”

A. “Yes, but we’ll have it under control with public support.”

B. I only work here.”

C. Laugh and declare: “Yes, we’ve had 1,500 reports since January (8 months).”

“Well, why don’t you do something?”

A. “We’re following leads and one policeman’s volunteered to do stake out until tea time.”

B. “I’m standing here talking to you, aren’t I?” C. Laugh and say, “I know. We’re under-funded.”

“Well, what should I do?”

A. “We are close to cracking the case.”

B. “We’ll call you as soon as we know something.”

C. “Why don’t you fight back… or get a car. I have a can of mace.”

All answers were C.

I should add that the exchange was done through an interpreter and F’s rage was diplomatically filtered. Personally, I have nothing against the police. We get along.

But my humorous observation has to be that after being robbed, the quickest way to getting robbed again is to report the crime. 1,500 accounts of theft since January in a small area is seven crimes a day. And those are only from the victims who bother paying bribes to file disguarded reports.

Stay frosty out there.

Simon J. Still is based in Makassar. Visit his websites: Indonesia-truly-easier.webnode.com and cptsjkirk.wordpress.com

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On 15th October 2014, IKEA Home furnishings opened its first 35,000 sqm mega store in Indonesia, in Alam Sutera, Tangerang.

If you want to make an impact on the Indonesian market, being the largest home furnishing retailer in the world is not enough. “Successful brands must offer something that appeals to consumer’s aspirations and has relevance to their everyday life,” according to IKEA Indonesian Head of Marketing, Bene Hansen.

Launching the IKEA brand in Indonesia started from the simple realization that the majority of Indonesians wish for a better everyday life. Creating a better everyday life by offering good quality, well designed, functional, home furnishings at prices as low that

as many people as possible can afford them, happens to be the IKEA global vision. The IKEA philosophy is that the home is where your everyday life begins and ends, regardless of size, shape, style preference or income, and that is the same for this emerging market.

Although the new IKEA Alam Sutera store is a very long way from Sweden — where Ingvar Kamprad, the founder started his business in 1958 — the vision is still very evident. In fact, it is this vision that the whole IKEA Indonesia brand launch and promise is based on.

Today there are more than 360 IKEA stores in over 40 different countries proving that combining a social ambition with a commercial idea can be very successful.

Most IKEA products are part of a large production process, flat packed to save on freight costs and making it easier for the customer to pick and collect from the self-serve warehouse, transport home and assemble themselves.

Creative design, innovative production and smart packaging are the key to keeping the IKEA prices as low as possible without compromising on quality.

This concept will resonate very well with the Indonesian consumer — normally designer products are highly priced, but by doing something yourself, designer products become affordable. IKEA calls this — Democratic Design.

The new IKEA Alam Sutera store stocks over 7,000 different products. There are 55 inspirational complete room settings with furniture and furnishings as well as 3 complete homes of 25sqm, 35sqm, and 55sqm. There are living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, home offices, bathrooms, and children’s room plus individual products ranging from cookware, lighting, rugs, textiles, frames, bathroom accessories, children’s toys and hundreds of items for smart storage solutions.

There is something for everyone at the IKEA store!

A trip to the IKEA Alam Sutera store of 35,000 sqm can turn into a day out for the whole family. This is why the store provides a 730 seat Swedish restaurant and a supervised children’s play area, called Smaland. 1,200 parking spaces are also available.

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Communicating to the market In early October, IKEA Indonesia distributed 700,000 of their catalogues printed in Bahasa Indonesia, throughout their primary market area.

and knowledge in home furnishings will be, benefitting the whole industry.

This has been the case in all countries IKEA has launched in.

The catalogue has some innovative mobile applications connected to it, i.e.

360-degree views of room settings, and videos on how the rooms have been designed and implemented. There is a special catalogue app for mobile use.

At the same time, IKEA Indonesia launched their encompassing website, www.IKEA.co.id, in both Bahasa Indonesia and English. This is their information hub, based on 70 years of home furnishing knowledge and is accessible through both a desktop and mobile site. On the website you will also be able to view the IKEA catalogue page by page.

As part of its opening campaign, IKEA Indonesia decided to visually show how real life wishes can be answered by individual home furnishing products, in a light-hearted way. LED billboards located in high density traffic areas around Jakarta show a wide range of individual products in different, colours, combinations, styles, and with hidden benefits, in a simple but inspirational way.

IKEA is not all about changing your whole home interior — single IKEA products can make a difference too.

Most people do the same things at home, but everyone does them in a different way. This is why every IKEA store visit is aimed at giving you new tips, ideas, and inspiration. There is no right or wrong way to furnish your home, there is just YOUR WAY. Opening the IKEA store is the start of a long-term connection with the Indonesian consumer. The more people experience the effect of an improved home environment on their everyday life, the greater the general interest

To be true to the IKEA business vision, a number of local CSR initiatives have been developed and integrated into the normal everyday operations of the business with the aim to create a better everyday life for the many, beyond home furnishings.

“Doing well, by doing good” has a deeprooted connection with Indonesians from the lowest socio-economic groups to high ranked government officials.

While many organization and companies advocate for this, very few actually engage in such activities.

