Tag: Emma Kwee, indonesia, Lifestyle, Sports
Figure skating on the equator
By: Emma Kwee Say Indonesia and most people conjure up images of waving palm trees, golden beaches, hot and sticky afternoons where ice cream cones melt before you put...
Introduction to Northern Sulawesi
By: Dalih Sembiring The provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo make up most of the Minahasa Peninsula, the northernmost arm of Sulawesi, also known as the island of...
Economy Train
By: Reza Daffi I live in Yogyakarta. Not long ago, Nick, an Australian friend of mine who stayed in the city for several months, told me he was going to Jakarta, the...
Eye of the Day, Shape of the Moon & Position among the Stars: a beautiful trilogy
By: Ed Caffin This year Leonard Retel Helmrich completed his sweeping documentary-trilogy about an Indonesian family in a Jakarta slum. In Position among the Stars...
Norman ‘likes’ Bollywood
Dancing cop buys legitimacy with the people Thushara Dibley and Wayne Palmer Norman singing his heart out YouTube Norman Kamaru, a Mobile Brigade police...
The 7 Plagues of Indonesia? Caterpillar Outbreak Hits Indonesia
By: Putri Fitria It’s almost like Indonesia is hit by 7 biblical plagues. After Volcanic eruptions, earth quakes and tsunami’s, we now suffer a caterpillar...
Inside the Islam Defender Front, Interview with an FPI Chief
By: Putri Fitria The Islam-Defenders Front (FPI) is an Islamic mass organization that has been allotted a quite large portion of media coverage in the last few years....
Caught Red-Handed: Indonesian Legislator Browsing for Porn!
By: Emma Kwee Once again, the hypocrisy in Indonesia’s politics reached new heights. Remember the story about the proposed ban of Blackberry devices, unless RIM...
Viral in Indonesia: YouTube Videos that Rocked Indonesia!
By: Emma Kwee The term viral refers to videos that spread like wildfire. Clips that are so funny or shocking that people want to share them. 'Sharing' seems to be the...
Memories of a homeland
With mixed feelings, Indisch Dutch Australians still think of Indonesia as home Njonja Peters Andreas Flach thanks Bambu Perth for donations to a support agency...
