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The Call of Modern Living
By: Emma Kwee
A man with a strong resemblance to Elton John strokes the hair of his son, while his other kid sits on a bicycle wearing a protective helmet (a dead giveaway that this is not a real life scene). The house is an ultra modern minimalist building with two floors. It has 4 bedrooms, a pond and an open air dining space. It is one of 22 similar houses, in a tree lined street. There is no traffic, no kaki lima's, no trash on the street. Another couple walks hand in hand toward the horizon.
Such is life, or so will life be, in Kota Baru Parahyangan, near Bandung."
On the backside of the brochure, the facilities of this new town to be a listed: a hospital, international school, Islamic school, Western language academy, mosque, hotel, bicycle lanes, fire department, shuttle bus service, a sundial and a 4D theater will be ready to complete this oasis of modern living.
Win+ a Step further!
Dear Win + friend,
Since a year and a half now Latitudes.nu provides information for everyone who feels connected to Indonesia and Southeast Asia. We bring news, interviews, as well as highlighting welfare initiatives from all over Southeast Asia. We strongly believe in the exchange of information, opinions and culture. With the Win + section we support initiatives concerning welfare, sustainability and green development. Visitors of the website and members of the online community can support the Win+ projects by sharing their knowledge and network with these projects, to be the link to a better world.
Brain Drain: Malaysia’s Loss is Singapore’s Gain
Meet Huzir Sulaiman, at 39 a much sought-after creative consultant, playwright, actor-director and lecturer. Born in Malaysia of Indian Muslim parentage, Huzir majored in philosophy at Princeton but threw himself wholeheartedly into theatre upon his return to Malaysia. His inventive genius, hailed by a discerning few, was unappreciated by the powers-that-be - who felt greatly discomfited by Huzir's acerbic wit and his incisive portrayals of "the psychopathology of Bolehland." In 2003 Huzir Sulaiman decided to move his base of operations from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore where he was welcomed with open arms and offered funding aplenty. He also married top Singapore actress Claire Wong (herself a former Malaysian) who acted alongside Huzir in a 2002 restaging of Huzir's brilliantly explosive satire, Atomic Jaya. http://www.magickriver.org/2012/04/malaysias-loss-as-usual-is-singapores.htmlNEW THREAT TO MALAYSIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY: AL GAYDA!
That Effing Show is a satirical news show that laughs, pokes fun and points out the (often) obvious and not-so-obvious absurdities of Malaysian socio-political life. The show is an offshoot of PopTeeVee (www.popteevee.net) - a web TV network developed by Popfolio Sdn Bhd. whose primary objective is "to engage with young Malaysians to help create a far more democratic media space." PopTeeVee was established in June 2008 and is operated by a dynamic group of young Malaysians involved in music, theatre, publishing and social activism. Catch their latest spoof on the anti-LGBT strategy adopted by the incumbent Barisan Nasional party to combat the growing threats of political reform and social justice: http://www.magickriver.org/2012/04/hasan-ali-unveils-new-threat-to-nation.html
welcome to Bali
helo, I am Rathi my pleasure to know u all in the world. welcome to Bali
Phnom Penh’s culture of authenticity
Weird is so very in style these days, and chic in many places. As an Austinite (as in Austin, Texas...”Keep Austin Weird”, South by Southwest, ACL Festival) weird is nothing new to me. Candidly speaking I am not sure I could live without some degree of weird. There is something to be said for out of the ordinary, your rules are so illegitimate to me it is pathetic, yes I am a man cycling through downtown wearing only a thong, attitude. To be sure this thong wearing cyclists is not me, but he is quite a gentle man and very secure with his very tan body.
So how in the world does a quirky Arab-American from Austin, Texas end up in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and why in the world does he like it so much here? I am so glad you asked. Grab your coconut and straw and pull up a...well, here, sit on this. It will do.
HAPPY Balinese New Year (The Balinese Day of SILENCE)!
Tomorrow, March 23, 2012. Balinese will celebrate New Year called “Nyepi “ (Saka New Year 1934). The name Nyepi comes from the root word “sepi” meaning quiet or silent. It’s definitely different kind of commonly new year celebration around the world. It’s the day of silence, fasting, and meditation, all activities should be paused, airport closed, electric off. It will be in total darkness, and no one allowed going out, no TV, no sound, and no unnecessary lights. So the New Year will be started from zero, from the beginning. We cannot make new calculation if we do not start it from zero as if starting a new life in the New Year. HAPPY Balinese New Year (The Balinese Day of SILENCE)!An Early Morning Exercise of Butt Clenching on the Toll Road
By: Emma Kwee
Me and my inlaws were going on a trip to India. Mother in law found a cheap ticket to New Delhi and since she always wanted the Taj Mahal as the background for her next portrait, the 5 of us would travel to India for 5 days.
At the ungodly hour of 4 in the morning the house was in disarray, people were packing, showering, searching for stuff, walking into each other for no apparent reason with feverish eyes, but at 5 we were all neatly pressed into the Gran Max, a minivan that is as uncomfortable as it is hemat (economic).
The van usually does service for their catering company, so the interior smelled of shrimp and ikan teri. Mother in law had arranged for a driver. It soon turned out that this driver had a not so secret deathwish, as he steered the rickety vehicle in 4th gear onto the the tollroad doing 120 km an hour (for those of you who have never driven a car in Indonesia, people seldom reach 120 km an hour, but do usually know how to shift gear). By that time my dreams of a beauty nap vanished, as I prepared myself for yet another one of those butt clenching rides that make you say: "I will never step into a car again in Indonesia"!
From wall to wall, dialogue with the surrounding
As a medium, the mural has a different perspective as a medium of communication to influence human perception, understanding, feelings and values, which creates a new behavior patterns, a fresh new look and a new spirit in the environment and all the problems. Not easy to bring about dialogue and invites the community to do something, it requires a media that works the way the ad. Mural can be an effective media to come in, socialize, and give new things in different perspective. This program for social change at Pondok Betung, Pondok Aren, Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia. www.pondokbetung.com This project starting from January - May 2012Indonesia
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