“By working genuinely with local CSR on a long-term basis we believe we will truly live up to our business vision and enhance the IKEA brand equity in Indonesia,” according to IKEA Head of Marketing, Bene Hansen.

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Kenneth Yeung is a Jakarta-based editor

Golden Goose Chases

By Kenneth Yeung

Indonesians from all walks of life are still prone to investment scams. Why? Mainly because of a lack of awareness and the promise of easy money. About 58% of Indonesians don’t have a bank account. They are discouraged by high monthly fees and minimum balance requirements. This makes them vulnerable to loan sharks charging high interest. They are also lured by scammers offering high returns in pyramid schemes.

If you go to Bank Central Asia to open a basic savings account, the monthly administrative fee is Rp.13,000, while interest is only 0.9% (for deposits of Rp.1 million to < Rp.50 million); so people earning minimum wage and spending most of it will find that a bank account ends up costing them money.

To encourage the poor to start saving, the government in 2009 asked major banks to introduce no-frills accounts, called Tabunganku (My Savings) for low-income earners. Several banks now offer these accounts, which are free to open with a minimum deposit of only Rp.20,000 and have no monthly administrative fees. The catch is that some impose heavy fees for making more than two withdrawals per month, and not all offer ATM cards. Inactive accounts are fined and those that go below the minimum balance are closed.

The accounts are not widely advertised because they are not considered particularly profitable.

So rather than go to banks, many people try their luck with unregistered, unlicensed financial schemes. Scammers operating pyramid schemes commonly obtain endorsement from legislators, Muslim clerics and even police. Pyramid schemes tend to start well, providing high returns for initial investors, but when too many people sign up, the funds run dry.

Indonesians lost a staggering Rp.48 trillion ($3.87 billion) in financial scams in five years over 2007-2012. About two-thirds of the losses were from pyramid/ponzi and multi-level marketing schemes, and the remainder from fraudulent cooperatives. Most of the victims were rural and suburban dwellers without bank accounts.

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emails or phone calls from pushy financial planners trying to sell various investments.

Mostly they are offering safe returns, but at least one has sold a dud product and will be the subject of a future column here. An expletive-laden tirade should put a stop to calls from the persistent consultant who keeps saying, “How about I pencil you in for a meeting next Wednesday?”

Indonesia needs a tougher consumer financial protection law and should start educating high school children about the risk of dodgy investment schemes.

Police also need to be more wary. A Jakarta Traffic Police inspector is presently on the run after she collected billions of rupiah for a poultry business pyramid scheme that went bust. At least six police were among her victims. The policewoman ran the business with her twin sister and her sister’s husband, a military officer. They now face fraud charges if they cannot settle the matter out of court.

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) has urged the public to be wary of investment offers from groups that are not registered financial services institutions.

Warnings are fine, but authorities generally ignore pyramid schemes until the operators flee with the profits. Financial planners who receive commissions for convincing people to put their money into unsafe investments tend to be immune to prosecution.

There are many online businesses offering returns of up to 150% for people investing in schemes such as chicken eggs, goat breeding, cassava plantations and gold trading. For example, an egg production business sells chickens online for Rp.70,000 each and promises investors a return of Rp.700 per day per chicken for 150 days.

“Your productive chicken will be expired/ dead after 150 days,” declares the website, so you can collect your profit of Rp.35,000 and start again.

That may seem paltry, but if you bought 1,000 chickens for Rp.70 million, you would make Rp.105 million over 150 days — a profit of Rp.35 million. And for every person you bring into the scheme, you receive 5% of the value of their investment, and a further 2% from each person they recruit, then 1% from every person further down the chain. It’s a classic chain referral scheme that should have alarm bells ringing. Too many eggs in the same basket are going to break.

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WORTHY CAUSES DUA TANGAN CUKUP

A Home to Endangered Animals

By Francesco Ricciardi

DEFORESTATION IN SUMATRA IS REACHING DRAMATIC LEVELS, WITH MORE THAT 45% OF THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST CLEARED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. ONLY A FEW AREAS REMAIN, RESISTING BULLDOZERS, CHAINSAWS AND FIRES. THE BATANG TORU FOREST, IN NORTH SUMATRA, IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT WHERE TIGERS, ORANGUTANS AND OTHER NATURAL WONDERS STILL SURVIVE.

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During the seven-hour drive from Medan to Tarutung, in North Sumatra, the repetition of the same pattern of perfectlylined palm or rubber trees is hypnotic. Millions of hectares of forest have been cleared in the last 20 years to accommodate the world’s demand for palm oil, paper and rubber products.

Many experts agree that if this trend isn’t stopped, in less than 20 years, there won’t be any natural forests left in Sumatra. Close to Tarutung, there lays one of the last untouched areas of primary forest — the ‘Harangan Tapanuli’, or Batang Toru Forest.

In the most remote area of the Batang Toru Forest, some of the few remaining Sumatran tigers still live. Tigers are classified as critically endangered by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). They’re not alone on this list; even the Sumatran orangutan and the Malayan pangolin both of them critically endangered - are present in this forest.

Orangutans and tigers suffer due to deforestation, and the pangolins are an easy target for poachers as their meat is sold at a very high price. 15 species found in the forests are also classed as either endangered or vulnerable, like siamangs (a tailless, arboreal, black-furred gibbon), agile gibbons, tapirs and sun bears.

In many extraordinary places in the world, there are a few extraordinary people working hard to preserve them. One of them is Matthew Novak, a primate expert with the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), working to save the few orangutans left in the wild from the extinction.

How did you end up working in Indonesia, and why Batang Toru?

In 2006, I was studying white-handed gibbons in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, focusing on how they move through their environment and acquire food resources. I had always been interested in how ape species coexist with other primate competitors, especially other apes. This type of situation is not very common, and it is only seen in a few countries in Africa and Asia.

While in Thailand, I had come to learn about the Batang Toru Forest and the important conservation work that SOCP is doing there. I quickly became very interested to work in the area, as it is one of the only places in the world where three ape species can be found living together in one location (the agile gibbon, the siamang, and the southernmost population of Sumatran orangutans). In fact, the occurrence of three ape species living in the same area only occurs in Aceh and North Sumatra Provinces. I was given the opportunity to come and do my PhD research at SOCP’s Batang Toru monitoring station, and in 2010 I came to Sumatra to start my research on the apes of the Batang Toru Forest Complex.

The Batang Toru Forest is one of the few unspoiled areas left in North Sumatra. What do you think is the main reason for that? What are the treasures that this forest still protects?

I am happy to announce that the majority of the Batang Toru Forest Complex has officially just become Hutan

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Lindung (protected forest) recently, both in the Provincial Spatial Plan and in the most recent Forest Allocation map of the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. This is a tremendous conservation achievement for all those involved and is a key step in the protection of this unique forested area, especially since only 25% of the estimated 134,000 hectares of the Batang Toru Forest Complex had historically been allocated as Hutan Lindung.

The Batang Toru Forest Complex is a unique mosaic of forest types that range in elevation from 150-1,800 metres above sea level, and is the home of numerous tropical plant and animal species, many of these rare and living only in this region.

For instance, the long-term work of SOCP has identified more than 200 plant species, about 50 species of mammals, more than 250 species of birds, and at least 130 species of amphibians and reptiles. Notable mammal species include the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, Sumatran tiger, and the Sumatran tapir. It is actually the only forest in Sumatra where these three species coexist!

Despite the fact that the Batang Toru Forest Complex has only recently received protected forest status, the rugged terrain and high elevation of much of the remaining forest have made it relatively inaccessible and unprofitable for both small-scale and large-scale extractive efforts. This is in stark contrast to the majority of Sumatra’s lowland forests, which have seen a tremendous amount of deforestation, degradation, and fragmentation over the past few decades. As such, the Batang Toru Forest Complex is one of the few remaining primary old growth forests left in North Sumatra.

Many local communities still depend on the forest for their livelihood. Do you think that closing the forest to any human utilization could be a realistic solution? What are the main threats that the forest is facing?

Primary threats to local flora and fauna come from illegal encroachment, logging (legal and illegal), mining (both small-scale and large-scale), hunting/poaching, and poor land use planning. As the forest status has just been changed to protected, it is still unclear how these threats will affect the future integrity of the Batang Toru Forest Complex; however, it is clear that their continued impact could ultimately devastate this unique tropical forest refuge.

We know that at least 130,000 people live along the edges of the Batang Toru Forest Complex and that many more benefit from its environmental services (e.g., fresh water, climate regulation, landslide/flooding prevention, and in some cases sustainable extraction of non-timber products). The change to Hutan Lindung is a very important development, as it will allow for collaborative local management and protection of the forest complex. At the same time, Hutan Lindung status is not as restrictive as a Taman Nasional (or National Park) status, and locals can continue to benefit from the sustainable use of the forested area.

What is your dream for the Batang Toru forest?

I would be extremely happy to see the Batang Toru Forest Complex high on the agenda of all three Tapanuli districts, the North Sumatra Province and the Indonesian government, with a supportive local constituency protecting this highly important water catchment area, not just for the ecosystem services it provides to the communities and industries surrounding the forest, but also being highly proud and protective of its unique biodiversity.

HOW to HELP Get the word out about this unique forest area, help in creating a conservation constituency at the local level in North Sumatra, and donate to SOCP’s ongoing conservation efforts. www.batangtoru.org www.sumatranorangutan.org/support-us

Francesco Ricciardi is a freelance photographer and journalist based in Bali. PhD in Marine Biology and diving instructor, he uses his camera to uncover the wonders of the Indonesian marine and terrestrial wildlife.

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For Sharks’ Sake, Take a Vacation A story by Our Better World

City girl Kathy Xu dreamt up a paradise trip to save sharks, help fishermen and promote conservation in Lombok, Indonesia. Her boat trip off Tanjung Luar, Lombok’s best kept secret, should top your ‘off the beaten trail’ travel list. This is conservation we can get used to: come for the beaches, stay for the good. All you have to do to join in is take a holiday.

Kathy Xu is the founder of The Dorsal Effect, a winner in the Singapore International Foundation's Young Social Entrepreneurs programme in 2013. Her project helps fishermen and sharks by encouraging tourists to visit and explore secret beaches and pristine snorkelling in Lombok.

“People are often quick to associate sharks with just one breed, the Great White, thanks to the movie Jaws. I wanted more people to appreciate the many other species of less or non-aggressive sharks that one can swim with freely and revel in their magnificence. So, I started The Dorsal Effect to engage shark fishermen in an alternative source of livelihood so that they can stop hunting shark,” Kathy says.

Guests pay for an unforgettable experience in Lombok.

The fishermen there take the guests out in their boats to pristine snorkel sites and amazing, secluded beaches, far away from the usual tourist areas. The fair wages the fishermen receive keep them away from hunting sharks.

“People like me who love sharks often get enraged when we see pictures of them being killed. But as I got involved in the lives of the fishermen, I came to understand that it is not their fault that sharks are dying,” said Kathy.

Since there isn't a viable, alternative source of income for them, hunting sharks is the fishermen’s way of getting by, and it's not without its hardships, including being at sea several weeks at a time because the shark population has been so depleted they keep having to go out farther and farther to hunt.

Kathy Xu started this social enterprise because she wanted to build a sustainable model for self-empowerment and she’s been amazed at the small transformations she’s seen in the fishermen. She sees them offering to help guests on their own accord, like putting a life vest under the head of a guest dozing off on the boat, showing her that they have taken ownership of the project.

So Kathy keeps encouraging them to make money from ecotourism instead of shark hunting.

Kathy says, “I am still far from my dream of seeing many shark fishermen make a full switch to ecotourism, more learn about sustainable fishing, sharks tagged and adopted, and coral reefs protected, first in Lombok and then in other shark markets around the world. However, with each boat trip that I bring guests on, I know this dream is taking shape.”

Someone who came on one of our boat trips recently told me, "We are only as big as the dreams we dare to live." So Kathy dreams big, since dreaming small costs the same as dreaming big after all.

www.thedorsaleffect.com

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LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

CROSSWORD

AGONY

By Eamonn Sadler (www.eamonnsadler.com)

In the early days of the Jakarta Comedy Club, I was fortunate enough to host a radio show every Friday evening from 5pm to 8pm with my friends Steve Dodgson and Fred Aloysius. We had a lot of fun and we enjoyed speaking a mixture of Indonesian and English on air, and the audience seemed to enjoy it, too. I am sure our foreign accents and our mistakes in Indonesian caused much hilarity among the Indonesian audience, but we didn’t care. It was all part of the fun and we would in turn tease our Indonesian callers when they spoke poor or heavily accented English. After we had teased one caller mercilessly for a few minutes she said, “I am sorry, my Ingliss not well.” We sympathised and wished her Ingliss a speedy recovery. She had no idea what we were talking about.

In order to avoid dealing with nutters on the air and to avoid inappropriate content going out to the masses, every live radio show has a producer in the next room who screens all the calls before they get put through to the DJs. After we announced the theme of the show and introduced Dr. Suze, the switchboard lit up like a Christmas tree. We rubbed our hands together with excitement and I announced that we had our first caller with a question for Dr. Suze. The producer looked at me through the glass with wide eyes and shook his head, mouthing the word “no” and waving his hand at the same time. I was perplexed. We killed time while he went to the next call. Same result. And the next and the next, until in the end I had to play a song and go to his booth to find out what was going on.

When we started doing the show, we would arrive very early to prepare our content and a theme for our callers to talk about.

We would do research on the Internet and take everything very seriously and we would wonder how we were going to fill three hours on the air. By the time the station cancelled all its shows and went bankrupt, we would show up two minutes before we were due to go on the air and the three hour show would seem like three minutes. We talked about whatever came to mind and played all our favourite music (illegally, it turned out) and the audience would call in and have fun with us every chance they got. Happy days and a whole lot of fun.

Apparently our audience had not picked up on the fact that this was a comedy show and we were joking. Our poor producer was bright red and sweating, mortified by what he had heard in response to his question, “What would you like to ask Dr. Suze?” He was a very nice, young, innocent Indonesian guy and in less than five minutes he had learned more about lady bits and sexual perversions than he otherwise would have learned in his entire life. I sent him off to the canteen and told him to get a nice hot cup of tea. He wandered off in a daze, muttering under his breath. When he got to the door he turned back towards me and said, “I’m getting married…” I never did find out exactly what he meant by that.

One week we decided we would do a spoof “Agony Aunt” show as a joke and encourage people to call in with silly and funny relationship problems. We brought in the wife of one of our friends to act as the Agony Aunt and we called her Dr. Suze, a play on the name of a famous American sex counsellor. We told the audience that she was on the show to answer all their intimate and personal private questions and we thought it would be hilarious to have people call in to ask joke questions about anything they thought might be funny.

I went back in to the studio and asked Steve and Fred to call some of our expat friends and arrange for them to call us on a separate number with joke questions and relevant observations about the silliness of Agony Aunts. It all went well after that, but we certainly played with fire and we nearly got burned. It seems there certainly is space for a real Agony Aunt in Indonesia!

To read more by Eamonn Sadler, go to www.eamonnsadler.com to find out more about live Stand-Up Comedy in Indonesia please e-mail info@jakartacomedyclub.com text or call 0821 1194 3084 or register at www.jakartacomedyclub.com

ACROSS 1. Member of artistic movement originating in early 20 th century Germany (13) 8. Counter in 21 (3) 9. Thick, dirty, yellowish fog (3–6) 10. Watch — gun (8) 11. It's a (anag) — wine (4) 13. Positive bank balance (6) 14. Narrow, steep-sided valley (6) 16. Skin disease (4) 17. Supporter of the Conservatives (8) 20. Speaking two languages (9) 21. Pub providing food and accommodation (3) 22. Instruction to start race (5,6,2)

DOWN 1. Smouldering piece of coal (5) 2. Various bits of equipment (13) 3. Stress (8) 4. Sailors (6) 5. Double-reeded woodwind instrument (4) 6. Something not able to happen (13) 7. Whitish antlike insect (7) 12. Great hall of Odin (8) 13. Judicial assembly — room (7) 15. Stately court dance (6) 18. Latin-American dance (5) 19. The green-eyed monster (4)

ANSWERS OF ISSUE 128 ACROSS — 1. Hobby-horse 7. Antonym 8. Cling 10. Toll 11. Runs into 13. Narrow 15. Course 17. Obdurate 18. Ague 21. Fraud 22. Lighter 23. Leprechaun DOWN — 1. Hotel 2. Bank 3. Yum-yum 4. Occasion 5. Spinner 6. Casting off 9. Gooseberry 12. Corridor 14. Red tape 16. Italic 19. Get on 20. Agra

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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With 15 years of experience as Sofitel Group General Manager in various properties around the world, he understands his role as GM as not only a leader or head of the resort, but also as a motivator or the heart that drives the entire team to offer service enriched with emotion, performance and a passion for excellence.

Science Film Festival set to return in November ACROSS THE ARCHIPELAGO Who says science is boring? The Science Film Festival (SFF) is the best proof that science can be informative, educational and fun, all at the same time.

One of Goethe-Institut's longest-running and most popular events, the SFF is set to return in November, held in Indonesia from November 13 to 28, marking its fifth edition. Initiated in 2005 in Thailand, SFF has since expanded to countries in Southeast Asia, North Africa and the Middle East and regularly attracts large and enthusiastic crowds.

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Celebrating science education and presenting scientific issues in an engaging way, the festival's main target group are children between age 9 and 14. SFF 2014 is focusing on “Future Technologies,” trying to find answers to questions like these: How will new technologies shape our world? What should we do with the constant flow of information about technical innovation and scientific discovery? What is the actual meaning of words like gentech, synthetic biology and quantum computers?

Through film and television content, science-related topics are explained and tackled in an entertaining way while being educational at the same time, showing how scientific innovation has a great impact on our daily lives. In Indonesia, 15 films from Asia, Europe, North and South America will be screened during the festival, which will run simultaneously in 37 cities across the archipelago. www.sciencefilmfestival.org

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EVENTS

If you want your event to be posted here, please contact (+62) 0 21 7179 4550 or e-mail: events@indonesiaexpat.biz

JAKARTA

are multiple showing times for one day, details of which – as well as ticket purchase - can be found on www.rajakarcis.com or www. kiostix.com. Tickets range from Rp.235K to Rp.885K. www.disneylive-asia.com

Theatre

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IFCCI Beaujolais Nouveau

Jakarta Players “Status: It’s Complicated” 7–9 November 2014 The Jakarta Players are presenting f i v e one - a c t p e r for m a nc e s compiled into a night of spectacular theatre, titled ‘Status: It’s Complicated’. The five short plays include ‘Time Flies’ by David Ives, ‘The Right to Remain’ by Melanie Marnich, and many more, all centered around the theme of romantic relationships, with its humour and drama. Performances will start at 7.30pm on Friday (7 November) and w ill have showtimes at 2pm and 7.30pm for both Saturday (8 November) a nd Su nd ay (9 Novemb er).

Tickets are Rp.200,000 and can be purchased by emailing jakartaplayers.tickets@gmail. com. www.jakartaplayers.org

21 November 2014 Come for the fine wine, stay for the mingling; IFCCI (Indonesia French Chamber of Commerce a n d I n d u s t r y) o n c e a g a i n c elebrat e s t hei r Be aujola is Nouveau wine and facilitates a night of networking from 7pm to finish. The venue is TBA upon registration and the RSVP fee is Rp. 500K for members of IFCCI and Rp.600K for nonmembers. For more details of the night, call (021) 739-7161 or email publicrelation@ifcci.com or events@ifcci.com. www.ifcci.com

Housewares & Gift Fair

Jakarta International Namaste Festival

7 November 2014 The Iberoamericana annual charity ball this year is titled ‘Our Beats’ and the night will be packed with music, dancing, food, drinks and all for a good cause. The dress code is black tie and cocktails will start at 7pm. The ball will be held at Jl. Metro Kencana IV No. 23, Pondok Indah, South Jakar ta. For tickets and for more information, call Lorena on 0878 8379 2072 or email asociacioniberoamericana@ yahoo.com.www.aiayakarta.org

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Shopping

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Networking

Iberoamericana Annual Charity Latin Ball

of the Jakarta Fashion Week; a whole week dedicated to the art of designing presenting and marketing in the fashion industry.

Countless designers will show off their creations and winners of fashion competitions will be announced, not to mention, there’ll be loads of prizes to be won. The Jakarta Fashion Week will be held at Senayan City mall (Jl. Asia Afrika, Senayan). For more information on the event, email info@jakartafashionweek. co.id. www.jakartafashionweek. co.id

21-23 November 2014 Located at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta (Jl. Gatot Subroto), the Namaste Festival comes back for its fifth time to offer yoga classes, workshops and fun activities for all proficiency levels and ages.

With speakers and gurus from different countries scheduled to conduct the classes, the fee for registration is Rp.650K for each class or Rp.2,000K for a two-day pass. Tickets can be purchased online on www.namastefestival. com or at the ticket booth on the day. A special buy one get two ticket special is offered by BCA Bank. For more details on the program and schedule, v isit www.namastefestival.com, call (021) 3600-9972, or email info@ namastefestival.com.

Fashion Jakarta Fashion Week 2015 1–7 November 2014 Fashion designs and related products will be the highlight

13-15 November 2014 Zuchex, a homeware company, r ol l s out it s i nt e r n a t ion a l housewares and g if t fair in Ja k a r t a , w he r e c u s t ome r s and distributors and sellers of houseware products get a closer look at the exciting industry.

Everything from kitchenware, f urniture, glassware and tableware to electrical appliances and bathroom appliances will be showcased. The exhibition will be at the JCC (Jakarta Convention Center), located on Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta, and will be open from 10am to 7pm daily. For more details, contact (021) 31996077 or email kemal@dyandra. com.www.zuchexindonesia.com Family

Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales 5–9 November 2014 D i sne y ’s l ive a c t ion c ome s t o Ja k a r t a w it h a mu s ic a l performance at Tennis Indoor Senayan (within the Gelora Bung Karno stadium complex). There

The Color Run 23 November 2014 Running is made incredibly fun at the Color Run, with different colours sprayed on runners as they pass through each kilometre mark. This 5K run starts from Parkir Timur Senayan (Senayan’s East Lot) and will commence at 7am. To participate on this fun run, a fee of Rp.250K/person is incurred for solo runners (children can enter for free). To register and for more details of the run, visit www.thecolorrun.co.id.

Mart (Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai No. 222X) proceeds of which will go to support Sayangi Bali Foundation, an organization that supports the care of abandoned babies. Stalls of merchandise and food will be opened, along with music and dance performances.

This event will commence at 9am until 6pm. For more information, call (0361) 286-342 or email biwabazaar2014@gmail.com. www.bali-bali.org Shopping

stalls, cultural activites, photo competitions, a lantern-releasing event , a s wel l a s a n eat ing competition. All of this will be held at the Gazebo of Brawijaya University’s campus (Jl. Veteran, Malang). The festivities will start at 9am onwards. For more information, contact Robby on 0821 232-55333 or Indri on 0817 302-988.

ABROAD Photography

BALI Music

Hornbill Festival, Nagaland, INDIA

Deus Farmer's Market

Indra Lesmana at Jazz Café 15 November 2014 The legendary jazz musician will be coming to Ubud’s very own Jazz Café to play some tunes with an entry fee of Rp.100K. Come down to the Jazz Café, Jl. Sukma, Ubud for some great jazz standards and his own compositions. Jazz Café can be contacted on (0361) 976-594. www.jazzcafebali.com

Every Wednesdays Buying local and organic products is only a couple of steps away at your neighbourhood in Canggu, at Deus Ex Machina’s farmer’s market. It is located on Jl. Batu Mejan 8, Denpasar, Bali, and is open on Wednesdays at 8.30am11am. For more information, call (0361) 368-3395. w w w. deuscustoms.com/cafes/canggu

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BIWA Christmas Charity Bazaar

Brawijaya Culture and Food Festival

16 November, 2014 T h e l a d i e s a t BI WA (B a l i I n t e r n a t i o n a l Wo m e n’s Association) will hold their wellknown Christmas charity at Lotte

19 November 2014 Brawijaya University students from Malang are organizing t he Braw ijay a C u lt u re a nd Food Festival, featuring food

28 November- 7 December 2014 This cultural adventure trip is centred around the Hornbill Festival in North East India, a cultural extravaganza celebrated by the tribal people in the state of Nagaland. If you have never heard of Nagaland that is because it has only been open to foreigners for four years. If you like tribal travel and indigenous cultural exploration, this trip is for you.

Join Dav id Metc a lf on this adventurous (small group size) trip into an enchanting land.

Learn some photography tips, gain valuable feedback and inthe-field guidance by masterclass photographer, David Metcalf, who will help you get that "great shot" and explore and develop your camera skills, all wrapped around a spendour of colour, dance and folklore magic. Don't delay. Bookings close very soon.

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Want to volunteer with a young social enterprise? At ‘Ffrash’ we offer a challenging volunteering opportunity for a target-driven, experienced sales professional (f lexible hours, 3 days a week).

‘Ffrash’ is a recently introduced interior design brand, with a social and sustainable character.

‘Ffrash’ produces high-quality sustainable design furniture and home inter ior products from Indonesian tra sh. The products are designed on a pro bono basis by internationally renowned Dutch designers and created by former Indonesian street children from the ages 17 to 19. We have recently started selling our products in Indonesia.

The proceeds benefit the further development of the ‘Ffrash’ young adults, production, and training.

Remaining revenues will be put aside to finance the start-up costs of their own enterprise in the near future. The higher the sales, the more will be saved for the ‘Ffrash’ artisans for their future plans and the more street children will be able to join the project. Therefore, we are currently looking for a Sales Volunteer for Jakarta. For more information, please contact Gina Provó Kluit at 0811-9107399 or gina@ffrash.com. For more information about ‘Ffrash’, please visit our website www.ffrash.com Looking for work Looking for a part/full time job I am a christian women of 35 years old. I can use computer (MS Office, Autocad 2012). I am looking for a job as an office worker, maid or nanny. Workplace pr e f e r a bl y ne a r k u n i ng a n , sudirman-thamrin. please text / call me at 087887736996. Indah Hi guys.if you looking for taxi motor in Jakarta you can call me

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Feel free to contact me! I am a native Indonesian with excellent Indonesian skills. I am currently still studying English language a public university in Jakarta.

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For Rent: Apt. THE KUNINGAN PL ACE, behind KPK, Junior Pe n t h o u s e , 1 1 9 M 2 , F u l l y f urnished. 2 bedrooms, 1 maidroom, 2 parking. Facilities: Gy m, sauna, sw imming pool, minima rket , laund r y, kindergarten. Very quiet, walking distance to Epicentrum. 20 mill/ mo, min 6 mos. Contact: Effie/ owner, 0856 9201 4002 or 0878 8131 5336, effie_fanta@yahoo. com.

PERSONAL Are you new in Jakarta and need friend or local guide? Can speak English f luently and know all Jakarta Area. Please contact me Hindun at 0812 8729 9348.

PROPERTY Apartment for rent in taman rasuna. 2 br nice and full furnish unit for rent in taman rasuna kuningan. Rishi <kcr.indonesia@ gmail.com> Apartment for rent: We have great selection of apartments for rental in many locations in central jakarta, south jakarta as well as many other part of jakarta. We currently have units in 1 park residence, pakubuwono residence, kempinski residence, dharmawangsa and more to suit your need and budget. Please c ont a c t me i n 0811 911 9575 /085210599807 or BB 2AF8F4E0.

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2. Size: 121 sqm 3. Rental fee: US 1650/month min 24 month 4. contact direct owner : ibu Ira 08151827060, email : irahdwn@ yahoo.com

For Rent: Spacious 2+1 bedroom apartment 110m 2 with 4Stars hotel Aryaduta facility. Located in the heart of Jakarta (Sudirman Tower Condominium). Free from 3 in 1 area, Cozy+Convenient next to Plaza Semanggi. Fully Furnished min 1year US$1500.

Best Choice. Will not regret (Widya 0816 1833854/7450726) F OR R E N T 30 0 hou s e s at Kemang, Cipete, Cilandak, Jeruk Purut, Pondok Indah. Big Garden, Swimming Pool, U$ 2500 - U$ 7000. Phone : 0816859551 or 08170093366.

A two storey house: Top location: Jl. Brawijaya X/4, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. Building: + 650 sqm, 3 bedrooms, 1 study room, 3 bathrooms. Unfurnished, PAM, Swimming pool. Contact: 7279 3510 (office hours); 0878 7811 3688 Silkwood Apartment — Alam Sutera, Serpong, Oak Tower 8th Floor — Pool View — walking distance to Alam Sutera Mall, Binus Campus. Studio Type - 33 sqm - fully furnished (all new) 1300 watt electricity, Air con, water heater, refrigerator, TV, IDR 50 mio/year. Call/Text Leo — 0818927585

A t wo storey house (second storey for rent). Top location: Jl. Daksa I No. 85, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. Building: + 228 sqm, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.

Unfurnished, PAM, Genset, big parking space. Contact: 72793510 (office hours); 0878 7811 3688 Silkwood Apartment — Alam Sutera, Serpong, Maple Tower 7th Floor — walking distance to Alam Sutera Mall, Binus Campus Studio Type — 33 sqm — fully furnished (all new). 1,300 watt electricity, Air con, water heater, refrigerator, TV, IDR 45 mio/year Call/Text Leo — 0818927585

For rent: One story lux house i n K e m a ng D a l a m . LT/ L B 1000/350, SM. pool, large garden, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 maid rooms,1 maid bathroom, 4 cars carport, security post.

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H A MP TON 'S PA R K A PA RTMEN T. Location: Jl. Terogong Raya, Pondok Indah — Jakarta Selatan.

View : Direct Golf View Tower/Floor: C/18 Size: 82 m2 Bedroom: 2 Bathroom: 2 Maid Room: 1 Maid Bathroom: 1 Condition: Fully Furnished Fa c i l i t y : S w i m m i n g Po o l , Whirlpool, Fitness Center, Sauna, Tennis Court, Putting Green, Playground & BBQ, Car Park &

Selling painted cushions: Hi, I'm selling hand made cushions with contemporary batik motif by painting technique. Please PM me: indriati.hapsari99@gmail. com or contact me (text only)/ WA: 081316237484

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Villa for RENT: PETITENGET quiet area. Living , 2 bedroom en suite with bathroom , AC. Fully nice f urnished. Pool , garden ,private car park, kitchen, washing machine , storage room Included staff for maintenance villa clean and well maintain.

Rp. 250,000,000/ year. Contact 32balivilla@gmail.com 21,7 are of river view land in Sukawati, desa Kemenuh, Bali.

Large Lantai overlooking the river with huge old teak Joglo in superb condition. 5 extra rooms below.

Complete IMB building Finished.

Lots of other land to expand.

Email 'wallyjones1939@yahoo. com' for set of photos. Serious enquiries on $1,1 million only 24-hours Security. Additional Info: Strategic Location. Close to Jakarta International School (JIS), TB Simatupang Business District, Malls (Citos, PIM), Walking Distance, Supermarket & 7-11, Pondok Indah Hospital, Golf Course, Restaurants, Access to JORR (Jakarta Outer Ring Road). Suitable for Expatriates.

Rent Charge: $ 2500/month, inc. service charge, min. 1 year rental info: amalia.frese@gmail.com For Rent 3 Bedroom Apartment located in Permata Hijau. Fully furnished and brand new bed in master bedroom. Asking price USD. 1700 monthly, min. 6 months. Need more info please email: frese.edo@gmail.com For Rent 3 Bedroom Apartment located in Permata Hijau. Fully furnished and brand new bed in master bedroom. Asking price USD. 1700 monthly, min. 6 months. Need more info please email: amalia.frese@gmail.com Beautiful house for rent. Located at Pejaten Barat, 10 minutes to Kemang, near to Australian International School and New Zealand International School.

Land size 210 m2, building size 200 m 2 . Located on a private Residence complex w ith 24 hours security. Fully furnished, 3 bedrooms + 1 maid room, 4 bathrooms, carport for 2 cars Price is 2500/monthly including, sw imming pool and garden ma intena nce, a nd secur it y.

(Min 1 year). Please contact amalia .frese@g mail.com or 081317722271 AUTOMOTIVES 2012 Nissan Grand Livina XV 1.5 for RENT. Original owner, manual transmission, Silver color, comfy, good condition.

Price Rp.4.000.000/ month.

Welcome for yearly rent. Contact me (Yoga) at 08813585655 or email bprayoga89@gmail.com

Used 2008 Kawasaki Ninja Bike For Sale. The bike is in perfect condition and have all papers.

We can ship if any where if you want and we are giving the bike at an affordable price. Interested person should email back for more details or call. cdebyy@gmail.com Dive gear for sale: 1 pair Scubapro split fins and 1 spare strap medium size $50. Hydralloy dive knife $10.

Scubapro BCD medium size $150.

Tecra regulator and octopus $200.

Weight belt $20. 1kg x 4 @ $1 each. Or near offers. Email john on spkjgy@gmail.com.

For Sale CRV Matic 2400 CC (2008) contact 0882 1052 8426 OTHER K id s Nu m b e r s 1 2 3: L e a r n Numbers 123 is a basic educational start for kids. It’s an early part of mathematics for toddler. “Kids Numbers 123” is an educational app for kids. Through this app they can learn 1 to 10 numbers through colorful objects and audio translator. There are two options available “Start Learning” option and “Start Activity” option. In “Start Learning” option you can learn about numbers 123 and in “Start Activity” option you need to give the answers of given questions about numbers 123.

It’s a free app and available for iOS devices.

Land for sale in Pererenan.

Free hold (hak milik) Zone for building. 5 are river side block.

Fully walled and landscaped including deep top soil, ready for building. Electricity in the street, ready to connect. Unique quiet location overlooking river, rice fields and surrounded by tall trees. Sharing one common wall only. Access road. Price IDR 750 million per are. Private sale no brokers thank you. Can be viewed anytime. Photos emailed on request. Telephone 081 2387 2049 / 081 1389 3419.

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Villa Gamrang (Cisolok, 4 hours ‘dr ive f rom Ja k a r t a a nd 50 minutes from Sawarna beach) is designed to offer guests a beautiful nature, complete privacy and luxury. Recently listed (Jan 9, 2014) in the "Top 100 Holiday Beach Houses around the world", Guardian Newspaper. Stylish interior, outdoor terrace, sea view, spacious garden, swimming pool, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, complete kitchen, TV and Wi fi. Idyllic place for couples or families. Separate guesthouse with 1 bathroom and 2 bedrooms.

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In house catering. Prices starting from IDR 1,499,000 per night for the ma in v illa a nd IDR 800,000 for our Guesthouse, Villa Gamrang is highly appreciated by e x pat s a nd Indone sia n families. Reservations. www. villa-gamrang.nl or just mail us directly at villagamrang@ gmail.com

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